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By Robert D. Thomas
Music Critic
Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News
"Going out in a blaze of glory" may be a hackneyed phrase but it was applicable to yesterday afternoon's concert at Ambassador Auditorium that concluded the Pasadena Symphony's 86th season. Guest conduct Jahja Ling (left) and the musicians ended the program with a scintillating and superbly played performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D Minor.
And yet it wasn't the brass blazing or percussion thundering in the final measures that was the highlight for this critic. Instead, it was the expansive "Largo" movement, a symphony for strings with occasional woodwind and harp interjections that Ling and the orchestra delivered sumptuously. Shostakovich divided each of the string sections into two components (three for the violins) and Ling expertly delineated each of the sections in a way that was unusually comprehensible to those in the auditorium.
Surrounding that languid third movement, Ling — who just completed his 10th season as music director of the San Diego Symphony — drove the opening and closing movements forward with relentless urgency and caught all of the sardonic, lurching humor in the "Allegretto" second movement.
The orchestra, which always seems to relish playing music by this 20th century composer, was in top form again in yesterday's performance. Although Ling singled out many individuals in the winds and brass sections during the bows, he asked the strings to stand en masse, which was a pity because he might well have asked the split sections to take their own bows.
Pairing Shostakovich's fifth symphony with Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 turned out to be an excess of bombast. There were, of course, dangers of over-exposure. If Tchaikovsky's first isn't the most-played concerto ever written, it's No. 1A to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, especially in Southern California where, because of outdoor and indoor concerts, we hear several performances of each most years. Nonetheless, the combination proved to be a savy marketing move. Yesterday afternoon's audience appeared to easily be the largest this season and the evening concert was nearly sold out.
The soloist yesterday was 38-year-old Israeli-born pianist Shai Wosner, who has made quite a good reputation recently playing Schubert and Mozart, but has come very late to this famous work, which he was performing in public for just the third time. In his preconcert Q&A yesterday, Wosner admitted candidly, "I'm still unwrapping this work and trying to get my mind around it. Perhaps by the 150th time I will fully understand it."
His inexperience showed. Wosner delivered an ultra-cautious performance that had only the minimum amount of dazzle, although his decision to focus on sensitive nuance at the expense of bravura had its compensations. In the end, however, at least this listener wished he had elected to program a Mozart concerto instead for his PSO debut.
• In that preconcert session, Wosner — who studied at The Juilliard School with Emmanuel Ax — said that famous mentor taught him that "what you hear onstage may be different that what they [the audience] hear. The best performances are when those two views come together."
• This was the last concert of a four-year-run to be led by guest conductors. PSO management said that ticket sales for the 2013-2014 season exceeded goals by 30%.
• Beginning Nov. 1, the 2014-2015 season will have either Music Director David Lockington or Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas McGegan on the podium. My preview is HERE.
• Joseph and Elizabeth Kahn's program notes yesterday called the first piano concerto and violin concerto "Tchaikovsky's two most popular works," a questionably sweeping statement that tosses aside the 1812 Overture, the Nutcracker, and the composer's fourth, fifth and sixth symphonies.
• The PSO takes a four-week break before reincarnating as the Pasadena Pops, which performs a five-concert summer series at the Los Angeles County Arboretum under the baton, keyboard and vocals of Principal Conductor Michael Feinstein. Info: www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org
(c) Copyright 2014, Robert D. Thomas. All rights reserved. Portions may be quoted with attribution.


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The series on team offense continues with the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox finished tenth in the majors and seventh in the American League in offense last season, scoring 4.64 runs per game.
The CBSSportsline probable batting order gives us a feel for the type of lineup Ozzie Guillen is likely to use. The OBP and slugging percentage used come from the Marcel the Monkey forecast system. Plugging those numbers in the Lineup Analysis Tool (LAT) produces the following results:
- Best lineup: 4.94 runs per game
- Probable lineup: 4.84 runs per game
- Worst lineup: 4.65 runs per game
- Regressed lineup: 4.49 runs per game
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The ever popular Barcelona has a whole host of attractions and activities awaiting its visitors from tasty fare to world-class art. There's also a lot of great things to do for free across the city if you find yourself on a tight budget. Here is our list of things to do for free in Barcelona.
Things to do for free in Barcelona
1. Ramble down Las Ramblas
Located in the heart of the city and packed with people almost 24/7, Las Ramblas is one of the world's most famous strips. And rightly so. Adorned with an endless array of motionless human statues, noisy pet stalls, tourist-heaving restaurants and hawkers selling all types of fluorescent objects, it is inevitable that you won't only end up here once, but you will end up here several times. Strolling up and down it for a couple of hours is an attraction in its own right. When you get there you'll understand why.
2. Go to the beach
Escape the hustle and bustle of the city streets and take a trip to some of Barcelona's beaches. Just 10 minutes from the city you will find over 4km of golden sandy shores where you can lay out your towel and work on that tan. One of the closest beaches to the city is Barceloneta Beach, and as it's the closest it can often be the busiest. But it's quite a big beach area and has some bars and cafes along the waterfront. The quickest way to get to here is to catch the yellow line metro and get off at the Barceloneta stop.
Another great Barcelona beach is Icària Beach which you can get to by the yellow line metro to Ciutadella Vila Olimpica. It's a little bit quieter here if you like to relax in peace on your beach. And if you want an all over, line-free tan, then check out Mar Bella Beach as it's an unofficial nudist beach, which means you can also wear your swimsuit even if your friends don't want to. This is a 20 minute walk from the Poblenou yellow line metro stop.
3. Visit Parc Güell
One of many stunning creations from Antoni Gaudi that are dotted around Barcelona is Park Güell. This unusual park was originally commissioned by Eusebi Güell as he wanted a stylish park solely for the Barcelona aristocracy. The good news is that today anyone can visit Parc Güell, and for free too. In this unique park you can expect to find lots of amazing stone sculptures, colourful tiles and breathtaking buildings. There's also a terraced area at the top of the park with wonderful tile mosaics and a seating area where you can take in the magic of the park.
4. Walk the streets of the Barri Gotic
The Barri Gotic area is also known as the Gothic Quarter and it's the old town area of Barcelona. There's a Roman feel to this historic area and it's a maze of narrow cobbled streets and squares. It was once home to famous artists such as Picasso and Joan Miró. Today it's where you'll find the City Hall and the seat of the Catalan Government, beautiful Gothic churches such as Santa Maria del Pi and Sants Just i Pastor. There's also the old Jewish Quarter and the Plaça del Rei, an interesting medieval square steeped in royal history.
5. Admire Gaudi's architecture
Barcelona and Gaudi go hand-in-hand and you'll soon start to recognise his work as you discover it dotted across the city. Gaudi is admired and studied by architect lovers and admirers all across the world, and to see his work up close you simply need to walk the streets of Barcelona. There's the outdoor spectacle that is Parc Güell (see point 3) where you can sit in a park designed by Gaudi. Casa Batlló is a breathtaking building on Passeig de Gràcia where the facade looks like it's been made from bones and skulls, which are actually pillars and balconies. There's an entrance fee to go inside, but you can take in the stunning exterior for free.
On the same street you'll also find Guadi's La Pedrera/ Casa Milà where you'll find Gaudi's famous chimneys on top of the building. And finally, Gaudi's unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Familia, which is still being built… since 1882! This church is a work of art, genius and patience and is one of Barcelona's top attractions. Take a walk around the exterior and you can spend hours studying the designs and sculptures on its facade.
6. Soak up some sun along the Passeig Marítime
Take in some views of the Mediterranean along with some rays of sunshine (in the finer months) along the seaside promenade that is Passeig Marítime. You'll find this seafront walk just northeast of the Old City. The boardwalk here is the perfect place a coastal stroll or stop off for a glass of sangria. Here, you'll also find Port Olímpic which is a stunning marina area full of restaurants and bars. You'll easily recognise it from the two seafront skyscrapers, one of which is home to the Casino Barcelona.
7. Get outdoors in Parc de la Ciutadella
Barcelona's most central park is the expansive Parc de la Ciutadella that covers close to 74 acres and has a lake, a zoo, several museums and more. This green oasis in the heart of the city makes for the perfect escape from the crowded city. Spend a few hours wandering amongst the walkways, flowerbeds and palm trees while checking out the fountains and sculptures dotted around the park. You can hire out a rowing boat if you wish to go out on the lake or check out the zoo.
8. Free entry to the Picasso Museum
This museum is dedicated to the life and works of Pablo Ruiz Picasso and is a must see for any fans of the artist visiting Barcelona. There are over 3,800 works of Picasso in the permanent collection and through them you can see his deep relationship with Barcelona that formed throughout his lifetime. There's normally an entrance fee for the museum but it has free entry from 3pm every Sunday, and it's also free all day on the first Sunday of the month.
9. Stare in awe at the popular Magic Fountain Show
The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc dates its first performance back to 1929, and today it's as popular a spectacle as it was back then. This sensational fountain show is the centrepiece of a collection of waterfalls and smaller water features on Avinguda Maria Cristina. You can expect a stunning show encapsulating light, colours, music and lots of water. In fact close to 2,600 litres of water are pumped through this great fountain per second! Shows are on at different times depending on the season and you can reach the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc by Metro – stop Plaça Espanya.
10. Escape the city in the Catedral de Barcelona
Close to the busy streets of La Rambla you can find an oasis of calm in the city's cathedral. Catedral de Barcelona, also known as Le Seu as it was named after Barcelona's patron Saint Eulalia. You'll find the stunning cathedral in the centre of the Barri Gòtic area and its origins date back to the 13th century. This medieval sanctuary has a vaulted interior, a number of little chapels, and a garden with a cloister that's home to thirteen geese.
11. Enjoy the colourful Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueira
This large, colourful public market is also known as just La Boqueria and you'll find it in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona. This is a popular attraction in Barcelona that dates back to the 13th century. You'll be met with loud noises, overpowering smells and colour as far as the eye can see on arrival at the market. It's the perfect place to visit at anytime of the day, and a great place to have a bite to eat too.
12. Have free tapas with a drink
When you think of Spanish food, tapas automatically comes to mind and you'll find lots of great tapas bars around Barcelona. However, it can be tough to find free tapas in the city compared to other parts of the county, but there are still a few bars that keep up the tradition of free tapas when you order a drink. If you fancy a free nibble then check out Ambiente del Sur in the L'Eixample neighbourhood. This is a small, friendly bar that offers some great small plates of food with a drink. In the same area you'll also find Bar Atrapatapa, and while their tapas aren't free, they offer them for just two Euros once you purchase a drink. If you're peckish in the Gothic District then check out Bar Mingus for their free tapas with a drink, and same for Gata Mala in the Gracia area.
13. Visit Museu Nacional d'Art de la Catalunya
The MNAC is the perfect place to spend a few hours if you have even the slightest interest in anything art related. This beautiful museum embraces all the arts and showcases sculpture, painting, engraving, drawings, photography and lots more, all with a Catalan focus. There is an admission fee but if you want to get in for free then visit on a Saturday from 3pm or the first Sunday of each month to avail on no admission fees.
14. Check out some other museums
There are lots of other great museums to check out that offer free admission at certain times around Barcelona. You can take your pick on the first Sunday of the month with free entry to any of these museums – Museu Picasso, Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombi or the Museu d'Historia de Catalunya. If you've got a sweet tooth but would prefer to spend your money on chocolate than admission fees, the visit the Museu de la Xocolata (Chocolate Museum) on the first Monday of the month for their free entry. But, as they say, everybody loves a freebie, so get there early if you want to avoid the queues.
15. Plan trip around a festival
Barcelona plays host to a lot of festivals throughout the year so why not time your visit around one of them. Some of the more popular Barcelona festivals include Festa Major de Gràcia – a week long community celebration in the streets of one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods. For this festival, each street in the Gràcia area is decorated by residents depicting anything from storybook themes to homemade waterfalls. There's also lots of entertainment along the streets and it takes place the week of August 15th.
If you're visiting Barcelona at the end of September you're in for a treat as the largest street party in the city takes place – the Barcelona La Merce Festival. This five day celebration is in honour of Mare de Deu de la Merce, the Patron Saint of Barcelona, and says goodbye to summer and hello to autumn. You'll find a whole host of activities taking place around the city for this festival such as a 'Giants Parade' which is a great family event, where huge giants with effigies of kings, queens and nobles march through the streets. Then there are Castellers, which are Human Towers that people build in Plaça de Jaume. There's also the popular Correfoc – a 'fire run' that's all about fireworks and sparklers.


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Someone at work was asking me about my blog and my site. They seemed really fascinated that there are people that take Halloween so seriously. I mentioned that my blog gets a ton of hits during the season and that I get a lot of emails from all over the country (which currently I'm having a very hard time keeping up with [very sorry]). So she asks "Are they mostly devil worshippers?" Kinda stunned. Kinda surprised. But she's serious, so I figured I should address the issue in a calm and orderly manner. I told her that the whole Satanic side of Halloween is really just a big myth. That Haunters, in fact, actually stay away from Satanic imagery for the most part. I recall reading once on a forum a discussion about incorporating Hell and the Devil into a display and the general consensus was that it was bad news and not something that'd be popular in a neighborhood haunt. Some people even said that they personally would have a problem featuring Satan in their display. So it seems that it's just the opposite from the perceived notions of evil and Satanic symbols being one and the same with celebrating Halloween. Being pretty far from the Bible Belt, I'm still really surprised that the question was even asked, though I'm glad she asked it, because she seemed to accept my answer (or she just figured I was covering for my Dark Lord and Master).
For the record: I think images of Hell and the Devil are something that should be fair game for a Halloween display. Torches and red flood lights and horned beings - it'd be fantastic. And definitely something I could see doing at some point in the future.
Hell on Earth.
Monday, September 20, 2010
23 comments:
- crudedoodle.com said...
give'em hell, rot!
- September 20, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Hopsy the beer drinking clown said...
Last year we actually had a letter to the editor from some sort of christian group that was advocating a ban on door-to-door trick-or-treating, and adult supervised parties for teens allowing only biblical themed characters!
The editorial went along the whole 'Halloween is satanic' route to which the newspapers online component received hundreds of e-mails defending Halloween.
I took the opportunity to point out how many unsavory,murderous, thieving, raping characters appear in the bible in addition to all the angels, saints, martyrs and of course Jesus....
I find it so frustrating that in this day and age of so called enlightenment that people believe such misconceptions to be true.
It is a sad commentary on our society I fear.
- September 20, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- Unknown said...
can't wait to see it!!!
- September 20, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- NoahFentz said...
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- September 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM
- Steve Ring said...
The way I see it, Satan is just another bogeyman like Dracula or Frankenstein. People used to have more of a sense of humor about satanic imagery on Halloween before the satanic scare of the 1980's. As a lifelong atheist I just find satanic imagery humorous and sometimes charming and titillating. And the fact that holy rollers are so offended by it just makes it funnier. The fact that so many people today take it so seriously and actually fear this (to me) mythology makes me laugh and appalls me in turns.
- September 20, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
Great answer. Haunting is no different than any other hobby (be it scrapbooking or fantasy football) just because ours centers around Halloween.
- September 20, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Steve Ring said...
Oh, and don't forget the Halloween hell houses that many churches throw every year. Tell me they don't have fun with those!
- September 20, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
I get the exact same reaction from everyone in my family. They wonder how I'm so "dark," or why I can't just like Christmas like everyone else. I don't get the misconception, really I don't. As far as I'm concerned, I love Halloween because it's always good to be a little frightened, especially as a kid. There's just such a magic about it all. And it's not remotely satanic, but like you, I think that it should be fair game as a theme.
- September 20, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Terrormaster said...
Times like this I'm not just glad but proud to be an atheist.
Halloween Satanic?! Rubbish! It might have originally had Paganistic roots but definitely NOT Satanic. Of course "born-again"s don't see a difference. Hell (pun intended), even old school Catholics don't see a difference. I remember debating with my father and mother when I first told them I'm atheist. Their stance was if you don't believe in god you believe in the devil. There just was no in-between. You either follow god or you're a satanist. I'm sure that's same line of thought when considering Halloween.
- September 20, 2010 at 5:34 PM
- Aron said...
Honestly, I don't really think these people believe that Halloween is "satanic" in every sense of the word. I also don't think they believe in the Crowley-type devil worshipers. To me it seems like a misplaced need to have a "bad guy" to justify their personal beliefs. Halloween is just an easy target - so labeling it and demonizing it makes sense to them. Now excuse me I have to go check on my sacrifices.
- September 20, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- Chris 'Frog Queen' Davis said...
I have been visited by the "christians" more than once. I am as nice as can be, but I grew weary. I have to say I have removed all the witches and devils from the haunt. I am sorry I caved, with a display that is up for a month I found that that gives them plenty of time to organize an attack.
I just have better things to do with my time than defend my decorating decisions. And since the graveyard works fine without them.....I live with it.
I completely make up for it on the party decorations. With that the crew know that "all bets are off" anything goes. If you find it offensive....wait, who are you and how the hell did you get on my guest list?!?! :D
- September 20, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- Damian Michael AKA HalloweeNut said...
I HATE IT when churches try to mess with Halloween!!! For the longest time, my dad's girlfriend tried to swing me away Halloween (she is, in her own words, "good Christian" [sarcasm strongly intended]). Believe you me, I'll never stop HAUNTING!
- September 20, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Ryan said...
Freaking...just, dammit.
Yes, we're all satanist. We sacrifice babies and puppies and cute little fluffy bunnies.
Okay? We do that. So leave us alone.
- September 20, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think Terrormaster nailed it. It is about having to have one or the other. My mother didn't speak to my husband or I for a month when we said we were atheists because she DID feel we were satanists. We obviously cleared that up, but seriously, has anyone checked out the Church of Satan? Really fascinating, logical thinking and ideas there. Can't say I fault anyone who joins.
- September 20, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- JHMDF said...
Hell yea!... a Pumpkinrot hell on earth would be spectacular!
- September 21, 2010 at 12:22 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
I was not going to post a comment on this due to the fact that I can get pretty heated about this subject matter but here goes.....
This is for all who read this blog who labels Halloween as evil, satanic, whatever....
Yes, I admit it, I am a Christian. I fall short of His grace, we all do, but I am not here to judge anyone, to tell them how to live their life. We have free will.
Halloween is only what you make it out to be. All it takes is one nitwit or a group of nitwits to mention the word "evil" or "satanic" and it spreads like wildfire.
I celebrate Halloween because to me it means the end of summer, beginning of fall, and the coming of winter. I don't participate in the occult, witchcraft, demonism, sacrifice animals or little children.(I do wear a lot of black though. And I have a tattoo. Many consider those two things as evil. Oh, I almost forgot, I watch horror movies all year.)
Throughout the year I am a very private guy who likes to keep quite. But in October I let loose. Decorate like crazy with fall stuff, pumpkins, jackolanterns, lots of candles, corn stalks and "scary stuff". I let loose, let my imagination run wild to my abilities.(I don't have that much talent to put my imagination to life) I hope to become as good of A haunter as the people who follow this blog. My daughter, wife and I go trick or treating (with me in costume also) with friends and go to a nice party
with adults and children afterwards.
I'm going to go take my medication so I can calm down now....:)
Ooppss....I forgot to mention I'm a red head....I have been told that red heads are evil.
And I was born on the 13th....
- September 21, 2010 at 4:23 AM
- Mr Black said...
I hate to say it, but I do live in the bible belt and I have had everything from people removing my stuff, to notes from churches about how I am on the road to hell. I just laugh at them most of the time, but I do get sick of the judgement and the foolish superstition.
- September 21, 2010 at 5:14 AM
- Gloria said...
I'm glad this came up. A friend and fellow shop owner asked me : 'Why is it people think you are a devil worshiper if you like Halloween'? I had many answers in my head, but didn't say anything. I have customers who won't enter the small room at the shop we devoted to Halloween, and we are very TAME because of the type of shop it is.They have a right to NOT like it....they can go to the boring, crappy shops around us. I find Halloween artistically challenging, and just plain Frickin' FUN! I am not an Athiest, but I get it. It makes more sense than the ignorance some exhibit in the name of God. Pagan?...Christmas has pagan origins. People need education...and a whole BUNCH O' HALLOWEEN FUN! People need to lighten-up. OK, now what can I find to bite the head off of this morning?
- September 21, 2010 at 9:51 AM
- Dio said...
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- September 21, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Goneferalinidaho said...
I just deleted a very long rant. People can be immensely ignorant and have the potential to ruin all the fun in life. Bottom line is that it's free speach. The imagery that really ticks me off is the anti-abortion propaganda that some people have their children hold up to show cars driving by. That's messed up.
- September 21, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- Sam said...
Blasphemy! The Devil in a Halloween display! How can you even think of possibly doing something like that maybe in the future! ;)
Honestly, from what I recall parents had no reservations about letting their kids dress up like demons with little pitchforks and pointy mustaches when I was growing up, Hell! My favorite Disney Halloween special had one of Donalds nephews dressed as a devil and that came out in like the 50's. People are strange.
- September 23, 2010 at 3:01 AM
- The Gill-Man said...
Like Jay's Shadow, I'm a Christian who is nuts for Halloween. Personally, I feel like Christians who declare Halloween to be "Satanic" are giving Ol' Scratch WAY too much power! For me, Halloween is a day to laugh at death and evil. Horror as a genre is a way to face and overcome fears, and Halloween falls right in line with that (this is why horror movies are actually more popular during times of crisis or war. The original Wolf-Man debuted days after Pearl Harbor, and was a huge hit).
Now, I don't use "Satanic" imagery in my haunt, just because I don't feel like fighting that battle with nutty fringe groups, but I DO feel like they are fair game. If anything, it is a way to TAKE AWAY the power of evil in our lives, making it trivial and entertaining. Just my two-cents
- September 24, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- JD said...
I never understood the Halloween is satanic myth. Since the holiday was brought into the mainstream by catholics, does that make catholics satanists along with the other haunters?
- October 13, 2010 at 8:32 AM


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"With available rebates and tax incentives, plus the monthly energy cost savings that occur when retrofitting to energy-efficient T8s or T5s, the upgrade virtually pays for itself within a year," said Sean Neman, director of operations at ReGreen Inc., an energy conservation company. "People need to act fast to cash in on the available rebates and incentives while they are still available. With recent regulations virtually eliminating traditional T12s by 2012, these incentives will not be available for long."
The simplest retrofit for T12 lamp and magnetic ballast is a T8 lamp and electronic ballast. This switch-out can save 30 to 40 percent on energy costs. In qualifying areas, rebates from utilities can subsidize the cost for upgrades anywhere from 60 to 100 percent. Additionally, using the Commercial Building Tax Deduction, owners and managers can receive tax benefits up to 60 cents per square foot.
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Amazon is suing a former executive for taking a job with Google and violating a non-compete agreement, according to reports.
Zoltan Szabadi, a former Amazon Web Services strategic partnerships manager, took a job working on the Google Cloud Platform and Amazon's lawsuit says that he broke his non-compete agreement, according to GeekWire.
"Szabadi was directly and integrally involved with the marketing of Amazon's cloud computing business to its partners and resellers, and played a significant role in developing Amazon's business strategy and direction in this area," the suit says. "Szabadi was involved in developing, implementing and managing Amazon Web Services' strategy for many of its partners, and was the first point of contact for most partners who were considering working with Amazon."
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As one of the largest state associations for funeral directors in the nation, OFDA has become a conduit for promoting the funeral profession and a vital link to having a voice in the legislative process.
The Ohio Funeral Directors Association Political Action Committee (OFDA PAC) is a key component of OFDA's state legislative lobbying efforts. A misconception about OFDA PAC is that member dues go toward funding the PAC. This is not accurate. OFDA PAC can only be successful if members make personal contributions directly to OFDA PAC.
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By VanBriggle on Friday, April 24, 2020Most already know about the fuel tank issue affecting all 2019 and 2020 models of the RAV4 Hybrid. In some cases, such as mine, the tank only takes about 3 gallons (up to 5 on occasion). Since I have a serious commute each day, that means I have to fill up the tank about twice a day. The Toyota field services representative acknowledges this is a serious issue with no fix available, but Toyota National's response to my buyback request was that this is a "normal operating characteristic." So they are requiring I hire a lawyer and pay $10k plus to resolve the issue - so much for Toyota reputation and reliability. Worse, like many others here are reporting, they advertise it as getting 40 mpg, but after 5k mine averages 26.1. Toyota's response to this is also that this is "normal." Of course if they had let me know these were characteristics before buying the vehicle, I wouldn't have purchased. So short story - Toyota defrauded me, and they've lost a customer of 30+ years.
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By Nigel on Saturday, November 30, 2019Gas tank will not fill. Toyota is aware of the problem and does not have a fix.
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By Kmac on Tuesday, May 26, 2020First off, I like the SUV. It's getting 38 mpg in Atlanta city traffic on hilly terrain and 36 mpg on the highway with aggressive driving. It's also got good power. I take it camping and tow a small trailer with no issues. I really wanted the car so I paid a premium to get it. Now the bad, there is a major fuel tank issue Toyota is not addressing that is now a class action lawsuit. The tank only holds 8.5-10 gallons unless you put a lot of effort to fill it to it's 14.5 Gallon capacity. You have to trickle fill the tank and it takes 10-15 minutes. It also appears to still be an issue with the 2020 and they aren't addressing the issue. Also, they are still using cheap plastics on the bumpers that easily scratch and discolor. It's a great car, just be aware of the problems and decide if you can live with it.
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Apple ships iOS 5.0.1 with battery fixes, patches
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iOS 5.0.1 can be grabbed without connecting an iPhone or iPad to a computer. Apple today released iOS 5.0.1, the anticipated update designed to fix multiple unspecified bugs that drained the iPhone's battery much faster than expected.
The update also patched five security vulnerabilities, including one revealed earlier this week by noted researcher Charlie Miller, who demonstrated that Apple's App Store code signing could be sidestepped to download malware onto an iPhone without the owner's knowledge.
iOS 5.0.1 was the first update that Apple delivered "over-the-air" -- in other words, without requiring users to connect their devices to a Windows PC or Mac, and launching iTunes -- a new feature that debuted with iOS 5 in October.
Apple did not spell out the specific battery-related patches, saying only "Fixes bugs affecting battery life" in a short list of the update's contents.
Almost immediately after the launch of the iPhone 4S, owners began reporting that the phone was exhausting its battery at a prodigious rate, with some claiming that their batteries were losing 1% of their power every few minutes.
While some users Thursday morning said that they had already downloaded iOS 5.0.1, it was too early for results reports to appear on Apple's support forum.
Other fixes included in iOS 5.0.1 claimed to resolve bugs with documents stored and synced using iCloud, improved voice dictation accuracy for Australian users, and added multitasking gestures to 2010's first-generation iPad.
On the security front, Apple patched five vulnerabilities and also revoked the digital certificates of a Malaysian certificate authority (CA). Microsoft and Mozilla had done the same last week for their Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.
The most notable patch was for the bug discovered earlier this year by Miller, principal research consultant for Denver-based security firm Accuvant and the only four-time winner at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest.
That bug let Miller craft an iOS app, which Apple approved and distributed via its App Store. Miller's app, however, exploited the flaw to force the app to "phone home" to a server he controlled, which then could issue commands to any hijacked iPhone running iOS 4.3 or later.
Miller informed Apple of the bug in October, but did not tell the company he had created an app to demonstrate the flaw. Apple's reaction was swift: It bounced Miller from the iOS developer program and banned him from reapplying for a full year.
Although Miller was unable to test the patch in iOS 5.0.1 because his app had been yanked from the App Store, he pointed out the appearance of the update, and as he had done earlier this week, defended his research.
"Even if some thought what I did was unethical, I hope public reporting of that flaw sped up time to patch release to make things safe for us," Miller said on Twitter today.
Apple credited Miller in its security advisory for reporting the bug.
Other patches plugged holes in FreeType, iOS' font-rendering engine, and quashed a bug that let people with physical access to a passcode-locked iPad 2 view data on the tablet when Apple's Smart Cover was opened.
iOS 5.0.1 weighed in at between 39MB and 45MB on multiple iPhones and iPads owned by Computerworld staffers when the devices retrieved the update over the air.
Connecting an iPhone 4 to iTunes, however, revealed a massive update of some 790MB.
To do an over-the-air update, select the "Settings" app on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, then touch "General" and finally "Software Update."
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I think that charging $2.99 a month will bring in new subscribers. Here's why I say this: Currently, to listen to the free internet feed one needs to put in their user name and password - then there is no extra charge to listen to Sirius XM on the computer. I am sure there are some people who simply give out their user name and password to a friend, and then that friend can listen at work or at home for free. In effect, two subscriptions are in use for the price of one.
Soon, with the $2.99 per month charge, it stands to reason that not all of these "generous" people will want to pay that amount if they themselves do not listen on the computer. So, if their freeloading friends want to continue listening on the computer, they will have to pay either $12.99 per month to listen on their computer (if they do not otherwise subscribe); or they will have to take out radio subsciptions ($6.99 per month fee or above) and then pay the $2.99 internet fee - yielding a minimum of a total of $9.98 per month from each of those people.
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The Best Places to Drink Beer in Nashville, Tennessee
The first thing to know about Nashville: wherever you go out, you're going to see familiar faces. I don't mean famous faces, although that's probable too. I mean friends, neighbors, exes, and that guy who works at the butcher. The second thing: the snaking Cumberland River bisects more than just the landscape. If the West Side of town is Nashville's super-ego, the East Side is most definitely its id. The onslaught of recently opened draft beer bars seems to be the great mediator between the two. And things are coming together nicely.
With outmoded state laws, like the legal split between high- and low-gravity beers (a demarcation at 5% alcohol by weight, or 6.3% by volume) and the "franchise laws" of the wholesale distribution system, Nashville once seemed destined to remain a craft beer backwater. But luckily for the locals, breweries have been popping up like a game of whack-a-mole—just you try and keep up.
Because of all that, and because, for the most part, beers from here are good and getting better, the craft beer scene in Nashville is focused heavily on local flavors. The out-of-touch might find it parochial. I'd call it hometown proud. Either way, Nashville is positioning itself as a bona fide beer destination. The richness of the music scene doesn't hurt any either.
Whether kicking it at one of the many established bars in East Nashville, cherry picking a favorite along 8th Ave, or searching for an alternative to the noisy honky-tonks on a downtown Saturday night, wherever you are, a craft draft pour is close at hand. Here are our six favorite spots to grab a pint »
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About the Author: W.S. Lyon wanders high and low places with a book in one hand and a drink in the other. He writes, works and lives in Nashville, TN.
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Mental health advocates gathered at the Statehouse today to push for Medicaid expansion in Ohio. Among the supporters? Former Ohio State phenom running back Maurice Clarett.
Mental health advocates gathered at the Statehouse today to push for Medicaid expansion in Ohio.
Among the supporters? Former Ohio State phenom running back Maurice Clarett.
Clarett, part of the 2002 National Championship team, had numerous off-the-field troubles, including robbery and weapons convictions that put him in prison. He has since been treated for depression.
"Mental illness is a stigma. At Ohio State, it was an excusing behavior I was in denial about," Clarett said.
Clarett said when he takes his medication, it gives him a chance to live his life.
�Everyone deserves that,� he said adding that he believes the best way he can help is by sharing his story.
�(As) somebody who has been to prison�and to crawl out and get my life back together, to know the fundamental reasons or principles of why the way I am now just means a lot to me personally,� he said. �And the people that shared their stories (today), I felt them and understood it and I could identify with them.�
The Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities and the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Ohio put together today�s event to highlight the need for treatment and how Medicaid expansion could help. Clarett was just one of many who spoke about struggling with mental illness.
Maureen Waybright of Stark County, who suffers from bipolar disorder with traits of borderline personality disorder, shared her story of being taken off Medicaid after 18 years when she decided she was stable enough to return to work.
�I understood losing my food stamps when my income increased�but I didn�t understand why the government programs were insisting I lose my Medicaid coverage.� she said. �Without that coverage I would not be the full time employee that I am today.�
A report released earlier in the year by the National Alliance for Mental Illness found 1 in 4 Ohioans who would gain subsidized health coverage suffer from mental illness.
�We believe it is our job and the job of Ohio�s elected leaders to ensure treatment is available for those in need and that a barrier to treatment is not a lack of coverage,� said Cheri Walter, CEO of OACBHA.
Walter and others reiterated throughout that mental illness and addiction are treatable diseases and that people can and do recover.
Medicaid expansion has been a hot button issue in the state this year. Gov. John Kasich supports the expansion and included it in his two-year budget proposal. But Republicans lawmakers stripped the expansion of the budget before passing it. Now they are talking about Medicaid reform.
As proposed by Kasich Medicaid would be expanded to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, covering an estimated 275,000 low-income Ohioans. It would be 100 percent federally funded for the first three years, eventually dropping to 90 percent, and would bring an estimated $13 billion in federal funding to Ohio over seven years.
Opponents have said expanding Medicaid will drive up the federal deficit and fear that the federal government can�t deliver on covering 100 percent of the costs.
Under the Affordable Care Act, most Americans will face tax penalties if they do not have health insurance starting in January.
Alex Felser is a fellow in Ohio University�s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Statehouse News Bureau.


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[Editor's note: Tim Price, Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management and frequent Sovereign Man contributor is filling in from London, England while Simon is touring agricultural property today.]
If there was ever a policy manual on how to deal with recession, the Fed and ECB's copies have fallen out of the ugly tree and managed to hit every single branch on the way down.
Indeed, if the world's central bankers had wanted to perpetuate this recession until hell froze over, they couldn't have done a better job:
- Set interest rates to levels flatter than ten-day old beer? Check.
- Stimulate consumption? Check. At the expense of savers? Check.
- Push stock markets to all-time nominal highs at shaky valuations? Check.
- Prevent widespread liquidation of financial assets? Check.
- Keep lending money to shaky businesses? Check.
- Keep that QE liquor flowing to ensure that banks never have to face their hangover whilst sober ? Check.
- Ensure that bad banks– and let's face it, they're all bad– gorge on lousy government debt instead of lending to small and medium sized businesses? Check.
- Keep on inflating base money? Check.
- Interfere with the market to ensure that bad assets never reach a clearing price? Check.
- Inflate retail prices? Check.
- Seize funds directly from savers' accounts? Check.
Ludwig von Mises comes to mind– "There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion…" Yet they keep trying to avoid it.
All in all, on this dismal list of failures there are more checks than at a Czech chess festival.
The only question is whether they stop the boom, or kill the currency. The way these central planners are behaving, we might even get both. So, enjoy the party, but dance very near the door. And load up on gold.


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Ralph Schindler has a new post to his today looking back at a sort of history of autoloading and some of what we've learned even in just the journey from PHP 5.0 to 5.3 (and has become best practice in the community).
It wasn't until years later that certain best practices had emerged and the prolific usage of require_once/include_once throughout large bodies of code had started drying up. Even after autoloading had been adopted by larger more visible projects, a common patten had yet to emerge. [...] Fast-forward to today, and we see that this standard for autoloading has agreed upon by a large number of projects and has come to be named the "PSR-0 autoloading standard".
He covers some of the things we (the development community) have learned about autoloading and resources in our applications. He talks about the classmap tool that Matthew Weier O'Phinney developed (and some of its downfalls) as well as a move into PHP namespacing that has helped to make some of the "namespacing" based on class names obsolete. He's noticed a pattern in namespacing already - a self-contained structure that provides more of a "drop in" solution and how that's handled in the code.


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I'm not a photographer, so I initially didn't consider participating in the challenge. After giving this intriguing challenge some thought, I've decided to share one children's book a day for 365 days. I am a fanatical collector of children's books, so what better way for me to participate, than to share a beloved book each day. Look for the Children's Books ~ One A Day for 365 Days! photo album on the little illuminations facebook page to see which book I feature each day. I promise to share some popular favorites, plus a few you may have never heard of before.
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ATLANTA—Paine College senior Mario Jordan and Lane College junior Brittany Peters have been named SIAC Men's and Women's Basketball Players of the Week, respectively, while Paine College freshman Kedric Taylor has been named SIAC Men's Basketball Newcomer of the Week and Clark Atlanta University freshman Denisea Law has been named SIAC Women's Basketball Newcomer of the Week.
Jordan, a native of Sandersville, GA, averaged 21.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in two games, earning his second player of the week honor this season. Defensively, the 5-11, 165-pound guard also averaged 3.5 steals, including a game-high five in a win over Clark Atlanta, while also averaging 2.5 assists per game to help lead the Lions to a 2-0 record for the week which also includes a win over conference-foe Miles. Jordan and the Lions currently sit atop the SIAC with a 5-0 record in conference play.
Peters, a native of Columbus, OH, had 23 points, eight rebounds, and three assists in her first game as a Lady Dragon. Defensively, the 5-7 guard also totaled two steals and one block in their only game of the week, a 75-73 loss to Kentucky State.
Taylor, a native of Orlando, FL, had a big week for the Lions, averaging 15 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, and a block in two games. The 6-0, 175-pound freshman, who attended Evans High School, recorded his first career triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in an 82-67 win over Miles.
Law, a native of Miami, FL, had 13 points and four rebounds for the Lady Panthers in their 72-63 win over Paine to move to 2-1 in the SIAC. The 5-7 freshman guard, who attended Northwestern High School, also had one assist and one steal.
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This week's ABQ Journal fishing report sez you can catch catfish in the Rio Grande between here and Socorro using night crawlers, liver or stink bait; the tiger muskies at Bluewater Lake fancy hotdogs, though.
Jim Goodman at the Mountain View Telegraph likes to hike Embudito Canyon.
Last night, an Isotope homered in the PCL All-Star game.
Carlito Springs, a hidden oasis in the southern part of the Sandia Mountains – and a favorite resting spot for my old dog Arnold – will be open to the public beginning in August.
The Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary is visiting Albuquerque today on official business.
On Wednesday evening, it rained and rained some more.
Postmodernism comes to Coyote Canyon.
An alleged probation violator in Albuquerque threatened authorities with a BB gun before he was gunned down by US Marshal.
Former NM governor Toney Anaya was recently investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission; he later settled the resulting lawsuit out of court.
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The Apple and Invisible Shield fanboys have collected a bunch of screws loosened from their noggins, and used them to test the gadget protecting stickers. The unnamed Macbook owner drags his precious over a bed of spindly drywall screws over and over and over again. Make it stop!
Somehow, the laptop emerges unscathed, as if it were covered by the same molecular bonded armor that protects KITT (and protects Hasselhoff's hair.)
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What can your business clients offer their key employees who already have everything? A Death Benefit Only Plan funded with life insurance.
Employees are often the key to a business's success. A top performing sales person, for example, may generate millions for a business and have access to sensitive customer lists. Retaining these employees is essential, but what can your business clients offer their key employees who already have everything?
They're already set up with a pension or profit sharing plan and supplemental nonqualified deferred compensation. They draw an impressive salary and have the best health insurance money can buy. How about offering them a plan that promises to pay their families a portion of the key employee's salary for a period of time, say ten years? And how much more attractive is the plan if it's receivable by the employee's family estate tax free?
Under a DBO Plan an employer promises to make a payment, or payments, to the employee's named beneficiaries if the employee dies while employed by, or retired from, the company. Payments to beneficiaries may be made as a one-time payment or as periodic payments.
A lump sum payment may be calculated as a multiple of the employee's annual salary (e.g. six times the employee's annual salary). In contrast, a periodic payment obligation may be calculated as a percentage of salary and may continue for a definite period of time (e.g. an obligation to pay beneficiaries 75 percent of the employee's salary for ten years after the employee dies.)
DBO Plans are typically funded with a life insurance policy. The policy is owned by the company and the company is named beneficiary.
After the employee dies, the policy death benefit is paid to the company. Generally, the death benefit is received by the company income tax free. The company will either pay the amount of the benefits to the employee's beneficiaries from the policy's death benefit or invest the cash in a tax-free investment that will generate income sufficient to pay the periodic benefit.
Beneficiary's Tax Treatment of DBO Payments
Formerly, up to $5,000 of amounts received by an employee's family from the employer were exempted from income tax. But in 1996 the exclusion was repealed. Now, amounts received from a DBO Plan are taxed to beneficiaries as ordinary income if they were received from the company as compensation for the employee's services. If the payments are a gift, the beneficiaries receive the payments income tax free.
Despite the promising conclusion to the last paragraph, payments received by beneficiaries from a DBO Plan are highly unlikely to be properly classified as nontaxable gifts. In fact, since the 1960s, every published case that's considered the taxability of death benefit payments by a company to the employee's surviving spouse has held that the payments are taxable.
Estate Taxation of DBO Payments
DBO payments typically won't be included in the deceased employee's estate for estate tax purposes if the employer paid the benefit "voluntarily." On the other hand, if the obligation to make the payments is contractual, they usually will be taxed in the employee's estate. Contractual DBO payments are typically included in the employee's estate because the employee had the right to change the beneficiary during his or her lifetime. If the plan names a standard or otherwise irrevocable beneficiary, the payments probably won't be included in the employee's estate.
Deductibility of DBO Payments by the Corporation
Payments are deductible by the corporation only if they are shown to give rise to an economic benefit to the corporation; they are then deductible to the extent that they are "reasonable in light of that purpose." Salary continuation payments usually will satisfy the requirements and deductibility by the company is a fairly safe assumption. Contractually owed death benefit payments are often deductible as deferred compensation.
In the unlikely event that death benefit payments are properly classified as a gift to the beneficiaries, the company will not be entitled to deduct the payment.
Selling the Insurance Funded DBO Plan
In the typical case, a DBO plan is indicated where the company is looking to enhance key employee benefits without a massive immediate outlay of cash. Deductibility of the eventual benefit payments may also be a central concern.
The beauty of a DBO plan is that an impressive benefit can be funded with relatively small payments. The company doesn't need to take the chance that the covered employee will die an early death and leave the company liable for a significant death benefit. Although premiums paid into the policy won't be deductible, the company will receive the death benefit tax free and may even be able to deduct payments made of the tax-free fund created by the policy.
For the employee, a DBO plan represents security in knowing that his or her family has a security net to help soften the financial blow when the employee dies. And the benefit is received estate tax free, further enhancing its attractiveness to highly paid executives whose estates are already in estate tax territory.
Also beneficial for the company are the options available if the employee leaves the company's employment. The company has the option of continuing to make payments on the policy, surrender it, or sell it to the employee.
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Rodney Mitchell's mother hoped a crowd would join her outside the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Friday morning.
She wanted a show of support as she reminded the community that when deputies fatally shot him, much of the light went out of her life.
Only a few people showed at what she had hoped would be a more impressive gathering.
I'm hoping that's actually a good sign.
When it happened last year, Mitchell's death caused concerns and questions, as it should have.
He was a nice guy by all accounts, a 23-year-old father and recent college grad hoping to become a teacher, with no history of criminal violence.
About the worst that could honestly be said before that fatal night was he had lost his license in an out-of-state DUI, but kept driving despite a judge's firm warning to stop.
Mitchell, you might recall -- though that might depend on what neighborhood you live in -- was shot to death in north Sarasota after Deputy Adam Shaw stopped him for allegedly failing to wear a seatbelt.
When Mitchell suddenly hit the gas to speed away from the traffic stop, the Jeep SUV narrowly missed Sgt. Troy Sasse, who was there as backup.
Both deputies quickly fired two shots from close range, through the SUV's windows. Sasse fired the fatal shot from so close that shatter fragments cut his own face.
Some accounts asserted that Mitchell tried to run over Sasse, but evidence seems to indicate that, though it seemed that way to the deputies, Mitchell tried to steer around them and just wanted to avoid jail for driving with a suspended license.
Because he was wearing his seat belt when he died, and his only passenger said Mitchell was wearing it all along, many people charged afterward that the belt accusation was a racialprofiling fraud.
Mitchell was black and had dreadlocks, and so looked like someone many cops might want to stop on any excuse. An unused seat belt -- real, imagined -- always works just fine for that.
"Why did they stop my son?" Natasha Clemons asked me Friday. "It was racial profiling," she said, answering her own question, and she is sure of it.
I wish I could say she is wrong, and that, as a grieving mom who can't stop thinking things like that, she is jumping to conclusions. Unfortunately, the odds seem too good that she is right.
But whatever the motive for the stop, that isn't what caused her son's death. It was his panicked and dangerous decision to drive away that did that.
I hope anyone looking for lessons from this needless tragedy will learn that one first and foremost.
Again: No matter why you are stopped, you can't do what Mitchell did, ever. There is no way it works out well.
That was discussed after Mitchell's death last year at community forums and meetings with law officers. It was explained that drivers are always free to suspect the worst about why a traffic stop was made, and to argue about it later in court. But right or wrong, it is always akin to suicide to endanger armed law officers with that sort of escape attempt.
I suspect many people who didn't show up at the Sheriff's Office gathering wanted to support Mitchell's grieving mother. But maybe they also fear giving young people the bad idea, that if they do something similarly rash and dangerous and wrong, their community will rally behind them and blame police for whatever happens.
Rodney Mitchell wanted to be a teacher, and I'm guessing he would prefer that his senseless death be used to teach a very different lesson. How about: Don't run from police, don't endanger them, and don't put yourself in a situation where you would even be tempted.
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What lessons to be gleaned from loss?
Rodney Mitchell's mother hoped a crowd would join her outside the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Friday morning.


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A Response
Research Forum Modern and Contemporary Seminar
One of the aims of this new initiative by the Research Forum is to allow students to respond to research events in diverse ways, placing new, perhaps abstract lenses on the information presented. I have chosen to respond to this discussion with a note on Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. As a true admirer of his work I couldn't help but see two distinct, if somewhat trivial, aesthetic similarities with a photograph by Elżbieta Tejchman in the presentation (Fig. 1), and two of his images. The first related to the use of a solitary figure within a bleak, monochrome landscape, seen here in Nostalgia (Fig. 2), as a strong visual motif in Tarkovsky's films. The second is the form of the sculpture in Fig. 1, Antoni Starczewski's 'spatial form' created for the Biennale, and the Polish poster for Solaris (1972), designed by Andrzej Bertrandt (Fig. 3).
These two aspects pick up on the tension of artistic forces in the notion of 'Photography and Temporality', there is first the sculpture for the Biennale itself, and then the photographer documenting the event for future observation. Yet when these photographs adopt distinct aesthetic and compositional choices, the artwork it has originally depicted takes on a new meaning within the photographic context. This was one of the themes that Sylwia Serafinowicz discussed in her seminar, analysing the photographs themselves more than the artworks they depict.
I found it quite bizarre that these two separate elements (the sculpture and Solaris, and the photograph and Nostalgia) came together in such a way as to highlight the political dimension, another key theme in Sylwia's talk. This is because both Tarkovsky's films and The First Biennale of Spatial Forms work against the current pressures of artists to conform to the socialist realist style of the soviet state, which was extremely difficult to oppose. Particularly for Tarkovsky in Russia, who found it increasingly difficult to make films in his home country, his last two (Nostalgia and The Sacrifice) having to be filmed elsewhere.
Sylwia suggested that in Tejchman's photographs, the domination of the landscape and deserted streets speak of a void caused by the destruction of the old town of Elblag, under Nazi and then Soviet rule. Considering this now in terms of my Tarkovsky-esque reading, perhaps if we take the photograph out of the context of the Biennale, this is a structure that would not be so out of place as a strange piece of abandoned industrial machinery somewhere in 'The Zone', the surreal wasteland setting of Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979).
I decided to make this first blog post a 'response' on a very basic level, and as such these comments barely scratch the surface of the depth of Sylwia's discussion into the complex elements of both the Biennale and the accompanying photographs. Although my observations rely solely on what was essentially a gut reaction to an aesthetic and compositional mood shared by these images, this can be one way to play around with ideas, which can sometimes extend broader angles for research.


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A German researcher has found a gene linked to cocaine addiction - coke addicts were 25 per cent more likely to have the gene than those who do not use the drug.
Rainer Spanagel, a professor at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Germany, said: "If you are a carrier of this gene variant, the likelihood of getting addicted to cocaine is higher," , according to The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, via the Guardian.
The prof said the discovery could be used to screen people who would be susceptible to working at the BBC the devil's dandruff and given counselling or even "vaccinated" - given drugs which block the high that comes with cocaine.
The study said: "We found that a single nucleotide polymorphism in the CAMK4 promoter was significantly associated with cocaine addiction."
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What is the significance of the title?
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There was a lot of healing in this book. The slaves were healed physically as well as emotionally by Polly Shine. But importantly, Granada was healed and became a whole person due to the teaching and healing by Polly. Without Polly's healing, Granada wouid have continued to be only a reflection of the slave owners views and would not have become a healer herself.
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The Healing has more than one meaning. It is about Polly and Granada healing, the slaves healing from their mistreatment, Miss Amanda healing from the deaths of her children, and the little girl healing from the death of her mother when she comes to Gran-Gran.
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Healing occurs on many levels in the book: in the head, in the heart, and in the body. The term "heartache" comes to mind with Miss Amanda, the little girl, Granada's mother and others. Healing begins in the head because until our thoughts change, we cannot physically or emotionally heal.
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I agree with all the above posts but that is the one area that I was a bit disappointed in. It seemed to be such a obvious title. With all of his great descriptive writing and multiple layers in the characters lives: maybe something not quite so plain and obvious?
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I see all the different types of healing that everyone has mentioned and think they are true to the title but another one occurs to me. I think 'the healing' could also be that it is a process that is still going on. This country is a still a long way from being totally healed from that period of our history that included slavery. I think most of us would agree that not all of our citizens, to this day, truly believe that all men are created equal.
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Although Kate stated that The Healing is such an obvious title, I feel it enveloped every aspect of the story. The healing took place on so many levels, with each character, in different ways. I usually try to understand why an author chose a particular title for his/her book. I think this title was a perfect fit.
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As others have said, healing is a theme that occurs in this novel on many different levels. I wonder if we could even make a more global statement that this novel tries to help the healing between the races generally. This is a healing process that has been ongoing for decades and will continue for many more decades.
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There could not have been a more appropriate title for this book. Physical healing, emotional healing, race healing all took place on the pages of this book. When I finished reading the last page I felt as if I, too, had been healed. A powerful story. My grateful thanks to Mr. Odell. Eagerly look forward to his next story.
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Healing definitely refers to Polly who was the Healer bought to save the slaves. She worked her magic in some obvious and mysterious ways. Granada was taught Polly's skills so that she could continue as the healer (once Polly was gone). This established a role for Granada, since she had never been considered a part of the slave community. I don't know about the occupants of the main house. They seemed to continue in their misguided ways.
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DailyDirt: Protein Is Protein...?
from the urls-we-dig-up deptSome foods are considered delicacies, but some edible stuff can be just strange or disgusting. It's actually a bit puzzling how some ingredients and dishes are created. Sure, some weird food items are simply the result of people eating something to avoid starvation, but not always. Here are a few more kinds of protein you might want to try to eat someday.
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Updated 10:53 a.m. - Mitt Romney called a Missouri Republican's comments this weekend about rape "inexcusable," calling on Rep. Todd Akin to "correct" his remarks.
"Congressman's Akin comments on rape are insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly, wrong," Romney told the conservative National Review Online. "Like millions of other Americans, we found them to be offensive."
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee joined a growing chorus of Republicans in condemning Akin's comments Sunday that "legitimate rape" rarely results in pregnancy for victims.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., joins Morning Joe to discuss Rep. Todd Akin's, R-Mo., statement that "legitimate rape" rarely results in pregnancy.
"I have an entirely different view," Romney told NRO of Akin's remarks. "What he said is entirely without merit and he should correct it."
Akin's comments threaten to shake up his effort to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill this fall. That race is a key stepping stone in Republicans' effort to achieve the net gain of four seats they need to retake control of the Senate.
The controversy has already sparked national reverberations, however. Romney has lagged versus Obama with women voters, according to polls; his comments this morning follow on a spokeswoman's comments on Sunday quickly distancing Romney and presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan from Akin. (Ryan, Democrats note, did co-sponsor with Akin a bill that would have redefined rape under portions of law.)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives at Hyannis-Barnstable Municipal airport on Aug. 18.
Other Republicans have similarly denounced Akin.
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R) called on Akin to resign his Senate nomination.
"While Congressman Akin may have addressed his statement, like many men and women I strongly disapprove of his original comments — and the sentiments behind them," said former Virginia Sen. George Allen (R), who's trying to reclaim his old seat this fall.
In a statement and a Tweet, conservative congressman Todd Akin says he "misspoke" during a local TV interview in which he made comments about "legitimate rape" and abortion.


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Here's intersting:
White Box based but skill based rather than class based and d6-only.
What I really like is that I mentioned to the designer (via RPGNOW) that like all the other WB based games, wilderness adventures and travel is ignored. He responded by immediately adding 5 pages of extra content focusing on just that.
At first glance the integration of skills and six-siders into the system is very nicely done. $3 (ish) for the PDF and quite spendy for the hard cover at Lulu but I believe there's a paperback on the horizon.
Worth a look methinks.


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To identify genes involved in a given cellular process, cells can be transfected with different siRNAs and assayed for distinct response profiles such as cell cycle arrest. Cellomics, Inc., who pioneered the field of High Content Screening (HCS), has built cellular response profiles for several of Ambion's Silencer Validated siRNAs, utilizing their automated cell-based screening platform (1). For example, a Silencer Validated siRNA targeting the TNFalpha receptor (TNFR) can be used to identify gene products associated with TNFalpha-induced activation of the NF-kappaB pathway. Upon activation, NF-kappaB undergoes a translocation from its normal localization in the cytoplasm to the nucleus. Cellomics ArrayScan® HCS Reader can be utilized to rapidly quantitate such nuclear translocation events. In the experiment detailed below, TNFalpha-triggered activation of NF-kappaB nuclear translocation was used as a functional HCS assay of TNFR modulation. When TNFR expression level was reduced, NF-kappaB nuclear translocation was expected to be suppressed or reduced. On the other hand, NF-kappaB nuclear translocation triggered with ligands distinct from TNFalpha was expected to occur normally. Thus, a functional assay for the level of TNFR protein in the cell, which did not rely on direct measurement of TNFR protein content, was created.
Figure 1. (Figure 4 from the print edition of TechNotes) Reduction in TNFalpha-induced NF-kappaB Translocation Caused By an siRNA Targeting the TNFalpha Receptor. HeLa cells were transfected with siRNAs targeting IL-1ß (Control siRNA) and the TNFalpha receptor (TNFR siRNA). Forty eight hours post-transfection, the cells were recovered from the 24 well plates in which they were transfected and transferred to wells of a 96 well plate. Following overnight recovery, the cells were processed for immunofluorescence staining of NF-kappaB.
There are several distinct signaling pathways that can trigger the nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB. This suggests that RNAi could be used to distinguish activators of these pathways. As shown in Figure 2, while the cell population transfected with TNFR siRNA showed significantly reduced response to TNFalpha treatment (asterisk), the same cell population still responded robustly to IL1alpha treatment. This clearly shows the specificity of the siRNA transfection and highlights the applicability to drug discovery.
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1. Giuliano KA, Haskins JR, Taylor DL. (2003) Advances in High Content Screening for Drug Discovery. ASSAY Drug Develop Technol (In Press).


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The image was adapted from a greeting card image that I came across in a Google Image search. Unfortunately, I still haven't been able to find an original source or the name of the artist. I would love to give proper credit, so if you have any information on this please let me know!
ETA: Thanks for the tip, Gabrielle! This illustration is by Kate Wilson of Oodles of Doodles, a London-based illustrator.
(Also, sorry, but I can't help it. "Put a bird on it!" There, glad I got that out of my system.)
I didn't embroider the caption that was included underneath the image, but it's really cute. It says:
Sylvia hadn't quite understood the concept of the tea bag ... Where would her lipstick go?
Hope Cara likes it! I have two more pieces to embroider to close out this round of the swap.