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About Brandon P.Close
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My style of teaching bass consists of technique exercises mixed in with song learning, song-writing and music theory proficiency. I believe that the music theory learned to write music is incredibly important as it is the universal language of music. During lessons, you will be taught the basics needed to write to various tracks utilizing different bass techniques that I give you. You may also request any song you'd like during lessons, and I will not only teach you the song, but will teach you HOW it was written
About Brandon
*** Lesson Details ***
The most important thing with any instrument is that you're enjoying what your doing. If you're not having fun with guitar, then you're probably not going to stick with it. I teach beginning to advanced guitar and my students really enjoy the lesson plans. My lessons vary from student to student depending on what they want to accomplish, and what they need to succeed. After the student reaches a certain level I get them to play with other musicians. Sometimes I'll bring in my drummer and hop on the bass so the student can get the feel of playing with a full band! I expect a lot from students and they seem to have no problem delivering,
*** Studio Equipment ***
Home studio- includes amps, guitars and recording equipment. Custom built computer designed for studio use. Pre-sonus Firepods. Focusrite Sapphire pro 26. Ton's of pedals. Pro Tools 10 Professional
*** Travel Equipment ***
I have backup amps and guitars just in case. I bring all the materials for the lesson plans to the student's home.
*** Specialties ***
classical, rumba, metal, classic rock, hard rock, shred, Brazilian, fusion, blues, and most Latin styles.
· Bass Guitar · Online
· Guitar · Online
· Bass Guitar · In studio
Brandon P.
Brandon P.
About Erik A.Close
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The bass is where it all starts. A good bass player is the reliable backbone of the group. I'll help you master the groove so you can jam out with friends or bandmates.
About Erik
*** Lesson Details ***
Each person is different and learns in a slightly different way. Having said that, there are certain essentials which must not be ignored. If you've never taken lessons before, we'll start with the fundamentals, how to hold the guitar properly, make chords, build up finger strength, properly tune the guitar, know all the strings, and most importantly play songs. You will lea
For me, the most interesting music reveals the unique perspective and feelings of the person who makes it. Having conquered the essentials I will encourage you to be creative with your developing talents. I can teach you about song structure and I can teach you how to jam with your friends. If you are interested in writing and composing, I can help you with that too. We can take a look at your favorite artists and try to discover how they accomplished and perfected their sound. If you want to learn how to record I have a computer equipped with Pro Tools and would be glad to show you how to use it.
You'll spend time listening to me of course, but I hope to spend much of my time listening to you as well. If reading music doesn't inspire you we can focus more on learning by ear. It's up to you. You'll need your own instrument obviously, though you can leave it at home if you don't want to carry it back and forth. I have guitars here. I request that you purchase a book with text and exercises so that you can practice and study what you learn in the class. Even if you do not want to read music, you will need to know the neck and conquer scale formations and chords. We can choose the text based on your needs.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Six guitars, a keyboard, a computer equipped with Ableton and Reason, interface and MIDI controller.
Fender American Deluxe Telecaster
Fender 65 Mustang
Martin Koa Acoustic
Breedlove Acoustic/Electric cutaway
Gibson 12-string acoustic
Danelectro 12-string semi-hollow electric
Fender Cyber Twin Deluxe
Line 6 Spyder III
Yamaha YDP-141
Saffire 6 USB Interface
Novation Zero SLMkII USB mixer
Akai LPK25 MIDI keyboard
Ableton Live 9
Reason 6
*** Travel Equipment ***
I can travel with any of my guitars and my Lunchbox amp is also easily portable.
· Piano · In home
· Guitar · In home
· Acoustic Guitar · In studio
Erik A.
Erik A.
About Lucian W.Close
- defining rhythmic and harmonic functionality of the bass
- learning notes on fret board
- constructing walking bass lines
- R&B syncopation
About Lucian
Lucian believes that by sharing his enjoyment of making music with his students, he can give them confidence in other areas. That is because, in order to make music, they must go through a process of physical discovery through pr
He performs, as a solo entertainer, an unusually wide ranging repertoire because of his versatility on guitar, piano, and vocals. Being an accomplished arranger with a vast library of charts also allows him to lead a ten piece orchestra as competently as a trio or quartet. He has performed extensively in New York, Chicago, Cape Cod, and Florida.
*** Lesson Details ***
I always try to make lessons as comfortable and enjoyable as possible yet challenging enough to maintain interest. I build lessons around the student's individual interests (specific songs or styles) so that he or she can learn the technical fundamentals in a relevant context.
My own curriculum is supplemented by the following:
Guitar: Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Aaron Shearer Classical Guitar Method
Piano: Alfred's Basic Piano Course , John W. Schaum Piano Course
Voice: Jeffrey Allen's Secrets of Singing, Nicola Vaccai Practical Method
*** Studio Equipment ***
Hardman baby grand acoustic piano
OptimusMD1600 electronic keyboard
Crate TX50D guitar amplifer
*** Specialties ***
- Singing lesson time is generally divided 50/50 between voice building and repertoire. I accompany vocalists on both piano and guitar, teaching the melody notes as they are sung along with the piano. Then, once the melody is learned, I often switch to the guitar with just chordal backing. The acoustic guitar is also softer than the piano and lets the singer hear their own voice better. For voice building, I use my own concepts plus approaches of famous voice teachers like Jeffrey Allen, Seth Riggs, and Anthony Frissel.
- I am very experienced performing all styles of guitar and can cater to the student's specific area of interest, whether it be rock, folk, classical, or jazz.
- With piano, I work on fundamentals of reading and technique. Learning basic harmony and chord construction starting with triads (3 note chords), the student can soon read single stave lead sheets (a form of music notation widely utilized by professional musicians) as well as the grand staff. This approach trains the ear and makes learning how to play popular songs much easier.
· Bass Guitar · In home
· Guitar · In studio
· Classical Guitar · In home
Lucian W.
Lucian W.
About Steve G.Close
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Theory,rhythm,and scales are combined with technique on how to play underneath a song with movement (walking)
About Steve
*** Lesson Details ***
When I take on a new student, the first thing I do is to sit down and talk to them and find out a bit about them... their personality, what their influences in music are, what artists they like, and what they are looking to be able to accomplish on the instrument. Each student is an individual, so depending on what they like, I will frame my lessons around the styles and artists that they like, and will incorporate the fundamentals and the exercises around the music that they enjoy. I will use the artists and the songs that excite my students to frame the lessons that we work on. I use music software to create custom grooves for each of my students to practice to, and also sometimes use a video cam to film my student working on a particular lesson that they are having trouble with, so that when they go home, they have an example of themselves playing the lesson, so they can study it at home to get it right. I am a firm believer in learning all the rules. I am also a firm believer, when you know the rules, to break them all. You have to know the rules to be able to break them. I will provide you with everything you need to shine on your instrument. My teaching technique is something that I developed myself, is quite unique, and, if you follow my program, you will progress REALLY fast. But keep in mind, anything good is worth working for, and if you REALLY want this, you will grow in leaps and bounds. Most of my students have been with me on an average of 4 to 5 years, some 9 or 10 years. I look forward to meeting you and helping you make magic with music! Ciao!
*** Studio Equipment ***
Acoustic 6 &12 string guitars
Electric Guitars
Electric Bass, Fretless Bass, and upright Bass guitars
Baritone Ukulele
Guitar amps
Reason Software
Sonar Software
Video Equipment
Hard Disk Recorder
*** Travel Equipment ***
Everything necessary for my lessons I provide
My student needs an instrument and amp, if needed
*** Specialties ***
I have developed a curriculum that combines my knowledge of music software with my teaching technique. This enables me to create musical templates tailored for each student according to their musical interests, what they would like to focus on, and what their ultimate goals are. For example ...lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar accompaniment to their voice, etc. which ends up making for an exciting experience as my student learns their instrument framed around the styles of music that they enjoy.
· Music Performance · In studio
· Guitar · In home
· Guitar · In studio
Steve G.
Steve G.
About Aldrin E.Close
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If you love music and have the passion it takes to learn to play an instrument I'll be honored to have you as a student. Whether you want to take Piano, Guitar, Singing or Violin Lessons, we will work closely with you to help you gain the confidence you need to perform at a very good level.
I am a musician from the Conservatory of Bellas Artes in Colombia and a Music Producer from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. My Career began when I was 12 years old playing Piano and today I work among world known musicians.
Most of our students are from the South Florida area. Our pricing is reasonable and I can create custom packages to accommodate your budget.
About Aldrin
I am a musician from the Conservatory of Bellas Artes in Colombia and a Music Producer from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. My Career began when I was 12 years old playing Piano and today I work among world known musicians.
Most of our students are from the South Florida area. Our pricing is reasonable and I can create custom packages to accommodate your budget.
· Piano · In home
· Piano · Online
· Spanish · Online
Aldrin E.
Aldrin E.
About Dyce K.Close
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I will teach you to play bass with authority.
About Dyce
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· Guitar · In home
· Guitar · In studio
Dyce K.
Dyce K.
About Eric F.Close
I have Played Bass for more than 8 years. I find it to be my principal instrument and it has come to a point that I ever do in my free time is play bass. I offer a lot of techniques, Studies, and as well rudiments in the art of playing bass. From Rhythm rudiments to the act of improvising. ICover everything that there is to know about the bass.
About Eric
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Eric F.
Eric F.
About Nestor R.Close
I am an enthusiastic and patient teacher that will put your or your child's interests first. My lesson plan is based on what my students want to learn and I will teach some theory when needed but keep relating it to the guitar to keep the interest. I am mostly experienced in rock and pop styles of music but I will cater to what my students like.
About Nestor
I am a professional lead guitar player, mixer, and bass player. I graduated from Berklee College of Music for music production/engineering. I also play in multiple rock bands in the miami area and have plenty of experience playing live.
I hope to get some students through this app in order to teach them how to express themselves through an instrument or software of choice. I am a very patient teacher and think that getting my students to be comfortable with me and their instrument is of the utmost importance. To do that I usually try talking about what they like be it music or something else.
· Guitar · In home
· Bass Guitar · In studio
· Guitar · In studio
Nestor R.
Nestor R.
About Hector H.Close
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First of all, setting a clear goal, then design a work method to get there with technique exercises and natural development, music has to be fun!
About Hector
Graduated in clarinet performance and education in the National Arts School and the Superior Institute of Arts in Havana, Cuba. As a clarinet player, held for 5 years the chair of 1st clarinet in the Symphonic Orchestra of his hometown Matanzas, and taught for 13 years in the Samuel Feijoo Professional Arts Academy in Santa Clara, Cuba and Matanzas Conservatory of Music, introducing the clarinet there at conservatory level. Developing a career as chamber musician and as a soloist with all the major orchestras of His country as well, including the Cuba's National Symphony, where he made the premiere of works for clarinet written for him by cuban composer Jorge López Marín. Being appointed every year to perform a new repertoire piece in La Fiesta de los Clarinetes, the most important event of the instrument
Mr. Herrera developed a side career as a singer, at the beginning as part of Cuban professional choirs, and later becoming the tenor of one of the most important ensembles of Early Music worldwide: Ars Longa de la Havana, performing with them in some of the most important places in the Early and Classical Music scene like the Wiener Konzerthaus in Viena, Austria and festivals in USA, Germany, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands.
For 10 years Mr. Herrera toured inside Cuba and Latin America playing the electric bass with some Cuban artists and songwriters. Being part of the Lien y Rey quartet as a multi instrumentalist playing keyboards, bass, clarinet, flutes and ethnic wind instruments as well as singing, he have been involved in various recordings and performed in places like Luna Park in Buenos Aires or Jorge Eliecer Gaitán theater in Bogotá.
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Hector H.
Hector H.
About Elizabeth R.Close
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Students can expect to learn how to tune their bass, how to read music, learn songs, and play on time.
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth R.
Elizabeth R.
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Do it, Nick
This was a disappointing election for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. As David Schneider tweeted, "Was the whole LibDem thing something I dreamed in the shower?". With 63 MPs at the dissolution of the Commons on 6 May, they returned with only 57. These included a few high-profile losses, such as Lembit Öpik in Montgomeryshire, one of the safest seats for Whigs and Liberals since the 17th century, and Dr Evan Harris in Oxford West and Abingdon, who was possibly my favourite MP, a strong voice for a clear scientific understanding of policy, a defender of free speech, and a clear advocate for of gay rights, beaten by Nicola Blackwood, a Tory who apparently has creationist beliefs.
But they also have a great opportunity, as no government can be formed without their support. They have a choice now between supporting a government led by David Cameron, or one led by a probably David Miliband, also supported by the SDLP, the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru and Sylvia Hermon. Perhaps it should not come as a surprise that as someone who has in political allegiances has gone between the Progressive Democrats and Fine Gael that I would favour the former option. I see this as their best chance of affecting change in both policy and in the dynamics of party politics, as long as they ensure a place in cabinet rather than simply supporting the Conservatives in a confidence and supply arrangement.
The Conservatives are reluctant to move much at all on the question of electoral reform. This would be the best reason the Lib Dems would have to collapse negotiations, if they cannot secure a firm commitment on this. However, they should consider two things. The first is that a referendum proposed by a rag-tag slump coalition of Labour, the Lib Dems and a selection of regionalist parties would not be guaranteed to win. The second is that a successful and stable coalition agreement would seriously impair the Tories' argument against proportional representation, whereas they could point to a Lab/LD/SNP/SDLP/Hermon coalition as exactly the kind of thing that would occur frequently under PR.
The change to the Tories
This leads onto the change they could affect in the party system. As referred to by Declan Harmon, Fianna Fáil eventually abandoned their core principle of opposition to coalitions. In 1989 the Progressive Democrats had had a poor election, falling from 14 to 6 seats. Its members were mostly composed of those who had a deep antipathy to the politics of Charles Haughey, who they were now supporting as Taoiseach. By doing so, they altered the presumptions everyone had about election outcomes and the formation of governments. The Tories know the importance of a stable government as a signal for the markets, and would likely not seek to collapse the arrangement over any frivolous matter. After a year of coalition, they would henceforth slowly begin to think less adamantly in favour of single-party government only.
I was talking to a friend this morning about the coalition who reminded me that they're Tories, not conservatives. Of course there's a difference, and there are many issues that I couldn't trust Tory instincts on, be it Northern Ireland, their approach to families, or their commitment to gay rights (whatever about the optimism of Nick Herbert for his party and his likelihood of being a cabinet minister, there have been too many Lewises, Lardners and Strouds over the course of the election for my liking). But these tendencies would be less of a concern in coalition, and without them, the Tories would be in danger of regressing towards their
In government with the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats could ensure that they follow through with their claimed commitments to civil liberties. They could force them to confront more quickly questions like biometric ID cards, the national database, and the level of CCTV coverage in Britain. On immigration, they would propose the amnesty for long-standing residents proposed by the Lib Dems, but neither they pass the stringent caps proposed by the Tories. The Tories would continue for opt-outs on social provisions of the European Union, while not being as obstinate in practice as they might otherwise be. The social conservative wing of the Tories are pushing for a cabinet position for Iain Duncan Smith in return for agreeing to any deal with the Lib Dems. Fine, so long as in the next year or so he is whipped to go through the lobbies voting in favour of some measure on gay rights.
So yes, the Liberal Democrats will suffer some initial drop in support in they enter coalition with the Tories, just as the Green Party did here after 2007, both because of their government partner and the inevitable cuts to government spending. But in the long-term, because of the change they would make to British political culture, both by normalizing c0alition politics and making electoral reform easier to pass, and putting pressure on the civil-liberties-focused wing of the Tories, I think it would be the right thing for them to do.
16 July, 2012 at 6:23 pm

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Where are our Congressional candidates for our new district? I have called and written to Tim Scott to find out when he is going to debate Bobbie Rose in our area. We should not go to the polls on Nov. 6 to vote for our reprehensive without having the opportunity to hear their views and how they will represent us. Both candidates have been here for political rallies and fund raisers, however they have never addressed the general public on their views. I don't feel that I have to go to a party meeting to meet a candidate, I want to know their view on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Reforms, the Military, and especially how they would deal with our returning veterans, taxes, job creation and any other areas that the community wishes to hear about.
I would suggest that The Beaufort Gazette, The Island Packet, La Isla Magazine and Bluffton Today and The League of Women Voters, get together and arrange one major debate. I understand that there is a debate planned for Charleston, however, we deserve the same consideration, since we are part of a newly formed district and have no incumbent congressman.
It is important that we have knowledgeable voters on Nov. 6.
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Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 (US - BD RA)
Gabe has his imagination re-invigorated by high definition Disney magic...
I have vivid memories of attending a re-release of Fantasia as a child, settling in my seat with glowing eyes, and promptly falling asleep. I don't consider this a criticism of the film, which may be the most daring artistic accomplishment in Walt Disney's career. Fantasia is like a dream. It mesmerizes its audience with movement, colour, and sound, and sometimes it runs away with its audience's consciousness. The images and music never leave that consciousness, and all the songs are now attached to the images permanently. Unsurprisingly, it took time for Fantasia to catch on. Ahead of its time is a brutal understatement. It's almost impossible to judge the film on the level of any normal film anymore, it's so abstract at times. It is episodic I suppose, but even though we all have our favourite pieces, it's hard to judge the pieces outside of the whole. It's not total perfection – personally I could do without the introductions, which stop the dream-like flow, and give away everything that we're about to see. The live action scenes look gorgeous, but I'll forever doubt they were needed.
Fantasia 2000
Fantasia 2000 is also most noteworthy for its technical achievements. Many readers probably don't remember that IMAX theaters used to be reserved for IMAX films – mostly short form nature docs – and that 'real' movies weren't ever formatted for being shown on the extra big screen. Disney made Fantasia 2000 specifically for the IMAX system, and took a chance on losing a lot of money. Back in Arizona, IMAX was the only way to see the film. Fantasia 2000 also pioneered some computer generated effects (apparently completed before Pixar's release of Toy Story). Fantasia 2000 is better than expected, minus the forced celebrity cameos and narration. This is actually the first time I've seen the film and I'm quite impressed with the differentiation of styles, especially the Al Hirschfeld inspired version of Rhapsody in Blue, which is probably my favourite. It's not as magical as the original, but Fantasia 2000 is a worthy six decade's late follow-up for the most part.
Fantasia comes framed in its original 1:33 framing, which made me wish I owned a bigger television. I don't think I ever noticed how vertically based the whole film was, and this new 1080p transfer is enough to make you want to look up to experience the visuals. The major advantages here are sharpness and colour brightness. The frame is still about as dusty as the old DVD release, but the grain is finer. Some pieces, like the Nutcracker Suite, are meant to be a bit soft in places, but the harder lined animation looks quite sharp. Like Pinocchio and Snow White this increase in detail gives away some of the tricks, and can be a little overwhelming, but Fantasia is such a visually intense experience it's fun to peak behind the curtain. There is some edge-enhancement on the live action silhouettes, which are otherwise most impressively clean, and almost unimaginably colourful. Those that really want every inch of their 16:9 set filled have a Disney View option, which frames the 1:33 with semi-effective changing edges.
Fantasia 2000 is the more impressive transfer, but the 60 year difference in release date may have a little something to do with that. The opening number, which is visually abstract, is possibly one of the best reference level sequences I've ever scene. You aren't going to get an idea of realistic fine detail, but the abstract shapes and colours are so intense and complex there's no way the DVD version can handle the overload. The computer colour enhanced animation is kind of the complete opposite of that sketchy original film look, and better maintained to ensures basically zero grain. Fantasia 2000 was made to be seen big, in the highest possible detail levels available at the time (which I'm pretty sure haven't changed since even the early days of IMAX). With detail this intense it's easy to visually separate the animation elements, which adds a little to the whole experience.
This DTS-HD Master Audio track starts strong with a surround sound attack version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. The movement and fidelity are so impressive I'd even suggest using the track as a volume test for your speaker system. On the other hand, these attempts of integrating surround into the system are often botched and confusing, especial during the second half of The Nutcracker Suite. At its worst the mix is floppy, and features major discrepancies in volume. Ideally the 1956 re-issue 4 channel track, or one of the six channel releases, could've been used as well for balance. Fantasia 2000 was designed with IMAX in mind, so there's a whole lot of surround and directional moments, starting with the intro, which weaves narration from the first film into the channels, to the bit where Mickey checks all the channels for Donald Duck. The surround enhance score is more consistent and bombastic. I have no complaints concerning mis-mixed channels or volume inconsistencies.
Extras start with three separate audio commentary tracks. The first track features Disney historian Brian Sibley solo. This is the hard fact track, and Sibley comes well prepared. Track two is the original DVD commentary with various Disney interviews, moderated by John Canemaker. This is an equally valuable track is great for the history buffs. Track three is another DVD original featuring Roy Disney, conductor James Levine, John Canemaker, and film restoration manager Scott Macqueen. This track is a little excessive after the other two tracks, but doesn't cover all the same information, and does feature some important voices.
Additional features begin with 'Walt Disney Family Museum' (4:05, HD), which plays like an ad or infomercial. The museum apparently covers all aspects of Disney's life and times, from childhood to successful artists/businessman. Next, is 'The Schultheis Notebook: A Disney Treasure' (13:50, HD) which covers the museum's Fantasia entries, all from a single designer's documentation. This featurette is full of information concerning the film's special effects. The disc also features an interactive art gallery and sneak peak trailers.
Fantasia 2000 features two commentary tracks. The first features Roy Disney, conductor James Levine, and producer Don Ernst. This isn't the most exciting track, but there isn't a lot of blank space or wasted time. The second track features a mix of directors and art directors set to each segment. These conversations are a little more technical, but don't repeat too much information, and is generally more entertaining than the first track.
'Musicana' (9:20, HD) is a featuette that covers the time between films, and what finally brought the series back. 'Musicana' was the name of the first realistic shot at continuing the series, but the film never made it past the concept level. The featurette features interviews, production art, and photos of the 'lost masterpieces'. Next up is a 'found masterpiece', or 'finally finished masterpiece', Salvador Dalí and Disney's one and only collaboration Destino (6:30, HD). The surrealist work looks great in HD video, but the mono sound is very low-resolution, due to the original material's 'authenticity'. 'Dali and Disney: a Date with Destino' (1:22:30, HD) is the most substantial extra on the disc, and discusses the unlikely making of Destino, and juxtaposes Dali and Disney's lives up to the meeting, then runs through the work Dali did with the studio. Why the most substantial featurette is concerned with an extra animated short, and not either Fantasia is a mystery. The disc also features sneak peeks, and the Disney Virtual Vault, a collection of featurettes and art from both movies. These play on a small, framed screen, and are very similar to the making of featurettes that came with the original DVDs.
Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 is another must buy Blu-ray for Disney animation fans. The original movie is still a classic, and the semi-sequel is an enjoyable enough follow-up for the slightly inflated price (it's practically an extra feature). The video quality of both films is just about as perfect as perfect can be, and Fantasia 2000 sounds great. There are some minor issues with the surround sound and volume levels on Fantasia, and outside the commentary tracks extras are a little disappointing, but the collection still comes highly recommended.
Review by Gabriel Powers
All ages admitted
Disc Details
Release Date: 30th November 2010
Discs: 4
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: Various
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, 5.1 DEHT French and Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Disneyview, Disney Family Museum, The Schultheis Notebook, Commentaries, Interactive Art Gallery, Destino, Dali and Disney: A Date with Destino, Disney Virtual Vault, DVD Copies
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Various
Cast: Leopold Stokowski, Micky Mouse, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Genre: Animation
Length: 200 minutes
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1950s Marilyn Monroe Lock of Hair in Keepsake Presentation Box
Starting Bid - $200, Sold For - $588
An amazing 1950s presentation of a fabulous Hollywood relic: a small lock of Marilyn Monroe's hair, with provenance directly from her personal hairdresser, Kenneth Battelle. The neatly tied lock of approximately twenty (20) strands of Marilyn's hair is housed in a 1.25 x 1.75-inch flat paper box. The lock and its container are part of an elaborate presentation, attached to a larger paper box measuring 2.5 x 3 inches, within which is a tiny cased photo of Monroe measuring 1 x 1.5 inches, surrounded by a fabric-lined matting. A paper label reading "Kenneth, Hairdresser, Marilyn Monroe" appears on the cover. "Mr. Kenneth," during the 1950s and early 1960s, was truly the hairdresser to the stars in New York, and was particularly well known for his association with Marilyn Monroe. Interestingly enough, Kenneth was also the favorite hairdresser of Jackie Kennedy and created her trademark bouffant hairdo. Kenneth apparently had these made up as special gifts for friends, perhaps during the holiday season, and the fact that this is the fourth example of this unusual Marilyn Monroe presentation piece we have seen and offered over the years makes this all the more likely. Robert Edward Auctions regularly passes on opportunities to offer the hair of famous persons (Lincoln, Elvis, Washington, etc.) in part because we believe it is virtually impossible for us to authenticate hair with certainty. However, we make an exception to that rule with this lock because we are so impressed with the elaborate period presentation, which alone makes this piece worthy of offering, as well as its provenance. We have no way to authenticate Marilyn's hair, but because of the presentation, we have as much or more confidence in this sample than any other sample of a famous person's hair we have ever seen offered. This is a very striking and unique keepsake custom-made for presentation by Marilyn Monroe's personal hairdresser in the 1950s. Overall the box is in Very Good condition, displaying moderate wear, but with a magnificent look, ideal for display. Monroe remains the definitive symbol of glamour, Hollywood in the Golden Era, sex appeal, and tragedy. Her short life still resonates with most film enthusiasts. This is a very unusual, personal, and touching relic relating to her great legend. Reserve $200. Estimate $400/$600. SOLD FOR $588
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Lewis Hamilton will continue to ask searching questions of himself despite basking in the glory of his British Grand Prix triumph.
Sunday proved to be a day of redemption for Hamilton as he atoned for numerous mistakes of late, none worse than his error of judgement in qualifying at Silverstone the day before.
Hamilton's second success on home soil, aided by Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg's first retirement this season, means the gap between them has been slashed to just four points.
But if the Formula One world title he desperately craves is to be his at the end of the season, then the 29-year-old knows the mistakes that have crept into his game have to be eradicated.
"I don't take lightly at all what happened in qualifying," reflected Hamilton.
"So I really need to analyse things in these next couple of weeks and figure out how to optimise, utilise, my speed and the opportunities.
"People talked about me giving up. First of all, never in a race have I given up, and it doesn't feel like giving up to me.
"It was just the lap didn't feel good, I wanted to save the tyres and I really didn't believe I would go faster. It was silly to think that and I'll learn from it.
"Next time it doesn't matter whether it's raining or whatever, I'll make sure I push to the end.
"I've been racing long enough to know that, but sometimes you make mistakes you knew the solution to."
Three-times champion Niki Lauda is convinced Hamilton has learned painful and invaluable lessons of late, and sees no reason why they should be repeated in future.
"He made mistakes in qualifying in Austria, he made a mistake at Silverstone, and now I'm sure he won't make any more," said Lauda, Mercedes non-executive chairman.
"I spoke to Lewis immediately after (qualifying) and asked him 'what's wrong?' and he said 'my mistake'. So fine.
"There is no need to discuss anything further with a driver if he realises what the problem is.
"I told him to forget it, to think of the race, and that's exactly what he did, and he was unbelievable in many respects.
"To win at Silverstone and being British, you can't achieve more, and to close the gap to four points on Nico, he could not have asked for a better result.
"For me the most important thing is the victory gives him a really good push with regard to (appreciating) his qualities, what he can achieve, what he can do, so there will be no ups and downs with him any more."
Such a rollercoaster ride has been a feature of Hamilton's career for most seasons, and it is unlikely to stop this campaign as the battle for the title ebbs and flows between himself and Rosberg.
Lauda sees no reason why it should be a focus of attention, adding: "Everybody has them.
"Look at (Sebastian) Vettel. He is a four-times world champion who has moaned and bitched this season.
"If there is any guy who has had lows then it's been Vettel, and he is a German who should be more stable, let's put it this way.
"So these things happen. We're looking too much into these highs and lows of Lewis.
"From the beginning of the season he has been on a very good, stable level, but then Nico improved.
"After Monaco, Nico had everything going for him, and Lewis dropped back one millimetre, but now Lewis is back on track.
"I tell you the next couple of races (in Germany and Hungary ahead of the summer break) are going to be interesting. Everything is reset.
"It is now as it was before Lewis had his second stop (retirement) in Canada and this gap happened.
"Now they will fight to the end like you would not believe to be world champion."
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Who enjoys the repetitiveness of the CR forums? We always seem to have the same topics show up many times over the course of a month.
I can't even begin to count the number of times I've seen "Is being gay ok? / What do you think about homosexuals? Ok, or not?" / "Gayness -- cool, not burn them all?", "GIRLS ONLY: :D Let's talk about our periods!! yaaaaayyyy" / "Lets talk about our boobs! GIRLS [email protected]#$%#$%" / "GUYS ONLY: u care about boob size? why?", threads asking if people are single / happy to be single?, "When is it ok to have sex? When is the earliest I should have sex? Are you a virgin? Sluts?"
I'm sure there are more recurring threads, but these are the ones I've noticed that always seem to be in the little recent post section of the main page.
Basically, I wanted to see if I was the only person who noticed, cares, or was interested in this observation.
There can only be one.
Status Message?
I particularly love seeing love advice pop up here.
I just...I mean...this place...is...idk...
Well, since a lot of the members seem to be teenagers, yeah a lot of those issues are going to be recurring and have a common theme. No disrespect to the younger members, it's just an observation.
To turn day into night, pleasure into pain, and waltz into requiem...
"GIRLS ONLY: Let's talk about our periods!! yaaaaayyyy" / "Lets talk about our boobs! GIRLS [email protected]#$%#$%" / "GUYS ONLY: u care about boob size? why?", threads asking if people are single / happy to be single?, "When is it ok to have sex? When is the earliest I should have sex? Are you a virgin? Sluts?"
I lol'd.
...and I guess, it gets repetitive.
Think of it as another 2-dimensional form of informative (??) entertainment. Content is about the same quality as cable or regular TV.
MYTH: the universal language. Always question AUTHORITY.
I, for one, wish to see new topics pop up more often, instead of those 1,000+ replies on it resurfaces.
You and I both know that nobody reads anything but the last page.
I have to agree with everything you guys have been saying. This is human nature though, we embrace repetition to re-affirm our beliefs
Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
There are plenty of forums in the world. If you're interested in science go to a science forum. For food join a food forum. It's obvious on a cartoon website you will find kids and cartoon talk. If you're truly annoyed by it then that only means you are spending too much time here. Find other hobbies.
Status Message?
i think that topics that don't get a at least 1 reply every week should be removed, we need fresh topics i hate the old ones from like 2010 that have 90 pages of comments but no replies and no one actually reads them
I noticed too, but I can't be assed to do anything about it. Somebody else will get round to it I'm sure.
actually i do like the repetitiveness. kind of the only thing in cr manages to keep same while rest of website becomes about money
stars when you shine, you know how I feel
You. Are. The. Only. One.
I'm a controlling bitch.
i Do not mind... If the threads may or be repeating for some point your stand on the topic and reply to the thread may change
deleting the acount ASAP... Thank you Everyone!
To those that are sick of the thread resurrections: Well, honestly if you're tired of the threads make new ones. I think the old ones keep resurfacing because there are new people to the forums or returning folks to the forums that find them interesting enough to revisit or changed their perspective about something or just came up with a witty remark they think is worth mentioning... IDK. But it's just a fact of life with these forums so if you want it to change, change it.
Finally got off my lazy ass and picked up the weights again.


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Marketing FAD is almost here. Woot! We'll be meeting in the lobby around 9ish to head out around 9:15 to get to the Red Hat office in Raleigh around 9:30.
Ryan Rix and I had a fairly uneventful trip on de plane, de plane from PHX to RDU. Minus the awesome turbulence as we flew into the Raleigh area, which I do believe rivaled some of the more awesome landings I've had at the Denver airport. We're talking the kind where your laptop actually hovers, momentarily, in the air, as the plane drops 75 feet like a rock.
We met up with Ben, grabbed my luggage (because I did bring 45 pairs of shoes… that's the rumor, anyway), and picked up Mel from her terminal. Headed over to our hotel, where Mel and I checked in to our room.
We got in our hotel room… and there is a bag on the table. Mel checked it out and said… "That's weird. Someone left fried pickles. They are sooooooooooo gooooooood, but… really, who knows where these pickles came from???"
We found out later that Stickster and Ben had left them for us as a present. Mel promptly went back to the room and grabbed the Pickles. Pickles!!
Then it was off to the Waffle House for… well, I had a BLT with a side of bacon. Ryan, Mel, David, Henrik, and myself got ourselves a cute little booth and ordered away. Hash browns are popular. We had a pleasant discussion about if one could possibly invent a waffle syrup that was infused with Red Bull, or some other energy drink, or just… the energy part of that equation. I probably just gave away a billion dollar idea; if you make money on this, be sure to ask me for my address, so you know where to send the check. 🙂 Lots of waffles, at that Waffle House. Yum.
I was going to work Ponies into this story somehow, but unfortunately, the trip between the hotel and Waffle House (distance: maybe 200 feet?) did not involve a pony ride. Will work on figuring out the pony aspect tomorrow. For now, I need to get to bed.
Raleigh is lovely, at least from what I can see in the dark; this weekend should be awesome. I'll see y'all in the morning!


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Ask Chef Boy Ari
Goodnight, and Good Duck
Q: Hey Chef Boy,
Have you ever smoked a whole duck? What kind of brine would you soak it in? How long should one smoke a full bird? Is there any way to avoid an overly dry duck?
—Smokin' Quack
A: Dear Quack,
Smoking meat is one of the culinary areas in which, contrary to what you may have read before, I like to use a recipe. The successful outcome of a smoking session depends on soaking the meat in a brine with the right level of salt.
It's Just Grape Juice
Valentine Wine 'n' Dine
Celebrate love or just drown your sorrows
Ah, it's almost Valentine's Day, an especially meaningful time for me—a time to eat and drink to excess while wallowing in self-pity. If you're anything like me (single) then the overwhelming pressure to find a valentine can make you depressed.
Restaurant Review
Sushi and Sake
There are rules to this game
The concept of all-you-can-eat sushi and sake seemed both really good and tragically misguided all at the same time. This was my thought upon preparation to dine at Sushi and Sake in Nob Hill. I, like many others who frequent the area, had originally assumed that A.Y.C.E. sushi meant all you can drink sake, which the restaurant doesn't offer. The misconception began with the sign out front that states the name of the restaurant, with the A.Y.C.E. information and prices underneath, which upon first glance (without regard for sentence structure) appears to advertise all the booze you can swallow along with raw fish, rice and seaweed.
The Birb-reakfast Club
Birds and Breakfast
Doughnut/Donut: The Grey/Gray of the Food World
Doughtnut, Donut Masterclass
Chowtown Restaurant Guide
Whether you're more familiar with the French Riviera or the French Quarter, there are plenty of places in Albuquerque to get a taste of authentic French cuisine. Read Hosho McCreesh's review of Le Quiche Parisienne in this issue, and check out these other restaurants in the city that will cater to your wanderlust and make you feel, if only for the evening, that you're dining in the City of Lights. Bon appetit, mes amis.


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Afghan convert to Christianity Abdul Rahman faces death penalty; Bush is concerned. I have to say, one of my first reactions to seeing this story headlined on CNN was, If it takes military involvement for the West to be concerned about Muslims killing Christians, maybe we should invade some more countries. No; not really. But this has been going on for the entire past century (not to mention the previous thirteen). More than a dozen Christians have been executed or lynched in Pakistan within the past few years for "blasphemy," ie refusing to acknowledge Mohammed as a prophet, ie being Christians. Hundreds of Christians have been killed in Indonesia. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Christians killed or sold into slavery in the Sudan. And the Christians in Saudi Arabia, mostly foreign servants, jailed and tortured for having Bibles or meeting together to pray. And the Palestinian Christians who have been systematically driven out of Bethlehem and other PA-controlled areas. And the converts in Egypt whose families try to kill them (with varying success), or the priests who are killed every other year or so. And the religious violence in Nigeria, which is usually begun by Muslims, and kills mostly Christians, as the northern Islamic states try to impose the brutal sharia law.
I am glad that the media and the Western power have noticed the situation. It's nice that they're now horrified. But I have to ask, are they going to do anything serious? The State Department has been making vague protests for years; I don't remember any cases where they actually made a difference. Are we really going to withdraw troops, or financial aid, from Afghanistan if this man is executed? What about if he's released, and killed by a mob, while the police knowingly stand by? (Far the most likely outcome.)
I just noticed that the CNN story goes on to note suggestions by state prosecutors that Rahman is mentally incompetent. Quote, "We think he could be mad. . . He doesn't talk like a normal person." Ding ding ding. Soviet Union, anybody? Dissidents and evangelical Christians locked up in mental asylums, because anyone who would believe in God must be insane? Very cute. Maybe this is the way they will spare his life without losing face in front of Islamic religious leaders. Of course, there's also the statement, at the end of the story, from the Afghani Foreign Minister, that "the government has nothing to do with the case." I'm not completely clear how someone can be prosecuted by the state, before a judge, for breaking a law, and the government not be involved. Maybe Clinton could help them explain.
On the other hand, I have to say, "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church." I praise God for Rahman's testimony. He said, "They want to sentence me to death, and I accept it." This is a difficult thing to say, safe in the US; and God knows I don't want to stay here. But as long as Christians in Muslim countries care more for their own safety than for the advancement of God's kingdom, and the salvation of the Muslims, so long they will remain weak and few. The Church has always grown through trials. Pray God that this man's testimony will be a challenge to other Christians in these countries, not to keep silent any longer. And for American Christians: We cannot in all conscience stay on the sidelines any longer. For too long Western Christians have avoided working in Muslim countries, because they're "too dangerous." Nothing is more dangerous than hanging back from an inevitable conflict. The gates of hell will not prevail against Christ's church. With this promise, there is no real danger.


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Two days after sequester-driven budget cuts went into effect, both sides in the battle – Republican lawmakers and the Obama White House – went into a "Plan B" of sorts.
At this point there isn't much to it. Spokesmen from each side flooded the Sunday TV news shows with reiterated positions and little sign of give. Meanwhile, President Obama has been phoning senators of both parties, looking for what White House economic adviser Gene Sperling calls "a coalition of the willing, a caucus for common sense."
"He's making those calls … trying to build trust, so he's going to be having a lot more conversations like that," Mr. Sperling said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday. On the Democratic side, that means long-term entitlement reform to cut costs; on the Republican side, a reform of the tax code that would increase revenues.
The more immediate problem is what to do about the sequester and its $85 billion in across-the-board cuts to defense and nondefense spending.
"As this pain starts to gradually spread to communities affected by military spending, to children who need mental health services, to people who care about our border security, I believe that more Republican colleagues who are concerned about this harm to their constituents will choose bipartisan compromise on revenue-raising tax reform with serious entitlement reform," Sperling said on ABC's "This Week."
[We can't mention Sperling without noting that his feud with Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward over the sequester's paternity seems to have sputtered out. On ABC's "This Week," Sperling called Mr. Woodward "a legend," and he described their relationship as "very friendly and respectful." On CBS's "Face the Nation," Woodward said he'd be inviting Sperling over for dinner. "I'm going to invite him over to my house if he'll come and hopefully he'll bring others from the White House, maybe the president himself," he said. "You know, talking really works."]
While he once warned (in a Wall Street Journal op-ed column) that the sequester would harm national security and cost thousands of jobs, House Speaker John Boehner – as well as other GOP leaders – have backed away from that position.
"I don't know whether it's going to hurt the economy or not," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I don't think anyone quite understands how the sequester is really going to work."
It's almost certain to hit some regions and communities harder than others.
Some 90,000 civilian Defense Department employees in Virginia could be furloughed, according to The New York Times, and many more people who work for government contractors could see their work cut as well. Beyond that, the ripple effect on businesses providing the mundane goods and services of everyday life could be impacted as well, as families tighten their belts.
"If the sequester occurs as it's currently stated, I would expect the state of Virginia to go into a recession," economist Christine Chmura told The New York Times.
One thing both sides agree on is the need to avoid a government shutdown.
The House this week will move on a measure to continue government funding through the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30, Speaker Boehner said. The current continuing resolution expires on March 27.
The White House has no stomach for a fight over shutting down the government either.
"What is fair is that if the Republicans stay with their part of the deal – meaning that they put forward a continuing resolution that's reasonable, not political, stays at the level we agreed to, which is $1.043 trillion – if they agree to that, which they suggested they would, the president doesn't believe in manufacturing another crisis," Sperling said.


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nrogoff necessitava di un nuovo design di logo e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 43 design presentati da 21 designer.
The program is about locating people and friends on a map. The Icon should indicate what the software is about and should be able to be identiable at all sizes.
Where The Heck Are You
Desired Style:
Modern, Innovative, Clear, Cutting Edge
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
The logo, icon should indicate locating someone (person, male, female, boy, girl, friend, pet? etc..) in the world (on a map, on the ground, in a country, in a city, in a street, relative to you, to the north, east, west, south, on a heading).The logo should be square. The kind of images I have in mind may involve a figure with concentric rings or arrows pointing inwards. But I am interested and open to all ideas.Icon and Image Sizes will range from 16x16 to 48x 48 and upwards.Clean, modern, clever, maybe animated later. The program is called WTHRU (Where The Hell/Heck aRe yoU?), which may or may not be the final name. Use this if it inspires any thoughts and ideas. However the name should NOT be in the logo.I look forward to seeing some innovative designs. Thanks.
Maggiori informazioni su come funziona un contest di design o sui nostri servizi di design di logo.


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This article has been updated to correct the location of the Gran Sasso laboratory.
It looks like warp speed, time travel and other cool stuff from science fiction are still fiction, after all.
A new experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy has found that neutrinos don't travel faster than light, refuting the results of an experiment in September that seemed to find that they did.
The earlier experiment by the Oscillation Project with Emulsion-Racking Apparatus (OPERA) team at Gran Sasso set the physics world on its ear, because the results seemed to disprove Albert Einstein's assertion in his Special Theory of Relativity — the foundation of a lot of what we know about the universe — that nothing could travel faster than the speed of light.
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The new experiment, from the competing Imaging Cosmic and Rare Underground Signals (ICARUS) team, duplicated the OPERA tests but with different detectors and found that neutrinos travel at light speed, but not faster. "The result is compatible with the simultaneous arrival of all events with equal speed, the one of light," the scientists said in posting their results.
Both experiments involved shooting subatomic neutrino particles 454 miles from CERN in Switzerland to Gran Sasso in Italy. In Opera's experiment, the neutrinos arrived 60 nanoseconds sooner than light.
Some physicists immediately expressed skepticism at the results, which in physics terms was like hearing that the sun doesn't rise in the East, and the OPERA team also said the results had to be verified. In February, scientists said that had found equipment flaws — a loose fiber optic cable and a problem with an oscillator providing GPS time stamps — in the OPERA experiment that could have thrown off the results.
The ICARUS experiment duplicated OPERA's effort but used a different detector, the Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, "a novel detector which allows an accurate reconstruction of the neutrino interactions," Carlo Rubbia, a Nobel Prize winner and spokesperson for ICARUS, said in a statement issued by CERN.
"ICARUS measures the neutrino's velocity to be no faster than the speed of light," Rubbia said.
With the new results out, physicists are breathing a sigh of relief. Sandro Centro, another spokesman for ICARUS, told the BBC he, like other physicists, had been skeptical of the OPERA results.
"I didn't trust the result right from the beginning — the way it was produced, the way it was managed," he told the BBC. "I think they were a little bit in a hurry to publish something that was astonishing, and at the end of the day it was a wrong measurement."
So scientists are happy that the universe is what they thought it was, even if science fiction fans might be disappointed that things like intergalactic travel, which would require faster-than-light speed to be feasible, are once again out of reach.
Assuming, of course, that the ICARUS results hold up. Indications are that they will, although CERN Research Director Sergio Bertolucci said in CERN's statement that "it is important to be rigorous" and that more experiments will be held in May "to give us the final verdict."
Bertolucci also gave credit to the OPERA team for behaving "with perfect scientific integrity in opening their measurement to broad scrutiny, and inviting independent measurements.
"This," he said, "is how science works."
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Pons & Fleischman all over again?
So, my comments from a few months ago, when the claim was made about finding particles that move faster than light, were correct. I stated it was likely there was a measuring error of the equipment being used to measure the speed of the particles. If something with mass moves at the speed of light, it will lose its mass and become light. The mass will be burned off, all that will be left is the light. Theoretically, it is possible to move faster than light, but will never be proven in our lifetimes. Until we can study black holes directly, we will not be able to fins things moving faster than the speed of light. But that theory too is not provable now. Theoretically, objects within a black hole are moving faster than the speed of light because light can not escape the black hole. So, that explains what happens to all the "stuff" that goes into a black hole. It is turned into light due to the immense speed objects are sped up to. The mass of the objects that is "burned off" is what is emitted somewhere in space. Reconfigured back into its pure form. So that is what black holes are..effectively, space recyclers of matter. But this is all just theoretical.
Are you kidding me? If you are going to announce to the world that the basic laws of physics are flawed you had better do your homework. The fact that they made this mistake is beyond comprehension but to release the information to press before it was completely proven? WOW!
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How To Become An Architect in Nebraska
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(The Root) — You can always tell when the National Black Arts Festival is headed to Atlanta.
Colorful banners with its logo sway on lampposts dotting Peachtree Street. Black talk-radio stations begin interviews with organizers and participants. Local media start featuring ads. And there's also the kickoff celebration.
"They definitely do a good job [advertising the event]. If you're not going, you know what you're missing," notes longtime Atlanta resident Chandra Thomas Whitfield. Thomas Whitfield has attended several NBAF events since her undergrad days at Clark Atlanta University in the '90s. She's among the 30,000 patrons who attend NBAF events annually, according to the festival's site.
The NBAF, which marks its 25th anniversary this year, was created as a haven to celebrate the works and accomplishments of various artists of African descent from around the globe. It's grown to become the "largest celebration" of its kind, showcasing works by artists from a variety of disciplines — dance, film, literature, music, performance art, theater and visual art, and featuring events for all ages. It really is a festival you'll want to check out.
Over the years the arts celebration has included a plethora of events, such as the Pan African Film Festival, a literary festival, musical performances, artists and vendors' market and introspective conversations with the likes of Alice Walker, Cornel West and Judith Jamison. Legendary poets Maya Angelou and Sonia Sanchez each have attended at least four times over the past two and a half decades as honorees and literary festival participants. Angelou's most recent appearance was in 2005 with her son Guy Johnson, along with good friend and fellow literary great Nikki Giovanni and veteran filmmaker father-son duo Melvin and Mario Van Peebles. Harry Belafonte and Cicely Tyson teamed up as spokespeople a few times. Other notables who've shared their artistic wisdom include Nancy Wilson, Diahann Carroll, Amiri Baraka, Phylicia Rashad, Hugh Masekela, Ntozake Shange, Abbey Lincoln and August Wilson.
One of Thomas Whitfield's favorite NBAF memories is from 2002, when the festival was held at the Atlanta University Center and featured an outdoor International Vendors Market along with an indoor Artists' Market.
"I thought it was a great partnership to bring the community of Atlanta to the AUC campus. I can still visualize dozens and dozens of vendors just kind of set out on the grassy area," the HBCU graduate remembers.
She spent the day with her family and leisurely walked around, eyeing items like mud cloth, cowrie shell-accented jewelry and African masks, and then negotiating for deals with sellers. Looking back, Thomas Whitfield — who's visited Ghana and South Africa — says the experience reminded her of the markets she visited during those trips.
"You can get some nice stuff at a great price. I definitely use it as an opportunity to stock up on those sorts of things that I have in my home," she says, adding that her purchases at the festival were far cheaper than at a brick-and-mortar business.
Her friends from Birmingham, Ala., who are black-art lovers make the two-hour trek annually to shop for art at the summer festival.
"Overall I think it's a great event and has established a name for itself," she says.
The NBAF Art Festival will take place July 12 to July 15 at Centennial Olympic Park, with the NBAF Gala — its black-tie fundraising event — taking place on July 20 at the InterContinental Buckhead. This year's gala is a tribute to Broadway with the theme "A Gathering of Colors." Last year, the NBAF honored screen gem Ruby Dee during its gala celebration.
In between attending NBAF-sponsored events is an opportune time to visit one of Atlanta's greatest offerings: the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. Visitors worldwide have descended on this Southern city to get a better understanding of the peace leader. You could visit King's boyhood Auburn Avenue neighborhood, including his birth home, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change Inc. (King Center) and the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where King, his father and grandfather preached. Admission is free.
Situated in midtown, the Woodruff Arts Center — home to the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and Table 1280 restaurant and lounge — is also worth a visit. You could check out the "Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks" and "Symmetry/Asymmetry: African Textiles, Dress, and Adornment" exhibits at the High Museum and then grab a bite to eat at Table 1280.
The Fernbank Museum of Natural History is also another option. Yeah, it's cool to explore the various exhibits like Fernbank NatureQuest or "Conveyed in Clay: Stories From St. Catherine's Island" alone or with the family during the day. But at night, when you want to unwind, Fernbank also hosts the popular "Martinis & IMAX" — a change from the traditional bar scene offering cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and a movie — from 6:30 to 11 p.m. on Fridays.
Click here for The Root's ultimate summer festival guide, and find out where to eat, sleep and party while you're attending some of the season's hottest events.
Aisha I. Jefferson is a frequent contributor to The Root. You can follow her on Twitter or visit her at aishaiman.com.


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I use a Blackberry for my business and recently shared about some of my favorite applications for this cell phone. I have never bought any accessories for the phone, but was excited when I was contacted to see if I would be interested in reviewing the Blackberry Visor Mount VM605.
The Blackberry Visor Mount is a hands free Bluetooth speakerphone. The visor mount can receive your calls and your favorite music from your BlackBerry using your car's FM stereo system. For safety purposes it is good to know that it supports voice activated dialing, caller ID, and verbal notifications to let you know who's calling. With this device, you can stay in touch while keeping your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.
The set up of the visor mount was quick and easy. I am not very technical so I really appreciate any techy gadgets that I can set up all by myself without hollering for my husband to assist. Within five minutes of a few simple instructions, my Blackberry was communicating with the visor mount and I was in business.
I called my husband at work to let him know it was all set up… right from the driveway. I first attempted the voice activated dialing, but it wanted to call everyone except my husband so I was not able to do everything entirely through the mount itself. Even though the voice dialing did not work, my husband said he could hear me clearly and also could hear my daughter in the car too.
While the hands-free calling is great, I was secretly more interested in using it to listen to music. Just like you would use an adapter for your iPod in the car, you switch to the FM station that is recommended (simply by clicking the button on the left of the device) and then set your station on your radio to stream your music.
Instead of paying for an expensive subscription-based radio, I can now listen to the music I really love through Pandora with minimal commercial interruption. The sound quality is amazingly good and I love going on trips where I can use this. The downfall, of course, is the drain on your phone's battery. This can be remedied with a good charging before a trip though. If you have more than one place to plug in a charger in your car though, you could be charging the visor mount and phone simultaneously. Alas, nothing like this was invented in my '99 Subaru, but a girl can dream!
Overall, it is a handy gadget that I plan to use often in our car. It is a great way to communicate with my hubby when I am on the road, the kids love hearing their dads voice through the speaker, and none of us can get enough of the streaming radio
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When it comes to design, HTC has always been ahead of the curve. The HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Hero, HTC Legend, HTC One S and even the One X have all received praise for their unique designs, but HTC is hoping to take things to a new level with the HTC One by Cushnie Et Ochs – a limited edition phone designed for with year's New York Fashion Week.
On the inside, the HTC One by Cushnie Et Ochs features the same 1.5GHz dual-core S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 4.7-inch 720p display, 8 megapixel camera with HTC's dedicated ImageChip, 1800 mAh battery and NFC as the original HTC One X, which launched on AT&T earlier this year. On the outside, the new device sports a black and white color palette from Cushnie et Ochs' Spring 2013 collection, giving the device a completely different look. The software on the HTC One by Cushnie Et Ochs is pretty much unchanged (Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4.0), but users will find a MADE Fashion Week app and other associated software included.
We don't know if or when the HTC One by Cushnie Et Ochs will ever be made available to the public, but we're sure at least a few of you wouldn't mind getting your hands on the limited edition device. Is the HTC One by Cushnie Et Ochs more appealing than the fashion-centric HTC Rhyme that launch last year at this time?
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HTC and MADE Fashion Week Come Together to Celebrate the Collision of Fashion and Technology
NEW YORK, NY (August 30, 2012) — HTC, a global leader of mobile innovation and design, has been named the official technology partner for the 2013 Spring/Summer MADE Fashion Week taking place in New York City at Milk Studios September 6-12. HTC and MADE have come together for a ground-breaking partnership that celebrates the collision of fashion, technology and art through one-of-a-kind collaborations with a renowned artist and burgeoning designer.
"HTC's generous support has helped us give over 40 designers the opportunity to show at New York Fashion Week," said Mazdack Rassi, Co-Founder of MADE, Creative Director of Milk Studios. "They have been an extraordinary partner to MADE Fashion Week and we have the upmost respect for the innovative and creative work they do within their industry."
As a kick-off to fashion week, HTC will co-host a star-studded, exclusive party at Milk Gallery on September 4th in honor of famed photographer Ben Watts' Mix Tape exhibition. Watts, whose photography has been seen in fashion publications such as Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair, has taken several photos using his HTC One device that are being featured in the exhibit. The photos will be on display along with a series of behind-the-scenes videos documenting Watts' experience creating them. A part of the Mix Tape exhibition will feature a custom built EVOLVE / Ben Watts scooter housing four HTC One devices. Guests will be able to take their picture as they strike a pose on the scooter, and this will be on display at MADE for the duration of fashion week.
HTC has teamed up with Watts to develop the "Wattsup Photo" app – now everyone can create imagery "just like Ben". Watts' punchy color saturation and neon gaff tape borders make every photo look like a behind-the-scenes shot from a swimsuit magazine shoot. Users will also be able to use the app to collage their photos in Watts' signature scrapbook-style.
"I teamed up with HTC because of their strong presence in pop culture, which I like to shower myself in and am a big follower of," said Ben Watts. "Now tap that HTC 'WattsUpPhoto" app and get your collage on shhhhh."
In addition, HTC has announced their collaboration with the dynamic fashion design team and MADE Fashion Week participants Cushnie Et Ochs to create the HTC One by Cushnie Et Ochs. This limited edition, beautifully designed device references the simple color palette and bold sensuality of the Cushnie Et Ochs Spring 2013 collection, which will be shown at MADE Fashion Week this September.
"Bringing the Cushnie Et Ochs aesthetic to a world outside the realm of fashion was so new and inspiring and really allowed us to develop the ultimate sleek and sexy tech accessory," said Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs.
And guests visiting MADE Fashion Week will be able to stay powered by plugging into several HTC charging stations. These stations will be accessible throughout Milk Studios during MADE Fashion Week including backstage, and VIP lounge areas. During the busy week, HTC will be providing select attendees with a VIP Fashion Week Survival Kit featuring essential items for stylistas on-the-go including a nail file, lip balm, sewing kit, hand lotion, stain treatment stick, mirror and mints.
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You might have seen Twitter buzzing about today being the Day of the Girl, an international movement highlighting the importance of education and equality for girls and women worldwide. Sadly, a recent event proves the needs for this day: the shooting of a Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old girl in Pakistan.
Plus: How to Talk to Kids about Scary News
Malala, who lives in a conservative region of Pakistan, actively speaks out and blogs against the Taliban's ban on educating girls. On Tuesday, the Taliban boarded Malala's bus and shot her in the head and neck. Thankfully, she survived and doctors expect her to recover.
Watch Malala talk about the importance of education to a CNN reporter (with courage beyond her years):
Plus: 8 Kids Who've Made a Difference in Their Communities
This story makes us want to hug our children a little bit tighter tonight, and be thankful for the education opportunities we do have in this country. You can follow the story as it develops on Twitter with the hashtags #dayofthegirl and #malala. If you'd like to support Malala's cause, the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recommends donating to Developments in Literacy or The Citizens Foundation, USA, both which build schools in Pakistan.


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XXL' Freshman 2014 Cypher featuring Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Kevin Gates and Isaiah Rashad
"…..and the freshman class say"
So all together I garner the true essence behind the new XXL Freshmen 2014 Cypher and that is the lack of diversity in Hip Hop. Rap's trendy guide and popular mag, XXL debuted last month's issue with the Freshman class edition that started a bit of controversy simply because the women in the hip hop game is once again, slowly dwindling into the faded scene. Although XXL failed to consider the attention of new female artists to watch such as Jhene Aiko or Sevyn Streeter, it only featured upcoming R&B artist August Alsina and diversified artist himself Chance the Rapper just to name a few. So when I watched Part one of the Freshman Cypher I can honestly say I am looking more forward to the second one.
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Congratulations to the following CANSCAIP members who are award winners and nominees:
2013 Forest of Reading® Nominees
The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for the 2013 Forest of Reading® Program.
Blue Spruce™ Nominees (Grades K - 2)
Silver Birch® Nominees (Grades 3 - 6)
Red Maple™ Nominees (Grades 7 - 8)
White Pine™ Nominees (Grades 9 - 12)
The OLA also offers two adult reading categories: Evergreen™ and Golden Oak™. The Golden Oak program provides new readers in adult literacy programs to read books chosen specifically for them. The nominees in this category are:
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Sarah Ellis has been nominated for the The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. Sarah was chosen as one of 207 candidates from 67 countries. This award is named for Astrid Lindgren, one of Sweden's most important authors. The recipient or recipients of the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be announced on 26 March 2013 at 1 pm.
Jacqueline Guest awarded the prestigious Indspire Award for the Arts
Jacqueline Guest is the recipient of the prestigious Indspire Award for the Arts, which recognizes Indigenous professionals and youth who demonstrate outstanding career achievement. Created in 1993 in conjunction with the UN's International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the Indspire Awards represent the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own achievers.
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award
IBBY Canada announces the winner of the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award: A Few Blocks by Cybèle Young, published by Groundwood Books.
2012 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
Paul Yee is the winner of the 2012 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature. Yee has contributed uniquely and powerfully to our literary landscape over a writing career that spans almost 30 years. He was virtually the first children's author to document the Chinese Canadian experience from its early days to the present.
2012 Matt Cohen Award
Jean Little is the winner of the 2012 Matt Cohen Award. Established by a group of anonymous donors, the Matt Cohen Award recognizes a lifetime of distinguished work by a Canadian writer, working in either poetry or prose in either French or English. Jean Little is recognized throughout North America for her candid and unsentimental portrayals of adolescent life.
Governor General's Award for Children's Literature
The Governor General's Award for Children's Literature – Text goes to The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, by Susin Nielsen, Tundra Books.
Order of Canada
Writer Tim Wynne-Jones was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Wynne-Jones has written more than 30 books for children, youth and adults. His many awards include the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature (twice), The Arthur Ellis Award (twice), The Boston Horn Book award (twice), The Edgar Award, and the Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year Award (four times). Over the course of 35 years, Tim Wynne-Jones has travelled the length and breadth of Canada, conducting workshops and readings for children. He is a favoured keynote speaker at international conferences and festivals, including Packaging Your Imagination 2012. His books and critical writings have been translated into a dozen languages and published all over the world. A gifted and influential teacher, Tim Wynne-Jones has fostered the development of some of Canada's most exciting new writers. Wynne-Jones has been invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his services to children's literature in Canada.
Children's Literature – Text
Children's Literature – Illustration
2012 Victoria Book Prize Nominees
Ten authors from the Victoria region have been shortlisted for the 2012 Victoria Book Prizes. The Bolen Books Children's Book Prize nominees include The Whole Truth, written by Kit Pearson, HarperCollins. The winner will be announced on October 10.
2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards
Pre-Teen Fiction – General
Gold: Run Marco Run, by Norma Charles, Ronsdale Press
Pre-Teen Fiction – Historical/Cultural
Gold: Outcasts of River Falls, by Jacqueline Guest, Coteau Books
Silver: Day of the Cyclone (Disaster Strikes #7), by Penny Draper, Coteau Books
Children's Poetry
Bronze: And the Crowd Goes Wild! A Global Gathering of Sports Poems, edited by Carol-Ann Hoyte and Heidi Bee Roemer; illustrated by Kevin Sylvester (FriesenPress)
Young Adult Fiction – Mature Issues
Gold: How to Tend a Grave, by Jocelyn Shipley, Great Plains
The World in Your Lunch Box: The Wacky History and Weird Science of Everyday Foods, by Claire Eamer and artwork by Sa Boothroyd, Annick Press
Finalists Announced for the 2012 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards
The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) announced the finalists for its seven major children's book awards in June. The winners will be announced at the TD Canadian Children`s Literature Awards in Toronto this fall.
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
John Spray Mystery Award
Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy
Shortlist for the 2012 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic
The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic are presented annually to Canadian writers with a speculative fiction novel or book-length collection of speculative fiction published any time during the previous calendar year. The young adult shortlist includes the following title by a CANSCAIPer:
Awards for Five Thousand Years of Slavery
Five Thousand Years of Slavery, by Marjorie Gann and Janet Willen, (Tundra Books, 2011) has recently won two awards:
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Style It: Dressers Beyond the Bedroom
Dressers, as we know, are useful case goods that can pinch hit as media cabinets, entryway tables, or dining room buffets, but since they're designed for clothes storage, they can look awkward out of context. To make a dresser seem at home beyond the bedroom, try updating it with color and accessories.
Changing the color or finish of a dresser (photos 1-3, 7, and 10) can make it feel like a standout piece that's tailored to a room's décor. To push the concept even further, accessorize it using objects in the same color — like vases, artwork, or lighting.
You might also try treating the dresser like a console table (photos 2, 4, and 5). Decorate it with a pair of lamps, hang a mirror over it, or ground it with a large painting.
If you're repurposing a dresser as a media cabinet (photos 8, 9, and 10), look for a case piece that's not too tall and has drawers or cabinets that can easily be converted into storage for electronics or DVDs. Embrace the nature of the piece: style a mid-century dresser with modern vases, or decorate a high-gloss white surface with sleek electronics.
For other ideas, click through the photos above and the links below.
- Under the stairs:
- Style It: Bedroom Dressers
- Dressers in the Living Room: Inspiration Roundup
- 8 Spots to Put a Dresser
Photos: Grange, Sarah Coffey, The Rug Company, Tas-ka Webshop, Ellie Grover, Shannon, Annie Werbler, Violet Marsh Photography, Thomas Wold


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February 16–August 5, 2007
John N. Stern Gallery
Philip Trager's luminous and compelling photographs—both of architecture and of dancers—reveal a distinctly personal approach to form and place. This exhibition of nearly 100 gelatin silver, platinum and Iris prints includes evocative images of New England in the 1960s and New York City in the 1970s, elegiac portraits of the villas of Palladio in the 1980s, and glimpses of the ever-changing face of Paris in the 1990s. Trager's architectural photographs capture the subtleties of our built environment with singular nuance and skill. They have become landmarks in architectural photography and standard documents for architectural and art historians as well as architects. Since the 1980s, Trager has collaborated extensively with contemporary dancers and choreographers to photograph the most evanescent of arts. His expressionistic images of dancers in outdoor settings capture the essence of many of the best contemporary choreographers and dancers. On view are photographs of John Kelly, the Mark Morris Dance Group, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Co., and many others.
This exhibition, organized by AMAM director Stephanie Wiles and Clare Rogan, curator of the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, is accompanied by the catalogue Philip Trager co-published by Steidl Publishing.
Philip Trager (b. 1935)
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Friday, February 16, 4:30 pm
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Photographer Philip Trager discusses his work in the exhibition Philip Trager: A Retrospective in the AMAM's Stern Gallery, with a reception following.
Friday, February, 16, 5:00-7:00 pm, opening reception for the artist


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Published July 29, 2004
BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. John Kerry challenged President Bush's Iraq policy in blunt, biting terms last night and promised cheering Democratic National Convention delegates, 'I will be a commander in chief who will never mislead us into war.'
'America can do better, and help is on the way,' the Democratic presidential nominee vowed over and over in a prime-time acceptance speech that marked the beginning of the general election phase of his long quest for the White House.
'Saying there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq doesn't make it so,' said the four-term Massachusetts senator, a decorated Vietnam War veteran battling an incumbent president in an age of terrorism.
'Saying we can fight a war on the cheap doesn't make it so. And proclaiming mission accomplished certainly doesn't make it so,' Kerry told thousands of delegates packed into an overheated, overcrowded FleetCenter as well as a nationwide television audience of uncounted millions.
The hall erupted in cheers as Kerry completed his speech with an optimistic, Reaganesque prediction that 'our best days are still to come.' The ovation grew louder when running mate John Edwards joined Kerry on the podium, followed by their wives and children.
Moments later, tens of thousands red, white and blue balloons and strips of confetti beyond counting floated gently to the floor.
It was a boisterous, jubilant send-off for the Democratic ticketmates, who depart their convention city today for a 3,500-mile, coast-to-coast campaign swing through 21 states.
After spending the week at his Texas ranch, Bush also resumes campaigning this weekend, with a bus tour of battleground states and a new message. 'We have turned the corner, and we are not turning back,' says his new stump speech, excerpts of which were obtained by The Associated Press.
Bush's challenger made a triumphant entrance into the Democrats' convention hall for the most important speech of his political life, walking a happy gantlet of delegates who reached out eagerly to greet him. 'I'm John Kerry and I'm reporting for duty,' he said moments later from the podium -- and snapped off a salute.
In a speech salted with frequent references to patriotism and service, Kerry said the American flag doesn't 'belong to any president. It doesn't belong to any ideology and it doesn't belong to any political party. It belongs to all the American people.'
The Democratic challenger's speech capped a four-day convention designed to persuade millions of undecided voters in the battleground states that he is a man tested by war and ready to assume command.
On the last evening, as on all others, nothing was left to chance -- from a new campaign video designed to show Kerry's softer side to a brief tribute from fellow Vietnam veteran Jim Rassmann.
'John Kerry saved my life,' he said simply.
The video provided the first reference from the convention podium to Kerry's emergence as a prominent anti-war activist more than three decades ago after he returned home from Vietnam.
But Republicans were quick to point out that the evening program omitted one detail in Kerry's resume -- his election as lieutenant governor under Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, a liberal who blew a huge lead in the 1988 presidential race and wound up losing to Bush's father.
Kerry began the week tied or slightly ahead of Bush in the polls, a strong position for a challenger. Whatever sort of surge in support he receives from four days of his highly choreographed convention, Republicans hope to counter next month when they meet in New York to nominate Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for re-election.
In his speech, Kerry painted a portrait of a nation suffering economically after four years of Republican rule.
'Wages are falling, health care costs are rising and our great middle class is shrinking. People are working weekends; they're working two jobs, three jobs and they're still not getting ahead,' he said.
'We can do better and we will. We're the optimists,' he said, and added, 'We value an America where the middle class is not being squeezed, but doing better.'
Kerry's decision to question the president over Iraq comes at a time when Bush is struggling to reverse a decline in support for his policies in a conflict that has claimed more than 900 lives, many of them since the president stood on an aircraft carrier beneath a banner that proclaimed 'Mission Accomplished.'
A Pew Research Center survey earlier this month showed 42 percent support for Bush on the war, down from 59 percent six months earlier.
But Kerry expanded his criticism far beyond Iraq as he sought to draw a contrast with the president on the national security issues he has placed at the core of his challenge for the White House. Kerry vowed to reverse policies that send U.S. jobs overseas and promised to expand health care, improve education and 'fight a smarter, more effective war' against terror.
'In these dangerous days there is a right way and a wrong way to be strong,' he said.
'Strength is more than tough words,' Kerry added in a slap at Bush without mentioning the commander in chief by name.
'I will immediately reform the intelligence system so policy is guided by facts, and facts are never distorted by politics,' he said in reference to claims that the president relied on faulty intelligence in deciding to invade Iraq in 2003.
'And as president, I will bring back this nation's time-honored tradition: The United States of America never goes to war because we want to, we only go to war because we have to,' Kerry said.
Kerry voted in October 2002 to give Bush the authority to use military force to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, but later voted against legislation providing $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bush's GOP surrogates kept up their weeklong criticism of the Kerry-Edwards ticket in terms likely to recur throughout their own convention.
'Everything and anything has been discussed but their record,' said former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of the Democrats, joining a string of Republicans accusing Kerry of trying to obscure a career-long record of liberalism.
The convention's final evening was as rigorously scripted, designed to flesh out Kerry's biography and emphasize his experience as a decorated veteran.
The video was part of the effort to shed Kerry's image as an aloof politician, casting him as an athlete and a musician, a Yale graduate and a prosecutor, a soldier and a son, a father and a husband.
'I cried like a baby when they were born, both of them,' Kerry says of his two daughters, Vanessa and Alexandra.