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Quilombo de Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil. Still, the film is refreshingly free of self-righteous oratory, and serves as an excellent introduction to anyone intrigued by the political history of South America.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Director: Carlos Diegues
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Producer: Augusto Arraes
Cast: Daniel Filho, Antonio Pitanga, Zezé Motta, Vera Fischer and Jofre Soares
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If a child does not learn the way you teach, then teach him the way he learns.
Chasty, cited in Chinn and Ashcroft (1999)
Differentiation is one of the least understood elements of teaching. It mystifies NQTs, and terrifies many older teachers. Therefore, before they begin to post in these sections, I invite members to do some pre-reading, which will give them the opportunity to consider a number of questions for personal reflection, based around the issues:
- Introduction towards a definition of differentiation
- Dimensions of Differentiation
- Doing Differentiation
Position Statement
Differentiation is an entitlement, not a teaching strategy.
When I was at school, the teacher stood at the front of the class and taught. Learning was an optional extra. By contrast, the latest Ofsted observation framework for teaching and learning downsizes the role of teaching, and emphasises rather the pupils learning their response, progress and achievement. One of the key lesson-components evaluated a process element within that learning is differentiation. In a world where all pupils learning is being assessed, and the teachers ability to get all pupils to learn is being evaluated, teachers are obliged to make sure that EVERY pupil learns as much as possible.
Differentiation is the right of each pupil to be taught in a way specifically tailored to their individual learning needs. The process of differentiation, consequently, is the adjustment of the teaching process to meet the differing learning needs of the pupils, and it involves every teacher having sufficient appropriate knowledge of the pupils, PLUS the ability to plan and deliver suitable lessons effectively, so as to help all pupils individually to maximise their learning, whatever their individual situation.
Differentiation is NOT:
a) Writing 30 different lesson plans.
b ) Saying that differentiation is not necessary because the pupils are setted.
c) Teaching at a slow pace so that everyone can keep up.
d) Abandoning whole-class teaching, setting a task, and then letting pupils/groups work at their own pace through a worksheet.
e) Expecting some students to do better than others and calling it differentiation by outcome.
f) Humiliating the slow learners by drawing attention to their limitations.
g) Allowing less able learners to copy or draw.
h) Making more advanced learners do extension assignments after completing their "regular" work ("regular work, plus" inevitably seems punitive to pupils).
Teaching cannot be good without differentiation. All good teachers differentiate even if they only do so intuitively.
And a modern teacher should consciously differentiate every lesson. Since all pupils are different there will NEVER be a lesson where the teacher will not have to make adjustments to differentiate the lesson to meet individual pupils individual needs.
It is interesting and relevant to see the Ofsted assessment criteria relating to differentiation:
2 - Activities and demands are matched sensitively to pupils' needs.
3 - Individual needs are well catered for. Staff understand the next steps pupils need to take in their learning and provide a wide range of activities to help them learn.
4 - The school provides successfully for pupils who do not respond well to school or who have difficulties in learning.
5 - Because of limited tuning to individuals' needs, some pupils get little from lessons.
6 - Little or no account is taken of what pupils already know. Groups of pupils may not be able to cope, and may disengage or misbehave.
Here we see albeit randomly scattered the key elements of differentiation:
a) Knowing the prior situation of pupils how far they have got and what their needs are;
b ) The importance of a suitable learning environment, which is geared up to respond to pupils needs;
c) The appropriate application of differentiation strategies within the lessons tuning the activities and demands to the pupils needs, and understanding the next-steps-needed to move on each pupils learning;
d) The importance of consistency across the department and the school, rather than isolated pockets of good practice.
It is these elements upon which I propose to focus forum-members attention.
Differentiation questions and issues
Contributors might wish to comment upon any of the following:
1) Identifying the need - differentiation for what?
Differentiation is not an end in itself it is a means to an end: the pupils learning. So there is no point in planning a differentiated lesson until we know what are the different needs and problems for which we are differentiating. The focus of this question is that differentiation is differentiation FOR
It is for contributions about identifying the different needs, and the scope of the pedagogic problem, and the kinds of issues which contributors might address here include:
What are the different needs that we need to differentiate for?
What are the different aspects of students' readiness, skill levels, or interests that we need to attend to?
What strategies/tests can you/do you use to discover what different pupils different learning needs are? Can you think of any other/better ways?
How do you discover/communicate information about these needs in your school, and how successfully? Could you think of a better way to do this?
What different kinds of pupils are involved, and what problems do they face?
2) Creating the climate for differentiation how do you make your classroom a learning environment that enables differentiated learning?
Education is not just about teaching strategies applied within a one-hour lesson. The success of a lesson is just as much determined by the underlying physical, organisational and philosophical climate of the school and your classroom.
The focus of this question is is laying appropriate foundations, and the kinds of issues which contributors might address include:
What are the key components of diff learning?
How does classroom climate support differentiation?
Should I make changes in the externalities classroom organisation?
What role does student choice play in differentiation?
Does differentiation require any changes in overall syllabus?
What is the relationship between progression and differentiation?
Might whole-school ethos affect our approach to differentiation?
3) From theory to practice sharing examples of good practice of differentiation strategies that you have seen, planned or used.
How does a teacher accommodate for different learning needs in the (often fraught) normal class lesson? Has anyone an example of what works (or what does not work) to share?
The focus of this question is planning a differentiated lesson, and the kinds of issues which contributors might address include:
Are there ways to make differentiation a seamless part of classroom learning?
How does the strategy support differentiated approaches?
What are some of the key facets of the strategy?
What will be the learning outcomes for your students?
When and how does the teacher decide on tasks for groups in differentiation?
Would the strategy fit within your "toolbox" of instructional techniques?
How could you begin to use the instructional strategy within a differentiated unit?
What about assessment in a differentiated classroom?
4) Dissemination how might one introduce differentiated teaching practices into a department/school?
A differentiation ethos needs to be introduced into school, and its introduction needs to be agreed, planned and steered.
The focus of this question is 'Planning for improvement', and the kinds of issues contributors might addreess include:
What factors inhibit and foster teachers implementation of differentiation?
How might the introduction of a 'differentiation ethos' be affected by the whole-school ethos of the institution?


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The following is a sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police between Sept. 7 and 13. During that time period, the police received 155 calls.
Friday, Sept. 7
•2900 block of Nevada Avenue, check situation. Man reportedly said he wanted to drive his car over the gorge with his 11-month-old son in the vehicle.
•1600 block of Tuscarora Road, assist citizen. Patrol assisted an elderly female locked out of her residence.
Saturday, Sept. 8
•9221 Lockport Road, assault. A 36-year-old Cayuga Drive woman was arrested after a fight involving a 73rd Street woman.
•3500 block of Hyde Park Boulevard, vandalism. Fence padlock cut at business. Possible attempted burglary.
•1900 block of Military Road, possible theft of services. Customer refused to pay cab driver.
Sunday, Sept. 9
•6400 block of Packard Road, larceny. Business owner reported tools valued at more than $2,000 were taken from a trailer parked in the rear of the business property.
•4700 block of Chester Avenue, animal complaint. Complainant said neighbor's dog got loose and attempted to "consummate dog love" with her dog.
•500 block of D Street, vandalism. Complainant said his pickup truck was keyed overnight.
Monday, Sept. 10
•4400 block of Military Road, burglary. Complainant reported that when he arrived at work, he found the office door, desk drawers and the safe all open. Entry believed to be through a rear garage door. Tires valued at $960, about $180 in cash and a flat-screen television were missing.
•800 block of Sunnyside Drive, check situation. Report of a possible structure fire. Female homeowner was grilling on porch.
•Tuscarora Road and Richmond Avenue, C Street, noise complaint. Patrol confirmed the music was coming from a benefit concert being held on Niagara Falls Boulevard in the city.
Tuesday, Sept. 11
•4500 block of Hyde Park Boulevard, larceny. Complainant reported sometime overnight, someone entered a locked gate area on the side of the business and took a propane tank used to fuel a forklift.
•1900 block of Military Road, harassment. Patrol issued an appearance ticket to a 16-year-old Grand Island girl for allegedly threatening to beat up a classmate who was working at the food court. Ongoing problem reportedly involves a boy at the school.
Wednesday, Sept. 12
•Military Road, check situation. Passerby called in a suspicious looking garbage bag by the railroad overpass. Patrol checked bag, which contained garbage.
•4200 block of Mohawk Parkway, local law violation. Patrol issued an appearance ticket for building code violation.
•B Street, juvenile problem. Patrol dispersed juveniles in the street reportedly attempting to start a fight.
Thursday, Sept. 13
•8400 block of Manor Road, burglary. Complainant reported someone stole his 2012 Yamaha ATV from the garage.
•Lockport Road, traffic ticket. Ticket issued for driving 54 mph in a 40 mph zone. Driver said, "My foot got jammed."


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Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Our son loves airplanes! On his birthday, he chose this theme and our cousin Daniela created the entire look of the party: Emanuel Airlines!
We decorated the party with pictures of our favorite pilot and many red and blue planes. The party was in our apartment and we invited our friends and family. Emanuel was ill but nevertheless enjoyed the party. He was very happy! It was a trip with a plane full of love!
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As a part of nasc, John Beattie was invited to present Approaches to Contemporary Fine Art Drawing, an illustrated interactive talk dealing with the work of various artists including that of Beattie. the talk was first presented as a part of the IMMA National Programme in response to the Line Exploring Space exhibition at the source Arts Centre & Tipperary Institute, Thurles. John Beattie's practice explores ideas and perceptions relating to Artist, Studio and the Audience. His work attempts to create a discourse between academic classical traditions and contemporary practice. Through process-based and context-specific methodologies, Beattie's work is concerned with methods of production and representation. Employing the use of drawing, video, sculpture and photography, his interest lies in how the viewer engages or unravels with the creative process.
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IncGamers: Ubisoft has confirmed that post-apoc survival game I Am Alive will be released on PC on 13 September.
The PS3/360 edition of the game was released back in April of this year, to mixed reviews.
You may remember that in November of 2011 I Am Alive's creative director Stanislas Mettra told IncGamers that – following complaints about a lack of a PC version – he wasn't sure whether PC gamers would actually play it.
His exact words were...
"It's hard because there's so much piracy and so few people are paying for PC games that we have to precisely weigh it up against the cost of making it."
Nice. You want PC gamers to buy your product after saying the vast majority are criminals? Hmmm, I suddenly lost interest this game, wonder why?
"We've heard loud and clear that PC gamers are bitching about there being no version for them"
Wow, just wow. No really, tell us what you really think.
According to ubisoft logic , this game should be F2P on pc to increase revenue.
"Despite the bitching, I Am Alive has been dated for PC" - What do they mean? It's done? It's over with?
I imagine Ubisofts' bitching has only just begun.
There is plenty of pirating on the 360 too. This guy is a crying arsehole


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Through February 2011
Akron Art Museum
The Akron Art Museum mounts its third show drawn from the Allen's collection this fall. "Culture Revolution: Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum" opens on October 16, 2010.
Four artists, including Hung Liu, reflect on the rapidly changing terrain of contemporary Chinese culture in lush, poetic paintings on loan from the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Political Pop meets expressionism, realism, history and nostalgia in paintings that comment on China's present and future while evoking its political past. This exhibition continues through February 27, 2011.
This exhibition is organized by the Akron Art Museum and supported by the museum's Evelyne Shaffer Endowment for Exhibitions.
Additionally, a number of outstanding 19th-century, modern, and contemporary works from the AMAM's collections of European and American art will be on rotating view, including Frank Stella's monumental Agbatana III, Joan Mitchell's Café, Roy Lichtenstein's Craig, and David Wojnarowicz's Untitled (Burning Man), as well as the AMAM's late Claude Monet, Wisteria.Akron Art Museum Curators Ellen Rudolph and Barbara Tanenbaum worked with the AMAM to organize these installations.
Listen to podcasts related to past exhibitions at the Akron Art Museum featuring
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from rancho chevron fc
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i am in the infant stages of planning a trip to
Niagara Falls and a few days in Toronto.
Unfortunately the week after they play the LAG.
If any of our Canadian brethren or anyone really has
any ideas to that area they would be much
appreciated. Oh i know i can google and yelp it but
i have always enjoyed (and still trying to enjoy)
the input from y'all. Tnx!
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I'm not a Canadian brethren but I've been to Toronto. What
tips are you looking for ?
from The Laws of Lalas
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i am going to probably be at the NER-SEA game in boston on the saturday of memorial day weekend. if anyone is going to be there, let's meet up for some tailgating. from rancho chevron fc
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Mo- Where to stay in/around Toronto? Downtown? (Or
avoid dontown traffic although Toronto seems to have
good public transportation Waterfront? yorkville?
Missagua? the distillery district and Woodbine seem
like must stops and i was advised to try Spatow (sp)
in Chinatown. We will be returning from Niagara and
want to check out Toronto for a few days to complete
our vacation.
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Well I guess I'm not that helpful for that. I actually stayed in Brampton, ON and then drove it. Visited the NHL museum there and got food at a Portuguese place. I'm not sure where the best place to stay would be downtown but it seems like public transportation isn't bad. Driving took awhile from Port City Navigators
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I stayed downtown on King St. I think, just a couple of blocks from the
Rogers Centre. It was pretty centrally located. I was able to walk most
places, but took the trolley a lot, including going to BMO Field. The
subway system isn't much but I made some use of it. Took a tour of
the Steam Whistle Brewery under the CN Tower. I can't remember
names of restaurants, but the food was pretty good. I talked to locals
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Albany to Salem – Miles 60-99
For some odd reason I left for day two of biking with the number 24 in my head – 24 miles that is – but oh how I was wrong. Pedaling from Albany to Salem as the second part of our Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway adventure, I should have know by pure driving distance on the indirect roads that it would be more, but my legs would never have anticipated that the length was to be nearly double.
Leaving around 11 a.m. we hopped on our bikes –everyone a little more softly on the seat then the day before and my legs tight even after stretching and walking that morning. But once we got moving, muscel memory set in and the legs just kept pumping.
The first section took us through the main roads of Albany then out to the farm fields, freshly plowed signifying the end of summer – though the warm round sun, heating up the road begged to differ.
At the top Scravel Hill just outside of Albany, we received some beautiful benefits from this scenic bikeway. Stretching out flat across the fertile valley floor, brown and green patchwork of countryside spotted with trees and homes decorated the horizon. A white barn from the farm just down the road waited for us as we stopped at the quiet graveyard at the top of the hill to take in the view, stretch out our legs and snatch a few photos.
Along the route, we also enjoy some vineyard views.
Biking through empty field, nowhere near Salem, we hit 24 miles with my legs already aching. The previous day's ride had really taken it out of me and a rough night's sleep didn't aid in the re-coup process, but I powered on.
Luckily when we reached Independence, we took a quick break for ice cream – the ultimate energy boosting snack. And we definitely needed that energy when we realized the time. With another ten miles ahead of us before Salem, we only had an hour until we were supposed to be at an event. We really needed to book it into town.
Working against us though were the rolling hills. Mound after mound along the two lane road grinded at my legs. Beads of sweat rolling down my back made me swat at my jersey like pesky flies landing on an elephant. Yet finally at 5:30 p.m. (when we were supposed to be arriving at the event) we rolled into Salem with rush hour traffic.
Strolling through the lobby of The Grand Hotel in downtown Salem in our shorts and helmets, we hastily shoved our bikes on the elevators and high tailed it to our rooms to shower.
At least there was prospect of wine to wash down the roughness of the day and relax the legs, I thought as I dropped my bags in my hotel room for the night – lots of wine.
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Lush pillow top beds and spacious rooms greeted us at The Grand Hotel in downtown Salem. One of the only accommodation options in the downtown area, the Grand is in walking distance from the capitol building, shops, and food. Additionally the offer a continental breakfast in a large dining facility in the morning that gives your elbows room to dive into their various food choices.
Wonderful wine, beautiful views and a fabulous celebration for the new Oregon wine licenses plate awaited us this evening at Willamette Valley Vineyards. Meeting up with a few of our good Eugene friends, we felt right at home and enjoy some delicious finger foods and fabulous wine from all over the state. Both Eola Hills and Willamette Valley Vineyard's Pinot Noirs wowed my taste buds and rejuvenated my legs. Plus Jim Bernau, the winery's founder, graciously sent us loose for the night with a bottle of his wine in hand.
This is a great little place in the heart of downtown for late night appetizers on a budget. We strolled in around 9 p.m. and they were still serving a long list of food options from their "mini bits" menu. Plus check in on Foursquare and get a free mini bit with the purchase of a drink.


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The Up video game takes players on an exotic adventure with Carl Fredricksen and his young sidekick, Wilderness Explorer Russell, as they set off on a wild journey through the undiscovered jungles of South America. Players are able to experience all four main characters from the movie -- Carl, Russell, Dug the lovable dog or Kevin the prehistoric bird -- while playing as a single-player or with a friend cooperatively throughout the entire game. Players can encounter exciting, new environments as they navigate through treacherous jungle terrains, battle dangerous creatures and trek the slippery slopes of the Amazonian Tepuis. In addition, the game also features multi-player game modes, including an epic level that allows up to four players to compete in aerial combat.
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Oh, IKEA. For some, the name itself conjures up images of off-kilter bookshelves and teetering tables. For others, the modern-on-a-budget wares are necessary to adequately furnish a home. But though IKEA has become an international brand and a consummate capitalist success story, its roots in Scandinavian progressivism — both aesthetic and social — remind us that there's more to the company than meets the eye.
The IKEA look echoes twentieth-century Scandinavian design in general (Image 2): blond woods, light neutral colors with the occasional bright pop color, lightweight, portable, oftentimes stackable, and, above all, affordable. These qualities stem in part from a cultural movement to make good design available to all people, as well as social policies aimed at fostering healthy, happy family homes.
Sweden wasn't always the posterchild for progressivism. In the early twentieth century, Stockholm, alongside Helsinki, had the lowest standard-of-living in Europe, with cramped, dark apartments where people slept four to a bed. Birth rates were low, alcoholism was high. After 1932, when the Social Democrats were elected to power, the government began subsidizing new, healthier housing (big windows for light and air circulation, balconies), and actively promoted contemporary, affordable furniture suited to a relaxed family home — urging newlyweds to avoid the fashion of paying a lot for traditional-looking furniture that was too formal to be used by young families.
In this new environment, IKEA began mass-producing inexpensive, modern-looking furniture (Image 3). Ingvar Kamprad formed IKEA in 1943 at the age of 17. He had been turning a profit selling low-priced matches to his neighbors in rural Sweden since he was five (makes me reconsider sending my daughter to summer camp — get to work, little girl!). Adding the first initials of his family's farm (Elmtaryd) and his village (Agunnaryd) to his own initials, Kamprad began selling items like pens and nylon stockings at reduced prices, first in door-to-door sales calls, and then by mail-order, to keep up with high demand. In 1948, IKEA began producing furniture, and the first catalog was published in 1951 (Image 1). In 1956, Kamprad hired four Danish designers to form an in-house design team, including Erik Wörts, who had previously helped develop the first flat-packed, DIY assembly-required furniture suites. And thus, IKEA as we know it was born (Image 4-7)!
IKEA's fortunes soared in the 1960s, when the Swedish government adopted a program to build one million new apartments in ten years. All those new homes spurred demand for inexpensive furniture in the modern Scandinavian aesthetic — thousands lined up for the opening of a new Stockholm store in 1965 — check out the 1965 IKEA Catalog in this post. The company's local success in Scandinavia allowed them to begin expanding internationally. There are now around 315 IKEA stores in 36 countries — their signature blue and yellow exteriors a reminder of the company's roots in progressive Swedish values (Image 8), even as their yearly global revenues approach $30 billion.
• I am indebted to Maria Perers, a scholar and curator, whom I have seen lecture many times on this subject.
• The IKEA website has a fun timeline if you want to see more.
• Want to get even deeper into the story? This book by Elen Lewis explores the origins of the brand, and its incredible success.
• Want to hear the other side of the story? Check out this Apartment Therapy post on Ellen Ruppel Shell's article on the unsustainability of IKEA in The Atlantic.
• In Stockholm this summer? Visit the Liljevalchs Konsthall for an exhibition about IKEA.
(Images: 1 The cover of the first IKEA catalog, from 1951: image from a lovely piece on the IKEA museum in Älmhult, Sweden, by Caroline Taret at Marie Claire Maison; 2 On the left, an image from Carl and Karin Larsson's home in Sweden, decorated around 1900, which became a model for 20th-century Scandinavian design, compared with an IKEA catalog from the 1990s on the right: Images by Maria Perers; 3 IKEA chairs from the 1940s at the IKEA museum, from Marie Claire Maison; 4 The Lövet table (1955), IKEA's first flat-packed piece of furniture, from Marie Claire Maison; 5 IKEA ad for the Trofé collection (1969): Image from the Swedish IKEA website; 6 IKEA's Skopa collection (1974): Image by A. Lorenzo for Die Neue Sammlung, a design museum in Munich; 7 Image from the 1984 IKEA catalog with Klippan sofas (first designed in 1979), image from Swedish IKEA; 8 IKEA catalog from the 1990s on the left, Larsson home from 1900 on the right, from Maria Perers)
Anna Hoffman received her Master's Degree in the History of Decorative Arts from Bard, and is now an instructor of Design History at Parsons.


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Freeman, Brendan, OCSO. Come and See: The Monastic Way for
Today. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2010.
Saint Meinrad Archabbey has a "come and see" program where young
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Come and See depicts a perspective inside the mind of a
The author is Abbot Brendan Freeman, OCSO, the abbot of New
Melleray Abbey in Peosta, Iowa, since 1984. At the outset of the
book, Abbot Brendan states that the current vision of monastic life
is not something new, but goes back to the Desert Fathers of the
fourth century. However, it is also new because it is rooted in the
soul that never grows old.
The abbot is to create a climate of meaning in the monastic life
that makes sense. Abbot Brendan says that Jesus told His disciples
to "come and see" where I live. He could have said to come and see
where you live, where your real life is being lived.
Monastic life is not some esoteric or Gnosticway of viewing the
reality of life, according to the author. It is a treasure that
lies deep within the heart, a universal spirituality that is a
common inheritance of all who seek God. Because there is a desire
in our hearts to seek God and a desire for ultimate meaning, each
of us has the heart of a monk. This statement alone should speak
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Among the great themes of monastic life found in the Rule of
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Live and Let Die (US - BD RA)
Gabe prefers the original title: "Leave Me Be, and I'll Leave You Be. Is That Cool?"
Live and Let Die is one of my personal favourites among Roger Moore's Bond films, but it's not one I've seen in a very, very long time. It's definitely not one of the 'best' films in the series, but it stands above much of the cannon for simply being different. So many of the Bond films, especially the Roger Moore films, are interchangeable to passing fans like myself. Live and Let Die has the advantages of a colourful underlying 'religious' theme, a super colourful villain, one of the hottest Bond girls in the series' history, and the distinction of sticking Bond in traditionally black settings like Harlem, New Orleans, and the Caribbean.
The original Fleming novel was apparently edited for US release to alter its not too subtle white fright undertones, and though quite different, the final film is still pretty controversial. It's nice that most of us are post-politically correct enough to get over the fact that basically all the film's baddies are black guys, but in the end the iffy treatment is really what makes the film most memorable (speaking as a casual viewer). The Caribbean religious elements are oversimplified to a sort of bone-in-the-nose extent, which is undeniable stereotyping, but the intelligence, sophistication, and cunning of the black villains puts them on such an equal footing with Bond that their colour doesn't really matter.
Looking back on the film I'm taken a bit aback by its slightly sloppy direction, but the art direction and amusingly haphazard editing is very charming. The whole thing begins to deteriorate around the third act when the villain's plot is revealed and the characters move away from the wacky art direction into another Bond boat chase. It's a good chase, but there are so many Bond boat chases that the film starts to roll back into the interchangeable Roger Moore zone. Though the final Voodoo ceremony is pretty freakin' memorable, and Yaphet Kotto's final scene is a blast (badum bash) the movie really starts to drag. Now I say 'interchangeable Roger Moore zone' without first mentioning that this was Moore's first shot at Bond, and I really should note how gracefully he reinvented the character.
Live and Let Die is the first of these new Blu-ray releases that hasn't blown me away. The print looks older than the others, the grain is thicker, the details are less exacting, and the look is generally flatter. I learned from the short remastering documentary on Dr. No that Live and Let Die was one of the few films in the collection that actually had some digital tinkering, but it's also the first which displays noticeable artefacts and other age problems like flicker. My biggest concern is the general darkness of the frame, which I'm not entirely sure is actually a problem. The garish colour schemes are very satisfying in their purity and relative cleanliness, but there's not a lot of even shading or subtle blends. The blacks, though almost unbelievably deep and pure, bleed out a bit, and the contrast is a little jarring. Still, there's no confusing the transfer with a standard definition release for overall clarity and colourful punch.
The song 'Live and Let Die' has got to be one of the all time greatest guilty pleasure tracks. It belongs on a shelf in some kind of so far over-the-top it's genius museum next to 'Classical Gas', and on this DTS-HD Master Audio track it kicks some really heavy ass. Live and Let Die may be a slight disappointment in the video department, but its audio quality is awesome. Most of the audio bombast surrounds George Martin's '70s infused score. The instruments all sound wonderfully natural, the bass is punchy, and the separation of elements is impressive for an older film. The rest of the track matches the other releases in cleanliness, clarity, and warmth.
This disc houses three commentaries, one with a solo Sir Roger Moore, another group edit featuring director Guy Hamilton, the producers, some of the other actors, and a moderator, and a solo track with writer Tom Mankiewicz. Moore's track is pleasant enough, but pretty slow and sparce, and surprisingly technical. The group track is less jam-packed than Dr. No or From Russia With Love, but features some valuable and detailed comparisons between the original novel and final film. For my money Mankiewicz's solo track is actually the best on the disc, as it's the most fully formed and consistent. Mankiewicz's attention is obviously skewed more towards screenwriting, but he's a wellspring when it comes to the filming process and history of the films as well.
The archival features start with 'Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary', an information packet made to excite 1973 audiences at the prospect of the first Roger Moore Bond movie. The featurette is generally an elongated trailer, but it's pretty long (at just over twenty minutes) and is actually quite entertaining. 'Roger Moore as James Bond, Circa 1964' is an excerpt from a 1964 variety show where Moore spoofed Bond almost ten years before he officially played the character in theatres, and is a very cute addition to the disc. The 'MIG Vault' also features a collection of conceptual art.
Again, as per the rest of the Blu-rays, the 'Inside' documentary is brought over from the old special edition DVD, and revamped in HD. 'Inside Live and Let Die' is another solidly entertaining entrée in the documentary series, covering the second exit of Connery, bringing Moore onto the film, the script and pre-production, the stunts (which mostly seem to have went awry), and the reception in a super speedy half hour. The doc covers a lot of the same stuff that's already on the commentaries, but it's a quicker meal. The behind the scenes featurettes are completed with two short 'On Set' bits, 'The Funeral Parade' and 'Hang Gliding Lessons'. The rest of the extras are completed with more trailers, TV and radio spots, and more interactive image databases.
Ultimately a bit too busy a film, Live and Let Die holds distinction among the Roger Moore Bond films, and not only because it was his first shot at the character. It's not a personal favourite, but it's memorable, and doesn't really start to sputter until the final act. This Blu-ray release is a slight disappointment in comparison to the Connery discs, which are visually about as close to perfection as we can expect, but the lossless, revamped audio is awesome, and the DVD port extras are satisfying.
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Harker Studios Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 174
This and Man with the Golden Gun are my 2 favourite Moore Bonds. However, Moore is my least favourite of all the Bonds (yes, even Lazenby rates higher in my books)Moore's James Bond is a bit too cartoonish for me. Not that I hate his portrait, it's just my least favourite.
I already have the 4 box set DVD series so I have no interest in buying the Blu-Ray.
I already have the 4 box set DVD series so I have no interest in buying the Blu-Ray.
£ukasz D Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 859
Mi fav. Moore Bonds are "Man With The Golden Gun" and "View To a Kill"...but the more i watch "Live and Let Die" the more i growe to like it...it's different kind of Bond- but i think i like it .
scottmck Contributor Join Date: April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 393
Great review as ever, Gabe. I'm just getting to work on my Bond reviews so it's interesting to see what you think of them. I read the original novel a while ago and it's interesting to note that it features a scene with Bond getting dragged over coral by a boat that crops up in For Your Eyes Only. I don't need to mention that in my reviews now
jmcclane 88 Member Join Date: September 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 466
With a name like Gabriel Powers you sound like you could be a Bond villian yourself Gabe
Moore's Bond was really addicted to boat chases, LALD, TMWTGG, TSWLM and Moonraker all had water chases of some sort. I respect Moore for stabilising the Bond films, but his last two are really tiring to watch. Dalton should have took over sooner IMHO.
On a side note, Tom Mankiewicz is a good guy. I love the commentaries he did with Donner on the Superman films. Must listen to his track on LALD.
Moore's Bond was really addicted to boat chases, LALD, TMWTGG, TSWLM and Moonraker all had water chases of some sort. I respect Moore for stabilising the Bond films, but his last two are really tiring to watch. Dalton should have took over sooner IMHO.
On a side note, Tom Mankiewicz is a good guy. I love the commentaries he did with Donner on the Superman films. Must listen to his track on LALD.
JoJoToCujo Member Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 53
Great screen caps
mordok Member Join Date: September 2006 Location: United States Posts: 77
I may just buy these even though I don't own a blu-ray player.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 21st October 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital Mono English, Dolby Digital Mono Spanish, Dolby Digital Mono French
Subtitles: English HoH, French, and Spanish
Extras: Roger Moore Commentary, Director/Cast/Crew Commentary, Writer Commentary, Inside Live and Let Die, Featurettes, Trailers, TV Spots, Image Galleries
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seamore
Genre: Action and Adventure
Length: 122 minutes
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Cinematographer Wally Pfister feels honoured that A-list actor Johnny Depp jumped at the chance to star in his first film, sci-fi thriller 'Transcendence'
Wally Pfister is "privileged" to have Johnny Depp star in his first feature film.
The cinematographer-turned-director - who has previously worked on Christopher Nolan's films including 'The Dark Knight' trilogy - says it's a big vote of confidence to have top actors such as Depp and Morgan Freeman sign up to star in sci-fi thriller 'Transcendence'.
He said: "I was very privileged on my very first film to have that kind of talent. They made the experience both comforting and artistically fulfilling.
"Johnny loved the script when he read it. I think he thought he could do something fun and interesting with the character. There were a lot of conversations together to decide what we wanted to do and how we wanted him on screen."
In 'Transcendence', Johnny plays Will Caster, a scientist who works to create an artificial intelligence (AI) that is smarter than any living human. But his work is disrupted when an anti-technology terrorist group attempts to assassinate him and sabotage his research.
Wally was determined to ground the film in real science and had the script properly vetted by researchers.
He added in an interview with SFX magazine: "'Transcendence' is a contemporary film and all the science has been vetted by university professors. I spoke to professors at MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and Caltech about everything from neuroscience and neurobiology to nanotechnology and artificial intelligence."


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Cutting choice to get more choice
Standard platforms move choice to the right place
Comment These days, experienced IT systems users looking to create an agile business environment have to make a simple but fundamental change in approach. A good analogy to that change might be their view of the pen, where they have to stop concerning themselves about issues such as `ink delivery technologies' and instead get interested in what can be written, and why.
In IT terms, an important part of that change comes from the trend towards increasingly standardised platforms, on which an increasing variety of applications and services can be built far more easily than in the past.
Move along the platform
While there will never be a single standard platform on which any application or service can be built, the number of choices facing most IT users nowadays has reduced to a handful of options. In a growing number of cases, those choices have reached the level of being "no-brainer" decisions. This is particularly important where the speed with which new applications or services can be developed and integrated into the production environment is important to the business. Reducing the choice in platform terms can open up the choices and options for the business.
The choices split into hardware platform and operating environment, and in each of those there is a "proprietary" and an "open" option.
There is still a significant place occupied by proprietary server hardware and, though it could hardly be called standard, even here there is a measure of "standardisation" creeping in. True, it is just the standardisation of reduction in choice, but the successful proprietary platforms, such as IBM's pSeries systems running the Risc-architectured Power 5 processor family and the zSeries mainframes, together with Sun Microsystems' UltraSparc-based servers, still largely dominate the high-end, mission critical business applications sector. For those types of applications the choice of platform is fairly limited.
Somewhere between these proprietary servers and standard systems lies HP, which still has a Risc-architected server line, though it is now on the path to obsolescence. It is being replaced by a high-end server family based on Intel's Itanium 64-bit processor, which is intended to be a next-generation of standard architecture. The jury is still out on that particular possibility, however.
For the foreseeable future, standard hardware platforms will be based on Intel's Xeon and AMD's Opteron processors which, now they both come in 64-bit versions that offer very large memory addressing capabilities, look set to dominate standard platform hardware for the next 10 years or more. Such systems have an honourable history going back many years, in even the largest enterprises.
That has, however, largely been at the departmental server level. But as the processors have become more powerful and so spawned more powerful servers from the major vendors such as Dell, IBM, HP, Fujitsu-Siemens and many others, they are starting to fill a central role in many businesses.
Though there are differences between the offerings from these suppliers all the systems are built on the same fundamental architecture, and run the same operating systems. This may reduce choice at one level but it frees up users to add new applications and services with ease, as the vast majority have been written to run on this standard platform architecture.
Flavour of the future
When it comes to operating systems the proprietary options are the main flavours of Unix from IBM, Sun and HP. Today, however, these are only a choice for the largest enterprise installations. For all others, the choice is now between two operating systems – Microsoft Windows and the commercial implementations of the open source Linux operating system.
The majority of business-oriented applications are available for both operating systems, and so the choice between them is now usually driven by such factors as the experience and history of the applications development team and any requirements that are driven by the needs of a business to interoperate with third parties such as partner companies, suppliers or customers. This is particularly the case with web services-based applications that directly interoperate with services in those partners', suppliers' or customers' systems. Here, the choice will normally fall between .Net for Windows and Java for Linux.
In nearly all these areas, the choice of hardware and operating system offered to users looks increasingly restricted, and in many ways they are. But such restrictions, built as they are on platforms that now provide significant performance levels, free up users to make the choices – and act upon them rapidly – that are far more important to the performance of the business. And for business users that is, arguably, the place they actually need to be.®


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Here's the thing. Every day, all day long, ideas of things I want to write run through my head and sometimes I scrawl notes or rough drafts or sometimes I tweet the ideas, so that when I finally find a moment to sit and breathe, I will be able to write all the things that have been running through my head for days on end. But when I finally find a moment, when I carve a moment from the blur of day and sit down and open a new page, my hands freeze. My hands freeze, my heart stops and suddenly I just feel tired and afraid. Sometimes I force myself and I'll squeeze something out. Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's crap. Sometimes I'll try and I'll try, I'll write and I'll delete and I'll scribble and I'll scratch out and then I'll just give up because not being to be able to write is more painful than I can explain.
When I was ten, I wrote a story for a class assignment. I worked on it all weekend, I worked on it every day after school, I wrote draft after draft, editing and crafting and loving every moment of it. It was a ten page underwater romance, the story of a merman and a mermaid, hopelessly in love. I couldn't wait to hand it in, I was sure I had created a masterpiece, I knew my teacher would love it. But instead of finding words of praise scrawled in the margins, my story was scribbled all over in red ink, all of it's flaws circled, all the mistakes underlined, every error scratched and rejected. And at the bottom of the last page, in red letters that blotted out my carefully crafted ending, she wrote: "TOO MUCH DIALOGUE, NOT ENOUGH STORY."
When the bell rang at the end of the day, I took my time gathering my things. I waited until all the other kids had left and then, story in shaking hand, I approached her desk. She was entering grades into her grade book, glasses perched on the end of her pretty nose, shoulders hunched in concentration.
"Mrs. Penny? Um, what's wrong with my story?"
She put her pen down, folded her hands on her desk, heaved an irritated sigh. "Did you read my comments? Or were they unclear?"
I took a deep breath. "Well, um, I don't, um … I just –"
"It's all dialogue. It doesn't go anywhere. There's no middle and the end is weak."
I stood there, cheeks burning, tears threatening to spill over the ends of long lashes.
"Is there anything else you need or may I finish my grades?"
I shook my head and turned on my heel.
If you were to ask me why I've never tried to write a book, I'll tell you it's because I don't know how to construct a story. I might come up with an idea, but there's no middle and no end and anyway, it's terrible. There'd be too much dialogue and not enough story.
That woman had no business teaching creative writing to fifth graders.
In tenth grade I had a teacher who told my mother my career would be in writing. This woman was kind, nurturing and encouraging. Besides the Physiology class where I got to dissect a fetal pig, Mrs. Parker's tenth grade English class was my favorite class in my entire student career. She assigned several writing exercises every week and her critiques were such that after listening to her talk about one of your poems or stories, you couldn't wait to sit down and rework it. But I don't remember her compliments and I don't remember her words of encouragement. I remember Mrs. Penny, her blonde ponytail, her blue eyes and her bright red pen. Why is that?


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Last week, AMD was forced to release the ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards early since some retailers had already started selling the card to the public before it was launched. We ran a quick preview on the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 and then followed that up by running the Radeon HD 4850 versus the recently released GeForce 9800 GTX+. Our testing showed that the Radeon HD 4850 raised performance bar for the $199 price point and the GeForce 9800 GTX+ is NVIDIA's answer to this price point battle. The Radeon HD 4850 is targeted at the sub-$200 market, so what will fill the void above? This week, AMD released the the Radeon HD 4870 which is priced at $299. This is the big brother to the Radeon HD 4850 and features higher clock speeds and newer cutting edge technology like GDDR5 memory ICs for improved memory bandwidth.
Pictured above is the new HIS Radeon HD 4870 and the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850. Both of these cards have the same RV770 GPU powering things as well as the same features.
This is the stock press image for the reference Radeon HD 4870 and as you can tell, HIS based their card off the reference design.
This chart shows that the ATI Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon 4850 are basically the same thing as both have the same number of transistors (965 million) and use the 55nm manufacturing process at TSMC. Both offer DX10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 support and use ATI's CrossFireX multi-GPU technology. The only big difference here is the clock speed and the memory type! The new higher clock frequencies mean the math processing rate is now 1.2 TeraFLOPS over the 1.0 TeraFLOPS found on the Radeon HD 4850, which is something to highlight. Let's take a look at the HIS Radeon HD 4870 and move along to testing!
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As reader Ahmed noted over the weekend, Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon (bio here) has appointed a new cabinet. From Bloomberg:
Parliament is expected to decide on the nominations before Nov. 17, Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, the speaker of parliament, said at the ceremony.
The following are the names of the ministers proposed by Shirdon:
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister – Fozia Yusuf Haji Aden
Defense Minister – Abdihakim Mohamed Haji Fiqi
Finance/Planning Minister – Mohamed Hassan Suleyman
Industry & Trade Minister – Mohamed Ahmed Hassan
Information Minister – Abdullahi Ilmoge Hersi
Interior & Security Minister – Abdikarin Hussein Guuled
Justice Minister – Abdullahi Abyan Nur
Natural Resources Minister – Abdirizak Omar Mohamed
Reconstruction Minister – Muhiyadin Mohamed Kaalmoy
Social Development Minister – Maryan Qasim
Internationally and domestically, reactions to the news so far seem largely positive. The European Union has praised the selections, and people in Mogadishu rallied in support. Several features of the cabinet have drawn special attention, including the nomination of the country's first female Foreign Minister, the cabinet's mix of old and new faces, and the lineup's break with the "4.5" system of clan representation (read a description of 4.5 here). The very "leanness" the cabinet has also drawn attention.
Finally, readers may be interested to see some writing by the other woman nominated to the cabinet: check out the Guardian's page for pieces by Social Development Minister Maryan Qasim,


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Judge Leonard C. Crouch's tenure on the Court of Appeals was relatively brief: only four years. Nevertheless, his "opinions as a judicial officer of this State are an enduring contribution to our jurisprudence."1
Leonard Callender Crouch was born July 30, 1866, in Kingston, New York, to Henry Gage Crouch and Almira Callender Crouch. He remembered his father, a newspaper owner and publisher, as "a whole-souled Democrat, a follower of Douglas, and a member of his party when he traveled about the country to debate with Lincoln."2 Judge Crouch acquired his father's passion for politics and democratic principles "by inhalation."3 Yet this lifelong Democrat refused to be categorized as a liberal or conservative.
"All I can say . . . is I don't believe you can pin that kind of tag on me. I am liberal about some things and conservative about others. I don't think we can throw away everything we have because it doesn't work perfectly, nor do I think we should hesitate to improve it merely because we have had it a long time.
"You know, this fashion of classifying judges as liberal or conservative started when Justice Holmes went into the [S]upreme [C]ourt. He declared that he felt the legislatures were the proper source of action on matters affecting social welfare, and that the judiciary should be slow to deny the constitutionality of anything they originated in that line. The viewpoint was considered revolutionary then, and the public was quick to hail it as evidence of a new liberality on the bench. I think it is unfairly applied in most cases, because you can't separate many judges into two different classes like that."4
As a boy, Leonard Crouch would spend time around his father's newspaper printing shop, the Kingston Argus, and he worked there before attending college. He became a qualified printer and was publisher of the Argus for a time after his father's death. In 1889, he was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University, and attended one year at its Law School. He completed his legal education at Syracuse University, was admitted to the New York bar in 1891, and launched his legal career in Kingston working at the Eastern Building and Loan Association.
In 1895, Crouch married Anne Laura Paine of Troy, Pennsylvania, and shortly thereafter joined the Industrial Savings and Loan Association in Syracuse. A few years later, he formed a partnership with Albert P. Fowler and Irving D. Vann, son of Court of Appeals Associate Judge Irving G. Vann5, and continued in the practice of law until 1913, when Governor William Sulzer appointed Crouch to fill a vacancy on the State Supreme Court.
In 1923, "the fine quality of judicial workmanship for which he was noted"6: together with a year of teaching at the Syracuse University School of LawCprompted Governor Alfred E. Smith to name Judge Crouch to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department. While serving on the Appellate Division, he continued his ties to the academy, appearing as a guest lecturer at both Cornell and Syracuse Universities. In 1928, as the Democratic nominee for the Court of Appeals, he was defeated by Irving G. Hubbs, whom he later joined on the Court. In June 1931, Syracuse University awarded Judge Crouch an honorary doctorate.
Judge Crouch's outstanding reputation as a legal scholar attracted the attention of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, who in 1932 appointed him to fill the vacancy created by Court of Appeals Judge Cuthbert W. Pound's appointment as Chief Judge. That seat was left vacant due to Chief Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo's selection for the United States Supreme Court. In 1934, Judge Crouch was elected to a full term on the Court of Appeals. Among Judge Crouch's numerous decisions for the Court was Matter of New York City Hous. Auth. v. Muller (270 NY 333 [1936])Cthe first judicial holding in the United States to establish public housing as a public use for purposes of eminent domain7 - and Clark v. Dodge (269 NY 410 [1936]), dealing with shareholder agreements.
Judge Crouch retired from the Court of Appeals on December 31, 1936, at age 70, but continued to make significant contributions. After leaving the bench, he served as an Official Referee in the Court until March 1940, bringing to a close his 27-year stellar career on the bench. From the time of his own law school graduation, Judge Crouch aspired to teach at a law school. Throughout his career as a judge he made time to teach and lecture, especially in the area of appellate practice. Between 1939 and 1941, he returned to academia as a visiting professor at Cornell University, teaching a course on problems in appellate practice to third-year law students.8
Judge Crouch was, after 1941, appointed to one of the New York State Alien Enemy Hearing Boards.9 During World War II, United States Attorney General Francis Biddle authorized the formation of such enemy alien boards to determine how to handle thousands of enemy aliens arrested nationwide since the beginning of the war.10 The potential determinations included unconditional release, parole, or internment for the duration of the war. In 1944, Judge Crouch sat on a five-person committee of the State Bar Association formed to investigate alleged crimes in the administration of justice in Albany County.11
Judge Crouch died at the age of 86 on July 2, 1953 of a heart ailment while residing with his daughter, Helen (Mrs. Joseph U. Douglass), in Falls Church, Virginia. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York.12 In his memorial tribute to Judge Crouch, Chief Judge Lewis praised both his judicial qualities of "a disciplined mind, legal scholarship of first rank, sound judgment and a reasoned respect for judicial precedent"; and Judge Crouch's personal qualities as an "indefatigable collaborator" possessed of integrity of character.13
Judge Crouch and his wife, Anne (d. 1942), had five children: Margaret (b. 1896), Helen (b. 1898), Henry (b. 1901), Paul (b. 1903), and Charlotte Hope (called "Hope") (b. 1907). Only Paul and Hope had children.
Paul, a lawyer, was graduated from Cornell and Yale Law School. His children are Judith Crouch Hughes of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and Leonard Crouch of Cold Spring, New York. Leonard is married to Patricia Funderburk Crouch. Judith Crouch Hughes, a library assistant, married Minor Hughes, a health care administrator. They have five children, Minor ("Mike") Hughes of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a corporate writer; Sheila Hughes of Bainbridge Island, Washington, the CEO of an entertainment company; Kathleen Kibler of Media, Pennsylvania, an elementary school teacher; David Hughes of Atlanta, Georgia, a cartoon animator; and Colleen Hughes of Warwick, New York, a travel director. Mike Hughes's son, Dylan, is a fifth generation Cornellian.
Hope married Dr. Ray Nash, a Dartmouth College Professor. They had three children: Charlotte Gregory Nash (d. 1998), who married James Wellman Burroughs and had a daughter, Norma; John R.A. Nash of London, England, who married Zuzanna Sulkiewicz and has a daughter, Joanna, and a stepson, Jasper; and Dr. Hope ("Holly") Nash Wolff of Hanover, New Hampshire, and Royalton, Vermont. Dr. Nash married Christian Wolff, a Professor of Classics and of Music at Dartmouth College. Their children are Mayhew ("Hew") of Oakland, California; Tamsen of Princeton, New Jersey; Nicholas of Royalton, Vermont; and Tristram of Hanover, New Hampshire.
This biography appears in The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals: A Biographical History, ed. Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007). It has not been updated since publication.
Sources Consulted
Address To Judge Leonard C. Crouch Upon His Retirement From The Court of Appeals, 272 NY (1936).
Cornell and Syracuse University records.
Crouch is Honored by Bench and Bar, Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard, Jan. 17, 1937, p. 13.
Delta Upsilon Quarterly, July 1932.
Eminent Members of the Bench and Bar of New York, C. W. Taylor Jr. (1943), p. 55.
Fetner, Gerald, Public Power and Professional Responsibility: Julius Henry Cohen and the Origins of Public Authority, 21 Am. J. Legal Hist. 15 (1977).
Ithaca Journal, October 3, 1928, [Cornell] Alumni [Hubbs and Crouch] Face Contest for [Court of Appeals] Judgeship.
Ithaca Journal, September 18, 1942, Judge [Crouch] Rejoins [Cornell] Law Faculty.
Ithaca Journal News, March 22, 1932, Crouch Takes Up Duties on State Bench.
Ithaca Journal News, November 1, 1933, Judge Crouch Candidate of Four Parties.
Justice Crouch Leads Colorful Career in Ascending Dais of State's Highest Court, Syracuse American, March 20, 1932, p. 12.
L. C. Crouch Dead; 24 Years A Jurist, N.Y. TIMES, Jul. 3, 1953, at 19, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Matter of the New York City Hous. Auth. v. Muller, 270 NY 333 (1936).
New York Times, March 18, 1932, Crouch Appointed to Appeals Bench.
Rulings On Aliens Speeded By Biddle, N. Y. TIMES, Dec. 21, 1941, at 23, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
State Bar Starts Own Albany Study, N. Y. TIMES, Dec. 12, 1944, at 25, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Syracuse American, January 17, 1937, "Bar Leaders Toast Crouch."
Syracuse Post Standard, March 18, 1932, editorial.
Who was Who in America, Vol. III, Chicago, Marquis, 1960.
Published Writings Include:
Judicial Tendencies of the Court of Appeals During the Incumbency of Chief Judge Hiscock, 12 Cornell L. Q. 137 (1926-1927).
Annulment of Marriage for Fraud in New York, 6 Cornell L. Q. 401 (1920-1921).


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Opinion: Obama's Climate-Change Plan: All Hot Air?
Editorial board member Joe Rago on the White House's Keystone XL pipeline decision. Plus, the Administration's second-term plans for addressing climate change. Photos: Getty Images
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... we all ... check ... knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children ... and future generations ... some men still deny the overwhelming judgment sites ... for the devastating impact of raging fires ... and crippling drought ... the more powerful storms ... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... that was present Obama in his inaugural address ... still promising to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet ... how far will he go with these green policies in what will they mean for our struggling economy ... editorial board member Joe rego joins me now on show ... I just didn't sound like the president is can it do things like approved the Keystone pipeline is the project is dead ... write a will that we need to remember it was rejected last year ... um that that is supposedly because of environmental concerns in Nebraska going to the sand hills and sensitive environmental areas ... I've been this week ... the Nebraska Governor of Dombroskie EPA approved ... a new route that results all those issues so it goes back to the president ... that the big question is can it be ... is he going to approve this or not and I'd I don't think we really really know everybody in the business community thinks that ... it is just pandering to the tothe green lobby that this that this was just an election year gimmick ... now it's can be waved through when all these jobs are to be built in and so forth ... but not so sure um you know that the environmentalists really made this a line in the sand type issue with far more ... symbolic political importance than than any kind of effect on climate so it's it's really can be a test case ... of the of the second time what's your new another test case the EPA ... of very very powerful regulator how do you think the Obama administration's he CPA in the second term ... will read that and that the thing to understand is that there is in no way any kind of cap and trade ... for or ... anything like that is going to get through ... the house much less the Senate where the Senate Democrats up from from a lot of these Cole had the States um either it's it's dead on arrival ... so what was happening is we're going to see a lot of administrative activity lot of regulatory activity ... through the EPA ... they have a lot of authority aam and that at their disposal now that they've declared carbon and dangerous pollutant under the clean air ... laws of the nineteen seventies ... and so were just to see a wave of relations ... coming down and in effect ... on creating some kind of reel to reel in Thai carbon on a program ... without any kind of voting ... in this is a conjecture Joe administration released its regulatory agenda ... a year late ... but released it in Charlotte ... rules that costs more than a billion dollars ... that could translate down to consumers isn't yet absolutely ... um you know of Barbara boxer's the chair of the Senate ... Environmental Committee hadn't had a press conference this week were she said ... you know people keep asking me where's the bill you didn't build up the I'm it's it's all going to be done to the EPA ... and it's can have the same effects in practice as as a carbon tax or or on cap and trade environmental s show one other notable ... thing about this Obama quote that we just ran ... I it's not like he was in any mood to compromise ... if you've really done is why for example capping tree ... why is he reaching out ... it seemed to governors in to Republicans in the state needs their support for a will I mean that that's the big mystery of ... climate change really is that the transcendental challenge of our of our time the word of what he was sucking on his inaugural address ... it is she should should ... want to want to do something ... in in Congress and he doesn't mention ... climate and energy politics really breaks down along State and regional lines it's not so much ... Democrats versus Republicans I it's it's it's um it's really more smaller regional ... out so I think the if the person who really wanted to pass something we did he do we come out and do something ... are you saying you know let's get rid of all the energy subsidies ... on prices have straight carbon tax and then let's have a tax swap would use it to ... take a few percentage points off the payroll tax was ... cut the corporate tax rate think things like that ... on to do would appeal ... on to somebody other than editorial board member Joe radio I got a stocky they are ... essentially the messages look what the president does not what he says thank you Joe ...


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Mancini keen on Marquinhos
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has confirmed his liking for Roma defender Marquinhos.
The 18-year-old Brazilian only joined the Serie A giants in the summer from Corinthians, but he has emerged a first-team regular.
Now considered one of the best young defenders in Italy, City have been linked with a possible summer swoop – but Mancini does not think Roma will sell.
Asked if he was interested in the Brazilian by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Mancini responded: "Marquinhos I like a lot, but I do not think that Rome is willing to sell it.
"With just two signings next year the Giallorossi can win the Scudetto."
Mancini was again asked about a possible interest in Liverpool striker Luis Suarez – who he likened to his former player Mario Balotelli.
"Suarez reminds me of Balotelli. Partly because he looks for trouble, but there is also aggressiveness towards him," he said.
"As player, however, we have not discussed this."


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LINDEN - The body of a man reported missing by his friends Saturday after drinking beer in a cherry orchard turned up Monday afternoon in a murky section of Mormon Slough about 12 miles east of Stockton.
LINDEN - The body of a man reported missing by his friends Saturday after drinking beer in a cherry orchard turned up Monday afternoon in a murky section of Mormon Slough about 12 miles east of Stockton.
Miguel Angel Luna Carrillo, 27, was last seen by his friends about 10 p.m. Friday in the 18200 block of East Milton Road in an agricultural area of eastern San Joaquin County, according to a report they made to the Stockton Police Department.
A news release issued by the department confirmed that the body in the water was that of Luna Carrillo.
A passer-by on East Milton Road just east of Duncan Road saw the body in the waterway as it crossed under Milton and reported it about 1:16 p.m. Monday to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, which dispatched its boating safety unit to the scene to help in the recovery.
The slough was estimated to be holding about 8 feet of water in the section where Luna Carrillo's body was discovered, and the steep slopes made it difficult for authorities to immediately reach him.
After carrying the small boat down to the water with the help of Linden-Peters Fire Department firefighters, two deputies motored to Luna Carrillo and towed his body to a small dock about a quarter-mile south of the Milton Road bridge, where they lifted it out of the water.
Several of Luna Carrillo's friends gathered near the bridge upon hearing news of a body being found. They said they were last with their friend drinking beer in an orchard west of the slough when without explanation, he disappeared. They declined to provide their names.
Authorities reported that Luna Carrillo's white 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe SUV with his cellphone inside was discovered in the orchard after he was reported missing, and it was towed Saturday by the California Highway Patrol.
The Sheriff's Office is following up on the case.
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Hundreds of postal workers, flanked by their families and concerned members of the community, showed up for a rally outside the main post office Sunday afternoon to protest the possible end of Saturday delivery.
DAYTONA BEACH — Hundreds of postal workers, flanked by their families and concerned members of the community, showed up for a rally outside the main post office Sunday afternoon to protest the possible end of Saturday delivery.
About 200 people marched, waved signs and chanted slogans outside the post office on Bill France Boulevard. The rally was organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 53. Similar rallies were held around the country Sunday, all protesting the looming end of six-day delivery.
In February, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahue proposed eliminating Saturday mail delivery, with the exception of packages, beginning Aug. 5 as a cost-saving measure because the Postal Service lost nearly $16 billion in 2012.
Congress added a provision requiring the Postal Service to keep six-day delivery to the continuing resolution it passed Thursday, which funds the federal government through the end of September.
However, that provision will just delay the end of Saturday delivery instead of permanently fixing the Postal Service's problems, according to Matty Rose, a retired postal worker and one of the rally's organizers.
"All that does is delay what the Postmaster General wants to do unilaterally and against the law to Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year," said Rose.
He and others believe the Postal Service's financial problems can be traced back to a 2006 law requiring the agency to fund its retirement plan 75 years into the future, to the tune of $5.5 billion each year – something no other government agency or private business is required to do.
Dennis Bonilla, another rally organizer and 30-year post office veteran, said without that requirement, the Postal Service would have had a $1.5 billion surplus in 2012, rather than a deficit. Like other organizers, he urged Congress to pass a pending bill, the Postal Service Protection Act of 2013, which would repeal the 2006 prefunding requirement and allow the agency to pursue other profit-making business opportunities.
Even private delivery services like UPS and FedEx rely on the Postal Service for "last-mile" delivery of their packages in some areas, Bonilla noted.
The crowd of protesters walked up and down Bill France Boulevard in front of the post office, chanting "Five day, wrong way!" and other slogans. Among the crowd was Dan Tegreeny, a letter carrier from Orlando.
"The big concern of mine would be the loss of jobs. Our economy losing jobs is not negotiable for us. We want to maintain the delivery and keep the jobs that we have. The economy deserves it and so do our customers."
Cutting a day of mail delivery would threaten anywhere from 22,000 to 35,000 jobs nationwide, postal workers say.
And postal workers around Daytona Beach are no strangers to layoffs. In 2011, about 100 workers lost their jobs when the postal service closed the processing facility at the Bill France location and merged its operations into a Lake Mary facility.
As to another problem, Rose and Bonilla both vehemently disagree that the Internet has made the Postal Service obsolete, saying that no other agency matches the value it provides. Even given the decline in letters, the agency still provides valuable services like package delivery.
"If you live in Florida and your child moves to Alaska for work, and then his work tells him he has to move to Hawaii, and the same week they tell him he has to move to New York, and he puts in a change of address at each point, that letter goes from Florida to Alaska to Hawaii to New York for 46 cents," said Bonilla. "You can't even buy a candy bar for 46 cents! It's the best deal going. The Internet does not deliver; the Postal Service delivers."
"Not only that," Rose interjected, "we've had 20 years of experience with the Internet. We know the impact that has already occurred on revenue and the way people communicate.
"With the new type of delivery methods that we do have, with parcels and packages and magazines and so forth," he said, "the Postal Service is vibrant at a very reasonable rate."


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Pirin is in Southwest Bulgaria. The range is a national park and since 1983 part of the UNESCO World nature heritage.
Get in
Bansko, the popular ski resort, is an important entry gate for the Pirin range.
In order to reach the Banderitsa or Vihren huts/chalets (base camp to hike in the area), at least in the non-ski season, you will either have to hire a taxi (~$15), go with a tour, or hitchhike.
The best option for independent traveler(s) on a budget is to hitchhike, which is particularly easy during the summer with a good amount of domestic tourists heading up to either of the camps. To do so, walk south (gently uphill) though town until you reach the entrance to the Pirin National Park, indicated by a small house for information about the park. From there, the only cars going will be into the park.
Get around
Once inside you will have to hike, the different huts and summits are connected by hiking trails. There are many different options for hikes, with indications on how many hours each hike will take at a moderate, comfortable pace. If you plan to spend a while hiking, check with the tourist office (during normal business hours) to get a map of the area and plan out your hike.
There is a broad network of flagged trails through the mountains. The pirin tourist map 1:50'000(avalable at local shops) offers a good overview over trails and guest houses.
Most of the mountain huts offer cheap meals.
There is a network of mountain huts, which offer rooms and bungalows (bungalow for about 10 Dollars for two persons). Bring your sleeping bag. Alternatively there are marked camping areas around the huts.
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Pill with imprint GG 130 is White, Round and has been identified as Aminophylline 100 MG. It is supplied by Geneva.
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Rupert Murdoch: It's Not My Fault
[There was a video here]
Rupert Murdoch and his son James have been testifying this morning before a British Parliamentary committee investigating the wide-ranging criminality of basically everything they've done for the past 20 years.
Upshot: Rupert Murdoch is a doddering old fool who literally has no idea where he is and James Murdoch is an obsequious callow prick who really doesn't want to go to jail. Behind them sits Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng, seething visibly. Anyway, here's video of Rupert preposterously refusing to take responsibility for the hacking mess.