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The tag team division may have been placed on the back burner in WWE, but it is running wild in TNA. The company's recent DVD release, Second 2 None: World's Toughest Tag Teams, displays some of the greatest duos in TNA's history and does not disappoint from an excitement standpoint.
SLAM! Wrestling staffers Andy McNamara and Matt Mackinder, appropriately enough, have tag teamed this DVD review. Andy's comments are in regular type, while Matt's are italicized.
This two-disc set is broken up into alternating sections of shoot style interviews from several tag teams and matches involving those teams. The tag pairings specifically profiled are Team 3D, the Motor City Machine Guns, Beer Money Inc., and the Latin American Xchange, while others, such as Lethal Consequences, are shown in matches, but not interviewed.
It is the interview segments where the DVD set truly shines. The honesty and at times surprising candidness, especially from Team 3D, is refreshing as the viewer gains valuable insight into the lives of TNA's current top tag teams. Brother Devon and Brother Ray are the only combo on-screen together at the same time and really hold nothing back. The former Dudleys go into great detail on their ECW and WWE days, and although there is nothing profoundly new revealed, it is a passionate synopsis of one of the most successful tag teams in professional wrestling history.
I loved the Team 3D section. Ray is very candid and when talking about the business, thanks the fans time and time again and makes the point of saying that to be in pro wrestling, you need to either make money or have fun. They're doing both. Devon adds that he has no regrets from their time in the biz. Seeing these guys be candid is a refreshing change and I hope what Devon says is true, that at age 65, you'll still be watching them "get the tables."
While long-time sports entertainment fans may know plenty about Team 3D and their previous incarnations, hearing a condensed bio on the younger pairings is quite interesting.
My favorite section, obviously, is the segment on the Guns. Being a Detroit-area native, it's always a plus to see guys from the area in the spotlight. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin are not only a great team, but seem to be great friends out of the ring, noting there is no animosity between the two. Both talk about their childhood, playing sports and video games (Sabin reveals his brothers and mom all played) and how they grew up wrestling fans, like most wrestlers.
Matches featuring the Guns against Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt, Elix Skipper and Senshi and Tomko and AJ Styles are also included. Sabin also adds a cool note that at one point when he was the X Division champ, he was working at Subway and going to community college, but no one recognized him. Shelley also wants to be known as a new version of the Midnight Express and wants to win the TNA tag belts with Sabin. I'd absolutely love that.
Beer Money, a newer team, gets a lot of time on the second disc and I think these guys are a great team together and James Storm draws the line between the differences with Chris Harris and Robert Roode. No team, in my opinion, will rival America's Most Wanted, but Beer Money is close. Roode thinks it's because they're a team the fans like to hate. That's the truth. The majority of this segment, aside from the matches, is Roode and Storm staying in kayfabe and hyping themselves.
Last on the second DVD is a segment on LAX. The owners of the second-best theme music in TNA (Sabin and Shelley are tops), Homicide and Hernandez talk about getting involved in wrestling, including Homicide, an altar boy as a child, noting the first match he saw was Carlos Colon vs. Abdullah The Butcher. I know a while back, TNA teased breaking these guys up, but please, don't do that. Being that these guys don't get on the mic a whole lot, hearing both talk in-depth about their careers, TNA and the future, it's a real treat. And yes, Homicide was an altar boy and gang banger back in the day in New York City. The altar boy needs reiterating, I know.
The Ultimate X match from Bound For Glory 2007, LAX vs. Triple X, is showcased here and, wow, what a match! Two teams that put it all out there. Not sure you've been able to say that about a WWE team in many, many years.
The knock on this compilation, as with many other TNA DVD collections, is not so much the quality of the matches chosen, but the events and time periods they were taken from. The organization has been around for seven years now, and the earliest bout provided was from 2007. The majority of the contests come from 2008 episodes of Impact or pay-per-views, and although the matches may be good, they certainly cannot be the only solid tag battles in TNA history. Including some footage from the company's early days or even a never televised house show event would make this set seem more special and not like an '08 year in review.
Yeah, but I don't think it totally ruins the DVD set. It would have been nice to have some older matches, but I believe showing some of the more current stuff shows that the tag team division is alive and well in TNA.
If wrestling enthusiasts are expecting a varied and complete set of TNA tag team matches, then keep looking. The uncensored opinions and openness that management allows its talent to express in the discussion portions of Second 2 None: World's Toughest Tag Teams are certainly refreshing, however, does not quite do enough to make it a must have.
I disagree, Andy. This is a must-have, even if the bonus features are just two episodes of iMPACT highlighting Lethal Consequences beating Beer Money earlier this year for the titles.
Most DVD sets from TNA might not be on the level of WWE, but if you loathe WWE (like me), loading up your collection with TNA DVDs like this is the way to go.
Andy McNamara is a SLAM! Wrestling writer and is continuing his third season as the play-by-play broadcaster for Toronto Maple Leafs inter-county league baseball on Rogers TV this Sunday live at 2pm. Along with baseball, Andy does play-by-play for hockey, basketball and volleyball on Rogers Television in Toronto. He is also the host of Oakville Blades hockey on TV Cogeco. Contact Andy at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Matt Mackinder was at the first-ever TNA house show and first TNA pay-per-view outside Orlando. Email Matt at email@example.com.


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text: Boston has a neighborhood for everything with concentrations of amazing Italian, Irish, and other ethnic groups. A good way to see the city is to take a food tour and taste a little bit of everything. Faneuil Hall is a great market where you can walk around and try local food, as well as purchase art or other crafts. Dip a little into history by strolling along the cobbled streets of Beacon Hill, the oldest public park in the United States. Honestly, if you're looking for historical places to tour, Boston is the place to be.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech cross country teams
will be racing against some of the premier collegiate teams in the
nation Friday when they compete in the NCAA South Regional in
Tallahassee, Fla.
The meet, which will be hosted by Florida State University, will feature several of the Top 10 ranked teams in the nation. The women will run a 6K course, breaking from the starting line at 8:30 a.m. EST at the Apalachee Regional Park. The men's event, a 10K race, begins at 9:15 a.m. EST.
Senior Beth Miller and junior Rebecca Cline have paced the Tech
women's team during the 2012 season, with Miller setting the
pace in the first half of the year and Cline coming on to lead Tech
over the second half.
Miller led Tech in meets at Alabama-Huntsville and Vanderbilt to open the year, and again in the TTU Invitational, the fourth meet of the schedule. She was second on the squad in the other three meets when Cline was the team's front-runner.
Cline paced the Golden Eagles at the Louisville Invitational in the third meet of the year, and has been the front-runner for the Golden Eagles in the lat two meets. She was second on the team behind Miller in the other three races.
Several different runners have filled the remaining positions in
Tech's scoring column. Meghan O'Donoghue was the
team's third-fastest in four meets, with freshman Landry
Loving taking over the third-spot in the final two meets. Others
who have finished among Tech's top seven include Kathryn
Forbes, Amelia McCoy, and Peri Winborne.
Every member of the team has run the longer, 6K race during their Tech career. Forbes, Loving, Miller, Mitchell and O'Donoghue have all set their career-best times at that distance this season.
For coach Tony Cox's men's team, five of his runners have competed over a 10K distance while three Tech runners will be challenged at that pace for the first time in their Golden Eagle career.
Like the women' team, different runner have filled
different roles this season for the Tech men's squad, with
three runners pacing the team during its six events.
Matthew Bishop led Tech in the first two meets of the year and the last, the OVC Championships. He was either second or third on the team in the other three meets. Mike Mahan grabbed the lead position in two meets, and placed third or fourth on the team the other four races. Sterling Smith is the third Golden Eagle to set the pace, leading Tech at the Berry Invitational while finishing second or third in the other five outings.
Daniel Francis, Kolbe Andrzejewski, Charlie Jordan and Adam
McLeod have been in Tech's other scoring positions in every
meet. For Francis, Jordan and Andrzejewski, the meet Friday will be
their first tour of a 10K distance.
Complete results will be available on the TTUsports.com website when they become available Friday.


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March 27, 2013
By Kevin Lim
THE public inquiry into the death of an American engineer found hanged in his Singapore apartment last year will start on May 13, the Southeast Asian city-state said on Tuesday, March 26.
"At the subordinates court this afternoon, the coroner decided to schedule the inquiry on Mr Shane Todd's death to commence on May 13," a spokeswoman for the Attorney General's office told Reuters.
Todd, 31, was found dead in his apartment in June last year. Singapore police said he probably committed suicide but his parents believe he was murdered, possibly because of his involvement in a project between Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics and Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Todd had previously worked for the institute.
His death has become a political issue, with US Senator Max Baucus, who represents Todd's home state of Montana, pressing for more American involvement in the investigations.
Baucus is chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, which oversees trade deals.
Under Singapore law, a coroner's inquiry is needed for deaths that are not a result of illness. The police will present the evidence and the coroner will make a conclusion based on the findings.
Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam, who was in Washington earlier this month, has promised that the inquiry will be "public and transparent."
Singapore police have provided few details of their findings to the public, but Shanmugam told Reuters last week the Singapore pathologist's report has been vetted by two American pathologists who agreed with the findings.
US and Singapore law enforcement officials have also discussed the case, the US Embassy said in a statement last week.
Huawei, which is one of the world's largest telecommunication equipment companies, has been blocked from some projects in Australia and is deemed a security risk by the US Congress on the grounds that its equipment could be used for spying.
Both Huawei and IME, a Singapore government-run research institute, have denied working on any project involving Gallium Nitride (GaN), an advanced semiconductor material that Todd specialized in.
GaN is used in things from blue-ray disc players to military radars.


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Brent Farrell's Viper-Powered B-Body
Have you ever dreamed about seeing a spectacular Mopar, and then buying it?
Brent Farrell was trying to make that dream come true for about two years, when suddenly an Internet search turned up this Charger. It was anything but a "project-ready" barn find. "I saw a picture of it in a blog written by someone who'd seen this car, and I said to myself, 'Oh my God, that thing is fine!'"
It has a modified 2005 Viper V-10 inside its arrow-straight, stock-looking '69 Charger body. Underneath is a hand-fabricated steel-tube frame, so it doesn't get twisted up. "In the blog were several pictures of the car," Brent continues, "and in one of them, I could make out the company name of the shop that built it on a placard. I fell in love with the car, and decided to try and track down the owner."
Brent then called the builder. "After a long conversation about the car, I asked what the odds were of him giving me the owner's phone number," he recalls. "He gave me the number, and I called the guy up, introduced myself and said, "I've been looking for a Charger. What are the odds that you would sell yours?'"
Those odds were in Brent's favor. "I guess that the moon and the stars were aligned perfectly, because the owner said, 'It's something that I'd consider.' The guy told me 'If you can do it, and do it quick, I'll sell you the car. If you can be here within five days, we can make a deal.'"
With that, Brent looked at his wife, Brooke, and said, "I'm going to Wisconsin!"
Before leaving Houston, Brent and the Charger's owner talked several times. "We pre-negotiated the deal over the phone," he says. "Then I flew up there and got it done."
Getting to where the car was—in the village of Butternut, in northern Wisconsin—took a full day. "To get there I had to fly on two different airplanes between Houston and Milwaukee," Brent recalls, "and from there it was a four-hour drive to his place."
The owner met him in Milwaukee, and after the long drive north, Brent got his first in-person look at this Charger. "When I first saw it, I thought to myself, '"Wow! I can't believe I have the opportunity to own this car!'"
And what a car it was. The two-stage PPG black paint over the much-massaged Mopar was perfect, and the overall craftsmanship showed. "I took about a thousand pictures of the car, got underneath it, and then drove it—just spent the evening with it," says Brent.
As there were no motels in Butternut (Population: 375), Brent stayed at the owner's home and—as mentioned above—drove it before closing the deal. "I told him, 'I don't buy cars unless I drive them," he says. "I want to sit behind the wheel, I want to feel the power, I want to feel how tight it is—all that stuff." Though, Brent adds, he wasn't getting too wild and crazy with that 600-plus horsepower V-10. As he recalls, "I wasn't getting it sideways, because I didn't own the car yet. But I was definitely putting a little pedal down, seeing what she was all about."
Once the deal was done, the Charger and Brent were on their way to Houston. When it arrived, Brent had the transporter unload it at a grocery store parking lot near his home. "As that car came out of the trailer, a crowd grew," says Brent with a smile. "The security people from the store came out for a look, and people driving by were stopping to take pictures of it."
Show-goers at the big ISCA Houston Autorama were equally as wowed—and so were the judges. "It took Best in Class, and the "Outstanding Paint" award," says Brent, who's shown it at other events in and around Houston. "I've had it at other shows, including a Concours called 'Keels and Wheels,' an invite-only show, where it took Best in Class." He adds, "It's taken either Best in Class and/or Best in Show at every single show it's been to."
If you have that same dream, Brent's got some advice. "Don't get discouraged. Be patient and stick with it. But most importantly, don't ever take somebody's word about how nice a car is," he says. "My philosophy is: I'll never buy a car unless I get to touch it and feel it. I not only need to see the car with my own eyes, I have to drive these things.'"
"When I first saw it, I thought to myself, 'I can't believe I have the opportunity to own this car!'" —Brent Farrell
Fast Facts
'69 Dodge Charger R/T
Owned by: Brent and Brooke Farrell
Houston, Texas
Built by: Xtreme Innovations and Fabrications, Luxemburg, Wisconsin; Creative Arts, Green Bay, Wisconsin (engine); Ricky Rods, Delavan, Wisconsin (interior)
|Mopar Power
|Engine: That's an '05 Gen III Viper V-10, built by Dick Vandezelden at Creative Arts with Oliver rods and CP pistons, plus he added a custom hand fabricated oil pan, air intake, and stainless steel headers and exhausts that were Jet-Hot coated. Every component, nut and bolt of the motor was touched to create this 605hp V-10
|Transmission: Also from the '05 Viper: a Tremec T-56 six-speed manual
|Rear: '05 Viper here too, with IRS and stock 3:07 rear gears.
|Sure Grip
|Suspension: (Front) Xtreme Innovations and Fabrications started with a custom K-member they fabbed, then they added Viper control arms and rack-and-pinion steering, Afco coilovers, and a Viper front sway bar they hand-modified to fit. (Rear) Viper IRS and Afco coilovers, thanks again to Xtreme Innovations and Fabrications
|Brakes: The big discs from an '05 Viper all around, with ABS and six-piston calipers in front and four-piston ones in back, power assisted
|Wheels/Tires: SRT billet wheels (18×10 inches front, 19×13 inches rear) wear Michelin Pilot Sports (275/35ZR18 front, 345/35ZR19 rear)
|High Impact
|Paint/Body: Original '69 Charger unibody extensively modified by Xtreme Innovations and Fabrications including hand-fabricated floors, trunk pan and fuel cell; a 2×3-inch steel tube frame underneath; a two-inch-longer wheelbase and the bumpers shaved and fitted to the body before they sprayed on the PPG Black base/clearcoat paint.
|Interior: Full custom by Ricky Rods with modified Dodge Neon front buckets, tweed-and-leather upholstery, AutoMeter gauges and Vintage Air HVAC, Billet Specialties steering wheel, Panasonic/MTX-based sound system and navi, plus hand-made split rear seats, door/side/kick panels, floorboards and headliner.


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SisMorphine wrote:
I will ONLY do ear tattoos, will not do body tats. I also will not microchip my dogs.
Why no body tattoo? It is my knowledge that they are actually alot less painful than the ears. Also, someone can cut your dogs ear off if they steal them, but they can't necessarily cut their entire leg off.
SisMorphine wrote: worried that someone will compete with a different dog and play it off as the one listed? That's a tad paranoid
That's the reason why in basically EVERY bite sport dogs either have to be tattooed or microchipped. Because people can't play nicey nicey.


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He's a G Man
I had really hoped to use cloth diapers with EJ. Everyone has their own reasons, but for me it just seems like an awful lot of (chemical and plastic-laden) garbage produced by one little baby in disposables. Wendy and Kellee gave me a training run-down over a summer breakfast at Wendy's kitchen table. Johanna was encouraging through the comments. The resources are out there, and I know that cloth diapers have come a long way from sharp safety pins and soggy nappies.
We, however, don't have laundry in our apartment. I am quite sure that the other people in our building would not appreciate washing their clothes in the same machine as EJ's poopie diapers. Moreover, it's hard enough to get all the laundry done, as bending over the machine is a little tricky with the Baby Bjorn on.
(I did look into a diaper service, but it seems there's only one option in Manhattan – crazy, right? – and it gets only lukewarm reviews at best.)
So, I had resigned myself to killing the earth in the name of convenience when my friend Malaika gave us the super helpful and generous gift of a crapload of diapers. Packages of diapers of every kind – the whole wheat non-chlorine ones, the Whole Foods ones, Pampers, and very wonderfully the G Diaper.
Maya had mentioned them last summer, but having never seen them myself they were kind of an abstract until Malaika brought them over.
What makes them so cool is that they have the same construction as a cloth diaper (outer cover, waterproof liner), but instead of stuffing them with cotton or flannel, you can buy flushable inserts made from wood pulp. They're fully biodegradable. In fact, you can even throw the wet ones on your compost pile, and they'll break down in 2 – 3 months.
Awesome, huh?
They take a bit more work than disposables – the liners do get poopie (poopy?) and you have to rinse them when they do – but not nearly the work of cloth diapers, and best of all they don't require laundry machines in your apartment.
Also? Poopie is my new favorite word.
Poopie poopie poopie.
(I may or may not be at the point of giddy delirium from extended sleep deprivation. Or else I have the sensibility of an 8 year old.)
Melissa #
Oh, is he a cutie! And thanks for sharing the information on diapers. I don't have kids yet, but I'm definitely keeping a mental checklist of all the great information I read on blogs, flickr, etc.
Poopie. heh.February 5, 2009
Manise #
What an adorable photo of EJ in his "G" thing (almost put string in there after the G! Hehe). And what adoration on the part of your dog George. I can tell he likes clean baby smells. :-)February 5, 2009
I am so with Carole here – could EJ be any cuter? He's just…beautiful. And I squee every time I see a new picture of him, srsly.
I don't have much for you in the way of diaper advice, but the G Diapers seem to be a nice compromise for you – more environmentally friendly than the plastic laden disposables, but realistic to use given your circumstances.
And also – the one diaper service thing in Manhattan boggles my mind. Srsly. I just googled it, and even Fresno has a diaper service. Nutty.
May I also add that I giggled when I realized that George looks like he's snorgling EJs head in the second picture? I miss George. We have a dog at the shelter named Pierre who reminds me a lot of George, which makes it very hard for me not to bring him home.
Longest comment ever. :)February 6, 2009
What an attractive soluton! I used liners with cloth diapers for kiddo #2, and it was way good. But like you, "needed" disposables for day care. Even with those I used liners because it just helped contain everything.
And having an 8 year old's sensibility is a great thing. It'll keep you young and prevent terminal seriousness!February 6, 2009
Hey Jackie, I have been reading up on your recent posts this morning and a lot of things occur to me (the year that I had level 1 Klingon and how much, these 17 years later, I really do miss those days. Hard to imagine). Anyway, the one thing I wondered is if you have a babysitter to give you a break. If not, I know one that is really close to you. My daughter lives in Union City, works in Manhattan and loves to babysit. She is 23 and could also use an extra few bucks now and then. She is a great kid, you'd love her and maybe you could show her that the younger set knits and it is cool. Heh. She is still knitting a scarf she started a while ago, maybe that will get finished someday.February 10, 2009
Michelle #
EG is adorable — what a great pic! We've been trying the G diapers as well. Disposable (the shame!) are still more convenient and compact, but the G dipes are really cute and pretty darn easy.February 18, 2009
Michelle #
Drat. That would be EJ (not EG). Can I blame my own baby brain?February 18, 2009


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Gadgets To Look For in 2013
Take a look at a Star Trek-inspired medical device and a credit card with a programable stripe, all from CES2013.
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Humanity to Honey Bees or Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees by T Nutt, 6th Revised and Enlarged Edition…
The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee by D Hodges, 2nd Edition 1984.
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The 1890 ABC of Bee Culture, A.I. Root, Reprint 1981.
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Royal Jelly by Irene Stein, 1st Edition 1986.
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Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey Bee by L. Langstroth, Edition 1977.
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A Bee Melody by H. Brown, 1st Ed, 1923.
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The World of the Honey Bee by C. Butler, 1954.
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The Bee Master of Warrilow by T. Edwardes, reprint 1983.
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The Bee Keepers Encyclopedia by A. Deans, 2nd Edition, 1949.
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My Bee Book by W. C. Cotton, first published in 1842, this reprint 1970.
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The Philosophy and Practice of Bee-Keeping by A. L. Gregg, 1st edition 1949.
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The Anatomy, Physiology & Natural History of the Honey Bee by W. Herrod-Hempsall, 2nd edition 1943.
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ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture by A. I. Root, revised edition 1983.
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ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture by A. I. Root, revised edition 1920.
Hardback, 862 pages.
Condition: Good with wear es expected.
The Archaeology of Beekeeping by Eva Crane, 1st edition 1983.
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The Sacred Bee by H. Ransome, reprint edition 1986.
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City Refuses to Weigh in on Tree-Sitter Safety Issue
The most notable event at the Tuesday night/Wednesday morning City Council meeting was what did not happen: The council scheduled the issue of the health and safety of the tree sitters as an emergency item, then refused to extend the meeting late enough to discuss and vote on the matter.
With the council chambers filled with dozens of supporters of those refusing to leave the trees in Memorial Grove on campus, where the university wants to build a sports training facility adjacent to Memorial Stadium traversed by the Hayward Fault, the council took up the question of whether it could legally address the issue without proper notice to the public.
After a limited number of speakers from the audience—including a woman who calls herself "BP Bear" and who delivered a cardboard "backbone" to Mayor Tom Bates to encourage him and the council to stand up to the university—Councilmember Kriss Worthington took a call from a tree-sitter in the grove and told the council: "Based on the testimony I heard on the telephone from the tree sitters, they have indicated that it is truly an emergency situation. They said their lives are in danger."
The statement was intended to establish the basis for adding the emergency measure to the agenda.
The council called on emergency room physician Dr. Larry A. Bedard, in the audience, who had spoken with the tree-sitters over the weekend. Bedard testified to the tree-sitters' need for "gallons of Gatorade" and close monitoring by a physician.
In the end, a council majority—councilmembers Linda Maio, Darryl Moore, Max Anderson, Dona Spring and Kriss Worthington—voted to place the item on the agenda. It was to come up after lengthy discussions on other complex city issues, including the budget.
And so the question of the tree-sit came to the council at about 12:15 a.m., by which time councilmembers Laurie Capitelli and Betty Olds had gone home. After 11 p.m., the council must extend the meeting by majority vote, which it had been doing in 15 and 30-minute intervals. When the tree-sit question came up, the meeting had been extended to 12:30 a.m.
Supporters spoke for around 10 minutes calling on the city to confront university officials to get them to allow supporters to give tree sitters food and water and to remove the barricades from city-owned streets and sidewalks. (The university claims Memorial Grove is a crime scene and so therefore it has the right to block city-owned property.)
"UC won nothing in the courts--they have no right to build anything," student Matthew Taylor told the council, asking them to have the barricades removed from the city's streets. (Although the judge ruled last week in the lawsuit that pits the university against the city, a neighborhood organization and the Oaks Foundation over the question of building the training facility, each side sees the outcome differently and they are still in court debating their interpretations of what the judge said.)
"Food and water is a right—even when people are exercising their civil rights," said Hillary Lehr, also a UC Berkeley student.
As the clock ticked toward 12:30 a.m., Councilmember Dona Spring made a motion for the city to call on the university to allow a doctor to examine the tree sitters, to bring them food and water and to return the streets and sidewalks to the city.
It was 12:26 a.m. and before they could vote, the meeting had to be extended.
With two councilmembers absent and five votes required, just four councilmembers supported the time extension: Spring, Worthington and councilmembers Darryl Moore and Max Anderson. As the clock reached 12:30 a.m., the meeting ended abruptly.
That caused yelling and general pandemonium among the 15 or so tree-sit supporters remaining in the Council Chambers.
"I am ashamed of the City Council for being so callous," tree-sitter supporter Gianna Ranuzzi told the Planet after the meeting.
City Manager Phil Kamlarz was to meet with university officials on the question of tree sitter health and safety on Wednesday. On Monday, June 30, there is a closed session council meeting at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers to address issues related to the sports training facility lawsuit.


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The former Sunset Boulevard home of Nuvia's Restaurant & Pupuseria had sat empty for a few years, with tables and counters gathering dust inside the Echo Park storefront. But recently, the interior of the building at 1525 Sunset has been gutted as new owners prepare to open a new restaurant. What kind?
The new owners declined to provide details about their menu but said they plan to open in four months in the approximately 1,100-square-foot building wedged between the former Villainy General Store and a hair salon. With new and soon-to-open Echo Park restaurants offering up everything from vegan cuisine to meaty sandwiches, what gap is left to be filled in the neighborhood's restaurant scene?


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SIGGRAPH Asia's Computer Animation Festival Highlights Revealed
November 7, 2010 2:10 pm
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SIGGRAPH Asia's Computer Animation Festival Highlights Revealed
The third edition of SIGGRAPH Asia's Computer Animation Festival presents an exciting array of the best animation and visual effects from 47 countries, presented in more than 100 screenings. This year's finest achievements originate from artists, designers, researchers, and scientists from around the world and constantly strive to push the boundaries in Electronic and Animation Theater further with the passing of each year.
A traditional favorite at SIGGRAPH Asia, this festival seeks to uncover the possibilities in animation development. Showcasing 108 pieces in the Animation Theater and Electronic Theatre screenings, the Computer Animation Festival will include the latest works from wellknown production houses such as Industrial Light and Magic (I.L.M) and Pixar Animation Studios as well as new pieces from established institutions such as Chung-Ang University, Korea, and Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
"The works selected for this year's festival represent the best creative sparks and freshest ideas from around the world that are set to inspire the artists, designers, researchers and scientists attending the Festival," said Jinny HyeJin Choo, SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 Computer Animation Festival Chair.
"The Computer Animation Festival has received more entries this year, allowing us to broaden the scope of programs and include stronger content. We are proud to present an exciting combination of works by prominent production houses and studios, a unique variety of independent visions as well as mainstream computer animation and visual effects. In addition, more local computer graphics companies and individual creators have been involved in the submission process. I am positive attendees will be pleased with the abundance and quality of excellent pieces at both the Electronic Theater and the Animation Theater screenings," added Choo.
The 2010 Computer Animation Festival continues the tradition of showcasing the best in computer animation and visual effects. Attendees can look forward to a variety of screenings and learn from the interesting and panels and talks which promise to be informative and useful as artistic and technical references.
Below is a selection of Festival highlights to look out for at the upcoming SIGGRAPH Asia.
The Computer Animation Festival Trailer can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq9RisHj4ZU
Animation Theater: Korean-Centric Works
Animation Theater: Other Highlights
Electronic Theater
Other highlights – Panels & Talks
Full information for the Computer Animation Festival can be found on http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/attendees/computer-animation-festival.
For more information on SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 program updates, please visit www.siggraph.org/asia2010.
About SIGGRAPH Asia
The 3rd ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia will take place at Coex Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul, Korea. Featuring an international conference from 15-18 December 2010, SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 offers works that provoke thoughts, explore ideas in innovative ways, address contemporary issues, interactively engage viewers in discovery, and stimulate their intellect and creativity through art, computer animation, courses, education, new technologies, technical papers, sketches and posters.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 also features a trade exhibition of products and services from the computer graphics and interactive marketplace and will he held from 16-18 December 2010. Sponsored by ACM, SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 is expected to to bring together over 8,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals and enthusiasts from Asia and beyond. For more information, please visit www.siggraph.org/asia2010.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 was a resounding success. Artists, researchers, developers, gaming experts, filmmakers, as well as academics from over 50 countries gathered in Yokohama over four exciting days to discover new products, talents, technology and techniques in the digital media industry. For more information, please visit www.siggraph.org/asia2009
About ACM
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGGRAPH sponsors SIGGRAPH Asia 2010. ACM is an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.
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Monday Morning ReadsPosted: October 3, 2011 Filed under: morning reads | Tags: economic doom and gloom, EPA, fish deaths by oil, fish deformities, Gulf oil Gusher, Koch Brothers Bribes for contracts, Koch Brothers Greed, Koch Brothers Iran, Radioactive leaks in Georgia Nuclear Plant, tritium 25 Comments
Good Morning!
This is going to be a busy week or so for me. If you don't see me around, just know I'm off doing things to put me on a new and hopefully higher path. I'm defending my dissertation on the 13th, doing paper presentation on the 21st, and sending out CV packets all over the globe. I love New Orleans but I'm headed to hopefully greener pastures. I can't take the war on Higher Education here any more. Youngest daughter graduates from LSU in the spring and we're both headed to places that aren't dedicated to reinstating Plantation economies. I'm cutting my losses before it gets any worse.
So, I had to bring this to the top of the links this morning. Minx posted it down thread last night as I was actually reading it. We have to find a way of cutting the Koch Brothers off the federal teat. They pay small sums to loot our national resources and then they defy our national security priorities on the side. They've been found getting rich off of secret sales to Iran and also bribing folks for contracts. Thank goodness for whistle blowers! It's time to close them down. This is from Bloomberg.
In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world's largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France. In less than a week, she discovered that the company had paid bribes to win contracts.
"I uncovered the practices within a few days," Egorova- Farines says. "They were not hidden at all."
She immediately notified her supervisors in the U.S. A week later, Wichita, Kansas-based Koch Industries dispatched an investigative team to look into her findings, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its November issue.
By September of that year, the researchers had found evidence of improper payments to secure contracts in six countries dating back to 2002, authorized by the business director of the company's Koch-Glitsch affiliate in France.
"Those activities constitute violations of criminal law," Koch Industries wrote in a Dec. 8, 2008, letter giving details of its findings. The letter was made public in a civil court ruling in France in September 2010; the document has never before been reported by the media.
Egorova-Farines wasn't rewarded for bringing the illicit payments to the company's attention. Her superiors removed her from the inquiry in August 2008 and fired her in June 2009, calling her incompetent, even after Koch's investigators substantiated her findings. She sued Koch-Glitsch in France for wrongful termination.
Every time I read about one of these things I think about the vast number of times I could've whistle blown on almost all the private sector companies I've ever worked for at one time or another. It just makes me wonder what else is out there going unreported. The Federal government should make sure that they get severely fined, taken to court, and banned from accessing federal resources. But, given the lessons of GE, I doubt that will happen. However, please boycott these brands owned by the Koch brothers: Stainmaster, Brawny, Dixie Cups, and Quilted Northern.
The Hill reports that Republicans are getting restless and eating their young yet again. It's the blame game and the election season rolled into one! I will pass out some popcorn if you need it!
GOP lawmakers told The Hill that redistricting pitting incumbents versus incumbents, coupled with the threat of Tea Party primary opponents, has sparked a lot of anxiety among House Republicans.
At separate closed-door conference meetings held last month as GOP leaders scrambled for votes on the appropriations bill that would ultimately fail, the topic of primaries and uncertain political futures ranked high among members' complaints.
A freshman GOP member attributed the initial failure of the bill to assumptions on the part of the leadership. There were expectations, the member said, that enough Democrats would vote yes and that Republicans who backed the debt-reduction deal this summer would also approve of the stopgap appropriations bill. Yet, only 6 Democrats voted yes and 15 Republicans who embraced the debt deal — that set the baseline funding level — rejected the spending bill that fell 195-230.
"It was assumptions being made, not understanding the political landscape, Republicans running against Republicans in primaries and it not being a conservative position that we believe in. Continuing resolutions are not the way to run a government," the lawmaker explained.
Other GOP lawmakers told The Hill, on the condition of anonymity, that redistricting and the threat of tough primary battles will cause problems for GOP leaders as they seek to round up votes on politically difficult budget bills.
One senior GOP lawmaker said, "[Speaker John] Boehner's (R-Ohio) starting to have a problem internally because redistricting is pitting Republican versus Republican."
Just wanted to let you know that it is likely that the Maconda Well is likely leaking again and you're probably not hearing about it unless you read and watch AJ or live around here. A sheen has been reported since August and throughout September. Some folks say the oil sheen has been around since March.
Fresh oil has been washing ashore in many areas which took a direct hit from last year's disaster, including the Chandeleur Islands, Ship Island, Breton Island and the north part of Barataria Bay, Louisiana. AJE reports BP has reactivated clean-up operations with its Vessels of Opportunity program. Some suggest the oil is coming from natural seeps, which always occur in the Gulf. Others note oil could be leaking from the broken riser pipe, still on the ocean floor, which connected the Deepwater Horizon rig to the well. Another possibility, the most serious, is oil could be leaking at the seafloor beneath the capped wellhead, making it impossible to control.
On September 27th, the Coast Guard said the oil sheen in Gulf could be sign of release from riser pipe and not the Macondo well not itself. I guess that beats the natural leakage from shale formations we keeping hearing from BP. Meanwhile, I still have serious questions about Gulf Seafood which is a horrible thing to have to say. Here's some information on research on Marsh Fish that are still showing signs of oil effects written up in the Miami Herald. I've personally had some friends in the shrimping business tell me they've been hauling up shrimp with no eyes. Meanwhile, there's more drilling afoot and I bet you're not hearing any of this where you live.
"The message that seafood is safe to eat doesn't necessarily mean that the animals are out of the woods," said Andrew Whitehead, an assistant professor of biology at Louisiana State University and a lead researcher in the study, which was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The researchers measured cellular responses in the liver tissue that showed which genes were being turned on and off. Those patterns allowed researchers to predict problems of health and reproduction.
The responses were detected even though the water was clean and only very low or non-detectable concentrations of oil components showed up in fish tissues.
"Where's the oil? It's in the sediments," Whitehead said. Scientists assume that fish can be exposed when waves and storms stir sediments..
The study found the same kind of cellular responses in killifish as were observed in herring, salmon and other animals that later had large population losses as a result of the Exxon Valdez spill, Whitehead said.
It will take several years before it will be known whether the population of Louisiana killifish, an important food for other fish, declines, Whitehead said.
"Ultimately, that's what we're interested in – the population consequences over the long term," he said.
The researchers found that when they exposed developing fish embryos to the same water and sediment in the lab, they showed the same cellular responses.
They also found that the gill tissues weren't healthy. The gills are important for helping the fish compensate for changes in its environment such as shifts in temperature and levels of salt and oxygen in the water, Whitehead said.
Doug Inkley, a senior scientist with the National Wildlife Federation, said the killifish, also known as the bull minnow or cacahoe, was an important part of the food chain.
"This study is alarming because similar health effects seen in fish, sea otters and harlequin ducks following the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska were predictive of population impacts, from decline to outright collapse," he said in a written statement.
So, we'll leave those living with dispersant and oil toxins alone awhile and move to Georgia where there's a radioactive leak of "unknown size". Minxy, you might want to get a Geiger counter and buy bottled water. Tritium is said to be 200x over the EPA limit right now.
Radioactive water found beneath Georgia nuclear Plant Hatch, Associated Press, September 30, 2011:
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Radioactive water has been found underneath [Hatch nuclear power plant] in southeast Georgia […]
[The operator] identified radioactive tritium in two test wells about 25 feet below the ground, said Dennis Madison, a utility vice president who oversees the plant. […]
How much is leaking?
- While the size of the leak was unknown, it was enough to raise the water table in the wells about five feet.
- "We really don't know what the rate is," Madison said. "We know it's more than a drip."
How concentrated is the leakage?
The maximum concentrations of tritium reported inside the wells was more than 200 times the limit set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water […]
So, here's some quotes about the health of the economy from people you should know (i.e. Wall Street insiders) that was sent to me by one of our readers.
#1George Soros: "Financial markets are driving the world towards another Great Depression with incalculable political consequences. The authorities, particularly in Europe, have lost control of the situation."
#2 PIMCO CEO Mohammed El-Erian: "These are all signs of an institutional run on French banks. If it persists, the banks would have no choice but to delever their balance sheets in a very drastic and disorderly fashion. Retail depositors would get edgy and be tempted to follow trading and institutional clients through the exit doors. Europe would thus be thrown into a full-blown banking crisis that aggravates the sovereign debt trap, renders certain another economic recession, and significantly worsens the outlook for the global economy."
#3Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy, global head of securities services at UniCredit SpA (Italy's largest bank): "The only remaining question is how many days the hopeless rearguard action of European governments and the European Central Bank can keep up Greece's spirits."
#4Stefan Homburg, the head of Germany's Institute for Public Finance: "The euro is nearing its ugly end. A collapse of monetary union now appears unavoidable."
#5 EU Parliament Member Nigel Farage: "I think the worst in the financial system is yet to come, a possible cataclysm and if that happens the gold price could go (higher) to a number that we simply cannot, at this moment, even imagine."
As I'm writing this, the Hong Kong exchange is down to its May lows. The global markets and finance gods are not happy. Frankly, I'm still thinking a coffee can buried in your back yard may be your best investment for awhile. I have no idea how President Obama is going to get reelected if this keeps up. His message and policies just don't stand up to current events. But, hey, look over there. Another Islamic Terrorist is toast, feel safer? Frankly, I'm not too worried that Al Qaeda will be after me and my bags and my grocery cart with my fat cat Miles in the kiddie sit.
Oh, here's my personal favorite. Try not to panic.
Ann Barnhardt, head of Barnhardt Capital Management, Inc.: "It's over. There is no coming back from this. The only thing that can happen is a total and complete collapse of EVERYTHING we now know, and humanity starts from scratch. And if you think that this collapse is going to play out without one hell of a big hot war, you are sadly, sadly mistaken."
If you're curious about what the difference is between Operation Twist and QE2--no, they are not recreational activities–from the FED here's a post that might interest you. Doubt it will make much difference because treasuries are still the place to be and we're still at the zero bound, but at least some one's doing something. Basically, the FED's trying to twist the yield curve and if you've had macroeconomics 101, here's the exact moves.
Is this different from quantitative easing? QE2 was equivalent to the combination of two open market operations:
- (1) Buying short-term Treasuries with newly created money.
- (2) Swapping short-term Treasuries for longer-maturity ones.
The Fed's new policy is just operation (2), disconnected from (1). Operation Twist is less effective than a potential QE3, therefore, to precisely the extent that operation (1) makes a difference.
Does it? First, let's be even more precise, breaking down (1) into two smaller components:
- (1A) Buying T-bills (extremely short term Treasuries with duration less than a year) with newly created money.
- (1B) Swapping T-bills for a broader mix of short-term Treasuries (e.g. those with remaining maturity "3 years or less").
- (2) Swapping short-term Treasuries for longer-maturity ones.
You should be able to see that it's just basically rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. It's an asset swap. But, there's all this wishful thinking that it will send a message to the markets that the FED is serious and tame the deficit hawks a little. Remember that herd I wrote about last weekend? That's kind of what the Fed is betting on. Plus, they're hoping that the twist will stop Perry from threatening their Chairman with bodily harm.
Nice to know that our health and national security is of no concern to our corporate overlords, isn't it? So, there's what's on my mind today. What's on your reading and blogging list today?


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JDB Pocketware, the developer behind HandyScan and 7Dialer, has updated their SkyManager app. SkyManager is a Windows Phone app that offers an decent alternative means to access and manage your SkyDrive account.
The version 1.5 update brings a few new features to the mix, notably the ability to upload files to your SkyDrive account in the background. You also have a new sharing option to post images to Facebook and the ability to pick a SkyDrive folder when uploading via picture>share.
There are also a few bug fixes with the version 1.5 update that includes fixing the app freeze-ups when sliding pictures.
There are two versions of SkyManager available in the Windows Phone Store. You have SkyManager Free (left QR Code) which is ad-supported and has some functionality limitations. Then there is the full version of SkyManager (right QR Code) which is currently running $2.99 with a trial version available. SkyManager is compatible with both Windows Phone 8 and 7.x devices.


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SAN JOSE — The state political watchdog commission that regulates campaign finance and lobbying in California on Thursday will hold its monthly public meeting for the first time in Santa Clara County.
The California Fair Political Practices Commission, created by the Political Reform Act of 1974, will meet from noon to 2 p.m. at the county Board of Supervisors' Chambers at 70 W. Hedding St. in San Jose.
The five-member commission, which since 2011 has been chaired by former Santa Clara County Counsel Ann Ravel, will review 18 cases the commission's staff has investigated and for which it has issued fines. The cases are on everything from money laundering to conflict of interest matters.
Included among the cases to be discussed are those of former state Assembly members Alberto Torrico (D-Newark) and Anna Caballero (D-Salinas). Each has agreed to pay $1,000 in fines to the FPPC for not reporting some campaign expenditures by required deadlines.
In April, the commission fined former Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. $50,000 for spending campaign money on things unrelated to political, legislative or governmental purposes.
While most of the commission's meetings are held at its Sacramento headquarters, Ravel has sought to take the meetings on the road "to let people know what the FPPC does," said Chief of Enforcement Gary Winuk, adding that each meeting also offers an opportunity for public participation.


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Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari admitted he had experienced the worst day of his life after his side slumped to their worst-ever defeat at the hands of Germany in the World Cup semi-final.
Germany triumphed 7-1 on an evening of record-breaking in Belo Horizonte: the highest score in a World Cup semi-final, Brazil's biggest defeat after their 1920 6-0 loss to Uruguay, and a record 16th World Cup goal for Miroslav Klose.
Scolari said: "I think it's probably the worst moment of my life. I've lost other matches. When you lose 4-0 or 5-0, it's basically the same thing.
"Naturally, if I were to think of my life as a player, as a coach, as a teacher, this was the worst day of my life. But life goes on.
"I'll be remembered probably because I lost 7-1, the worst defeat Brazil have ever had, but that was a risk I knew I was running when I accepted this position. Life goes on. That's what I'll do."
Scolari admitted that the result was "catastrophic" for Brazil and said he took full responsibility.
He added: "Who is responsible when the team plays? Who is invited as the coach? Who is responsible for picking the team? I am. It's me.
"So the catastrophic result can be shared by the whole group. My players will tell you we will share our responsibilities. But who decided the tactics, I did. So the person responsible is me."
Germany coach Joachim Low believes Brazil cracked under the pressure of being hosts.
Low said: "Let's put it into context: the hosts were unable to deal with the pressure.
"We had a clear, persistent game-plan and if we were courageous and believed in our own strengths, we would win this match.
"That the result would be so emphatic was not to be expected. Scoring three in four minutes the hosts were in shock, confused, and never returned to their original organisation. We were extremely cool and realised they were cracking up, and we took advantage of that."
Low said Germany must turn their attention to Sunday's final, and that he understood what Brazil must now be going through.
He added: "We've won this match. We're in the final of the World Cup, against a different opponent. We were lucky that the hosts were shellshocked. Now we must prepare well for the final.
"I remember once losing to Italy in Germany when everyone wanted us to go to the final. We lost in the 119th minute back in 2006, so we knew how Scolari feels, how the Brazilian team feel, and the people in Brazil feel right now."
Two goals for Toni Kroos and Andre Schurrle, plus one each for Thomas Muller, Sami Khedira, and Klose's record-breaking strike saw Germany triumph in remarkable style, with Oscar's last-minute response the smallest of consolations.
Kroos, named man of the match, said the Germany team had not gone overboard in their celebrations and were still mindful that they have an even bigger challenge in store on Sunday.
Kroos said: "We are here to become world champions but no one becomes world champions in the semi-final and there is still and extremely difficult step - this was the feeling in a dressing room.
"Sure, when do you win a World Cup semi-final 7-1. but we still have one more match to go.
"We have to deliver another absolutely top performance otherwise we will lose the final - and I am convinced we will win."
Scolari said that Brazil now had to concentrate on recovering from pride in the third-place play-off in Brasilia on Saturday.
He said: "The atmosphere in the changing was terrible. Obviously. But what can you do? We'll have to change things, our environment, when we go back to our base ahead of Saturday's match.
"No one expected that result and now we must work on the mind-set. We have to improve our motivation for the match on Saturday. We have to do our jobs, knowing that history goes on.
"Most of these players will continue to play in their high-level teams and will be capped again. Life goes on. It doesn't end with this defeat."
Scolari also rejected the suggestion that Neymar's serious injury, and the emotion created by his absence, had played a key part in the defeat.
"No, no, no. Let's not try to find an excuse in Neymar or the emotions of the anthem," he said.
"What happened was Germany imposed a fantastic rhythm on the game. They were able to score the goals to define the match. That diminished my team. Those six minutes of trouble, Germany made use of those moments.
"I don't think it would have been different with Neymar. He's a striker.
"Germany probably could have done that with Neymar in the side, also. He wouldn't have known how to defend those moves for the second, third, fourth and fifth goals."
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Jean-Jacques Henner
Mary Magdalene
Oil on panel : 28 X 24 cm
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Henner, Jean-Jacques
"Portrait of a red-haired woman"
About Jean-Jacques Henner
French painter
Bernwiller (Alsace) 1829 – 1905 Paris
Painter of nudes, portraits and religious subjects, who worked in a very personal realistic style, not linked with the major schools and artistic evolutions that occurred during his long career.
Pupil in Paris of the French painters Michel Martin Drolling and François-Edouard Picot.
In 1858 Henner won the First Price in the prestigious Prix de Rome, enabling him to stay and work for five years in Rome at the fabulous Villa Medicis. At a winner's return from Rome the French government would buy some of the paintings painted there. This was the real start of his successful career.
Henner is noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro, which he learned in Italy, and for his love of red-haired women, who very often appear in his paintings.
He is the author of two real icons of French painting:
- "L'Alsace, elle attend" is the portrait of a mourning young woman as the personification of the region where Henner was born, which France had just lost to the German Empire. This painting from 1871 got very popular through engravings.
- The idealized portrait in profile of Saint Fabiola, painted in 1885, but lost in 1912, of which numerous copies exist.
Between 1874 and 1889 Henner organised with the portrait painter Carolus-Duran the so-called "atelier des dames", the ladies' workshop. Women were indeed not allowed to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, so both artists taught them painting there. Some of these women became Henner's models, others his mistresses.
In the 17th arrondissement of Paris there is a National Museum Jean-Jacques Henner, which is an absolute must for anyone who loves this artist.
Why should you buy this painting?
Because it is such a beautiful, mysterious portrait, painted in such a daring colours.
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Dextre, the giant robot being assembled on the International Space Station, has regained its power.
The glitch that left the robot unresponsive was not an issue with the robot itself, but with a faulty cable that should have been feeding it electricity and computer commands.
After several days of engineers from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency grappling to find an answer to why the US$2 million, 12-foot-tall robot wouldn't power up or respond to computer commands, their troubleshooting paid off late Friday night.
Bypassing what engineers had suspected was a faulty cable, the space station crew grab hold of Dextre - pronounced Dexter - with Canadarm 2, which is a large robotic arm that has been on the space station for the past seven years. NASA reported on its Web site Saturday that they grappled the Canadian-built Dextre 9:59 p.m. EDT on Friday. Canadarm2 successfully powered up Dextre 11 minutes later.
Being able to power up the robot, which was carried aloft on board the space shuttle Endeavour, was critical, explained Michel Wander, a systems engineer who worked on Dextre at the Canadian Space Agency.
"The problem with not being able to power up the robot -- other than having an unresponsive 3,400-lb., US$2 million robot attached to the space station -- is that Dextre eventually will need to receive enough electricity to keeps its joints, cameras and sensors from freezing up in the harsh conditions of space," he said. Wander had said in an earlier interview that astronauts already had the robot covered with thermal blankets but in about a week, those blankets wouldn't be enough to protect the robot from the brutal cold.
The engineers at NASA and the Canadian Space Agency first suspected that the problem was a bug in the software. Canadian programmers immediately began building a patch that was sent to the space station via radio dishes. The software patch didn't fix the problem.
Wander said after that, the engineers suspected that the issue lay in a configuration problem with the cable that links Dextre to the pallet that the robot is attached to. Electricity and software commands should be going to Dextre through the cable.
Dextre was designed to handle maintenance jobs outside the space station, relieving astronauts from having to perform as many dangerous space walks.
Later this weekend, astronauts are slated to attach Dextre's arms to its body. It's grippers, or hands, were attached to the arms earlier this week. People can watch the astronauts assembling the robot on NASA TV.


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Arthur Negus Fuller (1879-1945) placed the figure in this autumnal scene walking towards a distant point lit up in yellow. The etching appears to have been hurriedly drawn, giving the appearance of foliage blowing in the wind. Arthur was the youngest son of George and Agnes (Higginson) Fuller of Deerfield, Massachusetts. In 1915, Arthur purchased the Little Brown House and studio barn on Albany Road. That same year, Fuller began printing monotypes. In 1919, he bought a printing press with his brother, Henry, for their shared Boston studio, and in 1920, they bought a second press for their studio at the Little Brown House. Arthur's first intaglio etchings date from this time. His earliest intaglio, or colored, etchings were printed with a single pass through the press. Fuller accomplished this by first inking the lines on the copper plate, wiping off the excess, then lightly daubing ink where he wanted color, using the tip of a twisted cloth, à la poupée. Consequently, each intaglio print in an edition is slightly differently from the next.
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Siren (Final Fantasy 8) – Cosplay of the Day
In today's Cosplay of the Day, we take a look at another summon from the Final Fantasy series. Leave your ears unplugged and check out Siren, from Final Fantasy 8.
Siren is a series staple and often Silences her foes during her time onscreen. In Final Fantasy 8, she is a Guardian Force who takes on the form of a beautiful woman who plays a harp and appears barely clothed, wrapped in feathers. True to her modus operandi, she silences all enemies and damages them. We definitely enjoy this siren's song.
Here is Candyheartcollector, a cosplayer from the US who has faithfully recreated Siren's look, showing us how the Guardian Force would appear in real life. Although most parts of the outfit are bound by the laws of gravity, she still looks like the high-flying summon and is just as beautiful.
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Loveland reinforces its rapidly growing reputation as a flourishing art community by playing host to a traveling exhibition of the late Francisco de Goya. The exhibition -- "Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos" -- features a set of 80 etchings by the world famous artist, published in 1799. Loveland Museum/Gallery will showcase the works of art June 14-Sept. 22.
Los Caprichos is considered largely to be one of the most influential set of images in the history of western art. The etchings represent the social repressions and poor economic situations present in Spain at the time of their creation, including the Spanish Inquisition.
"There's always been an interest in bringing the highest quality works of art by well-known and important artists from the history of art to Loveland," Dr. Andrew Svedlow said. Svedlow is a professor in the School of Arts and Design at the University of Northern Colorado, and previously the dean of the College of Performing and Visual Arts.
Svedlow recently led "Goya in Context," a free pre-exhibit artist forum at the Loveland Museum/Gallery regarding Los Caprichos. "I explained how his art work also represents trends in modern art and contemporary art today," Svedlow explained. "The artwork reflects the social conditions of his time period, but also are very modern and contemporary looking works of art, and therefore has relevance for us today."
As a teacher of art history, Svedlow's interest in Goya is rooted in the late artist's vastly reaching influence throughout the art world. "Goya is a prominent figure in the history of art, and a very unique individual as far as art history goes," Svedlow said. "It's hard to classify Goya's work in any particular 'isms' or schools of art throughout western art history, so he's an unusual, interesting character," he said.
"Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos"
When: June 14-Sept. 22.
Where: Loveland Museum/Gallery, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland.
Tickets: $5, free for museum members.
Info: Visit cityofloveland.org.
"I think great art is accessible for all people in all stages of their life from young children to people who are very experienced in looking at all different kinds of works of art, so I think this is a great exhibition because it can be experienced on all different levels," Svedlow said.
The museum has gone to great lengths to ensure that they are engaging with a large demographic of community members, even including a workshop for children. "Create Your Own Monster" will be held on July 17 and children will learn about Goya and how he made his art, which includes monster-like figures. Students will then be able to create their own monsters from molding clay.
A variety of events will be held during Los Caprichos' stay in Loveland to continue to promote the presence of such a significant piece of art history in Loveland. "From Churches to Battlefields" will explore a brief career spanning overview of Goya's macabre pieces, and how they were so widely influential in western art on July 11.
On Aug. 29, Dr. Eleanor Moseman hosts "Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos and Enlightenment Critique" which will delve into Goya's criticisms of Spain during his lifetime, especially evident in Los Caprichos.
A gala celebration that had been scheduled June 21 has been rescheduled to Sept. 14.
"It's great to go to Denver, and to go to New York City, and Chicago and all other parts of the world to see great art," Dr. Svedlow said, "But what a luxury, and what a great opportunity to see it right in our very own backyard in downtown Loveland."


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There are some things so epic and wonderful that I cannot keep them to myself. This is one of those things. A very rare video of the incomparable Patti Smith performing "Land: Horses/Land of 1,000 Dances/La Mer (De)/Gloria" at Carnegie Hall in New York on March 11, 2014 as part of the Tibet House benefit concert.
This video is reason enough that you should see Patti Smith every chance you get and coming soon, you will see a video of her paying tribute to Lou Reed and it will bring a tear to your eye. But that's for another time. For now, get ready to ROCK with Patti!


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The High Desert brought a strong contingent, but was largely left licking its wounds after the first day of the CIF State Championships in Bakersfield.
Sultana brought five wrestlers, and had two make it to Saturday, both ranked third in their weight classes. And there was some tough luck involved, as Ryan Fillingame (125) was forced to default his quarterfinal match because of a migraine. Coach Rocky Humphrey said the first priority is to get him hydrated and feeling better. Then, with more water in his system, the issue might be whether Fillingame can make weight Saturday morning.
The news is better for Cody Bollinger (145), who will wrestle second-ranked Alex Rodriguez of Fresno Washington Union in the semifinals Saturday morning.
Sultana, the CIF-SS Masters team champion last week, is only 20th in the team standings, but could be 12th if Fillingame had won his quarterfinal match by just a minor decision.
Hesperia's two qualifiers both were eliminated, including 189-pounder Danny Reyes, who was eighth last year.
Silverado's two wrestlers didn't make it to day 2, same as Victor Valley.
Barstow 112-pounder Sean Silva (who also qualified last year) lost in the quarterfinals, but remains alive Saturday. He'll need to win his first match Saturday to secure a spot in the top eight.
Redlands East Valley's Andrew Hudson wrestled well, but was pinned by the top-ranked wrestler at 215 pounds in the quarterfinals and like Silva, will have to win his first match today to secure a medal. He did much better than the Citrus Belt League's other two qualifiers: Miller's Alfredo Velazquez and Carter's Kenny Breaux, who each lost their first two matches.
San Gorgonio's Richie Cascante won his first match, but lost his next two.
As for those in the West End of San Bernardino County, in the Inland Valley, it was a rough day. Rancho Cucamonga's Joey Lemond lost in the final round of consolation on Friday and was eliminated. Ontario's Jaime Jimenez did not make it that far.
It marks the first year since 2001 the Inland Valley will not have a state placer.


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When the Buccaneers made the decision to bench quarterback Josh Freeman, head coach Greg Schiano said Freeman would do what is expected of every other player.
But that may not be the case any longer.
Jay Glazer of FOX just reported on FOX Football Daily that Freeman was told to stay away from a team meeting today, and stay in the trainer's room instead.
Considering the Bucs were willing to tell everyone about Freeman's attendance issues in the past, the decision to order him to stay away seems odd on the surface.
While keeping a potential distraction at arm's length isn't a bad idea, the way the Bucs are handling this continues to appear clumsy, and will continue to until they figure out a face-saving way to move him.
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Music of "Dawn" promises to help heal
NEW YORK -- For 40 years, Danbury teacher George Hochsprung inspired, encouraged and believed in the students who came before him.
One of those students, Paul Frucht, showed his gratitude and caring Friday, offering a gift to his teacher by doing what he knows best.
The award-winning music composition student at Juilliard School in New York City presented the piece he wrote for Hochsprung's beloved wife, Dawn.
"Dawn" honors the 47-year-old principal of Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School, who died as she confronted a shooter in her school on Dec. 14. Twenty first-graders and five other educators also died that day.
As the 70-year-old, retired educator sat quietly in a front seat at Morse Recital Hall at Juilliard School with family members beside him, Frucht told the audience about the composition he was about to conduct.
"It is dedicated to Dawn Hochsprung," Frucht said simply. He spoke quickly, revealing some of the nervousness he confessed to before the concert about performing for Hochsprung's husband.
"It's not meant to be a recounting of what happened, but a way of moving forward, to find a way to do something positive," Frucht said, "and to fill a hole for those who have suffered."
The piece, which Frucht began immediately after the Newtown tragedy, was part of the recital Friday of Juilliard junior Chelsea Starbuck Smith, a 21-year-old violinist from Easton who went to preschool in Newtown and graduated from Joel Barlow High School in Redding.
Hochsprung barely moved during the performance of "Dawn," listening to music that was complex, thoughtful and contemporary.
"Dawn would have liked it," Hochsprung said simply with a smile after Frucht dropped his hand to end the music. "I can listen to music, but not talk about it. Dawn would appreciate someone expressing themselves this way. It's very provoking."
For "Dawn," Smith played the violin, alongside Daniel James on flute, Patrick Hopkins on cello, Jonathan Cohen on clarinet and Gwenllian Llyr on the harp. They first performed the piece at Frucht's recital on April 15.
Hochsprung's daughter, Beth Ewaskiewicz, a veterinarian and mother of three in Pennsylvania, drove four hours to sit beside her father and hear the piece.
Frucht, a Danbury High School graduate, is receiving a master's degree in music composition at Juilliard and begins a fellowship for his doctorate soon.
Hochsprung appreciated how Frucht started writing the piece so soon after the tragedy, without his usual routine.
"That made me think of Dawn. It was instinct, and what Dawn did was instinct,'' Hochsprung told Frucht. "(Her death) has left a horrible, horrible hole. Your music will help fill a hole."
Hochsprung's brother, Ken, and his wife, Noreen, who live in Bethel, also attended the concert with Hochsprung.
"You captured Dawn's spirit beautifully. Thank you, " Ken Hochsprung said, as he hugged Frucht afterward.
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flying boomboxes
A long time ago, I lived in California for six years.
The first two years were like an exciting adventure,
the next two seemed darker than the bowels of hell,
and the last two were like a slow, agonizing recovery.
During those middle two years, Derek came out to visit
me for while. He was going through some bowels of hell
of his own. During this time, we tried to come up with
various activities that were meant to cheer us up.
One of these was a road trip to the California desert,
where we performed a little concert for ourselves and
the cacti. He played his drums and I played my guitar,
to the delight of the many tourists who passed through
Joshua Tree. I couldn't tell you what songs we played--
I've long since forgotten--but I remember it sounded great,
because many people said so. One guy even videotaped us.
I wish I could see that tape now. I'll always remember
Derek in his gray pocket t-shirt and black jeans:
he had recently decided he was going to wear that every day,
and that would simplify his life. That trip made us feel a
little better, temporarily. We agreed that we had done
something very cool. "Now we can say we played music in
the desert", we said to each other on the way home.
The other thing we did that may not seem as cool to
other people (but still gave us tremendous satisfaction)
was throwing an old boombox out a car window while speeding
down the freeway. I'm almost positive that this one was
Derek's idea. First, we had to find a suitable boombox;
being that we were both pretty much penniless at the time,
we really had to find a portable radio of next to no value.
We settled on my ex's old piece of crap K-Mart special,
and we had just broken up, so I was happy to see that go.
Then we had to find the right freeway. We did have somewhat
of a social conscience, so we wanted to do the deed on a freeway
that wasn't heavily traveled (as most are in L.A.) so we wouldn't
cause an accident; we were, of course, concerned about being
pulled over by the cops as well. We decided, after driving up
and down many freeways, our best bet was to toss it while driving
southbound on the 2 freeway, headed out of the Verdugo foothills
down through Montrose. Derek would drive, and I had the
responsibility of pitching the boombox out the window at
the safest, most strategic moment. Talk about pressure.
So, at about 2:30 am on some late winter morning in the early 90's,
we threw that boombox while driving at top speed as if we were
hurling away all the pain, the disappointment, the unrequited desires
and the shadows of the past. I'll never forget how we laughed like
little kids afterward.
A few weeks after that, Derek moved to Seattle and I think I went
on welfare or something, so it's not like our lives got better or anything.
Good thing all that changed eventually. In retrospect, though, it ís
interesting how tough times bring about creative approaches to
alleviating misery.