text: Outlook: Understand the Risk October 18, 2012 02:12 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bob Utterback Farm Journal Columnist Email Producers are harvesting, and in many cases the crop is as bad as they feared. Plan on average yields at or above 123 bu. per acre for corn and 35 bu. for soybeans. Now that reduced yields are a reality, farmers want higher prices to lessen the blow to their pocketbooks. Basis is heavily weighted toward putting grain in the bins and waiting until spring or summer to sell. When $8 corn and $18 soybeans are put in the bin, farmers assume a lot of risk, including direct storage, quality management and high opportunity costs. I estimate it will take 10¢ per bushel per month for corn and 20¢ for soybeans to cover all costs and some type of risk premium. For six months of storage, cash corn might need to exceed $8.50 and soybeans $19.20 to really pay. Remember, these numbers are the highest in history at a time when the world economy is still weak in the knees. Sales index: 10 = Excellent sales opportunity 1 = Excellent buying opportunity Corn: 6 From the $8.50 December corn high after the August supply and demand report to the $7.59 low after the September report, the market has taken out a lot of the excessive price movement. A quick harvest should keep prices on the defensive; it will be hard for December 2012 corn to stay below $7.50 for any length of time. Old crop should be tight—expect sideways to higher price trends into the summer. How fast will demand react to higher prices? With the September price correction, many have extended coverage through the first half of 2013 on paper. As the cash price solidifies, much of the adverse price impact should be offset by informed end users, which could keep prices strong. The need for quality cash corn could cause unusual cash price action. I expect strong interest in taking delivery of grain contracts on the river system and then moving it into the country. If a weather event occurs next summer, use a strategy that gets a floor under the market and allows for upside price flexibility to improve the selling price. Don't sell cash or futures. Using options is expensive, so merge all the market tools together to create an artificial futures position with a known risk exposure. Beans: 6 While we might have seen the lowest soybean yields, domestic and global stocks are razor sharp and demand must be rationed. This should keep pressure on the futures market and make it difficult to break hard until we are sure a decent crop is coming out of South America and more soybean acres are planted in the U.S. If these standards are used, time should be on the side of the bulls regarding old crop. In other words, if anyone plans to store and go for the big payoff, soybeans could have a better chance than corn. What applies to corn risk protection applies to soybeans as well. It is hard for me to tell anyone to put $18 cash soybeans in the bin until summer. I also cannot tell anyone to be long futures when daily price movement could be significant. I implore everyone who wishes to participate to buy in-the-money calls at their total storage cost and the risk premium they wish to accept. This strategy will force users out of the market when they feel conditions have changed, not when the bank account is real low. Wheat: 9 There is some excitement in wheat because of a fundamental supply problem worldwide. Many corn end users thought they would be able to use low-priced wheat, but it's been more aggressive than normal. It's dry where U.S. wheat is grown, and there's little improvement in the forecast. Overall, old crop wheat prices are positioned for sideways to higher values. If old crop is still unpriced in the bin, a solid chance for higher values appears to be there for the taking. But new crop July wheat, which has traded above $8.75, has the same problem as 2013 corn and soybeans. The deferred contract is under nearby values, making it difficult to sell. Wheat producers should use the same strategy for corn and soybean producers—get a floor in place and don't sell cash or futures. If there was ever a year to have upside flexibility, I believe this is it. Back to news


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BOSTON — Let the Bay Area's Super Bowl party begin.
NFL owners today selected the San Francisco 49ers' new Santa Clara stadium to host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016, sending the nation's biggest sporting event back to the Bay Area for the first time since 1985.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made the announcement at a news conference following the vote at the league owners' meeting in Boston. The only other finalist to host the game was the Miami area.
The Bay Area has been ready to celebrate since the Florida's legislature this month failed to OK a ballot measure that would have allowed voters the chance to approve renovations to the Miami Dolphins' aging stadium — something it needed to be considered a serious competitor. The problems in Miami took much of the drama out of today's meeting, though Bay Area leaders seemed to be taking nothing for granted until the votes were counted.
The Super Bowl is expected to bring hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activity to the region and unprecedented attention to Santa Clara, which has a population of 118,000 and will host a game expected to draw more than 100 million television viewers. Dozens of pre-game events will be scattered around the Bay Area, with San Francisco hosting a bulk of the celebrations during the week leading up the game, as the NFL expects its golden anniversary Super Bowl to be its biggest ever.
In Santa Clara this morning, city and community leaders filled City Hall to watch Goodell unveil the winner live on television. A public celebration was set for this afternoon, likely in San Francisco, with the exact location and time to be announced soon.
After spending the previous two days practicing inside "war rooms" at a Boston Hyatt, the bid committees from San Francisco and Miami made their final pitches to NFL owners just after lunch today.
San Francisco bid chair Daniel Lure, a San Francisco philanthropist, and vice chair Joe D'Alessandro, CEO of San Francisco Travel, spoke for 15 minutes at 1:45 p.m. EDT, following a 15-minute presentation from the South Florida delegation. Both team owners, including 49ers CEO Jed York, also spoke for five minutes each, and the NFL staff gave a 15-minute summary to the owners.
Then the 32 owners cast secret, written ballots.
Dozens of Bay Area celebrities pitched NFL owners on Santa Clara. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he was called recently by one of the people he respects most — former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who sits on the Bay Area Super Bowl Bid Committee.
"It's just a great stadium," Kraft said.
The $1.2 billion Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, which is set to open by August 2014, was named a finalist by NFL owners in October and was first deemed eligible for a Super Bowl when the project was still being planned in 2010. In the past seven months, local leaders have raised $30 million to help pay for the game and related events, mainly from Bay Area companies such as Apple, Google and Yahoo.
The February 2016 game, officially called Super Bowl L, will mark the first NFL title game in California since Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego in January 2003, when the Oakland Raiders were crushed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 48-21.
The only other NFL championship played in the Bay Area was Super Bowl XIX, when — just like today — San Francisco beat Miami. That time, 84,059 fans packed in to the old Stanford Stadium to watch the 49ers defeat the Dolphins, 38-16, on Jan. 21, 1985. Super Bowl MVP Joe Montana led the Niners to what was at the time their second Super Bowl trophy.
No team has ever played in their home stadium in a Super Bowl.
The 49ers, meanwhile, are the odds-on favorites in Las Vegas to win the 2014 Super Bowl, which will be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., where the New York Giants and Jets play. The owners had also previously selected to play the 49th Super Bowl, in 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., where the Arizona Cardinals play.

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In the past weeks, we have watched with renewed energy and hope as the teachers, parents, students and community members of Chicago have shown us the power of solidarity. Their resistance to the privatization of public education and their demand to reclaim the classroom from hedge fund managers, real estate tycoons, venture philanthropists and their political stooges, is shifting the narrative from one of blaming teachers, students, parents and unions to naming the lies behind corporate 'reform' efforts.
This impressive and inspiring 'actual event' stands in sharp contrast to the most recent attempt by corporate deformers to manipulate the narrative about schools, teachers, students, parents and where the battle lies in education. Set for release on Sept. 28, Won't Back Down brought to you by the same people who gave us Waiting for Superman, is selling itself as "inspired by actual events". In this week's program, Education Radio unmasks the lie behind that tag line, the Parent Trigger laws that the film alludes to, and the pretense that this films speaks for anyone except corporate profiteers. At the same time, we will explore the actual events of parents and community members who have opposed Parent Trigger laws, their struggles and their solidarity.
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I finally switched over from GSM to Verizon a few months back because of the Motorola V710 bluetooth enabled phone Verizon touted in its ads. Verizon has the best network bar none and they often take advantage of their network superiority by locking customers into longer-term contracts and now intentionally disabling features on their phone. I wrote about Verizon disabling bluetooth features on the V710 in October of 2004.
Generally I have been unhappy with the bluetooth capabilities of the phone as not only can I not sync with a PC to download address books or photos, etc, I also have problems connecting the phone with a few of my bluetooth headsets. I have searched the web and haven't seen anyone duplicate these problems. Basically, the headset and phone don't work well together, meaning a call can't be answered in the headset but must be manually transferred every time. SonyEricsson bluetooth integration is an order of magnitude better and I am not sure whether Verizon, Motorola or both are to blame. I got to thinking about this when I discovered some California residents are suing Verizon over the intentional disabling f bluetooth features.
Verizon's defense is likely that they own the network and subsidize the cost of the phone so they should be able to disable whatever they want. They have a point. Car companies often disable engine performance in some cars and sell them as entry-level vehicles. Why can't Verizon do the same? The best solution is to allow a high-end version of the phone for more money that has all the bluetooth functions you could ask for. That would solve the problem and keep Verizon from getting trashed on message boards all over the web.


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Bob is the Managing Partner of the Indianapolis Office of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP. He has served on the board of the National Association of Wabash Men and been a member of the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men for many years. Bob also serves as a Class Agent and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Wabash Class Agents. He is also a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He and his wife, Melody, have two sons, Ryan (2008) and Kyle (2011). Bob is a member of the 1832 Society.


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Greek voters will head to the polls on Sunday for the second time in just over a month. See: Polarized Greece girds for coalition or euro exit and Crisis-hit Greece counts down to vote
Our coverage has mostly focused on the nation\'s economic and political plight. See: Euro crisis in depth.
But there is, of course, more to Greece than the bailout debate.
The Tell has collected some factoids that place the country in a broader context.
The number of times Greece has won the UEFA Euro soccer championship: 1
Greece\'s total population as of Jan. 1, 2011: 11,309,885
Tourism makes up almost 16% of Greece\'s GDP. The country attracts 16.5 million tourists every year.
The estimated number of American residents in the United States that claim Greek descent: 3 million
The amount of the total market cap of listed Greek companies has fallen from $264.9 billion to $33.6 billion from 2007 to 2011, respectively
Companies that have confirmed they will pull operations from Greece: 2 (Credit Agricole and Carrefour)
The amount that Carrefour\'s local Greek partner paid for the retailer\'s stores: 1 euro (source: FT)
Greece is the third-largest producer of olives in the world. The amount of land Greece devotes to olive growing: 60%
The Greek unemployment rate as of March 2012: 21.9% (second highest in Europe after Spain)
The number of hours a year that Greece enjoys sunshine: approximately 3,000
Greece has the seventh-largest population of U.S. Social Security beneficiaries in the world
Greece\'s real gross domestic product growth forecast for 2012: -4.7%
The number of words in the English dictionary that are derived from Greek words: 13%
No point in Greece is farther than 85 miles away from water. Greece\'s shipping industry controls about 16% of the world\'s shipping so-called deadweight tonnage, a measure of cargo a ship can carry. The Greek shipping fleet is one of the largest in the world and the largest in Europe
Greece\'s benchmark stock index has lost 90% of the 10-year high it reached in 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) – Three lucky couples have celebrated Valentine's Day weddings at the Empire State Building.
The couples won Thursday's weddings by submitting their love stories to the landmark skyscraper's Facebook page.
First up were John Kelly, of Plymouth, Mass., and Kari Morey, of Yorktown, Va. They knew each other in elementary school and reconnected after 23 years.
Laurie Ann Phillips and Daniel Rosenthal, of Washington, D.C., were single parents who met on a blind date. Instead of buying an engagement ring, they bought a house.
Danielle Brabham and Michael Lynch, of Miami Shores, Fla., became engaged during a power outage due to Hurricane Isaac last summer.
The happy couples posed for photos on the 86th-floor observation deck after their ceremonies.
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Josh Voyles 5/4/2011 9:38:06 AMThis image is phenomenal! #1374543
Sandi L. Olson 5/4/2011 8:00:39 PMThank you! I really like this shot of my son practicing for a welding test in the garage. I took it with my canon 50mm portrait lens. Thank you and wlecome to the 60D club. #9389778
Rolando Rosito 5/18/2011 5:56:03 PMGreat finalist Sandi, congratulations! #9411693
Tomás Widow 5/18/2011 9:22:23 PMSandi Finalist!
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United out to end woes against Sporting
Washington, D.C. – After snapping the Houston Dynamo's record home unbeaten streak last weekend, Sporting Kansas City hopes to continue the losing streak of struggling D.C. United on Sunday.
A 73rd-minute goal from Aurelien Collin was enough to snap the Dynamo's 36- game home unbeaten streak, and maybe more importantly, it gave Sporting three points.
The club had lost three of its last four games prior to the Dynamo contest, and Collin believes the win will help to turn around the confidence of the team, which dipped a bit over the past month.
"It's very good for the mentality of the team and for the confidence of the team," Collin said of the win. "We proved to ourselves that even if we make a few mistakes, it's OK. The last five games, we have not been consistent, and so tonight we went back to the way we have to play and I'm very happy with the team."
Sporting has won its last five meetings with United, so three more points against the struggling hosts will be expected.
United has lost its last seven matches and eight of its first 10 games to start the season, leaving head coach Ben Olsen to take small positives wherever he can.
After losing its previous two matches by a combined score of 7-0, D.C. was locked in a 1-1 game at halftime against FC Dallas last weekend.
But the club once more found a way to lose as Je-Vaughn Watson scored 13 minutes from time to win the game for Dallas.
"I was proud about the overall commitment and the way they went about things tonight," Olsen said after the Dallas defeat. "The spirit was good. They looked like a team that cared and wanted to dig themselves out of the situation they we're in. That's important. But it's also important to make teams earn goals. We're still slipping at the key moments. We're still giving up set pieces. These have to stop."
Stopping these mistakes will be easier said then done for a team that appears to be stuck in a tailspin.
United midfielder Marcos Sanchez summed up the current state of the team best when he said, "We always try to play the game in the best way possible but we commit too many mistakes."


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LeCab2 (VST for Windows)
LeCab2 is the evolution of LeCab1. It's a cabinet (guitar or bass) impulse loader. LeCab2 offers :
- 6 impulse slots
- Latency control (down to 64 samples)
- Dropdown menu built with the .wav files contained in the directory where the last impulse is loaded
- Next and Prev buttons to navigate through the impulse directory
- Solo button for each slots
- Channel selection for each slots
- Possibility to link the loaded impulse of 2 slots (other controls stay independant)
- High Pass and Low Pass filters for each slots
- Phase, Delay, Pan and Volume controls for each slots
LeCab2 has been specifically design for relatively short impulse response such as guitar and bass cabinet. Too long impulse response are going to be truncated. Impulse troncation could lead to what's call frequency leakage and then produce atrifacts in the low and high part of the frequency spectrum as shown in the figure below where the blue line is the frequency response of a truncated impulse. This figure has been captured with Voxengo SPAN.
As can be seen, unless under extrem case, these artifacts can be eliminated with the low and high pass filters as provided by LeCab2 for each slots.
Thanks to requietus for is, once again, great GUI design.
Here is the download link:
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LeCto VST for Mac
LeCto is now available in VST format for Mac.
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LeCto is a guitar amp simulator inspired by an american modern high gain head. This simulator has 2 channels with 3 modes on each channel. It can go from crunch (raw mode) to modern high gain (modern mode).
Features :
-oversampling : determines the signal oversampling; up to 8x
-mono/stereo : determines the signal routing
-input : controls the magnitude of the input signal
-drive : controls the amount of gain
-low : controls the low frequency
-mid : controls the mid frequency
-high : controls the high frequency
-presence : presence control
-resonance* : controls the amount of resonance resulting from the interaction with the speaker cabinet
*Only active on modern mode
LeCto is only an amp simulator, so you need to use a cabinet simulator.
A big thank to Mikola Ptashnikoff for the beautiful GUI.
Visit his band's site here
Here is the download link :
and for those with processor not supporting SSE2 code :
Few testers have reported problems with some versions of Sonar. These bugs have not been solved yet.
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LeGion is a high gain preamp simulator. This is an original design, it's not based on any hardware gear. My goal here was to build a high gain sim that doesn't need any booster in front in order to be tight.
- 2 channels, actually two completely different preamp circuit
- 2 channels, actually two completely different preamp circuit
- 2 modes on each channel, rhythm and lead
- 2 tonestacks assignable to any of the 2 channels
- the usual drive and tone controls
Thanks again to requietus for his great job on the GUI.
Thanks also to the testers : Alu, daxliniere, cococo, shogger, Dimi, onqel and HOTRIFF.
New version 1.01:
- more output volume
- less volume variations with coutour changes
Download link
LeGion v1.01
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LeXTAC has been inspired by a great Californian boutique amplifier.
· Ch 1 (Clean/Yellow): gain, bass, middle, treble, contour, power amp gain volume, 3 positions pre eq, gain boost.
· Ch 2 & Ch 3 (Blue & Red): gain, bass, middle, treble, contour, power amp gain, volume, 3 positions pre eq, gain-structure, gain boost and plexi mode.
All channels have a 3 positions Pre EQ switch : Normal, Bright and Brighter. The higher you set the gain control, the less effect the Pre EQ will have on the sound. All channels also have a gain boost.
Channel 2 & 3 (Blue & Red) have two other switches to give the user different gain/tone :
· The Plexi channel is a lower gain channel than the normal Blue & Red ones. The plexi channel can be assigned to either Channel 2 or 3. Note: structure switch and Gain Boost switch are inactive in Plexi mode.
· The Structure switch is an overall gain reduction switch for Channels 2 & 3. When ON (high position), both channels 2 & 3 have less gain. Obviously, when OFF (down position), the preamp will more gain.
The beautiful GUI was design by requietus.
Thanks again to all the testers.
Some demo clips by Dimitar Nalbantov :
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The French make the most outrageous modern super car and the current winner of Le Mans. What if they came back from an exile in outer space with an updated Bugatti Atlantic? This might be what it'd look like.
Few eras of industrial design have produced objects of such impeccable, futuristic desire as Art Deco. Tempting it is then to imagine that the svelte lines of Bugattis and the Chrysler Building could somehow live on, infused with modern technology.
Results are ambiguous at best. Take Kerry Conran's 2004 film, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, an absolutely gorgeous exercise in 30s chic right down to Gwyneth Paltrow's beige trenchcoat, but a dreadful movie. Oh and—the Bugatti Veyron. The technology is there in spades but the fleeting grace of prewar Bugattis is gone for angry turbopanzer looks.
Failing to accommodate reality in designs is a hell of a slippery slope, but French industrial designer Bruno Delussu's rendering of a modern Bugatti Type 57 is so far removed from reality that the mind is free to conceive of anything. Say, a France removed by tractor beams from the way of an imminent Nazi invasion. Then allowed to grow in isolation for decades, acquiring high technology on the border of magic, to come up with this thing. A modern take on the Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic, powered probably by ion cannons instead of the original's clockwork straight-eight.
Judging by looks alone, it would also give a fair chase to the Auto Union Streamliner which Bernd Rosemeyer crashed at a delicious 270 MPH on a cold January day in 1938.
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Since the publication of the first edition of Mastering the Techniques of Teaching in 1984, national interest in promoting effective college teaching has risen to an all-time high. While Joseph Lowman's revised second edition of this widely praised work retains the vision of exemplary teaching presented in the original, it has been completely updated to reflect the results of a wealth of additional research--140 new references appear in this second edition--and practice.Lowman presents for the first time a new learning model that details the relative strength of six sources of influence on what and how much students learn in a college course. He expands his earlier model of effective teaching to place more emphasis on motivational skill and commitment to teaching. And he presents still more options on how to organize classes and use group work to promote learning.This second edition also includes an expanded checklist to help college teachers analyze their classroom performance on videotape, detailed instructions on how to use videotape analysis to improve teaching, and a new approach to evaluating college teaching based on Lowman's expanded model of exemplary teaching.
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[Originally posted 8th March 2006; While this post is not necessarily the "best" of Codex, it certainly is one of the most popular -- at least if Google searches count for anything. This post (and others on Hebrew tattoos) generates numerous requests from people about Hebrew spellings for this or that word or phrase, many of which I try to respond to when I have time.]
Believe it or not, one of the more frequent Google searches by which individuals happen upon my blog is a search for "Hebrew Tattoos." This search, which appears to happen once every few hundred visits to my site, leads readers to my tongue-in-cheek post "Posh Hebrew Tattoos, David! (Beckhams Inscribe their Love)." I have also had individuals email me asking advice on Hebrew tattoos, primarily wanting verification about the spelling of this or that word. My own students also ask similar questions (the latest being just last week).
This interest in Hebrew tattoos intrigues me. It obviously piggy-backs on the popularity of tattoos in general, though I suspect that the fact you have high profile celebrities like David and Victoria Beckham, Madonna, and Britney Spears with Hebrew tattoos boosts their popularity. And, of course, you have the religious crowd that likes tattoos of a biblical character, whether Hebrew, Greek, or even Aramaic.
At any rate, after reproducing the Google search for "Hebrew Tattoos" you will come across a number of web sites that specialize in tattoos, even ones devoted to Hebrew Tattoos that want to cash in on the craze. Most of these sites have sample pictures of actual Hebrew tattoos. What I found troubling is the number of mistakes in these tattoos. As a public service to any individuals thinking of getting a Hebrew tattoo, I thought I would highlight some of the mistakes so that others may avoid them in the future.
Hebrew Tattoos You Don't Want
This first example of the Hebrew term for "God" makes a simple mistake of confusing Hebrew characters that look similar (of which there are a few!). The bottom letter on the tattoo is a samech (a Hebrew "s") while it is supposed to be a mem (a Hebrew "m"). Another possibility that Yitzhak Sapir noted in the comments, is that the final letter is the Rashi script for final mem. He suggests that "some Jewish figure who was uncomfortable writing out the name of God changed scripts as a result." While this is certainly possible, it seems odd that the rest of the tattoo is standard Aramaic square script. I am also not sure how many Jewish tattoo artists are out there who know Rashi's script! I think my explanation makes a bit more sense. This tattoo is an example of a simple mistake made by someone who was trying to match the letters from a picture or something (I get quite a few papers from students who know a little Hebrew and try to include Hebrew words but they confuse stuff like final mem and samech, resh and dalet, etc.). Either way, if you are going to get a tattoo, it's probably better to use the same script for the entire thing!
This tattoo, which has a Hebrew word purported by the website I found it on to mean "freedom" (perhaps based on Lev 19:20?) has the vowel points shifted incorrectly to the left. As such it is nonsensical. Moreover, as the comments to this post indicate, in modern Hebrew this word (if correctly pointed) means "vacation" — which I am pretty sure the individual who got the tattoo did not want (especially considering the symbol of the Holy Spirit above it!).
This tattoo, which means "holy to the LORD/Yahweh," has letters which are either not drawn very carefully or confused (note the difference in width in the second last character in the bottom word; the tattoo has what looks like a dalet or resh, which it should be a vav) as well as incorrect vowel pointing.
This tattoo is supposed to say "in blood" according to the website where I found it. The expression is not biblical Hebrew, but a modern Hebrew phrase for "blood relative" or the like (see the comments by Yitzhak Sapir). Of course, the tattoo is still incorrect since it is missing the silent sheva after the resh (and the resh looks a bit like a yod). (If I was going to write "in blood" in Biblical Hebrew, I would simply do it as I have it on the bottom.)
This tattoo of the name of the God of Israel, "Yahweh," is fine, though the web page identified it as Aramaic. In fact, this is a paleo-Hebrew script of the divine name.
There is nothing wrong with this Hebrew tattoo. I just thought it's funny because the word inscribed can possibly mean both "love" as well as "leather" (some scholars suggest that there is a homograph which means "leather" [see KB3]). It arguably occurs in Hosea 11:4 [perhaps] and Song 3:10 [more likely]). Perhaps this can be taken as a warning not to spend too much time in the tanning salons?! (Of course, in modern Hebrew it clearly means love, and as I already noted, there is nothing wrong with this tattoo.)
The lesson here is that you cannot trust pictures of Hebrew tattoos on the internet! Make sure to double check the spelling of the Hebrew word you want tattooed!
Tips for Getting Hebrew Tattoos
If you are thinking of getting a Hebrew tattoo, consider the following:
First, think long and hard about getting a tattoo because they are permanent (notwithstanding modifying tattoos or erasing them). If you are set on the idea of getting a tattoo, think about getting a temporary one first. Also think about where you put your tattoo. Based on the experience of friends, I wouldn't suggest getting a tattoo on any place where your body may change drastically as you age (and women, beware of tattoos on your stomach as if you ever get pregnant, your tattoo may be stretched beyond recognition (and it may not go back to its original shape — ask my friend!).
Second, if you are getting a Hebrew tattoo, make sure to double check with someone who knows Hebrew (or Greek if you are getting a Greek one) whether or not you have the proper spelling of the word. It would be a bummer to get a tattoo like those above — the only consolation would be that most people wouldn't know you have a spelling mistake permanently inscribed on your body!
Third, one thing to decide before getting a Hebrew tattoo is whether or not to just use consonants (as Hebrew was originally written) or use consonants with the Masoretic vowel pointing (the little dots and dashes above and below the consonants). The vowel points were added to the text of the Hebrew Bible in the early centuries of this era by Jewish scribes called the Masoretes. While the vowel points represent an ancient reading tradition, they are not original to the Hebrew text, so you may not want to include them. (I personally wouldn't include them if only for aesthetic reasons)
Finally, make sure to go to a reputable tattoo shop!
As a side note, I don't have any tattoos nor any intention of getting one — and I hope that this trend will die down by the time my kids are older! My primary problem with tattoos is that they are too permanent; what you may think is cool when you are younger, you may later regret.


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A source told BGR that Apple has changed the screening process they utilize to determine if an iPod has been damage due to water intrusion. Apple utilizes what is known as Liquid Contact Indicators in their mobile devices. In the event moisture comes into contact with these LCIs they become activated which will in turn let an Apple representative know that there was been water damage.
In the past Apple store employees would merely look inside the headphone jack and check on the LCI to see if it had been activated by water. At that point they were able to say the water was the cause of the issues and you would basically be out of luck. Now with the new policy not only will they check for the LCI but they are also being told to check for other signs of water damage before making a decision on what could have caused the device to malfunction.
Whether or not this change is due to false positives from incidental moisture contact or simply a change of heart within Apple is unknow. However, this could definately been a huge plus for the consumers who have had issues prior and were told that merely having an activated LCI that their warranty was null and void.
Our question is, will Apple apply the same new policy to iPhones and iPads?


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Rethinking the Firewall as a One-Way Mirror
Maybe he should be known for hanging China's One-Way Mirror instead constructing its Great Firewall.
That's the message Chinese Internet users are sending as the nation's best-known censorship engineer, Fang Binxing, said he was retiring. Known as the father of China's Great Firewall for helping develop tools that keep Internet users in the country from surfing websites available elsewhere, Mr. Fang is facing a fresh line of criticism in the wake of allegations by former U.S. defense contractor Edward Snowden that American intelligence agencies regularly compromised Chinese servers.
"You only managed to guard against your own countrymen, but not the Americans," said one commentator on Sina Corp.'s Weibo microblogging service. "Against Prism, this is our No. 1 hero?" said another, referring to the name of one U.S. spy system revealed by Mr. Snowden.
Their point: China engineered a system to block its citizens from seeing the outside world, but did too little to keep out the prying eyes of foreigners.
Long derided among Internet users, Mr. Fang is back in focus after abruptly announcing Thursday he would step down as president of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
"I used to have a very healthy body," 52-year-old Mr. Fang explained during a commencement address at the university. "I could easily swim freestyle 2,000 meters without a break. But I overused my body and didn't take enough time to recover. I was seriously sick and I lost the ability to work overnight, and couldn't bear the burden of both academia and management. This is the reason I submitted my resignation."
The Harbin-born computer scientist is widely decorated by the Communist Party establishment for his work on Internet security, including proposing and organizing the construction of a national infrastructure network to secure information, according to his biography on the university website.
The censorship system, which has come to be known as the Great Firewall, blocks certain foreign Internet content from Chinese users. The world's largest Internet population can't see newspaper stories critical of China's top leadership, details of abuse tracked by human rights groups and social networking sites like Facebook. An attempt to click through to that content returns a webpage error notice, such as "HTTP 404."
The controls have made Mr. Fang unpopular among the swelling ranks of China's digitally savvy class. When he spoke at one college, students pelted him with eggs and shoes. Even his simple greetings on a microblog have sparked massive verbal abuse.
Questions about the usefulness and relevance of the firewall are long running. Mr. Fang himself has been ridiculed as a hypocrite for admitting using software to "jump the firewall," in the Chinese parlance, to read foreign Internet content.
Mr. Fang's resignation announcement and health concerns were winning him little sympathy in cyberspace on Thursday. Instead, the news provided fresh excuses for more mocking. Many commentators on Weibo cited Mr. Snowden's revelations that China is a regular target of U.S. Internet prying.
In recent days, before Mr. Fang's resignation, some Internet commentators wondered whether he used some U.S. telecommunications equipment in building the firewall and whether such items made Chinese serves vulnerable to U.S. intelligence gathering.
In May, Mr. Fang betrayed no hint of leaving when he discussed his hopes about how his university might modernize itself after moving to a new campus. He said the school should pursue more goal-oriented instruction in order to spark innovation, instead of teaching students to follow established principles, according to a summary of his comments.
The firewall is arguably no longer China's most important Internet control. Beijing's concern today is homegrown Internet activity, not the so-called foreign "spiritual pollution" the controls were originally designed to make invisible to Chinese citizens.
"The Great Firewall is an obvious problem for foreign Internet firms, and for the Chinese people interacting with others outside of China on these services, but it does little to limit the expressive power of Chinese people who can find other sites to express themselves in similar ways," says a new study from researchers at Harvard University. "The most extensive effort to selectively censor human expression ever implemented," the authors say, is now aimed at stifling "social mobilization" inside the wall.
As Mr. Fang steps away from the spotlight to widespread derision on the Internet in China, we recall an episode a half-century ago, when TV was the seemingly uncontrollable new medium. In 1962, then California gubernatorial candidate Richard Nixon told U.S. media he would go:
"You've had a lot of fun, a lot of fun," said Mr. Nixon. "You've had an opportunity to attack me, and I think I've given as good as I've taken. I leave you gentlemen now. And you will now write it. You will now interpret it. That's your right. But as I leave you, I want you to know, just think of how much you're going to be missing. You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore."
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Toro, toro!
We're off to Spain for 3 weeks to get inspired on a dream project I'm about to begin. It is the culmination of all my dreams.
If you reside over there e-mail me and maybe we can have a drink. And maybe you can punch me in the face! We'll be in Barcelona, Toledo, Sevilla & Madrid (in that order).
13 comments:
- Tara Billinger said...
I never been to spain but I heard its beautiful from relatives. I hope you and Sandra have an amazing time.
- September 25, 2008 at 10:22 PM
- *daisy said...
I've been to the north of spain (santiago de compostela) and it was AMAZING. The food, wine, and scenery are just insanely beautiful- the two of you will have such a great time!! ENJOY! : D
- September 26, 2008 at 12:21 AM
- Fulanita said...
What a collage, Jorge! Can't wait to see the real deal!
- September 26, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- alyssa said...
Have a wonderful time! Have a walk in Park Guell for me:)
I love your bull drawing!
- September 26, 2008 at 10:36 PM
- Alan said...
Nice! Spain sounds like a great place to get inspiration. Have fun!
- September 26, 2008 at 10:37 PM
- Jay D Smith said...
looks awesome!
have fun in spain!
- September 28, 2008 at 6:15 AM
- Mukpuddy said...
Have a great trip dude!! Can't wait to see the dream project!!!
- September 30, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- Ivan's blog said...
George, Im glad you started a blog, I am a big fan of your work. Love all the shapes in your designs.
-Ivan Aguirre
- September 30, 2008 at 1:21 PM
- Ivan's blog said...
George, Im glad you started a blog, I am a big fan of your work. Love all the shapes in your designs.
-Ivan Aguirre
- September 30, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- Matt J said...
Oh man, AWESOME bull design. That PICASSO etching is something huh? Distilling the forms down to the bare essential-u'll find ALL the inspiration you're after in Spain. Your dream project sounds interesting, good luck with it.
- October 5, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- lorelay bove said...
That's a beautiful design!
So lucky! Spain is wonderful for sure, Andalucia is beautiful! And it sure will be inspiring!
- October 8, 2008 at 6:18 PM
- Alberto Cerriteño said...
hey Jorge!!! de sobra está decirte cuanto disfruto tu trabajo, muchas felicitaciones! Me entusiasmó mucho ver tu comentario en mi blog, muchas saludos, ojalá nos veamos de nuevo pronto. Un abrazo!
- October 12, 2008 at 9:50 PM
- jacks said...
super cool stuff!
- November 13, 2008 at 7:19 PM


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Those who follow Jesus' commandment entirely, who let Jesus' yoke rest on them without resistance, will find the burden they must bear to be light. In the gentle pressure of this yoke they will receive the strength to walk the right path without becoming weary.…Where will the call to discipleship lead those who follow it? What decisions and painful separations will it entail? We must take this question to him who alone knows the answer. Only Jesus Christ, who bids us follow him, knows where the path will lead. But we know that it will be a path full of mercy beyond measure. Discipleship is joy.
Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your soul. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28–30
Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth, and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all day long. Psalm 25:4–5
Pray specifically for family, friends, and colleagues that they might clearly hear the call to discipleship (which is the call to love and justice), and that they might experience following Jesus' commandment as joy in the concrete realities of their lives.
Lord Jesus, only you know where my path will lead, but I trust that, even if I do not know either the way or the destination, you are with me and before me, and I follow you with joy.
40-Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Copyright © 2007 Augsburg Books, imprint of Augsburg Fortress.


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"It's easy for students to get caught up in shallow behaviors; what we want to do is help them find ways to break free from that cycle," said Joe Beckman, one of the Youth Frontiers presenters at RVHS said last week.
What does it mean to have respect for others, and what does it mean to have respect for yourself?
These are the questions a group of high school freshmen encountered this past Friday when Youth Frontiers visited Redwood Falls to talk about these issues.
More than 170 students from RVHS, Ced-ar Mountain and Springfield gathered together to learn about the concept of respect as part of the integration program the schools have implemented in an effort to help students learn about culture change.
"It's easy for students to get caught up in shallow behaviors," said Joe Beckman, one of the Youth Frontiers presenters. "What we want to do is help them find ways to break free from that cycle."
Beckman and Jon Herchert spent much of the day with the freshmen and other high school student leaders providing students with the tools they would need to stand up for what is right and to do it intentionally.
"Standing up and showing respect is an everyday process," said Beckman, adding the hope is after a while the students have done it so much it becomes second nature.
Youth Frontiers, which is a non-profit entity, has spent the past 25 years helping to build the character of young people through its one-day retreats, and over the years thousands of students have heard the message about making those cultural changes.
Beckman talked with the students about the chain of command in schools where students at the top of the chain often get there by making sure those at the bottom of the chain never try to climb up to the next level.
Beckman said he knows there are people in each of those schools sitting there that day who fall at different levels of the chain of command, whether they are at the bottom or the top, and he knows there are people at the top who have done things to humiliate others in order to get to the top.
"You are each here for a reason," Beckman said. "Some of you are here because you are the person at the top who has done things to get there that have pushed someone else down, and some of you are here because you have been pushed down. You all have the ability to make the kind of change necessary to make things right."
Beckman said it should never take a tragedy in any school for eyes to be open to the realities which are going on every day.
What it takes for eyes to be open is a willingness for people who are willing to stand up and help initiate the kind of change that can make a difference.
"No one has the right to put another person down," said Beckman. "So stop being such a jerk, and stop it today."
Beckman said it is important for the negative cycle to end, and the only way that can happen is if people are willing to stand up for what they know is right.
Beckman challenged the Class of 2016 to consider its legacy and to determine to finish high school strong.


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Counseling Expert Offers 10 Tips for Successful Parent-Teacher Conferencesby GDN Shared Post September 28, 2009
"A good attitude and a spirit of cooperation are the keys to successful parent-teacher conferences," says Donna Henderson, professor of counseling at Wake Forest University. "Go in expecting success," says Henderson, who has 12 years experience as a teacher and school counselor. "Go in with an attitude of collaboration and a mindset that everybody is working toward the same goal."
Henderson offers the following 10 tips for parents of students from elementary to high school on how they can make the most of parent-teacher conferences.
1. Start off on the right foot by asking teachers what excites them about teaching a particular age group or subject. Providing an opportunity for teachers to share some of their enthusiasm for what they do sets a positive tone for the discussion.
2. Parents should keep their children involved by asking them what they would like discussed with a teacher and then providing feedback after the conference. Ultimately, the child must assume responsibility for learning, while adults assume the responsibility for creating and enhancing those opportunities.
3. Parents should listen carefully to the teacher's concerns to clearly understand them. A good teacher will talk about the child's strengths and weaknesses and suggest ways to meet learning goals.
4. Ask the teacher, "What are some of the things I can do with my child that would make this subject come alive?" This can lead to some concrete examples of activities like planting a garden or visiting a museum that may reinforce classroom lessons.
5. If parents are apprehensive about meeting with a teacher to address a problem, they should turn to the school's counseling office for help. Often school counselors will meet with parents before a scheduled conference to help set goals for the meeting with the teacher. Or, the counselor can attend the conference to facilitate the discussion between parents and teachers.
6. Remember, the focus should remain on your child's success, not on arguing with the teacher. Using negotiation, listening and good people skills work better than yelling or being snide and disrespectful. Teachers deserve the respect given other professionals.
7. Clarify what the teacher expects from the child and from you before concluding the conference. If there needs to be continuing contact beyond the initial meeting, parents and teachers should establish a clear plan for doing that.
8. Parents should not commit to something they cannot do. For example, if a teacher suggests parents help their child with math assignments and they don't have the skills to do that, they should ask what other resources are available to help the child.
9. The parent-teacher conference is only one way to connect with teachers. Look for other opportunities during the school year to build a good relationship.
10. Most importantly, give teachers an opportunity to share their knowledge about how to help children learn.
"Research has consistently shown that parent involvement contributes to school success," says Henderson, co-author of the "Handbook of School Counseling." "Two people working together who have the best interest of the child in mind lead to better outcomes for students."


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A few years back we started a tradition of having a Friends Vegan Thanksgiving Potluck a week or so before the official holiday. I love this annual party because 1) I am super grateful for these excellent friends 2) It's fun to have one Thanksgiving celebration where I can eat anything and everything on the table, and 3) the food, obviously.
I must say -- as far as the food goes -- this year was the best Friends Thanksgiving ever. The food was delicious, colorful, nutritious and perfectly festive.
"N" made the Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Seared Brussels Sprouts and Tarragon Cream from Isa Does It. OMG. I loved this dish so very much. The flavors and textures together were just perfect. It was creamy and crunchy and chewy, and rich and light and fresh all at once. I went back for seconds, and then I went back for thirds, but there wasn't any left. Highly recommended!
Miss K made this fantastic dish of Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Kumquats. Who ever thought of roasting kumquats?! I must admit that I am not the world's number one Kumquat Fan, and yet I really enjoyed this combo of flavors. Plus, we were all quite pleased to be at a Thanksgiving function featuring two Brussels sprouts dishes. Clearly, we were amongst our people!
"A" brought this Corn Spoonbread, which was so delicious! I'd never had spoonbread before, but I love that name! I would describe it as a very moist and super corn-y cornbread. It was a great component to the rest of the meal, just a little sweet, not too intense, starchy and generally scrumptious.
Here's my whole plate... and you can also see A's delicious golden gravy (I was quite smitten with it!) and on the bottom you can see "S"'s Green Beans and Shallots. I didn't get a proper picture of the green beans, but it was great to have another green veggie and they were just amazing. Luckily, she made tons of them, because I had a few servings. As you can see, collectively, we did a pretty good job of putting together a potluck full of delicious and varied offerings!
And, here are the dessert goodies! I'm sorry this isn't a better picture, but once Dessert Time rolls around, I'm a little less focused on the camera and a lot more focused on the yumminess. S made an amazing Persimmon Sorbet, which was 100% persimmon - so fresh and light and naturally sweet. It was fantastic. "A" made a totally glorious Coconut Pie that was so rich and so decadent and so good. A tiny sliver was all I could handle - but I loved that tiny sliver! Miss K brought Pumpkin Pie with a nut crust and it was delicious and I was glad, because frankly, I am a traditionalist at heart and I believe in Pumpkin Pie on Thanksgiving. Lastly, "N" made a big batch of Chai Spice Snickerdoodles which were perfectly not-too-sweet and not-too-spicy. As you can see in my doodle up top, her littlest boy was just obsessed with these cookies and kept tracking them down and grabbing another one off the platter, even though "N" kept moving them out of sight and out of reach. Ha ha! He had a good time, for sure.
Even though this post is quite overdue, I really wanted to share it because the food was very fantastic, and because I am indeed so grateful to have such wonderful friends to have shared it with. Here's to another year of friendship and potlucks!


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Why do u want to know the classname of an non-existant object?
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When the class is instantiated into an object u can find the class of the object by means of get_class(). This is all u need. In case of inheritance u can use get_class($this) to get the class of the instantiated object. Now u can differentiate according to which class the object belongs to.
class A{
function A(){
$class_of_this = get_class($this);
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echo 'parent-class';
else if(strcmp($class_of_this,'B')==0)
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function B(){
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Mellody Hobson talks about debt consolidation.
You know those commercials you see that say they help you "get of debt the quick and easy way?" Debt consolidation companies can paint a very rosy picture for people who are struggling to get out of debt. And between credit cards, medical bills, and household expenses, that applies to a lot of Americans. We are addicted to credit. In fact, the average household with at least one credit card has nearly $16,000 in credit card debt.
But $16,000 is just the average. Many people are trying to cope with much higher and more overwhelming debt, and consolidation companies take away the stress of managing several credit cards and promise the end of collection calls. A lot of people in financial distress are sick of dodging calls from creditors and are seduced by the idea of "one affordable payment" every month.
Here's the catch: In essence, debt consolidation is taking out one loan to pay off many others. But you can't borrow your way out of debt, and the truth is that there simply isn't a "quick and easy way" to get out of debt. Yes, debt consolidation companies can sometimes help you pay less each month at a lower interest rate—but that's because the term of the loan is longer, which means you stay in debt longer. And the longer you stay in debt, the more you pay. These companies are in business, and they're making money off of people who are already in dire straights.
Is that unethical, even illegal?
It's a racket! In fact, The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys just issued a consumer alert at a press conference on Wednesday. Studies have found that most people who use debt consolidation services end up more deeply in debt and with worse credit scores than when they started. Although 41 state attorneys general have cited debt settlement companies as a serious problem and some have filed civil suits against them, criminal action is seldom taken. There are even companies falsely claiming to be non-profits. It's an industry rife with fraud.
So what's a debtor to do?
I know it's tempting to just hand over your credit problems to someone else to manage, but when you consolidate debt, you're treating the symptom, not the problem. You need to manage debt, not compound it. It's best to settle your debts yourself. Reign in your spending and start saving. Then call each credit card company you owe, starting with the card with the highest interest rate, and try to negotiate a lump sum payment. You'll need 25 percent to 70 percent of the total. Be sure to get a written statement from the credit card company that this is what they are accepting. If you need help, turn to credit counseling, not debt consolidation. To find a government-approved credit counseling service in your state, go to the Department of Justice's website.
What's the difference between debt consolidation and debt settlement?
As I said, debt consolidation is lumping all your debts into one new loan. You don't owe your original creditors and you might pay a lower interest rate, but you'll be paying it off over a longer period of time. Also, you might be required to secure the loan with collateral and could risk losing your home or your car.
Debt settlement is when you or a credit counselor negotiate with your creditors and offer to pay a lump sum that is somewhat less than the total amount you owe. Keep in mind you may face taxes on the amount the creditor has forgiven and your credit score may take a hit.
In both cases, of course there are some legitimate companies, but even the legitimate ones are in business to make money off of people who are already in debt. If you find yourself in a financial hole, the first thing you need to do is stop digging. The credit card industry was built on the allure of "buy now, pay later." Unfortunately, the only way out of debt is to start paying it off. Now.
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A shocking new study reveals that people who live in apartments with gas appliances could be exposed to higher levels of toxic pollutants than they would be when walking through a congested city center. The research from the University of Sheffield, revealed that our desire to keep our urban homes as warm and as energy efficient as possible can lead to pollutant levels three times higher than the outdoor environment.
For the study, the team from the Faculty of Engineering measured air quality inside and outside three residential buildings (one rural house, one apartment in the city center and one apartment located near a busy road). The house used an electric cooker, while the two apartments used gas cookers. The team found that nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels in the urban apartment were three times higher than the concentrations measured outside the property and well above those recommended in UK Indoor Air Quality Guidance.
Professor Vida Sharifi, who led the research, said of the findings: "We spend 90% of our time indoors and work hard to make our homes warm, secure and comfortable, but we rarely think about the pollution we might be breathing in. Energy is just one source of indoor pollution, but it is a significant one. And as we make our homes more airtight to reduce heating costs, we are likely to be exposed to higher levels of indoor pollution, with potential impacts on our health."
The team was specifically looking for pollutants that might have a detrimental health impact, particularly on the elderly and people with respiratory or cardiovascular problems. These included carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and solid particles small enough to penetrate into the lungs (2.5 microns in size or smaller, known as PM2.5). In both the apartment kitchens, the average particle concentrations were higher than the levels set by the Government as its objective for outdoor air quality in both London and England.
"Concerns about air quality tend to focus on what we breathe in outdoors, but as we spend most of our time indoors, we need to understand more about air pollution in our homes," wrote Professor Sharifi. "There is very little data on emission rates from different appliances or acceptable standards on indoor pollutants. Although ours was just a small study, it highlights the need for more research to determine the impact of changing housing and lifestyles on our indoor air quality."
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Construction continues at the Brickell CityCentre, a $1.05 billion project that's truly a city within a city.
Four city blocks -- bordered by SW 8th Street to the south, South Miami Avenue to the east, SW 6th Street to the north, and SW 1st Avenue to the west -- are currently under construction, and when it's complete, there will be 5,000,000-square-feet of residential, retail, office, and hotel space.
Swire Properties is building the Brickell CityCentre. Construction began in July 2012.
"At the moment, we have about 120 on-site but we are just beginning," said Swire Properties President Stephen Owens. "When we get to the peak of the project, for the better part of two years, we will have about 1,700 on site daily."
Crews are also working on a two-story underground parking structure that will connect all the buildings on the nine-acre site, including two towers with a total of 810 condominiums.
"Two residential towers of condominiums, office building here, our wellness center, which is very much focused on high-end medical tourism," said Owens. "The hotel with service apartments and all of this sits atop a three-level shopping center of 500,000-square-feet."
The Brickell CityCentre is also partnering with Bal Harbour Shops for its retail. It's also the largest LEED certified project in the U.S. complete with a 130,000-square-foot "climate ribbon."
"It allows us to have natural light in the shopping center, natural ventilation yet it protects us from rain and sun and heat," said Owens.
When the project is finished, it's projected to create 3,400 permanent jobs in Miami.
The Brickell CityCentre is expected to be finished in 2015.


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A scene from The REP's production ofLa Ronde.
The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, is presenting Arthur Schnitzler's once highly controversial La Ronde as part of its 2010–2011 season. For this year's graduating class of M.F.A. in acting students, La Ronde has offered several of them an opportunity to grow and develop as performing artists.
When La Ronde was first published in 1903, it was immediately banned for its shocking content. Schnitzler's witty 10 scenes are a sexual merry-go-round in turn-of-the-century Vienna, a bit of voyeurism on unlikely couplings. Opening in a park with a prostitute and soldier, the erotic romp then introduces the soldier with the housemaid. Which unfolds to the encounter of the housemaid and the young gentleman and after that, the young gentleman's frolic with the married woman. And so it goes until we come full circle to the brothel, home to the very first character we meet. More than a century old, La Ronde is still a timely provocative exploration of our fascination with sex.
"The play looks at human behavior as it relates to sex — how our public personas usually cannot withstand the truth about our sexual lives," said director Robin Walsh.
In addition to being the director of La Ronde, Walsh is also the director of the M.F.A. in acting program. This REP cast includes four M.F.A. students: Robyne Parrish (Actress), Gab Cody (Prostitute), Christopher Spare (Count) and Rita Reis (Young Woman).
"Having the opportunity to perform in La Ronde gives me a chance to put into practice in a supportive environment all of the work I've done here in the M.F.A. in acting program," said Cody.
As the University's professional theatre company, The REP aims to develop provocative new plays and present edgy and inspired interpretations of the classics while serving as a one-of-a-kind laboratory for artists.
"The REP has allowed me to explore new levels of performance," said Parrish.
But the M.F.A. students don't just work on their performance skills. The program also prepares its students to be able to teach at a university level.
"Point Park University has given me space to grow as an actor and an academic," said Parrish. "It is very difficult to find this combination in any other program."
The goal of the M.F.A. program is to produce well-rounded artistic professionals who are knowledgeable and experienced in performance and pedagogy. The curriculum also includes a self-study program so students can select an area of their own interest that they can concentrate on.
"Our M.F.A. is geared toward professional actors who want to return to school to primarily to be able to teach in a University setting, but also to explore creative options on how to develop the skills they've learned over the years," said Walsh. "They are a savvy, creative group from all over the country, including one from Luxembourg, and bring great experience to the Conservatory."
The M.F.A. program will be auditioning students over the next several months for the incoming 2011 class. Learn more about the M.F.A. program and how to apply.
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