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In the 2007 Food Issue, Jane Kramer writes about the cookbook author Claudia Roden. Here is a selection of Roden's recipes.
Baked Kibbeh with Onion and Pine Nut Topping
For the kibbeh base:
2⁄3 cup fine-ground bulgur
1 medium onion, cut in quarters
1 pound lean, boneless leg of lamb
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
Black pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
For the topping:
1 pound onions, sliced
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup pine nuts
Salt and black pepper
1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of ground allspice
1⁄2 to 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses (optional)
For the kibbeh base, rinse the bulgur in a fine sieve under cold running water and drain well. Purée the onion in the food processor. Add the meat, salt, pepper, and cinnamon and blend to a paste. Add the bulgur and blend to a smooth, soft paste.
With your hand, press the paste into the bottom of an oiled, round, shallow baking dish or tart dish, about 11 inches in diameter. Flatten and smooth the top and rub with 2 tablespoons oil. With a pointed knife, cut the contents into 6 wedges through the center, and run the knife round the edges of the dish. Bake in an oven preheated to 375F for about 30 minutes, until browned.
While the kibbeh base is baking, prepare the topping. Fry the sliced onions in the olive oil until they are golden brown, stirring often. Add the pine nuts and stir until lightly colored. Add a little salt and pepper, the cinnamon, and allspice and, if you like a slightly sweet-and-sour flavor (I do), the pomegranate molasses. Cook, stirring for a minute or so.
Serve the kibbeh with the topping spread over the top.
Instead of pine nuts, use 2⁄3 cup shelled walnuts, broken into pieces and, if you like, 2 tablespoons raisins soaked in water for 15 minutes and drained. (If you are using raisins, omit the pomegranate molasses.)
Add 1 tablespoon sumac to the onion topping and omit the pomegranate molasses.
2-2 1⁄2 litres (3-4 pints) chicken, rabbit, goose, duck or meat stock (see method)
Salt and black pepper
1 kg (2 lb) fresh melokhia or 120 g (4 oz) dried melokhia leaves
2-3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons butter or oil
1 tablespoon ground coriander
Cayenne pepper
To make the stock: boil a whole chicken or rabbit, half a goose, a duck, or a piece of lamb, beef or veal (suggest knuckle of beef or veal) for 2 to 3 hours, removing scum from time to time. Season with salt and pepper.
Remove the bird or piece of meat, bone it if necessary, and discard the bones.
If you are using fresh leaves, cut off the stalks. Wash and drain the leaves, and spread them out on a cloth to dry. With a mezzaluna chopper or whatever chopping knife you are used to, chop the leaves on a board until almost reduced to a purée.
If you are using dried melokhia, crush the leaves with your hands into a large bowl, or use an electric blender. Throw a little hot water over them. Let them swell until doubled in bulk, sprinkling with a little more water if necessary. (If the leaves are not brittle enough to be crushed, try drying them out by putting them in a turned-off hot oven for 5 minutes, scattered over a large baking sheet.)
Strain the stock into a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the prepared melokhia leaves and stir well. Boil for 5 to 10 minutes if fresh, and 20 to 30 minutes if dried leaves have been used.
Prepare the taklia (garlic sauce). Crush the garlic with a little salt, using more or less garlic as you prefer. Fry it in butter or oil (in Egypt samna, a clarified butter, is used). When the garlic is golden brown, add the coriander and a good pinch of cayenne pepper. Mix thoroughly to paste and fry a little longer.
Add this preparation to the soup, cover the pan tightly, and simmer for a further 2 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent the leaves from falling to the bottom, and do not overcook for the same reason. The melokhia should stay suspended throughout the stock. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
This can be served on its own first, as a soup, then accompanied by plain rice (which can be cooked in some of the stock), and finally with pieces of the meat used for making the stock, cut into serving pieces and reheated.
An embellishment if you like is to start off with a richer stock by adding 2 leeks, 2 turnips, 2 tomatoes, skinned and quartered, 1 onion and a clove of garlic at the beginning. When the stock has cooked for a few hours, remove the vegetables together with the meat, and proceed as described above.
Orange and Almond Cake
2 large oranges
6 eggs
250 g (8 oz) ground almonds
250 g (8 oz) sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
Butter and flour, for cake tin
Wash and boil the oranges (unpeeled) in a little water for nearly 2 hours (or 1⁄2 hour in a pressure cooker). Let them cool, then cut them open and remove the pips. Turn the oranges into a pulp by rubbing them through a sieve or by putting them in an electric blender.
Beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add all the other ingredients, mix thoroughly and pour into a buttered and floured cake tin with a removable base if possible. Bake in a preheated moderately hot oven (190**{: .small}C/375**F/Mark 5) for about 1 hour. If it is still very wet, leave it in the oven for a little longer. Cool in the tin before turning out. This is a very moist cake that may serve as a dessert.
Ceremonial Rice Pudding with Aniseed
120 g (4 oz) ground rice
1.3 litres (2 1⁄4 pints) water
8 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon caraway seed
1 teaspoon fennel seed
1 teaspoon aniseed
Pinch of ground ginger
To decorate: chopped blanched almonds, pistachios, toasted pine nuts, hazelnuts, whichever are available
Mix the ground rice to a smooth paste with some of the cold water. Add sugar, caraway seed, fennel seed and aniseed, and mix well. (The spices can be used in powdered form if more convenient.) Bring the remaining water to the boil in a large saucepan with an inch of ginger. Add the ground rice paste gradually, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil again, then allow to simmer, stirring occasionally. Cook until it thickens, about 1 hour. Pour into individual serving bowls or a large glass bowl, allow to cool and chill until ready to serve.
Serve decorated generously with patterns of chopped blanched almonds, toasted pine nuts, chopped pistachio nuts and hazelnuts. Use all or any that are available.

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WASHINGTON — A high school student from Texas has won a $100,000 scholarship for a developing a computer algorithm that helps robots navigate around obstacles, an algorithm that could be used in applications like driverless cars.
The Siemens Foundation announced the winners of its annual science competition for high school students during a ceremony in Washington on Tuesday. Top individual honors went to 17-year-old Kensen Shi of College Station, Texas. He combined two previous algorithms into a new and more efficient one that helps robots find a safe path around obstacles.
Shi, a senior at A&M Consolidated High School, said his algorithm could also be used in robots in factories and in animation and video game design to create more realistic motion for virtual characters.
Top team honors went to a trio of students from George W. Hewlett High School in Hewlett, N.Y., for their research on a protein linked to tumor formation. Seniors Jeremy Appelbaum, William Gil and Allen Shin, all 17, will share a $100,000 scholarship.
Six individuals and six teams were competing for awards. The students were the winners of regional competitions.
The runners-up in the team and individual competitions went home with $50,000 scholarships. Jiayi Peng, 17, a senior at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, N.Y., won second place for her work building and studying a model that simulates the neuron network in the brain. Peng, the only female competing for individual honors, said she's interested in studying math or physics in college.
Second place team honors went to Daniel Fu and Patrick Tan of Indiana, who created new math techniques that make it easier to analyze networks of genes and proteins in the body. The networks are responsible for body rhythms involved in things like sleep.
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All lightning on Earth may have its roots in space, new research suggests.
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- Moth found to have ultrasonic hearing
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- Cosmic rays may spark Earth's lightning
The 16-year-old juniors got the idea for their project after watching the 2010 movie "Inception," which is about sleep and dreams.
The Siemens Foundation is a philanthropic arm of Siemens USA, which is a subsidiary of German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG. The Siemens Competition began in 1998. This year more than 1,500 projects were submitted to the competition, which is funded by the Siemens Foundation and administered by the College Board.
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Hosier is charged in the deaths of 61-year-old Rodney Gilpin and his wife, 45-year-old Angela Gilpin. They died in September 2009 after being shot several times in Angela Gilpin's Jefferson City apartment, a block from Hosier's home.
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Captain's Report
By Captain Steve
Shock And Awe
We can always see the logic behind a builder coming out with a smaller boat. It's more affordable, usually entry-level for any given category, and it can build brand loyalty. But anyone who gets into the under 20' (6.09 m) market is going to have to deal with some pretty tough customers, and I'm not talking about the competition, but they're tough, too. People in this market are notorious for making sure that they are getting the most bang for the buck.The "shock" came when I first saw the new Yamaha had but a single engine, not only that but it was the same one that was part of the twin-engine system that powered Yamaha's larger watercraft. The "awe" came later, after I tested the boat and looked over the speed numbers, time to plane and 0-to-30 numbers on my clipboard. But more on that below.
A Single Jet Drive
With the 190 Series, Yamaha has kept the trademark sportboat handling characteristics. Further, the two new 19' (5.79 m) models are feature-loaded. But the one thing that separates the two new Yamaha models from most of the other boat models on the market is that it is powered by a single jet drive. Single jet drives have been tried before and there are even a couple on the market today, but for Yamaha to build a single -- given its success in the 20' to 24' market -- had me excited to how it would perform. Could the Yamaha SX190 become another giant-killer? The first boat of this two-boat series that I looked at was the AR190 with the wakeboard tower. Not only was Yamaha introducing a single jet drive boat, but it was going to make one model for pulling a wakeboarder, which is one of the most difficult tasks to ask a small boat to do.
First Things First
Since it's rarely prudent to jump aboard and head off, let's take a look at the layout of this newest launch. As I started my look-see at the bow, I noticed that there's the usual seating, two loungers and a forward pad. But under that forward cushion wasn't the usual uselessly small storage compartment. This one had an anchor locker with brackets to hold a Danforth in place. That's a rarity on many 19' (9.8 m) boat.
Between the bow cushions I measured 18.5" (47 cm) and while that's more than I've seen in some boats, it's still not enough to sit facing each other without knocking knees so you'll still be sitting in the lounging position. While stretched out I measured 13" (32 cm) of height to keep you secure, and a stainless grab handle. Under the cushions I found the usual storage space.
The Walkthrough
Between the dual consoles is a walk space measuring 20" (50.8 cm) across. I've seen this space as low as 16" (41 cm) on 19' (9.8 m) boats. The walkthrough windshield is held open against blowing winds by a snap and strap. There is no air dam to block the wind below the center windshield. To port is console storage that continues forward under the port bow seating, which means that you can even store skis in this compartment.
You'll likely just use the sole storage locker for skis. Yamaha carries the 8' (2.4 m) beam well forward, and this is how Yamaha is able to allow for 20" (50.8 cm) of space between the consoles. The sole storage hatch is cut almost to the sides of the console, allowing for a wide entry to the compartment itself. The hatch cover is supported by a gas strut, the opening is gasketed all around, and a gutter channels water away from the opening.
The Helm
Yamaha went with the simplistic mindset for the 190 helm and I think that's always a good idea. The more basic things are, the fewer problems you're likely to have with them. Here, there are only two gauges, but Yamaha stepped up and added a digital multi-function gauge to the tach which allows you to scroll through a myriad of parameters including gph, time to empty, distance to empty, fuel remaining… etc. Above the sunscreen is a small eyebrow to add shade, but the digital gauge is readable in direct sunlight. (I was happy to see that eyebrow is slightly curved as opposed to high and pointy as I've seen in other Yamahas.) Below and to the left of the standard tilt wheel are rocker switches for the blower and bilge pump with circuit breakers right beside. To the right are switches for the courtesy lights, nav lights, and horn as well as the switch for "no wake" and "cruise" mode. The single engine control is mounted on a 20-degree angle but the shaft is long enough to remain comfortable and easy to use from either the seated position or up on the bolster.
Forward Visibility
The comfortable captain's seat wraps around, has an open back for better ventilation on hot days, it swivels and slides, and has a flip-up bolster. From the seated position, my line of sight was just above the windshield frame, and of course on the bolster, I was looking well above it.
Here again, you can see how the sole storage hatch goes right to the sides of the consoles. The helm is appropriately very basic and the tilt wheel and bucket seat with bolster are standard.
Cockpit Seating and the Spotter
It's very unusual for a boat in this size range to have "J" seating, and it's only possible with Yamaha's proprietary low profile engine that eliminates the need for a bulky engine box that takes up so much space. What would be the aft facing observer's seat is not really able to be used while facing aft do to the windshield hitting the back of your head, and a grab handle hitting your lower back. For that reason, the observer will be sitting facing the captain on the 190 and that also has another advantage. Now the observer can more easily glance at the course ahead and see when the boat is about to reach the end of the run and alert the guy or gal on the towline that the boat is about to turn. Under the observer's position is open space that begs for a cooler on a slide-out tray. Enclosed storage is underneath the seats to either side of the engine hatch seat. Snap-in carpeting can be seen all around. I'd like to see the center aft cushion be reversible to a carpeted side so that we have a non-skid entrance to the cockpit from the aft platform. Currently, you're resigned to stepping on the cushions which, being a neatnik, I would rather avoid if possible.
The Engine and Engine Compartment
It's still surprising to see a single engine on a Yamaha sportboat but there it is: A single 1812cc, four-stroke, four-cylinder, High Output, Yamaha marine engine. It's important to note that this is a purpose-built engine, not a marinized car engine, and the fact that it's built by Yamaha means that the company that stands behind your boat also stands behind your engine and drive.
The layout of the compartment lends itself to easy maintenance. The dipstick is in the front of the engine and colored yellow for visibility. The oil filter is to the side and the air filter is mounted forward. A white hose runs next to the engine (at right) and its mission is to divert cockpit water out the transom. That's a nice touch, and a nice departure to the practice of simply channeling water into the bilge that I often see in boats in this class. (I have seen enough boats sink at their mooring during a thunderstorm to know that sometimes the battery for the automatic bilge pump will simply run out of juice before the rain stops.)
Handsome Transom
Anyone who is familiar with Yamaha boats will be equally familiar with the award-winning transom seating layout. It's flat-out the coolest spot to hang out and watch the water, or the kids swimming off the stern. With comfortable seat backs, two levels of deck, drink holders, and a partridge in a pear tree, there's little more to want.
It's a rare occurrence, but once in awhile you may find that you ran your Yamaha through grass or seaweed. If you should clog your jet pump, then it used to be a chore to shut down, get in the water, and swim under the boat to unclog the port. Yamaha fixed that with a clean-out port that is accessed via a hatch in the upper deck of the transom seating. Once the hatch is opened, an engine cutoff switch engages to cut power to the engine. Then, you simply reach into the pump and pull out the weeds, replace the safety plug, and go on your merry way.
Performance and Handling
So now we get to the meat of things and see if this single engine has the stones to get this boat where we need it to be. Top speed came in at 7400 rpm and was 43.2 mph. At that speed the 190 was burning 11.9 gph while getting 3.65 mpg for a range of 98 miles. Best cruise came in at 6000 rpm and 28.4 mph. Now we were burning only 6.3 gph while getting 4.51 mpg for a range of 122 miles. With the single engine, acceleration was not as fast as the larger twin-engine boats in the Yamaha line, but still faster when compared with other boats in its single-engine class. We reached planing speed in only 3.3 seconds and accelerated through 30 mph in 6.8 seconds. In case you didn't know it, this is fast, folks.
Because the impeller doesn't really load up the engine at the high revs, I find that the 190 didn't lose rpm in the turns but it did bleed off speed. If you continue the hard turn then you'll bleed off enough speed to "spin out" and then you can take off in the other direction. The 3/4 turn wheel has a lot to do with this exhilarating turning performance, and it's difficult to ease off and just make a gradual turn. I'd like to see the wheel do more than 3/4 turn to make cruising turns easier, but the truth is, you'll be cranking and banking all day anyway.
Towing -- The Moment of Truth
Ok, the new 190 performs great on her own, but does she have the power to jump a heavy wake dude and his board up on the water without a long painful drag?To find out I fetched a board and an eager 200-lb. wake dude. And just to do it the hard way, I decided to use the SX version without the tower.
Sure enough, that high output engine popped the boarder up in no time. I could feel the boat surge slightly when he got up, but it all happened lickety-split. Then my boarder started showing off, doing jumps, spins, and anything else he wanted. Is it good enough for competition? Probably not, but this is not a competition boat. It's an entry level bowrider that is able to tow with the standard single engine -- something that says volumes about the propulsion system and the boat itself. In fact, I wonder why I am even using the term "entry level". This boat will be fun for anyone and will obviously be the second or third boat in the stable for a number of people I know.
Available Options
As I toured the two 190s I noticed a lot of items that have a permanent address in the some of the competition's options list. Items like snap-in carpeting, no wake and cruise mode, Bimini top… it begged the question, how much of this is optional on the 190s? So, I asked. The answer is… wait for it… "none." Everything on this boat is standard, including the color-matched painted trailer, and there are no options. Period. That's the way Yamaha does business.This is one of the ways that Yamaha is able to keep the price down. If you want different features, you move to a different boat model. This SX190 is a prime example. What if you want to get a wakeboard tower? Well it's no problem; you just have to get an AR190. It's the same boat with a tower attached. In my opinion Yamaha seems to have hit yet another one out of the park with their newest and smallest offering. My concerns about the single engine performance were unfounded and it not only performed well, but turned out to be a terrific watersports platform.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Yamaha SX190 (2019-) is 43.2 mph (69.5 kph), burning 11.9 gallons per hour (gph) or 45.04 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Yamaha SX190 (2019-) is 23.4 mph (37.7 kph), and the boat gets 4.46 miles per gallon (mpg) or 1.9 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 120 miles (193.12 kilometers).
- Tested power is 1 x 1812cc High Output Yamaha Marine.
Standard and Optional Features
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|Shore Power
Exterior Features
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Bimini Top
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PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Americans give a higher favorable rating to both President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, a post-election USA Today/Gallup poll indicated.
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The poll -- conducted Nov. 9-12 -- found Obama has a 58 percent favorable rating, up from 55 percent in a poll conducted Nov. 1-2. Romney's favorable rating in the new poll is 50 percent, up from 46 percent Nov. 1-2.
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Alexander Ma leads the Crimson with a 9-0 record in 2011-12 (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 5 Harvard men's squash team will host a pair of Ivy League contests this weekend at the Murr Center. The Crimson will take on No. 9 Penn Saturday at 1 p.m. and No. 3 Princeton Sunday at 2 p.m. in the team's first contests since Dec. 4.
No. 5 Harvard
The Crimson is off to a 9-0 start overall, 1-0 mark in Ivy action, and has swept eight of its first nine opponents. Twenty Harvard student-athletes have combined to open the year with a 76-1 overall record in individual matches. Alexander Ma leads the Crimson with nine wins, including five in the No. 4 spot, while Brandon McLaughlin leads in the No. 1 position with a 4-0 mark.
Last Time Out
Harvard had a busy weekend Dec. 2-4 before taking over a month off. The Crimson defeated NYU Dec. 2, Amherst, MIT and Boston College Dec. 3, and Northeastern and Boston University Dec. 4. Harvard blanked all six of its opponents during the three-day span and completed the rare feat of winning a home, away and neutral-site match in the same day (Dec. 3). The Crimson started the day with a home win over Amherst before winning at MIT and taking down Boston College on neutral courts at MIT.
Record Run
The Harvard men's squash team has a chance to add to its history this weekend, as the Crimson has won a program record seven consecutive matches by shutout scores. Harvard blanked Northeastern and Boston University by 9-0 tallies Dec. 4 to surpass the previous mark of six set by the 2004-05 Crimson.
Student Rewards Game
The match on Sunday is part of the Harvard Student Rewards program. Harvard students in attendance can swipe in to earn $1 of Crimson Cash and entry into the winter grand prize drawing for an iPad 2.
No. 9 Penn
The Quakers have started the 2011-12 campaign with a 3-1 overall record and 0-1 mark in Ivy League play. Penn's lone blemish came to Ivy rival Princeton, 9-0, Dec. 3. Penn boasts wins over No. 10 Williams, No. 15 Navy and No. 29 Drexel during the young season. The Quakers returned six letterwinners from the 2010-11 squad, which finished 6-9 overall and 1-5 in the Ivy League.
The Crimson leads the all-time series with Penn, 68-2, and has not dropped a match to the Quakers in the last 32 meetings since 1979.
No. 3 Princeton
Princeton, which is led by 2010-11 CSA national individual champion Todd Harrity, is 6-0 overall and 1-0 in the Ivy League. Harrity is 6-0 this season while leading the Tigers in the No. 1 position in each contest, and has won 26 straight matches. Most recently, Princeton downed No. 4 Rochester, 6-3, despite missing 2010-11 All-American Kelly Shannon and four-year starter David Pena from its lineup.
Harvard leads the all-time series with Princeton, 55-24, but the Tigers have won the last eight meetings between the two teams dating back to 2005.
Next Up
The Crimson steps out of Ivy play to travel to No. 1 Trinity Jan. 21. The Bantam men's squash team has won 250 matches in a row, the longest winning streak in intercollegiate sports history, dating back to the 1998 CSA Finals.


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We are undergoing a website redesign, so we'd like the logo to include a primary color from the attached screenshot. Specifically, the color we are targeting is a shade of blue as follows:
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Rare freaky fish found in Canadian Arctic
What is that?
According to a researcher at a Canadian university, it is a rarely seen fish from the arctic.
Nigel Hussey, a researcher who works with the Ocean Tracking Network tells CBC News, that the fish is a mysterious breed known as a "long-nosed chimaera." The photo of this fish–which has only been caught one other time– has gone viral across the Internet.
The fish was reeled in by a fishing boat along the Davis Strait in Nunavut, the northernmost territory in Canada and was mistaken as another breed of fish known as a goblin shark.
"Only one of these fish has previously been documented from the Hudson Strait," Hussey said to CBC. "Potentially, if we fish deeper, maybe between 1,000 and 2,000 meters [3,000 to 6,000 feet], we could find that's there's actually quite a lot of them there. We just don't know."
The freaky find displays characteristics from relative breeds of Sharks and Stingrays with a tail like a whip and a long, pointed nose and can grow to over three feet in length.


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The UConn football recruiting class includes 24 players. Here are their official bios provided by the Huskies' sports information office:
Michael Boland: Projected to be a defensive lineman at Connecticut…as a senior, won both the offensive and defensive Hookey Reap award for the top lineman in Lackawanna (Pa.) County…was also all-region and all-state as an offensive lineman…blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers on team...had 67 tackles, 14 sacks and 14 tackles for loss in senior year…was all-region in junior year as an offensive lineman…team went 14-2 in senior season…advanced to championship game of Class A of PIAA tournament…was also team's kicker and scored 32 points…born August 18, 1994.
Tim Boyle: Was named Connecticut High School Coaches' Association Player of the Year…named first team All-State by the New Haven Register and All-Hartford Courant…named All-Southern Connecticut Conference as a senior…threw for nearly 2,500 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior as team won state Class LL championship for the third-straight season…also rushed for 295 yards on 60 carries for five TDs...was one of three finalists for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Connecticut Player of the Year Award along with fellow UConn signee Matt Walsh…as a junior, shared starting duties and threw for 850 yards and 15 TDs in six games…born October 3, 1994.
Chris Britton: Had more than 125 tackles in senior season…team went 11-3 in senior season and advanced to quarterfinals of Pennsylvania Class AAAA playoffs… named to the Pennsylvania roster for the Big 33 All-Star Game on June 15 in Hershey, Pa…missed most of junior year with an injury…also plays basketball…born December 16, 1994.
Dhameer Bradley: Enrolled at UConn for spring 2013 semester…attended Red Lion Christian Academy (Bear, Del.) for three years and then Eastern Christian Academy (Elkton, Md.) for senior year…had 13 receptions for 156 yards and one TD as team played a limited schedule…also played basketball at Red Lion…honor roll student…born March 3, 1995.
Foley Fatukasi: Had 78 tackles as a senior with ten sacks…named Second Team All-Queens/Long Island by the New York Daily News as a senior… will play in Empire Challenge All-Star Game in June…team reached PSAL Bowl Division finals in sophomore year and was 6-3 in junior year...was limited to just two games in junior year because of injury…first player from Beach Channel High School to go directly to a FBS school…born March 4, 1995.
Jordan Fuchs: Had 27 receptions for 374 yards as a senior…did not play football until the start of his junior year of high school…was named second team All-City by MSG Varsity…as a junior had 25 receptions for 492 yards and nine TDs…also an outstanding basketball player who plays at some high school as current Husky men's basketball player Omar Calhoun…Former UConn women's basketball All-American Sue Bird also attended same high school…born October 26, 1994.
Javon Hadley: Earned All-Dade County Honorable Mention…was invited to three different postseason all-star games…two-time Florida Prep Player of the Week as a senior…born September 19, 1994.
Sha'ki Holines: Was named to the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association "Super 26" All-State Team…had 50 tackles as a senior with one interception and a fumble recovery…was named Springfield Republican Division II All-Scholastic first team as a junior and senior…had 80 tackles in 2013, with 29 for a loss…made 13 receptions for 262 yards…as a junior, had 122 tackles and was team's defensive MVP with six sacks…as a tight end, made 27 receptions for 287 yards and three TD …team went 8-5 in junior year and played in Division II Super Bowl…as a senior, team advanced to semifinals of Division II…born November 18, 1994.
Tommy Hopkins: Named to the New York State Sportswriters Association Class B First Team…also played defense and made 61 tackles with 5.5 sacks…was named to the 2012 Journal-News Super 11 team…school advanced to Class B state semifinals in sophomore year and was a starter…born July 15, 1994.
Cory Jasudowich: Was named to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class B All-New England team…was a four-year starter on both offense and defense…projected to be a college linebacker…team went 7-2 in senior year and played in the Tom Flaherty Bowl…his class had an overall record of 29-6 and won two bowls games…played for Team USA in International Bowl on February 5 in Austin, Texas…born September 20, 1994.
Junior Joseph: Projected to be a linebacker at UConn after playing both LB and tight end in high school….was named PIAA Class AAA First Team All-State as a senior by Pennsylvania Football News and the Pennsylvania Sports Writers… had 79 tackles as a senior with 17 tackles for a loss...also had five receptions for 63 yards as a senior…team was 13-2 in senior season and advanced to semifinals of PIAA Class AAAA semifinals…as a junior had 59 tackles with 9.0 for a loss and also two touchdown receptions...team was 12-2 and advanced to state semifinals…had 19 tackles as a sophomore...born September 7, 1994.
Brian Lemelle: Named Parade Magazine All-America Honorable Mention…Pennsylvania career record holder in receptions (269) and receiving yardage (4,529) while his career TDs (38) is second…was named the Pennsylvania Sports News Class AAA Offensive Player of the Year…had 91 receptions as a senior for 1,546 yards and 11 TDs…also returned punts and kickoffs and was team's punter…team went 14-1 in senior season and advanced to PIAA Class AAA tournament…as a junior, had 93 receptions for 1,630 yards and 13 TDs…team was 13-3 and played in championship game of AAA bracket…had 70 receptions for 1,223 yards and 11 TDs as a sophomore and team was 13-3 and played in AAA championship game, losing by one point…named to the Pennsylvania roster for the Big 33 All-Star Game on June 15 in Hershey, Pa. …played for the winning North team in the Chesapeake Bowl…had three receptions for 98 yards in that contest…born March 31, 1994.
Thomas Lucas: Played in Maryland Crab Bowl game on Dec. 21…was named second team All-Montgomery County 4-A as a senior… had 57 tackles and two interceptions as a junior…team went 9-2 in junior season and earned a Maryland 4A North playoff berth…born November 21, 1994.
Josh Marriner: Was named First Team All-Tidewater by the Virginian Pilot...rushed for 2,168 yards as a senior on 253 carries with 24 rushing touchdowns and 26 total touchdowns…had two receptions – both for touchdowns…also made 27 tackles on defense with eight for a loss…had 298 yards of kickoff return yardage…team was 9-3 in senior year and advanced to second round of Virginia Division Six tournament…gained 417 yards in single game on 20 carries against Great Bridge in late October…the game was ten yards short of the South Hampton Roads single-game record..1,898 regular season yards in 2012 is fourth in South Hampton Roads' all-time list…Southeastern District and Eastern Region Offensive Player of the Year...born April 25, 1995.
Tommy Myers: Four-year letterman, three-year starter and team captain…was starting tight end, defensive end/safety and punter/kicker…had 27 receptions for 529 yards and seven TDs as a senior… earned First Team All-Hartford Courant as a senior and second team all-state honors from the New Haven Register…had 15 receptions for team that earned a spot in the Class L playoffs as a junior… was honorable mention All-Hartford Courant in junior year…three-time all-conference pick…also plays basketball and track and field…two-time Class S state champion in the javelin and won New England title in 2011…also four-year starter in basketball and averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds a game as a junior earning second team all-state honors…honor roll student…father Norm played football at UConn from 1981-84 while his mother Peggy (Walsh) was a women's basketball player from 1982-86 at UConn with 1,413 career points and 937 rebounds, which still ranks fifth in school history…born June 26, 1995.
Kyle Schafenacker: Starting left tackle on team that won Florida 7A state championship as a senior…was named Florida High School Athletic Association 7A First Team All-State…team had 604 yards of total offense in 41-25 win over Tallahassee Lincoln for title…team went 13-2 in senior season and ended with a ten-game winning streak…team won district title in 2010 and 2012 and also state title in 2010…born July 4, 1995.
Jalen Stevens: Had 126 tackles in senior year with six sacks…team advanced to state semifinals in senior year…earned all-county honors from the (Goose Creek/Hanahan) Gazette and was second team as a junior…team went 14-1 in junior year and won South Carolina Class AAA-Division II championship…born October 17, 1994.
Cole Ormsby: Had 85 tackles in his senior season and led the state with 17 sacks…in senior year, team advanced to Class L championship game…had nine tackles and two sacks in two different games…made two sacks in Class L semifinals victory…named All-Central Connecticut Conference and Connecticut High School Coaches Association All-Defense…named Hartford Courant Defensive Player-of-the-Year and all-state by the New Haven Register and the Walter Camp Football Foundation…also played offense at the end position…as a junior, made 64 tackles with 13 sacks…team advanced to semifinals of Class L playoffs…born October 20, 1995.
Cameron Stapleton: Was team captain as a senior…was team Defensive MVP in both junior and senior seasons…had 39 tackles as a senior with nine sacks and had 33 tackles with six sacks in junior year…as a sophomore in 2010, had 28 tackles with five sacks...will play in Empire Challenge All-Star Game in June…born August 11, 1994.
Kivon Taylor: Team captain as a senior and quarterback at Grady High School in Atlanta…selected to play in the 2012 Georgia All-Star Game…honored as a USA Academic All-America Team…named to the 2013 FBU International All-Star Game…led team to a 2012 GHSA AAAA Playoff appearance and a 9-4 record.
Noel Thomas: Was named to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class C All-New England team…named by MSG Varsity as its Connecticut Player of the Year… was team captain and MVP at St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Conn.….team was 8-1 in senior year and advanced to Fairfield Athletic Association championship game…also won NEPSAC Class C championship with a victory in the Dan Rorke Bowl… wide receiver, running back and quarterback in senior year….had 2,000 yards of offense with 25 touchdowns in senior year…for his career, had 4,888 yards of offense with 53 TDs…head coach at St. Luke's is his father, Noel Thomas, Sr. …born September 18, 1994.
Quinn Thompson: Will play tight end at Connecticut…named First Team Class AAA All-State by Pennsylvania Football News…was a quarterback and defensive lineman as a senior with 226 passing yards for two TDs…rushed for 721 yards with seven TDs…had four games with 100 yards of rushing or more…made 21 tackles on defense with a sack…team had a 9-3 record as a senior and earned a spot in the Pennsylvania Class AAA playoffs…had nine catches for 250 yards and six TDs as a junior with 80 carries for 292 yards and five TDs..on defense had 80 tackles for seven sacks…attended same high school as '11 and '12 UConn captain Blidi Wreh-Wilson...also plays basketball…born August 9, 1994.
Matt Walsh: Named the New Haven Register All-State Most Valuable Player and All-Hartford Courant…named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Connecticut High School Coaches' Association all-state teams…was one of three finalists for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Connecticut Player of the Year Award along with fellow UConn signee Tim Boyle…projected to play fullback at UConn…scored five rushing TDs in win over Xavier and had a total of ten for the season…had 182 tackles in senior year with three sacks…had 15 tackles, 10 solo, and forced two fumbles in state Class L championship game in 2012…team went 13-0 in junior and senior years and won state Class L title both seasons…as a junior had 100 tackles as a linebacker and two sacks…earned New Haven Register All-Area honors as a junior…born April 4, 1995.
Chasz Wright: Projected to play offensive tackle at Connecticut…had 55 tackles as a senior with seven sacks and two caused fumbles…team went 11-3 in senior season and advanced to semifinals of state playoffs in Class 6…as a junior made 29 tackles with a sack…team went 11-1 and advanced to state quarterfinals…also plays basketball…born March 18, 1995.


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On hatari 2.0, configured as falcon with TOS 4.04
I am trying to create an hard-drive image used as an IDE drive.
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Towards A Better New York
To promote civil rights and fight discrimination, the Funds have successfully convinced a number of Fortune 1000 companies to amend their employment policies and include protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
[Comment: On New York City]
This Saturday will mark my 100th day as New York City Comptroller. It's been an incredible ride. I'm energized by the achievements thus far, intent on strengthening public confidence in government and appreciative of my top-flight leadership team who have brought more than just their formidable resumes, but really an unwavering commitment to getting things done.
We move each day knowing that this office should be measured not by rhetoric, but by results. And so for this
morning, let's just put aside the political prose, and let me cut right to the chase and report to you how we've sharpened and used the tools of the Comptroller's Office since January 1.
To root out waste and inefficiencies, I've restructured the office and elevated the audit functions as its own department. I've empowered it under a newly created Deputy Comptroller position, to be the most aggressive and active in recent memory. To date, we have completed 13 audits and initiated another 14 — and, in the process, identified many millions in savings in New York City government.
Already, one of the audits has uncovered $8 million dollars in lost revenue at a City agency due to careless accounting practices. Another audit has uncovered poor procurement practices that paid out nearly $152 million through non-contracted, unwritten "handshake" agreements.
To eliminate undue influence or even the perception thereof, we've started in our own house and asked everyone in the Comptroller's Office to raise the bar for all of New York City government, implementing a total, no-gift policy for all employees within the office– yes, of course, including myself. And no, not even a cup of coffee.
To maximize pension investments, we brought on a seasoned investment professional — Larry Schloss — to serve as the Chief Investment Officer. And, working with Trustees, we have proposed far-reaching reforms to eliminate pay-to-play, and to ensure both best practices and the highest integrity in our investment-making process.
Larry and I are certainly mindful that should the Funds underperform, the shortfalls will have to be shouldered by our taxpayers. As such, we've already terminated a number of investment managers due to poor performance. Their allocations were redirected to other asset classes and investment managers where the expected return on investment is higher. And, in several cases, we've renegotiated the management fees for more favorable terms on behalf of our pension funds.
To demand accountability to shareholders, and to ensure that corporate contributions are aligned with shareholder interests, we worked together with the Bank of America to disclose and publish its political expenditures online. And, by doing so, the Bank of America is now helping to lead the way toward restoring public confidence in Wall Street.
To strengthen government spending accountability, we launched "My Money NYC", a powerful online tool to provide unparalleled access to the City's finances. It happens to be one of the most comprehensive initiatives of its kind in the nation, and will soon allow New Yorkers to view – indeed, shed light – on every single City expenditure. Yes, it will satiate curiosities, possibly even some of yours. But more importantly — for City government — the spotlight on our finances will create both inherent incentives for proper conduct, as well as disincentives from potential abuse.
To stop out-of-control projects, we've tossed out the rubber-stamp that accepts mediocrity and the status quo. We rejected a "moneypit" contract associated with the CityTime project — the cost of which has mushroomed from an original $68 million dollar estimate to now more than $738 million dollars.
To get a better deal for taxpayers while meeting the infrastructure needs of tomorrow, we've sold over $3.9 billion dollars in bonds, including the first-ever competitively-bid "Build America Bond" sale. I've always said it's important to competitively bid our bonds every so often to make sure that we are indeed getting the best rates.
To further save taxpayers money, we completed two refinancings which generated over $60 million in present value savings.
To promote civil rights and fight discrimination, the Funds have successfully convinced a number of Fortune 1000 companies to amend their employment policies and include protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
And to ensure equal opportunities, we've undertaken a thorough review of City agencies' performance under Local Law 129, specifically with regard to eliminating significant disparities in government contracting opportunities for minority- and women-owned business enterprises.
To protect hard working New Yorkers, we've insisted on compliance with prevailing wage laws, collected hundreds of thousands in back wages and penalty fines from municipal contractors and debarred companies who just don't want to play by the rules.
To secure capital funds for public schools, we successfully argued for a 100% subsidy rate for Qualified School Construction Bonds. This essentially serves as a zero-interest financing tool for the construction, repair and rehabilitation of our public schools.
And to improve the public school system itself, we've started by examining the process for school closures, including a detailed audit of the Department of Education's School Progress Reports.
And finally, to examine publicly-subsidized economic development, I've launched a Task Force to draft a framework on a more effective and equitable process to guide such development. Public benefit agreements have too often proven to be great tasting but less filling.
They are in need of mechanisms to ensure a fairer and more predictable process for developers, and to ensure that the promised benefits to the public and community — such as jobs, housing, parks — actually get delivered.
These are some highlights of our accomplishments since January 1. But make no mistake: there is still a lot more work to do. Every day, I am grateful to New Yorkers for this incredible opportunity to serve.
The Commentary was excerpted from the Keynote address Comptroller of New York City John Liu made at a Breakfast Forum hosted by Crain's New York Business and the Partnership for New York City.
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The purpose of the fourth volume of our "In-Depth" instructional series is to help the sea kayaker successfully negotiate their way through the surf zone while launching and landing. Even though there are some surfing demonstrations in sea kayaks, our focus is learning how NOT to surf and remain in control. A full list of flat water drills and skills are demonstrated to prepare you for the surf zone.
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I posted this on the Crown forum at CrownAudio.com but they all seem to be asleep or not interested. (In fairness, Crown's David Glass appears to be on vacation.) So here goes:
I've recently added some "new" old JBL speakers to my inventory and have considered how to accomodate their power needs. I currently own an original Crown D150, (2) D150A-IIs, and a DC300A-II. According to Crown specs the D150A-IIs will put out 315w @ 8 ohms in bridged mode versus the 300's 175w/channel in stereo mode. I distinctly remember inquiring at Crown a few years ago when I considered running two 150s in bridged mode versus buying a 300 to use in stereo to power my L112s and was told to just get a 300. Given that I now have the amps to go either way, what are the benefits and/or disadvantages to one set-up over the other? I also may end up with an electronic crossover at some time, if that changes the ideal configuration.
The speakers are JBL L150A with a max-power rating of 300w. I'm currently powering a very early 16-ohm JBL 030 system (in the family since I was two-years-old) with the DC300 (yeah, overkill but it sounds 'better' than the D150! ). My original "faceless" D150 has been powering a similar-to-L150A JBL L112 pair for over twenty years with great results but who knew I could use 300 watts per side with these things? Is the DC300A-II output cleaner in stereo mode than the D150A-II in bridged? Can Crown's power specs be wrong?


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After Sparking Outrage, Amazon Removes 'Straight Pride' Pin from Site
A U.K.-based company removed a controversial "straight pride" pin from its website and from Amazon after some shoppers took issue with the badge, Newsweek reports.
Amazon users found the "Straight Heterosexual Pride Wavy Gold Plated Flag Pin Badge" on the site, which was being sold by a company called 1000 Flags. The pin would set you back about $8 USD. Both 1000 Flags and Amazonhave nixed the flag from their sites.
Newsweek reports some users were properly outraged at the flag, leaving one-star reviews and calling it "terrible" and "anti-LGBT." One user reportedly asked if a purchase of the pin "come[s] with a KKK membership?"
Twitter users were quick to poke fun at the "straight pride" pin, pointing out its dull flag colors.


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"Mattiusi Iyaituk began sculpting at age fourteen, following in the footsteps of his father, Markusi, and his brother Nutaraaluk, who were both sculptors. Until the late 1970s, he created figurative pieces, but he changed direction after encountering the work of Inuit artist Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok and British sculptor Henry Moore. In 1984 a Canada Council grant allowed Iyaituk, then a policeman, to give up police work and devote himself to a fulltime career as an artist. In 1996 he became president of the Inuit Art Foundation and remained in that position for sixteen years. He is one of the few Inuit artists to have traveled extensively, teaching workshops, for example, in Siberia and China.
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Case Studies
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Arturo Medrano
is presenting some of his incredible collages in person at Cairo August 16 at 6 pm. At 8 there will be music from Nerve City, Aykut Ozen, and Case Studies Electric Band.
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June 22 - Tractor Tavern w/ Horse Feathers, Pretty Broken Things
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
"This is Another Life"
Here are the lyrics for the songs of the next album. Punctuation is a little spotty
This beautiful collage by
Arturo Medrano
This is another life.
I have searched for such a long time
for a beast I have yet to find.
So I'll ask you
If you were a dove in a cloud of ravens
swirling as just one animal
would you deliver me safely
to your nest in the morning light?
And if you were a herd of ponies gathering
and I twisted my fingers into your mane
would you carry me on your back
or trample me under your hooves?
And if you were the claws and the fangs
of a pack of wild wolves
would you keep me prisoner in your cave?
Would you teach me the proper way to live my life?
And if you were a swarm of newborn spiders
and I lay in your mother's silken trap
could I be the first flesh on which you dine?
On which you dine?
I have searched for such a long time
for a feast I have yet to find.
So I'll ask you
If you were the axe of the executioner
and I painted a new line for you on my face
would you carve me gently
right between my eyes?
If you came in disguised as desire
and I slipped my hands beneath your dress
would you fight for no reason?
Would you open your thighs?
And if you were the keeper of the constellations
would you invite me to visit you up in the sky?
Would we walk together, indivisible,
our movements making new maps in the night?
I felt like a burden and ran away. I apologize.
I won't follow the footprints you've left.
I will recover until I can recognize
the taste of the feast,
and the face of the beast I have yet to find.
I see the future in my lonely woman's eyes.
I have seen that face before.
On the day I met you
On the day I left you
and on the day that I was born.
I am half alive
Will you carry me
if I should die?
Will you bury me?
I am outside
I thought I had the key
but I don't live here anymore,
I see the future in my lonely woman's eyes
Just like twin pieces of a broken crystal ball.
I will keep them to remind me
of what happens when I lie
to myself and the ones who love me.
This house is mine
these walls were built by me
There's room inside
Who will fill it up with me?
Each room's on fire.
But which ones do I need?
There are just too many doors.
This may be the last song that I write.
I hope I get it right.
I hope it gets easier.
Driving East through winter rains
on the way to meet ourselves.
We were drinking something mixed with champagne
toasting the future and our health.
You wouldn't roll me a cigarette
so I was steering with my knees.
While in the road ahead rain turned into snow
drifting through the open window silently.
Got into town and found a bed
and we lay down for a little while.
We rearranged our bodies
and became for a little while.
And all the distance between us
disappeared for a little while.
But when we came down
it still felt like a thousand miles.
In the woods you were a faun
and I was following in your tracks.
Waiting for the moments in between
when you were looking back.
The morning canyon wind was so
California cold
and so I let you wear my
Midwestern hat.
Even then I must have known
in half a year you would be mailing it
Northwestern back.
From when you were the first.
Those days became some photographs
I wish that I had not received.
Became a distant past
at times impossible to believe.
But I will recall you on that trail
collecting memories of your own.
I will recall you draped in furs
and when you called me your home.
When you were the first
and the last thing on my mind.
The only thing on my mind.
Shake the hand of the man
who told you lies.
"It will be all right."
And then it came to an end.
Shake the hand of the man
who tore it all apart.
I guess you needed to start
all over again.
And I know
it must have cut to the bone
when you lost your home
and the man you thought you knew.
And you might not believe it, old friend,
but it cut me too.
Shake the hand of the man
who shook your walls
and made you crawl
with a child in your arms.
Shake the hand of the man
who let you down
and then spread all your secrets
from town to town to town.
And I know
it must have cut to the bone
when you lost everything
you thought you knew.
And you might not believe it, old friend,
but I lost everything too.
And you might not believe it old friend
when we lost everything we got everything.
Find a place that's safe and dry
make that your home.
When you're hungry
find some food
and eat it slowly.
And it sounds like sage advice
but no, it's not from me.
It's from Richard Brautigan.
Plant your poems in the garden
and watch them grow.
Show your little ones
that you were once a little one.
And it sounds like sage advice
but no, it's not from me.
It's from Richard Brautigan.
And I don't rest easier.
No, I don't rest easier
knowing you can write a story
just like I can write a song
when the words we say out loud
turn out all wrong.
And I don't rest easier.
No, I don't rest easier
knowing you can write a story
just like I can write a song
when the bones that carry us
will soon be gone.
In this house of silk and lace
I am not lonely.
I am not angry.
Windows are my face.
My mother is with me.
My sisters are smiling
and laid out before me
I see my bride.
Leather on my feet.
Satin fingers gently holding
my softest places.
Unwrapping them sweetly
like petals unfolding at night.
In this house of sand and stone
I am alone. I am alone.
Curtains drawn and tied in place
I am peeking through windows.
My mother is empty.
My sisters are hungry
and my bride has never been born.
Leather on my feet.
Wooden fingers trying to keep me.
Scratching the wounds of my body.
Weaving wool all around me
keeping me safely outside.
I had a dream last night
of smashing a stone into another man's face.
There was nothing of his nose or his eyes or his teeth.
His blood splashed on my chest.
And as I hoisted the stone above my head
with your hand on my shoulder you spoke to me.
But I never did hear what you said.
A telephone rang.
And in Detroit, in an abandoned mansion
a policeman was strolling, he was warning me.
And at the foot of my bed he sat smiling, expectantly.
So I took the birthday belt from my jeans
slashing leather across his cheek.
As I swung and I swung once again
his skin bloomed like a flower hungry for the Spring.
I had a dream last night
I walked the road with my father's feet
and I could see everything I ever wanted
just floating in space.
I had a dream last night
of you on the floor on your hands and knees
and my fingers were strumming inside of you
and you had a microphone in your face.
I had a dream last night
you were on a train going East.
Over mountains and tunneling into the Earth
you had gone away.
And when you'd traveled as far as you could
you turned and looked back and you waited for me
but I was too fragile and frail to follow you
so I just waved like the sea.
I have just woken up
from a long winter of hibernation.
I have found that my hair has grown long
and my face is grey.
I lost a love
found a love
lost a love
and found another love
and I might lose one again.
You meet so many people in the road.
That's how you make your enemies
and you might find some friends.
I hear that you're doing just fine.
I heard you had a little child?
Maybe now you will understand
and throw away your princess smile.
I would sure like to hear from you
how you're doing
but I changed my name
my number and address.
But I haven't gone too far.
You can find me if you want to, I guess.
I wonder if there will come a day
when I let my light shine?
I have shaded it from my own eyes
I wonder if it's still alive.
There was a time
I could climb
into the nearest tree
and see my future unfolding out up ahead.
Then I'd fall, just to find
that, foolishly, I'd tied
a noose around my head.
Pretend we are all alone now.
No one else is listening in.
Lay back in my arms.
The first time I saw you
I wanted to hold you.
I wanted to kiss you.
Can I kiss you now?
You say to me,
"You never have to ask."
Like the sun shining down on a frozen lake
to me, say it again.
And I have known witches.
I have felt sorcery in my veins.
But your lips are whispering spells
and your fingers are magical wands.
And I have burned bridges.
I have stranded myself from the shore
and found what I held onto
keeping me afloat
wasn't worth holding onto no more.
You say to me
"You never have to ask."
Like the winds of a thousand years
on a mountain's face, say it again.
I waited for you, my love,
on the path of one hundred days.
I prepared to receive you.
I prepared to believe my eyes.
The road may be long, my love.
There will be times when we can't find our way.
Would you like to come with me?
You say to me
"You never have to ask."
Like the shackles cut clean from the throat of a slave
to me, say it again.
Say it again.
Say it again.
Oh, say it again!
I'm in the bed with you again.
I hold your body just the way you like.
I have no plans for sleeping
so I didn't even kiss you goodnight.
I'm so afraid to close my eyes.
I'm terrified of what I'll dream about tonight.
Ain't it hard to be alone all the time?
When I get the chance,
I'l slip away into any other room
with the door shut tight.
And if you have any decency
then you'll pretend to be asleep so I can write.
I never made an enemy
who didn't fall in love with me for a while.
Ain't it hard to want to hold a disguise?
Ain't it hard to choose the truth from the lies?
If there is a boat-man left
come and take me, be my guide.
And lead me by the hand across the river
to the other side.
No coin in my mouth
but I hope to pay you for my ride
with a song
for my second saddest lover
may she still see the skies.
Well I don't know if the first one sang to me
and I don't know if the last one will sing to me.
But tonight we've had a little wine
and tonight we have a little time.
And tonight I am on your side.
Sing to me, in the dark.
Well, I heard you lost your instrument
to the father of your children
and until you get it back again
sing to me, in the dark.
You don't have to take your dress off
to be my family for the night.
Let me wash this Spanish dust off of me.
We are not ghosts.
We were never here at all.
I came to you in a suit made of ash
but you were already gone.
Laying on the beach
with the beast at your back.
His fingers were playing our song.
What was it you said when you came?
"What does it matter?
I've already given my soul."
I came to you in a suit made of a son
that I said I could never leave.
Nothing on my mind
but to have a little fun.
Or so I led you to believe.
What was it you said when you came?
"What does it matter?
You've already given your soul."
I came to you in a suit made for leaving.
I let you do the rest.
Now there is another
with your hair in her fingers
and two new lips at your breast.
What was it you said when she came?
"What does it matter,
I've already given my soul?
This is another life."
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Here and There, Here and There
Here is a look at what Pamela and I have been up to. We are doing a show in Portland next month with jewelry, books and prints based on the story "Mt Shasta and the Grizzly Bears"
We still have a long ways to go!
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Stop when it's time to stop
I have a solo art show coming up at Cairo in Seattle. It will be several drawings and some prints. They will be up from March 8 through April 9. There is an opening on March 8 for Capitol Hill Artwalk at Cairo from 6-8. There will be some wine and beer. I hope you can make it and have a look at what I have been up to.
Here are some examples of what will be shown
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Show at Cairo 2/17
with Perpetual Ritual / Baby Guns
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Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-backed management and rebellious staff at an influential weekly newspaper stepped back yesterday from a contentious standoff over censorship that spilled over to the wider public and turned into an unexpected test of the new Chinese leadership's tolerance for reform.
Hopes among supporters of the Southern Weekly that the dispute would strike a blow against censorship appeared to fizzle with a tentative resolution.
Under an agreement reached on Tuesday, editors and reporters at the paper will not be punished for protesting and stopping work to protest a propaganda official's heavy-handed rewriting of a new year's editorial last week, said two members of the editorial staff, who asked not to be identified. One, an editor, said officials will no longer directly censor content prior to publication, though other controls remain.
"If that's the case, we've got a small victory for the media," said David Bandurksi, an expert on Chinese media at Hong Kong University.
The compromise might see censors back off the "really ham-fisted approach" seen recently, he said.
Executives at the newspaper and its parent company, the state-owned Nanfang Media Group (南方報業傳媒集團), declined to comment on the agreement other than to say that staff were at work yesterday and the Southern Weekly would be published as normal today.
Aside from getting the presses rolling, the agreement appears likely to deflate the confrontation that presented a knotty challenge to CCP leader and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (習近平). Xi has raised hopes of more liberal party rule and of a wider role for the media in helping Beijing in a renewed campaign against corruption.
While the crisis began over the propaganda official's rewriting of an editorial calling for better constitutional governance, it soon evolved into calls for free expression and political reform by intellectuals, university students and others.
Nearly 100 supporters gathered in protest for a third day outside the Southern Weekly's offices, flanked by dozens of police, who separated them from about 20 left-wing CCP loyalists who waved Chinese flags and portraits of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong (毛澤東).
The standoff echoed through the Beijing News, which is co-owned by Nanfang Media, and has a reputation for aggressive reporting. Editors at the newspaper all week defied an order to run a commentary which many other newspapers carried blaming resistance to censorship on foreign meddling. According to accounts by reporters, a propaganda official showed up Tuesday to insist they print it.
At a tearful late-night meeting, staff voted to hold out and publisher Dai Zigeng (戴自更) said he would resign, the accounts said.
Still, a reporter and a phone operator at the Beijing News said Dai remained in his post yesterday. The newspaper also carried an abbreviated version of the commentary that left out criticisms of the Southern Weekly and its supporters.
The agreement to keep propaganda officials from censoring articles before they appear rolls back more intrusive controls put in place in recent months, but it does not mean an end to censorship. The Propaganda Department, which controls all media in China, chiefly relies on directives, self-censorship by editors and reporters and dismissal of those who do not comply.


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F. National Board for Education Sciences
The National Board for Education Sciences consists of 15 voting members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The following serve as nonvoting ex officio members: The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, each of the three Commissioners of the National Education Centers, the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Director of the Census, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, and the Director of the National Science Foundation.
The duties of the National Board for Education Sciences are to:
- Advise and consult with the Director on the policies of the Institute;
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- Advise the Director on the funding of applications after the completion of peer review;
- Review and regularly evaluate the work of the Institute to ensure that its research, development, evaluation, and statistical analysis are consistent with the standards set out in the Education Sciences Reform Act;
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- Recommend to the Director ways to enhance strategic partnerships and collaborative efforts among other Federal and state research agencies; and
- Recommend to the Director individuals to serve as Commissioners of the National Education Centers.
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With the media writing course I'm taking this semester, I've been reading more newspapers, instead of just relying on Google News to present me with stories of interest. When I realized that a number of newspapers have iPad apps, I thought I would see how they compare. In this review, I will be primarily covering the aesthetics, ease of use, and availability of the online content when compared to the print content. I will not be evaluating the content of the newspaper itself. The national papers for Canada are the National Post, The Globe and Mail, and The Star. Of these three, the National Post is perhaps the cleanest in terms of style and ease of use. The available articles are presented in a vertical list, with headings for the different sections. To see all of the articles, you just scroll downwards. Selecting an article will switch screens to a full screen view of the article, as expected. The amount of content available is severely limited. I assume the National Post likes to direct readers to their full website. This is somewhat disappointing, as there is more content available on the website that isn't hidden behind a paywall.
The Globe and Mail is close behind the National Post in terms of use. While the sections are listed vertically, the Globe made the bizarre decision to require you to scroll the sections horizontally to list the articles. I've seen some other apps that do this as well, and it doesn't really seem to work very well. You have to think about the app in two dimensions, and it just seems bizarre.
What is even more strange is the app for The Star. I can only conclude that it was submitted to the App Store without anyone actually testing it. The application layout appears incomplete, with a sizeable gap at the bottom which is not used for displaying content. While there are toolbars above and below the app, they don't appear to accept input. I can sometimes click on one of the articles headlines to view the article, but the transition is awkward. Essentially, The Star is completely unusable, from my perspective.
The true gems of the Canadian newspapers are the regional papers. The Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Victoria Times Colonist, Vancouver Sun, and the Vancouver Province are all owned by Postmedia Network, the parent company of the National Post. They are in all cases, the same application, with only the actual content changing to reflect that of each individual paper. I'm really impressed by these apps. They are presented in a format which actually resembles a traditional newspaper, with large images, headlines and lead paragraphs from the different stories in each section. Selecting any story will bring you to the full article. Horizontal swipes will go to the next page of an article, or to the next page of the section view. When swiping to the end of a section, a full screen advertisement is displayed. This isn't really that much of an inconvenience, as the applications appear to be providing most - if not all - of the newspaper content. Postmedia Network has done a fantastic job in building these apps, and it really makes their National Post app look useless for its general lack of content.
According to an article in the National Post, Postmedia Networks took control of these papers in July 2010, with a plan to "transform a collection of newspaper and online assets" by engaging in a "digital first" business model. From the look at these applications, they are succeeding.
The main disadvantage these regional papers have is just that: they're regional papers. They do not attempt to provide the national perspective, or as much international news as the three national papers do.


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Into the decadent world of Pasadena we go. . . .
More and more I am drawn to that little triangle of treasures near Vroman's Bookstore: the Laemmle theaters, of course, where the audiences are either amazingly reverential or fully asleep, and the little courtyard across the street, where El Portal pours more margaritas than in all of Cabo, even on school nights.
This is pretty much all I need in a city — a giant bookstore, a good set of theaters, a friendly watering hole where I can slowly suck all the vodka off my ice cubes. What Haydn did for violins, I am doing for the fine sport of recreational drinking.
Mind you, I am doing all this in Pasadena, which may as well be Oklahoma City, far as most of you Westsiders are concerned.
Add in the Pasadena Playhouse, and it's become almost an embarrassment of riches up here along Colorado Boulevard.
I ask you: Is there such a thing as too much culture? Pasadena's about to find out.
For the next three weeks, Janis Joplin is camping here, in a sort of biopic / live musical full of growling vocals, a blasty eight-piece band and three hippie-chick back-up singers (marry me, Shay Saint-Victor).
Softening the experience is the warm syrup of Sabrina Elayne Carten, who is there to give voice to many of Ms. Joplin's influences — Bessie Smith, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone. Carten can marry me too.
Several times, she steals the show, drawing hoots of appreciation with an old Gershwin or Smith song. Then Mary Bridget Davies (as Joplin) steals it back. This isn't so much a musical as it is a prize fight by two heavyweight voices.
The winner? You, probably.
Assuming, that is, you can handle rock at its rawest. One pretty young thing, probably pushing 80, walked out at halftime, saying she didn't really appreciate "all that screaming." But most of her friends stayed the course and walked out noticeably younger. It's a pretty wild show they have going here in Pasadena, City of Motherly Love.
I assure you this is good stuff, even if you're not a huge Joplin fan. In look, mannerism and sound, Davies completely becomes her.
Who knows how Davies' vocal cords withstand the full-throttle buzzing this performance demands? Must be the equivalent of singing a marathon.
Her instrument is similar to Joplin's, with "a higher durability," Davies explains later, saying she sips Pedialyte or tea to help restore her voice.
Still, I don't get it.
For more than two hours, she howls into the hurricane with that lawn mower voice, and if you're thinking to yourself, "I don't know — all that screaming?" note that the music is part of a winsome running monologue, in which she describes her Port Arthur, Texas, upbringing, her thirst for the blues and the sultry mournful voices of midcentury America.
"I liked 'Porgy and Bess' so much I wore that record out," she says of her early influences.
Then in steps Carten, with a rendering of "Summertime" so thick and Southern you could pour it on your pork chops.
Back comes Joplin/Davies, to tell how she was virtually kidnapped to California, where she joined her first rock 'n' roll band, and there was no looking back.
"No man has ever made me feel as good as an audience," she says at one point.
Cue the funeral dirge. Joplin's time in the limelight would last only about four years.
I'm left with the feeling that this Janis Joplin was great, but she was certainly no Beyoncé. Joplin never had her own line of perfume, for example, no line of skin care products.
She couldn't swing on a trapeze like Pink, or floozy around like Katy Perry.
Joplin left us with only the hair whip, which I think she invented, and those crazy tinted granny glasses. And a seismic sound that will be playing in the better bars at 1 a.m. for the next hundred years.
And finally, this aside:
Love the young people, as Letterman would say, though they seem to suffer from some sort of technical alcoholism — Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MeTube.
Joplin hailed from a generation of guitar players. We now have a generation of thumb clickers.
So what music will they be celebrating 40 years from now?
Quick, barkeep, another round.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – March 17, 2009) Attorney General Terry Goddard testified today before a joint session of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs and the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on Tuesday.
Goddard was invited by Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Richard Durbin to testify at today's hearing entitled, "Law Enforcement Responses to Mexican Drug Cartels."
Goddard discussed the public safety threat to Arizona posed by cross-border smuggling of narcotics, human cargo and weapons. He also described successful law enforcement techniques employed to combat the cartels, including the seizure of smuggling proceeds sent by wire transfer, a strategy pioneered in Arizona to disable criminal smuggling syndicates.
Other panelists at the hearing included representatives from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Egypt puts new restrictions on public demonstrations
Egypt on Sunday enacted tough new restrictions on public demonstrations that free-speech advocates said will suppress protests against the current military-imposed government.
Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour, imposed the 25-article law by decree, acting under legislative powers he was given when the military ousted President Mohammed Morsi in July after three days of protests in which millions had flooded the streets to demand Morsi's resignation – the second time in just two years that a president had been forced from office after massive street protests.
The new law seemed designed to make sure that that won't happen a third time. It requires that groups apply to the police for permission to demonstrate two weeks in advance. That application must spell out what the demonstration is protesting, where it will be held, how long it will last and what goal the demonstration's organizers are hoping to achieve. Any gathering of more than 10 people without police permission is illegal under the law.
The Interior Ministry and police can cancel or move a protest and while the law says only appropriate force can be used to break up an illegal protest, it says the security forces have the right to defend themselves. But what constitutes self-defense is not defined, and recent history suggests that forces will interpret that broadly. On Aug. 14, security forces attacked sit-ins in support of Morsi, killing roughly 1,100 people.
The law also allows provincial governors to establish protest-free zones around government buildings. Violators face as much as 10 years in prison and fines of up to 300,000 Egyptian pounds or about $42,857.
The government, as much as its opponents, has deployed protests as a means to bring change in Egypt. In July, days after millions demonstrated seeking Morsi's ouster, Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi called Egyptians back to the streets to show their support of the government. The military again summoned Egyptians to demonstrations Oct. 6, to support the military and mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war with Israel that eventually led to Egypt regaining control of the Sinai Peninsula.
With a law now requiring government approval for a demonstration, opponents feared that only government supporters would be able to take to the streets.
"This must be a joke. We used to blame Morsi for passing laws without holding public discussions. What is the difference now? At least Morsi used to pretend that he held public discussions but they don't even try," said Ahmed Maher, the founder of the 6th of April movement, which helped spur the 2011 uprising in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square that led to the fall of longtime President Hosni Mubarak.
It was the latest move to control dissent that advocates here says shows that the new government is becoming increasingly repressive. On Thursday, the Egyptian cabinet gave police permission to enter university campuses, a historic birthplace of national uprisings and where Morsi supporters have protested, without prior permission if facilities or students are under threat. Last week, a court sentenced 12 pro-Morsi students to 17 years in prison for attacking administrative office at Cairo's al Azhar University.
The interim government is also considering anti-graffiti laws and a new anti-terrorism law.
Human Rights Watch called the law "an important indicator of the extent to which the new government is going to allow for political space in Egypt".
Maher said his organization will test the new law soon and go ahead with a planned protest on Monday at the country's legislative building to object to a draft constitution that would allow some civilians to be prosecuted in military courts.
"We will see what will they do with us. Let them implement the law. We will defy the law," Maher said. "This law is against the Muslim Brotherhood and anyone who opens his mouth."