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Enric Rota Jovani-Adjustable Lamp
At Design Interviews
Interview with Enric Rota jovani : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Enric Rota jovani : Comfort. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Enric Rota jovani : A better life! .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Enric Rota jovani : Promotionate our work. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Enric Rota jovani : 3 years. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Enric Rota jovani : It was all fruit of inspiration. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Enric Rota jovani : First I would like to produce this design on my own, see how it works. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Enric Rota jovani : I have always been keen on adjustable lighting, cozy shadows and other light possibilities. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Enric Rota jovani : No, there weren't. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Enric Rota jovani : People who enjoy design objects for their everyday life. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Enric Rota jovani : This light is unique because the lighting is adjustable thanks to the analogic blinds system. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Enric Rota jovani : The general name is functional description. There are several models, each one with a different name inspired by roots from ancient languages. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Enric Rota jovani : Pencil, eraser, coffee. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Enric Rota jovani : It is adjustable. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Enric Rota jovani : An industrial designer, an architect, a graphic designer... .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Enric Rota jovani : None at all. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Enric Rota jovani : No, it isn't. I didn't make any research, I just followed my inspiration and my instinct. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Enric Rota jovani : Making it easy. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Enric Rota jovani : I saw an add on the Internet, and then I decided to get in. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Enric Rota jovani : Making things easy sometimes is very difficult! I learned to be more patient and enjoy all the parts of the process that I didn't know about. .
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bada wrote:Mr. Crackerz wrote:TMC, lemme tell you a story. The all Mighty NFL, which granted is better than the other leagues is very shady as well.
In early 2002, when the best team in the AFL (the raiders; the rams were the best team by far in the league) were playing the New England Patriots, I jumped joy seeing charles woodson knock tom brady and the ball causing a fumble. This meant the raiders were going to win the game and head into the AFC championship game. But wait, the refs decide to huddle up and discuss the play. Ref Walt Coleman (who i will always remember, and BTW will probably never do any games in Oakland) goes to the monitor, says brady was in throwing motion, and reverses the call. Brady has another chance. This time, vinitari goes and hits a game tying field goal and later a game winning field goal after they win the coin toss in overtime.
The tuck rule? it was supposedly created in 1999, a good 2.5 years before this incident. Funny thing is, no one really knew what the hell this rule was. It really doesn't make sense. I always thought it was a conspiracy that due to the fact that the yankees of baseball couldnt win the world series on the first sporting event post September 11, that the league needed to fix the NFL to make some shitty unknown team win the Superbowl. Hell, it would be "Un-American" of you to root against a team named the "Patriots". Hell, the "Yanks" just lost on a bloop single, lets make sure the "Patriots" (america's team) succeed. Its probably a reach, but as a raider fan seeing a clear fumble turned over something that makes no sense, i believed something was up.
See TMC, the patriots were 3-4 when the Yanks were eliminated from the World Series. They went on to win the Superbowl with only one loss after that (against an amazing Rams team, which they later came to beat in the superbowl) . I think they had some help from the league (who knows, maybe the league allowed them to spy on them and got so use to it, they eventually got caught and redflagged, leading to spygate.
Speaking of that superbowl which started my hatred for the Pats, I thought it was funny how the NFL allowed the pats to go as a "team" while making a fool of the Rams for going as individuals. Although i am fine with going as a team, i think someone should have told the Rams that the NFL impromply changed the rule to cater the Patriots "request". That was absolute B.S. I mean, it is just asking for casual fans to root for the team that is all for "team" and "unity" versus the team that only thinks about individuals.
Here is a good article on Refs in the NFL and where they are placed. BTW, read the piece on Ed Hochili. The article was written just a couple months prior before his SECOND (and more famous) incident between the Broncos and Chargers. Maybe it might help solve Hochili's rationale for giving the Broncos a break the second time around.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/s ... id=3462384
Sorry, this is a long rant, but i got a lot more goodies.
one of your worst posts ever Mr. C
Beat me to it, Bada.

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BISMARCK, N.D. - Farm commodity rail shipments are running nearly three weeks behind in North Dakota, but BNSF Railway Co. has promised to get caught up before summer, the state's U.S. senators said Wednesday.
Republican Sen. John Hoeven and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat, said they met with BNSF CEO Carl Ice on Tuesday to express concerns about delays in agricultural shipments and overall rail safety. The state's congressional delegation, including GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer, have for months pushed the railroad to improve its service in North Dakota, where shipping delays have caused big backlogs and added costs for agriculture shippers, including grain elevators and sugar cooperatives.
Increased crude oil and freight shipments largely have been blamed for causing the rail delays. But BNSF has said rail service has been hurt by bad winter weather.
Heitkamp believes there is competition between oil tankers and railcars hauling agriculture products, which is contributing to shipping delays for the latter.
"I think somebody would have to prove to me that's not correct," she said.
Whatever the cause of BNSF's shipping delays, Hoeven said, "they have got to keep up with ag and there is no question they need to increase capacity. That's the point we're making very forcefully."
"We recognize the severe impact that our reduced network velocity is having on our customers and their business," Ice said in a statement released through Hoeven's office. "BNSF is committed to restoring service levels in North Dakota as quickly as possible."
BNSF is based in Fort Worth, Texas, and is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., based in Omaha, Neb. The railroad, which was purchased by Berkshire in 2010, is the biggest player in the rich oil fields of North Dakota and Montana, hauling the bulk of the crude out of the region and the inbound freight that supports oil drilling.
North Dakota's oil production is nearing 1 million barrels of oil daily and about 75 percent of it is being shipped by rail. Railed oil shipments in North Dakota began in 2008 due to lack of pipelines to move it to market.
BNSF last month promised to add more locomotives and crews in an effort to address agriculture shipping delays in North Dakota. BNSF also has said it plans to invest $5 billion in its railroad this year, including $900 million to expand capacity in North Dakota and other locations where crude oil shipments are surging.
The 40,000-member North Dakota Farmers Union has said the lack of railcars in the state has delayed shipping of agricultural products by as much as 40 days in recent months.
North Dakota's senators said BNSF indicated commodity shipments are running 19 days behind in North Dakota, which mirrors the railroad's backlog of shipments nationwide.
"For our agricultural business, we have been working hard to work down our past dues in North Dakota and believe we will continue to make progress through spring and will see a return to more typical service by June, barring additional weather issues," the railroad said in a statement.
Heitkamp said even with the railroad's pledge to cut its backlog by late spring, "the schedule is not going to satisfy" everyone. She said delays continue to cause big increases in shipping costs for farm products and some in the agriculture industry will continue to be forced to hire trucks to meet customer obligations.


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Navy corpsman Andrew Sieber leaned over the injured Afghan policeman, who had a gunshot wound to his right shoulder.
Sieber, 24, inspected the policeman's bandages and then helped load him onto a vehicle for the short but bumpy ride to a landing zone ringed by mountains.
Within moments, the policeman was whisked away by an American helicopter that had squeezed over a steep mountain range and landed in a blast of dust.
"He'll be fine," Sieber said, removing his rubber gloves. "We haven't lost anybody yet." He said they get three or four wounded Afghans a week.
The war in Afghanistan has changed. The Afghan forces are doing most of the fighting and taking a larger share of the casualties, as U.S. forces withdraw. But Afghanistan's military remains dependent on Americans for medical evacuation helicopters, surveillance and equipment to counter roadside bombs. Afghan commanders worry the withdrawal of American forces will leave them vulnerable.
The Taliban remain weakened, but still capable of attacks. They are increasingly targeting Afghan forces. The latest reminder came early Sunday, when Taliban suicide bombers attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in eastern Afghanistan, leaving at least five Afghans dead.
Afghan Maj. Gen. Sayed Malouk, who commands the 215th Corps here in Helmand province, said morale in the Afghan army is high despite the daily casualties they take. In a recent meeting, Malouk told Marine Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, who was visiting from the U.S., that he appreciated the help the Americans have provided.
"But we should be honest with each other," Malouk said. Without the medevac support, many of his troops will die where they are injured and that would hurt morale, he said.
The coalition strategy is to strengthen the Afghan military and police, and weaken the Taliban before most U.S. troops leave in two years.
"Our job is not to be here until you get a Taliban surrender," said Marine Maj. Gen. Charles "Mark" Gurganus, commander of Regional Command Southwest.
It's not yet clear how much support the United States and its allies will provide after 2014. U.S. and Afghan officials this month began negotiating over the terms that would allow a residual force to remain in Afghanistan after 2014. It would probably be a smaller force that would be capable of providing support, such as medevac helicopters and surveillance assets, and launching targeted raids against terrorists.
U.S. officers cannot make any promises yet. "Those negotiations between our governments are taking place now, and I have no idea what that will be," Neller told Malouk.
The number of U.S. Marines here in Helmand province, once a Taliban stronghold, went from a peak of about 21,000 last year to 6,500 today. Overall in Afghanistan, the number of U.S. forces has declined to about 68,000 from a peak of nearly 100,000.
Meanwhile, the number of Afghan forces has increased. "The Afghan security forces are moving into the lead," Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, told a gathering of U.S. troops at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand.
The 215th Corps, based in Helmand province, has been boosted to about 16,000 and is getting larger as the Afghans take over the fight from the Americans. Nationwide, the number of Afghan security forces is projected to reach 352,000.
They have also gotten better, according to NATO statistics. Nearly one-third of the Afghan battalions in the Helmand region are considered capable of independent operations coupled with U.S. advisers, the top NATO rating. At the beginning of this year, no battalions held that rating.
"These guys will fight," Gurganus said. "They keep going back into the fight."
Now American commanders are faced with the challenge of keeping them in the fight as U.S. troops withdraw and take with them key support functions.
"They're going to get a bloody nose once in a while," said Marine Col. Tim Fitzgerald, chief of staff for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force here. "We just don't want them to get knocked out."
That means pushing the Afghans to be more independent without jeopardizing the momentum of the past couple years.
"Over the course of 11 years, some of the Afghans have become very dependent on some of the Marines and coalition forces," Gurganus said. "It's really hard for us to say no in some areas, but we have."
For Western troops, that means staying on their bases more, which can be a frustrating role for Western officers trained to aggressively pursue the enemy.
In a briefing, British Royal Marine Maj. Mike Scanlon, a company commander, expressed some frustration that the Western forces were doing less as the Afghans did more.
"It's called success," Neller shot back.
NOW SEE: What Happens When 'Red Air' Strands Marines In Taliban Territory >


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Everyone was trying to pit me against Bristol, but the truth is, we got along well. She never asked me to babysit Tripp or anything like that, but I consider her a friend. So what's my take on her television debut? Well…
Why did Bristol do Dancing with the Stars? I heard from someone who really should know (really should seriously know the dirt really really) that the only reason Bristol was on the show was because Sarah Palin forced her to do it. Sarah supposedly blames Bristol harshly and openly (in the circles that I heard it from) for not winning the election, and so she told Bristol she "owed" it to her to do DWTS so that "America would fall in love with her again" and make it possible for Sarah Palin to run in 2012 with America behind her all the way. Instead of being supposedly "handicapped" by the presence of her teen mom daughter, now Bristol is going to be an "asset" – a celebrity beloved for her dancing. I am sure the show wasn't in on this (but who knows anything really).
Although I don't agree with the family's politics at all, I really like Bristol as a person. She's warm and incredibly supportive, and I think that she looks beautiful out on the dance floor. It's heartbreaking that people are so awful to her about her weight. I think she looks fantastic, and why does everybody think they have a right to comment on our bodies? What are young girls going to take away from that? If people call her fat what kind of impact does that have on women who have similar body types – which is most of us??!! Still, it is a dance competition, and so I am sure that people feel they have the right to judge bodies and not just ability. That's just wrong.
Bristol is learning. She improved a lot, in my opinion. Her tango was fierce and really the best dance she did. You really do learn to dance in this competition! I am proud of her for shaking her ass! But keep in mind there are other forces at work here and it's not just for the love of dance.
Now I am scared I am going to wake up with a decapitated moose head in my bed.


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The purpose of this article, and the series to follow, is to offer principles and treatment protocols for the use of light and low-level electrostimulation (microcurrents) in the acupuncture practice.The meridian system has been shown to respond powerfully to such stimulation through the principle of resonance, which may be defined as:
"1. in physics, ... response of an object or a system that vibrates in step or phase with an externally applied oscillatory force, or 2. the enhancement of an atomic, nuclear, or particle reaction ... by excitation of internal motion in the system."1
Frequency and polarity-specific electrical stimulation and color light therapy are two easy-to-practice methods that profoundly affect the energy systems of the body. These aspects of vibrational medicine2 offer acupuncturists precision tools in the treatment of complex and recalcitrant disorders. In the experiences of myself and some colleagues, simultaneous application of microcurrent and colored light stimulation on acupoints has shown great clinical promise by enhancing response and reducing the number of sessions needed for many patients. In his colorpuncture system, Peter Mandel also often recommends pre-treatment of areas to receive color therapy with massage or electrical stimulation. This apparently creates an energetic opening for the light to be received by the body.3
Acupuncture is one of the oldest, most enduring systems of vibrational medicine. It is clear that acupuncture is based on some universal truths, as the principles of meridian diagnosis and therapy have been related and applied successfully to a myriad of modern international healing systems. Examples of such systems are auriculotherapy and auriculomedicine; German electroacupuncture (EAV); ryodoraku; kinesiology; and color therapy. The common thread running through many of these systems is the understanding of the body as a sensitive energetic organism in constant relationship and correspondence with microcosmic and macrocosmic energy fields. Ancient Chinese texts relate how pain, illness and disharmony arise in the body when its sensitive relationships with internal (emotional) and external (environmental) influences are disturbed. Treatment is administered with needles, moxa and herbs to balance the body's dysfunctional reactions and adaptations to disharmony. While there is no question that these ancient methods continue to be highly effective, electrical and color therapies can, in many cases, facilitate access to deeper "core" causes of physical pain and disorders rooted in emotional-spiritual blockages and imbalances.
Electrical Acupuncture
All body functions are governed by electrical systems. This includes muscle contractions and relaxations, nerve function, glandular secretions, brain activity, healing and regeneration, pain perception and so much more. These systems are exquisitely sensitive to external electrical stimulation.4
Scientists such as Nordenstrom of Sweden, Ionescu-Tirgoviste of Romania and Manaka of Japan measured the ways bioelectricity polarizes in the body, and how acupuncture can correct excessive polarization that leads to pain and disease. Mussat of France measured the specific electrical characteristics of acupuncture needles, made of various metals, when inserted into the body. Voll and his German colleagues charted the extra-low electrical frequencies that resonate with specific acupuncture points and meridians, and how these frequencies can correct a host of pain and disease states.5 Practitioners of the modern American art of microcurrent electroacupuncture apply subsensational, frequency and polarity-specific currents to acupuncture points for pain relief, balancing and beautifying effects.
The body constantly generates internal electrical currents in many ways. These include cellular respiration (the Krebs cycle), organ function and piezoelectricity. Piezoelectricity is the release of electrical charges when tissues such as bone, fascia and the inner lumen of veins are stretched or deformed. When the liver (as defined by Chinese medicine) and other organs are functioning well, this bioelectricity is smoothly circulated throughout the body. When the liver is not functioning well, as is endemic in our society, energy circulation is uneven or retarded, and areas of excessive polarized charge build up in the body. According to Nordenstrom and Ionescu-Tirgoviste, this is a major cause of pain and disease. The acupuncture "te chi" phenomenon is literally the sensation of polarized body areas releasing and balancing with each other, just as lightning is the release of polarized electrical fields in clouds. Application of correct polarities of electrical acupuncture is crucial in facilitating rebalance of the body's electrical fields.6
Subtle electrical signals are transported long distances throughout the body without losing signal strength, an activity called semiconduction. The eastern European researcher Szent-Gyorgyi was the first to point out that the human body semiconducts bioelectricity by passing information along chains of protein molecules.7 The fascial network, which interconnects all parts of the body, has strong semiconductive properties, and is likely the primary substrate of the acupuncture meridian system. As we will soon see, light also communicates through this network.
This is only a brief overview of the electrical nature of the acupuncture phenomenon. Further information is available through the references listed below.
Lighting Up the Body
Light therapies have been used to energize and rebalance the body's energy systems since ancient times. In ancient Egyptian and Greek temples, prisms were reputedly used to refract sunlight into therapeutic colors. You have probably already heard about modern applications of light therapies for such conditions as SAD (seasonal affective disorder), jet lag and depression,8 yet the use of light as medicine applies to a far greater spectrum of physical and emotional disorders. Light is such a powerful healing modality because it is the medium all living things use to function and communicate with each other. By looking into the subatomic particles that make up all matter, physicists have indeed confirmed that light is life itself. Notable scientists such as G. Lakhovsky and F.A. Popp have demonstrated how living things communicate through interplay of electromagnetic fields. Popp coined the term "biophotons" to describe the energy communication between organisms, and how these regulate physiologic functions, including growth; maturation; cell differentiation; enzymatic activity; and the immune system.9
Following the informational principle, James Oschman, PhD stated in his article, "Exploring the Biology of Phototherapy":
"From the biology of the situation, I suggest that the immediate effect of light is on the communications pathways. Specifically, it is proposed that light stimulates the flow of solitons, which are waves of energy and information that travel rapidly through the protein fabric of the body. The flow of solitons opens gates and switches and organizes dynamic living matrix pathways. Cells can then "whisper" to each other using their own languages. These whisperings orchestrate the repair of traumas of all kinds."10
Light is also what flows through our meridian system. In a striking experiment, a group of researchers led by Professor Kaznachejew in Novosibirsk, Russia focused a beam of light on various areas of skin to determine how the body reacts to light radiation.11 Using a photomultiplier device, they discovered light emanating from distant, unradiated points. After studying this phenomenon further, they found that light beamed into certain acupuncture points will propagate through known meridian pathways, but that this phenomenon does not occur between areas not connected by meridians. It appears the meridian system acts in the same way as fiberoptic communication systems. It is likely that the physical substrate for this system is also the body's fascial network. Therefore, both light energy and subtle electrical energy appear to be transported throughout the body via chains of protein molecules.
Based on available evidence, it appears electrical currents work more on a physiologic level, while light currents work more on an informational level. These two forms of energy stimulation may be administered together, and can enhance each other's effects.
The specific therapeutic effects of each color of light have been rigorously documented by researchers such as Dinshah Ghadiali12 and Peter Mandel. Mandel's colorpuncture system13 borrows many diagnostic and treatment principles from acupuncture, including meridian theory, Five-Element color correspondences and "as above, so below" cosmology. Mandel uses the word "information" to describe the input of light on the body. In his view, external trauma, toxicity and psychological stresses create incoherent information in our bodies. Delivering appropriate colored light stimulation is a way to introduce pure information to restore coherence. For example, orange-colored light brings the information of activation, joy and release of new ideas to the meridians and body areas it is applied to, and possesses many specific medical benefits such as relieving spasm and congestion; aiding calcium metabolism; and stimulating milk production after childbirth.
The light spectrum moves from the most warming and activating colors (infrared and red) to the most cool and relaxing colors (violet and ultraviolet). Green is the fulcrum or balance point of the spectrum, and is extensively used for balancing brain and body function and detoxification. In the works of both Mandel and Dinshah, opposite (or complementary) colors often are used together to balance body energetics. The most commonly used color pairs are orange-blue, red-green and yellow-violet. The yang and yin pairing would be as follows:
|Yang Color (warming, tonifying)
|Yin Color (cooling, sedating)
Whole Body Effects and the Autonomic Nervous System
Most contemporary researchers who have examined the electrophysiology of acupuncture have concluded that much of acupuncture's visceral effects take place through the autonomic nervous system. This includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches that excite and sedate organ and glandular functions. This system interfaces with the endocrine hormonal system in regulating most life functions.
The acupoints with the simplest and most direct input into the autonomic system are the auricular (ear) and back-shu points. Auricular points have direct input into the brain and cranial nerves that regulate this system; back-shu points are directly over autonomic ganglia that emerge from the spine, and have direct input into organs associated with each spinal segment. In my experience, these points are ideal ways to apply combined microcurrent and light energies to positively influence the body. Here are some practical examples:
1. Stimulation of master auricular points with colored light. In this case, a microcurrent device with a small (2-3mm) tip may be used to stimulate ear points with the addition of colored light. Either modality also may be used alone. When microcurrent is used, the counter (grounding) electrode may be held against a major facial acupoint such as yintang or Ren 24 to complete the circuit, while the trigger probe stimulates the ear points. Alternatively, the client can hold a hand mass to complete the circuit. Stimulate each ear master point for about 20 seconds. Master points can be stimulated bilaterally. Stimulation of the ear master points has a beneficial, general "tune-up" effect on the autonomic nervous system and endocrine gland systems of the body.
Select the color of the light applied to the ear points according to the patient's presentation. For example, green can be used for balance; violet for harmonization and emotional improvement; blue for sedative actions for pain and insomnia; and purple for clients in pain at the time of treatment. Other colors may be used according to health conditions.14
2. Microcurrent mu-shu technique. This is a powerful technique for balancing the electrical energies of the internal organs through the autonomic system. It utilizes polarized microcurrent probe treatment and a yin or yang color. For any organ needing treatment, place the positive probe on the associated front-mu (alarm) point and the negative probe on the associated back-shu point, on the same side. Treat bilaterally. When the front-mu point is on the central Ren channel, hold the counter probe there while treating the two back-shu points in turn. Treat these sets of points for 20-30 seconds each at 50-100 microamps. Set the frequency to 10 Hz or other indicated electrical frequency.15
Select organs to be treated through this technique based on the presentation of the patient. This can be determined through diagnostic systems such as pulse diagnosis or alarm point kinesiology.16 Simultaneous colored light can be added to enhance the effectiveness and carry-over of this technique. According to Mandel, the following color pairs correspond to each mu-shu pair:17
- Lungs, Kidneys, Small Intestine, Urinary Bladder: Red/Green
- Pericardium, Heart, Spleen-Pancreas, Large Intestine: Orange/Blue
- Liver, Gall Bladder, Stomach, Triple Warmer: Yellow/Violet
Colors are selected by palpating the right and left back-shu points. Hot or painful points receive the yin color of the indicated pair; the other side receives the yang color. If both sides are painful, the yin color may be applied to both sides. Alarm points can be stimulated with the same color as the back-shu, or as indicated by muscle testing. Mandel recommended treating affected mu-shu combinations from the top of the body down.
This method is also excellent for balancing the electromagnetic aspect of the chakras. This will be discussed in a future article.
This brief article is merely an introduction to a vast subject. Further information can be found through the references following this article; questions and comments about this article can be directed to the author at the e-mail address listed below.
- Edited from definitions in Meriam-Webster's Online Dictionary.
- Vibrational medicine is the application of vibratory frequencies in the form of light; sound; electricity; magnetism; or subtle energy to the body for healing and regeneration. An excellent treatment is Vibrational Medicine, Bear & Co., 1988, by Richard Gerber.
- An Introduction to Esogetic Colorpuncture. Seminar notes.
- Microcurrent Electro-Acupuncture, chapter one, by Darren Starwynn. Desert Heart Press, 2002.
- Ibid, chapter two. Much valuable information can also be found by plugging these researchers' names into Google search engine.
- Ibid.
- See The Body Electric by Robert Becker, Bear and Sons, 1985.
- Details are available in the book Light Years Ahead, Celestial Arts, 1996, available through Amazon.com.
- See chapter two of Colour Me Healing by Jack Allanach. Available from Amazon.com. Most of Popp's writings are only in German.
- Oschman J. Exploring the biology of phototherapy. Journal of Optometric Phototherapy 2001;1-9.
- Colour Me Healing, chapter 6. Information also derived from Google search under "Kaznachejew."
- Dinshah D. Let There Be Light. Dinshah Health Society (book available through their Web site).
- Peter Mandel is a German pioneer in the field of color therapies. See his Web site for available books and articles (www.colorpuncture.com/articles.html).
- Information on therapeutic effects of colors, and methods of application, can be found at www.eastwestmed.com.
- Microcurrent Electro-Acupuncture, pp. 108-111.
- Ibid, chapter 15.
- Adapted from Mandel's book Practical Compendium of Colorpuncture, Edition Energetik, 1986, available from Colorpuncture Institute, USA.
Click here for more information about Darren Starwynn, OMD, LAc.


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|Charlotte Rampling by Peppe Tortora courtesy of Grey Magazine
|Marc Jacobs Beauty Campaign by David Sims
Charlotte Rampling, 68,will be the face of NARS. Jessica Lange, 64, will be the face of Marc Jacobs.
For seasoned women, women who threw caution to the winds in the 60's and 70's and lived a life where they took chances, and as they were doing that, remembered to put on some lippy, seeing the divine Miss Lange and the supreme Miss Rampling in every magazine from New York to Timbuktu will be a triumph of age over youth.
Seniors they are not. And while we're at it let's banish that hateful word to describe women over fifty. Ramplng and Lange are goddesses as are we.
- Alice Carey, author of I'll Know It When I See It


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Pirates rally in seventh, top Tigers
Pittsburgh, PA – Pedro Alvarez and Travis Snider were double the trouble on Wednesday.
Alvarez belted a game-tying double and Snider followed with a go-ahead RBI two-bagger as part of a four-run seventh inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Detroit Tigers, 5-3, in the opener of a brief two-game interleague set.
Neil Walker smacked a solo homer among his two hits for Pittsburgh, which has won eight of its last 10 games and are a season-high 13 games over .500.
Bryan Morris (2-2) tallied the win with a hitless seventh, while Jason Grilli notched his MLB-leading 22nd save after working around a leadoff single in the ninth.
Coming two outs away from his second career no-hitter in his last start, Anibal Sanchez (5-5) fanned eight and surrendered just a run on two hits until the deciding seventh frame where he allowed four runs on five hits and a walk.
"A game up here can change quickly and you just have to take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said of the seventh inning.
Miguel Cabrera cracked a two-run shot for the Tigers, who had won six of their last eight tilts.
The two teams split the first two-game series of the home-and-home set in Detroit.
The Tigers had a 3-1 advantage heading into the seventh.
After Andrew McCutchen flied out to begin the inning, Garrett Jones singled and Russell Martin walked before Alvarez drilled a first-pitch, belt-high fastball that one-hopped the fence in left-center to plate Jones and Martin to tie the game.
Again first-pitch swinging, Snider followed by banging a double off the 21- foot wall in right to give the Buccos a 4-3 lead. Snider advanced to third on a wild pitch and came home on Jordy Mercer's suicide squeeze for a two-run cushion.
"He just walked a guy and all of a sudden kind of lost it there momentarily," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said of Sanchez.
The Pirates opened the scoring in the fourth on Walker's blast, but Detroit responded and plated three in the fifth. Andy Dirks lined a one-out double to right and Cabrera's towering opposite field shot into the seats in right gave Detroit a two-run margin.
The potentially game-tying run in the ninth, Cabrera, launched a drive to the warning track in right-center to end the game.
Game Notes
Pirates starter A.J. Burnett gave up three runs on five hits and four walks over six innings ... Burnett and Sanchez have 89 strikeouts on the year, which is tied for second in MLB ... Pittsburgh has won seven of its last nine home tilts against Detroit.


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Ulex vexillum @ The Sculpture Park
Gorse was once introduced by European settlers to New Zealand and quickly took over North Island much like the settlers themselves. Now regarded as a pest plant, the plant is readily removed from farms as well as the Sculpture Park.
A large gorse-dyed linen flag is suspended between two pine trees on the hill looking out to the Waikato plain. The setting incorporates the Waikato farmland as a borrowed scenery into the installation. Ulex vexillum breaches the boundary between the farm and arboretum, and extends the inquiries into the layers of human interventions to the park and beyond.
Ulex vexillum is a site-specific installation for the exhibition curated by Kim Paton for the Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum.
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The UK is being left behind when it comes to broadband. A new report from content delivery provider Akamai has found that the country has slipped to 27th place in the league table, down four places from the previous survey.
Akamai's State of the Internet report revealed that the UK had an average broadband speed of 3.8Mbps. The report is an interesting counter-balance with the recent Ofcom report which showed that the average connection speed is rising to 5.3Mbps. According to the Akamai report, British connection speeds are rising – but the rest of the world's speeds are rising even faster.
Pride of place, once more, is held by South Korea which registered the highest level of what Akamai calls "high broadband" ie connectivity of more than 5 Mbps, the highest average connection speed, at 12 Mbps, and recorded the highest average maximum connection speed, at 33 Mbps.
Second place in the table is held by Hong Kong, with a 9Mbps average, while Japan made it into second place. The US doesn't fare much better than the UK, making it to 16th place with an average speed of 6.3Mbps.
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So I finally tested my Powertap, using the following procedure:
- I filled a bucket, first part way, then later further, with water, in each case measuring the mass (actually, the weight) with my Ultimate hanging scale before and after the test, and averaging. Mass values: first fill line = 9.765 kg, filled further = 12.56 kg, further still = 13.955 kg.
- I hung my bike from my Park stand. I shimmed the stand so the frame measured vertical with a plumb bob which hung vertical from the top tube. I wanted the string to just brush the down tube. My bike (Ritchey Breakway) has round steel tubes so this works.
- For each gear combination tested:
- shift into gear of interest, spinning the rear wheel
- bring rear wheel to a stop
- zero torque (hold right button on PT)
- hang bucket from pedal while holding down rear brake to keep wheel from rotating.
- find a pedal orientation which maximizes torque reading (make sure bucket doesn't rub against chain or chainring). My estimate is I was generally able to come within 1 lb-in of the optimal value.
- record torque
- remove bucket and check torque reading
It was often the case the torque read a significant positive value after removing the bucket. In some cases, I remeasured, but did not discard the previous values. Since the PT doesn't read the magnitude of negative readings, it would bias the results to discard points based on large positive offsets only.
My procedure was a bit sloppier on earlier measurements (the two lighter masses) than on the latest measurement (the heaviest mass). However, this didn't significantly affect the results, so I combined the results for analysis.
I calculate the theoretical torque as follows:
torque = M g L Nr / Nf,
where M g = weight of bucket with water, L = crank length, Nf = teeth on front ring, and Nr = teeth on rear ring.
I plot the theoretical value versus the reported value and fit:
You can see from the plot two things: First, the Powertap is considerably underreporting the torque. Torque doesn't have much meaning to me, power does. So on the plot I convert torque to the equivalent Old La Honda power. You can see the Powertap underreports power by around 10 watts. Worse, the scatter in the data are huge.
The scatter is highlighted in a plot of the residuals:
Points are indicated by the gear ratio used to generate them, color coded by the mass load. No obvious pattern: just scatter.
On the last measurements I did, the heaviest load, I recorded the torque the powertap read after I removed the weight. This should have been zero, obviously, as I'd zero'ed it out under the same unloaded condition before putting the weight on the pedal spindle. But it was all over the place. To quote Andrew Coggan, perhaps the expert in the field, who responded to my post on Wattage: your PowerTap isn't 100% "healthy". Here's the residual versus this post-measurement torque offset. There is a clear correlation.
So back to Saris for torque tube recalibration: it appears the strain gauges have fatigued. My guess is I'm seeing a hysteresis behavior: the powertap isn't just reporting the present torque, but some residual of a previous torque measurement. In test mode, it reports 519 lb-in as the internal offset, which is higher than the nominal 512 lb-in.
So what do I conclude with my power data, going back to 2007? Not much. It's not reliable. Bummer for someone who loves doing data analysis.
The moral of the story: if you're depressed about the numbers your power meter is telling you, it might not be your legs, it could be the meter. So check those things. Don't believe everything you're told, even if its from computer controlled strain gauges. And test those PowerTaps!
Future post: I check Cara's Powertap wheel. It seems to behave much better in informal stomp testing. I look forward to seeing how it responds to the water bucket.


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February 6, 2009
STARKVILLE -- On a night in the Southeastern Conference when a coach and a player reached 1,000, the Mississippi State women''s basketball team was more than happy to finish No. 17.
Alexis Rack scored a team-high 14 points and MSU made 13 of 14 free throws down the stretch Thursday to beat No. 20 Vanderbilt 66-61 before a crowd of 672 at Humphrey Coliseum.
Armelie Lumanu (12 points), Robin Porter (11), and Donnisha Tate (nine points, team-high eight rebounds) added key contributions that should help the Lady Bulldogs (17-6, 4-4 SEC) bolster their resume for the NCAA tournament selection committee.
The Lady Bulldogs had to fight for the victory, though. After leading the whole game and losing it midway through the second half, the Lady Bulldogs counter-punched when needed to earn their first win this season (1-3) against a team ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.
"I am so proud of the team effort and their focus," MSU coach Sharon Fanning said. "I felt like we had a look that was a winning look."
The Lady Bulldogs executed when it mattered the most. After a turnover led to two free throws by Jennifer Risper that cut MSU''s lead to 58-56 with 1 minute, 27 seconds to play, Porter scored on a left-handed layup to kick the margin to 60-56 with 1:03 remaining.
Porter, Rack, and freshman point guard Diamber Johnson (four points, no turnovers in 23 minutes) combined to hit 6 of 6 free throws in the final 34 seconds to seal the deal.
"It was real big, especially coming off the loss to Georgia," said Rack, referring to a 69-57 loss Sunday in Athens, Ga. "It is good to finish a game."
Rack was 6 of 6 from the free-throw line to help the Lady Bulldogs go 18 of 22 from the stripe (81.8 percent) in the second half.
Her two free throws with 2:13 to play helped her become the 15th player in school history to reach 1,000 points for her career.
More importantly, all eight of the Lady Bulldogs who played double-digit minutes scored and contributed.
The biggest efforts might have come from Tate, a 6-foot senior forward, who had one of her best games in a season-high 28 minutes. In a span of 4:25 in the second half, she hit a turnaround jumper, scored on a layup off a pass from Lumanu, and was active on the offensive boards (game-high six) to earn and to make two free throws.
"We came out ready to practice a day ago, came out real tough in practice, and had out mind-set we were going to win this game and play tough," Tate said. "We talked about how the team was going to be aggressive and we knew what we were going against. We had to be physical, which showed in our rebounding and in our aggressive defense."
Tate also said the Lady Bulldogs communicated on defense. The togetherness MSU showed helped it force Vanderbilt (17-6, 6-2) into matching its season-high for turnovers (27).
"We haven''t done (communicated) in the last couple of games," Tate said. "We haven''t been talking to each other on the court. Now we are communicating also from the offensive standpoint, which plays onto the defensive standpoint. Communication was a big part of it, and wanting to help each other."
Six of those turnovers came in the opening part of the first half as MSU raced to leads to 6-0, 10-2, and 14-6.
Tate said the early spurt played a key role in the outcome.
Vanderbilt coach Melanie Balcomb agreed and said her team''s early mistakes gave MSU confidence and helped it set the tempo.
"We didn''t execute our game plan," Balcomb said. "It was very frustrating on our end. They came out really pressuring, denying, and really forced us out of our timing. ... They dictated on defense, which we did not do on defense. We did not dictate. We got attacked. We played as poorly on both ends of the floor."
Still, Vanderbilt had its chances. Senior forward Christina Wirth (16 points, six rebounds, six assists) fed Lauren Lueders for a 3-pointer in the corner to give the Commodores their only lead, 42-41, with 9:44 remaining.
But Wirth also had five turnovers, several of which were unforced. The Lady Bulldogs had their hands in on just as many, though, thanks to their ability to play the passing lanes and their willingness to help each other on defense.
"We wanted to pressure the basketball and try to get hands in passing lanes," Fanning said. "We switched up defenses some to cut passing lanes. Helping each other, hands on the basketball, forcing people to the baseline where we have some help, taking some charges, getting the loose ball, little things like that are things you have to have, and I think we had a combination of all of those."
Fanning said the Lady Bulldogs, especially the players who are in their first seasons, continue to understand the importance of February. She said games might not be pretty at this time of the year, but that everyone has to buy into the game plan and execute.
"We have to execute better in the halfcourt because our timing was off a little bit in the first half," Fanning said. "There are the little things we''re going to have to continue to work on and some mental mistakes we made down the stretch we made down the stretch that can cost you.
"We got to the free-throw line. It became a time-and-score game and we got there and we made those shots to hit 82 percent from the free-throw line. That is huge."
n NOTES: Tennessee coach Pat Summitt joined Rack in hitting 1,000 on the same night. Summitt''s Lady Volunteers beat Georgia 73-43 to give the Hall of Fame coach her 1,000th career victory. ... Rack had a season-high seven turnovers. ... Junior guard/forward Tysheka Grimes earned her first start of the season. She had six points, seven rebounds, and four steals in 17 minutes. ... MSU sophomore guard/forward Mary Kathryn Govero was named Thursday to the ESPN the Magazine Women''s Basketball Academic All-District Second Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The Clinton native touts a 3.86 cumulative grade-point average as a physical education major with a teaching and coaching emphasis. ... The victory, Fanning''s 550th of her career, snapped MSU''s five-game losing in the series. ... Vanderbilt, which entered the game as the third-best scoring team in the league (72.7 points per game), slipped to 3-6 when it scores less than 70 points.
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I never thought my personal hero would be younger than me. But I've come to believe that Trent Roleau, 21, is either Addison County's incarnation of Achilles or a modern day Perseus. I'm not quite sure which.
Back in the day he led the Mount Abe basketball team to a state championship. More recently, I profiled him as part of my Making a Life in Addison County series, and he told me about his plans to start a small-scale diversified farm in Lincoln. Intrepid stuff.
ORWELL — Andrea Ochs was 13 years old when she and her mom moved to Orwell from Queens, N.Y. She at first wasn't sold on the Green Mountain State.
"I promised my father that if I ever woke up and looked out my window and didn't think I lived in the most beautiful place, I would move on," Ochs said.
"I still wake up every morning and thank God that I live in Addison County."
MIDDLEBURY — Drivers heading down Route 7 south of Middlebury will undoubtedly notice a structure on the side of the road that may give the impression that one is in the countryside of Ireland rather than in rural Vermont.
This structure is Louis Nop's newly erected metal castle, located in the backyard of his Route 7 home.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury officials will order an asbestos assessment of the former Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (CVUUS) meeting house at 6 Water St. in anticipation of soon demolishing the structure and selling the 0.21-acre lot for a retail or commercial venture.
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PANTON — Vergennes-Panton Water District residents will vote on Wednesday on whether to support a $5.1 million proposal to upgrade the district's 37-year-old Adams Ferry Road water treatment plant in Panton.
The project will replace all the aging plant's 30-plus-year-old pumps and filters; replace all its electrical, heating and ventilation systems; build a new control room and upgrade its equipment; improve chemical treatment equipment; and improve chemical storage areas.
FERRISBURGH — Work to install 186 non-reflective, 10-foot-high solar panels along Route 7 next to Vergennes Union High School could begin as soon as September, according to the owner of the 16-acre parcel that will house what he said will be, at least for a time, the largest such project north of New Jersey.
Burlington developer Ernie Pomerleau, longtime owner of the Ferrisburgh tract along Route 7's west side, is a principal investor in the project, known as Addison Solar Farm.
The District Environmental Commission's quick denial of an Act 250 permit for the proposed Lathrop gravel pit near downtown Bristol laid out the basic issues in clear detail, but seemingly with the assumption that an appeal was likely. That's just being smart. Appeals often follow on the heels of such a significant denial. After all, the applicants have been battling with citizen-opponents for going on seven years, and it's hard for the losing side to simply admit all that effort was for naught.
CORNWALL — My wife Lisa and I have just returned from a two-week trip to England, where we spent July 15 to 24 in Manchester watching the World Lacrosse Championships.
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text: Pittsburgh at Denver: Usually I get a little pukey about "story lines" in big games. Football, by virtue of its rarity alone, is exciting enough without some contrived plot point forced down our gullets. However. I am legitimately interested to see how Peyton comes back and it will absolutely dominate tonight's broadcast and most of Denver's future games as well. I'm OK with that, for now. Pittsburgh? Oh, I don't know. Mike Wallace came back hat in hand and Charlie Batch enters his 11th season with the Steelers. It really puts in perspective how terrible the Lions were and for how long.


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Glossop, Derbyshire. A former Peak District mill town.
The Peak District covers much of Derbyshire and parts of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Yorkshire. There are numerous interesting towns such as Ashbourne, Bakewell, Buxton, Leek, Matlock and Wirksworth, plus many enchanting villages
|Glossop is a busy, bustling former mill town and the largest settlement in the north-western corner of the Peak - though like Buxton it lies just outside the National Park boundaries.
The area was settled by the Angles in the seventh century and by the time of the Domesday survey in 1086 there were twelve villages listed in the Glossop parish. However, after the conquest of 1066 the area was confiscated from its Saxon Carl and incorporated into the Royal Forest of the Peak under the stewardship of William Peveril. This set back settlement and farming in the area for several hundred years, for farming and grazing of animals in the forest was forbidden, and much of the surrounding area was recorded in Domesday as 'waste'.
In the early 14th century the manor of Glossop was leased to the Talbot family, later Earls of Shrewsbury, who retained it until the Dissolution in 1537. In 1606 it came into the ownership of the Howard family - the Dukes of Norfolk - who held it for the next 300 years with Glossop usually being given to the younger son of the family. The town was then based around Old Glossop and in the 16th and 17th centuries it expanded considerably as the wool and cotton spinning industries developed, and a number of old weavers' cottages can still be seen in Old Glossop.
The town became the Borough of Glossop in 1866 and in this period several fine buildings were constructed around the new centre of the town at Norfolk Square - the Town Hall and the Market Hall to name just two. On the opposite side of the square from the Market Hall lies the Heritage Centre (unfortunately currently closed due to funding issues), which records the history of Glossop.
In the 20th century cotton spinning has declined and most of the mills have closed, the Howard family have left and the railway no longer goes from Glossop under the Pennines. However Glossop is still a thriving, prosperous town with some interesting sights, a good shopping area, a range of accommodation and a strategic position at the western edge of the Peak. It provides an excellent base for accessing and visiting the western parts of the Dark Peak, including Black Hill, Bleaklow and Crowden as well as Chinley and Coombes. The drive west across Snake Pass towards Sheffield is dramatic and beautiful but not to be undertaken lightly in harsh winter conditions.
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General manager Hans-Joachim Watzke insists that the sought-after Pole striker may yet stay at BVB, while the striker himself refused to be drawn on die Roten rumours
Borussia Dortmund general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke has played down talk of Robert Lewandowski leaving in the summer and hinted he may yet stay at the Bundesliga club.
Manchester United had been strongly linked with the Poland international in 2012, but Bayern Munich have recently emerged as contenders to sign the striker according to reports in early February.
Watzke seemed calm on chatter of BVB's sought-after forward leaving Signal Iduna Park, and insisted that no transfer queries have been forthcoming from other clubs regarding Lewandowski.
"There are no enquiries," he told ZDF. "However, I'm aware of the interest in the player, which is normal [considering his quality]. We're in a good situation and we're not forced to sell players.
"When the offers come, we will talk to Robert, but there's a good chance he decides to stay with us. We are playing Champions League and have a good chance to qualify again for next season, I just don't see the necessity to let go any players."
Dortmund drew 2-2 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night with Lewandowski the scorer of the first goal for the visitors and, after giving his thoughts on the result, he refused to be drawn on the Bayern transfer rumours.
He said: "It's tough to say how valuable this draw is, the second leg will show that and I hope we can proceed to the next round.
"For now I'm still a Borussia Dortmund player and even though I'm banned at the moment, I hope to be back for the cup game versus Bayern."
Former Bayern star Lothar Matthaus had claimed that the striker will join the Bavarians in the summer, but Lewandowski dismissed his words, adding: "I didn't talk to Matthaus, I have no clue [where he got this information]."


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Returning to his shtetl in 1945, Veisiejai, witnesses' accounts of how Jews were murdered made Levinson's hair "stand on end". "I listened to how it happened, and I froze... I silently vowed: '...these horrors cannot remain unknown. The knowledge should be spread, so that this will never happen again'."
Levinson spent years "in cellars, libraries and archives" investigating the massacres. When Lithuania gained independence in 1991, he erected memorials at more than 200 Lithuanian mass graves.
Levinson's testimony and experience are included in "Surviving History: Portraits from Vilna"
When curator Shivaun Woolfson asked Levinson for an object imbued with personal significance, he gave her his Book of Sorrows documenting his memorial sites. Lynsey Cleaver, one of the international artists who collaborated on the exhibition, wove it into an interpretive art box representing the survivor's internal world.
Describing her philosophy of history as explicitly Chassidic, Woolfson affirms the 'place for spirituality in academic research'. She is influenced by Reb Nachman of Bratslav's understanding of the transformative relationship between teller and listener: 'The word moves a bit of air, and this the next, and reaches the soul of the other, of the listener, and his soul therein is awakened. "Survivors speak to be heard. They wouldn't speak without someone listening on the other side. In Holocaust narrative, it's assumed the listener will retell the tale," she said.
Ensuring their oral testimonies are retold, Surviving History reverses what has become, since the demise of Communism and apartheid, a familiar journey back to Lithuania, ancestral home to many South African Jews. Flowing from the search for traces of immigrant parents and grandparents is a return of memory of the repressed traumatic history.
The exhibition was accompanied by movies and other events representing some of these journeys. The documentary "Kupishok: Unto Each Name a Person" records the 2004 consecration by South African and other survivors and their families of a memorial wall of names of murdered residents of Kupiskis in Lithuania.
In his presentation on Litvak history, including his own research in Lithuania, Ivan Kapelus (whose Kupiskis-born mother-in-law emigrated to Cape Town in 1929), reflected on the significance of this memory for his audience: "South African Jewry has been the heir to the Litvak heritage.
It was the Litvak tradition that gave South African Jewry its communal institutions, orphanages, old aged home and schools," he said. Aiming to uncover the living traces of Lithuania's Jewish heritage, Woolfson (whose grandmother came from Akmene in northern Lithuania) realized Dublin's tiny Jewish community of her 1960s childhood, was, like South Africa, "a very Litvak world". "Entering homes in Vilnius, I stepped back in time to my grandmother's kitchen. Without knowing Yiddish or Russian, this world felt known and familiar," she said.
Searching for fragments, Woolfson discovered more than overgrown cemeteries and mass murder sites. "The Lithuanian Jewish spirit lives on, in spite of the horrors. Jewish presence in Lithuania is nowhere, yet it is everywhere," she says. "The material isn't just about death and loss, but about life and what these individuals held onto. Considering it their sacred duty to keep the past alive, they're so vibrant. They're phenomenal for their capacity to keep on choosing life. The harder they've struggled, the sturdier they are. "Their compassion, resilience and astonishing courage have touched me deeply. I ask what they want their legacy to be. They answer: 'kindness, goodness, love for others'.
"People say, 'you're not Jewish, why are you doing this work?" said co-curator Francis Tay. "Holocaust education isn't just about stopping anti-Semitism and racism. It's about humanity. I've never heard anyone talk about love for humanity the way survivor Fanya Brantsovksy talks about love," she said. "Reaching into humanity, the material puts others in touch with their own humanity."
Woolfson and Tay were struck by reaction of participants in a teachers' seminar they conducted at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre. "The response here was the most alive we've had. The teachers immediately drew parallels to South African history, referring to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. One man was grief-stricken, having lost his daughter in a car crash. 'How do the bereaved continue?' he asked. "We haven't previously encountered such a reverential atmosphere when people told their stories, nor people digging so deep,' said Tay. "Commemoration has a different resonance here."
The Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre hosts the exhibition at the Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre at the Great Park Synagogue until May 16 including an ancillary programme consisting of a screening of "The Kastner Trial" - a three-part television true-life drama, a lecture by Ronnie Mink and "Where is Kovno?"
NOTE: This is reprinted herein with the permission of the author as previously published in SA Jewish Report, Friday, May 7-14, 2010, Volume 14, Number 16, Page 4.


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"Unbelievable" and an "explosion" is how Floyd Mayweather is selling his tangle with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in Las Vegas.
Whether Mayweather's ambitious billing of the bout will transpire remains to be seen, but what is not in doubt is the fight will generate the biggest purse in boxing history -- $41.5 million for Mayweather, already one of the world's highest-paid athletes.
The man regularly described as the best pound-for-pound fighter will earn even more cash Saturday in the sport's showbiz home by claiming a share of pay-per-view takings.
"This fight is truly unbelievable," Mayweather, who briefly unseated Tiger Woods as Forbes' best-paid athlete, in 2012, told CNN. "Man, this is all excitement. Canelo is young, strong, dedicated to his craft. I'm a legend in the sport.
"Canelo wants that No. 1 spot. Myself, I want to remain at the top. So it'll be an explosion."
Alvarez, promoted by one of Mayweather's past arch-rivals, Oscar De La Hoya, is the latest challenger to attempt to end the 36-year-old's unblemished record.
De La Hoya won't be at the MGM Grand supporting his charge, though, having entered rehab this week.
Following Mayweather's defeat of Robert Guerrero in May -- the former's first fight after spending two months in jail in connection with an incident of domestic violence -- he improved to 44-0.
De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Arturo Gatti and Miguel Cotto are among those who have been unable to down the technically proficient American, while a Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao blockbuster has yet to materialize.
But Alvarez comes in undefeated, too, compiling a record of 42 victories and a draw.
The 23-year-old has registered more knockouts than Mayweather, 30 to 26, although the Mexican's foes are generally considered inferior.
"Canelo is a good boxer," Mayweather said. "He's strong, he's a good puncher. He's done things right to be undefeated at such a young age.
"But I think it's going to be very, very difficult for him come Saturday."
Alvarez isn't fazed, even if he is expected to weigh in at 152 pounds, a fraction lighter than usual.
"I don't care about his record," Alvarez was quoted as saying by Britain's Guardian newspaper. "I'm not coming to make a good fight, I'm coming to win.
"When you fight Floyd you have to be ready for every aspect of the fight. You have to be able to adjust mentally as well as physically.
"I have to be very smart and ready to change my plan at any time. You'll see how I do it. You'll see how I beat him. I'm calm and I'm just ready to fight."
If things go as planned, Mayweather will keep on winning. He is a 1/3 favorite with British bookmaker William Hill.
When asked what his place in boxing history was, the five-division world champion wasn't about to turn humble.
"Right now they call me 'TBE.' That's 'the best ever,'" he said. "The only thing I have to keep on doing is beating these young lions, keep beating the fighters they put in front of me and hopefully I'll go down as the best."


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SABIC and ExxonMobil to Proceed with Specialty Elastomers Project at Al-Jubail
- First-of-its-kind facility will support creation of a world-class rubber industry in Saudi Arabia
- Project will help diversify the Saudi Arabia's manufacturing sector
- Completion of project expected in 2015
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and affiliates of ExxonMobil announced today they will construct a world-scale specialty elastomers facility at the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) manufacturing joint venture.
The facility will be integrated with the existing Jubail complex and is expected to be completed in 2015. The companies have approved the next stage of project development -- engineering, procurement and construction (EPC).
The facility will have the capacity to produce up to 400,000 tonnes per year of rubber -- including halobutyl, styrene butadiene, polybutadiene, and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubbers -- thermoplastic specialty polymers, and carbon black to serve local markets, the Middle East and Asia. Kemya has awarded the EPC contract for the elastomers facility to Technip, Tecnicas Reunidas and Daelim.
Kemya is a 50-50 joint venture between SABIC and Exxon Chemical Arabia Inc., an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Company. The two companies have collaborated closely since 1980 when they established the joint venture, which produces polyethylene, ethylene, and propylene. The new synthetic rubber project represents a significant broadening of Kemya's product portfolio.
Associated with the new Kemya elastomers facility is the establishment of the High Institute for Elastomer Industries (HIEI), a vocational training center in Yanbu; a product application center in Riyadh; and thermoplastic polyolefin compounding and inventory management facilities in Jubail. The facilities are aligned with Saudi Arabia's national industrial clusters development program to expand and diversify its manufacturing sector. The HIEI will employ Saudis as instructors to deliver innovative polymer science education programs developed at the University of Akron Research Foundation, in Ohio, USA, to train Saudis for the Kingdom's developing elastomers conversion industry.
Mohamed Al-Mady, SABIC Vice Chairman and CEO, said, "The Kemya elastomers facility demonstrates our commitment to build and champion a first-rate rubber industry in Saudi Arabia that supports job creation, develops downstream industries and helps diversify the national economy. The strategic partnership between SABIC and ExxonMobil provides the strength of industry-leading competitive assets, introduces new specialty products to the Kingdom and offers global marketing and supply capability of exceptional quality. We will provide the building blocks for our customers to successfully compete on a domestic and international scale in markets for a wide range of applications."
"ExxonMobil is proud to be a leading foreign investor in, and customer of, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," said Steve Pryor, president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company. "This first-of-its-kind elastomers facility in the Kingdom creates a platform that will support the development of a rubber industry, which is designed to produce a broad range of consumer products."
An expanding transportation infrastructure in the Middle East and Asia Pacific has created strong demand for rubber products. The new world-scale Kemya elastomers project will help meet this ever-growing demand. The facility will rely on commercially competitive, high-impact technologies, including proprietary ExxonMobil EPDM, thermoplastic specialty polymers, and halobutyl rubber technologies.
"The expansion will employ the latest proprietary processes and product technologies to meet the growing global demand for specialty elastomers," said Neil Chapman, senior vice president, polymers, for ExxonMobil Chemical Company.
"The project will help maintain an important focus on accelerating the growth and diversification of the Kingdom's manufacturing sector," said Koos Van Haasteren, SABIC executive vice president, performance chemicals. "The HIEI, product support center, and the Kemya elastomers facility together build a strong foundation for investments in targeted industries such as automotive manufacturing, building and construction and appliances."
About SABIC
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) ranks among the world's top petrochemical companies, and is among the world's market leaders in the production of polyethylene, polypropylene, advanced thermoplastics, glycols, methanol and fertilizers. SABIC manufactures on a global scale in Saudi Arabia, the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company operates in more than 40 countries across the world with 33,000 employees worldwide. To learn more, visit www.sabic.com.
About ExxonMobil Chemical Company
ExxonMobil Chemical Company is one of the world's premier petrochemical companies with global manufacturing, technology, and marketing operations. The company delivers a broad portfolio of products and solutions efficiently and responsibly, with a commitment to create outstanding customer and shareholder value. ExxonMobil Chemical endorses the principle of sustainable development, including the need to balance economic growth, social development and environmental considerations. To learn more, visit www.exxonmobilchemical.com.
About Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company
Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) is a 50-50 joint venture between Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Exxon Chemical Arabia Inc., an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Company.
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Actor Kelsey Grammer has been dropped as a defendant in a $100 million lawsuit over an online Ponzi scheme.
Actress Lydia Cornell and a host of other plaintiffs accused the former "Frasier" star of duping investors over a fraudulent venture with website Staropoly.com by allegedly using his name and likeliness to promote the company.
Grammer's lawyer Marty Singer blasted the group for naming his client as a defendant in the suit against accused perpetrators Alex Varanos and bosses at the website's parent company TODHD, and he branded the allegations of grand theft and extortion "absurd" and "without merit."
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text: LINCOLN — Speaker Shap Smith on Thursday announced the appointment of Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln, as the chair of the House Committee on Health Care. Rep. Fisher, the current vice chair of the committee, replaces former Rep. Mark Larson who resigned from the Legislature in August to become the Commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access. Rep. Sarah Copeland-Hanzas, D-Bradford, will become the committee's vice chair.