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"Over 30 years ago, in 1980, Jérôme Lejeune created the label Ricercar. It promptly became a major actor in the rediscovery of ancient music.
Every Ricercar disc is a page in the history of music, to be discovered by listening, but also by reading the detailed commentary, accessible to the wider public. ...
(US) Texas Early Music Project: 2015-2016 Season Subscriptions Available
News from the Texas Early Music Project that their 2015-2016 season subscriptions are available NOW! ... "Join the Texas Early Music Project as we take a season-long tour across Europe to some of Danny's favorite places and some of his favorite musical times throughout the ages. ...
(UK) Handel House Talent 2015-16 (Deadline: 22 May 2015)
"Handel House Museum is looking to recruit promising young baroque music performers at the start of their professional career for its next year-long programme. The museum and baroque specialist Laurence Cummings will select five singers and instrumentalists and one ensemble (maximum of 4 players including harpsichordist) with a particular interest in performing music from the baroque period." ...
(US) San Francisco Renaissance Voices: "Celebration of 10 Years of Renaissance Music Making" (30-31 May, 6 June)
(From a recent SF Renaissance Voices news release)
San Francisco Renaissance Voices (Katherine McKee, Music Director) concert: "Our Favorite Things - A Celebration of 10 Years of Renaissance Music Making: featuring works by Allegri, Byrd, Palestrina, Janequin, Josquin and others" ...
(US) Saturday morning quotes 5.2: Bach on lute or guitar
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"Today's post summarizes a few thoughts and reactions after spending two days auditing Nigel North's masterclasses for guitarists interested in Bach's music for lute. Nigel has for many years expressed strong reservations as to whether Bach's music works at all for the 18th-century baroque lute, given the constraints of its odd tuning of d-minor. ...
(US) San Francisco Classical Voice Article: "John Eliot Gardiner: Monteverdi is the Shakespeare of Music" (By Niels Swinkels, April 22, 2015)
"For the better part of a half century, English conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner has been one of the leading forces in the early music revival. Growing up in a family where, every day after meals, he sang Bach motets with his parents and siblings ...
(UK) London Festival of Baroque Musique 2015 Fundraiser -- Appeal (matching deadline May 15th)
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"In this our first year without sole sponsorship from Lufthansa German Airlines some wonderful people have helped us raise an incredible £119,000 in order to bring leading artists from around the globe here to London.
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(US) Bach Collegium San Diego Concert: "A Tale of Two Cities: Paris and Rome" (8-9 May 2015)
San Diego's premiere early music performance ensemble, concludes its 12th season with "A Tale of Two Cities: Paris and Rome," featuring Giacomo Carissimi's oratorio Jephte and Marc-Antoine Charpentier's miniature tragédie en musique, Actéon. Performances are May 8 & 9, 2015. ...
(US) Twin Cities Baroque Instrumental Program (Summer Workshop, 14-23 Aug 2015) (4 May 2015 Application Deadline)
Location: formerly held in Vancouver August 14 through August 23, 2015 at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, US
"This summer TCEMF (Twin Cities Early Music Festival) joins forces with the Baroque Instrumental Program in offering advanced students and young professionals unique opportunities to study and perform with some of the world's most respected international artists in early music. Held at the University of Minnesota School of Music, this program provides world-class instruction in a new venue. ...
(US) Folger Shakespeare Library: Myths About Shakespeare (Podcast, 22 April 2015)
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"Even if you're not a Shakespeare scholar, there are things you have learned about Shakespeare and his plays throughout your life – that it's bad luck to say the name of "the Scottish play" or that Shakespeare hated his wife. Are any of these stories true? And whether they are or not, what do they tell us about previous eras, and our own? ...
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In the first half of this remarkable CD program, John Edward shows you how to understand the power of your own psychic abilities. He insists that everyone has psychic gifts, but most of the time they''re locked away in the recesses of the mind and need to be developed and recognized.
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It was my honourable intention this week to write a thoughtful, whimsical LA Diary about the high-points of the last year, my many Christmas high-jinks, and writing goals for the coming year.
Then earlier this week, on a water-stop along the Santa Monica beach bike path, I read my Twitter feed, and felt compelled to write something else entirely. An homage to my new writing community, if you will.
Let me explain. Last May, I closed my first Twitter account because I was following what I considered to be a cliquey bunch of show-offs. It's all documented on this website here – my fit of pique.
But a few weeks later I had a re-branding frenzy: lisamarksmedia.com went live, and I recorded the first episode of my talk show, Podcast From America.
Suddenly, it seemed a good idea to get back on Twitter and spread the word. This time though, I made sure that I followed people who interested me, and with whom I shared similar goals.
Since then, I have loved it. I've even made new friends – yes, I'm talking about you @karlabry.
But there's so much more. Often, I tune into #scriptchat which is organized to perfection every Sunday by the talented @jeannevb. To be able to hear @janeespenson's thoughts on writing was a dream come true.
I'm a journalist, so I write every day. I'm lucky to be commissioned by so many wonderful editors, but after deadlines have been met, I start on my own writing. Sometimes it seems that I never stop writing – and that can be hard. Really, bloody, stupidly hard.
Fortunately, the writing community on Twitter are supportive, and available in handy 140 character-long chunks. And while I realise that many people scorn the idea of tweeting, the truth is that their support has made all the difference.
Take this brief list of tweets that were posted on the first day of the New Year – all most helpful to the lonely writer. This is just a random cross-section. I haven't even included the ones that read, 'Need to get four more pages done by the time the kids get back from soccer!!!'
@UncompletedWork WTF!? 10 Lessons I Learned About the Entertainment Industry in 2010 http://bit.ly/fvqaf7 #scriptchat
@MarkGantt Therese great list here! Love it! RT @theresecator 60 Ideas To Let Your Creativity Bloom http://bit.ly/f0fkf3
@FictionChick Predictions for Authors, Publishers and Books for 2011: wp.me/p11R3N-70 @Bob_Mayer
@TheScriptLab Toy Story: How it All Began http://tsl.cm/hsgCo8 #screenwriting #filmmaking #moviereview #writenow
@Writersync Sales of bodice-ripping e-books soar as women use digital readers to hide their romantic novels http://goo.gl/7×4GL #why #hide
And because I love @Stephenfry, and The Archers (a BBC radio soap):
@BBCTheArchers Old romantic, @stephenfry on social class in The Archers > http://bit.ly/eIkpQp
Because of tweets like this, I don't feel quite as lonely.
Sometimes alone but not lonely.
I had no idea how many other people were out there, pouring their thoughts onto the page.
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Tongue clicking is a vital part of language for some southern African groups, such as the !Kung. And it could soon help paralysed people steer their wheelchairs. The key is an in-ear device that listens out for clicks and tuts and translates the sounds into commands for a wheelchair.
Mouth interfaces that interact with wheelchairs are already quite common for severely disabled people. One retainer-like device that fits within the roof of the mouth houses buttons that can be pressed with the tongue.
"But everything that involves tongue movement requires putting something in the mouth," says Ravi Vaidyanathan of the University of Bristol, UK. Besides issues of hygiene, these devices make it difficult for the user to eat or speak, if they are able to, while using it. Monitoring tongue movements through the ear avoids these problems.
The new device, a simple microphone that resembles an earbud for listening to music, picks up low-frequency sounds made by four sorts of tongue click, chosen because each has a distinct local acoustic signature that the system won't easily confuse with other sounds.
The microphone sends the information to a signal processor which categorises the clicks and passes the information to the wheelchair, where each click type moves the chair in a distinct direction.
Vaidyanathan's group have so far used the interface to navigate a virtual wheelchair through a maze. They have also used it to control the reaching and grasping movements of a robotic arm. The four tongue clicks can be mastered in a couple of hours, say the researchers.
"This is a promising technique," says José del R. Millán, who has been working on brain interfaces for controlling wheelchairs at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. If it can be combined with real wheelchairs and shown to work reliably it could be very valuable for patients, he says.
The group do plan to start using real wheelchairs, says Vaidyanathan, but in the meantime they are looking at whether the number of commands can be increased by using a microphone in each ear, to get clearer signals.
Even if four clicks proves to be the limit, it only takes 0.2 seconds to detect each sound so it may be possible to generate high-level commands through combinations of clicking sounds, says Bristol team member Michael Mace.
The work was presented in October at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Academic Challenge is a game show-style television program held by several universities throughout the United States. Each university hosts a group of regional teams (usually 8 or 16 teams) in a single-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional tournament receives an expenses-paid trip to the national tournament held later that year (usually in Washington, D.C.). Each team comprises up to six players, of which four play at any time, with the other players rotating in between rounds. The show is noted for its many errors- a recent major gaffe being the question " Who called chess a waste of intellectual energy?" to which the preferred correct answer was "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (show on December 31, 2005).
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The last two weeks were crazy with all that talk of the UK Internet Porn Ban.
While we're waiting to see how David Cameron implements his internet filtering system, the Sex.com staff is divided whether or not an internet filtering system will have a huge impact on internet porn.
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I was just doin' my usual blog hopping when I saw this post from Alpha's blog... so I thought of snagging this so to share with you too :D
So if it happens that your camera's battery is almost about to drain, here are 8 things to do so you can make use of what is left! you see, I'm one of those who often have this uncalled for scenario, which makes me feel so sad especially if there are still some things that could have been great to snap! Now here's the list:
1. Think About Your Shot First
2. Turn Off Auto Focus
3. Turn Off The Review Feature
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Shingles and Stress
Stress is the way the body is responding to any demand as a result of good or bad experiences. When a person feels stressed, his body will respond by making certain chemicals to be released into the blood. These chemicals make the person to have more energy and strength, which is a good thing when with the stress caused by physical danger. However, it can also be a bad thing if the stress is due to something emotional, and no outlet exists for the extra strength and energy.
The painful skin blisters erupting on a side of the face or body are what characterize shingles. In most cases, the blisters are seen on the chest, back, face or abdomen; but you may also find them on the neck, lower back or limbs. The blisters can be itchy, tender and extremely painful, and when they heal, scabs are formed after one to two weeks, while the pain will still be there.
Can Stress Cause Shingles?
Yes. Stress can cause shingles. Stress is a condition which has a serious impact on the immune system and the body. Stress, like the one experienced when working on a high profile project at the office or watching a sporting event, has a positive short-term impact on the body's immune system, and is regarded as being good stress. However, long term stressors, such as employment arrangements or unhappy marriage, gradually make the body to wear out, weakening the natural defenses of the body. Experts say that it is still necessary for additional research to be carried out to fully understand how the body is affected by stress, while psychological experts believe that a chronic stress really produces a weakened immune system.
Stress can also alter the perception of pain of a person. A person under stress is likely to have a serious feeling of the physical symptoms of a disease. The burning, aching and itching are usually associated with shingles, and become more intolerable when the individual has stress. Emotional stress can trigger shingles in people who have gone through a sudden shock; for instance, those living with chronic diseases, those facing stress in life or after experiencing the death of a loved one. Stress under any of these conditions makes the immune system to be weak, providing an opportunity for shingles to develop.
Most people are affected by stress in one way or another. Sudden, short-term acute stress makes there to be rapid changes in the body. Many of the body systems like the heart and blood vessels, the lungs, the immune system, the sensory organs, the digestive system, and brain, are always prepared to respond to the perceived danger. Experiencing stress for an unduly long period can make shingles and the discomfort related to it to be seriously felt. The immune system can quickly be made weaker, making rapid recovery to be prevented, and according to studies, a person under stress is more likely to go through prolonged pain through post-herpetic neuralgia, the third stage of shingles, where the pain of shingles persists longer even after the rash disappears.


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Toronto Maple Leafs star Jake Gardiner will be signing autographs at the Pickering Flea Market on Sunday January 15th, 2012 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. The first autograph is free and each additional autograph is $10. The signing is being promoted by The Heritage Stick Company who is a premium hockey stick manufacture.
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(2) The regulations in this section shall be enforced by the Commander, U.S. Naval Base Los Angeles, Long Beach, California, and such agencies as he may designate.
[19 FR 891, Feb. 17, 1954, as amended at 27 FR 12368, Dec. 13, 1962. Redesignated at 50 FR 42696, Oct. 22, 1985, as amended at 62 FR 17557, Apr. 10, 1997]
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1. a waxy substance consisting mainly of cholesterol secreted by the intestinal tract of the sperm whale and often found floating in the sea; used in the manufacture of perfumes
[origin: Middle English, from Old French ambre gris, "gray amber"]
"Lady, hell!" bleated Harrigan. "Do you know what she just did? Threw away my chart! The only dash-blank chart in the world that could show me how to find the island of Aragoa!"
"Was we goin' there, cap'n?" asked the bos'n.
"Yes, we was!" yelled Harrigan. "And what for? I'll tell you! Ambergris. A barrel full! At thirty-two dollars an ounce! You bilge-rats been grousin' to know where we were sailin' to–all right, I'll tell you! And then I'm goin' to tie that wench up and skin her stern with a rope's end!
"A few months ago a blackbirder bound for Australia went on a reef in a storm, off a desert island, and nobody but the mate got ashore alive. They'd found a mess of the stuff floatin' on the water, and filled a big barrel with it–and it floated ashore with him. The mate stood the solitude of the island as long as he could, and then took to sea in the ship's boat he'd patched up. He'd salvaged a chart and marked the island's position. He'd been weeks at sea when I picked him up, on my last voyage from Honolulu to Brisbane. He was ravin' and let slip about the ambergris–I mean he was that grateful to me for savin' him he told me all about it, and gimme the chart for safekeepin', and right after that he got delirious and fell overboard and drowned–"
[From "The Girl on the Hell Ship," originally published as "She Devil" in Spicy Adventure April 1936. The complete story can be found in the forthcoming volume Spicy Adventures, which can now be pre-ordered from the REH Foundation.]


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Barbara Harper, RN, founder and director of Waterbirth International Resource and Referral Service, has been researching and documenting waterbirth and gentle birth since 1983. Midwives and parents alike have called her videos "the most inspiring birth videos ever produced." Her newest book, Waterbirth: Embracing the Miracle, will be available in 2005. An internationally recognized expert, she lectures and consults with hospitals and universities throughout the world. The Oregonian newspaper referred to her as "the Billy Graham of waterbirth."


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Honey Boo Boo Child shares her Go Go Juice with Dr. DrewAdd to Favorites | Dr. Drew's Lifechangers
If, like us, the video of TLC's latest viral sensation "Honey Boo Boo Child" -- a.k.a. Alana, a contestant from "Toddlers & Tiaras" -- brought you much joy, then you'll probably love this clip from an upcoming episode of "Dr. Drew's Lifechangers," in which our favorite TV therapist brings the force of nature to his show for some quality hang time.
Naturally, the two share a Go Go Juice, a.k.a. a blend of highly caffeinated soda (i.e. Mountain Dew) and energy drink (i.e. Red Bull) that Alana guzzles to pep her up for her child beauty pageants.
"He's gonna go bouncin' off the walls," says Alana after Dr. Drew takes a sip.
He doesn't literally do that, but the caffeine content does affect him. After his small sip, he claims, "I'm kind of starting to sweat a little bit. I can't speak; my tongue's getting thick."
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Anthony Westbury: Regional plan doesn't add up for St. Lucie County Commission; Treasure Coast dominos falling
Ethics or intimidation? That's one question I had after the St. Lucie County Commission voted Thursday night to withdraw from a regional plan that looks at the South Florida region over the next 50 years.
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About the Katzen Arts Center
The Katzen Arts Center brings all the visual and performing arts programs at AU into one 130,000 square foot space — see Photo Tour. Designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts, the new center provides state-of-the-art instructional, exhibition, and performance space for all the arts disciplines.
The Center features the extraordinary 30,000 square foot AU Museum, directed by Jack Rasmussen, with a variety of gallery spaces for exhibition of exciting contemporary art from the nation's capital region and the world, along with AU's own Watkins Collection and the collection of Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen.
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Thread: Street Photography
April 25th, 2006 #1
Street Photography
I find this very difficult. I really want to take some "street photography" (not literally on the street, but of people, in public), to try and get my photos on the cover of next year's college diary.
I need to get pictures of students being happy and studenty, and pictures to depict student life like that. The hard part is that I need to ask the permission of anyone whose picture i take, if i can use the photo for this diary cover. If it weren't for that, I could probably take some pictures inconspicuously enough. But if I have to ask, then they won't be natural in te picture, probably.
Does anyone have tips for street photography?
Also I saw a very interesting man who I would have liked to photograph, but he didn't look like the kind of man who wanted to be photographed. In fact, that's the main problem - most people don't look like they'd be happy if some weirdo with a camera came along and started taking pictures. I wouldn't.
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My advice is snap first ask later. Technically you can take their picture without asking (legallly) but you need permission to use it for the viewbook thing, then you ask permission after shooting and jot down names and roll number (or whatever if you a digital camera) if they say yes or no, then you can also get their names.
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To use a picture of somebody to be published, you would definatley have to ask them for permission. As for taking pictures of random people, its an issue of just getting over the awkward feeling and just snapping away. You will find most people dont notice, or care. If they do, you just politely tell them what you are doing. Also a nice telephoto or zoom is usefull, that way the majority of people wont even know you are photographing them.
April 25th, 2006 #4
Yo you've got some good tips here already...I would say the more comfortable you are with it the less people will notice you.
Have you ever seen those guys who paste adds all over the city? They are not suppose to be doing what the're doing, but they do it anyway, in front of tons of people and they are confident about it so nobody even looks twice at them.
My 2cents but do whatever feels right
April 25th, 2006 #5
actually you can snap a photo of anyone in a public place and it's legal(at least in the US). you could even go so far as to use it commercially without a release, so long as it's not to sell a product(usually stock agencies won't buy pictures of people without releases either, since they will in fact sell those pictures to companies trying to sell some kind of product).
but yea, mainly it takes getting over that awkward feeling and just snapping away. over time it should become second nature to line up the right lighting, composition etc.
if you don't feel comfortable at first you can always bring some of your own work with you and ask the people if you can photograph them, let them know what you're doing, etc. whichever way works best for you at the moment.
PS: if you need some inspiration on "street photography" look up Garry Winogrand. quite possibly one of the best street photographers of all time.
April 25th, 2006 #6
Thanks guys, great advice. I will try to capture some photos tomorrow. I'll post them here if I succeed.
I also found this page helpful & motivational.
and this page
April 25th, 2006 #7
I have a piece of advice:
Hide behind something and shoot! (that's how snipers get their targets!)
April 30th, 2006 #8
oo im glad i stoped to look at this some great advice, when ppl see me they run! cause they know i always got my cam somewhere lol, and most times if u ask the person becomes how wud u say it uncomfortable in a sence. cause as they say the best pics r taken when ur not looking
April 30th, 2006 #9
yeah, exACTLY. surprise photos are always the best. and thats why photographers make you say things like 'dirty bottom love' or 'penis puller' just before they take a shot, so that you actually laugh, rather than pull a cheesy grin.
go mental! take photos of whoever (well maybe not of 10 foot bikies) but yeah, if people dont like it, just delete it on the spot for them.
or just learn to run really fast
April 30th, 2006 #10
i had a crazy crackhead take my camera from me once because i took his photo, i chased him down, kicked him in the back, sent him sprawling into the middle of the street, grabbed my camera, opened up the back, dropped the film on his face and walked away with my camera in perfect condition.
but thats a worst case scenerio. i shouldn't have been taking pics of sleeping bums/crackheads in abandoned buildings. the worst part is, i'll never be able to get those shots again. i dont live in dallas anymore, and that abandoned school got torn down.
now i have a nikon D50, and im terrified of someone trying to take it, or me dropping it or something.
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wow, wow
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wow thats messed up, i have the same exact feer with my D50 and that im going to take a picture of the wrong person and get the sh*t kicked out of me and me camera broken/stolen although i am a bit happery on the camera front now as i got i insurured
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Another option for you is to go to a local event like a church picnic, school fundraiser or other local event. Find the organizer of it, and ask if you can take pictures. I bet you'll get a yes 9 times out of 10. If they're not sure, offer to burn a cd of the images that you make. A) You'll get in for free and get to explore at your leisure, and more importantly, B) If anyone seems concerned, you can just say "so-and-so gave me permission" or "I'm taking pictures for so-and-so." (Of course, if the people still don't want their picture taken, then don't.)
If you're wanting to build up confidence, it's kind of like going to the zoo before trying to go out on safari. A great way to start getting comfortable around folks.


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I could do it. Is there a place we could go that has decent food too?
edit: also, I work until 7, so I could only meet after that.
My employer is launching a new TV service which is now only available in Chandler and Gilbert, but will be rolled out to the rest of metro Phoenix next year FYI. Sorry to be a corporate whore for a moment.
i really liked filmbar. i can't wait to go back. i liked that they have a seating area outside the theatre (but still inside) so you can chat after the movie. the only downside is that the dj's are absolutely shitty. for being an electronic music fan, i don't always notice dj fuckups unless they are horrible. and these guys were trainwrecks.
also, we need a happy hour soon.
I concurOriginally Posted by chairmenmeow47;2603019
Are any of you people considering this FMLY FEST downtown today?
I just learned about it, I know virtually nothing about it.
New Times writeup: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/jac...t_december.php
All Ages probably means no place to get a beer though, hm?
I did enjoy reading the names of those bands. It's like some of them just gave up on choosing a name...fuck it, Snail Quail it is.
at first I misread Ursus Collosus as Uterus Collosus
Good times! Bras were worn on heads. Unfortunately, they just played the dvd and it skipped. There were some lines missing too, but I would go again. Big Trouble, Little China next.
not to piss off scott, but we can talk about how effing freezing it is?!?! and the no-burn day nonsense. i wanted to build a fire so bad. i don't check to see if it's a no-burn day, but if i hear that it is i won't burn. so i built a fire saturday night.


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Of all the new Super Bowl commercials we got to see on Sunday, at least one seems to have made a last impression on viewers.
Ram Truck's "God Made a Farmer" commercial featuring the voice of Paul Harvey seems to have really struck a chord with many Americans.
The commercial has already racked up over 6 million views on YouTube.
You can view the commercial and read the transcript below.
And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer.
God said, "I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the field, milk cows again, eat supper, then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board." So God made a farmer.
God said, "I need somebody willing to sit up all night with a newborn colt and watch it die, then dry his eyes and say,'Maybe next year,' I need somebody who can shape an ax handle from an ash tree, shoe a horse with hunk of car tire, who can make a harness out hay wire, feed sacks and shoe scraps. Who, during planting time and harvest season will finish his 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then, paining from tractor back, put in another 72 hours." So God made the farmer.
God said, "I need somebody strong enough to clear trees and heave bales, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean pigs and tend the pink-comb pullets, who will stop his mower for an hour to splint the leg of a meadowlark."
It had to be somebody who'd plow deep and straight and not cut corners. Somebody to seed, weed, feed, breed, and brake, and disk, and plow, and plant, and tie the fleece and strain the milk, . Somebody who'd bale a family together with the soft, strong bonds of sharing, who would laugh, and then sigh and then reply with smiling eyes when his son says that he wants to spend his life doing what Dad does. "So God made a farmer."
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A New Year and a New You…"On The Run!"January 25th, 2013 at 11:39 am by jonleiding under Sports
The Latest Running News and notes in Hampton Roads from Sportswrap Running reporter, Jon "Flex" Leiding
Starting off the Year with a Big Win!
With limited races early in the year, many of you have gone outside the "757″ to find a great race. Virginia Beach's Renee High went south to defend her 2012 Walt Disney World Marathon Champion and came back with another win, a faster time than last year in 2:48:30, and the title of Two Time Disney World Marathon Champ! We had her interview last Summer at the CHKD run at Town Point Park. For those of you who missed the interview with the Two-time Olympic Marathon Qualifier, here's the link: Click here for my On The Run Interview with Renee High!.
Make 2013 Your Year!
So many of us make those resolutions to "get fit, eat right, or get organized" for the New Year. If you are NEW to Running, Welcome! Each of us has a starting point. Mine was eight years ago and have enjoyed almost every mile. You'll find good information along with positive people along the way. We do our very best to share them with you.
More Races in Local Places!
The Frosty 5K at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex two weeks ago went to Nick Scerbo, from Norfolk, with a swift 17:08 for the 3.1 mile course. The Ladies were led by Asia Sorensen with a quick speed of 20:30. Our good friends at Mettle Events had their 6K Mud in your Eye Series recently and Robert Dinterman, of Moyock, captured the title with a strong 22:26. Stephanie Aurel Ingalls won the Ladies title in 24:30.
Whats Up for the Weekend?
This Saturday, weather permitting, the Tidewater Striders have their Distance Seriesplanned for the Dismal Swamp with a 15 and 25K race. That's 9.3 miles and 15.5 miles, in case you were wondering. Mettle Events has their Mud in Your Eye Series 8K race finale set for Virginia Wesleyan Saturday as well. up in Yorktown, the Knights of Columbus 10-Miler Run for the Heart will also have Runners racing this weekend. Knowing the weather is calling for some Snow and Ice, it will be a good idea to check each race organizers website for any cancellations.
We always like your input! Feel free to leave a comment or suggestions. Keep checking us out weekly for your Running info in South Hampton Roads and we'll try to catch you or maybe your friends…"On The Run!" Look for "On The Run here on WAVY.com or archived at ontherunwithflex.wordpress.com. Happy Running!


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Glen Doherty's brother, Greg, a Marin County teacher, told us, "His actions were heroic from the start. We knew very early on he had rushed in to help that night, that he got 20 to 30 people out of the consulate."
Tyrone Woods was found "slumped over his machine gun, which was caked with blood. He had continued to fire until he had no blood left and was unable to fire anymore," Charles Woods, the former SEAL's father, told The Washington Times.
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It is U-T San Diego's view that the truth needs to come out about what happened at Benghazi.
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In his 42 years, Doherty found time to become an accomplished pilot, skier, cook, white-water rafting guide and triathlete. After serving as a SEAL for 10 years, he co-authored "21st-Century Sniper: A Complete Practical Guide."
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The renovation of Indiana State's Burford Hall was included in the outstanding designs section of this year's annual publication honoring education design excellence. Snapp & Associates, Inc. and R.E. Dimond & Associates collaborated on the $7.1 million project.
Re-opened in August 2006, the 64,700-square-foot residence hall provides students with amenities such as private baths, individually-controlled heating and air conditioning systems, walk-in closets and full wireless service. On the first floor, residents can now enjoy a spacious lounge area, music practice rooms, dividable meeting space and a performance area with a stage. Vending, mail and laundry facilities are also housed on the first floor.
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The 40-year old six-story building was given a total overhaul with a new roof, facade and low-E windows which resulted in increased energy efficiency. Entrances were equipped with sliding doors and a keycard-access system.
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This isn't the first time an Indiana State residential life project has earned recognition. The renovation of Hines Hall was featured in the 1999 Architectural Portfolio.
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Redefining Modular and Monolithic Storage
by Hu Yoshida on Feb 7, 2013
If you Google modular storage and monolithic storage; you will find that many of the analysts' definitions are very similar. Basically, modular storage is considered to be lower cost, two controller systems that are usually packaged in a 19-inch rack. Monolithic storage is considered to be big expensive boxes that are great for mainframes but are overkill for the requirements of open systems. Lately some analysts have been defining a tier 1.5 storage system, which is typically a cluster of modular systems that are supposed to provide the availability and performance of a monolithic system at lower costs.
Steve Duplessie of ESG wrote a paper that changes this perception. In fact he says that modular systems are also monolithic.
The title of Steve's paper is "Why Virtualization is Broken and How to Fix It".
This is an excellent read. It changed my mind about what I was calling monolithic and modular storage.
Steve defines monolithic storage as "self contained compute, memory and I/O system in a box." What the industry has been defining as modular storage is really monolithic storage because the controllers are self contained in a box. It is monolithic because you cannot increase the power of this type of storage without replacing the box. Steve'sdefinition of monolithic storage is not about the size or cost of a storage system, but about its ability to scale up.
Steve goes on to say that monolithic storage systems have been this way since the beginning of the industrial computing era. The only major improvement has been clustering "where one monolithic system could take over for another monolithic system should a failure occur." Monolithic architectures either clustered or standalone have been finite and static. This definition applies to all storage systems with dual controllers like VNX and Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS), and also multi-cluster storage systems like 3PAR and VMAX. They are all monolithic storage systems because they are clusters of "self contained compute, memory and I/O system in a box." Clustering does not enable a monolithic node to scale up.
What is wrong with monolithic storage? According to Steve, this type of architecture was adequate until the move to server virtualization.
"If one physical server contains 10 virtual machines vying for data access on one physical array, the likelihood of varied and unpredictable I/O clearly arises. And it is causing performance problems throughout the industry today."
"Server cores are cheap and getting cheaper, but storage is actually becoming more expensive. We are trying to fix the problem the same way we fixed monolithic infrastructure problems: Make it bigger and faster… and destroy whatever efficiency and utilization gains we picked up elsewhere."
Steve's paper concludes with the "Bigger Truth" to be able to truly scale to meet the needs of virtual machine requirements:
• The industry must stop developing monolithic answers to grid problems.
• Develop applications to take advantage of multiple physical components – not just bigger individual ones.
• These storage systems also must be built so that "No physical failure of anything should ever keep an executable from competing its task."
Hitachi Data Systems recognized this problem a number of years ago and has designed a non-traditional storage architecture to address this. Hitachi's VSP as well as its predecessors, USP, NSC, USP V, USP VM, and the new HUS VM are architected around an internal switch that connects multiple combinations of compute, memory, and I/O systems. They are connected in a way that enables all the compute, memory and I/O systems in these storage arrays to be utilized as a single pool of storage resources. With storage virtualization this architecture also enables external storage from other vendors to be included in this pool of storage resources.
VSP and HUS VM can scale up to meet the demands of server virtualization and fix it where it is broken.
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Josh Krischer on 11 Feb 2013 at 3:14 am
Hu, in my opinion the definition of monolithic and modular storage is not fitting the current products. I would use:
1. Monolithic storage for subsystems which are cache centered, any host to any back-end access, automated internal path selection, large scalability, large connectivity, advanced functionality and advanced remote copy techniques. Extensive redundancy – a component failure will have negligible impact on operation. Examples HDS VSP and predecessors, IBM DS8000 and EMC Symmetrix and DMX
2. Clustered modular subsystems, when the number of the modules is 2 or more. For example: 3PAR InServ, EMC V-Max, NetApp with ONTAP 8.1, NEC HYDRAstore, XIV , V7000 (cluster of 4) (IBM) and Pillar Axiom 600. Some of them may deliver enterprise or enterprise close functionality.
3. Two side subsystems which are based on two CU, mirrored cache, active/active or active/passive configuration. Limited scalability, connectivity, functionality. A failure of a component on one of the cards may have major impact on performance, 50% of lost connectivity and the user will risk data loss because the cache is not mirrored. Example- too many but most of what is called mid-range.
Josh Krischer on 11 Feb 2013 at 3:47 am
Forgot to add in 3 that the multi-pathing is done by software or or virtualization on the host.
All above is related to block access. Most of the NAS clusters can be in category 2, as well.
Hu Yoshida on 12 Feb 2013 at 8:33 am
Hello Josh, your description is similar to what I would have said before I read Steve Duplessie's paper.
If we go back to the Merriam Webster definition of monlithic which defines it as "consisting of or constituting a single unit" or "exhibiting or characterized by often rigidly fixed uniformity" it seems to say that monolithic systems do not scale.
What you describe in point 1 is a scalable architecture where we can dynamically add resources and functionality that are all connected through a global cache. This is more like a grid architecture. What we have been calling modular and clusters of modular storage are really monolithic storage architectures because they do not scale by adding individual components like processors, cache, and I/O ports. Modular storage is a single unit containing a fixed configuration of processor, cache, and I/O ports. When you cluster these single units together, the resources in one unit cannot add any processing power, or cache, or I/O ports to the other units.
Josh Krischer on 13 Feb 2013 at 3:34 am
Hello Hu, I will not argue with Webster definition of monolithic however this word emerged in the 90-ies as a definition of the high-end storage from EMC, HDS and IBM ( I think that it was Gartner first to use this). This was bad definition because these subsystems scale much better than the modular. Anyhow, this is not the only misused definition in our industry; Architecture and Technology are much more misused. Ionic or Corinthian columns are architecture, but if made of marble(in ancient Greek temple) or sugar (on a wedding cake) is technology. x86 is architecture and CMOS is technology but how many times you read about architecture and technology talking about software, for example.
I fully agree what you wrote "What we have been calling modular and clusters of modular storage are really monolithic storage architectures because they do not scale by adding individual components like processors, cache, and I/O ports. Modular storage is a single unit containing a fixed configuration of processor, cache, and I/O ports". However the reality is different because use of monolithic and modular is well entrenched today and has nothing to do with the subsystem structure or capability.
In my opinion, all the current definitions of storage are bad and I hope that some independent body such as SNIA or IEEE will decide on new definitions. I personally don't use them. I use "enterprise high-end" or "mid-range" instead.
"Grid" structure is also something different; the grid idea was using loosely connected free resources over network which is different to multi module clusters which I mentioned in the previous comment. In my opinion the term "modular" may best fit these structures because they scale by adding modules.
Hu Yoshida on 13 Feb 2013 at 1:52 pm
Hello Josh, I agree that definitions have become confusing.
However, enterprise and midrange are also confusing terms because midrange systems now run hypervisors, which require scalability that demands a global cache solution.
Prakhar Rastogi on 03 Apr 2013 at 4:59 am
According to me , the difference between modular(midrange array) & enterprise(monolithic array) is the abilty to connect to mainframe data .
If it cannot store mainframe data it's called midrange array.
Hu Yoshida on 16 Apr 2013 at 11:55 am
Hello Prakhar, there are many customers today who run their critical enterprise applications on open systems servers and require the same performance, availability, and scalability that was required of mainframes. They also need the same performance, availability, and scalability in their storage system. So mainframe capability is no longer a requirement for enterprise systems.


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Global Roadtrip - Cairo, Egypt
Join AlphaRex on his Global Roadtrip as he visits Cairo, Egypt...The Pyramids at Gizeh, Sphinx guarding the Pyramids, and how he braves the Nile Crocodile...
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Besides, his first stop in Africa on this particular voyage.
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What is the point of the global road trip? are they giving any sessions or any classics?
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