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Frodo slept for an hour and woke to find Sam asleep in the chair, the book resting still open in his lap. He smiled indulgently at him as he rose, drank some more of the water, and lifting a throw from the back of the low settee provided gently draped it over his friend, then briefly visited the adjoining privy. Finally, having donned the blue surcoat himself, he slipped out to rejoin the others.
Merry smiled, a glass of juice in his hand. "Sam's drifted off to sleep himself, has he?"
"Of course, dear Sam." Frodo sat and accepted a glass of juice for himself, then tried an orange fruit that lay on a dish, pulled apparently into segments. He found it sweet and refreshing. He turned to Aragorn, who had paused in his quiet discussion with Prince Imrahil, King Éomer, the Lady Éowyn, and his new Steward. "What is this called, Aragorn, this orange fruit?"
"It is called the orange fruit, Frodo."
Frodo laughed. "But of course it is! What else? Does it grow here in Gondor?"
"It grows on trees in the Southern fiefdoms, and very prominently in Anfalas and Belfalas. Dol Amroth is one of the primary sources of it for trade. There are some other similar fruits that grow there also."
Pippin, who'd come off his duty and who was making up for lost meals, asked around a mouthful of bread and cheeses, "How was the bed?"
"Rather softer than I've become accustomed to, but quite comfortable."
"Good. Then I'm thinking of trying one as well. It was a long walk up through the city--I'd forgotten how long, in fact."
"Well," Aragorn finally said, the discussions with lords and lady apparently over for the moment, "once Sam has joined us would you like to watch the amending of the Rolls?"
"Gladly," Frodo replied. He looked much better, and was eating obviously with enjoyment. King and Wizard exchanged looks of relief. Frodo smiled as he looked out the window into the garden which grew outside it as he wrapped a slice of bread about a piece of cheese and ate it slowly yet with relish. "It's odd how this place can feel both ancient and very new at the same time," he said.
The door to the room in which Frodo had slept opened, and Sam came out, yawning. He looked at Frodo as he entered the receiving room and smiled. "Slept good, did you, Frodo?"
"Very well, Sam. Come and eat something more if you can." He looked up at Aragorn. "I don't need to wear the mithril shirt again, do I?"
"Not today if you don't wish. Swords and mail are not usually worn in the feast hall of Merethrond."
"They name their feast halls here?" Sam shook his head.
"It sounds like a good idea to me," Merry commented.
It took some time for Frodo to finish the bread and cheese and a cup of juice. Then, taking a mug of water with him, he and Sam followed Aragorn and Lord Faramir back to the Hall of Kings, Éomer, Éowyn and their attendants following behind. A long table was being set into place as they entered, and a page was sent to call Lord Húrin, who was to bring with him the Roll of Kings while Faramir carried with him the Roll of Arnor.
They'd been quiet as they returned, and Frodo sensed that Éomer was still reserved in his attitude toward Faramir, but that this was thawing. Faramir was taking refuge in his role as Aragorn's new Steward, and he uncapped the gold carrier he held with care and carefully slipped the scrolls it contained into his hand, then laid all gently atop the table. On his arrival Húrin handed the second carrier to him, and he did the same. Iorvas appeared with a tray on which sat an inkpot, several pens, drying sand and a penwiper, and held it awaiting his new Lord's requirements.
"May I please have a stool for the Ringbearer to sit or stand upon while we work on this?" requested the King, reaching down to take Frodo's water for him. "He is a scholar within his own land and is, I understand, the one who keeps his family's genealogy; and this will be of interest to him. Perhaps one of the stepped stools used by those who clean the tops of the statues within this room."
Iorvas tried to hide his surprise at the specificity of the request, and turned to one of the others who stood near the back of the room and gave a gesture of his head, and the Man hurried off to do his new Master's bidding. The servant returned swiftly with just that item and a clean cloth, and settling the cloth over the top of the step he placed it by the King's side where Frodo could watch.
"Thank you for your thoughtfulness in bringing the cloth as well," the King said, smiling at the Man, who was overwhelmed and became the King's man from that instant. "Sam, would you like the same?"
"No, thanks very much, Lord Strider, but I couldn't perch up on one of those like a bird. Mr. Frodo--well, he's more used to such things. I'll remain down here with my feet planted firmly on the floor."
Seeing how Sam stood still so close by Éomer, Aragorn answered, "Well enough, then."
Frodo came forward, looked up at the servant and smiled. "Thank you very much," he said as he used the steps to reach the top, turned and sat, allowing the Man to push it closer to the tall table. "This can be awkward, Aragorn," Frodo continued as he adjusted his position on the stool, "trying to make things comfortable for both your height and mine."
The King smiled. "Between us I think we'll manage."
King and Steward each carefully unrolled one of the large Rolls, and as Faramir worked to find the end of the Roll of Gondor Aragorn chose a pen from the tray held by the footman and prepared to work on amending the Roll of Arnor. Carefully dipping the pen into the inkpot he began, writing swiftly but gracefully as he indicated that Aragorn son of Arathorn, on the first of May of the old year 3019, on the thirty-sixth day from the start of the new year in the new King's Reckoning, had been crowned King of Gondor by acclamation and recognition of his descendancy from Elendil through his elder son Isildur, Valandil, and eventually Arvedui by his wife Fíriel daughter of Ondohir, thirty-second King of Gondor.
"Nothing of having defeated the armies of Mordor?" asked Frodo dryly as he sipped from his mug of water. Aragorn simply smiled at him as he examined the roll to that point. Frodo looked at the inscription, reading it out loud. Then he looked up in question. "You've not indicated you are now the King of Arnor as well."
"No, I haven't, Frodo. The Kingship of Arnor is conferred by acceptance of the Sceptre of Annúminas, which is as yet still in the keeping of the Lord Elrond. Until he presents that to me I remain but chieftain there."
"He didn't send that as well by your brothers?"
"No, Elladan and Elrohir brought to me the Star of Elendil and the King's standard, but not that as yet."
"I did not realize you could read and speak Sindarin, Master Baggins," commented the Lord Steward Faramir as he settled the Roll of the Kings of the South beside the first.
"And Quenya, although I suspect my pronunciation is dreadful," Frodo said with a shrug. He was looking at prior inscriptions. "That must be Lord Elrond's hand--certainly it is familiar enough," he said, indicating where the death of Arathorn was announced, followed by a largely blank area with two small marks and then the indication that Arathorn's wife Gilraen and his son Aragorn had been taken into Imladris for the safety of both while the child was still in his minority.
Éomer had come close enough to examine the scroll. "What are those two marks for?"
"They are each the sign of a death, but of whose I don't know. I'm surprised that Adar didn't note whose deaths they were. My lord uncle's death is noted here," and he showed where the name of Halbaleg had been written in the same hand, preceded, as was that of Arathorn and later that of the Lady Gilraen in his own writing, with the same mark. Then in the blank space between his mother's death and the note of his own accession to the Crown of Gondor he inscribed the same mark, and noted the death of Halbarad of Eriador, Ranger and Steward of Arnor, in the battle of the Pelennor Fields before the walls of Minas Tirith in Gondor; and the appointment of Halladan son of Halbaleg and brother of Halbarad as Steward of Arnor as of the fifteenth day of March, 3019. "And here is the indication I, having come of age, was advised of my lineage and confirmed as Chieftain of the Dúnedain peoples of Arnor and Eriador, and caretaker of the peoples of the Northern lands."
"You wrote that, then," Frodo commented.
"Yes, I wrote that. As I said, it is the duty of the Lord of the Realm to keep the notations on the Roll as much as is possible."
"May I examine it, my Lord Elessar?" asked the Steward as Prince Imrahil and his two older sons entered, accompanied by Halladan and the minstrel Faralion. "Welcome, Uncle, Elphir, Erchirion; Lord Steward Halladan, Master Faralion." Noting the ink was now dry on the Roll of the North Kingdom, Aragorn carefully exchanged the places for the two Rolls and reached out for the pen again, wiped its point, then prepared to inscribe the Roll of the Kings of Gondor. Faramir continued, "It was interesting to open the Roll during your absence East of the River, my Lord King, and look at all of the hands that have inscribed it. Were the first inscriptions truly made by Elendil himself?"
"So Elrohir and Elladan tell me." He looked up as, as if conjured by the mention of their names, the two Peredhil entered the Hall with Master Galador. "Welcome; you've missed the inscription of the Roll of the North, and now I prepare to do that to the Roll of the South." He turned back to the blank area presented with a critical eye. "It will need new material spliced into it soon, for I shall undoubtedly use up all that there is here now."
"But there is no need to put more than your own name into the Roll," said Galador.
Aragorn arched a brow. "Is there truly, my friend? No, I shall need to put in the list of Kings and Chieftains from the Northlands as the Kings of the Southlands were written into the Roll of Arnor so as to verify the legitimacy of my lineage on both sides." So saying he dipped the pen into the ink and began to write, one of the Elves peering over his shoulder while Halladan came forward to share the examination of the Roll of Arnor with his counterpart from Gondor.
Galador watched the King with interest. "You do not consult the other scroll, my Lord?"
The King looked over his shoulder at his Elven brother and smiled, then looked back to the Master of Protocol. "With such teachers as these, I was required to memorize the entire list on both sides of my lineage, Master Galador, as well as the list of Stewards. I will not put in all dates of birth and death into the list of Kings of Gondor, however." Carefully he worked, starting with the names of Isildur, his wife and four sons, then the indication that Elendur and his next two brothers had died at Gladden Fields preceding the death of their father in the River Anduin, and that Valandil, the youngest, had succeeded their father.
As he wrote, Éomer shook his head. "I'd wondered why you don't just have your minstrels put them into a chant and sing them in order at your kingmakings as we do in Rohan, but I suspect that if you did we would still be sitting at the King's feast a week later and still not be near the end of it. Is there truly a need to keep such a record, my brother?"
His sister shook her head in embarrassment. Aragorn paused in his writing to laugh. "Remember, my brother, that we have had a full three thousand years to develop very complicated rules to compass us about, and another three thousand before that to start the process since Elros led those who chose to follow him to Númenor out of Middle Earth. I fear our peoples are obsessed with lists such as this; and in a full six thousand years of history we've made the study of minutiae into an art form."
Frodo asked, "Did you have to learn the list of Kings of Númenor also?"
"Yes, I did, as well as the names of those who were fathers to Elendil who did not sit upon the throne there."
Éomer was impressed. "That is a mighty spate of names to keep in your head."
"He's had over forty years to forget them all since last I tested him on them," Elladan commented. "Shall we watch to see if he's forgotten any in this paltry list?"
Aragorn gave him an annoyed look. "Some have such poor memories they do well to remember the two generations their family has known in the same amount of time." Elrohir laughed, and Aragorn turned back to his writing.
Father to son the list continued, Kings and Chieftains, until he came to the names of Aradorn, Arathorn, and finally himself. For the last six chieftains he indicated the names of wives and all children, indicating that there were living three others of the line of Kings, Halladan and Hardorn sons of Halbaleg son of Elendur son of Bedorn son of Garthorn, second son of Arassuil; and Gilfileg son of Gilthor son of Nienoreth, younger daughter to Argonui; and son also of Arien of Dol Amroth. Then, looking again at the scroll Faramir was still perusing, he put in the two marks indicating deaths that Elrond had indicated in the Roll of Arnor. "I will have to question Lord Elrond what those indicate, unless either of you knows?" He looked from one to the other of the two sons of Elrond.
Elladan shrugged gracefully. "I have no idea. Adar and Lord Glorfindel have failed to tell us all of the business of your lineage, young brother." Elrohir looked from his brother to his foster brother and indicated that it was the same for both of them.
Halladan looked at the two isolated death signs, and shook his head. "Our adar certainly did not tell us of any deaths that ought to have been included in the Roll, Aragorn."
Frodo watched as carefully Faramir manipulated the rods of the scroll he and Halladan examined, working backward all the way to the first. To realize he looked on the writings of Isildur and Elendil himself was humbling. Then Faramir went back through the scroll again to its end, finally stopping at the indication of one who was son of a woman of Dol Amroth. Here he paused, caught the eye of his new King and indicated the notation. Imrahil had turned, for one of his own knights had entered the hall accompanied by a Guard and approached him and his sons. Aragorn cast a quick glance at the record, then at the family of the Prince of Dol Amroth, and said quietly, "The facts of that will one day be made clear, Lord Faramir, but the time is not now. It would be best to wait until this one of my cousins comes himself to Gondor to meet with his mother's kindred, for I have not his permission to tell his tale." He gave a small smile. "You will learn that there have always been a few of the Dúnedain of the North that have served among the forces of Gondor. I was not the first, and am certainly not the last."
Frodo looked at the Prince of Dol Amroth, and saw that most were more interested in his discussion with his knight than in that between the King and his Stewards at the moment, including Master Galador and the minstrel Faralion. The discussion deepened, and finally Imrahil gave a decisive nod. Faramir finally rolled all the material to the end of the scroll and fastened the ribbon provided about it as his uncle approached the table.
"My Lord King," the Prince said, "word has come that a craft from Umbar comes up the River and approaches the Harlond. It is flying a flag of truce."
"This is remarkably quick work for those of Umbar," commented Aragorn. "Usually they must discuss things for days before anyone will come to a decision for anything, even as trivial as which standard to hang on their ships. However, I have still several matters to discuss before I speak to outsiders." He asked Iorvas, "Will you please call Master Balstador here, Master Iorvas?"
"Gladly, my Lord," Iorvas said.
He started away with the tray, but the King stopped him. "I will keep this, for I have other things I must write and perhaps it would be best done now. Once you have sent for Master Balstador, please bring me about ten sheets of paper on which I might write. Thank you."
With a brief "Yes, my Lord King," Iorvas gave the tray into Aragorn's hands and hurried off. The King set the tray upon the table, then turned to the others in the room.
"There is no time to call for the full Council at this moment," he commented, "and so it appears that we will need to decide how to deal with our visitors hastily. My own thought is that there will be no real time to deal with an embassy properly today. I suggest, therefore, that once we know their numbers, they be brought into the city and to a suitable guest house in the Sixth Circle, and be given a guard of honor sufficient to keep them out of mischief for the time. I then suggest that the leaders be invited to the Coronation feast tonight, and seated on the inside of the curve of the table, opposite the Lord's seat. Such will give them sufficient importance to allay outright offense, allow us to keep them under surveillance, and yet will not exaggerate their importance as seating them to my right or left would do."
"That might give offense to some of the lesser lords of the realm," Galador commented, obviously thinking rapidly and not particularly happy with the situation, "but would indeed serve as you indicate. Shall I see to this, my Lord?"
"If you will."
"Who will sit by you this night?"
"Lords Frodo and Samwise will sit to my right with Halladan beyond them; the Lord Éomer to my left with his sister beside him, Lord Faramir and Prince Imrahil beyond them. Lord Elphir and Lord Erchirion, if you would agree to sit to the right of Lord Halladan and the Ringbearers? And Elladan, Elrohir, would you agree to flank those from Umbar? It would give them a great deal of pause. And if Legolas and Gimli were to sit also one on each side of them with Gandalf beside one of them, it would give them even more pause. Those of Umbar have always had poor relations with those of other races. They would thus be boxed in, close enough to me to appear to be receiving due attention, yet isolated from those whom they might consider likely to be impressed by their presence or open to intimidation."
One of the sons of Elrond laughed. "Ah, younger brother, it appears Glorfindel has managed to indeed teach you the value of containing possible threats in an elegant setting."
Galador agreed with the King's proposed seating situation for those from Umbar, but found himself yet bemused. That the new Lord of Gondor was taking a decisive role in arranging the seating at his own coronation feast was unprecedented; that he knew how the tables in the feast hall were arranged simply went unnoticed by him. Nor did Prince Imrahil seem to pay attention to this knowledge, although Erchirion was giving his new liege a look of evaluation which the King answered with an enigmatic smile.
The King continued, "Until the feast, we can certainly plead the press of the ceremony and needs of the day as excuses not to actually have to deal with the embassy's business today. In fact, we can use these excuses for two or three days and allow them to cool their heels and become uncertain as to whether or not we will treat with them in an official manner at all; such should make them more amenable to reason when I finally do agree to allow them an audience. That will also give us more time to gather intelligence of the reasons for their arrival on this day of all days and what they hope to gain by coming so soon to Minas Tirith. It will also allow us to hold a proper meeting of the Council before we meet with them."
Again all found themselves agreeing.
Aragorn nodded, then looked where Iorvas and Balstador were entering from the back of the Hall. "Now, my Lords, if you will excuse me for some minutes, I have some directions to write to my kitchen staff. Lord Faramir, my Lord Prince, if you will please explain the situation to Master Balstador so that we can have the housing for the Umbarians prepared, I will take care of what needs to be done now."
So saying he accepted the paper brought by Iorvas and sat down to write. It took him about half of an hour to finish his missive, which he folded and entrusted to Iorvas to take to the head cook, at which time he wiped his pen one last time, stoppered the bottle, and set the tray aside. Another footman had taken the place of Iorvas. "Your name?" the King asked.
"Ithildor son of Borongil, my Lord King."
"If you will please fetch me some sealing wax, I will seal the ribbons about the Rolls and see them properly returned to their carriers."
"Yes, my Lord." Ithildor gave a stiff bow and hurried off, returning quickly with a small salver on which he carried a stick of black sealing wax and a lit candle, setting these on the table.
Aragorn took out of an inner pocket a carved seal and set it on the salver. He then took up the Roll of the Kings of Gondor, opened it enough to ascertain he had the proper roll, rolled and secured it properly with the black ribbon, then applied sufficient wax to accept the seal. Once it was hardened, he examined the two carriers briefly, slid the Roll into its proper one and then handed it to Faramir; then did the same with the second Roll, slid it and the two lesser scrolls into it, and gave it into Halladan's hands. He looked at both Galador and Lord Húrin. "Are you both assured that these have been properly dealt with?" he asked.
"Yes, my Lord," Húrin indicated with a profound bow, Galador following suit.
Sam asked, "How do you know as you've set each in the right holder, Lord Strider?"
Aragorn smiled. "The caps on each end are marked with their original Lord's signs, the Roll of Gondor with an image of the Sun in glory and that of Arnor with a crescent moon. Elendil's roll, Lord Elrond told me, had an eight-pointed star on each end."
Galador cleared his throat. "The seal you are using, my Lord King...?"
"I have used my personal seal, which is a single A glyph with an inset of an eight-pointed star. I will have a proper signet ring made that will be the ring of my rule once I have received the Sceptre of Annúminas."
"Then the last time the Roll of the North Kingdom was sealed it was sealed by you?"
"Yes, after I noted the death of my mother."
"I am surprised she did not live to see you crowned, my Lord."
The King merely shrugged, his face solemn.
Iorvas entered followed by a second servant, each carrying a tray. "The trays requested for Masters Frodo and Samwise, my Lord."
"Thank you." He turned to Sam, who'd moved to the side of the stool on which Frodo still sat, and Frodo. "Would you prefer to eat here or in the lesser audience chamber where we were before?"
The two Hobbits looked at each other, and then at a slight nod from Frodo, Sam said, "I think the other room, then."
"Can you find your way on your own? I have more business here."
"We can manage. Can you get down all right, Master?"
Frodo carefully descended from the step-stool and straightened his surcoat. "My Lords, gentlemen," he said politely, "if you will excuse us...." He and Sam gave courtly bows and led the two servants out of the room.


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The California state legislature's approval rating is now more than four times that of its federal counterpart.
Forty percent of California voters approved of the state legislature in an early December survey, the highest such rating since mid-2007, according to the nonpartisan Field Research Corporation. The last time approval remained that high for a year was 2002 when the average annual approval was 40 percent. The turnaround in approval, which was as low as 10 percent in September 2010, mirrors a similar trend in the state's finances.
"The state was facing massive budget deficits and everyone, every elected official in Sacramento, got their share of the blame," said Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo. "And now they're forecasting higher than expected budget surpluses. … It's just a better time. Both the governor's and the legislature's ratings are trending higher."
Voter attitudes toward the legislature have improved significantly even over the past year, according to the Field release. Disapproval was consistently between 62 percent and 80 percent from 2008 to 2012. Now it's down to 44 percent, its first time below 50 percent in over five years.
Approval of the federal legislature, on the other hand, was 9 percent in November, the lowest in the 39 years Gallup has tracked it. The last time federal approval was above 40 percent was in 2004, when it averaged 42 percent.
Here's a side-by-side look at approval for the federal and California legislatures, according to Field and Gallup data.
NOTE: The timeline is restricted by the data in the Field release, so only annual averages with some gaps are available through 2007. After that, periodic monthly approval data was given. In cases where the Field and Gallup data didn't align exactly, the closest value—typically a matter of a few weeks—was used.


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Josh and Jay have reached a standoff similar to the old Kansas law: "When two trains approach each other at a crossing, both shall come to a full stop, and neither shall start up again until the other has gone."
It's silly. Somebody has to make a positive move.
The differences between Josh McDaniels and Jay Cutler must not become irreconcilable.
If the coach and the quarterback aren't willing and able to get together and make up, then the owner, who insisted this is his franchise again, has to step into the standstill. Where are you, Pat Bowlen?
These are the issues:
Despite McDaniels' denials, the Broncos did have discussions with Tampa Bay and Detroit about a potential three-way deal that would have brought Matt Cassel from New England to Denver. Multiple NFL sources have confirmed to me that the Broncos were involved in talks as Cassel was being traded to Kansas City.
Cutler is upset the Broncos would consider trading him, and claims he still could be dealt. NFL sources state emphatically that Cutler will not be traded now, as McDaniels has stated publicly.
McDaniels has asked Cutler to come into his office and discuss the matter, and Cutler has said he doesn't care to.
It has to be believed that McDaniels doesn't consider Cutler as valuable to the Broncos as Cassel, who was acquired by Kansas City, and Cutler doesn't trust McDaniels, or consider him as valuable to his career as he did Mike Shanahan and former Broncos offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates.
McD and Jay-C are headed for a train wreck.
These are my opinions:
McDaniels shouldn't have even pondered trading Cutler for Cassel. Although Cutler has a 17-20 record as a starter, didn't get the Broncos into the playoffs this past season, can be nerve-racking to everyone with his costly mistakes (the uncalled fumble against the Chargers in the opener, the untimely interceptions in several games), has not become a leader yet on the field and in the clubhouse and has not endeared himself to the media or the community, his upside is much higher than Cassel's.
Cassel was a career backup until last season, then a one-year system quarterback. Cutler was victimized by the worst defense in the league, forcing him to do things he shouldn't have. He's high risk, high reward, as John Elway was. If surrounded by talent and tutored properly, Cutler will be a successful Pro Bowl and postseason quarterback, with big numbers, for a long time.
If McDaniels believed that information about a possible trade wouldn't be leaked out of Tampa and Detroit, he was mistaken and naive. When the trade didn't happen, he should have been truthful. If he chose not to warn Cutler beforehand, his first call after the news escaped should have been to Cutler. The coach ought to have come clean with the quarterback.
Cutler shouldn't have gone into snit mode. Pro football is a business, and this is business as usual. He's a big boy who signed a six-year, $47.86 million contract in 2006. He should suck it up and prove to the new staff that he is capable of being a championship quarterback. He should have agreed to meet with McDaniels and work through their differences.
If Cutler did ask to be traded, he should acknowledge it. If not, he should deny it.
Bowlen should demand that McDaniels, Cutler, general manager Brian Xanders and CEO Joe Ellis meet with him, air out the problems and get the Broncos back on track. The franchise can't plummet into Cowboys-like chaos and confusion. If Bowlen can't unite the factions, then he shouldn't have taken control back from Shanahan, and the new organizational chart already isn't working.
McDaniels should guarantee Cutler that he won't be traded and he is the quarterback, and Cutler should guarantee McDaniels that he will adapt to the changes and get over what has transpired. Or McDaniels must recant his statement to me that he hoped that Cutler was as excited about playing for him as he was about coaching Cutler. And Cutler has to acknowledge he wasn't as eager about the new offense and direction as he indicated. Both had asserted Cutler was "on board" with McDaniels.
If they can't bring themselves and the Broncos together, particularly with all the changes in personnel being made the past several days, then Bowlen must order one or the other to go, as in the Elway-Reeves relationship.
McDaniels can be forgiven his rookie mistake, just as Cutler has been forgiven many of his rookie, sophomore, third-season mistakes, but the coach can't lie and cover up, and the quarterback can't act aggrieved and resentful as the face of the Broncos. They have to accept their responsibilities to each other, the players and the people of Denver.
At this crossing, deadlock must yield to equilibrium.
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Seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was killed in a toilet at Gurgaon's Ryan International School last week. The news of his killing was met by furious protests by parents and locals, some of whom torched a nearby liquor store.
A bus driver, Ashok Kumar, confessed to having killed the boy, who he said resisted his attempts to have unnatural sex with him. But the doctor who performed the post-mortem analysis of Pradyuman's body said there were no signs of sexual assault.
While Kumar's family members have alleged that he's being framed, Gurgaon Police ACP Birem Singh said it's "clear" that only he was involved.
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After the fire nerf and all I´ve seen many threads about wich specc is the best. But I would be glad to know wich specc actually suits me the best.
Here is my armory, eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/outland/Liveet/advanced
I have seen that all of the 25M top mages are playing Arcane atm, wich is understandable due to low movement in the most of 25hc fights.
But how is it when it comes to 10hc fights? Will Arcane stand as top even there, due to the fairly amount of higher movement, or will frost and fire actually overcome it?
I would love to see some logs from hardcore raiding mages, wich actually performs at the top both as Frost and Arcane.
So give me you opinion, but please have some facts that can prove it. Don´t just write: Arcane is better because I do better dmg. I would like some proof!
P.S ( I have been raiding as fire this whole week, out damaging my raid at almost all the bosses. But if Arcane or Frost is better, I would be glad to take my dps to higher rankings)
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Dietitians Dish: Lower sodium in your diet
Jan. 17, 2011 at midnight
Updated Jan. 17, 2011 at 7:18 p.m.
By Jami Martin
Small steps are a good start to being successful with your New Year's resolutions. Lowering sodium in the diet is a great goal for the new year. The Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension diet is a healthy-eating plan for the whole family, and it recommends limiting sodium to 1,500-2,300 milligrams a day.
Where can you find sodium in your diet? Each teaspoon of table salt contains 2,300 mg sodium. Therefore limiting salt in cooking process and at the table is the first step.
Second, watch out for sodium-containing ingredients. Ingredients that contain the word "sodium" or "salt," such as monosodium glutamate, sodium bicarbonate or onion salt, are easy to identify. Baking soda and baking powder also contain sodium. Seasoning blends may contain sodium or salt.
Third, sodium can be found naturally in most foods; for example, sodium is found in higher amounts in meats, fish, poultry, milk and eggs.
However, processed, cured and convenience foods and beverages can be among the highest. These foods can contribute greater than 75 percent of sodium in the American diet.
Additional sodium can be found in medication preparations and softened water.
The following key words on food labels can be helpful in food selections and managing sodium in your diet.
Sodium free is less than 5 mg of sodium per serving.
Salt free meets sodium-free requirements.
Very low sodium is less than 35 mg of sodium per serving.
Unsalted, without added salt, and no added salt - no salt was added during processing.
Low sodium is less than 140 mg sodium per serving.
Light sodium is a reduction in sodium of at least 50 percent when compared with a referenced food or regular food item.
Reduced sodium is a reduction in sodium of at least 25 percent when compared with a referenced food or regular food item.
Food prepared with less sodium does not have to be without flavor. Season and add flavor to your food using:
Herbs and spice - fresh, dried or blends
Pepper - black, lemon or lime
Garlic or onions - fresh, minced or powdered
Peppers - spicy, mild or sweet
Fruits - citrus, mango, berries
Vegetables - mushrooms, squash, tomato
Cooking in liquids with little or no sodium instead of using broth, bouillon or stocks reduce overall sodium:
Wine - Red or white
Beer - Light or dark
Vinegar - Balsamic, rice, apple cider
Teas - Black, green, white, or herbal
Juices - Fruit or vegetable, fresh or low sodium
It is advisable to check with your physician prior to using salt substitutes.
Prepare food at home this year to have greater control of the sodium in your diet and stay open minded to new flavor combinations, adjusting may take time.
Happy New Year.
Jami Martin is a registered and licensed dietitian. Send questions or comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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TEG is actively seeking funding for a number of future projects. Current priorities include:
TEG is currently planning the redevelopment of our website. We are working towards launching the new site in summer 2016 and would be delighted to hear from any of our corporate members interested in sponsoring the redesign. Benefits could include accreditation as website sponsor on the site plus inclusion of company logo and weblink on the Home page. Please email email@example.com in the first instance if you would like to discuss this opportunity further with members of the Executive Committee.
Open to everyone involved in producing, touring or hiring exhibitions, TEG's annual Marketplace provides a time and a place for delegates to make contacts, promote exhibitions and find out what other organisations have to offer. Marketplace itself is a one-day event, accompanied in recent years by a programme of tours of local exhibition venues on the preceding day. It is held in a different part of the UK each year to encourage new organisations to participate. Delegates are from national and regional museums and galleries, arts and science centres and other public organisations UK-wide.
Proposed benefits to sponsors:
- Company logo on all publicity material
- Accreditation as Marketplace sponsor on the TEG web site
- Inclusion of company promotional material in the delegate pack
- Acknowledgement on all signposting at the event and in the opening address
- The opportunity to address delegates at the event and to demonstrate products
- Contact list of delegates for future distribution of marketing material
TEG's professional development seminars are held in different regions throughout the UK. The programme is currently sponsored by TESS Demountable. If your company is interested in supporting a future seminar in a particular region of the UK, or you would like to contribute to a seminar on an aspect of exhibition presentation or touring, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Benefits to sponsors might include:
- Company logo on all printed publicity material
- Accreditation as seminar sponsor on the TEG web site
- Inclusion of company promotional material in the delegate pack
- Acknowledgement on all signposting at the event and in the opening address
- The opportunity to address delegates at the event and to demonstrate products
- Contact list of delegates for future distribution of marketing material
TEG is happy to discuss tailored packages to suit the needs of individual sponsors, depending on your company's marketing priorities. Wherever possible, we will apply for matching funds from grant-aid bodies to extend promotional budgets and enhance quality to the sponsor's benefit. Costs are negotiable for long-term sponsorship (3 years or more).
For further information please contact the TEG Membership Manager, email email@example.com.
Potential sponsors in the private sector are invited in the first instance to join TEG's Corporate Membership Scheme.
Current TEG corporate members are:
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- Parker Harris Partnership
- Warren Elsmore Ltd
- Imagineear Ltd
- Bespoke Scientific
- Exhibition Site Management Ltd
- Gallery Support Group Ltd
- John Nurminen Events B.V.
- SGS Art Services
- Crown Fine Art
- Lewis Silkin LLP
- Constantine Ltd
- World Touring Exhibitions
- Imagine Exhibitions, Inc.
- Kudos Memorabilia Limited
- TESS Demountable
- Blue Tokay Ltd
- Nomad Exhibitions
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There are four types of members of loyalty programs:
To enroll a new member in a loyalty program, the member service representative must perform two steps:
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Soybeans and soy products : benefit or harm ?
Healthy Eating And Diet / / August 12, 2017
Soya quite controversial product.You've heard of her exclusive benefits: lower cholesterol, reduces menopausal hot flashes, prevents the occurrence of breast and prostate cancer, protects against osteoporosis and promotes weight loss.
However, there is a point of view that the positive qualities of soya is not more than a publicity stunt.And that soy is harmful to health: it creates the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, some cancers, leading to hormonal problems and some other negative results.Moreover, the horrors that are painted, stagger the imagination!Sometimes it seems that a massive attack on soybeans - is run over by the competition meat corporations.As if there was an age-old tradition of use of this cereal Eastern nations!
So useful soy or harmful?Get confused very easily, especially ordinary consumers are not required to understand the logic of scientific arguments.As far as is consistent point of view of fans and nisprovergateley soybeans ready to meet almost into
try to summarize everything known about the most controversial issues in the popular language.Decide about the benefit and harm of soybean is especially important for vegetarians, especially vegans, who appreciate the soybean as a unique source of protein.
whether soy is useful for heart disease?
In 1995, the results of 38 controlled clinical trials, it was concluded that daily consumption of about 50 grams of soy protein instead of animal protein can lower total cholesterol by 9.3%, the level of LDL (harmful cholesterol) by 12.9% and triglyceride levels by 10.5%.
This decrease, if it will be a long time, would mean a reduction by 20% the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other forms of heart disease.And the benefits of soy have been besperetsedenta.
But the modern view, based on several studies published during the period from 2000, is not so optimistic about the soybean and cholesterol.
According to a more complete and advanced research of soybean, which was conducted by the Committee the power of the American Heart Association, 50 grams of soy daily menu human can reduce the level of harmful cholesterol by only 3%.That is still lower, but not too much.
See also:
8 products that reduce blood cholesterol
Cholesterol and its types.Lowering cholesterol levels
Lunazin (Lunasin) - a new drug for lowering cholesterol and preventing cancer
In addition, we must bear in mind that 50 grams of soy represent more than half of the proteins required for an adult on a daily basis.They correspond to 680 grams of tofu or 8 cups (each volume of 236.6 mL) of soy milk a day.
turns out that soy benefits doubtful hearts?
Not at all.The known facts do not mean that you must abandon tofu, tempeh or soy milk - and even completely ignore edamame (how funny is called soy beans).
Committee of the American Heart Association notes that, although the soy protein itself has on cholesterol is very little direct action containing soy products are good for the heart and blood vessels.Firstly, they provide the body with polyunsaturated fats, fiber, vitamins and minerals and contain very small amounts of saturated fat.Secondly, they allow you to replace the less useful in terms of health, food (eg, red meat).
Harmful if soy to thyroid?
What's the problem?It is about strumogennyh substances that prevent the normal operation of the thyroid gland, up to the formation of goiter.Dysfunction can occur when in the diet of people who use a large number of products with strumogenami (which is wheat, cabbage, asparagus, cauliflower, kohlrabi, horseradish, radishes, turnips, rutabaga, etc..) Is not enough iodine.
Studies 50 years ago showed cases of goiter in infants fed meals based on soy flour.Soy is demonstrated not just damage, but damage to the aggressive!Since steel to produce baby food from isolated soy protein (who, unlike flour contains strumogennye substances and enriched in iodine).
As for adults, the use of soy leads to disruption of thyroid function in healthy people if the lack of iodine in the diet.Therefore, people who consume soy in foods, vegans in particular, need to monitor the content of iodine in the diet.In particular, the use of iodized salt, seaweed (though in them, iodine is not always balanced) or vitamin supplements.
Thus, soy products can actually contain strumogennye matter, but if the diet is balanced on the content of iodine, soy is safe for the thyroid gland.
really harmful soy reduces the intellect?
There are studies that found a relationship between the consumption of tofu and the weakening of mental abilities.But the findings of this study have been criticized as not sufficiently probative.There are also three other studies showing that isoflavones help to strengthen these capacities.For example, the Seventh Day Adventists, whose diet is quite a lot of tofu, show better than other groups of Americans, cognitive function in old age.Therefore, it can be said that at least about irrefutable data that soy harms the brain, does not exist today.In the same way we can talk about the benefits of soy for the intelligence and memory.
Soy products and assimilation of minerals
Any product - it is his constituents in a particular configuration, which depends on the benefits and harms, - soy is not an exception.Soybean contains a large amount of so-called phytates, substances interfering absorption not only iodine but also zinc, iron and calcium.
As for iron, then for vegans is not a problem.Perhaps even more low, than in meat eaters, iron levels - one of the reasons for the low risk of cardiovascular disease.In addition, if a person creates a varied diet, including sufficient iron products (cereals, legumes, nuts, dried fruit), soybeans can not be an obstacle.It is above all to ensure sufficient intake of vitamin C, certainly during meals, as this helps the absorption of iron.
about calcium.For people who use soy, it is important to know the rules of the recommended calcium (1,000 mg for adults).Furthermore, it is necessary to form a balanced diet, with adequate protein and vitamin D. However, soy products have no effect on such a uniquely calcium, and even more so, isoflavones positively affect bone health.Finally
zinc.This is one of the food items that should be given special attention in a vegan diet.There is no reason to abandon soy products, but there is a reason to ensure that the daily diet includes a sufficient number of nuts, seeds, whole grains and legumes (they contain a lot of zinc).
Thus, the benefits and harms of soy - it is also a question of balanced or not balanced diet.
Useful Is soy for breast cancer or, on the contrary, leads to it?
issue contradictory and insufficiently studied, but there are proven facts.For example, studies examining the health of Shanghai women, found that those who took a large amount of soy protein in adolescence and early adulthood, were almost 60% lower risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer - compared with women who soybeans did not use.
The fact that isoflavones have estrogen-like effect, which in itself means an increased risk of breast cancer disease.However, researchers are more inclined to the conclusion that this effect exists for a short period of time, at long as the effect is activated antiestrogen.In addition, low doses of soy isoflavone (genistein) promote proliferation of cancer cells, and large - hindered.So it is not clear from the benefits and harms of hormone-dependent soybean opuley, and even do not understand everything.
There is another point.Soybean isoflavone genistein inhibits the growth of blood vessels and the enzyme which support tumor growth.Soya - 'intelligent' product that can change estrogen metabolism so as to protect the body against cancer.
Perhaps the only group of women, which is to refrain from eating soy, or reduce such - it is women who have had breast cancer.And it is not certain, since the positive properties, the use of soy may outweigh its estrogenic effect, although the question and requires further investigation.Therefore, if these women like soy products and are accustomed to their use, they need not be completely ruled out soy from your diet, no irreparable harm their soybean did not cause.
Soybeans - one of the main vegetarian foods, which proteins are added advantages of a vegetarian diet: nourishing and satiating, they do not form a slag.
Soy products and other types of cancer
Although substances contained in soy could be - presumably - to protect the body against endometrial cancer, ovarian, colon, prostate, and other species, there is currently no convincing evidence of this.However, the opposite is also no evidence.
whether soy is harmful for ovulation?
data that soy adversely affect reproductive function, not supported by any research.There are data that require additional confirmation that izoflafony can delay, but not prevent ovulation in women.
Also, there is no evidence that the reduced amount or concentration of spermatozoa.And recent studies show that soy does not affect testosterone levels.
whether soy is useful during menopause?
Soy has also been studied as a means to treat hot flashes and other problems that so often is associated menopause.
In theory, this makes sense.Soybeans are rich, as already mentioned, phytoestrogens.Thus, they could soothe post-menopausal hot flashes, providing a woman's body likeness of estrogen - at a time when their levels fall..
See also:
Age-related changes in the female reproductive (reproductive) system
However, carefully controlled studies have not yet discovered that this is the case, and the Committee of the American Heart Association, for its part, concluded,that of soy was observed properties facilitate flushing and other symptoms of menopause.
So should eat soy?Useful soy or harmful?
What is known today about the soya leads to the conclusion that its moderate use is safe for virtually all healthy people.Moderate consumption - it 2-3 servings daily (1 serving = 80 g), if you are a vegan.Pay attention while balancing your menu.
Soybeans, tofu and other soy products - this is a great alternative to red meat.Soy is useful primarily as a substitute for meat harmful, more harmful is not soy, but only "more meat!»
In some cultures, soy products are the main protein, and there is no need to change the age-old habit.However, if you are not a vegan, there's no reason to make the main source of protein soy: just 2-4 servings of soy per week.And abandon soybeans also no reason.
Two conclusions about the benefits and dangers of soy:
1. Numerous tests have not revealed soy harm to human health.The scandal surrounding the soybean does not correspond to the scale of the problem.However, many of the beneficial properties of soy also did not find scientific evidence.
2. moderate soy consumption is perfectly safe for healthy people:
- No need to give up soy if you got used to it
- Eat up to 2 servings of soy foods a day with a balanced diet, if you are a vegan
- Eat soybeans to 4 timesa week if you are a meat-eater.
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The 11th NYC Musical Saw Festival was a big success, with 60 musical saw players performing! This is the largest number of musical saw players we ever had under one roof!
Chorus of the Saws – 60 musical saw players playing together
Photographer: Mark Louis
This weekend I attended the 11th annual international musical saw festival in New York, where I performed a section of one-woman show Step Ball Change. It was a roaring success and I had a great time so a big thanks to Natalia Paruz aka the Saw Lady for organizing the event.
Lucy Frost
It was fantastic. All 6 hours of it. I really enjoyed myself!
Mark Louis
Amazing and humbling! Thanks so much
Chance Murray
Musical saw quartet with the Astoria Choir
Photographer: Ignacio Guevara
This was definitely the best festival to date! Looking forward to the next one, stay in touch and Keep The Music Alive!
Albert Matos
Thanks for a wonderful festival! We had so much fun!
Tale Egeberg Aasland
It was Musical Saw Heaven! I could have sat through a week of it.
I was almost dancing all the way back to my hotel because I had two days of saw music ringing in my head. When I got back home to England last night I was bursting to try all of the ideas and tips I had picked up at the festival.
I discussed the possible 2017 saw festival with my wife and son. If there is another festival, we certainly want to come.
I hope to see you in 2017
Steve Hodgson
We really enjoyed the festival.
Sue M.
It was an absolute blast coming to NYC to play and meet you and all the other saw players. I can't thank you enough for inviting me, and for all the hard work you did to organize the day.
It was a really inspiring trip overall. Thanks for kickstarting me into taking my music around the world!
Emma Kelly
Musical saw duet
Photographer: Ignacio Guevara
The 11th NYC Musical Saw Festival
When – Saturday, May 30th 2015, 2pm
Where – Trinity Church, 31-18 37th Street (37th Street at 31st Avenue), Astoria, NY
Flyer art by Zina Saunders
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* Special Guest Performance: The Astoria Symphonic Choir – musical saws and singing voices combined.
Pianist: Christopher Bradshaw
* NATALIA 'SAW LADY' PARUZ, founder & organizer of the Musical Saw Festival, will present the musical saw as an ensemble instrument in music composed for film.
* Special guest performance: Trinity Handbell Choir
* Premier of a new composition for the musical saw, handbells and piano by composer Scott Munson.
Pianist: Christopher Bradshaw
* A musical saw art exhibit
Paintings by: Michael Friedman, Jas Ingram, Lisa Alonso Canellas, Yirmi Pinkus, Zina Saunders, Heidi Younger, Aaron Porter, Jamie Isenstein, Kenly Dillard, Rodney Bauer, Miriam Paskalski, Barrett Cobb, Alyssa Steele, Young Joo, Michael Watson, Kauri Sievers
* Solos by musical saw players from around the world
* Meet the oldest saw player – 95 years old sawist who's been playing for 75 years and is still performing!
* The Japan Saw Orchestra – 20 people playing musical saw together.
* The 'Chorus of the Saws' (all participating musical saw players playing together, accompanied by Judy Dimino on organ and piano).
The musical saw player who travels the farthest in order to attend the festival is considered the "guest of honor".
Musical Saw Workshops
Musical saw player Olivier Doucet of Canada will give a workshop about saw modifications and design. Points in the workshop:
Removing the stiffener of the handle
Removing the teeth
Reducing the size of the tip
Curving the edge of the saw
Bronze and nickel silver musical saws
Handle design for maximum base notes
(This is a hands-on workshop where musical saw players will be able to try playing different designs of saws).
Musical saw player Katharina Micada of Germany will give a workshop about playing the musical saw without scratch sounds.
Musical saw player Leanne Wiberg of Virginia will give a workshop titled 'The Sounds of Science', about the science Behind the musical saw.
Musical saw player Bronwen Naish of Wales will give a workshop about playing in tune and developing tone color.
Musical saw player Travis Bingaman of Seattle, WA, will give a beginners workshop to people with no musical saw experience.
Musical saw player Sarah Angliss of the UK will give an 'Augmented Saw' workshop.
How to get there:
Trinity Church, 31-18 37th Street (37th Street at 31st Avenue), Astoria, NY
Parking: Street
Public Transportation:
* 'R' subway train to Queens: Get off at the Steinway St, Station. Exit near intersection of Broadway and Steinway Street. Walk (2 blocks) west on Broadway towards 38th street. Turn right onto 37th St. Church is at the end of the block.
* 'N' or 'Q' subway train to Queens: Get off at the 'Broadway' stop. Walk on Broadway to 37th street (6 blocks). Turn left onto 37th street. Church is at the end of the block.
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Admission: $10
NYC Musical Saw Festival souvenir T-shirts will be available for purchase:
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio sent a letter congratulating the Musical Saw Festival!
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Actually, the Other Side Is the Star at the New York City Musical Saw Festival
By ANDY BATTAGLIA
"It's a cut-throat industry," Natalia Paruz said, with a pause, "and nothing pleases me more than sinking my teeth into a tune." A chorus of groans and guffaws rose up around her—one of many memorable sounds on Saturday at a spirited tribute to a curious subject: the musical saw.
For the 10th annual New York City Musical Saw Festival, some 50 saw players from near and far assembled to celebrate an instrument known for its simple origins and otherworldly effects. Take a long metal saw, scrape its smooth edge with a bow and bend it manually with a handle or just a thumb atop the blade—the act of playing it at once resourceful and absurd.
Dozens of saw players gathered at a church in Astoria Saturday for the tenth New York City Musical Saw Festival, an annual celebration of the tool-turned-instrument. Video by WSJ's Jennifer Weiss.
It's also many-splendored, as demonstrated to an audience of more than 300 festivalgoers gathered at Trinity Church in Astoria, Queens. In her opening remarks, Ms. Paruz, the festival's director, known to most in attendance as the "Saw Lady," recounted the history of her eccentric event and announced the official declaration, by decree of Queens borough president Helen Marshall, of Natalia Paruz Musical Saw Festival Day.
Ms. Paruz, who is 36, then turned the program over to a motley mix of saw music that ranged from demonstrations of quasi-classical refinement to lively shows of rootsy verve.
"I thought a lady was singing on the street the first time I heard a saw," said Charity Dudley, a 28-year-old performer from West Virginia who echoed frequent descriptions of the instrument as a vessel for a sort of siren's song.
Indeed, as the show commenced, the instrument's flair for glissando charmed and enchanted, sliding among notes like a whistle on a spaceship. Transmissions from the saw are hard to control and less than exacting in their effect, but over four hours of performance, the strange sound supported many musical modes. The Japanese player Shinsaku Murakawa offered a stirring version of "Danny Boy"; the Chinese-born Liming Chen performed a rendition of "Beautiful Spanish Girl"; a German duo did Debussy. Some players were accompanied by pre-recorded backing tracks, while others played with string sections or rustic folk bands.
Hannes Vermeulen had ventured from Langebaan, South Africa, making him the festival's guest of honor—the saw player who'd traveled the longest distance to Queens. Back home, he'd been a contestant on the TV show "SA's Got Talent," so local leaders helped raised funds to send their hometown hero to New York. At Trinity Church, brochures extolling the virtues of Langebaan as a tourist destination (watersports on a turquoise lagoon, an eons-old fossil known as "Eve's Footprint") sat on a table in back as the 66-year-old saw man performed a portion of his nation's national anthem.
Asked why the musical saw is the instrument he chooses to play, Mr. Vermeulen replied, "It's the only instrument I can play."
Outside the church, Alexi Faucomprez, an enthusiast from Lyon, France, managed to teach an unsuspecting virtuoso to play in just a few minutes as he tuned up to perform on his own. Mr. Faucomprez, who is 39, makes his own custom toothless saws, one of which features a long 15-second sustain.
Does he sell the saws he makes? "I try to," he said.
Adam Wirtzfeld, in town from Minneapolis for his fourth Saw Festival, preferred a plain store-bought saw with teeth, the sharper the better. "I like that it's a beautiful instrument that is also capable of destruction," he said. In 15 years of playing, he has cut himself only twice. "In both cases, it bled kind of a lot. But it must have been entertaining for the audience to see blood flowing down my hand while I was playing."
Happily, Saturday's proceedings were gore-free, though not without streaks of surprise. Mike Weldeck Jr., in town with Ms. Dudley from West Virginia, played a theatrical piece titled "Invention for Saw and Typewriter." She typed fragments of a poem, percussively; he played saw. "I figured we could have something that was multimedia," he said.
Christine Suter had come from Long Island, where she took up the tool after attending her first festival five years ago. "I've always gravitated toward weird, bizarre instruments," she said, holding special admiration for the didgeridoo and the mbira thumb piano. Her favorite, however, is the saw she played onstage over Billie Holiday singing "When You're Smiling."
As the event's mastermind, Ms. Paruz conducted the festival with a sense of significance and a spirit that was irrepressible. "It's important to preserve this art form and to propel it forward," she said, when asked about why she has remained true to the musical saw for so many years. "I hope the festival will ensure that it won't disappear."
"Another reason," she added, "is that it's just really fun."
This article appeared June 3, 2013, on page A24 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal
Listen to the Sounds of Sawing
By Tammy Scileppi
Musicians at the NY Musical Saw Festival in Astoria perform. Photo courtesy of Matt Chilton
Recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest musical saw ensemble ever assembled, the NYC Musical Saw Festival returned to Astoria for its 10th-year milestone celebration, filling Trinity Lutheran Church, at 31-18 37th St., last weekend with 300-plus concertgoers, including many diehard fans and curious folks looking for a new musical experience.
The applause was deafening as 40 international saw musicians gathered on stage to perform together or solo, while the entire six-hour event captured the essence of the unusual instrument that produces haunting, ethereal sounds.
Organizer/director Natalia "Saw Lady" Paruz, known for her subway station performances, was the star. She played a repertoire of beautiful arrangements and tunes, accompanied by a full orchestra of 12 musicians. Her performance of composer Scott Munson's "Cinematic Suite" received a standing ovation.
During a phone interview, Paruz said she recently received a Declaration of Honor from Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, in which Marshall proclaimed June 1 "Musical Saw Festival Day."
"It was a huge surprise for me and I'm so grateful to her," Paruz said. She also got letters of recognition from Councilman Peter Vallone and others, even Mayor Bloomberg.
"It's really gratifying how the festival took root, and I'm really grateful how the Musical Saw Festival is getting recognition," Paruz said.
A skilled musician plays the musical saw using a violin or cello bow and creates arrangements by ear, or plays popular tunes using standard musical notes, without any visual indication on the instrument as to where the notes would be. So, for example, quarter and half notes are achieved by gently manipulating the blade back and forth causing it to vibrate, thereby generating sounds that can only be described as other-worldly.
Paruz, who has performed at the Queens Botanical Gardens, Flushing Library, various churches and parks, and yearly at The Astoria Historical Society, started playing the musical saw about 19 years ago and hasn't stopped since. She says she's still learning. It all started when she traveled to Europe with her parents at age 6 and happened to come across a man playing his saw on a street in Austria.
"There were no teachers I could go to, so I had to sort of reinvent the wheel for myself. But today I teach, and other people teach, so it evolved," she said.
Offering lessons from her home, her students range in age from 14 to 83. Paruz said, "It's not like violin lessons that are ongoing; there's one lesson and I teach you everything you need to know, and there's exercises where you practice on your own. Very few people ever need a second lesson."
And you don't have to have prior musical training. But it helps.
The Saw Lady says she finds classical music the most challenging to play and her favorite traditional composers are Bach, Mozart and Brahms. Along with performing pop and show tunes, she works with a lot of composers and singer-songwriters. "I don't compose, but I interpret other people's music," she said.
Paruz's fascination with musical saws grew over the years as she honed her special talent and turned it into a passion that truly defines her. She has shared her gift with thousands. That's why she still chooses to perform in the subway. It's not only because of the great acoustics, but especially because her audience is always close by and easy to connect with.
Her favorite stations to play are: Union Square, Herald Square and 59th Street at Lexington Avenue. She usually performs three days a week.
"It's so nice to see at the Saw Festival how this art form transcends ages and cultural barriers," Paruz said. "It's really an art form for everyone."
Paruz has an upcoming performance June 22 at Parrish Art Museum in the Hamptons, L.I. For more information on the festival and Paruz, check out www.musicalsawfestival.org.


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The 4:30 p.m. ceremony will be followed by an open house that runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The 48,000-square-foot medical building includes 23,000 square feet occupied by Community Care Physicians, nearly doubling the space the group had at its previous location. Visitors may take tours of the new facility, enroll for the new workout room on site and meet with personal trainers.
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Digital photography has turned a world of possibilities into reality. It has alleviated photographic challenges and made visual communication much faster, easier and more fun. But offsetting these positives is a Pandora's box of evils that have been released in the publishing world. Paramount among them is the issue of digital image manipulation.


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Milano restaurant in Latham is taking orders for Thanksgiving dinner to go, available for pickup from 1 to 5 p.m. on the day before thanksgiving — Wednesday, Nov. 25 — and from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the holiday. The restaurant will not be serving on Thanksgiving.
In addition to a large selection of a-la-carte items (turkeys available to serve eight to 18, $49.50-$86.95), Milano is also offering complete Thanksgiving meals of turkey and all the trimmings, sides and desserts ($140 to $250 for eight to 18).
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I had a problem last night where you could not log into sql plus. Seen this in cases where you bulk collect and do not use a limit clause and suck up too much memory.
I noticed alot of sessions open at the time. Normally they are opened do a quick query and close. So I should see few open at any one time.
is it possible to open so many sessions that you can't even log into oracle? I tried to kill -9 the sessions, but I believe I remember that this does not really kill the oracle sessions.
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Make a Decision… Please!
Success in life has a starting point, and that starting point is often the conscious decision to do something.
It can be the decision to join a gym, start eating right, or spend more time with family. Sometimes it's just as simple as deciding to do something different from what we have done in the past.
As a parent, no one has to remind you that children will say they forgot to do homework, but somehow managed to remember to turn on the computer, download some music, play a game, and chat with a friend.
Yet as adults we do the same thing. We say we don't have the time or money to fix something broken or clean the house, but somehow find the time and money to see a movie, or hang out with friends and buy overpriced coffee.
Now you may be wondering what all this has to do with being successful. Well actually, it has everything to do with our success!
It is only when we begin to grasp the true nature of our humanity (like the propensity to make lame excuses), that we can begin to overcome the areas that drag us down, and strengthen the areas that will help lift us up. This is purpose behind this article, and our first step to success.
It's amazing how easy we make up excuses for not doing things we find unpleasant, but somehow find time to do the things we enjoy most.
First Step to A First Step – Make A Decision and Do Something about It
My father used to tell me that indecisiveness was a sign of weakness. I never knew what he was talking about, because I was too busy trying to decide whether I wanted to order a big mac, fillet of fish, or a quarter pounder with cheese. Yet later in life I realized that when I oscillated between one decision and the next, it would become increasingly difficult to make any significant progress.
Over the years I had the chance to meet many successful people, and one thing they all seem to have in common is the ability to make a decision, and then set in motion the steps needed to reach that decision. This is not some supernatural ability endowed at birth, but it is something successful people learn to develop over time.
How to Make A Decision and Stick to It
* Find a place conducive to helping you make clear and rational decisions and go there regularly.
* Brainstorm and write down all the pros and cons of a decision to help prioritize various decisions.
* Limit your options to those most applicable to your overall goal. Sometimes having too many options makes it difficult to make a decision at all.
* Try to evaluate passable decisions before they are made, by looking at the risks, consequences and feasibility of various decisions.
* Do not listen to the nay-sayers and pessimists. Surround yourself with people who will give you honest advice, but still support you even if they don't agree with you.
* Clear your decision with the right people (spouses, children, bosses, parents etc) before you start.
* Don't ever let the fear of failure stop you, or inhibit you, from reaching your goals. Sometimes life will give us "reality checks", which often seem like the precursor to failure. However quite often negative or harmful events are really just a way to help us get back on track, or move us in another direction.
* Your success is not determined by expectations of others, because personal success is always determined by the individual.
* Don't overlook the small things in life, and remember it's never too late to make up your mind.
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Success is the process of reaching our goals… not the goal itself
Lastly Set Some Realistic Goals and Start Moving
Many people set various goals like loosing a certain amount of weight. They often set a goal like trying to lose 10 kilos, but can't seem to lose that last 5. If this goes on long enough, many will eventually give up, and go back to old eating and exercise habits. This is easy because we are so focused on a specific number that we can't focus on the accomplishment of the weight we did loose.
It's easy to feel like you failed when you do not reach a specific goal. However success can often be determined by even a partial fulfillment of our dreams, desires and goals.
Remember our success lies when the outcome of a decision is in line with the main purpose of our desires. This does not mean we have to be satisfied with only partially reaching our goal, but that it's important to remember that success is a process and not a destination. All our successes, whether they be small or large, partial or complete, all began when we make up our minds to do something, and then take action to fulfill it.
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Being a teenager can be really stressful. Maybe even at this moment you are dealing with stress at school, in the form of pressure to get better grades and to do more extracurricular activities, filling up every moment of every day. Maybe you are dealing with stress at home, in the form of financial problems, arguments, or separations. Maybe your relationships with your friends are stressful. Maybe dating or your involvement in sports is stressful. Perhaps you are dealing with issues having to do with bullying, discrimination, poverty, or violence in your community. Maybe you are dealing with chronic pain or some other chronic health condition, like diabetes. On top of all that, you are probably trying to figure out answers to big questions like Who am I? Where do I fit in? How can I become independent and make my own decisions? It's no wonder if you feel overwhelmed sometimes.
Any time you are experiencing a lot of stress, you may get "stuck" in your thoughts, whether you are worrying about the future or feeling bad about the past. You may get caught up in judgments about and emotional reactions to whatever is happening. If you don't know how to handle stress, you may do things that end up hurting yourself or the people around you. For this reason, how to handle stress effectively—in a healthy way—might just be the most important thing you can learn.
Mindfulness is a simple but powerful tool for awakening the wisdom that is already inside you. It can help you handle stressful situations and transform difficult relationships. With mindfulness, you can free yourself from those troublesome thoughts about the past or the future, becoming more present in the "here and now." Mindfulness also fosters the sort of kindness and compassion that can help you become your own best friend, as well as a better friend to others.
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DES MOINES, Iowa – A new Iowa Poll shows national Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and tea party favorite Michele Bachmann leading among the state's likely GOP caucus-goers.
The poll conducted for The Des Moines Register shows Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, with support from 23 percent in Iowa. Bachmann is right on his heels. The Minnesota representative who plans to launch her campaign in Iowa Monday has support from 22 percent.
Romney was the No. 2 finisher in the caucuses in his bid for the 2008 GOP nomination. Bachmann is a three-term congresswoman and newer face in the 2012 White House mix.
The results are based on telephone interviews with 400 likely Republican Iowa caucus-goers from June 19 to 22. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.


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—Aug. 25, 2006
Twelve new tenured or tenure-track faculty members joined the College of Business this fall. New faculty members include
a new chaired professor and a chair for the Department of Management.
Dana Forgione, professor of accounting, has been named the Janey S. Briscoe Chair in Business. In this
role, he will lead the college's initiatives in the area of the Business of Health.
Forgione previously served as director of the School of Accounting at Florida International University. He has over 90
publications, most of which are in the area of healthcare business. He is the founder and director of the International Society
for Research in Healthcare Financial Management. He is a consultant to healthcare organizations and has analyzed the financial
and operating performance of more than 5,500 hospitals throughout the U.S. He holds a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst.
Robert Cardy joins the college as professor and chairman of the Department of Management. Previously he
served as professor of management at Arizona State University. His research interests include human resource management,
performance management, and personnel selection and training. He holds a doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Three new faculty members joined the Department of Accounting. Sharad Asthana, associate professor, Emeka
Nwaeze, associate professor, and Dennis Lopez, assistant professor. Asthana previously taught
at Temple University and has a doctorate from UT-Austin. Nwaeze holds a doctorate from the University of Connecticut and
previously taught at Rutgers University. Lopez received his doctorate from the University of Arkansas.
The Department of Management welcomes two new full professors Dianna Stone and Eugene Stone-Romero.
Dianna received her doctorate from Purdue University. Eugene received his doctorate from the University of California, Irvine.
They both previously taught at the University of Central Florida.
Ashok Lalwani and Hyejeung Cho join the Department of Marketing as assistant professors.
Lalwani received his doctorate from the University of Illinois-Urbana. Cho received her doctorate from the University of
John Wald, associate professor, joins the Department of Finance. He previously taught at Penn State and
has a doctorate from the University of California-Berkeley. Victor De Oliveira, associate professor, joins
the Department of Management Science and Statistics. He previously taught at the University of Arkansas and has a doctorate
from the University of Maryland. In the Department of Economics, Melody Lo joins the faculty as an assistant
professor after previously serving at the University of Southern Mississippi. She received her doctorate from Purdue University.
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41 coyote carcasses discovered in southern Alberta
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The man driving this truck discovered 31 coyotes illegally dumped in front of his farm near Elkwater. (Courtesy: Rick Price)
Updated: Fri Apr. 23 2010 17:28:16
Some Alberta residents are raising questions about the province's coyote hunting policy.
This comes after dozens of dead coyotes were found dumped on a roadside near Cypress Provincial Park.
All of the animals were missing a body part and fish and wildlife officers believe bounty seekers may be to blame.
They're born predators and for Alberta farmers, coyotes can be a serious threat to livestock.
"If you have a farm and you have problems with coyotes you can dispense of them, they are euthanized on farm property across the province," said Sustainable Resources Development Minister Mel Knight.
There's no limit on how many coyotes can be killed.
But nature photographer Rick Price is questioning that policy after a disturbing incident last weekend.
"I am not one for more laws, but when you see carnage like this something has to be done," commented Price.
Price is referring to an incident that occurred last Saturday.
He saw a man transporting a truckload of dead coyotes.
It turns out the driver had discovered 31 coyotes illegally dumped in front of his farm near Elkwater.
Alberta Fish and Wildlife is investigating and officers have since found another 10 dead coyotes along a stretch of road nearby.
41 animals were found in total and investigators tell CTV News all of the coyotes had been shot and their paws were cut off.
"I have been doing this job for 30 years and this is the first time we have seen coyotes with their paws removed. In all likelihood, the coyotes were taken for the bounty," said Alberta Fish and Wildlife Superintendent Jim Mitchell.
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PacWest Bancorp Acquires Marquette Equipment Finance
PacWest Bancorp (Nasdaq: PACW) today announced that on January 3, 2012, its subsidiary, Pacific Western Bank, completed the acquisition of Marquette Equipment Finance, or MEF, a specialty equipment leasing company located in Midvale, Utah. MEF focuses on business-essential equipment leases throughout the United States with transactions primarily in the mid-ticket segment.
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Printed Circuit Boards Stripper-Etcher
Tend equipment that strip photoresist films and etch copper laminates.
What does a Printed Circuit Boards Stripper-Etcher do?
Tends equipment that strips photoresist film and etches layers of copper laminate from exposed surface of printed circuit board panels leaving unexposed areas to form conductive circuitry pattern: Reads process specifications and adjusts equipment controls to regulate conveyor speed, spray intensity, and solution strengths and temperatures. Positions copper panels coated with photoresist on conveyor that carries panels through series of processing units, such as sprayers, rinsers, scrubbers, and dryers. Starts and monitors equipment that chemically strips photoresist and excess copper from exposed areas of PCB panels leaving unexposed copper to form circuitry pattern. Observes equipment operation, gauges, and meters to detect malfunctions or variance from specifications. Visually examines sample boards during and after processing for conformance to specifications. Notifies supervisor of equipment malfunction or substandard etching quality. Reroutes panels through processing units to complete stripping or etching process. May periodically change or adjust chemicals and solutions. May test acid solution, using pH meter. May manually immerse panels into processing tanks. May inspect circuitry pattern on panels, using microscope. May be identified according to process involved and be designated Etcher, Printed Circuit Boards; Stripper, Printed Circuit Boards.