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Olympic Torch Relay Adventure
Jun 8, 2000
One of our correspondents, Paul Quinlan has been travelling in Queensland, Australia to meet up with the Olympic torch relay, in order to follow the event for himself. He sent us the humorous email note regarding his adventure to meet up with the torch.
"Yesterday I crossed the River Jordan, south of Lake Galilee, entered Jericho and 'the promised land' to officially arrive in 'Outback Queensland' to greet the Olympic torch relay.
All of the above are actual place names.
On Saturday, 10 June, the torch will arrive in Longreach, home of the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, as it settles in to its journey of 27,000km (16,875 miles) by land, sea and air around Australia, before entering the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony on 15 September. Torch bearers will number 11,000."


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Hey again, guys.
Tonight... Well, stuff happened. The chick from this thread: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...Beautiful-mind - contacted me again over email a little over a month before things ended. If you don't care to read all of it - it's details about our -then- "relationship" and how it went to hell.
For 2 weeks after our "breakup", I didn't feel much. I felt a bit sad and that's it. But then it suddenly hit me like a wave of emotions. I became depressed for a while and it was just this week when I finally managed to get through the days more or less at normal again with good help of my friends.
However, tonight she contacted me again. She said how she had been "stalking" me, checking when I was online and such, still trying to find things out about me. While I don't mind that at all, things got bad when she actually sent me an email saying she missed me. I said I missed her too and we came to the conclusion where we still had feelings for each other. Very much so. But she is apparently still not going to commit to me.
"Poem" I wrote about our situation.
"You took a chance on loving me, I took a chance on loving you. We danced the dance of roses, but oh, why hide such needles under your lovely petals? In the end when the dance ends, everything withers and dies. The cold winter came and mighty King Winter is merciless no matter where one tries to hide. However... Many doesn't pay attention to the fact that a withered rose still has its thorns... Oh, the sting..."
The whole thing this post is about is... Well, my feelings got pulled up for her again. My heart is laying bleeding in her hand and she's looking at it while crying. She blames herself for stabbing herself and me in the belly by contacting me again, but... I need to get my thoughts straight. I can't take this much more... Help me, Mmo-Champions!

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Written by The Herald-News
The Wolf Point Police Department reminds drivers that school will soon be back in session and attention is needed on the part of everyone in the community to ensure the safety of all students.
Both Wolf Point School and Frontier School students go back to school Wednesday, Aug. 21.
Drivers are asked to be cognizant of high-traffic areas during the times, morning and afternoon, when students are going to and from school. The WPPD is asking drivers to choose an alternate route and avoid these areas, if possible.
There are two major areas of concern — Fourth Avenue North near Northside School and the 400 block of Dawson Street — noted Lt. Brian Erwin.
Parents are reminded that double-parking while waiting to pick up students is a "huge safety concern" and creates a hindrance to traffic, said Erwin. Increased patrols will be done in the problem areas around the schools and citations will be issued to offenders.
The 400 block of Dawson Street has often been a problem in the past and Erwin said that they are anticipating the same problems with parents double-parking and holding up traffic as they've had in the past.
Wolf Point Police Chief Jeff Harada said that, at Northside School especially, drivers are not abiding by the speed limit. Traveling too fast in areas near schools is also very dangerous, since, due to the students' shorter height, they often can not be seen between vehicles and could easily be hit by a passing vehicle.
Speed limits in school zones are 15 miles per hour, "year round!" and extend for one block on all sides of each school, noted Harada. Drivers who have been stopped for speeding in school zones often use the excuse that the speed limit was only when school was in session. This is not the case, Harada said.
Drivers are also required to yield to students on crosswalks. These students are practicing their safety skills and it is the responsibility of the driving public to practice theirs, as well.
Bus safety is another concern every year, noted Erwin. Drivers are reminded that it is against the law to pass a bus when its lights and stop sign are displayed.
Students and their parents are also reminded that the family dog should be secured at home so they can not follow the children to school.
The Wolf Point Police Department animal control officer will actively be picking up dogs who are found on school grounds.


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Kesko is a trading sector company that renews itself and wants to be a pioneer in its sector. Kesko and K-retailers form the K-Group. The core of the K-Group is formed by stores run by independent retailer entrepreneurs.
In Kesko and K-stores, it is possible to create a varied career in diverse trading sector jobs. Jobs range from jobs at a store to retailer entrepreneurship as well as expert positions in various fields and supervisory positions. The K-Group employs approximately 45,000 people in nine countries. International growth provides possibilities for job rotation between countries and divisions.
In addition to Finland, we have operations in Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Belarus. As an international company, the K-Group also offers interesting career possibilities abroad. Internationality can also mean cooperation with a multicultural group of colleagues.


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The title of my new story is UNDER THE BOARDWALK and it's a sexy contemporary romance inspired by the Jersey Shore Boardwalk, in particular, the boardwalks in Ocean Grove and Asbury Park.
My hero and heroine are actually married, but separated. Their wish for their night together is to rekindle the passion and relationship that had begun on one very special night on the boardwalk. It was a tough story at first because I had to find a balance between them being angry with each other with the state of their marriage, but also being hopeful that they could restore what they once had. Now that I got that balance right, the story and sexiness is just flying along.
Under the Boardwalk will be part of the SUMMER HEAT box set which will be available for pre-order on March 9. I'll have links and other info for you soon.
In the meantime, some photos of the locations and boardwalks that inspired my story!


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Western New York Genealogical Society, Inc.
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5859 S. Park Ave.
P.O. Box 338
Hamburg, NY 14075-0338
The society's journal consists of many useful source records and articles about the eight counties it covers (see New York Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections). Volumes 1–28 of the journal (1974–2001) are available from the society on CD-ROM.


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The jobless generation: Europe
The 'Neets' make up a fifth of Europe's youth. Can they ride out the recession, asks MARY FITZGERALD
THEY ARE KNOWN as the Neets – not in employment, education or training – and they amount to just over a fifth of European youth.
The sliding scale of those under 25 who are jobless and not in education ranges from a high of 52 per cent in Greece to a low of just under 8 per cent in Germany. In between are Spain (51 per cent), Portugal (36 per cent) Italy (35 per cent) and Ireland (30 per cent). In France, Sweden and the UK, nearly a quarter of young people are in the same position.
Europe's growing youth unemployment has caused alarm. "While, understandably, the recent focus of Eurozone policy has been on sovereign and financial crisis prevention, the economic and social consequences of high youth joblessness will soon warrant greater policy attention," Larry Hatheway, of UBS Investment Bank, wrote in a recent memo.
The International Labour Organisation, which is part of the UN, has warned of a "scarred" generation facing a life of uncertainty marked by unemployment and inactivity. EU employment commissioner László Andor has said that "without decisive action at EU and national level" the crisis will create a "lost generation".
Sony Kapoor, director of the Brussels-based think tank Re-Define, believes this would be disastrous given the demographic challenges of Europe's declining birth rates coupled with increased longevity. "It's the worst possible thing that could happen," he says. "In countries like Greece and Spain, tomorrow looks worse than today, and if you are just entering working age it's difficult to see any prospect or hope. It's one thing having to make sacrifices while you see light at the end of the tunnel, but, as things stand now, one can only see an abyss."
John Springford, an economics research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, warns that the nature of the crisis will have far-reaching effects.
"Even in good times the rate of youth unemployment is higher than for older people, but the time spent out of work is usually short. Now the rate is much higher, and young people are out of work for much longer periods. This means governments are burdened with a big unemployment- benefit bill in the short term. But it will also drag on Europe's economy in the future . . .
"The evidence shows that people lose skills and motivation – and are more likely to succumb to depression, substance abuse and crime – the longer they are out of work. So they will be less productive, and there will be more government spending needed to tackle the social consequences."
He argues that while the EU does recognise the problem, it doesn't have the muscle to resolve it. "It has announced more money for training and job-guarantee schemes, but it's tiny: €8.3 million. The commission can only try to persuade member states to act, as its budget is so small. And as member states are cutting budgets, with pressure from the EU to do so, it's likely that unemployment will rise in the short term in countries in distress."
So how to prevent Europe's jobless youth from becoming discontented, disenfranchised and devoid of hope? "More investment in education is necessary – or, at least, the smallest cuts possible," says Springford. "Then young people can ride out the recession and build skills for the future." Some of the money could come from reducing spending "on things that don't boost economic demand in the short-term, like pensions tax relief".
Larry Hatheway says a more rounded approach is required. "Europe's youth-unemployment challenge will be successfully met mostly by generating faster growth," he says. "Skills enhancement and worker training can help, but the benefits from such policies are likely to be relatively modest."
Greece's youth is bearing the brunt of joblessness, with youth unemployment more than twice as high as the overall figure of 21.7 per cent. The percentage of Greeks under 25 out of work is 51.2 per cent. Social welfare is paid only to those who were laid off after working a certain length of time, so most jobless young people receive no dole.
After tax and insurance deductions, young employees can now expect to bring home €400 a month. But some young Greeks take on even lower-paid work in the unofficial economy while remaining formally unemployed.
Nadia, who is 22, lives with her parents. A communications and marketing graduate, she finds herself back in a company where she did an internship, working in a position once occupied by a salaried employee. She still sees herself as unemployed.
"For the past three weeks, I've been working five days a week, more than eight hours a day, in a communications company. I've no contract, no insurance and have been told I'll be paid €350 in cash a month. I don't dare ask questions as I'll be fired on the spot . . .
"I had to take the job; it's important for me psychologically. I needed some daily routine. For months, I tried to sleep off the fact that I was unemployed and found myself getting up at noon . . .
"I should be discovering who I am and living my dreams. I can't see that happening now. Most of my friends are in the same boat, and we're now all talking about emigrating." DAMIAN Mac CON ULADH
This week Portugal's National Statistics Institute announced that the country's youth unemployment rate had risen from 35.4 per cent to 36.1 per cent in the early part of this year.
One of the names behind that figure is Tiago Mourão. The 24-year-old studied painting at Lisbon's fine-arts faculty and hoped to get a job in a gallery or museum. "It has been impossible," he says.
To survive, Mourão lives with his parents and does whatever part-time work comes his way. "It's just enough to cover the basics, but paying for things like going to the dentist is difficult."
Most of his friends are also jobless and living at home; many others have become part of Portugal's fuga de cerebros (brain drain) to other European countries or Brazil. "Most of them believe it is better to leave Portugal right now," he says. "My friends are going to London and Berlin."
It is shrinking horizons that Mourão and his friends wrestle with most. "There is a sense of your life being stopped."
Portugal has not seen the kind of youth- powered protests that have erupted in Greece and Spain; Mourão doesn't expect unrest in the future. "People in Portugal seem to accept the situation. We are upset, but we also feel there is not much we can do about it. Instead of getting angry, like in Greece, it is better to try to stay positive and create something we can hold on to, such as art, cultural events and music, to express ourselves." MARY FITZGERALD
If you want to understand the youth- unemployment problem in Italy, there is no need to consult the latest OECD report. Just talk to students on any university campus: one in four wants to emigrate.
The global crisis has exacerbated an already chronic problem in Italy. The lack of meritocracy in Italian society, low investment in education, and 20 years of economic stagnation long ago rendered the position of "youth" extremely discouraging.
While OECD figures for 2012 show a 22-23 per cent unemployment rate for the under-25s, youth unemployment is at least 35 per cent, if not higher.
Will one in four emigrate? Not necessarily. Few young Italians have proficiency in a foreign language, the result of abysmally inadequate secondary-school language teaching.
Fabio, a 24-year-old barman in central Rome, considers himself lucky. He has a job (his mother runs the bar), but he says three out of four of his friends say they intend to emigrate in search of work.
"That's what people say, but when they head off, and they find themselves immediately in difficulty with the language, many of them just give up. In fact, I think lots of my friends are just talking about emigration; in the end, they will stay at home, because they have no alternative." PADDY AGNEW
On paper, the Netherlands has hardly been touched by the economic downturn, with the lowest rate of unemployment in the EU, at 5.9 per cent, and the second-lowest rate of youth unemployment, at 9.3 per cent – but in reality both figures are much higher than they seem.
In the first quarter of 2011, youth unemployment was also the lowest in the EU, at 7.4 per cent, though in the past 12 months it's climbed slightly.
But there are "hidden jobless", students who've emerged from university ready to join the workforce but, unable to find jobs, have begun postgraduate degrees.
"I certainly would have taken a job if there was any prospect of getting one when I left university last year," says "Meike", who is 23. "But absolutely nobody was recruiting. The message was to try again next year – but who knows what's going to happen?"
Meike graduated with a law degree from blue-chip Leiden University and would normally have walked into an established law practice as a junior, but after searching for an opening she decided to bide her time by doing a master's degree.
"My parents are helping me, and I know parents everywhere are doing the same thing. But that can't go on forever." PETER CLUSKEY
Youth unemployment in Spain is often said to be underestimated. In crises, Spain's large middle class takes its adult children under protection, with parents paying for eternally continued studies. This practice continues, but parents, often now losing their own jobs, are struggling to stay afloat.
Youth unemployment is at 52 per cent, more than double the already grim national average of 24 per cent. Worse, young people are losing jobs at a rate five times faster than their older peers. The most many youths can hope for is un mini-job – part-time work.
Unsurprisingly, young people have swollen the ranks of the angry but largely peaceful street protests in Spanish cities.
Cesar Pastor, a 23-year-old from Vitoria, marched with them, but he is underwhelmed. "They complain, complain, complain," he says. "But they do not actually do anything."
Pastor left school at 16 with nothing more than a devotion to music, especially rap, that has earned him only pocket money. He has never had a steady job, but he has done delivery work for a pharmacy, as well as sales and plumbing work – although not since last September.
He has decided to finish his secondary education next year. His divorced mother will pay his fees. PADDY WOODWORTH
Brahim Achatib always thought that if he ever worked abroad, it would be by choice. Now, a year after graduating with a master's in business, the 26-year-old feels he has no alternative.
Achatib, from Picardy, in northern France, has the sort of CV that once guaranteed work. He has a degree, a postgraduate course in marketing and good English, and he has done a number of internships. But after about 50 job interviews, the search goes on. "You do your best to stay motivated, but it comes to a point when you say to yourself, it's not possible," he says.
Some of his friends have already left for Australia, Canada and the Middle East; his experience is increasingly common in France. Unemployment is just below 10 per cent on average but 21.6 per cent among 18- to 25-year-olds. Chronic youth unemployment is a major political issue and was a key theme of President François Hollande's election campaign.
Achatib is an optimist by nature. "It's difficult, but if you weren't motivated, you'd just stay at home and cry," he says. "I've faced bigger challenges in my life, so I say to myself that an opportunity will come along eventually." Yet he also feels anger – first towards the big companies that refuse to take a chance on youth, then towards the politicians "who haven't done much at all for young people". RUADHÁN Mac CORMAIC
Enter any Pret A Manger sandwich shop in metropolitan Britain and you'll find numerous young foreigners working enthusiastically. The image features frequently in discussions about youth unemployment: why aren't young British people getting such jobs?
In 2006, 668,000 16- to 24-year-olds were unemployed. By last winter, the number had risen to over a million, with the number of black youths without work nearly doubling.
Excluding students, the current level of youth unemployment stands at 731,000, the highest since the start of 1994 but lower than the peaks after the recessions of the 1980s and 1990s.
Education determines future in Britain, as elsewhere, even if it does not mean qualifications necessarily offer early success. In 2011, a quarter of those who left school without basic GCSEs were unemployed, as were 20 per cent of 18-year-olds with A levels and 25 per cent of 21-year-olds with recent degrees.
Most of their older fellows with the same spread of qualifications had settled into work by the time they had reached their 24th birthdays. By then, 13 per cent of those with only GCSEs were unemployed, compared with 7 per cent of those who had left education with A levels and 5 per cent of those with degrees. MARK HENNESSY
While its European neighbours battle record youth unemployment Germany's problem is the opposite: it hasn't enough young people to satisfy its booming economy.
In the EU youth unemployment statistics, Germany stands out with a jobless rate of just 7.9 per cent.
Demographics plays a role: there are fewer young people to fill growing number of jobs. But the most important factor in Germany's low jobless rate is its vocational training model.
Where other countries produce masses of graduates – often more than their labour markets can handle – German university-leavers have always been a minority of their age group. More than half of German school-leavers study part-time at vocational college and work three days a week as apprentices.
Chancellor Angela Merkel never tires of underlining this as a key to Germany's economic success. Countries with a similar model – the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland – are clustered at the bottom of the Europe's youth-unemployment table.
The model obliges companies to shape the training and final exams, ensuring what apprentices learn is relevant to the workplace.
"Irish companies need to get away from the idea of buying in training courses; they need to get involved in shaping the training themselves," says Ralf Lissek, president of the German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Adapting the vocational model across Europe could, he says, help address youth unemployment.
For now, the best prescription against youth unemployment in Europe is to learn German and come to Germany. DEREK SCALLY


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For the second time in five years, Salem failed to register a single win during a season. The stats looked eerily similar to that of 2008. Last fall, the Quakers averaged 17.1 points per game and in 2008 they were able to manage 16.6. The defense permitted 36.5 points in 2013 while five years ago they allowed 39.4. The silver lining is that Salem advanced to the post-season for the first-time in school history in 2009. Can they duplicate that success?
Coach Ron Johnson enters his second season on the job. During Johnson's first four years at Canton McKinley (2008-2011), the Bulldogs compiled a 31-16 record and advanced to the playoff each year. Coach Johnson will be without Second-Team All-NBC member Jake Carner (WR/DB) and players who were honorable mention honorees in Brenden Webb (WR/DB) and Mike Madison (WR/DB).
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The Quakers will welcome both Liberty and United in back-to-back weeks to begin the 2013 season.
2013 Salem Quakers' Football Preview
By Vince Pellegrini (@Vince_MYVS)
Head Coach: Ron Johnson, 2nd season (0-10) at Salem
2012 Record: 0-10 (0-7), Northeastern Buckeye Conference
2012 Post-Season Finish: Did Not Qualify
2012 Team Statistics
Points Scored: 17.1 (53rd in Area)
Points Allowed: 36.5 (58th in Area)
Returning Leaders
Passing: Trace Jenkins – 1638 yards, 52.4 Comp. % (131-250), 14 TDs
Tackles: Logan Taylor – 118
2013 Schedule
Aug. 30 – Liberty, 7 PM
Sept. 6 – United, 7 PM
Sept. 13 – at East Liverpool, 7 PM
Sept. 20 – at Louisville, 7 PM
Sept. 27 – at Alliance, 7 PM
Oct. 4 – Minerva, 7 PM
Oct. 11 – at Marlington, 7 PM
Oct. 18 – at Carrollton, 7 PM
Oct. 25 – Canton South, 7 PM
Nov. 1 – West Branch, 7 PM
Offensive Strength: Coach Johnson will have his junior quarterback Trace Jenkins back for the upcoming season. Jenkins completed 52.4% of his passes (131-250) for 1,638 yards. The 6'0 signal caller tossed for 9 scores during conference play last season.
Offensive Weakness: Scoring the football has been an issue for Salem over the last two seasons. In 2011, the Quakers averaged only 15.6 points and last year they increased that number to 17.1. A year ago, the offense was only able to muster four touchdowns twice.
Defensive Strength: Salem's leading tackler is back for his senior campaign. Linebacker Logan Taylor was named to the Northeastern Buckeye's First-Team after a season which saw him accumulate 118 tackles including 22 for a loss.
Defensive Weakness: The defense allowed each team they faced to score three touchdowns or more. They faced six opponents who posted 40 points or better.
Storylines Facing the Quakers
1. League Play on the RoadSalem opens the conference season with four of their first five contests on the road. The Quakers have dropped their last six NBC road games over the past two seasons.
2. Confusing Numbers. Don't be fooled by the record (0-10) or the amount of points which the Quakers gave up last season (365). Salem was in and had opportunities against some of the area's best team a year ago. In week one, Salem was edged by 9-3 Liberty (21-17). United got a fourth quarter touchdown from Garrett Beech to prevail 35-28 in week two. In the season finale, the NBC champion West Branch Warriors held off a late Quaker rally to win 21-13.
3. Big Play Skill.Haeden Panezott and Marcus Crittenden both return for their senior seasons. Panezott had a streak of four consecutive weeks where he scored a touchdown of 60-plus yards. On September 28, Haeden scampered 64-yards to pay dirt against Canton South. The following week, #8 ran 65-yards for a score versus Alliance. On October 12, he caught an 80-yard touchdown strike from Trace Jenkins against Minerva. Finally in a week nine matchup with Louisville, Panezott went 65-yards on a kickoff return for six points. Crittenden's 90-yard kickoff return against Canton South has been talked about since September 28. Both players look to be in line for more big plays in 2013.
Did you know? Salem has compiled a 1-9 record in August in their last 10 games in the eight month of the year. Their lone win came against LaBrae (28-21) on August 27, 2010.


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Luojia Hu is a senior economist and research advisor in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Hu conducts research in the areas of econometrics, labor economics and consumer finance. Her research has been published in Econometrica, Economic Journal, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, the Econometrics Journal, Journal of Econometric Methods, the Industrial and Labor Relations Review and the Review of Finance.
Prior to joining the Chicago Fed in August 2007, Hu was an assistant professor of economics at Northwestern University. She also was a visiting research fellow at the industrial relations section and department of economics at Princeton University. Hu received a BA in economics from the People's University of China and a PhD in economics from Princeton University.


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The price of taking all those sweeteners from the US government to bolster your business appears to be taking its toll on the ever shrinking Biggish Blue.
IBM needs to make a few job cuts as part of its restructuring, the only problem, according to ComputerWorld that it has taken cash from various US states to provide them with guaranteed jobs.
IBM is not saying how many people it is letting go, in fact it is not even calling them layoffs. Apparently IBM claims that the clams the cuts are part of a "rebalancing" of its workforce as it invest in new technologies.
The website at the Alliance@IBM, part of the Communications Workers of America union, estimates that between 4,000 to 6,000 IBM US jobs may be at risk in the latest move, a figure based on previous job actions and IBM's restructuring goal of $1 billion.
But this week New York Governer Andrew Cuomo announced that IBM had agreed to create new jobs, as well as maintain minimum staffing levels in the state.
Cuomo claimed New York had reached "a major agreement" with IBM to "maintain 3,100 high-tech jobs in the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas. The company has committed to increase its minimum job commitment to the state by 750 jobs, and maintain the 3,100 jobs through the end of 2016.
IBM spokesman Douglas Shelton said "IBM continues to rebalance its workforce to meet the changing requirements of its clients, and to pioneer new, high value segments of the IT industry".
Shelton said that IBM was moving to cloud computing, analytics and cognitive computing. He pointed to a $1 billion investment in its new Watson unit and the decision to spend $1.2 billion to expand its global cloud footprint.
So, in other words, IBM is laying off huge numbers, but will hire more. At least that is what it is telling New York. New York, which gave IBM tax breaks to set up shop does not see it that way.
But Alliance has noted that IBM is suddenly being very cagey about hiding the numbers of people being laid off, IBM employees used to receive documents listing the age, title and number of employees selected for a job cut. These resource action documents, as they are called, no longer include this information, which makes it difficult for anyone to know the actual details of the lay-offs. It seems that IBM wants to keep details of the cuts secret from everyone including New York.


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Jim Butcher on Sword & Laser
I'm one of the many fans impatiently waiting for the release of Jim Butcher's 14th Dresden Files novel, Cold Days. The YouTube genre show "Sword & Laser" recently featured Butcher's work in an episode, including an extended interview with Butcher himself. He doesn't spoil much about the new book, but he does tease the "apocalyptic trilogy" he plans to write to close out the series in the near future. Check it out:
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - At a hearing about J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s JPM, -0.72% more than $6.2 billion credit derivatives trading loss, Sen. Carl Levin on Friday said federal regulators should track and investigate trading activities that cause large breaches of internal bank risk limits. Levin, the chairman of the panel, noted that the bank breached key risk limits 170 times in the first three months of 2012, followed by 160 breaches in the next month. The hearing is set to hear from the big bank's former chief financial officer, Douglas Braunstein, and its former chief investment officer, Ina Drew. Levin made a series of recommendations on how to respond to the losses, after releasing a report on the trading loss Thursday.
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San Marcos Youth Soccer Revolution is home to two Presidio Cup Champions!
Our GU11 and BU12 teams took home the first place trophy and two other Revolution teams won their pool brackets, making it to the semifinal match.
Way to go Revolution! San Marcos is proud of all of you.
Girls Under 11 Presidio Cup Champs
Boys Under 12 Presidio Cup Champs
SMYS All-Star Champions
Three San Marcos All-Star teams won First Place Trophies at the Southern California All-Star Championships in Oceanside this weekend. San Marcos sent eight teams to the tournament, with four of them making it to the Championship Match. All of our teams played well and deserve to be congratulated. It was a great weekend for San Marcos soccer teams this weekend.
U10 Girls All-Star Champions
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Essays about life in Italy, traveling in Italy, and more
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Walking in the Footsteps of the Duke
The Vasari Corridor in Florence
A Unique Opportunity
Visitors to Florence, Italy, know that to miss the Uffizi, the Ponte Vecchio with its famous gold merchants, and the gaudy splendors of the Pitti Palace is to miss Florence's best-known sites.
What many tourists do not know is that along this same sightseeing path they also have a unique opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Renaissance nobility. Here they can view a vast collection of paintings usually reserved for the pleasure of a select few. It is called the Vasari Corridor.
The Vasari Corridor is an aerial passageway that connects the Palazzo Vecchio on one side of the River Arno to the Palazzo Pitti on the other. It passes over roofs and bridge of the Ponte Vecchio, and through galleries, mansions and churches. At over 500 meters (.33 miles), it is the longest single passageway of paintings and portraits in the world.
In 1999, the Italian Cultural Ministry and the City of Florence created a special "Prince's Itinerary", Il Percorso del Principe, as a guided tour to introduce the public to the Vasari Corridor. Still relatively unknown, it is one of the most exceptional and, until recently, hidden treasures of Renaissance architecture and art.
Tour participants not only see a fabulous art collection, but also are shown a hidden route with unique views and unexpected secret glimpses of the classic Florentine cityscape while walking above the heads of tourists swarming the streets below.
In 2004, there has been no decision made as to when the Vasari Corridor will be opened to the public. Based on past history, it should be available for tours in mid-April and will be open two days a week (probably Friday and Saturday) for three tours a day. It will close again in the summer (perhaps mid-July to mid-September) and then be open again until mid December. The schedule has been different each year for the past five years.
History of the Corridor
In the 1540's, Cosimo I, an enlightened despot who ruled Florence and all of Tuscany, lived with his Spanish wife Eleonora di Toledo and their children above the "shop" in the Palazzo Vecchio, the Florence City Hall. Eleonora was in charge of the family finances and disliked living in the Palazzo Vecchio. In 1549, she found a house she did want, and so purchased the Palazzo Pitti from the debt-encumbered Pitti family, rivals of the Medici clan. She had the palace remodeled and enlarged. The facade grew to over 670 feet in length, becoming the grandest of the Renaissance palaces and the seat of the Medici dynasty for the next 200 years.
Eleonora moved her family out of the city hall, thus forcing Cosimo to commute almost half a mile through the city streets to the government offices. A man with many enemies and one who did not mix well with the general public, Cosimo had to travel with a contingent of bodyguards. Each day they had to traverse a narrow chaotic bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, which in the 1500's was lined with malodorous tanneries and butcher shops.
Using the occasion of his son Francesco's 1565 wedding to Joanna of Austria as an excuse, Cosimo commissioned his architect Giorgio Vasari to design an above-ground walkway from his home to the offices. Vasari, a true man of the Renaissance -- architect, painter, author and art historian -- took only six months to design and direct the building of the Corridor. Cosimo did not own all of the property between the Palazzo Vecchio and the Palazzo Pitti. Vasari thus had to get permission to build the Corridor through other people's towers, mansions and businesses. When the Mannelli family refused permission for the corridor to pass through their tower, situated at the south end of the Ponte Vecchio, Vasari designed the passageway to be built around, but attached to, il torre dei Mannelli.
Cosimo claimed that the architectural wonder was for the amazement of the wedding guests and to remind the citizens of Florence of his power and authority, but he also gained an escape route from either home or office and a way to spy on the Florentines from above many of the busiest thoroughfares. The Corridor was also eventually used as a nursery for many generations of Medici children; and the elderly, infirm and lazy could be wheeled through the corridor in basket chairs. Apparently, however, the stench of the Ponte Vecchio remained a problem because in 1594, Cosimo's son Fernando decreed that the butchers and tanners would be ousted and replaced by gold- and silversmiths.
The Tour
The Prince's Itinerary begins in the courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio and sometimes in the Uffizi Gallery. It always numbers less than 30 participants and lasts about two and a half hours. The tour, if it begins in the Palazzo Vecchio, proceeds to the Hall of the Five Hundred, Il Salone dei Cinquecento, where an English-speaking guide presents a short history lesson regarding the Medici, the Palazzo Vecchio and the Vasari Corridor. (When reserving a place on the tour, always inquire whether it will be conducted in Italian or English.)
The itinerary includes parts of the Palazzo Vecchio Museum. Each group is escorted through a number of governmental chambers to Eleonora's Green Room, La Camera Verde, in the former Medici family apartments on the second floor. From there the group crosses a short sky bridge, part of the original Corridor, over Via della Ninna, and enters the east wing of the Uffizi Gallery. Tour participants have a chance to examine only the east hallway of the Uffizi, but the Prince's Itinerary ticket allows for free re-entry into the Gallery, which holds the largest collection of Italian medieval and Renaissance art in the world. If the tour begins in the Uffizi, each visitor receives a regular Uffizi tickets and instructions on what time and where to meet the group touring the Corridor, usually at the south end of the west hallway of the Uffizi Gallery.
The main branch of the Vasari Corridor is entered via a doorway located at the beginning of the west corridor. The passage drops down a long stairway flanked by paintings from the Medici collection and then traverses the top of the arcade on the north bank of the Arno, turns right over the shops on the Ponte Vecchio, and continues on through to the Boboli Gardens of the Palazzo Pitti. Visitors exit into the garden.
Small windows all along the Corridor provide excellent views of the river and the city. The best view is in the center of the Ponte Vecchio through two large sets of windows that look west down the Arno. These windows were not part on the original design, but were installed at the direction of Mussolini during World War II because Hitler and Mussolini wanted to look at the view while they held private meetings in the Corridor.
By some reports, Hitler's fondness for the Corridor and the Ponte Vecchio spared both when the retreating Germans blew up all of the other bridges crossing the Arno as the Allies advanced on Florence in August 1944.
Near the south bank of the river, the Corridor passes through the interior of the church of Santa Felicita. A Corridor window looks over the gray and white pietra serena interior of the chapel, and a door enters a high rear balcony, similar to an exclusive box at the opera, where the Medici family attended services in comfort and privacy.
Past the church, the tour ends in the Boboli Gardens, next to the elaborate grotto designed by Bountalenti in the 1580s. At the end of the tour, participants may remain in the massive Giordino di Boboli to explore its many acres of walkways and gardens. Laid out for Eleonora di Toledo by Niccolo Tribolo in 1550, it is one of the finest examples of an Italianate landscape design.
The Collection of Paintings and Portraits
The paintings in the Corridor are arranged in three major groups.
The first collection, which starts at the doorway from the Uffizi Gallery and ends as the Corridor turns on to the Ponte Vecchio, is a group of 17th and 18th century paintings by Italian and other European artists. Acquired by the Medici clan, Cardinal Leopoldo de'Medici at his death left a collection of 730 paintings, 318 sculptures, 1,245 drawings, 589 small portraits, and thousands of medals and other objet d'arte. A small portion of his collection is displayed in the Corridor, including a number of paintings from the school of Caravaggio. Notable among the first collection are pieces by Guido Reni, Gerrit van Honthorst, Empoli, and Guercino.
Next, as the Corridor starts across the Ponte Vecchio, there is the world's largest collection of self-portraits, arranged chronologically, of Italian and other European artists. Cardinal Leopoldo, inspired to start the series, collected over 80 portraits in the 17th century. The set was then augmented by earlier pieces obtained by other members of the Medici family. Still more were added throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries by artist donation and acquisition by the Uffizi.
Only a portion of the total collection of self-portraits is hung on the Corridor walls at any one time. Those now on display include Giorgio Vasari, Titian, Correggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Velasquez, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Antonio Canova, Delacroix, John Singer Sargent, and Carlo Levi. The last displayed, but not the last to reach the Gallery, is a self-portrait donated by Marc Chagall in 1976. A fake Leonardo da Vinci is also displayed: it was part of the Medici collection, but was found by x-ray to be painted over a 17th century Magdalene.
The last group of paintings, displayed in the Corridor where it turns toward the Boboli Gardens, is a collection of Medici and Hapsburg/Lorraine family portraits, many of them of the children. These give valuable insight into the attire and mannerisms of wealthy seventeenth and eighteenth century nobility.
Uncertain Future
Few tourists get to see the inside of the Vasari Corridor. The facility is frequently closed for months at a time, and the unique construction and length of the Corridor requires that tours must be undertaken in small groups guided by Uffizi personnel. There are ongoing discussions about whether the collection in the Corridor should be taken down and tours discontinued due to security and preservation concerns.
Tickets cost 25 euro in 2003. Tours are given in Italian or English, as well as occasionally in German or French. Reservations should be made well in advance by calling the Uffizi. (At the date of this writing, mid-March 2004, reservations were not being taken.)
© Ann J. Reavis, 2003
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Hey look, it's Menomena in a vacant classroom. Is this a statement on our nation's crumbling public education system, the band's very own Waiting for Superman that isn't actually a cover of the Flaming Lips' "Waiting for Superman"? Or maybe the kids were just outside playing tetherball when the band filmed this live version of "TAOS" for Pitchfork? Who knows?
Also, the band will be performing the same song on Last Call With Carson Daly this Tuesday night. It'll be pretty much the same as this clip, just substitute an empty classroom with an empty television studio. Zing! I just made a Carson Daily joke! I'm so proud of myself right now.


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The Franklin River Campaign - Part 1 - The beginnings of Australia's Environmental movement
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of this landmark High Court decision, by William J. Lines. Part 1 - The beginnings of Australia's Environmental movement.
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of this landmark High Court decision, writes William J. Lines.
On July 1, 2008 we celebrate 25 years since the High Court decision that 'Let the Franklin run free'. In this Four Part series on the Franklin river campaign, Author William J. Lines charts the rise of Australia's conservation movement - and a famous win for the environment.
Part 1 - The beginnings of Australia's Environmental movement
From the early 1960s, Australian conservationists became concerned about plans for dams on the rivers and lakes of Tasmania's south-west wilderness. The first great confrontation occurred in the mid-1960s when Tasmania's major development agency, the Hydro Electric Commission (HEC) announced, despite previous denials, a scheme to flood Lake Pedder.
Moved by the lake's beauty, bushwalkers, nature lovers, conservationists, and others responded by writing letters to the paper, forming campaign groups, calling meetings, lobbying politicians, writing submissions, testifying at hearings and raising their voice. They continued their protest through to the actual drowning of the lake in 1972 and beyond. Many vowed that they would never allow such destruction in the south west again.
They soon found their resolve tested. In 1976, a number of conservationists, including a young doctor, Bob Brown, his companion Paul Smith, as well as veteran Pedder campaigner Helen Gee, separately and together rafted the wild Franklin River. Awed by the place's spectacular beauty, they were also horrified to learn that the HEC planned to dam the river and flood its gorges, cataracts, and adjoining rainforest. What could they do?
The Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) is born
Around this time in 1976, at a meeting at Brown's house in Liffey, a number of conservationists active in the South West Tasmania Action Committee decided on a new name for their organisation: The Tasmanian Wilderness Society. Kevin Kiernan, another Pedder campaigner, became director. Over the next couple of years, the TWS took up the fight for Tasmanian forests, campaigned on mining, airstrips, and roads, and monitored unfolding HEC plans for the Franklin. American Norm Sanders, who had come to Tasmania partly for its wild beauty, replaced Kiernan as director and then in 1979 Bob Brown resigned from his GP practice and took up the position of full-time, unpaid director of the TWS working from a shared office in Hobart.
He was not alone. In Sydney the South-West Tasmania Committee worked for the protection of Tasmania's wilderness, while in Melbourne a group of activists from the Pedder days were also meeting and in 1979 they expanded their activities and opened an office, paying $5 a week rent.
Then, what all conservationists feared, happened. In October 1979 the HEC released concrete proposals to build a dam on the Gordon River below its confluence with the Franklin. The Australian Conservation Foundation became alarmed by the contemplated destruction and appointed campaigner Peter Thompson to work on the Franklin campaign in Hobart with the TWS.
The campaign to 'Save the Franklin' begins in earnest
Over the next several months dozens of TWS volunteers built a campaign featuring public meetings, slide shows, pamphlets, colour publications, guide-books, and river trips down the Franklin - including trips for influential politicians, such as the Legislative Council's Harry Braid. They wrote letters and articles for the press, appeared on television, and spoke to politicians. Volunteers opened a wilderness shop in Hobart followed by Melbourne and Sydney. TWS membership grew from 200 to 1000 in twelve months. Ten new branches formed and 10,000 people rallied in Hobart to save the Franklin. More and more people in Tasmania and in the other states became aware of the threat. More and more people spoke out against the dam, calling on the state government to protect the river.
In July 1980 Premier Doug Lowe's Labor government placed the Franklin River into a Wild Rivers National Park. Nevertheless, the Franklin's catchment remained endangered as the decision included a proposal to dam the Gordon River above its confluence with the Franklin.
A compromise accepted by neither side
While this Gordon above Olga Scheme would not flood the Franklin it would still obliterate vast areas of forest, drown many of the river's unique features such as the Gordon Splits, and flood the Lower Denison River, including large stands of the endangered Huon pine. Conservationists challenged the compromise and continued their campaign against all dams in the area. By July 1980, a few months after the TWS's membership first reached 1000, it rose to 2000.
Supporters of the original plan, however, had not gone away. The HEC, unions and business still wanted to impound the Franklin and they rejected the government's Gordon above Olga Scheme. When the dams legislation came before Tasmania's upper house, the Legislative Council, dam proponents pressured members to insert the words Gordon below Franklin in place of Gordon above Olga. Lowe's government refused to accept the change and parliament was deadlocked.
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Status Quo for Texas Thoroughbred Meets
The Texas Racing Commission has awarded 162 Thoroughbred racing dates for 2009, the same number granted for 2008.
The Texas Racing Commission has awarded 162 Thoroughbred racing dates for 2009, the same number granted for 2008.
A Louisiana-bred colt by Even the Score brought the top price of $120,000 on a good opening day at the Fasig-Tipton Texas yearling sale in Grand Prairie.
After a record-breaking top price in 2007, the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling sale will return Aug. 25 to the Texas Thoroughbred sale pavilion on the grounds of Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie. The sale concludes after its second session Aug. 26. Both sessions begin at 10 a.m. (CDT).
A total of 506 horses have been cataloged for the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling sale at Lone Star Park, Texas, which is scheduled for Aug. 25-26.
Texas Thoroughbred Association executive director David Hooper addressed the Greater Houston Horse Council July 21 in an effort to garner support for a new breed coalition, Texas Horse Organizations for Racing, Showing and Eventing, which is known as Texas HORSE.
Stakes winner Hi Teck Man's first winner, Lady Hi Teck, won June 29 at Lone Star Park in her initial start.
Prominent horse owner Maggi Moss will end her 1 1/2-year sabbatical from practicing law to defend leading trainer Steve Asmussen in a Texas case after one of his horses tested positive for a prohibited substance.
The Texas Racing Commission stewards at Lone Star Park have set a July 18 hearing for trainer Steve Asmussen after the horse Timber Trick tested positive for the prohibited substance hydroxylidocaine, a metabolite of lidocaine.
Trainer Steve Asmussen was notified June 26 that a horse in his care tested positive for the Class 2 substance lidocaine following a May 10 maiden special weight race at Lone Star Park, and his lawyer said Asmussen would fight the charge.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has ruled that horse meat may not be shipped through Texas en route for foreign destinations.
Boyd Browning said the sale of Fasig-Tipton will provide more resources for the auction company, which hopes to promote the business and recruit new owners.
Worldly Manner, one of the few sons of Riverman at stud, will stand at David Bailey's Two B Rockin Ranch near Bridgeport, Texas.
Dan Leary has been named director of communications for Lone Star Park in Texas. Leary has nearly three decades of sports public relations experience, including 14 years in the Thoroughbred racing industry at six different racetracks.
Fasig-Tipton Texas' 2-year-olds in training sale sees gross and average dip; median rise.
The Fasig-Tipton Texas sale of 2-year-olds in training, scheduled for April 1 at Lone Star Park in Texas, has a higher quality catalog than it did a year ago, according to Fasig-Tipton Texas' director of sales, Tim Boyce.
A pair of fillies turned in the fastest breezes at an eighth of a mile during the March 30 under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Texas sale of 2-year-olds in training.
The National Racing Compact, which currently authorizes multi-jurisdictional licensing for the pari-mutuel industry, is being offered as an alternative to possible federal regulation of aspects of the horseracing industry.
The ongoing process of regulating anabolic steroids in racehorses may have turned a corner March 25 when the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium made changes to its model rule. State regulators, however, remain concerned about funding for increased testing.
With RCI Integrity Services up and running, the Association of Racing Commissioners International has issued a strong call for the pari-mutuel industry to take advantage of something it believes is a no-brainer: an independent wagering monitoring system.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority intends to regulate use of anabolic steroids in racehorses but will wait until research into the testing for steroids in plasma is completed this summer before it moves ahead.
Grade II-winning sprinter Lexicon has been acquired by Richard Hessee for stallion duty at his R & R Farms near Goliad, Texas.
Carl Nafzger and his wife, Wanda, have been a lot of places, the trainer said Saturday night during his address at the Texas Thoroughbred Association's annual awards banquet. But they have been all those places because of one thing -- the horse.
John Pierce's homebred Mystery Classic, a winner of five consecutive stakes last year, will be honored as the 2007 Texas Horse of the Year and champion older horse by the Texas Thoroughbred Association. Mystery Classic is trained by Robert Schultz.
Dixieland Heat, sire of Eclipse Award winner Xtra Heat, will stand at Joe and Sharon Kerby's Key Ranch near Salado, Texas.
Texas Champions Day at Sam Houston Race Park Dec. 1 rewarded the faith of smaller Texas breeders and owners as favorites gave way to some surprising upsets in the eight stakes for accredited Texas-breds.
Texas-breds will take the spotlight at Sam Houston Race Park Dec. 1 for the track's annual Texas Champion Day program, which features eight restricted stakes worth more than $500,000.
Bill Hartack, a Hall of Famer who rode five Kentucky Derby winners, was found dead Nov. 26 in a cabin near Freer, Texas.
The Texas Racing Commission approved 2008 breed splits for horses and discussed the closure of one of the state's three Greyhound tracks during its Nov. 27 meeting.
Members of the racing industry in Texas are showing strong support for LOPE Texas, a non-profit racehorse-placement program, the organization reported in a Nov. 15 press release.
Thoroughbreds have been allocated 162 racing dates for 2008--down from 169 this year--in Texas.
The Fasig-Tipton Texas yearling sale posted increases in its gross revenue, median price, and average price.
The Fasig-Tipton Texas yearling sale generated a mixed bag of results during its opening session Monday.
As the Aug. 27 first session of the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling sale neared its mid-point, top price of $70,000 had been paid by Leprechaun Racing for a Trust N Luck filly.
Bolstered by the revival of racing in Oklahoma and the continued increases in purses in Louisiana, there is "guarded optimism" among Texas breeders and sales company officials on the eve of the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling sale.
There are more than 400 horses cataloged for the Fasig-Tipton Texas yearling sale Monday and Tuesday at Lone Star Park.
Grade II winner Too Much Bling has been moved to William S. Farish's Lane's End Texas near Hempstead, Texas.
The catalog for the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling sale has 417 horses.
Cash Asmussen, who earned an Eclipse Award as an apprentice rider and was a champion jockey in Europe, has a two-horse consignment in his own name and that of Cashmark Farmv at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select yearling auction.
Despite midday rain and constant threats of thunderstorms, Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, attracted 41,087 customers through its turnstiles for live horse racing and post-race fireworks July 3-4.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has signed legislation that outlaws killing horses for human consumption.
Retama Park will offer live Thoroughbred racing for more than two months this year under a request approved by the Texas Racing Commission.
As the result of a federal court ruling, the horse slaughter plant in DeKalb, Ill., will temporarily be able to resume business.
A bill banning horse slaughter for human consumption was approved by the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee April 25, while the House on April 26 voted 277-137 to ban the government from selling wild horses and burros for slaughter.
The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill April 18 that would outlaw horse slaughter for human consumption. Illinois is home to one of three slaughter plants in the country. The bill passed 74-41.
A colt brought $180,000 to top the Fasig-Tipton Texas sale of 2-year-olds in training April 3 as the gross, average, and median all dropped significantly.
A Van Nistlerooy -- Miss Malley filly named Maileys Cat turned in the fastest work for a quarter-mile Sunday at Lone Star Park during the under tack show for the Fasig Tipton Texas sale of 2-year-olds in training.
A federal district court ordered March 28 a shut-down of a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that allowed the slaughter of American horses for human consumption to be paid for by the slaughter houses. The program was put into place shortly after Congress voted in 2005 to cut federal funding for inspections of horsemeat.
Despite competition for wagering dollars and horses, the Texas Racing Commission granted three Class II racetrack licenses--one of them conditionally--at its March 20 meeting.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 355 horses for its 2007 Texas Two-Year-Olds in training sale at Lone Star Park, in Grand Prairie, on April 3. The sale will be held in a continuous, single session beginning at 10 a.m. The under-tack show, over the main track at Lone Star, will be held on Sunday, April 1, from 10 a.m.
The entire 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed March 5 an earlier panel decision upholding a Texas state law that bans the sale of horsemeat for human consumption. However, Texas Rep. Sid Miller filed a bill the same day that would allow the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the state.


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Monday, July 11, 2005
Various Artists - Vision 3 (AUM Fidelity, 2005)
The Vision Festival is a yearly avant-garde jazz and improvisation festival held each spring in New York City. Started by William Parker and Patricia Nicholson as a way to feature musicians who otherwise might fall through the cracks of the mainstream, the festival has grown into a premier musical showcase. This CD captures some highpoints of the 2004 festival and also includes a DVD with different performances than those included on the CD, not repeating Thirsty Ear's blunder of having a redundant audio CD with the same performances as the DVD of the 2003 festival highlights. Both of the discs showcase the variety of music available at the festival, and the diverse interests of the performers.
As can be expected, William Parker shows up quite a bit, performing with the Matthew Shipp band on the emotional "Sacrifice and Dream" and leading his own fascinating Jeanne Lee Project with the psychedelic "Bowl of Stone Around the Sun." Another fascinating performance is the politically charged "War Crimes and Battle Scars: Iraq" performed by Roy Campbell and Joe McPhee. This package makes for a great souvenir of the festival and also makes for a great primer for those interested in the current state of the New York avant-garde jazz scene.
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5 events not to miss this week
Published 2:42 pm, Thursday, October 11, 2012
Oct. 12
Marty Stuart at Texas Longhorn
You will never see a more well dressed country band than Marty Stuart's outfit. Maybe it's the upbeat, old-school country he plays, maybe it's his French
English/Choctaw/Columbian descent, or maybe the guy just loves leather pants - whatever it is, he plays seriously fun country music and he looks rad while doing so.
Opening the show is our favorite local vintage country act, B.B. and Company, featuring Britt Godwin. Get those boots ready to scoot across the sawdust on the Longhorn's massive dance floor.
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Where: Texas Longhorn Club, 2378 Hwy. 109, Vinton, La.
Cost: $20 in advance, $25 day-of
Oct. 13
Dog-tober Fest
Aside from the Farmer's Market, this is our favorite reason to get up before noon on a Saturday. This day-long festival - featuring a Strutt your Mutt parade, Barkery, BarkArt and Most Talented Dog contest - is a party for your pooch. Bring man's best friend for a paw reading, compete in the master/dog look-alike contest and shop at Neiman Barkus. Have we said enough adorable things to convince you to check it out?
If you don't have a dog, just wander the festival eating and dog-spotting - you'll never again have the opportunity to see so many dog tuxedos in one place.
When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday
Where: The Fire Museum of Texas, 400 Walnut St., Beaumont
Cost: Free
Info: beaumontmainstreet.com or (409) 838-2202
Southeast Texas Ties to Film
In conjunction with the "Lights! Camera! Action! Southeast Texas Ties to Film" exhibit on view until Dec. 30, the Museum of the Gulf Coast is kicking off a weekly film series featuring performance, animation, production, composition, stunt work and costume design by Southeast Texans.
The series begins Saturday with "The Alamo." Other screenings include "Back to the Future" Oct. 20; "Dark Night of the Scarecrow" Oct. 27; "Gone with the Wind" Nov. 3; "The Night Before Christmas" Dec. 8; and "Titanic" Dec. 29.
The films are free and include popcorn and free museum admission.
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
Where: Museum of the Gulf Coast, 700 Procter St., Port Arthur
Cost: Free
Info: museumofthegulfcoast.org or (409) 982-7000
BAL Membership Show
The Beaumont Art League's annual Membership Show opens this weekend and features pieces by local artists. Jasper realist wildlife painter Tommy Humphrey judges this year.
When: Opening reception 7-9 p.m. Saturday, on view through Oct. 31
Where: Beaumont Art League Beaumont Art League, 2675 Gulf St., Beaumont
Cost: Free
Info: beaumontartleague.org or (409) 833-4179
Cost: $5
Oct. 17
Stock up on vintage for your Halloween costume at the Tattered Suitcase's Pre-Halloween Party on Wednesday night. Stellar Treasure, the boutique inside the Tattered Suitcase, is teaming up with 91.3 KVLU's Space Capsule for a night of drinking, dancing and shopping. These parties are frequented by local designers, stylists and boutique owners, so wear a few of your best pieces while you shop for some new ones.
And speaking of Space Capsule, the weekly electronic music show recently launched Night Lab, an overnight show that airs ambient music, electronica, vintage comedy records and old-timey radio clips from 1 to 7 a.m. every Saturday.
When: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday
Where: The Tattered Suitcase, 2590 Calder Ave., Beaumont
Cost: Free
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After several consecutive years of success on the collegiate Model UN circuit, Michigan State University (MSU) has a new leader at the helm. Chris Bourdganis, a junior, was elected as the new president and head delegate of the MSU International Relations Organization (MSU IRO) in March.
Bourdganis is no stranger to Model UN success. Competing for the high school MUN team at Stevenson High School in Livonia, Michigan, Bourdganis won awards at every conference he attended. This winning streak is still alive; Bourdganis has never walked away from a collegiate conference empty handed, winning awards at UPMUNC, McMUN, CMUNNY and ChoMUN, capturing seven awards total with two Outstanding Delegate awards. I caught up with Chris to talk about the future of MUN for MSU on the collegiate circuit, about other ways that he has gotten involved in the global community, and a few other fun facts about him. Here's what he had to say:
Michigan State has had some successes recently, specifically at McMUN and ChoMUN the past two years. As the new president, what is a top priority that you have for the team this year? What kinds of programming are you planning to keep team members engaged while not at conferences?
I want to improve the training of our delegates. We have a lot of good delegates, and while they do eventually bloom, sometimes it's not until their junior year. I want to see us peak sooner so we can do better for a longer time. We've never had double delegatation training before, so this year we're doing this training to prepare us for bigger conferences so people can learn to work with others in the committee room. We've paired experienced delegates with newcomers, and I think it's going to work out very well. As for programming, this year, we're trying to plan a lot more events both social and academic. We had a lot of informal impromptu parties in the past, and those are the best way to become close with people. We're also bringing in guest speakers this year; its professional but it's still fun. We still want to have parties where anyone can come, and people bring a lot of their friends who usually then join the team. This way they fall in love with the team before they're on it.
How do you feel about the ranking that MSU received from Best Delegate at the end of the 2011-2012 travel season?
As a smaller school, in terms of funding and our team size, I'm happy that we did receive some recognition. Yet, I look at the ranking and see room for improvement. I'm happy we're up there, but that doesn't mean we can't do better this year. I see a lot of potential with our team; at our last conference of the year last year, all the junior members, who were then sophomores, won. I would like to continue that trend as well as to see the freshmen do well this year too.
Other than MSU IRO, what other organizations are you involved in on campus?
In addition to MSU IRO, I'm the Vice President of Logistics and Financial Operations at MSU's branch of Pangea Educational Development (PED). Katie Ott, one of my good friends, started the branch last year on campus; I was a vice president last year as well. On a global scale, Pangea works to develop sustainable schools in Uganda by implementing small businesses to keep the schools financially afloat. At home, MSU raises money and awareness of the need for better education around the world. Locally, MSU PED is looking to partner with the Lansing Area Literacy Coalition to tutor adults and children in reading and writing just as we did last year with a local elementary school. I'm looking forward to help expand MSU PED in the year to come. It's a great way to take what I've worked on in committees and have a practical application.
10 Fun Facts about Chris:
Favorite food: Prime Rib
Favorite General Assembly Committee: The Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)
Ban Ki-moon or Kofi Annan?: Kofi Annan.
Favorite Book: City of Thieves by David Benioff
Crisis committee or GA?: Specialized. Is this an option? If not, crisis.
Favorite MUN conference you've attended: McMUN 2011.
Twitter, Facebook or Instagram?: Facebook
A song that makes you think of MUN is… : Empire of the Sun's Walking on a Dream. I will never forget when our delegation decided to get on our chairs and dance impromptu in the closing ceremonies of McMUN 2011 to this song. (Watch the video here)
Favorite TV show: Battlestar Galactica
Favorite quote: "All the stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction you believe."- Orson Scott Card
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TAMPA - Tampa police resorted to emergency communications conditions Tuesday after a contractor cut a Verizon cable that affected officers' ability to talk to dispatch for more than six hours.
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The San Francisco 49ers' Next Coach?
I grew up on the 49ers. I've been a lifelong fan. Growing up, Sundays were for church and 49ers football (in that order). Every Sunday afternoon my grandpa, my dad, my brother, and I placed bets on Sunday's games. In those days you always bet on the Niners.
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Soon the Niners will decide on a new Head Coach. Most believe Stanford Head Football Coach, Jim Harbaugh, is the lead candidate. It's been incredible to watch the program Harbaugh has built at Stanford the past four years. We live ten minutes up the road from Stanford and have made it to as many home games as possible. It's been an exciting four years of Stanford football. I hope the 49ers select Harbaugh, and I hope Harbaugh selects the 49ers.
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Here is why Harbaugh is the 49ers' top candidate:
They feel they have a roster that can win immediately, if they find a quarterback, and Harbaugh is a longtime former NFL quarterback who has masterfully developed Andrew Luck into the potential No. 1 draft pick. Harbaugh isn't your usual college coach. He runs a physical, prostyle offense, has unique player-personnel skills and at Stanford assembled a staff filled with ex-NFL assistants.In exit meetings with their players, 49ers management was told time after time that the team needed organization and an offensive identity.Here is why Harbaugh could see the 49ers as his best option: He already has achieved as much as is possible at Stanford, and Harbaugh always has envisioned winning a Super Bowl, which he did not do as a player.That apparently is what largely kept Harbaugh from accepting the bid from Michigan and what would lure him away from Stanford — the chance to win a Lombardi Trophy. Harbaugh would like to stay on the West Coast and also would prefer to be in the NFC, away from potential yearly clashes with his brother, John, coach of the playoff-bound Baltimore Ravens. Harbaugh cherishes the relationship he cultivated at Stanford with Bill Walsh, and loves the idea of following Walsh's footsteps from Stanford to the 49ers. With the 49ers at a very weak place — and in dire need of excitement on the buildup to a new stadium — Harbaugh can practically name his price and set up the personnel staff to his wishes.
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A growing number of Christians in the United States are swearing off the social networking Web site Facebook for Lent, a priest says.
The Rev. John Grimm of Seton Hall University said such modern technological services as Facebook and MySpace are part of a growing imbalance in today's Christian community, The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported Sunday.
Oftentimes, we are just spending too much time on these things. We're out of balance,said Grimm, who serves as a Christian ethics assistant professor at the New Jersey school.
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