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Sycomore by Chanel
So, I have shamelessly stolen an idea that I found on the Frederic Malle site, and I figured I'd give it a try here where members aren't limited to a select few scents.
I am looking for a great fragrance to call my own. Preferably not a fragrance that you run into everyday that any ordinary joe will wear (AdG, Issey Miyake, etc...)
Ideally this fragrance will be best suited for the spring and summer, because I have a number of cold weather fragrances that I love.
Here is a list of information, some taken from the Frederic Malle site, and some added by myself, to help you get an idea of who I am.
Can you please help me find a fragrance that will essentially act as an extension of who I am? Also, when you post the fragrance, I would love to hear how you came to that decision, as well as your impressions of the fragrance you chose. I really think that will help me make a sound decision.
Here we go....
Law school student/Writer
A career I enjoy, a fast car, and time to party
To seduce, and to diffirentiate myself from others
Eau Des Beaux, Tuscan Leather, Pure Havane, Aventus, Encre Noire, Burberry London (those topnotes....)
Mostly casual, colourful and very stylish, but occasionally a nice suit or suit jacket
Uniqlo, H&M, Urban Outfitters (not a brand, I know)
Knoxville TN and Tokyo, Japan
Lamborghini Aventador
Racing cars at the track, Eating great food, Writing
Jazz/Hip Hop fusion
Looks: Younger, and very cute (girly). Personality/character:intelligence, strong maternal instincts, and solid values.
I am passionate about people and I am a very emotional person myself. I am creative almost to the point of a sickness, and I am always thinking. In the future I hope to be a lawyer working in Tokyo.
Thank you in advance fellow basenoters for all your help
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Sycomore by Chanel
I remember you've been looking for an Aventus substitute (which is not my favorite) but the Japanese, modern and stylish theme makes me think about CDG 2 man, fresh incense, which I use a lot in the summer. In general, CDG seems to capture the vibe, also with their incense (which cannot really be described as too summery).
Given that you like also some smooth leather and woods, I'd say also Etat Libre d'Orange Tom of Finland, a lemony leathery saffron; still ok in the heat, though not as summery as others.
Thanks so far Hednic and Cacio!
I wanted to add that I really appreciate the explanation as to why you picked out those fragrances Cacio. I've made an edit to my original post to ask for anyone making a recommendation to include their reasons for why they chose the frags they did.
Xerjoff 1861 - suited for Spring and Summer
I have a love for Japan as well. This is just an additional scent (not necessarily a signature) that I immediately thought of when reading your thread. I know it's not a direct answer to your question, but I just didn't want to pass the thread by. If any fragrance reminds of Japan it's Comme des Garcons Series 3: Incense Kyoto.
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Japan rules!
I really think I'd associate you with (drum rolls) Musc Ravageur!
Kurt smells like Teen Spirit
I'm going to drop by a store today that carries the CdG line to try Kyoto and 2 Man today. Will report back with my findings!
I haven't found a place with the two other frags Cacio mentioned though
The Frederic Malle site came back with that result too. I have a sample of Musc Ravageur, but to be totally honest, I can't stand the stuff. I find nothing interesting about it whatsoever. I can't pick out any notes, and I just find it so... normal. Yes, I know, my nose is an idiot
In the US, I've seen the Etat Libre d'Orange line only at Henri Bendel in NYC (not at the other Bendels), and a couple of other random stores. They're a quirky brand with ironic names and imagery, and the scents are very solid and often humorous.
XJ 1861 is a good shout, I'll throw out an under appreciated one:
Comme des Garcons: Monocle Scent One Hinoki
Kind of funny asking a group of people who don't really know you that well except for your short description to pick out a scent that is an extension of who you are...
But I was going to suggest you try Kyoto since in spirit you're in Japan, so might as well give it a try.
Why not CdG2 (woman) - I consider it a unisex. It's bright, beautiful, urban, stylish, sensual, very abstract. A masterpiece imo.
Try Donna Karan Fuel for Men; it has a bit of Aventus's pineapple and smoke in addition to fuel and leather notes for the motoring enthusiast. Plus it is very sexy!
Each of the following would be distinctive, yet somewhat edgy:
Aqua Fahrenheit by Christian Dior - This is a considerably toned down version of the original, masterpiece Fahrenheit. No negative connotation is implied or should be taken; rather, this is a distinctive composition, somewhat bright and fresh, with ties to the original.
Initially, one is treated to a blast of sparkling grapefruit, with its sour greenness, tempered by a hint of sweetness from the mandarin. This invigorating, citrus melange is drawn to the heart by a nascent mint. Here, in the heart, the cool spearmint comes into its own with its sweet, green facets, and commingles with violet leaf, with its intense freshness and a hint of cucumber. Basil infuses the refreshing blend with a lively dusting of its lemon-like, savory herb. A very faint undercurrent of petro/gasoline can be sensed. Transitioning to the base, a rather ordinary, woods accord presents, and interplays with a light, almost airy, Haitian vetiver as well as a subtle leather. A placid drydown ensues. This high-quality composition is bright and fresh, and should prove to be very versatile. Having average projection and longevity, this scent will, indeed, shine in the spring, summer and fall.
Oliban by Keiko Mecheri - Initially, one is treated to a magnificent shower of mystical frankincense. The lovely, sweetish, citrusy character commingles with the cedar chest aroma of atlas cedarwood, with its aromatic fruitiness and ever so slightly camphoraceous, some might say urinous, whisper. This vivacious brew meanders to the waiting heart. Here, a deliciously seductive, red rose with fruity glimmers and a cabernet-like facet sparkles somewhat. A delightful honey marries with the enchanting rose and imparts its enticing sweetness. An exotic undertone is furnished by a much subdued olibanum. Transitioning to the awaiting base, a select blond tabacco imparts its floral, vanillic, and smoky facets. A magical amber supplies hints of vanillic cherry, almonds as well as leather. Shadows of tangy frankincense flitter about. A charming drydown ensues. This well-blended, elegant composition leans substantially to the masculine side, and has radiating projection for maybe two hours, then settling to a skin scent, as well as average longevity.
I got it at Harrods but I have no idea who stocks it on your side of the pond.I just did some research on this one and it does indeed sound interesting! Do you happen to know if any major retailers carry it?
CDG 2 man is a lemony incense; CDG2 is a watery rose (watery in the sense of transparent, ethereal, not in the sense of marine). Very different, both very good and modern in feel, of course one has to like the main ingredient of each.
M - Puredistance
Rose 31 - Le Labo
Leather Oud - Dior
Also, I think it might be worth mentioning that you may want to avoid vanilla / vanilla+amber mixes. My wife is Japanese and when I wear something like Ambre Précieux she says that I smell like an older Japanese woman wearing a kimono (apparently this is what they smell like). If this is the association she has, I could imagine it might trigger similar associations to other people of Japanese nationality.
Tactics Cologne (Shiseido)
Funny you should mention the vanilla. My girlfriend is Japanese too and while she doesn't have a huge issue with vanilla, she can't stand the smell of incense in fragrances. She is also quite a fragrance addict, which is weird for a Japanese person. I'm not sure how your wife feels about incense, but I'd be curious to know.
Girlfriend's most hated frag at the moment : Dior Leather Oud. lol
I used to spend time in Kyoto in the 80's & 90's and picked up a lot of beautiful boxes of incense. I still have some and also get stuff from Shoyeido online. Of course I bought CdG Kyoto as soon as it was launched and still enjoy it. It's quite a simplistic take on the Japanese temple incense genre - leaning to the drier woods side without the benzoin and sandalwood you get in the real thing (maybe evoking the wooden temple structures like Kiyomizu et al - wood saturated with smoke).
It wouldn't surprise me if incense based perfumes don't sell particularly well in this part of the world because in Northeast Asia incense is mainly used in temples to honour the ancestors so being both formal and associated with the departed it may not be a scent that people then expect to come across 'on the street' or in everyday situations. I notice in Japan that there are some beautiful incenses geared towards meditative use and verging on more recreational ambience (tea ceremony?) but even here it's still quite mannered and formal and maybe construed as 'old' by a more cosmopolitan post 80's generation. Just a hunch
So I just went to test out some cdg frags...
Im on my phone right now but I want to report that I am a very happy camper.
Will post specific impressions soon
Well everyone, thank you for your generous comments in this thread... I think I have found a winner...
But before I announce the fragrance I chose, let me present you with the runner ups:
4. CdG Kyoto - I REALLY wanted to love this one, just based on my affinity to Kyoto, but it ended up just being a very generic, linear incense, that I don't find wearable. This is the kind of scent that would drive my girlfriend out of our home.
Don't get me wrong, it was nice, but it's the kind of smell that I only want to encounter when making a wish at a temple in Kyoto. I almost feel like wearing it every day would take away from the special memories that I have made that to this day float on a cloud of incense. Either way, I'm happy that I got to try it, because it did remind me of walking around some of the temples in Kyoto, and I was happy.
3. CDG 2 - I didn't really look much into the notes of this, and I forgot what Cacio had mentioned about this having nothing to do with incense.... Needless to say I was mindblown when I sprayed this stuff. At first, I loved it; it just screamed summer to me, and I immediately noted that it could be an Aventus replacement because it was so fresh.
Fast forward to a few minutes where I began to realize that as beautiful as CdG 2 smells, it is simply too feminine. I pictured myself taking classes in law school and getting weird looks from the people around me because I smelled like a woman. I don't mean to offend anyone, as I'm sure there are men who can pull this off, but maybe I'm just not at that level yet.
My other problem with this scent is that I find it EXTREMELY linear. It smells exactly the same now as it did when I put it on 5 hours ago. All this, compounded with the crazy projection (which would usually be welcome), is why I have decided to land this particular frag at 3rd place.
2. CdG 2 Man - At first I had trouble distinguishing this from Kyoto, as they both seemed very incense-heavy. And, like Kyoto, I was ready to write this one off...
...until I started to get to the drydown: Lemon, cut through to weight of the incense and really opened my eyes. I suddenly began to picture this as being, as has been said before, and incense for the warmer seasons. Also, unlike Kyoto, I find the incense in this frag to be less intrusive, and a bit more mysterious. It's quite nice! I'm going to go back and try to get a sample so I can get a real full wearing in, because I have a feeling this one may very well end up winning out.
However... there can only be one winner for now, and based on my initial impressions, that winner is....
1. Hinoki
Usually when I dislike a fragrance, I end up being repulsed by it upon initial application - and that is exactly how I felt about this fragrance. However, it took me a moment to realize that the reaction I was experiencing with this particular scent was not that of repulsion, but rather of frustration; I was frustrated at the fact that I recognized this scent, but I wasn't sure from where. After about 10 minutes of repeated sniffing (and I was getting pretty aggressive with the sniffing), it hit me - Martha's Vineyard.
As a child I spent every summer on the island, and this fragrance brought me back to all the wooden houses that I would visit on my way to the beach. The wood of these houses had such a magical smell, almost as if they had been blessed by an ocean breeze by thousands of years. I was smitten. This was to be my scent.
For the rest of the day I kept sniffing myself like a maniac, and the scent continued to develop, ever so slightly, into something even more amazing, though never losing that "Vineyard" quality.
I ran home and asked my girlfriend what "hinoki" meant in Japanese. When she explained to me it referred to the type of tree, whose wood is often used in onsens (hot springs), I pulled my wrist up to her nose and her jaw dropped.
All these wonderful memories have been bottled and preserved in Hinoki... Thank you Basenotes for guiding me on this wonderful journey. I truly believe I have found "My Scent".
I actually read your comments on Hinoki from a few years back... it all makes sense now... you're a Kyoto lover too haha.
I totally agree with you analysis. Incense is not a "fashionable" scent by any means, so that would explain the general aversion that I'm experiencing with my first lady. Heck, after spending 3 years in Japan I don't even know if I would want to incorporate it in a fragrance. There's something so mystical and "old" about it. Maybe some things are best left to tradition?
Either way, CdG's whole line really impressed me, and I was surprised to see that the nose behind the fragrance also was the same man behind a lot of the Burberry frags I love, even though they are so vastly different than Hinoki.
Fragrance is pretty damn cool
Oh, one last question... You had mentioned in that same post from a few years ago that you scored your bottle for half price... you wouldn't possibly know where to find a deal like that on Hinoki these days would ya? :P
Glad you found something you like so much. Plus, if you girlfriend likes it too, it seems it's decided. I like Hinoki a lot too, and I do find it rather fresh as well. Though I have never tested it in DC's sticky summers.
Plus, there's no need to limit yourself to *one* scent. CDG is not a cheap brand, but in the niche department, it is not particularly expensive either.
Re CDG2 man: I think one of the elements that make CDG2 man both more mysterious and fresher than the standard incenses is what Luca Turin calls "snuffed candles" note, apparently some aldehyde that gives it the right twist.
A couple of my CdG's came from a closing sale so no joy in suggesting a good deal, I'm afraid.
It's nice to hear you found something that clicks in Hinoki - clearly your tastes are leaning in a woodsy direction at the moment. I realised after my previous post that I hadn't actually suggested anything so as a parting shot I think at some point you might want to sample Tribute, Memoir Man and Epic Man & Woman. Not saying they will necessarily grab you but there's something these have in common that might work - I think of them as a more deeply nuanced extension of the quite earnest woods and incense genre - they have a bit more of a story to tell. Epic Woman is excellent, I dug it out yesterday and wore it after posting about Kyoto - I am targetting the Extrait at some point, which a few guys here have spoken very highly of.
How about Christian Diors Fahrenheit. I think it's quality juice, unique and versatile for spring summer. You can try the flanker with Oud or the Aqua with a nice grapecruit. They won't break your wallet if you would like to wear all three of them.
Let us know what you choose! Have fun.
Edit: Oops I should have read all the way down. Anyways congratulations on your new signature scent! I'll give that Hinoki a good sniff. Sound interesting.
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As for Hinoki... I can't get it out of my mind! You mentioned it not being too expensive for a niche, but unfortunately I still have a hard time shelling out $120+ for a 50 ml bottle. I guess I'm cheap but I've been spoiled by the splits board. Why can't they make this stuff in 400 ml decants :P
The shop close by to me has been out of it for a long time, and there is a waiting list for when it comes back... but they're selling for $175 + tax... jeez...
Thanks for the recommendations. It sounds like Epic man might be something that I would like. Although to be honest I'm not a huge fan of incense to begin with. I am definitely into the woodsy scents though, maybe something woodsy and lightly floral? Any recommendations?
Also, do try Hinoki. It's incredible
$120/50 ml., that is quite expensive indeed! I thought it costed less than $100, as most other CDGs (ie the incenses cost $80/50 ml, I believe). CDG2 man costs $120 for *100* ml...

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In my last post about the "New TV", I explained why big media is likely to get more advertising revenue from New TV than Old TV. I also suggested, however, that ALL TV advertising is dealing with a fundamental change in the way we, as humans, perceive brands, and that this transformation is likely to make TV advertising increasingly challenging. I'd like to spend some time explaining this very human transformation, as it affects not only TV advertising, but the entire notion of what it means to be a media company in the 21st century.
Let me start at a very low level with a basic psychological statement about humans–each of us individually and all of us collectively are on a never-ending quest to be in complete control of our surroundings. This isn't a very radical statement. As humans we spend incredible energy to get people to do what we want, to own things so we can do with them what we please, and to work collectively to subdue nature to our wills. As someone raising a 2 year old girl, it's self-evident that this desire starts in infancy and that a lot of what it means to "grow up" is taking increasing control of our environment, as well as learning to accept the limited control each of us has (without crying uncontrollably, which apparently is the default reaction.)
So what's this have to do with brands and their effectiveness on TV? Well, let me start with another somewhat obvious statement that sounds rather radical when stated plainly–TV is a miracle. For those of us who have lived with it our entire lives, this is easy to forget. Imagine though how utterly astounding it was the first time we as humans saw moving images of real, live people broadcast instantly across the country. It's even bigger than this when we put it in relation to our desire to control our surroundings–for the first time we as humans could ALL be present at the most important events, the best shows, exactly where we would want to be WITHOUT affecting anyone else's ability to be there as well. We could all collectively have the BEST seat in the house.
So once again, what's this have to do with brands and our relationship with them? Well, if we want nothing more as humans than to control our surroundings and TV was (and still is) a miracle that fulfilled this desire more fully than anything before it, all we have to ask is who gave us this ultimate gift of control? In the early days of television, this wasn't a very hard question to answer. TV didn't give you the chance to even ASK who brought you the miracle, because every television show stated this EXPLICITLY–"brought to you by" American Airlines, Ivory Soap, or Lucky Strikes.
When someone is bringing you the miracle of transporting yourself to the best seat at the best shows in the world, AND they are doing it for free, it's not really hard to understand what our relationship with these brands was like. We were so predisposed to liking them in fact, that the brand didn't even need to stand for anything very distinctive. Are Gillette razors really better?–who cares they just brought me Joe DiMaggio and Jackie Robinson competing in the 1947 World Series. Who would shave with anything else?!
So what did innocent ole technology do to disrupt this hugely successful symbiotic relationship between TV consumers and brands? My premise is that a number of technologies have slowly taught us to "game" the sponsorship model. In other words, they began to train us to avoid commercials by taking specific actions. It's my belief that as we have trained through thousands of these interactions to become ever more sophisticated at avoiding commercials, we've unconsciously entered into an ever more explicit game, the objective of which is to banish our enemy–the sponsor. Let's take a look at specific examples of this progression.
I still remember my 6 year-old self somnambulating in my tighty-whiteys down to our living room to wake up with the TV, when to my utter amazement, a Superman cartoon appeared instead of the local news. What strange magic was this? An hour later when my friends came to pick me up for school, I was still standing in the exact same place transfixed by the Bozo Show. I'm sure I watched every commercial that morning in stunned silence, but my reverence didn't last long.
Cable TV enabled me for the first time to start "flipping" when a commercial came on. You couldn't do this with just 3 channels that timed their commercials. Within a matter of days, I remember walking over to the TV to flip the channel when the commercials would take too long. Within a matter of weeks, I'd adopted the habit of lying close enough to the TV to flip the channels with my feet. I probably laid there 4 hours a day learning to avoid sponsors.
And then, we got a new TV with a magical item I quickly learned to love–the remote control. Think of this name in the context of what I said about our deepest human desires. A REMOTE CONTROL? Are you KIDDING me? Is it any wonder men treat these things like the fists of Zeus that they are?! Besides being remote it gave me the additional tools of typing the exact number of a channel, remembering my "flip" channel, and the ever powerful Mute button. The Gameboy wasn't the first hand-held game; it was the remote control and it only played one game–avoid the commercial.
The internet and its impact on the level of control I expected when consuming content is probably a little too much to go into for an already overly-long post. Let it suffice to say that I'd basically abandoned the TV for the internet long before TV-like content became available because I was just so much more in control with the internet. Technology came to the rescue of TV however, but in rescuing TV, it also gave me the ultimate weapon in my anti-sponsor arsenol–the DVR.
The DVR made TV great again. Most obviously in this context, it allowed me to fast-forward through commercials. I, as do many of you I'm sure, pride myself on my expert ability to skip commercials. I have a natural rhythm for the commercial break and can often stop the fast-forwarding process perfectly with my eyes closed. I know what kind of commercials certain networks show right before returning to programming that serve as a cue for me to stop. I skoff at their pathetic attempts to show a brief 5 second promo for the show that LOOKS like the show to entice me to stop for the next commercial–I am not fooled.
Look at the sophistication of this war! Measure and counter-measure between sponsors and me, Joe-viewer. The thing that the networks and the sponsors don't understand, and the entire premise of this mammoth blog post is that it doesn't matter if the networks and sponsors ultimately win the technology battle–they still lose! Not because they can't force me to watch their commercials, but because I will HATE them for doing so.
I've been engaged in trench warfare for 30 years AGAINST sponsors and their messages. Sponsors are now my ENEMY. Networks can invent technology that forces my eyes to be open and facing the screen while a commercial plays before I can see the rest of my show (don't worry–they're working on it!). Sure I'll watch, but instead of making me feel good about the sponsor and their message it will make me hate both of them.
This phenomenon isn't just about TV and the technologies I've talked about. It's about a bigger change in what it means to be human. 21st century humans are so saturated with information, that our primary survival task is to find a way to filter that information. In fact, it is now social custom, given how precious our attention is, that any organization that ROBS us of that attention, is deserving of MORAL opprobrium. THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT YOUR BRAND ATTACHED TO!
In my next post I'll discuss the proposed solution to this problem and the hugely under-appreciated difference between "targeting" and "intent" that I hope SetJam can take advantage of.


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Oracle® Beehive RESTful Web Services API Reference
Release 2 (126.96.36.199)
The Calendar category enables you to control Oracle Beehive's Time Management Services. These services support all aspects of time management, as well as user, team, and resource scheduling for Oracle Beehive.
For more information about Time Management Services, refer to the section "Time Management Services" in the module "Oracle Beehive Services" in Oracle Beehive Concepts in Oracle Beehive Documentation Library.
A bookable resource is an entity that users can search for, reserve, and use for a specified period of time, such as a conference room or a projector.
A calendar is a container of time management artifacts. It exists as an entity of a team or personal workspace. Refer to the section "Workspace Templates" in the module "Oracle Beehive XML File Reference" in Oracle Beehive Administrator's Reference Guide to see the structure of a calendar in the context of a workspace.
Meetings reside in calendar objects. When the organizer creates a meeting that includes other participants, a copy of the meeting is created in each participant's default calendar. If the participant is a team workspace, then by default meetings are delivered to the default calendar of the enrollees (who are typically the workspace members). External participants are informed of the meeting with an e-mail notification that includes an iCalendar attachment that can be imported in their calendar application.
A reminder is an entity that is used to trigger a reminder action at some timed event. It associates a timed or relative trigger on the entity, which can set off an event. A timed trigger can be defined relative to the time of an operation, such as create, update, check-in, or checkout or to a scheduled event (usually a future event), such as the start time of an calendar occurrence, due date of a task, or end time of a conference. A timed trigger can also be defined by absolute time, independent of any operation. The relative triggers that Oracle Beehive RESTful Web Services supports are the start of a meeting, start of a a task, and the due time of a task. (For more information about tasks, refer to the Task Management category.)
Refer to "Creating Oracle Beehive Bookable Resource Accounts" in the module "Managing Oracle Beehive Resources" in Oracle Beehive Administrator's Guide for more information.
The Calendar resource supports common calendar operations:
Use the Calendar resource in conjunction with the Meeting and MeetingSeries resources.
When an organizer of an event creates a Meeting, the
invitationOnly member is set to false. The system creates copies of that Meeting for all of the participants; their copy of the Meeting has
invitationOnly set to true. The organizer may update all the common attributes in the Meeting. For example, the organizer may change the title, reschedule the meeting, and add participants. These modifications are automatically propagated to each participant's copy of the Meeting. The other participants cannot modify these attributes in their copy of the Meeting. Only the attributes with the prefix
invitee may be updated by an invitee.
Dates and times are represented with the dateTime data type as defined by XML Schema: Datatypes. You may use local times when working with Calendar.
The Reminder resource is used to notify the end user at a specific trigger time. The trigger time may be an specific date and time or relative to the associated meeting or task, for example, 10 minutes before the start time of the Meeting.
Reminders are located the ReminderList folder of the PersonalWorkspace. A reminder is typically associated with an entity, for example, a meeting, task, or e-mail of which a user wants to be reminded, but can also be standalone. The reminders with which a particular entity is associated is specified by the entity's
source member. More than one reminder may be associated with the same source entity. The
source member is primarily used to indicate which reminder should be exposed in calendar clients that are limited to one reminder per entity.
The outcome of a reminder at trigger time is specified in the
reminderAction of the reminder's
rule member. There are two types of actions: clientReminderAction and notificationReminderAction. The clientReminderAction results in a popup notification in the calendar client. The notificationReminderAction results in a server-initiated notification, for example, an e-mail or SMS notification.
As a convenience, both Meeting and Task contain a member named
inviteePrimaryClientReminderTrigger of type timedTrigger. The timedTrigger is used to indicate at what time a reminder should be triggered. If you have a Reminder associated with a Meeting or a Task, and clientReminderAction has been specified in the Reminder's
rule member, then if you modify the Meeting or Task's
inviteePrimaryClientReminderTrigger member, the associated Reminder will be automatically adjusted.
Reminders themselves are managed by calendar clients such as Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook and Mozilla Lightning.
Entities might have other secondary reminders such as default reminders that trigger a notification 10 minutes before every meeting. There reminder are accessible through the Reminder resource.
This section describes various notes and features of the Calendar category:
recurrenceRule member. Initially, all the meetings associated with a MeetingSeries are initialized from the attributes of the series and are considered non-exceptions (the value for each of the meetings'
exception member is false). When a particular meeting of a series is explicitly modified, it becomes an exception to the series (the value of its
exception member is set to true). Modifications to the MeetingSeries are propagated to all associated meetings, including the exceptions, but will not change their exception status.
/read and
/list operations, recurring meetings are always expanded (to individual Meetings) and the rule is not returned
exception member to true.
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The author of the Harry Potter series pens a letter to girl who lost her whole family in mass murder
J.K. Rowling resurrected fictional character Albus Dumbledore of Harry Potter fame to write to a 15-year-old Cassidy Stay, who witnessed the murder of her family on July 9.
During a memorial service just days after the horrific incident, the brave 15-year-old quoted a famous line uttered by Dumbledore in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film: "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
A Facebook campaign, dedicated to convince the Harry Potter author to meet Cassidy, was set up not long after. On 5 August, word came from the page's admin that good ol' J.K. had sent a heartfelt handwritten note in Dumbledore's name to the teenager.
"This afternoon, I talked to a friend of Cassidy's who confirmed that JK Rowling did, in fact, write her a personalised letter from "Dumbledore" (hand-written with purple ink). She was also sent a wand, an acceptance letter to Hogwarts with a school supply list, along with the 3rd book with JK's autograph," the Facebook post read.
Cassidy survived the shooting as the bullet had only hit her finger and fractured her skull, according to reports. The now-convicted Ronald Haskell (identified as the ex-husband of a woman who is related to the Stays) gunned down Cassidy's father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters at their home in Houston, Texas. Playing dead, the girl waited until the assailant left before dialling 911, consequently thwarting his plans to attack other family members.
"I know that my mom, dad, Bryan, Emily, Becca, and Zach are in a much better place and that I'll be able to see them again one day," Cassidy added in her speech. "Thank you all for coming and showing support for me and my family. Stay strong."
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The Day of Protest against the Nazi persecution of children, which was initiated by the Polish Government, was observed here yesterday throughout the country with proclamations issued by central Jewish bodies condemning the Nazi "bestial plans to annihilate the younger generation."
The Jewish National Council of Palestine, in its proclamation, urges all efforts to save youth from the Nazis. "We demand," the proclamation says, "expansion of the plans for the rescue of children. We are sure that there still are rescue possibilities. Our houses are wide open to absorb the remnants."
Similar proclamations were issued by the Municipality of Tel Aviv, by the Jewish Federation of Labor and by various other organizations. The Jewish press in Palestine carried editorials appealing to the democratic world to do everything possible for the salvation of children in Nazi-held territories.


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On my trip from Yellowstone down to Utah I stopped to pick up a friend in Salt Lake City to hit up Canyonlands and Arches National Park. We stayed 2 nights in Moab, which sits right in the middle of the two parks. I would highly suggest staying there if you're planning a trip to either. There's a restaurant/pub called Eddie McStiff's that has AMAZING burgers and local beers.
One major thing to note about hiking in this area of Utah is to always check the weather. If it's going to be clear skies and hot, you may want to rethink which hikes you want to set out on. When you're out there in the 90-100 degree heat, hiking on sandstone, it is truly brutal. Fortunately for us it was overcast and raining during some of the more daunting hikes we went on. If you're not so lucky take a LOT of water, a metric ass-ton of sunscreen, and one of those enormous old lady hats you see them wearing at BINGO… no joke, you'll thank me. You will also want to be very careful not to be in the canyons during a flashflood, or they will completely wipe you out. If you're in one of the canyons and it starts to rain, immediately try to get to the high ground.
Day 1 we made our way to Arches National Park, which is just incredible. I feel like I could have spent both days here, just to complete all of the hikes. That being said, we finished nearly every major hike in about 16 hours, skipping only the Fiery Furnace hike since some pretty nasty clouds were coming in. Personally, my top 5 favorite hikes in the park were:
Delicate Arch – This isn't only a must-do hike in the park, it's a bucket list hike for anyone that loves the outdoors. Besides a hike in Zion (which I'll get to later), this is the hike I was most excited for in Utah. It's only around 4-5 miles round trip, with 600ft of elevation gain, but nearly all of that elevation is gained going up an enormous slick rock about 2 miles in. Not even going to lie, I had to stop 5-6 times on the way up to catch my breath and cool down. It was raining during this portion of the hike which made it extra interesting due to the slickness of the rock.
The payoff on this hike is well worth the effort (and possible heat stroke), and is by far the best hike in Arches.
Fiery Furnace – Yes, while I wasn't able to do this hike due to the threat of a flashflood, this is one I'll be going back to the park for. You can see portions of this hike from other areas of Arches, and it looks amazing. Be aware that you need a permit for this hike, so you'll want to ask the front gate about that prior to starting.
Tower Arch – This is a shorter hike, with very little elevation (if any), but you will be hiking in about 3 miles of fine sand which can make things interesting. That being said, this is still one of the easier hikes in the park, and not one many people go on. We ran into a handful of people, one group being a bunch of girls that thought it would be cute to hike in scalding hot sand in their flip flops, but hey, to each their own. We only had to listen to them yelp in pain for about 5 minutes before we were far ahead of them. Tower Arch is also a great photo op area since you can actually climb up into the arch without too much effort.
Devil's Garden – Another 'must' in Arches is Devil's Garden. Yes, it's a 7 mile loop, but you get up close and personal with a TON of the arches in the park. There isn't much elevation at all, so it's more of a long walk than a hike. I won't cover every arch in the loop, but I highly recommend doing this entire thing.
Balanced Rock – This isn't much of a hike either, since it's fairly short loop off of the main road, but I also highly recommend checking out Balanced Rock. The pictures below pretty much speak for themselves on what it is.


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Background noise distracts from political message
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has delivered a report on the state of Indigenous Australia, attempting to get her message heard despite the distracting background noise of former MPs dealing with corruption allegations.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: When the Prime Minister announced an election date last week, she wanted the focus to be on the Government's policies and what they're doing. But those plans have been rocked by external scandals and turmoil in her own ranks. Today, the background noise was two ministers trying to disentangle themselves from corruption hearings in NSW. At the same time the former Labor MP Craig Thomson fronted a Melbourne court. As political editor Chris Uhlmann reports, the Prime Minister is ploughing on as you'd expect, today delivering a report on the state of Indigenous Australia.
CHRIS UHLMANN, REPORTER: The Prime Minister's opening gambit this year was that the Government would get on with governing. Julia Gillard and her senior ministers were working hard today.
STEPHEN CONROY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS MINISTER: Speeds available on the NBN fixed wireless service will be more than double.
TONY BURKE, ENVIRONMENT MINISTER: Today we complete the journey of Kakadu National Park.
CHRIS UHLMANN: Alas, it wasn't this week's work but yesteryear's winter holiday that would keep Stephen Conroy and Tony Burke busy answering questions today. And they knew it.
TONY BURKE: Then once we dealt with the Kakadu issues I'm very happy to deal with the other issues that no doubt people are going to want to be able to ask questions about.
CHRIS UHLMANN: The circus that is the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing into the colourful connections of former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid now has a toehold in Canberra - because in evidence yesterday, Eddie Obeid revealed Tony Burke had twice enjoyed free accommodation at his ski lodge in Perisher. It later emerged that on one occasion he was joined at the snow by Stephen Conroy.
TONY BURKE: No one wants to be mentioned in the same breath as the deeply serious allegations that quite properly are being investigated in Sydney at the moment. They are incredibly serious allegations. What's been the subject of discussion with respect to me over the last 24 hours has nothing to do with those allegations, but obviously you'd rather not be part of it.
STEPHEN CONROY: There is no perception of illegality. There are simply attempts to smear because someone might, might have some connection, might have some connection. I don't have a connection.
CHRIS UHLMANN: The Canberra connection to Obeid affair is a storm in a tea cup. Unfortunately, right now Labor has an ocean full of tea cup storms. Other ill winds were blowing from the south today as former Labor MP Craig Thomson had his first day in court in Melbourne.
The police allegations levelled at the Member for Dobell run to 78 pages and 154 charges. They include seven charges for spending union funds on prostitutes, 19 for using union funds to buy adult movies in hotels around Australia, and a string of charges related to cash withdrawals, travel costs and picking up restaurant bills. According to Thomson's legal team, the total of the alleged fraud is $40,000.
CHRIS MCCARDLE, THOMSON'S LAWYER: We don't have to come up with an answer, the answer is he didn't do it. That's the answer we will come up with. The fact that someone's been going around saying endlessly that he has done it doesn't mean he has.
CHRIS UHLMANN: As part of his bail agreement, Craig Thomson is banned from making any contact with a number of escort agencies he's alleged to have used. The MP is deeply unhappy at the way police have handled this and says he's still waiting to see a list of their witnesses.
CRAIG THOMSON, INDEPENDENT MP: But after 18 months in relation to investigating this matter we still they still don't even have witnesses that they're able to produce for us in terms of some of these issues that are here. So that's disappointing.
CHRIS UHLMANN: This affair and the other distractions are way beyond disappointing for the Gillard Government. There are plenty of other things to talk about, but the static is drowning the signal. Like today when there was a rare moment of bipartisanship as the Prime Minister delivered the annual report on efforts to improve the lot of Indigenous Australians. The preschool education target is almost achieved. Year 12 attainment rates are better and infant mortality has declined.
JULIA GILLARD, PRIME MINISTER: In 2013 we will reach our first formal Closing the Gap target and can see two more within reach. These results show that the gap is not only closing, but closable. They are proof of what we can achieve when we work together.
CHRIS UHLMANN: Elsewhere things are little changed. The life expectancy gap between Indigenous Australia and the rest is huge. Employment lags and there are real problems in some school results.
JULIA GILLARD: I cannot conceal that these literacy and numeracy results are a source of personal disappointment. Last year's optimism gives way this year to a starker realism. Yet, that is how closing the gap will be. The setbacks that make us aim higher, the successes that make us glad we did.
CHRIS UHLMANN: And Julia Gillard took aim at the Northern Territory's decision to scrap the banned drinkers register and plans by the Queensland Government to relax alcohol restrictions.
JULIA GILLARD: I have a real fear that the rivers of grog that wreaked such havoc among Indigenous communities are starting to flow once again.
CHRIS UHLMANN: Tony Abbott largely agreed with the Prime Minister.
TONY ABBOTT, OPPOSITION LEADER: How much difference are all our efforts really making to the lives of indigenous people. Are they better housed? Are they better nourished, are they better educated? And are they more able to participate in the life of our nation? Some are. But many aren't. And I share the Prime Minister's concern about actions in the Northern Territory in respect of the banned drinkers register.
CHRIS UHLMANN: It was a unity ticket that wasn't well received by the Northern Territory's Health Minister who was visiting Canberra.
DAVE TOLLNER, NT HEALTH MINISTER: We won't be reintroducing the banned drinker register. The fact is we were elected with a mandate to get rid of that register and the fact is we don't break our election commitments, unlike Julia Gillard.
CHRIS UHLMANN: But by the afternoon the usual hostilities had resumed, as the Coalition kept up its attack on the Government's broken surplus pledge with the assistance of a cameo from a Labor great.
ANNA BURKE, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: I would like to recognise in the chamber today the former prime minister, the Right Honourable Robert Hawke - which does sound very odd but Bob Hawke is with us this afternoon and we'd like to welcome him to the gallery. The Member for North Sydney.
JOE HOCKEY, SHADOW TREASURER: I join with you, Madam Speaker, in welcoming my constituent and the last Labor prime minister to deliver a surplus! Well done.
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I've decided that I need to do something different with this blog. I've been paying for the hosting an keeping it running all these years and I never made it into what I had originally intended it to be. There are plenty of websites out there now that cover that territory now so there really isn't even a need for it and I don't have the time or energy anyway.
So, I'm going to be archiving my old posts (they will still be available for public viewing, but I'm going to move them out of the way if possible) and changing the look/feel of the site to be a little less obnoxious.
As for content, I plan to just do some random writing. I think I'll share some thoughts I've been having, maybe just do some short stories, maybe some other kinds of writing that might not make sense to some folks… I think I just need to make this an outlet for some creativity I've been keeping pent up. I'm going to try really hard not to worry about what others think or if anyone even cares at all. I've been holding things back too much and just need to write for the sake of writing, because I do enjoy it when I can let myself write more freely.
If you're still reading, I want you to know that I appreciate you and your time. I hope you have a great day.
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With remarkable speed, Time Inc. has responded to this blog's revelation that the seeming examples of Robert Capa's "ruined" D-Day negatives shown in the TIME video "Behind the Picture: Robert Capa's D-Day" are actually carefully constructed, digitally altered fakes.
On Monday afternoon, June 30, just days after publication here of Rob McElroy's investigation of this fraud, and just hours after publication of my follow-up on that with a formal complaint to the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), I received an email from Daniel Kile, Vice-President of Communications at Time Inc.:
Dear A. D. –
Regarding your posts on TIME's story and video on Robert Capa's D-Day: TIME's video and story have been updated to include a photo illustration credit. The film now includes a prominent label on the negatives and on the end credits (see attached for screen grabs). Our story has been updated to include an editor's note about the change.
Indeed, when I checked the video shortly thereafter it had undergone revision. The brief accompanying story by Mia Tramz now concludes thus: "Editor's note: This video has been updated to include a photo illustration credit." A visible if discreet "PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY TIME" indication appears on-screen as the faked negatives scroll by. (Highlighted in red here, in the lower left-hand corner; click on the image at right to enlarge it.)
And, on the credits screen, they've added "Negatives—Photo Illustration by TIME/Magnum Photos." (Highlighted in red again; click on the image below to enlarge it.) This seems to indicate that Time Inc. and Magnum share responsibility for the fakes.
Upon verifying these changes, I emailed back to Kile, as follows:
Dear Daniel:
Thanks for your follow-up email. I've looked again at the video, and see that all the changes have fallen into place. My compliments on achieving this so quickly; that speaks to the seriousness with which you took this violation of standard practice.
I'll post a report on this revision at my blog shortly. Toward that end, can you inform me about the regulations, protocols, and directives under which your videos get produced, and what oversight systems you have in place for drafts and finished pieces?
I'm assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that given the quantity of these you publish at the site some get produced in-house while others get outsourced — and that, if so, your in-house staffers would have internalized the guidelines more than independent producers.
I have readers who want to know how this happened, and what you have in place to prevent this from happening. I'd like to pass along whatever you want to say in that regard, for the record.
I will publish whatever response I receive from Kile in a subsequent post.
Keeping On
As a courtesy, I emailed Sean Elliott, Ethics Committee Chairman of the NPPA, including Kile's email and a link to the updated video, with the following comments:
So TIME has done the right thing, belatedly. But this leaves some broad questions unanswered.
1. What strictures, regulations, requirements does TIME place on jobs like this that it outsources — in this case, to Magnum in Motion? And what oversight, enforcement, and punitive measures does it have in place for infractions like this?
2. Who actually made those fake negatives — the Capa Archives at the ICP? Magnum? TIME? (In the credits for the film, TIME now claims them as theirs.)
3. How could the Capa Archives, Magnum, and John Morris — all of whom surely knew that these were fake — authorize and approve their use in this film?
4. How does this connect to a decades-long history of mythmaking re Capa's D-Day actions and output, including the fiction that he exposed mutliple rolls of film on Omaha Beach when in fact, according to his own caption notes, he exposed only one, and a partial one at that?
In short, TIME's revisions to the film correct the problem without explaining how it came to pass. So I reaffirm my request for your committee's investigation of this matter. Only that way can lessons get learned.
Next Case
That's especially important because the falsifying of evidence related to Robert Capa's D-Day negatives by TIME magazine and the International Center of Photography did not begin with the forged negatives discovered by Rob McElroy in the May 29, 2014 TIME video.
Last weekend, McElroy emailed me about a curious find he'd made at TIME's website. A search for "capa" in TIME's videos turned up what appear to be two links to two differently titled versions of the same video — one titled "Robert Capa's Iconic D-Day Photo of a Soldier in the Surf" and datelined May 29, 2014, the second titled "The Iconic Photo of D-Day" and datelined June 6, 2009, the 65th anniversary of D-Day. (Look in the right-hand column.)
Both links lead to "Behind the Picture: Robert Capa's D-Day," the 2014 video by Adrian Kelterborn, which raised an important question about that project. Presently it appears online with a May 29, 2014 dateline on its accompanying story by Mia Tramz. No copyright notice or production date appears on its credit page, making it logical to assume that May 29, 2014 represents its original publication date. Had TIME actually posted it first on June 6, 2009, then re-posted it on May 29 of this year? Nothing wrong with such repurposing, in my opinion, but I'd expect some brief notice thereof, unless TIME has decided to make its datelines fungible.
On the off-chance that a second video about Capa's D-Day images existed at the TIME site, either currently or in the past, I Googled the title given at the site for that earlier video: "The Iconic Photo of D-Day." This led me to the blog of Craig Duff, "multimedia journalist and filmmaker," hitherto unknown to me, where on June 6, 2009 he posted the following:
The Iconic Photo of D-Day
In a video I produced for TIME this week, Cynthia Young, a curator at the International Center of Photography, describes the 10 images taken by Robert Capa for LIFE magazine on D-Day, 65 years ago today. One is perhaps the most recognized image from that fateful day.
Sure enough, following this brief introduction Duff offers "The Iconic Photo of D-Day," a TIME-sponsored video, 5 minutes long, in which Young narrates the standard version of the Capa-on-Omaha-Beach legend; the visuals alternate between Young speaking and Capa's images (shown complete and as details) scrolling across the screen with her voice as soundtrack. (You'll find a better version of the video here at Vimeo, downloadable in several resolutions. I have no idea why it no longer appears at the TIME site.)
I'll have more to say about the falsified content of the video in a moment. Before we get to that, let me complete my account of the search for this video at the TIME website.
Armed with the producer's name, I returned to the TIME site, where a search for "craig duff capa" brought up an apparent link to his video, dated June 6, 2009. However, though it may previously have led to Duff's piece, this link now delivers the May 29, 2014 video by Adrian Kelterborn. (That search also revealed that Duff has produced dozens of videos for TIME.) All most peculiar.
Oops!… She Did It Again!
So this is in fact the first of two TIME videos on Capa's D-Day images, published on the 65th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2009. It proves itself a fitting companion to Kelterborn's more recent video, containing as it does yet more fabrications in both its spoken narrative and its visual presentation. Here are extracts from Cynthia Young's commentary:
"Robert Capa was probably the most famous war photographer of the twentieth century. … On the very early morning of the 6th, Capa was part of the second wave — the second group of the first wave — going in onto Omaha Beach. … It was a very chaotic day. … So Capa was shooting with his camera through all of this. [He made a total of 11 exposures.] … In testimony from other people and in letters [sic] he was terrified, very scared — dodging bullets like all the rest of the soldiers as they were getting up on the beach.
… Capa photographed for about an hour and a half on the beach, I believe. [The timeline makes it considerably less.] There was a soldier assigned to pick up all the film from the beach, put it into a pack, and transport it back to the ships, and that pack was lost. [This happened at Utah Beach, not Omaha Beach.] So the only films that survived were the films that weren't picked up by the personnel assigned to that, including Capa's. [There was no one assigned to pick up Capa's film on Omaha Beach.]
… In the excitement to get the film prepared for exposure [sic], the heat went up in the drying rack [sic] and the emulsion literally melted off the plastic film. So what was left were these eleven images of just the invasion moments — the soldiers climbing up on the beach."
Watching this video, you'll see an image you never saw before as the "magnificent eleven" scroll by — the middle picture in the screenshot above. I haven't managed to identify it. Not one of the "magnificent eleven," certainly; it appears to describe ships and landing craft heading toward Omaha Beach.
Whoever inserted this between the recognizable Capa images on the left and right did so clumsily, to say the least; the left-hand edge of this frame overlaps the right-hand edge of Capa's first D-Day image. Since we know now that Capa's D-Day take starts with the frame on the left, and this middle image precedes it on the timeline, I have to assume someone else made it. Reader assistance in establishing its source definitely welcome.
In a short text accompanying his posting of this video at Vimeo, Duff writes, "Many thanks for photo editor Mark Rykoff for his assistance with the images, and Cynthia Young, a curator at the International Photography Center in New York, who sat down with me to tell the incredible story behind Robert Capa's images." The story is indeed incredible, and the picture editing likewise.
According to his bio at the TIME website, Mark Rykoff, Senior Photo Editor at TIME.com, is the "head of TIME.com photography." He took on the job of "head[ing] up photography for the magazine's website in 2007. Mark received a News and Documentary Emmy Award for TIME.com's multimedia series Iconic Photos in 2010," the bio concludes, which means that this falsified video piece shared in that triumph.
So that's two TIME videos on Capa's D-Day images, both with faked visual evidence and the parroting of the received (and highly questionable) version of Capa's actions and output on Omaha Beach. Both produced with the cooperation and endorsement of the ICP's Capa Archive. Coincidence? You decide.
Going Viral
On Monday, June 30th, the day my previous post appeared, the Poynter Institute picked up the story in their "Everyday Ethics" news category and summarized it; see "Time clarifies: Ruined images in D-Day video were photo illustration," by Kristen Hare. Hare telephoned both Rob McElroy and me for quotes. They also made that story into a "straw poll" on readers' response to its importance ("Big deal or not a big deal" were the options.) The first vote came from Molly Roberts, Picture Editor of Smithsonian, who voted "Big deal."
Today, July 1, PetaPixel published a summary by Gannon Burgett, "TIME Addresses the Fake Ruined Negatives from the Robert Capa D-Day Documentary." PetaPixel sent it out to their 692,792 Google+ fans with the teaser line, "Sadly, major ethical breaches are fairly common in the world of online publishing, but nobody ever expected one to come from the much-revered TIME magazine." They also tweeted it to their 180,000 Twitter subscribers.
And Peter Marshall has published two thoughtful posts on this Capa series at his blog, Re: Photo: "Capa Under Fire," posted June 25, which addresses Ross Baughman's original posts and my first few, and "More on Capa – Fraud," posted today, June 30, in which he discusses Rob McElroy''s post and my later ones. He's always worth reading.
(For an index of links to all posts in this series, click here.)


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I've taking over DMing duties for our Sunday D&D game. I noticed that all of the PCs, except for two, had 2 magic items apiece. So before the last session, I had those players browse the books and choose a magic item that they wanted. I said I would put it in that day's scenario so they could find it.
Where, exactly, did I put it? In the hands of the cultists they would be fighting, of course! Bruce's paladin even took a critical hit from the mage wielding Carl's Staff of Magic Missles. Bloodied him in a single blow, I think!
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This report funded by The Heinz Endowments and conducted by Mary S. Booth, PhD, of the Partnership for Policy Integrity focuses on Pennsylvania's growing biomass energy sector and its current and potential impacts on air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and forests.
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University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Center for Healthy Environments and Communities report on the exposure to and health effects from hazardous air pollutions (air toxics) in southwestern Pennsylvania.
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Center for Healthy Environments and Communities report on the exposure to and human health effects from particulate matter in southwestern Pennsylvania.
This report, commissioned by The Heinz Endowments, provides the results of a literature search and review regarding scientific assessments of the relationship between current levels of outdoor air pollution in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area and human health impacts.
Biomass electricity generation, which relies primarily on the burning of wood, is more polluting and worse for air quality than coal, according to an analysis of 88 permits for biomass power plants in 25 states by the Partnership for Public Integrity.
This handbook from Group Against Smog & Pollution provides information about air pollution from natural gas drilling and production, how these emissions are controlled through the permitting process and how individuals can comment on these permits before they are finalized to voice their concerns and ensure proper regulation.
A report card on air pollution in communities across the nation, including Pittsburgh, from the American Lung Association
Special issue of The Heinz Endowments' Magazine examining how local public officials, business leaders and environmental activists are at odds in developing air quality solutions.
A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette series that examines air pollution in Western Pennsylvania.
M.J. Bradley & Associates LLC report analyzes actual and projected changes in the annual inventory of particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen emitted by Port Authority buses between 2005 and 2019.
National Resources Defense Council report ranks Pennsylvania as #3 on its list of the "Toxic 20" states ranked by toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants.
Upon competition of a 10-year research project that analyzes the effect of air pollution and death rates in U.S. cities, Lester B. Lave and Eugene P. Seskin conclude that the mortality rate in the U.S. could shrink by seven percent with a similar, if not greater decline in disease incidence if industries followed EPA regulations in cutting back on certain pollutant emissions. The authors claim that this reduction is sufficient to add one year to average life expectancy. Originally published in 1977.
Editorial by air pollution expert George Thurston et al. in the Journal of the American Medical Association discussing the link between ambient air pollution and asthma.
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During the 1996 Summer Olympics Games in Atlanta, CDC researchers took advantage of a natural experiment to learn about the impact on pediatric asthma of decreased traffic levels and improved air quality. Their findings are reported in this 2001 JAMA paper.
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A new report by the Global Burden of Disease team estimates that outdoor fine particulates (PM2.5) was the fifth leading cause of death globally in 2015 – that's an estimated 4.2 million deaths! In the United States, PM pollution was the sixth leading cause of death, resulting in approximately 88,000 deaths in 2015. Particulate exposure also negatively impacts a large number of chronic health conditions. The good news is that this burden of disease could be lowered for entire populations through policy action at the national and subnational levels, and would lead to increased life expectancy in a short timeframe. Policy action would really impact the health of Pittsburgh's citizens because we have one of the highest average PM concentrations in the nation.
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Thurston et al. 2010 study finding that smoke emitted from diesel vehicles is a significant contributor to personal particulate matter exposure levels in children living in urban areas.
Thurston et al. 1997 study found that air pollution can be a major contributor to the respiratory problems experienced by children with asthma during the summer months.
This study provides a new update from the Clean Air Task Force on the burden of death and disease from coal-based electricity production across the United States.
This report from the League of American Bicyclists shows what economic returns communities across the country have already experience from investment in bicycle infrastructure, which also has air quality benefits.
This RAND Corporation report asks how local air quality influences local economic growth through health and workforce issues, quality-of-life issues, or air quality regulations and business operations–and how those effects impact the Pittsburgh region.
Ceres report demonstrating how air pollution reductions in the electric power sector will provide long-term economic benefits in the form of highly skilled, well-paying jobs created through infrastructure investment.
Key facts from Public Agenda about various energy sources, considering cost, energy security and environmental impact.
A report supported by The Kresge Foundation on diesel-truck traffic impacts to communities along a California highway, making the case that citizen watchdogs can help in air quality monitoring and mitigating harmful emissions.
In this report, the Union of Concerned Scientists examines the links between coal-fueled power and climate policy in the U.S. Northeast.
Pittsburgh Climate Initiative plan (April 2012) to help meet the local greenhouse gas reduction target of 20 percent below 2003 levels by 2023.
"Air Time," in h magazine, details how the Breathe Project campaign is using traditional and social media to make sure cleaning up the Pittsburgh region's air is a universal message.
PowerPoint presentation providing background on the Breathe Project, information about the air quality problem in southwestern Pennsylvania and potential solutions.
Links to presentations from the May 2013 World Asthma Day event addressing Pittsburgh's asthma epidemic, as well as newly presented findings about how air pollution affects birth outcomes, cancer, heart and lung disease and mortality rates in the Pittsburgh region.
Links to presentations from the May 2012 Asthma Summit sponsored by the Breathe Project and West Penn Allegheny Health System.


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Astros' Collin McHugh to pitch in minor league game Wednesday
Published 11:31 am, Sunday, March 19, 2017
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. --- Astros starter Collin McHugh will pitch Wednesday in his second minor league game, the latest step in a progression the team hopes will have him available for the first rotation of the regular season.
It's unlikely at this point McHugh will pitch in the Astros' third game of the season against the Seattle Mariners, but the 29-year-old righthander could build his arm up to a point where he's ready to go in the fourth game of the season or during the team's weekend series against the Kansas City Royals.
McHugh should pitch three innings or throw about 45 pitches on Wednesday. If he's able to build up to five innings and 80 pitches before the regular season, the Astros would at least have the option of slotting him in during the season's first week or pushing his debut to the second week.
McHugh said he felt good after pitching two innings in his first minor league game on Friday. He may continue to make his starts on the back fields, where it's a more controllable environment for the Astros to build up his pitch count.
"I think we'll know more once he gets to the four-inning mark," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said on Sunday. "Right now he's just in the two to three-inning mark. These next couple starts will be important. We'd like no rain. We'd like no hiccups. We don't have a lot of room for error. But we'll know more in the next five to 10 days."
If McHugh isn't ready for the first rotation of the season, the Astros could simply delay their decision on the No. 5 starter's competition between Joe Musgrove and Mike Fiers. Musgrove makes his next spring start on Monday, Fiers on Tuesday.


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"Edge of the Wild" Tolkien Art Exhibition, 13th – 16th August 2010 at The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Now into its seventh year, our annual Art Exhibition is held at The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, a wonderful Victorian building on the outside and just as delightful with beamed ceiling inside, making it an ideal location, with free parking too. This year's theme is "The Edge of the Wild" with Ted Nasmith's wonderful painting "Bilbo and the Eagles" being displayed for the first time leading the way, and consisting of Original Artwork and Limited edition Prints from Tolkien artists: Ted Nasmith, Ruth Lacon, Jef Murray and Peter Pracownik. The artwork is displayed upstairs (there is a chair lift for disabled access) and completely fills the delightful space, reminiscent of Beorn's hall in The Hobbit, decorated with flags and banners, and also has a showcase of historical Tolkien artifacts too.
It is a free-entry event, with nibbles, wine and hot and cold drinks. During the event you can meet the artists and listen to talks about their work. There is music, often live, a Tolkien Quiz and a Masquerade on the Sunday, and large get-together's after the Exhibition shuts each day in one of the many local hostelry's, followed inevitably by more songs! Downstairs there is a range of dealers offering books, memorabilia, music, swords and clothing, candles, waistcoats, other talented Tolkien artists, bow-making, and at lunchtimes we are lucky to have the Eagles attend from the local Falconry.
The Exhibition is open to the public from 9-5 Sat 14th – Mon 16th August, with an Invite only Preview Party on the eve of Fri 13th. Whether you visit for the day, or stay locally and attend it all, it is great fun, with many friends, and a chance to gaze for as long as you wish at the detailed work of our four Tolkien artists, meet and talk with them, and to try your knowledge with a team in the quiz. Local Hotels and B&B's fill up quickly but there are also two nearby camp sites.
Often the event coincides with a new Tolkien book. Previously we have had Alan Lee signing his illustrated "Children of Hurin"; in 2009 we had the launch of our own publication: "Black & White Ogre Country: The Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien"; and in 2010 it will coincide with the publication of our follow up biography of Hilary Tolkien: "Wheelbarrows at Dawn: Memories of Hilary Tolkien", with the authors, Angela Gardner & Neil Holford signing copies alongside Chris Tolkien, whose fond memories of his grandfather that led to the desire to publish these writings.
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After quitting basketball in Cleveland, being shipped to Chicago for Luol Deng and subsequently cut from the Bulls for money reasons, Andrew Bynum has a new home: the Indiana Pacers. The news comes courtesy of ESPN; details can be found here.
Make no mistake, this move was aimed directly at the Miami Heat. Not only do the Pacers add a backup for Roy Hibbert, but they also keep a potential Hibbert foil away from Miami, who was also in the running for Bynum. At the very least the center offers rim protection while Hibbert is on the bench, and at best he regains the offensive prowess he had in Los Angeles and anchors the Pacers second unit with Lance Stephenson.
The Pacers and Bynum are saying all the right things, but it must be mentioned, Bynum has been attached to five teams in two seasons for a reason, and he didn't leave any of them on good terms. Los Angeles willingly traded him away in the Dwight Howard trade (and Orlando didn't even care if they didn't get him back in that trade), he never put on a Sixers jersey before Philadelphia let him walk last summer for nothing. His Cleveland stay ended with rumors of sleeping with a coach's wife and Bynum deciding he was done with basketball, and he was gone from Chicago before he ever even really got there.
Could Bynum help the Pacers surge past Miami and to a Larry O'Brien trophy in June? Absolutely, but if he screws this up too, nobody will be surprised.
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Secret U.S. air war lacks justification
Updated 6:49 pm, Friday, February 8, 2013
America's secret air war featuring drones and missile attacks on suspected terrorists is finally getting the attention it deserves. This country should know more about how these deadly weapons are directed worldwide, even against American citizens, without public discussion or judicial review.
President Obama, who ended the Iraq War and is winding down fighting in Afghanistan, leans heavily on the high-tech aircraft as he updates the battle against terrorists. The threat of al Qaeda and its allies demands vigilance, tough measures and innovative tactics.
But he hasn't wanted to discuss how he uses drones, his go-to answer as troops come home and the Pentagon faces budget cuts. Obama has approved hundreds of drone attacks, many credited with killing militants beyond the reach of ground forces in lawless parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia. Coming next: new trouble spots in North Africa, such as Mali and Tunisia.
The playbook for crossing foreign boundaries and choosing human targets remains secret. The selective, tightly aimed nature of drone attacks makes them different from conventional fighting. How are these decisions made and by what authority? An added complexity is the case of an American-born al Qaeda higher-up, Anwar al-Awlaki, leading to questions about how the White House justifies killing a U.S. citizen without due process.
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Until now, the White House has said little.
Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder said drone targeting involved a "judicial process," but didn't elaborate. Subsequent leaked reports indicated a process where national security advisers give a "kill list" to Obama to inspect and approve. It's tightly scripted and supersecret, with no one but the president's security team in the know.
This week, a sliver of light emerged. A 16-page Justice Department memo surfaced, giving the legal framework for the drone attack on al-Awlaki. The thinking is profoundly disturbing: "An informed, high-level official" has the right to go after al Qaeda suspects and allies, even if there is no "clear evidence that a specific attack on U.S. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future." The president - or is it the White House national security chief, counterterrorism adviser or CIA head? - becomes judge, jury and executioner.
The drone war has other problems. Noncombatants are getting killed, White House denials notwithstanding. Local populations, who witness the attacks, resent the U.S. actions, alienating them further from the antiterrorist cause. The unbounded atmosphere encourages other countries to copy the American model and develop their own drone programs.
Off in the distance is another White House solo mission, as the president's team draws up rules for pre-emptive cyber war against threats to this country's computer networks.
A Senate hearing on confirming John Brennan, Obama's counterterrorism adviser, as CIA director highlighted these friction points and doubts. A string of senators, including panel head Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., peppered Brennan with questions reflecting their doubts about drone oversight and the spreading use of the aircraft. Feinstein suggested setting up a special court to oversee drone use.
It was a changed atmosphere from past White House stonewalling. Just the night before, Obama had released legal documents justifying the air war. The Senate panel was clearly smarting over a deliberate lack of information on the drone program.
The Obama administration has to stop hiding behind contrived legal arguments and present a full case for an emerging front in the terrorism fight. A secret war is anathema to this country's values. Drones, for all their effectiveness, must be justified more adequately.
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A Justice Department memo lays out the legal guidelines and arguments that underpin the White House drone program. A copy, obtained by NBC News, can be viewed at http://on-msn.com/WSeVvf.


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Eagles overcome Kingdom Prep
Published 11:10 am, Saturday, January 18, 2014
The Plainview Christian Academy boys basketball team raised its record to 4-1 in TAPPS District 1-1A play with a come-from-behind 50-41 victory over Lubbock Kingdom Prep at PCA Friday night. The win sets up a showdown for first place at Amarillo Ascension Academy Tuesday night.
The Eagles started slowly and trailed 10-5 after one quarter. They rebounded in the second quarter and cut the deficit to 21-18 at halftime.
The third quarter was the difference as PCA scored 16 points and held Kingdom Prep to eight to take a 34-29 advantage into the fourth quarter.
PCA coach Carl Irlbeck said a defensive adjustment led to his team's success in the third quarter.
"We made one adjustment at halftime," Irlbeck said. "It was a small defensive adjustment that made a difference. We were playing very, very well. Kingdom Prep is a good team in our league."
Christian Leal-Cruz led PCA with 16 points. Levi Brown and Alex Sisemore scored 12 points each. Josh Brown had seven and James Hall added three to round out the Eagles' scoring.
The victory came on the heels of a 58-30 win in El Paso Tuesday against El Paso Jesus Chapel.
The next game will decide who remains on top of the district, Irlbeck said.
"Tuesday night will tell us where we are," the coach said. "Ascension is about the same as we are. They've beaten two of the teams that we've beaten by about the same score we beat them. Tuesday night will be a big game. It will be for first and second place. The winner will be in first place and the loser will be in second or tied for second.
Tuesday's game is slated for a 7:30 p.m. start.
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