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Samba Deals With Suffering, Loss, and Also the Pleasures of Life: Paulinho da Viola
The Miami Herald and JazzTimes writer Fernando González on legendary sambista Paulinho da Viola who makes his Carnegie Hall debut as part of Voices from Latin America on November 28.
"Meu tempo é hoje. Eu não vivo no pasado. O passado vive em mim."
("My time is now. I don't live in the past. The past lives in me.")
—Paulinho da Viola
This phrase—spoken softly, unassumingly in the biographical documentary Meu tempo é hoje (2003) by Izabel Jaguaribe—is a perfect summation of Paulinho da Viola's style: deceptively simple, elegant, and profound.
It is also a clear, succinct explanation of his philosophy regarding tradition and change. "A memory is not something that must be kept prisoner of a distant notion of the past, but a way to keep present values and events that happened in another time," he elaborates in an interview. "It's not some nostalgic notion. I have no desire of going back or reviving something that happened a long time ago. But I want to keep elements alive that have contributed to making us who we are, that have set our path."
He was born Paulo Cesar Batista de Faria in Botafogo, a traditional neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. His father, guitarist Benedicto Cesar Ramos de Faria, as a member of Época de Ouro—considered by many to be the greatest choro ensemble in history. Not surprisingly, as a budding guitarist and future master sambista, da Viola grew up alongside several of the greatest musicians of his time, including guitar virtuoso Jacob do Bandolim.
His memories harken back to some of the most creative playing and writing in popular music history. But still, da Viola believes that tradition is a living thing that is kept alive by change. "A tradition is preserved by the people as long as it has a place in the universe in which it was created," he says. "Otherwise, it's a job for historians and the curious. The tradition of samba is alive today because it continues to express the feelings of our people. But change in samba is inevitable, as it is for any living form of expression."
In fact, da Viola himself has (from time to time) strayed from samba; he notes that he has mixed other styles into his compositions, and that songs such as "Sinal fechado" and "Roendo as unhas" are "not properly sambas." But he also remarks that beyond a certain syncopation and a binary time, "there are no rules or set models, but everybody recognizes the samba by its rhythm." And ultimately, what remains at its essence is a certain spirit.
"Initially, samba might seem like the manifestation of a superficial happiness—a simple enthusiasm, but samba is not only that," da Viola explains. "Samba deals with suffering, loss, and also the pleasures of life, but does it in a unique manner, a comforting way that is often lyrical, that makes us feel better about life's challenges. That is what I want to communicate with my music."
—Fernando González is an independent music writer and critic whose work appears regularly in The Miami Herald, JazzTimes, and The International Review of Music.
Special thanks to João Rabello for his invaluable assistance with this interview.
November 28, Paulinho da Viola
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The leaked documents, with Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and James Franco cast as clowns, may at times make it all seem like a comedy.
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Forget the boogeymen, demons, vampires and zombies that wreak havoc in Sony's films. This shadowy threat is real. Unlike the "Hostel" movies, we wouldn't even have to leave the country to be harmed. And yet we seem to be in denial — slasher film victims-to-be who never see the...

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Overcome fear of commitment and get the real benefit of relationships
Fear of commitment is like a cruel negative voice inside your head. It's constantly whispering to you about your choices. It might be about your relationship choices. Or it might even be about something as trivial as deciding which restaurant to go to. This fear is the bugbear of decision making in general. Why? Because it constantly ambushes you with a 'what if?'
Anxiety about the future and the 'what if?' question
Now at first sight the 'what if?' question looks useful. You are considering your options. 'Shall I get into a long term relationship with this person?', for example. That's a very big question, which will have a major impact on your life. It is only sensible to think through the implications of your choice. 'What if it doesn't work out?' 'What if I meet someone else?' But we're talking of a much more serious risk.
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You see, undue anxiety about how things will turn out actually locks you into an unending series of 'what if?' dilemmas. Whatever decisions you make in life, trivial or serious, there are always consequences you cannot possibly foresee, no matter how carefully you examine your options. You want to be sure, before you make your decision, that it is the right one. That's understandable, of course, but actually, it's simply impossible.
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What is possible is to make the best decision that you can, having informed yourself as well as you can about the implications. When you are clear about the outcome you prefer, and what it will take to make that outcome more likely, you can go ahead and get on with your chosen course of action.
So making good decisions is really about being able to relax with uncertainty, with not being in control of absolutely everything. And overcoming fear of pledging yourself to a relationship, conquering that fear of commitment - or indeed any other major decision - will actually free you up to really make the most of the opportunities that life presents.
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Jesse Helms died recently of "natural causes" and I'm thinking maybe it was because his pedigree finally collapsed completely. A Helms through and through, he had a family tree that was more like a family shrub.
Pedigree collapse is what happens when cousins marry. Their kids get less ancestors because the cousins share the same grandparents. If the parents were not related, the kids would have 4 sets of great-grandparents. But if the parents are first cousins, one couple takes up two slots and the kids have just 3 sets of g-grandparents.
Same thing happens when 3rd cousins marry. They share the same g-g-grandparents, so those branches on the high end of their kids' family tree get pruned. The kids get 15 pairs of g-g-g-grandparents instead of 16. No big deal, happens to all of us sooner or later. Demographers say that the family tree of a typical English child born in 1947 would have 5% of the ancestor slots filled by duplicates in the generation living in 1492.
In the case of Jesse Helms, his paternal grandfather Joseph Helms had just 12 sets of g-g-g-grandparents instead of 16. Five of Joseph's 8 great-grandparents were grandchildren of John Isaac Helms and Ann Tilghman who were born in the 1690s.
To make it less abstract, imagine that your parents were first cousins who married each other and had you and your brother. Your brother married a woman from out of town but you married a child of one of your parents' other first cousins. Your son and your brother's daughter married and had a child. This describes Jesse Helms' Grandpa Joseph.
But wait, there's more. Grandpa Joseph married a cousin who had one quarter of her g-g-grandparents slots filled by grandchildren of John Isaac Helms and his wife Ann. Grandpa Joseph and his wife were the parents of "Big Jesse" Helms, the father of the recently departed Jesse Helms.
Oh, and by the way, the late senator's mother was Ethel Helms, another descendant of John Isaac Helms and his wife Ann.
Jesse Helms' peculiar ancestry was explored by John Anderson Brayton in the December 1991 NEHGS NEXUS. You can read more on the fascinating topic of pedigree collapse [ overview ] [ in-depth] or analyze Jesse Helms' pedigree yourself.
06 July 2008
Jesse Helms – A Fatal Case of Pedigree Collapse?
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- A. Spence said...
Wow how odd!! I'm sure there are always cousins that happen to marry..but so many..wow.
- July 09, 2008
- misce-Laini-ous said...
Sounds like my Baldwins, Smiths, and Crittendens. That line looks like a kudzu vine!
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Fuze Reinvents the Juice Drink Experience
About to flip the beverage world upside down, Whitestone, N.Y.-based Glacéau, a business unit of Coca-Cola Co., reinvents the juice drink experience with its improved line of Fuze flavored beverages that blend together the goodness of diverse fruity flavors and nutritional ingredients.
Available in 12 varieties, each is an excellent source of antioxidant vitamins A, C and E. They include: Banana Colada, Peach Mango, Strawberry Guava, Orange Mango, Mixed Berry, Black & Green Tea and Green Tea, plus five Fuze Slenderize (formulated with Super Citrimax, L-carnitine and chromium) flavor varieties -- Tropical Punch, Strawberry Melon, Blueberry Raspberry, Cranberry Raspberry and Pommegranate Acai Berry.
And, if that isn't enough to shake the peach tree, Fuze also debuts its first advertising campaign (two of the commercials were filmed completely upside down and in live action).
"People are about to get a taste of Fuze they've never had before," says lan Sobel, senior vice president and general manager of Glacéau. "To complement the exciting updates we've made inside the bottle, we're thrilled to show consumers something fun, quirky and totally different in our groundbreaking television spots…'cause everything is more interesting when you mix it up!"
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CEE News readers e-mailed the following jokes in response to Mike Harrington's "Calling all clowns" request in the November End Note.
My husband and I were visiting friends in Manhattan last year. Looking for a good time, we went to a comedy club. It was great, but it was even better when my husband had a short discussion with someone who wouldn't know how to screw in a light bulb.
The mainliner at this club made fun of the Midwest, specifically family values. My husband responded with a few choice words calling attention to himself. The comedian looked at my husband and said, "Oh yeah, you sound knowledgeable on the subject. What do you do for a living?"
My husband said "I'm an electrician."
The comedian said "oh, so you're an 'lectritian."
My husband said "no, I'm an electrician."
Comedian "'lectrician (pause), electrician, what's the difference?"
My husband said "(pause)…Phonics."
Needless to say, he stopped all dialogue with my husband because he got the biggest laugh of the whole evening.
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Q: Do you know how an electrician tells if he's working with AC or DC power?
A: If it's AC, his teeth chatter when he grabs the conductors. If it's DC, they just clamp together.
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A: He took out two twenty (220) year old girls, but found he was only wired for one ten (110).
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Here's one of my favorite electrician jokes:
Q: What is the definition of a shock absorber?
A: A careless electrician!
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Attention readers:
Do you have a joke for Electric Avenue? E-mail your stories and electrical jokes to Mike at [email protected].


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If you are looking for a home in Vietnam, for example, it is a good idea to start your search early in the year, and if possible make your first viewing trip during your holidays. You can arrange viewings while enjoying your vacation in your favorite destinations.
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Over the National Independence Day holiday weekend (30/04 – 01/05/2017), Savills Da Nang office are holding a series of Property Holiday Sales events introducing properties in Da Nang and Quang Nam.
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A Melbourne developer will embark on a circa $100 million plus medium density apartment project on a 44,000 square metre site in Spotswood, VIC.
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Clean Label Project was formed with the mission to serve as the catalyst to change the definition of food and consumer product safety in America. Clean Label Project believes that when it comes to environmental and industrial contaminants, less is better than more. Not only are the compounds potentially hazardous, knowledge on the long-term effects of exposure to these contaminants is concerning and still developing.
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Heavy Metals 5 out of 5
Heavy Metals (Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury):
Heavy metal pollution and contamination can arise from many sources but often arises from metal purification processes, such as the smelting of copper and the preparation of nuclear fuels. The water run-off from these industries can result in contaminated soils.1 The same soils that grow many of the ingredients used in pet food
Arsenic: A by-product of smelting for copper, lead, zinc, burning fossil fuels, or in the manufacturing of pesticides or as an animal feed additive. Studies have shown that arsenic can cause gastrointestinal illness and cancer in laboratory animals.1
Cadmium: Cadmium is an extremely toxic metal that results from iron or other types of ores being mined, processed, or smelted and the nuclear industry. Studies have shown that cadmium can cause cancer in laboratory animals.2
Lead: Lead can be emitted into the environment from industrial sources and contaminated sites. Mining, smelting, and refining activities have resulted in substantial increases in lead levels in the environment, especially near mining and smelting sites. Lead can affect almost every organ and system in the body. Studies show that lead causes brain damage in laboratory animals3
Mercury: Common sources of mercury exposure are a result of mining, production, and refining of gold and silver ores. Studies show that mercury can be a neurotoxin and hormone disruptor in laboratory animals4
1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK231025/
2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399253/
3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475133/
4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2723593/
Process Contaminants 2 out of 5
Process Contaminants (Mycotoxins, Acrylamide):
During the pet food manufacturing process, naturally occurring but unwanted contaminants can be introduced into the finished product. Despite this, these contaminants are potentially hazardous to health and can be reduced or eliminated through stricter supplier and quality assurance programs. In essence, these chemicals are contaminants of carelessness.
Acrylamide: A toxic and potentially cancer-causing chemical is formed in many types of food prepared/cooked at high temperatures. Studies show that acrylamide is a neurotoxin that can cause adverse effects on the nervous system in laboratory animals.1
Mycotoxins: A toxic substance that is created from molds growing on wheat, corn, nuts, and grains. Studies show that mycotoxins can cause cancer and reduce the efficacy of the immune system in laboratory animals2
1 https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/acrylamide.html
2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15901367
Byproduct Contaminants 5 out of 5
By-product Contaminants (Pesticides, Antibiotics, Melamine, BPA/BPS):
A final product is only as good as the sum of its parts. When it comes to food production, the quality and purity of the raw ingredients matters. In many cases, brands, knowingly or unknowingly, source ingredients from suppliers that may not have sufficient quality control/assurance program in place preventing the use of unacceptable chemicals (e.g. pesticides, Antibiotics, Melamine, and BPA/BPS).
Pesticides: Pesticides are chemical compounds that are used to kill pests, including insects, rodents, fungi and unwanted plants (weeds). Pesticides are used in agriculture, to kill pests that damage crops. By their nature, pesticides are potentially toxic to other organisms, including humans and animals, and need to be used safely and sparingly to minimize contamination to food stuffs.1
Antibiotics: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a report on the rise of antibiotic resistant superbugs resulting from the overuse of antibiotics in livestock to preemptively treat illness and disease. The CDC referred to antibiotic resistance as the single biggest threat to public health and safety.2 Studies show that low levels of antibiotic exposure can also result in antibiotic resistance in laboratory animals.3
Melamine (and its analogues): Melamine is an industrially synthesized chemical used for a wide variety of applications, such as laminates, coatings and plastics. Melamine was the culprit behind the largest pet food recall in history in 2007. It contributed to the illness and deaths of over 20,000 pets. Melamine produces crystals in urine and can have detrimental health effects on the kidney and bladder.4
BPA/BPS: Bisphenol A (BPA) and Bisphenol S (BPS) are industrial chemicals that are widely used in the production of plastics (used in food contact materials, such as baby bottles and food containers) and epoxy resins (used as protective linings for canned foods). These chemicals have been linked to hormone disruption in laboratory animals.5
1 http://www.who.int/topics/pesticides/en/
2 https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/pdf/ar-threats-2013-508.pdf
3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11072863
4 http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44106/1/9789241597951_eng.pdf?ua=1
5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873015/
Ingredient Quality 2 out of 5
We know you want a quality, nutritious food for your dog or cat in addition to one that is low in industrial and environmental contaminants. While it's always best to consult your veterinarian for your pet's specific nutritional needs, we have created a system to help. Not all pet food ingredients are created equal– some products use preservatives, artificial colors or chemicals, while other products do not. Some products are dedicated to using quality meats, vegetables, and starches, while others use loopholes to include lower quality ingredients. Our ingredient quality system captures this, rewarding products for using a smaller number of quality, transparent ingredients rather than a large number of less regulated ingredients.


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Maryland Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center
The Maryland Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center was established in 2002 to educate law students, entrepreneurs, and the community about the legal aspects of intellectual property. As part of its mission, the MIPLRC also provides free legal services on intellectual property and related matters to emerging technology companies and explores relevant legal, ethical and policy issues in the high technology and intellectual property areas.
The Center delivers legal services primarily through law students, who practice under the supervision of experienced faculty members. The Center is therefore a vehicle for training law students to serve the needs of early stage high technology companies. The types of legal services provided are explained in greater detail under Legal Services.
The MIPLRC provides services from its locations at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, and the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to offering academic courses for law students at the University of Maryland School of Law, the Center also presents workshops and lectures on intellectual property issues of relevance to high technology and biotechnology start-up companies. The Center was designed to have three distinct components: an academic program, a clinical program, and a public policy and ethics program.


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Sen. Barack Obama's campaign just won't let the gun issue rest. Mr. Obama and his campaign surrogates continue to assure gun owners that he is on their side. Yet, despite all the Democratic claims to the contrary, Mr. Obama is undoubtedly the most anti-gun candidate ever nominated by a major party for president.
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The Staying Legal course provides FORS accredited operators with a new training option for CPC.
With increasing levels of legislation Transport for London, in association with Fleet Source, have developed this new training module on behalf of Transport for London to re-educate drivers in the legal and moral obligations of the driver including enforcement regulations, agency targeting methods and vehicle compliance.
The course is fully approved by FORS and will help fleet operators and driver minimise the risk of infringements and penalties.
The Staying Legal course provides drivers with a better understanding of:
- The regulatory framework that governs the road transport industry, the legal and moral obligations of the driver and the enforcement agencies which police non-compliant operations
- How to Identify the enforcement targeting methods, common offences relevant to the driver, vehicle and journey and the consequences of non-compliant operations
- Recognising good operating practices relevant to the driver, vehicle and journey that help ensure consistent compliance with the regulations
- Appreciating industry led initiatives that help reduce work related road risk, raise standards and encourage the adoption of good operating practices
- Counts towards 35 hours DCPC
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A Dreamer's Christmas
By John Zorn (Tzadik, 2011)
If Christmas has something to do with wonder and the joy of the unexpected then news of John Zorn making a Christmas album should stir inordinate Christmas spirit. After all, what could be more unexpected than an avant-garde jazz musician known for discordant noise foraying into that most conventional of musical genres, the Christmas album? Would this be an exercise in post-modern irony, a defacing of a popular tradition? Might there be a sentimental tinge of nostalgia lurking behind Zorn's cutting edge experimentation?
A Dreamer's Christmas is beyond such easy classifications. However, before anything else is said, one thing should be made clear: A Dreamer's Christmas is a beautiful album. Those looking for roaring distorted guitars and Zorn's shrieking saxophone amidst lightning fast drumbeats must look elsewhere. With A Dreamer's Christmas Zorn opts for beauty rather than noise, harmony rather than discord. From the sensuous vibes that ring out the first notes of "Winter Wonderland" accompanied by full-bodied electric guitar with resounding reverb to the solemn piano and soft wistful brushes gliding across the snare drum in, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," the band allows the poetic allure of the songs to shine through.
Yet, lest John Zorn fans think that their avant-garde edge be lost, the band and Zorn's arrangements keep these perennial tunes from becoming ossified. Songs like, "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" dash with hyperactive, off-time jazz organ and slightly sporadic, sometimes goofy percussion bring a playful liveliness to these tunes so frequently rendered banal with tired and unimaginative renditions. Zorn's two original compositions "Santa's Workshop" and "Magical Sleigh Ride" undulate with cascading vibes, busy keyboards, and distorted guitars.
Although John Zorn confines his contributions to composing, producing, and arranging, the band assembled here abounds with technical prowess and unabashed creativity. Frequent Zorn collaborator Marc Ribot's stunning guitar playing shifts from refined to rambunctious at will. Kenny Wollesen's vibes, chimes, and glockenspiel also stand out like gentle snowflakes in the moonlight. Most important in all of this is that the band actually sounds like they're having fun. They sound like they are in the Christmas spirit. Christmas is a time of joy and celebration so who would want to listen to boring Christmas music?


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"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, I got pizza love
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, I got pizza love
Woo ah pizza
Pizza on my brain
Make it pepperoni or make it plain
Oh pizza
My pizza
Woo ah pizza
I got pizza love"
Students from J.S. Jenks Elementary School sang "Pizza Love" at the Friends of J.S. Jenks fundraiser held at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martins Lane, on Saturday, June 9.
Haviva Goldman, president of the Friends of J.S. Jenks (FOJSJ), an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance the educational and enrichment opportunities at the school in Chestnut Hill, said they "were excited that the community embraced the idea of the organization and the fundraiser for the school."
About 150 people attended the event, which, according to Goldman, raised about $7,500. Goldman said her group received an overwhelming response of "support and encouragement" from local businesses, organizations, and cultural institutions.
"Every store we went into was very supportive and interested in the organization and the school," Goldman said. "We especially want to thank the church for hosting the event. It was a great venue. It was really generous of them to donate the space."
Goldman said FOJSJ received donations from the Chestnut Hill Community Association, Chestnut Hill Business Association, the Business Improvement District, the Morris Arboretum, Stagecrafters theater and many more. She added that without the support of the community's businesses, organizations and cultural institutions, none of this would have been possible.
"It took the work of over 30 parent and community volunteers to make the event happen, along with the support from many businesses and community organizations from Northwest Philadelphia and beyond," Goldman said. "All startup and event expenses were donated so that the money raised at the event will benefit our students to the fullest."
FOJSJ's goal is to raise $36,000, which will enable the school to keep two and a half days of instrumental music if the School District of Philadelphia decides to cut it.
"We hope they don't," Goldman said.
Goldman said that if the district doesn't cut the instrumental music program a portion of the money would remain in reserve.
"Unfortunately, we lost the art teacher for next year," Goldman said. "We hope to raise enough money to provide stipends to visiting artists and artists-in-residence to come in and work with teachers and students on various art projects."
She added that FOJSJ is especially concerned about the middle-school students who need to work on their portfolios for high school.
"Even for kids who don't like art and music it's important for them to be exposed to it," Goldman said.
"And for some kids it's a real outlet."
Goldman said that before the end of the summer, the board would meet and discuss how FOJSJ can most benefit Jenks' art and music programs.
"Summer is a good time for planning," Goldman said. "We will be able to make a fresh start in the new school year.
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On November 8, 2007, the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University received a priceless collection of original materials from Adventist pioneer evangelist, Elder E.E. Cleveland. Cleveland and his family personally came to campus to present his personal papers to the Center at a luncheon in his honor. Nearly 100 faculty and friends of Andrews attended the luncheon, hosted by Provost Heather Knight, to express their appreciation. Merlin Burt, director of the Center, was on hand to accept the formal deed of the gift. That evening, Cleveland inspired a capacity crowd with his preaching in the Seminary Chapel.
The collection contains nearly 2000 sermon manuscripts, hundreds of pictures, personal books, audio-visual materials, and other records of his ministry, as well as his wedding Bible signed by Elder Cleveland's father, with an inscription on how the couple met, got engaged, and married in 1943.
At the luncheon the dean and associate dean of the SDA Theological Seminary described the collection and expressed appreciation to Cleveland for making this material available to future generations of evangelists. Clifford Jones, associate dean, expressed his appreciation in the following words: "Elder Cleveland did not just redefine public evangelism. He did not just rewrite the book on public evangelism, for there was none to rewrite when he came along. Cleveland wrote the book on evangelism, doing so with skill and aplomb, and the thousands of pages of his personal papers which he is turning over to the Center for Adventist Research is a treasure trove beckoning to be plumbed by some astute doctoral students."
According to Steven Norman, communication director for the Southern Union of Seventh-day Adventists who helped facilitate this donation, when Cleveland lost his wife of 60 years in 2003, he faced his own mortality and was determined to prepare a ministry continuity plan. This plan was to give his ministry the ability to speak a message of hope even after his death and instill ministers with a passion for evangelism. A fundamental part of that plan was to preserve his records.
Cleveland chose to use the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University, because it was under the auspices of the General Conference and this university that he became the first African-American Seventh-day Adventist minister to teach pastors around the globe, regardless of race. Cleveland loves ministers and wants his records to be available to graduate-level students around the world for their research, professional development and spiritual growth.
Cleveland summed up his ministry in these words: "I have seen God for so long do so much with so little, I now believe He can do anything with nothing, meaning me."


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PAWNO wrote:JREED wrote:Nice, good job + explanation Pawno... cept: 2011 GSW NFL DEATHMATVH
Lets hope there is a season so I can defend my title!
I also really enjoyed the unorthodox, auction draft league that Crackerz hosted last year - we should do that again.
Hey Bro...
Mr Crackerz is doing that Auction draft again (with divisions)
Unfortunately incorporating auction draft into a KEEPER2 draft just doesn't work.
BTW as you are the champion.. I must clarify a rule that your snake draft doesn't start until the 2nd Round.
The reason it's Round 1A & Round 1B is to acknowledge the weaker teams get a fair chance to pick the cherry from the crop... I hope your cool with that explanation??? (obviously your keeping Jamal Charles & Frank Gore??? 2 stud Runningbacks... Someones going to get a chance to snap up Peyton Mannings favorite target in Reggie Wayne)
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God help us. Some comics rely on the monumental events of the day or the faux pas of the rich and famous. Not Carolyn. Carolyn pulls material from the hum-drum, day-to-day monotony of the life of everyman. And she does it well. To Carolyn the monumental is easy as our existence that's so hard, yet so ridiculous. Some women look in the mirror and complain because they are not pretty enough,not rich enough, not young enough. Carolyn gives her reflection the finger. The third child of a Congregational Minister and an home maker mother;aloof? She's clueless; her favorite band is Blootie and the Hoefish. C.P. Carolyn learned early on that she could lament or she could make fun. See her once and you'll quickly figure out which path she chose. And you'll laugh. Possessing an uncanny ability to introspectively pull from places most of us hide, Carolyn puts a nail through the heart of whiners, self-loathers and the self-sorry of the world and makes the average seem hilarious and larger than life. Most of all, Carolyns twisted perception of our common existence leaves audiences hysterically shaking heads in agreement with her assessment that the world is indeed a very funny place.


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SVG: Vector Graphics meets Unicode
Chris Lilley - W3C
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a vector graphics format, written in XML and developed at W3C, which recently became a W3C Recommendation. Most graphics contain some text, and all text in SVG is present (in logical order) as searcable Unicode. But just containing Unicode is not enough - what about fonts? What about BIDI? Doesn't Han unification give me a problem? What about text on a path, and surely some text has to be pre-rasterised to get a professional look? Answer ... SVG has answers for all those questions.
This talk will explain the international features of SVG, explain how rich multilinual graphics can be developed in SVG, and demonstrate the use of SVG fonts for a variety of scripts including those in Unicode 3.0. The focus will be on the capabilities of the specification rather than any one implementation, but several implementations will be demonstrated to show that the capabilities can be used today.
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text: Ashley Pittman wrote: > On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 14:56 -0400, Eric Thibodeau wrote: > >>> My question is this: how extreme do you go in disabling non-essential >>> services on your cluster nodes? Do you turn off *everything* that's not >>> absolutely necessary, do you leave somethings running to make >>> administration easier? >>> > > If it were up to me I'd turn *everything* possible off except sshd and > ntp. The problem however is the maintenance cost of doing this, it's > fine if you've only got one cluster and one app but as soon as you try > to support multiple users on multiple distributions the cost of ensuring > everything is shut down on all of them skyrockets and it becomes easier > which is to stick with the status quo :( > O_o...you mean you're still using local OS installations ... ew! > >> Everything is turned off and, most of the time, a quick glance at >> ganglia brings out problems. Simple scripts can be built to perform >> cyclic checks on the nodes and would be less disruptive IMHO. >> >>> I'm curious to see how everyone else has their cluster(s) configured Well, while at it, here are my node's services (this one I built 3years ago, the new images are different now): thinkbig1 ~ # rc-status Runlevel: unionfs ntp-client [ started ] ntpd [ started ] sshd [ started ] acpid [ started ] gmond [ started ] portmap [ started ] autofs [ started ] nfsmount [ started ] netmount [ started ] vixie-cron [ started ] local [ started ] Runlevel: UNASSIGNED fsck [ started ] rpc.statd [ started ] udev-postmount [ started ] >> The only actual research I found on OS interference impacting HPC >> computing is titled "A measurement and simulation methodology for >> parallel computing performance studies" by Matthew Joseph Sottile. I >> would be curious to know if anyone else has dipped into the subject and >> come up with conclusive results on the subject. >> > > At medium to large scales it becomes hugely important, > http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/paperpdfs/pap301.pdf > > Also look at "whatelse" from http://www.c3.lanl.gov/pal/software.shtml > > Ashley Pittman. > Hey, thanks for the links, I've coded my own whatelse (flimsy but does the trick) and I'll read up the article. Eric


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When I think about $\mathcal{D}$-Modules, I find it very often useful to envison them as vectorbundles endowed with a rule that decides whether a given section is flat. Or alternatively a notion of parallel transport.
Now my question is, what are good ways to think about modules over sheavers of twisted differential operators?


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By Fran Blinebury, NBA.com
VIDEO: The Grizzlies storm back in Salt Lake City to topple the Jazz
This is the way you always expect Grizzlies to look. Big and scary with sharp teeth and claws.
Dangerous, too.
Pity the poor team in the upper half of the contentious Western Conference bracket that wakes up on the eve of the playoffs to find Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph lumbering hungrily into their campsite.
At just the right time, in just the right way, the Memphis blues have given way to a more ominous sound. Think more of Darth Vader's "Imperial March".
That should frighten everyone from San Antonio to Oklahoma City to Los Angeles to Houston.
"Oh, you really don't want to run into Memphis in the first round of the playoffs," said ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy. "Not with the style they play that is so different from most other teams these days, grinding it out and beating you up. Not with Randolph and Gasol on their games. They're a bear."
OK, pun appreciated.
It was, of course, no joke when the Grizzlies opened the season looking like they were in competition with the Lakers in a nose-dive competition to the bottom. Not with Gasol and eventually Tony Allen hobbled. Not when everyone in the locker room and on the court was trying to get adjusted to the coaching change and the style tweaks from Lionel Hollins to Dave Joerger. There were rumors that Randolph was on the trading block.
Back then, the Grizzlies dug themselves a hole in the standings as deep as the No. 12 spot, yet now are at No. 7 and quite possibly climbing higher. They are just one game behind No. 6 Golden State and 1 1/2 games behind No. 5 Portland.
After last night's 91-87 win at Utah, the Grizzlies have the best record (28-9) in the NBA since Jan. 10 and are positioning themselves maybe even make a return trip to the West finals.
Salt Lake City was the first stop on a critical five-game road trip that will also go through Golden State, Portland, Denver and Minnesota and go a long way toward determining where the Grizzlies wind up in the playoff chase.
"It's the biggest trip of the year," point guard Mike Conley told Ron Tillery of the Memphis Commercial Appeal. "It's going to test us a lot mentally and physically. We don't overlook anybody. We just have to play our basketball and worry about making the plays we make, and not adjusting to what other teams do. We're going to be ready for battle."
Playing the Grizzlies of recent vintage has always been like a fight, with the scratch marks, bruises and scars left behind as proof. With Gasol now healthy and back in the middle to offer serious rim protection, the Grizzlies boast the No. 2-rated defense in the league since his return on Jan. 14. With Allen back and scrapping out on the wing, they are Grizzlies who can take a game — and an opponent — in their paws and squeeze the life out of them.
Memphis has won 11 of last 14 games with the only losses coming on the road at Miami, Brooklyn and Toronto. The Grizzlies have been taking care of business at home in the "Grind House," defeating the teams they're supposed to and outright devouring the awful ones.
"It shows our focus is at an all-time high," Conley said. "Playing against good teams over the last few weeks has got our minds in a playoff mode and our sense of urgency back. We're playing with a higher standard."
While the return of Gasol has been credited the most for turning the season around and getting them back to their old snarling defensive ways, the Grizzlies are also are somewhat different and better on the offensive end. Memphis still ranks dead last in 3-point shots attempted and made, but the Grizzlies' success rate from behind the arc (35.6) has crept closer to the middle of the pack (18th). Their overall field goal percentage (46.3) ranks eighth, making offense less of the teeth-gnashing affair it has been. The additions of Mike Miller, Courtney Lee and Jon Leuer have provided much needed outside shooting and given Conley more options to direct the ball. Miller hit three key jumpers, including a pair of 3-pointers, in the comeback at Utah.
And then there is Conley, who continues to get overlooked among a crowded Western Conference crop of point guards when the spots on the All-Star teams are handed out. He's upped his scoring to a career-best 17.1 points as he continues to hand out an average half dozen assists each game. His PER (20.1) is just outside the top 25 in the league. He's grown steadily through seven NBA seasons to become a veteran leader of an offense and concentrating less on making steals to play solid team defense at the other end.
Toss in a bench that also has Ed Davis and Kosta Koufos and the Grizzlies have a deeper, more balanced roster than even the team that went on the long playoff run a year ago.
For a season that could have gone over the edge, the Grizzlies have pulled themselves back up to the level of real threat in the playoffs to one of the so-called elite teams at the top.
"This is a crucial stretch of the season," said Randolph at the start of the trip. "These five games can determine where we end up."
And which team in the West gets a big and unexpected headache in the first round.
VIDEO: Inside Stuff's crew talks about the Grizzlies' comeback in the standings


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She's an American icon with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
But it has been four decades since she had her own prime-time TV show, on which her courage, loyalty and knack for saving the day endeared her to millions of baby boomers.
Can Lassie really come home again?
A Hollywood studio is hoping so. DreamWorks Animation, creator of the "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda" movies, plans to put the charismatic collie back in the public eye, along with Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and other decades-old characters.
Lassie, who will celebrate her 75th anniversary in December, is still the world's most famous dog. Introduced in a 1938 Saturday Evening Post short story, and then popularized in a bestselling novel, the fictional dog became the star of the 1943 motion picture "Lassie Come Home," opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall, after catching the eye of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer. Six more films followed.
By 1954, she had her own TV series. The CBS show "Lassie," in which the canny canine managed to save Timmy each week from a burning barn, falling tree or runaway automobile, ran for nearly 20 years before going global in syndication and reruns.
"She's heroic, she's loyal, she really is man's best friend," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation's chief executive. "She's the single most recognized pet in the world."
Indeed, a survey conducted by the research firm Penn Schoen Berland this spring found that Lassie had an 83% brand awareness among those polled in the U.S. The words most associated with her: classic, smart, loyal, brave, hero and heartwarming. Another survey by Nielsen found that Lassie had a 70% brand awareness among consumers in China, the world's second-largest film market.
HOLLYWOOD STAR WALK: Lassie in the Walk of Fame
Lassie is so well known in some countries there are expressions named after her. In Sweden, the expression "Jag mötte Lassie" is used to mean that a celebrity has been sighted. In Argentina, "Tan bueno como Lassie" (roughly translated to "as good natured as Lassie") is used to describe someone friendly.
But familiarity doesn't necessarily translate into ticket sales. Witness the recent flop of the big-screen reboot of Walt Disney's "The Lone Ranger" — and early failed attempts to make new movies out of old TV brands such as "Sgt. Bilko," "McHale's Navy" and "Car 54, Where Are You?"
"They may be iconic to people of a certain age, but people of the age they will be targeting have no idea who Lassie is," said analyst Doug Creutz of Cowen and Co. "These characters have been out of the public circulation for a long time. I'm just not sure how much these brands resonate anymore."
Efforts to revive Lassie's Hollywood career have had mixed results. A 1994 "Lassie" movie from Paramount Pictures made $10 million in U.S. theaters. An Anglo-Irish remake of the 1943 movie, released in 2005 and starring Peter O'Toole, was critically acclaimed but didn't do much business at the domestic box office.
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A Canadian company produced an updated Lassie TV show in the late 1990s, with Timmy and his widowed mom living in Hudson Falls, Vt. The series didn't gain much traction and sparked outrage from some Lassie fans who complained that it was tampering with an American icon.
But Lassie has one advantage over other aging properties: The character is still "alive." The 10th-generation descendant of the original Lassie — a male collie named Pal trained by the late Rudd Weatherwax in the San Fernando Valley — still lives in the L.A. area and makes occasional appearances at dog shows.
DreamWorks last year paid $155 million to acquire the Classic Media library of titles, which along with "Lassie" included such properties as "The Lone Ranger," "George of the Jungle" and "Frosty the Snowman."
The Classic Media library will help form a new crop of TV shows for Netflix and other outlets as DreamWorks, based in Glendale, moves beyond simply producing a few animated movies a year.
Charged with leading "Lassie" and the other properties to new success is former Target Corp. marketing whiz Michael Francis, who joined DreamWorks as its global brand chief in February.
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Francis says Lassie retains a strong brand appeal globally, in part because the original series continues to run in syndication in countries around the world.
"She's the original superhero and stands for the great qualities of loyalty and trust and is a uniquely American icon," Francis said. "Lassie is a property that is at the top of our list, and we're actively developing the Lassie brand to ensure that new audiences are in love with that property."
Although some analysts are skeptical that DreamWorks can teach an old dog new tricks, Katzenberg points to the success Marvel Studios has had in reviving comic book characters such as Thor, Captain America and the other "Avengers."
There is no Lassie TV series or movie in the works just yet — though DreamWorks is developing a "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" film set for release next year. Instead, the studio is developing a multimedia marketing plan to reintroduce the dog.
Lassie will make appearances at such events as dog shows, charity events, children's TV shows, as well as do promotions through social media, Francis said. Lassie already has her own Facebook page.
DreamWorks may also introduce a new line of Lassie-branded pet food, toys and accessories, which also could generate additional licensing revenue for the studio, he said.
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Although DreamWorks and Disney have built successful franchises around new characters, there's also a benefit to working with popular characters that have a proven track record, said Ira Kalb, professor of marketing at the USC Marshall School of Business. "It's a very powerful brand,'' he said. "This dog has a reputation of rescuing people and saving the day, and when you get right down to it, most people like a happy ending."
Jon Provost, who was 7 when he joined the "Lassie" cast as Timmy in 1957, played an older version of Timmy in yet another TV series, called "The New Lassie," that ran for two seasons before it was canceled in 1992.
Provost would like to see Lassie make another comeback. He still does promotions for the original series and signed autographs Saturday at the Hollywood Show at the Westin Los Angeles Airport. He was joined by other celebrities, including June Lockhart, who played his mother in the original TV series, along with a collie.
"A lot of the younger generation has never seen Lassie, so I think it's great to reintroduce it, as long as they keep the tone of the show the way it was originally," Provost said. "Timmy always learned something. He didn't talk back to his parents. It's not like the shows today."
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