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Valerie Martino epitomizes the present-day dichotomy of the eclectic and experimental subset of music known simply as noise.
Martino is a primary agitator in the scene's gradual (and then exponential) embrace of electronic dance music spanning from cold wave and industrial to minimal techno and acid house. In fact, as Unicorn Hard-On, she was one of the first former sonic aggressors who came to appreciate some rhythm.
But at the same time, she is a high ranking official in International Noise Conference coordinator Rat Bastard's signature Laundry Room Squelchers, a freeform ensemble whose "performances" essentially amount to a friendly riot as inspired by multiple radios blaring white-hot noise.
Crossfade shot Martino some questions to learn more about her equal appreciation for ass-shaking and ass-kicking.
How did you meet Rat and become a member of The Squelchers? Is there a formal audition process?
I first met Rat in the fall of 2003. At the time I was living with my friend Newton in Philadelphia. Newton would tell me all these crazy stories. I had no idea who he was but he sounded like the coolest dude in the world. I wound up driving down to Miami to meet up with a tour Newton was on. I got to Rat's place, he invited me in and handed me a beer. Sick! I remember looking around his condo at all the posters and reading every single article up on the walls. At the time I felt like so insecure, I had just started UHO, had NO IDEA what I was doing, only that I wanted to do it. But Rat has always been super supportive and I've learned so much about music and performing from him over the years.
I was asked to do a LRS tour in 2006, I think. They had a girl or two back out. It wound up being Rat, Leslie Keffer, and I in a rental car for month. Full US tour. It was insane. I had done nothing like it before. My first night on tour we played in Nashville and I remember practically shattering my knee and waking up the next day with bruises and cuts all over my arms and legs. Sounds weird, but it was fucking awesome! And I got to do it all over again night after night.
Anyways, I've been on a few tours with Rat and have squelched every year since then at INC and a few other festivals here and there.
How do you guys prepare for a set? Do you?
It really does seem like total chaos and insanity, but on the inside its actually a pretty well-oiled machine. I can only talk about my time in LRS, but I always listen to Rat's advice. He would tell us how to squelch without getting hurt, how to rile the crowd then get out of the way so you aren't the one in the bottom of the dog pile.
There are photos of you on the Internet with a pretty gnarly black eye. Was that a Squelcher injury?
Of course, shit happens, like that black eye. In 2008, we played a tiny basement in Yspilanti with a bunch of huge noise guys crawling all over each other while we squelched. I kept backing away from the pile of dudes, but someone pushed me from behind right on top of the pile. At that moment someone's foot came up and kicked me below my eye. It was an accident. Shit happens you can't predict, but you learn from it and are much more careful and diligent next time.
How did last year's "solo" Squelch come about?
Last year's set was pretty wild. I was sitting at the bar waiting for the last band before LRS to finish. Rat comes up to me and says, "OK, I got the radios going straight into the board, you're gonna squelch back here," pointing to the area behind the mixer board. I remember being like, "WTF ok whatever Rat."
Then the band ends, I run back there, and Rat is holding two radios. He fires them up and motions for me to go out into the room. I had no idea where anyone else was. I was cursing like crazy. Pretending I had a radio, I went out there, and tore it up the best I could. Everyone was pretty confused. They kept looking around for the cords or the amps. It felt like forever before people really started getting involved. There are a ton of pictures of Kevin from Lazer Slut and I during that set with like no one around us. It looks like we are in a fucking ballroom, with everyone backed up against the walls.
There was a moment for me where it went from totally embarrassing to absolutely exhilarating. I kept trying to pull people into it, messing with people, antagonizing until it finally broke loose. When the set finally ended, I was covered in beer, mascara smeared down my face, both knees and elbows throbbing. I felt like I succeeded.
Does the term "Technoise" signify anything else besides the historical moment in time in which these noise artists embraced e-music? Or are there characteristics and styles that are possibly identifiably Technoise? Have you heard a better name for this phenomenon?
Technoise is a term that Justin Farrar came up with in an attempt to describe the weirdo beat scene in a Resident Advisor article. I don't know what to call it. I like that it's difficult to describe. Is it dance music? Is it intended to be dance music? Yes sometimes I think, other times maybe not.
I think it's like noise music, where the beauty is in the ear of the listener. It doesn't have to follow the rules. I don't think there is anything truly distinct about the transformation of styles other than the fact that it comes from people who have participated in the noise scene.
When people discuss the noise-to-techno axis, you're often cited as an early proponent of the style. What made you want to play dance music at noise shows?
I kind of predicted that beats would take over. Well, I used to joke about it a lot back in the day just to dig at my friends. I never thought about my music as "dance music". It wasn't my intention to get people to dance at a noise show. I wanted to make interesting music. I used repetitive beats as a tool to draw people in. Now things are different, a lot of people want to dance, they come to a show to dance.
I started getting super into minimal techno stuff a few years back. I listened to everything I could get my hands on, and started exploring different types of electronic music.I think it's nice of people to acknowledge my contribution to what we have all created together. If I've inspired people, that's awesome.

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In Florida, less than a year after the death of Trayvon Martin, the shooting of another unarmed black teenager is drawing attention to a controversial law. Seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis was killed last month at a Jacksonville gas station following a dispute over loud music. The suspect is in custody. As NPR's Greg Allen reports, Davis' death is again raising questions about what it means to stand your ground.
GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: It happened the day after Thanksgiving at a gas station in Jacksonville's Southside neighborhood. Michael Dunn, a white 45-year-old, told police he asked a car of black teenagers to turn down their loud music. Dunn, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, says the teens threatened him and he thought he saw a shotgun. That's when he took out his gun and fired eight or nine shots into their vehicle. One of the teenagers, Jordan Davis, was killed. Police say no guns were found in the teenagers' car.
R.L. GUNDY: Some of us tend to believe he profiled that boy - those kids.
ALLEN: R.L. Gundy is the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Jacksonville. He held a news conference today with Davis' father, Ron.
GUNDY: They were in their father's car. They were playing their music loud. He looked at them. See, what people in this country tend to forget is that if you're black, you do certain things in a certain way, you get profiled.
ALLEN: The case has drawn national attention because of its parallels with that of Trayvon Martin, another black 17-year-old who was shot and killed in February just over 100 miles away in Sanford, Florida. In that case, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman shot and killed Martin after a struggle. Zimmerman called police and waited at the scene. In the Jacksonville case, the shooter, Michael Dunn, left the scene. He was arrested the following day after police tracked his license plate. Dunn was immediately charged with murder and attempted murder. He's now in jail awaiting trial. Dunn's lawyer, Robin Lemonidis, rejects comparisons with the Trayvon Martin case. And she says her client didn't start the altercation.
ROBIN LEMONIDIS: By asking politely a fellow citizen of this world to - would you mind turning that down, in that tone of voice, if that's precipitating violence, then we're all in trouble.
ALLEN: Lemonidis says her client acted in self-defense. But she hasn't determined yet whether she'll invoke Florida's Stand Your Ground law. That law, first adopted in Florida, now on the books in some two dozen states, allows people, when confronted with a threat of violence, to use deadly force to defend themselves. As it happens, Jordan Davis' shooting came just as a state task force was completing its work reviewing the controversial law. Florida's governor convened the task force following the Trayvon Martin shooting. But after several months of hearings, the group, which includes two authors of the statute, has concluded the law is mostly fine. Representative Dennis Baxley says, if there is a problem with Stand Your Ground, it's not with the law, but with how it's interpreted and applied.
REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS BAXLEY: You're going to have people claim it if they're in a situation, whether they're entitled to it or not. And I think it just takes more discernment and understanding on the part of law enforcement, prosecutors and the courts.
ALLEN: The governor's task force won't deliver its recommendations to the state legislature for another few weeks. But it's unlikely that Florida lawmakers will make any significant changes to Stand Your Ground. Jordan Davis' father, Ron, is starting a campaign to repeal the law. And the SCLC's R.L. Gundy says his group has signed on.
GUNDY: The legislative body, just because they have a majority, doesn't mean they have the final say-so when it comes to the people. If the people don't want it, then they should not have it.
ALLEN: Gundy says activists are planning Stand Your Ground protests for some high-profile events beginning with Jacksonville's Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. Greg Allen, NPR news, Miami. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Apparently Image Entertainment has acquired the home video rights to all post-1984 New World Pictures properties from Anchor Bay including Hellraiser and its sequel Hellbound. Image has a solid history with horror on DVD but so far their budget-priced "Midnight Madness" Blu-rays reflective of this new licensing deal have failed to impress. Their new BD of the original The Hill Have Eyes is a standard definition-to-1080p upscale from Anchor Bay's prior DVD exhibiting no picture quality difference. But unlike Hills, which retains all the "old" special features, the Image BDs of Hellraiser, Hellbound, and Children of the Corn lack all the supplements of the Anchor Bay editions outside of theatrical trailers (in 480p). I'd bet Heathers, re-released on the 27th on Blu-ray, will be similarly stripped of the previous 20th High School Reunion Edition's extras.
So if you want the now out-of-print discs, better snag them ASAP before they inevitably become hard to find. In the case of Hellraiser's Blu-ray, I picked up an extra copy for $7.99 at the usually nutty price-wise F.Y.E. According to reports, the picture quality of Image's high def release doesn't compare to Anchor Bay's excellent presentation. And as stated, all these special features below found on the prior Blu-ray are now M.I.A. possibly never to return(?):
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the issues discussed at the FIDE Presidential Board Meeting, held in Athens, Greece, May 31-June 1. Topalov-Kamsky - The match will be played in Lviv, Ukraine from November 26th - December 15th. Unfortunately the timing of this match, just two days after the Olympiad ends, means that it is unlikely that Gata will be playing for the US team. It was the only time available on the crowded FIDE schedule. That said, it will still conflict with the FIDE Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar which will begin on December 13th. Women's World Championship - The Women's World Championship tournament is now scheduled to be played in Nalchik, Russia from August 28th -September 18th. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Argentina, but the organizers withdrew at the last moment due to financial problems. For those of you who are not professional geographers, Nalchik is the capital of the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria which is located in the northern Caucasus about 100 miles from Grozny the capital of Chechnya. Not exactly the ideal vacation spot. On the bright side, we have had assurances that the area is safe, and the prize fund will be $450,000. Global Chess - The FIDE Presidential Board approved the transfer of 50% of Global Chess stock to the company Chess Lane SA, which is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Chess Lane SA is owned by the Russian-Israeli business man, David Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan has a lot of energy so hopefully he will be able to secure sponsors for chess, which at the moment are in short supply. World Mind Sports Games - This looks like a very interesting event. It will be held in Beijing, China from October 3rd - 18th. Chess will be one of four events. The others will be Bridge, Draughts and Go. China will pay the participants airfare on Air China plus room and board. One caveat: There will be drug-testing in Bridge and Chess because they are recognized sports by the IOC. The games will include team, mixed doubles and individual events. The only real cost for the players are the entry fees. These are 300 Euros per (4 person) team, 150 Euros for mixed doubles, and 75 Euros for individuals. FIDE is hoping that a large number of federations will attend, and they will be sending out new information to all federations. Ed.Note- John Donaldson is spear-heading the initiative to form a U.S. team and he will provide more details soon. Titles - Ray Robson was awarded the IM title. Walter Brown and Sevan Muradian were awarded the FIDE Arbiter title. Sevan was also awarded the International Organizer title. Congratulations to all. Bill Kelleher Vice President FIDE |


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It is published as a reference work, but you can read it like a book, albeit a book of essays: Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2010; publisher's page), edited by W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall. Listing at $85 ($68 on Kindle), it might not find its way onto your bookshelf until a trade paperback version comes out in a few years, but at the very least it puts a very accessible LDS history reference on the shelves of America's libraries and newsrooms, featuring 140 entries covering individuals, places, events, and issues. I stumbled across a library copy that was in the stacks and could actually be checked out rather than being secured behind the librarian's firewall (that is, placed in the reference section). If you are so lucky, do the right thing and take it home for a few weeks.
At 394 pages with 12-point font (not the tiny print one sometimes finds in reference volumes) it might seem a little light for the genre, but that adds to what you might call the readability of the book. The first of four major sections presents six 10-page essays covering the entire span of the Mormon experience, essentially a short but dense course in LDS history:
- Foundation: 1820-1830, by James B. Allen
- Development: 1831-1844, by Stephen C. Taysom
- Exodus and Settlement: 1845-1869, by Ardis E. Parshall
- Conflict: 1869-1890, by W. Paul Reeve
- Transition: 1890-1941, by Thomas G. Alexander
- Expansion: 1941-Present, by Jessie L. Embry
I am not so bold as to try to critique any particular entry or even the selection of topics — I'm sure there were dozens of potential entries that weren't included simply because you can't include everything in a single volume. A full table of contents for the book is available at the book's Amazon page. The fourth section of the book, Issues, is really outstanding: 23 short articles of about five pages each on such topics as Mormonism and Blacks (by Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray), Mormonism and Race (Armand Mauss), Mormonism as a World Religion (David Clark Knowlton), and Non-Mormon Views of Mormonism (Jan Shipps).
I hate to spend the whole review speaking in generalities without sharing a little bit of the content of this enlightening volume, so I will end with a second list giving one surprising fact or statement drawn from the biographical articles on each President of the LDS Church. I guess I'm hoping to show that these aren't just Sunday School summaries — there really is a lot of information in the book that many readers, even well-read ones, will not have encountered before. For all presidents except Joseph Smith, I will note the years served as President of an organized First Presidency, along with the author of each article.
- Joseph Smith, 1830-1844 (Jed Woodworth) - Joseph Smith "is not known to have preached a sermon before he organized the Church of Christ, in April 1830."
- Brigham Young, 1847-1877 (John G. Turner) - When Brigham moved to reorganize a First Presidency in 1847, several of the Twelve, including Orson Pratt, opposed the action.
- John Taylor, 1880-1887 (Ardis E. Parshall) - John Taylor's last public address was on February 1, 1884; after than, he was "on the underground" (in hiding, at various locations) until his death in 1887.
- Wilford Woodruff, 1889-1898 (Thomas G. Alexander) - While serving as the president of the St. George temple, Woodruff introduced "vicarious temple ordinances for deceased men and women not related to Mormons — particularly national and international political, literary, and scientific leaders."
- Lorenzo Snow, 1898-1901 (Alan L. Morrell) - The Church was almost bankrupt when Snow took over leadership in 1898; he issued Church bonds and set the expectation that every Latter-day Saint would pay a full tithing. Church finances turned around within a few short years.
- Joseph F. Smith, 1901-1918 (Christopher C. Jones) - The man who really ended polygamy with the Second Manifesto of 1904, part of a successful transition from the confrontational stance of the 19th-century Church to the accommodationist stance (my term) of the 20th-century Church.
- Heber J. Grant, 1918-1945 (W. Paul Reeve) - Grant served as President almost 27 years and oversaw the emergence of two defining features of modern Mormonism: during Prohibition, "a more stringent implementation of the Word of Wisdom"; and during the Great Depression, the Church Welfare Program.
- George Albert Smith, 1945-1951 (Gary James Bergera) - Married just after his 22nd birthday, he and his wife together served an LDS mission to the southern states from 1892 to 1894.
- David O. McKay, 1951-1970 (Gregory A. Prince) - A clean-shaven monogamist and "the first college graduate to serve as president." Along with Ernest Wilkinson, "transform[ed] BYU from a small, bucolic college into the largest private university in the United States."
- Joseph Fielding Smith, 1970-1972 (Matthew Bowman) - Church Historian from 1921 to 1970, his 1938 publication of The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith made many of Joseph's teachings "available to the general public for the first time."
- Harold B. Lee, 1972-1973 (J. B. Haws) - Mr. Correlation.
- Spencer W. Kimball, 1973-1985 (Jacob W. Olmstead) - Kimball successfully opposed "efforts to deploy the MX missle in the Great Basin in 1981." And there was that revelation in 1978.
- Ezra Taft Benson, 1985-1994 (J. B. Haws) - To the surprise of some, "the preeminent focus of his ministry [as President of the Church] was the Book of Mormon," not anti-Communism. See the 1988 Conference talk Flooding the Earth With the Book of Mormon.
- Howard W. Hunter, 1994-1995 (W. Paul Reeve) - The first LDS President born in the 20th century; also the shortest tenure (8 months, 26 days) of any LDS President.
- Gordon B. Hinckley, 1995-2008 (Gary James Bergera) - Called as an additional counselor to President Kimball in 1981, "Hinckley guided the Church as de facto president" during Kimball's last years in the mid-1980s, then again acted as de facto president during President Benson's decline in the early 1990s.
- Thomas S. Monson, 2010-present (Gary James Bergera) - President Monson spearheaded efforts to build an LDS temple in East Germany (completed 1985) and to secure permission for LDS missionaries to proselyte there (1988). At the time, these were stunning developments, coming several years before the Berlin Wall came down (1989) and Germany reunified (1990).
My advice: beg, borrow, or buy this book. You will enjoy it.
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Q. Is the Dean's and President's list made available to our local newspapers?
A. Yes. University Communications and Marketing receives a list of students who attain the Dean's or President's list, generally within seven to nine weeks after the end of each semester. Semesters end in mid-December, early May and early August. We then e-mail the list to the newspapers and legislators who have requested it.
Q. Can students or parents get this list?
A. Only newspapers and legislators are given the list in order to protect the rights and privacy of all students as provided for in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Q. How can I be sure my local newspaper is receiving the lists?
A. You might want to check with your local newspaper to see if they are getting the lists each semester. Depending on the size of the newspaper, either the city editor or the society editor will know if they are receiving and publishing Kent State University's Dean's and President's lists. If they are not, please ask them to email us at email@example.com with their Name and Contact info in order to be added to our database of Ohio (with some limited Pennsylvania and New York papers) newspapers and Ohio legislators. This database is used each semester to send the lists to the newspapers and legislators.
Q. Our newspaper ran only a simple list of the students from Kent State who had made the Dean's and President's list. How can we get a nicer article published detailing the student's major, club affiliations, etc?
A. Newspapers publish this sort of information in an "as space allows" manner. Sometimes you may have to wait weeks or more before even the basic list we provide is published. You, as a subscriber of the newspaper, can always call or write to them to request that they publish a small article on one specific student. It is best to write or e-mail the pertinent information to them as it will save them time and will ensure accuracy of the facts. Be sure to include: Kent State University, name of the specific school enrolled in, name of degree being sought, expected year of graduation, name of the high school from which the student graduated, any clubs or organizations with which the student may be involved, the name of the list (Dean's List or President's List) to which they've been named, the parent's names and a copy of the letter the student received from their school awarding the achievement.
Q. The local newspaper published the list of students on the Dean's and President's List, but a specific student, who is carrying a very high GPA was not included on the list. Why is this?
A. The student in question should review the Undergraduate catalog. It states that a Full Time student must complete and pass 12 hrs. and a 3.40 GPA or higher in any one semester to make the Dean's List and 15 hrs. and a 4.0 GPA in any one semester to make the President's List. The hours must all be letter-graded (A, B, etc.) courses to count toward the hours requirement. Pass/Fail (S, U) courses do not apply when being considered for the Dean's List or President's List.
Part Time students can also attain the Dean's list honor once a year, with the list for part-time students being compiled after Spring semester. Part-time students must complete and pass 12 or more regular letter-graded hours taken during the previous summer, fall and spring semesters and must have a GPA of 3.40 or greater in those three periods. Part-time students must have registered for fewer than 12 hours in each of the semesters under consideration.
If the student met the necessary requirements and is not included on the published list, he or she should check with the Dean's office. There may have just been a simple reporting oversight.
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If you are looking for a new place to live, you might be on the fence about whether to rent or buy. It is very important that you explore your options so you can be sure you are making the best choice when you move! In our latest post, we will outline some of the benefits of buying vs. renting. Find out what's right for you before you make your move!
There are benefits to both buying and renting, but it really comes down to what will be the best decision for YOU! Personally, we believe that you can never go wrong when choosing to own real estate, (the right real estate that is.) Below are a few of the wonderful benefits of homeownership you might not have considered!
Planting Roots
Buying a home and knowing YOU are the owner is like no other feeling in the world. You finally feel like you are really at home and not living in someone else's house. The tree in the yard? That's your tree. The cool crank windows in the kitchen? Those are yours too. You will likely care much more about the house and property and find yourself enjoying the process of making it your own. You might paint, or add interesting built-in's or plant a vegetable garden… all things you might not have done if you were living in a rental. Just having that feeling of ownership can make you feel good and give you a better sense of well being. Subconsciously you don't have the fear of your lease ending, going up, or having the house sold from under you. You will feel much more secure and likely happier all around.
You're Paying Your Own Mortgage
Each month, the money you are paying out is going toward something tangible you can one day resell. When you rent, you have nothing to show for it other than a roof over your head for that particular month. In reality, your monthly rent is likely paying someone else's mortgage.
You Can Paint The Walls Green
Or red, or blue, or purple. And you can do it without asking anyone! When you own a house, you have the freedom to do whatever you want! Hate tile? No problem! Rip it out and put down wood floors. When you own a house, you have the license to do anything you want to the place, even knock the whole thing down if you so choose. Of course, all of this is within reason, you will have to pull permits for construction and adhere to any city or HOA rules that might have jurisdiction over your property.
Your Mortgage Payment Will Likely Stay The Same (Unless You Refinance)
As long as you choose a fixed-rate mortgage, your monthly payment will stay the same. It is much easier to budget and plan for the future when you know your monthly payment will remain steady. Rent prices tend to go up each year, without much rhyme or reason. You can't usually estimate how much rent you'll be paying 5 years from now.
Tax Breaks
There are great tax deductions available to homeowners. You can deduct the mortgage interest you pay on a loan up to $750,000. You can also deduct your property and city taxes up to $10,000. While these numbers are a bit lower with the new tax plan, most homeowners aren't paying mortgage or property taxes that high to begin with.
Owning a home is beneficial both financially and mentally. It is your opportunity to have a place on earth that really belongs to you! If you are ready to buy, we can help you find the property for you!


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The Single Best Piece of Advice I've Gotten as a Writer
More Writing Tips
My Favorite Writing Magazine: Poets & Writers
Books on Writing that I've Found Particularly Helpful:
The Art of Fiction by John Gardner: perhaps a little overwhelming for new writers, but I go back to the chapter on plotting again and again
The Weekend Novelist by Robert Ray: a goofy title, but it does a nice job of laying out for the beginner a way to write a novel from start to finish
The Company of Writers by Hilma Wolitzer: Lovely writing on writing, as well as the importance of calling yourself a writer and gathering with others for support
Two Writers' Conferences That Helped Me Find My Way:
The Sewanee Writers' Conference
The Community of Writers
Sources for Meeting Writers and Learning About Writing:
"Binders Full of Novelists" Facebook Group
Readings at Your Local Bookstore
Your local library or college may have groups or classes
Submitting Short Works:
A Few Tips for Submitting Short Work to Literary Magazines
Top Five Cover Letter Errors
The Poets & Writers Listing of Literary Magazines
Finding an Agent for a Book:
On Agents and Queries
The AAR Listing of Agents
On Slush Piles and Finding Agents
Publisher's Lunch, a publishing industry email that includes a Friday email of recent deals, including agent names
Submitting Work
A good agent is well worth the 15% fee they generally take for placing your book with a publisher. My best advice on how to find an agent is here.
For placing shorter pieces, I've found a direct approach works as well as any. Please have a look at the links at the sidebar for advice on how to go about that.
Thirteen Tips To Get the Ink Flowing
In The Wednesday Sisters, Linda gets everyone writing by spilling her purse out over a picnic table, telling everyone to pick one item from the contents and write for five minutes. This is how I started writing, when writing teacher Jennifer Allen dumped a bag of goodies on a table in the first writing class I ever took (at age 32) and told us to start writing—don't worry, she told us, you won't have to read. And when we finished, she called on me first and directed me to read. A good thing, as if she hadn't I might have slipped out and never returned. I sometimes wonder if she knew that.
The hardest part of writing for me is to get the ink flowing—a task I find far easier when I remind myself that I can throw anything out if it doesn't work. I do have a little bag of tricks I turn to on mornings when my fingers creak, though. Some of my favorites are listed below. And remember, the trick is just to write without worrying about exactly what you're writing. Any sentence will do to start—and if it sucks, you can throw it out later!
• Dig out an old personal photo and write about how it makes you feel.
• Pick a photo of someone from a magazine and write about what their home might look like, how they introduce themselves, or what their most embarrassing moment in high school was.
• Imagine a phone rings—and you don't answer it. What does the person on the other end think?
• Eavesdrop, pick something someone says—something odd, preferably—and start a story there. (Yes, it is dangerous to hang out near me in coffee shops!)
• Focus on someone nearby and pick out something about them—a gesture, the sound of their voice, the curl of their finger or the smell of their hand lotion or the way their lips look on a coffee cup—and describe it.
• Subscribe to an online word-a-day service like googleword, and each day when you sit down to write start with a sentence that uses your word of the day.
• Visit an art museum or find an online photograph gallery. Sit yourself in front of something you like and start writing about the work, how it makes you feel, or anything else that comes to your mind.
• Open a book of poetry to a random page, read a few lines, and write whatever comes to mind.
• Pick a piece of clothing—like Brett's white gloves—and write about who the character who wears it is and what it says about them.
• Imagine you are your mother on a first date when she was twenty-one.
• Describe the environment around you to a bind person.
• Write a short description of someone you like, then pick a character trait that would drive you nuts and give it to them.
• You are sitting on an airplane with a stranger you will never see again, who will never reveal a word of your conversation. What one thing do you tell them? Is it true? (For this one, you will NOT be required to read, even by Linda! But it is, perhaps, the one thing you really ought to write about.)


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Filming Our New Video Series: A Message From The Producer
Sharsheret's new video series, "One Woman At A Time", showcases the stories of ten inspiring women who have used Sharsheret's programs. I named the series "One Woman At A Time" to honor how Sharsheret values the women involved in the organization's national programs and services. While Sharsheret helps thousands of women, each woman feels special and receives the undivided attention of Sharsheret's incredible staff.
Initially, I was concerned about finding ten women who would be willing to discuss their cancer journeys on camera. Sharsheret staff members reached out to some of their peer supporters and, with their permission, connected me with women who wanted to learn more about the project. When I explained what I needed and answered their questions, all ten women said, "I will do whatever Sharsheret needs. I want to give back."
During the filming, there were only three of us on set – the interviewee, the cameraperson, and me. In this safe space, the conversations were emotional and very honest. These remarkable women shared their experiences so others could understand how vital Sharsheret was to them and their families. "If it weren't for Sharsheret…" became the shared theme.
My hope is that you will watch these films and appreciate all that Sharsheret offers "One Woman At A Time". Perhaps you will also be touched by the humanity shared, as I was, and who better to convey that essence than these ten wonderful, articulate, beautiful women.


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Title: American Heiress
Author: Jeffrey Toobin
On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army. the already sensational story took the first of many incredible twists of April 3, when the group released a tape of Patty saying she had joined the SLA and had adopted the nom de guerre "Tania."
The weird turns of the tale are truly astonishing–the Hearst family trying to secure Patty's release by feeding all the people of Oakland and San Francisco for free; the bank security cameras capturing "Tania" wielding a machine gun during a robbery; a cast of characters including everyone from Bill Walton to the Black Panthers to Ronald Regan to F. Lee Bailey; the largest police shoot-out in American history; the first breaking news event to be broadcast live on television stations across the country; Patty's year on the lam, running from authorities; and her circuslike trial, filled with theatrical courtroom confrontations and a dramatic last-minute reversal, after which the term "Stockholm Syndrome" entered the lexicon.
The saga of Patty Hearst highlighted a decade in which America seemed to be suffering a collective nervous breakdown. Based on more then a hundred interviews and thousands of previously secret documents, American Heiress thrillingly recounts the craziness of the times (there were an average of 1,500 bombings a year the early 1970s). Tobbin portrays the lunacy of the half-baked radicals of the SLA and the toxic mix of sex, politics and violence that swept up Patty Hearst and re-creates her melodramatic rtial. American Heritage examines the life of a young woman who suffered an unimaginable trauma and then made the stunning decision to join her captors' crusade. Or did she?


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Sunday, April 22, 2007
Media coverage of the Elon Poll
On Friday two friends told me they heard on the radio that John Edwards was behind in North Carolina. I'm not sure who reported that, but it was probably either WPTF or WUNC.
According to the Elon poll, Edwards was behind, sort of. He was behind according to an open-ended question asked to all adults, not just voters—or even likely voters—or even likely primary voters.
So any thought that Edwards' campaign was faltering in his home state would be an overreaction to these poll results. Newspapers and TV did a better job not hyping an anti-Edwards theme. Examples here, here, here and here. But I did find one station, WXII, that ran this headline on an internet news story "Poll: John Edwards Trails in NC."
I would have preferred that news sources also explain how this methodology was different from other polls too. For example, the approval ratings of President Bush and Senator Elizabeth Dole are a much different measure than those from Civitas and PPP polls, which interview only likely voters.
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- Will Cubbison said...
Random thread for this question, but is there a significant difference between how you and Civitas define likely voters?
Im especially interested in the question for the primaries.
Also, do you guys ever get calls from the media about other polls that come out? - April 22, 2007 at 9:41 PM
- Justin Guillory said...
I'm not sure how Civitas defines likely voters. I don't know if they use list-based sampling or random digit dialing.
For the primary questions, however, I believe they talk to all Democrats and all Republicans that participated in their survey. In that case, they wouldn't have a likely primary voter definition.
If someone from Civitas is reading this we'd appreciate some clarification.
As to the media, we get calls on our own polls, but never about other polls. When it comes to analysis in news articles, one quote from a pollster is probably enough. I'd rather here from the candidates or campaigns about what they think of the poll numbers. - April 23, 2007 at 9:16 AM


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NF-A6x25 PWM 12V 3000RPM 60x25mm Low Noise Fan €14.83 95 in stock | ||
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Noctua NF-A6x25 PWM 12V 3000RPM 60x25mm Low Noise Fan
Noctua's latest 60mm fan is a PWM fan that features Smooth Commutation Drive technology, modular cabling and a massive six years manufacturer's warranty.
- 60 x 25mm quiet PC PWM cooling fan
- Noise level 19.3 dB(A)
- Six year manufacturer warranty
Featuring advanced aerodynamic design measures such as Flow Acceleration Channels and Noctua's AAO frame, the NF-A6x25 is a highly optimised, premium quality quiet fan in 60x25mm size. The PWM version sports Noctua's custom designed NE-FD1 IC for fully automatic speed control via 4-pin fan headers and comes with a Low-Noise-Adaptor to reduce the maximum speed during PWM control from 3000 to 2300 RPM. Its superb running smoothness, SSO2 bearing and Noctua's trusted premium quality make it an elite choice for the highest demands.
Flow Acceleration Channels
The NF-A6x25 impeller features suction side Flow Acceleration Channels. By speeding up the airflow at the crucial outer blade regions, this measure reduces suction side flow separation and thus leads to better efficiency and lower vortex noise.
Reduced Motor Hub Size
Thanks to its streamlined, compact motor design, the NF-A6x25's motor hub is smaller than with conventional 6cm fans. This allows for more blade surface area and thus contributes to the NF-A6x25's superior airflow and pressure performance.
AAO Frame
Noctua's AAO (Advanced Acoustic Optimisation) frames feature integrated anti-vibration pads as well as Noctua's proprietary Stepped Inlet Design and Inner Surface Microstructures, both of which further refine the fan's performance/noise efficiency.
Inner Surface Microstructures
With the tips of the fan blades ploughing through the boundary layer created by the Inner Surface Microstructures, flow separation from the suction side of the blades is significantly suppressed, which results in reduced blade passing noise and improved airflow and pressure efficiency.
Stepped Inlet Design
Noctua's Stepped Inlet Design adds turbulence to the influx in order to facilitate the transition from laminar flow to turbulent flow, which reduces tonal intake noise, improves flow attachment and increases suction capacity, especially in space-restricted environments.
Integrated Anti-Vibration Pads
Integrated Anti-Vibration Pads made from extra-soft silicone minimise the transmission of minute vibrations while maintaining full compatibility with all standard mounting systems and fan clips used on heatsinks.
SSO2 Bearing
The NF-A6x25 features the further optimised second generation of Noctua's renowned, time-tested SSO bearing. With SSO2, the rear magnet is placed closer to the axis to provide even better stabilisation, precision and durability.
Custom-designed PWM IC with SCD
Supporting fully automatic PWM speed control, the NF-A6x25 PWM uses Noctua's custom-designed NE-FD1 PWM IC that integrates Smooth Commutation Drive (SCD) technology. By providing smoother torque impulses, SCD suppresses PWM switching noises and thus makes the fan quieter at low speeds.
Low-Noise Adaptor
The NF-A6x25 PWM is supplied with a (L.N.A.) that reduces the maximum fan speed from 3000 to 2300rpm. The L.N.A. can be used either to run the fan at a fixed speed of 2300rpm or to cap the maximum speed when using automatic PWM control.
Extensive cabling options
The fan's short 20cm primary cable minimises cable clutter in typical applications while the supplied 30cm extension provides extended reach when necessary. Both cables are fully sleeved and a 4-pin y-cable allows the connection of a second NF-A6x25 PWM fan to the same PWM fan header for automatic control.
6-year manufacturer's warranty
Noctua fans are renowned for their impeccable quality and outstanding longevity. Like all Noctua fans, the NF-A6x25 features an MTBF of more than 150.000 hours rating and comes with a full 6-year manufacturer's warranty.
Specifications | NF-A6x25 PWM |
Size | 60x60x25 mm |
Screw hole spacings | 50 mm |
Connector | 4-Pin PWM |
Bearing | SSO2 |
Blade Geometry | A-Series with Flow Acceleration Channels |
Frame Technology | AAO (Advanced Acoustic Optimisation) |
Rotational Speed (±10%) | 3000 RPM |
Rotational Speed with L.N.A. (±10%) | 2300 RPM |
Min. Rotational Speed (PWM, ±20%) | 550 RPM |
Airflow | 17.2 CFM |
Airflow with L.N.A. | 13.3 CFM |
Acoustical Noise | 19.3 dB(A) |
Static Pressure | 2.18 mm H2O |
Static Pressure with L.N.A. | 1.29 mm H2O |
Max. Input Power | 0.96 W |
Max. Input Current | 0.08 A |
Voltage | 12 V |
MTBF | 150,000 h |
Accessories | Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A.), Y-cable, 30cm extension cable, 4 anti-vibration mounts, 4 fan screws |
Warranty | 72 months |
EAN barcode | 4716123315636 |
Specifications | NF-A6x25 PWM |
Size | 60x60x25 mm |
Screw hole spacings | 50 mm |
Connector | 4-Pin PWM |
Bearing | SSO2 |
Blade Geometry | A-Series with Flow Acceleration Channels |
Frame Technology | AAO (Advanced Acoustic Optimisation) |
Rotational Speed (±10%) | 3000 RPM |
Rotational Speed with L.N.A. (±10%) | 2300 RPM |
Min. Rotational Speed (PWM, ±20%) | 550 RPM |
Airflow | 17.2 CFM |
Airflow with L.N.A. | 13.3 CFM |
Acoustical Noise | 19.3 dB(A) |
Static Pressure | 2.18 mm H2O |
Static Pressure with L.N.A. | 1.29 mm H2O |
Max. Input Power | 0.96 W |
Max. Input Current | 0.08 A |
Voltage | 12 V |
MTBF | 150,000 h |
Accessories | Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A.), Y-cable, 30cm extension cable, 4 anti-vibration mounts, 4 fan screws |
Warranty | 72 months |
EAN barcode | 4716123315636 |
Product Resources
How do I measure fan size?
The size of fan you need will generally be determined by the size of the fan fitting position in your PC case. The sizes of all the fans on our website are shown as measured along any one of the fan's four sides, NOT the distance between the fan's screw holes! Our most popular fan size is 120mm, followed by 80mm. This isn't really dictated by customer preference, but more by recent designs of PC cases.
As for the thickness (depth) of the fan, generally 25mm (1 inch) is by far the most common depth, although smaller fans can have shallower depths such as 15mm or even 10mm. All our fans are 25mm thick unless otherwise stated. If you have any questions about which fan you should order, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
If you know the distance between the fan mounting screw holes but don't know what fan size to order, please see the following table. Note that the mounting hole measurements shown below are taken horizontally or vertically between the holes and not diagonally.
Screw hole spacings and fan sizes
Space Between Screw Holes Fan Size 32mm 40mm 40mm 50mm 50mm 60mm 60mm 70mm 72mm 80mm 83mm 92mm 105mm 120mm I received a small cable (resistor) with my fan; what is it for?
The resistor cable (also called Ultra Low Noise or ULN cable) is designed to allow the fan to run slightly slower for even quieter operation. The benefit in lower running noise is significant. Although the airflow will be reduced slightly, this usually has minimal effect on PC temperature. We would generally recommend using the ULN resistor cable for best results in almost all circumstances.
How can I tell which way the air blows through the fan?
Hold the fan so that the round fan sticker is facing you. You are looking at the rear of the fan. When you plug the fan in, the air will be blowing towards you. If you want a fan to act as an air intake, then the fan sticker will be facing the inside of the case. Some fans also have two small arrows moulded into their plastic housing - one arrow shows the direction of airflow, and the other (at 90°) shows the direction of blade rotation.
Is it possible to use a 4-pin PWM fan or CPU cooler with a motherboard which has only 3-pin fan headers on it?
Electrically, there is no problem doing this - the fourth pin on the fan cable is used purely for PWM control and is not needed in order for the fan to run. So you can plug the 4-pin fan connector onto the 3-pin motherboard fan header, leaving the fourth pin not connected to anything. The fan will potentially run at full speed, so if you would like to reduce the speed of the fan you will need to adjust the fan speed setting in your BIOS or use fan control software such as SpeedFan in Windows.
The only other problem to consider is that occasionally, components immediately adjacent to the motherboard fan header can get in the way of the larger 4-pin fan connector, physically preventing connection. This problem also occurs if you try to use an in-line fan speed controller such as the one made by Gelid.
Another avenue to explore is the possibility of using a bay-mounted fan controller. Several models are available now which provide 4-pin fan headers, so this is an easy way to use 4-pin PWM fans in a PC system which has only 3-pin fan headers on its motherboards. When using this method, you may find it necessary to disable any fan warning settings in your motherboard BIOS, since the motherboard may incorrectly believe that its CPU fan has failed when the fan is connected to a fan controller rather than directly to the motherboard itself.
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America may have a shot at rejoining the world's most educated nations by 2025, according to a report released Monday by the Lumina Foundation.
The Indianapolis-based foundation's annual report finds some encouraging data to counter the familiar story of a nation that is famed for its colleges and universities but trails many other countries when it comes to the percentage of people with a degree beyond high school.
A bit of background here: The U.S. invented the idea of mass higher education in the 1800s, and it was the most educated nation pretty much until the 1970s. Then the rate of college attainment flattened, while other countries surged ahead. The U.S. now ranks 13th on the list of most educated nations.
Changing demographics, the rising cost of college tuition, decreasing state support and other factors led to that stagnation. In countries that have passed the U.S., the biggest change has been among young people.
The four most educated countries-- Korea, Japan, Canada and Russia — report that more than 50 percent of their young people have a degree beyond high school, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. By contrast, young adults in the U.S. are barely any more educated than older adults: About 40 percent of both groups have an associate, bachelor's or advanced degree.
Lumina has been a prominent advocate of raising that number to at least 60 percent by 2025. It's a target that President Obama supports, though when he first mentioned it back in 2010, the deadline was 2020.
This isn't just about one-upping Canada. Earning a degree means a better shot at employment and higher earnings, and it can even improve health and other outcomes.
The new Lumina report has some good news toward that end. The percentage of all adults with a college degree jumped 0.7 percent from 2011 to 2012. That's the biggest one-year jump since Lumina started issuing these reports in 2008. In addition, degree attainment for young adults specifically was up over 3 percentage points since 2008, to 40.9 percent. More Americans are enrolling in college, and significantly more Americans believe that increasing college attainment is an important goal — 51 percent in 2012, up from 43 percent in 2011.
But, the report says, success is by no means assured. The population of traditional college-age people is declining, as is the overall number of college students, so more of the growth in college attainment will have to come from older adults. And the racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. population is changing as the proportion of African-Americans and Hispanics increases. Traditionally, those groups have lower attainment rates.
And, of course, the cost of college continues to rise, as does student debt.
The Lumina Foundation report includes a host of suggestions for making America the most educated nation once again. Here they are with our take:
Start counting more degrees
This may seem like a trick, but the fact is, many Americans earn noncredit stand-alone certificates — for example, in trades and technical areas — after high school that give them a shot at a better job. Most countries that post higher attainment rates than the U.S. include these kinds of credentials in their tally. The U.S. Census Bureau plans to start counting these certificates in the education statistics. Counting these certificates could bring the totals for young adults up to 60 percent by 2025, assuming current trends continue.
Change the definition of a "good college"
Lumina talks about an "emerging definition of quality" in the higher education sector. If we start rating colleges based on whether they really help students, especially underrepresented students, learn and complete degrees, it could spur innovations that raise the bar on college completion.
Create new paths back to college, and count learning, not time
Besides the 40 percent of adults who have some sort of education beyond high school, an additional 22 percent have some college but no degree. Rather than stigmatize them as dropouts, we could see these folks as the best pool from which to create new college graduates.
Lumina is among the groups backing programs that allow adults to transfer old credits and repurpose their work experience to get college credit — so-called competency-based programs. The Department of Education changed the rules last year to allow more of these kinds of programs.
Create more-affordable degrees
This is a big one. College is getting more and more expensive. Poor people are far less likely to even enroll in college than rich people. There are a host of new policies and proposals to rethink the way the country does student aid, and the president has made this a priority.
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Much of the attention on money in politics this election cycle has been focused on the new superPACs, and with good reason.
Recent court rulings allow superPACs — which officially are independent of specific candidates — to raise and spend unlimited money to support their favorite politician or cause.
The superPACs have brought in huge individual donations this year, especially around the Republican presidential race. Each major GOP candidate had a superPAC supporting him, as does President Obama.
"The top 10 contributors gave more than a third, or $68 million of the nearly $202 million reported by the outside spending groups this election," the Center for Public Integrity noted Thursday, in its analysis of Federal Election Commission records.
The superPACs have raised the profile of some wealthy donors who had been relatively anonymous outside of their business fields. On Morning Edition, NPR's Robert Smith took a look at one such donor who would have preferred to remain under the radar.
But The Washington Post reports that publicity-shy donors are finding an alternative: Lots of money is going to politically active nonprofit organizations. As with superPACs, those donations are limited only by the donor's largesse. But unlike with superPACs, donations to these nonprofit organizations are anonymous and normally cannot be tracked back to individual donors.
Nonprofits could play a larger role as the presidential race turns to the general election, the Post reports:
"Nearly all of the independent advertising being aired for the 2012 general-election campaign has come from interest groups that do not disclose their donors, suggesting that much of the political spending over the next six months will come from sources invisible to the public. ...
"Most of the ad spending has come in swing states from conservative groups that criticize President Obama's policies, the data show. Secretive groups have spent tens of millions more targeting congressional races, again mainly in support of Republicans.
"The numbers signal a shift away from superPACs, which are required to disclose their donors to the Federal Election Commission and which have overwhelmed spending in the Republican primary contest. Instead, the battle between Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney appears likely to be dominated by a shadow campaign run by big-spending nonprofits that do not have to identify their financial backers."
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ATEN 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch
By Stephen Schleicher
Once upon a time, there was a young man – we'll call him Stephen – who worked during the day at a remote location, slaving away for the man; his MacBook Pro was his only way to get work done. At night, he would come home and go to work on his Mac Pro, editing, and writing, and generally doing work that needed to be handled on a beefier computer, with multiple monitors. In fact, much of his work benefited from multiple monitors, but connecting multiple monitors to his MacBook Pro and his Mac Pro was a nightmare at best, as cables needed to be connected and reconnected, potentially ruining ports, and driving Stephen mad as he tried to maintain a neat cabling system. And then there were times when he needed to connect external storage and peripherals like microphones and USB devices, which lead to even more gnashing of teeth and screams of woe as the cabling system fell into ruin
One day, a package arrived from ATEN. Inside was the 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch, that promised to solve the problems of connecting two computers to all of his devices.
Is there a happily ever after?
Kind of.
There are a number of positive things to say about this switch. Yes, you can connect multiple devices to the switch and accessing them on both systems, and yes, you can have a multiple monitor setup between your laptop and your other computer system. Connecting everything to your system is a breeze, ATEN even includes a thunderbolt cable for your laptop as that is probably the only extra cable you'll need to make the conversion. The process of connecting all of your cables and wires makes you rethink some of your cable run choices, as you will quickly realize which of your thunderbolt devices actually have passthrough ports, and which do not.
Once everything is connected (there are ports for audio in/out as well) and powered on, all you need to do is press the One button for your first computer, and the Two button for your second computer. I was fairly impressed with how well everything worked, including the wireless USB mouse, that instantly started working on my laptop, even though the two had never been connected before. The peripheral sharing between computers is fantastic, and if you are someone who is constantly jumping back and forth between systems, this may be your best solution. Keep in mind this isn't just a KVM switch, the ATEN 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch is designed to connect all of your USB and Thunderbolt 2 peripherals and share them between two computers.
There were a few things that troubled me about the switch, though. The first is how long it took to switch between platforms. It takes 10-seconds for everything to switch over and for the monitors to activate. Granted, if a user is going to work on one system or the other, chances are that person will be working for quite some time, and an initial 10-second wait may not be that big of a deal. I doubt users of this switching system will be switching back and forth in rapid succession.
If you are a Mac user, you are probably very familiar with the "Disk Not Ejected Properly" messages that appear every time you pull a USB cable, or eject an SD or CF card from your card reader. Using the 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch will result in a lot of those message appearing on the screen as your Thunderbolt and USB external storage devices will need to connect and reconnect each time you switch between systems. I've never had a device fail from hot-plugging, but I do know some people have freak outs when these messages appear.
I have a large number of peripherals connected to my Mac Pro, including a couple Black Magic Intensity that I use during live-streaming events. While these Thunderbolt devices can be daisy chained, they are usually at the end the chain, and don't work if they share the same port. The ATEN 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch only has one Thunderbolt "input" device, which can limit those who do push their systems to the limit. I would have liked this unit a great deal more if there was a second (or third) Thunderbolt port for peripherals.
The other feature that didn't work the way I expected was the number of displays that could be connected. With a Mac Pro, I could only get two external monitors to connects (one Thunderbolt and one HDMI), while I could get three screens with the laptop (the laptop screen, one Thunderbolt, and one HDMI). This may be my fault as my "third" monitor is a Dell 4K display that uses a DisplayPort. The ATEN 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch supports either HDMI or mini DisplayPort, but not both, so this was a bit of a drawback for my setup, and you can not daisy chain Thunderbolt monitors. Granted, the solution might be two keep the third monitor connected directly to the MacPro, which is fine if you need one monitor on all the time.
Unfortunately, I've moved on from needing a two system setup for my daily work, so while I like what the ATEN 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch can do, it really doesn't fit into my workflow right now. While there are a number of oddities and potential drawbacks for inclusion in my system, I believe I'm one of the outliers that push my system to the limits when it comes to my current workflow. Does this mean this is a skip it device? No. I think the ATEN 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch is a perfect solution to those who need to an advanced switching solution for their Thunderbolt systems.
The ATEN 2-Port Thunderbolt 2 Sharing Switch has a SRP of $328.99. For more information visit http://www.aten.com/au/en/products/usb-&-thunderbolt/peripheral-switches/us7220/


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Portland's 2nd Annual NW Cider Summit @ Elizabeth Caruthers Park
|SBS Imports and the Seattle Beer Collective are pleased to announce the return of Cider Summit NW Festival to Portland,
OR. The second annual Portland event will be on Saturday, June 23, 2012 from 11am-7pm at Elizabeth Caruthers Park in the emerging South Waterfront neighborhood near the Portland Aerial Tram. The event is presented by Barbur World Foods (barburworldfoods.com) & Bushwhacker Cider (bushwhackercider.com).
This will be the fourth Cider Summit produced by SBS & Seattle Beer Collective, having launched the concept in Seattle in September 2010 and expanding to Portland last year. Each event features 50+ elegantly crafted ciders from producers in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, California, England, and France. This year's event will also feature Spain's Basque
Region. Other new features for 2012 include live music and a "bottles to go" store onsite.
"We were very pleased with the response in our first year in Portland," noted SBC's Ian Roberts. "We believe we have added some nice features to our 2012 event which will help us reach an even wider audience of cider enthusiasts."
The owners and cidermakers will be on hand to inform and guide guests through the samplings which will be available in 3-ounce and 6-ounce portions. In addition to the superb range of ciders, the event will feature food from SE Portland's Ya Hala restaurant, ongoing demonstrations of apple pressing courtesy of Bushwhacker and non-alcoholic beverages from Maletis Beverage. The Portland Aerial Tram will be offering 2-for-1 rides to event attendees and Cider Summit NW encourages use of the Portland Streetcar to the event
"We believe we've created a unique event," added event co-founder Alan Shapiro of SBS Imports. "We have found a great home in the South Waterfront neighborhood and we expect a terrific range of ciders. The vast majority will be available to taste at $2.00. It should be a great opportunity for attendees to sample many of the best ciders available in the United States
if not the world."
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 (cash only) at the door and are available online via Brown Paper tickets, Umpqua Bank's South Waterfront branch, and at many of the area's leading bottle shops. Admission includes a tasting glass and 10 drink tickets. From 11a-12n arriving guests will receive 2 additional "happy hour" tickets. Additional drink tickets will be available for sale onsite at $2 per ticket. The event is 21 and over only. Dogs will be allowed on event grounds. For more information including a list of participating ciders please visit www.cidersummitnw.com.
Cider Summit NW benefits Northwest Cider Association (www.nwcider.org) and The Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research (www.imbcr.org). The Northwest Cider Association promotes awareness of artisan produced ciders among the general public and fosters cooperation within the industry for all producers. IMBCR is one of the world's leading independent research organizations developing effective therapies to increase the quality of life and longevity of myeloma patients. Cider Summit NW is presented by Barbur World Foods & Bushwhacker Cider with supporting sponsors Umpqua Bank, KNRK 94/7 alternative Portland, Maletis Beverage, Portland Aerial Tram, Portland Streetcar, and South Waterfront Community Relations office.


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"These photographs were taken in Shanxi Province in northwest China. They document old customs originating from pagan ritual practices. They are, in effect, a voodoo-esque form of totem worship. A number of these ancient customs still survive and remain some of the most important cultural practices during the Lunar New Year throughout most of Shanxi. It appears that the participants have created a dramatic and otherworldly stage—dressing in stunning costumes and exquisitely painting their faces to represent the identities of Gods otherwise long forgotten.
When I first witnessed the participants line up and then parade around the village, I repeatedly kept asking myself whether I had literally stepped into some sort of wonderland. The scenes I gazed at were far too bizarre and illusionary to be connected to events in the real world. Compared with the monotony of their usual rural lives, everyone involved into these celebrations transformed into something quite extraordinary—appearing no longer as mere peasants, but as powerful Gods from ancient mythology.With every glimpse of the unfolding events, I saw an overwhelming sense of joy and happiness that saturated the atmosphere and I tried not to disturb this beautiful dream state I found myself in. I truly hoped that I would never wake up."