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"My name is Rosetta.... I found a job.... I made a friend.... I have a normal life.... I won't be left by the wayside."
When we first meet Rosetta (the brilliant, unforgettable Émilie Dequenne (The Girl on the Train)), she's already on the move. Dressed for some sort of manufacturing/fabrication job in a hairnet and protective coat, and moving at a very brisk pace through a factory (the camera follows her so closely, and the place is so anonymous, we can't tell exactly what product is made there), she's running -- whether away from something or toward something, we don't really know, and it remains an open question for most of the film. It turns out that she's on her way to confront a coworker she suspects of getting her fired, but it doesn't make any difference; her trial period is over, the boss informs her, and she has no job there any longer, at which point she has to be chased down and physically removed, she's grasping so hard at anything she can grab hold of in this workplace where she wants so badly to remain as a productive part of a whole. What follows are a handful of days and nights in the life of this 16-year-old Belgian girl, who lives in near-destitution in a trailer with her alcoholic mother, as she desperately searches for some semblance of a place in the world around her that she can cling to, some entryway into a society she's determined with every iota of her anxious, ferociously energetic being to earn her way into. Rosetta's story is thus that of a poor (or, as we might more politely call her, "disadvantaged") girl's search for meaningful work, and in that respect, it can be placed in a proud lineage of Neorealist fables that take the time to consider, dramatize, and humanize society's (that is, our Western-industrialized-democratic society's) perpetual unjustly rejected, invisible, forgotten underclasses. Under the rigorous, often unbelievably acute, and exquisitely sensitive camera eye of the great Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (The Son, L'Enfant), however, Rosetta's prosaic but inflamed quest for a way to earn her keep and be a legitimate part of our production-consumption cycle becomes something more sacred, urgent, and shattering than virtually anything you've ever seen on film.
Dequenne inhabits this girl to such a full, fearless extent, she becomes almost scary, a force of nature: Rosetta's single-mindedness is never in doubt, and as we follow her through her predetermined, obviously entrenched subsistence routines -- by necessity ducking in and out of dangerous, high-speed highway traffic to get to the clearly wrong side of the road that she lives on; going to her hiding place and switching out her somewhat presentable sidewalk-trampling shoes for rubber boots more appropriate to the muddy trailer-park lawns; the gathering of fish from traps she's set in a nearby river to save money on food; manually hauling heavy, bulky propane tanks/returning empties between the concierge's hovel and her trailer; and dealing, in a brittle, self-protective way, with a stubbornly helpless, childlike, alcoholic mother (Anne Yernaux), whom Rosetta must literally chase and corral in an attempt to get her into rehab, and whom Rosetta finds prostituting herself to that awful, stingy, grim-faced concierge so she can spend her daughter's hard-earned rent money on booze -- we come to understand the character's single-mindedness very well, right from the inside of Rosetta's experience, which comes at her every day like a tidal wave and threatens to wash her away if she doesn't push back hard (Dequenne, beautifully, gives her a fierce, lumbering yet harried gait, as if she's always walking against a strong, opposing wind). Rosetta has seemingly been predestined by her life to not belong, to not have any of the dignity or stability the majority of us take for granted, and something instinctive-verging-on-violent in her knows that's wrong, and will not accept it. The stress of her never-ending fight to be noticed and taken in by an indifferent world, her staunch refusal to be vulnerable or dwell on her own needs (for a mother that actually mothers, or for some peace, security, and maybe some enjoyment in life) for even a moment lest she sink down and disappear forever, has even led to some recurrent, agonizing abdominal attacks (an ulcer?) for which her stopgap measure is aspirin and blowing her tender belly with a hair dryer for some relief. But for Rosetta, finding that elusive employment is a life-or-death struggle, and stopping to take care of herself is not an option.
After the firing that opens the film, desperately trying to get a little cash from the second-hand clothes her mother sometimes mends, and checking in with every inefficacious state worker she knows to go to, all of whom appear to know her and yet again have no job for her (she doesn't even dignify one bureaucrat's offer of welfare with a response), Rosetta glumly stops at a waffle stand for a snack, and there she catches the eye of Riquet (Dardenne regular Fabrizio Rongione), the young man working behind the counter. Her eye, on the other hand, is on the boss/owner who's come to pick up the day's deposit (Olivier Gourmet, also a Dardenne perennial); she immediately asks him if there's work available but is brusquely rebuffed. Riquet tracks down Rosetta at the trailer park shortly thereafter, however, and after overcoming her initial hostility that he would take such liberties (and her possible embarrassment over the intense dispute about her mother's drinking she's just been through yet again), he informs her that a job has become available, after all. Rosetta enters an elated period, one in which she has a job and a true friend who seems to like her and have her back, whether or not she reciprocates what seems to be his shy romantic interest; Riquet even invites her over to his flat and awkwardly lets her in on his dream of becoming a rock drummer (even convincing her to dance a bit, though the stomach pains fight back against the dangerous possibility of such impractical, spontaneous joy).
But when her victory appears to be short-lived, with the boss offering her job to a son who's flunked out of school, Rosetta -- after another scene in which she refuses to leave a workplace that, she feels strongly, affords her life some legitimacy (you will not be able to keep your heart from breaking as she clings futilely to a sack of flour) -- betrays Riquet, her friend and helper, with horrible ease (it feels like a punch in the gut) in order to usurp his job. The painful wrong she does to Riquet presents the possibility that the harshness and constraint that are all life has meagerly allowed Rosetta have made a conscience -- what you might call a "soul" -- a luxury she cannot afford, and whether there might be some slim chance of her, with the angry and hurt Riquet haunting her, finding a way to the privileged view that the better-off among us are able to have -- the one that lets us see that human-level relationships are more important than economic advantage because we aren't usually forced to choose so directly between them. It's difficult to say whether the film's ending represents such a glimmer of hope or just a momentary reprieve, but by its final, profound moment, when Rosetta's callous, impenetrable, absolutely necessary emotional defenses are brought to the breaking point and breached, such distinctions seem irrelevant; it is, in one way or another, a redemption, a catharsis, a too-long-resisted revelation of Rosetta's overt, naked need to be both literally and figuratively helped up -- a point that had to be reached and lived through before any other good could be possible. Perhaps only the conclusion of Bresson's Pickpocket can compare for the sheer release, the simultaneous sense of liberation and sorrow one feels at this last glimpse of the now vulnerable -- which is to say, human in a way her life has thus far cruelly robbed her of-- Rosetta before we cut to black.
The Dardennes have often referred to Rosetta as a "war film," and its ultra-vérité, handheld style -- which throughout puts us in either intimately close proximity to Rosetta or has us struggling to keep up with her -- reflects that conception and makes her struggle for survival something that, while never spoken of or obviously reflected upon by any character in the film, is conveyed as an desperate battle through the finely achieved tone of every dynamic, too-close, improvised-feeling frame -- a tone that, paradoxically, could only be the result of painstaking and precise preparation. (The film's gorgeous way of capturing the flurry of Rosetta's experience under the mostly natural light sources, which lends an almost abstractly simple, very purely realist quality to the images, is courtesy of DP Alain Marcoen, who has shot every Dardenne picture.) And speaking of the immediacy of its style, if any film is incontrovertible proof that not all handheld-camera films are created equal, it's Rosetta. I have many problems with the facile, superficial, and arbitrary use of a spasmodically shaking camera seen in action pictures that would actually be more coherent and exciting with less obviously superimposed adrenaline, but the worst possible consequence of that tacked-on "realist" aesthetic would be to inure us to a film like Rosetta, where the documentary feel is vital to and inseparable from the meaning and effect of the story we're being told. It's a technique chosen for Rosetta by the Dardennes for such sound and well-considered reasons, and deployed so skillfully and with such unfailing focus and astute instinct, that it erases any line dividing the physical from the emotional, both in what's occurring onscreen and in our response to it.
Rosetta is not just a "war film," though; it is also ultimately a political film of the most meaningful and mindful variety (by political I mean, of course, cognizant of the ways in which society-wide priorities, values, and dominant ideologies inevitably and concretely affect individual lives). For one thing, along with such disparate brethren as Mike Leigh and Godard, the Dardennes are intent on depicting work as an integral and important part of life, not something secondary and uninteresting that should be elided to get to the good stuff (i.e., the supposedly unrelated drama/romance). That's certainly true in Rosetta, where our unemployed heroine has no greater vision of paradise, no higher or more frustratingly difficult to attain goal, than joining the "real" world of productive wage earners (as such, the film is also an implicit but severe rebuke to a certain conservative suspicion that anyone not working must simply not want to). Through this cinematic view, Dequenne's workday scenes with Gourmet, in which the boss teaches Rosetta the step-by-step procedure of making the waffle batter, become something wonderful, probably the happiest in the film, choreographed and captured by the directors with an unblinking, unsentimental eye toward the true, unembellished dignity of work, with no propagandistic socialist-realist romanticization to taint it. Rosetta is hardly a crusader à la Norma Rae, but the film makes all such liberally well-intentioned issue movies seem lax and desultory by comparison, because it takes you so directly and unflinchingly into, really almost inside of, the experience of someone fighting for what she senses is her right to survival with dignity, and against her systematic exclusion from participation in society (including, ultimately, her exclusion from the moral, humane concern for a fellow being that generally comes clear only after one no longer fears one's basic needs going unmet). In an extraordinarily consistent filmography comprised exclusively of films ranging from excellent to great, all partaking of the same opening out of clear-eyed sociopolitical consciousness into hard-won humanism and deeply empathetic but never pious storytelling, Rosetta may be the most pared-down and intensely moving work of all. It's an immersive, undeniable film that achieves and sustains an astonishing simplicity and an unerringly genuine poignancy -- a masterpiece that will retain its power to captivate and move (to honest, unjerked tears, if ever a movie could) for as long as motion pictures exist.
The transfer of Rosetta -- AVC/MPEG4-encoded, 1080p-mastered, presented widescreen at the original, theatrical aspect ratio of 1.66:1 -- is perfection, conveying every nuance and texture intended by the filmmakers, realized through their 16 mm guerrilla-style shooting and subsequent 35 mm blowup (enhancing the film's documentary-realist feel with more fitting, naturalistic-looking grain and blur than would occur in straight 35 mm shooting). You'd be hard pressed to find another transfer of a film with these particular visual demands onto a digital format that so knowledgeably, carefully preserves the film's very specific aesthetic properties; it's crystal clear upon inspection that the work was done by people (including longtime Dardenne Bros. cinematographer Alain Marcoen himself) who understand very well both what the film really looks like and how to bring it as close to that as possible for our home viewing experience.
The disc's DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 soundtrack preserves the film's intensely but subtly present sound layer, comprised entirely of diegetic sound (no score, only one instance of in-scene music) perfectly; dialogue, foley, and ambient sound are all right there, crystal clear and integrated beautifully, with no distortion, imbalance, or even a hint of any other audio discrepancy or flaw to be heard at any point.
--An hour-long interview with Jeanne-Pierre and Luc Dardenne conducted by L.A. Weekly critic Scott Foundas. Foundas acquits himself very well and does the audience a huge service by being extremely succinct (I, for one, am so impressed with the Dardennes that I'm sure I would behave effusively, nervously, and self-indulgently in their presence, so kudos to Foundas for balancing his clear enthusiasm for and knowledge of the Dardennes' work with a professionalism and respect that defers, always, to the artists in the room), allowing the filmmakers to do at least 95% of the talking and letting them finish before he asks his next informed, specific, and relevant question. The brothers answer Foundas's well-put queries on Rosetta (regarding such matters as casting, preparation/research, and aesthetic/stylistic choices, etc.) in much well-recollected detail, and often with a good deal of unexpected humor, making for a lively and informative hour with two of our greatest living filmmakers.
--Interview with Émilie Dequenne and Olivier Gourmet, 18 minutes alternating separate interviews with the two actors in which perennial Dardenne troupe member Gourmet and grand discovery/one-timer (so far) Dequenne recount what it was like to work with the brothers. Of particular interest is their divulging of details about the extensive and rigorous preparation of character and performance one undergoes with the Dardennes, without the crew, followed by a shoot during which the crew, as a completely united front under their inimitably focused and visionary leaders (who, in their one resemblance to the Coens, are apparently of one mind, always, and have never been seen to disagree), scrambles to capture the now-ingrained actions and emotions on film -- a great insight into how the filmmakers create their particularly immediate sort of cinematic reality.
--The film's original theatrical trailer.
--A booklet insert featuring an essay on the film by critic Kent Jones.
The unavailability on North American Blu-ray/DVD of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes' great, great 1999 film Rosetta -- the profoundly touching story of an impoverished, life-hardened Belgian girl's quest for inclusion, through the honorability and "normality" of employment, in the relatively untroubled world most viewers probably already occupy -- is a longstanding, glaring omission that's finally been remedied by Criterion, with a fantastic Blu-ray treatment that has taken all pains necessary to bring the film to our home screens with every nuance of its stark, stunning, flawlessly achieved naturalism intact. It's rare enough to see a movie that actually attains this much genuine, deep-down simplicity and naturalness (it takes much more than a shaky handheld camera, though that is the perfectly apt and beautifully executed visual strategy the Dardennes have rightly chosen here), and rarer still for any film to reach the heights of pure, unstrained, overpowering empathy and emotion that Rosetta takes us to. It's a perfect film, but it does something especially wonderful, something all kinds of films have achieved their own perfection without doing, that puts it in an even more special category (at some very rarefied patch of cinematic ground where the deeply penetrating power of Bresson's pared-down, ultra-purified approach overlaps with the more direct Neorealist social consciousness of Rossellini or de Sica): It presents us with a character that is a person so real, so honest, so flawed and alive, so recognizably needy and difficult and human in her struggle, that her suffering becomes our own. Its relentless, amazing appearance of showing us, documentary-like, the bare facts and immediate, unembellished physical/emotional reality (those realities become inseparable through the sheer skill, focus, and deep discernment of the Dardennes's writing and directing) of Rosetta's life, doesn't allow us not to feel for and understand her and her situation -- her unfairly, insurmountably difficult existence reflecting a perpetual blind spot in supposedly "advanced" civilization that demands our contemplation as we experience its truth so vividly through Rosetta's story. Rosetta, so utterly free of any sanctimony, self-righteousness, "protest," condescension, grandiosity, or explicit sociological/political aim, thus becomes one of the most effective political films we've ever had, one of the noblest of all the great movies -- a work of empathy so conscientiously made, so radically effective that one doesn't feel entirely naïve for feeling that it might actually have the power to change the way we see and think about each other and our world. DVD Talk Collector Series.


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|Raw Vegan Brownies From Jennifer Cornbleet's "Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People".
What do you need? Ingredients and maybe 10 minutes!!
I can't even remember now when I first started truly "flirting" with Raw Foods. It was before I had ever been to Pure Food & Wine in New York, but prior to eating there, I had no idea that you could made gourmet raw food or that you could make it so incredible tasting. Even though the place is uber trendy and dripping in a "Sex in the City" kind of hipness (without Samantha's boyfriend being a waiter), I still consider it the best "foodie" experience I've had (excluding anything my mother makes of course! And she has been known to make a mean raw vegan carrot cake). So the Pure Food & Wine experience was the turning point that eating a lot of raw could be very cool and of course I anxiously awaited the arrival of their cookbook at my doorstep.
The first book with recipes from the "Pure Food & Wine" restaurant in New York.
Well....it came and it is indeed a beautiful book, but it is not the best "everyday" book nor is it the least intimidating book for raw virgins. Most recipes have slightly lengthy ingredient lists and a few different "parts" to assemble. So...I ordered another book, slightly less romantic and no photos of the author showing you, apparently, how "sexed" out you suddenly get if you eat raw, but practical. And for a middle aged chic who isn't throwing dinner parties for the "who's who" in the world, um, this is the book I needed to have.
I think this is the absolute EASIEST, most realistic raw food book I own. No flax crackers, no 12 step recipes, and no 2 pounds of goji berries or 1 cup of olive oil for an eggplant. Really healthy eats with basically zero work. I am into this. When you get old you don't feel like expending THAT much work for food. Or you might "feel" like it, but the inertia of your butt makes you more likely to READ uncookbooks than actually USE them.
|Can you say 4 ingredient brownies?
At first I ignored it slightly, as it didn't make any promises of perfect health or overnight beauty by eating raw & it didn't include very many photographs. But then after I actually read some of the recipes, I realized, Hey, I actually have this stuff in the house at this moment & this looks like it take 5 minutes to make. Hence, this was probably the first book I actually discovered a few recipes that I could used on a regular basis and no dehydrating or busting open coconuts.
|No fancy tools needed for this recipe. Food processor!
|Then you just roll them in crushed walnuts or coconut shreds if you want.
|You could flatten them more like cookies as well, but I have a really hard time making anything look visually presentable (including myself!). So, I stick to balls.
Here is Jennifer Cornbleet telling you how to make the "Raw Vegan Chocolate Mousse". She uses agave nectar in this video, but you don't need too!! You can use dates, date sugar, coconut sugar, stevia, whatever!! This was before the "National Agave Controversy".
And here is my post on Jennifer Cornbleet's "Raw Vegan Hummus" made with Zucchinis.
And another post that includes Jennifer Cornbleet & Awesome Raw Vegan Chocolate/Carob Avocado Pudding!
Or if you feel like hot & spicy food packed with unbelievable amounts of protein, that is dirt cheap to make & simple!! Then check out Kala Chana (Black Chickpea Curry" from Anupy Singla's "The Indian Slow Cooker" book!
Do any readers have this book (Raw Food Made Easy)?? What are your favorites from it?
I have tried the Marinara, the Mousse (chocolate avocado), Walnut and Sunflower Pates & more. I really liked everything! There are a lot of simple raw collard/kale/swiss chard types of salads in this book too!
My auntie "Artina" recently expressed an interest in raw foods and veganish stuff (that is healthy, no white flour cake books here!). Does anyone have any suggestions for a Raw or Vegan flirt that doesn't want to spend that much time in the kitchen and probably wants to eat a more "simple" diet? With an emphasis on healthy?? Tell me your favorites & which books you use the most from your shelves! Which books do you suggest she buy first??
I don't have a lot of vegan cookbooks because when I went vegan, there were only a couple!! My favorite, most used "cook" book is "The Indian Slow Cooker" by Anupy Singla. But this isn't the best book for my auntie Artina because she is not a spice or Indian food lover. My most used raw books are probably Ani Phyo's, Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 people, some of Cafe Gratitude's recipes, Alisa Cohen's "Living on Live Food". Gosh, I usually have a few recipes I gravitate towards in each book. Oh, I do love Renee Loux Underkoffler's "Living Cuisine" and have made a lot of her cracker & snacky recipes. This was the Raw Vegan Carrot Cake that my folks made me for my birthday one year. It ROCKED!

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by Ron Rash
Publisher: Cannongate
Review: Charlie
When Pemberton returned to the North Carolina mountains after three months in Boston settling his father's estate, among those waiting on the train platform was a young woman pregnant with Pemberton's child. She was accompanied by her father, who carried beneath his shabby frock coat a bowie knife sharpened with great attentiveness earlier that morning so it would plunge as deep as possible into Pemberton's heart.
So opens Ron Rash's Serena, a novel set in the Appalachian Mountains that follows the fortunes of the eponymous central character and her husband as they create a timber barony in 1930's America. From the cover art on my paperback edition, you might be forgiven for thinking that what follows Rash's wonderful opening lines will be a novel of romance and tribulation. How delighted was I to find something far more engrossing; both in content and style.
What Rash has created here is grand theatre, in the best possible sense. He quotes Marlowe on the cover page and I was struck by just how this novel follows the form of Elizabethan drama. It soon becomes apparent that Serena is no heroine as she ruthlessly pursues her ambition. Nor is Pemberton, her equally ambitious husband, heroic. Whilst he has faint qualms about some of Serena's methods he is not one to let concern for his workers or his business partners stand in their way.
In keeping with Marlowe and Shakespeare a cast of supporting characters are introduced; some major, some minor, some serving to shed light on the characters of the Pembertons and others to provide commentary on their actions. Some are comic, others menacing and yet others heroic in ways the Pembertons will never be. Apart from Rachel, the young girl who has borne Pemberton a child, we are seldom privy to their thoughts, just as we know little of what the Pembertons may be thinking. This is not a novel that presents its characters from within; rather we know them through their deeds and judge them accordingly.
And when their deeds are as remarkable as Serena's a novel less assured than this might rightly be met with some head shaking. Rash however is a very accomplished writer indeed. His work as a poet and his detailed knowledge of Appalachian history, which he teaches as Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina, allow him to write with power and grace and so detail a time and place where such things seem not only possible but entirely right. He clearly has a deep love for the land and the history of the peoples who have tried to shape it and it is perhaps not going too far to say that in some sense, that Rash has characterised the land itself as locked in struggle with Serena; who embodies the destructive nature of human progress. As she cuts down both trees and people to turn a profit, so the mountains and trees cut down people in their turn. In contrast Rachel is accessible to us, we learn of her thoughts and fears for herself, her son and her way of life. She in a sense is the positive aspect of humanity that is diametrically opposite to Serena.
As for the workers and businessmen, some of the supporting cast I mentioned before, they are in turn awed and cowed by Serena and what she represents. Some strive to do her bidding, some seem to venerate her and some rightly fear her. None it seems can fathom where she came from or what drives her on. In this she is like the great eagle she trains to hunt snakes; beautiful and terrible and utterly unafraid.
In writing the above I am conscious that I have yet to discuss plot. Again, rather like the Elizabethan drama, Rash uses plot as a canvas upon which to paint his scenes and to comment upon the actions of mankind. That said, the story is entirely satisfying and centred upon Rachel who can bear a child and so sustain a future and her struggle with Serena who is barren and can leave no legacy save through destructive force of will. In parallel with this, the book details some of the events surrounding the establishment of the National Park in the region and the impact this had upon business and livelihood. This second narrative is also concerned with sustainability versus profit, industry versus nature and is as relevant today as it was then. It is not however the reason you should read this book. Instead read it for its remarkable sense of time and place and Rash's wonderfully vivid recounting of people and events set in a hostile yet magnificent landscape. By all means reflect upon how man and nature may come together and for what purpose but at the same time simply enjoy what I found to be one of the most engrossing and substantive books I have read for a long long time.


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Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty distribution release date draws near. Pulseaudio – the future is coming up as well. I admit that it works better compare to Intrepid, however, I still want to stick to the no-frills ALSA for my Intel on board card. If Pulseaudio works for you, by all means stick to it. I merely give you another option to choose. By the way, I manage to get my mic working 🙂 This guide will help you to kind of disable pulseaudio from starting / avoid pulseaudio to hog the sound hardware. It also solves the problem of every boot, the master channel is turned all the way down and muted.
The Environments: Firstly, I upgrade my Intrepid to Jaunty RC 32bits PC through 'update-manager -d'. I have only one laptop so I can't test the vanilla Jaunty RC version. Though, I will try to match the configuration as best as I can. Secondly, I have a built-in mic. Thirdly, the soundcard is an onboard Intel STAC9200 and I don't have 2nd soundcard. For the uninitiate, the $ in front just denote your shell, after that is the command.
Required Packages: alsa-oss; libasound2; libasound-plugins; sysv-rc-conf (optional)
$ sudo apt-get install alsa-oss libasound2 libasound2-plugins sysv-rc-conf
The Procedure:
Step 1:
When I upgrade to Jaunty, it doesn't install any new '70pulseaudio' file in Xsession. If there is no such file, safely ignore this step. If it is present, move it to somewhere safe. The command below sends it to your home root folder.
$ sudo mv /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio ~/
Step 2:
Disable Pulseaudio service from run level. Watch out for the dot at the end. Else you can use sysv-rc-conf GUI.
$ sudo update-rc.d pulseaudio stop 50 2 3 4 5 .
Unset Pulseaudio from system and set my card from 'asoundconf list'
$ asoundconf unset-pulseaudio $ asoundconf set-default-card Intel
Make sure your libao.conf is using alsa. Use gedit if you like. For the uninitiate, to save in nano, press Ctrl + x.
$ sudo nano /etc/libao.conf default_driver=alsa
Navigate from the menu: System – Preferences – Sound, make sure yours looks like the one in the screenshots below:
So far so good. Cos those steps are similar to my previous guide. Now come to the more tricky part.
Prevent Pulseaudio from daemonize. Open '/etc/pulse/client.conf' with your editor again. Look for this line 'autospawn = yes' then change it to 'autospawn = no'.
This folliwng step is thanks to one of my reading of Sonal Santan on the mailing list last time, but now in Jaunty then it can shine. If the just above step doesn't work properly. Open '/etc/pulse/default.pa' in an editor. Look for lines similar to the following two commented out lines:
#load-module module-alsa-sink
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
Add the following two lines just after these two lines:
load-module module-alsa-sink device=dmix
load-module module-alsa-source device=dsnoop
The above change will force PA not to take exclusive control of sound hardware.
This step is similar to my old guide. Open '/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf' in an editor. Comment out the line which says '/usr/share/alsa/pulse.conf' by inserting a # in the beginning. After the change, the @hooks section would look something like the following.
@hooks [ { func load files [ # "/usr/share/alsa/pulse.conf" "/usr/share/alsa/bluetooth.conf" "/etc/asound.conf" "~/.asoundrc" ] errors false } ]
The above procedure will make sure ALSA is use system-wise. 🙂
OPTIONAL (But recommended anyway): Go to this link, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto look at this section Manually Specify Module Parameters and do yourself a favour 🙂
Step 3:
Application specific issue is discuss here. Mplayer only at the moment.
MPlayer: 10 second wait before audio start playing.
—> Edit '/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf', change the order to the order below (original pulse,alsa)
# Specify default audio driver (see -ao help for a list).
Step 4:
THE MIC WORKS 🙂 ! This step might need the optional step Manually Specify Module Parameters above.
I will give you a short tutorial on `alsamixer` which is required to get the elusive mic to work. Open alsamixer by type 'alsamixer' in the terminal. In alsamixer, using Tab to change View property. To MUTE/UNMUTE press m. To move the slider, use up and down key. To move to another property of same view, use right and left button. And the spacebar…
Now guys, you see the box right below the slider? [ 00 ] == unmuted, [MM] == muted. Check before you keep whining that there is no damn sound.
For the Mic to work, make sure (look at the screenshot, that's how your should looks like)
Capture and Digital properties are not muted / not zero db. 67 is a good value. Capture should look like in my screenshot . If your capture looks like, —– then press space bar once to change it to L R Captur.
Mux should be at zero.
Select your Input Source to Mic. Fire up your gnome-sound-recorder, choose Capture the voila. The capturing quality is better than M$ Windows with noise cancellation. Bleh 🙂
Step 5:
Check that you didn't miss any step. Reboot (don't be lazy) and make sure the damn sound is not muted =.=" .
Cheers and don't disturb me for at least 3 weeks 🙂 Let me be at peace with my exams.
If you get the message as below
"audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink: Could not open audio device for playback."
You need todo the following to resolve it. Backup .asoundrc first =)
'sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart'
'rm ~/.asoundrc'
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
A project on the needles and a novel on the nightstand
I didn't set goals or make resolutions for 2012, but I did make an informal decision to try and use up a good portion of my stash before buying more yarn. Part of the reason for this decision is I still have most of the yarn I bought at Stitches West last year ... and the year before. Stitches West 2012 is coming next month, and I am hesitant to attend. The temptation to buy more yarn will be hard to resist.
As part of my attempt to knit down my stash, I'm working on a lace scarf for myself with this hand painted silk from Urban Fauna Studio that I bought at Stitches last year. It feels strange to knit for myself, but I bought the yarn specifically for me because of its softness (my skin is super sensitive) and because of the color.
On the bedside table is the novel Death Comes to Pemberely, a mystery featuring the Pride & Prejudice characters six years after Elizabeth and Darcy's marriage.
I am obsessed with Pride & Prejudice and love reading "what if" stories that reimagine Jane Austen's original work or continue where she left off. The first few chapters of Death Comes to Pembereley are a bit slow, but I am eager to see where the story goes.
What are you reading and knitting?
10 comments:
- Katiebee said...
such a beautiful color and i really like the pattern~
- January 16, 2012 at 6:01 AM
- Suz said...
oh Mr darcy....
Love the color of your yarn
and of course..kitty is purrfect
My daughter has taken up knitting...and she already haunts yarn shops!
ha ha
- January 16, 2012 at 6:08 AM
- Tracey ~ Clover said...
Oh Stacy that yarn looks so soft!
I wanted to let you know that I join in the yarn along every week hosted by Ginny
It is every Wednesday and you should link in!
I am making plans to attend Stitches South in Atlanta! I am so excited as this will be my very first fiber anything! I am not planning on taking any classes this year, all I want to do is soak in the atmosphere [and buy yarn!] I don't do well in huge crowds so for now I think just walking around for a while will be all I can handle.:)
- January 16, 2012 at 6:11 AM
- Pumpkin said...
That is some lovely lace! Wonderful job! It looks very soft and cuddly too : )
- January 16, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- Theresa said...
What a wonderful idea to use your stash:) Hope that you have a wonderfully creative day my friend, HUGS!
- January 16, 2012 at 7:12 AM
- Thimbleanna said...
Ooooh, your pictures are beautiful - I love the one with your kitty! Both my book and my knitting are UFOs - sewing has possessed me!
- January 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM
- Angela said...
That yarn looks scrumptious! It appears so soft and the color is gorgeous!
I love your goal..to use up your stash before buying more yarn. That's a goal I'm trying to stick with, too..fabric, not yarn, though.
I'm not knitting anything at the moment (finished the poncho) and I just finished reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Ii haven't started another book yet.
Take care!
- January 16, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- justjenn said...
I'm currently working on some fingerless gloves for my mother-in-law. I have a nightstand full of books that I can't seem to get interested in opening up.
I love the idea of busting through stash. I just have piles and piles of remnants of skeins -- there is not enough to make much but I'm not sure what to do with it all.
- January 16, 2012 at 6:09 PM
- Maiden Jane said...
Oh! DH bought the book for me but I haven't started it! I've read a number of "follow up" books, (including zombies but couldn't get into that one.)
Are you watching Downton Abbey? Love it!
- January 17, 2012 at 5:19 AM
- GARAGE SALE GAL said...
Hi Stacy!!
Very pretty color that you picked for your scarf!
My "project" is my craft room!
Take care.
- January 17, 2012 at 6:34 PM


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could you recommend an English translation of the Kalevala? I'd hate to pick one up at random that doesn't do justice to the original
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Lifetime Bypass Trust
Until December 31, the lifetime gift tax exclusion is $5,120,000 per person. Unless Congress acts, this amount will drop to $1,000,000 on January 1, 2013. It is usually best to use a tax exemption as soon as possible – use it or lose it.
The opportunity, good now through the December 31, is to gift assets out of your estate and forever exempt the assets and all future appreciation from estate tax.
When we explain this to our clients with medium to large estates, they understand the value and urgency of gifting now, but many of them need the assets to live on. What good is it to give your children your assets when you still need your assets?
Enter the Lifetime Bypass Trust, also known as the spousal lifetime access trust. A lifetime bypass trust is an irrevocable trust that names your spouse as trustee and your spouse and children as beneficiaries. The assets you gift to the trust, and all future appreciation, will be exempt from estate tax. Until December 31, you can gift up to $5,120,000 to the trust, although many of our clients gift less.
This is the "have your cake and eat it too trust." The trust assets will be exempt from estate tax when you die, when your spouse dies, and when your children die. In addition, you will retain indirect control and use of the assets because your spouse is the trustee and beneficiary. And if your spouse sets up a similar trust for you, you would have direct control and access to that trust's assets as trustee and beneficiary, and those assets would also be exempt from estate tax.
Another way to look at it. You gift assets to a trust for your spouse, and your spouse gifts assets to a trust for you. You each control and benefit from each other's trust, and the assets in each trust will be exempt from estate tax. What a deal!
Just like the A/B trust. You may be familiar with the basic estate tax concept of the A/B trust. When the first spouse dies, a bypass trust (B trust) is funded with the deceased spouse's share of the estate. By using the deceased spouse's estate tax exclusion, the assets in the bypass trust are exempt from estate tax. The surviving spouse is typically the trustee and the primary beneficiary. This gives the surviving spouse control and use of the bypass trust assets, yet the assets remain exempt from estate tax.
The lifetime exemption trust uses the same principle as the bypass trust, but instead of creating and funding it at death, it is created and funded now (before December 31) using some or all of each spouse's lifetime gift exclusion.
Be careful. If each spouse creates a trust for the other, the trusts must be drafted to avoid the reciprocal trust doctrine. If the IRS finds the trusts identical, it will disregard them and pull the assets back into the donor's estate. To avoid this, we make the trusts different. For example: the trusts could be funded with different assets, the husband could be given a right to income while the wife is given the right to income and principal, the wife could be given a power to name additional beneficiaries and the husband not given that power, or each trust could have different successor trustees or remainder beneficiaries. There are a number of ways the reciprocal trust doctrine can be circumvented based on your unique situation.
Additional benefits. The assets in the lifetime protection trusts would be significantly protected from lawsuits and divorce claims. So in addition to reducing your estate tax liability, you would be gaining significant asset protection.
Deadline looms. The lifetime bypass trust is a terrific tool to reduce or eliminate estate tax. But it must be created and funded before December 31, 2012.
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David Atkinson: Appointing the Supreme Court: From Truman to Obama
David Atkinson of the University of Missouri-Kansas City presents Appointing the Supreme Court: From Truman to Obama.
During the last 65 years, the appointment of Supreme Court justices has developed into one of the most controversial and divisive constitutional responsibilities of a U.S. president.
Atkinson, Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor of Political Science and Law at UMKC, has been a student of the Court for more than 40 years. Atkinson's experience makes him uniquely suited to compare and contrast the differences between the Court today and during Truman's era, paying close attention to the role of the news media and the Senate.


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A team at Stanford University in the United States is working on the world's largest digital camera, designed to photograph faint astronomical objects.
The camera, which is being built by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), a large aperture telescope which photographs space from its a Chilean mountain.
Astronomical phenomena, including dark energy, dark matter and near-Earth asteroids will be investigated by the LSST, as well as acting as inventory for the solar system.
The mirror on board the telescope will be 8.4 metres in diameter, and will be able to scan large areas of the sky while generating 3D maps using 800 15 second exposures per session. The camera itself is expected to be roughly the same size as a small car.
Other specs of the onboard camera include 189 CCD ultraviolet, visible and infrared light-sensitive sensors which will produce 3.2 gigapixel images. The estimated cost of the camera is $170m - perhaps not one for the Christmas list then.
The telescope itself will have the power to resolve a pair of car headlinghts from a distance of 400 miles.
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Newly married =/= immediate baby factory
I am mystified. Beginning just days after our wedding, people have been inappropriately asking if I am pregnant yet. Since when does being in the presence of a newlywed mean that you can throw good manners and common sense out the window? Don't misunderstand me, I do know that most of this comes from a "good place" and is "well meaning". But, trust me. It doesn't feel so well meaning when it's your uterus under scrutiny.
How are women supposed to respond to this question? "Gee, no, but we're sure giving it every effort!" or "Um, none of your business?" or, my current favorite, "First you tell me about YOUR sex life and then, maybe I'll share mine." There is no safe way to answer. If you say no, you get pity. If you answer that you're not ready yet, or something of the kind, you get all kinds of advice about time lines. If you come out with a snide remark or comeback, you are a b*tch.
See? Lose - lose.
So please, I beg you, if you are even thinking of asking...don't.
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Mickey's All-Inclusive Miracle
By Barbara A. Derrick, PhD
Mickey, an inmate serving a life sentence at a South Carolina maximum security prison, was going blind. The Department of Corrections had paid for one cataract operation, which now had clouded over. The other eye had its problems as well with a newly formed cataract of its own. Mickey was legally blind.
The warden said the state would not pay for further medical help. Mickey was working in the chaplain's office and functioned in that capacity after the chaplain left each day. But, after nightfall, he could not see in the darkness. Those who needed help after dark were out of luck.
I was a volunteer chaplain at this prison. I wanted to help Mickey but I could not do it alone.
An Edgar Cayce Study Group that met weekly in my home became interested. We discussed what could be done. The warden was creating more obstacles than necessary. Why?
We set out to work through the obstacles we knew were standing in the way.
Word went out about Mickey's need for surgery. Generous and caring people sent money toward the surgery. Money accumulated from people who wanted to see a blind inmate, who was doing remarkable work with other inmates, regain his sight. Individuals helped. When the Lions Club found out about Mickey, they helped too.
Hearts were opening for an inmate, who had made a mistake in the past and was now serving others.
We located an ophthalmologist who agreed to do the work. This respected surgeon did not shrink from having a beige uniformed prison inmate with a brown stripe down his pant leg in his reception room. Mickey was shy and didn't want to appear in public wearing shackles and accompanied by two armed guards. The surgeon's acceptance of Mickey helped. Mickey had to do what he had to do. Without the surgery, he could be of no service to others. The surgeon could render him functional again. That was his dream and ours.
We were about to witness a miracle that fanned out in more directions than we could have imagined.
I called the warden's office. All the details had been worked out. The date for the medical pre-op appointment was made. The local police officers were ready.
Mickey watched the minutes of the wall clock tick toward 9 a.m. Any minute now the local police would arrive to take him to the appointment. He would be shackled, hand and foot. But Mickey could do it now, thanks to a magnanimous surgeon.
At 8:45 a.m. Mickey received devastating news. The warden ordered the operation stopped. Once again we coordinated a new time for the procedure. I again notified the warden's office. But for a second time, the warden stopped the operation on the very day the appointment was set.
We were astounded. Why? It would take a miracle to help Mickey restore his sight.
From the grapevine we heard the reason. The warden was resolute. "No woman is going to tell me what to do." He misunderstood our intentions. We were trying to help an inmate who could not help himself.
But we had overlooked the warden's need. We looked at the situation. The warden was expressing his need to be respected. He had worked his way up through the ranks to the prison's highest position. He needed to exert his authority. Although we thought we had checked with him all along the way, the focus had been on Mickey. Apparently the warden needed more. Now, what could we do to help?
The Warden was hurting.
Our Edgar Cayce group knew from the Cayce readings that prayer was beneficial. We formulated a 30-day prayer for our group to use at the meetings and for each member to use daily: "May the highest and best be done for the warden." We each wanted the best for the warden.
In less than three weeks, something startling happened. Suddenly, the warden retired. He was leaving a system where he was unhappy. We rejoiced. He was getting what he wanted, and we were glad. If we could not help Mickey, we could help heal the warden's wounds.
A new warden was in place. We contacted him to see if there would be any objection to our continuing our efforts to help Mickey.
"No, of course not," came our answer.
Plans were formulated again. All went without a hitch.
When Mickey came from the operating room, he was staring at the wall, transfixed by the floral pattern he saw there. He had been unable to see details of any kind for months. He was captivated with the design on the wallpaper. To him the wallpaper's simple floral pattern was exquisite.
So we lifted our grateful hearts. The loving Creator had healed wounds we did not know about. A hurting warden had been helped, and the way for corrective surgery for Mickey had been cleared.
Mickey's miracle was all inclusive.
Barbara Derrick, PhD, a researcher, lecturer and writer on Edgar Cayce, is a counselor, family therapist, and mental health specialist who has successfully used a protocol suggested by Edgar Cayce to enhance and improve the lives of Alzheimer's patients. She has presented at the Edgar Cayce Health Symposium at Virginia Beach and her articles have appeared in Venture Inward magazine, available exclusively to Members by mail or online at EdgarCayce.org/members.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Medieval Mallorca
city of Palma after so many years. I am not biassed when I say it looked so beautiful (am I? :)), with an old town which contains architecture spanning from medieval to the baroque period, courtyards that remind you of the italian influence in so many of them, and the Mediterranean sea right there with its bright, blue, clear light. I had a great time. Everything in the place includes lots and lots of walking, which means you actually get to see, hear and feel the City and its people all around you, with buildings going back to the 13th, 14th centuries and so on, a great visualization of how the city and its people have evolved through the times, almost like seeing the rings of a tree which trunk has just been cut off. Well, here are some pictures I took of the Cathedral, a catalan gothic style building which I deeply love, svelte and elegant with a spectacular proportion between the width and the hight of its pillars given its narrowness. I still remember when, the fact that it was originally built on a spot that would allow it to be reflected on the Mediterranean, was recuperated in the seventies with the creation of the 'Parc de la Mar' bringing back the ocean right at the foot of Palma's old defensive wall. A fantastic cathedral that plays with the light of the Island in a unique way twice a year as this interesting video shows. Finally, the first shot I posted today is a skyline of the old city with a reference to the monuments and churches I could identify (hopefully they are all accurate!), but then again I'm missing a few ones, anyone can help me with the remaining names...?
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I found this on the Science Channel's website and just LOVE how it shows how a sewing machine functions. Just good info to know–helps a lot when you need to troubleshoot any mishaps on your machine. And found it pretty cool they used a sewing machine from the nice folks at Brother USA too.
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So far, my students love solving equations and solving inequalities. I mean they literally love it. They tell me over and over how much fun these problems are. I couldn't be a happier teacher...
I got a chance to share with all the teachers in my building about interactive notebooks last week. I will write more about this opportunity later, but it was an amazing experience. I could have talked about foldables and graphic organizers and ideas for hours. I'm so excited that other teachers are going to try to implement foldables and more interactive learning strategies in their classrooms!
In other news, I am incredibly behind in blogging. I still need to blog about how I taught integer operations as well as solving equations. I should really reflect on how my Algebra 2 and College Algebra courses are going. I want to blog about the review auction game I played with my Algebra 1 students and how I've been using the idea of clock partners with my Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 students. Then, I have posts planned about bellwork and exit tickets and interactive notebooks in general. Seriously, when do you guys find enough time to blog about everything you want to?
|I used Sarah @ Everybody is a Genius' brilliant notes over combining like terms.
|Steps for Solving Multi-Step Equations (I used the flow chart available here.)
|Inside of Graphing Inequalities Foldable
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|Solving 1 and 2 Step Inequality Notes. I'm not too thrilled with this page.
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FOR SALE: Pre-Owned Bitstream, Gently Used
They are not so common any more, but I'm sure you remember used record & CD shops. Now imagine them without the bricks and mortar. Or the bins. Or the records and CDs. Say what? Welcome to the biggest music-industry brouhaha since Napster.
Here's the deal: you sell your old music files, and then buy someone else's used music files. At first, the idea of selling a music file may seem odd. I mean, a file is an intangible thing. But obviously it's no more odd than buying a music file. As Socrates argued, our bodies are only containers for our immortal souls. Similarly, plastic discs with shaped grooves or raised bumps are only containers for the music they store. As attached as we are to the physical discs, it's really only the music we care about. (Can we say the same about our bodies and souls?)
All of which brings us to ReDigi. Boldly going where no other company has successfully gone before, ReDigi will buy your unwanted and unloved music files for about 32 cents, and then sell those used files for about 79 cents. Ebay is kicking itself for not thinking of that.
Like me, I imagine your first impulse was to profit immensely from this opportunity by selling the same file over and over about 100 million times. Alas, ReDigi guards against that. In fact, they have an elaborate system that ensures the file you are selling came from a legitimate source such as Amazon or iTunes; they will not buy files ripped from CDs. And, a program deletes the file from your computer when it is sold, and also checks to make sure the same file isn't added later (making sure, for example, that you haven't just temporarily moved it somewhere). Both intrusive and ingenious.
Here's the understatement of the day: ReDigi is probably operating in a gray area of the law. While they maintain the legality of their business model, the legal minds of the music industry (and I'm sure the movie and ebook industries have their legal minds sitting in on the meetings) would argue otherwise. For starters, the RIAA has already sent a cease-and-desist letter to ReDigi, arguing that their company infringes music copyright. But, of course, ReDigi argues that it is in compliance.
Here's the legal issue: The "first-sale doctrine" says that after you buy a copyrighted item, you own it and you are free to sell it. ReDigi's business model rests on this. Here's the catch: with digital goods, when you sell it to ReDigi, you make a copy of it, and under copyright law, making copies is not really kosher. Anticipating the challenge, ReDigi says it has developed an "atomic transaction" method that transfers the files without copying them. But here's another twist: when you "buy" a file from iTunes, do you own it, or is the music industry merely licensing its use to you? If there was no sale, you don't own the music, and can't resell it.
Legality aside, is there really a market for ReDigi? In a world where you can easily buy music files, or just as easily pirate them, does anyone really need a hybrid (whether legal or illegal) of both, with a price point in between? For now, no one, not ReDigi, the music industry, or courts of law know for sure.
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Bullied Boy Suspended for Fighting Back
A nine-year-old Colorado boy has reportedly been suspended from his elementary school after standing up to a bully who was physically harming him.
Nathan Pemberton, a third grade student, claims that he was subject to beatings from another child and when he finally garnered the courage to stand up for himself he was punished and removed from West Elementary School in Colorado Springs, which his parents think is ludicrous, according to Mail Online.
"One kid kicked me in the back, then punched me in the face. Then I punched him in the face and then I got in trouble," Nathan told KDVR-TV.
Nathan had previously complained to the school about the constant bullying, but his parents claim that he did not receive the right assistance to properly resolve the problem.
"Finally, yeah, we told him, if you have to, if there's nobody else around, you do what you have to do," Deborah Pemberton, Nathan's mother, said.
"The school had told us and told him as well, just walk away. Walk away, find a teacher. Well, when those things happened, and he did find a teacher, there was hardly any repercussions," she added.
Although the accused bully was also punished, the boy's parents say Nathan's suspension was unjust, but school officials stand by their decision.
"If a student is involved in a physical altercation on school property, they are automatically suspended. District 11 schools employ many anti-bullying teaching techniques … and none of these methods include violence or retaliation," the school said in a statement to KDVR.
The case has raised serious questions about bullying within schools and what the appropriate methods are for teachers to assist in resolving these issues.
In 2011 an Australian teenager made international headlines after a video showing him standing up to his bully went viral on social networking site YouTube. The boy, identified only as Casey, warned the older and much larger boy to stop bullying him before knocking him out with a punch at Chifley College Dunheved Campus in St Marys North.
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We all know the brain can go wrong from many things: infections, injuries, drugs, psychoses, passions, prejudice. .. What if it goes wrong, asked the questioner, and then how will we know the truth?
Well, said the Nobel Laureate, that is a philosophical question. This was said by way of dismissal, as obviously the physicians in attendance all wanted to be scientific rather than philosophical.
But, but, but — wait just a doggone second! Is the question any more philosophical than the premise? If you say truth is a product of the human brain, what else is that, pray tell, but a philosophical statement?
Furthermore, science is a discipline unavoidably based upon philosophy, and a particular philosophy at that. Science is based upon the faith that there is a reliable, discoverable order in the universe. If you say there isn't, then please note, you have not dispensed with philosophy! You've only changed your philosophy.
But in the process, you've also uprooted science. The new philosophy that says the order in the universe is only an appearance, is of course intended to remove support for religion. Instead it makes science impossible, because science is the opposite of chaos. If the ultimate reality were chaos, then there would be no use seeking any "laws of nature", any relationships between things, or any way to put observations together logically. Experiments would prove nothing, because their results, however unvarying, would in principle be pure chance. Theories could predict nothing, because whatever appeared to be a natural principle would really be a random something churned up by the underlying chaos. Everything would be like an image of Jesus someone sees on a slice of burnt toast: a random set of markings having only the appearance of inherent meaning. Change the philosophy, you unravel science.


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Archive: Economic Policy
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NASUWT: Public services and economy "outrageously and unnecessarily sacrificed on the altar of coalition economic policy"
"The reason the country is facing a double dip recession is that a key driver of the Government's economic policy has not been about tackling the deficit, but to use the deficit as a smokescreen to pursue the ideologically driven destruction of public services." - Chris Keates, NASUWT. Read more here.
Unite: Government needs 'plan B' to avoid dire economic growth forecast
The government risks a continuing economic spiral of decline if it relies solely on the Bank of England's monetary policies to get the economy back on track, warned Britain's largest union Unite.
Unite: Latest economic indicators point to the government's complacency
Unite has accused the government of being in a slumber of complacency as new manufacturing and production figures from the ONS (Office for National Statistics) show more bad news for Britain's economy.
PCS: Millionaire Cameron's economic illiteracy causes misery for millions
Commenting ahead of prime minister David Cameron's speech to the Conservative party conference, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said this:
No thanks to Vince: Clegg wins Lib Dem backing for coalition's austerity drive
Nick Clegg has won his party's renewed support for the coalition's austerity drive, after rebels calling for a "rebalanced" economic policy were roundly defeated.
Give viewers shares in the BBC, Jowell urges
Tessa Jowell proposes making the licence-fee payers into BBC shareholders in order to improve 'accountability and responsiveness'.
Not going anywhere: Osborne to stay put in both jobs
George Osborne will hold on to both his jobs, sources close to the prime minister confirmed today.
Dodging the deficit: Spending boost won't appear on balance sheet
The coalition is making £45 billion of finance available as it attempts to jumpstart the economy.
Government 'loses billions' to bad data policy
Inefficient data policy is costing the government billions, a think tank has claimed.
Sparks fly as coalition clashes with unions
Coalition ministers are refusing to back down despite attacks from trade unions on a number of fronts.
IMF comes to Osborne's rescue
The negative impact of harsh spending cuts on Britain's economic growth is only "temporary", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
Time for a Plan B: Economists turn against Osborne
George Osborne found himself increasingly isolated today as a small army of economists demanded he back down over his deficit reduction plan.
Put brakes on spending cuts, OECD tells Osborne
The pace of spending cut should be slowed down, a major international thinktank has said.
American food company treats parliament 'with contempt'
Kraft, the American food manufacturer whose hostile bid for Cadbury upset many consumers in Britain, has been accused of treating parliament with "contempt".
Brown 'greatest candidate for IMF'
Gordon Brown is the greatest candidate running to become head of the IMF, according to the former president of the World Bank.
TV star to advise on saving the high street
The presenter of the Mary Queen of Shops programme has been drafted in to lead a review into the future of the high street.
Economists warn of worst fall in living standards for 30 years
The average British family may be about to experience the worst fall in living standards for 30 years, a respected economics think tank has said.
Osborne 'pigheaded' over economy
The chancellor's economic policies are relying too heavily on the private sector, according to Unite's general secretary.
Unions warn of 'sustained war'
The government should prepare itself for "sustained war" with the trade union movement as austerity Britain starts to bite, leaders have warned.
Economy shakes off double-dip threat
The economy returned to growth in the first three months of 2011 but has failed to reach official expectations, figures show.
Osborne's OBR 'needs to sort out' forecasts
The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) 'needs to sort out' its forecasts, the chair of the Treasury select committee has said.
Lib Dems push for bank reforms as 'arms length' strategy continues
The Liberal Democrats are expected to push for a wholesale adoption of next week's report by the Vickers Banking Commission.
Osborne: Portugal crisis shows we were right
George Osborne has seized on the crisis in Portugal as a sign that the coalition took the right action when it launched an austerity drive.
Families face 'Black Wednesday'
Today will be a "Black Wednesday for millions of families across Britain", shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.
Thatcher 'could only dream' of coalition spending cuts
Margaret Thatcher "could only have dreamt of" the coalition's spending cuts, the climate change minister has said.
London pays the price
A small group of Black Bloc anarchists have stolen the headlines with violent action across central London, after an estimated 250,000 marched peacefully across the capital.
Miliband addresses 'mainstream' anti-cuts rally
Ed Miliband has told tens of thousands of protesters at the TUC's anti-cuts rally they represent "the mainstream majority in this country".
'Hundreds of thousands' march for the alternative
Around 250,000 people are believed to have taken part in the TUC's anti-cuts rally across central London.


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Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens, Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was a United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009, and thus the second longest-serving Republican senator in history. He was President pro tempore in the 108th and 109th Congresses from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2007, and the third senator to hold the title of President pro tempore emeritus.
Stevens served for six decades in the American public sector, beginning with his service in World War II. In the 1950s, he held senior positions in the Eisenhower Interior Department. He played key roles in legislation that shaped Alaska's economic and social development, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. He was also known for his sponsorship of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, which resulted in the establishment of the United States Olympic Committee.


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For the Halloween season, why not go to an experience that will awaken the darkness, the voyeur, and the curious itch that has been waiting to be scratched. Sleep No More can provide just that, where your venturous spirit is encouraged at the McKittrick Hotel.
Built in 1939, the McKittrick was intended to be the most decadent hotel of its era, but six weeks before opening, WWII broke out and the building was condemned and remained locked until now. As you enter, you are given a mask and told to remain silent throughout the production.
The audience will then be put through what seems to be a perilous environment, which quickly turns into an adventure of twists and turns. It is an interactive show where the experience is not spoon fed, but rather earned.
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Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world.
Exquisite sets, complex narratives, and spectacles of the players will keep the guests on their feet, and on the move. Punch Drunk and Emersive took over five floors of three connecting warehouses to build this labyrinth complete with psychiatric wards, ballrooms, cemeteries, and a hospital wing to name a few.
All set to a soundtrack that is reminiscent of Angelo Badalamenti. Loosely based on Shakespeare's Macbeth, scenes play out in over 100 unique rooms. The idea is to follow a character of your desire, but you can switch at anytime or follow no one and browse the gorgeous deco era sets. What you see next will be an individual experience where the more you seek, the greater the discovery.
The McKittrick will also be hosting The Carnival des Corbeaux, which kicks off tonight, and continues through Halloween. Each night having a unique costume theme to which guests will be asked to strictly adhere. The parties will take place directly after the Sleep No More performances.
The schedule for Carnival des Corbeaux is as follows:
Friday, October 26: "Le Charmeur de Serpent" Let the animal kingdom inspire your dress for the evening. Feathered, furred, or scaled attire required.
Saturday, October 27: "La Contorsionniste" Throw modesty to the wind and flaunt your flesh. Come in your most glamorous and provocative attire.
Sunday, October 28: "La Femme a Barbe" Unleash your alter ego of the opposite sex. For this night, dress in your gender-bending finery.
Monday, October 29: "La Clairvoyante" Conjure the spirits of the dark side. Dress as sorcerers, witches, fortune-tellers and other bohemian creature of the night.
Tuesday, October 30: "Les Sœurs Siamoises" On this night, bring along your identical twin. And make sure you stay side-by-side. Triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets and beyond are most welcome.
Wednesday, October 31: "Le Sorcier" On All Hallows Eve, the choice is yours. Come dressed as the carnival denizen of your choice.
"Sleep No More" continues at the McKittrick Hotel, 530 West 27th Street, Chelsea; 866-811-4111


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Fans invited to help OJ Brigance celebrate birthday
Former Ravens player continues fight against ALS
OJ Brigance, the former Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl champ and current senior advisor on player development, is celebrating his birthday in a big way, and he's hoping everyone will get involved in the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Last year, Ray Rice, Ed Reed and the Ravens gang helped Brigance celebrate his birthday, but this year, fans can wish him well through an online birthday party as he gets ready to turn 43 at the end of the month.
"To have my birthday acknowledged by so many people is humbling and thrilling at the same time. I have never liked to be in the limelight, but the opportunity to help so many people with ALS is greater than my personal feelings," Brigance told 11 News reporter Jennifer Franciotti.
"Back when he was first diagnosed, the doctor said he may or may not see 43, so we're here to see it, and we're excited about it," said Brigance's wife, Chanda.
For the rest of September, people can go online to send birthday wishes to the former Raven and make a donation (if they want) to the Brigance Brigade. Through annual runs and other events, the Brigance Brigade raises awareness and money for ALS families.
"They can send out birthday wishes or little notes. They can say whatever it is they want to say to OJ. Just celebrate with us," Chanda Brigance said.
OJ Brigance's battle on the field as a member of 2000 Super Bowl-winning Ravens turned out to be nothing compared to his fight against ALS, which is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Members of the current team said his courage is a daily inspiration.
"What you see is a person who is battling something, but they come to work every day, and it gives you the reality that you shouldn't come to work with any excuses," running back Ray Rice said.
"For him to be coming up on another birthday, I just think it's awesome," linebacker Ray Lewis said.
Through a state-of-the-art device, OJ Brigance uses his eyes to type messages, which allows him to communicate from his heart what his smile says so easily.
"It means so much to have the support of family, friends and the Baltimore community," OJ Brigance said. "Life gets sweeter. Every day is a blessing."
OJ Brigance's birthday is Sept. 29, which means fans and supporters still have plenty of time to send him wishes and donations.


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Hope College will present its annual Concerto/Aria Concert with members of the Hope College Orchestra on Friday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The concert will feature four students selected through a competition held at Hope this past October to perform with the orchestra as featured soloists. The four winners are senior Caitlin McDougall of Flint; freshman Eve Panning of Holland; senior Brent Smith of Owosso; and junior Nicholas VanderLaan of Greenville.
To open the concert the orchestra will perform the "Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)," by Gioachino Rossini.
Eve Panning, violin, will perform "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (third movement)," by Aram Khachaturian.
Caitlin McDougall, soprano, will sing "Ach ich liebe, war so gluecklich" from the opera "IL Seraglio," by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Nicholas VanderLaan, viola, will perform the "Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (first movement)," by William Walton.
To end the concert, Brent Smith, piano, will perform the Piano "Concerto No. 2 in G minor (third movement)" by Camille Saint-Saens.
The orchestra is directed by Richard Piippo of the Hope music faculty, who is an associate professor of cello/chamber music at the college. Piippo has taught at Hope since 1999.


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