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I know, it's been a while...but I'm finally posting to this new series.
Today I feature Al-Mujalbaba out of Jamacia Queens, NY. I came across Sister Jennah and her designs last year at the Masjid As-Saffat Annual Sister's conference. Every since she is my 'go to place' for hijabs and fashion forward work and casual clothes.
So enjoy and don't for get to check out her website!!
#1: What is the philosophy behind Al-Mujalbaba?
We at Al-Mujalbaba have always been dedicated to providing high quality, affordable garments that encompass the latest fashion/color trends are comfortable, useful and most important keeping to Islamic principles. For example, we have had great success introducing our "Sisters in the Hood" urban attire of denim jilbabs with zippers for breast feeding and pockets. The sisters love the utitlity of pockets on all of our jilbabs.
#2: Have you always had an eye for fashion?
Actually I love fabric, the colors, textures and I love to match. Most important I think I have an eye for fabric, seeing a fabric and having an idea of what to do with it. The fashion comes into play as a "how to". We have to cover and fashion, or what I sometimes call style of dressing, give us the how to. For example, how and with what will we cover our heads, what type of hijab, what type of jilbab, what type of fabric. It is very exciting to put all this together. At the same time keeping in mind the requests and needs of the sisters.
#3 When did you open your store?
We offcially opened the Al-Mujalbaba Boutique November 15, 2008. We opened our boutique in Queens, NY on Hillside Ave. a very up and coming area of Muslim activity. There are many shops on Hillside ave, two bakeries, a string of halal groceries, a spa, Al-Mujalbaba Boutique and many, many, halal eateries, not to mention the various Masajids and Islamic centers in the area. Al-Mujalbaba is the first of this type of boutique in the area .
#4: What drives you to bring modest affordable fashions to American sisters?
What drives me is to have the sisters looking their best in their modest clothing, wherever they may be. We cannot discount the fact that we are in America and have jobs, go to school, are full-time moms, etc, and want to look our best and we all have our own individual style. We at Al-Mujalbaba like to keep everyone in their style, comfortable in their own skin, their own situation.
#5: What is your definition of beauty?
Beauty can best be described as what Allah(swt) has described as beauty for us Muslimahs and when we adhere to that, we are pleasing to him and those around us.
Check out Sister Jennah online at Al-Mujalbaba. She'a also on Facebook!!
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Do you want tons of support without the chaos?
Fargo MarathonFargo, North Dakota - May 21, 2011
Loop, flat, urban, shuttle buses, kid's run, music, pace teams, schwag
Let's look at the numbers: 20,000 registrants, 53 entertainment acts, plus 80 percent of the course is lined with screaming spectators. It all adds up to a race with the energy, support, and atmosphere of a big-city event. But stellar organization keeps it from feeling overwhelming. The FargoDome, a 466,000-square-foot indoor auditorium, is where the expo, pasta feed, and the start and finish all take place. The expo is well-staffed (so lines are short) and well-signed—you're never wondering where to go. Plus, there are only 2,500 marathoners (everyone else races the 5K, 10K, half, or relay), and there's a separate marathon start time to reduce crowding. The loop course has a few mild hills and is a mix of residential, university, and downtown areas. Enjoy the finish-line spread: chocolate milk, pizza, chocolate-chip-cookie dough, chips, bagels.
Heads up: Traffic to the start can be congested; allow 90 minutes travel time.
Veteran tip: Book your hotel early to get one near the start; this way, you can roll out of bed and walk there.
Do you want a small, quiet event?
Steamtown MarathonScranton, Pennsylvania - October 9, 2011
Point-to-point, hilly, rural, shuttle buses, music
Let's face it: Your first marathon can be stressful, and the mania of big-city races can sometimes contribute. Steamtown is the antithesis of the large, loud race. Here, relaxed yet efficient hospitality reigns. You'll enjoy one of the best staging areas of any point-to-point race. Two rows of cheerleaders greet you when you exit the bus at Forest City Regional High School. A student hands you a bottle of water and directs you inside the warm auditorium where you'll wait to start. The boom of a Civil War cannon sends runners onto a scenic route that winds through Small Town USA: Families line porches, wave American flags, and bands and cheerleaders try to outdo each other. Last year, the race sold out for the first time in 15 years, so log on April 1 to be one of the 2,500 who will run this year.
Heads up: The course's 955 feet of net elevation loss occurs in the first eight miles. Hold back to have enough steam for the rolling hills of the final miles.
Veteran tip: Just after mile 24, look left for inspiration. Kids from St. Joseph's Center, a home for mentally and physically challenged children, cheer runners on.
Do you love the laid-back, Pacific Northwest vibe?
Portland MarathonPortland, Oregon - October 9, 2011
Loop, flat, urban, kid's run, music, pace teams, schwag
Portland might be the perfect first-timer event. It offers a mostly flat course with a not-too-big but not-too-small field (8,000), and events for other family members, in a city worth visiting. The average race-day temp hovers around 55 degrees, and the fairly fast course shows off the city's waterfront and the trendy Pearl District. The course also features 78 music acts and 20 cheerleading groups, and it's one of the few races that doesn't discourage headphones. Officials keep the course open a full eight hours, and announcers welcome nearly everyone personally by name across the finish. Convenience is also a plus: You can walk from a number of hotels to the start, and the start, finish, expo, and pasta party are all within 200 yards of each other. You'll leave Portland with some stellar schwag, including two technical T-shirts, a necklace, and a pot with a pine- or fir-tree seedling, which symbolizes the race's green commitment.
Heads up: The course goes over train tracks around mile 11. If the train is on time, no problem. If it's late, there's a chance you'll wait 30 seconds. The delay will be deducted from your time.
Veteran tip: As you cross St. Johns Bridge, look to the right for a view of Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens.
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UH Manoa enters into groundbreaking partnership with Hawaiian Electric CompanyUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
UH Sea Grant College Program
Energy experts from the University of Hawaiʻi, University of California, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and the private sector will convene an energy summit at UH Manoa next week. The summit will include an announcement of details of a partnership with HECO aimed at monitoring and reducing energy consumption on the Manoa campus.
Chancellor Denise Konan called for the summit in an attempt to develop strategies to reduce UH Manoa's growing energy bill — projected to climb to $18.9 million dollars in the current fiscal year.
"We are focusing on campus renewal this year, and I expect our partnership with Hawaiian Electric will give us some momentum to make real progress in energy strategies and savings in the next year or two," Konan said. "Ultimately, we would like to transform the Manoa campus into an example for the state about what can be done in the area of energy efficiency and how best to accomplish that."
The University of Hawaiʻi is the second largest consumer (behind the military services) of electricity on Oʻahu in a state which pays the highest prices for electricity in the nation. Drawing on best practices elsewhere, the Chancellor sought the advice of experts from the University of California that succeeded in achieving significant energy and cost savings on UC campuses. The experts will share their solutions, and then partner with Hawaiʻi experts to modify them to fit the specific needs of UH.
Chancellor's Energy Summit
8:00 a.m. — 12 noon
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Keoni Auditorium, Immin Conference Center
Jefferson Hall, East-West Center
The agenda for the entire summit program, including times for visiting California presenters, may be found on the Web at: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/mco/energy/.
For more information, visit: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/mco/energy


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I am looking everywhere for horror news. Everywhere. With the exception of something with Ashley Olsen called "Beastly", there's no news. None. Oh, there's plenty of news about Anthony Hopkins playing Odin in the "Thor" adaptation, or that "Men in Black 3" is moving forward, but nothing that is remotely horror related. Um... Cameron Diaz might be remaking Mel Gibson's "What Women Want". That's pretty damn scary. "Twilight" is getting re-released in theaters. UGH.
I know that some of you are probably freaking out right now, but, you know... BREATHE. It'll be okay. Here's an idea: how about trying out some new genre this weekend? You're life can't all be horror and, if it is, chances are you're highly unemployable. Why not try a nice romantic comedy? I watched "The Proposal" the other night and found it absolutely delightful!
Or, even better...how about turning off the TV and taking your puppy to the dog park? Yeah! Get off your fat, unwashed ass and cavort and frolic with your loving pet. He could die at any minute. Do you want the guilt of having this loyal companion die of loneliness while you watch "Evil Dead 2" for the 30th time? Don't have a dog, volunteer at an animal shelter. DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE, YOU FUCKING WASTE OF SPACE.
Over at our distinguished competition, Dread Central, they have announced that, along with something called Home Media Magazine, that they are launching the "Reaper Awards". The "judges" are veritable who's who in the horror mag/blog community—so they're no one important in real life—and they promise to "honor horror films as they are meant to be seen – raw and uncensored." For a preview of this year's "best picture" winner, keep watching the sidebars and pop-ups of Dread Central for who ever is paying for the most ad-space—so far the winner is "The Unborn", which is now available on DVD!
Earlier this week, Eric reported about Stephen Norrington and his upcoming re-imagining/remake/redux/reboot of "The Crow". Apparently, in addition to that, him and Stephen Dorff are working on a prequel to "Blade"—a prequel trilogy, no less—featuring the origin and history of, no, not Blade, but Deacon Frost, the good-looking hipster vamp played by Dorff in the first film. That's like creating a trilogy based around the history of, say, Doctor Octopus before he became Doctor Octopus. Mark my words: this movie will never, ever get made. If anything, it was probably just some late-night pillow talk between Norrington and Dorff. But they can dream...
Merry Old England is releasing their first ever 3-D horror film, titled, whimsically enough, "Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons". Based on the British novel "I Gots Gribblesnorts In Me Pockets!", filmgoers will thrill to the sight of Shepard's Pie, bad teeth, the loss of the original thirteen colonies, Margaret Thatcher and a skinhead soccer hooligan coming right off the screen and head-butting them in patented "Fook Off You Wanker-vision!" The first two-hundred viewers will also get a free Dixie Cup of warm, stale Guinness.
As you may know, coming straight to video is "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever" and apparently "Hostel Part 3". While frat-splat director Eli Roth will not be involved with these sequels, he'll completely admit to "double-teaming some Kappa Pi bitch" at last weekend's "Sigma Epsilon Night to Remember Beer-Bash for Cystic Fibrosis", which he sealed with a high-five and a "Fuck yeah, bro!" as he downed his sixth Natty L this morning. His eyebrows had no comment.
The first teaser trailer for [REC]2 has arrived and it's a doozy! It looks like more of the same, but there is definitely some good action going here. Later in the day three clips were posted from the new film that are notable for a complete lack of excitement.
Tobin Bell confirms there is an eighth "Saw" movie planned and doesn't deny a ninth. He also failed to acknowledge the dead horse in the room that he was continually beating during the interview. Bell next's reprisal of his Jigsaw role is in the upcoming "Saw" video game, now being shown at E3.
Marking yet another promising creative team to leave the franchise, "Martyrs" director Pascal Laugier is no longer helming the "Hellraiser" remake. There was no reason given but it seems that this remake is quickly becoming a comedy of errors.
In bizarro reboot news, Courtney Cox-Arquette and David Arquette have signed on to the "Scream" reboot. Earlier rumors also pointed to Jamie Kennedy reprising his role. Could this be a first: a remake with the same cast? Do-over!
The first shots of Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex arrive online. They seem rather subdued when compared to the Thomas Jane pics that surfaced last year before Brolin was cast.


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I don't like the Cowboys. Somehow, I find myself fighting not to dislike Wisconsin's own Tony Romo even. He just seems cocky or something – I take it back, I kind of do like him, but I just hate Dallas. I don't like Wade Phillips and his fat face. I don't like Dallas fans, never have – what with their giant class rings and their hair parted to the side like a Ken doll. Losing to them doesn't sit well with me and had we not staged that impressive comeback, I would have felt horrible because we might have been blown out. (About that comeback by the way, if you looked at the Cowboys sideline when they were up 27-10, they all assumed the game was over and were being quite cocky. Serves them right.)
Rodgers did do well with his opportunity. His scrambling abilities do offer a very new and different threat for our offense (considering Favre almost never runs past the line of scrimmage). I was concerned though when Rodgers got hit hard a few times – would the Rooster have come in to QB? Or Favre come back and thrown left-handed? I also think McCarthy did make some needed adjustments (though arguably too late on a few like benching Jarrett Bush). And, I'm not sure that all those deep passes in the first quarter were 100% McCarthy's doing – I have a feeling Favre may have wanted to throw a couple of those. Favre looked bad last night, quite bad. He's entitled to a game like that now and again – but I hope he doesn't have another one like that until next year.
Steve and I talked last night about one thing we might have done differently while it was happening early in the second half. Though Rodgers was on a hot streak passing, it might have been a good idea to mix more run in with the pass (the Dallas run D was not impressive) during that time to help our defense have more time to rest.
But to me, one of the biggest problems I had last night was with the broadcast. The NFL Network absolutely sucks. They made the game feel weird and like brother Steve said, I wonder how in the world they settled on having Bryant Gumbel be the play-by-play guy. He may be the worst annoucer ever…seriously. Every time he opened his mouth, it sounded like he wanted to tell some heart-warming story about an athlete who had overcome adversity – like he was just doing a piece for the 90% female-viewed Today Show – or the Olympics. He also sounded so meek. Collinsworth was fine (mostly because he clearly wanted the Packers until an exec told him he also needed to talk about Dallas). To me, if you're a network trying to assert itself as the future for NFL broadcasts, then you have to deliver a quality product and holy crap, did that not happen.
Anyway, no party today, no party.


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In Part One we looked at a sampling of Jews who not only gave to the world, but were recognized by the world in areas where Jews had not tread prior. In this series we look at those Jews who were "the first" among us to hold a position or be in one that broke ground for all Jews.
The most important experiment that did not work
Albert Abraham Michelson: "The Most Important Experiment That Did Not Work in the Whole History of Science"
This was how writer Isaac Asimov referred to the Michelson – Morley experiment, using rays of light to determine the extent of the "ether" – and proved no such substance was floating around. It was perhaps the most significant negative experiment in history. The results were paradoxical. Evidently, the speed of light plus any other added velocity was still equal only to the speed of light. To explain it, physics had to be recast, which resulted, eventually, in Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity in 1905. Michelson's work helped begin the tale of atomic research. The Prussian scientist, born in 1882, came to America as a boy, became the first Jewish – American scientist to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907 (Physics) for accurately measuring the speed of light.
First Female Jewish Supreme Court Justice
When Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the 107th justice to the United States Supreme Court in 1993, she became the second woman to sit on the court and the first female Jewish Justice. Having felt the sting of discrimination, her body of legal work reflected her on – going mission to open up doors for all people. Ginsburg embarked on an academic career at Rutgers University, then at Columbia, where she became the first woman to be tenured on the law faculty. Ginsburg was also co – director of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project. She worked extensively on sex – discrimination cases, especially those relating to employment, arguing and establishing that Constitutional protections should apply to women. She married Martin Ginsburg, a well – known tax lawyer and professor, in 1954. They have two children, one of whom is a law professor at Columbia.
The Seixas, A Family Of Menshen
Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas, (1745 – 1816): In late August, 1776, when news came that the British were approaching New York, the Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel closed the synagogue and safeguarded its ceremonial objects, displayed to this day. He was also ...
*the first native – born Jewish clergy in the U.S.
*the first non – Episcopalian to serve as a trustee of Columbia University (1787 to 1815).
*one of 14 clergymen who participated in Washington's first inaugural (1787)
But that's not all. His brother, Benjamin Mendes (1748 – 1817), was one of the founders of the New York Stock Exchange and his son, David, established the Deaf and Dumb Institute in Philadelphia and was among the first to discover efficient ways of burning anthracite coal.
Mama – loshen: Isaac Bashevis Singer
The high honor bestowed upon me by the Swedish Academy is also a recognition of the Yiddish language – a language of exile, without a land, without frontiers, not supported by any government, a language which possesses no words for weapons, ammunition, military exercises, war tactics; ... What the great religions preached, the Yiddish – speaking people of the ghettos practiced .... They were the people of the Book in the truest sense of the word.
This is an excerpt from Isaac Bashevis Singer's acceptance speech – in English and Yiddish – upon being the first Yiddish author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1978). Singer was (probably) born on November 21, 1902. He came to America in 1935, and died on July 24, 1991.
They Left Their Stamp
The only Jew (the author could find) to appear on a stamp issued by an Arab country was Dr. Philip Blaiberg, who was Dr. Christiaan Barnard's second heart transplant patient. Dr. Blaiberg, a Jew, and Dr. Barnard were both portrayed on a stamp issued by the Yemen Arab republic on January 10, 1969. For the record, Dr. Barnard's first heart transplant patient (1967), Louis Washkansky, was also Jewish.
Aloha Lingle
Linda Lingle, elected 6th governor of Hawaii from 2002 until 2010 was the first female governor of Hawaii (Republican); first Jewish governor of Hawaii; first county mayor elected governor of Hawaii despite the fact that Jews comprise less than one percent of Aloha State. Prior to her gubernatorial administration, Lingle served as Maui County mayor, council member, and chair of the Hawaii Republican Party. In May 2004 Lingle led a delegation to Israel, paid for by the Israeli Government. In 2008, President George W. Bush appointed her to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. Lingle has said that her Jewish heritage helped her career by giving her a better understanding of diversity. Today Lingle is active in the Republican Jewish Coalition, serving as a speaker at events and otherwise using her role as the only Jewish Republican US governor.
Sir Henry
The first Jew appointed U.S. Secretary of State in 1973, and the first American Jew to win the Nobel Peace Prize that same year, is also a Knight! On June 20, 1995, Queen Elizabeth II knighted Henry Kissinger for his contribution toward Anglo – American relations. As an American he does not get the title "Sir," however he may add "KC" (Knight Commander) after his name.
Famous Firsts Plus Tzedaka
On December 2, 1735, the first white child and first Jew born in Savannah, Georgia was Mordecai Sheftall. A philanthropist, Sheftall helped found the Union Society which brought together Protestants, Catholics and Jews to promote social welfare. A revolutionary, he was appointed Commissioner General of Purchases and Issues of the Georgia and South Carolina militias and at times used personal funds for provisions. Captured by the British twice, he was released in a prisoner exchange and died on this date in 1797. Tourists can still see the old Jewish cemetery in Savannah Sheftall donated in 1773.
More Famous U.S. Jewish Firsts: Quickies ...
Navy Captain: Uriah P. Levy, served with distinction in War of 1812, advanced March 1844.
Naval Chaplain: Rabbi David Goldberg, appointed lieutenant junior grade, October 30, 1917.
Postage Stamp: Samuel Gompers on 3 – cent stamp issued January 27, 1950.
Prayer book: Published, 1766 by John Holt in New York.
Pulitzer Prize for reporting: Herbert Bayard Swope (New York World), June 4, 1917
Rabbi to lead the opening prayer for a session of Congress: Rabbi Morris Raphael, 1860
Senator: David Levy Yulee, 7/1 1845 – 3/3, 1851; 3/5 1855 – 1/21, 1861, in Florida
West Point Woman Graduate: Donna Maller, June 4, 1980.


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'On Women in Revolutions' exhibition: where are the true revolutionary stories?
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Saturday 10 February saw the launch of the exhibition
On Women in Revolutions
, organised in collaboration with A. M. Qattan Foundation and the Birzeit University Museum.
The exhibit aims to draw attention to the erasure and subsequent iconisation of the women behind the revolutionary movement in Palestine.
Co-curator Yazid Anani told Palestine Monitor he would like visitors to "
question how women are framed and reframed and placed on a pedal stool once and then squashed."
Whilst his c
o-curator Samar Martha summarised; "
the subject of the exhibition is to reflect and question and engage with the issue of women in our society and their role in ... in history and revolution."
On entering the exhibit, the visitor is first met with video clips by the French filmmaker Jean Luc-Godard. This introduces the idea of the male, western gaze through which stories of Palestinian women are often framed.
This dehumanisation framing of revolutionary women is the running theme throughout the exhibit, explored by 24 artists across various mediums.
One wall is dedicated to
staged, black-and-white retakes of 1960s and 70s photographs of revolutionary women posing with rifles. Appearing authentic at first glance, look closer and note the backdrop of contemporary Ramallah and the visitor will note this is a satirical recreation.
Modern recreations of iconised photos from the 60s and 70s of revolutionary women posing with rifles.
A wasted opportunity?
While the message of the marginalisation of female revolutionary figures is made very clear, little is done to re-contextualise these same figures and actually tell their stories.
The introductory text of the exhibition cites the figures Dalal al-Moghrabi, Djamila Bouhired and Kathleen Cleaver for having 'become iconic to contemporary movements and anti-state uprisings'. Yet at no point in the exhibition are these women's actual actions touched upon.
Visitors to the exhibit leave none-the-wiser to the tangible role of women in revolution.
Amal Hjouj, a visitor attending the exhibition's opening, remarked;
"I expected to go to an exhibit about marginalised women whose stories had never been exposed, and then I come here and it's just women with guns and a bunch of retakes of that."
Perhaps the exhibit's lack of depth results from it not being a standalone event but part of a wider series.
"This exhibition is part of our work to continue promoting contemporary art practice and the creation of knowledge," Martha said.
Anani contextualised;
We launched the first event in the first week of last December. It was composed of two exhibitions, film screenings and a seminar with the Women's Studies department of Birzeit University."
"We're thinking of a huge event in 2019 based on this research."
When questioned on the potential dangers of this exhibit serving to reinforce stereotypes of "girls with guns" Anani answered, "this is an art exhibition and it's open up for your personal interpretation."
Martha was confident that the exhibition would not perpetuate stereotypes.
"I think there's enough context here."
But she did admit concern "people will still iconise these images [such as Leila Khaled], that they'll be iconicised again. That's what scares me, people will have these images stuck in their mind and they won't look beyond it."
Over My Dead Body by Mona Hatoum. A perturbed Hatoum stares down at a toy soldier perched on her nose.
One art-piece by Bashar Alhroub depicts empty frames with silhouettes of women in revolution. Yet it does little to open up their narratives beyond merely acknowledging that they played a role.
"[The artist] did the research ... It's up to the artist to take further and he might explore in future events," said Martha, defending the piece.
"What I like most about what research the artist did is that there's much more to learn about a woman in revolution in Palestine than what has been told by the authorities. Beyond the icons we already have there are so many unsaid stories and women that haven't been noticed. I'd like people to start looking beyond [that]."
Ironically however, it seems as though the perfect opportunity for doing just that has been squandered.
Admission is free and the exhibit will run until 10 April 2018.
Lead photo: Bashar Alhroub's depiction of the marginalised women in revolution whose stories do not get told.
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Hope College will honor three alumni with awards during the college's annual Alumni Banquet on Saturday, May 2.
Hope College will honor three alumni with awards during the college's annual Alumni Banquet on Saturday, May 2.
Milton Nieuwsma of Holland, who is a 1963 graduate, and Dr. Gerald Sittser of Spokane, Wash., who is a 1972 graduate, will each receive Distinguished Alumni Awards. Jeffrey Bates of Ann Arbor, who is a 1998 graduate, will receive a Young Alumni Award.
The annual Distinguished Alumni Awards are presented by the Alumni Association Board of Directors in recognition of the awardees' contributions across decades or even across a career to society and service to Hope. The award, inaugurated in 1970 and presented during the college's Alumni Banquet, is the highest honor that alumni can receive from the college's Alumni Association.
The Young Alumni Award was established to honor the talents and contributions that young alumni have made to their professions, their communities and to the college, and was first presented in 2007. Criteria include having been a member of the Alumni Association for 15 or fewer years; notable prominence through professional endeavor, research, volunteerism, and/or involvement with the local or global community or the college; and demonstrating significant initiative by starting innovative service projects, research, businesses or other original enterprises.
° Milton Nieuwsma is a two-time Emmy Award-winning documentary writer and producer, and the author of "Kinderlager," an acclaimed account of three young concentration-camp survivors.
Nieuwsma started his writing career as a reporter for the "Holland Sentinel" while in high school. Immediately after graduating from Hope, he was a public information officer at WayneStateUniversity in Detroit and hosted a weekly radio program on WQRS-FM, a Detroit fine-arts station.
He completed a master's degree in literature and communication at the University of Illinois-Springfield in 1978, and became vice president of GrantHospital in Chicago, Ill., a year later. Also in the late 1970s he contributed historical features and travel articles to the "Chicago Tribune."
In 1990 he became the vice president for development at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Jersey and also taught journalism at RutgersUniversity. While in New Brunswick, he met Tova Friedman, believed to be the youngest survivor of Auschwitz, which inspired him to write "Kinderlager" (1998). "Kinderlager" has earned multiple honors, including being named a "Best Book for Teens" by the New York Public Library and selection by the Institute for Higher European Studies as one of the top 10 books written on the Holocaust.
In 2005 the book was reissued as "Surviving Auschwitz: Children of the Shoah" as a companion to a PBS documentary of the same name which Nieuwsma wrote and co-produced. The film won honors including an Emmy Award from the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for best historical documentary, and a First Place Gold Camera Award at the International Film and Video Festival in Los Angeles. He won a second Emmy in 2006 for writing and co-producing "Defying Hitler," a documentary about a Jewish fighter in the Polish resistance.
Nieuwsma has lived in Holland since 1997. In 2001, he co-founded the Amicus Group, a fundraising and consulting firm.
He and his wife, Marilee, have three children: Jonathan; Greg, a 1993 Hope graduate; and Elizabeth; and four grandchildren.
° Gerald Sittser is a professor of theology at WhitworthUniversity in Spokane, where he has taught since 1989 and also chairs the new MA in theology program and co-leads the Africa Initiative Program. He has received multiple honors through the years for both his teaching and his scholarship.
The university's senior students have voted him the Most Influential Professor seven times. He has also won both Whitworth's junior and senior faculty teaching awards, decided by peers.
He is the award-winning author of seven books, which have been widely translated. "A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss," informed by his own experience of enduring the death of his wife Lynda (a 1971 Hope graduate), daughter Diana Jane and mother Grace in a 1991 automobile accident caused by a drunk driver, is a best-seller that has been translated into more than 15 languages. "When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer" won the 2005 Gold Medallion Award in the Christian Living Category from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. His most recent book, "Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries," won the Logos Book Award.
Sittser speaks frequently at churches, Christian conferences and pastors' conferences, as well as on college campuses. He delivered the Opening Convocation address at Hope in 2000, and also presented lectures at Hope in 2006.
He serves on many committees and boards at Whitworth and in the community, teaches a variety of Sunday school classes and leads a theology reading group for area pastors.
Sittser grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich. After graduating from Hope, he earned an M.Div. degree at Fuller Theological Seminary.
He served as an associate pastor at Emmanuel Reformed Church in Paramount, Calif., for five years, and then as chaplain at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, for six years before returning to school, this time at the University of Chicago, to earn his doctorate in the history of Christianity under Dr. Martin E. Marty.
He has three children: Catherine, age 25; David, age 24; and John, age 19. His hobbies include woodworking, backpacking and gardening.
° Jeffrey Bates, who majored in history and biology at Hope, is a co-founder of the online news and discussion site "Slashdot.org" and currently serves as vice president of platform with SourceForge Inc., of which Slashdot is now a subsidiary.
Bates and Hope classmate Rob Malda created Slashdot while students at Hope, subsequently running the site with Hope friends including Kurt DeMaagd, Nate Oostendorp and Tim Vroom. Bates Malda, Oostendorp and Vroom have continued to be involved in the site since its sale to Andover.net in 1999 and Andover's acquisition by SourceForge in 2000. Bates's emphasis through the years has been on editorial operations.
Operating with the motto "News for nerds. Stuff that matters," the popular Slashdot site has earned news and feature stories in publications including the "New York Times," "Washington Post," "Wall Street Journal," "Wired" and "Time" magazines, and numerous others. Slashdot.org has won a number of community awards, a Weeby, a Reader's Choice Award from "Linux Magazine" and the Golden Penguin Award in 2004. Bates has presented addresses at numerous conferences and has written chapters in multiple books.
Bates has helped a number of non-profits develop their Web sites. Slashdot has run charity auctions to raise funds for online civil liberty groups as well as for legal defense funds involving free speech, receiving commendations from the Free Software Foundation, the Electronic Freedom Foundation and others.
Bates and his wife, Adrienne, have three children, Bella, Grace and Josiah.


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OMS Video
Dirac / Schrödinger
Flash / flv / f4v
When a standard is open it allows for a huge adoption of it by anyone, anyone can use it and be sure that their data isn't locked away and they have to deal with a specific company if they want to access their own content. Open Standards are what runs the Internet. The problem is that being an 'Open Standard' isn't all that's required. H.264 for instance is an Open Standard but its not royalty-free as there are patents on it, and it requires a licensing fee for implementation. While these licenses are cheap and easy to obtain for companies making them attractive, they block the formats for the non-commercial open source community. You are still allowing a 3rd party to dictate the requirements for access to your data.
This is where the much hated software patents come into it, you cannot distribute patented software in binary, precompiled form as a patent has to be applied to a physical object (thanks to a court case in America binary code somehow now counts as such, while other countries have various laws America is where Silicon valley is so we all loose out, some countries seen to be specifically making exceptions to allow patents to be applied on computers). You can distribute patent software in source code since its not an actual implementation of it. As for if you can legally compile that code for personal use various from country to country, there is some discussion on that here.
Firstly its important to have an royalty-free unencumbered codec for use in streaming video for things such as Firefox and Linux/Unix distributions to be able to legally play back these formats, patents are the reason that in order to support MP3 playback you have to install codecs (which in newer distributions is a lot easier and automatically setup). Commercial distros can afford to pay the patent license fees but this isn't much help for for the open source community, or hobbyists, Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/Gentoo/Arch/BSDs etc… aren't commercial distros, they don't charge you so they can't pay for the codecs and if they could pay for them then the media is still in a format that is locked away accessible on the whims of the patent holder.
Since the HTML 5 draft (due to be finalized 4 years from now in 2012) included video streaming, having a decent open codec is more important now than ever before, originally the draft had mentioned the use of Ogg however Nokia and Apple raised objections concerned about hidden 'submarine patents', low compression ratio and lack of hardware decoders, Nokia wanting support for H.264 (which also happens to be the codec Apple is already using for iTunes/iPod video along with AAC for audio) or alternatively leaving out streaming video and letting corporations fight it out. H.264 being impossible to include in the standard.
As for the royalty-free video codecs that around around we have, Theora, DIRAC and OMS.
Ogg Theora
Firstly there is the oldest and most widely known Theora codec, often referred to as "Ogg Theora" as its contained in the Ogg container format, not to be confused with Ogg Vorbis which is an audio codec designed to be a royalty-free alternative to MP3, also lives in the Ogg container format and is often used to provide the audio for Theora videos in Ogg format.
Theora is a project of the Xiph.Org foundation (also responsible for the royalty-free codecs, FLAC for lossless audio and Speex a voice audio codec with an extremely good compression ratio), its based on VP3 which was donated to the public by its creator On2 who dropped all claims on it.
Unfortunately is seems that Theora is now out of date and has fairly bad compression when compared to other codecs. Xpih.Org are apparently working on an improved version of Theora for HTML 5 but with the binary format locked for compatibility its unclear to me if it can be improved enough to reduce file sizes and improve quality or if its just work on improving the tools around Theora.
Xvid is apparently a royalty-free codec, originally from OpenDivX code it was forked when the DivX 4 closed source. The problem is that Xvid is based on the MPEG-4 standard which has 2 dozen companies claiming patents on it and licenses are apparently no longer being offered.
OMS Video
Sun's Open Media Commons recently announced OMS Video, and open coded, the audio component is using the video component is based on H.261 which is out of the 17 year patent restriction, then adding newer unpatented technologies. Currently there isn't anything from them yet code wise. Another worry is another Open Media Commons project, DReaM, its a DRM specification, as far as DRM goes it seems less evil since its designed to be open and royalty-free itself but its still DRM, in the end as long as the DRM isn't built into OMS it shouldn't be a problem but I have a small concern that they will use OMS as an infection vector for DReaM. The announcement and specification overview don't mention DReaM at all other than saying its also part of Open Media Commons so its probably not an issue but worth watching. Fortunately DRM is its own worst enemy, DReaM is supposed to bring an open royalty free DRM system to allow music to interoperate but DRM seems less about protecting music and more about online music retailers locking clients to their system/devices, one someone has a whole database of DRM'd songs they will have to buy hardware that supports it for ever and keep shopping at the same place, they can never leave (at least not without breaking the DRM or loosing all their music), you can read more about why DRM sucks at the Defective By Design website.
Dirac / Schrödinger
The BBC who have been experimenting with streaming video created Dirac (wikipedia) which is designed to be completely unencumbered by using patent free technologies. Wikipedia says it is in the same range of compression as h264. There is an implementation of DIRAC called Schrödinger which has libraries, gstreamer plug-ins and is intended to get it in the Ogg container.
Flash / flv / f4v
Recently Adobe with their Open Screen Project, opened flash and the flv/fl4 format for use without license restrictions, the swf specification and the flv specifications are already published. This is great news for projects like Gnash however my main concern however is that flv has technologies using patents in it. For instance flv in Flash 9 supports AAC for audio and the Wikipedia article on ACC says:
"…a patent license is required for all manufacturers or developers of AAC codecs, that require encoding or decoding. It is for this reason FOSS implementations such as FAAC and FAAD are distributed in source form only, in order to avoid patent infringement.". This makes it seem like even though the license restriction is removed, the open source community will benefit from having the API's available but not be able to actual make a binary version of the flash client. You won't be able to expect flash to be built into Firefox or shipped with Ubuntu. The real clients of Adobe will still likely need a license from Adobe unless they want to go to patent holders such as AAC and independently obtain licenses (likely to end up costing more in the end). Another format used is MP3 which has a whole load of parent issues, the MP3 decoding patents run out around 2012 and the encoding later around 2016 (Ive seen various different times but their fairly close, there is a big list of mp3 patents but it doesn't say what is needed for decoding/encoding and whats optional, the latest is 2017), flv also uses yet another commercial proprietary codec Nellymoser.
These are just the audio codecs for the video there is H.263 since Flash 6 and as of Flash 8
VP6, I haven't found much information on the license issues around them but they do seem to be patented. Wikipedia says "As of September 2006, an open-source implementation of the decoder is part of the libavcodec project, though producing or dealing with VP6 video streams inside libavcodec/libavformat seems to be discouraged and/or refused due to clashes between the ffmpeg's developers and On2 technologies by a claim of Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Infringement made by the corporation itself."
As for Flash itself I have no idea about what other patents on the technology exist when we live in a world where anti-aliasing fonts is patented. In order for flash to really be open source friendly we would need to see it adopt patent free codecs for flv (such as DIRAC, Vorbis, Theora or OMS).


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Democrats consider expanding caucus access
Democrats are looking to expand access to Iowa's presidential caucuses to people who are typically unable to attend them. It's a tricky task with these local political meetings that thrive on in-person discussion.
Party leaders said Thursday it's not in response to criticism, but a way to expand access to grass-roots democracy.
Senior Iowa Democratic adviser Norm Sterzenbach said Thursday: "It's an important part of our party to see if there are ways to make it more accessible."
Caucuses are run by parties, and held at night, unlike primaries. Democrat Hillary Clinton said after the 2008 caucuses that they excluded night workers, among others. So far, suggestions include virtual participation and proxy voting.
In 2008, 240,000 Iowa Democrats - 39 percent - participated. That's more than twice as many as the previous record.


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Patrol: 273 citations given under Ohio texting ban
More than 360k speeding tickets issued in same period
More than 270 citations have been issued to drivers for texting or using a cellphone behind the wheel in violation of a new Ohio law, according to data from the State Highway Patrol.
The tickets were handed out from March 2013 through the end of last month, covering the first year the statewide texting ban has been in effect.
The citations pale in comparison to the almost 367,600 tickets issued for speeding over the same time period, but supporters say the ticket figures don't tell the whole picture.
"There's no way we will ever know the number of lives saved by this," said state Rep. Rex Damschroder, a Freemont Republican who was one of the bill's sponsors.
The state Health Department's most recent youth risk survey found that nearly half of Ohio teen drivers had texted or emailed while behind the wheel.
The law is stricter for minors than adults. Yet of the 273 tickets issued by the patrol over the past year, 43 were given to drivers under the age of 18.
Under the law, younger drivers cannot talk on their phones and are prohibited from texting or using other hand-held devices, such as an iPod. For them, it's a primary offense - meaning drivers can be pulled over specifically for committing the act.
For those 18 and older, texting while driving is a secondary offense. That means an officer has to stop a driver for another offense first, such as speeding or running a red light.
Damschroder had wanted texting to be a primary offense for all drivers, which he said would have been easier to enforce.
"Can an officer look in the window and tell if someone is 17 or 19?" Damschroder said. "I think the answer is probably not - which makes it very difficult for the officer to pull anybody over specifically for texting while driving, because they can't tell their age."
Sgt. Vincent Shirey of the State Highway Patrol said he does not have an issue enforcing the texting ban. He said that distracted drivers who may be on their phones are most likely to be out of their lane or following too closely behind another vehicle.
"We just need to get probable cause in order to stop the vehicle," he said. "I would not say that it's difficult to enforce."
The law carries possible fines of $150 for the first offense, and teens could also have their license suspended for 60 days. Repeat offenders could face a $300 fine, and repeat offenders under 18 could have their licenses taken away for a year.
The law doesn't trump city ordinances on texting or cellphone use that might be tougher.
Under the law, drivers can text and use cellphones in cases of an emergency and when the vehicle is stopped and off the road.
Both Damschroder and Shirey said the goal of the law is to change driver behavior.
"By making it illegal, fewer people will do it," Damschroder said.


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Weischenfelder, Mertain and Veit (16th century)
Mertain and Veit Weischenfelder, Anabaptists of Uetzing, Upper Franconia, Germany, were baptized by Hans Hut in October 1526. Their three cross-examinations, 16-18 March 1527, are of importance to the history of the Anabaptists of Franconia and the work of Hans Hut. Mertain testified that Hut never preached revolutionary doctrine.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 489.
Wappler, Paul. Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584. Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1913: 236-243.
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Taught by Stuart Ziff in Secrets Of The Blues Greats seriesLength: 9:58Difficulty: 3.0 of 5
Learn the roots of this timeless style by navigating the blues players throughout history. We start with T-Bone Walker, move to the "three kings" of B.B. King, Albert King and Freddie King, then study the evolution of their playing with Mike Bloomfield and Duane Allman.
Lesson 1
As guitarists, we all draw from what we know and like. And when we look closely at the greats, we learn to reflect their greatness in our own playing. Join Stuart as he introduces us to the Masters and...Length: 7:57 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 2
The foundations of blues soloing are the major and minor pentatonic scales. Before we get started looking at some of the blues greats, Stuart gives a quick review of all 5 patterns of the major and minor...Length: 23:41 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 3
To have command of your fretboard and to improve your soloing, it's very important to know what makes up a chord - in other words, your arpeggios. Here, Stuart shows us a method for learning patterns...Length: 13:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 4
When learning the fretboard is your goal, arpeggios are a tried and true method. Stuart continues by showing us patterns 3 and 4 of the drop two arpeggios, along with a great way to practice them!Length: 16:04 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 5
Now we get into the players. All electric blues guitar points back to T-Bone Walker. In this lesson, Stuart introduces us to some of the things that made him legendary: his sense of timing, rhythm and...Length: 18:20 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 6
T Bone Walker, the Father of Texas Blues crafted single note solos that were fluid and very horn-like. Stuart takes a look at this and other attributes that made him one of the original bridges between...Length: 19:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 7
Among other things, T Bone Walker was an authority in regards to rhythm playing. In this up-tempo shuffle, sometimes called a "jump blues", Stuart demonstrates how T Bone would punctuate the groove with...Length: 15:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 8
Being that bridge between jazz and blues, T-Bone had lots of jazzy elements in his playing: not a lot of bending, use of the 9th and other ear grabbing chord tones. Stuart uses a simple, bluesy harmony...Length: 12:56 Difficulty: 2.0 FREE
Lesson 9
So how do you comp a rhythm part against an upbeat track? In this lesson, Stuart shows us how to execute a swing feel rhythm over this T-Bone style track based on the classic "Strolling with Bones".Length: 13:03 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 10
What is a head melody? Well, think of it as you would a chorus in a song being sung. Only in jazz, we refer to it as a "head melody". Learning this simple melody will get you into the feel of this track!Length: 15:53 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 11
We've learned the rhythm and the head melody, now Stuart shows us a call and response technique that he integrates into the solo, along with swung eighth notes and repetitive figures. Note the very horn-like...Length: 11:40 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 12
His technique. His distinctive vibrato. His use of major and minor pentatonic scales. We're talking about the great B.B. King. Stuart gives us a worthy introduction to the first "King" and shows the connection...Length: 15:25 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 13
B.B.'s sweet sound could be boiled down to his note choices. The manner in which he combined the major pentatonic and minor pentatonic scales was the primary way in which he made the guitar speak. And...Length: 14:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 14
B.B. King had many classic moves that Stuart will now take a look at. He had a way of addressing the chords of a song, then applying his nuanced bends and signature vibrato to give us the legendary sound...Length: 10:48 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 15
In part 2 of B.B. the Boss, Stuart asks us to forget about the "B.B. box" that everyone obsesses over, and focus in on the dynamics and emotion that made B.B. the king of the blues.Length: 14:36 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 16
One of B.B.'s most iconic records has a rhythm guitar part played by the legendary Hugh McCracken. On this track in the style of "The Thrill is Gone", Stuart demonstrates how the rhythm guitar part can...Length: 14:46 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 17
Soloing over a minor blues can be a lot of what NOT to play, especially when emulating the tasteful style of B.B. King. Join Stuart as he talks about finding the right note combinations, where to bend,...Length: 19:24 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 18
Playing rhythm guitar over a slow blues can be one of the hardest things to get right when learning to master the blues. It requires a lot of restraint, and a single minded focus on supporting the groove....Length: 11:45 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 19
No doubt about it, B.B. King was the master of the slow blues. His feel, emotion and note choice were impeccable. Using the classic call and response technique, Stuart emulates B.B.'s slow blues style...Length: 15:35 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 20
Left Handed. Upside down. Radical string bending. Fingers and no pick. We're taking a look at Albert King now. Another unique, powerful voice in the world of blues, his bending in particular influenced...Length: 8:14 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 21
When analyzing Albert King's style, we must take into account his work with the Stax Records rhythm section, in particular, Steve Cropper. Here, Stuart shows us how Cropper really opened up space in the...Length: 18:22 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 22
Demonstrated in this lesson is Albert King's unique lead guitar style. His instantly recognizable playing was compiled of his phrasing, timing, string bending and overall attitude. Now you'll be able to...Length: 12:53 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 23
Now Stuart looks at a blues staple in the New Orleans rhumba-style feel. A traditional Latin feel that was adapted to the blues, it is highlighted by contrasting differences in the rhythm section. This...Length: 11:16 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 24
Strong groove and great phrasing highlight this Albert King style solo over the New Orleans rhumba feel. We'll take some of the timing and bending techniques that we learned in a previous lesson and apply...Length: 12:20 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 25
The Albert King slow blues - a feel that depends on timing and space. One of the hardest feels to master, Stuart uses the tremolo effect to help accentuate the space in the track, helping you to relax...Length: 6:09 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 26
In the slow blues, feel always trumps the number of notes. No one knew this better than Albert King. As Stuart guides you, be aware of the tempo and try to stay relaxed. The goal is to mimic the feel...Length: 10:01 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 27
A player's feel and rhythm can shift when the song shifts feel and style. We've looked at a shuffle, a rhumba and a slow blues in the style of Albert King. Now it's time to travel to Memphis and get...Length: 12:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 28
Are you hearing Clapton? Maybe Billy Gibbons? Well, they were both influenced by the Texas Cannonball. His distinctive playing included intense one and two bar phrases, and hanging on one note. Fierce,...Length: 13:42 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 29
Stuart now takes a look at the rhythm part of this track based on the classic, Woke Up This Morning. Syncopated eighth notes are the key to making this track groove. Add in the 9th chords, and you've...Length: 10:34 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 30
Freddie King was known for his aggressive style of guitar playing, and his very distinctive tone that really cut through the mix. In this lesson, Stuart locks in on Freddie's lead style by being choosy...Length: 8:59 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 31
This slow blues in the key of D encounters the challenge of playing at or around the 10th fret. Freddie was a master of being dynamic and grooving even when playing in a higher register on the guitar,...Length: 10:49 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 32
Now we get to one of the Disciples that was influenced by everyone we've looked at so far in this series: Duane Allman. One of the most influential players from late 60's and early 70's, Duane developed...Length: 11:16 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 33
In listening to Duane Allman, you could tell that he had been listening to T-Bone, the Three Kings, Muddy Waters and so on. Taking all of these influences, he put together his own fluid, lyrical and conversational...Length: 11:09 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 34
Duane's bending of notes gave his playing a very animated quality, along with his sense of swing and phrasing that were unique to his playing. In this slow blues track, Stuart demonstrates some of the...Length: 12:46 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 35
In some of the early Allman Brothers records, Duane's power was on full display. He had great facility when playing on slow blues, and up tempo songs as well. In this lesson, Stuart demonstrates many...Length: 15:49 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 36
Along with being a phenomenal blues player, Duane was also adept at playing in the pop/rock, singer/songwriter style featured on some of the Allman Brothers records. On this track, Stuart demonstrates...Length: 13:23 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 37
Mike Bloomfield was a player with great speed and facility on the instrument that was ahead of his time. He left us way too soon after blazing a trail through the 60's and 70's influencing countless guitarists...Length: 11:25 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 38
In this lesson, Stuart takes a look at Mike Bloomfield's style and how he used many of the techniques we've discussed so far in this series: using the major and minor pentatonics, addressing the chord...Length: 11:56 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 39
Bloomfield was a powerhouse blues talent. Even on a track like this one, with changing feels, Mike kept the intensity up at all times. In this lesson, Stuart emulates and analyzes some things Mike may...Length: 9:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 40
In this lesson, Stuart takes on the daunting task of playing a slow blues, and playing with such intensity and aggression that it challenges ones timing and groove. Mike Bloomfield was a master at this,...Length: 8:43 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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A career as a songwriter that began with Warner Bros recording artist David Ball's first Nashville CD in 1994 " Thinking Problem ." Stuart was co writer on the hit song " Thinking Problem." Also playing on the record supplying acoustic and electric guitar. Since 2000, He's been living in Los Angles.
Presently the Guitarist for the band WAR, touring and recording with them. As a songwriter for Film & TV: " National Lampoons Cattle Call ," Americas Funniest Home Videos and Bad Girls. Songs on recordings by Eric Burden, Johnny Adams, Gary Hoey and Theresa James. Since 2005, a member of the faculty at Musician's Institute in Hollywood.
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The would-be class-action lawsuit against Google filed in Vancouver on Thursday is the latest sign of the international legal gang-tackling of the tech giant over privacy concerns.
A mob of web surfers, cellphone users, civil libertarians and lawmakers is chasing the computer-services behemoth.
For the last few years, it has been one piece of bad news after another for Google over its surreptitious collection of data and handling of consumer information.
When the company rolled out a new privacy policy on March 1 as part of a response to earlier concerns, it only prompted further complaints and litigation.
No matter how much it pleads inadvertence, confusion or the lack of legal precedent, the trouble keeps coming.
The European Union is probing Google's practices, and some three dozen U.S. state attorneys-general have raised issues about its privacy policies.
In August, the firm agreed to pay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission a record $22.5 million to settle allegations it broke a privacy promise by secretly tracing web surfers who used Apple's Safari browser — apparently very popular with mobile phone users at the time.
Google didn't admit wrongdoing in the so-called "Cookie-gate" scandal, but that was the highest fine yet levied for violating such a pact with the agency. The next closest was $19 million against a telemarketer who reputedly duped people into phoney charity donations.
The cash was a proverbial drop in the bucket for Google, although it led to vows of more transparency.
Nevertheless, consumers from New York to California filed privacy suits.
They're seeking a U.S.-wide class action against Google for treating a person as a single user across all its products, and combining information provided to one service with information from others.
Those litigants claim Google violated its previous policies that promised information provided by a user for one service would not be used by another service without the consumer's consent.
The company is accused not only of combining the information but also of not providing an easy and efficient way for consumers to opt out.
It allegedly violated the American Federal Wiretap Act (for wilfully intercepting communications and aggregating personal information for financial benefit), breached the Stored Electronic Communications Act (for the way it accessed consumer communications stored on its systems), violated the Computer Fraud Abuse Act, and transgressed other statutes and state laws.
The litigation fallout continues.
Now, Google is accused in B.C. Supreme Court of similar conduct and of violating a variety of laws, privileges and rights in this country.
What all of these legal actions underscore is how vulnerable privacy rights and protections are today.
Privacy International, a London-based NGO that focuses on surveillance, has long warned of the dangers and implications of having a huge warehouse containing millions of Internet users' data — especially when U.S. anti-terrorism laws can force the company to hand information over.
Google and the other players in the industry are caught in a crossfire.
What's clashing is the public safety need for verifiable user information and the individual personal desire for anonymity.
Once such data are collected, how do the technology firms ensure its integrity, monitor what their employees do with it, and resist the temptation to use it themselves or sell it (given its obvious commercial value)?
The controversy over Google's photo-mapping cars is an example of how easily problems can arise.
The project triggered outrage when it was learned the company was collecting unsecured Wi-Fi signals — what a U.S. blogger dubbed the "equivalent of recording the music blasting out of a house that's having a party."
Yet that major privacy headache was caused by a single Google engineer who did it on his own, known to only a handful of his colleagues.
Like many other technology mega-firms, Google has thousands and thousands of workers, and these lawsuits raise questions about privacy policies, workplace supervision, corporate governance and entrepreneurial creativity.
Technological advances always run ahead of legislation, and in this situation it has left a dreadful mess for the courts — and a growing global legal bill for Google.


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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two troopers in a remote village, the Alaska State Troopers said Friday.
Nathaniel Lee Kangas is under arrest in the murders of Trooper Gabriel "Gabe" Rich and Sgt. Patrick "Scott" Johnson Thursday in the isolated community of Tanana. Troopers said formal charges against the Tanana man were being prepared by troopers with the state Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals.
A second Tanana man, Arvin Kangas, 58, is charged with assault in connection with a Wednesday incident involving a village public safety officer. Tanana resident Ruby Cruger said she is related to the men, and that the elder Kangas is the father of the teenager.
Cruger said she did not know the details of the shooting, just that it has affected the entire community of 238 people. The town is shocked by the shooting, she said Friday.
Troopers also have released little information.
The two troopers were occasionally featured on the National Geographic Channel show "Alaska State Troopers," which features multiple troopers patrolling the state's wild terrain. The troopers were not filming at the time of their deaths. Filming in the fifth season is currently being done with other troopers.
National Geographic said in a statement that it was "incredibly saddened" to learn of the deaths. Spokesman Chris Alpert said the troopers are among the many who are subjected to the daily dangers and vulnerabilities of working in isolated areas of the state, such as Tanana, which is about 130 miles west of Fairbanks.
The show has aired so long because of "the incredible heroism they face each day," Albert said.
No roads lead to Tanana, and travel there is mainly by aircraft. Residents lead a largely subsistence lifestyle.
The troopers had gone to Tanana to follow up on a report Wednesday night that someone "had brandished a firearm in the village," troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said. Rich and Johnson worked out of the troopers' Fairbanks rural service unit.
Cruger said the shooting happened about 3 p.m. Thursday at her aunt's home on Tanana's Front Street. She said her aunt wasn't home at the time.
Because of the location of the village, about two miles west of the junction of the Tanana and Yukon rivers, the community was a trading post for Koyukon and Tanana Athabascans long before European contact, according to a state website. Residents continue to live a traditional Athabascan lifestyle, including hunting and fishing for their food.
The deaths came the same day the name of Manokotak village public safety Officer Thomas Madole was added to the Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Artesia, New Mexico. Madole was shot and killed March 19, 2013, while responding to a domestic violence call in the Alaska Native village.
Before Thursday, 64 law enforcement officers had been killed in the line of duty since 1897 in Alaska, according to information previously provided by the Alaska State Troopers.


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"Giving high school seniors the opportunity to perform as soloists with full orchestra is one of the many opportunities for growth that the Oklahoma Youth Orchestras provides budding musicians," said Clinton. "Ms. Fletcher is one of three students selected to perform a concerto this season."
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I'd like to re-learn the A-10C and get some screen time in a Hornet...with a possibility to join your ranks.
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The 476th virtual Fighter Group is a flight simulation game multiplayer organisation who play the DCS World series of simulations by Eagle Dynamics.
We endeavour to employ real world tactics, techniques, and procedures wherever practical while also encouraging a sense of camaraderie and friendship amongst our members. We take our virtual flying seriously, but not ourselves.
We aim to provide an extremely high standard of training to both new members and our existing members in order to ensure that we continuously develop our skills and can continue to enjoy the challenge and experience of learning a realistic flight simulation in a multiplayer environment.
The 476th currently fly DCS: A-10C Warthog and DCS: F/A-18C Hornet both by Eagle Dynamics, and F-5E-3 Tiger II by Belsimtek. We intend to adopt other DCS airframes as and when they are released, providing they will meet the standard of fidelity we require and fit in with the other types we operate. In order for an aircraft to be adopted it must also provide a practical capability to the group and we must be able to produce training material to the standard our members and the community have come to expect.
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But I'm just awaiting the Recruitment window to open...and see if I am a good fit for your Real Sim group.
Alright fingers crossed for the Hornet window to open for applications. Since the A-10's just closed I'm gonna guess about 6 months?
Depends on how quickly the training pilots complete required training.
It shouldn't be that long at all. Much sooner than that. We are trying to get guys into the MQT section right now.
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10 Coolest Small Towns in Europe
Paris, London, Rome…the big cities require no introductions. But have you heard of the foodie haven of Tremolat, France or the pristine Alpine hamlet of Binn, Switzerland? In our travels, we've discovered that some of Europe's most divine towns are also some of its smallest.
America hasn't cornered the market on Coolest Small Towns! Sure, we love London and Paris as much as the next traveler. But over the years, some of the most charming, delicious, historic, and, well, cool places in Europe that we've covered in Budget Travel have been off-the-beaten-path villages and towns. As the saying goes, good things really do come in small packages.
One of the oldest villages in the Czech Republic, Cesky Krumlov is set in a valley in Bohemia south of the Blansko Forest and circled by the Vltava River. The village grew up around the 13th-century Gothic castle of the Lords of Krumlov, which has 40 buildings and palaces, gardens, and turrets and today is a major performing arts location. The cobblestone streets of Cesky Krumlov's Old Town are lined with Gothic, Baroque, and Renaissance buildings housing art galleries, cafes, and quaint B&Bs. One of the best ways to experience the town is to take a ride down the Vltava on a wooden raft ($24, en.ceskykrumlov-info.cz).
How to Get There: Prague, about 110 miles away, is connected to Cesky Krumlov by a three-hour bus ride ($10 each way; jizdnirady.idnes.cz).
Founded in 1593 as a stronghold of the Venetian Republic, this UNESCO World Heritage town was built in a unique, 18-sided octadecagon shape. When viewed from above, the fortress community looks like a delicately made paper snowflake, with streets radiating out of the structure like sunbeams. Tucked into a valley with a lagoon running into the Adriatic Sea, the land surrounding Palmanova yields high-quality Chardonnay, while the local waters are stocked with mullet, sea bass, and other delicious fish. In town, look out for the symbol of a leafy bough, or a frasca, hanging outside of restaurants to pinpoint ones serving regionally sourced food, such as the classic Venetian dish baccalà, made with dry-salted cod. At night, the city's earth-and-stone defensive works are lit up like a movie set.
How to Get There: Palmanova sits between Venice and Trieste in northeastern Italy. It's accessible by car along the A4 and A23 motorways and Highway 352. Venice is 75 miles to the southwest, while Trieste is 34 miles to the southeast. The town also sits close to the Cervignano del Friuli station and is serviced by the Udine railway (prices vary).
Germany's so-called Romantic Road—which slices north to south through the southern German state of Bavaria—earned its name for its string of stunning castles. But most of the region's bastions are stand-alone tourist attractions, not thriving municipalities. A charming exception is Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a red-walled town set up on a hill above the Tauber River. It has all the pastoral views and scenery of the Romantic Road's other castle stops yet has a strong civic pulse, too. Walt Disney was so taken by the town, in fact, that he used it as inspiration for the village in the movie Pinocchio. An earthquake destroyed the castle's main tower in 1356, but the town's red-roofed medieval and Renaissance houses have endured for centuries and were fully restored after World War II. Visitors can tour the castle's stone towers—protected beneath covered walkways—and stop by its base, where crafts shops sell everything from antique clocks to handmade garden gnomes. Cuisine is celebrated here in a way it isn't in larger German cities like Frankfurt or Berlin, let alone in castle canteens elsewhere. You may come here for the shining armor—but you'll return for the delicious renditions of Bavarian comfort foods (more spätzle, anyone?).
How to Get There: The closest major tourist city to Rothenburg ob der Tauber is Munich, which sits about 130 miles southeast. Train service runs between the two cities and takes about three hours (tickets from $67). You can also drive: The A7 autobahn runs right past town.


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Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs climb another rung on the ladder of decades with Under The Covers Vol. 3. This time, the power pop singer-songwriter and Bangles singer-guitarist take on the 1980s, which means they're simultaneously tapping into nostalgia and paying tribute to their contemporaries. Most of the artists covered here are still currently performing, although the members of R.E.M. have moved on to separate projects. As they did with the 1960s and 1970s, Sweet and Hoffs don't stray too far from the original arrangements of their well-chosen songs.
Backed by bass player-guitarist Dennis Taylor and drummer Ric Menck throughout the 14 tracks, they put a definite emphasis on energetic, guitar-driven songs with indelible melodies. Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" is as slow as the material gets, and Roxy Music's seductive "More Than This" is the only track where keyboards play a dominant role. Sweet and Hoffs take turns on lead vocals, and their harmonies, usually coming together on the chorus, are first rate. There's a mix of well-known songs like The Go-Go's' "Our Lips Are Sealed," The Pretenders' "Kid," and Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk," as well as more obscure fare like The Bongos' "The Bulrushes," The dB's' "Big Brown Eyes," and XTC's "Towers Of London." A take on Echo And The Bunnymen's mysterious "Killing Moon" gives the CD a darker edge and Sweet And Hoffs also nail The Smiths' angst-ridden masterpiece, "How Soon Is Now."


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WASHINGTON — As chaos roils Egypt, Republican lawmakers and the GOP's potential presidential candidates are divided over President Barack Obama's response though united in concern that an Islamic regime could rise to power in a nation that is an important U.S. ally in the precarious Middle East.
Compared with recent verbal sparring on domestic issues, the debate between Democrats and Republicans on Egypt is somewhat muted.
That's perhaps because the two parties differ little over U.S. policy toward Egypt. Both view the country as a linchpin to a peaceful Middle East. And while supportive of democracy there, both also express concern about the influence of extremists in a post-Mubarak government, a particular worry of Israel.Story: U.S. to Egypt: Do more in talks with opposition
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Trying to set the tone for their party, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the country's two top elected Republicans, have deferred to the Democratic president. They are signaling an unwillingness among the GOP leadership in Congress to pick a fight, in line, at least on this issue, with the tradition that politics stops at the waters' edge in the midst of foreign crises.
"America ought to speak with one voice," said McConnell.
Possible '12 GOP hopefuls take various tacks
Even so, the party's potential presidential hopefuls have taken a range of different tacks — some more confrontational — on a crisis that could dramatically alter U.S. foreign policy beyond Obama's administration.
Some, led by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, are assailing Obama as they try to draw a sharp line with the Democrat on what could end be a major issue in his 2012 re-election campaign. But the critics have given few — if any — hints about what they would do differently.
Gingrich says of the Obama administration, "I don't think they have a clue," comparing the incumbents to the White under President Jimmy Carter following the collapse of Iran's government. "It's very frightening to watch this administration."
But others, including the often-vocal Sarah Palin, have been silent. And a few, like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, are treading carefully as each day of demonstrations in Egypt brings more turmoil.Story: Senate backs measure seeking change in Egypt
At the same time, Obama's rival from 2008, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, went further than the administration in pointedly calling for Mubarak to transfer power to a caretaker government immediately.
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He also expressed concerns about "the influence of extremist organizations" and the Muslim Brotherhood rising to power. And, one day after meeting with Obama in the Oval Office on a range of issues, McCain, R-Ariz., also said the U.S. "must do a better job of encouraging democracy" in the Middle East.
Republicans' subdued reactions could change
The overall generally subdued GOP reaction could change, however.
Republicans are watching how Obama handles the crisis and are likely to pounce if uncertainty in Egypt lingers, raising worries about Israel's security and the fate of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. In that sense, Gingrich's remarks may signal the first salvo of criticism.
Until now, foreign affairs has taken a backseat to domestic issues — most notably stubbornly high unemployment — throughout Obama's administration and during last fall's midterm elections in which the GOP rose to power in the House and gained seats in the Senate. Even as Obama has overseen two wars and pushes for a Middle East peace accord, Republicans have largely ceded foreign policy ground to him on Iraq and Afghanistan.Video: Mubarak cracks down in Cairo
Iraq, to be sure, was a campaign issue in 2008. But, so far, Afghanistan has not emerged as a divisive partisan subject because Republicans largely agree with what Obama has done there. Whether Afghanistan becomes a hot issue in 2012 may depend on what Obama does between now and then in terms of reducing troop strength.
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Instead of fighting over foreign policy, the GOP spent the better part of two years challenging Obama on his stateside policies. Republicans embraced topics where the ideological contrasts in governing between Democrats and the GOP were stark.
Foreign policy comes to the fore again
But over the past week, the crisis in Egypt pushed America's foreign policy to the forefront. That, as well as the attempted assassination of an Arizona congresswoman last month, overshadowed partisan debates that the GOP was itching to have on the country's rising debt and Obama's new health care law.
The shift comes just as Republican presidential hopefuls are weighing whether they have the chops to take on Obama and seeking to bolster their foreign policy credentials with visits to the Middle East.Video: Media targeted as revolt sweeps Cairo (on this page)
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is heading to Israel, this weekend, on the heels of a trip by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
While there, Huckabee suggested Obama was being reckless toward Israel by nudging Mubarak to cede power, saying: "The United States' deafening silence toward not even acknowledging any role that he may have played in a peaceful border, between Egypt and Israel, is what's of great concern."
Back stateside, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum called the Obama administration "clueless," and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said it appeared to be "caught off guard and surprised and confused."
But Barbour took a pass, saying: "I don't want to be critical of them."
And Romney largely refrained, too. He also sidestepped a question about whether Mubarak should step down immediately, saying: "The real objective I think has been met and that is that the people of Egypt are going to have a democracy."
On Capitol Hill, McConnell, R-Ky., is rarely one to hold his tongue when given a chance to assail the White House. But he did this time, saying only: "We have one president and one secretary of state, and I think they ought to speak for America with regard to the crisis in the Middle East."
Boehner, R-Ohio, went even further, praising the Obama administration response and calling for the U.S. to continue supporting Egypt's move to democracy, adding: "What we don't want are radical ideologies to take control of a very large and important country in the Middle East."
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ComScore's Digital Future report for 2013 just came out, and the analytics company has a lot to say about what happened in 2012 … and what might be coming up in 2013.
Online advertising, for one thing, was way up, with almost six trillion display ads published in 2012. That's up 500 billion from 2011. Shockingly, AT&T accounted for a massive 1.04 billion of them, more than double the next largest online advertiser, Microsoft, which bought almost 50 billion impressions.
ComScore's massive report also includes data on the top web properties, the battle for search dominance between Google and Bing, and smartphone market share, among other things.
Facebook, for instance, is the most popular app on phones in America, according to ComScore, showing up on 76 percent of phones. That's impressive, but not as impressive as Google's utter domination of the mobile charts. The search engine/social network/advertising giant has no less than five of the top six mobile apps in the U.S. Google's apps such as Maps, Google Play, Google Search, Gmail, and YouTube take positions two through six.
In terms of top sites, Google retained leadership in terms of unique visitors, with over 191 million. That's just six million more than Yahoo, which is still — perhaps surprisingly — strong in online services and information, and over 20 million more than Microsoft.
But Facebook takes the cake in terms of time share: almost 11 percent of all time spent online, is spent on Facebook.
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