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US Rep. Edward Markey to run in Senate special election
US Representative Edward J. Markey, dean of the state's Washington delegation, will run in 2013 for the Senate seat expected to open with the nomination of Senator John F. Kerry to head the State Department.
Markey, 66, a Malden Democrat elected to the House in 1976, is the first prominent candidate to declare a run for Kerry's seat, which will be filled through a special election early next summer, probably in June. Kerry, a Democrat and head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is expected to be easily confirmed by the Senate in coming weeks as the next secretary of state.
The Massachusetts special election is likely to be a closely watched national race and a potential harbinger for the 2014 midterm elections.
"I have decided to run for the US Senate because this fight is too important,'' Markey said in a statement to the Globe. "There is so much at stake.''
Two other Bay State congressmen, Michael E. Capuano of Somerville and Stephen F. Lynch of South Boston, both Democrats, have also expressed interest in seeking Kerry's seat, but have announced no decision.
Running in a special election is a low-risk venture for House incumbents. If they lose, they would still be members of Congress and be able to run for reelection as favored incumbents in 2014. State Senator Benjamin B. Downing, a Pittsfield Democrat, is expected to announce next week that he is forming an exploratory committee for a possible Senate run.
Senator Scott Brown, a Republican who lost his seat to Democrat Elizabeth Warren in November, is the most likely GOP candidate in the 2013 special election.
Markey declined to be interviewed, and he plans a formal campaign announcement in January. The longtime congressman sees the Senate as a better opportunity while the GOP controls the House of Representatives, according to someone close to Markey but not authorized to speak on his behalf. As a member of the House minority, a Democrat even with such a long incumbency is largely powerless. In the Senate, freshman senators can adopt national platforms and wield influence.
Markey's announcement was made just three days after Edward M. Kennedy Jr., a son of the late US senator, said he would pass on the Massachusetts race and may run in the future in Connecticut, where he now lives.
Governor Deval Patrick will appoint a temporary senator to fill the seat once Kerry is confirmed to his new job. Patrick has said he favors appointing a caretaker who will not seek the seat in the special election.
Markey, or any of the other sitting congressmen, would have to resign his seat in the House to take the temporary Senate appointment, greatly increasing the political risk of running in the special election. Markey will not ask for the appointment, said the person familiar with his decision.
Philip W. Johnston, a former chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party who remains a key party operative,
endorsed Markey Thursday and said he hopes Democrats can "avoid an expensive, divisive primary.''
Markey begins the race with about $3.1 million in his campaign account, a "really nice fund-raising lead'' that may give pause to other prominent Democrats considering a run, said Stonehill College political scientist Peter Ubertaccio. Capuano had about $491,000 in campaign cash on hand in late November; Lynch had $740,000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
"Congressman Capuano wishes Congressman Markey well,'' Capuano spokeswoman Alison Mills wrote in an e-mail. "He will make a decision in the coming days.''
Lynch, in a statement, said, "While I am giving serious thought to running for the US Senate and have received great encouragement, at this point I am still focused on my job as a congressman and am working with my colleagues in the Massachusetts delegation to find solutions to the fiscal cliff.''
Brown, who won his seat in a 2010 special election after Senator Edward M. Kennedy died in office, has not said whether he will run again. He has about $464,000 in his campaign account, but is a prolific fund-raiser. Brown could not be reached Thursday.
If Brown runs, he would be a battle-tested candidate after two hard-fought statewide races in the past three years. Markey, though far more experienced in government, "hasn't run in a competitive congressional race in decades,'' said Ubertaccio. "He's moved up the ranks in Congress and is very much a creature of Washington, which can be problematic in a tough statewide race.''
Nate Little, executive director of the state Republican Party, downplayed Markey as "kind of old news'' after 36 years in office and predicted the congressman would lack the star power to keep other Democrats out of the race. "He's not that named heavyweight the Democrats were hoping for,'' he said. Little said he did not know if Brown will run.
The Globe reported last week that Markey had conducted a private poll testing his position in a hypothetical match-up with Brown. The pollster asked about Markey's perceived strengths, such as his work on clean energy legislation and his opposition to Bush-era tax cuts. The poll also asked about potential vulnerabilities, such as Markey's votes on tax increases and whether the congressman has spent too much time in Washington. The results were not made public.
Markey's spirited announcement statement signaled that he is prepared for a hard-swinging campaign and is ready to defend several traditional liberal positions.
"With Senator Kerry's departure, Massachusetts voters will decide once again whether we want a senator who will fight for all our families or one who supports a Republican agenda that benefits only the powerful and well connected,'' Markey said. "I refuse to allow the Tea Party-dominated Republican Party to lead us off the fiscal cliff and into recession. I won't allow the [National Rifle Association] to obstruct an assault weapons ban yet again. I will not sit back and allow oil and coal industry lobbyists to thwart our clean energy future or extremists to restrict women's rights and health care.''
John Rosenthal, founder and chairman of the group Stop Handgun Violence, said he has known Markey for years and declared "there is nobody better to take a leadership role on passing effective national gun violence laws than Ed.''
Markey is the ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and also serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Scott Nathan, chairman of the League of Conservation Voters, said Thursday that he was thrilled to back Markey, whom he called "a champion fighting for the clean-energy economy.''
Markey is a graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School and a veteran of the US Army Reserve. He announced a run for US Senate in 1984, but withdrew from the race before the primary. Kerry won that seat and has held it since.
In his announcement, Markey said he favors spending money on "innovation and jobs,'' protecting Social Security and Medicare, and "a sane approach to guns and violence.'' In the House, Markey has also worked extensively on telecommunications issues. He called for "a national policy that makes our country energy- independent and curbs the pollution that is causing global warming.''


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Penny Arcade Shooting For A Crowdfunded Ad-Free Website
from the working-for-the-readers deptEver since the internet became a thing, websites have funded their operations primarily through advertising placed around the content they publish. Unfortunately, this business model is not particularly liked among those browsing the web. It's not just the web surfers who hate this way of doing business either. Many website operators merely tolerate advertising as a necessary evil, something that must be done in order to continue publishing the things people love. So, is it even possible to operate a popular website without running ads alongside the content?
Enter Penny Arcade, home to one of the most popular web comics on the entire internet. Early in its life, it operated solely on the donations of its readers. As it grew, it transitioned to a more traditional ad-based model. Now, the creators want to return to that idyllic era of a user funded site via Kickstarter. And they're doing it with a hilarious video, showing off their personality (which is always a good way to connect with fans).
Would scouring ads from Penny Arcade, with everything that entails, be something you'd be willing to reach into your pocket for? The more we considered it, the more we agreed it might just be. Not only would you no longer have to look at advertising when browsing Penny Arcade, but not having ads would create a chain reaction that would lead to a bunch of other interesting stuff. Without the almighty "pageview" to consider, why not populate the RSS with full comics and posts? Why not enable and even encourage apps, first and third party, for people to read it however they damn well please?Basically, it frees them up to do a lot of things that advertising has hindered in the past. Think about this. Currently, they believe they cannot offer full comics or articles in their RSS feeds because doing so cuts into ad revenue. They cannot allow the use of 3rd party comic readers because doing so may eat into ad revenue. They cannot offer their fans the experience they deserve because they fear that doing so eats into ad revenue. But if ad revenue is no longer a consideration, all these features (and more) are back on the table. If this Kickstarter succeeds, they will no longer need to worry about making advertisers happy and can focus on making their fans happy.
The campaign is not without its critics, though. In fact, there are already several arguments against what Penny Arcade is doing here. The first argument is the idea that the Penny Arcade crew doesn't really need the money because they are already successful. We have seen this argument made before. But just like that situation, crowdfunding is not just about raising money: it's a way to connect with your fans and let them get invested in you and your work.
Another common argument is that this Kickstarter campaign violates Kickstarter's own rules. Specifically, critics claim that it violates the rules against using Kickstarter to fund ongoing projects, or projects without an end. This might seem like a good argument against it, but if it truly did violate Kickstarter's guidelines, it wouldn't have been approved. Additionally, Penny Arcade is producing a product with these funds. They are producing a year's worth of content that would not have been created without it. So, there is a product goal here.
Something else that isn't quite a complaint about the Kickstarter campaign but more of a sustainability question is that of non-paying readers. This campaign is not just a benefit for backers. All changes made to the site and its operations will be available to all readers. Some claim that because of this free-rider problem, the ability operate under this model is not sustainable in the long run. However, we have seen many areas where this is not the case. On Twitter, Gabe compared this campaign to that of NPR fund-raising drives. We know that the vast majority of public radio listeners do not pay at pledge time, but the stations are still able to raise the majority of their funds from those who do. Another great example comes from free-to-play video games, in which the majority of players will never spend money. Many of these games are still able to make a profit operating this way.
Regardless of the complaints, this is a really bold move for any major brand to make. If they succeed in raising all the money needed to run ad-free for a full year, we will be able to return in a year's time and gauge its success. If they don't succeed, then it will be business as usual and we will have to watch for further funding experiments. Hopefully, we will see the former and that success will spark a new wave of advertising-free content publishing.
At the very least, this is a reminder that we're seeing new business models pop up all the time. Some people claim that advertising is "the only" business model online, but clearly that's not true. That doesn't mean that this or any particular Kickstarter campaign will always succeed -- but that's true of any business model. What Kickstarter allows, however, is the rapid prototyping of a business model like this, and that's really disruptive.
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By Rob Schabert, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – John Greene captured seventh place in the men's race and Rebecca Cline claimed 12th place and both of Tennessee Tech's cross country team finished in fourth place among the Division I teams competing Saturday at the Evansville Invitational.
The typically fast course, which usually yields career-best times on good days, was slowed by steady rains overnight Friday. Freshman Jordan Roth was the only Golden Eagle runner to eclipse his personal-best mark during the 8K men's run, and two members of the TTU women's team came close but missed setting new career 5K numbers.
Western Kentucky won the women's portion of the race with 23 points, followed by Evansville (32), Marshall (81) and Tennessee Tech (99). Eight more teams ran in the field, all competing on the non-Division I level.
In the men's race, Marshall grabbed the team title with 37 points, followed by Western Kentucky (50), Evansville (63) and Tech (65).
Cline covered the distance in 19:37.35 to place 12th individually, leading Tech for the fifth time this season. Peri Winborne placed 18th in 20:08.68, followed by Yeshi Dorhmann in 23rd place in 20:31.31. Placing fourth for Tech was Meghan O'Donoghue in 25th place with a time of 20:47.88, just a few seconds shy of her career-best. Amelia McCoy placed fifth on the squad, finishing 27th in 20:59.93, followed by Elizabeth Mitchell in 34th place (21:55.94), Claire Cashin in 35th place (22:02.97), Sarah Wilson in 39th place (22:37.20), and Landry Loving in 40th place (23:42.89).
Greene ran his race in 26:22.52 for his seventh place finish, with Sterling Smith finishing 12th in 27:02.88. Roth's time of 27:23.39 placed him 13th, followed by Daniel Williamson in 15th place (27:27.46), Matt Bishop in 18th place (27:48.63) and Sam Lariviere in 21st (27:59.61).
The next action for the Golden Eagles is the Ohio Valley Conference championships, slated for Saturday, Nov. 2, at Eagle Trace Golf Course in Morehead, Ky.


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|"Guys listen to their
stylist. They know you're
the one paying attention
to fashion and style."
—Craig Hanson,
Creative Director, American Crew
Stylists, put your hands together—with gel, pomade and paste. You're going to be using a lot of that this holiday season as men clean up for parties and office events. Hair is long, short and everything in between, but it's neat.
"A low, deep side part will look modern and polished," says Sam Burns, spokesman for MITCH by Paul Mitchell and a JPMS international trainer and business development coach. "When men are dressed up, their hair should be closer to the head. Let it dry naturally without a lot of volume. Apply our Steady Grip for a look that's tighter and more compact, but controlled."
The look not just for holiday but continuing through 2014 is "dapper," according to Craig Hanson, creative director at American Crew.
"It's the Frank Sinatra thing reinvented by today's stars like Ryan Gosling and David Beckham," Hanson says. "There's attention to grooming, but the look is still masculine, rugged."
Show men with longer hair how to craft a "man bun" or pull back a loose, but structured, ponytail.
"I'm seeing the bun at the nape on the red carpet," Hanson reports. "When the stylist presents a celebrity look with enthusiasm and confidence, the guy really listens. He knows that you're the one paying attention to fashion and style."
If the hair isn't long enough to pull back, Hanson recommends getting it off the face. "Comb product through the hair, and then take your fingers at the scalp and break it up to give a little bit of lift," he says. "Use tons of gel for a crunchy look if the guy doesn't want his hair to move when the wind blows, or use pomade if the client wants a more casual feel."
Make sure your men have tools they need.
"For today's styles, every man should have a round brush and a comb," says Burns. "The comb keeps the hair flatter and more defined; the round brush delivers that modern-day pompadour."
Hanson adds one more. "The boar bristle brush is a guy's best friend," he says. "It's what men used in the '50s to get the hair perfectly smooth while still having a wave or direction."
Don't assume your male clients won't be open to color.
"Currently two out of 10 men enjoy color in the salon, but five out of 10 want it but are scared," says Burns. "For gray coverage for the first time, less is best and less is the request. Tell the guy, 'We're going to turn back time just a little bit.' He could experience Paul Mitchell's Flash Back hair color, and even his wife won't know for sure."
|"Log on at wellainteractive.com for
video instruction in Nioxin
techniques for cutting, coloring
and styling thinning hair."
Win/win! Scalp services add to the ticket while helping male clients maximize the look of hair density.
As early as their teens and 20s, many men become self-conscious about thinning hair. Use your conversational skills to break through their sensitivity about this issue. Lay out options for full-hair looks, and you will have a client for life.
"Consultations are the most important part of any service to set expectations," says Carla Kootsillas, a stylist for Nioxin. When you explain "what's going on up there" to the client, he becomes open to solutions such as starting a full Nioxin Hair System regimen that you would prescribe. In addition, the Nioxin team has developed cutting, coloring and styling techniques that produce a look of fullness to the hair.
To make sure your book is raining men in the new year, tap into their natural preferences.
* Duality looks. "Men want the opportunity to express their own personal style in the boardroom, the bedroom and the ballpark," says Sam Burns, JPMS international trainer and business development coach. "There's not just one look for them."
Demonstrating how he can get multiple looks from one cut builds the client's confidence in you, adds Craig Hanson, creative director at American Crew.
* Duality products. "Men are performancedriven," says Burns. "The more multipurpose the product, the more appealing it is. They love our MITCH Double Hitter Shampoo and Conditioner, because you can use the shampoo as a body wash and use the conditioner to shave."
* Grooming Center. Men want to feel that they belong at the salon, so establish a separate retail area just for them. "A younger guy is not going to use his girlfriend's shampoo, his mom's shampoo or his dad's shampoo, while the mature man wants products that 'revitalize,'" says Burns, who suggests making it simple for guys by showcasing your five top-selling men's products. "Carry a black blow dryer, and don't miss the retail opportunity to sell combs for today's men's looks."
* Brocabulary. Woody's Just4Play line might strike women as a pun of questionable taste, but dudes love to laugh at that kind of thing.
"Develop a separate menu for men, with service names like 'Hawaii 5-0' for five foils or 'Male-Pattern Blondeness' for a lightening service," says Burns. "Men won't get highlights, but they'll get 'skylights'; instead of lowlights, offer 'brolights'; promote 'hombre' to indicate ombre color. Men like the word 'guaranteed' and are attracted to products that are 'easy' or 'one-step,' 'bulk up the hair,' make their hair look 'natural' or are 'great for the gym.' With our Construction Paste, I tell guys, 'Put it in your hands and clap it together—it needs to get a little webby, Spiderman!'"
* Style influencers. Within your clientele, you're sure to have some trendsetting guys in their late 20s who hit all the coolest bars and coffee houses. Identify those guys! "Stylists should listen to what these clients have to say about their style," Hanson says. "They're the guys making statements, and they'll be the ones leading the rest in the latest looks."
* Shave and shaving products. "For holiday, guys are going to shave!" Hanson predicts. By offering to shave your ordinarily scruffy men, you'll remind them that it's a traditional grooming service they can stop by and have whenever they want to look spot-on perfect. You also can build their loyalty to professional shaving products.
"Since they don't shave often, they don't know how their skin will react," Hanson adds. "Explain to them that they can trust salon quality products to prevent bumps and roughness."
|"Keep men stocked
in minis; 41 percent
like to have a separate
set of products for the
gym or office."
—Sam Burns, MITCH man
* Product Try-Me's. "When men try professional products, of course they like them—because they work!" says Hanson "They'll come back to buy the full size."
Studies show that 41 percent of men like to have a separate set of products for the gym or office, according to Burns. "During the holidays," he says "we're offering stockings that can be stuffed with mini-size MITCH products."
* Free stuff. Men aren't as price-conscious as women, but everyone appreciates a gift at holiday time. The free Woody's deck of cards included with the Woody's Holiday Cheer gift pack will have guys thinking about you at their next poker game.
* Gift certificates. Women want their men looking good, and a gift certificate for his January hair cut is the perfect "something for both of us" gift. "Stylists should talk about men's styles to women, because women influence on average six men," Hanson notes.


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Devouring popcorn, nachos, candy bars, and copious cups of diet soda while enjoying the latest summer flicks at the cinema is what life is all about. Movie night at home, however, gives you the opportunity to fancy up your movie time treats for a more delicious and satisfying viewing experience. In this latest installment in our Savvy and Sassy Kitchen series, you can easily whip up these homemade snacks that feature delightful twists to classic theatre-style fare. So call up your friends, choose a fun-to-watch flick, and serve any of these award-worthy appetizers.
Popcorn with Parmesan and Pancetta
Watching a movie and munching mindlessly on hot buttered popcorn is always a great combination. Chef Fabio Viviani from Chow Ciao gives ordinary popcorn a decidedly gourmet turn with this exciting Popcorn with Parmesan and Pancetta recipe. A generous amount of diced pancetta, or Italian cured pork, adds a smoky, bacon-like flavor to the popping oil. Parmesan cheese, oregano, red pepper flakes, and garlic powder give this popcorn snack several layers of flavor that will have you applauding with every bite.
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"Before coming to Ghana, our group had learned that President Obama would be in Accra while we were here. We decided as a group that, if possible, we would like to see him speak.
"When we arrived here, the country was already preparing for his visit. His name was mingled in with Twi (a language spoken in Ghana) on the radio news, and we heard more than one song created for him playing on Kumasi's stations. Children, men, and women would approach us just to say that Obama was a good man. It took us all by surprise, the Obama-fever in the air."
… "After we finished teaching classes on Thursday, the group packed up our Sunyani Hostel rooms and caught the bus back to Kumasi.
"We woke up early the next morning and walked to Tech Junction (in Kumasi) to meet Lord and Sandra (Ghanaian graduate students who would be joining them for a few days). At the junction, we were greeted by a billboard welcoming President Obama to Ghana, even though he was only scheduled to visit Accra and Cape Coast.
'Lord found us a bus (to Accra) in the central market, and the bus filled slowly but surely. We learned later that day that the bus driver was getting people on the bus by telling them that there were Americans inside going to meet Mr. Obama. People would climb the stairs of the bus, look at us, and then go back outside to pay the driver the bus fare.
"In Accra, we secured taxis to the Hostel where we would be staying at the University of Ghana. The traffic was unbelievable, and the driver explained to us that it was because of Obama's impending visit. His plane was to arrive in a couple of hours.
"We listened to the radio in the cab, and the only subject was Obama. The airport had been shut down in anticipation of his arrival, and as soon as his plane touched down, he would be taken to the Holiday Inn where he would be staying. The next morning he would address the Parliament, then fly to Cape Coast to see the slave trade castle there and give an address. He would then fly back to Accra, and there would be a farewell ceremony at the airport. Tickets were required to attend the event.
That night we all felt a bit sad, thinking that there would be no opportunity for us to see our President speak"
… "We started the next day with a trip to the market in Accra. It is one of the biggest markets in Africa, and it would have taken days to see everything in that maze. We met a lot of very nice people there and were also grabbed, touched and poked by many others.
"Obama was everywhere in the city. His face was plastered on billboards, on American flags, and on people's clothes. Everywhere we went, all we heard was 'Obama.'
"One of the Michigan Tech students wanted to see the U.S. Embassy, so they all climbed into taxis.
"When we arrived, we noticed a long line of people standing outside, and they appeared to be Americans. Intrigued, we approached and started talking to them. Somehow we happened to pick a Michigan Tech grad. He explained that they were in the Peace Corps in Ghana, and they were waiting in line for tickets to Obama's farewell ceremony.
"When the Peace Corps had gone through the line, we talked to the embassy official in charge of the tickets. We explained what we were doing in Ghana and asked him if there was any way we too could see Obama. He was interested in our project and promised to do what he could. He made some phone calls and told us that if no more Peace Corps students showed up, we could have the tickets, although he could not guarantee entry into the ceremony.
"We waited anxiously, and our patience and persistence paid off. We were given tickets and boarded one of the buses headed to the ceremony. We were escorted by police to the airport and then joined the long line of people waiting to get through security.
"To our surprise, our tickets got us into the very front section of the audience. We waited for quite some time for the arrival of President Obama and President Mills. The Ghanaians behind us were singing, and we could hear the steady beat of Ghanaian drums preparing for their performance. The anticipation and excitement was overwhelming. Everyone was smiling.
"When Obama and Mills arrived, the fever in the air reached a new level. I cannot begin to describe the excitement. Obama took the stage with President Mills. … President Mills spoke, and then President Obama spoke. The crowd was hushed except for occasional bursts of applause and cheering. Though some may not agree with President Obama's politics, it would be difficult to deny his ability to inspire hope and bring people together.
"Afterwards, both President Obama and the First Lady shook hands with those in the front. Many members of our group were able to shake one or both of their hands. As their plane took off shortly after, with the American flag on the tail of Air Force One illuminated, it was clear to all of us that this would be a night we would never forget."
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Gnocchi with courgette, mascarpone & spring onions
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- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal498
- fat25g
- saturates13g
- carbs54g
- sugars6g
- fibre3g
- protein17g
- salt2.07g
- 300g fresh gnocchi
An Italian dumpling made with semolina, flour, potatoes or ricotta and spinach cooked and eaten…
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 1 red chilli, sliced, deseeded if you like
- 1 medium courgette, cut into thin ribbons with a peeler
The courgette is a variety of cucurtbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- 4 spring onions, chopped
Spring onionsp-ring un-yun
Also known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…
- zest 1 lemon
Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
- 2 heaped tbsp mascarpone
- 50g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
- dressed mixed leaves, to serve
Cook the gnocchi following pack instructions. Drain, reserving a ladle of the cooking water, and set aside.
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Cook chilli and courgette for 3 mins until soft. Add spring onions, zest, mascarpone, half the Parmesan and cooking water. Mix until smooth, add gnocchi and heat through.
Season, divide between 2 ovenproof dishes and scatter with the remaining Parmesan. Grill for 2-3 mins until bubbling and serve with the dressed mixed leaves.
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Use up leftover mascarponeBrioche with mascarpone & strawberries for 2 - Beat together 4 tbsp mascarpone with 1 tbsp icing sugar. Toast 4 thick slices brioche and spread with the mixture, then top with 100g strawberries, halved.


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|Winter 2013
This fall, nine 3Ls pursued legal studies overseas at seven different universities. Four students will remain abroad for the spring term to complete joint JD/master's degree programs. Studying abroad while in law school allows Penn Law students to gain in-depth knowledge of a foreign legal system and culture while building an international network of colleagues and contacts. This year's students abroad are:
Friday, January 19 – Application Deadline for International Summer Human Rights Fellowships (ISHRF)
Friday, January 19 – Application Deadline for Penn Law International Internship Program (PLIIP)
Monday, March 3 – Application Deadline for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS)
Emanuele Conte (01/28/14 – 02/20/14)
Sir Roy Goode (03/17/14 – 04/07/14)
Diepiriye Anga L'14 Selected as 'Global Shaper' by World Economic Forum
Visiting Researcher Recognized as Best Actor of China's College Drama Festival
Students Compete in World Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Penn Law Hosts Four Fulbright Recipients for 2013-2014 Academic Year
Spotlight on Spring 2014 International Courses
Penn Law will offer 16 spring courses focusing on international or comparative law :
Farewell to Fall 2013 Bok Visiting Professors
Three distinguished Visiting Faculty members joined Penn Law as Bok Visiting International Professors during the fall term:
Johannes Masing (09/13/13 – 10/04/13)
Gary Born (10/02/13 – 10/11/13)
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In November, David Abrams traveled to Brazil to speak at a Conference on Patent Statistics for Decisions Makers, sponsored by the OECD. Later the same month, he gave lectures at the University of Oslo, University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich. In December, Abrams will lecture at Hebrew University.
In November, Shyam Balganesh, William Burke-White, and Gideon Parchomovsky led sessions at a Workshop on Private Regulation, Customs, and Usages in Transnational Private Law hosted by the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. The workshop was jointly organized by Parchomovsky and former Bok Visiting International Professor Fabrizio Cafaggi.
Bill Bratton traveled to Beijing, China in October for a conference on commercial law hosted by Tsinghua's Faculty of Law.
William Burke-White and Eric Feldman represented Penn Law at the annual Global Forum, this year hosted at Waseda University in Tokyo, along with a delegation of four Penn Law students, Chelsea Fish L'16, Kristin Teager L'15, Angela Wu L'15, and Daniel Yip GL'14. This year's topic looked at "International Law: From Mere Pluralism towards Constitutionalism"
Sophia Lee traveled to London in October to attend the University of Notre Dame in London's "International Perspectives on Public Law" conference where she presented chapters from her forthcoming book, The Workplace Constitution from the New Deal to the New Right.
In October, Charles Mooney participated in the 5th Annual Teaching Conference on Transnational Commercial Law where he presented on the Cape Town and Geneva Securities Conventions. In November, Mooney was in Istanbul for a colloquium and Unidroit committee meeting. In December, he traveled to Vienna as the International Insolvency Institute's observer at the UNCITRAL working group on secured transactions, working on a model law.
Sarah Paoletti travelled to Sydney, Australia in August for meetings at the University of New South Wales. While there she lectured in the UNSW International Human Rights Clinic and presented on a research project entitled Access to Justice for Migrant Workers along the Asia-Middle East Corridor. In October, she visited Geneva to meet with the UNHCR and other stakeholders regarding a forthcoming report from the Transnational Legal Clinic about the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in Ghana. Paoletti was joined by Chelsea Edwards L'15 and Margot Campbell L'14.
In October, Christopher Yoo visited Nusa Dua, Indonesia for a panel on "Cyber War, Cyber Weapons and Internet Governance" and a workshop on "Multistakeholderism and the Dynamic Internet on Internet Governance" both hosted by the Global Internet Governance Academic Network.
Highlighted International Events from Fall 2013
"The Future of International Criminal Law in Africa" (September 20)
Career One-on-One: Chanda Delong L'07 – Working at the IMF (September 25)
Visit by Mexico's Deputy Foreign Minister for North America (September 25)
Career One-on-One: Gary Born L'81 (October 9)
Risk Regulation Seminar: "Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development" (October 14)
Talk by Ambassador John Bolton, "America in the World" (October 16)
"Scholarship After Snowden" (October 17)
Visit by Consul General for Italy (October 22)
Career One-on-One: Brian Tronic L'10: International Public Law Fellowships (October 28)
"Insights from Practice: Compliance Issues in a Global Company" (October 30)
Salzburg Lloyd N. Cutler Fellows Program in Washington DC (November 1-2)
JIL Symposium: "International Regulation of Investment in the Rising Powers" (November 8)
Conference: "India as a Pioneer of Innovation: Constraints and Opportunities" (November 14-15)
"Destination Brazil: Legal Aspects, Trends, Challenges and Opportunities of Investing in Brazil" (November 21)
ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group: Junior Scholars Research Forum (November 22)
"On the Very Idea of Secret Laws: Transparency and Publicity in Deliberative Democracy" (November 22-23)
Penn Law Hosts Delegation of 25 South American Judges (November 25)
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Although it's very hard (if not impossible) to see in the photo, the old Type AC armor clad cable (BX) on the left is abandoned and does not connect to this plastic box. However, someone did add the new Type AC cable on the right to serve an outlet about 10 ft away. The keyless lampholder was originally supplied power via the nonmetallic sheathed cable.
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Details: Snow pass is $5 with two snow areas; pictures with Santa from 6-8 p.m. are $5. Contact the Boys & Girls Club of Jasper County at 717-1615.
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Awesome Stuff: Films About Things Techdirt Talks About
from the check-it-out deptFor this week's awesome stuff post, we've got links to movies about things that we regularly talk about here on Techdirt: the prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the CFAA, patents and piracy.
- First up, is a documentary about Aaron Swartz called The Internet's Own Boy by Brian Knappenberger, who previously did a documentary about Anonymous. Knappenberger's film isn't a "memorial" about Swartz, but rather an "investigative" documentary about his story and the lawsuit against him, as well as the legal structure that led to his arrest and trial. The video that Knappenberger has put together is really compelling and touching:
- From once CFAA case to another. Krystof Andres & George Russell are doing a documentary called The Hedgehog & The Hare, all about the CFAA, but mainly focused on the case against Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer. The documentary will also explore how the CFAA goes way too far in trying to criminalize perfectly reasonable computer activities.
- This next one, I'm a bit less sure about, but the topic could be interesting. It's supposedly a short film, made in South Africa about the big pharmaceutical makers going after generic drug makers, called The Cure. What makes me a bit unsure about is that the filmmakers, Katey Carson and Errol Schwartz, seem a hell of a lot more excited about the fact that (a) they signed up some "Oscar-winning talent" to be in the film and (b) that they're filming the whole thing with an iPhone, than they are about the story, which they barely mention at all. The topic sounds interesting. I just wish they'd actually have said something about that, rather than the other stuff which really isn't that interesting.
- And, finally, a documentary about piracy. I mean that's what critics insist this site is all about, right? So I figured, why not. Here's a documentary film about a Somali pirate -- you know, one who actually hijacked a ship, called The Smiling Pirate, which aims to tell the story of the one remaining living member of the pirates who hijacked the Maersk Alabama. As the story suggests, despite a forthcoming Tom Hanks movie about this whole thing, there appear to be a lot more questions than answers about what really happened both aboard the ship and then with the captured pirate after the whole thing happened.
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Go on a city trip to an exciting destination set at the heart of stunning nature. Book flights to Dublin and admire breathtaking nature, just outside the city. Drink a pint of Guinness ('the black stuff') in the typical Irish pubs and meander through medieval alleyways in the historic city centre. With Gaelic football being the national sport, make sure you watch Ireland play at their home venue Croke Park.
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Jenna Dewan Tatum reveals her natural beauty routine
For Jenna Dewan Tatum being a new mom has meant changing her lifestyle not only for herself, but for her daughter Everly and husband, Magic Mike star, Channing Tatum. Jenna looks stunning on the cover of Natural Health in a pink eyelet dress with matching belt and soft side-waves. In the July/August issue on newsstands Thursday, she reveals her newfound natural living and why everything down to her beauty routine has changed.
When asked about her beauty routine, Jenna explained, "I keep it simple because I have sensitive skin, and when I do a lot, it makes things worse. I get a facial once a month, and I only use products that aren't tested on animals. I use a face wash from my dermatologist, Dr. Harold Lancer, and I love Josie Maran argan oil-I slather it on my face, in my hair, on my body. If I'm in the sun for five minutes, my melasma comes back, so I'm really good about sunscreen. Sonia Dakar's SPF 30 is made of organic ingredients-it's the best."
Jenna swears by products like Seventh Generation and has started using household pantry items to clean the house. "I clean the house with a mixture of lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, hydrogen peroxide and water. It disinfects and it smells good," revealed Jenna.
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Maddon's Road Theme Mastery Strike Again
Ahhhh the always popular Tampa Bay Rays Joe Maddon inspired theme parties as the squad embarks for the airport and their chartered trip to Wonderland. This time unlike the "All White" or "Cowboy" themed endeavor, this one brought about some unique creativity and unity, plus a possible fantasy wish granted in absentee for some of the Rays curious female fans.
But there were a few disturbing trends hidden within the themes themselves. Why is it the clothing of choice for much of the assembled slumber party members was the always popular "One-sy", complete with the backside flap.
That was not the paramount disturbing concern for me, sure seeing Ben Zobrist ensemble of a particular tie-dye madness did strike me a bit….well psychedelic in nature, but it was a twin to his wife Julianne's fashion pick. Seeing B J Upton even thrusting his Adidas endorsed tracksuit aka " stealth night maneuvers" for the cool and wicked set did not offend me. But there was one thing that truly struck a chord with me.
And no, it was not the white "One-sy" of rookie starter Jeremy Hellickson or even the Kung Fu Panda-pseudo headgear of Rays reliever Joel Peralta. Sure some of us might awaken tonight from a dead sleep dreaming of Rays broadcaster/ "Lord I was born a Rambling man" Todd Kalas and his Scrooge night cap, but those are just surface things to the real itch that is scratching at my brain stem right now.
Where are the other missing members of the Rays traveling party? Is it possible that we might have "uncovered" something special here? Could we have possibly stumbled on a fact or thing that was once secret about a few of these Rays players?
With guys like Relievers Kyle Farnsworth, Johnny Damon, Rays Bullpen Coach Bobby Ramos absent from the photo, could there be some of the Rays roster who might actually sleep au natural? I know it is shocking to think about it, but you have to ask where the missing Rays might be.
But the again, some people consider their sleep apparel to be of a personal nature and might not want to divulge their tendencies or their nighty-night attire for general public scrutiny. But you got to commend the playfulness of guys like Rays videoographer Chico Fernandez who dressed errily reminiscent of a robe icon Hugh Hefner. That was worth its weigh in gold to see.
It would have been a perfect time for Rays standout Sam Fuld to actually show he wears Super hero inspired sleepwear, but he instead wore a more plain Clark Kent wardrobe of gray sweatshirt and dark blue sweatpants…..Maybe he was in disguise….Legends tend to do that sometimes.
Still, it was a great showing by the Rays, and all in good fun that they participated in another one of Maddon's always comical and inspiring themed getaway endeavors. Might not have gone over as well as the old tacky golf pants or Brayser road trip ensemble photos, but shows the behind the scenes personalities and playful nature of so many of these Rays players and staffers.
Maddon originally used these events and inspired attire-based fun-tastic time to bring together his fold and unite them off the field as well as on the field. It has produced some impressive moments in photos and individual personality-based clothing options since its inception in 2008. But that is Maddon.
He uses outside the realm of traditional baseball road trip thoughts to make the game seamlessly disappear from his charges minds before his team embarks towards another city. That pushes the team's subconsciously towards another day, another chance at victory by shedding the game normal travel norms and rules. Outside the box thinking is all Maddon, and I do not see that changing any time soon.
Wonder what is on tap for the upcoming road trip to Milwaukee? Maybe a 50's inspired wear like Fonzie, Richie, or Laverne? Well, maybe not Lenny and Squiggy.
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|TAS Margaret McIntyre, first woman Member of Parliament in Tasmania. She was elected in May for the Legislative Council but was killed in an air accident in Sept 1948.
|Dame Enid Lyons is the first woman to hold cabinet rank when she becomes Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Liberal-Country Party coalition ministry of Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies.
|Sen. Annabelle Rankin becomes Government Whip
|Phyllis Benjamin served as a Member of the Legislative Council (ALP) for Hobart, Tasmania between 1952 and 1976, becoming the first woman in Australia to lead an Upper House (1968–1969). She was also the longest serving woman of any State Parliament in Australia.
|WA Ruby Hutchinson, first woman elected to the Legislative Council
|Aboriginal (women) given vote – enrolling optional, voting compulsory if enrolled.
|Sen. Annabelle Rankin becomes Minister for Housing, and thus the first woman to administer a government department.
|Sen. Ivy Wedgewood, Liberal Party, becomes the first woman to chair a Senate committee, the Select Committee on Medical and Hospital Costs.
|Sen. Ivy Wedgewood chairs one of the first of the Senate's new Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committees, the Health and Welfare Committee. The report concerned an inquiry into handicapped persons in Australia.
|WA eligible persons aged 18–21 able to vote for Legislative Assembly.
|Elizabeth Reid, first adviser appointed to Prime Minister on matters relating to women.
|Sen. Margaret Guilfoyle, Liberal Party, becomes the first woman senator to be a member of the cabinet and to administer a government department.
Sen. Kathy Martin (now Mrs Kathy Sullivan, MP) is appointed Assistant Opposition Whip in the Senate, and later the same year Assistant Government Whip.
|TAS Gillian James, first female Minister.
WA Margaret McAleer, first female Government Whip in Legislative Council.
|Sen. Susan Ryan is the first Labor woman federal minister. As the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women, Senator Ryan introduced the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
|NSW Janice Crosio the first woman Cabinet Member.
|Mrs Joan Child, MP, Australian Labor Party, becomes the first woman to be Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sen. Janine Haines becomes the first woman to lead an Australian political party, the Australian Democrats.
|WA Pam Buchanan, first female Government Whip in Legislative Assembly.
|Sen. Margaret Reid and Sen. Susan Knowles representing the Liberal Party become Opposition Whip and Deputy Opposition Whip respectively.
|NSW Helen Sham-Ho the first Chinese-born parliamentarian in Australia.
|ACT Rosemary Follett, first female head of government in Australia.
|Sen. Janet Powell becomes the second woman to lead the Australian Democrats, and the first woman member of either House to have a private bill passed by both Houses, the Smoking and Tobacco Products Advertisements (Prohibition) Act 1989.
Carolyn Jakobsen, MP, is elected chair of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party(Caucus), the first woman to hold this position, and Elaine Darling, MP, and Mary Crawford, MP, are elected Vice-chair and Secretary respectively.
|WA Dr Carmen Lawrence, Australia's first woman Premier
VIC Joan Kirner, Victoria's first woman State Premier.
NSW Janice Crosio first woman to serve on the executive of all three levels of government. In local government as Mayor of the Fairfield City Council, in state government as the Minister for Natural Resources in the NSW Legislative Assembly and finally in federal government as a parliamentary secretary in Federal Parliament as the member for Prospect. She retired in 2004.
|Sen. Cheryl Kernot becomes the third woman to lead an Australian political party, the Australian Democrats.
|TAS Christine Milne, first female party leader – Tasmanian Greens.
|Sen. Margaret Reid becomes the first woman president of the Senate
|Thirteen women elected to the Senate
|33 women elected to House of Representatives
10 women elected to Senate (total 22)
|NSW Kerry Chikarovski the only woman ever to have held the Leadership of the Opposition in the NSW Legislative Assembly.
|Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, elected as leader of the Australian Democrats at age 32, becomes the youngest person of any party to hold such a position.
39 women elected to House of Representatives, 16 women elected to Senate (total 55 women elected to Parliament).
|WA Carol Martin the first indigenous woman elected to a State Parliament.
|Ms Jenny Macklin MP elected as Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, becomes the first women to hold such a position in either of the two major political parties (ALP or Liberal/National Coalition).
|NT Marion Scrymgour the first female Aboriginal minister in any government in the history of Australia.
|NSW Linda Burney became the first Aboriginal person elected to the State Parliament when she won the seat of Canterbury.
VIC Monica Gould first female President of the Legislative Council
VIC Judith Maddigan first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
|38 woman elected to the House of Representatives, 22 elected to the Senate (total 60)
|Ms Julia Gillard MP becomes Deputy Prime Minister.
40 women elected to the House of Representatives, 27 elected to the Senate (total 67)
|QLD Anna Bligh the first female Premier of Queensland after the retirement of Peter Beattie.
|NT Marion Scrymgour the first female Aboriginal deputy chief minister.
|Ms Julia Gillard MP becomes Prime Minister.
37 woman elected to the House of Representatives, 30 elected to the Senate (total 67)
|NSW Shelley Hancock first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
|Christine Milne becomes leader of the Australian Greens


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I'm Donna Ceravolo, and I have the best job in the world as Executive Director/CEO of Girl Scouts of Nassau County. We have 22K girls and 7K adult volunteers here in our jurisdiction; one out of every five girls between the ages of 5 and 17 are Girl Scouts here. Nassau County is part of the suburbs of New York City; we are the first county to the east of the five Boroughs, in the middle of Long Island. Nassau County is a compact 287 square miles, with a population of 1,350,000. I have a great staff of about 60 people, but it is the 7,000 adult volunteers who make Girl Scouting possible here.
I'm always a Girl Scout, but I am also a wife, a mother (21 year-old son) and a good friend. Have a bulldog named Earl Warren, and a Laborado+Poodle named Yancy. My earliest career goal (at age 14) was to have a job where I got dressed-up and had someone else to clean my house, so by my count I've been pretty successful! I like to watch TV, read, travel, bake cakes...and there is the shoe thing.
I look forward to telling you more about the REAL Girl Scouts, and to exploring how Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. We'll delve into some of the most critical issues facing girls today – including relational aggression , cyber-bullying, and body image. We'll do Girl Scout Cookies® 101, and I'll try to answer questions you might have about the world of Girl Scouts. From time to time we'll have guest columnists, so let me know if you have stories to share. Once a Girl Scout, Always a Girl Scout!


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Ekakiuta/えかきうた (Drawing Song) is just that… a song that teaches you how to draw something! These are so fun for kids.
Here is a YouTube Ekakiuta that teaches how to draw a Tako-san/たこさん:
Here's what my 3-year old drew after watching it:
This website, geocities.jp/ekakisong, has a lot more ekaki songs if you are interested in doing more!
I think the original (or at least, most recognized) Ekakiuta is Henohenomoheji/へのへのもへじ:
It's so popular, you can even buy a T-shirt or make an onigiri with henohenomoheji!
Wouldn't it be fun (and great review game) to make up your own illustrations using hiragana? Maybe you could even make your own unique picture using the kana in your name! Let me know if you tried it!


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Father's Day Wrap-Up
Ok, last Dad's Day post, I promise. (But keep in mind that crossing my fingers behind my back nullifies any and all aforementioned promises.)
Yesterday fathers across the globe were given heartfelt messages from their children.
Messages like, "Aren't you glad you put me through college?"
Or, "Are you getting enough fiber?"
Or, "I can't even bring myself to call you 'Dad'."
I think this one is "Squint your eyes and it could almost be golf-related, Grandpa."
I guess a lot of people were hoping for "happy father dads":
And finally there's the classic backhanded compliment: "You're #1...


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The elves at Amazon.com are hard at work tonight trying to fix yet another outage at Amazon Web Services. The outage took down Netflix today, which means many can't tune in to Love Actually, A Christmas Story or other holiday favorites.
Netflix said it is working on the issues, trying to fix them alongside engineers from AWS.
We're sorry for the Christmas Eve outage. Terrible timing! Engineers are working on it now. Stay tuned to @Netflixhelps for updates.
— Netflix US (@netflix) December 25, 2012
The outage caps a tumultuous year for Amazon Web Services, which has experienced a number of hiccups over the past several months. The issues also are impacting one of Amazon's biggest customers in Netflix, whose CEO, Reed Hastings, took the stage at an Amazon Web Services event last month in Las Vegas to tout the offering.
Even though Netflix competes with Amazon in some realms, Hastings noted that he hopes to have the streaming media company be the largest business in the world that runs 100 percent on AWS by the end of next year.
He added that the more Amazon.com competes with Netflix in video streaming, the better "symbol" Netflix becomes that it is "safe to be on AWS."
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Matthew Lau
One of the most versatile basses in American opera theatre, Matthew Lau is known for wide variety of roles ranging from the serious operas of Verdi, Wagner, and Gounod, to his comedic roles in the music of Rossini and Mozart.
Matthew Lau has sung the title role in Don Pasquale and Sulpice in La Fille du Régiment with Arizona Opera; Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro and Padre Guardiano in La Forza del Destino with Sarasota Opera; Mustafà in L'Italiana in Algeri and Ramfis in Aïda with Anchorage Opera; and Osmin in Die Enführung aus dem Serail with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the New Jersey Opera. Mr. Lau has also sung the title role in Don Pasquale with Toledo Opera; Daland in Der Fliegende Holländer and Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Nashville Opera; as well as Colline in La Bohème with New York City Opera, Atlanta Opera and Opera Omaha. He is very proud to have enjoyed long associations with Dicapo Opera as Méphistophélès in Faust, Olin Blitch inSusannah, Reverend Hale in The Crucible and Frère Laurent in Roméo et Juliette; with Des Moines Metro Opera as Banquo in Macbeth, Oroveso inNorma, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Leporello in Don Giovanni; with Atlanta Opera as the Colline in La Bohème, Dr. Grenville in La Traviata, Old Hebrew in Samson et Dalia and Rambaldo in La Rondine.
His Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia has appeared with Minnesota Opera, Kentucky Opera, and Lake George Opera; while his Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola has received critical acclaim with Orlando Opera, Nevada Opera, Lake George Opera, Kentucky Opera, New Jersey Opera, and Opera Fairbanks.
Mr. Lau's credits also include the title role in The Mikado with Nevada Opera; Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, and Colline inLa Bohème all with Pensacola Opera; the Four Villains in Les Contes d'Hoffmann with Opera North; Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte with Tulsa Opera; Nourabad in Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Portland Opera and New York City Opera; Roucher in Andrea Chénier with the Opera Company of Philadelphia; Truffaldin in Ariadne auf Naxos with Opera Colorado: Lieutenant Ratcliff inBilly Budd and the Bonze in Madama Butterfly with Seattle Opera; and Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow with Florentine Opera.
Also among his career highlights are Dottore Grenvil in La Traviata and Flotz inDie Meister-singer von Nürenberg with Lyric Opera of Chicago; Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro with Boston Lyric Opera; Dr. Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figarowith the Opera Theatre of St. Louis; and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with New York City Opera. Concert appearances have included Douglas in La Donna del Lago and Wurm in Luisa Miller with Washington Concert Opera, Zuniga inCarmen with the Dallas Symphony, and Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Sivigliawith the Jacksonville Symphony.
Mr. Lau has enjoyed a long association with opera in Milwaukee. With Skylight Opera he performed the title role in Sweeney Todd, El Gallo in The Fantasicksand Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro among many other roles. With the Florentine Opera he has appeared as the Reverend Baines in Elmer Gantry, Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow, the Sacristan in Tosca. This season he is appearing as Don Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Florentine Opera Company. Mr. Lau may also be heard on the newly released recording of Elmer Gantry (NAXOS) and as Lawson on the recording of The Truth About Windmills(VOX).


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Heading down to PNC arena and enjoying the city nightlife... Four of us sitting in 113 Row R
Hoping Sutter can net one tonight to top Staal's goal count for our first visit...
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Much hope has been invested in Barack Obama's ability to strike a new course for the US following eight years of Bush administration unpopularity. Yet many in the US and abroad are impatient with the pace of progress under the Obama administration. The president made the rounds on five news talkshows on Sunday as he pressed his policies and vision, preparing for what is likely to be a difficult week.
Besides the ongoing battle over healthcare, this week sees two showdowns between Europe and the US that will reveal further slippage in American global leadership. The first showdown comes today at a UN special session on climate change in New York City; the second will come at the end of the week at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, where America and Europe will butt heads over financial system reforms designed to ensure that the AIGs of the world can never again cause an economic collapse.
Europe has been increasingly critical of America's failures to live up to its global responsibilities. The US is not only the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases but is by far the largest per capita emitter of carbon and other pollutants. China comes close to the US in terms of total carbon emissions, but it has four times more people, who each belch far less individually. Europe, while having much the same high living standard, has an "ecological footprint" that is only half of America's, since Europe has taken leadership in implementing renewable technologies and conservation practices.
On the campaign trail, Barack Obama promised to reverse the Bush administration's terrible ecological record. Yet so far the world has seen more symbolic gestures from the Obama administration than accomplishments. Its biggest achievement so far has been an example of disappointment. President Obama signed an executive order to increase US motor vehicle mileage standards – but only to a level that will push fuel efficiency by 2020 to a level that European and Japanese cars reached several years ago, and even China has already achieved.
Europe has announced donations of $2bn to $15bn a year for the next decade to help developing nations cope with climate warming, yet the Obama administration has not offered anything close to that amount. Europe also wants binding, near-term targets for developed nations, proposing a 20% reduction from 1990 levels by 2020, or 30% if everyone agrees. The Bush administration of course rejected such targets – but now it looks like the Obama administration is not willing to go any further. It has said such targets should be voluntary but verifiable.
With the US Senate is bogged down in the fight over reforming healthcare, American leaders have said that the senators might not move on climate legislation until 2010, well after the global climate change conference in Copenhagen in December. That drew a sharp response from John Bruton, head of the European Union delegation: "The United States is just one of the 190 countries coming to this conference," Bruton said, "but the United States emits 25% of all the greenhouse gases that the conference is trying to reduce. I submit that asking an international conference to sit around looking out the window for months, while one chamber of the legislature of one country deals with its other business, is simply not a realistic political position."
Even Europe's conservative politicians, such as Connie Hedegaard, Denmark's minister of climate and energy, are expressing impatience: "It's rather crucial that the US can show a credible pathway," Hedegaard said, pointing out that the US emits twice as much carbon dioxide per capita as Denmark, without gaining anything in improving its quality of life.
That's the start of President Obama's week. At the end of it, President Obama will appear at a meeting in Pittsburgh of the G20, a bloc of both developed and developing nations, representing 85% of the world's economic output and most of its population. On the table will be what reforms to help avoiding a repetition of the financial panic and global economic collapse that is perceived as having originated on Wall Street. Despite immense, taxpayer-financed rescue packages needed to overcome the crisis, the financial sector in the US is rapidly returning to business as usual. Indeed, three US banks – Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan – which received some $45bn of bailout aid, each paid billions of dollars more in bonuses in 2009 than they earned in 2008.
Here again, Europe is leading, while the Obama administration is dragging its feet. Europe has proposed far-reaching reforms designed to impose new rules on executive pay and bonuses, requiring that banks link pay to long-term rather than short-term performance, and that they "claw back" any bonuses received in the face of losses. Europe wants a financial police force that has powers to slash payments where investments prove to have failed, and to force boardrooms to control levels of speculation. Europe also wants to block the exercising of stock options for set periods and expose top bank directors to penalties, following huge payouts to failed bank chiefs.
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The Obama administration's approach has been much more tepid, to say the least. The US financial industry, as expected, is fighting these reforms, but what do we make of a recent quote by President Obama questioning the need for supporting Europe's proposals. "Why is it," he asked during a recent interview, "that we're going to cap executive compensation for Wall Street bankers but not Silicon Valley entrepreneurs or [American] football players?"
Besides the fact that President Obama was wrong – the National Football League does have salary restrictions for its players – Silicon Valley businesses and NFL quarterbacks don't cause an economic collapse when they screw up. It's very sobering that, if David Letterman read that quote on his TV show and asked his audience: "Who made this clueless statement, former President Bush or President Obama?" we know what the response would be. Or would have been.
In response to American foot-dragging, European leader Jean-Claude Juncker said Europe should act on the bonus issue "whether the Americans are with us or not." He said that a Europe-only charge "will take on such force over time that the Americans will not be able to sit on the sidelines."
Many leaders and supporters are beginning to wonder what is causing this growing gap between the Barack Obama that many people saw on the campaign trail, and the Obama they see in the White House? Beyond Obama's oratorical skills, which excited not only American voters but people all over the world, he is mostly untested as a politician. His previous experience was only a few years in the US Senate and a few years more as a state senator. A sinking feeling is arising among many that President Obama may not be up to the task, that he may not possess the artful skills needed to accomplish even his own goals.
But it must be recognised that it's not just Obama's shortcomings that are causing the problem. The very structure of the American political system is at the heart of these failures. For example, thwarting Obama on a regular basis is an unrepresentative senate where "minority rule" prevails and undermines what a majority of the country may want. With two senators elected per state, regardless of population, California with more than 35 million people has the same number of senators as Wyoming with just half a million residents. This constitutional arrangement greatly favours low population states, many of which tend to be conservative, producing what one political analyst has called "a weighted vote for small-town whites in pickup trucks with gun racks."
In addition, the senate's use of that arcane rule known as the "filibuster" means you need 60 out of 100 votes to stop unlimited debate on a bill and move to a vote. A mere 41 senators, representing as little as 20% of the nation's population, can stymie the other 80%. Given a vastly unrepresentative senate wielding its anti-majoritarian filibuster, it is hardly surprising that minority rule in the senate consistently undermines majority rule, whether on healthcare, financial industry reform, environmental legislation and many other policies.
Pile on to that an uncompetitive, winner-take-all electoral system, marinated in money and special interest influence, and the sclerotic US political scene is deeply troubling. None of these anti-democratic structural features are going away any time soon. Unless Barack Obama is able to demonstrate a better level of political skill than he has shown so far, everyone needs to fasten their seatbelts. The world is about to enter a challenging phase where the US – the undisputed leader of the free world for the past 60 years – is going to rapidly cede its place at the head of the line.
It appears that the wheels may be coming off the world's post-war leader, and not even Barack Obama can stop it happening.


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Over the past few months, the actor Jesse Plemons' name has been practically synonymous with "Star Wars: Episode VII casting rumors." The Breaking Bad actor was first reported as a frontrunner for a major role in J.J. Abrams' upcoming sci-fi blockbuster back in January, and those stories have persisted over the last few months. Thanks to a new casting report over at The Hollywood Reporter, however, we now find ourselves wondering if Plemons may be out of the Star Wars race. The site's sources have informed them that the young actor is now in negotiations to co-star with Johnny Depp in the upcoming gangster movie Black Mass, and while nothing is definitive, it's possible that competing shooting schedules could prevent Plemons from traveling to a galaxy far, far away.
Set to be directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Out of the Furnace) and based on the book "Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob" by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, Black Mass is the long in-development biopic about gangster Whitey Bulger that will tell the story of all his criminal dealings during the years when he was Boston's biggest kingpin. Depp will be playing the lead, while the supporting cast will include Joel Edgerton (as FBI agent and Bulger's childhood friend John Connolly) and Guy Pearce (as Whitey's brother Bill Bulger). According to the trade, Plemons will be playing "Kevin Weeks, a blue-collar tough guy from the streets who is part of Whitey's inner circle."
While details about their characters are slim, also in talks to join the cast are both Fifty Shades of Grey's Dakota Johnson and Juno Temple - who will be playing a prostitute with an unknown role in the plot.
So where does the Star Wars conflict potentially come in? Production on the space saga is scheduled to start up in England next month and is expected to run for many months through the summer. If Plemons were part of the blockbuster film in a lead role, it would tie up his schedule for many months and make him unavailable for smaller projects. That in mind, we have to wonder if joining Black Mass is the actor's way of filling his calendar now that Star Wars isn't happening for him.
All of that said, Black Mass doesn't have a release date yet and maybe there is some kind of glimmer of hope in that the project hasn't actually announced its start date for production yet (maybe they don't plan to shoot until the fall?). Until we get more answers, let's take a quick look back at some of Plemons' best work. Do NOT watch if you haven't caught up on Breaking Bad! :


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Prototype Unit 0001 was a Pralor Automated Personnel Unit created by B'Elanna Torres and 3947. It was powered by a uniform chromodynamic power module intended to allow the automated units to procreate. However, when Torres discovered that the Builders intentionally incorporated the inability to procreate into the units' design, she realized the danger of allowing robots to be autonomous. She later destroyed 0001. (VOY: "Prototype")
Prototype Unit 0001 was played by actor Hugh Hodgin, who also played Automated Unit 6263 in the same episode.
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We have some good new for DropSend direct Windows users. We've just released a new version of the app. In this release we've fixed all the bugs that the previous version of the app had. Here is what got fixed:
- DropSend uploads get stuck at 96-99%
- ZIP folders cannot be unpacked
- Large files cannot be uploaded ("send files error" message)
- Dropsend crashes while uploading large files/folders
We've also fixed problems that users encountered when updating DropSend Direct. But even though we addressed update problems, you need to update to DropSend Direct 4.06 properly to avoid any errors. This is important, so read carefully how you should update the program:
- Open your current DropSend Direct installation. You will be prompted to update the program as soon as you launch it. IMPORTANT: ignore the update prompt and click on Cancel to proceed to the main program window
- Now click on File and go to Preferences
- Navigate to the Updates tab and click on the Update button
- Wait for DropSend Direct to download and install the update
Other changes include interface bug fixes and other minor changes.