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European Union, which has ended over a decade-old boycott of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has been told by him that the 2002 riots in the state were unfortunate.
Modi took the unusual step of driving to Germany embassy here to a luncheon meeting with envoys and representatives of several European Union member countries that was hosted by German Ambassador Michael Steiner. The meeting remained undisclosed for one month till EU Ambassador Joao Cravinho went public yesterday.
Steiner told reporters today that he had always maintained that Germany had no intention of interfering in Gujarat Assembly elections and that it will take a "fresh look" after the election results.
"That is exactly what we were doing and part of it is to talk directly to Chief Minister Modi. India is a democracy. We respect democratic institutions. We respect election results in India and we have full trust in its judicial system.
Because of this respect and trust, we are now in a new phase," the German Ambassador said.
However, he refused to give further details of the meeting but other sources in the know said, during the January 7 meeting with EU delegation, Modi said he will abide by the judicial verdict and that these events were unfortunate.
Modi is also understood to have said that everything should be done to avoid such events.
Asked if the EU, which has boycotted Modi for over 10 years after the riots, was softening up, Cravinho said, "The accountability of what happened in 2002, I think is the matter that is of interest to Indians and is of interest for people around the world."
He said that in India, there is a certain amount of emotion attached to what happened in 2002.
"And it is a matter that we will follow with great interest...," he said.
Referring to last year's verdict by a Gujarat court convicting BJP legislator Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi along with 30 others for their role in the Naroda Patia riots, the Ambassador said, Indian justice might be slow but delivers.
"Some months ago, there was end of one part of judicial process which shows that justice in India may be slow but it produces results. And that has helped to look towards closure of what everybody agrees is very very terrible set of events," he told a select group of journalists.
According to the sources, EU countries feel this is the right time to engage with Modi, who has been elected third time and has no judicial verdict against him. There is also a feeling among these countries that he is a player at the national level.
Last October, Britain, a member of the EU, had ended its decade-long boycott of Gujarat when its High Commissioner to India James Bevan met Modi to mark a "cordial beginning" to fresh ties, with the two discussing opportunities for greater economic cooperation.
In the first engagement with Gujarat in 10 years after it snapped all ties with the state in the aftermath of the 2002 communal riots, the British High Commissioner met Modi for about 50 minutes, discussing a range of issues, including climate change and investments.

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Steam-jacketed kettles can produce greater volumes with increased consistency, while reducing labor for both preparation and cleaning. Here is a quick overview of this type of foodservice equipment.
Steam-Jacketed Kettles: An Overview
Steam-jacketed kettles utilize steam energy to transfer heat via conduction to the food product inside.
The energy source — electric, gas and direct steam — that operates the unit helps define the categories of kettles available to operators. Direct steam kettles offer greater efficiency, cooking the fastest with the highest capacity as compared with electric and gas models. Kettle sizes range from 5 to 200 gallons, although 40 gallons represent the most common size commercial foodservice operators tend to use.
Stationary floor models typically start with a 20-gallon capacity and go up from there. In contrast, the capacity for tilting floor-type kettles ranges from 20 to 200 gallons. Tabletop kettles accommodate between 1 quart and 12 gallons of product.
While some tilting kettles have a handle, larger models utilize a crank. Stationary kettles include a tangent draw off valve that opens to drain product from the vessel.
The operating pressures of these kettles range from 45 PSI to 50 PSI, which produces an even temperature from the entire jacketed surface of 267 degrees to 338 degrees F.
These units feature either 304 or 316 stainless steel construction. While 304 is designed for general purpose use, such as boiling pasta, the more durable 316 can be a better option if the foodservice operator will prepare highly acidic foods, like pasta sauce, in the kettle.
The majority of kettles are two-thirds jacketed, which means that the unit transfers heat energy not only from the bottom of the kettle, like in a stock pot on a range, but also from the sides. This dramatically increases the surface area for energy absorption into the product. Operators can also purchase fully-jacketed kettles.
Most kettles come with optional accessories as well as features that enhance the operation for specific applications, such as mixers, draw off valves, pan carriers and mixing faucets.
New steam-jacketed kettle features include solid state temperature control with self-diagnostic capabilities. A heat deflector shield can help protect staff from burns.
One manufacturer introduced a new line of two-third jacketed kettles with an improved bottom, which allows for a shallower design.
How to Know When to Replace a Steam-Jacketed Kettle
Steam-jacketed kettles can last as long as 20 years, depending on usage and care. But here are a four signs that it may be time to replace a kettle.
Leaking: If the kettle's compound gauge does not reside in the "green zone" when cool, this could indicate a leak in the unit. Also, look for visible leaking from the kettle's jacket area.
High repair costs: If an older kettle's repair costs start getting too high, it may be time to consider retiring it and purchasing a new one.
Slower cooking: If the unit takes longer to cook, this could be a main indicator that the kettle either has a leak or a failure of the heating element. Both instances indicate a new kettle might be necessary.
Material breakdown: Inner liner pitting and/or external stress fissures, which may occur from heavy use or acidic foods, may indicate the end of a kettle's service life.
Steam-Jacketed Kettle Applications
Depending on the size and application, steam-jacketed kettles can be used in both the front and back of house for a wide range of tasks. Here are a few of the many ways foodservice operators use steam-jacketed kettles.
The types of foods operators commonly prepare in these units include soup, sauces, stocks, pasta, gravy, stew, meat, beans, rice and desserts.
Although operators typically use steam-jacketed kettles to slow boil and simmer food, these units can be effective in reducing liquid in stocks, beans and soups.
Operators can also incorporate kettles in a cook-chill line for rethermalizing or chilling food, the latter with use of a cold water line connection.
Large governmental, institutional and commissary facilities often use large kettles with pumps, vacuum bagging and a variety of different chilling methods to produce thousands of prepackaged product that can be shipped to satellite facilities for use.
Mixer arms also are available as an attachment for some units to stir product in the kettle during large batch cooking.
Maintaining a Steam-Jacketed Kettle
Proper cleaning and regular maintenance can help extend a kettle's service life. Here are nine maintenance tips to help foodservice operators get the biggest return on their investments in steam-jacketed kettles.
- Use non-caustic cleaners when washing and sanitizing these units each day. Refrain from using such items as chloride detergents, steel pads, wire brushes and scrapers.
- Regularly lubricate the trunion bearing and test the pressure relief valve every six months to ensure proper operation.
- Promptly replace missing screws in the control cover to ensure water tight seals and reduce the chance of water infiltrating the control box.
- For kettles with a marine latch, make sure it works properly and is not clogged with starch or other sticky food products.
- The compound gauge should be checked before use to make sure it is in the "green zone" and not in the "vent air zone".
- Replenish internal hemi water with distilled water and liqua-phase rust inhibitor or equivalent product when required.
- Change any steam seals on direct-steam kettles once a year or as required by use.
- Periodically check for any pitting or stress fissures as well as any possible leakage.
- Refrain from spraying water directly or indirectly on electrical or gas components during cleaning.
Energy Efficiency and Steam-Jacketed Kettles
Newer kettle technologies are more energy efficient and can save operators money over the long term.
Kettles are more energy efficient than alternate cooking methods, due to the transfer of steam energy via conduction and the increased surface area gained by the lined jacketed construction.
Additional options are available per individual manufacturers specifications for digital temperature read outs as well as food cooling in some instances.
Kettles also are available with better ergonomic designs for easier use.


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It would be easy to dismiss the rom-com musical drama "The Sapphires" as a less glossy Australian version of "Dream Girls." But despite the fact that both films are about young black women overcoming prejudice, jealousy and betrayal in the song business, there are marked differences.
It would be easy to dismiss the rom-com musical drama "The Sapphires" as a less glossy Australian version of "Dream Girls." But despite the fact that both films are about young black women overcoming prejudice, jealousy and betrayal in the song business, there are marked differences. For one, these soul sisters actually sing soul music, putting a distinctive stamp on classic tunes by Marvin Gaye, Wilson Pickett and Berry Gordy. For another, they don't all look like fashion models, making them infinitely more identifiable.
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That might not seem like much, but it makes a huge difference in verisimilitude and likability on the part of the four actresses – Deborah Mailman, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell and "Australian Idol" winner Jessica Mauboy – who stealthily worm their way into your heart with an unbeatable combination of charisma and rapturous musical chops. And as long as director Wayne Blair focuses on the women achieving their hopes and dreams, the movie sparkles. But when he tries to tie their sudden rise to more serious matters, like Australian apartheid and the Vietnam War, it quickly loses its voice.
Based on a play by Tony Briggs and adapted for the screen by Briggs and Keith Thompson. "The Sapphires" is very loosely based on the experiences of Briggs' mother and aunt, an aboriginal sister act that overcame racism and indifference to make the journey from the outback to Vietnam in the spring of 1968. As members of a touring USO troupe, they – and their Svengali manager (a sensational Chris O'Dowd from "Bridesmaids") – entertained American soldiers everywhere from Saigon to Da Nang, dodging mortar shells and horndog GIs all along the way.
To beef up the movie, the film adds a third sister and a cousin, Sebbens' Kay, who fell victim to her country's abhorrent policy in which light-skinned blacks were forcibly taken from their families by the government so that they could be assimilated into white society. "The Sapphires" also borrows heavily from "Dream Girls" in creating conflict between the ladies, including forcing lead singer Gail (Mailman) into the shadows so that her younger, prettier sister, Julie (the golden-voiced Mauboy), can become the breakout Diana Ross-ish star. The problem with all these embellishments is that they all feel like what they are – tacked on. You'd much rather Blair and company had allotted the time to letting us hear more of the quartet's terrific renditions of ditties like "What a Man," "Lonely Teardrops" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)."
Also suffering at the expense of the "serious" stuff are the romantic machinations of the girls, as they discover boys (mostly Americans) at the dawn of the sexual revolution. We see them making small talk when not making out, but none of the budding relationships comes close to being satisfactorily explored. Ditto for the contentious liaison between Mailman's "mother bear" Gail and O'Dowd's soul-and-booze loving Irishman Dave Lovelace. Their knock-down, drag-outs could mean only one thing – love. The rest of the movie is equally predictable and formulaic, but the mood is so charming and the music so inspiring that you continually cut it a break. And while it might not be a jewel, "The Sapphires" most definitely shines.
THE SAPPHIRES (PG-13) Cast includes Chris O'Dowd, Jessica Mauboy and Deborah Mailman. Directed by Wayne Blair. Grade: B-


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- Brenda said...
I haven't had the time to play along with challenges lately, but color challenges are my favorite.
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- Jennifer Chapin said...
I love journaling based challenges, like "scrapbook about a time when..."
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- Daniela Dobson said...
I love sketches and color challenges.
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- claudia shadler said...
Yup, sketches are neat ones to play along with, how about card sketches?
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- Blossom inch said...
Hello! Tara
My 2nd choice would be sketches or I also love journaling and embellishments. Like for example, you have to write 3 sentenc of journaling or you have to use certain embellishments as stated.
Anyway, loving those garlands and have a lovely day.
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- Curlywiggles said...
I like sketches or challenges to use a certain products/embellishment.
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- Jackie said...
received my garland on tuesday - i absolutely love it :) thanks again for doing a custom listing for me!
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- Sharon Cornelius-Xavier said...
I would love to try a challenge with scraps. (=
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- Unknown said...
Being new to the scrapbooking game, I haven't done a lot of challenges. That be said I would enjoy one that restricts you from using certain everyday scrapbooking tools i.e. a heating tool, scissors, or a paper trimmer.
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The world's largest handset manufacturer is reaching out to designers using Adobe and to Microsoft's army of .NET coders, urging them to build web apps for phones running its S60 platform.
Nokia's released Web Runtime Extension for Adobe Systems' Creative Suite 4 and the Standard and Professional editions of Visual Studio 2008. Support for version 2.0 of the open-source, Eclipse-based Aptana Studio integrated development environment (IDE) has also been added.
WRT is Nokia's environment for building web apps using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Ajax. Nokia claims that the S60 on its Symbian operating system accounts for more than 180 million devices shipped from Samsung, Lenovo, LG, and - yes - Nokia itself.
Nokia said it's using extensions to target designers and developers using existing IDEs rather than simply offer yet another IDE, which seems fair.
"We think we've have pretty good coverage of 80 to 90 per cent of tools developers use on a daily basis," web tools devices director Craig Cumberland told The Reg.
But in targeting CS 4, Nokia hopes it can encourage designers to start coding and improve the hand off to programmers, closing the gap between design and development - a familiar industry refrain right now. WRT enables you to exchange design and code elements between the different IDEs without losing the work you've already done on design or code.
By focusing on Visual Studio, Nokia wants to reach .NET enterprise developers even though Nokia phones do not run Windows. With WRT, it's trying to appeal to enterprise and ASP.NET developers tasked with extending applications to mobile devices running S60.
The WRT Extension will provide validation of a widget, general purpose debugging of the Javascript and HTML, packaging, and deployment to an emulator or a Bluetooth device.
Cumberland said additional functionality for Adobe and Visual Studio would be added in future releases of WRT. Meanwhile, Nokia seems to want to keep a distinction between WRT for web and Qt for native development, although Cumberland expects there to be some cross over.
Meanwhile, support for the latest version of Aptana Studio means you can write AJAX and Javascript applications for devices that can access features on the phone, such as contacts and location. Also improved is debugging and code completion, and there's support for Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97 touch-screen devices. ®


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Felix Doubront's starts felt like Groundhog Day throughout much of 2012. Like most of the Red Sox' pitchers, he tended to let the big inning get to him, but at times the young left-hander looked brilliant, using his vast repertoire, mid-90s velocity and devastating movement to great effect.
But no matter how well or how poorly he was pitching, by the fifth inning you'd look down at the box score and, invariably, the now-25-year-old's pitch count would suggest he wasn't long for the game. That clearly needs to change if Doubront hopes to take the next step in his evolution as a pitcher. His stuff suggests that he has the potential to be as dominant as any pitcher in baseball. But pure stuff and potential don't matter much if you can't command it.
Throughout the year, most of Doubront's struggles were attributed to his green status. However, according to some statistical heavy lifting on the part of The Providence Journal's Tim Britton, it's just patently false that pitchers intrinsically improve their command and pitch efficiency as they age, which doesn't necessarily bode well for Doubront.
On the season, Doubront threw 2,868 pitches over the course of 161 innings, which works out to an average of 17.8 pitches per inning — just beating out Tim Lincecum for baseball's worst rate among pitchers with at least 160 innings pitched on the season. That's a mark that obviously needs to improve, but is it a function of maturity? Ask the coaches around Doubront last season, and that's exactly what they'll say.
"It's just a learning process," Red Sox pitching coach Randy Niemann said. "He'll get it. He's young in his development. The stuff is there — it's just a matter of doing it. Pretty soon, those 18- to 20-pitch innings turn into 10- to 12-pitch innings, and now we're deeper into the game with a better chance to win."
"When he understands how to attack certain hitters, it's going to be easier to throw less pitches and get more strikeouts and less walks," echoed former manager Bobby Valentine.
But here's the problem: There's no statistical evidence that suggests a correlation between experience and pitch efficiency. No one is expecting Doubront to ever develop Cliff Lee's aversion to free passes, but everyone agrees he needs to learn to consistently work beyond the sixth inning to become the pitcher the Red Sox are counting on him to be.
To quote Britton's article:
Contrary to popular belief, efficiency isn't necessarily a learned skill. On the whole, veteran pitchers throw about the same number of pitches per inning as young pitchers. In 2012, 107 different pitchers have thrown at least 120 innings as starters, ranging from 21-year-old Jordan Lyles to 39-year-old Bartolo Colon. Pretty much regardless of age, they throw between 15.5 and 16.5 pitches per inning.
Pitchers 23 or younger average 16.0 pitches per inning, which is actually better than pitchers in their purported primes at 27-29 (16.2 per inning).
Furthermore, pitchers who have years like Doubront's 2012 — years with more than 150 innings and more than 17.9 pitches per inning — haven't shown a predilection for improvement with age. In fact, most of them run into problems. Pitchers such as Scott Kazmir and Jonathan Sanchez have not shown improved efficiency with age.
Britton goes on to note that Doubront averages more than four pitches per plate appearance, and he ends at-bats in three pitches or fewer just 40 percent of the time. Additionally, getting ahead in the count is not as much of an advantage as it should be, as Doubront has walked 9 percent of batters he's faced after going up 1-2 in the count, which is just a tick below the 10.3 percent walk rate he has in all situations.
Does this mean that Doubront is indeed condemned to the future of fellow failed lefties Kazmir and Sanchez? Well, not necessarily. Kazmir actually showed improved pitch efficiency later in his time with the Rays and early with the Angels, but by that point he was also compensating for shoulder injuries, which sapped much of his velocity. Sanchez, meanwhile, appeared to a be bit of a head case who may be closer to Steve Blass than a pitcher who's simply nibbling at the corners too much.
More to the point, Doubront gave some huge reasons for optimism to close the 2012 season. While many voices suggested shutting down the southpaw due to the fact that his innings workload had already surpassed any in his professional career, Doubront lobbied to stay in the rotation — a decision that paid off. In his last two starts, Doubront threw seven innings in each, walking just three over those 14 frames while striking out 21. And, most importantly, Doubront averaged 15.6 pitches per inning, showing noticeable improvement in his willingness or ability to attack the strike zone.
Nonetheless, Doubront's late-season success is a reminder that the facets of the game where he needs improvement may not be a part of normal development. Rather, they will take real, tangible changes in his approach or mechanics to get better. For the Red Sox to contend in 2013, the rotation will need a fair amount of in-house improvement, and that starts with Doubront, who, as a sophomore, is expected to have not reached his ceiling yet.
By all accounts, Doubront knows the results he needs to change in order to evolve as a pitcher — he's consistently acknowledged his efficiency shortcomings in interviews all year. But does he know what specific changes to make to his game, and does he have the mental discipline to make possibly drastic changes to an approach he likely hasn't had to adjust in years?
The Red Sox are counting on it.


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Case provides valuable guidance to judges on how to responsibly handle social media connections and communications.
Judge sent defendant to prison for assaulting defendant's girlfriend. Defendant appealed his sentence claiming, among other things, that the judge was not impartial, given that the judge was Facebook friends with the girlfriend-victim's father, and that the two of them had communicated through Facebook's private message feature. The appellate court held that the judge did not err by not recusing himself.
The appellate court found that no rule prohibited the judge from being Facebook friends with the victim's father. And the judge followed the proper procedure concerning the private message by:
- discontinuing reading it once he realized it pertained to the case
- warning the victim's father not to communicate ex parte in that manner
- printing the message out and placing it in the case file
- notifying counsel for the parties
Moreover, the private message was not adverse to defendant, but actually asked for leniency. On these facts, the court found an insufficient showing of bias to find reversible error.
Youkers v. State, — S.W.3d —, 2013 WL 2077196 (Tex.App. May 15, 2013)


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What's Killing California?
California has a case of the same disease that felled the Rust Belt. Will the patient survive?
California Failin'
The troubles of California, and their causes, are a widely discussed topic these days. America's most populated state by far, its successes and failures always loom large in the national consciousness. In the last year we've seen the state face a massive $42 billion budget deficit and the humiliation of having to issue IOU's as payments. Its pensions are radically underfunded and there are other long term structural budgetary problems. Parts of the state were ground zero for the housing collapse and among the highest foreclosure zones in the country. Unemployment, high everywhere, is particularly so in parts of California. California, the place people once moved to, is now the place the move from, as the state is experiencing net domestic out-migration, leading to the prospect of losing a representative in Congress for the first time in its history. A complicated political system has led to decision making paralysis. Even disasters like wildfires have been played up.
There are no end to explanations for this which, unsurprisingly, tend to follow people's political beliefs. To those on the right, California is the ultimate blue state, with high taxes, an anti-business mindset, and environmental and other regulations designed to send people and businesses fleeing for the exits. To those on the left, California's problems are the comeuppance for decades of unchecked sprawl, the ultimate car culture, and unchecked exploitation of resources. Whatever your particular policy pet peeve, California must be it.
But is this really the case?
The real problem could be much more simple and yet much more terrifying in its implications. California has simply now outgrown its youth and is now well into its middle age. Like the Rust Belt before it, California is now old. As with people as they age, "chronic lifestyle diseases" hit places too. These are: unfunded liabilities, the end of growth economics, and institutional rigidity, each of which builds on the one before it.
Unfunded Liabilities
I've long noted that places have an incredible tendency to accumulate unfunded liabilities, most of them of the "off balance sheet" variety. The temptation to defer problems into the future is simply too great for most governments to resist, hence structural imbalances build up over time. The sources of these liabilities are many, but here are some key ones:
- Deferred Infrastructure Investment. As populations and development grow, infrastructure is built with a lag and generally there is a lack of funds for completion. As a result, cities and states end up with deficient infrastructure for their size, leading to all sorts of problems such as traffic and transit congestion. Clearly, California is suffering here.
- Infrastructure Maintenance. Similarly, cities build some infrastructure, then "sweat the assets" as long as possible. Infrastructure is often not well-maintained, and the periodic capital refresh unbudgeted. Condo associations do reserve studies and set aside funds to meet future capital needs such as roof replacements to avoid painfully huge special assessments, but government do not. I have yet to see any city or state that even has a schedule of major assets and infrastructure with needed maintenance and replacement timeframes, much less funding for any it. California's Golden Age infrastructure is now aging, and it is facing repair bills merely to maintain what it has.
- Underfunded Pensions. Politicians love to sweeten public sector pensions. This buys both labor peace and a powerful political constituency. These are seldom funded at adequate levels - and with the rapid growth in life extending technology, it's questionable whether any level of funding is sufficient - leading to major problems downstream. California's pensions are unfunded by upwards of $300 billion.
- Other Redevelopment Costs. When ever homes and buildings are shiny and new, things are great. But what happens when your building stock gets old like in Rust Belt inner cities, and often no longer meet the functional and technical demands of the modern day, such as sizes, layouts, energy efficiency, etc.?
This ability to run up massive deferred and unfunded liabilities, then leave, sticking other people with the bill, is one of the most powerful forces driving greenfield development. Even if there weren't a drop of subsidies to, say, suburban expansion, the financial incentive to escape the huge liabilities of central cities and older suburbs is a key incentive on its own.
This why I've said it is critical to find ways to prevent governments from accumulating these liabilities in the first place.
The End of Growth Economics
Look at companies and industries. There is a standard growth curve to them. They start out in incubation and infancy, then, if successful, on to growth, then finally to maturity and decline. Why would we think that what is true for firms would be different for places? Why would we think that cities or states are immune from the forces of creative destruction? The answer is, they aren't.
Having done consulting in the retail industry for some years, I often observed the growth curves played out in companies. Category killers came along and grew and grew and grew, seemingly as unstoppable juggernauts. But eventually, they hit the end of their growth phase, and had to endure a period of wandering in the wilderness. The reasons for this are varied - market saturation and consequent over expansion, changes in the marketplace, insufficient infrastructure and operational disciplines, more nimble competitors - but we've seen it played out before our eyes in America. Think McDonald's, Home Depot, and the Gap.
The logic and economics of high growth are fundamentally different from that of operating a more or less steady state or low growth business. In the growth phase, everything is oriented towards expansion, mostly building more infrastructure to keep up with it. Also, scale economics are in your favor. With more people, for example, you are spreading fixed costs across more bodies and more buildings, so you can spend more money and tax less per capita all the same time. Your brand value is expanding with size, etc. That's all great if you can pull it off.
But when something causes growth to take a hit - maybe accumulated liabilities, resource exhaustion, jurisdictional limits, etc - the equation changes radically. You can no longer rely on growth to provide unit cost efficiency. You have to start thinking like an operator. That is an extremely difficult mindset shift and requires a totally different set of skills. From what I've seen, companies have an extremely difficult time doing this. They generally have to struggle for some time, usually bring in new leadership, and undergo painful structuring. Many of them never really recover. But some do. I think of McDonald's, which stopped relying on store growth to fuel its engine, but now relies on product innovation (Angus burgers, coffee, salads, etc) and operational effectiveness.
California, for whatever reason, stopped growing. The trends in domestic out migration make this very clear. The fact that total population has not declined doesn't matter. Most Rust Belt states never actually physically lost population. Their growth simply slowed to a crawl. And it was the most entrepreneurial and high skill classes that fled. In California that his been somewhat masked by outsized productivity in the technology sector and international immigration, but the overall trend is clear. California now has to think like an operator. Welcome to the world of legacy. California is now a gigantic "brownfield".
As California struggles with this transition, the scale economics start to go in reverse. As people and businesses leave, the unit cost of all those unfunded liabilities looms large. Just as growth begets growth, decline begets decline. If you are young and ambitious, why stay in California and pay off all those pensions? All things being equal, it is much better to leave for a more greenfield location, where you can benefit from running up the credit card, not paying off someone else's bill. If not arrested, decline eventually reaches a tipping point, as we've seen in so many Rust Belt cities.
Institutional Rigidity
The third symptom of civic aging is a creeping institutional rigidity that makes change difficult. In established, mature places, there many, many powerful institutions and interest groups. These can often be forces for good, but too often become barriers to change or getting things done. What's more, these institutions were typically created in the past to meet the perceived challenges of that time and age, but survive today in a world that is very different. As most institutions are never sunset, and new ones form over time, there is a gradual accumulation of friction over time. Eventually, the gears and seize up.
These institutions can take many forms. Constitutions and political structures, non-profits, clubs and social networks, various trade-offs and political accommodations and deals from over the years, power structures, corruption, local business practices, unions, recipients of government funding, taxpayer or other advocacy groups, political party organizations, business groups, etc. Much is made of California's many times amended constitution as a barrier to change, but that is only the tip of the iceberg.
As decline sets in, a toxic dynamic takes hold. In a growth mode, it is very easy for everyone to hold hands and sing kum-bah-ya. It's comparatively easy to cut deals to divide the fruits of prosperity. In decline, those deals come back to haunt. The status quo is failing, but people are still profiting from it. Even in Detroit, America's ultimate failed city, so many people and groups benefit from the current system that there is complete paralysis. No one wants to give up an inch of hard won gains, especially since in a dismal region there's little hope of replicating that privileged position or income. Hard times promote solidarity, some say. But the reality is that hard times also often produce selfishness and civic dysfunction as well as people cling desperately to what they have instead of looking boldly forward to the future.
I've seen this shift happen in a few cities. Where once civic boosters dreamed of glory and invested their own money into the city, now they focus on what they can get out of it. So too in California. Everyone knows the Titanic has hit the iceberg, but they are determined to loot as many state rooms as they can before shoving the women and children out of the way and commandeering the life boats.
This institutional rigidity is another force driving people to greenfield locations. It's a global phenomenon. Consider this Newsweek coverage of a study of Chinese industry that notes much lower levels of corruption and better governance in new cities than old.
An intriguing pattern is that governance is best in coastal cities that had very little industry when reform began in 1978. Shenzhen now has the highest per capita GDP in China. The same holds in Jiangmen, Dongguan, Suzhou--all were industrial backwaters in 1978, and responded to China's opening by creating good environments for private investment and learning from outsiders. Cities that already had industry tended to protect what they had and reform less aggressively.Jim Russell hypothesizes that this effect of frontier geography explains a lot of the success of the Sunbelt, which industrialized late.
Cities such as Austin, TX and Charlotte, NC have offered a frontier opportunity akin to the one observed in the boomtowns of China. On the other hand, Pittsburgh stagnates. Governmental reform is key for attracting investment and stimulating growth. This is unlikely to happen in Western Pennsylvania, leaving this region at the rear of economic globalization.For Pittsburgh, substitute California and you've got a pretty good picture.
Writers like Joel Kotkin like to reminisce about the Golden Age of California, and the leadership of that age from enlightened members of both parties like Pat Brown and Ronald Reagan. But you can never go home again. That letter jacket from your high school glory days might still fit, but you're never going back to the state finals. Brown and Reagan were products of their era - an era that no longer exists. While they might be better executives than Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, even if you assume they could get elected today - unlikely - I doubt they'd prove much more effective.
It's been said that China will get old before it gets rich. Well, California got rich first - but it still got old. Not old demographically, but old civically. The polity of California is now well into middle age. As with people, places that reach that point experience a mid-life crisis as they look back longingly at the optimism, energy, flexibility, dynamism, and endless capacity for reinvention of youth. That's often a bitter pill to swallow.
Can California Recover?
Can California pull out of this? It's hard to point to a lot of examples that offer hope. But California has a lot going for it. It's got the stunning climate and physical geography. Cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles remain powerful. In addition to the technology and film industries, California also has a robust agricultural sector, legal and illegal, an entrepreneurial immigrant base, as well as an American hub for contemporary art and other creative fields besides the movie business. So there's a lot of assets to build on.
The challenge is that these existing strengths are part of the institutional rigidity. Another way to say "build on assets" is "defend the past". Other than the its physical setting, the assets of California only exist because previous generations didn't build on assets. If they did, Silicon Valley would still be orchards, not the powerhouse of the global technology industry. If a city or state is failing to create new industries, it has economically stagnated, no matter how prosperous it might be or appear for a time.
Looking at the Rust Belt, we do see that tier one global cities have managed to renew their cores. Chicago, New York, and Boston have glittering city centers and a migration back to the city of upscale residents. This is a far cry from the sour days of the 70's. But if you look beyond those zones, you see places with surprisingly unimpressive metro area statistics in many regards. And the states they are in look at lot like, well, California. A handful of metro thriving cores can't energize an entire state or even metro area. Places like New York and Illinois have major structural challenges of their own. And California has already followed this program, with booming regions that are among globalization's winners, with many larger areas of losers. Of course the alternative is worse - look at Michigan, with the same failures and no global city to even partially make up for it.
The global city phenomenon perhaps illustrates the way. Cities that have experienced that boom like to pat themselves on the back. Indeed, there has been some good leadership along the way. But when something happens in most similarly situated cities, you have to look first to a common force acting on them. Chicago, New York, London, etc. all had their own Rust Belt eras and suffered in the 70's and 80's. Starting in the 90's a large number of what we now call global cities had urban core booms. As Saskia Sassen noted, the new networked global economy requires new financial and producer services, that tend to be concentrated in global cities. In effect, the global city is an emergent property of the globalized economy, just like the company town was in a previous era. I noted previously with regards to Chicago that it was the artifact, not the architect.
To me that shows that a state like California needs to look at and understand the macrotrends affecting it and the world, and figure out how to position itself to profit from them. One area it is trying to do so is in the "green economy". I've got a few problems with "green jobs". The first is that the entire concept of a green economy is a transitory one. Likely in a decade or so it will be gone. There will no longer be green industry, but only industry - it will all be green. This immediately prompts the question of whether, since we're not going a very good job of competing in traditional industry, we'll do any better in green industry. Indeed, China and others are already making a move here.
The other aspect of this is the huge gamble California is placing on the environmental trend. That is, it has imposed the strictest environmental controls in the world. There is no doubt this is one factor causing a lot of short term pain. But the state hopes that in the long term this will attract talent and, what's more, position it for future success because other states will be forced into the same painful restructuring for environmental issues in the future and California will be ahead of the game. California's ultimate goal here is clearly to push to federalize its policies to prevent any other states from not following its lead and producing a differentiated product. Because international migration is so much more difficult than domestic, this would, in theory, eventually help staunch the flow of people out of the state. Other states no doubt realize this and will resist the push at the federal level. It remains to be seen how this turns out on many fronts.
Other than that, it is difficult to identify a strategy California has other than more of the same. While the green realm might be a good place for California to put some chips, I don't think piling everything on one square is a good idea, so new ideas are clearly needed.
And these economic strategies will only be ultimately a success to the extent that they enable California to reach an equilibrium and either successfully make the transition to an operator, or somehow reignite growth.
I would suggest that California and other maturing jurisdictions should look to partner with academics in our economics departments, and especially our schools of business, who have studied industry growth and maturity curves, and how to manage that transition over time, strategically and operationally.
Has the United States Reached Maturity?
Given the problems of California and the current Great Recession and associated talk of American decline, it's worth asking the question: has the United States matured? That is, are the life cycle forces that are hurting California now affecting America as a whole?
Let's consider our three harbingers: unfunded liabilities, the end of growth, and institutional rigidity. Clearly, we've racked up huge unfunded liabilities, just like every industrialized nation. I believe we are projecting a deficit of $1.8 trillion this year alone and that doesn't even count off balance sheet problems like social security and medicare. So a definite check mark in that box.
As far as institutional rigidity, clearly we observe some. There is no doubt that it has gotten harder to do things in America and that one of the key advantages of China is its greenfield location and lack of this cruft, not just its low labor costs. Regulatory arbitrage, for example, can be a powerful motivator. Still, I haven't observed a ridiculous amount of change here in my lifetime. At the federal level, it has always been hard to do things in America, by design. I do argue that in some areas we've turned the dial too far. In a country that desperately needs to make transportation investments, it shouldn't take a decade to get approval to build a new transit line, for example. But on the whole the United States still feels like a fairly dynamic society to me.
Which brings us to growth. Clearly we have been in a major recession. The question is whether our best days are behind us. I say clearly No here. America is demographically healthy. Compared to Europe we have comparatively high birth rates, more or less replacement rate, in our native born population. This shows a society with confidence in the future. Also, people from around the world are still voting with their feet to come here. And I believe we'll get back on economic track eventually.
But this is where the warnings signs should be looked for. If growth dries up, I believe the institutional rigidity will enter that toxic cycle and we could be in trouble. Keep an eye on immigration. When people stop wanting to come here - because they don't want to pay taxes merely to pay off yesterday's unfunded liabilities, because they think there are better opportunities elsewhere, or whatever - and especially if Americans start leaving in any material numbers, we'll know we have a major problem on our hands.
Obviously no one can predict the future, but I remain bullish on America.


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text: Northville Let Tim play. That mantra was trending on Twitter — #LetTimPlay — after it appeared that a Northville High School senior in this Fulton County village of 1,000 residents was told Wednesday that would be barred from playing basketball. Tim Monette had not been in school that day. He also has cancer. Monette was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma in November. He hasn't attended school since then but keeps up with schoolwork with the help of a tutor at his home. After a series of chemotherapy treatments and signs that his health is improving, his doctor cleared him to get back on the basketball court at the end of December, according to the 17-year-old and his mother, Shawna Monette. He's been playing this month while completing his academic work with a tutor. Shawna Monette said that allows her son to get to doctors' appointments more easily and to focus on the two courses he needs to meet graduation requirements rather than a full day of classes. He said he was called into the coach's office on Wednesday where the high school principal, Mariah Kramer, told him he wouldn't be able to play in his team's games. School officials had realized that his participation on the team violated a policy that students may not play sports when they're absent from school, he said. "It made me really upset that I couldn't play," Tim Monette said. "When he said he couldn't play, my heart just dropped," Shawna Monette said. "His basketball and his sports are everything to him." Monette's teammates and other students were upset, too. He said they started the Twitter feed, and on Thursday morning, about 200 of them staged a sit-in in the gymnasium. "It made me feel really good that everyone cared about my happiness and they wanted me to play on the team," he said. That morning, the school district's superintendent, Debra Lynker, apologized to him, Monette said. According to a statement from the district, the incident was a misunderstanding. Kramer told the senior that she needed to investigate whether he could continue to play under school policy, according to the statement. Thursday morning, school officials determined that the home tutoring met the attendance requirement. "As long as he has a doctor's clearance for each game, he may be eligible to play," Lynker stated. "It is unfortunate that misinformation circulated through social media before it could even be resolved properly." Tim Monette tweeted "#NiceTry" in response to the statement. "They said it was a misunderstanding, but it really wasn't," he said. "They handled it the wrong way, but it's been resolved." firstname.lastname@example.com • 518-454-5417 • @hughesclaire


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Welcome to Tarleton's Program for Astronomy Education & Research
About Us
TSU's Program for Astronomy Education and Research provides students with the opportunity to undertake significant astronomical research using our 32" telescope and, through our outreach programs, shares the wonders of the universe in our planetarium and via shows that we produce.
Our observatory, located on Tarleton's Hunewell Ranch east of Stephenville, utilizes a 32" Ritchey-Chretien reflecting telescope designed and fabricated by Astronomical Consultants and Equipment of Tucson, AZ. The computer controlled, high resolution CCD imaging system ensures accurate image capture for either research or projection.
Located under the copper dome, in Tarleton's Science Building, our 40'
planetarium is host to approximately 15,000 visitors each year. The vast majority of our guests are students from Pre-K to 6th grade. Our programs combine video, sound, photographic transparencies and stellar images from our Digistar II digital starfield projector to bring the wonders of space to our visitors.
Space Weather
To view astronomical weather data please visit SpaceWeather.com
Clear Sky Chart
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This guide covers all the current necessary Editors/Utilities.
A cross-platform forge like map editor. No built in visual mode, maps must be textured using another tool such as Visual Mode Lua.
Visual Mode Lua
Texture maps from within Aleph One.
A cross-platform utility for merging and splitting map/image files.
Physics, Shapes, Sounds
I'd recommend Shapefusion for editing Shapes, Sounds and Physics files. Largely replicates the functionality of Bungie's original tools, with a simple interface.
Physics Editor One
A cross-platform but limited physics editor written in Java.
Redundant Robot
A tutorial for setting up a classic Mac OS emulator such as bassilisk or sheepshaver, with links to those emulators.
A cross-platform utility for creating DDS textures for use in Aleph One.
A cross-platform image editor.
Other Links
SBO Utilities Page
Another list of editors/utilities, some of which are not listed here.
Infinity Utilities
A list of older utilities and forge/anvil updates, most of which requires Mac OS 7 - 9, or an emulator.
Trilogy Release
Forge, Anvil and the Marathon Infinity Manual, which has instructions for using both those editors. Since Weland is very similar to Forge, reading the Infinity Manual should help with learning to use Weland.


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Casey Burns, Sommer Gaughan, Laurie Bernstein
The Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMD) clinic is comprised of a multidisciplinary staff, internationally recognized for their expertise in relation to the diagnosis and treatment of various metabolic disorders.
The IMD nutrition clinic includes three metabolic nutritionists and is the only clinic in the Rocky Mountain Region providing comprehensive metabolic nutrition services.
Nutritional services provided at the IMD nutrition clinic include follow-up of abnormal newborn screening results, nutritional management and education for both inpatients and outpatients with inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs).
Laurie Bernstein, MS, RD, FADA
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, IMD Nutrition
Phone: (303) 724-2341
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Casey Burns, RD, CSP
Phone: (303) 724-2343
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Sommer Gaughan, RD, CSP
Phone: (303) 724-2348
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A book illustrating the differences among children ranging from pimples to Phenylketonuria (PKU).
Download Galactosemia Order Form
Download PKU Board Game Order Form
An educational tool for patients and their families when selecting healthy foods on a phe-restricted diet.
Modules offered include:
Download Simply More Phe More Choices: Modules Order Form
A tool for patients and their families when completing diet records.
Guides offered include:
Glutaric Acidemia
Protein Limiting (Urea Cycle)
The Low Protein Food Store is located in:
Children's Hospital Colorado
Outpatient Pavilion, 2nd Floor
Room # B2102
13123 East 16th Avenue
Aurora, Colorado 80045
Store Telephone: (720) 777-9811
Hours of Operation:
Monday: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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What is Network PKU?
Network PKU is a two day conference developed for and targeted to adolescents and adults with phenylketonuria (PKU) and their family members. "Network PKU" utilizes a culinary venue with didactic and interactive educational techniques and is the ultimate interactive low protein culinary experience.
Educational Video
Network PKU was designed as an educational video to increase awareness and enhance knowledge about the diet for Phenylketonuria in order to assist adolescents, teens, and adults to maintain a strong 'diet for life' attitude.
In 2004, the concept of Network PKU was expanded to become an interactive conference sponsored by Applied Nutrition and hosted by the IMD clinic at The Children's Hospital on the campus of Johnson & Wales University. The weekend featured a variety of interactive culinary and educational workshops designed to improve low protein cooking skills, increase knowledge about PKU treatment and allow attendees to share experiences of living on a PKU diet.
The overwhelming success of the 2004 event led to additional conferences in 2006, 2009 and 2011. The Network PKU Conferences have drawn attendees from all over the United States, Canada and Europe. Click here for a video regarding the 2011 Network PKU conference.
In 2013 Biomarin and the IMD Nutrition Dept. at Children's Hospital Colorado sponsored the first regional meeting with Le Cordon Bleu in Boston, 2014 in Atlanta, and 2015 in Seattle. These regional events allowed local families the opportunity to experience Network PKU.
What is Metabolic University?
With the implementation of expanded newborn screening and other advances in the field of metabolics, the need for healthcare professionals trained in the field of inborn errors in metabolism has increased. Diagnosis and management of these diseases requires an interdisciplinary approach. Dietitians, Nurses, Genetic Counselors and Physicians play critical roles in the care of these patients. Metabolic University is targeted to professionals who are new to the field or need a refresher course in the nutrition management of inborn errors.
Through the use of lectures, group teaching, observations, and pre- and post- tests, participants of this conference gain knowledge in areas of metabolics ranging from the pathophysiology and primary offending metabolites in common disorders of metabolism, practical nutrition interventions commonly used, management issues in different disorders of metabolism, and become able to describe the use of tandem mass spectrometry in the identification of metabolites suggestive of disorders of amino acid, organic acid, urea cycle, carbohydrate, and fatty acid metabolism.
To register for the next conference please email, firstname.lastname@example.com.
What is The Courage Classic?
A renowned cycling event in Colorado since 1989, the Courage Classic is a three-day journey fueled by individual and team fundraising efforts that benefit Children's Hospital Colorado. More than 2,000 cyclists, hundreds of volunteers, and several sponsors and friends participate each year to support the greatest needs of Children's Colorado. Beginning and ending in Leadville, this 157-mile course through Summit County during the summertime makes it one of the most picturesque cycling tours in the state.
The Gene Team
Laurie Bernstein, MS, RD, FADA captains this team because she is passionate about the children and families that the clinic takes care of. The Clinical Genetics and Metabolism section sees many families with various diagnoses and The Gene Team helps as many as they can. They help to provide life sustaining formula, special food, family conference attendance, camp, ropes course, and research. Last year was the 13th year and The Gene Team raised nearly $123,000. In total The Gene Team has raised more than $700,000!
Registration and Donations
For more information about the ride, including registration and donation information, click here.
What is Metabolic Camp?
Children with metabolic disorders and their parents have an opportunity to attend Low Pro camp at the VeeBar ranch in Laramie, Wyoming. Children with PKU, galactosemia, urea cycle disorders and methylmalonic academia enjoy horseback riding, hayrides, bonfires, an amazing metabolic race, fishing and many more adventures. The best part of the time spent at camp is watching both the children and the parents bond with each other. Mealtimes are especially rewarding when everybody tries new recipes and weighs and records what they eat, while all their peers are enjoying the same choices. The working guest ranch is a very friendly environment for families and people on special diets. The ranch is family owned and one of the owners is an adult patient with PKU and now a mom of a little girl with PKU. They are both patients at Children's Hospital Colorado, IMD clinic.
Eat Right Stay Bright is an anticipatory guidance tool, developed by Children's Hospital Colorado to aid healthcare professionals in the treatment of patients with PKU.
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World warm last year, but not like record US heat
WASHINGTON (AP) – While the U.S. was smashing heat marks last year, the world as a whole barely slipped into the top 10 hottest years on record, two American science agencies said Tuesday.
The global average temperature for last year would have been a record 15 years ago, an indication that what used to be unusual heat is more commonplace.
Now it merely ranks 10th, something climate scientists shows man-made climate change in action.
Last year's average was 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14.5 degrees Celsius), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. That's a full degree above the 20th century average of 57 F (13.9 C).
The hottest was 2010 when the average temperature was 58.2 degrees (14.6 degrees Celsius). NOAA records go back to 1880.
"We're playing in a new neighborhood as far as global temperatures go, compared to even the late 20th century and especially the mid-20th century," said Deke Arndt, head of monitoring for NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.
A weather pattern called La Nina – the flip side of El Nino – and mildness in Alaska, Canada, the United Kingdom and parts of Asia moderated the globe's average temperature. The Lower 48 states in the U.S. recorded its hottest year last year with an average of 55.3 F. (12.9 C)
"In global warming, you expect warming to manifest itself in different locations in any given year," said Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist at the University of Victoria in Canada. "This year it was America's turn to feel the brunt of global warming's growing fury."
NASA, which measures temperatures differently, ranks 2012 as ninth warmest. It put the temperature at 58.3 F (14.6 C). Both agencies announced the data Tuesday.
Some global warming skeptics have claimed the world hasn't warmed in the last 16 years, but each decade is warmer than the last. Even the first three years of this decade were warmer than the last, the two agencies said. Since 1963, NOAA said the global temperature has increased at a rate of 0.27 degrees Fahrenheit a decade (0.15 degrees Celsius).
Top NASA climate scientist James Hansen said in the past few years there has been a temporary "apparent standstill in global temperatures" that is heavily due to more frequent cooling La Ninas. What's significant, he said, is that temperatures are rising decade by decade.
Hansen and other scientists said the planet is warming because the world is spewing ever rising amounts of greenhouse gases – mostly carbon dioxide. Those heat-trapping gases are from the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.
The La Nina pattern, which generally cools the ocean globally, happens every few years and was in play for much of 2011 and the early part of 2012. Yet both years were the hottest La Nina years on record and that shows the underlying global warming at work, said climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf of the Max Planck Institute in Germany.
The last time the world had a cooler than average year was 1976, according to NOAA. That means more than half the people on Earth haven't lived during a cooler than normal year for the globe.
Three groups keep track of global surface temperatures with records that go back more than a century: NOAA, NASA and the British meteorology office. The British records for 2012 aren't finished yet, but are hovering around ninth warmest on record, said monitoring chief David Parker.
NASA and NOAA calculations differ mostly in the polar areas, where there are far less measurements.
A fourth group out of the University of Alabama at Huntsville looks at temperatures measured by satellites and only goes back to 1979, but is preferred by climate skeptics. That measurement ranked 2012 as the ninth warmest on record and notes that 11 of the 12 hottest years in their dataset have occurred since 2001.
NOAA: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/13
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-temps.html
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The next San Antonio Symphony concert will feature Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing leading large forces in the Verdi Requiem. How large? Add up orchestra + four soloists + three choirs, and you may be seeing the largest number of musicians ever on stage at the Majestic Theatre at one time! Musicians around the world are celebrating the 200th birthday of Verdi this season. For a quick bio, classicfm.com offers this video:
To read more about the Verdi Requiem click here. For Symphony tickets call (210) 554-1010.
April 12 & 13, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
San Antonio Symphony
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers, John Silantien, director
University of Texas at San Antonio Concert Choir, John Silantien, director
Trinity University Choir, Gary Seighman, director
Ana María Martínez, soprano
Geraldine Chauvet, mezzo
Dimitri Pittas, tenor
Lester Lynch, baritone


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You can look at the story of Columbine and think it's just a bunch of whiny, privileged white males. That's okay. People write off people's troubles in similar ways. As we know, black people are less intelligent and cultured, so who cares what's going on in Africa?
The world is full of stories. People murder and cause terrorist attacks all the time and it's not something I feel comfortable reading. The purpose of the storyteller is to extract the meaning out of it. This book is not just the recounting of the events in Columbine and what came after/before. It's a gigantic argument why the story even matters in the first place. Cullen does an amazing job. No scene is without purpose. No scene exists only to spout details. Each detail has insight into another topic. Like the best non-fiction, Columbine is more about other subjects than its title.
Cullen dispels two big, contrasting myths. There's the 'psycho villain' myth, and the 'revenge of the nerds' myth. The truth is actually somewhere in between, or at least split between the killers. The truth was, Columbine Massacre was instigated by a single person.
The writings about psychopathy here are integral. Psychopathy was the cause of the massacre, and also what people miss. People believe in Just World and want to believe that moral people are also good social presence. If someone's charismatic and hot, then he cannot be bad. However, the fat dude who sends you a message on Facebook is a creep. Such a world is ordered, easy to navigate and we know what to fear.
Psychopaths blow it apart. The true danger isn't the socially inept person. He's too timid and his doors are blocked. In order for him to cause social crime, he first needs to become a part of society. Psychopaths are the most desirable people. They're aces in imitating social cues and personalities but they have no good intentions. They don't even have empathy.
In truth, there's nothing like 'what a killer/rapist/thief' look like. People who want to deliberately harm – and psychopaths do – need to conceal themselves. How else can a rapist do his crime, if he can't convince his victim to trust them in an isolated setting? Eric Harris was successful. Women loved him. When he apologized, everyone was convinced. He knew exactly how to hint about the killing to see who's on board. People couldn't believe Eric would do it because of his social skills, but his high social skills are directly related to his lack of empathy which pushed him to massacre. It's a bizarre thing. The most dangerous people are designed to look benign.
What's ironic is during all the time leading to Columbine, it was Dylan who got the most flak. Dylan was only in it to kill himself. The journals are up online if you want to read it. Dylan was soaked in self-loathing. His character was truly tragic. While I'm not excusing what Dylan did, he's perhaps just as a victim as the others. He barely even shoot during the massacre. His depressive state and feelings of powerlessness made him an easy target for a psychopath needing an accomplice. Harris provided him a way out. Psychopaths are hard to stop, but what if someone reached out to Dylan before?
This situation reveals something dark about our society. It's caused by our overall preference for socially skilled people over everything. Yes, this would happen again. In the end, what we want are people who can act like Harris. We want charismatic people who can lead, who look good and can tell jokes. Dylan may have been almost innocent, but socially he's useless. What's there to do with a depressive suicidal? Speaking from an evolutionary standpoint, we will always support Harris over Dylan. Harris can navigate social situations gracefully, and for a social animal nothing is more important.
Aside from the killer's psych, the book reveals the many shades of tragedies with multiple victims. Not everyone comes out the same. The stories of survivors, or the bereaved, are vastly different. Cullen tells the story they deserve with empathy. After such a tragedy, you need a spotlight on your unique position. No matter how many suffered with you, your misery is still real. Lumping it up with everyone else is insulting.
It's also a story of media, and how the way we report events affect their influence. For those who are interested in media studies, this is essential. The parts about the eyewitnesses' unreliability are fantastic. Such tragic stories have a stronger demand for precise details. These situations, by their nature, confuse us and we need every information we can have to understand them. The intensity of these situation also leads to confused memory. It's almost funny how people thought there are multiple killers. One person saw Dylan & Eric with trenchcoats. Then they took off and a different person saw them.
An important arc is the story of Cassie, the supposed martyr. Initially it was reported she claimed to believe in God right before being shot. In reality this exchanged happened with a different student who survived. Yet people were quick to believe Cassie's story and stuck to it even once the truth goes out. It goes to show you what kind of moral responsbility the media has. The reporting of this story affected lives. A survivor in trauma who needed her story told has been pushed aside while everyone lives in a lie.
I don't think the conclusion of this book was that tragedy was inevitble, that Eric and Dylan were pure evil and we're all victims. What makes the book so dark is that it shows how badly we function when tragedy strikes. Aside from the aforementioned psychopathy, there's a coverup, ganging up on parents without knowing why and a parent who becomes a ranting anti-abortion activists. If anything, it's almost fatalist. What could we do? We're only human. Why disclose that we could've prevented it, and put us in harm's way?
Cullen's prose is sometimes too fiction-esque. Writing a non-fiction book like a fiction one, with dialogue boxes makes it look silly. The author wasn't there, and if he were he could only have this exactness if he recorded it. I prefer writing as summary, since that's the only thing you can do. Cullen's prose is also precise enough to let it slide. He's fantastic in choosing the right details. Physical descriptions never enter. Instead, it's all about the people and what they did. I know a lot of people who say they can't read a book without understanding the physical reality of it. Here, Cullen wrote a powerful story by only describing the people in it.
Some will write this off and say it's just two white privileged white kids. Perhaps, but perhaps underneath every school shooting or underneath every crime rests a story like this. The difference is, we had a lot of cameras on the scene. Columbine is important because of what it tells us about us – that, yes, this will happen again. As social animals, we'll always take Eric Harris above others. We'll tell stories that make us feel good – our son is a martyr, they were just evil villains, they were just bullied kids. Cullen does have answers, they're just incredibly pessimistic.
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Disney is making it possible to turn every aspect of your material existence into a Tron-style gamescape. Behold Tron caps, chair, light-up sweatshirts, wiis controls, iphone light disc holders, Playstations and sneakers!
Disney Consumer Products rolled out the many merchandising angles they would be slapping Tron Legacy on - from baseball hats right on down to iPhone holders. It's bananas, but these sneaks, these are very, very cool. Check out what we uncovered inside Flynn's Arcade in the heart of San Diego's Comic Con.
And here are some images inside Flynn's Arcade so you can get a taste of what it was like both in and out of the "real world."


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A person who writes and, if necessary, registers a will. The will states how and to whom the testator wants his/her property transferred after death. In addition to transferring property, the testator may specify how certain responsibilities are to be performed. For example, he/she may indicate who shall take care of the decedent's minor children, how they are to be educated, and so forth. Many advisers recommend writing a will to ensure that the testator's wishes are carried out. Rarely, a female testator is called a testatrix.
The decedent who leaves a will.The feminine form used to be called "testatrix,"but today testator includes male and female.


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Marian University offers a number of grants for students with demonstrated financial need. The amounts range up to full tuition and fees, and are renewable for students who meet certain criteria.
At Marian University we are committed to providing an excellent education to students from a variety of backgrounds, and we encourage qualified applicants not to let questions of affordability hold them back from applying.
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Intercultural Global Studies
The intercultural global studies (IGS) minor consists of 24 credit hours. The credit distribution is described below.
INTRODUCTORY COURSE (4 credits)
These DU courses provide the fundamentals to understanding cultural dynamics in domestic and international contexts.
Choose one:
- ANTH 2010: Cultural Anthropology
- ARTH 1010: Images of Culture
- CCST 2000: Contemporary Theories in Cultural and Critical Studies
- CCST 2200: Cultural Differences and Distinctions
- COMN 1700: Fundamentals of Intercultural Communication
- GEOG 1410: People, Places, Landscapes
- GEOG 2300: Cultural Geography
- PLSC 1110: Foundations in World Politics
- SOCI 1810: Foundations in Sociology
If you're in the international or social justice living and learning communities (LLCs), you may use the fall and winter courses as the introductory course for this minor. You may use your spring LLC course for elective credit.
* Note: No course taken to satisfy a common curriculum requirement (AI, SI) can also count toward the IGS minor. Students may take a second AI or SI course for IGS minor credit, but only after taking a first AI or SI course to satisfy the common curriculum requirement.
DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT EXPERIENCE (4 credits)
The engagement experience enriches students' understanding of issues related to cultural diversity and global injustice through an approved 4-credit internship, service learning opportunity, field-based research project at DU, or on an approved program abroad.
You may enroll in a second engagement experience, which will count for elective credit toward the minor.
You may look at lists of past domestic and international engagement experiences to get an idea of the kinds of courses that qualify. To find a current engagement experience, students should consult with their IGS adviser and, for international experiences, with Sarah Catanzarite (email@example.com) or, for domestic experiences, with Dr. Cara DiEnno (email@example.com).
ELECTIVES (16 credits)
Elective courses deepen students' intercultural knowledge through four, 2000-plus-level DU courses that expose them to a wide range of topics and materials.
You should work with a minor adviser to focus your courses around a specific theme. You can take a maximum of two courses in the same department or program. You may use two approved study abroad courses, plus an approved engagement experience abroad, for a maximum of 12 credits toward completion of the minor.
Read a list of currently approved elective course offerings.
MULTIMEDIA MINI-CONFERENCE (not for credit)
As an IGS student, you'll complete the minor by presenting your work at a multimedia mini-conference open to the University community. Your presentation might take the form of a video documentary, an audiovisual presentation, a traditional talk, or an experiment with new media. The mini-conference provides a platform for you to share with other scholars and professionals the unique insights you've gained in the classroom and through your engagement work, thus preparing you to take on a leadership role in your chosen field.


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Top 15 Haunted Lighthouses
Owls Head Light, Owls Head, Maine
Owls Head Light State Park, open year-round, provides lovely views of Penobscot Bay. The pretty little lighthouse and keeper's residence are part of the park but not accessible, though that doesn't prevent a ghost from trespassing. The 3-year-old daughter of previous keepers once awakened her parents and announced, "Fog's rolling in! Time to put the foghorn on!" They discovered she had an "imaginary friend" who resembled an old sea captain. Current residents recognize his footprints in the snow and welcome his services―polished brass and frugally lowered thermostats; lighthouse.cc/owls. In nearby Rockland, the Maine Lighthouse Museum displays the country's largest collection of Fresnel lenses.
Point Lookout Light, Scotland, Maryland
To find out more about the preservation of the lighthouses, visit pllps.org.


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Teen accused in killing of 78-year-old woman wants case moved to juvenile court
Nathan Paape accused in killing of Barbara Olson
One of the teens accused in the killing of a 78-year-old Sheboygan County woman is trying to get his case moved to juvenile court.
Although he just turned 14, Nathan Paape is being tried as an adult in the killing of Barbara Olson.
Prosecutors said Paape and Olson's great-grandson, 14-year-old Antonio Barbeau, ransacked her Sheboygan Falls home in September after they fatally beat her with a hammer and a hatchet.
Tuesday in court, Paape's attorneys presented testimony on brain development in adolescents, as well as research on the impact of the adult court system on juvenile offenders.
The judge is expected to finish hearing testimony Wednesday.
Barbeau is being tried as an adult. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
His trial is scheduled for March.


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Sunday, October 08, 2006
Cardinal Louis-Albert VACHON (1912-2006)
Son of Napoléon VACHON and Alexandrine GILBERT, Louis-Albert was born 1912.04.02 in Saint-Frédéric, Beauce County, QC. After having attended the Roman Catholic Seminary in Québec City, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1938.06.11. He obtained a Doctorat in Philosophy from the University of Laval in Québec City, QC. and a Doctorat in Theology at l'Angelicum in Rome, ITALY. He taught Philosophy at the University of Laval in Québec City, QC till 1947 and then taught in the Theology Dept from 1949-1955. In 1955, he was named Superior of the Grand Séminaire in Québec City, QC. In 1959, he became Vice-Rector of the University of Laval and Rector in 1960 where he remained till 1972, at which time he was again appointed Superior of the Grand Séminaire. In 1977.04.04, Pope Paul VI appointed him Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta and Auxiliary Bishop of Québec City, QC. In 1981, he succeeded Cardinal Maurice ROY as Archbishop of Québec City, QC. In 1985, he was appointed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II. In 1990.03.17, he asked to be relieved of his duties. He died 2006.09.29 in Québec City, QC
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The 61st annual Primetime Emmy nominations came out this morning and, say media watchers, despite the shunning of HBO's vampire saga, "True Blood," the most notable trend is the presence of so much fresh blood.
"For many years, the Academy [of Television Arts and Sciences] used to nominate the same shows over and over," says Mediaweek's Marc Berman, "but this year is refreshingly full of new shows and names." He points to such first-timers as Simon Baker for "The Mentalist," Jemaine Clement (HBO's "The Flight of the Conchords"), Toni Collette (Showtime's "United States of Tara"), Jim Parsons (CBS's "The Big Bang Theory") and Sarah Silverman (Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program").
At the same time, the tally underlines just how powerful cable has become in the past decade. HBO walked off with an eye-popping 99 nominations and both basic and pay cable had strong showings in nearly all major categories, taking five of the seven nominees for outstanding dramatic series – "Big Love" (HBO), "Breaking Bad" (AMC), "Damages" (Fox), "Dexter" (Showtime), "House" (Fox), "Lost" (ABC), and "Mad Men" (AMC).
"Cable doesn't put on as many episodes and the shows don't typically run as long as many broadcast shows," points out Mr. Berman, which encourages new material. It also helps that cable doesn't have to work within the same standards and practices guidelines as the broadcast networks, which in turn leaves room for both edgier and more raw material, adds the pundit, also known as "Mr. Television."
While the roster contains numerous pleasant surprises, the most unexpected hopeful is Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy," a half-hour animated series on Fox. It has been given the nod in the best comedy series category. The last time an animated series turned up in that slot was 1961 for "The Flintstones." "Family Guy," however, couldn't be further from the benign, stone-age family life depicted in the Hanna Barbera hit. Often crude, the show both mocks and embraces the conventions of the comfortable domesticity of the traditional sitcom.
"It manages to appeal to both hip and low-brow viewers," says comedy maven Rob Thomas, executive producer of the freshman Starz show, "Party Down." The zany, adult humor in an animated family format has been going strong for at least two decades since "The Simpsons" debuted.
The selection of "Family Guy" shows the Academy's recognition that this kind of humor has reached a critical mass in the overall culture, says Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
"People used to regard this kind of material as being everything sending American culture down the tubes," says Mr. Thompson, "but even while the jokes can be occasionally tasteless and crude, the show is also quite often brilliant."
While Berman says he was gratified to see the television academy voters branch out to tap new faces, "it was nice to see some old-timers, as well," he says, pointing to such venerable TV icons as Ed Asner, Betty White, and Carol Burnett for their guest spots on, respectively, "CSI: NY," "My Name is Earl," and "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."
The Emmy awards ceremony will air live on CBS Sunday, Sept. 20.
* For a full list of nominations go here.


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[VIDEO] Gettin' Piggy Wit' It. French Protest Sharia Takin' Their Bacon.
Buzz doubted Teresa when she repeated an e-mail she got about French protesters going after restaurants in their country for taking pork off the menu to become Sharia-compliant -- bowing to Islamic law. But it looks like Teresa is right.


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Wouldn't It Be Nice? More Flexible Searching
Accordance searching has always been about precision. When you enter a word or phrase, that exact entry is found. Your search results are not cluttered with approximate hits. You simply find what you're looking for.
Unfortunately, that level of precision can be a bit of a double-edged sword—especially when you don't know exactly what you're looking for.
Now, Accordance has always had built in ways to broaden a search and make it more flexible, such as wildcard symbols, search commands, and fuzzy searches; but using those techniques requires a level of expertise that is becoming less common among new Accordance users. When Accordance started, the average computer user was comfortable using wildcards and Boolean commands, but the post-Google generation has no desire to bother with that stuff.
Wouldn't it be nice if Accordance offered an option to find what you want even if it's not exactly what you enter? For example, wouldn't it be nice if you could enter something like seek find and end up with a result like this?
Hmmmm. It sure would be nice.
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Richard Hendricks
Wouldn't it be nice if Accordance released the new software already. Hmmmm. It sure would be nice.
Actually it would be nice if I could search within the search results… When search is done, there could be some additional search entry field where I could search for some specific word in search results list.
You can already do this. Simply open another window, and search using the search command "CONTENTS" of the window with your search results. For more information, check the manual for the search command "CONTENTS" or ask around in the forum.
Wouldn't it be nice if I could simply do that in the same window, without knowing exact syntax? Because current search commands are powerful, but I have to use manual to run them. The same CONTENTS command doesn't work if you don't add <AND> after it. It would be nice if any novice could use these features without knowing syntax, just graphically selecting options.
Hmmmm. It sure would be nice.