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• Civic Culture and Democracy
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Civic Culture and Democracy:
A civic culture or civic political culture is a political culture characterized by "acceptance of the authority of the state" and "a belief in participation in civic duties". The term was first used in Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba's book, The Civic Culture.[Civic political culture is a mixture of other political cultures namely parochial, subject and participant political cultures. Almond and Verb characterized Britain as having a civic political culture[1]
The Civic Culture provided a five-nation study of citizen values and attitudes viewed as supportive of a democratic political system. In the mainstream of behavioral analysis when it was first published, the book has been somewhat eclipsed by the emphasis on policy analysis. Its concerns about the survival of democracy in Western societies now seem somewhat misplaced. The spread of higher levels of education through the population has encouraged new forms of participation in politics, such as social movements and campaigning interest groups.[2]
Almond and Verba state that the following are characteristics of a civic culture • Orientation toward political system in both the political and governmental senses • Pride in aspects of one's nation
• Expectation of fair treatment from government authorities • Ability to talk freely and frequently about politics • An emotional involvement in elections
• Tolerance toward opposition parties
• A Valuing of active participation in local government activities, parties, and in civic associations • Self-confidence in one's competence to participate in politics • Civic cooperation and trust
• Membership in the political associations[2]
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_political_culture
2 http://www.answers.com/topic/civic-culture#ixzz2TpWgQXSN
Democracy is the government of the people by the people for the people. Democracy is the popular form of government.it is practiced successfully in many countries of the world. In this form of government people elect their own rulers. in a democractic country,there are many political parties.they take part in election. The party which wins by the majority of vote is declared successful. It is called to form the government. the rest of the parties are supposedto sit on the opposition benches. In the assembly, important issues are debated and discussed by both the ruling party as well as the opposition party. the decision on different problems of the country is taken after much deliberation. In democracy there is full freedom of expressing public opinion. An individual enjoys full freedom to think, write and express his views. The press is completely free. the policies of the government are debated and discussed freely in the newspapers as well as in the Assembly Hall. In democracy a person enjoys respect and importance. Democracy is linked with justice. Every body has equal right in the eye of law. The voters can choose and remove their rulers according to their own will. This form of government is popular and successful in America, Britain, India and japan. Democracy has failed in under developed countries.the reason for its failure are the following. Democracy is a difficult system of Goverenment. Only the educated and sensible people can understand and run it. In our country and in many other Asian countries,most of people are uneducated and backward. They cannot understand the real spirit and structure of a democractic system of government.most of th people in our country are poor. At the time of election, the voters are bribed and tempted to give their votes in favour of irresponsible and uneducated candidates. In this way, in democracy, the responsible and educated candidates do not return to assembly. s
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By Asandra
In 2009 I was on a commuter flight from North Carolina to Florida. As we were preparing for take-off, the pilot speaking in a charming southern drawl, informed the passengers of our flying conditions. There would be, he stated, ". . . a few bumps on the climb-out." Nobody seemed to notice this declaration but me. I do not like turbulence and this was certainly a benign way of preparing us for the stormy flight conditions we were about to experience.
We are born into this human experience unwittingly acquiescing to whatever the karmic weather conditions might be. The journey of cause and effect is neither good nor bad. It is a sometimes baffling combination of positive movement in our lives as well as frustrating challenges. Accepting this undisclosed karmic agenda can be hard. We resent our circumstances; blame our parents or other authority figure, feel sad and hopeless, or any other form of subconscious resistance. I know these resistances first hand and yet, still often find myself either resenting or feeling sad about the most challenging hardships that I have faced my whole life. That is how I know it is karmic. Same issue, different circumstances. It follows me everywhere I go, forcing me to deal with it over and over again. I surmount it, become free, only to have life hand me another episode in a new form.
We all suffer these karmic 'bumps' that knock us about on 'the climb-out' to awakening. It is easy to see the patterns in others, but mine, although unchanging in their essence, still disrupt my serenity like mischievous elves determined to trip me up. Invariably, when I finally rise up above my personal turbulence, there is a sense of regret that I once again fell for the trickery of the mind. How could I not see this so clearly?
What, then, is the answer to this unconscious habit of falling prey to our core patterns time and again? I can almost hear a telepathic cacophony of light workers chiming in with a myriad array of solutions. Clearly there isn't one singular answer to this inquiry, but there is a one-size-fits-all remedy: surrender. We can all relate to the need to let go of control and hand our challenge, desire, fear, etc. over to a higher power.
Most people think, however, that this letting go process is a sign of failure, defeat, or powerlessness. It is not. To walk the high road of consciousness, we need to walk in harmony with Source. Along the way life's turbulence can throw us off balance. One of my first experiences of a California earthquake left me feeling dizzy and ungrounded. The seemingly solid earth shook my heavy platform bed with a roar that sounded like a freight train charging through my bedroom. There wasn't an advance warning. I had no choice but to ride that uncomfortable earth-wave for its' short, but terrifying duration.
Living for two decades in a hurricane-prone climate helped me to psychologically prepare for an unpredictable weather season. I figured out that if I called on the spiritual energy that symbolizes storms, acquiescing to its' power, that I was then ostensibly under its' care. I could ride out even the most dangerous tempest knowing I was being protected. This is a form of surrender. When I did this, I felt empowered and safe. Did that make a hurricane less intense? No, but I was on the other side of fear, and could then witness the journey from a place of respect and awe. Like the charming pilot declared, there will be "some bumps on the climb-out," but it doesn't mean that we won't arrive safely at our destination. Bumpy ride or not
This article was originally published on Musings on the guided path and is reposted with permission.
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This release marks the first time Toy Story has been made available in 3D, converted for release on Blu-ray 3D. This new disc looks absolutely great, but it does have some nagging ghosting issues that pop up, still this is a must on.
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What if there's such as thing as choice overload, where consumers are confronted by so many options that they start to panic? Could it push them away and cause them to defer their purchases or make no purchase at all?
If choice overload is unavoidable, how could consumers better handle it? And would the managers who present these assortments be able to help consumers make decisions rather than scaring them away?
These issues inspired a series of experiments in China by Zixi (Veronica) Jiang, a lecturer in marketing at the Australian School of Business, Jing Xu from Peking University and Ravi Dhar from Yale School of Management.
In five experiments involving up to 630 Chinese university students, participants were put through a series of choice exercises on products ranging from preserved plums to coffee, tea and beachside hotels. A key aim was to see if the mental state of the participants had any impact on their views on assortment.
Participants were asked to indicate their choice, and then rate the difficulty of choosing. Their tendencies to think abstractly or concretely were measured separately after the choice exercise.
The hypothesis was that when faced with a large assortment of product choices, consumers who looked at the assortment with an abstract mindset perceived their options to be more similar than those with a concrete mindset, who attempted to differentiate products as part of their choice process. Consequently, those with an abstract mindset would find it easier to choose, while those who looked at the assortment in a concrete way would become bogged down trying to make comparisons.
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NT + Gaming = ???
By Jeff "nonick" Solomon
irst of all, if you haven't seen the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I yet, turn your computer off and get over to the closest theater as soon as possible! You've got better things to do. Once you've done that, read on for a discussion about Windows NT, the successor to Windows 9x and the platform that many of us will be using for gaming a short time from now, on a system that's not too far away...
Five years ago, amidst the sweltering heat of late summer, Microsoft began to slowly pull the rug out from beneath DOS and Windows. With the introduction of Windows NT 3.1- the first version of Microsoft's "New Technology" operating system- a foundation was laid that was designed to ultimately replace the DOS underpinnings that had been present in Windows, and remain to this day in Windows 98.
Windows NT was designed from the ground up to be a fully "modern" operating system, with support for 32-bit applications, preemptive multitasking, multithreading, multiprocessing, enhanced stability, and security. Compared to DOS and Windows, NT meant business, both in terms of its architecture and its market positioning.
The first incarnation of NT went partway toward fulfilling these goals. It was technically more advanced than DOS and Windows in regard to its kernel and core OS services, but was very large (requiring 16 MB of RAM to run, which was four times the average PC's capacity at the time), ate up a tremendous amount of disk space (well over 100 MB- again, very large for the time), and was excruciatingly slow, especially for graphics-related functions.
NT 3.1 was the first step in what has become a lengthy growing process for NT. In the years since its introduction, NT has matured into an OS that provides performance, stability, compatibility, and ease-of-use that put it on the same playing field as Windows 98. For many business users, NT is now mature enough to replace Windows 98 in most situations, and Microsoft has stated that it plans to cease development of the Windows 9x product line and build all future versions of Windows- starting with Windows 2000 (formerly titled Windows NT 5.0, due out next year)- around NT.
To make it simple: DOS and Windows are dead. NT has become Windows. All future versions of Windows will be based on NT.
The implications this change has in store for gaming are significant, as the Windows platform- the current OS standard in the PC segment of the gaming industry- will change from being DOS-based to NT-based when this switch occurs.
What does this mean for gaming? Will we suddenly be forced to play games on an OS that was designed for business users? How does NT compare to Windows 98 in regard to speed, compatibility, and features? Basically, how will the transition from DOS-based Windows to NT-based Windows affect PC gaming?
I'm going to break the issue down into sections that compare NT to Windows 98. The key question is, will we lose gaming capabilities by changing from Win98 to NT? And, assuming we don't lose anything, what will we gain?
First, some ground rules: When I refer to Windows 98, I'm generally referring to the entire Windows 9x platform, which starts with the original release of Windows 95 and includes all service releases and upgrades up through Windows 98. I'll use the term NT to refer to Windows NT in general, and Windows 2000 to refer to the next version of NT that is due out in 1999, which was previously referred to as NT 5.0. It's also important to keep in mind that Windows 2000 is currently in the beta testing stage of development, with at least one more significant beta release to come, so its feature set and capabilities may change before the product is finally released.
The Big Picture
Until very recently, Windows NT had never been positioned as an OS for gamers. It was designed to eliminate many of the shortcomings in the DOS/Windows combination that were preventing the Windows platform from providing serious, business-oriented capabilities such as enhanced reliability, longer uptimes, easier and more powerful networking, and fault tolerance.
Many of the qualities needed in a gaming OS- raw speed, extensive device support, end-user simplicity- have never been associated with NT. Rather, they were provided, more or less, by Windows 98. With NT taking over for Windows, and all of the strengths that the Windows platform has accumulated over the years suddenly gone, there is a very real fear that gaming on Windows will lose its luster.
Clearly, Microsoft knows that it can't replace Windows 98 until NT is ready to cover all of the features that users have come to expect. Up until now, NT has lagged behind Win98 in several areas, including device support, ease of use, and support for gaming-related features like DirectX.
Windows 2000, however, appears to have bridged the gap in regard to nearly every aspect of Windows 98 that has been crucial to gamers. For starters, I'll compare the two systems in regard to hardware and software support.
Hardware and Software Support
Windows 98 has been very successful as a gaming platform for several reasons. First off, it's the no-holds-barred industry standard operating system, which means that it receives the majority of support from hardware and software companies. Win98 may not be the most technologically advanced OS available (we'll save that debate for the newsgroups), but it's the most widely used, and that translates into near-universal title and driver availability.
In addition, Microsoft has gone to great pains to position Windows 98 as a gaming-friendly platform. It's learned from past mistakes that it can't ignore the gaming community, so every corner of Windows 98- including the tagline ("Works better, plays better.")- has been optimized for gaming. Win98 ships with full support for DirectX 5.0 (6.0 is now available on the Web), as well as advanced support for devices like force feedback joysticks, USB, and FireWire peripherals. This high level of device support allows Win98 to interact with virtually any kind of device imaginable, which is necessary to provide a competent gaming platform.
Win98 is also extremely comprehensive in regard to driver and software compatibility. Because it is designed to be as compatible as possible with previous Microsoft operating systems, Win98 can support a wide range of hardware and software that were designed for older versions of DOS and Windows. Devices that do not have Win98-specific drivers will usually still work with Windows 98, albeit not at optimum performance levels. This is a good thing for people who have older hardware that they rely on for gaming, and for those who have a collection of old games that they still enjoy playing.
Win98 also supports programs that directly manipulate hardware, a technique where programs bypass the operating system and interact with the hardware directly. While this opens up the possibility of a single program monopolizing a system resource and causing other programs to fail, it results in increased speed and responsiveness.
This high level of compatibility comes at the price of stability, however. Because it relies on DOS as an underpinning, and since its architecture has to allow for many forms of older device drivers and programming techniques, Windows 98 has an Achilles heel that is due to its reliance on old technology. Older drivers are not optimized to take advantage of Win98's most advanced features, and they're not isolated from themselves or the operating system. If one of them goes down, it can bring the entire system to its knees.
In short: Windows 98 is extremely well suited for gaming, since it comes packaged with support for a wide range of gaming devices and is compatible with older hardware and software. This translates to the availability of a wide range of available devices, with the downside being a greater potential for conflicts and crashes.
Compared to Win98, NT's attitude toward hardware and software support is very strict. Because it's designed to be as stable and fault tolerant as possible, it can't provide far-reaching support for eccentric hardware and software that could potentially lock up the system.
NT only supports device drivers that have been designed specifically for it- no DOS or older Windows drivers need apply. NT-specific drivers go through NT's hardware abstraction layer (HAL), which prevents them from directly accessing the hardware on a machine. As a result, NT arbitrates all access to hardware, and programs that attempt to bypass the OS will fail to run.
Until fairly recently, NT's level of device support has lagged far behind Windows. Companies that were forced to chose between developing Windows drivers and NT drivers had to go for the more popular platform.
Now, however, things are changing. For one, NT has come into its own as a popular OS, and as such receives dedicated attention from much of the industry. In addition, Windows 2000 will offer significantly expanded driver support in the form of a common driver model with Windows 98 for several types of devices (the Win32 Driver Model, or WDM), so drivers of this class that function under Win98 will also run under Win2000. Win2000 will also support the plethora of gaming-related input devices that Win98 supports.
Finally, since Win2000 is now positioned as Microsoft's preeminent operating system, it will begin to attract the majority of Windows developers, and systems dealers will need to make sure that everything they sell is fully compatible with Windows 2000.
So, it seems that with Windows 2000, NT has finally caught up with Windows 98 in regard to support for current hardware. Just about the only area where Windows 98 still comes out ahead is in its level of support for older hardware, but, ultimately, this will become less and less of a necessity.
As far as software support is concerned, Windows 2000 will run the vast majority of programs and games that have been designed for Windows 98 and DOS, with the notable exception of those that directly access hardware.
Graphics Features
Graphics performance is crucial to a system's ability to run games, and until recently, NT's graphics performance had been excruciatingly slow, which made it almost unusable as a gaming platform. A few years ago, for example, I loaded Doom onto NT 3.51, and, while it ran, it was unplayable. This was on a relatively fast system that had little trouble running Doom at ideal speeds under DOS.
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Activities of Recent Phd Recipients
Aaron Berkowitz (E) "Cognition in Improvisation: the Art and Science of Spontaneous Musical Performance"
Matthew Clayton (E) (March 2009) "M-Base: Envisioning Change for Jazz in the 1980s and Beyond"
Peter Gilbert (C) (November 2008) The bold arch of undreamt bridges
Jose Luis Hurtado (C) Letargo e Instante for Piano Soloist and Large Ensemble
Nicholas Vines (C) (November 2008) The Hive A Chamber Opera in Seven Tableaux
Edgar Barroso (C) Transdisciplinary Collaboration, Gestural Embodiment of Sound and Social Context. A Framework for a Sonic Portfolio
Christopher Chowrimootoo (H) (November 2013) Middlebrow Modernism: Britten's Operas and the Great Divide
Elizabeth Titrington Craft (H) Becoming American Onstage: Broadway Narratives of Immigrant Experiences in the United States
Andrew Friedman (T) Momentum: A Phenomenology of Musical Flow and Meaning
Hannah Lewis (H), Negotiating the Soundtrack: Music in Early Sound Film in the U.S. and France, 1926-1934
Gavin Williams (H) (November 2013) Arts of Noise: Sound and Media in Milan ca. 1900
James Blasina (H) Music and Gender in the Medieval Cult of St. Katherine of Alexandria, c.1050-1300
Sarah Hankins (E) Black Musics, African Lives, and the National Imagination in Modern Israel
Thomas Wen Tsen Lin (H) Giasone's Travels: Opera and Its Performance in the Seventeenth Century
Peter McMurray (E) (November 2014) Pathways to God: The Islamic Acoustics of Turkish Berlin
Lucille Yehan Mok (H) (November 2014) Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, and New World Virtuosities
Rowland Moseley (T) (November 2014) The Art of Gigue: Perspectives on Genre and Formula in J.S. Bach's Compositional Practice
Josiah Wolf Oberholtzer (C) A Computational Model of Music Composition
Ian Power (C) Toward a Music of Exegetic Becoming and Actualized Work
Kai Tang (E) (November 2014) Musical Culture of Chinese Floaters
Trevor Bača (C) Magic Constructivism: Desiderata of a Musical Practice
Ann Bridget Cleare (C) Sculpting Shape, Time, and Motion: A Composition Portfolio
Joe G. Fort (HM)(November 2015) "Incorporating Haydn's minuets. Towards a Soatic Theory of Music"
John Arthur Gabriel (HM) "Opera After Optimism: The Fate of Zeitoper at the End of the Weimar Republic"
Olivia Rose Lucas (T) "Loudness, Rhythm and Environment: Analytical Issues in Extreme Metal Music"
Sabrina Anne Brown Schroeder (C) Selected Works 2009-2016
Anne Ashby Searcy (HM) "Soviet and American Cold War Ballet Exchange, 1959–1962"
Jonathan Sanjeev Withers (E) "Kurdish Music-Making in Istanbul: Music, Sentiment, and Ideology in a Changing Urban Context"
Micah Wittmer (HM)(November 2015) "Performing Negro Folk Culture, Performing America: Hall Johnson's Choral and Dramatic Works (1925–1939)"
Sivan Cohen Elias (C) Wave of Qualities
Marta Gentilucci (C) Shaping Time: Composing as Bodily Experience of Sound
Matthew Henseler (H) (November 2016) Dance and Instrumental Music in America, 1770-1830
Monica Hershberger (H) 'Life is Strife', American Operative Heroines during the Cold War
Justin Hoke (C) disparate space, shared space
Panayotis League (E) Echoes of the Great Catastophe: Resounding Anatolian Greekness in Diaspora
William Evan O'Hara (T) The Art of Recomposition: Creativity, Aesthetics, and Music Theory
Samuel Parler (H) Musical Racialism and Racial Nationalism in Commercial Country Music, 1915-1953
Sarah Politz (E) Entrepreneurship, Style, and Spirituality in Benin's Jazz and Brass Bands
Stefan Prins (C) Hybrid Bodies in Hybrid Spaces
Michael Uy (H) The Big Bang of Music Patronage in the United States: The National Endowment for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Ford Foundation
Clara Iannotta (C) Sonic Instability: A Composition Portfolio
Emerson Morgan (H) "Chant and Urban Procession in Rouen 1150-1450"
Kai Johannes Polzhofer (C) Music Beyond Sound
Stephanie Probst (T)"Sounding Lines: New Approaches to Melody in 1920s Musical Thought"
Frederick Reece (T) "Ringing False: Music Analysis, Forgery, and the Technologies of Truth"
Natasha Roule (H)"The Operas of Jean-Baptiste Lully and the Negotiation of Absolutism in the French Provinces,
David Kim (AM) Hairpins and Notation as Metaphor
Mariam Nazarian (AM) Chopin: In Theory and Practice - A Review and Proposal of Analytical and Pedagogical Methods
Recent alumni who have gone on to join faculties or administration of colleges or universities include [partial list]:
Suhnne Ahn, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Aaron Allen, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Karim Al-Zand, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Alexandra Amati, University of San Francisco
Naome Andre, University of Michigan
Emily Abrams Ansari, University of Western Ontario
Trevor Baca, University of Wisconsin
Ryan Banagale, Colorado College
William Bares, Univesity of North Carolina, Asheville
Edgar Barroso, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
Aaron Berkowitz, Harvard Medical School
Noel Bisson, Harvard University
David Black, Research Fellow, Homerton College, Cambridge University
Jamie Blasina, Swarthmore College
Andrea Bohlman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Anthony Brandt, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Corinna Campbell, Williams College
Davide Ceriani, Rowan University
Jean-Francois Charles, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Will Cheng, Dartmouth College
Christopher Chowrimootoo, University of Notre Dame
Ann Cleare, Trinity College, Dublin
Brigid Cohen, New York University
Judah Cohen, Indiana University
Elizabeth Craft, University of Utah
Myke Cuthbert, MIT
Louis Epstein, St. Olaf College
Ellen Exner, New England Conservatory
Joe G. Fort, King's College, London
Alexander Fisher, University of British Columbia
Ashley Fure, Dartmouth College
John Gabriel, Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University
Sean Gallagher, New England Conservatory
Richard Giarusso, Peabody Conservatory
Marc Gidal, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Peter Gilbert, University of New Mexico
Ed Gollin, Williams College
Cynthia Gonzales, School of Music, Texas State University
Glenda Goodman, University of Pennsylvania
Alan Gosman, University of Arkansas
Mary Greitzer, Eastman School of Music
Jeannie Guerrero, Eastman School of Music
Robert Hasegawa, McGill University
Sarah Hankins, University of California, San Diego
Michael Heller, University of Pittsburgh
Monica Hershberger, SUNY Geneseo
Jonathan Holland, Berklee College of Music
Brian Hulse, Christopher Newsport University
Jose Luis Hurtado, University of New Mexico
Arni Ingolfsson, Iceland Academy of the Arts
April James, Kislak Center, Penn Libraries
David Kaminsky, University of California, Merced
David Kim, Whitman University
Krystal Klingenberg, University of Hartford
Roe-Min Kok, McGill University
Jon Kregor, University of Cincinnati
Joseph Lam, University of Michigan
Hannah Lash, Yale University
Panayotis League, Florida State, Tallahassee
Katherine I Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
Frank Lehman, Tufts University
Hannah Lewis, University of Texas, Austin
Lei Liang, University of California, San Diego
Christina Linklater, Harvard University (Loeb/Houghton Library)
Olivia Lucas, Victoria University of Wellington
Evan MacCarthy, University of West Virginia
Lansing McLoskey, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
Charles McGuire, Oberlin College
John Z McKay, University of South Carolina School of Music
Peter McMurray, University of Cambridge
Kiri Miller, Brown University
Luci Mok, College of DuPage
Alexandra Monchick, California State University, Northridge
Sarah Morelli, Lamont School of Music, University of Denver
Ann Morrison Spinney, Boston College
Rowland Moseley, Dartmouth College (one-year appointment)
Matthew Mugmon, University of Arizona
Christoph Neidhöfer, McGill University
Karola Obermueller, University of New Mexico
William O'Hara, Gettysburg College
Samuel Parler, Baylor University
Matthew Peattie, University of Cincinatti
Thomas Peattie, University of Mississippi
Sarah Politz, University of Florida, Gainesville
Ian Power, University of Maryland
Julia Randel, University of Dayton
Adam Roberts, Istanbul Technical University, Centre for Advanced Research in Music
Jesse Rodin, Stanford University
Sabrina Schroeder, Simon Fraser University's School for Contemporary Arts, Vancouver
Meredith Schweig, Emory University
Annie Searcy, University of Miami
Eliyahu Shoot, Tulane University
Erik Spangler, Maryland Institute College of Art
Kurt Stallmann, Rice University
Benjamin Steege, Columbia University
Amy Stillman, University of Michigan
David Taddie, West Virginia University
Andrew Talle, Northwestern University
Patricia Tang, MIT
David Trippett, Bristol University, UK
Ken Ueno, UC Berkeley
Michael Uy, Resident Dean, Harvard University
Gabriele Vanoni, Berklee College of Music
Bettina Varwig, University of Cambridge, UK
Nicholas Vines, Sydney Grammar School, NSW
Anton Vishio, NYU Steinhardt
Daniel Walden, Queens College, Oxford Post doc
Richard Whalley, University of Manchester, England
Jon Wild, McGill University
Gavin Williams, post-doc King's College, London
Du Yun, SUNY Purchase
Anna Zayaruznaya, Yale University


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In 1989, hundreds of thousands of people flooded onto the streets of Beijing and into Tiananmen Square demanding democracy, freedom of speech and an end to corruption.
After a seven week standoff, the government called in the troops and a bloody battle ensued.
The number of deaths is not known. The Chinese Red Cross initially issued a statement saying that 2,600 people had been killed but rapidly retracted that. The Chinese government claimed that 241 people died, including 23 soldiers.
Twenty years on, Al Jazeera speaks to some of those who took part in the world's largest and most influential pro-democracy movement.
Through their personal stories and the stories of others who witnessed this historic movement, It happened in Tiananmen Square recreates an era when a new generation of Chinese wanted to finally break from the shackles of Mao's Cultural Revolution.
It happened in Tiananmen Square aired from Sunday, May 31, 2009.
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So after my snack swap with Australia… which people on Twitter saw. One of my friends in Canada, M., was amazingly generous. She simply offered to send me snack from Canada because she wanted me to try them! How wonderful is that? There are a lot of snacks that both the States and Canada have, so she sent me a sampling of the snacks that we definitely don't carry here in our grocery stores. Her package arrived super quick and everything inside was delicious. THANK YOU M. <3
The entire haul. >:D Lots of maple snacks because Canada is of course famous for their maple syrup and other maple confections. (she asked if I wanted to try maple mustard or something like that… but I politely declined because I dislike mustard in all forms, hehe).
An abstract postcard.
A really cute beaver keychain. WHICH WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. (but very welcome)!
MAPLE SYRUP! I'm not going to open this until I go home for the summer so that my family can try it when I make pancakes or waffles. :) But I know this is going to be so much better than the generic maple syrup that we have here in the stores.
Maple candies!
Out of the package…
And you see a maple leaf! These are surprisingly not as sweet as you might expect. In fact, they're just the right amount of sweetness with the subtle taste of maple syrup that just melts in your mouth. They remind me of molasses/burnt brown sugar.
Maple fudge! Haven't opened this yet, but I'm sure it'll be amazing because I love fudge in general.
A large lollipop version of the smaller maple candies. I'll save this for finals week so that I have something to distract from all the fun classes I'll have to study for.
CLODHOPPERS! I've never heard of these before she asked me about them. Apparently they are seasonal and so she had to go hunt down the last bag for me, hehe. They are vanilla fudge covered graham cracker wafer clusters and they are absolutely delicious.
The vanilla fudge is reminiscent of the outer coating of Circus Animals, but what really makes the difference are the graham cracker wafers. I think I could snack on those alone because they're so crunchy and I love wafers.
Saving the best for last… All Dressing Crispers are honestly the best. I can now say that All Dressing is my new favorite flavor. I really wish they sold potato chips and other chips with this flavor. They are honestly what the name implies. ALL DRESSING.
I could taste salt and vinegar, BBQ, chipotle, and bacon. It was… awesome. I love foods that have heavy/strong flavoring and these really hit the spot. Honestly my favorite thing in the entire package! But I've loved everything I've tried so far (so much in fact, that I've barely touched the Australian snacks… oops. But it's okay because most of the things left are chocolates that can last for a while yet)
Thank you again M!! This post is dedicated to you. :)


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The same frayed sandals that carried St. Gandhi on his illegal salt march through India 19 months ago carried him last week up the crimson-carpeted stair of Buckingham Palace. Flunkies in scarlet & gold bowed the small, unrepentant lawbreaker into the Picture Gallery. There at the head of the receiving line stood George V in striped trousers and morning coat, Queen Mary in a shimmering silver tea gown and Edward of Wales (who had flown down especially from Liverpool) dressed like his father. The Lord Cham berlain, the Earl of Cromer, advanced through a horde of 500 tea guests, some of them Maharajas wearing pearls as big as butterballs.
"Mahatma Gandhi!" announced the Lord Chamberlain. George V at once looked up. The sandals carried the Saint to His Majesty who stretched out a royal hand. Mr. Gandhi took it firmly, shook it warmly. He then placed his own hands palm to palm, bowed to Their Majesties as a Hindu priest bows when imparting benediction.
Queen Mary smiled approvingly. Mr. Gandhi was not in "morning dress" as the royal invitation had requested (TIME, Nov. 9) but he was wearing a loincloth wider by a thumb's breadth than usual, and a shawl of homespun. Queen Mary saw nothing unseemly, betrayed the merest flicker of interest as she espied the Mahatma's dangling dollar watch.
King George drew Guest Gandhi into the royal study. There the King-Emperor took a dish of tea, the Mahatma sucked in a bowl of goat's milk sent up from the palace kitchen.
Among buzzing guests in the Picture Gallery several startled the rest by recalling that this was not the first Gandhi-George V meeting. In 1901 the Indian community of Durban, South Africa welcomed the then Duke & Duchess of York, now Their Majesties, with a reception at which Lawyer M. K. Gandhi made the principal address. In 1901 impotent Ad- dresser Gandhi was bedight in the latest British fashion. Last week potent St. Gandhi created a sensation by leaving the royal teaparty before no other guest. "Personally I have very little time for social functions," said he. "Both Their Majesties were charming. I also liked the Prince of Wales."
British Reporter: Did the King give any encouragement to your hope for Indian independence?
St. Gandhi: Only God gives encouragement, not Kings.
Badgered by correspondents to tell what his host had talked about, Guest Gandhi replied, "It would not be dignified for me to tell you what the King said," and explained why.
"Our conversation consisted mostly of pleasantries. There were questions and answers about the weather and its effect on a man so recently come from India as myself."
Shortly from Bombay the Mahatma received a cable signed by leading spirits of his Indian National Congress. They begged him to quit the Indian Round Table Conference in London because it has shown no sign of recommending independence for India. Promptly St. Gandhi announced: "I will sail for Bombay from Genoa on the 29th. … I feel that I'm wasting my time here, but I'm willing to stay in London until the end of the Conference, which I expect will be in a fortnight. Then nobody can accuse me of impatience."


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STOP making mistakes when starting a small business. Pick the best niche, do the research and find success before you start a small business.
A small business is the backbone to the American way. Why not start one right now, make lots of money, and spend only a few hours a week working? STOP! If this were true, we would all own a successful small business, but this is obviously not the truth. In fact, 31% do not survive two years and the failure rate is growing higher each year, due to the economy. So how can the potential small business owner be a success? Just follow these three steps to increase your chances for success.
Idea Generation
The idea for the new small business is key to the overall success. We have all heard "do what you know," "work in the field," and "get educated." What we haven't heard is that the success or failure of your idea that your small business will be built on, is not about you. It is about your client base and what they might hire or buy. Therefore, it might not be the same thing that you are selling. A future step will help you focus on the right idea but don't be fooled, not everyone may love your product or service as much as you. So, don't design it or build it before you complete the next step. And certainly don't rent space until you have more information.
You've thought about an idea for a long time now and know that it will be a success, so why not jump in? You could be wrong and probably are. How do you know? Research, the next critical step that demands doing before you start your endeavor. What do you research?
- Competitive analysis- Look at all competitors and try to define your idea towards a niche in the market. Call companies in other areas that won't compete with you and discuss what they have found sells, and where their niche is? View the prices and costs associated with your idea. See what vendors are used and what advertising is done.
- Find your client base- Do the demographics for your area. Be specific about your clients: age, annual salary, sex, children, nationality, to name a few. Narrow in to where they live, shop and read.
- Potential clients- Produce a questionnaire centered around your product or service. Simple, straightforward questions are answered easily. Would you use my product or service? What do you use? What do you pay? What is this product or service worth to you? What is missing that you would like available? How do you find these products or services? Is there anything special you need in regards to these products and services? Now that you have a list of 10 or so questions and you know where your perspective client is, go there and ask.
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By Martin,sx
Several times, I have been an eyewitness of the many troubles that some of my classmates face with regard to the use of English. Though they have clear in their minds what they would like to say, the verbal expression of their thoughts is most of the time a hard exercise. Not being myself a fluent English speaker, I often wonder why these brave Brothers and Sisters have to struggle with English. Given that most of them are coming from countries where English is not widespread, why don't they stay in their native land and enjoy their national languages that they perfectly know? I was pondering upon these questions when it dawned to me that I can never understand the reality of these classmates unless I take into consideration a crucial factor: they are Missionaries.
Only a Missionary can truly leave his home together with all the securities it offers in order to venture towards the insecurities of the unknown. These classmates of mine have left behind the comfort that the fluent use of their native language provides. They have opted to face courageously the uneasiness that lies at the heart of learning an absolute foreign language. Though one may look at them and laugh, there is yet a deep significance in their struggle: they are Missionaries. They are people impulsed by the love of Christ for all. It is only in the context of that Love that their language struggle should be understood.
This calls to my mind the sort of the vast army of Missionaries dispersed all over the world for the sake of Jesus of Nazareth and his Gospel. Most of them are sent far away from their homes, in places where they have not only to pick up a new language but also to go through cultural, psychological and sociological dynamics. And this does not happen without obviously anxiety, pain and tears. Often, disappointment, discouragement and tiredness get along with the process of inculturation. But they willingly endure and undergo the death of their selves so that Christ may be born in the people to whom he has sent them. This is an extraordinary phenomenon that escapes the understanding of business organizations, international firms and Non Governmental Organisms. This is something that goes beyond the grasp of the Missionary himself. For this reason, I would like to say a word of credit for all these heroic men and women, breakers of boundaries and builders of bridges among disparate nations by the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ. To all Missionaries going to distant lands and to those already engaged in the fields of mission I say with the Prophet: "Beautiful are the feet of the messengers of the good tides".
At the dawn of the history of salvation, a man was requested by God to follow the same path of all today's Missionaries. That man, Abraham, left his country, his parents' house and the land of his ancestors. He went toward an unknown destination, obedient to the will of God. As he peregrinated through new territories, he gradually understood that Home is every place where God is present. Therefore, we Missionaries, though away from Home are at Home wherever we are sent. For the Spirit of the Lord fills the whole universe with God's presence.
As we venture out, trotting in the roads of the world and holding dear in our hearts the Gospel of grace to be shared with all, we look forward to that Home where God will be all in all. Like the three wise men who came from afar to worship the King of the Jews, we walk by faith and not by sight.


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Apr 12, 2017Idaho's water supply outlook shows plenty of water
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released the fourth water supply outlook report for the 2016 water year. Precipitation since the water year started on Oct. 1, 2016, is above average across the state, and record breaking in the Big Wood Basin above Hailey at 180 percent of average. Other basins are seeing their highest snowpack in two decades.
Northern Idaho (Panhandle Region and Clearwater basins) are the closest to normal snowpack conditions across the state this year. Overall, the Salmon River basin snow is 130 percent of median, the best since 2006. The Weiser snowpack is mostly melted at 105 percent of median.
Overall, the Payette basin is 118 percent of median. The snowpack in the Boise headwaters is 140 to 160 percent of median – its highest since 1997.
The Big Wood basin snowpack remains record high since the 7-station index starts in 1961. The Little Wood snow is 174 percent of median, the highest since 1983. At 174 percent of median, the Big Lost snowpack is the highest since 1997.
As a whole, the Henrys Fork snowpack is 114 percent of median. The rest of the Upper Snake River tributaries range from 179 percent of median in the Hoback basin to 119 percent in the Salt. The Snake above Palisades Reservoir snowpack is 141 percent of median, the highest since 1997.
The Willow, Blackfoot and Portneuf basins range from 87 to 115 percent of median. At 143 percent of median, the Bear River snowpack is at its highest since 1997. Snowpacks across Idaho's southern border range from 100 to 120 percent of median and have lost some of the mid-elevation snow, but the higher elevation snow is still near normal or better.
Based on Idaho's Surface Water Supply Index, "There are no expected water supply shortages expected across 99 percent of the state," said Shawn Nield, Snow Survey Program manager for NRCS Idaho. "The greatest concern, especially in southern Idaho, is too much snow and how to safely release the excess water."
For information on specific basins, streams, and reservoirs, view the full report online at April Water Supply Outlook.
Source: Natural Resource Conservation Service – Idaho


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First Lady Laura Bush recently announced $20,869,145 in grants from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. Thirty-five awards will go to universities, libraries, and library organizations across the country today to recruit and educate librarians. The grants are designed to help offset a current shortage of school library media specialists, library school faculty, and librarians working in underserved communities, as well a looming shortage of library directors and other senior librarians, many of whom are expected to retire in the next 20 years.
The First Lady made the announcement on June 26th in New Orleans at the American Library Association's annual convention during a national town hall meeting of local and national government officials, educators, and business leaders, and an audience of thousands of librarians. The meeting, School Libraries Work: Rebuilding for Learning, focused on the essential role school libraries and librarians play in restoring learning and reuniting community in times of crises.
The grants benefit 26 doctoral, 361 master's, 3,201 continuing education, and 289 pre-professional students across the country. Since First Lady Laura Bush first announced the President would support a multi-million initiative to recruit new librarians in 2002, the Institute has funded 1,898 master's degree students, 145 doctoral students, 949 pre-professional students, and 3,579 continuing education students. The multi-faceted grant program supports tuition assistance, curriculum development, service expectations, job placement, recruitment of non-traditional library students, support for doctoral candidates to teach library science, and research.
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VEF Spring Somersault and fear test in addition
To witness the process of art
Asked to explain what is to be made of the project title 'In Search of the Horizon' and their kinds of 'creative workshops,' Kaspars tells, in conversation with cultural portal 'Riga 2014,' that their collaboration with historian of art and curator of this project Ieva Kulakova had started a year ago.
'Laboratory is a place where we experiment and test the ground aiming to probe the modes of presenting art work and its perception by the audience. Perhaps, what is decisive here is not so much the alternative environment, but rather other things we try to test in experiment. For example, photography is presented in print or projection, enlarged or reduced, to be perceived in plain or with music. We have prepared questionnaires we ask our public to fill and that is how we get our feed back, we see how our product is perceived and what emotions its presentation arouses,' Kaspars gives one of the examples of laboratory experiment. It is a good way to test the ideas, for the artists, prior to larger exhibitions when there is no wish to experiment. 'This is why we have labs, which don't aspire to the status of exhibitions; it is for a reason that we write in our publicity materials that we offer experiment and test,' explains the director of the art center, adding that it is not a place where you come to receive art.
This is definitely a place for people interested in the process of creation of art, which you come to witness.
Eight such experiments are planned in total, which will follow the thematic range and structure of the exhibition Ieva Kulakova has planned.
Your chance to take fright
Two such experiments have been held last year, while, on Saturday, April 20, the third one will take place – namely, fear will be put to test! Asked how it can be realized Kaspars admits that the organizers of the event have made effort to study human emotions a little bit – the ones that generate fear. 'We will use the creation of young artist Katrīna Sauškina and present it intending to provoke fear. We will offer questionnaires where the audience will be able to answer whether it worked or not.' Is Katrīna's work so frightening as to generate fear in the viewer?
'The art work itself – no, nothing frightening is depicted there. But it is a thankful product for this experiment, being rich in meanings. I won't say that it is difficult to perceive, but there are as many opinions as there are people.' The work will be presented in video, and now the art center is discussing the best mode of its presentation.
'The mode of the presentation of art work can significantly influence the mode of its perception – there is a difference in seeing it in a well lit room or – accompanied by a scary sounding music. Then, the way it 'works' is changed.'
'Whether or not Katrīna's work will be seen in the 'horizons' next year, I still cannot tell. It is for Ieva to decide. Therefore, this may be your only chance to test your fears,' Kaspars laughs. He adds that the public is fond of these experiments, people are curious enough even to wait in line to get in. 'Works presented and their surrounding environment create a special feeling. I am willing to see these works and experiments myself, but last year I was too late in line. Of course, I take part in preparations and so on, but that is different thing.' By the way, laboratory will be open from four in the afternoon till ten at night, so the fear test will be available to as many people as possible.
Jazz, contemporary dance, slams and other activities
Previewing the program to be offered on Saturday, Kaspars underlines that all the creative spots of the VEF territory, as they call them between themselves, will be open for attendance: 'Totaldobže', café Ziema, fear range Psaiho.lv, the skate-park, and creative workshops. Activities will begin with a concert for children, given by young jazz musicians; an academic composer will teach kids a song, this relay–race to be taken over by the animation artist Reinis Pētersons and jazz drummer Artis Orups. 'Choreographer of contemporary dance Kristīne Vismane will talk to those who are interested in her form of art and demonstrate how it develops.' After an hour-long concert, children will be invited to see creative workshops and try their hand in silk screening or delve into the secrets of photography, while the skate park will open its international skateboard competition.
'These activities are planned for until about four in the afternoon, while our 'Retro spectro vintage' market will also be open. At half past seven, we begin our poetry slam, concert of improvisation and performances of DJs and groups. We have taken care to ensure that you have plenty to do until have past two in the morning!' Kaspars is proud and reminds that families with children are invited for the day program, while the night is reserved for those who enjoy democratic events. 'We have never had to complain about the shortage of public; perhaps, we will have to think how we can accommodate everybody who wants to come,' he is glad to say and adds that the program of the event is found on http://www.totaldobze.lv/ website. And there is a good chance that Saturday will not disappoint in terms of the weather as well!


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WAN-IFRA Middle East Conference 2016
Introduction to Event
WAN-IFRA's 11th Middle East Conference on February 24th and 25th 2016 in Dubai provides publishing executives with an excellent opportunity to discover the latest regional and international top trends and best-practice ideas.
Hear about The Internet of things, Virtual reality, ad blocking, wearables, 3-D Printing, new and emerging business models for newspaper printing companies just to name a few.
Save the date and be sure not to miss this exciting event.
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Thomas Jacob
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His Excellency Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi
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Thomas Jacob
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Ed Capaldi
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Jane Davenport
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Sami Al Reyami
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This confirms not only why the media today is ridiculous, but also why I don't subscribe (and go broke in the meantime) to cable. Remember Jennifer Wilbanks? No? I didn't either, until they mentioned the whole 'runaway bride' thing. Oh yeah, that dumb skank. Apparently cable news shows are beating down her door with offers for her to do the same thing exactly again, simply to provide some good news stories and ratings. Some have even offered a million dollars. Seriously, isn't there something better for a million dollars? That woman is a mess. Why not drudge up Darva Conger? Or Tonya Harding? I'm guessing you could get them to do just about anything for that kind of scratch. And they wouldn't have to repeat the same old story.
I mean, if cable networks want to pay people to create news, who cares, right? But they probably shouldn't admit to it. Keep it behind closed doors. And how can they live with themselves? I think these execs would be happier if half the nation croaked from the bird flu simply because it'd make a great story. It's disgusting.
More importantly, though, what is wrong with that woman? Besides leaving your fiance and ridiculously expensive wedding and running away to Arizona (or wherever) and claiming mexicans raped you and held you hostage, that is. Why wouldn't she take the million bucks? She can't seriously be worried about her reputation. First of all, she's totally yesterday's news. I wouldn't have even remembered her name if it hadn't been mentioned in this article. And she'd only be doing exactly what she did already, so how could it ruin her reputation any more? And wouldn't a million dollars be more than enough to deal with whatever may happen to her reputation? If anything, I'd respect her more for doing it and taking money from the dumbass cable companies.
Take the money and run, girl. Literally.


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Memories of 50's Paterson: Wet Mittens
I pulled off my mittens and stomped the snow from my rubber galoshes. Before I unzipped my parka in the back hallway, I saw Nana trudging up from the coal cellar with a tiny drop of blood suspended from the ball of her nose. I ran and grabbed her around the waist.
"What happened to you? You're bleeding."
"It's nothing. The shovel handle hit… Ach! Shoveling the coal is hard. Your mama and papa are so busy at their work. I have to make sure the fire don't run out before they come home. We go upstairs now and get … Read More


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I need to power off my phone to fix an update problem, and my lock button doesn't work. It is currently stuck in the activation screen. I need my phone as soon as possible and i can't use it because its stuck at the activation screen


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New Delhi: In less than a month since the launch of the 'Smart City' Mission by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Puducherry has emerged as the first city to send its nomination to the Centre for the ambitious programme.
The Union Territory of Puducherry has nominated its capital city for inclusion in the 100 Smart Cities Mission launched on June 25.
Chief Secretary of Puducherry has forwarded the nomination along with all the forms and documents including the details of evaluation of all the five urban local bodies (ULBs) in the Union Territory as required in the Stage-1 of 'City Challenge' competition.
These ULBs include Puducherry, Oulgaret, Kariakal, Mahe and Yanam.
According to a senior ministry official, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has complimented the Puducherry government for being the first to send Smart City nomination and urged the Chief Minister N Rangaswamy to keep up the momentum.
The High Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) constituted as per the Mission Guidelines and headed by Chief Secretary has overseen the process of first stage intra-state competition and sent its recommendations to the Urban Development Ministry of the Government of India.
Puducherry which has a population of 6,57,209 has done well in respect of several Stage-1 evaluation criteria and scored 75 of the possible 100 marks.
HPSC has reported that Puducherry Municipal Corporation has achieved 18 per cent improvement in provision of household sanitary latrines since 2011.
It has increased internal revenue generation continuously over the three year period 2012-13 to 2014-15 marking an improvement of 14 percent.
The corporation has paid salaries of staff till last month and has got accounts audited up to 2012-13 as required to participate in the competition.
It has also met 23 percent of its capital expenditure from internal resources and also met about 80 per cent operation and maintenance costs of water supply through user charges.
Besides it has an operational online grievance redressal system and published monthly e-news letters and posted details of municipal budget expenditure for the last two financial years on its website.
As required under the Smart City Mission Guidelines, the Puducherry Government has also furnished a copy of the order constituting an Inter-Departmental Task Force to advice and coordinate preparation of Smart City proposal for the capital city besides assisting the High Powered Steering Committee.
As per the criteria for assigning Smart City slots for each state and UT, based on equal weightage for urban population and number of urban local bodies and to ensure geographical equity, Puducherry has been assigned one slot under the Mission.
Urban Development Ministry is in regular contact with all the states and UTs regarding progress of Stage-1 of 'City Challenge' competition ever since they were asked to send their nominations by the end of this month. As per reports, the competition is progressing well.


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Interrogating Your Wine
Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.—E.E. Cummings
To some folks, wine is a one-way street. You buy a bottle, open it and drink up. Seemingly, the wine does all the work. All you do is decide whether you like it or not. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Our appreciation of wine is much more interactive.
Oh sure, if the wine is just an everyday item, one that neither deserves nor rewards any attention, then the buy-unplug-and-glug approach is just right.
But at the fine-wine level, a whole lot of discussion goes on, whether consciously or otherwise. With wine, as with so much else, we get what we ask for.
What, then, should you ask of a wine? This question is more key than you might imagine. It will determine not only the kinds of wines you choose, but also the kind of taster that you become.
Let me give you an example. Some wine critics say that an essential question to ask a wine is: "Are you delicious?"
This sets the bar awfully low. It empowers the "If I like it, it is good" approach to wine appreciation. As a taster you're asking nothing more of a wine than that it please you. In high-falutin' terms, this is known as the hedonistic approach.
The "Are you delicious?" demand ensures that as a taster you will prize ease over challenge. If this question is primary, you will choose wines that are soft, rich, fruity and devoid of the rasp of tannins or a poke of acidity.
So what should you ask? Allow me to offer five such questions that I, anyway, think good tasters might ask of any wine they come across. Next time you try a wine, ask these questions and see how the wine answers.
1. Are you characterful? If I had to nominate one question as preeminent over any other, this is the question I would choose. Why? Because characterfulness in a wine is the proverbial fork in the road.
If you decide that a wine lacks character, then however pleasing it may be—however, dare I say, "delicious"—it ultimately is banal. A wine without character will never—indeed, can never—invigorate. It cannot sustain your repeated attention. It is interchangeable with many other wines and therefore is, well, a simple commodity.
2. Are you unique? This is the next (big) step up from the character question. It's also a more difficult question to ask if you lack context. If, for example, you're tasting your first Meursault or Malbec, then it's pretty much impossible to say with assurance that the wine is unique. You need more experience with other wines of the same type.
That acknowledged, even novice tasters can hazard a guess. Some wines are so astoundingly original-tasting, so sense-filling, that you can't help but conclude that if this baby isn't unique, there surely can't be many more at home quite like it.
I remember just that sensation upon first tasting the Rieslings of Egon Müller's Scharzhofberger and von Schubert's Maximin Grünhäuser, to say nothing of the likes of La Tâche or Hanzell Chardonnay.
3. Are you a knockoff? Sometimes you can get the answer you're looking for by asking what might be called a reverse question. Here, instead of inquiring about uniqueness, you might instead ask whether you've already been there and tasted that.
For all of the wonders of our wine era, one of its features is the ability of winemakers to copy the style of successful or lauded wines. Modern technology and scientific winemaking training allows winemakers to mimic at least the manners, if you will, of other wines. And they do—all the time. (This is why question No. 1 is so critical.)
If you taste a wine and you have a nagging sense that, hey, I've had a wine like this before, then you're on to something. Trust your gut instinct on this. And know that knockoffs, by definition, lack originality.
4. Do you offer insight? For what it's worth, this is the question I ask more often than any other. Really fine wine can (and should) deliver a lot more than mere pleasure. It's precisely this ability to go beyond the merely pleasing that vaults a wine into the "really fine" category.
Really fine wines offer insight. If you can taste a wine and say, "I had no idea that the earth could speak this way," then, Bingo!, you've found a wine that offers insight. A wine that can tell you something about the mysteries of the natural world (call it terroir, if you wish) is an experience like no other.
I would submit that there's no more gratifying experience in wine-loving than drinking a wine that offers insight. Asking if a wine offers insight is arguably the highest demand you can make—and it is the hardest question for most wines to answer affirmatively.
5. Do I want more of you? Here, finally, we come to pleasure. (Yes, pleasure is essential. It's just not the sole measure.) The best wines—for whatever reason—make you want more. I've written often about my love of magnums. The best magnum bottles are filled with the wine you want yet more of.
If you ask a wine, "Do I want more of you?" and the answer is a resounding "Yes!", then you've arrived. Personally, the wines from which I get this answer are also the ones that I've concluded are characterful, unique, original and offer insight. That's what I always want more of.
But whatever is on your list, if a wine answers this question to your satisfaction, then nothing else matters, does it?


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November 27, 2006
On Monday, November 27 "Citizen" Radio, operated allegedly without a license by the PRI in support of Governor Ulises Ruiz, called on PRI supporters to invade and burn the offices of EDUCA, one of the signatory non-governmental organizations which have allied with the Popular Assembly of the Peoples' of Oaxaca (APPO). The call to destroy the offices also named the current director of EDUCA, Marcos Leyva, as an APPO activist. EDUCA is accused by Citizen Radio of manufacturing Molotov cocktails, and otherwise creating illegal and explosive artifacts. EDUCA is a civil organization based in Oaxaca City which works in various local communities in three regions of the state: the Central Valley, the Southern Sierra and the (Pacific) Coast. It seeks to promote local development and to strengthen local organizational initiatives in Oaxacan communities, while educating people about their civil and legal rights.
Ciudadana Radio is the same broadcast station which on November 25 called for people to drop acid or boiling water on the APPO marchers.
Also this morning, the Policia Federal Preventiva are reported to have detained 150 people, who have been shipped out of the state of Oaxaca, to the state of Nayarit. According to El Universal of November 27, 107 men and 34 women -141 persons detained for "violent acts" the past weekend in Oaxaca – were transported to the federal prison of San José del Rincón, in Nayarit.
They were moved at the request of the Secretary of Citizen Protection of Oaxaca, who argued that the prisoners have a high danger profile. They were first jailed in Miahuatlán and in Tlacolula, in Oaxaca state.
The relocated prisoners were grabbed the 24th and 25th of November, in accordance with orders for arrest for committing acts of vandalism, setting fire to various unmovable objects (offices) and sacking commercial establishments in the center of the city. None of these charges have yet been verified against any of the detained, who are alleged to be supporters of the APPO.
The federal SSP stated that the Secretary of Citizen Protection of Oaxaca requested assistance to move the prisoners to federal (and out of state) keeping due to the "dangerous nature of the prisoners" since within the state there are no facilities with sufficient security to guard them ("considering that the detainees are classified as highly dangerous and owing to the fact that the state doesn't have the prison installations with sufficient security conditions to hold them.").
The moving of the detained was accomplished in two groups, the first of 58 people and the second of 83 people.
In the city of Oaxaca, the normal tourist and relaxation venues such as Llano Park, the zocalo in the city center, the Tourist Walk (Andador Turistica), Santo Domingo Esplanade, the Carmen Alto Plaza, and the Plaza de la Danza are all occupied by PFP men in riot gear. Should a tourist accidentally pass through Oaxaca, it is, in my personal opinion, an ugly sight. Walking past the Santo Domingo church, a showpiece for past colonial wealth, I met up with a shop keeper I know. Although it may have nothing to do with the situation, she looked thin and aged. She said to me, "I have sold absolutely nothing – absolutamente nada!" There is no commercial activity in the city center; her shop is on the exclusive Cinco de Mayo street. She said that all a citizen can do is endure, powerless to stop the government.
Furthermore, the calls for violence and crime are spreading, to areas not considered hotbeds of rebellion or even political activism. The Welte Institute for Oaxaca Studies, a sedate research facility located in a pleasant neighborhood, has received anonymous emails, with threats, if the Welte allows a group to meet in their building to discuss the current social movement. The Welte board buckled to the threat, and have forbidden meetings for the purpose of discussing the APPO movement.
Although persons not known to be teachers or APPO supporters may still walk freely, there is no place to walk to. All bags must be inspected in places where the APPO might try to physically reoccupy territory. The city is very calm.
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In the summer of 2009, I took part in a workshop at the Canada Science and Technology Museum (CSTM) during which we were shown a number of objects from their collection. One was a console from a SAGE computer system, once used by NORAD to detect and track soviet aircraft entering Canadian airspace over the arctic. This is an important object representing a significant application of early computers, as well as Canada's early Cold War status as an enormous frontier in which to prevent Soviet bombers from reaching the United States. David Pantalony, Curator of Science and Medicine, pointed out ashtrays that had been built into the console. He also noted that, when the object was first acquired in the 1980s, there were cigarette stains visible on its surface—a trace of the operators whose job combined tedium and incredible responsibility. Since its acquisition, however, the object had been cleaned, the traces of its human operators removed.
It could be that no object is ever complete. No matter what you feel that you know about it, some aspect of its meaning will escape you. Whatever interpretation you give it, or how you choose to represent it, some other narrative will be obscured or distorted by your claims. Curators, like historians, are essentially storytellers. The act of discussing the past involves selecting certain details over others, deciding which voices are too peripheral to matter, reconciling conflicting views according to your own weighing of the evidence. Both curators and historians tell stories that adhere to professional conventions meant to make this process of weighing seem fair and reasonable. Conventions change over time. One generation of curators might restore a given object to match an ideal form that existed when it was new, another might find significance in its brokenness or incompleteness.
The U of T's Chambers' Micromanipulator is a particularly incomplete instrument, but it doesn't seem to me like an object whose incompleteness is meaningful since we know so little about its past. Given the relative simplicity of its mechanism and missing parts, it seems reasonable to consider representing it as a complete object while acknowledging that, whatever the result, it will be only one possible representation.
As I've mentioned before, one of my goals is to recreate missing parts to produce a kind of sculptural representation of what the Chambers' micromanipulator looked like when it was used—one, but certainly not the only, notion of a "complete object". In future posts I hope to show that this kind of representation involves a creative process. The object itself seems to grow and change as your understanding of it increases. Parts become visible that weren't visible before, or perhaps had been lost to view as the object became obsolete and the people who made and used it passed away.
There is a second, more ambitious, goal that I'd also like to pursue. Historians of science sometimes attempt to recreate scientific effects from the past, a process that requires a considerable understanding of the technologies involved, but can produce insights that can't be obtained any other way. In my next post, I'll discuss the possibility of actually making the U of T Chambers' micromanipulator functional again, using period equipment, to reproduce (something like) experiences that were last felt many decades ago.


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Austin quintent The Band of Heathens have announced their new album Duende, to be released on January 13th. The group recently premiered their new song "Trouble Came Early" with Relix. The group describes how the inspiration for the song "came about from reading A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage, after a strange night out we had in a bar after a show. Some guy who was blacked-out drunk ended up pulling a knife and coming after us. Fortunately everybody made it out alive, and a seed was planted for the classic character who can't escape the call of the bars."
Duende, the title of The Band of Heathens' fifth studio album (and eighth overall), marks their tenth anniversary as a group. It's an apt name for a record whose themes explore the collective search for connection and communion in a technology-fueled world increasingly splintered, distracted and lonely. As band co-founder Ed Jurdi, who first learned of the term, explains, "It's the essence of the artist," or as partner Gordy Quist says, "It's a word we don't have an equivalent for in English, artistically, that's where we tried to set the bar, to do what this band does best."
Duende is currently available for pre-order via iTunes and Amazon.


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Students from Loyola's Department of Music Industry Studies will exhibit their entrepreneurial prowess at the annual Senior Pitch Competition Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m. in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located in the Communications/Music Complex on Loyola University New Orleans' main campus.
The competition will pit graduating seniors against each other as they present their business plans to a panel of international industry experts. Students will pitch a variety of ideas, including apps, artist services companies, custom merchandise and training programs. The first, second and third place winners will receive cash awards to help launch their businesses.
Competition judges include PledgeMusic founder Benji Rogers, Swedish entrepreneur and founder of Musichelp.se Peter Åstedt and Billy O' Connell, an independent music professional and instructor of music industry studies at Loyola.
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The Lincet family created the Fromagerie Lincet in 1895.
Preserving and developing the expertise of its cheese masters for five generations, Lincet continues to produce ten cheeses by adapting traditional methods to modern production requirements.
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Based in the towns of Saligny and Vaudes, Lincet is ideally located in the heart of a region which unites the cheese-making traditions of Champagne, Burgundy and Ile de France.
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Dealing with difficult interpersonal interactions is something you'll have to face from time to time.
Recruiting and public relations blogger Lindsay Olson offers solutions to four common workplace challenges:
- The co-workers who constantly gossip. Just don't get involved. It won't help you win people's trust and confidence around the office.
- The colleague who frequently violates the dress code. If one person is always dressing well beyond the bounds of the dress code you can ask human resources to address the situation.
- The boss who tries to "friend" you on Facebook. Set a policy that you won't be "friends" with anyone from work and then stick to it.
- The boss who takes credit for your ideas. It's always best to speak directly with your boss and work things out.
— Adapted from "4 More Sticky Work Dilemmas and How to Handle Them," Lindsay Olson, U.S. News & World Report's On Careers blog.


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Internet television sidesteps censorship in Georgia.
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"Internet television stations seem to be taking off in Georgia, throwing out a challenge to the traditional broadcast media which has been squeezed by various forms of censorship in recent years. Three new internet stations have appeared in the Georgian media realm in just one year. They have become a much in demand service worldwide as they enable viewers to watch the news that interests them any time they like. Despite a lot of information websites offering articles about the daily news, some people prefer to watch than read. ... 'The virtual press and television have critical importance in countries where Governments tend to meddle in the internal affairs of the media,' says Ia Antadze, a reporter for the Radio Free Europe Georgia office. But she adds that internet television will be also used as a political tool unless it secures funding from neutral sources." The Georgian Times, 28 September 2009.


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This dinner is for single, young Catholic women, ages 16-40, who have ever felt the call to religious or consecrated life. Come join religious women from throughout the Archdiocese at dinner for prayer, conversation, discussion, and exploration of that call. The sisters will share their stories and offer insights into the discernment of those present.


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Barbara and Cora did a lot of research for housing and found a great cabin in the woods just outside of Yosemite National Park. (I believe Barbara wanted this for her family, but it wasn't handicap accessible so she found a great ranch nearby.) The downside was that we could only have it from Monday through Saturday. In order to make the most of our vacation and try to get reasonably priced plane tickets, we extended our visit on either side of the cabin time. Our vacation plans were to fly into San Francisco on Saturday. Spend Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning there, then drive to Yosemite which was only 3-4 hours away. Monday through Saturday morning we were staying at the amazing cabin. Saturday we would begin to drive to Las Vegas via Death Valley. This leg would be the longest drive, it was predicted to be 8 hours from cabin to hotel. We had a red eye the following Monday to fly back to MA from Las Vegas. A week prior to leaving for CA, Leah called and asked for our plans. She had an unexpected change of plans and was able to join us in CA. She came along for our whole trip. Thankfully, her presence gave us many chances to get good family photos on this vacation. There were a few changes to our original plans, as you will read through multiple blogs, but it was an amazing vacation.
We landed in San Francisco at 9am so we had a full Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning to enjoy the area. The plane ride was long, but uneventful. Leah had to take a different flight then us getting there, but her plane landed an hour earlier than predicted letting her meet us at the rental place. We rented an Explorer trying to save money. It had seven seats as advertised, but with all seven seats used it had room for a few backpacks in the "trunk" space. This made it eventful with bags. We managed to shove as much as we could in the back and then on top of everyone else! On Sunday, Abram and I walked to a Target and bought bungee cords so we could strap luggage on top of the car.
We drove into San Francisco, trying to get to a parking lot near the wharf section. Traffic is horrible, but with two Dancy's navigating I was spared being barked at for not finding the directions quickly enough!
We saw Alcatraz:
Abram wanted to see a battle ship that was docked at the pier.
Pier 39 has become a home for sea lions Here they are lying on the floating docks. They attract many sightseers. There was an information plaque telling us that the sea lions began coming to pier 39 in 1989. It is very smelly. I'm glad we actually did not go onto Pier 39 since it is so crowded. We used another pier and saw them from another side. You can see the crowds of people across the way. We barely had anyone on the pier we were standing on.
We had an amazing lunch on the wharf. Carmen and Rachel looked at the menu, and said, "we will have the chicken nuggets!" I was appalled. I told them they should have some kind of sea food since it was fresh from the wharf. They decide on Fish and Chips. The fish used was so huge and thick, it was amazing! They both loved it and were thankful I insisted they chose something other than chicken nuggets.
Leah led us around to different places. We saw some interesting street performers. Here is a man all in gold. He stood on top of a box and acted as if he was a robot. There was a silver guy across the street doing the same act! (I did not get his picture.)
Rachel excitedly grabbed a balloon sword from a street performer not knowing that we were then going to have to "make a donation" for it.
The streets are amazingly steep. I wanted to walk up them just to say we did it. Leah had done a medical rotation here and was familiar with the area. With the time change and the fact that we had been going since 3am Eastern time (I'm sure it was 4 out here) no one else wanted to walk with me, so I did not.
I really wanted to go down Lombard Street with the car. We must have waited at least 45 minutes to be cued into the long line of cars. Remember the car we rented, well it did not have a great visibility. It was more challenging than Abram had wanted to drive down this road, but we did. As we drove by we saw this new VW Bug and thought of the Herbie movie when the car was seen driving down this road.
I have to say this was the most beautiful house on the street!
The view of the city as we ending our travels down Rodeo Drive.
We ended Saturday, by going out to eat at the Olive Garden. We discovered that they offer gluten free pasta dishes. Sarai was in heaven!
Here we are on the beach.
We found incredibly long sea weed. Sarai placed a crab shell on top and created a dude. We were missing Tobin at the time, so the seaweed dude was him in this photo. The water was COLD.
I waited a long time for a kid to get off the wooden post so I could get this great shot of the shore.
After we finished our hike and collected Tobin we headed in the car to the Point Reyes Lighthouse. We had to climb down 300 steps to get to this lighthouse.
Another great family photo
Another strange plant we spotted.
Here is a view of the 300 steps we climbed down and up to get to the light house and back.
Just an amazing view around the lighthouse.
As we were returning to our car, a man pointed this boat out to us and informed us that it was a sailing canoe from New Zealand! There were six of them fighting the incredible head wind that day. I cannot believe they sailed from New Zealand!
After a long day we tried to use the pool and hot tub advertised on the website of this hotel. The weather was so cool, the pool was painful. So we tried the hot tub at the hotel. It was luke warm. After spending 30 minutes in a "not" hot tub Leah, Carmen and Rachel decided to take a hot bath back in the hotel room since the water was so cold.
Monday's task was to walk over the Golden Gate bridge. Abram was tempted to suggest biking over it, but later admitted that he was glad we only walked due to the crowds of people. The biking sidewalk was under construction so both bikes and walkers were on the same path. It was crowded and a bit frustrating at times.
Leah had read that there were buffalo in a San Francisco park. Before leaving San Francisco for good, we had to find them. Here is one. His coat looks a bit mangy.
We found a playground to hang out in before we traveled out of San Francisco and to Yosemite Park, our next destination. Sarai made friends with a little girl in the park.
Our vacation was packed with sites that I will be making mutliple posts. More to come.


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Beginners' Guide To Fantasy Football
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