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News about Ban Ki-moon, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Oct. 9, 2015
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon orders inquiry into organization's finances, amid bribery investigation involving two foundations with UN ties. MORE
Sep. 17, 2015
Memo From the United Nations; increasing difficulty of peacekeeping operations in world beset by number of serious conflicts has caused soul-searching by United Nations and reassessment of its peacekeeping operations; Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon has proposed changes, while United States has called for other countries to commit more troops to effort. MORE
Aug. 13, 2015
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon dismisses senior official Babacar Gaye, envoy to Central African Republic, over allegations that UN peacekeepers have repeatedly committed heinous sexual abuses against civilians there. MORE
Jun. 17, 2015
Independent panel appointed by United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon to evaluate structure and performance of UN peacekeeping operations recommends holding soldiers more accountable for sexual abuse and other crimes; also urges they no longer be used in counterterrorism deployments. MORE
Jun. 9, 2015
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon, under pressure from United States and Israel and in opposition to advice of senior envoy Leila Zerrougui, chooses to omit both Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas from list of armies and guerrilla groups that harm children; list is part of annual report on children's rights violations that includes information on children who were killed and injured by both groups. MORE
May. 20, 2015
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon says North Korea has suddenly withdrawn its approval for him to enter country to visit an industrial park that South Korea jointly operates with the North. MORE
Apr. 28, 2015
United Nations internal inquiry finds that Israeli military actions killed 44 Palestinian civilians in seven United Nations schools during 2014 conflict in Gaza and that no weapons were found in those buildings; notes that other vacant UN-run schools had been used by Hamas to store weapons; Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon criticizes Israel for attacks and Hamas for misuse of facilities; weighs whether to seek reparations from Israel alone or from Palestinian militants as well. MORE
Apr. 11, 2015
Islamic State fighters continue siege on Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp, where thousands of dehydrated and malnourished Palestinian refugees remain trapped under worsening conditions; United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon strongly denounces militants and sends envoy to Damascus to seek solution. MORE
Dec. 17, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon is set to announce his visit to Ebola-stricken countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; virus has tested Ban's leadership, as organization has been accused of inadequate response to the outbreak. MORE
Dec. 5, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon offers hope that representatives at global warming conference in Lima, Peru, will make progress on agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions. MORE
Nov. 22, 2014
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Dr Margaret Chan, director genearl of World Health Organization, express renewed alarm about Ebola's tenacity in Africa and focus on its potential to ravage Mali; while effort to halt virus has made progress, tone of remarks from both leaders is cautious in regard to whether or not worst-case outecomes might be avoided. MORE
Nov. 5, 2014
Momentum is building to open up the secretive selection process for the next United Nations secretary general, with Ban Ki-moon set to step down in 2016. MORE
Oct. 15, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon, visiting Gaza for first time since 50-day war between Israel and Hamas, describes destruction as 'beyond description'; harsh criticism of Israel comes despite newly begun reconstruction efforts; Ban states endless cycle of building and destruction in region must come to an end. MORE
Oct. 14, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon condemns what he calls provocations at Jerusalem's holy sites; comment comes hours after Israeli police say officers locked Palestinians inside Al Aksa Mosque to thwart riot as Jews visited for holiday of Sukkot. MORE
Sep. 28, 2014
Editorial assesses impact of Climate Week, summit meeting on global warming convened by United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon; contends demonstrations during Climate Week suggest that a growing bottom-up movement for change may be emerging. MORE
Sep. 19, 2014
Ebola crisis presents challenge, and opportunity, for United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon, whose emergency mission plan would enable the UN to coordinate the world response to the outbreak. MORE
Sep. 2, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon adds his voice to criticism of Israel over its seizing of nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land in Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem. MORE
Jul. 15, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon visits Haiti and seeks to assure Haitians that he is committed to ending cholera epidemic; Ban does not acknowledge UN's possible complicity in causing epidemic. MORE
Jul. 11, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon appoints Staffan de Mistura to be new special envoy responsible for seeking end to Syrian conflict. MORE
Jun. 21, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon is personally served with court papers ordering him to appear in court regarding lawsuits from Haiti cholera victims who assert United Nations peacekeepers caused 2010 epidemic still ravaging the country; Ban's spokesman denies that he touched the papers; UN officials argue that organization is insulated from such legal entanglements. MORE
Jun. 7, 2014
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon nominates Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, Jordan's ambassador to the United Nations, to be the agency's next high commissioner for human rights. MORE
May. 29, 2014
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon acknowledges for first time that eradication of Syria's chemical arms stockpile will not be completed by June 30; deadline was imposed by 2013 diplomatic agreement under which President Bashar al-Assad renounced the weapons and avoided a threatened American military strike; Syria's critics have repeatedly complained that Assad is procrastinating in his promise to dismantle arsenal. MORE
May. 24, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon, in report to the Security Council, urges it to authorize delivery of food and medicine to Syria without government consent; move is Ban's strongest push to deliver aid to areas held by insurgents. MORE
Apr. 6, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon arrives in the Central African Republic in an effort to drum up world support for an effort to stanch the widening sectarian conflict there; calls on Security Council to authorize a peacekeeping force of 12,000 to end violence. MORE
Mar. 4, 2014
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon issues his recommendations for addressing the deadly sectarian strife in the Central African Republic, which include sending in 10,000 soldiers plus 1,820 police officers; recommendations reflect what senior UN officials describe as forceful behind-the-scenes lobbying by the Obama administration. MORE
Jan. 22, 2014
Precise diplomatic sequence planned by United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon, in which he invited Iran to attend Syrian peace talks in anticipation that they would commit publicly to ground rules known as Geneva Communique, goes awry when Iran refuses to do so, placing Ban in awkward spot. MORE
Jan. 21, 2014
American and other Western diplomats salvage long-awaited peace conference on Syria by pressing United Nations Secretary Gen Ban Ki-moon to rescind his invitation to Iran; possible presence of Iranians had infuriated Syrian opposition leaders, who said they would not attend; although the summit is back on track, negotiations are expected to be difficult and long. MORE
Jan. 20, 2014
United States appears to be caught off guard by announcement from United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon that he had invited Iran to a peace conference to end the war in Syria; news draws strong objections from American officials, who suggest that Iran has not met all the conditions for attending and that the invitation might need to be withdrawn. MORE
Dec. 14, 2013
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon says those who used chemical weapons in Syria should be brought to justice, even as team of United Nations inspectors say that their inquiries alone cannot establish who is at fault. MORE
Nov. 30, 2013
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon expresses alarm over increased violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that it could threaten revived peace talks. MORE
Nov. 19, 2013
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon raises the possibility that thousands of international peacekeeping troops in Africa may have to be temporarily redeployed in the Central African Republic, one of the most unstable countries on the continent. MORE
Sep. 14, 2013
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon suggests that forthcoming report will present overwhelming evidence that Syrian government used chemical weapons. MORE
Sep. 12, 2013
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon says UN is responsible for failure to halt more than two years of atrocious violence in Syria, and expresses hope that the crisis over that country's chemical weapons stockpile will be catalyst toward diplomatic solution. MORE
Sep. 4, 2013
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon says he welcomes Pres Obama's efforts to engage Congress and American people before deciding on possible armed strikes against Syria over chemical weapons use and reaffirms his opposition to any further military action without Security Council approval. MORE
Sep. 1, 2013
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon describes his typical Sunday routine. MORE
Aug. 30, 2013
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon implores Pres Obama to refrain from threatened military strike in Syria and allow United Nations procedures to take their course; Ban's efforts to forestall intervention by United States appear to have little effect, recalling frustrations of his predecessor Kofi Annan in failing to dissuade Bush administration from invading Iraq. MORE
May. 24, 2013
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon, in visit to region, says that security must go hand in hand with development in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma. MORE
Jan. 8, 2013
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon expresses dismay over defiant speech by Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad in which Assad justified his attempts to crush nearly two-year-old uprising against him, ignored demands that he step down and declared that his opponents were foreign puppets. MORE
Dec. 6, 2012
African Union appeals for United Nations to pay for military operation to combat Islamist extremists in northern Mali after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon cautiously recommended that Security Council approve force without financing it. MORE
Aug. 31, 2012
Iran's triumphal stewardship of the Nonaligned Movement summit meeting in Tehran veers off script when Egyptian Pres Mohamed Morsi and United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon denounce the repression of the armed uprising in Syria, a close Iranian ally. MORE
Aug. 30, 2012
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets with Iran's leaders to address his concerns about the country's nuclear program, the Syria conflict and what he called the leadership's objectionable comments about Israel; Iran's state news media describes the visit as a repudiation of American and Israeli efforts to isolate Iran. MORE
Aug. 29, 2012
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon expects to discuss the disputed Iranian nuclear program, the Syria conflict and the need for greater Iranian political freedoms during his visit to Tehran, Iran, for the 120-nation Nonaligned Movement meeting. MORE
Aug. 23, 2012
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon plans to attend the annual meeting of the Nonaligned Movement being held in Iran despite American-led efforts to marginalize the nation; move reinforces Iran's contention that a reordering of powers is under way in the Middle East, where Western influence is waning, and that the US-Israeli campaign to vilify Iran as a rogue state that exports terrorism and secretly covets nuclear weapons is not resonating in much of the world. MORE
Apr. 30, 2012
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon plans to urge Western nations to lift or suspend their remaining sanctions against Myanmar; United States has eased some sanctions, but some major ones remain in place, including a ban on new investment. MORE
Mar. 14, 2012
United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon issues statement that Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad should not delude himself that he can remain in power by means of superficial political reforms and referendums, adding that Assad must dismantle the one party-state and engage the opposition; comments come as UN officials attempt to gain Russian and Chinese support for an Arab League plan to end violence in Syria. MORE
Feb. 3, 2012
Convoy carrying United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is pelted with shoes and sticks by Palestinian protesters when it enters the Gaza Strip from Israel; about 100 men and women who said their family members were being held in Israeli prisons arrive in buses near a checkpoint in Gaza, blocking traffic and complaining that Ban, on his third visit there, had no plans to meet with them. MORE
Dec. 10, 2011
Ban Ki-moon becomes the first United Nations secretary general to set foot in war-ravaged Somalia in 20 years; surprise visit is an effort to encourage a shaky transitional government; Ban also promises to relocate the United Nations' political office for Somalia to Mogadishu in 2012, though other United Nations officials express skepticism. MORE
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U.N. Leader Orders Audit of Transactions
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ordered an audit of the organization's financial dealings with two obscure foundations implicated in an indictment this week.
October 9, 2015, Friday
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Refugee Crisis in Europe Prompts Western Engagement in Syria
The rush of refugees into Europe has stirred new urgency among Western leaders to address the war in Syria and push harder for an end to it.
October 1, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON BAN KI-MOON AND: Middle East and Africa Migrant Crisis , Ban Ki-moon , Assad, Bashar al- , Syria , Europe , Guterres, Antonio , United Nations , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) , Refugees and Displaced Persons , Security Council (UN) , European Union , General Assembly (UN)
Xi Jinping Vows to 'Reaffirm' China's Commitment to Women's Rights
The Chinese president's remarks came at a United Nations conference Sunday where world leaders promised to change their laws and practices to advance gender equality.
September 28, 2015, Monday
MORE ON BAN KI-MOON AND: China , Xi Jinping , Women and Girls , United Nations , Women's Rights , Ban Ki-moon , United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Shifting Direction, Kerry Aims to Include Iran in Efforts to End the Conflict in Syria
The secretary of State reached out to the Iranians at the United Nations on Saturday despite concerns about the country's support for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.
September 27, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON BAN KI-MOON AND: Kerry, John , Iran , Syria , Defense and Military Forces , International Relations , United Nations , Ban Ki-moon , Assad, Bashar al-
U.N. Adopts Ambitious Global Goals After Years of Negotiations
The goals come with 169 specific targets for action meant to aid the planet and its most vulnerable people, a task few people think will be easy to achieve.
September 26, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON BAN KI-MOON AND: United Nations , Sustainable Living , Millennium Development Goals , Ban Ki-moon , Curtis, Richard
Amid Jerusalem Clashes, Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Try to Make Their Case
The leaders of Israel and the Palestinians spoke against the backdrop of this week's violent clashes at Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
September 19, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON BAN KI-MOON AND: Israel , Roman Catholic Church , Rosh Hashana , Palestinians , Abbas, Mahmoud , Netanyahu, Benjamin , Palestinian Authority , Temple Mount (Jerusalem) , Al Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem) , Ban Ki-moon , United Nations , Francis
As Conflicts Multiply, Peacekeeping Confronts an Identity Crisis
As the secretary general proposes changes, the peacekeeping program is facing hostile conditions, divisions among contributors, and questions over its effectiveness.
September 17, 2015, Thursday
Guards Seize Interim Leaders of Burkina Faso, and Gunfire Is Heard
Guards held the president, prime minister and two Cabinet members hostage, less than a year since the last abrupt power grab in the African country.
September 17, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON BAN KI-MOON AND: Burkina Faso , Coups D'Etat and Attempted Coups D'Etat , Kafando, Michel , Zida, Isaac , African Union , Ban Ki-moon , Kidnapping and Hostages
U.N. Secretary General Criticizes Hungary's Treatment of Migrants
Ban Ki-moon also said Russia's stepped-up military support for the Syrian government would only make the conflict worse.
September 17, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON BAN KI-MOON AND: Refugees and Displaced Persons , Middle East and Africa Migrant Crisis , Speeches and Statements , Russia , Syria , Hungary , Ban Ki-moon , United Nations
Europeans Seek to Use Force Against Smugglers at Sea
The proposal is a step down from what leaders originally wanted: approval to conduct military operations along Libya's coast, on land and water, to seize and disrupt smugglers.
September 11, 2015, Friday
MORE ON BAN KI-MOON AND: Europe , Ban Ki-moon , Mediterranean Sea , Middle East and Africa Migrant Crisis , Human Trafficking , United Nations , European Union , Libya , Smuggling , Refugees and Displaced Persons , Security Council (UN)
U.N. and Yemen Officials on Peace Talks
Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, and Riyadh Yaseen, the foreign minister of Yemen, spoke on Monday as efforts to start peace talks in the country were delayed.
Ban Ki-Moon Praises Response to Killings
The United Nations secretary general said at a White House summit to counter violent extremism that he "takes heart" at the solidarity displayed after killings in Copenhagen and Chapel Hill, N.C.
Ban Ki-moon at 69th General Assembly
Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, spoke on Wednesday at the 69th session of the General Assembly.
Countries Weigh In on Iraq's Unrest
Britain, the United States, the United Nations and countries in the region react to the intense fighting in Iraq.
Top U.N. Mediator in Syria Resigns
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Syria mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, discussed Mr. Brahimi's decision to step down after nearly two years of seeking an end to the conflict.
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February 27 2013
Basketball season comes to close for Lyman
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Raiders suffer loss to Jones County
The Lyman Raiders suffered a tough loss to Jones County last night 63 to 81 in the second game of the District 13B Tournament at Presho. Jones County will play White River tonight (Friday, March 1) for the District championship title.
See the March 6th issue of the Herald for more sport details.
Lady Raiders' season ends at Region
The Lady Raiders basketball season came to an end Tuesday night at
Kadoka as they came up short 25 to 36 against Wall Eagles in the
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The Raiders end with a record of 7-14.
- Lyman crowns 2015 royalty
- Crews start laying rail
- Concrete pour to start at elevator next week
- Homecoming set for Friday, October 9th
- Volunteers help make XC meet a success
- City-wide clean up set for Saturday, Sept. 26
- Rail being pedaled out
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Artist: Capone-N-Noreaga
Representing: LeFrak and Queensbridge
Independent Album: Channel 10
411: No more saloons for Capone and Noreaga — the veteran rap duo spend their free time in NYC at the Fruits of Life juice bar. That's right, a juice bar. Nore is down 100 pounds from last summer, and he credits a bulk of his success to drinking healthy concoctions from the Harlem establishment.
"Harlem probably has the most history of our five boroughs," N.O.R.E. said. "If you trying to have fun and be healthy, Harlem has them all beat.
"Everybody is here for health reasons," Nore added about the juice bar, surrounded by friends such as the LOX's Styles P, who also frequents the spot. "There's nothing that's gonna make you gain weight in this spot. It's important for us obese black people that live in the 'hood to get out the 'hood to get ourselves together. At least if you take two hours out your day, you can come and get juiced up."
"You can get juiced up and eat something vegetarian here," 'Pone added. "They have the best supplements to get your body right."
Capone and Nore release their fourth LP, Channel 10, on Tuesday. The title was inspired by their cable dial: Channel 10 is CNN on Time Warner Cable in Queens.
"We got the War Report name from 'The World Report' on CNN," Nore explained of their classic debut. "But at the time, LeFrak [projects] and Queensbridge [projects] was at war. … So we said, We'll name it The War Report."
"At that time, we was basically reporting the war," Capone said. "America was at war too. Desert Storm was then too. We had the Army fatigues and all that. We reported our war."
Joints To Check For
» "Rotate." " 'Rotate' was the last record added on to the album because of the fact that it was leaked," Nore explained. "We was like, 'Instead of letting the record die' — because if I have a solo song out or 'Pone has a solo song out and the focus is C-N-N, the song will die — 'let's leave it for the C-N-N album.'
"Beyond performing it, we went to [clubs like] Susie Wong's, we went to Promenade, and they threw [the song] on," N.O. added. "People didn't know we was in the building, and they was going crazy. I was like, 'Damn.' It's very important for me to have a hit in my hometown. I've done hits in Puerto Rico, hits in Miami, I've done hits everywhere else, but it's important for C-N-N, for Nore, to have a hit in New York."
» "Wobble Wobble" (featuring Mobb Deep). "The title sometimes throws people off," Capone said. "But once they press play on their CD, they're gone. It's not no shaky joint. We're not wobbling; it's hard. We got Prodigy at his best, Havoc at his best. And we got Hav on production. Mobb Deep are real workers. Hav may have 150 beats in the archive. You just go and say, 'I need that, I need this.' … Just like when I was locked up and Nore would do songs with people and have one of my unreleased verses, Hav had a verse P didn't use yet."
"It's the first time C-N-N ever did a record with just C-N-N and Mobb Deep," Nore added. "It's always been Tragedy on the record or Rapper Noyd or Final Chapter. I just thought it was time we did the record with just us four."
» "Talk to Me Big Time." "Nore came up with that concept," Capone said. "What's dope about it, is when you hollering at your dude and he's saying something good, you say, 'Talk to me.' And your guy says, 'Big time!' "
"I love to incorporate any type of slang in our music," Nore said. "For the record, I hate the phrase 'What it do?' No disrespect to whoever made it. But if you really think about it, you're like, 'What does it mean?' That never stuck with me. But if you hear somebody saying something good, you're like, 'Talk to me.' That's what my peoples in New York say."
Don't Sleep: Other Notable Selections This Week
» Capone-N-Noreaga – The CNN Channel 10 Mixtape
» DJ P-Cutta – Street Wars 22
» DJ Testarosa, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne – We Run the Streets
» DJ Woogie and Tha Kid Shadow – Streets on Beats 23
» Plies – Diary of a Realist (hosted by DJ Rell)
» Rick Ross – Da Boss Vol. 2 (hosted by Bigga Rankin)
'Hood's Heavy Rotation: Bubbling Below The Radar
» D-Block (featuring S.I.) – "Get That Paper"
» Fat Joe – "Hey Joe"
» Flo Rida – "Available"
» Gorilla Zoe (featuring Diddy) – "Echo" remix
» Keri Hilson (featuring Keyshia Cole and Trina) – "Get Your Money Up"
» Raekwon – "Letter to Big"
» Slim Thug (featuring Paul Wall) – "Top Drop"
» Trey Songz – "I Need a Girl"
The Streets Is Talking: News & Notes From The Underground
Well Mr. Jackson, you are no closer to having your Lil Wayne question answered. 50 Cent wants to know whether the leaked Wayne song "Lousianimal" was something relatively current or old. 50 has even threatened Wayne on wax. Weezy has obviously chosen to take the high road and ignore anything that is not going to make him money. Rap feuding is not on his agenda. We asked Wayne for some clarity ourselves over the weekend during mtvU Spring Break in Panama City Beach, Florida, and he had jokes.
"You said it never rains in Southern California? Wow. That's why I didn't see people with umbrellas," Wayne answered after we asked him for a response to 50.
Weezy then turned to Young Money artist Jae Millz with a grin.
"Me neither," Millz added.
"No rain jackets or boots," Wayne continued. "Wow. That's crazy. Young Moooolaaah, baaaby!"
Bizarre? Yes. That's Wayne — love him or leave him alone.
Wayne is about to go back on the road for his I Am Music Tour with T-Pain, Keri Hilson, Gym Class Heroes and Gorilla Zoe. Wayne jumped on Zoe's single "Lost" months ago, but Weezy was inexplicably absent from the video. Zoe added a new verse to replace Wayne on the song in the clip.
"That was out of my hands," Zoe explained to us recently in NYC. "He did it. Wayne is my brother. It's love. But that's some label stuff. I don't have nothing to do with that. [Wayne,] that's my family though." …
Maybe this time will work out for Raekwon. He has a legion of fans and MCs pulling for him. They want that Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II LP. Recently, Rae dropped a musical sequel to his classic "Criminology," as well as a cut featuring him, Ghostface Killah and Method Man called "The New Wu."
"You know what we do. This ain't nothing new, nothing fabricated," the Chef told us in Scottsdale, Arizona. "I'm back on my grizzly. I've been in the studio for a long time, and I know a lot of people ain't think this was gonna happen. But it's happening. Right now I'm at my best. That right there was just the wakeup call to let people know, 'Y'all want that, right?' I just wanted to throw something out there to calm the masses down.
"What we're doing is re-creating the formula from the early '90s and putting a new twist on it," Rae added. "That was just to start a little fire. I'm about to burn this mutha—-a down for real."
Rae said he's still securing a deal for the opus that was produced primarily by Dr. Dre and the RZA, but he's not just going to take any old deal. As of now, he's hoping to drop it in the summer.
For other artists featured in Mixtape Monday, check out Mixtape Mondays Headlines.


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So, after a year of inactivity, things had gotten a little dusty around here. The WordPress software was quite out of date, as were many of the plugins, the spam filter had stopped working, and some of the outdated plugins were not playing nicely with the core software, meaning that from the administrator's end, things were quite buggy. But like Osiris, we have risen…
Egyptology on Facebook
More than 150 Facebook pages and groups dedicated to Egyptology—who knew there were so many? If you are looking for amazing photography, formal and informal chats with Egyptologists, current and ancient news, or just a good place to hang out with like-minded people, this list should get you started. Organized by subject and annotated.
What would the holiday season be without Tim Reid's list of the year's top ten stories in Egyptology? Tim runs the website Egyptians ™, one of my favorite sources for trade news. This year brought us mummy mutations, repatriation demands and museum thefts, and ancient sites ripped up for amusement parks, littered with garbage, and strewn with sewage. Not a bad first year for Egypt's new Vice minister of Culture! (Ok, ok, hitting below the belt!)
But seriously, do drop in on Tim's Ten Events Concerning Egyptology.. Most of the news is good, and the source is impeccable!
By the way, I don't mention often enough the outstanding websites out there that keep us informed without having to subscribe to trade journals with triple digit annual rates. Here are a few:
- Required reading for all Egyptophiles from the professional to the mildly curious would be Andie Byrnes' Egyptology News. Comprehensive and copiously updated, if it is at all relevant to Egyptology Andie will have it covered.
- Kate Phizackerley's News from the Valley of the Kings is the total source for Thebes and thereabout. Kate's analysis is no-nonsense and she is not afraid to take on the Powers That Be when a story does not hold up.
- I can't say enough positive things about Vincent Brown's Talking Pyramids, who's critical eye and journalistic ethic let me know how high the bar is set when I first started Em Hotep.
- Su Bayfield's Egyptian Monuments is one of the online sources I check for nearly every article I write. It is a very well organized encyclopedia of Egyptology with photography that belongs in an art gallery.
Of course, all of the sites I link in the bars to the far right have been vetted and approved by the vast Em Hotep editorial staff, but these four plus Tim's Egyptians are the places I go to pretty much on a daily basis and I highly recommend that you bookmark them.
In conjunction with the Franklin Institute's Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt exhibition, New Jersey's Camden County College is offering a free lecture series called Cleopatra's World, with some top Egyptologists on the schedule, including Bob Brier and Jennifer Houser Wegner.
The lectures will include an overview of the Franklin Institute exhibit, the origins of Egyptology as a discipline, and burial practices during the Ptolemainc Period.
For details, visit nj: Camden County College to host free lecture series on Cleopatra
CRE XII Durham University: Call for Papers
We are pleased to announce that CRE XII will be held from Wednesday 23rd – Saturday 26th March 2011 at Durham University, UK.
We invite papers from researchers across the world studying Egypt and the Sudan, from Palaeolithic to Islamic studies. The aim of this year's conference is to shed light on the multidisciplinary nature of the field of Egyptology. Researchers from all disciplines that are directly engaged with ancient Egypt or using it as a comparative study are highly encouraged to participate.
Themes might include but are not restricted to…
French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin, whose work is the subject of the Em Hotep series Hemienu to Houdin, and whose pioneering collaboration with Dassault Systèmes introduced industrial 3D architectural and engineering simulation to the field of archaeology, will be recognized for his work at a week-long archaeological film festival in Cairo next week.
An architect among archaeologists, Jean-Pierre will be addressing the French Institute of Eastern Archaeology, and his documentary film, Kheops Révélé, will kick off the festival.
If you are curious about how the Great Pyramid was built, and want to have the best theory to come along explained by one of its earliest advocates, then you are in luck.
Dr. Bob Brier, co-author with Jean-Pierre Houdin of "The Secret of the Great Pyramid", will be delivering a free lecture, open to the public, at Poughkeepsie, NY, on January 27, 2010.
Tim Reid, proprietor of The Egyptians, one of the most excellent Egyptology blogs on the internet, has posted his Top 10 stories of 2009. I couldn't possibly improve on his coverage, and why reinvent the wheel? So if you haven't checked it out yet, here is Tim Reid's 2009 in Review!
Vincent Brown's website, Talking Pyramids, has changed addresses, so please update your links! The new address is: http://www.talkingpyramids.com/
If you have read any of the reference articles on Em Hotep!, particularly anything having to do with pyramids, then you have most likely come across Talking Pyramids in my Further Reading section at the end of the articles. Vincent's network of websites is always one of the online resources I check when writing a reference piece.
Did I say network of websites?
Talking Pyramids is just one of several online resources Vincent offers. Check out Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Network for Pyramid Texts Online, YouTube videos you will want to see, the Pyramid of Man website, and resources for hieroglyphs and learning ancient Egyptian.
Vincent offers up-to-date news, book reviews, and thoughtful and informed commentary on Talking Pyramids, so if you haven't been there yet, you should drop in!
A série "De Hemienu a Houdin", de Em Hotep!, que explora a obra e as teorias do arquiteto francês Jean-Pierre Houdin sobre como a Grande Pirâmide de Khufu foi construída, estará agora disponível em Português.
Isso foi possível através de uma parceria exclusiva com o escritor brasileiro José de Anchieta, que estará publicando os artigos em seu Web site O Antigo Egito para Leigos. Para sua facilidade, foram traduzidos os seguintes artigos:
- De Hemienu a Houdin: Construindo Uma Grande Pirâmide – Introdução
- De Hemienu a Houdin Parte 1: Como Você Prefere a Sua Rampa, Reta ou Com uma Virada?
Verifique regularmente em O Antigo Egito para Leigos e em Em Hotep! o próximo capítulo dessa saga histórica!
For my english readers, this is an announcement that the Hemienu to Houdin series is available in Portugues via special arangement with José de Anchieta of O Antigo Egito para Leigos.
Jenny Needs Your Vote!
Jenny Hale, who Em Hotep! readers will know from the Blogroll Roundups as The Egyptian Scholar, of The Egyptian Yell fame, needs our help! She has entered the @ your library Design a Tote Bag Contest with the design shown to the left, which she has named "The Alexandrian Library Pun." If you read the hieroglyphs then you will get the pun.
Aside from the fact that her design kick's butt, Jenny is one of us, part of the ever-growing online Egyptology community. To vote for her design just click on this link: "The Alexandrian Library Pun" by Jennifer Hale. It will take you to the Flickr page where her design is featured. Once there click on the Add as Favorite button at the top of the picture. You will have to have a Flickr account to do this, but signing up is free, just takes a minute, and is for a good cause!
Good luck Jenny from Em Hotep!
The Em Hotep! reference article on the Great Pyramid–the Pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu–has been updated and expanded. This article was one of the first written back in the days when Em! was running on WordPress.com's free servers. As the scope of this website has grown, some of the earlier articles are out of date (or at least not as thorough as I want them to be), and so they are getting an overhaul.
I will be updating these articles when I have time and in the order of popularity. In other words, Khufu's article was first because it continues to get hits throughout the day, every day. The Pyramid of Menkaure.. eh, maybe not so quickly.
This announcement is mainly for archival purposes. If you should have need of the text of the original article for some odd reason, let me know.
More than two thousand Egyptophiliacs lined up outside Clowes Memorial Hall for what Director of Operations Karen Steele informed me was a sold-out house.
It would not be too much of an exaggeration to say the event had the feel of a rock concert. We were there to see a star. What secrets would he reveal tonight? What announcements would he make?
Shemsu scoops the news for Heritage Key.
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An actual conversation while watching Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve:
"God, this is awful. When do they drag Dick Clark on?"
"Dick Clark is dead!"
"Well that will really be something if they bring him out, then."
An actual conversation while watching Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve:
"God, this is awful. When do they drag Dick Clark on?"
"Dick Clark is dead!"
"Well that will really be something if they bring him out, then."
No, that's not a head in my refrigerator, it's a standing rib roast that's been in there dry aging for a week. But it does look sorta like a head, doesn't it?
It's the main course for our family Christmas celebration on Tuesday 12/30, delayed almost a week because that's when my son flies in from California. The Marines had important work for him to do that kept him away from us on Xmas.
The result is that the holiday feels like it's never going to end.
Don't get me wrong, I freakin' love Christmas, but I swear to God it's going to kill me. It seems that ten years ago I was a much more resilient merrymaker, able to eat, drink and party with greater abandon. Now? It takes much longer to recover from holiday indulgences.
But nobody said Christmas would be easy, did they? Consider the Maji, travelling through the desert for the original celebration of Christ's birth. Their difficult journey — on stinky camels, probably — is thought to have taken six to eight weeks. Next to that, driving to Syracuse is a piece of cake.
So enough of my ungracious Christmas kvetching. Celebrate until it hurts this season and understand that in the pain you will certainly gain.
I always swore I'd never send one of those Christmas letters — in fact I hate them so much that this year I sent one back with edits. "Please see my notes on unnecessary capitalization. Central New York should not be used with quotation marks. Try to tighten up the part about the death of your aunt; overall it would be good to keep this under 400 words…"
But despite my Christmas letter ban, I did enclose this little note with our card this year, which featured us standing by the Christmas tree we cut down:
For 27 years we've been cutting down our own Christmas tree.
The first time was in 1988, high up in the hills outside Albany. We followed some hand-drawn signs down a deserted road where a sketchy looking guy took our $10 and told us to cut down whatever tree we wanted. It wasn't a tree farm. We're not even sure it was his property.
These were not the beautifully groomed trees of Christmas cards, but big, bushy things that were as wide as they were tall. But hey, $10! After trudging through the snow we found the right one, cut it down and dragged it off to the car.
Since then we've gone out, usually the day after Thanksgiving, to start the Christmas season with the annual tree cutting. This year was no different, and we were blessed that both Alex and Zach were home to help.
By the way, we've learned many lessons about Christmas trees. The top five:
Pay close attention to that last tip. In fact, this Christmas, let's all remember what really matters: our family and friends, the traditions we treasure and the miracle we celebrate.
Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas.
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At a work gathering, we played a game that involved discovering Christmas facts about your co-workers: their favorite movie, Christmas song, holiday tradition and so on. It was a fun way to get people interacting at the party as teams competed for prizes.
The question about me? My favorite Christmas character — and naturally, the answer was Krampus.
I had to explain Krampus to most people. "Oh, he's St. Nick's demon sidekick. He comes for the bad children and carries them away."
"What does he do with them?"
"Well, he drowns them, or eats them — sometimes he just takes them off to Hell."
And at that point, most holiday revelers slowly backed away.
So, as you can imagine, it brought me great Christmas joy when the New York Times ran a big story about the revival of Krampuslauf in Bavaria. It's an annual festival that celebrates the hairy and horned scourge of misbehaving kids, and it sounds like a blast. Forget Oktoberfest, I want to go to Krampuslauf!
There are tons of videos of Krampuslauf events online; this is one of the crazier ones:
Yes, all the best things about Halloween and Christmas rolled into one. This is something we really need around here.
We have a beautiful angel on top of our Christmas tree — but when the room is dim, she can be a little hard to see. In this world of plug-in and light up, she's old school analog — and many nights I've sat in the living room and wondered how to cast a light in her direction. It's a shame that the crown of our tree should not be illuminated.
The solution? One of those little gooseneck laptop lights you sometimes see that plug into a USB port. I was able to mount this one right on the tree, powered by a USB charging block. Plug in the light and we're in business. Woohoo!
We do go crazy over Christmas trees, don't we? But you know what? It makes me happy. Sometimes I just sit in the dark and look at it all lit up. Keep the gifts, the parties, the hustle and bustle — all the things that bring holiday stress. I would gladly give up all the trappings of the season as long as I could have the tree.
Posted in Holidays
First, let me say this: I love the Grinch. The Dr. Seuss book is magical — a perfect Christmas story — and the 1966 cartoon version is one of the greatest and most successful adaptations of a literary work for TV or film ever. Seriously.
Because I love the Grinch, I hate Ron Howard's revolting film version of the story. It's a hideous mess and if there were a way I could destroy every copy of the movie I could find, I would do it. Yes, I know that sounds a tad… extreme, but what can I say?
And because I love the Grinch, seeing him mischaracterized in the media troubles me — and every December, writers trot out Grinch as their description for every holiday evildoer. I've explained before (ad nauseam) that this is inaccurate because the Grinch returned everything he stole back to Whoville.
Bear with me. When would you describe a thief as being like Robin Hood? Only if he turned over his booty to the poor — not if he kept the loot. Similarly, without giving back, one can not be like the Grinch.
Nevertheless, every December the Grinch gets a bad rap. A few examples:
Woman Stealing Wreaths Called "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas"
Grinch Steals Salvation Army Kettle in Oak Lawn
Real-Life 'Grinch' Committing Christmas-Related Crimes
'Grinch' Arrested for Stealing Readstown's Christmas Tree
As you might suspect, I could go on all day.
So how can you help? The next time you see Grinch misused in a news story, leave a friendly comment pointing out the error. And be nice! It's Christmas — and you wouldn't want to be inappropriately compared to Scrooge.
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On Thanksgiving I suddenly started humming the 1980 Jona Lewie technopop hit You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties. Allow me to refresh your memory:
What's it been, 30 years since I heard that song? It was certainly forced up from my subconscious by the oppressive turkey day crowd in my kitchen.
It's not like our kitchen is unusually small, but it's small enough that when five people are standing around it feels crowded — and when you're juggling Thanksgiving dinner, perhaps having five extra people standing around is not helpful.
I managed to drive away several guests during my expletive laden attempt to lift the hot turkey from the roasting pan, but it was only temporary. Soon the kitchen was again filled with people eating appetizers, offering gravy tips, asking questions…
But let's be real: it may have been mildly aggravating, but it beats the alternative. To have my family and friends around was a real blessing. Now, please, go watch some football.
Posted in Holidays, Tiny Annoyances
For our family, Christmas begins not in late October (like at Lowe's), but on the day after Thanksgiving. That's when we go to Bob's Trees in Galway for the annual Tannenbaum hunt.
You may be wondering why we drive more than 40 miles to get a tree. Surely there are many trees that are just as good at half the distance. I'll tell you why 40 miles matters: tradition!
I don't remember why we started going there, but who cares. When you start applying logic to your traditions, soon you won't have any. But that doesn't mean we can't incorporate some statistics, hence the annual Christmas Tree Index.
Last year, after more than 25 years of cutting down Christmas trees, it seemed like an interesting idea to rate our performance. Interesting because some of our tree harvests have been… well, horrendous experiences.
My system rates the tree cutting on a scale of one to 100 based on mood , weather, field conditions, tree quality and transportation. Each of those criteria account for 20 points. This year's score was 90, beating the 85 we tallied in 2013.
I'd say that this year things were damn near perfect, with the notable exception of field conditions. The Thanksgiving storm meant we trudged through half a foot of snow, some of it covering soggy ground. The snow, while picturesque, also made it somewhat difficult to assess the trees adequately. Ten points off. I nearly took off points for the extreme mud in parts of the parking lot, but it did not significantly affect the day.
Also of note is that we cut down two trees: our own and one for my son's apartment. It was actually easier tying two to the roof of my car, so no points lost for transportation.
It may seem to you that with recent scores of 85 and 90 that tree day is consistently trouble-free — but don't be fooled. There have been dark years where we would have been lucky to scratch the 40 point mark.
One area that would always get a perfect score is tree quality. Once the tree is standing in the living room, festooned with lights and ornaments, it would be hard to give even the gnarliest and most misshapen tree anything less than 20 points. And when you sit and look at it there in the corner, it's easy to forget any trouble that might have come along with keeping up the tradition.
Posted in Holidays
Working in the dark of night, the black plastic bags, the cooler — whenever I brine a turkey it reminds me of something out of Dexter. I hope none of my Thanksgiving guests are reading this.
Anyhow, it would not be Thanksgiving if I didn't post a link to my recipe for sweet potato crunch. People remember two things about Albany Eye: the wiseass commentary and the sweet potato crunch recipe I first shared in 2006.
It's getting sort of like NPR's tradition of running Susan Stamberg's horrible relish recipe with one important difference: the sweet potato crunch is something people will actually love to eat. Stamberg is fond of saying "It sounds terrible but tastes terrific." Susan, let's be honest: most people hate it.
Take my word for it, this will be one of the most popular things on the table — but I'll share one tip about the recipe that I wrote when I first shared it:
Cook's note: DO NOT DARE used canned sweet potatoes; you're making dinner for your loved ones, not the inmates down at Coxsackie.
Maybe they could punish unruly prisoners by giving them nothing but the Susan Stamberg relish? Nah… that would be cruel and unusual.


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Royal Ascot Is Today and You Know What That Means: Batshit Hats
Today the horse races at Royal Ascot kicked off. Which means a treat for those of us here at home: a parade of completely bonkers hats. »
Today the horse races at Royal Ascot kicked off. Which means a treat for those of us here at home: a parade of completely bonkers hats. »
Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are working as NBC fashion commentators for the Kentucky Derby this weekend, which meant that Friday on The Today Show they gave us a taste of what they were going to bring to the table fashion-wise. For Tara, that translated into tasteful black feathers. For Johnny, that meant a crazy… »
If you read the New York Post headline yesterday "Obama wants Marines to wear 'girly' hats," and were a little skeptical that the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military force was sitting at his desk in front of a series of hat sketches for new Marine uniforms saying, "This is too butch. I SAID… »
The idiots at Amy's Baking Company are cashing in on their asshole natures and selling shirts that reference how they became famous for being jerks, with phrases of them like "Here's Your Pizza, Go F**K Yourself!" (They put those asterisks in, I have no problem writing that word out.) »
It rained Saturday during the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, and the inclement weather meant a lot of the hats were kept under wraps. That said, some VIP managed to don fine spring fashions and elaborate hats, in keeping with tradition. »
LOUISVILLE, KY - MAY 04: A little guest attends the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) »
LOUISVILLE, KY - MAY 05: A women walks through the paddock during the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 5, 2012 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) »
Tamara Soreeoo of Austin, Texas, wears her game face under her thoroughbred hat, called "Lavender Flapjack," is favored to win this year's contest. »
The royal wedding is over and done with, but Princess Beatrice's hat lives on in infamy! Since everyone has an opinion about her chapeau, and it's fun to play amateur psychiatrist, we present: What What You Think Beatice's Hat Looks Like Says About You. »
What's the coolest thing about a royal wedding? It's not the dress — snooze — or the guest list — Victoria Beckham, really? — or the Senior British Correspondents all the American television networks trot out to bask in their expert analysis. It's the hats, stupid! The glorious, creative, towering, ridiculous, fancy,… »
Going to a wedding, graduation, garden party, baby shower or horse race this spring? Ashro has something for you to wear! »Any other suggestions?
Aukland, NZ, December 26: A punter looks on during the Boxing Day Race carnival at Ellerslie Racecourse. These pictures always make me wish I had a fancy hat wardrobe, except I look weird in hats. »
[Jakarta, Indonesia, November 7: A model showcases designs on the runway by Ivan Gunawan during the Grazia Glitz & Glam Celebrity Meets Fashion show on the first day of Jakarta Fashion Week 2010. Image via Getty] »
OMG. HATS. Not just any hats. Philip Treacy hats. »
[London, August 16. Marketing manager of the museum Gemma Morris poses with Jimi Hendrix's 'Westerner' hat, prior to an exhibition entitled 'Hendrix in Britain', at the Handel House Museum. Image via AP] »


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German Foreign Minister Westerwelle Attends The World Economic Forum
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle attends a forum session at... News PhotoAttending,Belgium,Davos,Development,Diplomacy,Economy,Emcee,Event,Finance,Finance Minister,Government Minister,Guido Westerwelle,Horizontal,José Ángel Gurría,Luis de Guindos,Politics,Prime Minister,Sustainable Resources,Switzerland,World Economic ForumPhotographer Raphael HuenerfauthCollection: Photothek 2013 PhotothekDAVOS, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 25: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (3rd R) attends a forum session at the World Economic Forum, witrh (L-R) Robin Niblett, Director Chatham House, Steven Vanackere, Duputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Sustainable Development of Belgium, Vittorio Gurria, Italian Minister for Economy, Moderator Zanny Minton Beddoes, Luis de Guindos Jurado, Spanish Minister for Economy, and Angel Gurria , the General Secretery OECD, on January 25, 2013 in Davos, Switzerland. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers are attending the 43rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum which runs until January 27. (Photo by Raphael Huenerfauth/Photothek via Getty Images)


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Interest expense on convertible notes was RMB34.8 million (US$5.1 million) for 4Q FY2009. As of March 31, 2010, the Company's outstanding convertible notes of US$150.0 million and US$264.8 million bear interest at 3.5% and 4.0% per annum, respectively and will mature in November 2011 and August 2013, respectively. Due to the adoption of new authoritative guidance governing the accounting for convertible instruments that can be settled in cash or partially in cash upon conversion effective on April 1, 2009, the Company recorded additional non-cash interest expense of RMB7.6 million (US$1.1 million) for the US$150.0 million 3.5% convertible notes in 4Q FY2009. The Company also made an adjustment related to these convertible notes for the corresponding period of FY2008 by increasing non-cash interest expense by RMB7.2 million to adopt this guidance retrospectively. This new guidance is not applicable to the US$264.8 million 4% convertible notes.
Interest expense on amortization of convertible notes issuance costs was RMB4.3 million (US$0.6 million) for 4Q FY2009.
Other income was RMB26.3 million (US$3.8 million) for 4Q FY2009. The significant year-over-year increase was primarily due to the gain from the purchase of the Company's convertible notes on the open market.
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It's been said that failing to plan is planning to fail.
For the past 1,400 days and counting, the Democrat-led Senate has failed to fulfill their most basic legal responsibility a pass a federal budget.
In that amount of time, one could have scaled Mount Everest almost 300 times, taken 179 trips to the Moon, or built three Pentagons.
For almost four years, Senate Democrats have refused to put their plans on paper and schedule a vote. Meanwhile, the federal debt has skyrocketed to more than $16.6 trillion – and rising – as the nation lurches from one economic crisis to another.
Republicans have drawn up and voted for serious budgets that make tough choices.
The budgets we have proposed reflect our goals to maintain a strong national defense, uphold an affordable safety net, and spur private sector job creation at a time when millions of Americans are still looking for work.
Washington has a spending problem. It's time for the Senate Majority to get serious and finally pass a budget.


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Yesterday, I put up a post urging the CONvergence board to listen to their volunteers regarding something they screwed up during con. Shortly after the post went up, it received a longish, bizarre comment:
I am so sorry to hear about how you were treated, and disappointed to hear what ASSHOLES the convergence organizers are. The fact that they let asshole dudebros sexually harass you without consequence is completely fucking inexcusable. I am so glad that I didn't get to go this year, and I am damned sure I will never be back to their shitty con again.
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UK TRAVEL: Tale of Two Cities; Winter in Edinburgh Can Melt the Coldest Heart. One Ice Maiden Finds Herself Thawing
Byline: By CAROLINE FOULKES
If ever a city belonged to winter, it's Edinburgh. Summer may seem to be its high season, the time when it's in its pomp, plump with tourists and entertainments of all kinds, but when the days get shorter and the nights longer this city shines.
Dressed in a layer of frost on one of those hard, bright days you only really get on the east coast, Edinburgh shows its true self - a city that's at once all sweet and sugar-spun and darkness and mystery.
Edinburgh's story is a tale of two cities, or rather, towns - the Old and the New.
In winter, the differences between these two halves seem more pointed, as if the summer heat blurs the boundaries where the cold highlights them.
In many ways, these differences embody many of the traditions we associate with winter, and moreover, Christmas.
The New Town, with its elegant, proud and precise Georgian architecture, offers the ideal backdrop to the traditional Christmas card Christmas.
Just add urchins and snow. The Old Town, with its ancient, mysterious buildings, threaded with dark, twisting closes with names like Old Tollbooth Wynd, Porteous Pend and Fleshmarket Close, reaches back further into the past, to medieval times, when the turn of the year meant much more than an explosion of rampant consumerism.
This is no cosy Christmas card world.
This is darker, more mysterious, like an old tale told late on Christmas Eve and imbued with all the magic of the midnight hour.
Cross one of the bridges linking the New Town with the Old and it's sometimes like stepping into another city entirely.
These two distinct halves together make Edinburgh the kind of place you can imagine as the setting for John Masefield's Box of Delights.
And no description could be more fitting, for this place is like a jewellery box full of long-hidden gems, one that can tempt even the biggest Christmas humbug - me.
We arrived in the city early on a Saturday morning, and already Princes Street, the main shopping drag, was, as they say, "hoachin'".
I like shopping as much as the next woman, but not like this. So we did what exactly what anyone wanting to find out what a city is truly like should do - we got ourselves lost.
This may seem daft in a city you don't know well, but, provided you don't wander far off the beaten track, I've always found aimless wandering works wonders in unearthing shops or cafes that always seem to have something a little more exciting than your average high street shop.
And so it was here.
Wandering round closes and down lanes, we stumbled across cosy, inviting pubs, craft shops with beautiful handmade furniture and jewellery, clothes shops with gorgeous bags and clothes. In short, everything we couldn't find on the high street. …


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This project's funding goal was not reached on April 6, 2013.
It's not who remembers you, it's how you are remembered.
About this project
ROCK WAY is a story of four teenagers walking their own paths as they try to find the best version of themselves in the small suburban town of Rock Way, Pennsylvania. Nick Bradley is a privileged high school junior who has been given everything he needs to succeed, and more. He's smart, charming, and perfectly complacent with the way his life has played out thus far. Unfortunately for Nick and his family, even the most perfect lives are never quite what they seem. In an attempt to give his family more than he had growing up, Nick's father, Todd Bradley, orchestrated an embezzlement scandal; hidden from the eyes of the community that trusted him, Todd stole millions of dollars from its residents. When the truth finally comes to light, Todd's illegal activities slowly tear the Bradley family apart. The crime also has devastating effects on Nick's relationships with the people around him, including Max Hayes, his best friend; April Ryan, the girl of his dreams; and Stephanie Hall, the girl in the back of the class. In the midst of all the secrets and lies, the students of South High are each searching for something to believe in. They want to relate, to feel, and maybe even find the answers to the questions they are too afraid to ask. Who am I? What defines me? How will I be remembered? As Nick and his friends come to terms with the fact that life isn't all it's cracked up to be, they find that it's not who remembers you; it's how you are remembered.
There are many people out there who may believe that the high school genre has exhausted itself. Some see remakes of television shows like Beverly Hills 90210, and wonder what exactly the point is. The point is that every teenager is looking for something to believe in. They want to relate, to feel, and maybe even find answers to the questions they are too afraid to ask. With another year come another batch of teenagers. They will tune in to see new stories, and meet new characters, but also to learn something about themselves. As long as there are young adults yearning for something, the high school genre will continue to inspire, continue to convey the emotions we don't know how to convey, and continue to remind people, invariably, that they are not alone. Rock Way tackles the genre in a realistic and captivating way. I know that a new batch of teenagers will find in our show what thousands have found in its predecessors.
Once you've got your crew, actors, equipment, location, food, logistics (parking etc.), and insurance, it all adds up. For the Rock Way Team to go from concept to the screen, and ultimately to series, we need to produce the best pilot possible. Our production team is of the highest calibre, our cast could not be more perfect, committed, and talented - and now we're looking for the very last piece to our puzzle: YOU.
On behalf of our creator Jordan Ross, director Matt McInnis, supervising producer Carina Mackenzie, and your favorite Rock Way stars Stephen Lunsford, Drew Seeley, Katherine Mari Stevens, Molly McCook and Katie Wallace - THANK YOU for the outpouring of interest and support. We will go to work every day with the sole purpose of creating a pilot that will lead to seasons' worth of television for you to enjoy, and to make you laugh and cry. Rock Way will be a staple and a flag pole for this generation - if you will afford us the opportunity.
STEPHEN LUNSFORD (Nick Bradley)
(Twitter/Instagram: @lunsfuhd)
STEPHEN LUNSFORD is the world's most ruggedly handsome man. He's a dirty rotten smuggler who loves adventure, movies, and ninja tactics. He started acting at the age of 8 because he couldn't stop getting thrown into the principal's office for causing disturbances in class. While it didn't exactly stop him from getting into trouble at school, it definitely changed his life forever. He started doing commercials for Pepsi and Universal Studios Orlando at the age of 12 when he moved to Burbank, California. From there it has been a slow but steady rise through the ranks of LaLaLand where he collected credits, from Zoey 101 and Private Practice to Teen Wolf and Switched At Birth. He's excited to be a part of Rock Way and who knows what the future holds for this Hollywood warrior.
DREW SEELEY (Max Hayes)
(Twitter/Instagram: @drewseeley)
DREW SEELEY began acting at age 11 in the Toronto production of Showboat. Career highlights include film (Another Cinderella Story, Freshman Father, The Shortcut), television (Glory Daze, One Tree Hill, this spring's 'Lovestuck') and stage (High School Musical: The Concert, Little Mermaid on Broadway). He is also an accomplished singer/songwriter, and was nominated for an Emmy award for co-writing 'Getcha Head in the Game,' from the 6X platinum High School Musical soundtrack. Drew's debut solo album, 'The Resolution,' was released last year, along with five new music videos which are now up on his YouTube page. He is very active with charities including the ALS association, Art of Elysium, NOH8, and LA Food Bank. Drew is extremely excited to bring "Rock Way" to life with such talented cast and crew!
MOLLY MCCOOK (April Ryan)
(Twitter/Instagram: @mollyjmccook)
Born into a show business family, MOLLY MCCOOK always knew she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps. Molly started out starring in musicals at the prestigious Stagedoor Manor in upstate New York and, later, here in Los Angeles. Here, she originated the title role of Octo in "Octomom: the Musical" and played Ilse in the Ovation nominated production of the Broadway smash hit "Spring Awakening" in Hollywood. McCook then started landing roles in TV shows like "Monk," "10 Things I Hate About You," "Free Agents," a recurring part on TBS' "Glory Daze," and performed a duet with Neil Patrick Harris on "Glee." She has recently started her film career with two movies, one of which, Excision, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival of 2012. McCook continues her acting career with a music career on the side, and is currently writing and recording her own album.
KATIE WALLACE (Stephanie Hall)
(Twitter/Instagram: @wallacekatie)
KATIE WALLACE studied acting at New York University's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. She began acting on stage professionally at age 14 and has continued to perform regionally around the Midwest and East Coast. She made her film debut in 2009 in the independent mockumentary Small Town Culture War, taking 2nd Place for Audience Choice at the Show Me International Film Festival. She then starred in numerous shorts, including the Pulitzer nominated Calling the Loop, This Girl, and Linger. While continuing to study and perform in New York City, Katie was awarded "Best Performance" by Alec Baldwin at the Tisch 48 Film Festival. She moved to LA two years ago to pursue television and has most recently had guest stints on MTV's Awkward, Lionsgate's School Dance, and Jordan Ross' other series, Never Fade Away. She has been involved with Rock Way for over a year and is THRILLED to see it come to fruition!
KATHERINE MARI STEVENS (Carter Allen)
(Twitter/Instagram: @thekatiestevens)
KATHERINE MARI STEVENS grew up in Middlebury, CT. She has been singing and acting for her entire life. In 2010, she was the 8th finalist on the 9th season of FOX's worldwide phenomenon "American Idol." She has appeared on "David Letterman," "The Ellen Degeneres Show," "The Today Show," and "Good Morning America." Acting has been another love of hers for much of her life, and she is so excited to be a part of Rock Way, where she will be portraying the role of Carter Allen.
ERIC ROBERTS (The Dark Knight) as Jack Hayes, JEREMY LONDON (ABC's Party of Five and The WB's 7th Heaven) as Todd Bradley, JOHN MCCOOK (CBS' The Bold & The Beautiful) and more!
JORDAN ROSS (Creator/Producer)
(Twitter/Instagram: @scriptwriterjrs)
JORDAN ROSS graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia with a B.A. in Film & Television (with a specialty in Screenwriting) in 2010. He took second place in the 2012 Storyboard TV Writing Competition for his mystery/drama thriller, Winter Harbor. He is currently the show runner on a web series called Never Fade Away, which he writes and produces with I95 Pictures. This past winter, he wrote and produced the Christmas short, "Christmas Without You." Rock Way is a labor of love that has taken him years to bring to fruition and he can't wait to share it with you.
MATT MCINNIS (Director/Producer)
(Twitter/Instagram: @matt_mcinnis)
Having been around a camera since a very young age, MATT MCINNIS has spent the last four years working alongside producers and directors of some of the most popular television shows to come out of Vancouver in the last decade. During that time, he's directed multiple award winning short films, the most recent being "The Unvarnished Boy", which screened to much enthusiasm at the New York City International Film Festival. Having worked in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Vancouver, he has been afforded the opportunity to learn from industry leaders, and has been mentored by both Oscar and Emmy Award winning members of the film & television industry. 2013 will see his feature directorial debut with the much-buzzed-about "Rocketship Misfits," as well as the further development of two drama television pilots and a half hour single camera comedy for cable television.
CARINA ADLY MACKENZIE (Supervising Producer)
(Twitter/Instagram: @cadlymack)
CARINA ADLY MACKENZIE grew up in Connecticut, went to school at the University of Colorado, and landed in California. She is currently Staff Editor for Zap2it.com, where she writes TV reviews and occasionally interviews extremely good-looking people about the inner turmoil of teenage vampires and vigilante superheroes.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE WONDERFUL CHARLIE BUHLER! https://www.facebook.com/charliebuhler1?fref=ts
Risks and challenges
It is no secret that filmmaking, like many other creative industries, carries some risks. However, we believe that the team behind Rock Way has one thing that other productions may lack: the passion. This is not about the money for any of us. This is about telling a story, and hoping that story touches the hearts of many, just like it touched ours.
Our cast and crew will be working extremely hard to bring you all of your prizes in a timely manner. Things like the posters and cover pages will all be signed in the coming month of March. Our candid photos will be taken and signed during production, which begins at the end of May. All of our cast is very active on social media and will be interacting with you every step of the way. Tweeting, thank you emails, Instagram, and Facebook will all be active at the time we launch this Kickstarter. Those who receive Skype sessions will have to understand the busy schedules of our actors, but we will be sure to make it happen in a timely manner. For those of you who receive the set visit, we will be heavily involved with figuring out the perfect day and perfect scene for you to come share in this experience with us. While our schedule will be hectic and some times will be busier than others, we can guarantee that you will receive your prizes.
Once again, we thank you for all of your unwavering support! We cannot wait for you to see this show, and be a part of this journey with us.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Corn, Soy, Wheat Prices Surge as U.S. Cuts Supply Outlook
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Grain and oilseed prices rose the most allowed by the Chicago Board of Trade after the U.S. government said domestic and world supplies of corn, soybeans and wheat will be smaller than forecast last month.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its domestic corn-crop estimate for the second time in as many months, predicting a 3.4 percent drop from last year. While farmers will collect the most soybeans ever, the total will be 2.2 percent less than forecast in September, the USDA said. Global wheat inventories will be 1.8 percent less than projected last month.
Before today, corn prices surged 33 percent since the end of June as unfavorable weather dimmed prospects for crops in the U.S., the world's largest grower and exporter. Soybeans were up 18 percent over the same period, and wheat had gained 42 percent the past year after drought ruined fields in Russia and too much rain diminished supplies from Canada.
"Although the trade had increasingly braced for a downward revision in corn yields, the USDA provided a far larger-than-expected shock," Lewis Hagedorn, a commodity analyst for JPMorgan Chase & Co., said in a report. "Meaningfully higher prices are now required in order to ration demand," specifically for corn used to make ethanol, Hagedorn said.
ADM, Tyson
Reduced supplies of corn will increase expenses for meat companies and squeeze margins for makers of corn-based ethanol such as Valero Energy Corp., Poet LLC and Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Tyson Foods Inc., the largest chicken processor, dropped $1.03, or 6.3 percent, to $15.24 a share at 10:59 a.m. in New York, and Smithfield Foods Inc., the biggest pork producer, fell 85 cents, or 5.3 percent to $15.20.
Corn futures for December delivery rose the 30-cent trading limit, or 6 percent, to $5.2825 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade. The price reached a two-year high of $5.2875 on Sept. 27.
Soybean futures for November delivery soared the 70-cent trading limit, or 6.6 percent, to $11.35 a bushel in Chicago.
Wheat futures for December delivery jumped the 60-cent maximum, 9.1 percent, to $7.1925 a bushel.
U.S. farmers will harvest 12.664 billion bushels of corn, down from 13.16 billion projected a month ago and less than last year's record 13.11 billion, the USDA said today in a report. The average estimate of 26 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News was for 12.977 billion bushels. Flooding in June and hot, dry weather in August cut Midwest yields.
Industry 'Shocked'
"The government has shocked the grain industry with the huge cut in U.S. production," said David Smoldt, the vice president of operations for FCStone LLC in West Des Moines. "There will be some scrambling for supplies today."
Unsold U.S. supplies on Sept. 1, 2011, before next year's harvest, will total 902 million bushels, compared with the month-ago forecast of 1.116 billion and 1.708 billion this year, the USDA said. Supplies will be the lowest since 1997.
"We will not produce enough to meet demand from domestic livestock producers, ethanol makers and overseas buyers," Alan Brugler, the president of Brugler Marketing & Management Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska, said before the report. "We are going to run up the price to slow demand and encourage farmers to plant more next year."
The U.S. soybean crop will be a record 3.408 billion bushels (92.8 million metric tons), compared with 3.483 billion projected in September and 3.359 billion gathered last year, the USDA said. August rains failed to boost yields, and the government reduced its acreage estimates. Analysts in the Bloomberg survey expected 3.501 billion bushels.
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"The USDA surprised the trade with a cut in U.S. soybean yields and an unexpectedly large cut in planted acreage," FCStone's Smoldt said. "There are just too many uncertainties about global supplies" with dry weather already delaying planting in parts of South America, he said.
Global wheat stockpiles will total 174.66 million metric tons on May 31, down 1.8 percent from 177.79 million estimated last month, the USDA said. The average estimate of 13 analysts in a Bloomberg News survey was 177.43 million tons.
Unsold supplies in the U.S., the world's largest exporter, may fall 5.4 percent to 853 million bushels (23.22 million tons), from 902 million bushels estimated in September, the department said. U.S. production was projected at 2.224 billion bushels, down 1.8 percent from the September estimate while up 0.3 percent from last year. The USDA also lowered its inventory estimates for the European Union and Canada.
"Possibly, there will be some switching from corn to wheat" in feed rations, said Tom Leffler, the owner of Leffler Commodities LLC in Augusta, Kansas. "The biggest thing is, end-users beware, because quite honestly, they're screwed. Talk of $6 corn is very, very possible now."
To contact the reporters on this story: Jeff Wilson in Chicago at firstname.lastname@example.com; Whitney McFerron in Chicago at email@example.com.
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The results, reported in the current issue of Molecular Psychiatry, released on-line today, show differences in the amounts of 50 proteins and point to profound changes in brain function related to long-term cocaine use, said Scott E. Hemby, Ph.D., of Wake Forest University of Medicine.
The researcher used technology so advanced it was like looking for differences in brain tissue with "floodlights" rather than a "flashlight," he said. Hemby and his colleagues analyzed thousands of proteins from brain tissue obtained from individuals who died of cocaine overdose and compared these "protein profiles" with individuals who died of non-drug related causes.
"The findings provide new insights into the long-term effects and damage that cocaine has on the human brain and will help guide future animal studies to further delineate the biochemical changes that comprise the addicted brain," said Hemby, associate professor of physiology and pharmacology.
The researchers compared the proteome (the entire complement of proteins expressed at a given time) between the two groups by separating all of the proteins and then using high-throughput mass spectrometry which allowed the accurate identifcation of thousands of proteins simultaneously, Hemby said.
The unbiased nature of the technology enables the determination of novel proteins and pathway involved in disease. Using post-mortem brain tissue samples from the Brain Endowment Bank at the University of Miami, the investigators analyzed protein expression in the nucleus accumbens, a part of the brain involved in the addictive effects of drugs, in 10 cocaine-overdose victims and 10 drug-free individuals.
Analysis of thousands of proteins revealed differences between
Source:Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center