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Dr. Brian Patrick, assistant professor of biology at Dakota Wesleyan University, recently attended the American Arachnological Society annual meeting in Johnson City, Tenn., giving a presentation about a South Dakota spider survey.
There were 119 arachnologists from all over the U.S. at Eastern Tennessee State University for the conference. Patrick gave a presentation, "South Dakota Spider Survey: Preliminary Findings of Field Sampling and Literature Review," coauthored by Kevin Pfeiffer, a Sioux Falls native who lives in Berlin, Germany.
Pfeiffer was previously a television art director and now serves as a translator and editor in Berlin. He is an avid arachnologist and was interested in spiders from his home state and had begun a list of South Dakota species already when he heard Patrick was conducting a survey. Patrick said Pfeiffer contacted him and offered to collaborate on his South Dakota Spider Survey (SDSS).
"The talk focused on the first component of the state survey, which is literature review and review of specimens already collected within the state, as well as any preliminary studies conducted," Patrick said. "I presented information on what was known about spiders at the time the SDSS was established in 2010, as well as what additional species we have found in the state since 2010."
He then presented information on the direction and purpose of the SDSS, which is a project aimed at documenting the abundance and distribution of spiders in the state.
"The goal is to provide an accurate list of all known species in the state, where they are known to be found, and with what abundance," he said.
Additionally, Patrick plans to extract DNA, and sequence for DNA barcodes, from as many species in the state as possible and to make those barcodes available through the Barcode of Life Database (www.boldsystems.org/). All DNA sequencing data will also be made available through GenBank (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/).
"I also plan to image all species in the state and make those images available through the Encyclopedia of Life (http://eol.org/)," Patrick added. "The purpose of the imaging is to take detailed pictures of each species, including pictures necessary to accurately determine the species."
Patrick's research was supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number P20GM103443. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
A local scientist admits to getting caught up in the trappings of spider sample collections.
Brian Patrick, assistant professor of biology at Dakota Wesleyan University, recently presented research about spider traps at the 19th International Congress of Arachnology at the Howard Beach Resort in Kenting, Taiwan. The conference hosted 231 participants from 42 countries, with 136 oral and 72 poster presentations June 23-28.
Patrick's presentation, "Comparing Ramp and Pitfall Traps for Capturing Wandering Spiders," was co-authored by Ashton Hansen, a master's student at North Dakota State University. The basis of the study came from an undergraduate research project conducted by Hansen during the summer of 2010 at DWU through the South Dakota-BRIN undergraduate research fellowship program. Hansen worked with Patrick that summer as an undergrad from Mount Marty College, Yankton.
"We compared a relatively new sampling technique – ramp traps – with a well-tested and standard sampling method known as pitfall traps," Patrick said. "Pitfall traps are essentially a cup in the ground which wandering insects and spiders on the ground walk into to be captured. Pitfall traps require excavating a small amount of soil, but this is not always pragmatic, particularly in rocky areas or areas where digging is not permitted, such as in national parks in the U.S. Ramp traps basically use a ramp going up to a small container and the insects and spiders walk up the ramp and fall into the container."
Both trapping styles involve liquid at the bottom of the trap, which captures and preserves the organism, allowing it to be used for research.
"These are extremely effective sampling methods," Patrick said about their simplicity. "Our research showed that the ramp traps were twice as effective for capturing wandering spiders, making this new sampling technique extremely appealing to researchers who would like to maximize their sampling of specimens and species."
These conferences allow researchers around the world to converge, share information and make invaluable connections. Patrick has been able to use these connections to further his own research, as well as create international learning opportunities for his students. A year ago, he partnered with the business department to take both business and biology students to the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy, with the biology students studying at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic, with Patrick's colleague Vlada Hula.
At this conference, he established a new connection with a researcher in Bern, Switzerland, with whom he will collaborate on a DNA barcoding project to barcode species of medical importance in South Dakota and throughout the world.
"We will focus on species like black widow spiders to develop a DNA 'barcode' that can be used to rapidly identify a potential specimen as a widow spider or another species," Patrick said about the pending research. "Moreover, the goal is to barcode all species found in South Dakota, and this new collaboration will facilitate this endeavor."
Research reported in this publication was supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number P20GM103443; this grant was to Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
In the same style that made works like "Gone Baby, Gone" and "L.A. Confidential" dark and twisty best-sellers, local professor and writer Barbara Duffey spins her own neo-noir who-done-it.
Duffey, assistant professor of English at Dakota Wesleyan University, submitted her short story 'And All Night Long We Have Not Stirred' to Dark House Press and was selected for its Exigencies Anthology, which will be released in hardcover at a date not yet released.
"My story is about a Midwestern small-town murder; while suspicion focuses on two teenagers caught in a love triangle with the victim, another suspect begins to emerge over the course of the investigation," Duffey said. "The town's one investigator has to solve the mystery while grappling with his own teenage daughter's safety."
She said that her story really falls more under the detective genre, but contains elements that Dark House Press categorizes as neo-noir, which covers a genre that spans from horror to fantasy with noir elements and a modern twist. Noir is defined by a "grim urban setting," often a dark plot with a despairing protagonist who is generally tortured in some way, either by his or her environment, past or inner struggles.
Duffey joined the English department last fall and has had several poems published this past year. She received her Ph.D. in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City; a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Houston; and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California. Duffey also served as a grant writer for the University of Houston's College of Education; a writer in residence for the Writers in the Schools, Houston; and a reading instructor at the Institute of Reading Development. She has one chapbook, "The Circus of Forgetting," in the process of publishing.
DWU is a private, liberal arts university associated with the Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church. For more information about Dakota Wesleyan University, go to www.dwu.edu.
By MARI OLSON
Dakota Wesleyan University
Member of Peru Mission Team 2
This spring I had the honor to embark on my first international mission trip and watch an amazing group of students impact the lives of strangers.
The Peruvian coast in winter is a watercolor of blue-grey skies meeting white-capped waves.
Everything they say about the ocean is true – it's humbling, endless, a life-changer. The same can be said about mission work.
Through the generosity of people and churches throughout the country, 49 students and staff from Dakota Wesleyan University spent four weeks on the Southern Coast of Peru this May on a mission trip in the Chincha area. The mission: build a Methodist Church in Satellite City that will double as a compound to house battered women.
But if anyone knows anything about mission trips – nothing ever goes as planned. From the stomach virus that hit both teams to the work being reconfigured and then rerouted, it could easily be said that nothing seemed to go right. And yet, looking back on all the "wrongs," the full meaning of the trip takes shape. This was always about more than building a church.
"Team 1" and "Team 2," as they were creatively dubbed, left for Peru on May 6 and May 17, respectively, and arrived in Tambo de Mora, a small town near Chincha and DWU's home away from home in Peru. The university has been traveling to Tambo de Mora for 12 years, partnering with the Methodist Church there and Pastor Pedro Uchuya. Over the years more than 150 individuals from the university have taken part in projects at Campamento Metodista (Methodist Camp) during eight mission trips. The university is not the only entity to work at the camp, but DWU has been a constant source of financial help, as well as manual labor.
On these two mission trips, Campamento served as home base, as all the work was set in Satellite City, about 40 minutes away.
Foundations by hand
Team 1's students tirelessly dug trenches to serve as the foundation for the church – this work was done entirely by hand and shovel, and it was constantly changing. In the end, the trenches were four feet deep with four-foot squares at each corner. As the students dug, they also had to remove rocks, some the size of small boulders, and pile them in the center and haul them away. This was their job for a week, in addition to a few painting projects at Campamento.
"I definitely felt like I left with a sense of accomplishment," said Kayla Summerville, junior from Platte. This was Summerville's third mission trip with DWU and first time to Peru. "It was a whole new world. It allowed me to appreciate America more and most of all, it was an amazing feeling knowing we were bringing Christ to the struggling area of Satellite City."
Satellite City is the informal name of a small development to the northeast of Chincha Alta. The town, which is currently what some might describe as a "shanty town," was created following a massive earthquake in 2007, which destroyed parts of Chincha and killed more than 500 people along the Southern Coast.
Vicky Vetter, a 2003 alumnus and wife of campus pastor Brandon Vetter '03, accompanied Team 1 as a staff leader. One of her takeaways from the trip was the fact, "Our lives are very easy. We have air conditioning and vehicles and know where our meals are coming from. Mission trips shake us out of our comfort zone and get us to see a world that needs us to be uncomfortable, to love and to serve people that we can forgot about, globally and locally."
"Even though we, and I, complain that hard work is a pain, to see a piece of land go from nothing to a church in a one short month makes all the hard work and sweat and sickness and injuries totally worth it," said Brandon Vetter, when asked about Team 1's grueling work. "We are made by God to work, not to sit and do nothing."
On May 17, Team 1 departed Peru for home, and crossed paths with Team 2 at the Atlanta airport. It was a surreal experience hearing Team 1's stories and what was in store for Team 2.
Graduating senior Denet Christopher, of Sioux Falls, initially signed up for the trip with his friend, Jesse Bennett '13, because it sounded fun, and almost backed out later due in part to the extent of the fundraising that would have to be done.
"It was definitely a God thing," Christopher said about his reasons for staying on the team. "I believe accepting Jesus in my heart really softened my heart and found a spot for helping people out. I also decided to stick around because after the first church we went to for fundraising, I just saw the relationships that I was able to build in just a few hours of hanging out with the other students. I formed so many relationships that will probably last a life time. … The mission trip allowed me to form strong bonds and really care for each and every single individual on this trip."
Christopher joined Team 2 with Bennett and is now considering DWU's service learning trip to Tanzania, Africa, next spring as an alumnus.
'Don't limit God'
Before leaving for Peru, friend and co-worker Fredel Thomas said, "The whole purpose for you going to Peru might have nothing to do with building a church. It could be any small thing along the way, any person you meet. Let it happen. Don't limit God."
This is paraphrasing because there was no way to tell at the time that these words would become my mantra and the general theme of Team 2's trip.
Both teams visited a girl's orphanage and delivered books and played games with the children. One hour was all we were permitted. This was one of the most rewarding parts of the trip for many, and where I met a 9-year-old girl named Frances.
I was reading aloud on the lawn with DWU students Ana Morel, Lynze Wobig and Leah Miiller '13, and as girls came and went, Frances stayed, picked stories, read to me in Spanish and somehow, through terrible Spanglish and miming, we understood each other. It's not as difficult with children, their faces are so expressive.
Before it was time to go, she was taken away to a room, and I wasn't told why, which infuriated me. A pretty strong reaction for a stranger who I knew I'd be leaving in a few minutes. But, before we were called away, I heard my name from a window, and there was Frances holding out her hands. She then came out of the room and hugged me, eyes bright and brave, and we tried to say goodbye. Kneeling down, my hands on her hands, I tried to convey what she meant to me and explain that I couldn't come back. I wouldn't make false promises.
She didn't question this.
Children are supposed to assume the world revolves around them; they are supposed to assume that pleading matters to someone. Frances let go of her tears, letting them shamelessly slide down her chin, but she asked for nothing. In silence she had already accepted that I wouldn't stay, I wouldn't come back, because no one does.
To stare into the eyes of a 9-year-old girl and see her at war with herself – a little girl fighting the feelings of a child's wishes and the wisdom wrought from experience, her eyes said it all, "mine is not the place to expect things."
A woman-child with a sweet, sad smile.
This was the event that made the biggest impact on me, the largest claim to my experience and time in Peru. We spent a year preparing to go to another continent, and for me, it was so I could meet a little girl and spend one hour making her the center of someone's world.
Satellite City's Culture Clash
Mornings at Campamento began early, at least for those who wanted to wander to the beach to pray, pick shells or gaze at the fishing boats that floated stationary on the horizon. Soledad, the camp's caretaker, would take a group out to the beach at 7 a.m. every morning, both groups participated in this at will.
Work began Monday morning and the first illness already presented itself, at least one student was sick, a stomach bug that would escalate throughout the week until about 21 out of the 26 participants would have suffered some form of symptoms. By the end of the trip, the only thing "regular" about this group were the updates on bowel movements. Call it an unexpected bonding opportunity.
Two of Team 2's staff leaders, Brian Anderberg, DWU's associate director of young adult ministry, and his wife, Tonya, embarked on their first mission trip to South America. Brian, who has been fighting cancer for several years, was one of the few people who never got sick – despite his compromised immune system.
"It really was a great experience," he said. "I wasn't concerned at all about my health. I knew that I would be taken care of by God and maybe even a little bit of the American pharmaceuticals as well."
Anderberg is relatively new to DWU, joining the staff last fall, but not new to mission work. He has been to Canada, China, England, Romania, Turkey, and a brief stay in Germany, and Tonya to Mexico. This was their first trip to South America and in the end, the work and the mission stay the same no matter what continent.
"Hurting people are still hurting people, whether they are in England or Africa or Turkey or South America," Brian said. "I – we – have a moral obligation and responsibility to help wherever we can whether it be from an oppressive government or economic hardships or a tough ecological climate or just bad luck and a tough break, we still have a responsibility to help. We can help. We should help. We need to help."
Work at Satellite City was hot and dusty and the town was the picture of a Third World stereotype with dogs and children running around unattended, buildings in disrepair, turkeys rambling in and out of houses.
It was also much more than that. It was community in progress.
After a day of hauling rocks, bricks, and wheelbarrows of dirt and ash-laden trash, the group was told that the Peruvian workmen, different from Team 1's, didn't want the women to come back. They would take three men a day, instead.
In eight mission trips, this was the first time women were kicked off a work site.
To the students' credit, they hid their reactions and engaged in a game of Pato, Pato, Ganso (duck, duck, goose) with neighbor children and everyone's hearts were lightened, even if it didn't quite reach everyone's moods.
"The whole reason you're going to Peru might have nothing to do with building a church," were words coming back to mind. To the credit of the males in the group, four students and two staff members, they never once made the women feel like they were doing less because they couldn't be at the church.
Instead, the women and two of the men – they rotated – stayed back at Tambo de Mora for the rest of the week and worked on three new projects – hauling rocks out of the garden to make way for expansion, painting the community room, and building a shelter for the meditation garden. This last effort was an exercise in patience, imagination and resourcefulness. The team was given sheets of hard plastic, several small boards, wire, a pocket knife and wire cutters and told to build a roof. At one point two people were on the only ladder, one was on a bed and another stood on the back of the wrestling coach. MacGyver would be so proud.
"Getting to know students outside of campus is one of the best parts of my job," said Leah Rado, sports information director and one of the staff members on Team 2, and one of the members of Operation: MacGyver Shelter. "Having worked with most of the students through the athletic department I knew they were all good kids, but getting to know them on a deeper level somewhere other than the football field or the volleyball stat sheet is an absolute joy. Not only are they hard workers who are very creative and intelligent, they are wonderful people who gave up the first two weeks of their summer to go serve a group of people they had never met. They are all wonderful young adults who will do great things in the future, and I look forward to running into them on campus this fall."
During all of this, both teams shared a common thread – DWU student Ana Morel, who stayed on for all four weeks as the groups' translator. Morel has been on seven mission trips, five with DWU. She was born in the U.S. and raised in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. (pictured here on the right, with Kelli Swenson on left)
"It was probably the most intense, terrible, exciting and exhilarating experience I've had. It wasn't my first time being the only translator, but it was my first time doing this for this many people and for this length of time," she said. "It is something you have to be very careful with, misinterpretation tends to do some damage and as the only person who could understand both languages fully, I definitely felt the pressure, but I loved my job."
The team's experiences were vastly different and Morel had front-row seats.
"I was amazed to see so many college students digging and digging, creating the foundation of a church that will benefit people they have never met," Morel said about Team 1. "It was inspiring to see the hope and the understanding that what they were doing was for something greater than themselves. In the trenches is where I saw the love they had for a people."
For Team 2 "we did some scraping within our budget and were able to buy some material for the new projects at the camp," she said. "All of the team members were very encouraging toward one another. I think that is when we started to become a team; everyone was going through the same not-so-good experience and started lifting each other up, through notes in the bathroom, words of encouragement. It was quite beautiful."
The note in the women's restroom came on the second or third work day, addressed to the "Ladies." It went on to describe how valuable the work was that the women were doing at Campamento and that they shouldn't be discouraged because this was DWU's true home. It was unsigned, in perfect script, and assumptions spread as to which girl might have written it, until it was confirmed that the unlikely source was the gruff, sarcastic wrestling coach.
This was one of those amazing mission trip moments when preconceived notions go flying out the window.
Matt Sedivy '06, DWU's head wrestling coach for four years, has been on three mission trips to Peru with the college, once as a DWU student, twice as a staff leader.
"This was a very sensitive issue for me to handle," he said. "It was easy for me to stay positive about the situation, because I was the one who was able to continue to work at the original worksite. I tried to explain that Campamento was the heart of everything we've done in Peru. It's where the mission trips through DWU to Peru began. If there's one place in Peru where it's an honor to serve, that would be it. I thought the women in the group did a fantastic job of setting aside their frustrations in order to accomplish their mission."
Another amazing mission moment came when the students realized that the camp's caretaker, Soledad, worked for free. Soledad lives near the camp and acted as protector and camp mother to DWU, bringing hot tea from her home when students fell ill and running over in the middle of the night when dogs barked at the gate. This woman, with the weather-worn hands and lovely heart, does all this for free. Her husband works, but they are trying to put their daughter through college so no money is left to repair or build their home, which was described by some students as something similar to what is in Satellite City. The entire group was shocked, and then decided to take up a collection; they collected more than 600 soles (about $300 American) and presented it to Soledad when they left. This is about how much it costs for Soledad's daughter to attend one semester of college.
The next step is looking into setting up a scholarship fund for Soledad's daughter and young son. And in two years, DWU is seriously considering making Soledad's house the next project.
"It is important for people to invest in other countries when we have poverty right here at home because it is important for us to share our resources, knowledge and lives with those in other countries," Summerville said when asked why Americans should reach out to other countries. "It also allows us to open our eyes to the issues other countries may be facing. Also, to step outside of our comfort zones and explore where else God is working."
Sedivy believes that mission work, in general, influences every facet of a person's life, from his personal to spiritual to professional life, "It widens your perspective on people and each individual's life experience."
He also sees mission work, and donating toward mission work as "a compounding of goodness."
"When a person gives toward a trip like this, the good deed compounds itself in so many directions it can't be tracked," he said. "An investment of a dollar impacts the people of Peru, the people on the trip, future people using a building, and countless other ways. Every party involved is vital for the experience to take place. …This trip is a catalyst to inspire Americans to return with a desire to help everyone around them in the future, whether they be travelling abroad or helping at a local food bank.
"Truly rewarding experiences are contagious. Mission trips like this create an insatiable appetite to improve lives."
On Saturday, before catching a bus to Lima, Team 2 said goodbye to Campamento in Tambo de Mora and drove to Satellite City with the Rev. Jorge Bravo Caballero, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Peru, and Pastor Pedro to bless the new church. Almost all the walls were up and the Bishop pledged that the Methodist conference of Peru would see it finished.
Standing in that place where so many people – Americans and Peruvians, alike – have struggled to create a church, it was an incredible moment. This group was part of the first service performed there and on raw floors with open skies the Bishop blessed that place for future worshipers and as a place of protection for local women. There is something more than holy in that; it's community, which is one of the largest benefits of a church. Four walls aren't needed to worship God, but when life is hard, the people within those walls might make all the difference.
These 49 people went to Peru to build a church, but they accomplished more than that; they helped unite a community.
EDUCATION ABROAD: 5 DWU students study in Lima, join Team 2
In addition to the mission trip, five students also took part in a Spanish immersion school experience, sponsored by DWU alumnus and board member, John Grinager. The students flew down with Team 1, for a two-week immersion program speaking only Spanish and staying with Spanish-speaking host families. The following students were members of the program: Heather Banister, Grand Junction, Colo.; Kayla Mielitz, Big Stone City; Mackenzie Stevens, Polk, Neb.; Kelli Swenson, Chamberlain; and Tara Van Hofwegen, Humboldt.
"This experience was unbelievable; to learn firsthand how another culture goes through life was just an eye-opening experience," said Van Hofwegen, who participated in her second DWU mission trip with Team 2. "It was an opportunity I hope many others get to experience. You learn the differences between countries, cultures and language firsthand. Reading it out of a textbook just doesn't do a culture justice."
Grinager, Mendota Heights, Minn., is a 1975 graduate of DWU with majors in history and Spanish. Since 1996, he has been the president/owner of Approve-IT Inc., an international regulatory compliance consulting company for telecom/radio products.
For the mission trip, Team 1 consisted of: Campus Pastor Brandon Vetter and wife, Vicky; Chelsea Boddicker, Mitchell; Matt Britt, Rapid City; Breanna Clark, Loveland, Colo.; Erin Deibele, Sheridan, Wyo.; Joe Ford, Vermillion; Coleen Hannum, Bakersfield, Calif.; Christian Hildebrandt, Faribault, Minn.; Valerie Hummel, Utica; Alex Kuehler, Sturgis; Ross Leonhardt, Sioux Falls; Gabrielle McKinley, Midland; Ana Morel, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Natalie Munger, Kimball; Taylor Piper, Mitchell; Kasha Roberts, Rapid City; Sam Sandau, Tripp; Tyler Sarringer, Pierre; Jedd Schlicht, Woonsocket; Nicole Schroeder, Yankton; Kayla Summerville, Platte; Carrie Swanson, Spearfish; Jasmin Vant, Canton; and Tyler Volesky, Mitchell.
In addition to the five Spanish immersion students, Team 2 included staff leaders Brian and Tonya Anderberg, Mari Olson, Leah Rado and Matt Sedivy, and students: Jesse Bennet, Sioux Falls; Kristen Binger, Tulare; Denet Christopher, Sioux Falls; Maranda Ehrenfried, Pierre; Sam Fluck, Becker, Minn.; Kyle Gerlach, Stickney; Liz Humiston, Edgemont; Leah Miiller, Corsica; Lacey Reimnitz, Corsica; Josh Thompson, Lead; Katherine Varnado, Box Elder; Jessalyn Wienk, DeSmet; Alexis Wilde, Gillette, Wyo.; and Lynzie Wobig, Canova. Also Morel and Hummel joined Team 2.


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20 Jun 2012 12:47 PM #1
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Hello, I have a text field to which I'm applying a keyup event in a form via code like this:
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20 Jun 2012 1:02 PM #2
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Richard Dolido's 1965 Mustang Fastback - Armed And DangerousWritten by on October 26, 2007 Contributors: Robert McGaffin This Chi-Town Gang-Banger Cop Is High On Speed (And Style And Pro Touring, Too).
This is a story about a car that almost wasn't. This car looks like the car might have looked when it was "finished," but it isn't. The progenitor, a bonafide K-code Mustang, went up like a torch in somebody's garage, a horror by anyone's estimate.
I wasn't a Ford guy, although I did begin my hot rod reverie with a '39 Merc sedan. I graduated to a '54 Ford Custom that I paid $330 for and propped up with a junkyard 312. By then, I did know one end of a box wrench from the other because my father and I had rituals. I would stand by him during one of his projects and hand him the appropriate number upon demand. This phase of our male bonding abruptly halted one Saturday afternoon when I dropped a 9/16 open end ... on his face ... from fender height. I escaped serious injury (or possibly even death) by jumping on my two-wheeler and pedaling my ass toward the horizon.
Years later, after I'd become a to-the-marrow Chevy freak, one of my high school mates went to work for Ford Motor out of Teterboro, New Jersey. A drag racing wild man, this cat toted all manner of Ford speedophilia. The ones I remember best were the maroon '65 Mustang GT sedan (271/289) that he gumbed for a while, and most assuredly that ghostly white four-speed '66 Fairlane with its god-awful dual-quad, medium-riser 427.
In another highly visible arena, Cobras were eating the Corvettes alive in SCCA A/Production. As per Shelby-American of Los Angeles, the 289ci 306hp R-code Mustangs were considered righteous head-to-head competition for the Corvette in SCCA B/Production racing, and that's exactly what came about. The R-code was B/Production champ from '65 through the '67 season. Though only 100 such Mustangs were supposed to have been built, but 36 of them wound up as privateers. The R-Code was intended as a race-only hot rod and not remotely proposed as a street car.
I never got a ride in my pal's 427 Fairlane, but I got a bang or two out of his Code K Challenger hi-po Mustang. It was so much more than the pedestrian Pony-solid-lifter gravitas, 10.5:1 squeeze, nice bark from the exhaust, right-now throttle response, and it turned the girls' heads, too. In the day, it didn't get much better than that ... unless maybe you got some payback assaulting the ego of a Chevy chump or two on the way.
Now enough about me. Soft-spoken Richard Dolido is 44 years old. He made his bones as a beat cop and then as a detective for the Chicago gendarmes a long time ago. Now he's on the gang-banger team. He doesn't think the same way he did when he joined the force as a febrile and indefatigable young buck. His slow, steady ascension to maturity has changed that notion, that measure of success and how to achieve it. Maybe he won't try to save the world. Maybe he'll save a few choice examples of Detroit's Golden Age instead.
This damn car thing was little more than a side bet a couple of years ago. Now it's threatening to capture Rich completely, a wonderful daydream away from the tedious, endless, destructive scenes of gang-banger scum. This Mustang has advanced his car-building karma several more notches. People like what he does and they're telling him about it.
In a "spare" couple of years, Rich looked around and saw the collected buckets of sweat, a few of blood, and at least one of tears. A week before Thanksgiving 2002, a shop light in the garage that housed his K-Code fizzled. The joint went up like a torch. His salvage amounted to the motor and the drivetrain. Cops have nothing except the stones to soldier on in a world that they'll never save, can't save because it is not within their power. All they can really do is keep the lid on. They know this and they accept it. Building a car is quite the antithesis. By and large, its progress is quite controllable. And eventually, it will be finished and bring joy to at least one person: Rich Dolido.
"My wife Frances wasn't thrilled about all the lost time and money, but she stood behind me after the smoke settled and she was there with words of encouragement when I brought another project home," Rich says. "When most would have abandoned a complete redo, especially when the stand-in was a nothing-special '65 Fastback with a six-cylinder and three-by-the-knee, I had hope simply because I had another project and it was sitting right there in front of me."
Concerning the structural integrity of the "new" Mustang, its owner had told a dirty, rusty lie. Rich was miffed because he hadn't taken the time to thoroughly check out the car. It was a turning point for him, a mistake he'd never make again. Mike Melfi at C-M Motors/Windy City Rods & Restorations (Chicago) replaced the doors, the rear quarters, the entire floorpan, the trunk floor, and the rear sail panel. Mike stepped it up with a crash diet (fiberglass hood, nose, and bumper) from Mustangs Plus, and shrank the car to bantam weight before deeming the body pristine and ready for the deep, dark pigment Rich had in mind.
In police work, sitting and waiting is a given. How many times has Rich done it? How many times has he cursed the same surroundings from which he could not escape even though his bladder was full and his temper was toast? So the Mustang's clean, black gut salves him, helps him maintain a humor. He began its rehab by eliminating all the bad things waiting to happen with the 40-year-old wiring harness. A new OE octopus spread out beneath the dashboard, tentacles servicing the psyche and eliminating the angst. Some of its tendrils connect with a gaggle of Auto Meter Pro-Comp Ultra-Lite gauges set in a JME billet six-instrument panel that keeps with the Mustang's original appearance.
Rich offset all that black and added a scoche of whimsy to the pit with the caramel-colored Grant Shelby replica steering wheel. Even the most jaundiced eye has got to love that 1965 Kennedy half-dollar (which his grandmother gave to him for good luck) floating in the middle of the horn button. While Rich monitors direction with his left hand, he yanks gears with the other on the rare 31-spline output shaft Toploader four-speed that once was screwed to a big-block Galaxie. Those puffy and inviting Pro Car seats were covered to match the ones in the rear and are paired with thick-web RJS lap belts. There is no chilled air reservoir working for Rich, though there probably should be, but that new wiring harness hosts a Kenwood 100-watt head. Pioneer speakers were consigned to the kick panels. And what? Was that a hammerless .38 snub we just saw vibrating on the console?
Of course, Rich built the car to prove a point, maybe use it as a business card of sorts, but he takes great delight in just driving it around three or four times a week. He usually travels west, methodically raiding the popular haunts in Lombard, Rolling Meadows, and Mt. Prospect for cruise nights on a regular basis.
"The car lives up to all my dreams of owning a hot rod that I built, and went to hell and back to complete. It's a blast to drive and stops traffic wherever I go. Thank you for considering my car for your magazine," Rich says. And he means it.
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|1965 Ford Mustang Fastback
|Richard Dolido; Chicago, IL
|Vehicle Weight with Driver: 2,980 lbs
|Ford displacing 347 ci (4.030 bore, 3.400 stroke)
|1968 Ford hi-po replacement block, decked and align-honed
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|Cylinder heads:
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|COMP hydraulic roller, 230/230 degrees duration at .050, .512/.512-inch lift, Cloyes double-roller timing gear
|COMP pushrods, 2.02/1.60-inch valves, COMP roller rockers, Edelbrock valvesprings
|Edelbrock Air Gap intake, Edelbrock Thunder Series 800-cfm carb, K&N air cleaner
|Power adder:
|Mallory Unilite, 14 degrees initial timing
|Jet-Hot coated Hooker Super Comp, 1 3/4-inch primaries, 3-inch collectors, Flowmaster Thunder Series mufflers
|ARP studs
|Built by:
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|1969 Ford Toploader four-speed
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Hurst Competition Plus shifter,
Centerforce II flywheel/clutch assembly
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4340 1350-series yokes
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I am working on custom app for a client that requires some extra fields in the user's profile. I have successfully created a registration page that saves the custom fields and now I need to do the same for the "Edit Profile" page. The function that I used to save the custom fields on registration is generic enough that I think I can use it for the update too. I cannot find the right hook to make it work, though. I have tried "profile_update", "edit_user_profile_update", and "personal_options_update" with no luck. Is there something that I am missing here?
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After trudging through the BP source code today, I believe that I have finally figured this out. The hook used to update Profile Fields in BuddyPress is "xprofile_data_before_save". If anyone know of something better, please let me know!
You could also use the extended profiles function include in buddypress to create extra profile groups / fields.
Then you can all the groups into the register or edit page by just replacing the loop
With that you will display all profile groups in the register page. You can do the same with edit.php to display all fields in the edit profile page.
To make this work properly you know need to do a small tweak. You need to move the out of the loop and then save all the fields ids like this:
You also move this outside of the loop so it will look:
The last part is to be sure that all fields are saved into the database. Hope it helps, i used on edit.php but it should work the same on register.php


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Is it normal? Or should I reconsider my diet? Does anyone else have this problem?
You should not need to empty your bowels prior to exercise. If you are experiencing discomfort during abdominal exercise, you should make sure your diet:
If you are following all of those rules and still experiencing this problem regularly, then you should consider talking to your doctor about it.
My strategy for really intense workouts (ie long distance running) -- drink lots of water and eat some carbs (ie granola bars) before starting. Relax for a half hour or so while you hydrate and much lightly. I find this helps my bowels to move so I won't have to go while running. This consistently works for me, if this doesn't make me have to go, nothing will.


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B3 MVC Controller Unit Test Problems
I am having one hell of a time getting a simple Jasmine unit test to run for one of my controllers because of its dependency on Ext.app.Application. I am getting one error after another from the Loader even after overriding the bindReady function in Ext.app.Application. I really think an example of some simple unit tests needs to be included in the final release.
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We'll include unit tests for the MVC examples, probably in the next release.Ext JS Senior Software Architect
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16 Apr 2011 6:15 PM #3
Sounds great thanks for the response.
26 Apr 2011 10:53 AM #4
So Ed what happened to those MVC unit testing examples?
30 Apr 2011 3:45 PM #5
Still very much looking for help with this. MVC in Sencha Touch includes hooks to disable automatic application loading which is required to enable unit testing of controller classes. I do not see the same hooks when browsing the source for MVC in ExtJS 4.
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15 May 2011 12:30 PM #6
TypeError: Cannot call method 'getModel' of undefined
I run into the same problem. I like to write some unit tests for my controllers using Jasmine. However I cannot create a controller using Ext.create because of the TypeError: Cannot call method 'getModel' of undefined.
I browsed the svn source code but could not find how to handle this. However, I would very much appreciate to be able to write unit test. By the way, at the moment I am using the latest production code for ExtJs 4.0.
15 May 2011 4:34 PM #7
Halcwb - I have still not gotten this to work yet.
I can only hope that the development team is still looking at this. As far as I can tell the MVC framework is not unit testable in its current form. It is also not possible to developing a controller in isolation without adding it to an Ext.app.Application first.
I posted this in another thread. It illustrates the coupling in the app package.
15 May 2011 9:29 PM #8
@ykey, Thank you! This gave me a clue how to get this working. In my test code I did the following:
createProductController = function () { return Ext.create('GenForm.controller.product.ProductController', { application: GenForm.application }); }; it('can be created', function () { console.log(createProductController()); expect(createProductController()).toBeDefined(); }); it('should have a saveProduct function', function () { expect(createProductController().saveProduct).toBeDefined(); });
Of course I am not quite sure whether this controller created this way actually works but I am going to test it.
16 May 2011 4:25 AM #9
Halcwb - I didn't get very far going down that road. You will have more luck if you disable automatic Viewport creation and override your applications launch function in the unit test. Otherwise your Viewport will load. Either way all of your other controllers will still load because there is no hook to prevent this (well that I could find).
I think it is worth mentioning what it is I want to test. Basically I want to be able to regression test my refs and control statements. Any other logic can be moved to an easier to test class and any business logic should be moved to the server. I don't want to render UI components for these unit tests if I can avoid it. Selenium can be used for that kind of integration level test.
16 May 2011 12:05 PM #10
@ykey. I am sorry, I should have mentioned that I am using jasmine. In the index file for the tests you can put the below snippet of code:
<style> body div { display:none !important; } body .jasmine_reporter { display:block !important; } body .jasmine_reporter div { display:block !important; } </style>
With this setup only the results from the test code is shown. Anyway, it seems to work in my case.
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"We import 85 percent of hemp that's used from Canada, and we're the only industrialized nation that doesn't, and there are so many uses for hemp... and this would give our farmers another crop they can grow," said Kentucky State Sen. Joey Pendelton.
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I have written a program in C and I wish to create an Ubuntu .deb package. How do I do this? How do I get it included in the Ubuntu official repositories?
This is the best place to start NewPackages it gives you the low down on building and submitting your package. However its not going to happen over night so a short term alternative and something you would need to do at some point any way is set up a launchpad ppa suggested by aking1012 that way you can inform people who would like to use it how to add your ppa and get update of your program and they will be able to give you bug info.
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Tonight was a reprise of yesterday's Opening Night program. This was not a typical NYC dance crowd. As the lights went down and the (recorded) Boyce music began playing for Paul Taylor's Arden Court the roar of conversations did not abate, and many people were also struggling to find their seats. But when the curtain opened, an instant silence. The virtuosity of Richard Chen See, Michael Trusnovec, Orion Duckstein, James Samson, Sean Mahoney and Francisco Graciano captured their attention. Later, the men were joined, one at a time, by Amy Young, Annmaria Mazzini and Paris Khobdeh. One could tell by the audience reactions, both to the energy of the dancers and to some of Mr. Taylor's humor, that this was a new work to them. And I realized that my initial displeasure at having to sit so far up, due to site-lock, was very misplaced. The right people had got in.
A pause, then the duet from Alexei Ratmansky's Middle Duet. The dancers were last year's Benois de la Danse laureate Ekaterina Kondaurova, partnered by Islom Baimuradov, both from the Mariinsky. This looked quite different from the performances at NYCB by Maria Kowroski and Albert Evans. In a way, there was more facial expression in the acting, while the American couple was more physical, even erotic (even in the duet excerpt at last November's Gala). City Center's website tells us to see this as a ballerina taking class, with the male dancer as the barre. Perhap in this performance he was also sometimes a choreographer or ballet master. I did miss the full production's two angels and the next victim/couple. But these were beautiful dancers, and they built a momentum that made their sudden fall (death) all the more powerful.
The second half began with four South Indian musicians and a solo dancer, Shantala Shivalingappa. A stunning woman, but the dance seemed over long. Of course I know nothing of this form of dance, and therefore could not make the needed connections. I did notice some poses that reminded of La Bayadere, as when the bayaderes mime carrying the water vessels. There was a point where she came forward and stood on a brass serving platter; then, without removing her feet from it, made it "carry" her about the stage. She had exceptional balance and control, but I wish I could have known the "code" of her various hand and finger positions. The audience gave her an exceptionally long ovation, crossing up whomever was the curtain lowerer, who did so much too soon.
Then the high point for me, Tharp's Deuce Coupe, danced by Juilliard Dance. This was the joy of dance, that is, dancers dancing for joy. City Center's site has an extensive vid-interview with some of them. Mary Ellen Beaudreau was the ballerina (en pointe), and had a real stage-filling presence, visually a sort of young Susan Jaffe. Male virtuosity was very strong, and the young women seemed to be having the time of their lives. There was one young woman, the one with the bangs and headband, who had a special charisma. I wish I knew her name, so I could google it in future to find which company she had joined. A career to really follow, I suspect. The dancers were Jaclyn Brewer, Aaron Carr, Brandon Cournay, Denys Drozdyuk, Erica Furst, Sarah Goldstone, Nathan Madden, Troy Ogilvie, Brett Perry, Rachelle Rafailedes, Kyle Robinson, Allison Ulrich, Christopher Vo, Arika Yamada. Thanks to all.
Posted 27 September 2007 - 08:53 PM
I attended the Wednesday program in its entirety and the first half of the Thursday program. The Juilliard Ensemble brought its own cheering section on Wednesday, which brought an extra festiveness to the festival's opening night closing number. But the Deuce Coupe on stage did not live up to the Deuce Coupe in my memory. In so many ways it seemed dated including in a good way -- that this generation of dancers seems to have no problem with what was, at the time of its creation, completely novel Tharpisms. However, the conceit of the ballet dancer amid these surfer guys and gals is now a silly cliche. I was ambivalent in the time-travel aspect of this, as viewing it the day I turned another year older only exacerbated the bitterness in the bittersweet passage of time. But mindful, too, of the recent brief revival of Hair in Central Park (which I did not attend), the era's tribal feeling stood out as a great contrast to today's more isolationist -- in the sociological sense -- zeitgeist.
I also found Shantala Shivalingappa's Varnam somewhat tedious, probably for the same reasons as drb. Wishing I had an understanding of the gestures. However, a ballet-oriented observer could find plenty of pas de bouree, pas de chat and other familiar patterns, even aside from Petipa's suggestions in Bayadere.
Middle Duet was not recognizable to me as the same piece Kowroski and Evans danced. Yuri Khanon's score sounded to me like the love child of J.S. Bach and John Cage. I could have lived without the screechy train brakes, or whatever that was. The choreography is not without wit, but it several passages extended well beyond their original inspiration. How many gummy-leg collapses can you do and still be clever? And while I enjoyed Kondaurova and Baimuradov, the piece didn't show me what I want to know about dancers.
On the other hand, the Taylor dancers offered two of the greatest Arden Courts since the departure of the original cast. They all seemed to be drenched by a collective endorphin rush. Of course, as always, Annmaria Mazzini was standout among her outstanding colleagues. She is physically powerful but emotionally vulnerable -- an irresistible combination. And on Wednesday, it was a perfect opening to the 2007-2008 dance season. It's that performance that I'm still floating on.
BTW, I did not buy a ticket for the Friday performance. My thinking was, why tempt burnout so early in the season? However, the playbill has full casting for the entire festival, and ABT's Corsaire pdd dancers will be Xiomara Reyes and . . . yes, Herman Cornejo. I'll be looking for your posts, whoever attends.
Posted 27 September 2007 - 09:02 PM
I am happy to second just about everything drb said earlier, and add some comments about Shantala Shivalingappa. She is a Kuchipudi, dancer, which is a South Indian style originating from the state of Andhra Pradesh. Her performance to me, was much like the classic Bharata Natyam form from Madras, but with a sharper line, and some exaggerated moves. The photos on her website show that she takes some of the traditional movements to tastefully done original extremes, if that is not a contradiction. I have seen a few too many distortions of South Indian dance, and really appreciate what Shantala did. Her line was beautiful and her production values outstanding.
In several of the forms of Indian dance (mostly designated by the area they come from), the dancer (or dancers) alternate between abstract or "pure dance" sections, and narrative sections. (As if "Agon" had a short story portion in the middle.)
The "conductor" (often the dancer's teacher) accompanies the dancer on small hand cymbals and vocally throughout the dance. To the narrative sections he or she sings words -- the story. Often each line of the song is repeated, and the dancer interprets the words differently each time.
The pure dance sections are accompanied by sung syllables, much like our "solfeggio" (do re mi, etc), or another set of syllables ("bols") which solely denote rhythm for the especially fast rhythmic portions. If you have ever heard or seen musicians such as Ravi Shankar, you hear the "conductor" sing out a series of very fast rhythmic syllables, which are then repeated EXACTLY by the drummer.
I am able to distinguish the "narrative" portions (although I don't know what she is saying -- and the hand mudras -- symbols -- are so specific as to have a precise grammar) from the "abstract dance" portions, and felt she was excellent in both. Her musicians and "conductor" were also excellent.
Edited to add: I can understand that Carbro and drb felt it was over-long -- but being a bit familiar with the form, I could feel the build-up to the end, and didn't feel she went over the time line.
Posted 28 September 2007 - 09:07 AM
Thought Taylor's group did an excellent job. His dancers are so strong, so muscular and had, as usual, tons of high energy. Very powerful dancers. I especially liked one guy in the group with wavy brown hair (don't know his name). This dancer had a slightly different sensuality and sensitivity, almost balletic, to his movements when grounded. In the air, he was as wildly free as the others. Also agreeing with Carbro's comments re Annmaria Mazzini. She's always lovely, very emotional and physically strong.
But I bought my tickets especially to see Middle Duet with Kondaurova. While there were a lot of gummy movements involved, I was totally mesmirized by Kondaurova's gorgeously long, strong legs, arms, and body, overall. Perfectly curved, not skinny. She has a beautiful jump -- there were a few leaps among the gum... Her pirouettes looked a bit nervous, but I assumed she probably just got off a plane and didn't have much time to adjust to a non-raked stage. I loved Kondaurova's interpretation of Middle Duet, and immediately wanted to see her in something more classical, eg, tonight in Corsaire!!!! But I'll be plenty happy to watch Cornejo in the male role.
Posted 28 September 2007 - 09:57 AM
I also don't think Arden Court is one of Taylor's greatest works, but it's still so wonderful to look at, I love the gently quirky humor in it and his dancers are absolutely fabulous. While Mazzini will probably always be my favorite Taylor dancer I have to say that Parisa Khobdeh and James Samson are two that have been growing on me every time I see them. She for her long line and understated lyricism and he for his strong yet unassuming presence. Everything about his dancing is so solid & expansive yet unforced, it all just flows so naturally. He would fit perfectly into the big guy discussion I saw recently in another forum.
My thoughts on "Middle Duet " fall in between drb's and carbros. I certainly recognized it as the same pdd that Kowroski & Evans did at NYCB, but was fascinated by the differences in interpretation and prefer the long version. I think I had less of a sense of combativeness with Kondaurova and Baimuradov (till the last section) and saw it more as an abstraction with Ratmansky playing with tension and counterweight. And yes, I LOVE Kondaurova - I've found her just as impressive in works like this & the Kirov's Forsythe program as she is as Myrtha in Giselle.
All in all it was a great program and seemed to be very well received.
Posted 28 September 2007 - 10:09 AM
>group with wavy brown hair (don't know his name).
Ah! This guy, Sean Mahoney's picture is included with Clive Barnes' review.
Posted 28 September 2007 - 08:54 PM
The right people had got in.
Thanks for this observation -- we all see so much dance that sometimes it's important to remember that any given performance might be someone else's first time in the theater, and we hope it's a thrilling one for them.
Posted 29 September 2007 - 08:52 AM
Without comparison, Yuriko's male partner, originally scheduled, Herman Cornejo, was the thrill of the evening. A youthful, handsome, Latino, sexy male with huge, powerful jumps and turns galore while at the same time maintaining his amazingly clean classical lines. I loved Herman, as always, in this sort of role!
Posted 29 September 2007 - 10:53 AM
I hope I have a chance to see Herman do this pas some other time.
Posted 29 September 2007 - 02:41 PM
I also enjoyed the Juilliard dancers, more in fact than the Taylor or the Mariinsky, but that could just be novelty. It wasn't as if either of the first two dances were bad. I didn't see the older versions of Deuce Coupe and have only seen it in recent revival so I'm judging it in a vacuum.
Posted 30 September 2007 - 05:48 AM
Maybe, he will be finally cast as Ali in the full length Le Corsaire this spring(if they find a right-sized Medora)
Thanks, sz. I wonder how much time Yuriko had to prepare for this performance. A bravura pas such as this is a major stretch beyond her usual rep. Nervousness under either circumstance is understandable; both together all the more so.
I hope I have a chance to see Herman do this pas some other time.
Posted 30 September 2007 - 08:01 AM
Go figure about Thursday night My review will be up for DVT soon enough, so I'll elaborate there but I loved Shivalingappa - then again I happen to love classical Indian dance. It also didn't hurt that my companion was an Odissi and Bharatanatyam dancer so I recognize some of the conventions from prior performances. It's like ballet - it takes a bit to learn the code.
Macauley also really loved it, and referred to the rhythmic use of the feet:
Of course, since she carries bells in her fingers and wears jangling anklets, she becomes part of the music. Though her feet are bare, they too are an intricate part of the rhythm, with both ball and heel making their contributions clear. No barefoot American modern dancer has yet matched the percussive skills of Indian dance footwork.
Here's a little backgound about that particular use of the feet in some classical Indian Dance (particularly Kuchipudi, Odissi and Bharata Natyam): When the foot hits the ground, in the percussive steps, it's done with a flat, relaxed foot that gives a sharp slap as it hits the ground, basically adding another instrument -- along with her bells. An incredible skill that the dancers learn early on.
Posted 30 September 2007 - 08:19 AM
What's fascinating to me is the example that Alexandra gives of forests and trees. If you're far from Indian dance, it all looks alike. When you examine it, there's a whole range of distinctions.
OT, but did you go to the India Celebration at Avery Fisher? They had five different styles onstage in a single piece (Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kathak, Kathkali and Manipuri) and it was a great primer on the styles. I was proud that I could tell most of them apart!
Posted 01 October 2007 - 03:15 PM
You know this better than I, but evidently it depends on the style. Odissi is much less percussive than Bharatanatyam per what I've been taught (my companion to her Odissi dancers, "Don't stamp!")
What's fascinating to me is the example that Alexandra gives of forests and trees. If you're far from Indian dance, it all looks alike. When you examine it, there's a whole range of distinctions.
OT, but did you go to the India Celebration at Avery Fisher? They had five different styles onstage in a single piece (Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kathak, Kathkali and Manipuri) and it was a great primer on the styles. I was proud that I could tell most of them apart!
I regret that I was out of town, but, to expand my knowledge of Indonesian and South Asian dance I plan to see the Balinese company, Cudamani at the Skirball Center in Nov., and Pamina Devi's "Magic Flute" done by Cambodian dancers at the Joyce. I've seen both companies previously and am really excited.
One good thing about New York lately is that there is a lot of Asian Dance. I am thrilled that "Fall for Dance." also has a performance of a new Indian Dance choreography -- SRISHTI - NINA RAJARANI DANCE CREATIONS: QUICK!. Hope you have tickets!!
Posted 05 October 2007 - 09:21 PM
At tonight's "Fall For Dance" performance, I got to see "Quick!" by Nina Rajarani, which opened the program. That piece, and the closer, "Nkululeko" by Via Katlehong Dance really brought the house down. They were similar in that they both were all male ensembles, very percussive and propulsive, very fast, extremely energetic (the stamina!!!) and satisfying to watch.
I heard (from people who went to the pre-performance talk) that Nina Rajarani said she had criticism from the classical Indian dance community for using Bharata Natyam to deal with a modern subject using contemporary (business) clothing and videos. I'm not surprised to hear that, and had thought about it myself a while back. However, being a Balanchine fan, I cannot hold it against her that she is using a classical vocabulary in a modern way.
Her dancers were exemplary, and their energy was unbelievable. They started out at a very fast tempo and never let up. That to me was the unusual thing -- in traditional Bharata Natyam recital pieces (for solo dancer, usually) a piece begins slowly, then gets faster and faster -- usually doubling the number of beats per measure -- and louder as well. That wouldn't have been possible here, because they began at breakneck speed and stayed there. That said, their footwork was quite precise, their postures and arm and head movements sculpturally correct. She had a few modern touches in the movement that were easy to spot and usually humorous commentary.
Rajarani set it as a simple plot -- going through a business day -- showing the tensions and, to me, dangers that lie in wait. There were four dancers and four musicians live on stage. Here again, the "conductor" (and here composer) of the music alternated the "bols" (rhythmic syllables) and "swaras" (the solfeggio syllables). He was exceptionally skilled, and did it all in 5th gear you could say. Her stage pictures were plain but effective. The only reservations I had were that she didn't use a broad vocabulary of steps -- and that it could have been a bit shorter.
I didn't care very much for "The Evolution of a secured Feminine" (though her music -- Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter and Nancy Wilson -- was great), have seen "Treading" before, with better performances, and actively disliked the choreography, sound, costumes, lighting and lack of pointe shoes in "Brake the Eyes" by Jorma Elo.
Again, Nkululedo was outstanding and really got everyone practically up on stage with the dancers. They were wonderful -- and their bodies, for the most part, were the instruments. They whistled, stomped, shouted, jingled and everything else-d to accompany themselves. Some of it sounded like the Balinese "Monkey Chant," (which apparently was put together by a German man) in the rhythms. One of the men, kinda heavy, could really, really shake it up, and the audience loved it. Me too!
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So Cross was attacking Desmond when he was in Abstergo Industries and he was about to shoot Desmond when he suddenly freaked out and held his head in pain! What exactly happened to him?
Daniel Cross was suffering from the Bleeding Effect when he confronted Desmond Miles. This was why he was holding his head and speaking in Russian. Bleeding effect is a disorder wherein the genetic memories of one's ancestor begins to blend in with the person's own memories.
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When reading up on the United Nations on wikipedia, I noticed that Navy Island near Niagara falls was being considered at the time of the groups creation for it's location. I'm wondering what locations were considered outside of Manhattan, how seriously were they considered, and why was New York eventually chosen over them?
On 10 December 1945, the Congress of the United States unanimously resolved to invite the United Nations to establish its permanent home in that country. Thereafter, the decision to locate the United Nations near New York City was made by the General Assembly at its first session, held in London on 14 February 1946.
During the latter half of 1946, following selection of the United States as host country, a special United Nations site committee studied possible locations in such places as Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco. While consideration was given at first to areas north of New York City, crowded Manhattan had not been seriously investigated. A last-minute offer of $8.5 million by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for the purchase of the present site was accepted by a large majority of the General Assembly on 14 December 1946. New York City completed the site parcel by additional gifts of property.
The site chosen by the United Nations was a run-down area of slaughterhouses, light industry and a railroad barge landing.
Information taken from the United Nations Visitors Centre.


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I created this thread simply to stop those duplicate threads and I was tired of re-explaining to everyone that it is either useless or already denied. So this thread is for useless, denied, and duplicate ideas that have been suggested 1000's of times!
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