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There are many great "club" threads discussing the Pure Drives and Babolats from over the years. However, there doesn't appear to be one main thread for all users of the new and amazing Pure Drive 2012 (all versions). Also known around these parts as the "Black Drive". Pure Driver's, let's use this thread to discuss all things (good and bad) about the Pure Drive 2012. The PD is one of the most popular and game changing racquets ever made and the 2012 version seems to be one of the best yet. If you are a PD2012 user (any version), join the "club" and tell us your experiences. Let's discuss set-ups, specs, ask questions, give advice, and help each other with tips and techniques. If you're not a pd2012 user, join in the conversation and take advantage of all the knowledge and experience on this forum. Most importantly, let's have some fun! EDIT... There are a lot of great threads on the PD and Babolat Racquets on this site. Far too many to list. However, here are a few you may want to check out that will provide you with more information and history on the Babolat PD and others. BABOLAT ALLIANCE CALLING http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=121480&highlight=babolat+alliance THE BLACK DRIVE + http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=416266&highlight=babolat Impressive babolat collection (pics): PURE DRIVE 2012 QUESTIONS http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=420110&highlight=PURE+DRIVE TW PD2012 RODDICK REVIEW http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=409412&highlight=pure+drive+roddick
I'm here! Short introduction: Dutch tennisplayer for five years now and always looking to improve. My current level locally is around 5,5. Which in the USA that is around 4.0 I guess. I played several years with the Exo3 red and found my balls flying long. Therefor started my search for a tweener and last year bought a exo3 black. After a small injury i couldn't find my way with the racket and decided to look for a new one. My testing was: wilson pro open, technifibre TFlash 300 and the Pacific Xfast. In the end the choice was between the Babolat and the Pacific but found more feel with the Babolat. Although the Babolat i pretty stiff and my arms feels heavy some times i found the feel and ways of attacking the balls more important. Currently my setup is pacific synth gut in the mains at 26kg and pacific Xforce string in the corss 25kg.
^^^ Welcome Fibonacci, I think this is a similar story that many of us will have. It's a struggle to find the "perfect" tweener. I know I have tried many over the past few months and a lot over the past two years. What amazes me about the 2012 PD is the control and feel the racquet has. I have about as much control with it as any player racquet I've tried. I think this is what seperates it from the other similar tweeners. It also does give you that incentive to attack the ball and hit with confidence. I'm liking the fxp tour strings, but I would like to get another PD2012 strung with Lux Alu Power at 54-56lbs. This racquet is comfortable enough in my opinion to handle full poly at a low tension. And YES I know it's not advisable or smart, and I'm asking for problems, etc. (I don't want to get into that whole poly debate!!)
Count me in. I have one strung with Alu Power at 53lbs and it is very nice indeed. Live in Surrey, England.
My next setup will have gut in the mains and a thin poly in the cross. If you want to try out the poly, i should do it. So many peoples so many wishes. A poly a low tensions is an option, but i'm going with gut/poly and later for a full multi for my first tests.
Dg, now tell us about your racquet journey over the past 8 weeks and how you ended up with the PD2012 Just kidding, we all know it's been well documented in the Warrior thread. I am curious though if you are still holding on to your IG prestiges, or do you feel the PD gives you enough control that you don't need a "control" racquet in your bag? Maybe all the other sticks have already been sold? It's amazing how control and pure drive are now being used in the same sentence. It was an oxymoron before the pd2012. I personally don't look at it as just a power racquet anymore. 53lbs sounds good for alu power. How's the spin?
*kicks stone, hangs head* aww shucks, I only have two 2011's. I can't come and play But seriously, do you really notice a difference between the 2011 and 2012?
Of course you're welcome. And YES, there is a difference. Maybe not as huge as I or others seem to be making it out, but to me there is a noticeable difference in power, control and feel. A little less power, more control, and better feel. Plus it seems slightly more solid, not as hollow feeling or sounding. And from what I've heard, there are some major manufacturing changes - it's definitely not the same racquet with a new pj. I also played with the 2010/11 PDGT. The 2012 has the same PD characteristics, but as I've heard others say, it's more refined.
JackB1, hope your PD2012 gets here soon so you can come join the party!! I look forward to your impressions. Also, Power Player, I know you are using the "Plus", but we need your valuable posts here as well! I am actually planning on trying the plus as soon as I can get a demo. Is there any advantage to having a plus and a standard? or would it be detrimental to your game trying to switch back and forth? I would think so.
I'm ready to join! I've also been demoing a slew of racquets. The PD is really great. I've been trying to generate more topspin, and this racquet really helps. Opponents have commented on the spin and heaviness. I'm pushing 50 yo, and had fears of the stiffness. None after the first hitting session, and have now been using it for 2 months. Softened it up a little with VS mains and RPM crosses at mid tension. My ego has had me trying more "players racquets," but the results have been best with the PD. Like the other racquetholics, I'll probably still demo some others, but I'm really happy with the PD.
As i'm not playing for that long my timing isn't always correct. The longer rackets tend to emphazise that problem. On the other hand when you are ready for the ball and in a good position you have more swingspeed and power to punish the ball.
I had 4 hours with the 2012 PD this morning and a came away thoroughly impressed. It was strung with a poly 4lbs below mid (51?). I tried the GT version 2 year ago when that came out and did not take to it. IMHO This version felt a lot better in every department. It maintained the beastly serving and groundstrokes while adding in the comfort and control areas.
Makes sense, and I often find myself too bunched up, even with a standard, so I probably need to stay away from the extended length.
I agree, it has changed my opinion on the level of control from a power/tweener racket. I am finding the PD to do everything I need. The Alu Power gives lots of spin and control for me and I finally have strong flat and topspin shots in the same racket (I had the former only with the Prestige, the latter only with the Warrior). The weakest shot for me was the OHBH with the PD as I normally need a bit more weight for consistency but a combination of the new string and gripping it tighter (not normally recommended) has really sorted that. My racket collection is going to be slimmed down, it is only finding buyers with decent offers slowing it down. I have 2 x Warrior 100, 2 x Yonex Vcore 98D, 2 x Dunlop Biomimetic 200, the PD 2012 (keeping) and an incoming Volkl Organix V1 (who knows?!). I may well keep the 200s in case I go back to control rackets but only if I get no decent offers. If the V1 doesn't measure up, I would be very happy to own nothing except three PD 2012s. Agile with controlling power and accuracy, that's the PD 2012.
^^DG, did you say your OBH is weak with the PD, or improved with the PD? Because that is the one area that I am having problems with. It's never been a strong part of my game, but last night it was absolutely horrible. (and of course I got to attribute some of that to the racquet.) I was playing against a lefty in doubles and he kept serving to by backhand right down the center line and it would just curve in, hit the tape (clay courts) and kick out to my left. I was playing the duece side. No matter what I did, or how far center I stood, he kept hitting it to by backhand - I DO NOT LIKE LEFTIES!! very tough to play if you're not use to it. We ended up winning. And I left the night still very satisfied with the PD, but my backhand stunk all night.
My OHBH is weaker with the PD, it doesn't come through the ball like the Prestige or even the Warrior (highly SW than PD). However, I have modified my stroke in the past two matches and it has really helped, maybe even resolved the problem but time will tell. I had to do the following: Hold the grip significantly tighter than usual on my backhand shot Done away with the brushing up motion and hitting it flatter over the net like I used to with Prestige Hitting a more solid, powerful shot. Item 1 seems to be stopping it flying. Really concentrated on hitting in front. Preparing even earlier than usual and forcing myself to do a full stroke (the power of the PD keeps making me want to shorten it but that doesn't work) The above has given me hard low drives again rather than deep floaters. Also getting better slices with item 1. I know gripping tighter is not normally recommended but it is working. ps. I recently started returning constant attacks to my backhand to deep middle court rather than cross court to the corner. Draws a lot more errors from them from their off forehand (for righties).
Dg, thank you for the tips and great timing. I will be playing in a singles and doubles tournament this weekend. My first round match is in two hours! The pd2012 will hopefully see a lot of play time!!
Not sure what else to say on the plus except that for me personally I like to have the same length sticks. It really helps me on my 2 hander and serve. It also has a higher SW in stock form so just add some lead at 12 and I have modded it. I would not want to switch back and forth though between standard and extended in a match.
OP, why not place links in he OP to the other 2012 PD/PDR threads. There is some good info in those that will get lost otherwise.
Im here,,,,,,,,,I have two Pure Drive Roddick 2012 nice racquet, I m very happy with it, I going to leave my Prestige Mid for a while.
strung with cheap but very good strings believe me: Prince Tournament Poly 60 lbs, It is perfect for this racquet IMO.
I love my 2012 Pdr! I am trading in my new Wilson 6.1 95 blx for a second Pdr this weekend. I like the feel way better. Just wondering what most peoples sw are for this racket.
I've got a couple of Black Drive +'s. I made the move from the APDC+ to these sticks. Been very pleased especially once I added a little lead at 12. I'm still experimenting with strings. Latest string job was an experiment. Went with Ashaway Kevlar 17 mains and Twisted Razor crosses. Strung up at 45/49 and am shocked that I like it. Played with it heavy today and it really hits well. I'll probably go back to using a full poly setup, but no higher then 50.
I got one coming but can't decide his to string it. Need a soft string but low powered. Was thinking of NXT Control or Prince Premiere Attack or maybe a multi/poly hybrid? Can anyone assist?
I have 2 PDR rackets! I love them so very much. Does anybody know if MVS is a type of string? I think that's what I have, it's a polly string, but I don't know anything about this string or any strings haha. Is this good/bad?
Jack- I've got mine strung with VS gut mains/RPM crosses. Great combo for this racquet. You can adjust tension accordingly. The gut really softens up the frame. IMHO it gives the racquet the best of both worlds( controllable power and spin) I also tried this racquet with a full bed of Tecnifibre X Code and thought that it played well also. It was recommended to me to try Solinco tour bite mains with Gosen crosses by someone who has tried it and liked it
I think I have posted rip like 1000 times..lol. I string it at 60. Ppa does not have as much control in the pd..I tried that as well. I'm also going to try red alert as well.
Good idea. I will. Thanks. No Time right now, off to play tennis , but if you or someone else want to post the links now I will copy and add to op later. Thanks
I have 2 PDRs 2012, BHB7 16/BHBR 17 54/56, and BHB7 full bed 56. I am still making friend with them but so far it is great. I may lower the tension a bit.
I have PPA 16 @ 58 and Babolat Addiction 16 @ 55 now. The verdict: PPA wins. The addiction strings have no grip to them, I have to work too hard for spin. The PPA are great: very soft so absolutely no pain. Plenty of grip, can produce all the spin I want. But, not happy with the poundage. When I get both PDs restrung, I'll go 60 on both. Balls tend to sail out on lower tensions, so hopefully I can get a little more control.
I know about Rip Control, but it has horrible feel. To me it feels almost like poly. Yes it has low power, but I want to have nice feel on impact too. Wish there were more choices out there with a soft feel and low power.
I have a half set of gut poly left so I'm trying that and also red alert as well. The feel of rip is fantastic for me. It is crisp though so a lot of people don't like that. If you are not a string breaker there are a ton of options..try micronite. Mikeler loves it and it lasts..also has a gut full.
I am not a string breaker and just want something to soften up the ultra stiff Pure Drive without adding too much power to an already powerful frame.. Maybe I'll just try a reverse hybrid of multi/poly?
Why? That makes no sense. Try the micronite at 60#s. I very likely may give it a run as well. It's described as xone biphase without the tension loss. You don't need poly in your racquet if you don't break strings. Especially this racquet.
its just that multi/poly is lower powered than full multi. Xone is a very powerful multi. Why doesn't anyone mention NXT Control? Seems like it would be a perfect fit in the PD? I loved it in my London at the time and that was a similar powered frame.
Proud to be on Board! Me = Mid-Forties, 1BH, average club player in UK, play 4 times a week. Loyal Pure Drive User for 10 Years, started with Team version which until the 2012 came along, i used to say was the best ever for me, but the Black Drive is fast becoming an iconic stick. I string mine with VS Touch @ 57lbs, syntec grip, VS orginal over grip. Have demo-ed zillions over the years, and even bough a few others only to sell them and return to my Pure Drive Roots. I am now satisfied to not touch any other rackets. The 2012 is the Daddy! Long Live the Pure Drives Ironically I was wondering if the 2012 delivered the same power as previous versions, but I believe that with the new much more solid and muted feel, that it does (but you just don't feel it in the arm as much as in other versions)
just thought of another string that might be a good choice for the PD...Head FXP Tour. Soft and control oriented. I think it has some poly in there too. Might be similar to NXT Control? It was too mushy and muted in my Instinct, but might be a good fit for the Pure Drive?
No one knows what works for you. You are going to have to try for yourself. The stick has only been out 3 months. Rip is good..ppa is not as precise..that's all I know so far.
I'm only passing through this PD club out of interest, but everyone's heard of the Wilson weight variances - how would you say the Babolat PDs and similar compare in this regard? Honestly. The reason I ask is because I turned up at my club today having forgotten to bring my racquets so I borrowed a current PD demo from the club shop. Although I owned a PD many moons away, I'm no expert on recent iterations of the PD, but the balance and weighting of this racquet just did not feel right at all. Just felt too 'hammer' heavy in the head with a very, very light handle. I could be wrong but I don't remember my old PD feeling like that. The strings were worn out 16g Xcel that had lost a ton of tension, but I just couldn't jive with the stick, so a friend of mine, lent me his spare APDC. It must be years since I've played with that type of stick but it felt so much better as if there was more mass in the handle (the only change I could see was an OG) with an overall better balance to it / more even distribution of mass, and such an easy racquet to swing! You don't have to do anything to generate power, topspin, keep the ball in the court etc. And an unbelievably forgiving hoopsize (even if its the the slight expense of pinpoint accuracy).
Jack- I used VS gut mains/RPM crosses at 60/60. Figured the poly would drop a few pounds quickly. I think a hybrid really compliments this frame well. I used the FXP tour in a Prestige S and didn't like it at all. I agree that it felt mushy. Don't think I'd try it again I was thinking about the TF X code ( not X One Biphase) next time, but the current combo works so well I'm somewhat hesitant to change
In follow-up to Torres question, I've never played with APD Gt. Just out of curiosity, just wondering how it compares to the PD from anyone who's played with both.


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Description: Knowledge strangling Ignorance signed and inscribed 'Knowledge Strangling/-Ignorance-by/R. Spencer Stanhope/-Florence-' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic, heightened with gold 19 7/8 x 133/4 in. (50.5 x 35 cm.) PROVENANCE Probably Mrs Mure by 1909. Mrs A.M.W. Stirling. EXHIBITION London, Royal Academy, 1902, no. 919. Probably Birmingham, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Special Collection of Works by the late R. Spencer Stanhope, Autumn exhibition, 1909, no. 55, lent by Mrs Mure. NOTES Stanhope exhibited two pictures with this title, presumably versions of the same composition. One appeared at the New Gallery in 1890 (no. 81), the other at the Royal Academy in 1902, together with The Vision of Ezekiel (lot 9). Our picture, a watercolour, is almost certainly the 1902 version, while the one shown twelve years earlier at the New Gallery was probably a larger oil. The present picture is undated, and the New Gallery version seems to be missing; nor were the measurements for either version given in the respective catalogues. However, the 1902 picture must have been a watercolour since it was shown in the RA's Water Colour Room, while the 1890 version appeared in the New Gallery's West Gallery, a room which contained many paintings by other artists which were undoubtedly large oils. Our picture's style supports this conclusion. It has a number of features in common with The Vision of Ezekiel, its companion at the 1902 RA, notably the very linear and angular treatment of the drapery and the way in which blue wash is used to lend distance to the background. Yet despite the painter's age (seventy-three), there is no falling off in quality. The forms are realised with care and precision, and the two allegorical figures are well characterised. Nor is there any diminution of the sense of colour which had so impressed Stanhope's circle at the beginning of his career. The way the red of Knowledge's wings is picked up by the tattered banner and the roofs, and then offset against passages of blue and gold, is a fine chromatic invention. It is the sort of colour harmony that Gustave Moreau often created. We know of no formal link between the two artists, but Moreau was only three years Stanhope's senior, and working very much in the same Symbolist tradition. The moated and turreted castle is a motif that Stanhope had used many years before in Our Lady of the Water Gate, a masterpiece of the late 1860s or early 1870s that appeared in these Rooms in November 1992 (fig. 1). The white sky is also a familiar Stanhopian touch (see lot 3). As for the protagonists - a female figure with flying drapery leaning over a naked man, with unkempt hair, seated on the ground - there is perhaps the faintest echo here of the central group in Botticelli's Calumny of Apelles in the Uffizi (fig. 2). Stanhope would have known this picture well, but any relationship with his watercolour can hardly be more than a matter of unconscious reminiscence. It is argued below that The Vision of Ezekiel may make some reference to Victorian fears on the subject of immortality. If, as this suggests, Stanhope deliberately adopted a symbolist agenda in his old age, then it is tempting to look for some comparable meaning in his allegory of the conflict between ignorance and knowledge. Was he perhaps thinking of the civilising force of the British Empire, as Ignorance's broken fetters might indicate? Or were his thoughts nearer home as he made a mute protest at the crass stupidity of Florence's tourists? We know that he hated change and so-called progress. In 1889 he exhibeted at the New Gallery a picture entitled In Memorium. The Old City Walls by the Jews' Burial Ground, Florence, now in course of removal.


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I have often been accused — and rightfully so — of mixing church and property in the printed word.
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Several years ago, the same priest performed a sort of exorcism in our in-city home after we discovered that a former owner, a delightful man the neighbors called "Big John," had been shot to death in the living room by his wife. (We like to make sure all suspect paths are as clear as possible.)
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Working on a tip from an ex-Jesuit, a person I still consider very close to the Big Agent in the Sky, we buried palm leaves in the four corners of our lot to help speed its sale. It worked. After weeks of many lookers and no takers, a serious buyer made an offer and the deal was done. In addition, the buyers were represented by a veteran broker who smoothly executed the deal and became a close friend.
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Kevin and his wife, Maggie, buried palms in the four corners of their new lot. "We did it in thanksgiving and for a sense of closure," Kevin said, adding, "I'm certainly not above a little holy water … a few prayers for the house."
Comments from the column came in bunches. Sellers from all over the nation told their tales of how they cracked a difficult sales environment by "divine intervention." Several had buried statues in the ground instead of palm leaves. One woman from Modesto, Calif., sent me the "St. Joseph: Underground Real Estate Agent."
That same week, a friend of mine from Sonoma County, Calif., wine country called and said, "If things get really tough, St. Joe's not the guy. You gotta go with St. Jude." St. Joseph is the patron saint of the family and household needs. St. Jude is the patron saint of impossible situations.
With all of this information still spinning in my head, my mother-in-law called to interject that her mother once buried St. Anthony upside down in the mud so that he could "think about that new house" she wanted to buy in 1931. When everything worked out, she replaced the statue that had done the dirty work with a more expensive one from Italy and housed him in a beautiful garden grotto.
St. Anthony? ("Tony, Tony look around" … for a house?) Did she mean St. Francis? What about the hard cash people have been paying for St. Joseph? Just how tough must it be for St. Jude to enter the picture?
This is Easter weekend. You still have time to wander over to the local church and pick up a few leftover palm leaves. Even though the local housing market is sizzling in spots, you may find yourself in a cold neighborhood and in need of all the help you can get.
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This article describes a collection of historical records available at FamilySearch.org. | |
Access the records: Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897 .
Collection Time Period
The state of Michigan required registration of deaths beginning in 1867. This collection covers deaths registered through 1897.
Record Description
Two page ledger form provided by the Michigan Secretary of State. The registration ledgers are bound in volumes by year. The counties are listed alphabetically within each volume.
Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in the Michigan death records are:
- Name of deceased
- Date and place of death
- Sex and color
- Marital status
- Age in years, months, and days
- Disease or apparent cause of death
- Birthplace of deceased
- Names and occupations of parents
- Date the record was made
How to Use the Record
Use death registers to obtain death information. You may also find burial information. The registers normally provide clues for further research, such as names of parents, birth date, birthplace, and place of residence.
Record History
From 1867 to 1897, the township supervisor or city assessor or supervisor annually canvassed their area and recorded the deaths that took place the year preceding the first Monday in April. The supervisor or assessor returned the results to the county clerk within 30 days of completing the canvass. Each year the county clerk forwarded the records to Secretary of State. The Secretary of State had the records bound in books, one for each year, and made an annual report to the Governor. Registration was initially very incomplete. Some counties did not report any deaths during the first three years of this statute. This law remained in effect until 1897, when the state required a death certificate be issued. It is believed that approximately half of the deaths were missed in the time period from 1867 until 1897.
Why the Record Was Created
Deaths were recorded to serve public health needs. They are also used to probate wills and administer the deceased person's estate.
Record Reliability
Death information was collected during the year following the death of the individual. The assessor or supervisor could obtain the information from anyone who had knowledge of the death. Normally it would be the spouse, parent, or child, but could be another relative, neighbor, physician, or undertaker. The information would only be as reliable as the informant's knowledge or memory.
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Related Websites
- Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897
- Seeking Michigan
- Collection: Death Records, 1897-1920
This Library of Michigan collection of Michigan death certificates features nearly 1 million records. This statewide collection offers researchers critical information in tracking Michigan ancestors during this time period. Information includes the decedent's birth date and place, parents' names and birthplace, cemetery name and location, and much more.
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- [[[Michigan_Vital_Records| Michigan Vital Records]]
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A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections.
Example of a Source Citation for a Record Found in This Collection
"Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897." index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 25 March 2011. entry for Howard V. Mason, died 7 April 1890; citing Death Records, FHL microfilm 2,363,828; Michigan Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan.
Citation for This Collection
The following citation refers to the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records.
"Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," index and images, FamilySearch; from Michigan Secretary of State. "Death records, 1867-1897." Michigan Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan. FHL microfilm, 42 reels. Salt Lake City, Utah.
A full bibliographic record is available in the Family History Library Catalog.
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The state-run company increased a two-year bridge facility to $11.9 billion from $9.8 billion originally targeted, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the transaction is private. A five-year term loan was cut to $2.3 billion from $3.2 billion, they said.
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The five-year portion pays interest 200 basis points, or 2 percentage points, over the London interbank offered rate, said the people. That's below the average 259 basis-point average margin for Russian energy company loans, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Rosneft will be paying 10 basis points less than on a similar five-year loan for the acquisition financing signed in December, the people said.
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A Rosneft press official, who asked not to be named citing company policy, declined to comment on the financing when contacted by phone.


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Hip-hop mogul Dr Dre — real name Andre Young — and music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine have donated a combined $70 million to create a new institute at the University of Southern California.
USC announced that the huge gift will be used to create the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.
The academy will provide a four-year program for undergraduates whose interests span several fields from marketing to computer science to the arts. It will include one-on-one faculty mentoring and interaction with entertainment industry luminaries.
Iovine is co-founder of Interscope Records, chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M and a mentor on "American Idol."
Dr. Dre is best known as a producer and solo rapper and has his own label, Aftermath Entertainment.
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If you're French and earn more than a million Euros a year ($1.24 million), you're about to be slugged with a seventy-five percent tax.
Yes, you read correctly. That's a seven followed by a five, and then comes the decimal point.
And yes, next time you eat at your suburban IHOP, it's a good bet there might be an extra Frenchman or two, sporting a brand new baseball cap and aviator sunglasses, quietly cursing American coffee, desperate to swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Oh, and there's an even better chance they'll be guarding carefully pockets lined with greenbacks and Euros.
It's all part of a plan by newly-elected French President Francois Hollande to get people to "pay extra tax to get the country back on its feet again". It's fine, really. The French just have a unique brand of patriotism.
No, it's not fine. And it should be considered downright unpatriotic for the national leader of any country to demand such a thing. It encourages, or in the case of the French, entrenches aspirations to mediocrity. It's au revoir incentive and therefore excellence and bonjour mediocrity.
We finally found people the French dislike even more than the Germans: successful French. And we've had confirmed that their national motto of Liberté, égalité, fraternité is today not worth a pinch of French salt.
It is something that until now Americans have always understood better than any other people. The most potent source of government's control on your life is in the form of its power to tax you. That's why a citizenry should always scratch and claw, and expend every energy to ensure that this power is at its weakest, always. You can't find anyone with a more aggressive aversion to taxation than the idealized American. They understand the nexus between liberty and taxation. And they won't wear it; they'll vote and act with their mouths. But the Frenchman? Well, he's been struggling with the concept of Liberté since his Revolution, the passing of Alexis de Tocqueville and parting with his special gift that now sits in the New York Harbor. And even when he was into Liberté, way back when, he negated it because unlike the American, he linked it to equality of outcome, not equality of opportunity. C'est la vie.
It is near impossible to have but little sympathy for the hapless French. Their election of socialist Hollande earlier this year was inexplicable. Given the economic circumstances, it signified a total disconnect with reality. No Socialist President in thirty years, and you elect one now? With all that has happened in Europe? Seriously? What the fudge?
America needs to watch closely the events of Europe. After all, if they revisit their error in November, they'll possibly be graduating from the preview screening to the feature film, and there won't be a need for subtitles.
Just hope and pray for the world's sake America keeps eating Freedom Fries and Liberty Toast, and leaves the French stuff to France.
Nick Adams is a political historian, author and conservative media commentator from Australia, and is considered the "de Tocqueville of our generation".


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En Origami: A Very Crafty Font
Some fonts are masters of illusion, creating a sense of space beyond the two-dimensional plane. Other fonts are crafty (like Black Jack and Waltograph) and styled to appear written by hand. Now here's a font that bends over backward to do double duty. Naveen Chandru's En Origami is a remastered clone of an earlier attempt to fold letterforms and this time the designer has worked the kinks out.
If you've ever folded a paper crane, you'll immediately recognize the inspiration behind this display font. Angled lines cut back and forth, giving characters the illusion that they are made from thin ribbons of paper. Mountain and Valley folds reverse course to complete M's, N's, and W's. Other letters make use of a different illusion: , layering one form over another to create a doubling-up effect found in paper chains made of tightly folded gum wrappers.
En Origami was created using Fontstruct, a drawing application from typographer Rob Meeks. Letterforms are built by joining together small forms (aka bricks) made of groups of pixels. Several of Naveen Chandru's fonstructions show a textile influence. Canvas, pencil, and stitch textures are among his effects, but En Origami needs no secondary texture to carry its theme. I find the letters totally believable as folded forms. Bring them up in Photoshop and add a drop shadow. You'll see what I mean.
En Origami is a feat of typographic engineering, but it is severely limited as a font. Lowercase characters, punctuation, and numerals are missing. All caps all the time is the order of the day. The TrueType format allows scaling to the heights, so think monumental. LOVE looks particularly swell with its angelic wing-like V. Speaking of love, the designer has generously put this work under a Creative Commons/No Derivatives License. You can use his creation commercially as long as you do not sell the font itself as your creation.
Feeling crafty? A T-shirt for the local origami club might be just the job for En Origami. Really! Who else would appreciate wearing the word PAPER in a style that's anything but flat?
Note: To use this font, unzip the folder and install the .ttf file in the folder C:\Windows\Fonts. Note that the fonts won't appear in your applications until you close and re-open them.


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Californians from Los Angeles and Sacramento will rally against Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed plan to slash funding for HIV/AIDS programs by the state. The plan will result in the loss of several programs and could bring about the loss of thousands of lives.
Two protests have been organized to counter the Governor's dangerous and unfair plan.
Friday, June 5,2009
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Wednesday, June 10th
North steps of the State Capital
Sacramento, CA
Oakland/East Bay Area
Naina Khanna
Director of Policy & Community Organizing
510-986-0340 ext 316
Los Angeles
Ruel Nolledo
AIDS Project Los Angeles
For more information and to reserve transportation, check out Stop the HIV Cuts.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Stop The HIV Cuts Demonstrations in California
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Bon Secours Charity Health System Hosts 2010 Patient Care Summit Featuring Guest Speaker Dr. Jean Watson
MAHWEH, NEW JERSEY (January 10, 2010) - On Friday, January 8, the Bon Secours Charity Health System hosted its first "2010 Patient Care Summit" at the Sheraton Crossroads hotel in Mahwah, New Jersey. Approximately 350 staff members from every department in the Health System, which includes Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis; Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern; and St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, attended the all day workshop.
The Summit, whose theme was, "Caring – The Art and Science of Practice Excellence," featured two presentations by internationally known Human Caring Theorist Jean Watson, Ph.D., RN, who presented her vision "to restore the profound nature of caring-healing and support within the current healthcare system."
Dr. Jean Watson is Distinguished Professor of Nursing and holds an endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center. She is founder of the original Center for Human Caring in Colorado and the International Caritas Consortium, a network of systems using caring theory to transform practitioners and systems. Dr. Watson is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and previously served as Dean of Nursing at the University Health Sciences Center. Her theory of Human Caring is based on the belief that major life problems must be interpreted within a "Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual" or a holistic approach to patient care.
The Earl Vincent and Julia Stamski Barry Institute generously underwrote the "2010 Patient Care Summit" for Patient Centered Excellence of the Bon Secours Charity Health System. In addition to Dr. Watson, other key speakers at the Summit included Andrea Mazzoccolli, RN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of the Bon Secours Health System, Inc. and Mary Del Guidice, RN, Senior Vice President Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer of the Bon Secours Charity Health System.
"Nine members of our staff from the Med/Surg floor at St Anthony Community Hospital attended," reported Nurse Manager Anita Sultana, RN. "and everyone was very excited and caught up in this exhilarating event. It was truly an inspiring day, a day to remember."
The Bon Secours Charity Health System is committed to the adoption of Dr. Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring and the "Caritas" philosophy. And last Fall, a group of staff members from all three hospitals in the system formed the Charity Caritas Guiding Team.
This year, a Community Caritas Council, which is open to the public, will be formed to help support the Guiding Team in its ongoing work for quality and compassionate healthcare. And with this in mind, on the evening before the Patient Care Summit, Dr Watson offered a presentation at Good Samaritan hospital for officials, emergency service personnel, health care providers including physicians and nursing doctoral students, members of the Bon Secours Charity Health System Foundation and others from the community. Representatives from four hospitals outside the Bon Secours Charity Health System as well as the Bon Secours Baltimore Health System and several local colleges also participated.
During the afternoon portion of the Patient Care Summit, Lori Perlstein, RN, Director of Professional Development and Education and Regina Stafford, RN, Clinical Director of ICU and Telemetry introduced all 25 members of the Charity Caritas Guiding Team. The program closed with a candlelight ceremony and an inspirational multimedia presentation from Dr. Watson. Those who participated in either event as well as Dr. Watson had also been invited to sign and share their thoughts on cloth panels, which Caritas Guiding Team volunteers will soon sew into a quilt memorializing the occasion.
"This was one of the proudest moments in my career to see how this Caritas Team was able to unite such a large number of colleagues throughout our entire system for this wonderful event," said Mary Del Guidice. "The room was filled with love and enthusiasm."
Bon Secours Charity Health System includes three New York hospitals: Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis; Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern; and St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick. Bon Secours Charity Health System provides the region's only open heart surgical center at its Suffern campus and the services of a Certified Home Health Agency, two long-term care facilities, an assisted-living and adult-home facility, and several other community based medical programs. It serves over half a million people in seven counties and three states. Bon Secours Charity Health System is a member of the Bon Secours Health System, Inc., based in Marriottsville, Maryland which is a not-for-profit Catholic health system employing more than 20,000 caregivers in 7 states. For more information visit www.bschs.org


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9x12, oil. - $100 - From Uptown We had on iffy-weather day. This is the view out the window of the Uptown Sedona studio. |
6x12, oil. - SOLD - Munds Mountain Vista There's nothing like Schnebly Hill for some good panoramas. |
5x7, oil. - $60 - Up the Canyon I like backlighting on the Sedona rocks. This is a view from the Sedona Heritage Museum. |
6x9, pastel. - $60 - Camelhead Another Schnebly Hill view, looking toward Snoopy Rock and Camelhead. This is another backlit scene. |
6x9, pastel. - $60 - Snow up the Canyon One day we headed up Schnebly Hill Road to the Cowpies area. There was still some snow up in the shadows. |


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As usual, we begin this year with three categories I like to call Murderer's Row, so named because usually I haven't seen any of the short doc, narrative, or animated films, and they'd be ridiculously tough to call even if I had.
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
One Man Band
Will Win: The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Should Win: One Man Band
If there's one thing I've learned about this category, it's that there is no way to figure out who's going to win. There's no rhyme or reason to it. You can't count on star power, with Billy Crystal and John Goodman losing out while voicing Mike's New Car. You can't even count on Pixar, who's only two for four. Luminaries in the field like Don Hertzfeldt and Bill Plympton are not locks. So really, you could pick any reason and be right or wrong. This time I'll go for star power, with John Turturro and Eli Wallach (yes, Tuco) voicing a father and son.
As far as should, I've only seen Badgered in its entirety (you can watch it here) and a trailer for 9 (look for it here), which looks cool and apparently is going to be expanded to become Focus' foray into the animated feature game, but nothing here shakes the faith I have in Pixar to do kick-ass shorts. One Man Band is the short that will precede Cars.
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
The Last Farm
Our Time Is Up
Six Shooter
Will Win: The Last Farm
Should Win: Our Time Is Up
Haven't been able to see a smidge of any of these. Again, the Academy is very unpredictable here. In the past few years I've found that they pick the film that is a little bit less interesting, at least on paper. So I'm going with The Last Farm, which, as you might imagine, is about some old guy protecting his farm.
As far as best premise (which is really all I can judge here), although the thought of seeing Brendan Gleeson in a short thriller (Six Shooter) is intriguing, I have to go with Kevin Pollack as a therapist who discovers he only has a short time to live and starts getting blunt with his patients in Our Time Is Up. Especially when you throw in Hurley.
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
God Sleeps in Rwanda
The Mushroom Club
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Will Win: God Sleeps in Rwanda
Should Win: God Sleeps in Rwanda
The heavy subjects tend to lead here. Chernobyl. The Holocaust. Y'know, light fare. So the first two docs deal with starvation and genocide in Africa respectively, and the "mushroom" in The Mushroom Club describes a cloud. Africa is a bit more of a hot topic right now, I'm gonna go with God Sleeps in Rwanda, which deals a little more directly with the issue, since Carter is about a photojournalist.
As intriguing as all of these sound, I think the question posed by God Sleeps is the most compelling. What do you do when, practically overnight, your population becomes 70% female?
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
March of the Penguins
Street Fight
Will Win: March of the Penguins
Should Win: Murderball
More often than not, critical buzz tends to lead here. Box office doesn't hurt, either. Since this is the second-highest grossing doc in history, it's already got the Academy's attention. And as far as critical acclaim goes, the only film with more clout (far more clout, as it turns out) is the inexplicably ineligible Grizzly Man.
Don't get me wrong. March is a decent flick. It joins a group of superb animal docs that came out last year, including Grizzly and The Wild Parakeets of Telegraph Hill (which would make an awesome double feature of unhealthy/healthy obsessions with nature). But Murderball surpasses these with its unsentimental yet moving presentation. Yes, it's the hip, MTV-style one in the group, but in this case it works.
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the Worlds
Will Win: Memoirs of a Geisha
Should Win: Not Memoirs of a Geisha
First off, let's explain the difference between Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. Sound Editing, which involves taking all the snippets of sound you've got and splicing them together to make a coherent soundscape, happens after Sound Mixing, which happens when you first capture the sounds in question. At least that's the best I can gather from the Interwebs.
Prestige, or really the sense of it, helps in this category. If a Titanic or a Braveheart is nominated, it has a better shot than escapist fare. This year, Geisha's up for six technical awards, and has the gloss (if not the critical acclaim) of a prestige picture. By the way, this award is the reason that it's "the Academy Award-winning Pearl Harbor."
Honestly, both Kong and Worlds have fantastic sound. As long as either one of them beats out Geisha, I'll be happy. If I had to choose, though, I'd say Kong, for the sound in the insect pit alone.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds
Will Win: Walk the Line
Should Win: King Kong
Again, prestige helps, which makes Geisha kind of a spoiler in my opinion. But Walk the Line has more, and after Ray's win last year, it seems like Sound Mixing in a movie with a lot of musical performances is something your average Academy member can probably wrap their head around judging a lot easier than how clearly they captured Mr. Tumnus' dialogue.
Again, Kong, cos, why not?
In our next installment: How many songs do they have to write to convince you of the difficulty of pimping?


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So, how does it feel to have football in your lives again? Feels pretty good, huh? Yeah, that's what I figured.
Last week was the week many of you were waiting for (OK, I was waiting on it, too). The first week of the football season included some big matchups in the state and a preview of what to expect in the weeks to come.
Fellow Record-Chronicle high school scribe Adam Boedeker and I break down last week's big games in the first installment of the weekend recap.
Adam Boedeker: This was the game the entire state was wanting to see, and the teams didn't disappoint. In fact, the only disappointed folks were me because I kept watching my deadline creep closer and closer as the game went on and on. I guess that's what happens when the team two teams combine for 96 points and over 1,000 yards of offense.
The takeaway? Guyer is going to be just fine. The defense struggled, but Allen is going to make every defense it faces struggle with Kyler Murray and most importantly, that mammoth offensive line clearing the way for the Eagles' skill players. The Guyer offense also looked unstoppable, except for when it was shooting itself in the foot with two first-quarter fumbles on Allen's 21- and 11-yard lines, respectively.
If not for those and an Allen touchdown on fourth-and-20 that shouldn't have been granted, the game could've been much different. Oh, and Shawn Robinson is the truth, y'all.
Ben Baby: Guyer and Allen's contest was perhaps the most high profile contest played in Denton since Ennis and Ryan packed Fouts Field for their nondistrict matchup in 2002. Back then, Ennis quarterback Graham Harrell got the best of Ryan, who was led by quarterback James Battle.
Guyer and Allen's game featured two of the top quarterbacks in their respective classes. Allen senior quarterback Kyler Murray led the Eagles to a 55-41 victory and showed why some people think they'll win their third straight state championship at the state's highest level. Guyer actually made a game of it after spotting Allen 20 points to start the game.
Guyer couldn't have picked a tougher opponent to open the season against. The season opener also doubled as the Guyer debut for sophomore quarterback Shawn Robinson.
DRC alumnus and ESPNDallas.com writer Tim MacMahon had this to say about the game:
Kyler Murray is as advertised but might mot have brightest future among QBs at Apogee Stadium tonight. Guyer soph Shawn Robinson is awesome.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) August 30, 2014
AB: It was assumed this season would be a bit of an adventure for Ryan, especially early in the season thanks to a large number of key contributors from last year's regional finalist squad. But what the Raiders showed on Friday night in their season opener had to give Ryan fans some hope, as they hung with a talented Rockwall squad before losing out due mostly to a handful of big plays from the speedy Yellowjackets.
One of the Raiders' few key returners, running back Maurice Gordon, picked up where left off last season, pacing the Ryan offense with 143 rushing yards and the team's lone touchdown. The game also saw the debut of freshman quarterback Spencer Sanders, who will undoubtedly have some growing pains as a rare freshman quarterback in the state's largest classification, but it sounds like the Raiders have a good one under center to look forward to watching for a while.
BB: By now, you've heard all about the circumstances surrounding Ryan's season opener against Rockwall. New head coach. Bunch of new starters. New starting quarterback that's been in high school for about a week.
Despite all of those things, Ryan came close to knocking off a talented Rockwall team in the season opener. Rockwall led Ryan 14-13 in the fourth quarter before the Yellowjackets scored another touchdown with just over four minutes left in the game. Given all the change surrounding the Raiders and who they were playing against, Ryan had about as good a showing a team can have in a loss. After all, the most important thing for Ryan is figuring things out in the three nondistrict games before District 6-5A play.
Ryan freshman quarterback Spencer Sanders went 8-of-14 for 49 yards, no touchdowns, no interception and a lost fumble. Expect Sanders to be eased into things as the season progresses.
AB: Xavier Scott showed a lot of promise last season for the Broncos as a sophomore running with good size and speed. On Friday night, he lived up to that promise in the 2014 debut as the Broncos improved to 1-0 behind 160 yards on the ground and three rushing touchdowns from Scott.
And don't get it twisted, Scott isn't the only weapon in head coach Kevin Atkinson's arsenal. Even though he threw an interception that was returned 100 yards for a score, quarterback Christian Rodriguez had a nice game for the Broncos and found his most dangerous receiver on seven different occasions as Key'andre Hearvey rolled up 170 yards through the air with a 70-yard touchdown grab. A win to start the season should be big for Denton's confidence, and the Broncos will look to build on that when they face Granbury this week.
BB: The Broncos were expected to win their season opener against Wilmer-Hutchins, and Denton did exactly that.
While the final score shows a 14-point disparity between the two teams, the box score tells a different story. Wilmer-Hutchins scored one offensive touchdown and got its other score on a 100-yard interception returned for a touchdown by Deravion Grate.
Aside from three turnovers, it was a good showing from the Broncos in a year full of expectations for the oldest school in town. Denton has a chance to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2010. Kevin Atkinson has been at the helm of the program for the last two years and certainly created some excitement on Fulton Street. Atkinson has the assets needed to reach the postseason. If Denton can put it all together, the Broncos could be in for an unforgettable season.
Frisco Wakeland 54, Lake Dallas 41
AB: If a team scores two special teams touchdowns, a defensive touchdown and a safety in one football game, you can pretty much bet your life savings they're going to win that game. Unfortunately for Lake Dallas, that's exactly what Frisco Wakeland did on Friday night. Lake Dallas quarterback Dagan Haehn put up some sick stats, but also made some big mistakes, tossing three picks, including one that returned for a score.
BB: Frisco Wakeland racked up 54 points against Lake Dallas' defense, a number I'm sure that's too high for head coach Michael Young. The Falcons also know they'll need better showings out of junior quarterback Daegan Haehn, who had three interceptions in the loss to Wakeland. It also doesn't help when you give up 323 rushing yards, which is what Wakeland accumulated in the season opener for both schools. But don't forget the Falcons are stocked with talented juniors that saw a lot of playing time during their sophomore year.
AB: In what was an underwhelming debut for the 2014 Argyle offense, the Eagles' defense came to play on Friday night against a more veteran Abilene Wylie squad to get the Eagles off to a 1-0 start to their season. Argyle returned two fumbles for touchdowns and forced five total turnovers to help Argyle overcome a night in which they had just 183 yards of offense.
BB: Argyle took advantage of five turnovers in its six-point win against Abilene Wylie, and it was the first time in years that the Eagles didn't have players like Sam Sizelove and Ian Sadler at their disposal. Argyle was outgained by Wylie 428-183, a whopping disparity the Eagles will have to correct as the season progresses. But it's only Week One, and Argyle remains unscathed.