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Good morning Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member LaFalce and members of the Committee. I am pleased to be here this morning on behalf of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to discuss the recent recapitalization of Long-Term Capital Management.
As noted in your letter of invitation, the near collapse of Long-Term Capital and its subsequent recapitalization raise a number of very important public policy questions both for the banking system and for the financial system as a whole. At this point, however, only one week after the private sector recapitalization of Long-Term Capital was announced, we have many more questions about the underlying facts concerning this matter than we have answers, and much of my testimony today will focus on the questions we need to answer in the weeks and months ahead.
First, I would stress that not a penny of FDIC deposit insurance funds or other government funds was used in the recapitalization. The use of FDIC funds was never considered, and we were not a party to the recapitalization talks.
The FDIC's primary concerns relating to Long-Term Capital involve the exposure of the deposit insurance funds to the types of risks that hedge funds pose and to the potential for systemic instability. The increasing complexity of financial activities conducted within individual banking institutions requires effective oversight both by the market and the supervisory process. The challenge as the industry evolves is to maintain the proper mix of market and supervisory oversight, so that these systems complement and reinforce each other to provide the maximum effectiveness consistent with a dynamic financial marketplace without creating unacceptable levels of risk. While my subsequent remarks will focus primarily on the supervisory process, recent events highlight the importance of accurate information and adequate disclosure in order for markets to provide effective oversight.
Federal supervision of the banking system is designed to ensure that bank management is capable of understanding and controlling the risk of bank activities. Because exposure to hedge funds in the United States banking system is concentrated in state banks that belong to the Federal Reserve System or in national banks, the FDIC works with the Federal Reserve and the Comptroller of the Currency to monitor and address the risks to federally insured institutions stemming from these activities. The near collapse of Long-Term Capital underscores the need for this type of regulatory cooperation and sharing of information.
Over the past week, the FDIC has been in frequent contact with the other banking regulators regarding the supervisory and regulatory issues presented by the Long-Term Capital matter. We are working with our colleagues to assess the extent of exposure to insured institutions and resulting possible risk to the deposit insurance funds. We have joined in meetings with some of Long-Term Capital's creditor banks and anticipate additional meetings with others over the near-term. The Long-Term Capital situation raises key questions as to the sufficiency of managerial oversight and internal risk management systems. I note that Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Levitt has said that other funds may be at risk. We are working with other regulators to obtain more information about other funds and assess the potential risks to banks.
One of the central issues posed by the near collapse of Long-Term Capital is whether or not there are gaps in the bank supervision process. The FDIC does not yet know the answer to that question. A primary focus of our efforts will be on the risk management programs in place at the banks involved. We expect that risk management practices will be appropriate to the scope, size, and complexity of an institution's activities.
Bank supervisors do not prescribe universal or standard policies for specific types of activities. These policies are the responsibility of the board of directors and management of each bank. The FDIC expects the board of directors of a bank to fully consider the costs, benefits, and especially the risks of an institution's planned or ongoing involvement in any business venture. These considerations are particularly important when the business venture is engaged in a highly leveraged and volatile activity. Proper risk management requires that the nature of the planned involvement and the level of risk that can be incurred must be fully understood. Understanding the risk includes understanding the most likely and worst case scenarios.
From our review of bank risk management programs, we are working with the other bank supervisors to determine common deficiencies, if any, and determine whether the institutions involved had sufficient information about the nature of Long-Term Capital's strategies and financial condition to make risk determinations. We must also ask whether profit pressures unduly influenced decisions made by the banks involved and whether they used proper underwriting standards; that is, whether the amount of risk associated with Long-Term Capital was reasonable.
Banks that lend to hedge funds face the risk of loan default. But hedge funds may present banks with other risks. A bank that enters into a derivatives contract with a hedge fund faces the risk that the hedge fund -- its counterparty -- may fail to perform, either as the result of its own financial problems or as the result of its own counterparties' failure to perform. Banks must observe prudent limits on their derivatives exposure to any single derivatives counterparty. In addition, bank supervisors and other financial supervisors must determine whether there is a practical way for banks and other participants to aggregate and assess the concentration risk of these exposures and whether the nature of the market would allow access to more and better information to allow the market alone to provide sufficient discipline.
The Long-Term Capital matter has raised other questions that need to be addressed by the bank supervisory system. For example, Long-Term Capital relied heavily on internal models, which apparently failed them. Banks and other financial institutions increasingly use and encounter these models. In light of this increasing use, we need to determine whether banks are viewing these models with sufficient skepticism and common sense, given the complexity and velocity of modern monetary transactions as well as the potential for tremendous volatility in the financial markets. We must also find out whether they are adequately testing the validity of the models' assumptions and the performance of the models under extreme market conditions. The Long-Term Capital example dramatically illustrates the potential pitfalls of undue reliance on internal modeling approaches.
In conclusion, the FDIC is concerned about the risks that hedge funds may pose to banks, the deposit insurance fund and the financial system. A major challenge for members of the financial industry and for the industry's regulators is to stay abreast of the new forms that risks take, to ensure adequate oversight, and to determine that proper controls are in place. We look forward to working with this Committee, the other financial institution regulators, and the President's Working Group on Financial Markets to address these important issues.
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While many men seek in life to perpetuate their good name in stone, Chauncey Rose preferred to do his giving quietly. It was said of him by one, "… so retiring was his disposition that he always avoided any open acknowledgment of his generosity." His charity would total roughly $3 million, with Rose-Hulman being among the chief beneficiaries of his wealth.
The Hulman family of Terre Haute carried on Rose's legacy into the next century as the burgeoning campus had outgrown its original downtown location. The family's 123-acre farm on the east side of the growing city was donated in 1917. Five years later, construction of a new campus began on the property, and the cornerstone of the 80,600-square-foot main classroom building (now Moench Hall) was laid on September 13, 1922.
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Rotorua's elderly are struggling to pay their power bills as Grey Power attempts to negotiate a deal for cheaper electricity for its 64,000 members.
Grey Power Rotorua president Rosemary MacKenzie said some elderly were not heating their homes because it was too expensive.
"I have members who are simply too frightened to turn the heater on," she said. "One told me just the other day she was walking around in her dressing gown all day because she could not afford to have her heater on to keep warm."
Increasing power prices were a major problem in Rotorua.
Figures from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment show the average annual power bill for Rotorua and the wider Bay of Plenty rose $83 in the past year, or 3.5 per cent from the previous year.
The figures also reveal the average annual power bill has gone up $478, or 24.5 per cent, since 2008.
The issue is so serious Grey Power New Zealand is in negotiations with an unnamed power company in an effort to make power more affordable for senior citizens.
Mrs MacKenzie said a discount power deal would help Rotorua Grey Power members.
"We are waiting with bated breath for something to happen with our prices."
It was particularly hard for those who lived alone, she said, as it cost the same to heat a room whether there was one person in it or two or more.
"You try living on 33 per cent of the average wage in New Zealand. It's especially difficult for single people," she said.
"There is energy poverty in New Zealand, the worst thing they ever did was privatise our power companies.
"Many of us worked and paid our taxes for 45 years to put these companies in place," she said.
Grey Power's negotiations are being run by the national president, Roy Reid.
He said he was advising members to avoid signing up for long-term contracts in anticipation of the deal.
Mr Reid said it was the first time Grey Power had entered into negotiations of such magnitude and significance.
"We think it will be in the members' interests."
Mr Reid said negotiations were commercially sensitive and he was hoping to be able to make an announcement in the coming days.
However, TrustPower community relations manager Graeme Purches said he could not see how a discounted power deal for a group could work.
The company had a payment option offering slightly cheaper power over a long-term contract, Mr Purches said.
"The only way it could work is to have a similar deal, that's where they agree to be our customer for four or five years for a discounted price," Mr Purches said.
Residential power prices in all regions have increased in the past year, from $17.19 in Dunedin to $182.36 in Gisborne.
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Samsung releases 840 EVO SSD at Global SSD Summit
Subject: Storage | July 17, 2013 - 09:06 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: Samsung, ssd, sata
Good morning from Seoul, Korea!
We're covering the 2013 Samsung Global SSD Summit, and the press embargo has just been lifted on a new SSD - the 840 EVO:
The EVO will push 10nm-class (1x nm) flash, promises increased (2x-3x) write speed improvements over the 840, and will be available in capaities as high as 1TB:
Full press blast after the break, and more to follow as the Samsung SSD Summit continues.
SanDisk's Extreme II, the neopolitan SSD
Subject: Storage | July 15, 2013 - 04:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: sandisk, Extreme II series, ssd, mlc, slc
SanDisk has done something interesting with their new Extreme II SSD series, they have used both SLC and MLC flash in the drive to attempt to give users the best of both worlds. The drive still has a DDR cache sitting between the flash storage and the controller, but there is an nCache between the MLC flash and the DDR comprised of ~1GB of SLC flash. The idea is that the SLC can quickly accumulate a number of small writes into a larger single write block which can then be passed to the MLC flash for storage. Don't think of it as a traditional cache in which entire programs are stored for quick access but more as a write buffer which fills up and then passes its self to the long term storage media once it is full. The Tech Report put this drive through their tests and found it to be a great all around performer, not the fastest nor the best value but very good in almost any usage scenario.
"With MLC main storage and an SLC flash cache, the SanDisk Extreme II is unlike any other SSD we've encountered. We explore the drive's unique design and see whether it can keep up with the fastest SSDs on the market."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD RAID 0 Performance @ Legit Reviews
- SanDisk Extreme II @ SSD Review
- OCZ Vector 256GB @ LanOC Reviews
- Silicon Power Velox V55 240GB SSD @ NikKTech
- Western Digital Se 4TB Review @ TechwareLabs
- Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 500 GB HDD Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Seagate Desktop HDD.15 4TB / Barracuda XT 4TB @ Hardware.info
- Western Digital SE 4TB Hard Drive @ hardCOREware
- Toshiba Nearline MG03ACA400 4TB SATA III HDD @ NikKTech
- Western Digital Sentinel DX4000 16TB RAID5 4-Bay NAS @ eTeknix
- Icy Box IB-WF200HD @ Rbmods
- Sandisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I 64GB Memory Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- Patriot SuperSonic Mini 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ NikKTech
- 49 SD and MicroSD cards tested: there's a difference @ Hardware.info
- Mach Xtreme MX-FX 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ NikKTech
Podcast #258 - Corsair 900D, HD 7790 vs GTX 650Ti BOOST, Leaked AMD APUs and more!
Subject: General Tech | July 4, 2013 - 12:45 AM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, video, corsair, 900D, 7790, 650ti boost, amd, Richland, nvidia, kepler, titan, Intel, ssd
PC Perspective Podcast #258 - 07/04/2013
Join us this week as we discuss the Corsair 900D, HD 7790 vs GTX 650Ti BOOST, Leaked AMD APUs and more!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Josh Walrath, Jeremy Hellstrom and Allyn Malventano
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Toshiba's THNSNH 256GB, an SSD you don't see on shelves
Subject: Storage | July 3, 2013 - 03:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: toshiba, THNSNH 256GB, ssd
If you buy a machine with an SSD installed inside of it there is a good chance it is from Toshiba and it might even be the THNSNH 256GB model. As these drives are not sold separately but only inside OEM machines it is not often benchmarked. [H]ard|OCP wants to change that and put this drive and its internally designed controller up against some of their favourite retail drives. Their testing revealed a mixed bag of performance as in some tests it came close to beating out Samsung's 840 series but in other testing ended up at the bottom of the pack. Still, as this drive will end up in many mobile devices it is good to get an idea of the performance you can expect from it.
"Toshiba's massive foundry capabilities allow it to develop some of the leading SSDs for the OEM market. These SSDs come pre-installed in the latest computers with the option for an SSD, and today we look at the Toshiba THNSNH in comparison to current top-flight enthusiast-class SSDs."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- OCZ Vertex 450 256GB @ [H]ard|OCP
- OCZ's Vertex 450 solid-state drive reviewed
- Seagate 600 Series SSD 480 GB ST480HM000 @ techPowerUp
- SanDisk Ultra Plus Solid State Drive @ X-bit Reviews
- Strontium Hawk (240GB) @ AnandTech
- SanDisk Extreme II SSD 240GB @ TechSpot
- SanDisk Extreme II SSD Review (240GB) @ SSD Review
- Plextor M5 Pro PX-256M5P 256GB SSD @ NikKTech
- Angelbird SSD2Go 480GB External SSD @ SSD Review
- Monster Digital OverDrive 3.0 1TB External SSD @ SSD Review
- Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB External HDD Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Silicon Power Diamond D20 500GB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive @ NikKTech
- QNAP TS-221 and TS-220 @ Legion Hardware
- SilverStone DS322 Compact USB 3.0 RAID Enclosure Review @ Pro-Clockers
- Patriot Memory Tab 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review @ Madshrimps
- Icy Dock MB882SP and MB982IP Hard Drive Converter Reviews @ Legit Reviews
- Nine internal DVD burners and Blu-ray drives tested @ Hardware.info
- Hard Disk Drive Myths Debunked! @ TechARP
Intel SSD 5Q roadmap leaks, details upcoming models through to next year
Subject: Storage | July 3, 2013 - 01:04 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: Intel, ssd, roadmap, leak
We caught wind of a leaked Intel SSD Roadmap over at VRZone. The slide shows their rough release plans into early 2014:
Starting bottom-up, the old 320 Series (cropped slide bottom) and 330 Series are being phased out in light of the newer 500 series entrants. The 335 Series, driven by a SandForce controller and 20nm flash, may drop in capacity to only an 80GB model in order to drive customers towards the new 530 Series, which will replace both of the SandForce-driven 520 (SATA) and 525 Series (mSATA) offerings. The new 530 Series will be available in 80-480GB and connect via SATA, mSATA, and the newest M.2 SATA interfaces. You can learn more about M.2 by reading the first 6 or so slides from Paul Wassenberg's presentation from Storage Visions 2013. Here's a closer look at an M.2 unit:
From CES 2013, a Micron mSATA SSD (above) and M.2 SATA SSD (below).
With the 530 appearing to become Intel's big mainstream consumer push, they will also introduce a Pro 1500 and 2500 Series. I suspect Intel's own SATA 6Gb/sec controller will be lifted from their SSD DC S3500 and S3700 Series and trickled down into the Pro Series and possibly even into the 530 Series, though that is only speculation on my part.
For the enterprise, Intel will be further juggling their enterprise models around a bit, discontinuing the SSD 710 and possibly even the (25nm) S3700 in favor of the (20nm) S3500 Series, which will also see large gains in available capacity upwards of 800GB and even 1.6TB crammed into a 2.5" SATA unit. Intel's PCIe SSD 910 will eventually be replaced by what appears to be a quad-SSD-RAID variant of the current S3500 and S3700 Series units, dubbed P3500 and P3700, respectively. These models should show a substantial gain over the SSD 910, which did not perform spectacularly when compared to the newer SATA models available.
Hopefully you have had chicken pox already, otherwise you might want to skip Shingled HDDs
Subject: General Tech | June 26, 2013 - 12:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: HAMR, western digital, ssd, hdd, Areal Density
Western Digital, along with Seagate, Toshiba, and Hitachi are working on the next step in increasing the storage density of platter based drives while HAMR is still in the works. They will be adding overlapping tracks to their platters, which they are referring to as shingles (as in the roof, not the pox). There will be two types implemented, with the first type having the shingling hidden to ensure compatibility with existing applications which might take exception to overlapping data tracks. Type two will not hide its light under a bushel and will require applications to be aware of the shingling and hopefully take full advantage of the new type of magnetic recording. According to the presentation that The Register attended we will see shingles in the near future, with HAMR due in 2016.
"Over the coming years the remaining players will be pushing traditional technology to its limits to extend the life of hard disk technology. While the industry is pretty much standardised on perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) at present, in a couple of years there will be more fundamental hard drive technologies co-existing in the market than there are hard drive vendors."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Running Ubuntu Linux Is Messy On The 2013 MacBook Air @ Phoronix
- Rise of the ARM Clones @ Slashdot
- Intel demos real-time code compression for die shrinkage, power saving @ The Register
- HP StoreOnce has undocumented backdoor @ The Register
- Oregon Scientific SE833 Heart Rate Monitor with PC Download Review @ Madshrimps
Introduction and Specifications
Intel has pushed out many SSDs over the years, and unlike many manufacturers, they have never stopped heavily pushing SSD in the enterprise. They did so with their very first push of the X25-M / X25-E, where they seemingly came out of nowhere and just plunked down a pair of very heavy hitting SSDs. What was also interesting was that back then they seemed to blur the lines by calling their consumer offering 'mainstream', and considering it good enough for even some enterprise applications. Even though the die-hard stuff was left to the SLC-based X25-E, that didn't stop some consumers from placing them into their home systems. The X25-E used in this review came from a good friend of mine, who previously had it installed in his home PC.
With several enterprise class models out there, we figured it was high time we put them all alongside each other to see where things are at, and that's the goal of this particular piece. We were motivated to group them together by the recent releases of the DC S3500 and DC S3700 drives, both using Intel's new Intel 8-channel controller.
Capacity | 32, 64GB | 40, 80, 120, 160, 300, 600GB | 100, 200, 300GB | 400, 800GB | 80, 120, 160, 240, 300, 480, 600, 800GB | 100, 200, 400, 800GB |
Read (seq) | 250 | 270 | 270 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
Write (seq) | 170 | 205 | 210 | 375 | 410 | 365 |
Read (4k) | 35k | 39.5k | 38.5k | 45k | 75k | 75k |
Write (4k) | 3.3k | 23k (8GB span) | 2.7k | 18.7k | 11k | 32k |
- Since the SSD 910 is subdivided into 4 or 2 (depending on capacity) physical 200GB volumes, we chose to test just one of those physical units. Scaling can then be compared to other units placed into various RAID configurations. 910 specs were corrected to that of the single physical unit tested.
- All other listed specs are specific to the tested (bold) capacity point.
Starting with the good old X25-E, which pretty much started it all, is Intel's original SATA 3Gb/sec 10-channel controller. Despite minor tweaks, this same controller was used in the X25-M, X25-M G2, SSD 320 and SSD 710 Series. Prior to Intel releasing their own 6Gb/sec SATA controller, they filled some of those voids by introducing Marvell and SandForce controllers with the 510 and 520, respectively, but those two were consumer-oriented drives. For the enterprise, Intel filled this same gap with the 910 Series - a PCIe LSI Falcon SAS RAID controller driving 2 or 4 6Gb/sec SAS Hitachi Ultrastar SSDs. Finally (and most recently), Intel introduced their own SATA 6Gb/sec controller in the form of the DC S3500 and DC S3700. Both are essentially the same 8-channel controller driving 20nm or 25nm IMFT flash, respectively.
More to follow on the next page, where we dive into the guts of each unit.
Super Talent Launches UltraDrive MX3 SSD In Both MLC and SLC Flavors
Subject: Storage | June 3, 2013 - 09:59 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: super talent, ssd, mx3, computex 2013, computex
San Jose-based storage manufacturer Super Talent has announced its new UltraDrive MX3 SSD. This new drive is the successor to the existing UltraDrive MX2, and is allegedly twice as fast. In an interesting twist, Super Talent is releasing the MX3 in both MLC and SLC flavors, to serve the consumer and enterprise markets simultaneously with the same branded drive and controller.
The MX3 is a SATA 3 6Gbps drive that is rated at 500MB/s reads and 400MB/s writes. The MLC version will come in capacities ranging from 64GB to 512GB while the SLC flash SKUs top out at 256GB. The chart below details the model numbers at each capacity point for both the MLC and SLC SKUs, depending on what you need.
Capacity | MLC | SLC |
512GB | FTM51M325H | n/a |
In the press release, Super Talent CEO Abraham Ma stated the following:
"We are excited to introduce the MX3. Not only does it offer a considerable upgrade in speed from its predecessor, the MX2, it is also an extremely reliable device that we believe fits the needs of our OEM and consumer customers."
Pricing and availability have not been announced, however.
Stay tuned to PC Perspective throughout the week for more Computex 2013 news.
Crucial's inexpensive M500 makes MLC NAND affordable
Subject: Storage | May 28, 2013 - 01:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ssd, crucial m500, mlc, marvell 9187, RAIN
Before discussing the impressive price point of Crucial's M500 drive their are two features worth mentioning about this drive, RAIN and the Marvell 9187 controller. RAIN is Redundant Array of Independent NAND which offers data parity which will allow you to successfully recreate data after an uncorrectable error, something which might put the minds of those still leery of SSDs to rest. The new Marvell controller is the secret to the pricing of this drive, it allows the usage of 128Gbit (16GB) NAND dies as opposed to the more common 64GBit dies and is produced at a lower cost than other controllers. [H]ard|OCP tested the 512GB drive and does warn that the specifications of the two smaller capacity drives are different enough to require individual testing. However as you can pick up the 512GB drive for $400 you might simply opt for the largest drive which offers competitive performance at an amazing $0.78/GB.
"Crucial's M500 offers the lowest price per gigabyte for an MLC SSD with enterprise-class features not seen on typical consumer SSD data drives. With new 128Gbit MLC NAND paired with the Marvell 9187 controller the M500 should deliver great performance at a historically low price point. Is the Crucial M500's performance up to par?"
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- 240GB OCZ Vertex 3.20 Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
- OCZ Vertex 3.20 120GB SSD Review @ Techgage
- Solidata K8 1920E SSD Review - SandForce Driven and an Amazing 2TB Capacity @ SSD Review
- OCZ Vertex 3.20 Solid State Drive @ X-bit Labs
- OCZ Vertex 3.20 240GB SATA III 2.5'' SSD Review @ Madshrimps
- OCZ Vertex 450 256GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- OCZ Vertex 450 SSD @ Techspot
- OCZ Vertex 450 @ Hardware.info
- OCZ Vertex 450 SSD @ SSD Review
- OCZ Vertex 450 256GB @ Tweaktown
- SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB SSD @ eTekinx
- Samsung SSD 840 comparison @ Hardwareoverclock
- Seagate 600 Pro SSD @ SSD Review
- Crucial M500 480GB SSD @ eTeknix
- Bang for Your Buck: Best 256GB Class SSD's under $200 @ Tweaktown
- OCZ Vertex 3.20 240GB Solid State Drive Review @ OCIA.net
- Kingston SSDNow E100 Enterprise SSD @ Tweaktown
- Mushkin Chronos GO Deluxe 1.8″ SATA 3 SSD Review ? Lightning Speeds Ultrathin Design @ SSD Review
- HGST Travelstar 7K1000 1TB 2.5" Hard Drive @ Tweaktown
- 4TB Seagate Desktop HDD ST4000DM000 @ Benchmark Reviews
- WD Se 4TB Enterprise Hard Drive Review @ Techgage
- Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD5000LPVT) 500GB HDD @ Tweaktown
- Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 500GB review: 2.5-inch hard disk with SSD cache @ Hardware.info
- Seagate Desktop HDD.15 4TB Hard Drive Review @ Hardware Canucks
- ADATA DashDrive Elite UE700 USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ Tweaktown
- Kingston DT Workspace 64GB 'Windows To Go' USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ Tweaktown
- Adata DashDrive Elite UE700 32GB Flash Drive Review @ Ninjalane
- Kingston HyperX Predator 512GB @ Hardware.info
- 32 32/64GB USB 3.0 memory stick test: lots of differences @ Hardware.info
- Patriot Supersonic Magnum Flash Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
- Lexar Professional 128GB Compact Flash Memory Card @ Tweaktown
- Transcend 32GB Wi-Fi SDHC @ Tweaktown
- Kingston 64GB microSDXC SDCX10/64GB @ Bjorn3D
- WD My Passport Ultra 1TB Portable Storage Drive Review @ Legit Reviews
- ADATA DashDrive Air AE400 Wireless Storage Reader and Power Bank Review @ Madshrimps
- Rosewill RDEE-12002 USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure @ techPowerUp
- Corsair Voyager Air 500GB Wireless Storage Device @ Tweaktown
- Transcend StoreJet Cloud 32GB Wireless Storage Device @ Tweaktown
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Beautiful puzzle! I got this for my 2 1/2 year old daughter and it was enough to challenge her without becoming discouraging. My one complaint is how quickly it started to peel and it was not just the surface layer but the wooden part of the peice kind of started to flake, I only took off one star for that though because I know how heavy handed my daughter can be when she is trying to fit the peices into place...
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I bought this puzzle for my toddler son (2 yrs, 9 mos). I love this puzzle. The picture is gorgeous and educational (it has several animals from a rainforest environment: tree frogs, a sloth, a jaguar, a toucan, ants, a snake, a bright blue butterfly. The colors are even richer and brighter than on the screen. Just beautiful.
I had read in other reviews of these wooden puzzles that they sometimes have wood chips, etc., so I opened it before showing it to my son to check. Really, it was just a little bit of the soft shaving debris on the bottom layer from the wood's being cut. I took about 10 minutes and just ran my thumb over the edges of each piece to remove any loose debris. There was nothing big. There were about three edges that I filed a little to smooth.
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Changes in Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being After a Severe Nationwide Disaster: The Case of the Great East Japan Earthquake
This paper presents the results of a longitudinal survey (N = 10,744) that examined how the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 affected the hedonic and eudaimonic well-being of young people in Japan outside of the afflicted area. Our dataset consists of Japanese citizens in their 20 and 30s from all non-afflicted prefectures. We conducted two surveys on well-being, one before the earthquake (December 2010) and one after (March 2011). The results suggested that people who were thinking about the earthquake when they completed the second survey had slightly increased general well-being after the earthquake as compared to before, showing that reflecting on the earthquake had prompted them to reevaluate their lives and increased eudaimonia. However, they experienced temporary negative emotional reactions more frequently, which shows that their sympathy for those in the afflicted area decreased their hedonic well-being. After the earthquake, Japanese youth were likely to value social connectedness and ordinary life. Moreover, this mindset promoted prosocial behaviors such as making donations and volunteering. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
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Like many Massachusetts laws, the legal rules for alimony – or the legal obligation to provide financial support to a spouse after a divorce – date back to the commonwealth's earliest days, save for an update in the 1970s.
That changed when Gov. Deval Patrick signed a new bill on alimony on Sept. 26, 2011, that went into effect March 1. The changes to the alimony law is due in large part to Steve Hitner, the president and co-founder of the organization Mass Alimony Reform.
We spoke to Hitner, who is also the president of usdivorcemediation.com, about the drastic changes in alimony laws, and who is affected. Take a look at some of the changes here. Next
"[Alimony was first] mentioned in American history in 1785, in the Massachusetts Constitution, and it was based on English law, where if the man got married, the woman became his property. And even after the divorce, he had to take care of his property," Hitner said. "And it wasn't revised in Massachusetts until the 70s, when no-fault divorce [was added], but the other criteria were never revised for the time." Next
How it used to be: All alimony in Massachusetts was alimony for life.
"The public policy at the time was that the receiving spouse needed to be maintained to the lifestyle of the marriage," Hitner said. "It didn't matter about the ability to pay."
Now: People can terminate their alimony when they reach retirement age so they have time to save money to prepare for retirement.
How it used to be: If the paying spouse got re-married, the receiving spouse could take them back into court to receive an increase in their alimony, based on the second spouse's income.
Now: If the person who pays alimony gets remarried, their new spouse's income and assets are not considered in a re-determination of the alimony.
New alimony term limits:
Long term marriages (more than 20 years): Alimony will end at retirement age as defined by the Social Security Act.
5 years or less: Maximum Alimony term is 50% of the number of months of marriage.
10 years or less but greater than 5 years: Maximum Alimony term is 60% of the number of months of marriage.
15 years or less but greater than 10 years: Maximum Alimony term is 70% of the number of months of marriage.
20 years or less but greater than 15 years: Maximum Alimony term is 80% of the number of months of marriage.
How it used to be: Once the person receiving alimony got re-married, their alimony payments would stop. So receivers could live with their new partners while avoiding getting married to continue receiving their alimony payments.
"Let me ask you, if you were getting $50,000 a year in alimony, would you get married?" Hitner asked.
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She scared me! I was really late getting home tonight so it was after 9pm before I fed. First I had to take care of the cats and the kittens because I do not have the patience for them. They wrap around my legs and get under my feet and squall until I open not one, but 3 or 4 cans of food. So they get fed first. I feed everyone in the same order everyday so I went into Pistols stall and fed him, put up his stall guard on the pasture side then fed Riley in the stall next door. Blue comes next (he's over the fence with a hanging bucket. After that I feed the girls, usually I go out into the paddock and feed them in their hanging buckets on the fence but since it was so late I fed them in their tubs right outside the sliding doors. I left the doors open about a person size because I still had to get them their hay but I got side tracked with the rake. I was busy putting a cute little herring bone design in the dirt aisle floor when this huge shadow came over me and then I heard this loud crash. I turned to look and saw this object looming towards me. I screamed louder then I have screamed in a very long time and I ran in place! I had the rake in one hand and I was running in place, lifting my knees almost to my chest and I think I might have peed a little before I realized it was NOT the creature from jeepers creepers but just a horse. Poor Sierra didn't know what was going on. I don't think I've ever raised my voice around her and I'm pretty sure she thought I was looking at something behind her because she leaped over the hay bale with her tail tucked under her leg and her butt sucked down deep like something was going to attack her. She spun around like a quarter horse (she's a TWH) and landed with her front legs wide apart and her eyes rolling. That's about the time she realized I'm an idiot too because she swiveled her head towards me and I could almost swear she shrugged before wandering up and down the aisle looking for whatever treats may lay in the empty stalls. I finished up my pretty design before throwing hay out to the horses and then tossing Sierra back into the paddocks... Now I just have to change the paddocks out in the morning while searching the woods for walkers... I think my imagination might be a little on the vivid side..... |
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Emma Thompson
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Matthew M and Camilla Alves
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Helen Mirren looks stunning – almost like a flamenco dancer.
Mariah, on the other hand – leather gloves and a mini dress – really?
ReplyCancelHelen Mirren wins this round. She looks great! This is how to get old, folks – work with your good points and still look stunning.
ReplyCancelCamilla is showing Kpig how a real lady pulls off yellow!!
Agree, the older ladies are showing the young ones how it's done.
Camilla Alves also looks very pretty. Yellow is very tricky to wear, but she pulls it off well.
Meryl is also wearing something that fits her current body, instead of the body she had in 1977. The glasses are also a good highlight for an aging face. Like Mirren, she has a good stylist who helps her work with what she has.
Isla Fisher's gown is classic and cut well, although the color is a little boring.
ReplyCancelMariah is still dressed as if it's 1995.
She has become the 2014 equivalent of those ladies who wore 1960s-style hairspray helmet hair and frosted-pink lipstick well past the sell-by date for those styles.
I had a French teacher like that in junior high school. We 14-year-olds were merciless to her.
ReplyCancel@Nutty – I was thinking the same thing about Mariah. Her hasn't changed in 20 years either! Time for a makeover, I'd say.
ReplyCancelWhy oh why does Mariah do this? Please get a stylist. It's just not working. Why for the love of gawd why?
ReplyCancelI was going to say the same thing about yellow – not many can pull it off.
And ditto Matiah, accept your present body.
ReplyCancelI think Streep had a bit of excellent work done. She looks refreshed but the same.
I don't know what it is about Helen Mirren. She's not traditionally beautiful but she demands attention every time she shows up on the red carpet.
ReplyCancel@Candyland and @Orvilla, I agree that a makeover is necessary. Pam Anderson looks great with her pixie cut – new and interesting, instead of faded and haggard. Not sure that pixie is the way for Mariah to go, but she might look good in a shorter, more natural style.
Not Emma Thompson's style, though. She looks like a sexless suburban soccer mom here. The flats don't help. It's a red carpet! Suck it up and put on heels for the 30 feet you have to walk for the paparazzi, and then change to your friggin' flats inside.
ReplyCancelisla looks awesome!
mariah… didnt she used to do jenny craig? maybe time to get back on it if you wanna wear that mini dress…
ReplyCancelEmma's my homegirl in those flats – way to be! Mariah – can't say anything that hasn't been said by the astute commenters before me – honey, get a grip.
ReplyCancel@Nutty You're killing it with the sexless suburban mom comment. LOL
@Nutty @Candyland The one shoulder mini dress? The hair all over to one side. She looks like she has a limp. I mean why not throw a parrot on her shoulder and put on an eye patch.
She is cute. She should embrace her body like @msgirl said earlier.
Dying her hair or cutting a couple of inches off could do wonders. Get a dress that works with her curves! I just don't get it.
Who is letting her walk out of the house in that manner. Surely, Nick has some pull. Damn!
ReplyCancelExactly, @Nutty! Mariah has worn essentially the same dress since about 1987. The difference is now all the spanx in Hollywood can't make it work.
And her chubby legs are kinda cute, actually, if she'd dress them differently.
ReplyCancelI love Emma Thompson but I'm getting tired of this goofy persona she's portraying this awards season – kind of like she's SO trying to distance herself from her character in Saving Mr. Banks.
ReplyCancelLove Edie and Helen's shoes.
I think Alves dress is horrible. Not just the color but the style.
I love Emma Thompson and her flats. She's always been outgoing.
Poor Mimi. I love her anyway.
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Emilia and Isla, love the style of the dress, hate the color.
ReplyCanceli don't like alves's dress either. i would maybe like it in a different color but that shade of yellow is just ugly to me.
edie's dress is awful. i'd like to see the assymetrical hem and see through dress trend END.
ReplyCancelNick dresses up well, so he obviously has good taste and/or stylist. It's too bad he can't get his wife to update her look.
ReplyCancelHas Emma Thompson always acted this wacky or have I just never noticed. It seems like she made some sort of decision to not care and act crazy at the award shows this year. It's certainly not boring but is it out of her character?
ReplyCancelIsla and Emilia look so lovely and fresh. Emilia's porcelain skin is the best accessory a girl could wish for
ReplyCancelWhy do a lot of the stars not bother making an effort for these awards?
Elisabeth Moss looks stunning. Funny how Guiliana didn't interview her, and ask her to do the mani cam again – ha!!! 🙂
Isla's dress looks like my nightie.
Emilia's dress is borderline nightie, but I really like it – it's gorgeous on her.
Camilla's dress looked far better on TV. Stunning lady.
Meryl and Mariah need a good talking to … Meryl, for wearing the same old sack each and every time; and Mariah for wearing too casual a dress … and don't get me started on her hair.
ReplyCancelElisabeth Moss is looking amazing lately.
I loathe Guiliana Rancic……..cloyingling annoying attention whore. She and her husband both.
ReplyCancelSame feeling about Mimi. She looks like she just didn't give a shit here.
I'm not real sure about Meryl or Emma. Neither looks very dressy and the flats don't work for me.
Isla, Emilia and Camilla aren't bad.
Elizabeth and of course Dame Helen knocked it out of the park.
Abigail..just needs help. That is all.
Count, I am about to treat a man like a piece of meat. Hubby & I got to watch these. Everyone was having a great time. Matthew Mc never really did anything for me before, but with him deciding to show how well he can act, oh my, he is really doing it for me at the moment. Loved his acceptance speech.
Also, we still haven't had the following movies released here: Dallas Buyers Club, 12 Years a Slave, Wolf of Wall Street. Sucks!
I like how Emma is acting, and Meryl has never given a damn about fashion. These 2 women don't give a shit and realize these award shows are just Hollywood kissing its own ass. They're beyond that.
ReplyCancelEdie, say it isnt so!! Not flattering at all. And Mariah? Get a personal dresser, and take Meryl with you.
ReplyCancelDame Helen for the win!
That may be the best Isla Fisher has ever looked, her hair and makeup look amazing.
Mimi is just a big fail. With all her money, I am amazed at how she consistently manages to make herself look so cheap.
ReplyCancelI love Isla.
I saw Mimi on TV on the red carpet and my second reaction was wondering if something medical is going on
ReplyCancelEmma with her flats was just speaking out for all the sisters who feel forced to wear these torture devices called high heeled shoes esp those six inch stilettos. Sure they look pretty oh but the havoc they wreak not only your feet but your posture.
I thank god every day that Lady Diana came along when I was younger and made the flat and kitten heeled pumps fashionable options
ReplyCancelSo much to say:
Helen Mirren looks amazing. Isla Fisher is hardly recognizable, I hope she leaves her face alone. Camilla is beautiful, but that dress is fug… Looks like curtains draped around her. Emma T….This is a red carpet, so put some real shoes on. Love Amelia Clarke's dress, but she could use some jewelry. Edie F looks great!
Breslin is a dead ringer for Miranda Lambert and that's NOT a compliment. Has everyone said that already? Sorry if I'm recycling observations, but I have to say something after seeing her strut around at a few events:
Abagail, I'm going to hurt your feelings. Go away, girl. You are in that "in-between" stage right now. Your face is unrecognizable and your normal person body is too pale and doughy. What future roles are you hoping to get with that mall rat hair? Popcorn blockbusters? Art house flicks? You're not a cute kid anymore and you are definitely NOT the Hollywood Hottie you're pretending to be.
Go away to college, grow up, grow into your new face and body, get your teeth straightened and get a stylist. In 4 years you'll be what, 21? That's prime time to get all used-up, exploited and strung-out in La-La land. You'll be able to drink in public by then, which means plenty of opportunities for drunken crotch shots, wardrobe malfunctions and bar brawls with Hailee, Chloe and the Fannings. The Cracken will be dead, those Twihard/PPL/Vampire/HS Musical Twats will all be hooking in Vegas and JLaw will be taking time off to have a baby. CDANers will still be here waiting to snark on you.
Where's the fire? Don't be in such a rush to crash & burn.
ReplyCancelI support Emma's choice of shoe but if she's going to wear flats she has to wear a dress long enough to cover them. Sorry, that's just the way it is. Terrible dress, regardless of length.
Dame Helen – the winnah.
Khaleesi – looking fab.
Oh Carmela – no.
Mariah – also no.
Meryl – another no. Contact the costumer from Devil Wears Prada.
Abigail – no no no no no. I like the comment about her just up there. Lots of sound advice.
McBongo and wife – it's not that they look bad but I don't know, something was very "meh" with these ensembles.
ReplyCancelMcBongo, ha! Love it. I should clarify something. Edie's FACE looks great…really pretty. The dress, however, is bizarre.
ReplyCancelWill someone point Mariah in the direction of the Paramus Mall?
ReplyCancelAbigail is pretty thick bordering on fat for such a young girl.
ReplyCancelAbigail – only 17. Awful dress made worse with the long hair hanging into the cleavage to make sure every notices she thinks she's hot. Sex-pot wannabe but too young to pull it off.
Dress tastefully for another 2-3 years then decide what you want to show off. In the meantime, spend time at the gym so you'll get some muscle tone.


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Year Ten promises to feature some amazing plays by the boys in green and red, but we want some help in picking the best as the season goes along. Each week, we'll ask fans to vote on their favorite plays from each week of Wild action. At the end of the regular season, the winner from each week will be put into an end of season video, and fans will be asked to select the play of the year.
Martin Havlat goals were voted as the Top Plays win Weeks eight and nine, but not this week. This week, Havlat will have to settle for an assist on Brent Burns' goal against Anaheim, which was the runaway winner for Week 10.
This week Havlat doesn't have any plays in contention, because Niklas Backstrom came up with two spectacular saves against Calgary, and Chuck Kobasew finished off a passing display in the third period of the win over the Flames. Here are your Week 11 contenders:


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Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Chicken Nugget
This bathing beauty is just two inches in height! Yep, got right down to it with size 8 DMC pearl cotton and my little hook (size 0).
I seem to be crocheting small things lately. Last year everything was life-size and WAY larger than life-size (i.e., the squid). There is no more room in our small abode to store large pieces. However, we are moving to a much larger home in a few months so maybe I will make some more huge pieces. For now though, this is working for me.
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- Sheila said...
I can just imagine you having your own room to display some of your creations. The chicken is just wonderful but where are her bottoms???!!! LOL!
- ~drew emborsky~ said...
Your blog makes me hungry!
I can't imagine crocheting with a hook that small. Next time I'm in LaLa-land you'll have to give me a lesson. ;) - 6:17 AM
- ladylinoleum said...
Sheila - I thought about adding bottoms...maybe I will make her an egg bikini bottom tonight!
Drew - I will happy to give you a lesson. Anytime! - 9:15 AM
- laurie said...
Oh my god. This is probably THE COOLEST THING I have ever seen!!!!!!
You have no idea how much I'm in love with you right now. Wait until I show this to my mom!! Sh'es going to be thrilled that I can't crochet!! - 1:50 PM
Hi mom it's me Lena I'm in love with your chicken. I loved it so much I printed a picture of it. I'll us it in my pictures of my favorite bands and i'll will put your picture in the middle.
- The Tremulant Sings said...
I think you might be the one that crocheted the churro! That, and this chicken, are two of the coolest crocheted things I've ever seen. By far.


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Trudging through the jungle with a new pirate acquaintance, Robinson Crusoe (Philip Winchester) is asked to explain his relationship to the man he calls Friday (Tongayi Chirisa). Ah, he says, they met under stressful circumstances (Crusoe saved Friday being eaten by fellow cannibals), and have since developed a mutual respect. "I had this idea I was going to train him as a servant," Crusoe half-smiles. "But why he's stuck with me, I don't know."
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Philip Winchester, Tongayi Chirisa, Anna Walton, Sean Bean, Sam Neill, Joaquim De Almeida, Mia Maestro
Regular airtime: Friday, 8pm ET
US: 17 Oct 2008
So much for Daniel Defoe. NBC's updated version of the classic adventure novel, called Crusoe, will not have any black man calling a white man "Master." Rather, whenever possible, Crusoe extols the brilliance and ingenuity of his companion. "That 'savage,'" he says, scare-quotes popping, "can make himself understood in 12 languages. It took him six months to learn mine. I've read him Paradise Lost and now he recites it back at me." Aha, gloats the pirate, so "He can't read for himself?"
Crusoe is thus established as the more nuanced thinker of the two white guys, the one with a black friend. This is not to say he's entirely progressive. In fact, he spends a good deal of time during this first episode recalling his so-called civilized past, yearning for a simpler order of things. This makes for some extremely awkward transitions, sometimes helped along by his oddly occasional voice-over ("As to the events that led to my circumstance on the island," he muses following the revelation that his father [Sean Bean] handed him over to the wealthy doorway-lurker Mr. Blackthorn [Sam Neill], "I believe they began on that day"). It also means his memories center on his beloved wife, Susannah (Anna Walton), blond and white-gowned and repeatedly appearing in soft-focused showers of pink confetti.
Crusoe states more than once that there's only "one woman" for him, though he also admits to Friday that he is capable of what he calls "the Crusoe Effect," that is, inspiring women to swoon. This is demonstrated by the flirtations of the pirates' sole lady member, Judy (Georgina Rylance), who spars with Crusoe verbally and with her sword for most of the episode, until she just can't help herself and gives him a long luscious kiss before an awed and appreciative Friday. Before this inevitable clinch, Judy—who looks awfully well-groomed compared to her fellow, more stereotypically toothless and gnarly pirate mates—seems content to follow orders from their lively leader Lynch (Jonathan Pienaar), determined to force Crusoe to lead them to treasure they believe is buried on the island.
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None of this bodes especially well for the series, in terms of repetition and limitation. More promising is the strange relationship between Crusoe and Friday. For his part, the strapping, sandy-haired Crusoe is plainly enamored of his exceptional cohort, and with good cause: Friday repeatedly shows up very conveniently to save him, whereupon they engage in a sort of bonding banter: they call each other names, ironically observe narrow escapes or discuss who owes whom what. Following one such rescue, Friday admires the series of jungly traps that Crusoe has set, which take out a couple of hard-breathing, fast- pursuing pirates. "What kind of idiot," Friday asks Crusoe, "builds all those traps then runs to the beach without a weapon?"
The question hovers over the episode until near its end, when Friday calls out Crusoe's lingering prejudice. "Those traps were not for your kind," he asserts, "They were for mine." Though Crusoe denies this, Friday goes on. "You saw the English flag, you never thought you had anything to fear from your own. You know better now. Men are just men." His comparison between Christianity and cannibalism ("My people eat the flesh of their enemies while your people drink the blood of their God") points out the similar rituals and rites that ordain seeming civilization, and Crusoe appears to absorb this lesson. Still, he worries that Friday, "technically speaking, is still a cannibal." Friday reassures him that he's content to eat goats, as long as they last, whacking away at fruits with a huge knife, preparing dinner for the white man. He keeps his back turned to Crusoe, who worries still: "What if the goats die?" His back turned to Crusoe, Friday smiles, "Then, do not fall asleep." Whack!
On its face, Crusoe seems bizarrely timed, if not downright retro. Friday states plainly that he is not Crusoe's slave, and their interactions show them to be more like buddies than Defoe could have imagined. Still, the premise is not a little disturbing in late 2008. Near the end of this premiere episode, a flashback to their first encounter is attributed to Friday and not the incessantly self-loving Crusoe. Though this particular shift showcases what Friday owes Crusoe (his life), it may also indicate a certain self-awareness. This story, no matter how it started, cannot belong only to Crusoe.
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a resident of Danville
on Nov 22, 2013 at 6:22 am
BART Shenanigans:
Why does it seem like the labor negotiations with this union SEIU is always designed to screw the commuters and provide these workers with contracts that are bloated and allow under skilled people to be paid far more than their work entails. Teachers don't make this kind of money, yet BART workers, garbage collectors do?
a resident of Alamo
on Nov 22, 2013 at 7:07 am
How in the heck does a temporary employee have access to anything let alone a major contract.
Clearly, the tail is waging the dog here. I can't believe how messed up these people are.
a resident of Danville
on Nov 22, 2013 at 9:10 am
Start preparing the replacement workers. Start preparing the management termination papers. Start preparing the recall papers.And, finally keep the temporary employee (SCAPE GOAT) out of the process.
a resident of Danville
on Nov 23, 2013 at 11:41 am
The BART contract in itself was a gift they were lucky to get. Public sentiment is not with the BART unions, or any unions right now, and I think they should approve what the Directors signed off on and put this to bed. I've been a Goverment employee for 24 years now and I don't know any of our bargaining units that have a paid FMLA. BART unions would be pushing their luck and will also hurt their fellow unions, if they decided to take up this fight. It would be the typical, win the battle, lose the war, type of scenario.
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Scott Joplin's (1867 - 1917) opera Treemonisha is an astounding work of art, and one that resonates on many levels. It is the only opera in existence about the Reconstruction Era African-American experience written by a black man who actually lived through it. This fact alone makes it a work of tremendous significance. Further, Joplin's score is profoundly expressive and as stylistically unique as anything ever created in America. Through it, the composer vividly documents the echoes of the "field hollers," spirituals, fiddle tunes, revival hymns, and ancient African dances of his rural childhood, along with the spoken dialects of his people in their rising up from slavery. Treemonisha is Scott Joplin's statement of deep racial pride and an act of true artistic heroism - his creation of beauty in the face of almost unbearable ignorance, racism, poverty, and physical and emotional pain. His original 1911 materials for the opera were almost entirely destroyed in the early 1960s. But here now is an authentic, historically correct orchestration of this "Sleeping Beauty of American Music," performed on this world-premiere recording. Listen now as Scott Joplin - The King of Ragtime Writers - sings the song he wanted America to hear.
Rick Benjamin's reconstruction of Scott Joplin's lone surviving opera Treemonisha from the existing vocal/piano score is nothing less than a revelation of historical research and musicology. In contrast to Gunther Schuller's 1975 grand opera version with full orchestra, Benjamin aims to replicate the smaller theater pit-band aesthetic with which Joplin was familiar...
The music takes on a completely different complexion with a 12-piece ensemble that features one instrument to a part, including cornets instead of trumpets, and percussion instruments of the period. Among the inspired cast's stand-out performances are Anita Johnson's fervent yet playful traversal of the title role, plus the fluent repartée between Edward Pleasant and AnnMarie Sandy (Zodzetrick and Monisha)... Benjamin provides an extensive and detailed essay discussing the trials and tribulations Joplin experienced in his attempts to get his opera produced, illustrated by period photographs, newspaper clippings, and other relevant historic artifacts.
Beyond question, New World's Treemonisha is the most significant recording of Scott Joplin's music to be released since Dick Hyman's 1975 RCA survey of the complete piano music, which still awaits its first integral CD reissue.
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Benjamin's recording...is perfectly balanced to get the best out of the score. Glory lies less with the singers, who range from woolly (AnnMarie Sandy's Monisha) to bright (Anita Johnson's Treemonisha). Benjamin's new orchestration and the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra's punch are prize-worthy.
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Benjamin's light-on-its-feet orchestration fits the music: genteel melodic lines swim like fish through pure water...Edward Pleasant and AnnMarie Sandy (Zodzetrick and Monisha) banish operatic pomp; Anita Johnson's Treemonisha is sincerely felt. The star of the show, though, remains Joplin...This is the most important document about the history of American composed music to have appeared in a long, long time.
American Record Guide, September / October 2012
The vocal writing is impressive; and the soloists are very good, particularly Anita Johnson as Treemonisha. At the end of the recording is a historical resume of the story, but I really can't tell you too much about the plot. It was never terribly well spelled out in the 1970s version, either.
Recording information: American Academy of Arts & Letters, NY (2011-05-31&2011-06-01_2011-).
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Instructor I - EVOC/VKF/BBP Train the Trainer Date: 3/3/2017 through 3/4/2017 Price for TARS Members: $85.00
Description: The Instructor I course is designed to enable a student to teach a class from a prepared lesson plan. It prepares you to instruct the TARS basic squad level courses which include, Emergency Driving (EVOC/VFK) and Bloodborne Pathogens. A separate module on Vehicle Extrication is offered and if attended with in 1 year of the initial Instructor class the additional discipline class fee is offered at half price. Concepts of learning, communication skills, instructor's roles and responsibilities, teaching techniques, and the use of instructional materials are also subject areas included. |
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More words related to banned
adj. black-market; unlawful
adj. outlawed, prohibited
adj. against the law
- sub rosa
- taboo
- unauthorized
- unconstitutional
- under the table
- unlawful
- unlicensed
- unofficial
- unwarrantable
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