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So far, we've covered every action button on list windows except for Delete and the All checkbox. The All checkbox simply toggles from selecting all messages at once or deselecting all (View, Delete, Reply, Fwd, and Save action buttons apply to all currently selected messages). PyMailGUI also lets us delete messages from the server permanently, so that we won't see them the next time we access our inbox.
Delete operations are kicked off the same way as Views and Saves; just press the Delete button instead. In typical operation, I eventually delete email I'm not interested in, and save and delete emails that are important. We met Save earlier in this demo.
Figure 15-31. PyMailGUI view forwarded mail
Figure 15-32. PyMailGUI view forwarded mail, raw
Like View, Save, and other operations, Delete can be applied to one or more messages. Deletes happen immediately, and like all server transfers they are run in a non-blocking thread but are performed only if you verify the operation in a popup, such as the one shown in Figure 15-33.
Figure 15-33. PyMailGUI delete verification on quit
By design, no mail is ever removed automatically: you will see the same messages the next time PyMailGUI runs. It deletes mail from your server only when you ask it to, and then only if verified in the last popup shown (this is your last chance to prevent permanent mail removal). After the deletions are performed, the mail index is updated, and the GUI session continues.
Deletions disable mail loads and other deletes while running and cannot be run in parallel with loads or other deletes already in progress because they may change POP message numbers and thus modify the mail index list. Messages may still be composed during a deletion, however, and offline save files may be processed.
{mospagebreak title=POP Message Numbers and Synchronization}
Deletions are complicated by POP's message-numbering scheme. We learned about the potential for synchronization errors between the server's inbox and the fetched email list in Chapter 14, when studying the mailtools package PyMailGUI uses (near Example 14-21). In brief, POP assigns each message a relative sequential number, starting from one, and these numbers are passed to the server to fetch and delete messages. The server's inbox is normally locked while a connection is held so that a series of deletions can be run as an atomic operation; no other inbox changes occur until the connection is closed.
However, message number changes also have some implications for the GUI itself. It's all right if new mail arrives while we're displaying the result of a prior download—the new mail is assigned higher numbers, beyond what is displayed on the client. But if we delete a message in the middle of a mailbox after the index has been loaded from the mail server, the numbers of all messages after the one deleted change (they are decremented by one). As a result, some message numbers might no longer be valid if deletions are made while viewing previously loaded email.
To work around this, PyMailGUI adjusts all the displayed numbers after a Delete by simply removing the entries for deleted mails from its index list and mail cache. However, this adjustment is not enough to keep the GUI in sync with the server's inbox if the inbox is modified at a time other than after the end, by deletions in another email client (even in another PyMailGUI session) or by deletions performed by the mail server itself (e.g., messages determined to be undeliverable and automatically removed from the inbox).
To handle these cases, PyMailGUI uses the safe deletion and synchronization tests in mailtools . That module uses mail header matching to detect mail list and server inbox synchronization errors. For instance, if another email client has deleted a message prior to the one to be deleted by PyMailGUI, mailtools catches the problem and cancels the deletion, and an error popup like the one in Figure 15-34 is displayed.
Figure 15-34. Safe deletion test detection of inbox difference
Similarly, index loads and message fetches run a synchronization test in mailtools , as well. Figure 15-35 captures the error generated if a message has been deleted in another client since we last loaded the server index window.
Figure 15-35. Synchronization error on after delete in another client
In both error cases, the inbox is automatically reloaded by PyMailGUI immediately after the error popup is dismissed. This scheme ensures that PyMailGUI won't delete or display the wrong message, in the rare case that the server's inbox is changed without its knowledge. See mailtools in Chapter 14 for more on synchronization tests.
{mospagebreak title=Multiple Windows and Status Messages}
Note that PyMailGUI is really meant to be a multiple-window interface—a detail not made obvious by the earlier screenshots. For example, Figure 15-36 shows PyMailGUI with the main server list window, two save-file list windows, two message view windows, and help. All these windows are nonmodal; that is, they are all active and independent, and do not block other windows from being selected. This interface looks slightly different on Linux and the Mac, but it has the same functionality.
Figure 15-36. PyMailGUI multiple windows and text editors
In general, you can have any number of mail view or compose windows up at once, and cut and paste between them. This matters, because PyMailGUI must take care to make sure that each window has a distinct text-editor object. If the text-editor object were a global, or used globals internally, you'd likely see the same text in each window (and the Send operations might wind up sending text from another window). To avoid this, PyMailGUI creates and attaches a new TextEditor instance to each view and compose window it creates, and associates the new editor with the Send button's callback handler to make sure we get the right text.
Finally, PyMailGUI prints a variety of status messages as it runs, but you see them only if you launch the program from the system command-line console window (e.g., a DOS box on Windows or an xterm on Linux), or by double-clicking on its filename icon (its main script is a .py, not a .pyw). On Windows, you won't see these messages when PyMailGUI is started from another program, such as the PyDemos or PyGadgets launcher bar GUIs. These status messages print server information, show mail loading status, and trace the load, store, and delete threads that are spawned along the way. If you want PyMailGUI to be more verbose, launch it from a command line and watch:
C:…PP3EInternetEmail PyMailGui>PyMailGui2.py
user: pp3e
loading headers
+OK NGPopper vEL_6_10 at earthlink.net ready<email@example.com.
load headers exit
synch check
+OK NGPopper vEL_6_10 at earthlink.net ready <firstname.lastname@example.com.
Same headers text
load 16
+OK NGPopper vEL_6_10 at earthlink.net ready <firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sending to…['firstname.lastname@example.com']
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
To: email@example.com
Subject: Fwd: Re: America MP3 file
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:41:05 -0000
X-Mailer: PyMailGUI 2.1 (Python)
–Mark Lutz (http://www.rmi.net/~lutz)
> —–Original Message—–
> From: email@example.com
Send exit
You can also double-click on the PyMailGui.py filename in your file explorer GUI and monitor the popped-up DOS console box on Windows. Console messages are mostly intended for debugging, but they can also be used to help understand the system's operation.
For more details on using PyMailGUI, see its help display, or read the help string in the module PyMailGuiHelp.py , listed in Example 15-9 in the next section.
{mospagebreak title=PyMailGUI Implementation}
Last but not least, we get to the code. PyMailGUI consists of the nine new modules listed at the start of this chapter; the source code for these modules is listed in this section.
Code Reuse
Besides the code here, PyMailGUI also gets a lot of mileage out of reusing modules we wrote earlier and won't repeat here: mailtools for mail loads, composition, pars ing, and delete operations; threadtools for managing server and local file access threads; the GUI section's TextEditor for displaying and editing mail message text; and so on.
In addition, standard Python modules and packages such as poplib , smtplib , and email hide most of the details of pushing bytes around the Net and extracting and building message components. As usual, the Tkinter standard library module also implements GUI components in a portable fashion.
Code Structure
As mentioned earlier, PyMailGUI applies code factoring and OOP to leverage code reuse. For instance, list view windows are implemented as a common superclass that codes most actions, along with one subclass for the server inbox list window and one for local save-file list windows. The subclasses customize the common superclass for their specific mail media.
This design reflects the operation of the GUI itself—server list windows load mail over POP, and save-file list windows load from local files. The basic operation of list window layout and actions, though, is similar for both and is shared in the common superclass to avoid redundancy and simplify the code. Message view windows are similarly factored: a common view window superclass is reused and customized for write, reply, and forward view windows.
To make the code easier to follow, it is divided into two main modules that reflect the structure of the GUI—one for the implementation of list window actions and one for view window actions. If you are looking for the implementation of a button that appears in a mail view or edit window, for instance, see the view window module and search for a method whose name begins with the word on—the convention used for callback handler methods. Button text can also be located in name/callback tables used to build the windows. Actions initiated on list windows are coded in the list window module instead.
In addition, the message cache is split off into an object and module of its own, and potentially reusable tools are coded in importable modules (e.g., line wrapping and utility popups). PyMailGUI also includes a main module that defines startup window classes, a module that contains the help text as a string, and the mailconfig user settings module (a version specific to PyMailGUI is used here).
The next few sections list all of PyMailGUI's code for you to study; as you read, refer back to the demo earlier in this chapter and run the program live to map its behavior back to its code. PyMailGUI also includes a __init__.py file so that it can be used as a package—some of its modules may be useful in other programs. The __init__.py is empty in this package, so we omit it here.
Please check back next week for the continuation of this article.


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United States Washington Vital Records
Introduction to Vital Records
Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. United States Vital Records has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Washington Vital Records State Department of Health or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.
Vital Records for Washington start the following years:
Online Records
The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Washington Vital Records which consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths. Most online resources for Washington Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to confirm the information in the index.
- Search the Washington Digital Archives, a growing collection of Washington State records. including on-line images of records and certificates - Free
- Washington Links from fhlfavorites.info - Free
- Washington Databases listed on Rootsweb.com - Free
- USGenWeb.org Washington Site - Free
- Search for Washington Collections on FamilySearch.org Historical Records - Free
- The Vital Records Search and Information Directory for Washington - Free/$
- Wee Monster Links for Washington Birth & Marriage and Death Records -Free/$
- Linkpendium Links for Washington Genealogy and History, including individual Counties -Free/$
- Progenealogists Links for the United States. Press Ctrl + F on the keyboard to search for Washington or WA -Free/$
- Search the Washington Birth, Marriage & Death Records at Ancestry.com - $
- Order Washington Certificates online - $
- Washington, Births, 1883-1935 (If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)
- Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 (If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)
- Washington Births, 1907-1919(If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)
- Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 (If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)
If you are aware of other online databases, please feel free to add them.
Birth and Death Records
Statewide registration of births and deaths in Washington began in 1907 and was generally complied with by 1917. For copies of state birth and death records, write to:
Vital Records
P. O. Box 9709
Olympia, WA 98504-9709
Telephone: 360-753-5936
Fax: 360-753-4135
Internet: Washington State Center for Health Statistics
The current fees and information for obtaining copies of the state's records are on the internet (above), or you can write for the information at the address above.
The Vital Records office has a series of indexes to state birth and death records from 1907 to the present. Copies of the indexes to death records from 1907 to 1979 are also at the Washington State Library.
The Family History Library has copies of many of the state records from 1907 to 1952. Although the files are incomplete, these records include:
- Birth certificates, 1907-1960, and five soundex indexes, 1907-1954. [1]
- Death certificates, 1907-1957, and five soundex indexes, 1907-1979. [2]
- Delayed Birth Records
Individuals who were born prior to 1907, or who did not have a birth certificate, may have applied for a delayed birth certificate at a superior court or at the State Department of Health. Washington began keeping delayed birth records in 1907. Many unrecorded births were finally registered during World War II or as people applied for Social Security.
Delayed birth records are available from the Vital Records office (see address above). The Family History Library has copies and accompanying soundex indexes of the delayed birth records issued from 1936 to 1953 (65 films beginning with film: ) .
The Washington Digital Archives has added a database containing Washington State Death Records 1907-1960, Birth Records and Marriage Records for some Counties.
- Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960 at Familysearch Historical Records. Learn more.
County Records
Although a few counties began recording births and deaths several years earlier, most Washington counties began keeping records in 1891. County birth and death records from the earliest dates to 1906 are at each county auditor's office or county health department. Some of the larger counties have copies of records after 1906, but most counties do not.
The Family History Library does not have copies of the county birth and death records. However, the library has some published birth and death records for a few counties, such as the Snohomish County death records from 1891 to 1914.
- Washington, County Records, 1856-2009 at FamilySearch Historical Records. Learn more.
- Washington, County Deaths, 1891-1907 at FamilySearch Historical Records. Learn more.
City Records
Some Washington cities have kept birth and death records. For example, Tacoma birth and death records from 1887 to the present are available at the Pierce County Health Department. For information about city records, write to the appropriate county health department. Some city records have been indexed.
Adoption Records
open/closed/state statutes
Marriage Records
The following records are available:
- State marriage and divorce records. Statewide registration of marriages and divorces began in 1968. For copies of these records, write to the Vital Records office (address above). The Family History Library does not have copies of these records.
- County marriage records. Most counties began recording marriages soon after the county was organized. The records of some counties begin as early as the 1850s. Each county auditor has copies of county marriage records from the earliest dates to the present. The Family History Library does not have copies of these records, but has copies of transcribed marriage records published for a few counties, such as Clark County from 1862 to 1913.
- Gretna Greens. When a Washington State couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like Port Orchard for the greater Seattle area, or Coeur d'Alene ID for Spokane and western Washington.[3]
- FamilySearch Historical Records Washington State County Marriages, 1858-1950. Learn more
- Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004 at Ancestry.com.
- Washington Marriages, 1802-1902 (If the link does not work, go to ancestry.com ($), click Search, select Card Catalog, paste Title into search box, click Search)
- Western States Marriage Index
Divorce Records
- County divorce records. County divorce records generally begin in 1889, although a number of counties kept records prior to that date. Some county divorce records begin as early as the 1850s. These records are available from the county clerk.
- Territorial divorce records. Some divorce records from 1853 to 1889 are included in the Washington territorial records. These early divorce proceedings are interfiled with other territorial records and have not been indexed. The Washington State Library has copies of the territorial records.
Substitute Records
School Census Records give birth information. These are available at existing schools.
- Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record.
- If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births, marriages and deaths.
- Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative.
- Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Place Search and then choosing Vital Records. Search for Washington to locate records filed by the State and then search the name of the county to locate records kept by the county.
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Record Content
|Click a record image to enlarge it.
Birth Contents
Marriage Contents
Links to sample images
Indexes contain
- Names of bride and groom in alphabetical order
- Name of their spouse
- Page number in the actual record volumes
Divorce Contents
Death Contents
Links To Sample Images
Register of Deaths of the City of Aberdeen
Census Office, Standard Certificate Of Death
Genealogical Facts In Death Records
- Name and age of deceased
- Date and place of death
- Gender, race and occupation of deceased
- Residence of deceased at time of death
- Length of residence in current locale
- Sometimes, marital status is stated
- Sometimes, name of spouse is given
- Cause of death; name of attending physician
- Birth place of deceased; sometimes, date of birth
- Father's name and birthplace
- Mother's maiden name and birthplace
- Sometimes, name of informant
- Burial information
- ↑ 1,432 Family History Library films beginning with film 1711751).
- ↑ 521 Family History Library films beginning with film 230399).
- ↑ Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in Genealogy Blog at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).


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Archive for Saturday, October 23, 2010
Public meeting prioritzes road projects
October 23, 2010
Portions of the Kansas Highway 7 and Interstate 70 interchange project in Wyandotte County made it to the top of a priority list of road projects during a public open house Friday in Kansas City, Kan.
The open house, conducted by the Kansas Department of Transportation, was held at the National Guard Armory and drew city officials, KDOT road engineers and a handful of public residents.
During the meeting, attendees were sectioned off into 10 groups to discuss what road projects should be a priority in the spending of $1.7 billion in funds that has been authorized by T-WORKS, a new transportation program passed by the state Legislature in May. Projects on the table to be discussed totaled 21, and included the Interstate 35 expansion in Johnson County and the South Lawrence Trafficway.
Maggie Thompson, spokesperson for KDOT, said the list had been narrowed down over a period of four years of KDOT playing host to similar public meetings, with the original list of road projects up for discussion totaling more than 400.
Participants Friday were asked to create among their groups two tiers of road projects, with tier one being top priority and those in tier two having not as much of a priority when it comes to the spending. Projects of most priority to the majority of participants were the Southwest Lawrence Trafficway, the Gateway Project, which will include construction and improvements to Interstate 435, I-35 and Kansas Highway 10, and phases one to three of the K-7/I-70 interchange project. Work in those phases will include the construction of ramps in the northwest and southwest quadrants of the interchange and the expansion of I-70 from four to six lanes from K-7 to 110th Street.
Secretary of Transportation Deb Miller made sure to emphasize during the meeting, however, that prioritizing projects didn't mean these would be the ones chosen for the funding. She said a lot of factors, including public input, would go into the decision-making process.
"I think it was really helpful, but it's not a vote," Miller said of the meeting, which is the second in a series of six similar meetings being held over the month of October throughout the state of Kansas. "I think it's made a world of difference in terms of the understanding KDOT has in terms of (state road priorities). Your participation is ensuring better decisions are made on behalf of the taxpayers."
• More of this story can be found in the Oct. 28 issue of The Chieftain.
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Lazarus Heads Cummlttee Which Will Assist Jewish Stu. dents in Securing Employment Ne7v York.-^ A defense of his stand .on the question of the Na¬ tional Minorities Treaties as a factor in the protection of the life and liberty of racial, linguistic and religious minorities and an explanation that thesd so-called treaties ar€ in essence nothing more than the rights and liberties guaranteed to the citizens of the United States were made by Louis Marshall,, president d£ the American Jewish Committee, in a letter to the .^MUjncflH/^o(?/i7(? of Cincinnati. The Jewish press, in the United States and the Anglo-Jewish weeklies have widely disctissed the action of the Turkish Jewish notables in renouficing their claim to the national minority rights guaranteed to Turkish Jewry by the Treaty of Lausanne and the statement of Mr. Marshall condemning this action. > During this discussion a misunder¬ standing of the meaning of the national minority clauses in the inters national peace treaties and their beneficial influence was of ten manifest. The. American Israelite In its issiie of Augiist 19th criticized the state¬ ment of Mr; Marshall against the Turkish Jewish notables, taking the view that "the Jews of Turkey are attempting to adapt themselves'to the New Turkey and are proceeding in a manner becoming to a highly intelligenty ioyal and patriotic.group who are Turkish citizens first and Jews in religious belief afterward, precisely as we Jews of the Umted States have, always been and shall always be." The paper also conr tended that Mr. Marshall "lays himself opeii to the charge first of all, that his statement was made without taking into consideration that'con¬ ditions in Turkey as well as in a number of bther" countries affected by the Lausanne Treaty, but particularly in Turkey, have changed com¬ pletely within the last few months," In his statement to the "American Israelite," Mr. Marshall, again; sharply criticized the action of the Turkish Jewish notables. '.'It has been intimated that ihey have feared the consequences;of adherence to the treaties. So far as I am conccmedj I would rather die ten thousand deaths than to show myself 50 lack¬ ing in manly courage as tp sell, my birthright of liberty and equality for tem¬ porary safety," he declared. Mr. Marshall's statement read; ."The editorial comment in your last issue upon my. statement condemnatory of the action of the so-called 'Turko-Jewish Notables' who have taken it. iipon themselves to renounce the rights of Turkish Jewry guaranteed by the Treaty of Lausanne, calls .for an answer.. Ypu intimate; that my criticism of their action is 'born of ,excess oi devotion to (my) own hobbies' and that, what you term 'the real trouble with the Jews in JEuropean and Near East coiilv tries,' to-wit, 'the false idea of segregation," groups and national mirtoritics,' i; ovct-lpoked; '; "To one familiar with the so-called Minority Treaties, it is evident that if ypu have read them at all you have done so'to no purpose, becaiise you treat .theni as based on,the idea that by these treaties 'the Jews insist that they are different and separate from their fellow coiihtrytnen." These";treaties, I would have ybu know; do not represent a hobby. They are the Outcome.of the n^ost careful thought and.a study of conditions which have brought misfortune to millions of human beings for centuries past, land especiiilly to-the Jews. In i87fi, ;when the Treaty of Berlin sought to confer human rights upon the Jews of Roumania and other newly created governments, that act .was hailed witli I joy by all humanitarians. ;Uiifortunately, that treaty contained no guarantees or sanctions, nor was it forraulated'in such terms as to prevent an interpretation! which in effect nullified it. 'When the. Peace Conference convened in 1019 at Paris, it was .recognized by President Wilson and other forward-looking states¬ men, that it would be essential in connection with the Treaty of Peace to. pro-, tect racjal, linguistic and religious minorities, in-the rtewly constituted countries and in those with which treaties of peace were to be consummated. ..The pre¬ vailing idea was that there should be assured equal rights to all men in all lands. Those rights were to be the ."lame as are conferred by. the Constitution of the United States upon all persons dwelling withiii our land. The'treaties that were formulated, and which, for the sake of brevity, are termed Minority Treaties, were designed solely to accomplish that result, and to prevent evasion, Ihe observance of these treaties was made a matter of intcrniifenal concern and was to be guaranteed by the League of Nations. .. They were to become the fundamental Jaw of each of the countries,to which they related^ Except in respect to the right to observe, their Sabbath none of .the treaties related exclusively to Jews. They applied equally to! all of the inhabitants of tliese several countries. In Poland,, tor instance, they afi"ected .hot only Jews, but Germans,"-Austrians, Ukrainians and Russians. In XCptitinitcd OH page 4) . Record-Breaking At¬ tendance Is Expected at the Agudath Achim All indications point to a rccord-brcakinfr attend¬ ance at the Agudath Achim Confifrelation during the coming holidays. No doubt it is the popu¬ larity of Cantor Friedman which has created such an extraordinarily great de¬ mand for Seats. The officers of the con¬ gregation urge all Chron¬ icle readers to make their reservations at once. First come, firist served. The ticket committee, under thc chairmanship of I. Nutis, is in session daily from 7 to 10 p. m. Prohibition Admin¬ istrator of New Yofk Closes Wine Shops Charges Abuse of Sacramental Wine Privilege; Applica¬ tions Must Be Made Through Rabbis ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS Chicago Conference Inaugurates I. 0. B. B. Campaign For $2,000,000 Cultural Fund to Be Asked of All American Jews; Turpo-ses and Plana Outlined at Conference The B'nai B'rith Hillel Fouiidation, its second year on the Ohio State Uni- opcning its second year oh the Ohio State Univcraity^campus, will continue its ef¬ forts i.ii the proper adjustment of the Jewish university student. To its mani¬ fold activiitiies—social, edMca)ti)onal, re ligious—has been added an employment service to aid (he student who wants to work his way through school, either whole or part time. Jeffrey L. Lazarus is chairman of this committee, as part of the Advisory Board of the Founda¬ tion. The committee consists of E. J. Schanfarber, Alfred J. Kobacker, and W. A. Hersch; and these men afe co¬ operating with the Foundation in lining up suitable part-eime positions for Uni¬ versity students.. ' . Anyone having such positions to offer should get in touch with the Foundation, Walnut 1028, or with Rabbi tee J. Lev¬ inger,; the Director. Your helpful coop¬ eration will be appreciated- New Year Services at the Beth Jacob Congregation Seats are selling fast for tlie coining high. holidays at thc Beth Jacob con¬ gregation, according to an annouuce- mcnt made by President C H. Furman. A well-known cantor with a well- trained chuir will ofiiciatc and Rabbi Greenwald will sPcak on September ftth, 10th, and ll,th. His sermons will be follows: September Oth at 9:00 a. m,, "The Significance of ihe^ Sliofar;' September Oth at 4 rlJO p. m., "The Mean¬ ing of the Tashtich Ceremony;" Sep- tfjmber lOthi at 9:30 a. m., "What Rosh Hashonah Means . to the Jew." Sep¬ tember llth at 0:30 a. m., "The Sig¬ nificance of the Sabbath of Repentance." CHICAGO, Aug. 30~Thc inaugura¬ tion of a $2;O00,000, campaign for a cul¬ tural fund was decided upon at a con¬ ference called by the, Independent; Order B'nai B'rith; which was opened here ¦Sunday morning, ' . Forty-four leaders of the Order were present at. the sessions held at the Chi¬ cago Beach Hotel, when the B'nai B'rith Wider Scope Committee submitted its report in which'the general nature of the appeal was outlined. Speakers em¬ phasized thiit funds will he, asked bf all American-^ Jews and the . fund will be administered fOr 'aH.activities of the Order outside of the organization proper. , ' Dr. Epris D. Bogen, Executive Secre- .tary of the I. 0- B. B. and the national director of the campaign, in outlihing thepurpose of the drive, stated that fifty, per, cent'of the funds collected will be alloted for- the budget, for five years Pf the Hiilei Foundations established by the B'nai B'rith at, American universi¬ ties. The other .fifty percent will be divided' equally amon^ the ¦ Palestine Hpusing.Plaii of the I. O. B. B.., the Avork of the Anti-Defamation League, the maintenance of the Aleph. Zadik Aleph, junior organization,df-the Order, for the work of helping, the refugees in Mexico and for pther cultural activities. Alfred M. Gohen,. president of'the Order, declared that thfe'fund would aid the organization to develop Jewish lead¬ ers and to create a better atmosphere of understanding of the Jew. l^abbi Louis L. Mann of Chicago, ad¬ dressing the conference on the import¬ ance of the Hiilei Foundations declared that the primary task which now faces American Jewry is the winning back of the yoiith for'Judaism and to make it proud of Its heritage and people. According "to the campaign prograni it is planned to carry on, the drive by a systern of national, district, state rand local committees. The chairmen of sev¬ en districts of the I. O. B.:B. expressed their belief in the success of the cam¬ paign; Henry Monsky, of Omaha, ,N6. braska, was elected chairman' of the national campaign "committee. This Beautiful New Home of The Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity Will Be Enlarged and Remodeled So As to Accommodate Thirty-five Men New YORK.—An order closing the 250 sacramental wine shops in New York City was issued yesterday by Ma¬ jor Chester P. Mills, Federal Prohi¬ bition Administrator.^ Temporary suspension of all sacra¬ mental wine permits was ordered -and the provision-^iliat all wine needed-hy Jewish worshippers for the coining holidays, Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur'must be obtained through their, rabbia. The order stipuilates further that rabbis distributing wine must dp so either from their, homes or from their synagogues. The wine" stores arc to be closed within two or three days. "The withdrawals of sacramental wine during the first part of. 1!)26 .were , far in excciss of the, actual religious needs of .the individiials of the Jewish race," Major Mills stated. "This cahsed an abuse of the sacramental wine privi¬ lege. The cause of'. these excessive withdrawals can be laid to several rea¬ sons,, among which might be mentioned a misinterpretation of the regulations: governing' the withdrawal and control of sacramental wine. None Issued \ "Taking advantage of the fact that , there are no Jewish holidays during . the .summer months, no.. permits to withdraw Sacramental wine wefe issued after. April 30, 192G. As these permits are/issued for a duration'of 00 days, the result has" been that on. August, 1, 1926, there were no authentic .with¬ drawal permits in existence. \ "The Government fully; realizes that; certain individuals of the Jewish race require sacramental wine in the ObsCrvr ance of :their religious, rites and further , desires: to: aid these individuals in the procurement of such wine. . :. "There are, certain holidays duriiig September and in order that thcreli-- gious needs for sacramental'wine can be "met the, Government desires to. in- forni the public the method by which this wine:caii be procured. "The worshippers who desire to have, sacramental wine for their personaluse or the use of their family during Sep¬ tember, should make known, their needs to the rabbi of the-;synagogue at which' Ihey worship.., The rabbi,in turn is re- , quested to determine as closely as pos¬ sible the needs of his worshippers for sacramental wine. ^ He will be issued ; such sacramental wine on permits ap- . proved and issued by this, oflice upon personal presentation of his needs to; (Concluded on page %) By- Over $1100.00 Was Raised T. 1. Sisterhood at Recent Big Carnival Mi-s. James Hunt, .533 Carpenter St., Is Lucky Winner of the Star Auto, inobile Given Away at Carnival SOUTH AFRICA OVER-SUB- SCRIBES QUOTA IN KEREN HAYESOD JOHANNESBURG, S, AFRICA -, (J. T. A.)—The quota of the South African Jewish community for the Ke¬ ren Hayesod, the Palestine Foundation Fund, was exceeded, reports issued here today state. The iiuota' of 100,000 pounds was oversubscribed, 115,000 pounds having been raised. Contributions wert; made .by non-Jews as well as Jews and among the contributors were a minister, live city mayors, several members of parlia¬ ment and several judges. Mrs. Robert W. Schiff Named Chairman (or Ivreeyoh Rummage Sale Mrs. Robert W. Schiff, Tii Kimball Place, lias been named chairman for the Ivrccyolt Rummage Sate which will bc held sometime during thc month of Oc¬ tober, the dale and place to apikar in forthcoming issues of The Chronicle. Mrs. SchitI is sending out an-appeal to all Culumbus women to eollect arti¬ cles of all kinds for this sale. If thc pack.->gc9 are ready now they will be called for promptly if any of the follow¬ ing are notified: Mrs. Schiff, Walnut 90331 Mrs. J. Weisberg, Franklin 4462; or Mrs. S. Brief, Walnut 9144. Over ifllOO.OO was realized by llie Tifcrotli Israel Sisterhood in sponsoring thc big carnival at the Driving Park re¬ cently. Immense crowds crowded thc grounds daily and spent their money generously. Tlie proceeds will be used by tile Building Committee of the new Fast Broad Street Temple, Mrs. James Hunt, 533 Carpenter street, was the lucky winner .of the Star auto¬ mobile given away by the - Sisterhood. The officers of the organization are now making arrangements for a big dance at one of the down-town hotels next month. Among those who are assisting in the arrangements are the following: Mrs; L.^ E. Topper, Mrs. Leon Nason, Mrs. Meyer Ginsburg, Mrs, Max Bogatin, Mrs. li, F. Levinson, Mrs, E. Keleman, Mrs. S. Goldstone, Mrs. D. Schreiber, Mrs. D. Sherry, and Mrs. Wm. Roth. Further announcements will appear in forthcoming issues of the Chronicle.' An Acknowliedgment FromTheBeth Jacob Congregation In compliance with the will of the late Harry Goldberg, for niany years a loyal and devoted member of thc congrega¬ tion, his widow, Mrs. Clara Goldberg, has donated $100.40 to the Beth Jacob synagogue. The officers of the Beth Jacob take this means of acknowledging this dona¬ tion and trust that Mrs. Goldberg and her family will be'blessed with a most happy and prosperous New Year. MR. C. H. FURMAN, President. JERUSALEM — (J. T. A.) —Trans- jordanian inhabitants ace protesting against thc settling of Druze refugees in Transjordania, according to despatches received from Amman. NoteofThadkt . Mrs. S. Goldstbn, who was cliairman of the baked goods booth at the Tifereth' Jsrael Carnival, wishes to take this means of thanking all ilie niembers on -her committee who lent ht^r such ^ble assistance and' who in eveiry way helped make the splendid success fur her booth.
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Interlochen at Fischoff
June 6, 2014
Current Academy students impress at the Fischoff Competition, while an Interlochen alumnus takes home top prize.
Video: Piazzolla from "The Four Seasons"
The Y Trio from Interlochen Arts Academy performs the Piazzolla from "The Four Seasons."
Video: The Mazel Trio
Three Academy students returned from South Bend, Indiana with silver medals after performing at the 2013 Fischoff Competition, the world's largest chamber music competition.
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Adult Chamber Music Camp Faculty - Clarinet
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2012 Macy's Parade News
Megan & Liz Set to Release 'Bad for Me' EP November 18 & Perform at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The duo will be releasing their third EP, Bad for Me, on November 18 and it will feature brand new music. In addition, Megan & Liz will be the digital correspondents for the American Music Awards Red Carpet Online Pre-Show and will be performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Talk about a busy November!
The Bad For Me EP will feature 7 songs including "Bad For Me" along with brand new music such as "Like I Would," a song dedicated to their loyal fans. The multi-talented duo wrote or co-wrote all of the 7 tracks on the EP.
Megan & Liz recently stopped by our studio to chat all about the new EP, meeting Taylor Swift, and what's next for them. Check it out!
Bad For Me Tracklisting:
Bad For Me
Boys Like You
Closer To Me
Sunset Somewhere
When You Were Mine
Like I Would
Trace Adkins to Perfom During Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Trace Adkins will be spending his Thanksgiving in New York City. He's scheduled to perform during the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade which airs live on NBC on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, at 9a|8c. Other performers include Carly Rae Jepsen, Flo Rida, The Wanted, Karmin, Neon Trees, Cody Simpson, Jimmy Fallon & The Roots, Jennette McCurdy, Chris Isaak and Don McLean.
"The 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will again make history as it debuts three impressive giant balloons, six over-the-top floats, an amazing array of talent and the most remarkable high school, college and professional marching bands in the nation," Amy Kule, executive producer of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, said.
The parade will be one of New York City's first major events following Hurricane Sandy. "As it has during turbulent times in our history, we hope the Macy's Parade serves as a beacon of hope and renewal for all Americans, who will gather with friends and family to give thanks this season and begin to heal from the devastating aftermath of Superstorm Sandy," Amy Kule said.The Macy's Pardade has marked the beginning of the holiday season since 1924. This year's line up includes 16 giant character balloons, 40 novelty/ornament balloons, balloonicles, balloonheads and trycaloons, 28 floats, 1,600 cheerleaders and dancers, 900 clowns, 11 marching bands, celebrity
New Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons undergo test flight
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (CNN) - With Thanksgiving looming in the near future, crews for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade prepared for the event by testing out their equipment Saturday.
Staff inflated this year's new balloons for a test run.
New additions to the parade's cast of characters include the Elf on the Shelf, Hello Kitty and Papa Smurf.
The balloons are being stored in New Jersey until their official debut on Nov. 22.
The new additions are expected to be floating alongside old favorites, including Buzz Lightyear, Spider-Man and Kermit the Frog, for more than two miles on Thanksgiving morning.
New Macy's balloons: Hello Kitty, Papa Smurf & Elf on The Shelf
The new Hello Kitty balloon.
They passed with flying colors.
These three new Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons, Hello Kitty in a retro air plane, a dancing Papa Smurf and The Elf on The Shelf storybook character, debuted yesterday in their first test flight over New Jersey's Meadowlands Racetrack.
"The Elf on The Shelf" co-author Chanda Bell watched her beloved little character plump into a giant 46-foot tall, 28-foot wide, 64-foot long helium balloon.
"When you're old and grey, you can look back and just be proud." said Bell, as 70 ground crew members handled ropes to navigate each balloon.
Macy's veteran balloon designer John Piper said each new balloon takes about a year to create.
The major challenges this year involved making Hello's Kitty's trademark red bow and balancing Papa Smurf's blue legs to appear as if he's dancing.
"The payoff is seeing three million jaws dropping and six million eyes popping. Whether your three or 103, you're a kid on Thanksgiving when those balloons go by," he said.
He said choosing the characters comes from kids.
Among the 16 floating balloons in this year's 86th annual parade along 6th Avenue are Charlie Brown, Underdog and SpongeBob Square Pants.
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Papa Smurf and the Elf on The Shelf, also making their debut this Thanksgiving
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Don't forget to join in on the fun Thanksgiving Morning you guys ^__^
we had so much fun last year especially when the 610 Stompers came out dancing lol


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Dell Inc. has named John Swainson president of the computer giant's newly created Software Group.
Swainson will report to Chairman and CEO Michael Dell when he takes over the group on March 5.
"The addition of software, both within the Software Group and across all of Dell, will help catalyze our transformation," Dell said in a Feb. 2 company announcement.
"As software will be a part of all of our products and services, the group's success will be largely be measured by the success of Dell overall," the company founder added.
"The organization will add to Dell's enterprise solutions capability, accelerate profitable growth and further differentiate the company from competitors by increasing its solutions portfolio with Dell-owned intellectual property," the announcement explained.
It also will bolster Dell's ability to execute in several strategic areas critical to its customers. The combination of strong internal development capabilities in hardware, software and services gives Dell the ability to serve the largest possible group of customers within the $3 trillion technology industry.
Swainson most recently was senior adviser to Silver Lake, a global private equity firm.
From 2005 through 2009 he was CEO and director of CA Inc., having come from IBM Corp., where he worked for more than 26 years in various management positions in the U.S. and Canada.
Swainson holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada.
About the Author
David Hubler is the former print managing editor for GCN and senior editor for Washington Technology. He is freelance writer living in Annandale, Va.
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'Glee's' Matthew Morrison Challenges Jonah Hill to a Duel on 'Jimmy Fallon' [VIDEO]
As we told you last week, 'Moneyball' actor Jonah Hill mentioned on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' that he overheard 'Glee's' Matthew Morrison talking (and laughing) about him at the Fox upfront presentation.
Well, last night, Morrison answered Hill's complaints. But instead of apologizing to Hill, he actually made fun of the complaint…and challenged Hill to a duel on Fallon's show.
Now all that's left to figure out is what type of duel this will be. Pistols at dawn? A sword fight? Singing and dancing? (It's probably going to be singing and dancing. Those 'Glee' folks can't go five minutes without breaking into a Lady Gaga tune.)
Personally I'd like to see Hill and Morrison battle each other in one of Fallon's nightly contests, like Models and Buckets. Fans would love to see the two stars covered in baked beans and/or ice cream.
Take a look at Matthew Morrison's response to Jonah Hill on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.' How would you like to see Morrison and Hill settle their feud?


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Sonny wrote:WindMuch wrote:Erika - any updates on your gear and/or van? I sure hope *some* of your stuff is starting to find its way back to you...
Kirk out
She got the van back but it was empty.
Bummer...I bet the gear was worth way more than the van!
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Event: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ashutosh Gowariker, Prachi Desai, Jaya Prada, Jackie Shroff, Madhur Bhandarkar, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Rahul Roy, Rajneesh Duggal, Mukesh Bhatt, Shriya Saran, and many others celebs from the film fraternity were present at T P Aggarwal's 'Blockbuster' trade magazine launch.
Guest List: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ashutosh Gowariker, Prachi Desai, Jaya Prada, Jackie Shroff, Madhur Bhandarkar, Mukesh Bhatt, Shriya Saran, T P Aggarwal, Ravi Kishan, Sudhir Mishra, Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Ashok Pandit, Manoj Tiwari, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Rahul Roy, Rajneesh Duggal, Harish
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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(Reuters) - A federal judge has revived a closely watched lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) of misleading Belgian-French bank Dexia SA (DEXI.BR) into buying more than $1.6 billion of troubled mortgage debt.
Citing a recent federal appeals court decision involving American International Group Inc (AIG.N) and Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said he had lacked jurisdiction when he decided on April 2 to throw out much of Dexia's lawsuit against JPMorgan.
That ruling had dismissed claims for all but $5.7 million, or less than 1 percent, of the roughly $774 million of damages that Dexia had sought from the largest U.S. bank.
In finding on Friday that he had no jurisdiction under an obscure 1919 federal law known as the Edge Act, Rakoff reinstated the dismissed claims and sent the case back to the New York state court where it began in January 2012.
"Those who don't believe in ghosts have never been in court, where legal claims are regularly seen rising from the grave," Rakoff wrote on Friday. "This is a case in point."
JPMorgan spokesman Justin Perras declined to comment. Timothy DeLange, a partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann representing Dexia, also declined.
The lawsuit is one of many accusing banks of trying to boost profit by packaging low-quality mortgages into seemingly safe securities, while fraudulently hiding the risks or failing to ensure the loans were underwritten properly.
Dexia alleged it was misled about the quality of 65 residential mortgage-backed securities certificates it bought from 51 offerings between 2005 and 2007 by JPMorgan, Bear Stearns Cos and Washington Mutual Inc.
JPMorgan, whose chief executive is Jamie Dimon, bought Bear and most of WaMu in 2008. The Dexia case gained notoriety from emails and other materials that suggested the defendants knew the securities they were selling were toxic.
In his earlier ruling, Rakoff let Dexia sue JPMorgan in federal court only over claims by its FSA Asset Management unit on five of the 65 certificates.
But matters changed after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said on April 19 that AIG's similar, larger lawsuit against Bank of America belonged in state court.
The Edge Act was designed to help free banks from state regulatory burdens and compete in offshore banking, and Bank of America said it warranted federal court jurisdiction.
AIG said the Edge Act should not apply, noting that the $28 billion of securities it bought were created domestically, as were nearly all of the 1.7 million underlying home loans.
In ruling for AIG, the 2nd Circuit said federal courts could resolve disputes over offshore transactions handled by federally chartered corporations that are parties to those disputes.
Rakoff said this forced him to reverse his original order.
While noting that some loans underlying Dexia's securities involved Virgin Islands properties, he said these were created by another lender, Flagstar Bank. Rakoff also said it did not matter that JPMorgan engaged in other international banking.
"Because JPMorgan Chase Bank did not itself engage in the foreign banking transactions on the basis of which the defendants sought removal, the court cannot exercise jurisdiction over this case under the Edge Act," Rakoff wrote.
In seeking to dismiss Dexia's lawsuit, JPMorgan argued that all of the alleged misstatements were addressed in a prospectus or prospectus supplement, and that there was no showing that alleged fraud caused any of Dexia's alleged losses.
Emails disclosed in the case suggested many instances where bank employees tried to press ahead with underwriting mortgage securities, despite knowing of deficient documentation in many of the underlying loans.
The case is Dexia SA/NV et al v. Bear Stearns & Co et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 12-04761.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting by Alison Franke; Editing by Andre Grenon


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Drummer needed
We're about to release our 3rd LP and are planning to tour heavily next year. We're part of the London DIY scene and put on shows for local and touring bands at least once a month, and with help from a few friends, we're also about to start a record label. We have our own practice room (shared with other bands) and our own van.
We'd like someone who's commited and extremely and sincerely passionate about music. We are faithful proponents of the DIY ethos, so if you're aiming at the NME cover this is probably not for you, but we are nevertheless very ambitious.
We would need someone who helps with booking gigs/tours and pretty much every other aspect of being in a band. In short, someone who gets shit done.
We are influenced by the likes of Fugazi, Minutemen, Sebadoh, Mclusky, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Les Savy Fav, Modest Mouse etc...
As the list suggests, we're well into writing songs and aren't scared of melodies! No loops or tapping involved. Finesse, Hooks and Balls.


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Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers will feature playable characters from the Sanctuary, Poseidon and Hades arcs within the Saint Seiya universe. Players will realize their dreams of battling the most vile and evil characters from Saint Seiya in one-on-one bouts that take place through the storylines from the anime series. The game will present enhanced graphics and effects; bringing the animated series to life like never before. Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers also gives players the ability to execute devastating combos and special moves as seen in the TV show. As players progress through the game, they will access the ability to enhance their chosen character's hit-point, strength levels, and Cosmos Power Gauge. Explosive online encounters await players via versus and ranking modes.
Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers' Collector edition will include the exclusive Saint Cloth Myth EX Pegasus Seiya (New Bronze Cloth) - Original Color only available with the game; this 16 cm figurine is part of the Cloth Myth Ex Edition. The five other figurine of the Cloth Myth EX series will be launch from December 2013 to spring 2014 .
"Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers' Collector Edition will be a Must have for all true Saint Seiya lovers!" said Olivier Comte, Senior Vice President, Namco Bandai Games Europe. "Through close collaboration with Bandai Collector, we're delighted to be able to offer fans an opportunity to acquire a truly unique and limited figurine, specifically designed for the release of Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers, and only available in the video game's collector edition."
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Does anyone know how the bolts that hold the s shaped steering arm to the spindle and the short fat bolt that holds the backing plate to the spindle should be finished? Saw a picture that has me doubting what I didThank you
John is correct (as usual) ; the bolts are 'dark' and appear to have been phosphated. I was thinking that they weren't painted (which they weren't). I had to go peek at my photos,and I also see that I was wrong about the 'orange and blue' paint splashes; what I was recalling as 'orange' actually appears to be pinkish? see photos attached.


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Honey & Oats by Jennifer Katzinger
The angle: All your favorite cakes and goodies, gussied up with whole grain flours and natural sugars.
Recipes for right now: Blueberry Cinnamon Scones, Vegan Animal Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookies, Apricot Cherry Bread, Berry Almond Breakfast Bread, Honey Kamut Bread, Raspberry Pie, Banana Cream Pie, Coconut Cloud Cake
Who would enjoy this book? Home bakers eager to expand beyond white flour and white sugar.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Jennifer Katzinger
• Who published it: Sasquatch Books
• Number of recipes: 75
• Other highlights: There are good, solid health reasons to start moving away from white flour and refined white sugar, but Jennifer Katzinger makes it very clear in Honey & Oats that health isn't the only reason to start cooking with ingredients like buckwheat flour, teff flour, and maple syrup. Not by a long shot! These ingredients also take our favorite baked goods and actually make them better — biscuits actually taste sweeter with kamut flour; a carrot cake made with maple syrup tastes richer.
While the book isn't entirely gluten-free and vegan, there are enough recipes in both categories that people following (or cooking for people who follow) either diet will be more than happy. Gluten-free and vegan variations for other recipes are also given whenever possible.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Honey & Oats by Jennifer Katzinger
• Visit the author's website: Jennifer Katzinger
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UPDATE: Engadget just wrote a reply to this article. The article says that you don't need an extra license to shoot commercial video with h.264 cameras, but I wonder why the license says otherwise, and Engadget's "quotes" of user/filmmaker indemnification by MPEG-LA are anonymous...
UPDATE 2: Engadget's editor replied to me. So according to him, the quotes are not anonymous, but organization-wide on purpose. If that's the case, I guess this concludes that. And I can take them on their word from now on.
UPDATE 3: And regarding royalties (as opposed to just licensing), one more reply by Engadget's editor.
You see, there is something very important, that the vast majority of both consumers and video professionals don't know: ALL modern video cameras and camcorders that shoot in h.264 or mpeg2, come with a license agreement that says that you can only use that camera to shoot video for "personal use and non-commercial" purposes (go on, read your manuals). I was first made aware of such a restriction when someone mentioned that in a forum, about the Canon 7D dSLR. I thought it didn't apply to me, since I had bought the double-the-price, professional (or at least prosumer), Canon 5D Mark II. But looking at its license agreement last night (page 241), I found out that even my $3000 camera comes with such a basic license. So, I downloaded the manual for the Canon 1D Mark IV, a camera that costs $5000, and where Canon consistently used the word "professional" and "video" on the same sentence on their press release for that camera. Nope! Same restriction: you can only use your professional video dSLR camera (professional, according to Canon's press release), for non-professional reasons. And going even further, I found that even their truly professional video camcorder, the $8000 Canon XL-H1A that uses mpeg2, also comes with a similar restriction. You can only use your professional camera for non-commercial purposes. For any other purpose, you must get a license from MPEG-LA and pay them royalties for each copy sold. I personally find this utterly unacceptable.
And no, this is not just a Canon problem (which to me sounds like false advertising). Sony and Panasonic, and heck, even the Flip HD, have the exact same licensing restriction. Also, all video editors and official media players come with similarly restricted codec licenses! Apparently, MPEG-LA makes it difficult for camera manufacturers, or video editor software houses, to obtain a cheap-enough license that allows their users to use their codec any way they want! This way, MPEG-LA caches in not only from the manufacturers and software providers, but also artists, and even viewers (more on that later). Maximizing their profit, they are!
Recently, MPEG-LA extended their "free internet broadcasting AVC license" until 2015. So until then, users can use a licensed encoder (x264 doesn't count, in their view this makes both the video producer AND every random viewer of that video *liable*), to stream online royalty-free, as long as that video is free to stream. However, what's "free to stream"? According to one interpretation of the U.S. law (disclaimer: I'm no lawyer), if you stream your video with ads (e.g. Youtube, Vimeo), then that's a non-free usage. It's commercial video, even if you, the producer, makes no dime out of it (and that's a definition and interpretation of the US law that even Creative Commons believes so, if I am to judge from their last year's "what's a commercial video" survey). MPEG-LA never made a distinction in their newly renewed license between "free streaming on your own personal ad-free homepage", and "streaming via youtube/vimeo". For all we know, they can still go against Youtube/Vimeo for not paying them [extra] royalties (to what, I assume, they already pay) for EVERY video viewed via their service, or go against the video producer himself.
And then there's the other thing too: Both Youtube and Vimeo use the open source x264 encoder to encode their videos, as far as I know. Youtube's version is a highly modified x264 version (forked, I believe), and Vimeo's is a much more vanilla version (since their company has fewer C/C++ engineers than Youtube). Vimeo is probably in even worse situation because they offer their in-house encoded x264 MP4 videos for free download too, prompting users to download these x264-created videos, and break their license agreement with MPEG-LA for using unlicensed videos with their [licensed] decoder installed on their PC! Since we know for a fact that x264 is breaking the MPEG-LA license agreements (because their devs didn't license it with MPEG-LA), can this make Vimeo, myself the video producer, AND every of these millions of viewers, liable, in the eyes of MPEG-LA?Is this kind of licensing even enforceable? Possibly no. Am I panicking for nothing? Quite possibly, yes. But I still don't like the language of the license and the restrictions it opposes.
In my opinion, while the current MPEG-LA execs still seem to have some small common sense, there's nothing protecting us from changing their current somewhat-common-sense execs in 5 or 10 years time, with some bat-shit crazy ones. Their license agreement is so broad, that ALLOWS for crazy lawsuits against 99.999% of the population (most people have watched a Youtube video, you see, even if themselves might not even own a PC).
Think about it.
They have created such broad license agreements, with such a stronghold around the whole chain of production (from shooting to delivering), that they could make liable the whole EU/US population, and beyond. This is major. This is one of these things where the DoJ should get involved. This is one of the situations that can destroy art. I'm a video producer myself (I direct rock music videos for local bands without compensation, and I also shoot Creative Commons nature videos), and I much prefer to never hold a camera in my hands ever again than to pay these leeches a dime. If MPEG-LA enforces all that they CAN enforce via their various EULAs, then fewer and fewer people will want to record anything of note to share with others.
And that's how an artistic culture can ROT. By creating the circumstances where making art, in a way that doesn't get in your way, is illegal. Only big corporations would be able to even grab a camera and shoot. And if only big corporations can shoot video that they can share (for free or for money), then we end up with what Creative Commons' founder, Larry Lessig, keeps saying: a READ-ONLY CULTURE.
Humans are intellectual species. We can't go further, advance our own species, go to the next level, without art. We need every member of the society to be free to express him/herself via any modern means of art that can REACH OTHERS. Art is only effective when it can reach other people. And MPEG-LA makes it not only difficult to do so, but it could bankrupt you.
This is why I said that this a DoJ/governmental issue. It's not only anti-trust, monopolistic and whatever other economical buzzword you want to use, but it's also something very dangerous for our society as a whole.
As I explained above, the problem CAN NOT be fixed by simply exporting your footage using OGV Theora, because by the time you decided you want to charge for your video, or upload it on a free streaming site with ads, or you used a non-licensed *decoder* to edit it, you're already liable. In fact, you've already made your decision which route to take by the moment you pressed that "REC" button on your camera! Theora (and any other Free codec) only helps you in one small part of the licensing minefield that MPEG-LA has setup in the last 20 years. It doesn't protect you in the whole chain of creation-editing-exporting-sharing, which is how MPEG-LA has locked us in for good.
MPEG-LA has insinuated in the past that they own so many patents around mpeg2 and h.264, that is simply not possible to build a video codec that it doesn't infringe on their patents. Guess what. I do believe that this is pretty true. I don't believe that any modern codec is actually patent-free. It's not possible, since their patents seem to be as broad as their licensing agreements. For some algorithms, there is only a single way of doing it right, and that method was probably already patented in the '90s by MPEG-LA. So if one day they decide to go against Theora, BBC's Dirac, or VP8, it's possible that they do have a case. I'm not a lawyer of course, but it is my opinion that they would find a way to do damage in court!
Now, there is only one way out of this whole MPEG-LA mess:
1. Use a camera that does not use any of MPEG-LA's codecs.
2. Use a codec that all, of most of its patents, have expired, patents that *PREDATE* MPEG-LA's.
3. After editing, export back to that codec. Don't use any of the supposedly modern patent-free codecs, because you can still be liable if MPEG-LA sues these codecs and wins.
So, which codec you should use to record your video and share with the world?
The solution is MJPEG.
Let me make one thing clear. MJPEG **sucks** as a codec. It's very old and inefficient. OGV Theora looks like alien technology compared to it. But (all, if not most of) its patents have expired. And JPEG is old enough to predate MPEG-LA. Thankfully, there are still some MJPEG HD cameras in the market, although they are getting fewer and fewer: Nikon's dSLRs, Pentax's new dSLRs, and the previous generation of Panasonic's HD digicams. Other cameras that might be more acceptable to use codec-wise are the Panasonic HVX-200 (DVCPro HD codec, $6000), the SILICON IMAGING SI-2K (using the intermediate format Cineform to record, costs $12,000), and the RED One (using the R3D intermediate format, costs $16,000+). Almost every other HD camera in the market is unsuitable, if you want to be in the clear 100% (and that's already monopolistic in my view).
Another way to get mpeg-free video is to record via HDMI, directly to the desktop PC (and bypass the SD/CF card). However, this is NOT an 100%-proof way of going around MPEG-LA, because some cameras still use their codecs to do some processing (since HDMI-output is still not "true" RAW).
And this brings to an end my little thought process which started last night and has consumed me ever since. Apple and Microsoft supporting the behemoth called MPEG-LA makes me sick to my stomach. They should both be ashamed of themselves. Instead, they should all be lobbying to get them out of the way completely -- and not via just picking a different codec, but completely invalidating most of their patents. Put lobbying to the government to good use, for once.
FREE OUR CULTURE. We already have Creative Commons, and a Free codec in our disposal. But without FREE CAMERA CODECS, we're going nowhere fast. Because it all starts with the camera. Not how you export at the very end.


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Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed his favourite non Manchester United player to watch was Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola, according to the Daily Mail.
Speaking at an event at the Lowry Art Centre in Manchester for the launch of his new autobiography, the legendary United manager admitted Zola was his one of his favourite Premier League players of all-time.
The Chelsea superstar spent seven seasons at Stamford Bridge, scoring 59 league goals in just over 200 appearances.
The Italian playmaker loved to score great goals, and inflicted his fair share of misery on the United boss with a number of stunning strikes against the Red Devils - including the one in the video above.
The 'live in conversation' event on Monday evening was the first of five stops for the ex-United boss at venues up and down the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Former-Chelsea striker Zola wasn't in attendance to hear the great United manager sing his praises but current Old Trafford boss David Moyes and former-Red Devils ace Sir Bobby Charlton were.
One particular anecdote saw Ferguson recall the time Zola, in action for Chelsea, turned then United centre-back Gary Pallister inside out so many times that the United defender 'needed a ticket to get back in.'


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|2011-02-23, 10:44
|Link #1
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
Mashiro-iro Symphony
Anime website
Game website
Palette's game has just had an anime confirmed.
The premise
|2011-02-23, 12:09
|Link #2
Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
I hope that the game's cast will be returned, except that the voice actors use their real names (for exemple, in the game, Sena's seiyu is Nazuna Gojyo, but in the anime, it's Ryoko Ono).
|2011-02-23, 18:17
|Link #3
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
Despite the fact that all the usual concerns apply (can they really do justice to a full game in what will no doubt be 12/13 episodes, will they get a decent staff who care about the work, will they do the character designs of the game justice, will they focus on the story and not just on fanservice, etc. etc.), I really really hope they make this work. If anyone was ever interested in a game that was pretty much pure sugary-sweet romance overload, this is it. Assuming they decide to stick to the original story and follow one selected path, it should make for a pretty natural anime conversion (but you never know anymore what these directors/writers/producers will decide to do). A PSP game has already been announced, so I'd expect the anime to air relatively soon (so they can time it to coincide with the game release).
*fingers crossed*
|2011-02-23, 20:23
|Link #4
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Uryuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I feel that Mashifoni's setup lends itself easily to an anime adaptation, especially if they follow Airi's route. Of course, it would be even better if they were to choose Sana instead, but that's probably not likely...
*fingers crossed*
|2011-02-24, 04:49
|Link #5
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
This is certainly good news, the VN was a very enjoyable and largely uplifting affair. Though i should do best not to get too excited before time ... while i think this title would lend itself fairly well to an anime adoption, you can never be too sure nowadays. I mean ... look how Fortune Arterial turned out ... That said, i am going to remain cautiously optimistic - it shouldn't be too hard to blend together the meat of the other routes while using Airi as base one (which i expect to be the obvious choice ... though who knows, i am apparently not in sync with these directors nowadays ) , and one cour could actually be sufficient to tell this story without sacrificing too much, as long as they make smart use of the time.
But yeah ... usual VN adaptation concerns aside, i am looking towards this. As relentless said, this game is an overload of sugary sweetness, and should appeal very well to people who are out for largely drama-free romance story, largely likable cast, and a pretty decent male lead, unbelievable as that might seem.
So ...yeah *fingers crossed*
Edit: Also, this made me remember that i was quite fond of the game's OP - certainly does a good job capturing the quirky and uplifting nature of the title
|2011-02-24, 05:03
|Link #6
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
LOL how I describe this VN: Sugary overloaded pure love romance
Not that it's a bad thing though since I thoroughly enjoy the game but it's not really my cup of tea
His imouto is one of the plus point for the game
Getchu Link NSFW
Edit: ~Sigh~ very time seeing Skyfall signature I can't help to wonder why won't they create Dies irae~Acta est Fabula~ anime
|2011-02-24, 05:30
|Link #7
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
This adaptation will lead to an absolute overload of sweetness to the point it will turn anybody nearly diabetic so to speak
I just hope they won't make any major alterations with the characters (like what they did with Erika in FA), otherwise, it will just be a pain to deal with (yes, I'm quite afraid of what they can do with Airi...)
|2011-02-24, 23:51
|Link #10
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
|2011-02-25, 20:07
|Link #11
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ottawa, Canada
|2011-07-11, 05:15
|Link #14
Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
Here's the staff :
Director : Eiji Suganuma (Kodomo no Jikan)
Series Composition : Team RIKKA
Character Design/Chief Animation Director : Toshie Kawamura
Assistant Director : Masamitsu Hidaka (Pokémon series, Linebarrels of Iron's director)
Animation Production : Manglobe
Same cast as the game, except that theses seiyuus use their real names (for exemple, Sena's seiyuu Nazuna Gojyo became Ryoko Ono). But the only exception is the Panya's seiyuu is listed as ???.
|2011-07-11, 16:09
|Link #15
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
That being said, they did do two different manga series to cover two different heroines (the second manga is running now). I don't think they'll do manga for any of the other heroines, though.
|2011-07-11, 22:37
|Link #16
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
I don't get it; wouldn't another of Palette's games, もしも明日が晴れならば (or "If the weather holds fair tomorrow", or "Moshiraba") be better for dramatic potential? Every loves a good tear-jerker as Key's works proved, and after the failure of recent shows like Hoshizora, wouldn't a change back towards tragedy prove more popular with fans?
Moshiraba's official website can be found here.
Mashiro-Iro Symphony doesn't look like the best of games in Palette's catalogue to make an anime, sadly.
|2011-07-12, 01:34
|Link #17
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
While those titles might be better for dramatic potential (there is not much of it in MashiFoni indeed), that isn't a requirement for a good story. A drama is a drama, a romcom is a romcom, both have different appeals and are to be appreciated for different reasons and arguably have different aims in terms of what they want to evoke from the audience. But story doesn't become better simply by having lots of drama in it, how good is an outcome depends on the writer's ability to mold the material he is working with.
I believe Mashiro-iro Symphony completely capable of being the foundation for a good anime, should the writers stick to its guns and not try and inject their own ... er ... "creativity" in the material, those often end up disastrous (I am looking at you, Fortune Arterial). MashiFoni's story and cast are a good deal stronger than Hoshizora's ever was (It was a rather mediocre title to start with, though i believe the lukewarm reception of the anime has more to do with fanboys being unsatisfied with the choice of the male lead rather than technical merits of the show, questionable as they were, but this is neither here nor there) and mesh together fairly well; creating a favorable impression shouldn't be too hard.
The overall structure of the story should lend itself fairly well to being adopted in to an anime, and it shouldn't be too troublesome to weave the essence of the other heroine stories together while sticking to a main one in the center. If we want to bring in comparisons with Hoshizora again, that title was a pure chara-ge with virtually no 'plot' beyond daily character interactions, leaving it in a pretty poor shape once removing all the romance related events. MashiFoni's characters have more of a story to tell and removing romance from the equation from all but one won't leave them immediately stranded, unlike the aforementioned title. (And besides, this title was announced well before Hoshizora started airing).
So ... yeah. I believe MashiFoni to be a quite good choice for an anime, as I found the original to be a highly enjoyable read that left me quite satisfied, and certainly no worse than any other title from Palette. Despite all the usual concerns that come with the territory of it being a VN adaptation, something that producers seem to have conspired to brutalize lately, I find myself very much looking towards this. Unyaa~
|2011-07-12, 03:46
|Link #18
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Well, if MashiFoni's story is indeed strong enough to stand on its own merits (as the upcoming anime adaptation for Minatosoft's Majikoi is looking to be), then it might be a good idea. Still, after the failures of the anime adaptations of Fortune Arterial and Hoshizora, my expectations aren't very high for this series.
Another point of concern is what MashiFoni, if it's indeed a diabetes-inducing sugary-sweetness-smorgasbord, is going to have to do more to get more recognition amongst its more famous genre-mates that rely on this kind of sweetness, such as To Heart 2. When plenty of competitors have done what you're doing already, it's that much harder to brand yourself as something worth buying. I'm fairly certain that there aren't many eroge where the "main girl" is "seriously unavailable" right from the very beginning, as in Moshiraba's case, whereas many eroge now feature the "find your love in a school setting" premise all around.
What I'd really like to see from Palette would be an omnibus-style adaptation of Moshiraba, starting with the sisters' arcs for a first season, followed by the other characters in another season. Of course, that's unlikely. Another thing I'd like to see would be Purple software's 明日の君と逢うために ("Till I reach your tomorrow") made into an anime, which might be easier since the character designer in that game (a certain Tomoyasu Kurashima) has done a lot of work on the anime series of Infinite Stratos, Strike Witches, etc., but that's even less likely.
|2011-07-26, 00:59
|Link #20
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
Anyway, now back to your regularly-scheduled topic... I guess it hasn't been mentioned explicitly in this thread yet, but the show is confirmed for Fall 2011 (meaning this October).
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