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WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she now supports gay marriage, becoming the third Senate Republican to do so.
Murkowski says she believes same-sex marriage will encourage family values. She says she supports the right of all Americans to marry the person they love.
She says allowing gay marriage "keeps politicians out of the most private and personal aspects of peoples' lives."
Murkowski previously said she was "evolving" on the issue. She announced her decision in an opinion piece posted on her website Wednesday.
Two other GOP senators — Mark Kirk of Illinois and Rob Portman of Ohio — previously announced their support for gay marriage. Forty-nine Democratic senators and two independents senators also back gay marriage. Two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin, of West Virginia and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, remain opposed.
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Opening Friday
Boyhood (R): Director Richard Linklater spent 12 years filming the coming-of-age tale of a boy named Mason. Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette play his divorced parents.
And So It Goes (PG-13): Michael Douglas is a selfish real-estate agent who relies on the help of his neighbor (Diane Keaton) to raise the granddaughter he never knew he had.
The Fluffy Movie (PG-13) Concert film starring the popular stand-up comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias.
Under the Electric Sky (PG-13): Experience the Electric Daisy Carnival, the largest dance music event in North America, via IMAX 3D.
Hercules (PG-13): Dwayne Johnson and director Brett Ratner tackle the mythical hero, placing him in a reality where the supernatural does not exist.
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The Lottery (10 p.m. Sunday, Lifetime): A new drama series that imagines a dystopian future driven by a global fertility crisis. After a scientist finally manages to fertilize 100 human eggs, a battle over control of the prized embryos begins.
The Newburgh Sting (9 p.m. Monday, HBO): A compelling documentary about a controversial case in which four black men from Newburgh, N.J., were arrested in 2009 for plotting to bomb synagogues. But was it an example of FBI entrapment?
Extant (9 p.m. Wednesday, CBS): The twisted sci-fi tale of continues as Molly (Halle Berry) considers telling her husband about her pregnancy. Meanwhile, their robot kid goes to school for the first time.
Project Runway (9 p.m. Thursday, Lifetime): The new season gets ruthless right from the start as the contestants are told that they must endure one more audition. Three will be sent packing even before the first challenge.
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Recommendations for HIV-Positive Inmates
July/August 2001
Adapted and reprinted with permission from the 2000-2001 Medical Management of HIV by John G. Bartlett, M.D. and Joel E. Gallant, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The "HIV in Corrections" chapter was written by William Rudy, D.O.; Louis C. Tripoli, M.D.; John G. Bartlett, M.D. and Ellen S. Rappaport, M.P.H. Copyright 2000 John G. Bartlett, M.D., published by Johns Hopkins University, Division of Infectious Diseases. Available online at http://hopkins-aids.edu.
At a minimum, the facility's primary care physician should evaluate asymptomatic [having no symptoms of disease] HIV-positive patients every three to four months. Between regularly scheduled visits the inmate may present to the nurse for multiple issues, including acute [new] signs or symptoms, medication issues, etc.
Adherence to complex pharmaceutical regimens has become a critical component of the nurse's role as educator and motivator. In some correctional systems the case manager may initiate adherence checks, which may be [called for] in the following instances:
Because it is common to move inmates from facility to facility, nursing case management should be established system-wide. With a system-wide approach, inmates can be incorporated into a new facility's procedures without being "lost to follow-up." The following three intensive education sessions may be used by nurse case managers with a newly diagnosed HIV-positive inmate.
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Establishing community linkages is mandatory and might require face to face meetings. State Departments of Health are useful agencies for providing resource manuals of current AIDS service agencies available in the local areas.
A signed release of information form must be obtained prior to release of any information to outside community resources . . . Continuity of care is especially critical for patients receiving antiretroviral [drugs] and for those vulnerable to [opportunistic infections] due to low CD4 [T] cell counts.
Prisoners should be given medications and/or prescriptions to be filled in the community upon release. The critical issue of continuity of all antiretroviral agents should be stressed to the inmate and to the provider/organization providing post-release care. If therapy must be interrupted, it is often best to stop all antiretroviral agents. [Remember that Sustiva and Viramune must be stopped two days before the rest of the HIV medications are stopped, since it lasts longer in the body and should not be alone in your system, because you may develop resistance. -- EV]
In many correctional health care systems it is the primary care provider who decides when and if antiviral therapy will be offered. This decision, the [drugs] selected and other management decisions regarding HIV care should be based on recommendations of the DHHS or IAS-USA [see Resources for how to obtain a free copy] or other authoritative sources.
Dietitians should be available to advise inmates with HIV about nutritional aspects of wasting syndrome, lipodystrophy [high levels of triglycerides or cholesterol] and gastrointestinal intolerance of meds [such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea].
[Housing and work] segregation may [lead people to] unscientific beliefs about HIV transmission.
The security staff, primarily the correctional officer (CO), plays an important role in case management. Many times it is the CO who recognizes early signs or symptoms of HIV disease progression. Similarly, COs learn which inmates require medications on a regular basis and can encourage inmates to be adherent. In addition, the health care staff must rely on the security staff to bring the inmate to the medical facility. The success of this depends largely on how informed the security staff is. [Editor's Note: According to the HIV Education Prison Project, in a report on mental health, "Inmates with unrecognized cognitive impairment as a result of HIV may be emotionally [unstable] and behaviorally unpredictable, inviting attacks from other inmates and punishment/retaliation from correctional officers who fail to understand the behavioral impetus. They may receive punishment for rule infractions that they were never entirely capable of understanding or remembering."]
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Center for the Humanities Events
2014-15 Theme: "A Century of War: 1914 and Beyond"
These events will explore the social, political, and cultural transformations brought about by the First World War and the ways in which these have been debated, represented, and recorded in different humanist disciplines and fields of study. Our goal is to mark the centenary of the Great War, but also to discuss how the phenomenon of war continues to shape a culture of violence. We also wish to examine its consequences for global relations and the military-capitalist nexus that undergirds states and nations and for those domestic policies and attitudes towards weapons, which affect our understanding of the concept of 'freedom.'
August 28 – December 7
War and Peace Project
Artists: Lucy Arrington, Laura "Lola" Baltzell '83, Christiane Carney Johnson '83, Otto Mayr '82, Lucy Zahner Montgomery '83, Emma Rhodes, Elizabeth Jorganson Sherman '83, Lynn Waskelis '83, And Adrienne Wetmore
The War and Peace Project is a collaborative fusion of art and literature, created on all 747 pages of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. Laura "Lola" Baltzell '83 began the project in 2008 by making a collage from each page of a 1970s Soviet edition of the novel she'd picked up when she was a Russian studies student in Leningrad. She gradually expanded the project to include a small group of friends, dubbed "Team Tolstoy" (at least six Grinnell alumni are part of Team Tolstoy). The presentation of the War and Peace Project at Grinnell is a homecoming for many of the alumni artists, and the exhibition is a part of "A Century of War," the topic of focus this year for the Humanities Center.
September 16
Chris Hedges: "War is the Force that Gives us Meaning"
Chris Hedges, American Journalist specializing in American politics and society
Tuesday, September 16, 7:30 pm, JRC 101
"War is the Force that Gives us Meaning"
Pulitizer-prize winning journalist and author Chris Hedges, who spent two decades as a war correspondent, most of them with The New York Times, will address the pathology of modern warfare. He will examine the rise of industrial and total war in World War I and how it has shaped the modern battlefield, distorting civil society, turning civilians into the primary victims and transforming nations into perpetual war machines. Industrial warfare has also brought with it the psychosis of permanent war, used to shut down all radical and popular dissent, silence anti-war movements and disempower a citizenry in the name of national security. Hedges will draw on historical examples of modern warfare, as well as his experience covering conflicts in Central America, Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Humanities and the Rosenfield Program.
September 21–23
A Muslim Saint in Iowa: Interreligious Dialogue and the Legacy of the Emir Abd el-Kader
Contact: Jan Gross
A Muslim Saint in Iowa: Interreligious Dialogue and the Legacy of the Emir Abd el-Kader commemorates the United Nations International Day of Peace on September 21, 2014 as reflected in the life of the Emir Abd el-Kader (1808-1883). An exemplary Muslim, a celebrated military hero of Algeria in opposing French colonization, and an international peacemaker (savior of 12,000 Christians in Damascus), the Emir Abd el-Kader was hailed as "one of the few great men of the century" (NY Times).
Three events will highlight the influential role of religion and Islam as a font of humanist thought, dialogue, and humanitarian action, as well as the Emir's ongoing legacy in the Iowa town of Elkader.
Sunday, September 21 at 2:00 p.m., Strand theatre
The feature film Of Gods and Men (2010 Grand Prize at Cannes, French/Arabic, English subtitles) will be shown at the Strand theatre, with an introduction by John Kiser, author of The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria (book used as source for the film), followed by a Q&A.
Monday, September 22 at 7:30 p.m., JRC 101
John Kiser, author of the definitive biography Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader, and Jan Gross (French/Arabic) will discuss the past and present significance of the Emir Abdelkader in "From Abdelkader to Elkader: Stories of Connection to Iowa, Islam, and Algeria."
Tuesday, September 23 at 10:00 a.m., Drake Library
Designed to involve town and campus participation, "Creating Educational Outreach: the Abdelkader Education Project, Elkader, Iowa" will offer an off-campus presentation by John Kiser and Kathy Garms (Executive Director of the Abdelkader Education Project - AEP)
Tuesday, September 23 at 4:15 p.m., JRC 101
A panel featuring Harold Kasimow, Gisela Webb, Rashed Chowdhury '03, Katie Chowdhury '05, and John Kiser will discuss examples of enduring voices of "Interreligious Dialogue in Action: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives."
(TBA) Alumni Scholars Rashed Chowdhury ('03) and Katie Chowdhury ('05) will share their work on campus.
John Kiser, author of Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader and The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, Center for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia (adjunct fellow), and the Abdelkader Education Project
Harold Kasimow, George A. Drake Professor emeritus of religious studies, Grinnell College;
Gisela Webb, Professor of religious studies, Seton Hall University, Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations (faculty fellow)
Jan Gross, Seth Richards Professor in Modern Languages, department of French and Arabic, Grinnell College;
Rashed Chowdhury '03, Sessional instructor, department of history, University of Manitoba;
Katie Kiskaddon Chowdhury '05, writer, interfaith ministry.
Kathy Garms (Executive Director, Abdelkader Education Project - AEP), Elkader, Iowa
Program begins with a showing of the film Of Gods and Men in the presence of John Kiser, author of The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria, primary source of the film.
Outreach events scheduled in town include exchanges with Kathy Garms (Executive Director of the Abdelkader Education Project - AEP) and AEP co-founder John Kiser.
Co-sponsored by the French & Arabic Department, Center for the Humanities, Center for International Studies, Rosenfield Program, Center for Prairie Studies, Center for Religion, Spirituality, and Social Justice, Alumni Scholar, Religious Studies Department, Peace Studies Program, and the Office of Community Enhancement and Engagement.
October 6
Richard Fogarty: "Visions of Race and Empire in France during the Great War"
Richard Fogarty, Associate Professor of History, University at Albany, SUNY
Monday, October 6, 7:30 pm, JRC 101
"Visions of Race and Empire in France during the Great War"
Professor Fogarty will speak about visual culture and French history related to the First World War. Please refer to his personal website for further information.
November 20
Conversation in the Humanities
Thursday, November 20, Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101
Translation as Liberal Arts Pedagogy
Presentations by:
Aron Aji, Director of MFA in Literary Translation at University of Iowa - "Translation for Global Literacy: Integrating Translation Across the Curriculum"
Tim Arner, Associate Professor of English - "Translating Backwards"
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies - "Translation as Inevitable Failure: Encounter, Adventure and Inadequacy in Moving Between Voices, Words and Worlds"
Hai-Dang Phan, Assistant Professor of English - "The Difference Translation Makes"
December 2
Priya Satia
Priya Satia, Associate Professor of Modern British History, Stanford University
Tuesday, December 2, ARH 302
"The Great War in the Middle East"
The Middle East was a critical arena in the global conflict known as World War One. British tactics on that front were also uniquely innovative. In this talk, Prof. Satia will examine the origins of those creative tactics and their enormous cultural and political impact in Europe, South Asia, and the Middle East itself.
Priya Satia is Associate Professor of modern British history at Stanford University. Her first book Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East (OUP, 2008) won the 2009 AHA-Herbert Baxter Adams Book Prize, the 2009 AHA-Pacific Coast Branch Book Award, and the 2010 Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies Book Prize. Her work has also appeared in the American Historical Review, Past and Present, Technology and Culture, Humanity, as well as several edited volumes and popular media such as the Financial Times, Nation, and the TLS. With support from the NEH and the ACLS, she is currently finishing her second book, Empire of Guns: The British State, the Industrial Revolution, and the Conscience of a Quaker Gun-Manufacturer.
December 12
Grinnell Lecture: A Celebration Of Faculty Scholarship
(By invitation only)
The Dean's Office and the Center for the Humanities are delighted to announce the first annual Grinnell Lecture, which recognizes outstanding scholarship by a faculty member. This year's recipient, Tyler Roberts will present "Critical Thinking After Critique in Religious Studies and the Humanities.
January 28
Concert: Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin: A Memorial to Friends Killed in the Great War
Eugene Gaub, Associate Professor of Music
Wednesday, January 28, 4:15 p.m.
Faulconer Gallery
20th-century composer Maurice Ravel drove an ambulance for France during the Great War and saw action at Verdun. Inevitably, the horrors and carnage he witnessed found expression in his music, notably in the suite of six pieces for piano called Le Tombeau de Couperin (composed between 1914 and 1917). This work began in homage to French music of the past (composer François Couperin, 1668-1733), but became a dual tribute as Ravel dedicated each movement to friends killed in action. Eugene Gaub, associate professor of music, will perform the suite, introduce the men whose memory it honors, and say a few words about the contexts—musical and political—from which it emerged. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, Faulconer Gallery, and the Music Department.
February 9-12
Humanities Center Film Festival
All films will be shown at the Strand Theatre, 921 Main Street at 7:00 p.m.
These showings are free and open to the public. Complimentary refreshments will be provided.
Monday, February 9 – Afghanistan: The Surge
Q&A following the film with Robert Hodierne '68, Director/Producer
"Afghanistan: The Surge" tells the story of one Marine platoon sent to Afghanistan in the summer of 2010 as part of President Obama's surge. The platoon, filled with skilled and highly trained Marines with the best of intentions, was sent to a remote outpost to eliminate the Taliban. It didn't always work out that way. The film reveals why the war in Afghanistan was so frustrating and ultimately unsuccessful. The documentary was screened at the Washington West Film Festival and took top honors for large market television from Military Reporters and Editors. 116 minutes.
Robert Hodierne began his 40-year journalism career as a freelance photographer covering the Vietnam War in 1966. Since then Hodierne has worked as a reporter and editor for newspapers, wire services, magazines, television, radio and the Internet. In 1981 he was part of a team that won most American journalism awards including the Pulitzer Prize. He is currently chairman of the journalism department at the University of Richmond, where his teaching emphasis on documentary film. He is a 1968 graduate of Grinnell College.
Tuesday, February 10 – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
In 1920, one brilliant movie jolted the postwar masses and catapulted the movement known as German Expressionism into film history. That movie was The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world. Director Robert Wiene and a visionary team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. 75 minutes.
Wednesday, February 11 – Nosferatu
A cornerstone of the horror film, F.W. Murnau's NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR is resurrected in an HD edition mastered from the acclaimed 35mm restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. Backed by an orchestral performance of Hans Erdmann's 1922 score, this edition offers unprecedented visual clarity and historical faithfulness to the original release version. An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, NOSFERATU remains to many viewers the most unsettling vampire film ever made, and its bald, spidery vampire, personified by the diabolical Max Schreck, continues to spawn imitations in the realm of contemporary cinema. 95 minutes.
Thursday, February 12 – All Quiet on the Western Front
One of the most powerful anti-war statements ever put on film, this gut-wrenching story concerns a group of friends who join the Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their fiery patriotism is quickly turned to horror and misery by the harsh realities of combat. Director Lewis Milestone pioneered the use of the sweeping crane shot to capture a ghastly battlefield panorama of death and mud, and the cast, led by Lew Ayres, is terrific. 140 minutes.
February 18
Anton Kaes: "The Trauma of War in Weimar Cinema"
Anton Kaes, Professor of German and Film & Media
University of California, Berkeley
"The Trauma of War in Weimar Cinema"
Wednesday, February 18
7:30 p.m., Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101
This lecture addresses the invisible, long-term effects of the First World War on German society. Although the lecture will focus on the iconic silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), it will make the larger claim that many films today are haunted by the memory of war.
Professor Kaes is the author of several books in English and German that deal with multidisciplinary and comparative aspects of film theory and German film history. His publications include From 'Hitler' to 'Heimat': The Return of History as Film (Harvard University Press, 1989); M (British Film Institute, 2001), and Shell Shock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War (Princeton University Press, 2009), and the forthcoming co-edited sourcebook, The Promise of Cinema: German Film Theory, 1907-1933 (University of California Press). Teaching at Berkeley since 1981, he served as Director of Film Studies at UC Berkeley from 1991-1996 and Co-director (with Kaja Silverman) 1996-1999; from 2001 to 2006 he was Chair of the German Department. In 1985 he co-founded the bi-annual German Film Institute; he has given lectures and workshops in Amsterdam, Berlin, Canberra, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Vienna, and Tel Aviv. Since 1990 he is the co-editor of the book series "Weimar and Now: German Cultural History."
March 5
Vincent Sherry: "Bare Death: The Failing Sacrifice of the Great War"
Vincent Sherry, Professor in the Humanities and English
Washington University, St. Louis
"Bare Death: The Failing Sacrifice of the Great War"
Thursday, March 5
7:30 p.m., Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101
In his talk Prof. Sherry will consider the fate of "sacrifice" as a category of value in the political, military, and personal experience of the Great War of 1914-1918. He will engage, in particular, Giorgio Agamben's much discussed work Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, which provides the basis for his title.
Vincent Sherry is Howard Nemerov Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. He teaches and writes about modernist literatures in English. His books include The Uncommon Tongue: The Poetry and Criticism of Geoffrey Hill (1987), The Radical Modernism of Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis (1993), James Joyce: ULYSSES (1995, 2nd ed. 2004), The Great War and the Language of Modernism (2003), and Modernism and the Reinvention of Decadence (2015). He has edited the Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War and is editor of the forthcoming Cambridge History of Modernism. He is currently working on A Literary History of the European War of 1914-1918.
April 7
Grinnell College Student Research Symposium, 2014-2015
The Dean's Office and the Center for the Humanities are pleased to announce the Student Research Symposium, April 6–9, 2015. Selected students across all divisions will present a selection of their disciplinary or inter-disciplinary research papers, creative performances, and art projects.
Joe Palca, National Public Radio Science Correspondent, will present the keynote address, "A Good Idea is a Good Idea: Advanced Degree Not Required" on Tuesday, April 7.
Full event schedule:
Monday, April 6
12:00 p.m. BCA 152 – "Art in the Public Sphere"
Meredith Kalkbrenner, Eden Marek, Sara Ramey, Anthony Wenndt
JRC 101 – "Policy and Progress"
Lilianna Bagnoli, James Dowell, Margaret Schmitt
7:30 p.m. Roberts Theatre – PERFORMANCE, "The Liberal Arts in Performance"
Cristal Coleman, Erica Kwiatkowski, Sophiyaa Nayar
Tuesday, April 7
12:00 p.m. JRC 101 – "Quantitative Approaches to Self and Society"
Elizabeth Eason, Gwendolyn Ihrie, Isaiah Tyree
ARH 102 – "Self, Subject, and Community"
Briona Butler, Amulya Gyawali, Strahinja Matejic
7:30 p.m. Sebring Lewis - KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Joe Palca, "A Good Idea is a Good Idea: Advanced Degree Not Required"
Wednesday, April 8
4:15 p.m. JRC 101 – "Visualizing Bodies in Film and Art"
Xena Fitzgerald, Eliza Harrison, Michelle Risacher
4:15 p.m. ARH 102 – "Theory and Social Praxis"
Chris Hellmann, Violeta Ruiz Espigares, Kenneth Wee
Thursday, April 9
12:00 p.m. JRC 101 – "Sexual Politics at Home and Abroad"
Hannah Kelley, Krit Petrachaianan, Scott Olson
April 8
Zoe Sherinian, Associate Professor and Chair of Ethnomusicology, University of Oklahoma
Film Showing:
Wednesday, April 8
7:30 p.m., ARH 302
This is A Music: Reclaiming an Untouchable Drum
This documentary is about the psychological and economic processes of transformation for a group of outcaste/untouchable drummers from rural India. As they professionalize, reconstructing their performance as "music" and their identity as "worldly," they participate in the Chennai Sangamam folk festival where their reception by urban audiences further transforms their self-understanding. Directed and narrated by Zoe Sherinian. 2011. 74 minutes.
Thursday, April 9
4:15 p.m., ARH 302
Meaning and performance of the Dalit Drum: a lecture demonstration
The Dalit (formerly outcastes or untouchables) of South India use a frame drum called the parai (root word of the English term Pariah) as an instrument to announce auspicious and inauspicious occasions in Hindu and Christian rituals. This lecture will include discussion of the musical meaning derived from various genre based semiotic codes, polemic assertions by drummers under the Indian hierarchy of musical value that this folk practice "is music," and how ethnomusicologists conduct fieldwork to understand local musical systems that are orally based.
Dr. Zoe Sherinian is an Associate Professor and Chair of Ethnomusicology at the University of Oklahoma. Her research focus has been Christian indigenization and the production of liberation theology in India through Tamil folk music with secondary emphases in gender studies, and world percussion. Her publications include a recent book, Tamil Folk Music as Dalit Liberation Theology (Indiana Univ Press, 2013), articles in the Journals Ethnomusicology (Summer 2007), Worlds of Music (2005), Women and Music (2005), and the on-line journal Religion Compass (2009). She also has articles in the anthologies Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines, edited by Selva J. Raj and Corinne Dempsey and Performing Pasts: Reinventing the Arts in South India, edited by Indira Viswanathan Peterson and Davesh Soneji.
Her latest project draws on her background as a percussionist. In 2008-9 Sherinian spent nine months in India as a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow conducting ethnography on the changing status of the parai drum of the Dalits (untouchables) of Tamil Nadu, India. Living in a village for four months, she learned how to perform the parai (and to dance with it) and she shot over fifty hours of professional videotape to produce an ethnographic documentary on parai drummers, which is presently in post-production. She has extensively studied the mrdangam, the classical drum of South Indian Karnatak music and performs on the jazz drumset. She has also performed with the Balinese Gamelan, Sekar Jaya, and several university based steel drum and African drumming ensembles. In 2009, Sherinian began the first parai (Indian folk) drumming ensemble in the U.S. at the University of Oklahoma.
These events are co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, Center for International Studies, English Department, Music Department, and the Religious Studies Department.
April 21
Joanna Bourke: "Designed to Kill: The Science and Art of Killing, 1914-1945"
Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London
Tuesday, April 21
7:30 p.m., JRC 101
Joanna Bourke is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the prize-winning author of eleven books, including histories on modern warfare, military medicine, psychology and psychiatry, the emotions, and rape. Among others, she is the author of Dismembering the Male: Men's Bodies, Britain, and the Great War (1996), An Intimate History of Killing (1999), Fear: A Cultural History (2005) and Rape: A History from the 1860s to the Present (2007). Her book, What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the Present was published by Virago in 2011. In 2014, she was the author of The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers (OUP) and Wounding the World: How Military Violence and War-Play are Invading our Lives (Virago). Her books have been translated into Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, and Greek. An Intimate History of Killing won the Wolfson Prize and the Fraenkel Prize. Her 40-CD audio history of Britain, entitled "Eyewitness" won the Gold for the Best Audio Production for Volume 1910-1919, Gold for the Best Audio Production for Volume 1940-1949, and the Gold for the Most Original Audio for all 10 volumes. She is a frequent contributor to TV and radio shows, and a regular correspondent for newspapers.
April 29
"Technology and the Arts"
Conversations in the Humanities
Wednesday, April 29
4:15 p.m., BCA 152
Presentations by:
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Nokia Bodes Ill for Microsoft
Revenue Drops 29% in Handset Business That U.S. Company Is Acquiring
STOCKHOLM—Microsoft Corp.'s foray into making smartphones was dealt a setback as Nokia Corp. said sales of its Lumia Windows line posted a sales decline for the fourth quarter.
The drop was a troubling sign for Microsoft, which is in the process of closing a $7 billion purchase of Nokia's handset business.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Tim Karoleff for Ampersand.
Links I've posted on Facebook this past week included:
Round up of Anthropologie window and in-store displays
Yulia-quilled photoshoot (via Molly Smith)
Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows
Interesting way to add quilling to a fringed border
Remember, the giveaway for two packages of Box-Envelopes, perfect for mailing dimensional cards, ends this Sunday, January 8.
Enjoy the weekend!
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I don't think I've seen before objects like these. I like them for their design and utility.ReplyDelete
Best wishes for the new year, Ann.
Those are so cool! They remind me of barnacles. :)ReplyDelete
You put together a wonderful Fab Friday collection, Ann! I haven't gotten one thing done, ha, but that's ok. I am full of inspiration! Happy Friday to you!ReplyDelete
those are so cool! it'd be like having an art installation in one's home :)ReplyDelete
happy friday & happy weekend!
What a beautiful idea to upcycle and so useful too.ReplyDelete
Those are very cool. I've been trying to get my craft room redone and I need something like thatReplyDelete
Happy New Year! Looking forward to even more wonderful paper art inspiration on your blog in 2012!ReplyDelete
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The wallpockets are so funky!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the links to the great window displays and the photoshoot with Yulia.
They look like the perfect place to stash cheerios and goldfish crackers... ;)ReplyDelete
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Lesson 334
Mechanics - End Punctuation
Use an exclamation point to end an exclamatory sentence or any strong exclamation. (A strong exclamation is called an interjection.) Many exclamations begin with how or what.
Instructions: Put the needed punctuation in each of these sentences.
1. What a game that was
2. Wow Our team won in the last minute
3. How lovely your Christmas decorations are
4. Oh I need to hurry
5. What I did exactly what you asked
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1. What a game that was!
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4. Oh! I need to hurry!
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I should be there around 4pm. Can we start driving early or do we officially start at 5pm?P.S. - I've got a surprise for Pat. Hint: I picked some up at Duggans Petroleum. "I'm all up in yo head!!!"
I won't be there. I got family coming in otherwise I'd be all down with that action...
8.5 gal of 105 mixed w/ 2 gal of 91 = 10.5 gal of 102. :twisted: First real test of the 100 octane program. Cost me $4.60/gal. :cry:
This is going to be fun! Does anyone have a video camera they can bring that we can use to film and put movies up on the website?
Right on! That's sweet. So who is ready to be monkey-stomped?
You are so played out that your stop watch is even slower than mine! Bring it Chim Chim... :twisted:
Chim Chim was Speed Racer's little brother's monkey...You are going down my brother...might as well lay down and just enjoy the view...LOL!


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President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his re-election showed that the majority of voters agreed with him that taxes should be raised on the wealthiest Americans as part of a solution to reduce the nation's gaping budget deficit.
Speaking to reporters for the first time since he was re-elected, Obama was pressed on the widening scandal that's ensnared recently resigned CIA Director David Petraeus and Marine Gen. John Allen, but he said he didn't think there'd been any negative national security disclosures and that he'd withhold judgment on whether he should've been alerted sooner to the FBI investigation.
He also was quizzed about his administration's handling of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya – and he delivered a heated defense of his United Nations ambassador, Susan Rice, whose name has been floated as a potential successor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Reflecting the heightened importance of the Hispanic vote, he called on a reporter for the Spanish-language television network Telemundo and told her he expected a comprehensive immigration bill would be introduced "very soon after my inauguration."
He gave some of his most extensive remarks since he's been president on climate change, though he concluded that there's not the political will in Washington to get much done, saying it would involve tough choices.
"I think the American people right now have been so focused, and will continue to be focused, on our economy and jobs and growth that, if the message is somehow we're going to ignore jobs and growth simply to address climate change, I don't think anybody's gonna go for that," Obama said. "I won't go for that."
The president, who hadn't fielded questions from an official news conference since June, opened his remarks by calling on Congress to extend middle-class tax cuts immediately, before starting work on a larger package to address the deficit.
"We should not hold the middle class hostage while we debate tax cuts for the wealthy," he said in his opening remarks.
Obama infuriated Democrats two years ago by siding with Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest, but he said Wednesday that it was a "one-time proposition" and "what I'm not going to do is to extend Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent."
He argued that voters had endorsed his position, even if congressional Republicans do not.
"This shouldn't be a surprise to anybody," the president said. "When it comes to how we reduce our deficit, I argued for a balanced, responsible approach, and part of that included making sure that the wealthiest Americans pay a little bit more."
But he stopped short of setting a "red line" on raising taxes for the wealthiest, saying he was "open to new ideas" and that he realized "we're going to have to compromise."
He's invited congressional leaders to the White House on Friday for negotiations aimed at averting an impending "fiscal cliff." The Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year, and automatic spending cuts totaling $109 billion in fiscal 2013 that could affect a host of government services and functions are slated to take effect Jan. 2.
The voters, Obama said, "want to make sure that middle-class folks aren't bearing the entire burden and sacrifice when it comes to some of these big challenges. They expect that folks at the top are doing their fair share as well, and that's going to be my guiding principle during these negotiations, but more importantly during the next four years of my administration."
Yet he stopped short of declaring a sweeping mandate, noting that he was "more than familiar with all the literature about presidential overreach in second terms."
He said he was "very cautious" about overreaching, but added, "I didn't get re-elected just to bask in re-election. I got elected to do work on behalf of American families and small businesses all across the country, who are still recovering from a really bad recession but are hopeful about the future."
He offered praise for his vanquished Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, saying he hoped to sit down with him to talk about working together.
"There're certain aspects of Gov. Romney's record and his ideas that I think could be very helpful," Obama said, citing Romney's tenure running the Olympics.
He also hotly defended U.N. Ambassador Rice, whom Republican senators have vowed to block if she's nominated to succeed Clinton. Republicans have been critical of her performance on television in the wake of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, but Obama praised what he called "exemplary work" and said Rice had appeared on television at the White House's request and given "her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her."
Obama has called for a balance of tax increases and spending cuts to slash the deficit, but he offered no specifics on spending reductions other than to say he thinks the United States needs to take a "serious look" at entitlements, noting that health care costs represent the "biggest driver of our deficits."
He left the lectern after cutting off a reporter who asked a question about how he'd cut $1.2 trillion in spending.
"That was a great question, but it would be a horrible precedent for me to answer your question just because you yelled it out," he said.


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Neil Gottlieb had just crossed the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon in 3 hours 42 minutes 47 seconds and was filing through a chute to get some water and snacks when a pair of explosions near the finish line on Boylston Street "almost lifted us all off our feet,'' he said.
"There was one very large explosion probably maybe 100 yards from where I was standing,'' said Gottlieb, a 44-year-old from Philadelphia. "There was no mystery as to what had just happened. Then, maybe, within two seconds later there was another explosion, it didn't seem quite as big, but there was clearly a mushroom-type cloud.
"There was no question that some sort of bomb or something went off there.''
Gottlieb said security immediately began to clear the finish area. "We just all turned and started heading back, away from the finish line,'' he said.
Gottlieb's wife, Kim, and their three children were about to walk into the Copley Plaza Hotel, where they were staying, when the explosions happened. Gottlieb's wife and children were hustled to safety inside the hotel, which security placed on immediate lockdown, but Neil was still unaccounted for outside.
The family was tearfully reunited in the hotel lobby a short while later.
Gottlieb was at a loss to describe what kind of explosion it was.
"I don't know what it was,'' he said. "Part of me hopes that it was some sort of malfunction of equipment that was there, but it didn't seem that way. It's a scary event.''
Gottlieb had just completed his second Boston Marathon.
"It's a dream for a lot of people [to run Boston] and to have it end that way would be a tragedy," he said. "Actually, for those of us standing here in the hotel, it's a disappointing end to a spectacular day. It was seven months of training that led up to this, but that's irrelevant.''
Samuelson met her goal
Joan Benoit Samuelson intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of her world-record time of 2:22:43 by finishing within 30 minutes of her winning time in 1983. Samuelson, 55, met that objective by running 2:50:29, the fastest by a woman in the 50-59 age group.
"I felt good, I felt strong,'' Samuelson said. "I went a little bit out on a limb with that [goal] projection. I don't know what the pace-per-mile relates to, but my fastest training mile was a 7:08 pace, so I think I was well below that."
"It's nice to know that I can come back 30 years later and run in the wake of these fine women,'' Samuelson added, flanked on the dais by winner Rita Jeptoo (2:26:25) and top American finishers Shalane Flanagan (2:07:08, fourth) and Kara Goucher (2:28:11, sixth).
"No matter what our age, I think we inspire each other in the sport,'' Samuelson said.
Speaking of Flanagan and Goucher, Samuelson said "They have each other as friends and as training partners, and I think they can take our sport in this country to the next level and can compete with the best in the world.
"I know Shalane had a lot of pressure on her shoulders coming home to Boston and I think she handled the pressure extremely well and ran a very competitive race. And I know she will be back and Kara is going to be right with her.''
Hartmann fourth again
Jason Hartmann, 32, of Boulder, Colo., had the best finish by an American, a fourth-place effort in 2:12:12.
Hartmann went out early in a lead group despite developing a blister on his left foot that nagged him from Mile 6 to the finish. He also finished fourth last year.
"Yeah, it was painful and stuff, but it really started hurting once I crossed the line,'' said Hartmann. "But you're just kind of running on adrenaline. I'm sure all these athletes can agree with me on this; the crowd support was great.
"You don't want to quit when there's so many people around you. That kind of allowed me to [say], `You know what? I don't care about my foot.' I came here to compete and I just tried to block out the pain as much as I could.''
Hartmann said it was his approach to go out early with the lead pack, which was caught around the 10K mark.
"We got back to the lead pack, but about 19-20 miles that's when the Kenyans and the Ethiopians opened it up,'' Hartmann said. "I just had to assess the situation and see if I could handle that pace or should I just stay within myself and allow myself the opportunity to race the last 5 miles.
"I think in Boston the last 5 miles is where you determine whether you run good or not. If you do the first 20 miles under control and relaxed, it allows you the energy to compete, that's something I've prided myself on and it's led me to some success that last 2-3 years.''
Controlled start an issue
Wheelchair competitors Hiroyuki Yamamoto, 46, of Japan, and Tatyana McFadden, 23, of Clarksville, Md., had never taken part in the Boston Marathon before. But they were welcomed across the finish line as winners.
Yamamoto took advantage of a botched controlled start to surge to a lead he would never relinquish, finishing in 1:25:32. Ernst Van Dyk, a nine-time Boston champion from South Africa, was runner-up while Kota Hokinoue of Japan, Yamamoto's training partner, finished third in Boston for the third time.
"It's a hill race, so I knew that I could tuck at some points, but I knew that I had to keep the lead,'' Yamamoto said. "So I kept on pushing forward. Then towards the end, my wrist started cramping up, but I knew I had to push through to keep the lead."
Van Dyk was caught up in a chaotic start when the lead vehicle stopped when several racers broke from the grid during the controlled start.
"Some guys, maybe they didn't understand what was going on and were shooting from the outside and trying to pass the lead car,'' Van Dyk said. "Guys were yelling and suddenly the lead vehicle stopped. Like, it stopped dead on the course and we can't stop there. Then it let us go. The guys in front got away clean, but the guys in the second and third row, we were in a mess.''
Van Dyk sharply criticized the controlled start, saying, "I think it's time to think about safety and not tradition.''
McFadden also was stymied by the controlled start of the women's field, dropping to the back before she recovered and caught the lead pack after 12 miles. McFadden went on to win in 1:45:24, finishing ahead of runner-up Sandra Graf of Switzerland (1:46:54). McFadden's training partner, Amanda McGrory of Champaign, Ill., came in third (1:49:19) despite getting knocked out of her chair by a crash.
"I just played to my strengths and focused,'' McFadden said. "I focused on the roads, focused on the hills, and the downhills and really tried to play to my strengths and know my weaknesses of the race. And the crowd was amazing. I couldn't ask for a better crowd today, especially at Heartbreak Hill.''
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Timothy Ritchie, 25, of Brighton was the top New Englander in the field, finishing 23d in 2:21:31 . . . At 8:52 a.m., the Marathon observed a 26-second silence in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, minutes before the first racers left the start line in Hopkinton. The marker at Mile 26 had a Newtown, Conn., logo on it, again as a remembrance of the 26 who lost their lives.Globe correspondent Barbara Matson contributed to this report. Michael Vega can be reached at email@example.com.


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This is the opposite of a normal heart.
Babies cannot live with this condition unless they get treatment.
TGA may occur on its own. Or your child may also have other heart problems in addition to TGA, such as obstruction of blood flow from the right ventricle to the aorta, and variations in the course of the coronary arteries. Other heart problems such as an atrial or ventricular septal defect may allow some oxygen-rich blood to be sent to your baby's body. In addition, some normally present aspects of your baby's heart may remain intact to allow oxygen- rich blood reach your child's body. Normally, these connections would close shortly after birth. \Heart defects that can happen with TGA include:
The foramen ovale or atrial septal defect (ASD) allow oxygen-poor and oxygen-rich blood to mix.
Other symptoms can occur include:
The symptoms of TGA may be similar to symptoms of other conditions. Make sure that your child sees his or her healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
After birth, if your child has signs of TGA, a pediatric cardiologist or neonatologist will check him or her. A pediatric cardiologist is a doctor with special training to treat heart problems in babies and children. A neonatologist is a doctor with special training to treat problems in newborns. These doctors will be part of your baby's heart care team.
Your child's doctor may do tests to confirm the diagnosis. The tests your child has depends on his or her age and condition, and the doctor's preferences.
For this test, a probe is placed on your child's finger or toe. It measures the level of oxygen in the blood, if it is below a certain level, this may be a sign of TGA.
A chest X-ray shows the size and shape of the heart and lungs.
This test records the electrical activity of the heart. It also shows abnormal rhythms (arrhythmias or dysrhythmias) and spots heart muscle stress.
An echo uses sound waves to make a moving picture of the heart and heart valves. This test may show TGA.
A cardiac catheterization gives detailed information about the structures inside the heart. In this test, a small, thin, flexible tube (catheter) is put into a blood vessel in your child's groin. Then the healthcare provider guides it to your child's heart. Your child's healthcare provider will inject your child with contrast dye to see his or her heart more clearly. This test measures your child's blood pressure and oxygen in the 4 chambers of the heart and the pulmonary artery and aorta. Your child will get medicine to help relax and prevent pain (sedation).
All children with a TGA will need to have surgery to fix it. Your baby will likely be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).
At first, your baby may get the following care:
Your child may have a test called a balloon atrial septostomy. This is done during cardiac catheterization. This test makes it easier for oxygen-rich blood to reach the rest of the body by creating or enlarging an atrial septal defect which allows oxygen-rich blood and oxygen-poor blood to mix.
In the first few months of life, your baby will need surgery for TGA. This procedure is called an arterial switch. Your child's surgeon will move the aorta and pulmonary artery to their normal places. The surgeon will also have to move the coronary arteries. The doctor will also fix any other heart problems.
Most children who have surgery for this condition will grow and develop normally. Ask your child's healthcare provider about your child's outlook. Your child will still need to see his or her heart doctor for checkups. Your child may need additional surgeries or cardiac cath in the future.
Your child's doctor may give him or her antibiotics before surgeries or dental procedures. This is to prevent infections. Your child may also need to limit physical activity and avoid certain sports. Ask your child's heart doctor what activities are safe for your child.
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Howard Camping: Fortunately, His Calculations Were a Little Off
If Howard Egbert Camping had been right, you wouldn't be reading this now. The radio evangelist wasn't the first to predict a specific date the world would end, based on a mathematical formula divined from the Bible. (Perhaps the best known: The Rev. William Miller famously got the date of the last day wrong twice, in both 1843 and 1844.) But Camping, who died on Dec. 15 at age 92 in Alameda, Calif., might well have held the record for predicting …


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People still think hearing aids are a huge device sitting behind your ears. The reality is that it is less noticeable than a bluetooth.
Redding, CA (PRWEB) January 28, 2013
Hearing loss affects over 36 million Americans and over 75% of them are unaware they are experiencing subtle brain changes to due to hearing loss.
Why is it that young people are more apt to comply with hearing aid use than older populations? Many people believe it's vanity, but could it be as simple as a lack of moral support; a fear of uncharted territory?
As a family practice physician for over 20 years and opinion columnist for a local newspaper, Dr. Richard Malotky encourages compliance among those who need hearing aids. He is mainly concerned with the elderly population; a group who is resistant to using hearing aids despite obvious need. "I see young kids all the time who don't mind wearing hearing aids when it has been determined they need them" Malotky says.
Kenneth Wood, President of Upstate Hearing in Redding, California, has found difficulty in helping the elderly comply with the adoption of hearing aids as well. Wood also says that he has no shortage of custom iPod earbuds being purchased for younger individuals.
The American Family Physician Journal reports that hearing loss affects approximately 1/3 of adults aged 61-70 and tends to present itself earlier with men than with women. The primary obstacle in improving hearing loss in older adults include: lack of recognition and the perception that hearing loss is a normal part of aging or is not amenable to treatment. Patient non-adherence with the use of hearing aids is generally a response to initial treatment results or other factors.
As a user of hearing aids since the age of 8, Wood understands the importance of the learning curve associated with the purchase and application of new hearing aids. He has teamed up with Dr. Richard Malotky to provide tips on ways to increase compliance to mitigate the reasons for non-compliance amongst the elderly populations.
1. "Remember that needing hearing aids is no different than needing to wear a pair of glasses. And much less noticeable" says Wood. Think of hearing loss seriously and educate yourself. Just as someone needs to correct their eyesight to function easier, hearing aids allow patients to communicate and socialize.
2. Family support: Both Malotky and Wood believe that the progression to better hearing depends on the support of each patient's family. Predominantly, the people who begin to notice hearing loss first are the family members of the affected person.
3. "Understanding what options are available is a monumental first step. People still think hearing aids are a huge device sitting behind your ears. The reality is that it is less noticeable than a bluetooth," stated Wood. "The technology has changed tremendously and could potentially improve the quality of life for many individuals who are, as of yet, undiagnosed."
4. Encourage the adult children of those suffering from hearing loss suggest the idea to their parents. Wood believes the rate of adoption would increase if the adult children of those with hearing loss were to make the suggestion for hearing aid use.
5. Make hearing aid education, adoption and use a family goal. Adult children should attend appointments with those affected. Wood suggests scheduling the initial hearing test together to ease the transition. In order to reduce the stigma of hearing aid use, the encouragement and support of family members is integral to the successful treatment of affected family members.
6. Understand that hearing aid adoption takes time.The doctor's recommendation does not mean there is immediate patient compliance. "If new users and their families can understand there is often a two to three month learning curve involved in getting used to hearing aids, then the benefits completely outweigh the hassle, says Dr. Malotky. "We need families to take a proactive approach to hearing loss."
7. Educate yourself. Wood believes that continuing education during and after the hearing aid adoption process only increases the benefits patients experience. He has even created small group educational seminars for his new patients in order to ease the transition into using hearing aids in their everyday life.
Ken Wood is the President of UpState Hearing for over 22 years. As a hearing aid user since he was 8 years old, Ken understands the unique problems associated with hearing loss and the use of hearing aids.
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For more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with Ken Wood, please call Ashlee Tate at 530-588-9737 or email ashlee(at)createmypr(dot)com.


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Lois Mossman, 97
Lois Eleanor Kissinger-Mossman, 97, of Columbia City, passed away at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 at her residence. Born July 2, 1913 in Whitley County, she was a daughter of Orland James and Ada May (Nei) Hurd.She was a lifetime resident of Whitley County and attended Whitley County Schools. She married her first husband Claude Earl Kissinger, May 1931 at Silver Lake. He passed away in 1941. On Nov. 2, 1948 she married her second husband, Harry O. Mossman who passed away in Aug. 1964. She worked as a seamstress at Blue Bell for many years. She enjoyed music and played the piano and organ, loved animals and was extremely well read, a progressive thinker, and had a great sense of humor.Survivors include her son, James R. (Julie) Kissinger of Columbia City; three daughters, Peggy L. (John) DeFeo of Hollister, Mo.; Maralee Martin of Fort Wayne; Michele (Greg) Brockhaus of Columbia City; 14 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and 22 great-great-grandchildren. Besides her husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Dorothy J. Bartrom; brother, Robert D. Hurd; and great-grandson, Jessie Nickell.Visitation is from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City, with memorial service to follow at 11 a.m. Certified Funeral Celebrants Sharon Brockhaus, GSP, CFC and Eddie Beagles, CFSP, CFC will officiate. Burial will be private. Memorials may be given in memory of Mrs. Mossman to the donor's choice of charity. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Visit www.demoneygrimes.com to send family condolences or sign the guest register book.


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Albino Lullaby - More Screens and Info - August 7, 2014
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Albino Lullaby is an episodic first-person horror adventure that wields psychological dark arts to unravel a demented tale. It's being built on the Unreal Engine 4 and will support Oculus Rift. All trailer footage has been filmed in-game.
Clinging to the precipices of underground cliffs, the highly interactive environment twists and contorts around you in real time as you puzzle your way through its equally twisted narrative.
Players will be transported into a world that etches its way deep into the player's imagination through its impressionist art style. Albino Lullaby aims to take players to a new plane of perception and immersion.
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The Arkansas Soybean Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Go for the Green ($$$$) Soybean Yield Challenge. These producers will be recognized at the Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Soybean Association on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Brinkley Convention Center.
Martin Henry of Desha County will take home a $10,000 cash award in the Early Season Production System division with a yield of 94.901 bushels/acres. Blake Goodman of Corning will receive $10,000 in the full season division with a yield of 89.586 bushels/acre and Tim Sisk of Wynne will win $7,500 in the double crop division with a yield of 78.593 bushels/acre.
Henry planted Armor DK4744 on Apr. 1 on furrow-irrigated, 30-inch rows. He harvested on Aug. 23, 2012.
Goodman planted Pioneer 94Y70 on furrow-irrigated, 30-inch rows. He planted on May 12 and harvested on Oct. 3.
Sisk planted Pioneer 94Y70 on furrow-irrigated, 15-inch rows. He planted on May 20 and harvested on Oct. 23.
Additional prizes in the early season division will be awarded to Paul Bingham from Trumann; Charles Poole, Sr., from Eudora; and Kenny Qualls from Lake City.
Bingham will receive $7,500 for a second place finish of 93.57 bushels/acre. He planted Pioneer 94Y70 on Apr. 10, harvested on Sept. 11 on furrow-irrigated, 38-inch rows.
Poole will receive $5,000 for third place with a yield of 92.286 bushels/acre. He planted Pioneer 94Y70 on Apr. 1 and harvested on Aug. 9 on furrow-irrigated, 38-inch twin rows.
Qualls will take home $2,500 for a fourth place finish of 92.033 bushels/acre. He planted Asgrow 4303 on Apr. 8 and harvested on Sept. 7. He planted on furrow-irrigated, 38-inch twin rows.
In the full season division, second($7,500) place went to Roy Bloodworth from Crawfordsville. Bloodworth planted Pioneer 95Y31 on May 19 and harvested a yield of 70.823 bu/acre on Nov. 11. He planted on furrow-irrigated, 15-inch rows.
There were no eligible third and fourth place winners in the full season division, largely due to the unseasonably mild spring and early planting of most soybeans in 2012.
In the double crop division, second place ($5,000) went to Charles Galloway from Gregory with a yield of 76.656 bushels/acre. Galloway planted Asgrow 5503 on pivot-irrigated, 38-inch twin rows on June 2 and harvested on Oct. 22.
Third place ($2,500) went to Terry Fuller of Poplar Grove with a yield of 65.54 bushels/acre. Fuller planted USG 94B81R on June 5 and harvested on Oct. 19. His field was pivot-irrigated on 38-inch twin rows.
Fourth place went to Jeff Felts from Tillar with a yield of 64.01 bushels/acre. Felts planted Pioneer 95Y01 on May 27 and harvested on Oct. 10. His field was furrow-irrigated on 38-inch twin rows.
The Go for the Green ($$$$) Yield Challenge is a project funded by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board in an effort to provide Arkansas soybean producers a glimpse into how their neighbor reaches top yields and provide information and tools to our soybean producers. The contest is administered by the Arkansas Soybean Association and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture county agents and agronomists as well as participating private agricultural consultants who are a key element in the success of the program.
This contest is in addition to the Race for 100 Yield Contest, also sponsored by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board. The first producer to achieve 100 bushels/acre receives a cash prize of $50,000. The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board oversees the expenditures of the Arkansas portion of the national soybean check-off program.
Watch for announcements on the 2013 Yield Contests. All soybean producers in Arkansas are eligible to enter. Additional production information is available on the website of the Arkansas Soybean Association (www.arkansassoybean.com).


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Author Notes: Well, I bought home a box of whole-grain matzo meal by mistake and rather than return it I decided to try to make my favorite pancake, a Passover specialty called a chremsel, with it. As the box says it is an excellent source of fiber. It works and there are infinite possibilities in terms of condiments to serve with the pancakes. I can even see it as a side dish to a meat dish. —salena
Serves: 4
cup whole-grain matzo meal
cup water
teaspoon salt (give or take)
extra-large eggs, separated
tablespoons neutral oi, such as canola, or enough to generously coat your pan
- In a medium bowl, add water to the matzo meal. Add salt and the egg yolks, which should be well beaten. Lightly mix and let the mixture stand for 5-10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, beat the eggs whites until they form soft peaks. Fold them gently but thoroughly into the matzo-meal mixture.
- Put oil in a frying pan (cast iron works best) and heat until oil is hot but not smoking. Spoon the mixture by tablespoon (approximately) into the frying pan, leaving a lot of room between pancakes. Cook with medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes, until nicely browned on the underside (not black around the edges). Turn and cook another minute on the other side.
- Remove to a paper towel for a couple of seconds before serving. Serve with jam, preserves, a touch of sour cream, whatever you wish that won't overpower these delicate cakes. I can see them served as a savory with a meat but haven't tried that yet.
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Republican Governor; previously Representative (OH-12); 2000 candidate for President
To succeed we must lower taxes--Create a tax climate that allows Ohio to compete with other states to attract new businesses, foster job creation, and keep our precious, existing jobs here
The Christian Coalition voter guide [is] one of the most powerful tools Christians have ever had to impact our society during elections. This simple tool has helped educate tens of millions of citizens across this nation as to where candidates for public office stand on key faith and family issues.
[The ATR, Americans for Tax Reform, run by conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist, ask legislators to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in each election cycle. Their self-description:]
In the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, candidates and incumbents solemnly bind themselves to oppose any and all tax increases. Since its rollout in 1986, the pledge has become de rigeur for Republicans seeking office, and is a necessity for Democrats running in Republican districts. Today the Taxpayer Protection Pledge is offered to every candidate for state office and to all incumbents. More than 1,100 state officeholders, from state representative to governor, have signed the Pledge.
The Taxpayer Protection Pledge: "I pledge to the taxpayers of my district and to the American people that I will: ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rate for individuals and business; and TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates."
Opponents' Opinion (from wikipedia.com):In Nov. 2011, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) claimed that Congressional Republicans "are being led like puppets by Grover Norquist. They're giving speeches that we should compromise on our deficit, but never do they compromise on Grover Norquist. He is their leader." Since Norquist's pledge binds signatories to opposing deficit reduction agreements that include any element of increased tax revenue, some Republican deficit hawks now retired from office have stated that Norquist has become an obstacle to deficit reduction. Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, has been particularly critical, describing Norquist's position as "no taxes, under any situation, even if your country goes to hell."
[As part of the Contract with America, within 100 days we pledge to bring to the House Floor the following bill]:
The American Dream Restoration Act:
A $500-per-child tax credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle-class tax relief.
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AR: Ross(D) vs.Hutchinson(R) vs.Griffin(R,Lt.Gov.)
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"What it comes down to is I enjoy what I do. I really enjoy cooking and the social aspect of people coming in and having a good time. That's what it is.
It would be easy to assume that Isola Trattoria and Crudo Bar, in the Mondrian SoHo, is just another pretty face—the greenhouse dining room seeps romance into every meal. But Chef Victor LaPlaca doesn't let the glass and foliage trump his menu, which feeds not only the restaurant but also the 240+ hotel guest rooms above. His is one of care and attention—homemade pastas, fresh seasonal ingredients scattered on pizzas made with the original starter, bracingly refreshing crudos, and a playful variety of fresh fish. It's good food, "on his terms."
LaPlaca is no stranger to heading up a big kitchen, as he spent much of his prior 17 years cooking with Todd English at his many international restaurants. Nor was he shy when remaking what was previously the restaurant Imperial No. 9, which wasn't exactly beloved by critics. He's the kind of chef you love knowing is making your food—he's personally warm, sharply dedicated and extremely talented at using products to their fullest advantage. We sat down in that light-filled space to chat about his transition to Isola, where his strongest influences truly came from, and what cooking taught him about himself.
What was your starting point when remaking the menu from Imperial No. 9 to Isola? It's coastal Italian in this beautiful room, so the inspiration is simple. It's very rewarding. I don't get to see this room enough because we're downstairs, but the room lends itself to any meal period—cup of coffee and croissant in the morning or cocktail at night—so I think it speaks for itself.
How has the menu developed in the almost-year since you opened? We knew the pizzas were going to be an interesting portion of the menu, but I didn't realize they'd be as big as they'd become. We have a really great oven down there. The first week I was here we made a starter with the pastry chef and that's the starter we've been using that ever since. And the pastas obviously have done really well. I think everything is really coming into its own and we're trying to just come into the seasons. Our signature dishes like the agnolotti; next month that will become corn, which will be amazing, because we juice corn, and then heat the juice and it just thickens up, and we toss the agnolotti with it with chanterelles. It's really, really good.
How do you cater both to a New York native scene and tourists / business personnel? I don't think it's so much that New Yorkers are picky, but they can smell bullshit a mile away. So as long as you're true to what the product is and not masking it or making it something that it's not, people that know are very receptive to that.
And the guests of the hotel? You put things on for them that are more guest-friendly. Our chitarra pasta is basically tomato and spaghetti, but we hand-make the spaghetti, we make a sofrito and cook it down until it's almost a paste, then we toss that in with some tomatoes, basil, and parmesan cheese. For someone who's sitting in a room and is like, "I just want pasta and red sauce," here's your pasta and red sauce, on my terms. But I'm not gonna tell you it's on my terms, because it's just delicious. There's care that's gone into each step.
Restaurants fill and empty spaces quickly in this city. Did Imperial No. 9's departure make transferring to Isola harder? Before it felt like it didn't have much of a soul. Now I feel like this place has its soul and its own identity. As we were going through the tastings we could feel it and taste it, and I feel like any pressure kind of went away with that. If we keep cooking good food, it really doesn't matter what came before.
What has cooking taught you about yourself—here or with Todd? Something personal you've had to conquer? Discipline. I'm very shy but when I cook and serve food it's easy for me to talk, because I relate to it. If you want to sit here and talk about hedge funds I couldn't say anything. But with food we're inviting people in, and it's made me become very social. Throw a couple of drinks in there and it's all good. It's a party.
Did that give you confidence to be in a leadership position? What do you try to instill in your chefs for the longevity of a career making beautiful, relevant food in a time when many chefs are transient? That's a really good question.
Thank you! I think it's a really important question to ask. Not to, like, be very wordy about it, but I feel that when I was younger we got abused. Your outside influences were just going out to dinner, talking to other chefs, the internet was just kind of new. And now it's just so instant.
Cooking is instant gratification, I love that part of it. But there's no patience. You need to put a year in and really understand what you're doing. You need to have a personality, develop people skills.... Forget about cooking, which is obviously the most important thing—if I can't show you how to cook something, if I can't speak to you about it, I might as well just be cooking for myself. It's kind of an interesting situation. You have to cook before you can be a chef, right?
Do you feel like the cooking world is more competitive now than 10 years ago? Oh man, yeah. It's crazy. Now you get guys that sign a lease, they don't have any money to get the place open, they get the place open, and they're gone in eight months. If you're here five years, that's a long time.
Anyone here that you feel really needs to stick around? I'm spoiled. I love Lupa—it's one of my favorite places. I'm a big fan of Wylie Dufrense. When I moved back to New York I ended up living with him for two years. He doesn't get enough credit for what has happened in this city, and people are quick to bash him, "Oh, it's like wd-50 where it's too cerebral and you're not gonna get it." But the food has always been insane.
It honestly took Dave Arnold and Alex Stupak for me to get the entire point of modernist cuisine. I would never speak for Wylie but I remember when we were living together and he would call me a spaghetti-head and say, "We don't do weird for weird's sake. We do it because it tastes good and because we believe in it." And it's well thought out. Did you ever have the foie with the cocoa nibs and anchovies? He got canned for that in the beginning. I thought it was really cool and tasted great, but it just wasn't for everybody. His thing is he knows how to use all of these techniques, and he just wants to make it better and be true to it.
Wylie was a big influence with me. We're good friends. He taught me to stick to my guns, "This is what I'm gonna do no matter what anyone says." He's incredibly smart and really gifted in how to put dishes together.
From the outside in, modernist cuisine is a trend. But if you're Wylie it's not a trend—it's what do you. Did that influence help you whether trends you've seen?? I like to use what we can. It's funny, go back ten years and I used to do charred Caesar salad. There's charred Caesar salad on everyone's menu now. I don't do it anymore but I'll char the shit out of radicchio, and toss it in a nice vinaigrette and throw some breadcrumbs on it and toss it in the oven. What it comes down to is I enjoy what I do. I really enjoy cooking and kind of the social aspect of it and people coming in and having a good time. That's what it is.
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A collection of photographs by Lisa Perez Miller is currently on exhibit through Feb. 1 in the Pratt Community College Riney Art Gallery located in the Riney Student Conference Center.
Photography is a hobby for Miller, who enjoys shooting a variety of subjects, including landscapes, architecture, animals, flowers and people. Having taken thousands of photos, Miller continues to develop her skills as a photographer, experimenting with composition, special effects and unique subjects.
"I love the creative challenge which photography offers both behind the camera and in photo editing," Miller said.
Miller is the vice president of students/enrollment management at the college and serves as a non-profit organization director and a civic volunteer.
She received her undergraduate degree from Kansas State University and a graduate degree from Wichita State University and is a native of Humboldt. Lisa and her husband Mike have resided in Pratt since the fall of 1983.
The gallery will be open during PCC's regular business hours Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment. To schedule an appointment contact Jody Jorns at extension 179.
Additional exhibits will be on campus in the Delmar Riney Gallery this spring as well.
For a detailed list of upcoming exhibits, visit http://prattcc.edu/5461-2012- 2013-art-gallery-schedule, or perform a search on the main page for "2012-2013 art exhibit". The schedule will be the first result listed.


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