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Posted on 01/12/2007 1:44:21 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The United States denied on Friday it was preparing for military action against Iran and Syria, after President George W. Bush issued a stern warning to them, raising concerns of a spillover from the Iraq war.
Bush, in his speech on Wednesday unveiling his revised Iraq strategy, accused Tehran and Damascus of allowing use of their territory for launching attacks inside Iraq, and vowed "we will interrupt the flow of support."
U.S. lawmakers voiced concern on Thursday the Iraq war could spread to neighboring Iran and Syria if U.S. troops were to chase militants across the border. But U.S. officials insisted the plan was to disrupt supply lines from inside Iraq.
White House spokesman Tony Snow said he wanted to knock down an "urban legend" that Bush was "trying to prepare the way for war with either country and that there were war preparations under way."
"There are not," he told reporters. "What the president was talking about is defending American forces within Iraq."
"There's lots of war gaming," he added. "This notion that somehow the president was announcing as a precursor to planned military action, a planned war against Iran, that's just not the case."
Snow reiterated that Washington was focusing on diplomatic means against Iran over its nuclear program. Western powers say Tehran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says it wants nuclear technology for civilian power generation.
The United States has repeatedly accused Shi'ite Iran of meddling in Iraq, where the long-oppressed Shi'ite majority is now in power and sectarian violence is raging. Tehran denies U.S. charges that it supplies Shi'ite militias with weapons.
Bush also said he had ordered an additional aircraft carrier strike group to the region and would deploy Patriot missile defense systems to "reassure our friends and allies" -- steps widely seen as a warning to Iran and Syria.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden bluntly told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday he did not think Bush had the authority to launch attacks against militant networks in Iran and Syria.
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US Must Be Willing To Take Military Action Against Iran: Senator McCain ...01/15/2006
wink wink, nudge nudge
Hint Hint...Nudge Nudge..
It's good that they're denying it even if they're planning it. All options are always on the table but don't advertise them.
Ask Biden who's paying him to say that. When the talking points of the enemy and the democrats become indistiguishable is it not time to ask this question?
If Boxer can question Rice's stake in and commitment to the future of America, so too can we ask that question of people like Biden.
Allegations! allegations!
nothing but
Baseless b/s
unfounded allegations
without any basis in reality.
those who assert this are an insult to our intelligence!
why would we want to have any military plans against our brothers in peace, Syria and Iran?
Boxers comments were outrageous!
Failed to ping you.
Earth to solons: There is no "Iraq War". There's a War On Jihadism and Iran and Syria have been the enemy for quite some time. If we DON'T "spread the war" to them we're going to lose it. Sorry, but that's the reality. Those who deny it in order to purchase a little deceptive "peace in our time" are storing up much more trouble for the not too distant future.
I'm shocked. I expected the US to confirm it had plans for military action against Iran and Syria...
We can always apologize after the carpet-bombing. "It was dark in the cockpit and on the map the word 'Iran' looks a lot like the word 'Iraq' - I bet it's happened to you." They'll understand.
Boxer has a special knack for infuriating people. Do you remember the scene on the steps of the State Courthouse in Tallahassee back in 2000 when Gore and the trial lawyers attempted a coup? She almost started a second civil war with that showing.
No, but the US will lots of folks available if Iran get froggy.
And I think she has a Jewish background....but I guess being progressive and all that means leaving that behind...
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Friday, 14 Januray 2005
1. "Blessed are the peacemakers..." (Mt 5: 9). Christ's words enlighten and comfort us at this solemn liturgy with which we take our leave of our venerable Brother, dear Cardinal Jan Pieter Schotte.
He was a man of peace! He made the value of peace one of the qualities of his long and busy service to the universal Church, and especially to the Holy See. He was so profoundly convinced that Christians must witness to peace that he chose as his episcopal motto: "Parare viam Domino pacis" (Prepare the way for the Lord of peace). We can recognize in his motto the reference to St John the Baptist, Patron of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to which he belonged. The task of the Baptist, in fact, was to "prepare the way for the Lord" (cf. Lk 1: 76). Cardinal Schotte chose to add the explicit mention of peace, juxtaposing it with the name "Lord" - "Parare viam Domino pacis" - almost as if to underline that only by accepting Christ and his Gospel is it possible to attain true peace (cf. Wis 3: 3).

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Want to learn about the Native American history of Minnesota? This video presentation introduces the Bdote Memory Map, an oral history resource on places of importance to the Dakota people. From the Dakota word "bdote" meaning "where two waters come together," the interactive Web site shares stories of historic sites in the area where the Minnesota River meets the Mississippi. Produced by the Minnesota Humanities Center, with contributions by Native America writers, historians, and elders, the site features maps and audio and video clips about the Dakota people, their history, and their language.
The video was produced for the unveiling of four impact reports that highlight how NEH funding has helped engage specific constituent groups in the humanities -- Youth, Native Americans, Veterans, and Rural Communities. The event was hosted by NEH's Office of Congressional Affairs on Thursday, July 18, at the Cannon House Office Building. The reports are available online.
The Native American report is now available.
The video also introduces the Prime Time Family Reading Time program, an initiative from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, an NEH-funded state humanities council. The program promotes literacy for young children in underserved families through an intergenerational reading program. Also featured in the video is the Literature and Medicine program, a national award-winning reading and discussion program for health care professionals that, as one participant writes, "renews the heart and soul of health care." The program was created by the Maine Humanities Council and has now expanded to centers across the United States. Another program featured is Warrior Scholars, which helps veterans adapt to civilian life and enter college after returning from combat.


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There seems to be great confusion as to what is the actual cause of — and ultimate solution to — the economic crisis which continues to grip the world. Some view the cause as not enough liquidity
Meanwhile, corporations continue to spend billions of dollars to "improve competitiveness", and families incur ever-increasing levels of debt to send children to college in the hope that they can climb the ladder faster and better than their neighbor. And increasingly, society feels threatened by immigrant races, the wealthy, and diverse beliefs.
But these views are only delusion. The crisis only grows more widespread and destructive. The true reality of the crisis is much more entangled and profound than we have yet understood.
Michael has served three U.S. Administrations in an advisory capacity in designing and implementing post-Cold War economic conversion strategies. He has counseled Fortune 100 companies as well as small businesses in matters of mergers and acquisitions strategy, crisis management, and ethics.
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For the past few years, Tamara has been focused on awakening humanity to the challenges — and limitless opportunities — we now collectively face.TAMARA VAN HALM ~ futurist
To act wisely, it is first important to gain a deeper understanding of why our present economic systems no longer demand mass human labor. From this wisdom, whatever new economy the world eventually creates, will be more fulfilling, sustainable, and even honorable.
For too long, society has isolated itself from the responsibilities of a society. It is time for communities to roll-up their sleeves, come together, discuss, learn, synthesize, and mobilize. Instead of relinquishing responsibility to special-interests dependent governments, engage in a more "hands-on" and direct form of democracy.
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Say this for the May Day anarchists: They know how to hold a city hostage.
Their actual numbers are few. As the riotous evening march began at Seattle Central Community College last night, there were more journalists than protestors, as SW's Matt Driscoll reported from the scene.
The trucks of TV news crews lined the block. Scores of print journalists—every outlet in town sent at least one reporter and sometimes many—came with notebooks and cameras ready, just as they had earlier in the day at the immigration rights rally and march. The press felt they had to be out in force—day and night—just in case a repeat melee broke out this year, which of course it did. Obviously, the police felt they had to be out in force.
And what message did the anarchists convey with all this attention upon them? None. Same as last year. Journalists tried to engage protestors to find out what was motivating them. Dripping with contempt, spraying silly string, the anarchists wouldn't talk.
And now, the bottle-thowing, window-smashing, "fuck-the-police" fringe is going to get even more attention as the inevitable navel-gazing and finger-pointing begins. The fact that the Seattle Police Department is under the spotlight, given the court-ordered settlement with the Department of Justice, ensures that.
But let's all keep one thing in mind: As civic disturbances go, this rates near the bottom in terms of importance. Consider a few of Seattle's past incidents.
Mardi Gras, 2001. This was real, ugly violence. Savage beatings broke out amid a drunken crowd in Pioneer Square. One man died to rescue another under attack. Talk about questions of police conduct. Officers held back amid the viciousness, watching from the perimeter. They were under order from then chief Gil Kerlikowske (now the nation's drug czar), who was on the scene himself but standing still--"like someone had nailed his shoes to the ground," as an officer on the scene described it to SW at the time. The police guild subsequently voted no confidence in the chief.
WTO, 1999. There were issues of international importance under debate here. Trade agreements had a lot of people worried about an economic race to the bottom, with ever-sinking wages and working conditions. Outsourcing was cutting away at American jobs. Tens of thousands of leaders and protestors from around the world converged on Seattle, and they were plenty interested in talking to the press about the messages they wanted to convey. Some tried to disrupt the meeting. Other turned to vandalism. Police didn't know how to handle it all, and ended up trampling on civil rights.
Rodney King riot, 1994. People were angry for a specific reason that said a lot about race relations at the end of the millennium. In Los Angeles, four officers had just been acquitted of charges related to the brutal and videotaped police beating of King, an African American. The seeming injustice sparked riots nationwide, including in Seattle.
So, yes, go ahead and assess how police handled this latest test. It might help show what SPD has, and hasn't, learned about use of force. But other than that, the biggest lesson seems to be the outsized response that can be stirred up from a small number of inarticulate malcontents.


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D&M Does Buy SonicBlue
from the ReplayTV-lives... dept
The on again, off again deal by SonicBlue to sell most of their assets to D&M holdings (Denon and Marantz) is apparently back on again - thanks to their bankruptcy auction. D&M came in and ended up with the company anyway, for $36.2 million. The original deal was supposed to be for "around $40 million" anyway, so I wonder what was the dealbreaker that made them call it off initially. It still remains to be seen what D&M does with ReplayTV and the RIO mp3 player line.


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Valuation increase more modest in 2013
Agricultural land prices drive gain across Dawson County
Gothenburg's 2.5% gain in valuation in 2013 is not as spectacular as last year but it shows continued growth.
Valuations county-wide, released last week by the Dawson County assessor's office, show the city's valuation at $188,431,857 compared to $183,889,635 last year.
Last year, local valuation—the assessed value of land and improvements—jumped 16.9% over the previous year.
Much of that increase came from Frito-Lay when the grain-handling facility started paying taxes for improvements after taking advantage of tax-increment financing.
TIF allows the tax revenue generated by property improvements to help pay for its development.
Dawson County assessor John Moore said the high price of agricultural land is driving most valuation increases across the county.
Moore said that means farmers and ranchers are paying more than they used to with the bulk of what they pay in taxes going to schools.
With the loss of the Tenneco manufacturing plant, the assessor said he expected Cozad's valuation to decrease, instead of increasing 2.2% this year.
Taking the No. 1 spot, with $280,353,722 in valuation, was Lexington, followed by Gothenburg,and Cozad.
Gothenburg had the biggest gain in growth of the three largest cities.
Sumner takes honors for the biggest gain—7.4%—while two communities experienced a decrease in valuation.
Overton lost .03% in valuation and Eddyville .24%. Valuation in Farnam grew 2.6%.
Moore said increased valuation can reflect the health of a city's or county's economy.
Gothenburg Improvement Company president Mike Bacon said job creation is the most rewarding result of growth in local valuation.
He added that an increase in valuation doesn't always mean higher taxes.
Higher valuation, Bacon said, is based on businesses building new projects that spread taxes over a wider base.
Although taxes may not drop, he said they won't rise as quickly as they would if added valuation didn't occur.
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www.freebsd.org read the guide ..its about 100billion pages long but it tells you want to do
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Individuals, organisations, voluntary groups and companies are being invited to enter this year's Spirit of Enterprise Michael Dee Award. Named after the late Michael Dee, a former Enterprise Ireland executive who tirelessly supported the development of enterprise across the South East, the award organisers are calling for nominations before the March 31st deadline.
Established in 2009 to recognise and reward enterprise achievement and endeavour in the region, the steering group behind the Spirit of Enterprise Michael Dee Award include representatives from the South-East Regional Authority, the South-East Business and Innovation Centre, the local County and City Enterprise Boards, the Institute of Technology in Carlow and the Waterford Institute of Technology.
Nominees do not have to be living or working in the South-East but their activity or work must have had a positive impact on the South-East region as a whole. The inaugural Spirit of Enterprise Michael Dee Award was presented to Michael's wife, Helen Dee, and her family.
Speaking at the official launch of the 2011 awards scheme, Michael Maddock from the South East Business and Innovation Centre was keen to stress that the competition was open to all individuals, groups and organisations which have an involvement in enterprise. He said: "We're especially interested to hear about nominees which have transcended political and territorial boundaries by furthering the social or economic development of the South-East."
Maddock continued: "The independent judging panel will be seeking out nominees who have, in their opinion, enhanced the well-being of communities across the region or which have supported the development of a spirit of enterprise across the South-East."
Nomination forms can be downloaded from the Spirit of Enterprise website at www.spiritofenterprise.ie. The winner of the 2011 Spirit of Enterprise Michael Dee Award, which was crafted by a Clonmel-based silversmith, Rory Donohue, will be announced at a ceremony on Thursday, May 12th.


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(Castine, ME) The Clippers offense just wasn't there tonight vs. MMA. UMM had 15 shots and only 3 were on goal. The Clippers kept it close and only trailed by 1 at half time. (FR) Franck, Zeba had 4 shots but couldn't find the back of the net tonight. With 2 more goals in the second half MMA goes on to win at home vs. UMM 3-0. With this loss it brings the Clippers to 1-1 for the year.


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The fifth annual Spring Plant Sale, presented by Northeast Louisiana Master Gardeners, will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. April 6 at the West Monroe Farmer's Market.
Native plants as well as flowering vines, perennials, annuals, butterfly garden plants, flowering shrubs, plants for shady gardens and plants not usually found locally will be available for purchase. There will also be hanging baskets, house plants and an assortment of herbs and vegetables.
Tours of the Butterfly Garden and butterfly related activities will be given and animal "Zoo Buddies" from the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo will also be on site.
Talks by local experts are slated throughout the day, with Teresa Morris speaking on herbs from 9 a.m until 10 a.m.; Kelby Ouchley speaking on native flora from 9 a.m. until noon; Buck Bounds speaking on soil from 9 a.m. until noon and Steve Hotard speaking on trees.
Proceeds from the event are used for Master Gardener service projects such as the Butterfly Garden, LSU AgCenter beds, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo and Kiroli Park.
Louisiana Master Gardener is a program of the LSU AgCenter. For more information, call the AgCenter at 323-2251.


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Editors Comment: The underlying hypothesis of this pilot study was that flu vaccine could act as an immune stimulator at the genetic level, thereby correcting the predominant immune abnormality found in CFS/ME. The researchers found that after flu vaccination there was, indeed, an increase in cytotoxic activity. That is, the immune system, at least for a short time, was more efficient at producing antibodies. Athough the authors concluded that "these effects may be beneficial as they may cause a significant improvement in mechanisms such as cytotoxic activity," many CFS/ME patients have reported that flu vaccine makes them feel much worse. The full version of the study can be accessed from the link below.
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Vaccines have been shown to cause differential expression of genes and increase antibody titers against antigens. Influenza vaccines may have an effect on unexplained disorders such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). Immunological changes have been identified following immunization with trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV). The objective of this pilot study was to examine the consequences of TIV on cytokine and cytotoxic genes in CFS/ME. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were preferentially isolated from whole blood of 7 CFS/ME patients and 8 controls. Following total RNA extraction and synthesis of cDNA, reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was used to determine the expression levels of mRNAs for cytotoxic genes (perforin (PRF1), granzyme A (GZMA), granzyme B (GZMB) and cytokine genes. GZMB was significantly increased overall in the CFS/ME patients compared to the controls. GZMA was significantly increased 28 days after vaccination while PRF1 was reduced prevaccination but increased 14 days post-vaccination in the CFS/ME patients. There were no significant changes in cytokine genes pre or post vaccination. Administration of TIV may increase the expression of lytic genes in CFS/ME and this may contribute to the increase in cytotoxic activity we observed in these patients post vaccination.
Source: IJCM. Vol. 4 No. 3, March, 2013. Ekua W. Brenu, Gunn M. Atkinson, Mieke L. van Driel, Sanne Kreijkamp-Kaspers, Don R. Staines, Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik


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Is there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God?
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The Newport Restoration Foundation has a lot of interesting and fun activities throughout the year. These are just some of the recent ones I found out about.
- Windmill Wednesdays: On the last Wednesday of the month, June through September, Have you always wanted to see the inside of the 1812 Prescott Farm windmill? Now is your chance at this open house! Explore how this amazing machine works and learn about the importance of grist milling on Aquidneck Island. Enjoy a family-friendly evening with johnnycake tasting and hands-on activities for kids. $5.00/children 12 and under free. 4:00-6:00PM.
- June 9th Celebration of Craftsmanship: Come celebrate the proud legacy of Newport craftsmanship at Whitehorne House Museum, home to the Doris Duke Collection of 18th-century Rhode Island furniture. See woodworking demonstrations by craftsmen format he Society of American Period Furniture Makers. Stroll through the house to see a stunning collection of early Rhode Island furniture. Enjoy refreshments int he garden and stay for a mini-garden talk with our Whitehorne garden experts. $6/10:30am to 4:00PM.
- Tuesday, June 26, 2012: Rough Point Landscape History and Garden Tour: Learn about the distinguished design history of this landscape while enjoying exquisite gardens and breathtaking views. Experience the creation of Frederick Law Olmsted, renowned father of landscape architecture, who initially designed the grounds. The tour goes back 250 years to when this part of Newport was farmland and traces Newport's development as a premier vacation spot as reflected in this beautiful property. 5:30PM Space is limited. Book tickets online or contact Liz at (401) 846-4152
- June 14th Thursday, Middle Eastern Evening: Join instructor Jamie Lee Fury of Creative Fusion Dance for a night of belly dancing demos and lessons – try it yourself or just enjoy the show and music. Enjoy Middle Eastern music and a hookah lounge provided by Genie's Hookah Lounge. Cash bar. Admission is $5 for adults; children 12 and under are free.
- Friday, July 13, 2012 Surf Fest: See some 200 surfboards, including 1930s classics, the latest designs and Doris Duke's own 1960 Velzy board. Shapers will demo their craft and classic footage of Newport surfers will be on view. New England's only vintage surfboard show, curated by surfing legend Sid Abruzzi of Water Brothers. Enjoy the ocean view, cash bar, music and fresh tacos from Tallulah on Thames. 4:00 to 7:00PM each day. The admission cost is $10 for adults; children 12 and under are free. If either day is rained out, the raindate is Sunday, July 15.
- Thursday, September 13, 2012 Canine Couture: Join us for our fourth annual Fashion Show of Canine Couture at Rough Point, sponsored by Wag Nation, a Newport boutique for pets. This year's show features dogs and their human companions in fashions from around the world. Learn about international dog breeds, see a dog training demo, and participate in a raffle for a Bellevue Avenue shopping spree to benefit the NRF and the Potter League for Animals. Doors open at 5pm, show begins at 6pm. The rain date is Friday, September 14. 5:00 – 7:30PM $10 per person, free for children 5 and younger; purchase all tickets at the doorFor more information, email email@example.com or call (401) 846-4152. Tour the 2012 special exhibition "Passport to the World: Doris Duke the International Traveler" which celebrates Doris Duke's love of travel through photographs and artifacts.


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(Reuters) - Some technical experts are perplexed at the U.S. government's plan to switch web hosts for its new health insurance portal, HealthCare.gov, in the midst of an expected last-minute rush to beat a March 31 enrollment deadline for 2014 coverage.
Switching hosts is not in and of itself a huge risk if it is done carefully and with lots of preparation, according to technical experts interviewed by Reuters. It is the timing of the highly complex maneuver that is risky. If there are problems, the website could become sluggish or even unusable for anyone trying to enroll.
The government is tempting fate, they said. It already has a poor technological track record in carrying out President Barack Obama's signature health law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is intended to provide millions of uninsured with medical coverage.
HealthCare.gov, an important component of the reform, was plagued by technical problems when it opened for insurance enrollments on October 1 and it has taken weeks of repairs to nurse it back to almost full health. It is still not functioning 100 percent.
If the switchover between web hosts does not go smoothly, that could feed already negative perceptions among many people about the law known as Obamacare. The problems with the website have generated weeks of bad headlines, and polls show the negative publicity has weakened people's confidence in the initiative.
The timing of the change in host services "is nonsensical in all dimensions," said Peter Neupert, who managed similar transitions when he ran drugstore.com, a website he took public in 1999, and while working as a corporate vice president at Microsoft Corp.
"Why would you plan for a big transition six months after going live?" said Neupert, now an operating partner with Health Evolution Partners, a private equity firm that invests in health companies.
The government agency in charge of running HealthCare.gov says it is "working to ensure a smooth transition" to Hewlett-Packard Co from Verizon Communication Inc's Terremark subsidiary.
HP has successfully performed similar data center transitions for Medicare.gov and another Medicare fee-for-service claims processing operation, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) official said.
The Obama administration says Terremark's contract expires on March 30, the day before the 2014 enrollment deadline. It is not clear why the Obama administration chose to end the contract during the enrollment period.
"That would be like a company saying right now, leading up to the Christmas season, we're going to move from one hosting provider to another," said John Engates, chief technology officer at web hosting firm Rackspace Hosting Inc, a competitor to Terremark and HP.
A spokesman for Terremark did not respond to questions about the pending handover. HP spokeswoman Ericka Floyd said the company was "not providing any comment regarding the federal healthcare exchange."
The technical experts, however, were able to provide some insight into what was happening behind the scenes. The work involved in switching data centers is similar to the weeks of preparation required for moving a company office.
First, HealthCare.gov will need to be rebuilt or "mirrored" at the new site, and then tested extensively to make sure all the new servers are properly configured, Engates said.
"The data has to move, the code has to move, everything has to be sort of rebuilt at HP now to the same level of capacity and standards," he said.
If a website's architecture has not been set up for the seamless movement of data between multiple locations then it may also need "significant programming and redesign of software," said computer architecture expert Onur Mutlu of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
If the switch goes smoothly, the experts said it could be done during a planned outage on a weekend evening, undetectable to consumers trying to sign up for insurance.
But if it does not go well, one only has to look back to October 27 to see the potential consequences, when a glitch within the Terremark server running HealthCare.gov brought down the site for several hours, preventing customers from enrolling.
Along with UnitedHealth Group Inc's QSSI, the company serving as the general contractor for HealthCare.gov repairs, the contractors are looking at developing parallel operations for the transition to ensure consumers can continue to use the site when the switch is made, the CMS official said.
Problems with switches in data centers happen from time to time in the private sector, although they are not widely advertised, the experts said.
Like an office move, "nothing ever works perfectly once you get to the new place," Engates said. "The phones sometimes don't work yet."
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Voters in the Niagara-Wheatfield School District are being urged by the Board of Education and candidates to get out and vote.
"We need everyone to vote," said President Steve Sabo. "This is one budget you can affect directly."
"We are very cognizant of the problems that face people in the community," he went on to say. "A lot of thought and tough decisions go into what we put up for the budget."
The school district is presenting a balanced budget of $62,753,100 to the voters on May 21. With that figure comes a 5.91 percent tax levy increase, which is within the state guidelines and requires a simple majority vote to pass the budget.
The estimated assessed value tax rate for the Town of Niagara would be $29.27 per $1,000 of assessed value, or a $1.63 increase; Town of Wheatfield, $24.71/$1,000, or $1.38 increase; Town of Lewiston, $20.86/$1,000, a $1.16 increase; and Town of Cambria, $17.11/$1,000, or a 95-cent increase over the current tax year.
These figures are based on the average increase of a home assessed at $100,000 after applying the basic STAR exemption.
Forty-eight percent of the budget comes from real property tax and 46 percent comes from state aid.
Dr. Richard Hitzges, interim financial manager, explained at last week's board meeting that the fluctuation in state aid has caused all school districts problems; along with a downturn in the economy. State aid has gone from $33.91 million in 2010-11 to $27.54 (expected) in 2012-13.
"If Niagara-Wheatfield had received fully-funded state aid, per the formulas set by the state, the district would have received $19 million from 2010 through 2014.
However, that has not happened because of state funding and for different reasons the state has withheld full funding. Thus, the district must make up the loss in revenue in other ways; many times through tax levy increases.
Salaries and benefits make up the largest portion of the expenditure side of the budget, with 43 percent going to salary and 24 percent going to benefits such as payroll taxes, FICA, health insurance and workers compensation. Debt service and BOCES are the other two largest expenditures. Debt service is payments to bond holders, and BOCES provides for shared services with other districts that lighten the load on the individual school district.
Residents at the meeting questioned the benefits received by employees and the status of contracts.
Sabo explained that the contracts are currently in place, and when they are up for renewal, items such as health insurance, will be part of the negotiations.
Board member Christopher Peters went on to explain that under the Taylor Law there is nothing the board can do with the contracts at this time. Until new contracts are finalized, the current contracts remain in effect.
Sabo also reminded the audience that the faculty had made concessions last year in order to help the district with the budget.
Hitzges provided the district with a look at enrollment trends, which also affect the budget process, indicating that Niagara-Wheatfield, while fairly stable, has had a downward trend since 2010. The enrollment drop from fall 2011 to fall 2012 of just over 200 students was a result of the elimination of pre-kindergarten.
He also went on to report that during the past three years there have been 103 employees eliminated from the district's payroll.
If approved the budget goes into affect July 1.
If not approved by a majority of the voters, the board may present a revised budget for a vote in June or adopt a contingency budget.
A contingency budget means keeping the same budget, using the same tax levy, as it is for 2012-13 and they will have to reduce it by at least $1.6 million. The reductions would have to come from non-mandated items.
•In other board business, approvals were given for: field trips for the concert choir, fifth grade and the Native American Club; retirement of teacher aide Patricia Zimmer; resignations of Sheldon Soman, computer network administrator, and Joseph Urban, assistant coach for women's lacrosse; fundraisers for the sixth grade teachers for a visit from Nickel City Retiles and Exotics and for boys basketball camps.
The Niagara-Wheatfield School District's annual budget vote and school board election will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, in the Adult Learning Center of the Niagara-Wheatfield Senior High School, 2292 Saunders Settlement Road, Sanborn.


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Insurgency in America.
Ifelt like I saw them for the first time. There were clots of young people in ragtag clothing but also people my own age, fat people and thin ones. A few had the pinched, worn faces of hard work outdoors; others were bursting with youth, needing a shave, the kind I thought of as know-nothing punks. Hair down to their shoulders, or heads scraped clean and blazoned with tattoos. A group of seven or eight hippie types wandered past, banging out a slow steady beat on big drums. One of the girls was shaking a maraca. Another of them, a black woman, was leading a chant, a quick rhythmic incantation that cut into the crowd. "Ain't no power like the power of the People 'cause the power of the People don't stop!" The drums would answer with two beats at the end of the phrase, and she would start again. I drifted sideways into someone.
"Excuse me!"
I moved into the thick of the flow, borne along by the current. People were talking to each other, and in some areas little chants would surge up and then sputter out. I felt as if the pavement were far below. I staggered away deeper into the crowd. Faces seemed distant, and then suddenly close and intimate: a smile, an expression of worry, black words blotted onto cardboard placards.
The mass was slowing and consolidating ahead, and as I moved forward the street became more and more packed with people. I saw people talking on cell phones, heard little snatches of conversation. I felt a strange sensation, that I was part of this crowd and that we were all participating in something together. Without thinking about it, I gathered the notion that the police were going to make another stand at Pike Street, four blocks shy of the Courthouse. But they didn't say the police, they said the Regime. The Regime was making a stand.
Protesters came hurrying toward us, retreating from whatever was happening ahead, but the greater tide of people kept moving forward, and I moved with it. I was safe, enclosed within the masses. The chant had grown – it seemed to come from all around me, and many other drums had picked up its beat. Boom-boom! "Ain't no power like the power of the People 'cause the power of the People don't stop!" Boom-boom! "Ain't no power like the power of the People 'cause the power of the People don't stop!" I could see the barricade clearly now, only 20 yards away. Soldiers with gas masks were poised with their rifles in front of a Humvee with a machine gun. Mixed in I could see riot police with shotguns and tear gas launchers, all of them masked and goggled, and suddenly I was hyperventilating again, bent over and panting, with my heart pounding away so fast I thought it would explode. Someone squeezed my arm. I heard a young voice: "You OK?" I straightened up, breathed in. A stocky kid with wild hair was looking into my face. No, I wasn't okay, never would be OK. "Thank you."
There was an explosion and a canister banged painfully against my shins. I stumbled, stared dumbly at it hissing by my feet until my companion picked it up with a bandanna and hurled it through the window of a clothing store. "Fuck you!" he shouted, waving his fist across the pavement. My eyes welled up instantly, but I could still see the guns smoking and hear the thud of rubber bullets against the bodies beside me, the yelps of pain. "You can't silence me," I heard someone whisper. "You can't."
People began to fall back under the onslaught, and I heard calls behind me to link arms, to keep moving forward. They had come this far, block by block, in the face of everything. A sudden sharp smack burned against my thigh and the impact dropped me to my knees. I felt hands under my arms lifting me up, offering to bring me away, but I shrugged them off and stood facing the ranks of helmeted figures, anonymous and inhuman. "You can't silence me!" I snarled at them. I felt the tears running down my face and I didn't try to choke them back anymore. I said again, louder, "You can't silence me!"
I was alone now, with the crowd just behind me. The security forces had formed a line and were getting ready to charge, but they were just pictures of men to me now, lies made flesh, and the rage came rising until it was singing in my ears. "I'm going to tell everything!" I yelled at them, then I picked up an orange traffic cone and hurled it across the gap. "Do you hear me? I'm telling everything!"
The wall of men in dark armor began advancing, step by step, hulking and machinelike, but I didn't move. "I'm not afraid of you!" A blur, the sound of shattering glass, then pools of flame exploded on the street. A savage cheering went up behind me, and the wave of black uniforms became confused and halted. They raised their bullhorns, babbling threats across the strip of burning pavement, but I didn't care anymore. I was free now. "You can't silence me, goddamn you!" I started toward them, throwing my fists over my head and screaming so hard that the hot ragged edge of my own voice was tearing at my throat.
"YOU CAN'T SILENCE ME!" They began to give ground.
Stuart Archer Cohen lives in Juneau, Alaska, with his wife and two sons. He owns Invisible World, a business importing wool, silk, alpaca and cashmere from Asia and South America. This story is excerpted from his novel of revolution, Army of the Republic, which imagines an insurgency in America.


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Music on the Rocks is an all-day music festival starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 24, that blends outstanding music by local and regional musicians, fantastic food and beverages, art in the meadow and an outdoor, alpine venue at the foot of our mountain.
A limited amount of tickets for the Pabst-Sierra Nevada VIP Tent will be available at the door on August 24. These seats will offer premium viewing, covered seating, exclusive food options and more. Tickets cost just $25 and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis only. Please contact [email protected] to purchase or for more information.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Pawn Drive will perform a special acousitc performance on the patio during the evening of Friday, August 23! Consider it a warm-up session for Saturday's concerts. This performance is FREE and takes place on Sipapu's patio.
All concerts take place at Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort, located at 5224 Highway 518, just 20 miles southeast of Taos and two hours north of Albuquerque. For directions, please click here.
Don't forget to bring: chairs, blankets, an umbrella (shows happen, rain or shine!) and layers (mountain temperatures are expected to be in the mid-70s).
He has shared the bill with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Joe Bonamassa, Government Mule, The Fabulous Thunderbirds - and now, in 2013, Ryan McGarvey will bring his "fiery guitar chops" (which range from everything from delta slide to heavy rock), his unique vocals and mature songwriting skills to the Music on the Rocks stage. For nearly a decade, Ryan McGarvey has received received rave reviews from local and national sources alike, including 2013 Best New Talent by Guitar Magazine, 2012 Best Musician by Albuquerque the Magazine, 2012 Best Blues by Local IQ Magazine - and more.
Award-winning singer and songwriter Sean Healen is known for being a rock, folk and blues virtuoso. With music and lyrics reminiscent of Leonard Cohen and a style at once intricate and eloquent, Sean is rapidly achieving the national stage. A long time resident of New Mexico, his recent album "Foodplain" was named Best Rock CD 2009 at the New Mexico Music Awards.
Visit the Sean Healen Band website.
MOTR alumni Main Street Garage will make their fourth consecutive appearance on the Sipapu stage for Music on the Rocks 2013. Based out of Boulder, Colorado, this group is a festival favorite and known for their Pop/Rock sound and very dance-able style.
Members of Selsun Blue and the Rivet Gang join forces to resurrect Pawn Drive. Rooted in the world of Folk and Americana with a dusting of grit und drang. This year marks Pawn Drive's debut at MOTR.
Jeronimo, a repatriated Santa Fe native, along with Scotty Dee and Jeff who form the backbone of this Rock/Blues band, is new to the Santa Fe music scene having originated in Dallas and now based in Santa Fe. Rock-n-Roll with Roots-Blues in the mix; Soulful slide & other guitars, driving bass lines, fat drums for beats.
Visit the Jeronimo Keith website.
Musician/Songwriter Eric George started playing music on stage in his family's band when he was ten years old in Alba, Texas. Since then he's held residency at Buddy Guys Legends in Chicago, did a stent with rocker Buddy Miles and has toured nationally and internationally with various Nashville recording artists. His clear, rich, impassioned voice calls out for kindness, understanding and empowerment for all of mankind. His lyrics address social, environmental and political issues. Eric's music is soulful, heartfelt and rocks one to the very core. Visit the Eric George website.
Following his recent trip around the world, folk artist Prudy Dimas of Durango, Colo., will return to the MOTR stage for his second performance at the Sipapu festival. Prudy has performed live throughout New Mexico; most notably, he recently opened for nationally-acclaimed musician, Joe Pug.
Named after a song by bluesman Robert Johnson and playing since 1987, the Steady Rollers have lived up to their name. Songwriter Allen Lytle and current members Scott Leherissey, Weto Malisow, Regal Walk and Richard Padbert play a mix of original and cover songs straddling genres with an emphasis on roots music, strong rhythms, lively dance tunes and songs that tell a good story. This year marks the second year this northern New Mexico group has performed at MOTR.
Local songwriter and artist Jenne McIntosh will return to the MOTR stage in 2013 with her distinctive lyrical blues sound. She's performed everywhere, from headlining friend's backyard parties to opening on side stages for for Yanni, Travis Tritt and Olivia Newton John. "Variety is the spice of life and there's no reason to pigeonhole one's self into a single genre. I love to experiment with music."
Visit Jenne's website.
Times and acts are subject to change. For more information, contact Stacey Glaser at 505-414-1550 or [email protected]
If you are interested in sponsoring this event or are an artist and have something you'd like to sell at this venue, please contact Deborah Lake at [email protected]


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The majority decision said state law requires attendance for those who are at least 8 years old, or those who have begun kindergarten.
"Although a school district is not required to provide kindergarten and parents are not required to enroll their child in kindergarten, once the election to enroll a child is made, the child is subject to the (Public School) Code's compulsory attendance requirements," wrote Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson.
The court by a 2-to-1 vote upheld a Snyder County judge's decision against Jennifer Ann Kerstetter. She is appealing a district judge's decision to convict her of three nontraffic citations for violating the law. Midd-West School District issued the citation over the girls' three days of absences from West Beaver Elementary School in November and December 2011.
Kerstetter testified she had difficulty getting her daughters out of bed in the morning, and had acted based on reading information online that indicated Pennsylvania kindergartners were not considered to be of compulsory school age.
Snyder County District Attorney Mike Piecuch said Tuesday the law's language was clear, "which is, it's not compulsory to enroll your kid, but once you do enroll, attendance is mandatory."
Piecuch said that for the school district, Kerstetter's problem getting the children out of bed was simply not a good enough reason for the children's absences.
A phone message left for Kerstetter's lawyer was not immediately returned Tuesday, and she did not appear to have a listed home number.
In the dissent, Senior Judge Rochelle S. Friedman said the intent of the mandatory attendance provision of the Public School Code "is to ensure that by age 8 a child is attending first grade, which a school district must provide, not kindergarten, which is optional."
Students must remain enrolled until they turn 17 or graduate.
The county judge who heard the first appeal, and in June denied Kerstetter's motion to dismiss the charges, said allowing parents to enroll kindergartners and then take them out of class as they wished would essentially create a system of free child care.
"School districts could not budget for materials, staff or meals if they would have absolutely no control or no idea how many students would be appearing on any given day," wrote Snyder County Judge Michael Sholley.
The matter was sent back to the county court, where Piecuch said a hearing on the case would be scheduled.


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Heliotropic Technologies' NewsThursday, May 20th, 2010
In May, we added a new PV system to provide ~72% (.72 SF) of our annual electric energy at Heliotropic Technologies. Because we're a wicked efficient operation, it only required a 1.35 kW system, which provides ~100% of our summer electricity needs, and ~70% of the Spring/Fall requirements. With the state and federal tax credits and incentives combined with low interest rates, we've locked in our electric expense for the next 12 years at a lower cost than the "Green Power Option" grid-supplied electricity that's being displaced. After 12 years, this system (at retail cost) should provide us with virtually free energy that will then likely provide us with a S.F. of 1.0 (net-zero electric if we become ~30% more efficient by then).
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The Ten Most Misogynistic Moments On "The Newsroom."
I swear, I almost never use the word misogynistic.
It's partly because I don't believe in a culture where we go around feeling victimized, and partly because I think it's a term that gets wildly overused. Sometimes people are nasty to people just because they're people, not because they're women. By "sometimes" I mean "most of the time."
So, when I kept hearing that The Newsroom was an incredibly misogynistic show, I thought, "Aaron Sorkin generally writes very well thought out female characters, people are probably just looking for an angle and have nothing else to write about."
Then I watched the show.
No. I was wrong. Like Newsroom anchor Will McAvoy on the show, I am issuing a public apology for ever having thought that. I was wrong and I have failed you up until this moment.
Having watched it, from what I can gather, something must have happened to Aaron Sorkin that caused him to wake up one morning, drink a cup of coffee, chuckle about some bit of historical trivia, and then decide, "Wow. I REALLY hate women." Why? Because women are the worst, you guys! They're always watching reality TV and having panic attacks and yelling at you for no reason! Let's break down some of the moments on the show that could lead a viewer to think that Sorkin thinks that women are all internet girls who don't know how to high five.
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Mysterious Japan: A Diary
Sunday, March 8, Tokyo: The fourteen-hour flight from New York (with a refueling stopover at Fairbanks, Alaska) is one of the longest flights one can make to a conference on pollution (or rather on Kogai, public nuisances, as some of my Japanese friends refer to it).
Yesterday when I was waiting for the limousine to take me from the New York Hilton to Kennedy Airport, it was also Sunday, March 8. The room in the Tokyo Prince Hotel in which I now find myself is hardly distinguishable from the room I left yesterday; if anything it is the Hilton of 1975. In contrast to the RCA television set in the New York hotel, the National set in the Tokyo room works perfectly. The soap and the deodorants advertised on the morning programs are virtually the same—however, the jerky actors of the animated cartoons have faces of Oriental cast. The panel on the side of the night table, full of buttons controlling lights and other appliances, makes me feel like the pilot of a 707.
The view from the forty-fourth-floor window in Manhattan, with the vertical, slender glass towers of skyscrapers all around, makes one feel as though one were in a forest of tall Oregon pines. Tokyo, as seen from the eleventh floor, is still horizontal, with a single tall office building rising above blocks and blocks of rooftops; to the right, a large enclosed garden with a temple in the middle, another to the left, and as varied a building landscape as one would have seen in the New York of 1925.
Tuesday, March 10: Of my fellow conference members (some fifty of them) half are Japanese, the rest from Russia, France, Canada, and Czechoslovakia, Germany, India, Switzerland, and many other countries. Five are from the United States. According to the program, we were to be taken this morning on a tour of Tokyo's pollution spots. The climax of the excursion was to be the colossal metropolitan garbage dump.
Our first stop was the Television Tower, an old landmark of modern Tokyo. An imitation of the Eiffel Tower, it is said to be somewhat higher than the original in Paris. The view from the top was ideal for a pollution survey. The sun overhead looked the way it was when I saw it two days before during the partial eclipse in New York. Clear visibility below extended to about two miles. Beyond that small circle, all colors became varying shades of gray and all outlines less and less distinct, finally merging in a haze. How universal is the symbolism of architectural shapes! Without consulting the map, one could identify the squat, solid rectangle of ministries, the slightly higher glass boxes of office buildings, the green walled patches of affluent private residences, and at a distance, among large luxuriant trees, a light gray roof: that of the royal palace.
An automatic marker in the lower lobby of the tower was ominously crawling its way up a paper strip, indicating…
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Apollonio di Giovanni (Italian, Florence 1415 [or 1417] - 1465 Florence)
Battle between the Athenians and the Persians, Cassone Panel, 1463
Tempera and oil with gold and silver leaf on wood
Inscriptions: far left, TEMI...; left, PERICLES; center, CIMON; right, SERSES
16 1/4 x 60 3/4 in. (41.2 x 154.3 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1943
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This decorative cassone painting represents the invasion of Greece by Xerxes in the early 5th century B.C., as imagined by a fifteenth-century Florentine. Although now somewhat abraded, the painting was once resplendent with brilliant hues, as well as tooled silver and gold leaf. The first cassone panel to be securely connected to the shop of Apollonio di Giovanni and Marco del Buono [Giamberti], it has since been attributed to Apollonio alone.
In fifteenth-century Florence the most successful shop for cassone painting was that of Marco del Buono and Apollonio di Giovanni. The records from their shop survive and show that paintings were made there for over 170 pairs of cassoni.1 Stechow (1944) determined from the coats-of-arms present in the Oberlin painting that it must have been commissioned in conjunction with a wedding of members of the Rucellai and Vettori families. Only one marriage between the families occurred in the fifteenth century: Caterina Ruccellai married Piero Francesco di Paolo Vettori in 1463. An entry in the account book of Marco del Buono and Apollonio di Giovanni records a commission on their behalf and states that the price was 50 florins. The date and price of the Oberlin panel is thus recorded.2
The Rucellai and Vettori were both important Florentine families. Caterina's father, Giovanni Rucellai (1403-1481), was a patron of the architect Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), and a key ally to the Medici. The bridegroom, Pietro di Francesco Vettori, was ambassador to Ferdinand of Aragon in Naples in 1489, and in the same year became governor of San Miniato al Tedesco; he too was an ally of the Medici. Caterina Rucellai and Pietro Vettori had three sons, one of whom, Francesco (1474-1539) became a major statesman and historian in the early sixteenth century.3
The Oberlin panel depicts the defeat of Xerxes and the Persians at the hands of the Athenians, who are led by Cimon, Themistocles, and Pericles; these dramatis personae are identified on the panel by inscriptions. Although the image was inspired by the battles between the Persians and Athenians at Salamis and Marathon in the early fifth century B.C., it is not a literal recounting of these events--Pericles, for instance, had no role in the Persian Wars. It is likely that the immediate source for the representation is not Herodotus or another classical author, but rather Boccaccio, who relays the tale of Xerxes in De casibus virorium illustrium (1335-74) as a cautionary exemplum of hubris.4 Such images of the defeat of Persians and/or Turks increased in popularity in late fifteenth-century Italy, no doubt as a response to the sacking of Constantinople in 1453 and the threat of invasion of Italy by the Ottomans.5
The Oberlin panel first surfaced at the sale of the Toscanelli collection in Florence in 1883 (see Provenance). It was one of six paintings, two front panels and four end panels, that had been detached from a pair of cassoni. The other front panel in the set (lot 58) featured The Triumph of Themistocles and Cimon; this work was unfortunately destroyed during World War II.6
The two end panels, or testate, that came from the same cassone as the Oberlin panel are described in the 1883 sale catalogue (lot 57) as follows: 1) two mounted knights in combat, while a young couple on horseback watches, the lady of the couple holding a falcon perched on her hand; and 2) five horsemen fighting before a castle at whose window appear a king, a queen, and a young girl. The testate belonging with the now lost panel (lot 58) depicted: 1) a young couple in a chariot with a canopy, followed by two Moors on horseback; and 2) three women collecting fruits and flowers and in the background a building with two persons at the window.7 Thus, on both cassoni, the front panel depicted a scene from classical history while the side panels represented incidents from contemporary chivalric literature. The combination of chivalric and classical may seem surprising today, but it was a standard element of the culture of the early Renaissance.8
Although the painting had previously been considered a joint workshop production, Gombrich determined that Apollonio di Giovanni rather than Marco del Buono was the sole author of the Oberlin panel, based on two considerations.9 First, the style of the picture is wholly consistent with a group of works by an artist who at the beginning of this century was known variously as the Dido Master or the Virgil Master. The key works in this group are a pair of cassone fronts with scenes from the Aeneid, now in the Yale University Art Gallery (Jarves Collection); and an illuminated manuscript of the Aeneid in the Biblioteca Riccardiana, Florence. Second, Gombrich discovered that the Florentine poet and chronicler Ugolino Verrino praised Apollonio di Giovanni specifically for his representations of scenes from the Aeneid. It therefore seems all but certain that Apollonio di Giovanni should be identified with the Virgil Master, and that this master was the artist of the Oberlin panel.
A. Butterfield
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso was born in Florence in 1415 or perhaps 1417. In 1442, he joined the doctors and apothecaries' guild (to which artists also belonged), and in 1443 he became a member of the painters' professional association, the compania di San Luca. He and Marco del Buono [Giamberti] (1402-1489) formed a partnership by 1446, and together they ran the most successful shop for cassone painting in fifteenth-century Florence. Apollonio was also active as a manuscript illuminator and fresco painter. He died in Florence in September 1465.
General References
Callmann, Ellen. Apollonio di Giovanni. Oxford, 1974.
Callmann, Ellen. In The Dictionary of Art. Edited by Jane Turner. Vol. 2. London and New York, 1996, pp. 228-29.
Collection Pier Francesco Vettori, Florence (1464-?)
Collection Giuseppe Toscanelli, Pisa
Sale G. Toscanelli, Florence, 5-8 April 1883, lot 57 (as from the Villa della Magia)
A. Werner, Vienna
Collection E. Weinberger, Vienna 1923-29
Sale E. Weinberger, Vienna, 22-24 October 1929, lot 456 (as by the "Anghiari Master")
With Paul Drey Gallery, New York, from whom purchased in 1943
Schubring, Paul. Cassoni, Truhen und Truhenbilder der italienischen Frührenaissance. Leipzig, 1915, pp. 111, 282, 430ff., nos. 277-79.
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Marco del Buono and Apollonio di Giovanni, Cassone Painters." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 1 (1944), pp. 5-21.
Gombrich, Ernst H. "Apollonio di Giovanni: A Florentine cassone workshop seen through the eyes of a humanist poet." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 18 (1955), pp. 16-34. Reprinted in idem, Norm and Form: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance. London, 1966, pp. 11-28.
Stechow, Wolfgang. Catalogue of European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin, 1967, pp. 7-9, fig. 1.
Watson, Paul. "Apollonio di Giovanni and Ancient Athens." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 37, no. 1 (1979-80), pp. 3-23.
Degenhart, Bernhard, and Annegrit Schmitt. Corpus der italienischen Handzeichnungen, 1300-1450. Vol. 2. Berlin, 1968, pp. 561-65.
Callmann, Ellen. Apollonio di Giovanni. Oxford, 1973, pp. 2, 3, 16, 20-23, 26, 33, 45, 49, 50, 56-57, 61-62, 71, cat. no. 8, pls. 2, 52, 135, 143, 232, 246.
Kanter, Laurence B. Italian Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston I: 13th - 15th Century. Boston, 1994, p. 152.
Technical Data
Originally a panel on the front of a cassone, the painting was probably cut down when it was removed. The 4.2 cm-thick wood support is poplar, most probably Populus Alba, commonly known as white poplar.10 There is a 1.2 cm-wide strip of wood (0.32 cm thick) applied to the front of the panel all along the perimeter.
The paint is tempera and oil applied over a gesso ground with possible glazes in an oil medium. The pigments include azurite, lead yellow, copper green, vermilion, and madder. Some armor, now black with oxidation, is almost certainly in silver leaf, which was applied over a red bole. Gold leaf is also present on the trappings on the horses and armor.
There are many small and large losses of ground and paint, some of which have been filled and inpainted. There are several horizontal splits in the wood support as well as slight damage to the wood from worming.
1. Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence: MS Magliabechiano, XXXVII, 305; published most recently in Ellen Callmann, Apollonio di Giovanni (Oxford, 1974), app. I, pp. 27-79; previously published, with errors, by Paul Schubring, Cassoni, Truhen und Truhenbilder der italienischen Frührenaissance (Leipzig, 1915), pp. 430ff.
2. Wolfgang Stechow, "Marco del Buono and Apollonio di Giovanni, Cassone Painters," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 1 (1944), pp. 5-21. Ellen Callmann (Apollonio di Giovanni [Oxford, 1974], p. 26) notes that this price was higher than usual in the shop.
3. Wolfgang Stechow, "Marco del Buono and Apollonio di Giovanni, Cassone Painters," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 1 (1944), pp. 11-13.
4. Ernst H. Gombrich, "Apollonio di Giovanni: A Florentine cassone workshop seen through the eyes of a humanist poet," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 18 (1955), pp. 16-34; reprinted in Ernst H. Gombrich, Norm and Form: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance (London, 1966), pp. 22-23.
5. For a different view, see Ellen Callmann, Apollonio di Giovanni (Oxford, 1974), p. 50.
6. A pre-World War II photograph of this lost work is published in Ellen Callmann, Apollonio di Giovanni (Oxford, 1974), pl. 53.
7. Callmann discovered paintings featured in a sale at Sotheby's London, 30 June 1965, that she suggests probably represent these testate; their locations are now unknown, but she publishes the photographs in Apollonio di Giovanni (Oxford, 1974), cat. no. 20, pl. 117-21.
8. Andrew Butterfield, "Social Structure and the Typology of Funerary Monuments in Early Renaissance Florence," RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics 26 (Autumn 1994), pp. 47-67.
9. Ernst H. Gombrich, "Apollonio di Giovanni: A Florentine cassone workshop seen through the eyes of a humanist poet," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 18 (1955), pp. 16-34; reprinted in Ernst H. Gombrich, Norm and Form: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance (London, 1966), pp. 11-28.
10. See letter in museum files dated 4 September 1997 from George Bisacca, Paintings Conservation Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to Jenny Wilker. We would like to thank Mr. Bisacca for performing an analysis of a sample of the wood, and also Andrea Chevalier, Paintings Conservator, Intermuseum Laboratory, for obtaining the sample.


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Ned Burner
|Ned Burner
|GTA Liberty City Stories
|Full Name
|Ned Burner
|Father Ned
|Date of Death
|1998 (during Stop the Press)
|Staunton Island, Liberty City
|Main Affiliations
Liberty Tree
Maria Latore
Toni Cipriani
|Yellow Faggio
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Ned Burner is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series that appears in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. He is a reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper. He is voiced by Peter Bradbury, who has also appeared in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Character history
Ned Burner is a resident of Staunton Island, Liberty City and a reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper. Burner is known for getting a number of scoops and exclusives for LCN and gains information through e-mail contacts, including Maria Latore, and by hiring people to create news headlines for him to report on. In 1998 he impersonates a priest in a confession box at the cathedral in Bedford Point and hires Leone Family made man Toni Cipriani to cause chaos in the city. Burner hires Cipriani to kill a federal witness, steal diamonds, create chaos on the city roads in a firetruck and then kill film stars DB-P, Black Lightman and Faith W. for refusing to give an interview to the Liberty Tree newspaper. Ned Burner later goes to Shoreside Vale where he witnesses the murder of Avery Carrington, committed by Cipriani and Donald Love, who later hires Toni to kill him. Cipriani later steals both Carrington and Burner's corpses, taking them to Love's private jet as an in-flight dinner for Love.
Mission appearances
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- L.C. Confidential (Voice/Boss)
- The Passion of the Heist (Voice/Boss)
- Karmageddon (Voice/Boss)
- False Idols (Boss)
- Stop the Press (Killed)
- Morgue Party Resurrection (Deceased)
- The nickname "Father Ned" may be taken from a main character of a TV show, "Father Ted".


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Six Benton players take home honors
For the Benton Lady Panthers this season, two things were always constant: They battled every night and it was total team effort.
Not one player was dominant on the floor, but instead a different girl led the team in scoring or defense almost every night.
The rest of the 6A South took notice of the team effort as six Benton Lady Panthers were awarded all-conference honors for their performance during the 2010-11 season.
Seniors Rose McGuire and Katelyn Simmons, juniors Brooke Million and Bailey Gately, and sophomores Madison Brooks and Kori Parker earned 6A South All-Conference this season.
"We really didn't have a standout player," head coach Jerry Chumley said. "The other coaches really liked those six players.
"They all had big games for us from time to time, so every one of them was recognized."
McGuire also was selected to the 6A All-Tournament Team.
"She was our best player that night," Chumley said. "She took two charges and was by far our best defender."
McGuire only had about six points, but she also had three steals in the first round of the state tournament in Marion.
"She was making senior plays," Chumley said. "She was one of those good players where it doesn't always show up in the stat book."
McGuire led the team in charges taken with 17. The next closest had six.
"She was one of those players that always gave maxim effort, and that is something that every coach wants out of their players," Chumley said.
Chumley said even though she was small for her position and was "always outmanned as far as physically," McGuire liked to do the dirty work on the bigger players.
"She liked that. She accepted the role," Chumley said. "We need a couple of Rose McGuires on the team every year."
Chumley said McGuire plans to attend the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Benton's other senior, Akane Forbess, got hurt in the first conference game of the season.
The Lady Panthers finished the season 14-14 (9-5 6A South). Their conference finish was good enough for fourth place.
"That was the highest we had finished in conference in about 15 years, I believe," Chumley said. "Its been a long time since we were in the top half of the conference."
Chumley said he is optimistic about next season and can't wait to go back and "hoop."
"We got a lot of kids coming back, and we are looking forward to hooping it up again already," Chumley said.