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Cellebrite's UFED standard is a mobile forensic device that extracts data from 95% of cellular phones on the market today, according to the company. Photo via Cellebrite.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan wants more information about how Michigan State Police troopers are using devices known as cellular data extractors to retrieve information from a citizen's mobile device during a traffic stop without their consent.
In an April 13 letter to Col. Kriste Etue, director of the state agency, the civil liberties union expressed its concern that the devices may violate search-and-seizure rights.
"The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches," according to the ACLU's letter. "A device that allows immediate, surreptitious intrusion into private data creates enormous risks that troopers will ignore these requirements to the detriment of the constitutional rights of persons whose cell phones are searched."
The state police acquired several of Cellebrite's UFED devices that extract data such as phonebook, pictures, videos, text messages, call logs, ESN, and IMEI information. The data is then collected into reports for research and evidence that can be used in the courtroom.
The union has filed a federal records request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for more information about how troopers are using the devices.
In a brief response, a spokeswoman with the Michigan State Police told PoliceMag.com the agency is currently reviewing the ACLU's public records request.
"The Michigan State Police will provide information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)," Tiffany Brown of the MSP's Public Affairs Section wrote in an e-mail. "As with any FOI request, under the statute, there may be a processing fee to search for, retrieve, review, examine, and separate exempt material, if any."
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Randy @ 4/18/2011 5:25 PM
I hope to god this is for something specific and the troopers are not just taking this information right out of my phone on a traffic stop???
Scott @ 4/18/2011 6:45 PM
I am all for law and order but this is way over the line if used without consent or a warrant. If the MSP need evidence they can get it using good old fashioned police work, not by invading the privacy of citizens.
Ranger04 @ 4/18/2011 8:04 PM
I never thought that I would be in agreement with the ACLU, but I tend think this is over stepping the line of the 4th Amendment.
John Tate (New Mex.) @ 4/19/2011 5:44 AM
This is an important issue about which this article contributes little except careless suggestions of MSP misconduct. What type of traffic stops? Burned out tail light? DWI? HIDTA arrests? This type of inflammatory "bullet news" is not up to the standards appropriate for Police Magazine.
M.Conner @ 4/19/2011 7:10 AM
This issue is blown way out of preportion.
WebEdPaul @ 4/19/2011 10:41 AM
@John Tate. Thanks for the comment. We just added a statement from the MSP, who is not saying much at this point. We'll stay on this story, because we agree that it's an important topic.
Pat @ 4/19/2011 10:56 AM
CelleBrite does not "surreptitously" take information out of a phone. It has to be physically connected (or set up via bluetooth) to get data.
Kurt @ 4/19/2011 4:04 PM
My understanding is that once a person is arrested for the transportation of drugs, and we are talking large amounts, is when they use the device. Never on routine traffic stops.
Naomi @ 4/20/2011 7:12 AM
This is a poorly written article with scant abstractions to how MSP utizlie Cellebrite on traffic stops. It does nothing to clarify how and when this device is actually used. It leads the reader to believe that it is done on every traffic stop when this may not be the case? This is the type of carelessly written aricle I would typically see in a newspaper, not something where all the facts and information should reasonably presented in a police magazine.
WebEdPaul @ 4/20/2011 9:40 AM
@Naomi The MSP has not released any info about how they're using it. Read the story again, and you'll see they say they'll respond to the open records request. The declined to tell us when we asked them. Unfortunately there's just not a lot of information out there now. We'll keep you posted when we know more.


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Gov. Pat McCrory's claim to be a regular attendee at Moral Monday protests raised a lot of eyebrows.
"I go out in the crowd all of the time," he told a reporter from the Wilson Times who asked if he ever mingled with the protesters. "Frankly, yesterday I went out and talked to several of them and they were not very respectful. They did not represent the majority of those who call themselves 'moral' by cussing me out but that's the way things go sometimes."
Last week, I traveled to Raleigh to attend the protests for the first time. I saw what looked like thousands people of all ages, colors and backgrounds. But one person I did not see was Pat McCrory. I'm not alone. Apparently, no one in the media-heavy crowd had ever seen McCrory and his entourage mingling with the protestors that day, let alone "all the time."
After his claim was openly questioned and widely mocked on the Internet, McCrory's spokeswoman, Kim Genardo, backpedaled for the governor. "Every day he walks to and from work, to meetings in government buildings, and throughout the city of Raleigh. When possible, the governor will stop and chat with the people of North Carolina."
The interview was taped. The reporter clearly specified "Moral Monday." If he wasn't lying, why would he refer to the "people of North Carolina" as disrespectful? And how likely is it that people uninvolved with Moral Monday approach the sitting governor - undoubtedly always accompanied by a large entourage - and cuss him out? He lied, and he got caught.
What's particularly rich about his statement is that the governor holds himself as the arbiter of morality. This, the man who blocked hundreds of thousands of poor people from free medical care, cut unemployment benefits for 70,000 North Carolinians, salivated to restart executions, wants to cut teacher pay and raise taxes on 80 percent of residents to give a tax cut to the rich.
This isn't the first misstep he's had with the media and Moral Monday. A few weeks ago, he labeled the protesters "mostly white, angry, aged former hippies," as if there's something wrong with that. He also called them "outsiders." Given his rush to return the to the "halcyon" days of the Jim Crow era, I'm surprised the governor didn't add the word "agitators."
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So they buried a friend of mine today. Not a really close friend, but we grew up in the same small town, so we were "friends". You rode the same bus, had the same teachers, and many of the same friends. The fact that she was two years older than me really didn't matter in the small school we went to. Ten kids to a class, and with grades 5-8 doing everything together, made everyone get to know each other.
She was a beautiful, talented young lady, singer, cheerleader, a person who would talk to anyone. She may have had those in her life who didn't like her, but she and I got along well.
She passed away this week because she couldn't handle her addictions.
Her addictions cost her everything in her life.
Her family, her husband, her kids, her home, and ultimately her life.
She went to sleep last Wednesday evening and never woke up.
She and I hadn't talked in maybe 10 years.
I know folks who had worked with her repeatedly to get help. Rehab numerous times, halfway houses you name it, she had every opportunity to dry out.
But she didn't. And she died.
I know what she was into the last time we talked, she didn't know I knew, it didn't matter. Those around her had decided to love her, but not enable her, and that's how I treated her.
Everyday on the internet I see people being horrible to each other. A lesbian couple gets verbally assaulted on a subway because someone had the "religious" grounds to make them feel like less than deserving of God's love.
A wonderful young lady with a big heart sees something dealing with livestock that she doesn't agree with and she flips out, bad language and all.
A company promotes a campaign that calls farmers "lazy". The young lady that calls them out on it gets hate mail.
I didn't make it to the funeral today because of some medical work I underwent last week, but I know the funeral was a gathering of people who loved that young lady. For all of the bad in her life, and there was horrible stuff, I hope she knew that folks loved her.
I guess what I'm trying to say is this. What if folks knew we cared about them long before they found out about the seemingly little issues that divide us.
What if our outrage was used for outrage?
And what if we loved with that kind of intensity?
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Tim Peake, the first UK government-funded astronaut, has blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station (ISS) for his six-month Principia mission.
Flying under the flag of the European Space Agency (ESA), the Chichester-born former helicopter test pilot is a member of expedition 47. He is sharing a ride in a Soyuz space capsule with American astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.
The three will join Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Mikhail Korniyenko, both currently more than halfway through their ground-breaking one-year space stay. The third astronaut currently at the ISS is Russian Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov.
The capsule with Peake and his co-travellers took off as planned atop the Soyuz rocket shortly after 11am GMT.
The spacecraft is expected to perform its "short rendezvous" that will bring the capsule to dock with the ISS in approximately six hours, instead of the previous requirement of three days.
The manoeuvre involves an extremely precise insertion of the vehicle into the correct orbit, coupled with digitally controlled adjustment burns.
Peake's Soyuz is scheduled to reach the orbital outpost at the altitude of 400km at 17.23 GMT.
During his Principia mission,Peake will engage in a plethora of scientific experiments and outreach activities designed to boost interest in space and science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines among the younger generation.
One of the outreach projects will involve conducting experiments designed by students and school children using two modified Raspberry Pi computers
While in space, Peake will also join the London marathon to raise awareness of the Prince's Trust.
Peake has lent his body to 23 biomedical experiments focusing on cardiovascular health, bone density and muscle wastage and even things like asthma and cancer.
He will also conduct experiments using the space station's electromagnetic levitator to help develop new better materials for the aerospace industry.
There were emotional scenes today as British astronaut Tim Peake said goodbye to family and friends before setting off to be launched into space.
Well-wishers gathered waving Union flags, cheering and shouting "Go Tim" as Major Peake and his two crew companions departed from the Cosmonaut Hotel for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
They included Major Peake's best man, former Army Air Corps pilot Ian Curry, 50, who said: "I'm hugely excited about the launch. For me it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a tremendously exciting thing and one of my best mates is on board. Tim and I are great mates, we've been pretty tight for 27 years."
Although Peake is the first Briton to have his ticket to space funded by the UK government through the membership in the European Space Agency, the 43-year-old is not the first British space-human. That honour belongs to Helen Sharman, who spent a week on Russian space station Mir in 1991 as part of a project financed by British companies.
Peake is also not the first UK citizen to set foot on the ISS. However, he is the first to achieve this without also being in possession of a US passport.
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I keep getting a crash when I try to generate a primary layout from RoboHelp 9. I get a message that RoboHelp has stopped working. On the Output view, I see:
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Then I get the message RoboHelp has stopped working. If I expand that dialog, "View problem Details," I see the following:
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Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: RoboHTML.exe
Application Version: 220.127.116.11
Application Timestamp: 4d0f2f43
Fault Module Name: MSVCR90.dll
Fault Module Version: 9.0.30729.6161
Fault Module Timestamp: 4dace5b9
Exception Offset: 0006ccd5
Exception Code: c0000417
Exception Data: 00000000
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Is this only happening on this one project? What happens if you generate one of the supplied sample projects? If it is just this one project, did it ever generate successfully. If so, what has been added since then? Can you generate someother output (e.g. WebHelp) successfully? If not, you'll have to do some detective work to discover what is causing the project to choke.
I had two htm files that I created from a different program. I deleted those files from my project and was able to compile.


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Sudan parliament passes election law in preparation for democratic transition
[JURIST] The Sudanese parliament Monday passed a long-anticipated electoral law that is expected to ease the country's transition to democracy. The law establishes that 60 percent of parliamentary seats will be chosen by majority voting, while the remaining 40 percent will be filled by a proportional representation of political parties. Of the proportional representation seats, 25 percent will be reserved for women. Critics, including the National Democratic Alliance [GlobalSecurity backgrounder], argued that the draft law would marginalize some political groups. AFP has more. The Sudan Tribune has local coverage.
Under the country's 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement [PDF text; UN press release], Sudan is scheduled to hold its first democratic elections by 2009. Following the adoption of a peace treaty [BBC report], the approval of a new constitution, and the installation of a new government, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir lifted the country's state of emergency [JURIST reports], except in Darfur and a region on the eastern border.


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"It is incredible to see so many people come out and challenge themselves mentally and physically in honor of true American heroes."
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 02, 2014
Honor the fallen by challenging the living. More than 600 athletes did as the Travis Manion Foundation's (TMF) tagline suggests, and honored fallen Marine 1st Lt. Travis Manion by completing the challenging "Manion" workout of the day (WOD) at the 2014 Travis Manion Memorial WOD event held on Saturday, April 28th. More than 100 participants attended the main Memorial WOD event held at XFINITY Live! in Philadelphia and over 500 people participated in smaller events at gyms across the country.
1st Lt. Travis Manion made the ultimate sacrifice in the Al Anbar province of Iraq when he was fatally wounded by an enemy sniper while aiding and drawing fire away from his wounded comrades. His selfless actions allowed every member of his patrol to survive. He was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star with Valor for his actions.
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"It is incredible to see so many people come out and challenge themselves mentally and physically in honor of true American heroes," James Brobyn, Chief Advancement Officer of the Travis Manion Foundation said. "People are looking for a way to honor the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The Crossfit community, The 31Heroes Project and Civilian Military Combine came together with us to enable people to do just that while also raising funds to support the families that our heroes leave behind. The event was not just about honoring Travis, but honoring all of our nation's fallen heroes."
The 2014 Manion Memorial WOD was organized by Civilian Military Combine (CMC) and The 31Heroes Project. All proceeds from the Manion Memorial WOD benefited the Travis Manion Foundation, a non-profit organization that assists veterans and families of the fallen and honors the legacies of our nation's fallen heroes.
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In January 1789 the women of the Third Estate submitted this petition to King Louis XVI:
At a time when the different orders of the state are occupied with their interests; when everyone seeks to make the most of his titles and rights; when some anxiously recall the centuries of servitude and anarchy, while others make every effort to shake off the last links that still bind them to the imperious remains of feudalism; women — continual objects of the admiration and scorn of men—could they not also make their voices heard midst this general agitation?
Excluded from the national assemblies by laws so well consolidated that they allow no hope of infringement, they do not ask, Sire, for your permission to send their deputies to the Estates General; they know too well how much favor will play a part in the election, and how easy it would be for those elected to impede the freedom of voting.
We prefer, Sire, to place our cause at your feet; not wishing to obtain anything except from your heart, it is to it that we address our complaints and confide our miseries. The women of the Third Estate are almost all born without wealth; their education is very neglected or very defective: it consists in their being sent to school with a teacher who himself does not know the first word of the language [Latin] he teaches. They continue to go there until they can read the service of the Mass in French and Vespers in Latin. Having fulfilled the first duties of religion, they are taught to work; having reached the age of fifteen or sixteen, they can earn five or six sous a day. If nature has refused them beauty they get married, without a dowry, to unfortunate artisans; lead aimless, difficult lives stuck in the provinces; and give birth to children they are incapable of raising.
If, on the contrary, they are born pretty, without breeding, without principles, with no idea of morals, they become the prey of the first seducer, commit a first sin, come to Paris to bury their shame, end by losing it altogether, and die victims of dissolute ways.Also, many, solely because they are born girls, are disdained by their parents, who refuse to set them up, preferring to concentrate their fortune in the hands of a son whom they designate to carry on their name in the capital; for Your Majesty should know that we too have names to keep up. Or, if old age finds them spinsters, they spend it in tears and see themselves the object of the scorn of their nearest relatives.
To prevent so many ills, Sire, we ask that men not be allowed, under any pretext, to exercise trades that are the prerogative of women—whether as seamstress, embroiderer, millinery shopkeeper, etc., etc.; if we are left at least with the needle and the spindle, we promise never to handle the compass or the square.
We ask, Sire, that your benevolence provide us with the means of making the most of the talents with which nature will have endowed us, notwithstanding the impediments which are forever being placed on our education. May you assign us positions, which we alone will be able to fill… We ask to be enlightened, to have work, not in order to usurp men's authority, but in order to be better esteemed by them, so that we might have the means of living safe from misfortune and so that poverty does not force the weakest among us, who are blinded by luxury and swept along by example, to join the crowd of unfortunate women who overpopulate the streets and whose debauched audacity disgraces our sex and the men who keep them company.
We would wish this class of women might wear a mark of identification. Today, when they adopt even the modesty of our dress, when they mingle everywhere in all kinds of clothing, we often find ourselves confused with them; some men make mistakes and make us blush because of their scorn. They should never be able to take off the identification under pain of working in public workshops for the benefit of the poor.
We implore you, Sire, to set up free schools where we might learn our language on the basis of principles, religion and ethics. May one and the other be offered to us in all their grandeur, entirely stripped of the petty applications which attenuate their majesty; may our hearts be formed there; may we be taught above all to practice the virtues of our sex: gentleness, modesty, patience, charity. As for the arts that please, women learn them without teachers. Sciences? . . . they serve only to inspire us with a stupid pride, lead us to pedantry, go against the wishes of nature, make of us mixed beings who are rarely faithful wives and still more rarely good mothers of families.
We see in you only a tender Father, for whom we would give our lives a thousand times."


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New Jersey individuals who have special needs will require the help of a guardian to make necessary life decisions for them regarding their care. People may have special needs either because they were born with physical or mental disabilities, or because they have been in an accident or have suffered a debilitating disease.
In general, those with special needs will qualify for some sort of public assistance based on financial need. This means that eligibility for public assistance programs will depend upon income and assets that the person may be entitled to.
A "life plan" can help family members determine what is in the best interest of the special needs individual, especially with regard to receiving benefits that he or she may be eligible for.
Other important decisions, such as where the special needs person will live and how to care for that person, now and in the future, are basic issues that will need to be addressed.
In order to effectuate a life plan, a team with members covering several different roles will need to be designated, including:
- A Guardian. The most important role in determining the life plan will be the guardian who will have the ultimate legal power to represent the best interests of the special needs individual. A successor guardian may also be named in the event that the original guardian is unable to carry out his or her duties.
- An Attorney-in-fact. The special needs individual should also have an attorney-in-fact who holds the power of attorney for financial and health care decisions.
- A Trustee. If a trust is in effect, then a trustee will be responsible for carrying out the terms of the trust.
Finally, planning for the needs of disabled individuals requires the help of an experienced guardianship attorney. Many issues will arise including legal, tax and financial issues. An attorney can help with establishing the power of attorney, medical directives, drafting special needs trusts, and general help in guiding the guardian with the available public services.
Source: redding.com, "Special care needs complex," Vince D'Amato, Sept. 17, 2011


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Egyptian Cotton is world renowned for being the finest luxury bed linen available. Our expertise, drawn from many years working with this fabric, ensure that we bring you only the very finest quality. Like anything else, the finest quality can only truly be achieved when made from the finest quality materials. The quality of the cotton depends on the length of the fibres, known as staples. The longer the staple - the better the cotton. The cotton is then carded to remove dirt and short fibres. However a process called combing is far more meticulous and will remove up to 15% of the fibres. This combing process, used by The Egyptian Cotton Store, will leave only the longest staples, ready for spinning and weaving into the strongest and finest fabric. The result is a fabric which is softer and more sumptuous than any other. Although the raw cotton is sourced from Egypt, the spinning, weaving and tailoring of your bed linen is finished in Italy or Portugal, who have the specialist expertise to ensure that the finished item compliments this world renowned fabric
The thread count is the number of threads in a square inch of fabric. This is achieved by measuring the number of threads in the Warp (length) and the weft (width). The most popular cottons will be around 150, while good quality sheets will start at 180. Anything above 200 brings you into the luxury range.
The thread count is also influenced by the construction and quality of the yarn used. With finer threads, such as Egyptian Cotton, more threads can be woven into a square inch, which produces a finer fabric.
It is well to be wary of marketing claims of very high thread counts, sometimes up to 1000. These claims are made by twisting fine gossamer threads to achieve the high numbers for customers who may, understandably, buy on thread count alone.
Bottom Sheets (Fitted and Flat Sheets)
Fitted sheets work best as their elasticised corners keep the sheet secure and prevent it from coming untucked as you move around in your sleep. They are available in sizes from Single to Emperor. All our Fitted Sheets are generous in depth, and are usually deep enough to cover your mattress and topper. For those who prefer a Flat Sheet instead of a Fitted Sheet, you may choose our simple hemmed Flat Sheet. This is also sometimes preferred, if you have an unusual shaped mattress. Top SheetsTo create that perfectly beautiful look, a Top Sheet is essential. The Top Sheet boasts an impressive 16cm top hem featuring the embroidery or the design relevant to the range of your choice. Turn this back over your Duvet or Blankets, and it will take your breath away at it's beauty. When you're making the bed, make sure that the right side of the sheet is facing down against the mattress so that when you turn it back to create a cuff at the top, any embroidery or detailing will be on show. The sides and bottom of the sheet can be tucked in, to give a tailored look, or left to drape your bed, for a shabby-chic styling
Duvet Cover
As the name suggests, this covers your Duvet to keep it clean, and also to provide that elegant look. They mainly come in two styles, a "housewife" which is an edge to edge seamed cover or an "oxford", which has an additional border to the duvet cover, similar to pillow cases.
All our Duvet Covers are fastened with hidden buttons at the bottomPillowcases - Housewife or Oxford?
A Housewife pillowcase is an edge to edge pillowcase which fits to the contours of your pillow, often the one that is slept on. An Oxford pillowcase has an additional border over the seamed edge. The Oxford pillowcase will feature the design on the border. What you choose is simply down to preference, however we do suggest that when layering pillows to use a plain co-ordinating Housewife underneath and the Oxford on top. Bed SkirtThe Bed Skirt, sometimes referred to as a Valance, is placed under the mattress, and is usually used to cover the bed base. Many divan bases do not necessarily match the decor of a bedroom, and therefore a Bed Skirt will cover this, while still allowing access to storage underneath. All Bed Skirts are 41cm deep and feature 2 inverted box pleats at each side and one inverted pleat at centre bottom.
Tips before you begin
Home laundering is recommended for all our bed linens. We would recommend that you wash all linens before use and avoid washing with Polyester fabrics. This is because Polyester is prone to pilling, and these pills can stick to the natural fibres and reduce the lustre and sheen of your linen.
Shrinkage will occur with all linens made of natural fibres. The sizing of our bed linens allows for expected shrinkage, which is why we add 5% to the sizes shown in our size information. Washing linens in very high temperatures should be avoided, as this can cause excessive shrinkage.
Washing your bed linens
Bed Linen should be washed in warm water no higher than 40C, (this kills dust mites and removes their residue). Use a gentle detergent followed by a cold rinse. Do not use excessive amounts of washing detergent, as this can clog the fibres. Unless they are very soiled, your linen will be just as clean with a smaller amount of detergent. Remove from the washing machine straight away to avoid wrinkles.
Unlike man made fibres, cotton will benefit from line-drying, leaving them almost wrinkle free and smelling fresh. If you wish you may also tumble dry on a low heat. Use the cool down cycle at the end to reduce wrinkles. Shaking your linen before putting it into the tumble dryer will also help reduce creasing. Remove from the tumble dryer promptly after the cycle has finished, and fold carefully, making sure that details such as pillow case sham flanges and sheet cuffs are lying flat.
IroningPress with a warm iron if needed. Iron your bed linens while they are still damp. If the piece is embroidered, ironing on the reverse side will prevent damage to the embroidery. If you can, buy a good Steam Iron, it's a great investment. The ones with a removable water tank are the best (but avoid the pressurised type, as you have to wait a long time, to wait for the pressure to drop, before you can re-fill.


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Recursion occurs when a process is applied to successive levels within a structure. When we talk about engineering practices in CMMI, we expect recursion (e.g., requirements must be managed for the product, product component, subcomponents, etc). Although not directly stated in the model, the same expectation should be made of project management practices.
In spite of the reputation of CMMI-DEV as a product development model, there is a distinct project focus to CMMI-DEV. There are process areas that use the word "project" explicitly in their title (project planning, project monitoring and control, integrated project management). So, would you expect everyone's definition of a project to be the same? Let's say you were a large defense contractor, building an integrated aircraft. How would you define the scope of this project? In a project of this magnitude, we find that there are actually a lot of smaller projects being executed, with an integrating project at the highest level. So, how do we define project management practice instantiations at the highest level, and how do we apply it at lower levels? Should we expect to find full instantiations of project planning, project monitoring and control, integrated project management at an integrated project team level or in a functional organization? When we appraise this organization, should we expect to gain affirmations from integrated project team leads or software leads regarding PM PAs?
Similarly, project management practices are expected to be iterative. For example, project planning is performed throughout the life of the project, not just at the beginning.
This presentation will examine the project management practices from the perspective of both recursion and iteration. We will identify those practices where recursion and iteration are expected, and discuss implementation tactics and options. Finally, implications for appraising these practices and for preparing appraisal evidence will be noted.
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Analia Saban Wins Norton Museum of Art's Inaugural Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers
Biennial $20,000 Rudin Prize, Established by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Recognizes Work of Emerging Artists
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (Dec. 4, 2012) – The Norton Museum of Art today announced the winner of the $20,000 Rudin Prize, a new international award for emerging photographers on the leading edge of their field, but who have not yet had a solo museum exhibition. The Museum's Photography Committee, Executive Director Hope Alswang, and William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography Tim B. Wride selected Los Angeles-based artist Analia Saban. Saban was nominated by John Baldesari.
"Analia Saban is leading the field in inventive, engaging new work" said. Wride. " She provides visually elegant and philosophically potent answers to the issues of photography's materiality and meaning that have dogged the medium since its beginnings."
"The Photography Committee is delighted to have selected such a special emerging hphotographer," said Committee member Beth Rudin DeWoody, founder of the prize and daughter of the Rudin Prize's namesake—the late Lewis Rudin. "While all of the finalists had something unique and captivating about their work, we felt Analia Saban best captured the spirit of the prize."
The other nominees for the inaugural Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers were:
- Eunice Adorno (based in Mexico City), nominated by Susan Meiselas
- Mauro D'Agati (based in Palermo, Italy), nominated by Michael Rovner
- Gabriela Nin Solis, (based in Mexico City), nominated by Graciela Iturbide
- Bjørn Venø, (based in London), nominated by Yinka Shonibare
Saban's work, along with the other nominees, can be seen at the Norton through Dec. 11, 2012.
Through gift and acquisition, the Museum will be acquiring work by all the artists, including Saban's works Grid and Folded Horizon.
About the Winner
Saban, who is also a painter, sculptor, and installation artist, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1980. She received her BFA in Visual Arts from Loyola University New Orleans in 2001, and relocated to Los Angeles where she completed her graduate studies at UCLA in 2005. Whether working in two- or three-dimensions, she is as fascinated by her materials as she is by the final objects she creates. Effortlessly moving between and often combining sculptural forms, painting, installation, and photographic imagery, Saban explores the base materiality of her media as well as its propensity as both a carrier of and a barrier to meaning. Her work creates unique hybrids that are a combination of photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture.
Organized by Tim Wride, William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography, Norton Museum of Art
This exhibition is made possible in part through the generosity of Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody and the Photography Committee of the Norton Museum of Art.


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Well, I have really put this product to the test this month. It has been worn every other day, day and night, through humidity and all, and it has stayed true to its promise. I have been most impressed with the colour pay off and how easy it is to use. The texture is smooth and applies like a dream, it's fool proof. I feel like it actually makes my other eyeshadows I haven't been that keen on, look incredibly better.
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Could Hollywood be facing its first-ever videogamer strike?
The Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA are in a critical, final stretch of negotiations with a group of major vidgame publishers, all of which have come to rely on union talent for increasingly cinematic — and lucrative — vidgames.
The last contract covered Electronic Arts, some 70 other big gaming companies agreed to its terms.
Present contract, currently in its second extension, is set to expire on Friday, and there will not be a third extension, setting the stage for a potential work stoppage. Complicating matters: Unlike the film and TV companies, which have a long history of collective bargaining and an org that represents them, vidgamers are relatively disorganized and new to the idea of bargaining with labor.
"It's 50/50 right now," said an insider. "It really could go either way."
Whatever the outcome, the current vidgame negotiations mirror SAG's negotiations to secure a new contract with film and TV producers: Besides wages and pension and health, residuals are prominently featured on the list of demands.
Only a few months ago, SAG and AFTRA hammered out a new film and TV contract that included modest gains in wages and pension and health contributions but no increase in the decades-old residuals formula for DVD and homevideo.
In addition, SAG's national board is split between those who espouse moderation and those who advocate a more aggressive approach to negotiations, with the moderate side having the upper hand by a small margin.
But with vidgame giants, SAG may be facing an even grimmer battle. The current contract has no provision for any residuals, just a set of minimum pay rates.
Even that was a major concession for vidgame manufacturers, which are accustomed to having their creative talent — developers — work inhouse as employees.
An equally important stumbling block has been simple disorganization. There is no equivalent to the Assn. of Motion Picture & Television Producers in the vidgame industry. Instead, SAG has had to negotiate with a small group of publishers who came together on an ad hoc basis and don't represent the whole industry.
A representative for the publishers who spoke on background wouldn't reveal which publishers are involved or what terms they are seeking.
The CEO of one midsize publisher reached Wednesday wasn't even aware that SAG negotiations were ongoing. But he seemed nonplussed by the possibility of a strike, noting that most of the voice talent his company uses is not union.
A strike would most affect the industry with regard to the use of big names. From Clint Eastwood to Vin Diesel to Heather Graham and even Marlon Brando in EA's "Godfather" adaptation, A-list talent is turning from a rarity to a must-have in the vidgame world.
SAG is increasingly hungry for residuals to be part of a mix, because when a game hits, it can hit big — bigger than the heftiest studio blockbuster, in some cases.
Microsoft's "Halo 2" and Rockstar's "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," last year's biggest titles, generated sales of over $250 million each.
Even more worrisome to SAG, some vidgame companies have begun to behave less like publishers and more like movie studios and networks. And movie and TV studios have, in turn, become increasingly interested in releasing their products via emerging technologies, like cell phones, complicating how performers get paid.
Microsoft has decided to try and turn "Halo 2" into a film — without the help of a film studio.
In a first-of-its-kind deal, Microsoft retained the services of ex-Columbia Pictures topper Peter Schlessel, who in turn helped broker a deal with CAA to bring "28 Days Later" scribe Alex Garland aboard to create a screenplay for the property. Deal was made without the benefit of a studio overseeing development.
"Grand Theft Auto" publisher Rockstar is also believed to be looking to hire a screenwriter to adapt its hit game.
Such deals — and their unique financial upsides — reflect uncharted territory for both SAG and vidgame companies.
"Electronic Arts did close to $3 billion last year," said one Big Five agency tenpercenter who specializes in vidgame deals. "They could finance a film independently if they wanted to, but boy, are they totally different animals."
(Dave McNary contributed to this report.)


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California's compensation to foster-care providers is so low that it violates a federal child-welfare law, an appeals court ruled Monday.
In a case brought by group home administrators caring for about 9,500 wards of the state with special needs, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals deemed the state's payments of 80% or less of the actual cost of care illegal and insufficient.
The case was brought last year by California Alliance of Child and Family Services, which operates more than 100 homes across the state for children who have been deemed unsuitable for foster family placements.
A parallel case was brought last year by foster family advocates who raised an alarm about the declining numbers of families willing to take children because the state doesn't fully compensate them for the care and services it demands, like food, shelter, education and transportation.


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There's a great new image out at The East Wind. It's again in support of Kyra's friend Ashley who's going to go through Chemo soon... So please go and check them out!!! All profit will go for Ashley!!!
I really love this character because, well she's got shape like most women do!!!! And she's willing to show them!
So here's my take using the new Ashley Ghetto - I love my life
I figured this needed to be a bright card! Like her personality!!!
Here's a closer look at the fab Ashley colored with my copics. The great sentiment is from Ginger's House she always has such fabulous sentiments!!!
You have to admit you want that digi don't you?!? Well it's for a good cause and it's a great price only 2.75$ and all profit going for someone who needs the help.
I followed this great sketch:
And this great color scheme:
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
- Tuesday morning sketches - Sketch
- Outlawz challenges - Colour challenge - I went with Green, red and yellow and the twist - the use of a metal charm
- Come and get it challenge - Make it girly
- My time to craft challenge - Buttons and bow
Ok so have a great night and I'll see you tomorrow with some creations that will be going up will I'm sleeping lol
I'm doing a little giveaway to celebrate 500 followers come and join in http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/2014/02/woooow-celebration-in-order-its-500.html


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If only your Voyager appreciated like this.
A 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, which cost about $4,300 when new, is currently listed on Ebay with a buy it now price of $2.75 million.
But it's no ordinary 'Cuda.
The alpine white coupe is the very first Barracuda built with a 425 hp, 426 cubic-inch Hemi V8 engine, and one of just 284 produced with a four-speed manual transmission.
Read: Muscle car flops: The least muscular muscle cars
Considered by many as one of the greatest muscle cars in history, the 1970-1971 Hemi 'Cuda has become one of the most sought-after collectibles of the era in recent years.
An even rarer '71 convertible, one of just 11 built, was recently sold at auction for $1.3 million, while a similar one took in $2.2 million back in 2007.
The fully-documented example on offer is a base trim level Barracuda complete with 8-track player, leather seats and only 17,750 miles on the odometer.
The Hagerty Price Guide lists the value of a top condition 'Hemi Cuda at $228,000, but the first from the factory is certainly worth more than that.
How much more?
Well, this same car was listed in 2011 for $3.2 million, but apparently there were no takers.
The Ebay auction ends on Saturday, so we'll have to wait until then to find out what the market thinks about it this time around.


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Welcome to your private (Vacation Home), with all the comforts of your own home. It is a huge and luxurious house complete with 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and game room. The home is in a quiet, desirable neighborhood. This is the perfect property for a large family or group of people. Sleeps up to 14 guests and can park up to 4 cars. **Additional fee will be added for any more than 14 guests.
Email or call me if you have any questions or inquiries about the property, I will respond quickly.
***Check-in Procedures***
This home is in a quiet neighborhood, there is no tolerance for PARTIES or any DISTURBANCE to the neighbors. All guests violating this policy will be evicted immediately without a refund.
Primary tenant must be 25 years of age.
Primary tenant must be present and be able to show photo ID and credit card used for booking.
Check-in time is 3 PM, check-out time is 10 AM.
Inquire about early check-in or late check-out. I will accommodate your request if at all possible but there may be an additional fee.
***Payment Terms ***
50% payment required immediately upon booking
50% due 14 days prior to check-in
Cancellation Policy: If a guest wishes to cancel his/her reservation, payment will be refunded as follows:
~ 100% refund if cancelled 30 days prior to the Check-in Date
~ 50% refund if cancelled 14 days prior to the Check-in Date
~ 0% refund if cancelled 13 days prior to the Check-in Date
* If unit can be re-rented for the contract time frame, then 100% return deposit.
***Getting Around***
Easy access to the freeway (215/15)
Las Vegas Strip ----------------------------8.0 miles (10-15 min)
McCarran Airport ------------------------8.3 miles (12-15 min)
Wal-Mart and many restaurants/grocery stores------within a 2 mile radius
***Available for your enjoyment***
2-Story vacation home with huge open floor plan, plenty of space for all.
Equipped with wireless high speed internet (25 to 50 mbps in speed) This speed will vary based on how many devices are using it at one time.
Master bedroom:
Queen size bed
39" flat screen tv
walk-in closet
fresh sheets/pillows/blankets
room 1 has queen bed
room 2 has queen beds
room 3 has two queen beds
room 4 has two queen beds
all rooms come with fresh sheets/pillows/blankets
ihome charging clock radio for iphone or universal usb port
extra pillows and blankets are available upon request
spacious empty closet with adequate space for clothes, shoes, and luggage.
Master restroom:
2 sinks with adequate counter space
Travel sized shampoo, conditioner, soap bar
standing shower
fresh bath towels
toilet paper
Guest bathrooms:
bathroom 1 has standing shower
bathroom 2 has tub/shower
bathroom 3 has tub/shower
All bathrooms come with 1 sink and adequate counter space
Travel sized shampoo, conditioner, soap bar
fresh bath towels
toilet paper
Game Room:
Pool table
Foosball table
Board games
Big Movie Theater Room with DVD use only (No Cable Available)
laundry room:
Top load washer
Front load dryer
laundry detergent and fresher provided
iron & board
extra paper towels / toilet paper
coffee maker - Standard and Keurig
cooking utensils
dishes & flatware
ice maker
back yard:
patio cover
large in-ground pool & spa with slide/waterfall **There will be Additional fee for Gas Heating and it must be ordered in advance.
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More great use of our tax payer money. Obama plans to give $400,000 to Gadhafi family run charities, divided between two foundations. $200,000 would goto the Gadhafi Development Foundation, which is run by Gadhafi's son, Saif, and the other $200,000 are to go to Wa Attassimou, an organization run by Muammar Gadhafi's daughter, Aisha.
Mark Kirk (one of the Cap and Trade 8 idiots) all of a sudden grows a pair and tells Obama to withdrawl this grant.
On August 17th and 18th, Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Lindsay Graham, and Susan Collins visited Libya marking the first Congressional Delegation.
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Ahem, does this go tos how, obama is a muslim extremist afterall? i think so. sicne when did terrorists get us citizens tax bailout money???? man i hope the FED gets audit now....
Unless you can find a better source confirming this.. I don't think this is much of a story.. or a thread.
If it turns out true... it's outrageous and crazy... but that's too big an if atm for me to give it much credence.
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said it is rethinking a decision to give $2.5 million in aid to Libya, including to foundations run by the Libyan leader's sons, after lawmakers on Thursday asked it to cancel the plan.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, two U.S. lawmakers said they were unwilling to give the aid because of the warm reception Tripoli recently gave a Libyan official convicted of involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
They also accused Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi of showing "flagrant disrespect" for the 270 victims of the bombing during his visit to New York this week to attend the U.N. General Assembly.
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush was given a bravery award on Monday by a Libyan charity group chaired by leader Muammar Gaddafi's daughter.
The charity group Wa Attassimou also urged the Iraqi government to release television reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi after he was detained on Sunday for hurling footwear at Bush and calling the president a "dog" -- both severe insults in the Middle East.
Link: www.javno.com...
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First and foremost I wasn't aware it would be considered my responsibility to find a decent source for someone else's thread. Whether I questioned the quality of the OP's source or not. You seem to feel differently. That's your opinion and you're welcome to it. I on the other hand feel it was the OP's responsibility to have a better source to begin with. I guess we disagree. Oh my.


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The Missing Manual series is a joint venture between the dream team introduced on these pages and O'Reilly & Associates: Tim O'Reilly, Mark Brokering, and company.
I'm grateful to all of them, and to AppleScript genius Bill Briggs for his help on Chapter 7; Apple's Ken Bereskin and Bill Evans for their technical assistance; to the resourceful Noah Zerkin for helping my first-edition prose escape PageMaker; and Jennifer Barber, Chuck Brandstater, Kate Briggs, Stephanie English, Danny Marcus, Jim Elferdink, and Elizabeth "Eagle Eye" Tonis for their proofreading smarts. Thanks to David Rogelberg for believing in the idea, and above all, to Jennifer, Kelly, and Tia, who make these books—and everything else—possible.
Missing Manual books are designed to be superbly written guides to computer products that don't come with printed manuals (which is just about all of them). Each book features a handcrafted index; cross-references to specific page numbers (not just "See Chapter 14"); and a promise never to use an apostrophe in the possessive word its. Current and upcoming titles include:
iPhoto: The Missing Manual by David Pogue, Joseph Schorr, & Derrick Story
Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland
Photoshop Elements 2: The Missing Manual by Donnie O'Quinn
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
Mac OS X Hints by Rob Griffiths
Office X for Macintosh: The Missing Manual by Nan Barber, Tonya Engst, & David Reynolds
AppleWorks 6: The Missing Manual by Jim Elferdink & David Reynolds
iMovie 2: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual by David Pogue, Craig Zacker, and Linda Zacker


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It is said the last three piano sonatas of Schubert are suffused with premonitions of his death. It may be so, but the contemplation is often sweet, as if Schubert cannot help being so in his music and, thus, so as well in his preparations for death.
They are piano sonata 19 in C minor, D. 958; 20 in A major, D. 959; and, 21 in Bb major, D. 960. They are long, D. 958 over half an hour, the other two three-quarters of an hour. The length is temporal, not aural. A similar phenomenon occurs in the compositions of others; repeatedly, for example, in the performance of Wagner's Ring, where even the longest acts seem to go by more quickly and acutely despite their actual temporal length.
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On the other hand, this strikes me as unusual since every other platform I work on (Juniper, CIsco, Force10 etc) has completely independent boot and OS images. With the boot loader changing infrequently.
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Rob Barraco Comes Home Again
Rob Barraco may be the best thing to happen to the Grateful Dead family since the days of Jerry: he sings like Garcia, plays like Keith and has proven his knowledge of The Dead's canon through stints with The Dead, The Other Ones Phil Lesh & Friends and, now, Dark Star Orchestra. Recently, the hard touring keyboardist also turned his attention to his solo work, re-releasing the album When We All Come Home from his short lived Dragonflys band under his own name. While still firmly rooted in the classic-rock sound, When We All Come Home finds Barraco playing around with a number of jazzy textures and placing particular emphasis on a set of lyrics provided by longtime Grateful Dead scribe Robert Hunter. Below, Barraco opens up about his new solo project, time with Dark Star Orchestra and how he finally warmed up to the work of Brent Mydland.
MG- Before releasing this album under your name, you issued When We All Come Home with the Dragonflys in 2005. Why did you decide to re-release this project as a solo album?
RB- It's a funny thing about that. When I made the CD [in 2005] it really was my first solo CD. But, for whatever reason, at the time I had this you can all it "altruistic" view of things. I wanted to be part of a groupI really didn't want it to be a solo project. So I put together this really great record and a band with Jimmy Herring, but I couldn't afford to sustain it. So, after we did a tour, it hit me like, "I should of released this as a solo record." So, after I amassed some money, I retooled it and re-released it under my own name. It is the same record, but I went all out this time and hired a company in Boston to release it to radio and we are actually in our 4th week of radio promotion and it is actually doing really well!
MG- While When We Come Home has a very "1970s" sound, it doesn't necessarily sound like a Grateful Dead record. Did you intentionally try to veer away from the "Dead Sound" with this project?
RB- Yes. I really did not want to make a jamband record. If I wanted to make that kind of record, I would have made a live record. [Robert] Hunter wrote such beautiful lyrics for the record that I really wanted to focus on the songs so that the lyrics came across. My influences are so vastI am really coming from a jazz world more than any other. The bands I really looked up to growing up, besides The Dead when I was much younger, were groups likes Steely Dan and, of course, I was a huge John Coltrane freak, as well as all the modern jazz greats. To this day that is the stuff I really listen to.
MG- Can you talk about your collaboration with Robert Hunter? How did you approach your writing process together?
RB- We initially started with three songs. He wanted me to present him with two versions of the songs: one with a melody hummed, with very little orchestration, just me on the piano and maybe a bass track on it and another where I would present him with a very basic version of the track with no humming on it. After a month or so he e-mailed me and said he really felt like the music was speaking to him. So I made an appointment to come and see him at his house when I was out on the west coast, kind of in-between tours with Phil, and I was astounded at how he had really captured the vibe of the music. I really had to do very little editing to make it work. I looked at him and said, "Man…this exactly what I was looking forwould you do the rest and he said "definitely." So I started sending him stuff and he would start sending stuff back.
MG- In addition to naming your band Drangonflys, on this disc you have an instrumental track titled "Cats and Dragonflies." What does the dragonfly signify to you?
RB- For years, whenever I was in a moment of crisis or at a crossroads, I would look up and enviably there would be a dragonfly hovering around me. At first I didn't think much about it but, then, I started looking around and they always were there. Someone I met a few years ago told me that dragonflies were arbiters of change and I really embraced that idea. I also have a really intense passion for cats, so when I wrote that instrumental song it really reminded me of the way cats prowl and the way dragonflies hover over the water.
MG- When We All Come Home's other key player is Rob Friedman, who produced the album and plays a variety of instruments throughout the project. How did you originally become acquainted with Rob?
RB- Rob and I are friends. We have known each other for going on 30 years now. I was doing a project in New York in the late 1970s and the drummer knew him and called me and said, "I am going into the studio with this guy Rob and we need a keyboardist, are you interested?" So the first time I met him was on a train going into New York City and he really just blew my mind. I never had met someone with so much energy and focushe is just one of the best writers I have ever known and he is a really hard working producer. He works with Dan Zanes a lot and worked with him back in The Del Fuegos days.
The way this project came about was really interesting. After my time with The Dead ended, Warren Haynes contacted Butch Trucks from the Allman Brothers for me because Butch had a record label. Butch said he wanted to sign me and, one day, I got a call out of the clear blue sky from Butch. I've known Butch for years through Warren, but never to have him call me on the phone, so I was kind of shocked when he said, "Listen, Warren says I got to sign you, so I want to sign you to a contract."
So, we got lawyers involved and while they were wrangling this thing out—-which took a lot of time—-I got antsy and decided to put up my own money, go into the studio and start this project. And halfway through the project Butch called me and told me he had lost funding for his label. It ended up being a good thing because now I have complete ownership of the project. I put up all the money myself, including going on the road and now promoting it on radio. It is a real homegrown project.
MG- When We All Come Home also includes "Ride Ride Ride," which you co-wrote with Phil Lesh. How did that co-composition originate?
RB- Well, the way that worked is that Phil had come up with an idea. It was a little ditty in the studio one day and it actually surfaced a few times on a tour in a jam somewhere and then it was gone. It was a shame to let it languish because it was such a beautiful idea. So, I crafted a tune around it and it really worked with something I was writing at the time. I never even discussed it with him, I just gave him credit because he was never going to use it and otherwise it would have just died. To me it was perfect. The lyrics are also terrific. It is kind of Robert's post-apocalyptic view of New York City after the whole 9/11 thing. He went through a personal tragedy because of 9/11 and that lyric really reflects that. It was important for me because that song was bubbling around in my head for so long and then Phil came up with that idea and I was like, "these ideas are married to each other."
MG- Over the past few years you've also clocked in a number of tours with Dark Star Orchestra. Do you plan to play with DSO for the foreseeable future?
RB- After Dark Star's keyboardist died, I got a call from their manager asking if I could fill in for some dates because they were desperate. They had a large touring schedule and they knew that if I came onboard we could just go out on the roadwe didn't need to rehearse or anything. And after doing for the first tour I really enjoyed it because they play the music with such passionthere is no pretense. All these detractors says "they think they're the Dead, they think they're the Dead." But they are just really good musicians who love playing this music. One thing I really love is that while we have this framework, inside of that framework, there is beautiful improvisation.
So on and off I was doing tours with them and doing Phil's things. This year I found myself in a position where, obviously, Phil didn't want to use me to do this tour he is doing and I needed to work and these guys really wanted to work with me. So, I made a commitment on a limited basis to tour with them for at least the rest of the year. We'll see what happens beyond that, but in the meantime I am going to promote my record. If it keeps generating some interest and if I could get some funding I would hope to take this project on the road.
MG- Would you regroup the Draagonflys band you toured with a few years ago to promote this project?
RB- Rob Friedman definitely, though I am not sure which other players. Probably not Jimmy because he is too busy with Panic, but there are so many musicians I know that I'm sure I could come up with some compatible players.
MG- Looking back slightly, how do you feel your vast knowledge of the Grateful Dead has shaped Dark Star's sound?
RB- One of the things I brought to the table as far as tunes go is that I pushed them to do some of the material The Dead never really did, like "Unbroken Chair." The Dead did it in the 1990s, but it was really never that good, so we approached it as they would in the 1970s. Also, we do some of the Pigpen material that they never were doing, which I happen to love. Songs like "Alligator" and "Mr. Charlie." We do a bunch of these "electives" where we make up a setlist, so I canwe candelve into that material doing those shows. They don't do any shows from the 1960s normally though.
MG- Do you find it difficult interpreting the work of so many different Grateful Dead keyboardists on the same tour?
RB- I have to wear a lot of hats in this band, it is quite a challenge. The biggest challenge is doing the Brent-era material because he has a vocal range far beyond what I am capable of. But, what it has helped me do, is to develop a larger range. I had checked out of the Dead scene before Brent was even in the band. I saw some shows here and there, but I wasn't enamored with Brent's keyboard playing. A lot of it was where I was as a musicianI was way into the jazz thing. But Brent's singing is phenomenalhe is one of the best white blues singers I have ever heard. He is in that pantheon with Gregg Allman and he wrote some beautiful, beautiful songs. "We Can Run" is a tremendous piece of music. The message is incredible, the melody is incredible and he sings with a lot of passion. I am really enjoying playing those songs.I also like playing his songs because I get to play on some instruments I never get to play. Brent was using this modified Fender Rhodes in his early years and I got a hold of one of those. I had one of those years ago and I am kicking myself for selling it. They also got a hold of this instrument Brent had after that which has one of the most distinctive soundsa Yamaha GS1. He used it from '82 through late '86 and after that he started using a digital. The technology had got to the point where he could create better piano sounds with the digital. They actually own Brent's GS1they bought it off his widow. I go through it and can hear all these sounds I heard from that era. When they do "Stranger" there is that sound. It is shaped just like a pianoit is really neat.
MG- Of all the Grateful Dead's keyboardists, I've always felt your style is most akin to Keith Godchaux's. Would you agree?
RB- My biggest influence was always Keith Godchaux. You know Keith was a jazz pianist before he joined The Dead. I talked to Donna about this extensively because I was really interested and, before he played in The Dead, he was playing in jazz trios and stuff. The stuff they were doing in '72, especially the really long jams, you can hear the jazz influence coming through. In a lot of ways it really shaped that era for them. It set them up to start playing those Miles Davis jams in '73 or '74. The Dead being the eclectic players they were always made it sound like them, but it always reminded me of that Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis sound. I really attribute a lot of that to Keith's playing.
MG- I've always felt you can trace The Dead's stylistic evolution through its keyboardists.
RB- You really can. Pigpen was into the blues man—-it was really apparent—-and in a lot of ways when Brent came along they really reverted to the blues and R&B because that is where he was coming from. I think the Keith-era ran itself out after a while. Obviously, drugs ravished Keith's life and he was no longer really contributing very much to the band and it seemed evitable that he was going to be gone. But those early years with himwowthat is some of the best music on the planet.
I saw most of my Dead shows in that era. I saw my first show in '72 and a bunch of shows in '73 and '74 and a ton of shows in '76 and, man, I don't think I ever walked away from one of those shows disappointed. It was very rare they were off.
MG- Besides Tom Constanten who you've played with on several occasions, did you ever have an opportunity to talk with any of the Grateful Dead's other keyboardists?
RB- The only keyboard player I ever talked to in that band was Tom Constanten. I played with him at a Rex Foundation benefit and he sat-in with the Zen Tricksters when I played in that band back in the day. Talk about an educated cat. Not only musically, but just universally. He is a great guy to talk to and a beautiful human being. He is willing to talk about any subject. We kind of skirted on the Grateful Dead, but we talked a lot about underlying theories of music and classical music. His approach to phrasing and what he does to prepare is very interesting. He doesn't run circles around you like many musicians do. I never met Vince, Keith died well before I had any capacity to meet him and Brent as well.
MG- Finally, how do you feel your time with Phil Lesh influenced When We all Come Home's sound?
RB- When he wrote the setlist, Phil approached each night with a message or thread or theme throughout it. I want to do the same thing with this record. That approach really made sense to me and really shaped this record. There is a consistency throughout.
Senior Editor Mike Greenhaus first saw Rob Barraco play at a Rainbow Foundation benefit at Wetlands while college. For a look at Rob's former band the Zen Tricksters, please pickup a copy of Mike's article the September/October issue of Relix.