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The Mona Lisa is one of the most enigmatic and iconic pieces of Western art. It has inspired countless copies, but one replica at the Madrid's Museo del Prado is generating its own buzz: Conservators say that it was painted at the same time as the original — and possibly by one of the master's pupils, perhaps even a lover.
Juxtaposing the two paintings — and using infrared technology, which works like an X-ray, allowing one to see beneath the paint to see previous, obscured versions — conservators say that Leonardo and the painter of the replica made exactly the same changes at the same time.
"The changes mirrored the changes which Leonardo made on the original," Martin Bailey, correspondent with The Art Newspaper in London, tells NPR's Melissa Block. "[Conservators] concluded that the two pictures had been done side by side in the studio, and it was probably on easels which were two or three yards away from each other."
The copy brings da Vinci's studio to life — and stirs up questions. Who was this mystery painter? According to Bailey, the artist is likely to have been one of Leonardo's main assistants: Melzi or Salai (who was rumored to have been da Vinci's lover).
Side by side, the pictures look noticeably different: The copy is significantly brighter and more colorful; even Mona Lisa's famously coy smile takes on a new cast.
"The original Mona Lisa in the Louvre is difficult to see — it's covered with layers of varnish, which has darkened over the decades and the centuries, and even cracked," Bailey says. "What is wonderful about the copy is how vivid it is, and you see Lisa in a quite different light. I thought her eyes are enticing. And you see her enigmatic smile in a way that you don't quite get in the original."
Bailey says the find will be relevant to historians and laypeople, in that paradoxically, a copy might bring viewers to the original with fresh eyes.
"It is, after all, the world's most famous painting, but people don't look at it fresh," he says. "They look at it almost as an icon. If you go to the Louvre, people aren't actually really looking at the painting; they just want to be in the same room with it. For me, the beauty of the copy is that it actually makes us look at the painting as a painting, and I hope it will have that effect on other people, too."
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And I'm Melissa Block with big news from the art world that's transforming our understanding of the "Mona Lisa."
There are many replicas of Leonardo da Vinci's painting. But conservators in Madrid have examined one of them and discovered something new. This replica was created at the same time Leonardo was painting his Florentine lady with her famously enigmatic smile. The "Mona Lisa" copy belongs to the Prado Museum in Madrid. And Martin Bailey, correspondent with The Art Newspaper in London, joins us to explain.
And, Martin, how did the conservators do this? How did they figure out that they were looking at a copy that was painted at the same time as Leonardo's?
MARTIN BAILEY: Well, last year, they began investigating the painting because they thought it might be interesting, and they used modern technology, which wasn't available decades ago, something called infrared reflectography. One's able to look beneath the surface of the paint. It's not exactly like an X-ray, but it's similar process. So they use this process, and the first discovery was there was a landscape which is on the original, which had been covered with black paint probably in the 18th century.
So they then began work, very painstakingly stripping away the black overpaint. And that process has been going on in the last few weeks. And the face of Lisa and the rest of the painting has been cleaned, and therefore, we see the vivid colors, which would have been used 500 years ago on this work.
BLOCK: And the reason that they knew these two images were done at the same time is that they could see in Leonardo's painting that he had changed the landscape over time, painting over things, and the same exact changes were made in the copy, right?
BAILEY: Yes. The changes actually mirrored the changes which Leonardo made on the original. So they concluded that the two pictures had been done side-by-side in the studio, and it was probably on easels which were two or three yards away from each other. And it's for this reason that we know the picture was done at the same time, so it's the only copy of the "Mona Lisa" which was done whilst Leonardo was alive.
BLOCK: So as Leonardo was tweaking the background, for example, the person standing next to him was doing the same thing, painting over, doing it - doing another version, and all of those layers are there on both paintings.
BAILEY: Exactly. And it is even possible that Lisa, who is the sitter in the portrait, may have come to the studio, and the copyist may have actually met Lisa and seen her. So that gives an added twist to it.
BLOCK: What's the thinking on who would have been painting the "Mona Lisa" copy alongside Leonardo?
BAILEY: Probably one of Leonardo's main assistants, and the two possible names that have been suggested one is Salai, who is a young man and who's thought of probably being Leonardo's lover, and the second possible artist who could have done it is someone called Melzi. And there's going to be a lot of discussion among the Leonardo scholars as to who actually did this picture.
BLOCK: You know, I'm looking at side-by-side images of the two works, Leonardo's from the Louvre and the other, the copy. The copy is much brighter, and she looks much the same but also quite a bit different. How do you think it changes what we understand about the original?
BAILEY: Well, it is astonishing because, first of all, you see a much brighter and much more colorful image. The original "Mona Lisa" in the Louvre is difficult to see. It's covered with layers of varnish which has darkened over the decades and the centuries and even cracked. And what is wonderful about the copy is how vivid it is, and you see Lisa in a quite different light. I mean, I thought her eyes are enticing, and you see her enigmatic smile in a way that you don't quite get in the original.
BLOCK: Hmm. You know, I have to say, Martin, that I'm - maybe it's just because it's - the image is engrained in our mind, but I think all the mystery is in the original when I look at the brighter...
BLOCK: ...fresher copy that mystery is gone somehow.
BAILEY: Well, I think maybe too much mystique has built up about this picture, the "Mona Lisa." I mean, it is after all the world's most famous painting. But people don't look at it fresh. They look at it almost as an icon. And if you go to the Louvre, people aren't actually really looking at the painting. They just want to sort of be in the same room with it. And for me, the beauty of the copy is that it actually makes us look at the painting as a painting, and I hope it will have that effect on other people too.
BLOCK: Martin Bailey, thank you so much.
BAILEY: Thank you.
BLOCK: Martin Bailey is a correspondent with The Art Newspaper in London. Next month, more than 500 years after they were painted, the original "Mona Lisa" and her copy will be temporarily reunited at the Louvre in Paris. And you can see the two side by side at npr.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Now That Alicia Keys Is No Longer Blackberry's 'Creative Director' Can We Stop Using Pop Stars As Fake Creative Directors?
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Either way, it should come as little surprise that Blackberry -- a company on the verge of not existing -- is now admitting that Keys is "leaving her role" exactly a year after it started. Let's be frank here: she's not "leaving her role." She had a one year endorsement/promotional contract, and that deal is now ending. The idea that she was actually employed as a creative director is clearly bogus. What did she do?
She appeared at numerous corporate events throughout the year and in some promotional material.Right. Same exact thing as a typical celebrity endorsement deal.
For whatever reason, tech companies always seem to announce these things in January (often in conjunction with CES, which is taking place next week). Hopefully, this year, we can avoid such silliness. I don't want to hear about Justin Bieber becoming "creative director" at IBM or Miley Cyrus' new "job" as "creative director" at Microsoft.


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The Oregon Ducks and the nation's top offense play host to the Stanford Cardinal and the Pac-12's top defense. In one of just three ranked matchups this weekend, Oregon can secure the Pac-12 North with a victory over the Cardinal. It's a showdown of strengths in this week's Orange Bowl Game of the Week.
The Ducks have rattled off win after win behind the offensive brilliance of quarterback Marcus Mariota and their talented backfield featuring DeAnthony Thomas and Kenjon Barner. The two have combined for 2,478 yards of offense and 31 touchdowns, leading the way for the nation's top scoring offense. Equally as impressive is the performance of Mariota, a redshirt freshman who had to earn the starting job over Bryan Bennett in training camp. He has thrown for over 2,100 yards and 28 touchdowns this season, and leads the nation in passer rating (177). The problem for Oregon could be their defensive front seven, where they only had one healthy player on their two-deep by the second half of last week's win over Cal. While the likes of Dion Jordan and Taylor Hart are on pace to play this weekend, they'll need to have all gears grinding to stop Cardinal running back Stepfan Taylor.
The Cardinal offense has looked like a new machine since Kevin Hogan took over under center two weeks ago. Leading Stanford to a 27-23 victory over then-No.11 Oregon State was an impressive feat, as are his 447 yards and six scores in just 53 pass attempts. However, the real offensive threat on this squad is Taylor, their senior tailback. With 1,061 yards and nine touchdowns so far this season, he's a true workhouse back who has carried his team to their 8-2 record. While few teams have the speed on defense to keep up the high-powered Ducks, Stanford just might. Chase Thomas and Shane Skov have been one of the best linebacker combos in the country, tallying 99 tackles, 16.5 for loss and six sacks. They play excellent sideline to sideline, and just might have the range and quickness to control that Oregon ground game.
Oregon has had Stanford's number over the past decade, owning a 9-1 record against the Cardinal since 2002, highlighted by a 53-30 thrashing on the road last season. However, 16 top three teams have fallen in the final three weeks of the season during the in the BCS era, and with a trip to the conference championship on the line there's no telling what could happen in Autzen this weekend.
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The Battlechest package also contains two of the four expansion packs available. The two contained are World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and World of Warcraft: The Lich King.
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World of Warcraft has made its mark as a legendary MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) with over 10 million members worldwide. The World of Warcraft Battlechest is self-claimed to "include everything you need to begin the adventure," and contains a 256-page beginner's guide, a free month of online game time, the game itself and two expansion packs.
MMORPGs are extremely popular, and World of Warcraft is the most popular one there is. Players create a custom avatar and complete quests, fight monsters or each other and join factions. In World of Warcraft there are two main factions, one of which you must join. The Alliance gets typical fantasy protagonist race/character types such as humans and dwarves, while the Horde faction can choose between things like Trolls and Orcs. It is also notable that the two main factions cannot intercommunicate aside from very simple emoticon-based things; in order to speak to another player, you must be of the same faction.
Players have a variety of options when it comes to developing their character, which is the mark of RPG-style games. You can pick a profession such as blacksmithing or mining, and you can develop secondary skills such as archaeology or fishing. There is a built-in leveling system that is experience point-based.
The 256-page beginner's guide is created and distributed by Brady Games, which is not directly affiliated with World of Warcraft producer Blizzard Entertainment. Brady Games is a company that produces guides and walkthroughs for video games across the industry.
A free month of online gameplay time comes with the chest as well, which is somewhat typical for an MMORPG package. These companies make money (as well as support servers) by charging per-month subscription fees for players.
The game originally took place on only two continents, but expansions have expanded it to four continents and one "realm." The original two continents are Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms; expansions added Northrend, Panderia and the realm of Outland. The entire game takes place in a world called "Azeroth."
The Battlechest package also contains two of the four expansion packs available. The two contained are World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and World of Warcraft: The Lich King. However, it must be pointed out that as of September 19, 2012, both of those expansions were added to all previous Warcraft accounts, so in effect the Battlechest is only offering the game, a guide and a one-month subscription. It is relatively cheap, though; the Blizzard Entertainment website offers it for only $5.
World of Warcraft is widely reviewed as the best and most in-depth MMORPG on the market and is lauded for groundbreaking work in the online gaming industry. In fact, there are claimed "addicts" to the game, and overplaying has been such a problem for the game that it now has a built in "parental control" option which limits the amount of time played. Although the tool is meant to be used by adults limiting their children, many adults use it themselves to monitor their own playing time.
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Building the Keystone XL pipeline would lead to more manmade light and noise in sparsely populated regions, which may harm natural resources, wildlife and visitors to national parks, the U.S. Interior Department said.
In comments submitted to the State Department as part of an environmental review, Interior warned that developer TransCanada Corp. isn't adequately dealing with risks to "cultural soundscapes" and "high quality night skies" from disturbances during construction and from pumping stations that keep oil flowing along the route.
"The cumulative effects of the project could adversely impact the quality of the night skies and the overall photic environment," Willie R. Taylor, director of the office of environmental policy at Interior, wrote in a letter on April 29. The State Department posted the letter on its website this week as it releases 1.2 million comments received about the project.
The agency is reviewing Keystone, which would transport bitumen from Alberta to refineries along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, because it would cross an international border. A final report on the pipeline's environmental impact may be issued as early as September. After that, the department will conduct a 90-day review to determine if Keystone is in the national interest, pushing a final decision to late this year or 2014.
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Environmental groups oppose the pipeline, citing the contributions of Alberta oil production to climate change and the risk of oil spills along the more than 875-mile (1,408- kilometer) route from Canada to Steele City, Nebraska.
In separate comments in April, the Environmental Protection Agency urged the State Department to analyze the costs of greenhouse-gas emissions by refining the tar sands into fuel. Greenhouse-gas emissions from refining oil sands are 17 percent greater than conventional crude oil, the agency said.
The Interior Department focused on the pipeline's impact on U.S. national parks and other public lands managed by the agency, and the comments underscore the level of scrutiny the project is getting as part of the review.
The pipeline won't pass near the most-visited parks, such as Yellowstone in Wyoming. It will cross the popular Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, which stretches across 11 states, and the Missouri National Recreational River in South Dakota and Nebraska, which combined draw an average more than 386,000 visitors a year, according to park service data.
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Interior also mentions impacts to the Niobrara National Scenic River in northern Nebraska, which gets about 68,000 visitors a year. The impact of the ambient light from the pipeline could be felt far from parks adjacent to the project, Interior said in its letter.
In addition to the impacts of light and noise, the department said it "has concerns with the proposed pipeline's stream and wetland crossings," especially those near parks, such as the Missouri recreation area.
To curb interference from noise and light, TransCanada should employ "mitigation measures such as shielded, full- cutoff lighting, timers, and motion sensitive switches," and use "the minimum amount of illumination" for tasks along the pipeline,'' according to the comments.
The Interior Department's comments faulted the environmental review's recommendation for noise near pump stations to meet the level common in communities rather than for a park environment "where many people go to get away from the clamor of everyday life."
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When a person of Alcoholics Anonymous has motives with another person (typically a newcomer) to take advantage of him/her for their personal gain. That advantage could be sex, financial or emotional. It often happens to newcomers who are open and trusting of the fellowship.
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As we continue to embark through the Information Age, it's crucial for educators to implement new strategies that will meet the needs of both students and industries. Thanks to recent technology and innovative solutions, students are gaining more and more access to education outside the classroom, thereby expanding their learning and career opportunities in a variety of ways.
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For its unique approach to digital humanities education, the Graduate Center's Digital Fellows program has been selected to join the innovative Praxis Network (http://praxis-network.org/), a new partnership of seven graduate and undergraduate humanities education initiatives focused on preparing graduates for a wide range of careers in the digital age.
Organized by the Scholarly Communication Institution of the University of Virginia (UVA), the Praxis Network grew out of their own "Praxis Program," which is dedicated to producing humanities scholars "who are as comfortable writing code as they are managing teams and budgets." "The Praxis Network is rethinking the form and nature of graduate education in the digital age," says Matthew K. Gold (Assoc. Prof., NYCCT, Liberal Studies M.A.), who serves as a faculty member of the GC's Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program and advisor to the provost for digital initiatives. "All of the programs in the network are doing something new and distinctive, and it is an honor for us to be highlighted in such good company."
Since the Praxis Network expects its members to serve as models for other institutions interested in implementing similar programs on their own campuses, each program selected to join the network has a unique mission, structure, research goal, and funding model. At the GC, for example, financial support for the Digital Fellows program comes entirely from the Provost's Office. The fellows, who represent a range of disciplines, are connected to a larger strategic vision for the GC as a whole.
"The Digital Fellows program is part of a rethinking of the university and its relationship to digital technology and how to integrate it into research and teaching," Gold explains. "Provost Robinson and President Kelly have been forward-thinking in recognizing the impact of digital technology on graduate education."
Still in its first year, those in the GC's Digital Fellows program have watched—and learned—as the program continues to evolve. Early on, for example, each fellow had the opportunity to build a website for the GC—be it for the Provost's Office, the Digital Scholarship Lab, or the Institute for Language Education in Transcultural Context (ILETC).
"I learned a lot by being given the responsibility of managing the creation of a website," says Hillary Miller, a doctoral candidate in theatre. "I would never have had the opportunity for this type of experience if it were not for this fellowship."
Laura Kane, a third-year doctoral student in philosophy, has also been influenced by her work as a digital fellow. One of her ideas—to offer a series of workshops to students and faculty members about how they can use digital tools to enhance their research—has been a big hit, with most sessions filling to capacity and garnering long waiting lists. (For information about upcoming sessions, see http://digitalfellows.commons.gc.cuny.edu/workshops/). "I used to be sure that I'd be taking the path of a straight academic," she says. "But now I think that I might have a bigger impact doing this sort of work."
This summer, directors of the Praxis Network programs will be meeting to discuss the network's next steps, says network founder Bethany Nowviskie, director of digital research and scholarship at the UVA library and president of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH). Possibilities include collaborations across the network, travel and mentorship opportunities, and an expanded list of programs, she says. These plans build on what the GC's Digital Fellows see as the biggest strengths of this group.
"People talk about how bifurcated their experiences as graduate students are," says Miller. "But working in a digital environment expands my network. I get to read others' blog posts and writings. It hooks me in to all these different projects."
Kane agrees. "I think the Praxis Network is fantastic," she says. "I really like the spirited collaborative mentality that it brings out."
In addition to the GC and UVA, other schools in the Praxis Network are Michigan State University, Hope College, University College London, Duke University, and Brock University.
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To graduate students with the technical, financial, and project management competencies necessary for development and implementation of successful telecommunications network solutions in both the private and public sectors. Graduates will be positioned to be highly valued participants in the market as effective providers and well-informed purchasers of integrated telecommunications applications in a wide variety of settings.
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Telecommunications systems are networks of leading-edge technologies such as fiber optic systems, satellites, wireless, telephony, and cable that are connected to computers that allow organizations and individuals throughout business and industry to communicate instantaneously around the world. Since these systems provide the infrastructure for such activities as electronic commerce, electronic banking, video teleconferencing, distance learning, telemedicine, data interchange, on-demand video, and a host of other traditional and new uses for business and industry. Persons qualified to manage such systems are in very high demand. The market need exceeds the number of graduates in the field. Our TSM graduates know how to manage technology as well as how to manage with technology. This unique set of skills is possible because of the program's interdisciplinary nature, combining technical and technology skills with business skills to produce well rounded, competitive-edge graduates for the 21st century telecommunications industry. TSM graduates have gone to work in the US and some foreign countries for banks, insurance companies, technology companies, governmental agencies and university in positions such as telecommunications systems administrator, technical sales executive, internet engineer, SQL database administrator, information technology analyst, business development executive, e-commerce developer among many others.
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GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Friday ruled that a former district attorney acted improperly when he prosecuted an innocent man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for his wife's slaying and ordered his arrest on criminal contempt and tampering charges.
Judge Louis Sturns, of Fort Worth, issued an arrest warrant for Ken Anderson for his handling of the case of Michael Morton. Sturns said there was sufficient evidence that Anderson was guilty on all three charges brought against him: criminal contempt of court, tampering with evidence and tampering with government records.
Anderson surrendered at the courthouse, where he now serves as an elected district court judge.
Morton, 58, was released from prison in October 2011 after new DNA tests showed he did not fatally beat his wife, Christine, in their north Austin home in 1986. Another man has been arrested for the killing.
Anderson, who has been a judge in Williamson County since 2002, has apologized to Morton for what he called failures in the system but said he believes there was no misconduct in the case.
During the weeklong Court of Inquiry, the special prosecutor, Houston defense attorney Rusty Hardin, presented witness testimony and other evidence to show Anderson kept evidence from Morton's attorneys at his trial.
The special court is a rarely used hearing that is held when officials or public servants are accused of wrongdoing. The process is similar to a grand jury proceeding, but people can defend themselves against the evidence presented.
Among the evidence Morton's attorneys claim was kept from them were statements from Morton's then-3-year-old son, who witnessed the murder and said his father wasn't responsible and interviews with neighbors who told authorities they saw a man park a green van close the Morton home and walk into a nearby wooded area before the slaying.
In a videotaped deposition played during the Court of Inquiry, Anderson said he couldn't remember if he had evidence at the time of the trial that could have cleared Morton, but if he had had such material, he would have turned it over to the defense team.
The new DNA tests, which were conducted on a bloody bandanna found near the Mortons' home, pointed to another suspect, Mark Alan Norwood, who was arrested for the killing in November 2011. He is set to be tried in March for capital murder. Norwood also has been indicted in the 1988 slaying of an Austin woman who lived near the Mortons.
Anderson also is being sued by the State Bar of Texas for his conduct in the Morton case.


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– Place your drink of choice (cold one, rail vodka, small batch whiskey, etc.) in your left hand. Firmly grasp it!
– Using your right hand, pick a card from the deck. You can pull a random card or pull one from the top, it really doesn't matter.
– Read the number aloud, just for fun. There's no one here to make fun of you for doing this.
– Chug from your drink of choice for the amount of seconds listed on the card. Face cards are 11, ace is 12.
– Repeat until you run out of booze, lose motivation, or someone shows up to provide you companionship.
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Alcohol stops entering your mouth and being pumped throughout your system. If you fall asleep, you can continue to play when you wake up, although you probably should not. Prolonged play is known to be correlated with depression and feelings of hopelessness, so try not to play too often. Then again, who are we to stop you?


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Perry wrestled like the team many view as the Division I state championship favorite in its first two matches of the tournament. The Panthers routed McKinley 76-6 in their first match, then came back to beat Hoover 67-0 in their second match.
Perry has eyes on getting back to Columbus for the OHSAA Dual Team Championships next month. And not only do the Panthers look to return, they look to win it all.
But before they could think about Columbus, before they could think about winning a state championship, they had to worry about Wednesday night's regional quarterfinals in their own gym.
Turns out, it was barely a worry at all.
Perry wrestled like the team many view as the Division I state championship favorite in its first two matches of the tournament. The Panthers routed McKinley 76-6 in their first match, then came back to beat Hoover 67-0 in their second match.
"We're not looking ahead at all," Perry coach Dave Riggs said. "We lost one match on the evening. He got caught in a headlock and couldn't do much about it. I like what our team's doing; we're keeping things in perspective, It's just the beginning, the first stages."
Those two wins aren't enough to get Perry — the nation's No. 8-ranked team — back to the state tournament for the second year in a row. The Panthers still must win two more matches next Wednesday, likely at Perry, starting with a regional semifinal against Jackson.
Of course, if Perry wrestles the way it did in its two wins Wednesday, those matches could be academic as well. That, though, still is to come.
"We're taking everybody seriously," said Panther 220-pounder Stefano Millin, who posted a pair of first-period pins Wednesday. "We're going to take Canton McKinley and the Hoover Vikings just as serious as St. Edward and Cincinnati Moeller."
What wasn't left to be seen was the focus the Panthers brought to the mat against McKinley and Hoover. It was the focus of a team still bitter over finishing second to St. Edward in last year's inaugural state team tournament.
"That's been our No. 1 goal since Day 1," Millin said "We just want to win this team state title. Going down there and getting beat I guess was a good thing in a way, because now we know what to do to go down there to win."
That focus started from the very first match of the very first dual for Perry. It took Zac McCaulley all of 90 seconds to pin at 106 pounds against McKinley.
McCaulley's pin was one of seven pins for the Panthers against the Bulldogs, who also surrendered five forfeits to Perry. Of those seven, five — McCaulley, Jake Newhouse (126), David Bavery (132), Nick Steed (145) and Millin — came in the first period.
Perry, which led McKinley 63-0 before losing its only match of the night, would add first-period pins from Newhouse, Millin and heavyweight Seth Maylor in its win over Hoover.
"We've been working on that," Riggs said of the early aggressiveness. "(Losing to) Blair (on Jan. 3) helped us our a lot. Then wrestling against Clovis, Calif., (at Top Gun), we wrestled a great tournament. ... These other teams are really helping us."
Tommy Genetin (113) and Isaac Bast (182) both posted second-period pins against McKinley. Jose Rodriguez (113) had a second-period pin against Hoover.
Bavery and Logan Lacourt (152) had major decisions vs. the Vikings. Steed added a tech fall against Hoover.
Perry 75, McKinley 6
106—McCauley (P) p. Jones 1:30. 113—Genetin (P) p. Lorenze 3:20. 120—Rodriguez (P) won by forfeit. 126—Newhouse (P) p. Brown 1:40. 132—Bavery (P) p. Strader 1:16. 138—Spencer (P) d. Lucious 7-5. 145—Steed (P) p. Gooden 1:15. 152—Lacourt (P) won by forfeit. 160—Sparkman (P) won by forfeit. 170—Dailey (P) won by forfeit. 182—Bast (P) p. Boswell 3:26. 195—Young (M) p. Durieux 1:11. 220—Millin (P) p. Hill 1:27. Hvy—Maylor (P) won by forfeit.
Perry 69, Hoover 0
106—McCauley (P) d. Wasker 6-0. 113—Genetin (P) won by forfeit. 120—Rodriguez (P) p. Deshon 3:17. 126—Newhouse (P) p. Hayhurst 0:36. 132—Bavery (P) maj. d. Evanich 12-0. 138—Spencer (P) d. Neal 6-0. 145—Steed (P) tech fall Portilla 20-5. 152—Lacourt (P) maj. d. David 8-0. 160—Sparkman (P) won by forfeit. 170—Dailey d. (P) Maloy 8-6. 182—Bast (P) won by forfeit. 195—Durieux (P) d. Destefano. 220—Millin (P) p. Andrews 0:32. Hvy—Maylor (P) p. Wolff 1:56.


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New Caring Community head will raise bar, and funds
By Ed Gold
One of his earliest challenges was finding his way to his new office, muses Arthur Makar, who recently was named to the challenging position of executive director at Caring Community, the important service operation since 1973 for older adults in Greenwich Village and Lower Manhattan.
After having found his way through the maze of twisting corridors at 20 Washington Sq. N., Makar now feels comfortable and confident in his no-frills but sufficient office and wastes no time in getting to his daunting responsibilities:
I always think its better to tell the truth because then its easier to remember what you said. Im here to raise money, he says matter-of-factly.
I feel my whole career has led me to this place. This is such a wonderful organization and I hope to wind up my career here.
Makar, who is 55, brings to his new role what appears at first glance to be an eclectic background; but he feels all the pieces fit together to prepare him for this new challenge.
My dad was in the restaurant business and I learned early in life how to deal with people. Sometimes, he says with a smile, I feel when were serving lunch here that Im back in the restaurant business.
His B.A. in English and theater from Boston College, will also help, he feels. He honed his writing skills at college and also learned about orchestration and directing, valuable lessons in heading a complex organization that he asserts will need greater exposure.
His masters degree from Suffolk University, Mass., in higher education administration sharpened management abilities. And his more recent stint with the American Lung Association, where he had the title of director for major gifts, provided the experience he now hopes to turn into action for the Caring Community.
He also spent four years as a volunteer at SAGE, a group that helps gay seniors, where he learned how important strong organizational support is in the care of older citizens.
He is glad Caring Communitys board of directors worked through a long process before selecting him because it demonstrated to him how serious they were in trying to find the right person for the job.
Makar is also not without diplomatic skills. With much sincerity, he calls his key directors Operations Director Paul OBrien and Program Director Wendy Golub his Tiffany Team.
He also is enthusiastic about several board members who have been particularly helpful during his first weeks on the job. He mentions Jane Pasanen, the board chairwoman, whom he expects will seek a full term in June; Ellie Korman, the former chairwoman; Peter DeLuca, Michael Haberman and Lucy Cecere, the latter whose Villager profile he had in his file for historic background. No doubt, if time had allowed, he would have named many others as well.
As to early decision-making, he will need to make a stronger effort to get foundation and grant funding. He plans to bring more corporate funding into Caring Communitys annual gala. He will be exploring joint-venture funding. And he will go after more special projects funding such as, for example, the recent purchase of new computers for the four Caring Community centers where many seniors have adapted to the communications revolution.
He foresees an exciting mission that will culminate in creating financial stability for the long term.
While the Department for the Aging remains the most important funding source for Caring Community, its contribution has not taken into consideration inflationary factors in effect freezing salaries as well as allocations for food and insurance.
Makar points out that at the same time medical technology has extended life spans conspicuously, requiring more homebound support and greater imagination in meeting the needs of the frail.
Two years ago, Makar recalls, I visited the L.B.J. Library in Texas. I realized then that the man was only 68 when he died. Today, thats really young. Among his ideas for helping the expanding homebound population, he plans to acquire books on tape for those with poor eyesight, and to introduce a program of conference calls for the elderly so 10 or more seniors could join the same conversation, which he feels will help them maintain contact and feel they are part of the community.
Makar adds: As our people live longer, they will need more assistance in managing their finances, more help from doctors and more home visits. Caring Community will have to meet these needs.
Makars affection for his mission extends to every aspect of the program. He boasts about the 73,000 meals served last year at the Caring Communitys centers and to the homebound, the repair service completing 1,000 home repairs and escorts making 550 assistance trips during the year.
He also takes pride in programming efforts at all four centers: Besides Washington Sq., activities take place at Presbyterian Church on 12th St. and Fifth Ave., Lady of Pompei Church on Carmine St. and the Independence Plaza center in Tribeca.
In addition to the upturn in computer classes, there are classes in tai chi, art history, ballroom dancing, French and Italian and Shakespeare, to name a few, in addition to practical sessions on tax preparation, and how to apply for unclaimed funds held by the State Controllers Office.
Makar sits back in his chair, relaxed and affable. He savors the challenge and also likes the environment.
Were in a real community, he reflects. Theres a good spirit here. Its really satisfying.
He finds his chair a good fit. And its become much easier for him to locate his office.
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SETTING: A movie set.
(All of the characters get more annoyed each time they have to re-do the scene.)
(Director and Captain are already on set.)
Director:Where is that actress? She is sooooooo late!
(Actress runs in.)
Actress:Here I am! Here I am! Sorry I'm late! What do I have to say?
Director:Finally! Now, what you do is first you run in and yell, "Captain, oh Captain the ship is sinking!" And then the Captain will say, "What happened?" And you'll say, "We hit an iceberg." The Captain will say, "How fast are we going?" And you'll say, "45 knots." And the Captain will say, "What direction are we going in?" And you'll say, "Northeast." And once we get that, we'll go on. OK?
Actress:OK, I think I got it.
(Actress exits so she can make her entrance. Director sits in chair.)
Director (calling through megaphone):Ready, and action!
Actress:Captain, oh Captain! The ship is stinking!
Director:No, no, no. Cut! It is "sinking!"
(Actress exits, ready to make her entrance again.)
Actress:Captain, oh Captain! The ship is sinking!
Captain:Well what happened?
Actress:We hit an ice cube!
Director:No, no, no. It's "We hit an iceberg." Let's try it again.
(Actress exits. After a pause, Actress runs in.)
Captain:Well, what happened?
Actress:We hit an iceberg!
Captain:How fast are we going?
Actress:Ummmmmmmmmm, I forgot.
Director:Eeeeerrrrrrrrr! It is "45 knots." Go back and do it again.
(Actress exits again. After a pause, she runs in.)
Actress:45 knots.
Captain:What direction are we going in?
(Actress can't remember her line. She gives a blank look to the Captain.)
(Director faints.)
Actress (looking at director):Well . . . down.
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Should We Stop Worrying and Love the Synthetic Key?John Witherspoon Apr 15, 2013 1:40 PM
Synthetic keys have a bad reputation. The consensus seems to be that they cause performance and memory problems, and should usually or even always be removed.
I believe that the consensus is wrong.
My understanding of a synthetic key is that it's a pretty basic data structure. If you load tables like this:
TableA: FieldA, FieldB, FieldC
TableB: FieldA, FieldB, FieldD
What you'll actually get is this:
TableA: SyntheticKey, FieldC
TableB: SyntheticKey, FieldD
SyntheticKeyTable: SyntheticKey, FieldA, FieldB
Where neither the synthetic key nor the synthetic key table can be directly referenced, only the original fields.
Well, that doesn't sound like a bad thing. If I had two tables that I legitimately wanted to connect by two fields, that's pretty much what I would do manually. As far as I can tell, QlikView is simply saving me the trouble.
Two tables can be connected by one field. That shows up as a connection. Two tables can be connected by two or more fields. That shows up as a synthetic key.
Now, maybe you should NOT connect two particular tables by one field. If so, that's a data model problem that should be fixed. And while you could say that THAT connection is a problem, you should never say that CONNECTIONS are a problem.
Similarly, maybe you should NOT connect two particular tables by two or more fields. If so, that's a data model problem that should be fixed. And while you could say that THAT synthetic key is a problem, perhaps you should never say that SYNTHETIC KEYS are a problem.
Synthetic keys should be no more a problem than automatic connections between tables are a problem. Either can cause problems when they result from a bad data model, when there are too many or the wrong connections. But neither should cause problems when they result from a good data model. You should not remove all synthetic keys any more than you should remove all connections between tables. If it is appropriate to connect two tables on two or more fields, I believe it is appropriate to use a synthetic key.
What does the reference manual have to say on the subject?
"When two or more input tables have two or more fields in common, this implies a composite key relationship. QlikView handles this through synthetic keys. These keys are anonymous fields that represent all occurring combinations of the composite key. When the number of composite keys increases, depending on data amounts, table structure and other factors, QlikView may or may not handle them gracefully. QlikView may end up using excessive amount of time and/or memory. Unfortunately the actual limitations are virtually impossible to predict, which leaves only trial and error as a practical method to determine them.
Therefore we recommend an overall analysis of the intended table structure by the application designer. Typical tricks include:
· Forming your own non-composite keys, typically using string concatenation inside an AutoNumber script function.
· Making sure only the necessary fields connect. If you for example use a date as a key, make sure you do not load e.g. year, month or day_of_month from more than one input table."
Yikes! Dire warnings like "may not handle them gracefully" and "may end up using excessive amount of time and/or memory" and "impossible to predict". No WONDER everyone tries to remove them!
But I suspect that the reference manual is just poorly written. I don't think these warnings are about having synthetic keys; I think they're about having a LOT of synthetic keys. Like many of you, I've gotten that nasty virtual memory error at the end of a data load as QlikView builds large numbers of synthetic keys. But the only time I've ever seen this happen is when I've introduced a serious data model problem. I've never seen a good data model that resulted in a lot of synthetic keys. Doesn't mean they don't exist, of course, but I've never seen one.
I'd also like to focus on this particular part, "Typical tricks include: Forming your own non-composite keys". While I agree that this is a typical trick, I also believe it is useless at best, and typically A BAD IDEA. And THAT is what I'm particularly interested in discussing.
My belief is that there is no or almost no GOOD data model where this trick will actually improve performance and memory usage. I'm suggesting that if you have a synthetic key, and you do a direct one to one replacement with your own composite key table, you will not improve performance or memory usage. In fact, I believe performance and memory usage will typically get marginally worse.
I only have one test of my own to provide, from this thread:
In the thread, a synthetic key was blamed for some performance and memory problems, and it was stated that when the synthetic key was removed, these problems were solved. I explained that the problem was actually a data modeling problem, where the new version had actually corrected the data model itself in addition to removing the synthetic key. I then demonstrated that if the synthetic key was reintroduced to the corrected data model, script performance was significantly improved, while application performance and memory usage were marginally improved.
load time file KB RAM KB CalcTime
synthetic key removed 14:01 49,507 77,248 46,000 ms
synthetic key left in place 3:27 49,401 77,160 44,797 ms
What I would love to see are COUNTEREXAMPLES to what I'm suggesting. I'm happy to learn something here. I've seen plenty of vague suggestions that the synthetic keys have hurt performance and wasted memory, but actual examples seem to be lacking. The few I ran across all looked like they were caused by data model problems rather than by the synthetic keys themselves. Maybe I just have a bad memory, and failed to find good examples when I searched. But I just don't remember seeing them.
So who has a script that produces a good data model with a composite key table, where removing the composite key table and allowing QlikView to build a synthetic key instead decreases performance or increases memory usage? Who has an actual problem CAUSED by synthetic keys, rather than by an underlying data model problem?


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The America's Got Talent presenter has opened up about the condition, which came to light after he was hospitalized with acute kidney failure on a post-Christmas vacation.
He tells People.com the kidney disease was the result of an "autoimmune disease that (doctors) found in my system," adding, "They kind of say (my) autoimmune (disease) is – like a lupus type of thing, but no one else in my family has it."
But Cannon admits his biggest scare came last month when doctors found blood clots in his lungs, which they have since told him were caused by a kidney infection.
He explains, "The blood clot thing was probably the scariest because… I've known people who have passed away from that. I thought I was getting better and then that happened, so that kind of came out of nowhere."
The actor/rapper has also been warned the kidney condition is "something I'm going to be living with all my life," but he's concentrating on recovering by sleeping more and enjoying family life with wife Mariah Carey.
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OnePlus One Wins Smartphone Madness 2015
Your votes have been counted, and your decision is clear. The OnePlus One is your pick for the best smartphone.
As it made its way through the bracket this year, it took down the Apple iPhone 6, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and the HTC One M9. The final battle with the Microsoft Lumia 640 XL brought in thousands more votes than any other match-up, and the OnePlus One took 75 percent of those votes.
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foxesandcatsOneplus one: don't believe the hype. Mine is full of bugs and problems yet not a word of apology or a replacement from the oneplus team. Any other company would have apologised and replaced it instantly. Buy a oneplus one and you're opting in to be a guinea pig. Oh, and so what if it's 'affordable', it's still £269 of my hard earned money!


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Dan Edwards gives his impression on the X-H1 for his sports photography
Heinz Zak gives his impression on the X-H1 for his sports photography
Patrice Halley gives his impression on X-H1 for his outdoor adventure
X-Photographer Tsutomu Endo from Japan visits snowboarders who live in Alaska.
X-Photographer Marco Tortato captures his hometown Venice with the X-E3
Travel blogger Sylvia Matzkowiak uses X-E3 as her travel companion
Kai Chan from China uses X-E3 for his travel photography
X-Photographer Jose Jeuland visits Sri Lanka with X-E3 in his hands
X-Photographer Saraya Cortaville from UK tells her experience on using the X-T20 for her portrait works!
Tsutomu Endo explored the great Alaskan mountains. This is the second half of the series.
American X-Photographer Karen Hutton talks on her ongoing love with the X-T20
Italian X-Photographer Pierluigi Orler climbed up the mountain with the X-T20
Saraya Cortaville visited Barpak, Nepal to document the rebuild of the town with the X-T20.
X-Photographer Rommel Bundalian documents Kuraldal Guagua.
X-Photographer Jonas Dyhr Rask tells his take on the street photography with X-T2
Ben Cherry breaks down his use of the X Series for Nature Photography.
Episode #2 of the series by Bill Fortney
"Inside the camera bag of X-Photographer" series.


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Brady girls return loads of experience
Eagles are quick and confident.
Brady volleyball coach Lynne Johnson might feel a bit of a deja vu this fall.
All but one player from last year's 21-9 Eagle team returns to the court this season.
The departure of graduate Tiffany Hoaglund leaves a bit of a hole in the net offense for the Eagles.
Johnson said experience gained last fall by young players will make it seem less like filling in and more like filling out.
"We don't have any one phenomenal player," Johnson said, "but we've got good, solid players with a ton of experience. That should make a difference on the court."
It also creates a new dynamic for the team.
"You will see a broader distribution of the ball at the net," the coach said. "Our setters will have to determine who is hot each game and get her the ball instead of always relying on one person."
That makes for a more effective team both offensively and defensively, the coach said. With multiple weapons, the Eagles have plenty of options.
It's a tight-knit team, too, with girls who have learned to win together.
"I think they have tasted winning enough that they don't like losing at all," Johnson said. "They're not going to be complacent and they won't settle for just showing up. They want victory."
The Eagles are not an overall tall team but Johnson said they are quick and they are confident.
"They brought back an attitude," she said. "It's a good kind of attitude and it will be fun to see how they progress through the year."
The Eagles finished second in the Sandhills Conference tournament last October, losing to state-ranked Sandhills/Thedford.
The Knights will be back to give Brady a challenge and moving up to D-1 gives the Eagles new opponents at the sub-district level.
Brady will compete in the D-1 11 sub-district this year against Eustis-Farnam, Maxwell, Medicine Valley and Stapleton/McPherson County.
"We can't worry about districts now," Johnson said. "We'll just take one game at a time."
Brady opens the season at Maxwell Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m. and then travels to Hyannis on Friday for a 6 p.m. matchup.
Most of the Eagles' games are on the road but Brady did take over the former Maxwell Booster tournament on Sept. 26, giving the Eagles a chance at home tournament play.
"This is a really good group of girls," Johnson said. "They should be fun to watch."
Members of the 2009 Brady volleyball team are (*denotes letter winners):
Senior—Danielle Guth-erless*, Megan Pfeifer*, Shaunna Scarrow*, Shelby Widick*.
Juniors—Kaiti Black*, Steph Finnell, Ashley Frederickson, Amanda Lunkwitz, Jessica Schrad*, Erin Smith, Taina Taullie, Natasha Walter.
Sophomores—Megan Polt*, Courtney Widick*.
Freshmen—Brittney Christophersen, Mikaela Eckholt, Haley Frederickson, Molly Hannon, Krystan Hood, Dakota Terry.
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Student 3/4 Violin by Gear4music
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The Student Violin has a hand finished body shaped for comfort and crafted from Canadian Spruce and Maple. These tonewoods are chosen because of their lightweight, strong and flexible nature. The violin's top features inlaid purfling to protect against cracks forming at the edge of the instrument and to allow the top to flex more freely. The body is finished with an attractive orange-brown, hand lacquered varnish for a classic appearance.
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The steel core strings are ideal for beginners due to their quick response, stable pitch and long life. The strings' coloured silk wrappings help students with identification and provide friction against the pegs. The strong, metal tailpiece is fitted with four integral tuners to aid students in achieving accurate tuning quickly and easily.
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- Type: Round stick hardwood with horsehair
- Adjuster: Ebony with two nickel bands
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Nebraska's agricultural real estate values jumped 31 percent in the last year, the largest increase in the 34-year history of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's annual survey.
The 2012 UNL Nebraska Farm Real Estate Survey "confirms what most people close to agriculture already knew — agricultural land values across the state have shot upward in recent months," said Bruce Johnson, the UNL agricultural economist who conducts the survey.
Preliminary survey results show the state's all-land average value as of Feb. 1 to be at $2,410 per acre, 31 percent above the year-earlier level. The annual gain is a new record in both dollar amount and percentage.
Cropland especially showed significant value gains in every region of the state, with increases of 35 percent or more noted in several areas.
"Clearly, a booming cash-grain economy in 2011 translated into spirited bidding for cropland," Johnson wrote in this week's Cornhusker Economics, a weekly publication of UNL's Department of Agricultural Economics. "And, at the same time that demand was robust, the amount of land for sale in any given local area was generally minimal."
Johnson said survey reporters said the land-transfer market has been so thin that it's difficult to get a good reading on it.
Grazing land classes showed more modest value gains for the year, but overall for the state still showed a 19 increase for non-tillable grazing land. The tillable grazing land class, which is land considered to be potentially converted to cropland, recorded significantly higher values and larger higher percentage value gains in those areas of the state where no moratoriums preclude further irrigation expansion.
Reflecting the great resource diversity across the state, the per-acre values of land vary significantly. For example, the average value of center pivot irrigated land (pivot not included in the value) ranges from about $2,600 per acre in the Northwest District to nearly $8,000 per acre in the East District, with the highest quality irrigated land exceeding $10,000 per acre. Dryland cropland values show an even greater spread of more than seven-fold from west to east.
UNL survey reporters also reported higher cash rental rates for 2012 for all the land classes. But the percentage advances of cash rents over the previous year were considerably below the land value advances. For cropland, the cash rent advances usually fell in the 10 percent to 20 percent range.
Johnson said it's reasonable to ask whether
the gains of last year are sustainable.
"If one assumes that farm incomes will remain at 2011 earnings levels or higher, then one may answer with a guarded yes," he wrote. "However, more likely is an immediate future that is economically volatile for production agriculture-triggered by weather patterns, the strength of the dollar, interest rates, international financial fallouts, and political unrest both here and abroad.
"That said, there is no question that some retreat of these value advances could easily happen in the next few years," Johnson added, calling that a "reality reset.
"And it may be just what is needed as market participants are able to more accurately assess the underlying market fundamentals," he said.
Final figures from this year's report will be available later this spring. For more information see the Department of Agricultural Economics newsletter at the departmental website, http://www.agecon.unl.edu.
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The word "Cabinet" isn't in the Constitution, but it has been a part of every presidency since George Washington. Cabinet officers are usually forgettable and occasionally defining—whether it was Alexander Hamilton at Treasury, Lincoln's constantly-alluded-to "Team of Rivals," or postwar icons like Bobby Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, and Hillary Clinton. So what does Barack Obama's Cabinet say about him now that he's made his major picks for a second term?
It's a Cabinet that's simultaneously edgy and safe, like the president himself. The Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department picks announced this week signal a bold president who wants to do something about climate change. By picking EPA's Gina McCarthy, who has her imprimatur on so many of the regulations that have peeved Republicans—and coal-state Democrats—Obama was saying: "Mas."
On the other hand, Interior Secretary nominee Sally Jewell, an outdoor goods executive with an oil background, is the kind of smart consensus choice you'd come up with in the Cabinet Secretary Laboratory. This is a president who wants to pick battles (yes to Chuck Hagel) and avoid them (no to insisting Susan Rice stay in the mix).
It's also a less combustible Cabinet for the president. Unlike in the first term, now there's no one with rival power centers, no one as globally known as Hillary Clinton or with as much bipartisan juice as former Defense secretaries Robert Gates and Leon Panetta. Each of them had bases and reputations that would have left Obama badly wounded if they'd taken disagreements public, let alone resigned. John Kerry is about the only one in the Cabinet this time who has that kind of clout—and mouthing off with disagreements is so not his senatorial style.
Since World War II there have been three secretaries of State who were senators. Obama has named two of them (Ed Muskie was the third). With Kerry he has an independent voice—but also a loyal one. Kerry came out for Obama over Hillary in the 2008 election, even before Ted Kennedy did.
So if Obama got talked into an Afghan surge in his first term by the likes of his top generals, that kind of push-back seems much less likely this time around on any issue. There's no one like David Petraeus in the Joint Chiefs or running the CIA, and no one with the same, um, relationship with the Washington press corps. It's easy to forget how much riskier it all was in 2009, when Obama signed on Hillary Clinton and kept Gates. Clinton proved a great choice but that's easy to know in retrospect, not because of her intelligence and tenacity but because of their rivalry. She could have proven fiercely independent. Bill Clinton could have been trouble in a 100 ways and there was no guarantee that Gates would fit so smoothly into a Democratic Cabinet.
This time, the risk of a rival emerging is much lower. It's hard to imagine Obama ending up in Woodrow Wilson's situation, when he appointed three-time Democratic presidential nominee and populist icon William Jennings Bryan to be secretary of State, and then watched Bryan quit after urging mediation in the looming world war. Obama picked the first party presidential nominee to be secretary of State since Charles Evans Hughes, but in Kerry he picked someone who it's impossible to see quitting.
The best way of thinking about Obama's new posse is through taxonomy or zoology. They fit into groups that illustrate the president's highest priorities—like climate change—and ones who like keeping it all running, like implementing the Affordable Care Act. Here they are:
Tightwads. (Secretary of State Chuck Hagel, Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew, Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell): The posts are different, but each is central toward managing the new age of austerity. Hagel was the second term pick not only because he shares the president's skepticism of new military adventures, but because he's ready and willing to preside over a retrenchment of American forces after a decade in which the department's budget has doubled.
Lew is there to give confidence to the markets, but he's also in a key position to preside over tax reform, if Congress allows. Burwell is there to make sure that the whole government does what it can with less.
Agenda Setters. (Environmental Protection Agency administrator nominee Gina McCarthy, Energy Secretary nominee Ernest Moniz, Secretary of State John Kerry). Kerry was a safe and popular choice unlike, say, McCarthy. But like the other two he has to reshape the position. Much of Hillary Clinton's job was about managing the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the war on terror. Kerry's more about strengthening alliances, climate change, and keeping the Mideast from boiling over. Each has a huge portfolio, and while Kerry has to work with a foreign policy-minded vice president and a strong national security adviser, Tom Donilon, he has a wide berth befitting the office.
Moniz and McCarthy are there to push climate change—and avoid any Solyndras. They have no big White House overseer, unlike the way that Al Gore kept an eagle eye on environmental issues in the Clinton years.
Team Chicago. (Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, (possible) Secretary of Commerce nominee Penny Pritzker) Every president brings in old friends to be in his cabinet, people who knew him before he was famous. "He thinks very differently about people who knew him before 2006," says one Democratic insider of the president.
Regardless of their competence, just having old friends has a certain Linus blanket appeal for a president. John Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert. George W. Bush reached out to his old friend, Don Evans, and Bill Clinton tapped his fellow Rhodes Scholar, Robert Reich.
Penny Pritzker might have gotten the Commerce job on the first go around, but the Hyatt Hotels heiress and realty magnate was tied up. Now that she's said to be ready and has good ties to business—Business Roundtable head and former Gov. John Engler raved about her when I asked him—she's likely to get in. Never mind that most of the department's budget is about overseeing the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the Census Bureau. She'll still be central to trade development, reassuring the business community (something missing from the first term), and she'll be there for the president as a friend. Besides, Commerce has been a Bermuda triangle for Obama. His first pick, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, was aborted. His second pick, former New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, withdrew. His third, utility executive John Bryson, left the post for medical reasons. It may not be the sexiest Cabinet slot, but Herbert Hoover, Henry Wallace, and Averell Harriman had it. Pritzker likely will too.
Make it Work. (Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Homeland Security Security Janet Napolitano, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack) First-term Cabinet secretaries who stick around have a key job, one that's deceptively simple: keeping their agencies running well. Each of the above, three of them former governors, need to keep their departments functioning at a time of austerity. Napolitano may have the greatest second term demands if immigration reform gets off the ground. But for now they're like second-term governors expected to keep things going.
Have we met? (Interior Secretary nominee Sally Jewell, Labor Secretary nominee to be named) Jewell isn't well known inside the Beltway, but the executive of outdoors outfittter REI is an avid hiker and climber with green bona fides that cheer environmentalists and a background in oil and finance that has led Republicans to back her nomination, too. In other words, she's the kind of nominee who can pick up 90 votes in the Senate. Her job isn't to push a radical new agenda, but to be caretaker of the department and find a middle ground on fracking and energy issues that come under her purview. The job traditionally goes to a Westerner—Stuart Udall of Arizona was JFK's pick, Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado was Obama's—and Jewell is no exception.
The next secretary of labor won't oversee an ambitious agenda. Republicans aren't going to allow a passage of labor-rights expansion. The so-called card-check plan for unions didn't even get passed in Obama's first term. But keeping the department's jobs programs and being there to sell any major trade agreements to organized labor, like Obama was able to do with the South Korean agreement in his first term, will be a big part of the job.
He's Still Here? From his first days in office when he described the U.S. as a "nation of cowards" on race, Attorney General Eric Holder has emboldened Republican opponents and surprised allies who had watched his ascent as a talented U.S. attorney and deputy attorney general. For all his accomplishments—rolling up terror suspects, shepherding judicial nominations, and seeing the Supreme Court preserve the central tenets of the Affordable Care Act—he may be as well known for the botched "Fast and Furious" operation.
A second term would have given Obama a fresh start at DOJ. But the president is very close to him, has confidence in his judgment, and sees the attacks as partisan even if many of the shots come from those on the left who see him as harsh on civil liberties and shy on prosecuting financial crimes. As the first African-American to be the nation's top law-enforcement officer, Holder has a special status that helps him hang on to his post. That's just part of why he's still here.