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Joan Miró Ferra was born on April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, into the family of a goldsmith and watchmaker. Miró started drawing classes at the age of seven, but later yielding to his parents' insistence to receive a decent profession took business classes and became a book-keeper. Simultaneously, in 1907-10 Joan Miró studied art in the academy La Escuela de la Lonja in Barcelona in the class of the landscapist Modesto Urgell Inglada and professor of decorative and applied arts José Pasco Merisa. In 1912-15, he studied in the private academy of Francese D'A. Galí Fabra. In 1918, together with some like-minded friends Miró founded "Agrupació Courbet", a group of young artists who opposed themselves to conservative traditions in Catalan art. In his works of 1913-17 the most important are the influences of Cézanne and the Fauvists: objects are close to each other and shine with bright and broken colors; striped patterns make up a kind of decorative ornament: Still Life with Rose, Portrait of E. C. Ricart, Portrait of V. Nubiola, Prades, the Village, Ciurana, the Path.
Approximately in 1918 Joan Miró enters the so-called "detailistic phase" (the term was introduced by Ràfols, a fellow member of the Courbet group). Jacques Dupin, Miró's biographer, called this period "poetic realism". Landscapes, painted in Montroig, where the artist spent the summer at his parents' farm, have deep perspectives which are full of methodically painted details: The Vegetable Garden with Donkey, The Wagon Tracks.
In 1920, Joan Miró arrived in Paris and from now on shared his time between Spain and France. In 1921-22, he created The Farm – the highest achievement in his "poetic realism". The canvas of 132x147 cm includes the whole universe; it is full of everyday objects, which have symbolic meanings and which make the picture "open to numerous interpretations". The American author Ernest Hemingway bought the picture because "he saw his impressions of the Catalan landscape and mentality reflected in it". (p.30 in Joan Miró. By Janic Mink. Benedikt Taschen Verlag. 1993)
Two pictures that followed, The Tilled Field and Catalan Landscape (Hunter), testify to the artist's quick evolution from observation and imitation of the real life to unconventional and symbolic realization of mental images. Realistic forms are forced out by distorted shapes – stretched, swollen, twisted; by abstract geometric shapes - cones, circles, triangles, and lines… Remembered dreams, especially those seen when he had to go to bed hungry, become a source of inspiration. He confessed later that hungry hallucinations were his muse. "Compared to the use of ether, cocaine, alcohol, morphine, or sex, Miró's hunger-hallucinations look almost like a monkish fasting." (p.44 in Joan Miró. By Janic Mink. Benedikt Taschen Verlag. 1993)
In 1924, Miró met André Breton, Paul Eluard, Louis Aragon and other participants of the Surrealistic group. The same year the first Surrealist Manifesto is published.
Miró executed several more paintings in the surrealistic vein. A relatively small Harlequin's Carnival (1924-25, Buffalo) brought the surrealistic phase of his work to a climax. His intellect, subconscious mind and hands created the world of boneless, flowing, amorphous creatures, which freely change their shapes and position in the space and universe. Figures and objects, a fish, an insect, a ladder, flames, stars, cones, circles and spheres, all have real prototypes, but on the canvas are swinging colored shadows, celebrating a holiday.
As time progresses, Miró's pictures become increasingly abstract, and his forms more organic. By the end of the 1920s Miró's vocabulary of pictorial idioms is formed. There are signs, which mark the space (a line of horizon, sun and stars in the upper part of a picture; waves or bunches of plants in the lower part), and service signs, or messengers, which communicate and unite the different parts of space: a flying bird, a running rabbit, a ladder going into the sky, organs of sensual perception – an eye and ear, a human figure with enormous feet: Person Throwing a Stone at a Bird. 1926; Dog Barking at the Moon.1926; Landscape (The Hare). 1927, etc.)
In the 1930s the artist experimented with different materials. He made assemblages from materials and objects that he found; he painted, drew and collaged on paper, masonite, sandpaper, copper. In 1932-36 he created a series of pictures after his sketches-collages. Cut out of catalogues and magazines, machines and everyday objects, he arranged and glued them onto the paper, those collages were used for future paintings; in his artistic compositions all those technical parts and blocks turned into organic mildly shaped forms, which remind of animal organs, human limbs, and embryos. Fulfilled in bright colors, these works represent some of Miró's most abstract works: Painting. 1933, Composition. 1933, Painting, 1933.
After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, Miró returned to Paris and stayed in France until 1940. In 1937, Miró painted a large panel The Reaper for the Spanish Republican pavilion at the Paris World Fair. The panel, which presented a Catalan peasant, disappeared or was destroyed after the pavilion was disassembled.
One of the most important works of the period is Still Life with Old Shoe. Everyday things – a bottle, a loaf of bread, an apple pierced by a fox, and an old shoe – irradiate unreal light, making a simple still life of everyday objects look like a scene from the Apocalypse.
In 1940, in Varengeville (Normandy), Miró starts a series of gouaches Constellations, the work on which he continued in Montroig and Barcelona. These 23 works became one of the highest points in his creativity. Stars, moon scythes, discs, eyes, birds and animals, human figures, some indefinite forms either come close together or leave the free space. These gouaches were created, as Miro admits, under the influence of night, stars, music of Bach and Mozart, which stirred up in him multiple poetic associations reflected in titles: The Nightingale's Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain. 1940. Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman; Constellation: Awakening at Dawn. 1941. etc.
In the 1940-70s the artist could realize his dream about monumental art, which was a way of "reaching people". In 1947 in the USA, he executed mural for Cincinnati Terrace Hilton Hotel. In 1956, he settled in Palma de Majorca in a villa with a large studio designed by friend, the architect Josep Lluis Sert. Here, in collaboration with his old friend and a master ceramist Josep Llorens Artigas he fulfilled the commission of two walls for UNESCO headquarters in Paris (1956-58). The walls are 3 meters high and 15 and 7.5 meters long. The dominant Sun Wall and the more intimate Moon Wall with their bright colors make a sharp contrast to the gray cement of the buildings. For this work Miró was awarded the Guggenheim International Award, which President Eisenhower handed over to him in 1959.
The following years Miró created a series of monumental ceramic murals, which decorate the dining room in Harvard Harkness Center (1960-61), building of the Ecole Supérieure de Sciences économiques in St. Gall, Switzerland (1964), fence of the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the airport in Barcelona (1970), the Glass pavilion for the World Fair in Osaka (1970) and others.
In the 1950-70s Miró also got interested in sculpture. Miró made models for sculpture out of materials he found, man-made or natural; sometimes those models were later cast in bronze. The paintings of this period became "emptier" again: Woman in Front of the Sun. 1950; Catalan Peasant in the Moonlight, 1968; triptych Blue: Blue II, Blue III. 1961; The Lark's Wing. 1967. These works can be characterized by the use of a few pure colors, big simple forms, exceptional laconism in combination with the energy of poetic expression.
Miró produced a massive output. He left at least 2,000 oil paintings, 500 sculptures, 400 ceramic objects, and 5,000 drawings and collages. He had an immense influence on post-war art in the United States.
In 1975 the Fundació Joan Miró was opened in Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona. In 1992 the artist's studio in Palma de Majorca was turned into his museum.
Miró. By R. Penrose. London. 1970.
Joan Miró. Selected Writings and Interviews. Ed. By M. Rowell. London 1987
Joan Miró. By Rosa Maria Malet. Rizzoli. 1993.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.
Joan Miro: 1893-1983 (Basic Art) by Janis Mink. TASCHEN America Llc, 2000.
Miro (Big Art Series) by Walter Erben. TASCHEN America Llc, 1998.
The Kidnapping of the Painter Miro by Paul Hartal. Elore Publications, 1997.
Encounters With Great Painters: The Artists, Bacon, Balthus, Braque, Chagall, Dali, Delvaux, Leger, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Van Dongen by Claude Azoulay (Editor), Molly Stevens (Translator), Anthony Roberts (Translator), Roger Therond (Compiler), Roger Theron (Editor). Harry N Abrams, 2001.
Joan Miro: Selected Writings and Interviews by Joan Miro, Powell Margit (Editor), Margit Rowell, Paul Auster (Translator). DaCapo Press, 1992.
Joan Miro Foundation Guidebook by Joan Miro (Editor), Rosa Maria Malet (Editor), Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. Skira, 1999.
Depression and the Spiritual in Modern Art: Homage to Miró by Joseph J. Schildkraut (Editor), Aurora Otero (Editor). John Wiley & Son Ltd, 1996.
Matisse, Picasso, Miro--as I Knew Them by Rosamond Bernier. Knopf, 1991.
1916. Oil on cardboard. 77 x 74 cm. Private collection.
1917. Oil and color print on canvas. 81 x 65 cm. Private collection.
1917. Oil on canvas. 104 x 113 cm. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.
1917. Oil on canvas. 65 x 72.5 cm. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.
1917. Oil on canvas. 60 x 73 cm. Private collection.
1918. Oil on canvas. 64 x 70 cm. Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
1918. Oil on canvas. 75 x 75 cm. Private collection.
1921-22. Oil on canvas. 132 x 147 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1923-24. Oil on canvas. 66 x 92.7 cm. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA.
1923-24. Oil on canvas. 64.8 x 100.3 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making his closing argument to voters, arguing the country has made progress under his watch and can't turn back now.
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The ad's softer tone is a departure from the sharply critical spots the campaign has run in recent weeks as it seeks to stall Republican Mitt Romney's momentum.
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Teen pregnancies among New York public school students have dropped by 27 percent over a decade.
Officials says the dip is due to contraceptives and delayed sexual activity, as reflected in new data released by the city Department of Health on Sunday.
Among 1,000 girls ages 15 to 19, 73 became pregnant in 2010, the latest year for which figures were released. That's down from 99 girls getting pregnant per 1,000 in 2001.
The department said the decline was larger among younger teenagers than among older teens: 32 percent in the 15-to-17 age group, and 24 percent for 18- and 19-year-olds.
In the same decade, fewer high school students reported ever having sex. In 2001, 51 percent said they had, and in 2011, it was 38 percent, based on a representative sample of several thousand students who responded anonymously.
The department said there were more than 19,000 teen pregnancies in 2010, and 87 percent of those were unintended.
However, "teens are delaying having sex, and they're more likely to use contraceptives," said Deborah Kaplan, assistant commissioner of the department's Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health.
As a result of efforts to reduce pregnancies by educating middle and high school students, "they're more aware of the risk," Kaplan said.
In addition, professional clinical services available to them include condoms and other birth control like the morning-after pill.
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Win points for every correct piece and lose points for any pieces you try and place in the wrong place. Every minute of play reduces your score, as does clicking the show picture button. Your final total can be added to a high score table if you wish. Or just totally ignore the points and make the jigsaw in your own time. Use the pass button at no cost in points to move through the available pieces one by one. Left click and drag each piece, if you think you know where it fits, and drop it into
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Every year the university bestows emeritus status on exceptional faculty and staff members.
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- Ms. Clara R. Anderson, Director of Interior-Aleutians Campus, Emeritus
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- Mr. Charles N. Dexter, Professor of Applied Business, Emeritus
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Are Justin Bieber's Injuries From Fall in Paris More Serious Than Expected?
Poor Biebs!
Justin Bieber had a rough week. First, he's wanted for questioning after a scuffle with a photographer. Then he sets off a frenzy in Norway, where the mob resulted in some fans being injured. Then he knocks himself out after walking into a glass wall while performing in Paris. He sustained a concussion, but are the injuries he sustained worse than initially thought?
The singer revealed that his face was partially and temporarily paralyzed from the incident.
The Biebs posted a video on Viddy, saying, "I got in a fight with a glass window yesterday. In result, I can't move my eyebrow. There's no wrinkles on this side. How weird is that? There's some weird stuff going on."
You can see from the super short clip that one side of the 'Boyfriend' singer's forehead is smooth, and without wrinkles. Which is not the case for the other side!
But let's break it down further. At least he didn't get into a fight with, say, his boxing pal Mike Tyson, right?
Also, concussions are serious, and he seems to be lucid, playful and Bieber-like, so that's good news, too! He also didn't cut his face or do any damage when he smashed into the wall, either. Another slab o' good news. It's likely just some tightness.
The last bit of silver lining to the black clouds that have been following our hero? Bad things usually happen in threes, so the face injury is the third. Nowhere to go but up.
Swag, swag, swag.


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1. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGmechbob Jan 27, 2011 11:18 AM (in response to beja1900)
For some of the Extreme Intel boards they make a plastic clip and a fan that can be mounted on your northbridge. works OK.
2. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OG
I would like to know a bit more about that fan. I am struggling with the DX58OG as well. There are no heatsinks on the IO Hub chips. Mine seem to run hot. This is my second board in this build, and neither have had heatsinks.
3. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGmechbob Feb 22, 2011 10:15 AM (in response to MIchael )
The heatsink that I was looking at for you will not work on your board , I was looking at the DX58so, There is a bracket that you can get ( if you can find it ) The part # is D97710-001 , it's just a bracket you have to get your own fan 20mmx20mm. Intel says discontinuned. Ebay may find it . I used on on my DX48BT2 , Just drilled 4 holes to mount the fan works fine.
4. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OG
Thank you for the update.
5. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGparsec Feb 28, 2011 11:10 PM (in response to beja1900)
What is it that makes you think the chipset is overheating? What are their temperatures?
Both the X58 and ICH10R have maximum temperatures above the maximum for i7-900 CPUs. This chipset's maximum temps are just over 100C. It is common for the X58 to operate at 150F, and the ICH10R at 125F. I agree that seems and is rather warm, but well within spec.
The G45 chipset on an Intel socket 775 CPU mother board I have runs at about 140F all the time. The temperature sensor on the G45 will not even provide a temperature reading below about 150F, that according to the Technical Specification document, and what I have seen using any hardware temperature monitor. Turn on the PC from sitting overnight and the G45 reads 155F after running for 30 seconds, and never changes unless I stress it as much as possible, and stop airflow around it (as an experiment to see if the temp sensor was working... it was.)
There are a fair amount of chipset coolers available if you search them out. Mounting a small fan as Mr. Gifford suggests will certainly help. I've got my X58 chip (on a different mother board) down to about 130F with a tiny Silenx fan on it's heatsink, and short of water cooling I won't be able to get much better than that.
6. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGbeja1900 Mar 1, 2011 12:04 AM (in response to parsec)
A little update from my side.
First of all, how do I know the chipset is overheating ? Well, I've installed Intel's monitoring program and when I'm running CPU intensive programs, counter goes into red zone, I got warning message and computer freezes or resets itself. At the beginning, I have blamed CPU, but this one is not CPU's fault (those intel's monitoring programs have log and the last entry shows, that CPU have a lot reserve to go, while, as it is called, I/O hub have serious problems). So I've changed my computer case to Cooler Master CM 690 II and installed two fans on the side (blowing inside directly onto chipset), one in the rear, also blowing air inside the case and two on the top sucking hot air and blowing it outside the case. In BIOS, I've turned off any controlling of fans, so they all blows at the full force. Well computer is very noisy at this moment, but it works. Chipset temp is near the red zone, but it doesn't goes over. While it seems, this may be the solution, the problem still stays, as I only have 1-2 degrees to spare and I'm again in the red zone (temps are running around 61 degrees Celsius). On the other nad, I don't care if the temperature shows 100C but I want stable computer and this one, well, constant freezing and reseting can hardly be called stable.
I've so far assembled more than 100 computers wit X58 chipsets, lots of them with DX58SO board and even more of them with boards from other manufacturers (mostly Asus) as in the high-end configurations there is usually a demand for a lot of memory and the DX58SO board has only 4 slots. So I have tried this new arrival on the market, as I usually am satisfied with the stability and performance of Intel boards, but now I am disappointed.
I've also written to Intel's tech support and they suggested using certified and tested memory, namely Kingston's KVR1333D3E9S/4GHB. To spare you the extra costs, it didn't improve anything.
7. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGmechbob Mar 1, 2011 7:39 AM (in response to beja1900)
I have not had the chance to get my hands on the ( OG ) , How is the passive cooler fasten on to the board ?? I was thinking about your overheating problem and I thought if it wasn't too much trouble to remove the heatsink , Remove it clean it up add some CPU paste reinstall the cooler then see what temps you get??
8. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGparsec Mar 1, 2011 11:19 AM (in response to beja1900)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Ok beja, that is the information I needed, sorry but I needed those details and I had no idea of your level of familiarity with this platform. Another question, what is your video card configuration? I have seen situations where two SLI'd video cards really aggravate the X58's temperature, or even one if it is very close to the X58. The top PCI-E slot is just below the X58's heat sink, isn't it?
Given your last post, I would agree that things are not what they should be regarding the chipset temperatures. I have two CM 690 II cases, which are above average in their component cooling capabilities, and if you are still having temperature issues when using two fans on the side of the case, then something is not right IMO. Side fans in my experience make a huge difference in cooling, and if you are still in the red zone or close to it according to the monitoring program, that is odd. Sorry to nitpick, but what size fans are you using on the side of the case?
From pictures of the DX58OG, the X58's heat sink is different from other Intel 'boards I have seen, and looks better than others Intel has used, but the ICH10R's heat sink looks standard and typical for Intel. Since you've used many ASUS X58 mother boards in the past, you know that their BIOS allows you to set voltages for the X58, the IMC on the CPU, etc. I'm wondering what those voltages are set to in your DX58OG's BIOS, but if they are on Auto or at the standard voltage, then that is not an issue.
I certainly would not be happy with an unstable PC or one with chipset temperatures in the red zone, and I can't see anything that you are doing wrong. I have heard of cases of X58 chips in some ASUS boards having high temperatures, so perhaps that is the case here. Remounting the heat sink as was suggested might help, but you should not need to do that with a new board.
9. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGjcar80 Mar 1, 2011 12:18 PM (in response to beja1900)
Glad to hear that I am not the only one having all kinds of heat problems (results in a hard freeze) with this motherboard. I had been focusing on the memory since when it auto-configed it used more aggresive timings that what the dimms were rated for (7-7-7-20 instead of the 9-9-9-24 actual rating), but even after manually configuring that it still will freeze with any kind of load. Plus, I can run memtest for hours and have it test fine; it isn't until it is under any kind of load under Windows 7 that it quickly fail.
The thing I am suspicious of is that there are no heatsinks that run along side the CPU, I suppose those are voltage regulators? You can see them actually pictured in the product guide like on page 12, and the motherboard does have the mounting holes for them drilled. If you look at other motherboards like the DX58SO/DX58SO2 they have very large heatsinks attached. In fact, looking at various X58 motherboards by other manufacturers they all seem to have heatsinks; even large heatpipes.
Did the manufacturing plant forget to install those?
10. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGjcar80 Mar 1, 2011 1:02 PM (in response to beja1900)
Just looked the actual photo on the main page for this motherboard and yes indeed they did not install those heatsinks. I guess the question now is to RMA to the vendor or to Intel? Ideally they could just send the heatsinks and I can install them. Unfortunately, looking at the screenshots the vendor I bought it from took, they are missing the heatsinks also.
11. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGbeja1900 Mar 1, 2011 1:07 PM (in response to parsec)
Well first of all, thank you all for some useful tips but I kinda gave up. Actually I was wondering if anyone out there has similar problems, as I didn't know if there's a flaw in Intel's design and/or lack of thorough testing or am I just that unlucky and maybe I have got faulty boards. I've tried everything that crossed my mind but judging from the pictures of other boards I just think that there's design error. Other boards like Asus Sabertooth and other Asus more expensive models, Intel's DX58SO2 and also a lot of other boards they all have heatsinks that spread around CPU socket and usually it seems that they also include heatpipes. Well one thing that I wasn't sure is: maybe board runs just ok on other CPUs, like i7-950, maybe i7-980X is just "too much" for a board named "outagamie" ? But I don't have any other socket 1366 CPU at hand to test it. The boards I've got are new, at first actually I wanted DX58SO2 but I've contacted all major distributors in EU and boards are still unavailable so I had to settle for OG. I will send them back and I will go (once again) with Asus. If some new information will arise (still waiting for Intel's support response) I will post them here.
And to answer some additional tips:
I am using PNY Quadro 600 VGA card, it's very basic quadro card, it's not hot, and I've tried to move it into lower PCI-e 16x slot on motherboard, to minimize additional heating from VGA and to maximize airflow around chipset. I even found and tried some of those once popular so called, PCI slot vents but without any significant success.
I've updated (one) motherboard BIOS to latest version, without success.
I've set everything to default in BIOS, I wasn't touching any voltages, ... everything is left on AUTO.
And as suggested: the only thing, still waiting to be done (new board, warranty ...) is removing heatsink, clean it, applying new thermal paste (I'm usually happy with Arctic Cooling MX2) and mount it back. Maybe this simple trick can do the business - I will see if Intel's service center will allow me to try this without loosing my warranty !
12. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGjcar80 Mar 1, 2011 1:47 PM (in response to beja1900)
So you are missing the heatsinks around the CPU also? That isn't a design flaw, looks like it is manufacturing. Take a look at the intel photograph of the board, you can clearly see the large heatsinks around the CPU socket. Mine are missing (hence the problem).
Intel photograph:
13. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGparsec Mar 1, 2011 7:22 PM (in response to jcar80)
The VReg heat sinks are obvious in the Intel product literature, but I just checked an E-Tailer's web site, and the pictures of it do not have the VReg heat sinks. Check it out (there are multiple pictures and you can zoom in):
I did a quick scan of other Intel mother boards, and the lower priced models do not have VReg heat sinks, but the two other 1366/X58 mother boards do. Is it possible that a production change was made in the DX58OG, and those heat sinks are no longer included? Or did this E-Tailer receive boards from the same "bad" run of 'boards without the heat sinks?
I think you will need an official statement from Intel support regarding whether or not the DX58OG should have VReg heat sinks. It is possible that the Intel picture is a early prototype that does not reflect current production.
I must say that I am wondering why the lack of VReg heat sinks would cause the chipsets to overheat. I'm not saying it does or doesn't, I'm just trying to understand if that could occur. It is not immediately obvious to me why the lack of VReg heat sinks would cause chipset overheating.
It could be that VRegs without heat sinks would then tend to transfer their heat into the mother board itself, possibly into the ground plane of the 'board for example. That heat could then be transfered to the X58 chip, theoretically. The ICH10 chip is not close to the VRegs in question, and unless the entire mother board is at a very high temperature, it is much less likely to affected by the VReg's heat, IMO. Any other explanations on how this could occur?
14. Re: Overheating problems with DX58OGbeja1900 Mar 2, 2011 12:16 AM (in response to parsec)
Well, mine motherboards also came without them ! There's no other heatsinks around CPU beside the one on the chipset !


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'Strike Back' ends its 1st Cinemax season on high note
The first season--on Cinemax anyway--of "Strike Back" concludes at 9 p.m. Oct. 21 with Section 20 desperately trying to stop Latif's plan to disrupt a summit of world leaders in Budapest. In custody, Latif locks in a battle of wills with Col. Grant, hinting that the summit may not be his end game after all. "Strike Back" has lived up to the promise of non-stop action that has kept me on the edge of my seat during its 10 episodes. But it's also made me think about the men and women who really do this counter-espionage work and the danger into which they constantly rush. The finale (3.5 stars) brings the season to a deadly, shocking end. You don't want to miss this, folks. Curt Wagner, RedEye's Show Patrol INTERVIEW: Amanda Mealing and Philip Winchester on how "Strike Back" imitates real life
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In Memoriam: TV Shows and Characters We Lost in 2012
Grab the tissues!
This year, we bid farewell to many a show and beloved character. From the very, very short-lived Work It (just two episodes aired) to Weeds and Desperate Housewives, which bowed out after eight dwindling seasons apiece. We also press on without fan-favorite characters from Mad Men and Breaking Bad, and like, half the cast of The Walking Dead. Check our our year-end TV elegy here, but proceed with caution if you're not caught up with all your shows — this video contains spoilers for characters who have died in recent episodes (although there was one big TV death Sunday night that we did not include, because it just felt too new and spoiler-y; R.I.P. to him or her anyway).


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BioPortal provides access to commonly used biomedical ontologies and to tools for working with them. BioPortal allows you to
All information available through the BioPortal Web site is also available through the NCBO Web service REST API. Please see REST API documentation for more information.
Browse our library of Biomedical ontologies and submit your own ontology. This page displays some summary information about each ontology. More detailed summary information is available on the ontology summary page for each ontology. You can reach this page by clicking on the ontology name link.
To find a particular ontology quickly, begin typing the ontology name or abbreviation in the "Filter by Text" field. You can also narrow the list of ontologies shown by selecting a specific "category" (a domain) or a "group" to which the ontology belongs. To submit an ontology press the "Submit New Ontology" button. You must be logged in to BioPortal to submit an ontology. You can subscribe to receive RSS updates when any ontology in the system changes by clicking the subscribe link. You can subscribe to updates for a particular ontology from the summary page for that ontology. To go to the summary page click on the ontology name link.
Some submitters want to control who can browse the terms in their ontology. These ontologies are marked with visibility "Private" or "Licensed". To browse the terms in these ontologies you must be both
For private ontologies, the ontology submitter directly controls access to the ontology. Please contact the submitter to gain access to a private ontology. Contact information for the ontology is available on the ontology summary page. For licensed ontologies, the submitter indirectly controls access to the ontology. When you attempt to access a licensed ontology, the system will prompt you to enter the license information required by the submitter. When you have entered the required information, the system will allow you to access the ontology. In addition, there are "summary only" ontologies. The terms for these ontologies are not available in BioPortal at all. Please contact the ontology submitter for more information about these ontologies.
To access ontologies programmatically, see our Resources REST API documentation (then look under Media Types).
Enter text and find terms across multiple terminologies that contain this text. The names, ids, synonyms, properties for a term are searched for matches to the entered text, and the best match (only) from each ontology is displayed.
To find a term in any ontology enter the name of the term in the search box and simply hit the Search button. The system looks for matches in the term name, synonyms, term ids, and in property values. You can filter the returned values by ontology or by the type of match by selecting one of the filter links in the output table. If you want to search only in a subset of ontologies you can specify the desired ontologies in the Ontologies box. (Note that it is no faster to search a subset than to search all ontologies.) Simply type the ontology name or acronym to chose the desired ontology. You can also select a set of ontologies from a list of all ontologies using the "select from list" link.
Note that, for performance reasons, only the top 100 matches (that is, matched ontologies) are returned. If one or more ontologies are specified in the Ontologies box, all matches are returned.
To search programmatically see our Search REST API documentation.
Mappings are associations between two or more terms in different ontologies. This association typically, but not always, represents a degree of similarity between the terms. The author of the mapping defines the semantics of a particular mapping. It is also usual for a mapping to be bi-directional, but again, this is not required. The mapping author defines directionality (for details, please see our Mapping Documentation).
To browse mappings for an ontology, select the ontology from the drop-down list. You will then see a table showing all ontologies for which at least one mapping exists between that ontology and the ontology you selected. Select an ontology from this table to browse the mappings between the two ontologies.
To access mappings programmatically, please see our Mappings REST API documentation.
The Recommender takes as input a text or a list of keywords and suggests appropriate ontologies for it.
The ontology ranking algorithm used by the Recommender evaluates the adequacy of each ontology to the input using a combination of four evaluation criteria:
For each of these four criteria, a score is computed. Then, the scores obtained are weighted and aggregated into a final score for the ontology. The default weights used to aggregate the scores can be changed at the advanced options section.
Note that besides the ontologies output, which returns a ranked list of ontologies, the Recommender also has an ontology sets output, which allows to find those ontology sets that improve the coverage provided by individual ontologies.
To retrieve ontology recommendations programmatically, please see our Ontology Recommender REST API documentation.
To cite the NCBO Ontology Recommender, please use:
Martínez-Romero, M., Jonquet, C., O'Connor, M. J., Graybeal, J., Pazos, A., Musen, M. A. (2017). NCBO Ontology Recommender 2.0: An Enhanced Approach For Biomedical Ontology Recommendation. Journal of Biomedical Semantics, 8(21), 1-22 (https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13326-017-0128-y).
To generate annotations for text, simply enter text in the box and press the submit button. The system matches words in the text to terms in ontologies by doing an exact string comparison (a "direct" match) between the text and ontology term names, synonyms, and ids.
In addition to the direct matches, the user may expand the set of matches by including matches from mapped terms and from hierarchical expansion. For most ontologies (OWL and UMLS RRF) the system performs the hierarchical expansion on the superclass ("is-a") relationship. For OBO ontologies the hierarchical expansion also includes the part-of relationship. You use the "number of levels" field to control the number of levels up the hierarchy for which the system will return terms for a given match.
To generate annotations programmatically see the REST API documentation.
Further information about the workings of the Annotator is available at Shah et al BMC Bioinformatics. 2009 Sep 17;10 Suppl 9:S14
The resource index is a pre-calculated set of annotations of selected biomedical resources. We have used the Annotator web service to annotate these resources with all terms in all ontologies in BioPortal. To retrieve records annotated with a specific ontology term, select the term in the search box and press the "Search" button.
To access annotations for resources programmatically, please see our Resource Index REST API documentation.
Further information on ontology-based search and mining of biomedical resources is available in Jonquet et al Web Semant. 2011 Sep 1;9(3):316-324, LePendu et al J Biomed Inform. 2011 Dec;44 Suppl 1:S31-8 and Liu et al J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012 Apr 11
If you know of a publicly available biomedical resource that you would like to see in the Resource Index please send a request to include it to email@example.com.
This page shows selected projects which make use of BioPortal technology. To add your project to this list press the "Create New Project" button. You must be logged in to BioPortal to create a new project.
If you haven't already signed up for an account at the BioPortal website, you'll need to do that first:
Once you have an account and are logged in, navigate to the Browse page:
… and click the "Submit New Ontology" button.
In the resulting form, you'll be asked to fill out some metadata about your ontology, e.g., name, acronym, etc. If you do not want the public to see your ontology, you can specify it as private, then indicate what accounts should have access to it.
Once you've filled out the form, click the "Create ontology" button. This will create the ontology summary page for your ontology. Note that so far you are only describing the ontology in general terms, not submitting a specific file.
Finally on the summary page, you can click the "Add submission" link. This new submission form is where you'll be able to specify your ontology file, as well as things like the description of this update, the version number, and so on.
Once you have created the ontology submission, usually right away you can access its basic information and possibly its classes, if there are not too many of them. More detailed indexing takes place asynchronously, often scheduled at night. All of that should be finished by the next day (Pacific Time); if not, send an email to the support list.
To view all mappings for an ontology, chose the ontology from the Browse page and then select "Mappings" from the drop-down list.
To view the notes for a particular term, navigate to the ontology and term (using the "Browse" tab and select the terms item from the dropdown) and then select the "Mappings" tab in the right-hand panel.
To view all notes for an ontology, chose the ontology from the Browse page and then select "Notes" from the drop-down list.
To view the notes for a particular term, navigate to the ontology and term (using the "Browse" tab and select the terms item from the dropdown) and then select the "Notes" tab in the right-hand panel.
Navigate to the ontology summary page by selecting the ontology name from the Browse tab. Create a review by pressing the "Create Review" button near the top of the page.
With the BioPortal user interface, you can visualize ontology concepts and their mappings with other ontologies.
Documentation about how to use the BioPortal REST API to access information is available here:
Use of the BioPortal REST API requires an API key.
To retrieve your API key, log into your account on the BioPortal website. If you don't have an account, you'll need to create one.
Your API key will be listed in plain text on your account page.
Musen MA, Noy NF, Shah NH, Whetzel PL, Chute CG, Story MA, Smith B; NCBO team. The National Center for Biomedical Ontology. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012 Mar-Apr;19(2):190-5. Epub 2011 Nov 10.
Martínez-Romero, M., Jonquet, C., O'Connor, M. J., Graybeal, J., Pazos, A., Musen, M. A. (2017). NCBO Ontology Recommender 2.0: An Enhanced Approach For Biomedical Ontology Recommendation. Journal of Biomedical Semantics, 8(21), 1-22 (https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13326-017-0128-y).
Whetzel PL, Noy NF, Shah NH, Alexander PR, Nyulas C, Tudorache T, Musen MA. BioPortal: enhanced functionality via new Web services from the National Center for Biomedical Ontology to access and use ontologies in software applications. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jul;39(Web Server issue):W541-5. Epub 2011 Jun 14.
Salvadores M, Horridge M, Alexander PR, Fergerson RW, Musen MA, and Noy NF. Using SPARQL to Query BioPortal Ontologies and Metadata. International Semantic Web Conference. Boston US. LNCS 7650, pp. 180195, 2012.


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AL Capsules
The Associated Press
Aug. 02, 2013
BOSTON (AP) — Daniel Nava's long single to center field capped a six-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Boston Red Sox stung the Seattle Mariners 8-7 Thursday night for a three-game sweep.
One night after winning in 15 innings for their major league-leading 10th walkoff victory, the Red Sox did it again to open a one-game lead in the AL East over idle Tampa Bay.
Henry Blanco hit a grand slam and Felix Hernandez pitched seven innings of six-hit ball to help Seattle take a 7-1 lead after five innings. But Boston scored once in the eighth and six more in the ninth against three relievers who recorded just one out.
Steven Wright (2-0) pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Ryan Dempster. Oliver Perez (2-3), who blew a seventh-inning lead on Wednesday, took the loss.
BALTIMORE (AP) — One day after being acquired from Houston, Bud Norris dominated his former teammates over six innings in his Orioles debut, and Baltimore got a home run from Chris Davis to beat Houston.
The only runs Norris (7-9) allowed were on solo homers by Brett Wallace and Mark Krauss. The right-hander gave up four hits, walked two, and his season-high eight strikeouts included three by cleanup hitter Chris Carter.
Jim Johnson worked the ninth for his 37th save.
Davis hit his major league-leading 39th home run in the seventh, a solo shot that gave him 100 RBIs for the season. He is the 39th player in club history to reach the 100-RBI mark and the first since Nick Markakis in 2009.
Jordan Lyles (4-5) took the loss.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals won their ninth straight game, stretching their longest winning streak in more than a decade by beating Minnesota behind Billy Butler's hitting and Lorenzo Cain's highlight reel catch in center field.
The Royals last won nine straight when they opened the 2003 season at 9-0. The last time Kansas City won more in a row was a 10-game string in 1994, STATS said.
Butler had two hits and drove in two runs. Justin Maxwell had a hit and an RBI a day after being acquired in a trade with Houston.
James Shields (6-7) gave up two runs on five hits and five walks in six innings for the Royals.
Scott Diamond (5-10) gave up seven runs and nine hits in five innings and was sent to Triple-A. Justin Morneau homered and doubled for the Twins.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ryan Raburn homered twice and drove in four runs and the Cleveland Indians won their eighth consecutive game, topping the Chicago White Sox.
The Indians have won 13 of 17 and completed a four-game sweep of the reeling White Sox, who have dropped seven in a row and are 26 games under .500 for the first time since 1980.
Justin Masterson (13-7) outpitched Chris Sale (6-11) in a matchup of All-Stars.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Yu Darvish struck out 14, matching the most in his 50 major league starts, and the Texas Rangers hit three solo homers and beat Arizona in a makeup game.
Darvish (10-5) had no walks and scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings. It was his major league-leading eighth game this season with at least 10 strikeouts.
Darvish struck out 10 of the first 13 batters.
A.J. Pierzynski, Mitch Moreland and David Murphy all homered off Zeke Spruill (0-1), who went four innings in his first major league start.
Arizona had to make a side trip to Texas, on the way from Tampa Bay to Boston, to make up the game postponed on May 29 because of unplayable field conditions.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mark Trumbo homered in the Angels' four-run first inning, Garrett Richards allowed four hits over seven strong innings, and Los Angeles snapped its six-game losing streak.
J.B. Shuck drove in three runs for the Angels, who avoided their longest skid in more than three years by pounding Toronto starter Josh Johnson for 10 hits in the opener of a four-game series between underachieving clubs expected to be AL contenders.
With plenty of offensive support, Richards (3-4) was dominant in his first home start since April 20 and his second start since rejoining the Angels' rotation, allowing two runs and striking out four.
Colby Rasmus had two hits and scored a run for Toronto, which had won five of seven.
Trumbo hit his 24th homer off Johnson (1-8), whose first career start against the Angels was a disaster. After allowing seven runs, Johnson was chased in the third inning with the bases loaded. His career-worst losing streak stretched to six starts.


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July 9, 2018
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July 9, 2018
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act appeals are not as rare as Halley's Comet, but nevertheless rare. Thus, when an FCPA appeal occurs and an appellate court is presented with the opportunity to construe the law, almost be definition, it is a big deal.
As highlighted in this prior post, in July 2017 after a long trial a federal jury convicted Ng Lap Seng of two counts of violating the FCPA, one count of paying bribes and gratuities, one count of money laundering and two counts of conspiracy "for his role in a scheme to bribe United Nations ambassadors to obtain support to build a conference center in Macau that would host, among other events, the annual United Nations Global South-South Development Expo." Thereafter, Seng was sentenced to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In addition, Seng was ordered to pay a $1 million fine, $302, 977 in restitution to the United Nations and the judge also ordered a forfeiture money judgment of $1.5 million. Continue Reading
July 7, 2018
FCPA Professor has been described as "the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related," and "the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA."
Set forth below are the topics discussed this week on FCPA Professor.
This post highlights what you need to know from the second quarter regarding FCPA enforcement and related developments and this post represents a mid-year FCPA report.
July 6, 2018
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Scrutiny Alert
Glencore plc, an Anglo–Swiss mining company with headquarters in Switzerland and ADRs traded on a U.S. exchange recently announced:
July 5, 2018
First, it was BNY Mellon Corp. in August 2015 for $14.8 million (see here and here for prior posts). Then, it was Qualcomm in March 2016 for $7.5 million (see here and here for prior posts). Then, it was JPMorgan in November 2016 for $202.6 million (see here, here, and here for prior posts).
Next up in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions (mostly targeting the financial services industry) focusing, in whole or in part, on internship and hiring practices being a form of bribery is Credit Suisse as the DOJ and SEC officially announced today (see here and here) the expected enforcement action (see here).
If you were wondering whether this "scurrilous and hypocritical" form of FCPA enforcement action (as stated by a former SEC Chairman see here) would carry forward to the Trump administration, you now have the answer.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Phillies have locked up their slugging first baseman with the richest deal in franchise history.
Ryan Howard has signed a five-year, $125 million contract extension, the team announced Monday. There is a club option for a sixth year, meaning the deal could reach $138 million in total value if the option is exercised.
Howard would have been a free agent after the 2011 season.
When the deal kicks in, Howard, 30, will become the highest paid player in franchise history. Roy Halladay's deal pays him $20 million per season as a Phillie. The average annual salary of Howard's deal is larger.
Currently, the only player with a higher average annual salary than Howard's in 2012 and beyond is New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
The contract breaks down like this:
2012: $20 million
2013: $20 million
2014: $25 million
2015: $25 million
2016: $25 million
2017: $23 million club option with $10 million buyout
The deal also included a limited no-trade clause and awards bonuses.
In 2016, the final guaranteed year of the deal, Howard will be 36 years old.
Howard is making $19 million in 2010. He is due to make $20 million in 2011. So Howard will not see a raise in his salary in the first two years of the extension, which has to be considered a coup for the Phillies. If Howard would have gone on the open market after the 2011 season, he assuredly would have had an instant raise in 2012.
The $125 million contract extension is the 14th largest contract ever signed in baseball history. When the deal kicks in, Howard would be the highest paid first baseman in the majors based on average annual salary. Of course, by 2012, that could very well change considering Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Adrian Gonzalez are all due new contracts.
Obviously, the Phillies have put their eggs in one very large basket. What does this mean for impending free agent Jayson Werth? Hard to say. The Phillies' chances of re-signing Werth after this season were already slim. If Werth wants a five- or six-year deal similar to those given to Jason Bay and Matt Holliday this past off-season, the Phillies could decide they already have too much invested.
As it stands, with Howard's $20 million added to the equation, the Phillies have $84.45 million committed to seven players in 2012. (That includes a $1.5 million buyout on Brad Lidge's contract.)
But consider this: One of the Phillies' buzz words in the off-season was "cost certainty." The Phillies locked up players like Shane Victorino, Joe Blanton and Carlos Ruiz to three-year deals. Because Howard won't see a raise in his salary until 2014, the Phillies remain somewhat flexible in their payroll. Enough to sign Werth? It will be challenging.
The last time the Phillies invested this much in a first baseman, they signed Jim Thome to a six-year, $85 million contract. Thome was 32 when he signed his deal.
Howard's last contract he signed with the Phillies before the 2009 season was for three years, $54 million
Howard, a fifth-round pick in 2001, is hitting .275 with three home runs and 16 RBIs this season. Since becoming an everyday player on July 1, 2005, Howard leads all major league players in home runs (222) and RBI (650).
He is fifth on the Phillies' all-time home run list.
Howard, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. and manager Charlie Manuel will meet with reporters at 7:30 p.m. (East Coast time) before Monday night's game at AT&T Park.
Much, much more to come...


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The funding is an important piece of the puzzle that will lead to the completion of a water delivery system that hopes to provide a dependable supply of irrigation water to farms in the Grand Prairie region.
President Barack Obama has released his 2014 budget — with $22 million included to continue construction activities on the Grand Prairie Irrigation Project in 2014.
"The $22 million in funding will be used to complete the pump station, primarily the superstructure," Dennis Carman, chief engineer and director of the White River Irrigation District. "The superstructure is constructed on top of the substructure and provides the housing and controls for the pumps and motors that have been in storage at Memphis. The substructure can be thought of as the basement and the superstructure as the main house."
The funding is an important piece of the puzzle that will lead to the completion of a water delivery system that hopes to provide a dependable supply of irrigation water to farms in the Grand Prairie region.
"This is fantastic news," Carman went on to say. "This level of funding is critical for us to complete the pump station segment. Not only are we pleased with the funding, but just getting in the president's budget is great under the current funding situation. Sen. (Mark) Pryor was instrumental in elevating the awareness level of our funding needs to others within the administration. Sen. (John) Boozman, Congressman (Rick) Crawford and the rest of the Arkansas delegation have truly worked together to make this happen. It makes all the hard work and frustrations over the past few years worthwhile."
The pump station substructure was completed in 2012 as well as about half of the pipes that carry water from the pump station to Webb Lake Road — a distance of about 7,200 feet.
"We will have a $10 to $12 million contract underway this spring for the remainder of the pipes and expect that contract to be completed by late fall of this year," he said.
About 250 on-farm reservoirs, tailwater recovery systems and pipeline systems have been completed through this project.
Currently, funding for on-farm work is ongoing through the NRCS Mississippi River Basin Initiative. The group expects additional funding for more on-farm work through MRBI sometime this winter.
"We have a long way to go to have water to the farms, but we are clearly making major strides to make that a reality," Carman said.
For additional information contact the WRID office, located at 157 E. Front Street in Hazen or call (870) 255-2202.


text: Review : SanDisk Sansa Fuze updated 06:25 am EDT, Wed March 19, 2008 by MacNN Staff Easy to use and tremendous value for the dollar. MacNN Rating: Product Manufacturer: SanDisk Price: $100 (4GB) The Good Excellent (if not original) design and physical controls. Continues to use a solid software interface. Very low price for the feature set and quality. Software-independent; works with Linux, Macs, and Windows. FM radio, microSD slot, and voice recording. Good DRM support for those who need it. The Bad Unnecessarily pulls AAC and H.264 support; pixelated video. Simplistic radio and voice recording. Slightly scratch-prone front face. Cost of microSDHC high enough to reduce the immediate value of the card slot. design and interface There's little escaping the likely (if unintentional) parentage of the Sansa Fuze: it bears more than a passing resemblance to Apple's third-generation iPod nano. In fact, if it weren't for the "Sansa" lettering or the home button next to the wheel, it might be indistinguishable from a distance. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, however. Arguably, the short but squat design feels much better in the hand than most players, especially the overly tall Sansa View that serves as the real basis for much of the design. SanDisk's version of this formula does seem to improve over its cousin at Apple. The 1.9-inch screen is only slightly smaller, but supplies the Fuze with a slightly more comfortable profile. More importantly, the rubberized backing is definitely a more practical (if slightly less glamorous) choice than the chrome for the iPod. The texture isn't just better for grip versus Apple's slippery metal; it also resists scuffs and scratches much more elegantly. I also appreciated the bright white labels, which are more useful than the light-up (but otherwise invisible) symbols on the View. The only complaints that could be properly leveled against the design of the Fuze are its glossy front face, which can still attract dust and scratches, as well as the slightly loose-feeling scroll wheel and tricky hold switch. The aluminum front and solid-state click wheel of the iPod are more durable and better for very large lists, respectively. The interface is largely ported over from the Sansa View, which again is a largely positive example of borrowing the right bits of technology. Navigating the menu system is often similar to nearly every media player with a hierarchical layout, only faster. The interface lag that pops up on iPods and some other players is virtually absent, and makes drilling down to a specific song or video quicker, if not as visually pleasant as on newer Apple devices. The UI doesn't make for perfect transition for every user, however, and occasionally makes for a bumpy ride of its own. Listeners used to accessing everything from the top level will be annoyed by SanDisk's emphasis on oversized icons over small menu items. Since you can't see any more than three items at a time, you often waste time scrolling back or forwards trying to find the item you were looking for. The system used by the iPod and Zune, which present a simple text list of options, often seems more effective. Veterans may also be annoyed by SanDisk's willingness to change the context of buttons -- the "play" and "menu" buttons often get switched to up/down, for example -- but in many cases, the control scheme isn't significantly better or worse than on other players, just different. It also has the upshot of allowing certain settings to be changed in mid-song, such as the EQ or shuffle mode. audio and video quality, the earbuds, and formats A lingering question for many veterans of SanDisk's players was the choice of audio chipset. Those that tried the View found that the company had chosen a lower-quality chipset whose output wasn't quite as accurate as on past players. Paradoxically, the Clip -- a budget player -- actually generates higher-quality sound than its bigger, more feature-rich cousin. Thankfully, the Fuze appears to borrow from the Clip. Tests using Shure E2c earbuds, which should provide solid (though not extremely detailed) sound, show that the Fuze generates a very clean sound using high-bitrate (320Kbps) songs. There are no obvious signs of muddled bass or lost detail in the middle or high ranges. That said, the sound quality is also not that much different in practice than that of the iPod line (excepting the shuffle) or the Zune. While it's possible to tell that better earphones would produce better results, the difference isn't enough to justify jumping from most big-name players to the Fuze, especially not when many quality earphones would cost as much as a 4GB Fuze all by themselves. The factory-bundled earbuds are not particularly special. From a comfort perspective, they hold a slight advantage over the iPod through an easier ability to hook on the earlobe, but the audio quality itself is typical pack-in earbud fare. It won't convert audiophiles and tends to produce a noticeable (though not extreme) muddiness to the overall sound. If saving money on buying earbuds is an important concern, skip directly to Sony's newer A-series Walkmen or the Zune 80, both of which come with better-than-average earbuds. Image quality depends entirely on what's being viewed. As the screen is even denser than that for the iPod nano or Sony A-series, still photos look very sharp; they also tend to be very colorful and bright, revealing that the screen is up to the task. Video, on the other hand, isn't as polished, and appears to reveal this latest Sansa's chief weakness: format support. Curiously, SanDisk has pulled support for H.264 video that was present in the View, leaving the Fuze with relatively low-bitrate, pixelated videos compared to the larger player as well as many rivals both old and new. This extends to audio, too, with AAC having been stripped out and leaving just MP3, WAV and WMA for non-protected formats. This strikes me as an arbitrary decision meant to shelter sales of the View; if for performance reasons, was a faster chipset necessarily going to cost enough to justify leaving out support for potential iPod converts? Protected audio support is at least above average. Like most Sansas, the Fuze is rare in supporting more than two copy protection schemes. With Audible and Overdrive DRM for e-books as well as Windows Media, the player does have support for most online music stores, including all-you-can-eat subscription services. Even if you object to copy-protected digital music on principle, it remains true that the Fuze will have more options for music purchases than most. sync support Finding a truly cross-platform media player is very difficult. Most either depend on a proprietary software player available only for certain operating systems or else have no software at all, depending instead on drag-and-drop transfers which themselves sometimes work only with Windows. SanDisk has gone a long way to solve these problems on the Fuze. Windows is still the preferred host: in most cases, it's only there that media can be automatically synchronized. However, as with the more recent Sansa line, SanDisk uses a generic system that works with most universal platforms in Microsoft's OS, including WinAmp and Windows Media Player. In Linux and Mac OS X, the main issues are choices: most of these replacements don't exist. Even so, it's possible to drag-and-drop songs or whole folders on to clearly labeled folders when the Fuze is mounted as mass storage. It's not a perfect solution, but it's enough that switchers from Windows won't have to cast aside the Fuze to keep listening to music and a decided step up from players locked into custom applications. battery life and extras: FM radio, microSD, voice recording SanDisk claims to essentially match other device makers in battery endurance, and that bore out in my testing: the approximately 25 hours of continuous playback was slightly better than the officially claimed 24 hours, though not as extreme as the 31.5 hours achieved with a third-generation iPod nano. Differences in audio quality for loaded content can affect this time; suffice it to say, however, that the Fuze should at least last long enough for a long airplane ride or a weekend camping trip. The extras on the Sansa Fuze are appreciated, but feel somewhat like niceties rather than decisive advantages in their current form. The FM tuner allows presets but doesn't have an auto-scan function, instead forcing the user to hold a directional button down to cycle through channels until an identifiable channel appears. Microsoft's Zune does have this and seems more elegant as a result. I would also question somewhat the usefulness of the voice recorder. It's a very simple affair with start, stop, and pause controls. This may be convenient for short personal memos, but it's not especially well-suited to recording long events. There's no built-in way to pick the recording format and choose between space (such as an MP3) or quality (such as WAV), or any way to amend a recording once it's done. And without the guarantee of an external microphone to replace the internal unit, it may not be the best for noisy lecture halls. The option of microSDHC storage is more useful, though more for the future than today. Current microSD and SDHC cards are relatively pricey compared to their full-size counterparts and may add too much to the cost of such an inexpensive device. As a form of insurance policy against obsolescence, however, it may well be wise: with microSDHC cards already up to 8GB and larger ones promised soon, it should ultimately be less expensive to drop in a card than to replace the player outright if the stock 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB isn't enough. final words I came into this review somewhat jaded. While SanDisk has often been regarded as one of the better MP3 player designers, it's also had to shake its (at times unfair) reputation as a producer of "good enough" devices that do well, but never quite meet the expectations set by the iPod. The Fuze might therefore be notable as one of the few players to at least feel like serious competition to the current-generation iPod nano, and certainly the Zune. The software is close enough to the simplicity of either the Apple or Microsoft players; more importantly, the proportions and hardware controls are near-ideal and fix nearly every design-based complaint leveled against the View. That the Fuze includes some useful (if imperfect) extras and costs as much as $70 less for the same storage as an iPod nano could almost considered a fatal blow. Unfortunately, SanDisk may still face an uphill battle winning supporters from rival camps, in part from its own decisions. Without AAC or H.264 support, more than a few potential buyers may be disappointed to learn that their unprotected media from iTunes will need to be transcoded before it runs properly. Moreover, the same design that makes it work so well as a nemesis for the iPod may also lead some to incorrectly see the Fuze standing in the iPod's shadow and pass it by. That would be a mistake. While it might not be an overwhelmingly superior choice and arguably misses out on the relative ease of synchronizing with a jukebox like iTunes, the Fuze is just better enough in some areas that it's easily recommendable to anyone who isn't too heavily invested in the iPod or Zune ecosystems, particularly those who would rather save some money in the process.


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More residents are being allowed to return home Monday afternoon as evacuations continue to be lifted.
Residents of all homes on Eileen Court, Centauri Road, Boardwalk Drive and Corporate Plaza Drive have been reduced to pre-evacuation status and can return home. Residents of addresses 4510 through 4795 can also return home.
All of Teller County has also been removed from pre-evacuation status as of Monday afternoon.
A large number of residents were allowed to return home Sunday in Colorado Springs and greater El Paso County.
Sunday morning, residents of Chipita Park, Green Mountain Falls, Crystola and Cascade were allowed to return. Highway 24 was reopened from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for these residents, then at 1 p.m. will reopen for everyone, much to the relief of citizens in Teller County, who have been isolated during the fire after their primary access to the Front Range was cut off.
Sunday night at 8, residents of Oak Valley Ranch, Pinon Valley, Peregrine, Grand Centennial Apartments, and all businesses along Centennial and 30th will be allowed to return.
Saturday, Teller County decided that the mandatory evacuation of the city of Woodland Park can be lifted.
Additionally, pre-evacuation notices were lifted for Monument, Palmer Lake and unincorporated parts of El Paso County north of the Air Force Academy.
Additionally, all evacuations of the Pine Valley and Douglas Valley housing areas on the Air Force Academy ended at 5 a.m. on Friday. Academy officials recommend using both the North and South gates to minimize traffic.
Thunderbird and Pinecreek Estates are also off an evacuation order.
The following other evacuation orders stand:
Ongoing Mandatory Evacuation Orders:
-Mountain Shadows from south of Wolfe Ranch Road and west of Flying W Ranch Road to 30th Street, and the following streets east of Flying W Ranch Road:
-Capra Way
-Centauri Road
-Chambrey Court
-Chase Point Circle
-Darien Way
-Eileen Court
-Granby Circle (except for addresses 4510-4795)
-Green Valley Heights
-Holister Court
-Hot Springs Court
-Huffman Court
-Lions Gate Lane
-Majestic Drive
-Mirror Lake Court
-Ramsgate Terrace
-Regal View Court
-Regal View Road
-Russett Oak Court
-Vanreen Drive
-Vantage Ridge Court
-Vantage Riage Drive
-Via Verona View
-Wilson Road
-Chuckwagon Road commencing 500 feet west of Claystone Lane and extending westward to the city limits
Pre-evacuation notices:
-Douglas County, from South County Line to the south to Noe Road on the north, Spruce Mountain on the east, and Rampart Range Road on the west.
-Everyone previously on mandatory in El Paso and Teller County this past week is now on pre-evacuation.
Teller County residents are also asked to continue monitoring fire activity on http://www.co.teller.co.us
Pet Evacuations
Rocky Mountain Health Care Services is offering a shelter option and can take small pets with evacuees. They are located on 310 S. 14th St. Call 719-641-2747.
Large animals can be taken to the Norris Penrose Equestrian Center, located at 1045 W. Rio Grande St. The Humane Society is currently at capacity and is setting up a second location, which will be announced sometime Monday. The following places may accept evacuated animals:
Canine Design Salon 719-227-7220
Sunrise Kennels 719-661-7036
Cheyenne Mountain Animal Hospital 719-343-3840
Lucky Dog 719-527-9663
Bear Creek Vet 719-685-1177
Dublin Animal Hospital 719-338-8935
A Cut Above Pet Grooming 719-630-7387
Lucky Dog Boarding 719-599-9663
CATS Lucky Dog Boarding 719-527-9663
Central Bark Dog Daycare 719-592-9300
Canine Campus 719-448-9600
A Paw Above Boarding Service 719-386-7291
Northwest Animal Hospital 719-593-8582
Camp Bow Wow 719-260-9247
Sunrise Kennels 719-598-8348
Aspen Meadows Pet Resort 719-282-6000
Picasso's Pet Grooming- Security 719-392-4092
Rocky Mountain Health Care Services (Can House People & Pets) 719-641-2747 & 719-201-0247
Powers ER Animal 719-473-0482
Yorkshire Veterinary Hospital 719-598-3192
People staying at the Cheyenne Mountain shelter can bring small animals with them, but no pets can be dropped off without an owner.
The city of Colorado Springs tells evacuees to not turn off your gas. Springs Utilities will do mass shutoffs if necessary.
We will be frequently updating this page as more evacuations come in. Keep checking here for updates.


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PARIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday filed preliminary charges against former President Nicolas Sarkozy in a campaign finance case, formally placing him under investigation over allegations that he illegally took donations from France's richest woman on way to his 2007 election victory.
The preliminary charges were issued against Sarkozy, 58, after he went through hours of questioning in a Bordeaux courthouse, according to the prosecutor's office. The ex-president is accused of "abuse of someone in an impaired state" in the case involving L'Oreal cosmetics fortune heiress Liliane Bettencourt, who is now 90.
Under French law, preliminary charges mean the investigating magistrate has reason to believe wrongdoing was committed, but allows more time to investigate. The charges may later be dropped or could lead to a trial.
Sarkozy potentially could join his predecessor and former mentor, former President Jacques Chirac, who was convicted after office. In a political financing scandal of his own, Chirac in late 2011 became the only former French leader since World War II-era Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Petain to be charged or convicted of a crime.
The charges were unlikely to have any immediate political impact. The conservative Sarkozy said his political career was over and assumed a low profile after losing his re-election bid to Socialist Francois Hollande in May. While some polls suggest Sarkozy is the mainstream right's favored candidate in the next presidential race, it's not until 2017.
Still, Sarkozy's travails were likely to take the media spotlight off political scandal that hit Hollande's government this week, with the resignation of Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac over allegations that he squirreled away cash abroad to avoid paying French taxes.
The investigation in Bordeaux that has caught up Sarkozy centers on the finances of Bettencourt, who was once the focus of a long-running family feud over her fortune. Bettencourt, who was reported to suffer from Alzheimer's disease, has since been placed under legal protection.
Sarkozy lost his legal immunity from prosecution when he failed to win re-election. In November, he was given the status of a so-called "assisting witness," with the possibility of facing charges later on allegations of abusing someone in an impaired state, swindling and abuse of confidence.
After Thursday's questioning, a three-judge panel opted only to retain the first of those counts related to activity in February 2007 and throughout that year, according to the prosecutor's office. It emphasized that the former president is still presumed innocent of any wrongdoing.
Investigating judge Jean-Michel Gentil was looking into conflicting accounts about how many times Sarkozy — a darling of the mainstream political right — visited the home of Bettencourt in the run-up to his winning 2007 campaign for president, according to one lawyer.
Earlier in the probe, Bettencourt's ex-accountant told police she gave 150,000 euros ($192,000) to the manager of Bettencourt's fortune that was to be passed on to Sarkozy's campaign treasurer.
"If Mr. Gentil placed Mr. Sarkozy under investigation this evening it's because he had a reason to do so," said Antoine Gillot, a lawyer for Bettencourt's former butler, who was also questioned Thursday along with Sarkozy, on French TV i-Tele. "It was a semi surprise ... it means the judge has a certain number of facts."
Sarkozy's lawyer and spokeswoman didn't return calls, e-mails or text messages from The Associated Press seeking comment about the decision Thursday. But Thierry Mariani, a lawmaker and ally in Sarkozy's conservative party, suggested the charges were politically motivated and part of an effort to discredit Sarkozy just as polls suggest he is still widely liked and show big disappointment in Hollande — whose popularity has tanked just 10 months into his five-year term.
Since his defeat, Sarkozy has largely drifted out of the public eye, at times turning up in places like the lucrative international speaker circuit. Compared to the height of his political career, Sarkozy has seemed to shun the cameras. He reportedly entered the courthouse Thursday unseen by journalists, and didn't comment on his way out.
Thursday's decision contrasted with the air of triumphalism expressed by Sarkozy's allies in November after he was named as an assisted witness — somewhere between a simple witness and a formal suspect. His defense lawyer, Thierry Herzog, at the time called that decision a "victory" and said the case against Sarkozy "no longer exists."
Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report.


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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Paris Was Ours
29 comments:
I'm smitten MarieReplyDelete
All our dreams of living in Paris are fulfilled by someone else with no bumps for us.
- Anonymous1:17 PM
Hi Carol --ReplyDelete
I was so delighted to see this post just now! Thanks for the wonderful, flattering things you say about Paris Was Ours. I'm thrilled that you liked the book and so appreciative that you've told the world.
I particularly love the thought of you laughing on the subway while reading it!
By the way, I've just sent a link to this to Veronique Vienne, who's been a friend since the first time I lived in Paris.
I loved the look and tone of your blog -- really gorgeous! -- and will keep reading. Thanks so much again,
Penelope Rowlands
I just ordered it Carol...I can't wait to read it....Thanks for the recommendation....xvReplyDelete
Here I am in less anonymous form (pressed the wrong button before!)ReplyDelete
merci encore, Penelope
A must read!ReplyDelete
I'm talking about YOUR POST.
The book, too
Thank you for commenting Penelope!ReplyDelete
I've gotten so much pleasure from reading Paris Was Ours -
I wanted to share 'le plaisir'.
Love Rick's advice! I guess Le Select is taken.... :-)ReplyDelete
I LOVED that book. I underlined, highlighted, starred, wrote margin notes. And come back and reread those parts. A seriously lovely book~ReplyDelete
PS Carol-I went back to reread my margin notes.....ReplyDelete
and was reminded of another reason LOVE this book. Read so much online....and that's wonderful. But the format size, cover photo, and the paper quality are all so evocative of French sensibilities (I know so well...my son is French and I'm moving to France in Oct.).
Esp the paper....so luscious and feels so good in hand. That's SO French.
Wonderful post as always!! <3
Thank you for mentioning it French Heart,ReplyDelete
I meant to note the Deckled edges of the book!!
I too love the feel of Paris Was Ours - very nicely thought out.
Well, I'm just going to have to make another foray into amazon.com, aren't I? I'm enjoying La Seduction per your recommendation.ReplyDelete
Real life stories give a different kind of information than "how-to" books. All in all, I'd rather have grey days and feeling lost in Paris than where I'm at right now. (With car payments again, unfortunately...who decided she had to play the harp and need an accordingly BIG vehicle?)
I'm sold. I need to get a copy of this. I'm sure there are so many things I can identify with - even better if it's for a laugh, too. Great review! Agree - it's not all Champagne and roses. When I first arrived in Paris it was terrifyingly fast: day 1 in the metro was witnessing a woman walking slowly and Monsieur busybody trying to get past her - finally screaming "Mais marchez!" Oh-là-là...
- Lla1:17 PM
Your last entry mentioned Veronique Vienne's book "French Style". I love how-to books on wardrobe building, dressing, fashion, and style; especially those based on a Paris or French mentality . I have always held Susan Sommers' "French Chic" as my favorite and will investigate finding a used copy of "French Style".ReplyDelete
Are there other French style/chic fashion, dressing, style, wardrobe based books that YOU would highly recommend?
Your blog is BEAUTIFUL Carol.ReplyDelete
I really loved this piece.
Thank you so much!


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Russia's President Vladimir Putin called Wednesday for the revival of a Soviet-era physical evaluation program that required all schoolchildren to pass fitness tests.
Putin, a judo enthusiast and a regular swimmer, said that the restoration of GTO, the Russian acronym for Ready for Labor and Defence, would teach children to "to stand up for themselves, their family and, in the final run, the Fatherland."
GTO, which was introduced in 1931 under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's rule, required all school and university students to regularly pass physical training tests. Those managing to qualify would receive silver- or gold-colored badges.
In its early years, the GTO program focused heavily on tests intended to make children ready for Red Army service. The program gradually lost its scope and prestige over the years and ceased to exist with the 1991 Soviet collapse. Since then, schools largely have been left on their own regarding physical education.
Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko told a government meeting chaired by Putin that his agency would work to introduce the physical training standards nationwide by 2016.
Putin said that Russia needs to pay more attention to physical training because it lags behind other countries. He said that Russian children now are in "significantly worse" physical shape compared to a few decades ago.
He said that the physical training standards must be flexible. "They shouldn't be too high to avoid driving people into a heart attack," he said, according to Russian news agencies.