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Published: 2009/02/17
by Brian Robbins
Yesterdays Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette
Yesterdays, the latest release from the legendary jazz trio of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette, is chock full of unbridled bebop-inspired energy. Featuring cuts captured during a April 30, 2001 performance in Tokyo, Yesterdays launches out of the chute with the trio's take on Horace Silver's "Strollin'" and never looks back. For sure, the album's mellower moments are beautiful (catch Jarrett's wistful intro that drifts into "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"), but the headfirst dives into bebop territory are what set this collection apart. Highlights include Charlie Parker's "Scrapple From The Apple" and the Parker/Dizzy Gillespie number "Shaw'nuff", both featuring absolutely joyous forays into rhythm-driven jams. I'll run the risk of sounding like someone reviewing the latest AC/DC album here, but for maximum enjoyment of Yesterdays, do yourself a favor: when these guys turn it up, so should you. The sound quality is excellent: you are there – not just front row, but nestled amongst the three of them. There's something wonderful about hearing Jarrett's off-mike moans of bliss or the sizzle of DeJohnette's cymbals or the upper-register fetch-you-up-in-midbreath reachings of Peacock's bass lines.
The final cut on Yesterdays is actually a caught-on-the-fly bonus nugget: a take of "Stella By Starlight" from a soundcheck on April 24th. Jarrett leads the trio into the main theme with Peacock and DeJohnette feeling out the groove they enter delicately, but after a minute and a half, they're locked in solid and cooking. About four minutes in, Gary Peacock takes the lead, building the piece's intensity as Jarrett doles out little flutters and sweet bits. This leads to a call-and-response section: passages of Jarrett's smiling piano and Peacock's driving bass are woven between joyful explosions from DeJohnette's drums. The absolute passion of the trio's playing makes you shake your head. Soundcheck? Maybe so they were still playing for keeps. We glide to a gentle landing after the trio revisits the melody and says goodnight to Stella. There's a moment of silence followed by the space travelers catching their breaths, aware that they've just returned from somewhere far away. "I hope you taped that, actually," says Jarrett.
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How has technology impacted working life?
13 February 2014
"Harun Farocki's Workers Leaving the Factory, currently on show at FACT's Time & Motion exhibition, is a compilation of film clips put together by the artist, each depicting workers leaving factories. These old clips highlight, among other things, the distinction between work and home life: the iron factory gates in many of the clips overtly suggest that one environment is the prison and the other the free world.
In today's world, modern technology has permeated these iron gates. Work related emails penetrate the outside world. We are therefore always contactable, which in turn means old lines of distinction between work and home life are blurred.
Ignoring a work email during home hours is unthinkable: smart phones notify us of their existence instantaneously. Whilst we can theoretically choose not to answer, this is a course rarely taken, as doing so would give employers cause to accuse workers of neglecting their workload. Using personal devices for work also means that we are always reminded of the workload waiting for us at the office.
I have read articles in the past suggesting that we should work and relax in separate environments. Doing so, in theory, makes it easy for to us mentally distance ourselves from productivity in order to relax and sleep. Through technology work is a mobile entity; we are never away from it and therefore cannot fully relax. This all leads to a feeling of claustrophobia in which work is ever present and inescapable. Technology therefore elevates working life above home life, allowing it to cast a shadow outside of contracted and balanced hours."
Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life is at FACT until 9 March. For more information on the exhibition, please visit the Time & Motion project page.


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The choice of the convent as the Museum's extension site managed to solve three main requirements. The first of them would be the fulfillment of all of the current Museum's needs in a bigger and better conditioned building. The second defining factor was the chance of recovering the Convent's important historical legacy, which dates back to the 12th Century and was conserved in dreadful conditions. Last, the project also aims to reactivate Saint Lawrence's Quarter by means of establishing a new cultural and social landmark within the urban scene.
The result is a detailed intervention that takes into account thorough historical investigation as well as the city's public necessities. The combination of the respectful restoration process and the insertion of new highly equipped buildings generates a 17,000 m2 complex that hosts a wide range of uses such as generous permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, restoration labs, libraries, investigation center, lecture hall, large reception and dissemination areas, and a variety of commercial establishments.


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Good Habits
( Originally Published 1903 )
The most important experience which, sooner or later, meets every thoughtful person, both in his own intellectual development and in his observation of others, is this, — that every ad, and, indeed, every definite thought, leaves behind it an inclination which is like a material influence, and which makes the next similar thought, or acteasier, and the next dissimilar thought, or ad, more difficult. This is the curse of evil conduct,—that it ever brings forth more evil conduct; and this too is the sure and chief reward of good conduct,—that it strengthens the tendency to good and makes permanent what has been gained. Here is the solemn and tragic fad which lies behind all human life,—that what we have once done we can never change. There it remains, just as it happened, little as we may be inclined to believe, or to admit, that it is there. And hence it is that history truly written is no entertaining drama, ending in general reconciliation and embrace, but a tragedy which describes the movement of destiny.
If, then, one begins, thus to take life seriously, he will soon observe that its main problem does not concern its thought or its faith, still less any outward confession which may leave the soul within quite undisturbed. The real problem of life is simply and solely one of habit, and the end of "all education should be to train people to inclinations toward good. To choose discreetly between good and evil is not always practicable, for human passions are sometimes too strong; but what may be developed is a prompt and spontaneous instinct for the good; and the ideal of human life is one in which all that is good has become sheer habit, and all that is bad is so contrary to nature, that it gives one even a physically perceptible and painful shock. Failing this, all that one calls virtue or piety is but a series of those good intentions with which the path to evil, as to good, may be paved.
What, then, are the most important of good habits? I propose to name a few, not in any systematic fashion; for of systems of morals the modern world seems to have had more than enough, and it is much more likely to give some attention to purely practical suggestions based on practical experience.
The first . and chief rule seems to be this, that one should try rather to cultivate good habits than merely negatively to escape from bad ones. It is much easier in the inner life, as in the outer, to attack positively than to repel defensively; for in aggressive conduct every success brings joy, while in mere resistance much of one's effort seems to have no positive result. The main point to be gained is the habit of prompt resolution, directed immediately toward action. What Voltaire said of the history of nations is in large degree true of human life: "I have noticed that destiny in every case depends upon the at of a moment."
The second principle of good habits is fearlessness. Perhaps this is not possible to acquire inn a high degree without a strong religious faith. This I will not discuss. It is, at any rate, certain that fear is not only the least agreeable of human emotions, so that one should at any cost conquer it, but that it is also the most superfluous. For fear does not prevent the approach of that which is feared; it only exhausts beforehand the strength which one needs to meet the thing he fears. Most of the things which we fear to meet are not in reality so terrible as they appear to be when looked at from afar. When they meet us, they can be borne. The imagination is inclined to picture evils as more permanent and persistent than they are really to be. If, as one's trouble approached, he should say to himself: "This is likely to last about three days," one would in many cases be justified by the event, and, at any rate, would proceed to meet the trouble with a better courage. On the whole, the best defence against fear which philosophy can provide is the conviction that every fear is a symptom of some wrong condition in ourselves. If one search for that weakness and rid himself of it, then, for the most part, fear will vanish also.
Beyond this philosophical defence from fear, however, lie certain spiritual conditions of courage. The chief of these is determining or oneself what are the best blessings of life. First of all, one must acquire as soon as possible the habit of preferring the better things to the worse. He must especially abandon the expethtion of possessing at the same time different things which are contradictory of each other. Here is the secret of failure in many a career. 1n my opinion, a man may not only freely choose his aims in life, but he may attain all those aims which he seriously and wholly desires, provided that for the sake of this desire he is ready to surrender all other desires which are inconsistent with it. The best possessions one can have in life, and the things which, with reasonable sagacity, are the easiest to get, are these: firm moral principles, intellectual discipline, love, loyalty , the capacity for work and the enjoyment of it, spiritual and physical health, and very moderate worldly possessions. No other blessings can be compared with these, and some other possessions are inconsistent with these—for instance, great wealth, great worldly honor and power, habitual self-indulgence. These are the things which people commonly most desire, and which they very often attain, but they must always be attained through the surrender of the better things.
One must, therefore ,promptiy and unhesitatingly determine to surrender the desire for wealth, honor, and luxury, and to take in their place other possessions. Without this determination, there can be no religious or philosophical basis of spiritual education. What seems to be spiritual development ends in unreality, vacillation, at last hypocrisy. It must be confessed that even the best of men are, as a rule, but half-hearted in making this fundamental resolution. They give up under compulsion one or another fragment of their desires. Few are sagacious enough to foresee the choice which sooner or later must be made, and free themselves while they are still young from their prolonged perplexity by one quick and sublime decision.
A further obstacle to any worthy life is the desire for praise, or for pleasure. The man who is dominated by either of these motives is simply a slave of the opinions or tastes of others. Both of these desires must be, with-out compromise, expelled, and sympathy, which one has always at his command, must take their pace. For, if the lower desires have been cast out and no higher impulses enter, then we have simply an unendurable emptiness in life." When the unclean spirit," says the Gospel, "is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places,seeking rest, and findeth none. . . . Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first."
Thus, at any cost, and even for the sake of one's own soul, one must make it his habit to cultivate love for others, not first of all inquiring whether they deserve that love or not—a question which is often too hard to answer. For without love life is without joy, especially when one has outgrown his youth. Lacking love, we sink into indifference, and indifference passes easily into aversion, and one's aversions so poison life that life is no better than death.
Further, our dislikes must be directed, not against people, but against things. Good and evil are too much mingled in persons to be justly distinguished, and each unjust judgment reads upon those who have permitted themselves to be unjust and embitters their lives. Therefore, permit neither your philosophy nor your experience to crowd out of your life the power to love. Dismiss the preliminary question of another's right to be loved. Love is the only way of keeping one's inner life in peace, and of maintaining an interest in people and in things. Without it, both people and things become by degrees an annoyance and affront. Thus love is, at the same time, the highest worldly wisdom. One who loves is always, though unconsciously, wiser than one who does not. If you incline to say with the poet:
"This is my creed and this will ever be, To love and hate as others may treat me!"
live for a while by this creed, and you will learn soon enough how much of hate and how little of love you are likely to receive.
In all the points thus far indicated, and especially in the last, there is no place for halfway conduct. There must be a complete and absolute decision, with no petty and clever computations of consequences. And in addition to these more decisive rules of habit, there are many smaller ones which go to reinforce and make practicable the larger principles. For instance, there is the Gospel command:"Let the dead bury their dead." The (lead are the best people to do this work. If one refrain from controversy about what is past an d gone, then, one may give himself to. tasks of positive construction,and not merely to treat destructive work which, even if it be essential should be subordinate. Many a me-mortal has been dedicated to those who destroy which should have been reserved for those who fulfil.
And yet, one must not let himself be cheated. He must not even be thought to be easily duped. He must let the would-be clever people know that he reads their thoughts and knows what they are seeking. One may, as I have already said, read such thoughts quite thoroughly ifone be no longer blinded by any selfishness of his own.
Apart from this degree of self-defence, which is so far necessary, the better plan in general is to see the good side of people and o take for granted that there is good in them. Then it not only happens that they often make the effort to be good and become actually better through one's appreciation of them, but it also happens that one is saved from a personal experience of regret or distress. For intercourse with persons whom one recognizes as bad, demoralizes one's own nature, and in the case of sensitive persons may go so far as to have even a physical effect. What is bad needs no severity of criticism or of reproach. In most cases it needs only to be brought to the light. Then, even if the man protest that he is not bad, his conscience judges him. Therefore, when one must blame others, he should proceed with great calmness, speak of the matter without disguise and without glossing, but simply and without passion. Passionate reproaches seldom do good, and good people who lack sympathy are apt to bevery trying. There is a kind of virtuous character not unfamiliar in some Protestant circles which to those who differ from its convictions seems to have no capacity for love. 1t is especially aggravating to young people, so that they often prefer the company of the vicious to that of moral but cold-blooded friends.
Finally, it may not appear possible for you to be equally friendly with everybody. Well, then, discriminate among people, but' always in favor of the humble, the poor, the simple, the uneducated, the children, even the animals and plants. Never, on the other hand, if you desire a quiet mind, seek the favor of important people, and never expect gratitude for condescension to the humble, but count the love they have for you as precious as you do your love for them.
There are many other of these lesser in of good habits which I might still further mention, and if my reader should recall them, he is not to regard them as unrecognized by me. I only invite him, in the first place, to put to pratical use my list as thus far suggested. As he does so, let him notice—as he soon must notice—that it is much more to his purpose to begin practically with one good habit than to begin by making a complete catalogue of all. The real difficulty in this cultivation of good habits --indeed the only difficulty—is in ridding the heart of its natural selfishness. For selfishness is the practical obstacle to good habits, though it may pretend to believe in them. No one who understands himself will deny that there is in every one a curious tendency to moral degeneration. 1t is often something that literally borders on depravity. Now, this inclination to evil is to be conquered only by a superior force; and the whole problem, both of philosophy and of religion,—a problem as old as the world and yet new with each individual,—is summed up in the question:
Where shall I find this superior force which shall make me inclined to goodness and shall renew that spiritual health which is essential for the right conduct of life?"
To this question, there are still given many different answers. Dante, in the famous twenty-seventh canto of the Purgatorio, says:
"When underneath us was the stairway all Run o'er, and we were on the highest step, Virgilius fastened upon me his eyes,
And said:
By intellect and art I here have brought thee.":
By the guidance of reason, then, the traveller has been led to the Holy Mountain, where at last he hears his guide say:
" Take thine own pleasure for thy guide henceforth; Beyond the steep ways and the narrow art thou."
And yet—and here we notice a marked in-consistency in the great mediaeval poet and Paytone+One—it is an angel who bears these mortal souls across the sea and brings them to the foot of this mountain, and another angel repeatedly restrains them from re-turning on their way, even when they have passed the Gate of Grace; and by the diamond threshold, beyond which none may pass without his bidding, sits a third angel, to whom one may approach only by a miracle of God's grace. In all this journey, then, the "intellect and art" which accompany the traveller play, we must confess, a very limited role.
This great question, however, of the moral dynamic is, for the moment, not my theme, and its answer is, I doubt not, to be finally reached only by the way of personal experience. Only this is to be sad one's self-discipline begins with the discipline of the will. First of all comes the definite resolution to pursue one worth end of life with singleness of mind and to turn from all that is opposed to it. Given this decision of the will, and there follows the capacity to act. And this search is not in vain, when one determines to make it a universal and an unreserved search, and to recognize the power that is attained as the only possible proof that the right way has been found. Whatever brings with it no sense of sup-porting, calming, ethical power is not true, and whatever does contribute this power must, at least, have some degree of truth in it. 1n the future, any philosophy of life which proposes to be more effective than our present philosophy must meet this test. All else leads astray.
"Why is it that we shrink away
When death, our friend, draws near some day? We see the shadowy presence stand,
But not the gift within the hand!
So shrinks from love the human heart Is though, like death, love came to part, For where love enters, self must die And lift find love its destiny.
O death of self.! Pass like the night,' And waken us from death to light!"


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The smell of vomit. It seems impossible to remove, but I have the perfect recipes for how to remove the vomit smell from anything. Isn't in the worst feeling as a mom? It is the middle of the night. Suddenly, your child comes down crying because she has thrown up all over her bed. I remember the first major time with Abby like it was yesterday. You feel awful for your child who is experiencing throwing up for the first time in their lives. It's the middle of the night, so you are also battling your own tiredness and have no desire for the stench or the clean-up that you now face. You walk into the room and the smell of vomit greets you immediately. That one night, I remember looking into her bed and seeing puke everywhere. The poor girl had let her stomach go and it covered her favorite stuffed animal, sheets, comforter pillowcase and pillow. Fun times. I do also have to say that I never imagined how much I would get puked on in the face as a mom. OK – So, it's only happened a few times, but that is enough. My problem is that when I can tell my children are really sick, I become very compassionate. I wouldn't say I'm hugely compassionate as a mom in normal circumstances. I'm not a coddler and tell my kids they're strong and brave and try and get it under control. However, there's no other time I feel more compassionate than with a genuinely hurting child over legitimate reasons. So, when my kids are sick, I'll often lay them in my bed and cuddle up close so I can stroke their hair, look at their hurting face and pray for them. That's when it happens. The vomit comes straight for my face. I'm learning. Last time I did this exact thing with Kenzie. Then, I heard her stomach churn, and I jumped up and ran to the kitchen for a bowl. I wasn't in time to catch the throw up, but I was in time to remove myself from getting puked on, so that is good. OK – Back to our story…Abby's things are all covered in vomit in the middle of the night. My husband doesn't do well with the smell of vomit. If I'm not careful, I'll have two pukers on my hand, so I handle it. I get Abby in the tub to wash her off. I get new pajamas and get her into our bed with a bowl and my husband. I head up to the room to take care of the situation. I take the sheets to the bathroom to spray them down in the shower, removing the chunks. Is this too much information yet? Maybe. I just wanted to give you some ideas for dealing with the vomit that enters your own world. Sorry if I'm making you nauseous in the dialogue. The final step (or so I think) is to throw everything in the wash. The next morning, I open the washer just to be visited by the same smell that haunted me the night before. So, I ran the load again. Nothing. I tried a different detergent. No luck. So, I do what any mom does, I complained about it on Facebook. In came my solution. A friend from high school responded with a couple recipes she said would work like magic. Here are the recipes:
How to Clean Sheets and Larger, Washable Items (affiliate links added)
For the sheets and bigger things that can go through the wash try soaking them in a good amount of Borax (it's a laundry booster you can get it at the grocery store) 1 cup or more with your regular detergent. Just let them soak for a couple of hours and them wash them as normal. This was my first introduction to Borax, and it worked like a charm.
For the stuffed animals, clothing and even carpet try this (affiliate links added):
2 cups hydrogen peroxide (the kind you put on cuts)
2 tsp baking soda
2 drops liquid dish soap
Mix it together so the soda dissolves and you can then soak the items in it. It hasn't discolored anything I've used it on (my clothes or our carpet). It may make the smell seem stronger at first, but it's only because it's getting wet again. It really works great. It also works on urine (kid or pet) which what I originally used it for.
I just keep a ton of peroxide and Borax on hand. The peroxide gets out blood and chocolate without bleaching anything and my friend told me about the Borax. I use to keep a bucket in the laundry room when the boys were babies and just fill it with water and the Borax and toss all the things they spit up on and let it soak until I could run the washer(days sometimes). Never had a permanent stain after that.
I was extremely grateful for this recipe because she had thrown up on her favorite stuffed animal that she had since she was a baby. I really wasn't convinced I was going to be able to remove the smell after trying so hard prior to this recipe. This recipe worked on the first try.
So, there you have it. Sorry for such a detailed account. You can just be grateful you have these recipes in your arsenal now.


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The best method for dividing polynomials by binomials is through long division. The first step is to divide the highest degree polynomial term by the highest degree binomial term, writing the result above the division line. This result is then multiplied by the divisor with the resulting binomial subtracted from the polynomial. The remaining polynomial is then divided by the highest degree term of the binomial.Continue Reading
These steps are repeated until the remaining polynomial terms have lower degrees than the binomial. Divisions that result in a remainder can be written in two ways, one of which involves writing the remainder by denoting it with the letter "R." A better way, however is to express the remainder as a fractional number. The remainder is typically the numerator, while the divisor is the numerator of the fraction, which is usually added to the quotient. It is advisable to check the result by multiplying the quotient by the divisor and adding the remainder term. Some polynomials have missing terms, which must be included in the long division in order to obtain a viable answer. Missing terms are typically associated with the value zero, but they are a crucial component of the subtraction step.Learn more about Calculus


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Tampa Bay Rays
Friedman: Rays will seek flexibility in offseason
ST. PETERSBURG - One of the reasons the Tampa Bay Rays didn't pick up the option on designated hitter Luke Scott last week was because it would set off a domino effect that their executive vice president of baseball Andrew Friedman is not quite ready to begin. Or, at least not by locking in Scott – or anyone else – as the designated hitter this early in the offseason. The key to restocking the Rays this winter, as it is every winter, is flexibility. "We're going to maintain as much flexibility as possible," Friedman said.In addition to limited funds, two keys to the Rays' offseason plans will be the pitchers they could include in a trade and Ben Zobrist. It is widely assumed the Rays can dramatically improve the offense by trading either James Shields or David Price, who will make at least a combined $18 million in 2013. Yet Friedman maintains he can keep both pitchers and still improve the offense. He also said he's not anxious to break up the best pitching staff in baseball. Pitching and defense have been the priorities since Friedman took over after the 2005 season. Yet, Friedman said that isn't a hard and fast formula. "Our strengths and weaknesses aren't necessarily a philosophical mindset as much as it is optimizing the guys that we have with the depth that we have and trying to put together the best team that we can," he said. Still, Friedman won't discount the importance of pitching. "I think pitching is something that is a bellwether," he said. "There is no era in baseball where you could ever win without pitching." Zobrist factors into the offseason moves because his ability to play second base, the outfield and now shortstop gives the team more options on defense. As usual, the Rays are looking for help in the middle of the infield. Unlike past years, Zobrist is now a viable option at shortstop, meaning Friedman and his staff can concentrate their efforts on landing a full-time second baseman. Or, they can continue to chase a frontline shortstop knowing they have Zobrist to play second. The Rays would like to have infielder Jeff Keppinger back. But Keppinger, who made $1.525 million in 2012, is one of seven free agents and his return will be governed by the market. The same goes for relief pitchers Kyle Farnsworth ($3.3 million in 2012), Joel Peralta ($2.175 million) and J.P. Howell ($1.35 million). All three have said they want to return, and Friedman is interested in having them back. But offers from other teams – money and length of contract – will factor in to those decisions. The Rays gave B.J. Upton a qualifying offer Friday of one-year, $13.3 million. It's hard to see a scenario where Upton returns, especially when ESPN's Keith Law has Upton ranked as the No. 2 free agent behind pitcher Zack Greinke. The Rays don't seem interested in resigning Carlos Peña ($7 million in 2012) even at a reduced rate, so once again, they are searching for a first baseman. Friedman said he and Scott agreed to "keep the door open" this offseason, yet Scott would have to agree to significantly less than the $6 million he was supposed to get in 2013 during the second year of the two-year contract he signed last offseason. There will be roster turnover. "It's tough to say for sure (how much)," Friedman said. "There are a number of our guys who are now free agents that we'll keep in touch with and to the extent that we can find an overlap with a number of them it will make that turnover less significant. To the extent that we can't, obviously it will be more. It's just a really tough thing to handicap in early November. Our preference is for a number of these guys to return, but it will take some time for it to work out." The Rays will be mentioned this offseason in plenty of trade rumors and linked to a number of free agents like Kevin Youkilis, who can play first base and third base, catchers Mike Napoli, A.J. Pierzynski or outfielder Shane Victorino. Some will be far-fetched. Others could make sense. In a perfect world, the Rays could sign Pierzynski or Napoli – both upgrades over what they now have at catcher – yet the price will impact other moves. And with the way the Rays do business, one move greatly impacts another. "Any one decision we make on a position player is going to then limit what we can do thereafter in terms of fit and role, etcetera," Friedman said, "and we wanted to maintain as much flexibility as we could."
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