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Editor's note: Van Jones is a co-host of CNN's "Crossfire," which airs weeknights at 6:30 ET. He is president and founder of Rebuild the Dream, an online platform focusing on policy, economics and media. He was President Barack Obama's green jobs adviser in 2009. He is also founder of Green for All, a national organization working to build a green economy. Follow him on Twitter @VanJones68. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.
(CNN) -- Sometimes the hardest thing is to say "no" to a friend. All the more reason to applaud the bravery of Lee Saunders and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
A few months ago, the United Negro College Fund accepted a $25 million grant from Charles and David Koch to support scholarships for minority students. It raised more than a few eyebrows. After all, everyone -- including me -- reveres the college fund. Its contribution to the cause of equal opportunity is legendary.
But few people still alive have done more to promote policies that hurt African-Americans than the Koch brothers.
The Koch brothers are one of the most prominent funders of organizations that work to restrict early voting and registration and effectively disenfranchise African-Americans. They oppose the minimum wage, which would disproportionately help black workers. They are spending millions to lie to the public about climate disruption, which hurts the most vulnerable communities first.
In other words, the Koch brothers' agenda is great for African-Americans -- so long as we do not want to vote, make a living or avoid our homes being swept away in a flood.
It is one thing to accept money from dubious sources. One could argue -- convincingly -- that the college fund was taking money from a bad source and doing something good with it.
But the breaking point came a few weeks ago when United Negro College Fund President Michael Lomax appeared at a Koch brothers' retreat in California. The public stated purpose of this event was to build support for the Koch brothers' various political causes. The moment he stepped through the door, Lomax lent the his organization's good name to a radical agenda that causes untold damage to African-Americans.
All this was too much for AFSCME, a predominantly African-American union with a long civil rights track record that had partnered with the United Negro College Fund for years in giving out scholarships. Last month, Saunders sent Lomax a letter ending their partnership.
It was a tough decision, no doubt -- but it was the right one. (Full disclosure: AFSCME once made a donation to Rebuild the Dream, an organization that I lead.)
I am all for education. That is one of the reasons I helped start #YesWeCode, an initiative to teach computer science to black, brown and low-income young people. I am the first to point out how much brilliance and creativity our nation is losing by failing to uplift youth from low-opportunity backgrounds. That's why I am usually such a huge fan of the United Negro College Fund.
But the Koch money seems to have come with strings attached. The funds are earmarked only for young people with "an interest in the study of how entrepreneurship, economics, and innovation contribute to well-being for individuals, communities, and society." To many, that sounds like the Koch brothers are restricting the funds only to students who adopt the Koch's economic and political views. Koch representatives will even help choose which students qualify for scholarships.
It is also worth noting that AFSCME did not end its support for minority scholarships. The union will still give just as much money to young scholars as it always has -- just through other channels. It is simply choosing not to partner with a group that is lending a helping hand to those whose political views most African-Americans detest.
After all, according to documents reported by The Progressive and the Center for Media and Discovery, Charles Koch was once a member of the John Birch Society, the far-right group that so opposed the civil rights movement that it declared the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. a communist. And that one of the speakers at the Koch retreat was Charles Murray of the notorious "The Bell Curve," a book he co-authored that argued blacks and Latinos were innately less intelligent than whites and Asians, and to blame for every social injustice they face.
Endorsing these views in exchange for scholarship funding is not worth it. It is not two steps forward, one step back. It is half a step forward, then go sit in the back of the bus.
Lomax and the United Negro College Fund may not agree. Conservatives definitely do not -- Rush Limbaugh tactfully likened the college fund to slaves and AFSCME to slaveholders. But AFSCME has an obligation to its members not to align itself with this kind of behavior.
It is harder to say "no" to a friend than an enemy. But in this case, the hard path was also the right one.
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April 8, 2011
Santa Barbara, Calif - Coming off an upset at the hands of No. 15 Pacific on Thursday night, the No. 6 Gauchos dished out an upset of their own on Senior Night at the Thunderdome, defeating the Stanford Cardinal by a score of 3-1. Game scores were 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 25-16. With the win, the Gauchos record improves to 14-12, 11-9 in MPSF play, while Stanford falls to 17-8, 13-7 MPSF. UCSB was a led by a pair of seniors on Senior Night, outside hitter Jeff Menzel and opposite Cullen Irons both recorded season highs in kills woth 26 and 23, respectively. Senior setter Vince Devany also benefitted from the strong play from the outsides, finishing with 58 assists, his second-highest total on the year.
If the playoffs would have started before today's matches, UCSB would have drawn Stanford in its quarterfinal match. Falling to the Cardinal in a tight, five-set match back in February, the Gauchos looked eager this time to prove they could top Stanford from the word "go."
Though nobody knew Jeff Menzel's first set was just a prelude of what was to come, it was still something to be reckoned with. Jeff recorded 7 kills on 9 attacks with no errors (hitting or serving), for one of his cleanest games of the year. Senior setter Vince Devany compiled 15 assists in the first frame, which ended on a strong attack from Irons that ricocheted off of the Stanford defensive wall and into the stands. The Gauchos hit a fluid .393 as a team, and held Stanford to just a .240 hitting percentage.
Though the Gauchos dropped the second set, they rallied back from the jaws of defeat to make it competitive. Down 24-20, the Gauchos rode a service clinic from senior outside hitter Trey Valbuena, who recorded a key late service ace that made the match 24-23 before a Spencer McLachlin kill ended UCSB's hopes of a comeback. Irons still managed to rack up six kills in the frame, while Menzel collected another seven.
The third set was one of the tightest frames the Gauchos have participated in all year. From 8-8 to 19-19, the teams virtually traded every point back and forth before UCSB was able to distance itself after a couple Stanford miscues coupled with another strong set from outsides Menzel and Irons, who tallied six and seven kills in the set, respectively.
The decisive fourth set was somewhat of a departure from the rest of the match. Before the fourth set, no lead had grown above four for either team. The Gauchos appeared to run away with the game following a pair of impressive blocks from senior middle blocker Scott Slaughter, who had an impressive game of his own, even though it was buried in the stat sheet behind Menzel's and Iron's numbers. Scott finished with eight kills on just 10 attacks with a single error, finished with a .700 hitting percentage and chipping in four blocks, which tied him with sophomore Dylan Davis for the team lead. Menzel saved his best for last in the final set, recording eight kills, including the game clincher.
Asked about his teams 'Jekyll and Hyde' play, Head Coach Rick McLaughlin said "I can't explain it. We let one go last night, but we got at it tonight and I'm real proud of this win. When these two teams get together, we play some great matches."
The Gauchos finish up their regular season by heading south to take on MPSF rivals Pepperdine and USC on the road.
Launched in January of 2009, the BE Great initiative is dedicated to maximizing leadership ability, strong on-campus interaction and general welfare for all 450 student-athletes and Intercollegiate Athletics staff at UC Santa Barbara. BE Great also focuses on personal and career development, diversity and social awareness and ensuring academic success. UCSB boasts an 83% student-athlete graduation rate.
As a championship-caliber program, UCSB Athletics recognizes the responsibility that goes with it. This simply means all student-athletes, staff and fans will behave with a champion's approach, creating a safe environment at games and events. All of those who attend, compete or work at Gaucho events are caretakers of the passionate, exciting and great experience that UCSB is known for. This is The Gaucho Way.
Gauchos Stun No. 3 Stanford on Senior Night
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Album reviews: Kanye West, Mavis Staples, Bosnian Rainbows, more
2 1/2 stars
Just when Kanye West's tabloid-titillating stunts and outlandish verbalities make you ready to finally bail on him, the Chicago-born rapper drops a game-changing bomb like "Yeezus" that turns him from sap to saint in a single 4/4 beat. The 10-track set -- executive produced by Grammy Award-winner and early rap pioneer Rick Rubin -- is bona fide next-level, high-concept hip-hop, an adventurous amalgam of EDM, industrial rock, vintage Chicago acid house and cutting-edge drill music, with dashes of Jamaican dancehall and classic soul thrown in via samples of Nina Simon's "Strange Fruit," Ponderosa Twins Plus One's "Bound" and vocal hooks by Charlie Wilson ("Bound 2") and Frank Ocean ("New Slaves"). Declaring himself "a monster about to come alive again," West kicks things off on a characteristically confrontational note with "On Sight" and "Black Skinhead," two of "Yeezus'" three collaborations with Daft Punk (though the latter also cops Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People" beat). For all of its sonic ambitions, in fact, "Yeezus" is downright minimal, from its length (just over 40 minutes) to jarring arrangements that at times employ nothing but beats and, at several junctures, jar the listener by shifting into fuller musical snippets. Lyrically, West is characteristically irreverent, unapologetic and attitudinal, filling the songs with chest-thumping braggadocio, racial politics, persecution complexes and flippant references (the American Parkinsons Disease Association is already clamoring for an apology). But in West's world, as he raps, "it's leaders and its followers." He's always led with his chin, and he's not about to change that now.
Mavis Staples
"One True Vine"
3 stars
Mavis Staples and Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy certainly did good things last time out, on 2010's Grammy Award-winning "You Are Not Alone," and there's no attempt to change much on its follow-up. The tone is again rootsy, earthy and gospel reverential -- if a bit darker this time out -- and amidst Tweedy's careful handling, especially on the choral vocal arrangements, Staples slays versions of Low's "Holy Ghost" and Funkadelics' joyful "Can't You Get to That," as well as late father Pop Staples' soul-lifting "I Like The Things About Me." And she fills Tweedy's "Jesus Wept" with raw, yearning emotion. It's a somewhat different kind of sonic church than Staples Singers fans might be used to, but it's certainly another rich, ecumenical experience.
New & Noteworthy:
Amon Amarth, "Deceiver of the Gods" (Metal Blade): Former Candlemass singer Messiah Marcolin guests on the ninth studio album by the Swedish death metal group.
August Burns Red, "Rescue & Restore" (Solid State): The Pennsylvania headbangers ramp up the aggression on their sixth album.
Big Star, "Nothing Can Hurt Me" (Omnivore): This 21-track companion to the documentary of the same name features previously unreleased versions of some of the Memphis group's classic songs.
Bosnian Rainbows, "Bosnian Rainbows" (Sargent House/RLP): The full-length debut by the new band founded by At the Drive-In/Mars Volta alumnus Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.
Chthonic, "Bu-Tik" (Spinefarm): The Taiwanese metal band return to Swedish producer Rickard Bengtsson, who also helmed 2011's "Takasago Army."
Natalie Cole, "En Espanol" (Verve/Universal): Cole taps into the bi-lingual heritage of her father, Nat King Cole, and duets with Andrea Bocelli on the classic "Besame Mucho."
Forever The Sickest Kids, "J.A.C.K." (Fearless): The Dallas punk rockers move to a new label and debut a couple of new members on their third studio album.
Havok, "Unnatural Selection" (Candlelight): The third album by the Denver thrash metal quartet features new bassist Matt Leon.
India.Arie, "Songversation" (Soulbird/Motown): The earthy singer-songwriter co-produced her first new album in four years, recording the 16-track set in Atlanta and Los Angeles.
Jane's Addiction, "Live in NYC" (UMe): The iconic group's new concert CD and DVD captures the quartet in the Big Apple during 2011, accompanied by airborne dancers and trapeze artists.
Alicia Keys, "VH1 Storytellers" (RCA): The R&B/pop diva talks about some of her favorites -- including "No One," "Fallin'" and "Girl on Fire" -- on CD, DVD and Blu-ray.
Bob Marley, "Legend Remixed" (Island/UMe): The reggae great's greatest songs are overhauled here by sons Ziggy and Stephen as well as Z-Trip, My Morning Jacket's Jim James and others.
Bret Michaels, "Jammin' With Friends" (Poor Boy): The Poison frontman loads his latest solo effort with pals such as Jimmy Buffett, Mark McGrath, Miley Cyrus, Loretta Lynn and members of Aerosmith, Kiss, Def Leppard and, of course, Poison.
Willie Nile, "American Ride" (Loud & Proud): The American songwriting treasure funded his latest release through PledgeMusic.com.
Palms, "Palms" (Ipecac): The debut outing by the new group formed by deftones frontman Cino Moreno and three members of the fellow metal group Isis.
Royksopp, "Late Night Tales" (Late Night Tales): The Swedish electronic duo is the latest act to take part in this adventurous mix series, stirring together songs by XTC, Thomas Dolby, the Little River Band and more and including its cover of Depeche Mode's "Ice Machine."
Scorpion Child, "Scorpion Child" (Nuclear Blast): The debut outing from the headbanging Austin, Texas, quintet that will be part of this summer's Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival lineup.
Skillet, "Rise" (Word/Atlantic): The Christian hard rockers from Memphis experiment with a few new styles and flavors on their ninth album.
Slum Village, "Evolution" (Ne'Astra): The Detroit rap troupe gets help from pals Jazzy Jeff, Big Pooh, Blu and Mobb Deep's Havoc on this 12-song set overseen by co-founder T3.
Smith Westerns, "Soft Will" (Mom + Pop): The Chicago indie rockers go from quartet to trio for their third album.
Transplants, "In a War Zone" (Epitaph): The third studio set from the all-star punk group featuring blink-182's Travis Barker, Rancid's Tim Armstrong and Death March's Rob Aston.
Various Artists, "Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle" (Nonesuch): Rufus and Martha Wainwright lead this tribute to their late mother, which also features Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones and others, with proceeds going to the Kate McGarrigle Foundation.
Wale, "Gifted" (Maybach/Atlantic): The Washington, D.C., rapper's third album is filled with guests, including Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, Cee-Lo Green, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz and ... Jerry Seinfeld!
Susan Werner, "Hayseed" (Sleeve Dog/Thirty Tigers): The heartland singer-songwriter reflects on her Iowa farm roots and American agriculture in general on this conceptual set.
Yellowjackets, "Rise in the Road" (Mack Avenue): The veteran jazz fusion group starts a new era with the departure of co-founder Jimmy Haslip and the arrival of Felix Pastorious.
From The Vaults: Allman Brothers Band, "Brothers & Sisters 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition" (UMe); Merry Clayton, "The Best of Merry Clayton" (Ode/Legacy); Dio, "Magica (Deluxe Edition)" (Niji); Steve Earle, "The Warner Bros. Years" (Shout! Factory); Jerry Garcia Band, "Vol. 2-Garcialive: August 5th 1990" (ATO); Moody Blues, "Timeless Flight" (UMe); Swimming Pool Q's, "1984-1986: The A&M Years" (Bar None); Sylvester, "Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits" (Fantasy); Train, "California 37: Mermaid of Alcatraz Tour Edition" (Columbia); Bobby Whitlock, "Where There's a Will There's a Way: ABC-Dunhill" (Future Days)
Soundtracks: Chris Tilton, "Fringe: Season 5" (Varese)


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Online resources
From ForensicsWiki
There are lots of web sites that can provide valuable information for forensic investigators. (This page will probably be broken into categories eventually...)
WHOIS Queries
The WHOIS Service can be used to find the owner of a domain. Sometimes this is only sufficient to find the registrar for a domain, but even that is a start.
The SamSpade web site also offers several WHOIS related searches
Sample Cases
One of the most difficult things for new investigators is finding sample cases to work on.
- The HoneyNet Project has several forensics challenges online. These include the "Scan of Month", "The Reverse Challenge," and "The Forensic Challenge." The last one asked entrants to examine a complete RedHat Linux system for information. All of these challenges include complete solutions.
Web Page Archives
Web page archives can give the investigator a look at what a web page used to look like. The most well known is the Google cache, but here are some others:
- The Internet Archive's WayBack Machine can produce a nicely formatted page showing how a web site looked on certain dates. For example, the history of yahoo.com's homepage gives a nice history lesson. The machine records both main pages and subpages. For example, note the changes in time between Jesse Kornblum's Yahoo! profile.


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Broos Campbell
Book 3: Hardcover first edition.
Book 2: Hardcover first edition.
Book 1: Trade paperback edition.
Book 1: Hardcover first edition.
Selected Works
The Matty Graves novels
Book 1: No Quarter
Midshipman Matty Graves must choose between family and duty.
"Refreshingly cynical."
—Jonathan Lunn
Book 2: The War of Knives
Acting-Lieutenant Matty Graves gets caught up in the Haitian Revolution in 1800. Mayhem ensues!
"[N]ever dull . . ."
—Madison Smartt Bell
Book 3: Peter Wicked
Matty seizes the opportunity to make a name and fortune for himself—even if it means destroying those closest to him.
"[U]nusual, if somewhat jaundiced . . ."
Library Journal
Errors after the fact
Lubber's Glossary
Seamen's terms in landsmen's language
Haitian Timeline
Nautical info bits
Sailing distances around Haďti
How far it is from here to there, by sea, in English statute miles.
Officers' uniforms
Public domain stuff—I didn't write this.
Yep, still maps
Quick Links
E-mail the author
History of the Washington Navy Yard
History of Baltimore on Web Roots
Directoire headgear
Empire headgear
Costumer's Manifesto: Regency and Empire fashions
Project Gutenberg
War of 1812 (Theodore Roosevelt)
1812 and All That
Free online glossaries and dictionaries
Text-book of Seamanship (1834)
Wreck of H.M.S. Wager, 1741
Anglo-American folk songs
French sea songs
Cyclopaedia (1728)
Jack Aubrey's commands
U of Texas historical maps library
Stephen Decatur
NOAA charts
American Coast Pilot, 1796 edition (PDF)
American Coast Pilot, 1800 edition (PDF)
American Coast Pilot, 1822 edition
Sailing directions for Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands, 1958
McBooks Press
Jeffersonianism and 19th Century American Maritime Defense Policy (PDF)
Sea flags
A guy what knows a lot about colonial Haiti
The Matty Graves Novels
American sea adventures in the age of fighting sail.
United States
, engraving after a drawing by Master William Brady, USN. From the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
The Matty Graves novels chronicle the adventures of a young officer during the early years of the U.S. Navy. The first three books take place in the Caribbean during the Quasi War, the undeclared naval conflict with France that hotted up in 1798 and petered out in 1801. There were a couple of significant frigate duels, but most of the action involved snatching up each other's merchantmen and suppressing privateers.
Which isn't to say it was dull. When you send out a bunch of young men with guns and swords and tell them to have at it, there's bound to be blood for breakfast some days.


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Garbed in the trademark purple of St. Augustine High School, more than 500 students, parents and other supporters of the 7th Ward institution's use of corporal punishment marched this morning on an Archdiocese of New Orleans office to deliver a message to Archbishop Gregory Aymond, who has called on school officials to abandon the 60-year disciplinary practice.
They posted these demands on the locked door to the Walmsley Avenue office building: Retract statements linking St. Augustine students to violence; be transparent in investigating the punishment policy; and allow respective dialogue on the issue.
The archbishop "is trying to fix something that's not broken, and he's going about it in the wrong way," Jacob Washington, student body president at St. Augustine, said during Saturday's march.
"No parent was ever upset. No student was ever upset. No alum was ever upset," Disciplinarian Sterling Fleury said. "We just want to run our program the way it's been run for the past 60 years.'
Aymond has said
, runs counter to both Catholic teaching and good educational practice, and violates local archdiocesan school policy. The Josephite trustees, who founded the school, imposed a temporary paddling ban last year, in circumvention of local school board wishes.
In a
, Aymond held his ground and prayed for a "peaceful resolution" to the dispute. He said another meeting on the matter is planned in the coming week.
"Today's march is another indication of the great passion of the St. Augustine High School community for their school. I share their passion for the school and its success; we disagree only on the issue of corporal punishment," Aymond said in part.
"I am totally committed to continued dialogue with members of the St. Aug community and the Josephites in order to resolve this issue in a spirit of Christian reconciliation," he said.
In a weekly video address to the Catholic community pasted this month to the archdiocese's website, Aymond unveiled an upcoming church initiative to counter the street violence and murder rate in New Orleans, then pivoted to the subject of St. Augustine.
Some viewers said they saw that as an implied linkage between St. Augustine alumni and street crime, and Aymond later apologized for any unintended suggestion that St. Augustine's discipline had anything to do with crime.
The Rev. John Raphael, the president of St. Augustine, has said the issue is not as much about the wooden paddle as about the rights of African-American parents to educate and discipline their children in their own traditions.
"It's not about the paddle, it's about the right to self-govern," Warren Johnson, a 1981 alumnus of St. Augustine, said Saturday.
St. Augustine has been identified by the Center for Effective Discipline as the lone outlier among Catholic schools still embracing corporal punishment.


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We had the pleasure of visiting Tarte's offices in New York recently to meet with Maureen Kelly and her team. If you're a frequent QVC-er (as we are), you probably feel like you already know Maureen. We certainly felt that way, so it was very exciting to meet with her face-to-face and talk Tarte beauty. She's a breath of fresh air in person, and her passion for natural beauty is very apparent. She even volunteered to take off her heels for this photo because I was joking that I felt so short standing next to her!
While we were there, we got a sneak peek of future Tarte launches and let us tell you, you are going to swoon once you see what they have in store for us! One new product that Maureen will launch on QVC May 27 is the PureOptic Long-Wear Lipstick. It well sell as a trio, for $38, and include the shades Rose, Nude and Berry. We have a preview of the Rose and Nude shades, which we've been testing out and loving.
These colors are so flattering and they're just a smidge off of your natural lip color. I'm partial to the Nude and Carla the Rose. They are indeed long-wearing, so you won't need to worry about these coming off with a cup of coffee or even a meal.The PureOptics remind me of a more moisturizing version of NARS Pure Matte Lipsticks, which is a formula I quite like. These don't have a mattifying effect, rather more of a satin finish. They give a very polished look, and I can see these working great for a woman with aging lips because they seem to remove any lines and just polish you up! The twist-up tube is very convenient and there's no fragrance or scent in sight.
If PureOptic interests you, tune in to see Maureen on QVC Friday, May 27 from 1-2 a.m., 3-4 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. (eastern times).
**Edited Update 5/30: This product debuted only during QVC Friday Night Beauty on May 27, and won't be available online. Stay tuned for when it may come back! Sorry guys!


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Steyer struggles to find big donors
Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is falling far short on his pledge to raise $50 million in outside money to make climate change a midterm-election weapon against the GOP.
His super PAC, NextGen Climate Action, has raised just $1.2 million from other donors toward that goal, according to still-unreleased figures that his aides shared with POLITICO. And he appears to be struggling to woo wealthy allies in his effort to compete with big-money conservative donors — leading some supporters to question whether his fundraising goal is realistic.
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So far, the only really big donor to the Steyer cause is Steyer himself.
The numbers show just how hard it may be for Steyer to persuade rich liberals to spend their millions on climate change while voters focus on the economy, immigration and Obamacare. They also call into question whether Steyer can really become the big-money titan in Democratic politics — a counterweight to the dominance that deep-pocketed donors like the Koch brothers have achieved in conservative circles.
( POLITICO Magazine: How climate change changed Steyer)
Steyer, a former hedge fund executive, caused a stir in February with his plans to spend a total of $100 million or more to make climate change a top-tier election issue — at least $50 million from his own fortune, plus $50 million from outside donors. But several major Democratic donors have quietly expressed resentment about the effort to seek outside cash, grumbling that it smacks of self-aggrandizement and noting that Steyer has enough money to fund the entire campaign himself.
Some donors complain that Steyer isn't offering would-be check writers the high-level courtship they've come to expect, instead delegating much of the schmoozing to top advisers. In addition, anyone donating to Steyer's super PAC would risk being drawn into the fierce attacks that conservative groups are trying to mount on the billionaire's credibility.
More than a half-dozen other wealthy, green-minded donors either declined to comment or did not respond to inquiries from POLITICO about whether they will donate to Steyer's cause. Several said they were still considering their options.
Steyer's group strongly pushed back on the characterizations of his outreach efforts, with one of his top advisers, veteran political strategist Chris Lehane, saying Steyer has devoted considerable attention to interacting with donors. "If the question is whether or not Tom is directly meeting with and talking to donors at an individual level — he has spent an enormous amount of personal time," Lehane wrote in an email Wednesday. He said NextGen is "working as partners with almost all of the major Democratic players/entities."
( Also on POLITICO: The 'war on coal' in West Virginia)
Some Steyer allies remain confident that more money will roll in as the midterms get closer.
"We don't have the entire board of directors of a coal company to donate on this, but I think you're going to see more and more people involved," said Florida attorney Mitchell Berger, who is a former adviser to Al Gore and whose wife went to college with Steyer. Berger has donated $10,000 to NextGen Climate Action.
Steyer hopes to turn global warming into a major issue in seven Senate and gubernatorial races this year, by boosting Democrats who have strong environmental records and by making climate skepticism a liability for Republicans.
He says the climate fight has nothing to do with promoting himself. In an op-ed this week for POLITICO Magazine, he called climate change "truly the most pressing issue we face, and one that if not addressed will have profound consequences for our kids." He has also drawn powerful environmentalist allies who have come to his defense amid recent criticism.
NextGen aides insist Steyer is willing to bankroll the group's activities with or without major commitments from other wealthy greens — he has already sunk at least $11 million into the 2014 cycle. But they're also ramping up plans to rake in more cash.
Steyer's super PAC is setting up meetings with donors this summer in which aides will present detailed plans for the group's seven state-based campaigns, according to NextGen sources. It's also pushing ahead with political splashes in states like Pennsylvania, where it began airing television ads last week attacking Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's ties to the oil and gas industry.
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Asked whether the $50 million goal was realistic, one NextGen official said, "It's a fair question, and we really won't know the answer until we see where we are later this summer."
"Are we meeting with people who have the wherewithal to do that? Yes," the official said. "Is there interest? Yes. But these are folks who, unlike the Republican side, have an understandable philosophical concern about the role money plays in the political process — even if it is in support of progressive goals."
In its most recent filing with the Federal Election Commission, NextGen Climate Action reported raising $7.3 million from Jan. 1 through June 4, with almost all of that money coming from Steyer. Only $210,000 in major contributions came from outside donors, including Berger's money — and $100,000 apiece from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and former Goldman Sachs executive Larry Linden.
NextGen aides told POLITICO that outside donations to the super PAC have increased to about $1.2 million since the last filing deadline, a total that will be reflected when the group files upcoming reports with the FEC. Aides said the total exceeds $4.48 million if you add in donations to other Steyer-affiliated groups, including a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that doesn't have to disclose its contributors. Money donated to the nonprofit has helped fund the group's advocacy work opposing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, among other things.
Those may be large sums for a typical environmental PAC. But it's still far short of Steyer's eye-popping target, which aimed to change the game of election-year politics and climate change.
One Steyer supporter, Chicago-area environmental activist and philanthropist Wendy Abrams, said she didn't know if the billionaire could raise $50 million from outside donors, noting that only a "limited pool of people" are willing to fork over big bucks on climate change. Still, she thinks Steyer will be effective whether he woos donors or not.
"Regardless of the numbers, I think he's effective. Just having the voice out there," she said. "The splash that he's made has sent a wave through campaigns."


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This romanticized Frankenstein story is a shocking musical with a rocking score.
The story of a Bat Boy living in a West Virginia cave — illustrated with a photoshopped baby picture — amazed America in 1992 when published by Weekly World News, which bills itself as The World's Only Reliable News. Playwrights Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming shared the popular fascination, and a gothic science fiction began stewing in their minds.
Five years later, with the help of composer/lyricist Laurence O'Keefe, their romanticized Frankenstein story — a sort of Edward Scissorhands meets Dracula and Liza Doolittle — became a hit musical with a shocking book and rocking score.
Now, Beverly van Joolen and Colonial Players shake up staid Annapolis with a five-star production and an all-star cast exultant in pathos, religiosity, hypocrisy and tasteful debauchery.
Ron Giddings as Bat Boy/Edgar is phenomenal, embodying his character's mutations with curled extremities, nasal mewling, haunted eyes and adorably creepy ears. Yanked from his subterranean home, he lives like a curiosity with the family of Hope Falls' veterinarian Dr. Parker (Chris Patton), suspended arms folded from his cage or flitting to the tabletop. Starved for love and blood, he is dependent on the charitable Parkers, who transform him from a bald beast to a civilized boy.
The virginal missus, Meredith Parker (Wendy Baird), mothers and tutors him as she sings A Home for You, feeding him people food he retches. Meanwhile, the villainous doctor secretly feeds his bloodlust and plots his destruction even as sister Shelley (Paige Miller) learns to love him.
Despite good intentions, proclaimed in the song Christian Charity, townsfolk are not so accepting.
Edgar alienated the locals right off the bat by biting young Ruthie Taylor (Emma Panek), who with brothers Rick (Nathan Bowen) and Ron (Corey Jeweler) discovered him in the cave. She's been languishing in the hospital ever since. There Mrs. Taylor (Alicia Sweeney) croons Mrs. Taylor's Lullaby to her with the comic shrillness of Edith Bunker. Hormone-crazed Rick seethes, in Whatcha Wanna Do?, over Edgar's place in Shelley's home and heart.
Meanwhile, Edgar's Pygmalion-like transformation — mastering English with a British accent no less, singing Show You a Thing or Two — proves fantastic and fatal. Sheriff Reynolds (Scott Nichols), Mayor Maggie (Debbie Barber-Eaton) and citizens (Bronwyn van Joolen, Shannon Benil, Sam Cush, Kendra Penn and Shirley Panek) can't warm up to the freak in formalwear.
When Edgar crashes a church revival where the Rev. Hightower (Lynn Garretson) raises the roof with Christian love, singing A Joyful Noise, Edgar's earnest prayer for healing in Let Me Walk Among You is thwarted by Dr. Parker's slanderous lies. Thus, the Bat Boy becomes the scapegoat for the community's woes.
He and Shelley flee to the woods where Pan (John Hamli), sublime in fur and codpiece, presides over their coupling amid an animalistic orgy. His song is Children, Children. The couple quarrel over their future together in Inside Your Heart before her parents discover them and resolve the mystery of Edgar's history (via a video projection to onstage scrims) to determine the couple's fate.
It's macabre, zany, sweet and ridiculous with rousing tunes like Hold Me, Bat Boy that you'll continue humming all weekend. The entire cast delivers in this biting social commentary. Miller and Giddings will break your heart with their harmonies and humanity, while Hamli and Garretson astound with their powerhouse vocals. Baird and Bowen display comic genius in their singing and acting roles.
Colonial's most technically intensive project to date, Bat Boy employs four types of LED lights, colored strobes, center stage floating projections, fire, smoke, fog, a mirror ball and moving sound. Even the program, in tabloid format, delivers with flashy headlines and bat-themed trivia.
You'll have to see this extraordinary two hours and 15 minutes to believe it.
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According to the Masoretic Text of the Old Testament[1] Goliath was six cubits and a span tall, 3.2 metres (9 feet, 6 inches), if measured by the 18 inch cubit, and 3.5 metres (just over 11 feet), if the 21 inch cubit is used. This is a height which is not only highly unlikely for any Iron Age man,[2] but far beyond what would have been considered a giant at the time.
The New English Translation (2005), describes Goliath's height as just under seven feet, significantly below the traditional height.[3] A footnote in the NET explains the textual basis on which the translation committee made its decision.[4]
The evidence of the Masoretic Text is dated very late,[5] though this reading can be found in some earlier Greek translations of the Old Testament,[6] as well as the Latin Vulgate.[7] However, the textual evidence for a shorter height is more significant, being found in the oldest Greek and Hebrew texts.[8] [9]
- The LXX:[10] 6 feet, 9 inches
- 4QSama: [11] 6 feet, 9 inches
- Josephus:[12] 6 feet, 9 inches
- Lucian recension:[13] 6 feet, 9 inches
- Codex Vaticanus:[14] 6 feet, 9 inches
- Codex Alexandrinus:[15] 6 feet, 9 inches
Some object that Goliath's weapons and armour make little sense for a warrior shorter than the traditional reading.[16] However, such objections are not well founded.[17] [18]
Modern scholarship prefers the reading of the earliest texts.[19] A man of this height would still have been considered a giant in the Iron Age.[20] Some reference sources cite medical conditions such as acromegaly[21] which could have resulted in the height in the Masoretic Text,[22] a suggestion found even in some professional medical works.[23]
Although possible, it is unlikely such a man would have been an effective warrior given the disabilities typical of such conditions,[24] and since acromegaly affects humans in middle age it would have been very rarely seen given the average Iron Age life expectancy of less than 40 years.[25] [26]
[1] The medieval Hebrew text on which almost all modern English translations of the Old Testament are based.
[2] 'Archaeology has shown that the heroes buried in the "royal tombs" at Mycenae were 1.76-1.80 mtr. tall, while the height of the average man at that period (according to the skeletons excavated) was 1.64 mtr. both in the Aegean lands and in Canaan.', Margalith, 'The Sea Peoples in the Bible', p. 49 (1994).
[3] 1 Samuel 17:4 Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.
[4] '7 tc Heb "his height was six cubits and a span" (cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV). A cubit was approximately eighteen inches, a span nine inches. So, according to the Hebrew tradition, Goliath was about nine feet, nine inches tall (cf. NIV, CEV, NLT "over nine feet"; NCV "nine feet, four inches"; TEV "nearly 3 metres"). However, some Greek witnesses, Josephus, and a manuscript of 1 Samuel from Qumran read "four cubits and a span" here, that is, about six feet, nine inches (cf. NAB "six and a half feet"). This seems more reasonable; it is likely that Goliath's height was exaggerated as the story was retold. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 286, 291.', NET, footnote on 1 Samuel 17:4 (1st ed. 2005).
[5]'What is the evidence for the variant which reads six cubits and a span (9'9″)? All of the manuscripts of the MT have this reading. However, one should keep in mind that the earliest MT manuscript evidence that we have for 1 Samuel is the Aleppo Codex, produced in AD 935. Likewise, the Leningrad Codex, the Hebrew manuscript on which BHK and BHS are based, and thus the major Hebrew text on which most of our English OT versions are based, was completed in AD 1010. Thus there is no extant Hebrew text any earlier than AD 935 that puts Goliath at six cubits and a span.', Hays, 'Reconsidering the Height of Goliath', Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (48.5.705), (2005).
[6]'However, the variant reading "six cubits and a span" is probably much older than these MT manuscripts. Symmachus, for example, reflects the six cubits and a span height in his translation. Symmachus was a Jew who around AD 200 prepared a Greek translation of the OT for the Jewish community in Caesarea of Palestine. His goal was to produce a Greek translation that was an accurate translation of the Hebrew.7 The fact that he gives Goliath's height as six cubits and a span is strong evidence that this variant reading was already present in the proto-MT or Vorlage to the MT, that is, the Hebrew text tradition that by this time had become the standardized text of the Jews. Likewise, Origen, in his Greek translation found in the fifth column of his Hexapla, includes the longer version of 1-2 Samuel found in the MT and also lists Goliath's height as six cubits and a span.', ibid., p. 705.
[7]'Jerome's fourth-century AD Latin translation (the Vulgate), which appears to follow the Hebrew proto-MT faithfully, likewise puts Goliath at six cubits and a span. The Vulgate gradually grew in popularity in the Western churches and eventually became the "received text" for the Western churches, thus codifying the 9'9″ giant into Western culture.', ibid., p. 705.
[8]'However, the textual evidence for the variant reading of "four cubits and a span" is significantly stronger.', ibid., p. 706; Hays (pp. 705-706), notes that Codex Venetus, an 8th century manuscript (also known as 'Codex Venetus 5', a Greek manuscript of the Old and New Testaments), has the reading 'five cubits and a span' (8 feet 3 inches), but dismisses this as a rogue reading unsupported by any other textual evidence.
[9]'Thus the textual witnesses for the variant that cites Goliath's height at four cubits and a span (6'9″) include: (1) 4QSama, the oldest extant Hebrew manuscript for this text; (2) Vaticanus, the oldest complete Greek codex of the Bible; (3) Josephus, a non-biblical first-century ad reference; (4) the Lucian Greek recension, a third-century ad witness; and (5) other early codices such as Alexandrinus.', ibid., p. 705.
[10]Commonly known as the 'Septuagint', a Greek translation of the Old Testament, completed no later than the mid-2nd century BCE.
[11]One of the Hebrew copies of the book of Samuel found among the 'Dead Sea Scrolls', this text contains 1-2 Samuel, and although parts of the text are damaged, 1 Samuel 17:3-6 is not; this text dates to around 50 BCE and is the oldest Hebrew copy of this part of 1 Samuel, so it is significant that it has the shorter height.
[12] Josephus, 'Antiquities of the Jews', 6.171 (1st century CE); Josephus was a 1st century Jewish historian, and although it is not likely that Josephus had access to historical records of Goliath other than the Biblical texts, the height he gives demonstrates that this was already recorded in the Hebrew Bible by his day, long before the taller height.
[13] This is an early 3rd century revision of the LXX text.
[14] A significant 4th century Greek manuscript containing almost all of the Old and New Testaments.
[15] A significant 5th century Greek manuscript containing almost all of the Old and New Testaments.
[16] 'Some commentators point to the huge size of Goliath's spear, "with a shaft like a weaver's beam" and "a point that weighed six hundred shekels" (about 15 pounds) and conclude that this huge spear size argues for a nine and a half foot tall Goliath. Likewise, they underscore the massive weight of his armor (125-130 pounds) and conclude that the size of the armor fits better with a 9'9″ giant than with a 6'9″ warrior.', Hays, 'Reconsidering the Height of Goliath', Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (48.5.708), (2005).
[17] 'However, first of all, the text does not say that Goliath's spear was as big or as long or as heavy as a weaver's beam. It just says that the "shaft" (lit. "arrow") of his spear was as (D) a weaver's beam. Yagael Yadin points out that the comparison between Goliath's spear and a weaver's beam is not saying that the shaft of the spear was as big as a large timbered crossbeam of a loom. Rather, the narrator is describing a looped cord or rope that was attached to the spear that enabled a warrior to throw it harder and further. This looped cord looked somewhat like the cord loops of a weaver's beam; thus the analogy.15 It has nothing to do with the size of his spear.16 Thus it also has no bearing on the size of Goliath. Likewise, the six hundred shekel (fifteen pounds) weight of the iron spearhead certainly would not require a ten foot tall giant to throw it..', ibid., p. 708; spears were also commonly used to thrust at short range (requiring less effort), rather than thrown (note Goliath does not throw his spear).
[18] 'Yadin provides pictures of a real weaver's beam as
well as ancient paintings of soldiers from the ancient Near East holding such looped weapons.8 His evidence is so convincing that, as I point out, the majority of commentators on 1 Samuel follow Yadin.9', Hays, 'A Response to Clyde Billington', Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (50.3.515), (2007).
[19] 'In the MT, Goliath's height is given as "six cubits and a span" (1 Sam 17:4), which would be about nine feet and nine inches, a true giant. However, LXX Codex Vaticanus and the Lucianic recension, as well as 4QSama and Josephus (Ant 6.171) all give Goliath's height as "four cubits and a span," about six feet and nine inches. Since the expected tendency would be to exaggerate the height of David's opponent, the latter reading, according to which Goliath would still be a giant (albeit among men), is to be preferred (see McCarter 1 Samuel AB, 286).', Ehrlich, 'Goliath', in Freedman (ed.), 'The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary', volume 2, p. 1073 (1996).
[20] A 6 foot 9 inch Goliath (2.05 metres), would have been at least 20 centimetres taller than the heroes found in Iron Age Mycenaen tombs, and 30-40 centimetres taller than the average Iron Age man; this proves that even the heroes of the time were only 10-15 centimetres taller than the average, and a man 30 centimetres taller than these heroes would have been a real giant, almost 40 centimetres taller than the average man (Saul need not have been more than 6 feet tall to be head and shoulders above all in Israel, and at 6 feet 9 inches Goliath would still have been significantly taller).
[21] A pituitary gland disorder resulting in giantism.
[22] 'However, D. Kellermann suggests that Goliath's symptoms in 1 Samuel 17 match those of pathological gigantism (a pituitary condition known as acromegaly), including a tunnel-vision type of visual defect, which David presumably took advantage of in defeating him. If so, then the MT reading need not be considered an exaggeration.', Li, 'Goliath', in Arnold & Williamson (eds.), 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical books', p. 356 (2005).
[23] 'The biblical giant Goliath may have been afflicted with acromegaly.', Ember & Ember, 'Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology', p. 392 (2004).
[24] Aside from various deformities, digestive problems, and high blood pressure, premature death is also a danger with acromegaly.
[25] Nevertheless, evidence from an Egyptian tomb dated well over 1,000 years before Goliath does indicate that acromegaly could occur earlier in life even during the Bronze Age; 'The remains of a large adult male, probably in his late 20s or early 30s, from a Fifth Dynasty tomb (2494–2345 BC)…This individual exhibits characteristics of pituitary gigantism', Mulhern, 'A probable case of gigantism in a fifth Dynasty skeleton from the Western Cemetery at Giza, Egypt', International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (15.4.261), (2005).
[26] The Bible mentions a number of champions from Gath, some with physical abnormalities (2 Samuel 21:20, 1 Chronicles 20:6), all apparently related by descent from 'Rapha', possibly 'the giant' (2 Samuel 21:16, 18, 20, 22, 1 Chronicles 20:4, 6, 8), so it is more likely that Goliath's height was the result of a family genetic trait than the result of a later medical condition.


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I made this bread because I was intrigued by the ingredients, especially the part about using any ice cream flavor. I got the ice cream from Trader Joe's, and while they're all about natural ingredients, this ice cream did fall into the category of having unpronounceable ingredients.
I think this bread would've been better if it was made with all natural ingredients. The bread I made was gummy and doughy, and just weird in texture.
I thought it would work out to be a brioche-y pound cake, since the ingredients would've worked out that way, if they were broken down in their natural state. Ice cream is basically milk, cream, sugar, and egg yolks. This, combined with self-rising flour-or what I had on hand-a combination of flour, baking powder, and salt-would be an ingredients list for pound cake. The part that reminded me of brioche was how much fat was being used. I would like to try the recipe again with an all natural ice cream, perhaps one that I make myself. For those of you who want to try it yourself, and perhaps, comment about it, the recipe follows.
Ice Cream Bread
Makes One 8 x 4 loaf
2 Cups Ice Cream, any flavor, softened
1 1/2 cups Self-Rising Flour
Preheat your oven to 350. Spray and flour a 8 x 4 loaf pan, or line it with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl mix the ice cream and flour together until just combined.
Scoop into the loaf and and smooth out.
Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the loaf comes out with a few crumbs stuck to it.
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For every cup of flour add 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt (sift together).
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Swan Lake is a ballet that has become has become a symbol of Russian art itself. The version of the famous ballet cannot be seen anywhere else in Moscow or St. Petersburg: the Mikhailovsky TheatreÆs Swan Lake is the legendary ÆOld MoscowÆ production by Alexander Gorsky and Asaf Messerer. For many years it was considered in Moscow to be the standard production, and now it has been lovingly restored by Mikhail Messerer, Ballet Master in Chief of the Theatre.ĀĀæSwan Lake is a special title in the ballet repertory. We were discussing which version to choose for our theatre and turned our attention to the production by Alexander Gorsky and Asaf Messerer. According to ballet historians, the historical London Tour of the Bolshoi Theatre in 1956 could be compared to DiaghilevÆs Russian Seasons in the mission of establishing the priority of Russian ballet around the world. It was during the 1956 tour that the version of Swan Lake received rave critical reviews. The appearance of Mikhail Messerer at the Mikhailovsky Theatre made it possible to revive the wonderful production hereÆ, General Director of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Vladimir Kekhman comments. æOur major concern was to avoid repeating the brilliant production by Konstantin Sergeyev, which occupies such an important place in the repertory of our great elder sibling Ś the Mariinsky Ballet. A hundred years ago, a remarkable choreographer from St. Petersburg (who was then just starting his career as a ballet master) named Alexander Gorsky was transferring the production of Swan Lake by Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa to the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. And while basing it on the gracious choreography of the original, transformed the ballet and staged it in his own way. The epoch of Alexander Gorsky saw the next phase in the evolution of dance following the balletic classicism of Petipa and Ivanov. Gorsky was influenced by contemporary art; he was attracted by the innovative methods of the stage direction of Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and the new style of acting it involved. By the way, Nemirovich-Danchenko participated in a production of Swan Lake by Gorsky. My approach to the production was quite careful, as I adore the version of 1956, but I admit that my contribution, perhaps, modernizes the performance, brings it up-to-date. My alterations in the ballet are minor. They are mostly based on my conversations with Asaf Messerer in 1990. At the time we were talking about possible changes to the production provided he had a chance to stage it once again. In 1956, the sets for the production were designed by the fabulous artist Simon Virsaladze. The same design is being used now: both for the sets and for the costumes. To my mind, the production corresponds to modern society: everybody wants a happy end today, and our Swan Lake will provide itÆ, Mikhail Messerer says.
ōSwan LakeöIt is difficult to understand these days how it could have happened that the first show of the ōLakeö in 1877, in MoscowÆs Bolshoi, was a flop, and that it took many years for the ballet to achieve its worldwide cult status. The composer, Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, never lived to see the ultimate success of his creation.
The story begins in 1875, when Bolshoi commissions a ballet score from the young but already famous composer. It was not yet customary practice ¢despite Tchaikovsky fame and previous successes, which included four symphonies, the now famous Piano Concerto and ōEugene Oneginö opera, the Imperial Theatres of the time would normally employ the composers on Imperial payroll, such as Cesare Pugni, Ludwig Minkus, and Riccardo Drigo. Keeping that in mind, Tchaikovsky did not embark on the course of a revolution in the Russian ballet, and studied the classic ballet scores assiduously, planning to produce a score that would be in tune with the established tradition but at the same time would sound new and interesting. The task of composition occupied him from May 1875 to April 1876. The story was a knightly fairy tale, and historians still debate the literary origins ¢some opt for Heine, some for Musaeus, a German fairy-tale writer, some for Russian folklore fairy tales, some even for Pushkin.
The first show took place on February 20, 1877, and was a flop. The critics reviled the chief choreographer, Wentsel Reisinger, and were short on praise for Polina (Pelageya) Karpakova, the first interpreter of the main female part. The failure of the first show was detrimental for the immediate reputation of the ballet itself, and for quite some time nobody dared to stage it again.
The situation changed after TchaikovskyÆs death. In 1893, Mariinka decided to revive the ōSwan Lakeö. A new version of the libretto and the music was to be produced by Modest Tchaikovsky, the composerÆs brother, Ivan Vsevolzhsky, the director of the Imperial Theatres himself, and by Riccardo Drigo. The latter used the original music as a source material for a completely new score. The choreography was supervised by Marius Petipa and his pupil Lev Ivanov. The tradition claims that while Petipa was the father of the unique choreography of the new ballet, its truly Russian singing character is there thanks to Ivanov. The lake and swan scenes, famous for their perfection, are undoubtedly his alone. It was Ivanov who came up with the idea of enchanted ladies with their criss-crossed arms and heads tilted to one side, which every spectator immediately recognized for birds that sit with their wings folded. The very magical world of the swan lake was created by Ivanov. PetipaÆs are the scenes of courtly dances and festivities and their intricate lace of waltzes and various dances ¢ Spanish, Hungarian, Polish. Petipa also created an antipode for IvanovÆs White Queen of Swans ¢its black twin Odile, and its beautiful black pas-de-deux of the second act.
It was this particular stage version that came to be admired as the pinnacle of Russian ballet. This production, as none other, was the perfect setting for many famous dancers to showcase their art. The Swan Lake is a unique and perfect creation, and despite the changing musical and dancing fashions, the performance of Odette and Odile parts is still considered a touchstone for the mettle of any serious dancer. The White Swan is truly a symbol of Russian Ballet, of its beauty and magnificence.
The garden ofĀthe Sovereign PrincessÆs castle. While the young people disport themselves onĀthe lawn, the jester amuses the guests with his antics and girls dance with their companions. The Princess informs her son Siegfried that atĀtomorrowÆs ball heĀisĀtoĀchoose aĀfiancée from among the girls invited toĀthe castle. SiegfriedÆs heart remains closed toĀher words, asĀheĀhasnÆt yet known love. Night falls. The young people depart. Siegfried isĀovercome byĀconflicting emotions: heĀregrets the end ofĀhis freewheeling life while, atĀthe same time, dreams ofĀaĀpure, ideal lovĀe. But where isĀthis girl toĀbeĀfound? Siegfried isĀbored byĀthe conversation with his friends. AĀflock ofĀswans catches SiegfriedÆs attention and heĀfollows them.
The swans lead Siegfried toĀaĀlake, deep inĀaĀdark and wild wood. AtĀthe lake, the swans dance inĀaĀfairy circle. Siegfried catches sight ofĀaĀbeautiful swan which then turns into aĀgirl. This isĀOdette, the Queen ofĀSwans. The Evil Genius has placed her and her friends under aĀspell: the swan maidens can now become girls only atĀnight. Only the love ofĀaĀyoung man who has never promised himself toĀaĀwoman can release them from the spell. Siegfried, full ofĀlove for Odette, swears that heĀwill love her and beĀfaithful toĀher forever. The Evil GĀenius overhears Siegfried and OdetteÆs conversation.ĀDaybreak. The girls turn back into swans. Siegfried, convinced ofĀhis feelings, will save Odette from the Evil Genius.
The ball atĀthe Sovereign PrincessÆ castle atĀwhich Siegfried isĀtoĀselect his fiancée. The guests arrive atĀthe party but Siegfried isĀnowhere toĀbeĀseen. The jester begins his amusing dances and the guests start dancing too. Siegfried appears, yet heĀtreats the prospective fiancées icily: heÆs thinking only ofĀthe beautiful Odette.ĀAĀstranger arrives atĀthe ball. ItĀisĀthe Evil Genius inĀdisguise. HeĀhas brought his daughter Odile with him; she isĀstrikingly reminiscent ofĀOdette. The Evil Genius tells her toĀenchant Siegfried and make him swear eter nal love. The Prince doesnÆt recognize the Evil Genius and mistakes Odile for Odette. HeĀdeclares Odile asĀhis chosen bride. The Evil Genius isĀtriumphant: SiegfriedÆs vow toĀOdette has been broken and, asĀaĀresult, she will die. HeĀpoints toĀanĀimage ofĀOdette that appears inĀthe distance and departs with Odile. Siegfried realizes that heĀhas been deceived and rushes inĀdespair toĀthe lake.
AnĀominous night atĀthe lake. AĀdespondent Odette reveals the tragic news about the broken vow. The swan maidens grieve: their hope ofĀfreedom isĀlost. Siegfried appears. HeĀhasnÆt broken his promise: itĀwas his Odette, not Odile, who heĀsaw atĀthe castle. ItĀwas toĀher that heĀswore his undying love.ĀThe outraged Evil Genius summons aĀstorm against the lovers, lightning flashes. But nothing can overcome the pure love ofĀinseparable Siegfried and Odette. The Evil Genius decides toĀfight Siegfried himself and dies inĀthe clash. His spells are destroyed. Odette and Siegfried, surrounded byĀOdetteÆs friends, watch the sun rise.


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Me and my family stayed at the BR for 5 nights. We had a fantastic time, we were in Ocean Deluxe room 44m with big Terace at the beach front . The rooms are are extremely comfortable and all the fixtures fittings are of high standard. The double beds are fantastic the mattresses are very good quality. I have contacted BR hotel booking office at Koh Samui about my concern for extra bed in room.At the BR in TNPN hotel we received excellent service, better than we expected. The hotel is integrated in a lovely village Thong Nai Pan with plenty of high quality local cuisine. This location is perfect for couples and families. If you are looking for a party scene this is not the hotel for you. If you have young children this hotel may not be for you as the pool is tiny and you will have no chance to get on the loungers unless you reserve.The beach front is fantastic but be up by 9am if you want to guarantee a sun bed.There aren t many negatives about this hotel but if I had to point something out it would be that the room has on first day many ants and moskitos.The room service spray the room. The entrance door to the room hangs on the flor. This is somthing that I would not expected for the new hotel.But that was the only things we could criticise in the whole stay.
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No problem with reservation. The Booking were ok. I have received very good booking service from savadee com, better than we expected.
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The hotel is highly recommended if you want to have a relaxing holiday and rest, I will certainly return to the hotel. The service was excellent and the staff were very friendly and helpful. Well done Buri Rasa Koh Phangan you deserve a 5 Star Rating for Room quality, Hotel service, Hotel facilities and a most definite for location. Superb in deed.
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Felt like home
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amazing hotel!perfect!
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great experience
Nov 26, 2013
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Welcome to . . . Buri Rasa Village Koh Phangan
Buri Rasa Village is the best beach hotel resort in Koh Phangan. Our luxury beach resort is hidden amidst swaying palm trees on the best pristine white sandy beach with clear turquoise water. Experience the tranquil nature of Koh Phangan complimented by our friendly personalized service making your holiday an experience not to forget.
Buri Rasa Village
is a cozy boutique resort where both contemporary and traditional design elements are combined together with a touch of elegance creating a unique style which separates Buri Rasa from all others. Combined with our friendly and caring manner of serving by our hotel team that will personally make sure you will feel as relaxed and pampered as if in paradise. Buri Rasa Village exudes comfort and luxury accommodation in Koh Phangan.
Experiences a unique and relaxing stay in our luxury beach resort in Thong Nai Pan. Each Buri Rasa accommodation are equipped with a balcony or terrace, a 32" flat screen TV with various international channels complete with a DVD player, an en-suite bath room with hot water rain shower and bathrobes & towels, free Wi-Fi is available throughout the resort, a mini-bar with complimentary bottled water refilled daily, room service is also available, and we also have daily housekeeping and turndown service.
:: Deluxe Room - 7 Units ::
Offering indoor and outdoor living space with a terrace overlooking a small cobble street or a small garden, this room has a king size bed, ceiling fan, rain shower, flat screen LCD TV, DVD player, Complimentary Wi-Fi, daily housekeeping and turndown service.
:: Deluxe Pool View - 18 Units ::
With a terrace overlooking the tropical landscape and swimming pool, this room offers indoor and outdoor living space, king size bed, ceiling fan, rain shower, flat screen LCD TV, DVD player, Complimentary Wi-Fi, daily housekeeping and turndown service.
:: Ocean View Deluxe - 6 Units ::
Indoor and outdoor living space complete with a terrace granting full, unobstructed ocean-views overlooking the white sand beach. The room has king size bed, ceiling fan, rain shower, flat screen LCD TV, DVD player, Complimentary Wi-Fi, daily housekeeping and turndown service.
:: Ocean Front Deluxe - 6 Units ::
Experience the pleasure of the sun and sand of the stunning shoreline without ever leaving your room. Ocean Front Deluxe room also provides you with king size bed, ceiling fan, rain shower, flat screen LCD TV, DVD player, Complimentary Wi-Fi, daily housekeeping and turndown service.
The Beach Club @ Buri Rasa Koh Phangan:
Offers a variety of authentic Thai, Seafood and European cuisines. As one of the longest established beach restaurant on Koh Phangan our experience in combining local ingredients with techniques create dynamic Thai flavor making an exciting and memorable fine dining experience by the sea under the stars.
Pan Café:
Offers light snacks and cool drinks in a pub-like atmosphere. Inside and courtyard seating is available. Open daily from 10.00 am. - 7.00 pm.
Oleang Café:
Offers original Thai coffees, teas and snacks. Inside and courtyard seating is available. Open daily from 10.00 am. - 7.00 pm.
Swimming Pool:
- Both the main pool and the Spa will be operational towards the end of 2012.
- Sun loungers and beach umbrellas are available for guests of Buri Rasa Village with our compliments.
Our beachside spa is called Nam Thai Herbal Spa and as the name suggests our signature treatments focus around traditional Thai massages and natural Thai herbal treatments, combined with the beachside atmosphere you will feel relaxed and rejuvenated as if you have been in paradise.
Village Square:
Buri Rasa Village Hotel square meanders towards the beach of Koh Phangan, with its shaded cobbled street why not take a look in one of the traditional Thai local shops or sample one of our tea or coffees or fine wines on a hot summers day.
Imagine standing hand in hand with your destined person barefoot on a powdery white sand beach surrounded with flowers while the sounds or the sea blended with the congratulations and blessings fill your senses creating a day you will never forget. Our Koh Phangan beach weddings are designed to create the perfect atmosphere for unforgettable memories, simply contact us for more details and either discuss with us your ideals or simply leave your weddings in our resort professional hands.
Activities & Excursion:
Excursions, cars and motor bikes can be rented from our "Smile Rental & Tours" shop located in the court yard where you also find a small mini-mart. Open daily from 10.00 am. - 07.00 pm.
Koh Phangan is listed as one of Thailand's national natural park, filled with lush tropical rain forests and a variety of wildlife creates a rustic yet refreshing holiday experience. Koh phangan is also surrounded by many coral reefs perfect for scuba diving or snorkeling and kayaking at Angthong National Marine Park. We offer many options of diving and sightseeing trips may it be kayaking though limestone caves at Angthong National Marine Park or breathtaking views of the coral reefs and sea life even night fishing trips are possible. Or for those who love land adventures we even have elephant trekking or waterfall adventures available.
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40 Minutes Journey to Koh Samui
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Option 2: Scheduled Speedboat Service
Shared Speedboat Transfer
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Departs 11.30 & 16.30
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Departs 08.00 & 12.30 & 17.30
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Buri Rasa Village
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VIDEO: Robert Horry, a seven-time NBA champion, earned his nickname "Big Shot Bob" the old-fashioned way!
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Whenever his name is mentioned, the words "NBA legend" usually accompany Robert Horry.
How else should one refer to a man who in 16 NBA seasons collected seven championship rings, played alongside some of the game's all-time greats, earned the nickname "Big Shot Bob" for his clutch shooting heroics on the biggest stage and has become a cult figure with his own measurement for big shots (All Ball's famed Horry Scale)?
Horry piled up championship experiences during his playing days that many of his more celebrated contemporaries would trade All-Star nods for. And perhaps even some of that cash they made. What would you want more, the adulation, fortune and fame — all of which inevitably fades over time — or the timeless prestige of seven, count 'em seven, championship rings?
I'd have to think long and hard about that one, really!
The purists have every right to laugh off the Horry belongs in the Hall of Fame argument. He never averaged more than 12 points per game during any season in his career, and he didn't reach double digits once during his final 12 seasons in the league. Horry only started in 480 of a possible 1,107 games he played in during the regular seasons of his 16 years.
Still, few players were feared the way Horry was with the ball in his hands late and the game on the line. And therein lies the dilemma for a specialist, a role player extraordinaire like Horry. There is no metric available that would bolster his case for entry into the Hall of Fame, his individual numbers (a ho-hum 7,715 career points and nary an All-Star bid) just do not stack up to the Hall of Fame water line. And yet you feel like there has to be some sort of recognition for someone who has accomplished the things Horry did during his career.
He was eligible for consideration with the 2014 class and didn't make the cut. Horry will join a deep pool of carryover candidates for the 2015 class, headlined by newcomer Dikembe Mutombo, and a star-studded group that includes the likes of Kevin Johnson, Tim Hardaway, Spencer Haywood, Chris Webber and Penny Hardaway. They all have stronger individual cases than Horry but possess none of the championship hardware he brings to the party.
Horry reminds me of the NFL specialists who have struggled for years to gain entry to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It took Ray Guy, arguably the greatest punter in football history, forever to crash through that glass ceiling.
Complicating matters for Horry and others is the fact that the recognition in the Naismith Hall of Fame isn't just about what a player has done during his professional career. It's a culmination of an entire life in the game, from high school to college and all the way up to the very top of the heap.
Horry played a significant part in Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers like Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant gobbling up the championship rings that highlight their respective credential lists. If you don't believe it, ask Phil Jackson or Gregg Popovich, all-time great coaches who know the worth of a truly game-changing role player.
While I'm not ready to argue that Horry deserves to be immortalized in Springfield the way the best of the all-time best have been and always will be, and deservedly so. I do think there needs to be some sort of special recognition for a an elite specialists like Horry, a guy whose accomplishments, even in a supporting role, are unparalleled by anyone else during his era.
Can't he get a plaque or commemorative brick or something to acknowledge his unique contribution to the game?
Ultimately, Horry might have to settle for the scale, the universal love he gets from all corners of the basketball galaxy and the knowledge deep down that there are plenty of men already in the Hall of Fame and on their way who would do anything for just one of his seven rings!


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Returning Soldier Surprises Son Dressed As Darth Vader [VIDEO]
There isn't much more heartwarming than a soldier returning home to his family. But sometimes they do it in a special way that is more meaningful than we could possibly understand. Navy Reservist Justin Whyte did just that.
This video shows young Aiden Whyte having a blast at his 'Star Wars' themed birthday party. He and all his guests are dressed up as their favorite Star Wars character. Darth Vader arrives and Aiden pulls out his light saber ready to fight. According to his mom, Aiden was under the impression that his cousin was the one dressed as Darth Vader.
After he defeated his nemesis, he ran over to the fallen Vader. He removed the helmet and was stunned to see his dad. He squeals with joy as he and what looks like his sister jumps into his arms. There is nothing more precious than seeing a child's reaction to their father coming home.
I bet Aiden felt like he was la real life Luke Skywalker -- Darth Vader was really his father!


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Perhaps spurred by the crushing realization that it is getting trounced like the Rangers in the World Series (sorry Texas) by the social network game maker Zynga, EA has decided to jump feet first into the lucrative social network gaming market.
According to the press release sent out from EA, the company will begin to develop a more "simplified, more accessible experience for people who play games and purchase virtual goods on Facebook".
EA is already touching on the Facebook gaming market through Playfish, the division of EA responsible for the games Pet Society and Restaurant City. EA acquired Playfish last year.
"Since gaming has emerged as the most popular category of applications on Facebook, the natural next step is for EA to broaden its relationship with Facebook and its 500 million users," Barry Cottle, Senior Vice President and General Manager for EA Interactive said in the statement. "Our goal is to make the best games tailored specifically to the platforms on which people want to play."
The partnership with Facebook is just the latest move to increase EA's presence in the social and casual gaming market, where several companies have recently had a great deal of success in mining the virtually untapped industry. Last week, EA also announced the acquisition of Chillingo, the maker of Angry Birds, the hit smartphone game.
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12/21/2017 End of Semester 1
12/22/2017 No School Friday- Teacher Workday
12/25 – 1/7 Winter Break
1/8/18 First Day of Second Semester
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Library and WSC hours during finals
On Monday, December 18th the Library will close at 4:30pm and WSC at 5:30pm.
For finals on Tuesday and Wednesday school dismisses at 12:35pm and the library will be open until 2pm with the WSC closing at 4pm.
For the last final on Friday the Library and WSC will both close at 1pm for Winter Break.
Please make a note on your calendars.
Monte Vista JV Men's Soccer team plays their season opener against De La Salle on Thursday December 14th @ 4:00 at MVHS. Come and support the JV Men's Soccer team.
The Student Recognition Project is almost here! Applications to participate open on January 8.
MV Clubs: Students, please email any Club Announcements to your advisor to submit for the bulletin. Thanks!
INTERACT: Adopt an Angel Gifts due by Friday to room 524. Please bring any warm coats to the bins on campus by Friday. Warm Holiday Greetings from Club Interact!
FINALS BELL SCHEDULE: The Bell Schedule is posted on the website under the "About Us" Tab. CLICK HERE for details. The Traffix and County bus schedules are adjusted for the finals schedule.
Baseball Try Outs – Please see the website for information regarding try outs. If you plan on trying out, please see Coach Piona in the PE office to complete a sign up form before winter break.
Interested in playing softball this spring? Come to Open Fields beginning January 9. Additional information regarding dates, coaches, and the students athlete participating packet is located at montevistasoftball.com. Please see Ms. Beamish in room 309 if there are any additional questions.
TESTING CENTER: Just a friendly reminder that the Testing Center is on TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS and run alternatively by Kristine Sexton & Jordan Kither. We have signs directing students to 207 or 205. There will be no testing center during Finals Week.
Monte Vista Mountain Biking Club is looking for someone cleared through "Be A Mentor"as a MV volunteer to lead our conditioning class on Wednesdays, 330-430pm on campus, January through May 2018. Please email email@example.com if you are interested.
MV CHOIR DONATIONS FOR HOMELESS Our Advanced Women's class is collecting warm coats and socks to donate to the homeless while we carol in the city. We would love your gently used (or new) coats and new sock donations! You may bring all donations to the choir room by Wednesday, December 20. Thank you for your support!
DADS ON CAMPUS: January 17 @7pm in Theater. Join MV Dads and learn about talking with your teen student. Speaker Dr Hal Urban will give you applicable skills and insight. CLICK HERE for pre sale tickets. Moms, Dads, Guardians are welcome. Tickets will be offered to other high schools on 12/14.
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Please talk with your family about the rules of the road and safe driving around the MV campus. Thanks and be safe out there Mustangs!
Students- Take your time leaving class and the parking lots. Pausing for ten minutes may save your life and your bumper. Uturns across the Stone Valley double yellow are illegal and unsafe.
Parents- Save time and traffic by picking your student up at 3:45pm after the student has studied for 30 minutes in the library or WSC.
Parents- Drop off/pick up in front of gym to take a legal left turn on Stone Valley at the light. There is no legal left turn out of the horseshoe during pick up and drop off hours.
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FACE IT EXHIBITION: Village Theater Danville Visit the "Face It" Art exhibit filled with artwork by 30 MVHS students and other district student artists. The show will run through December 17 in the Village Theater downtown.
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Thursday 223 3:15-3:45 pm
Tuesday 523 3:20-4:20 pm
Testing 527 3:30- 4:30 pm
Thursday 523 3:20-4:20 pm
Biology & Anatomy
Tuesday 908 3:15-4:15 pm
Wednesday 906 3:20-4:05 pm
Monday 408 3:15-4:00 pm
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Dads on Campus:
Speaker series with discussion as more than 50 Dads meet as scheduled. Series topics are selected to support Dads and their teenage students. Coordinator is Ryan Meineke firstname.lastname@example.com
Parent Teacher Student Association
Parents meet routinely to support MV campus, staff and activities. Volunteers coordinate programs such as Parent Education and After School Tutoring. President is Janet Nunan.
School Site Council
Elected participation by Parents, Teachers, Student and Staff help direct funding to MV programs. The current board positions are filled. Coordinator is Kristine Sexton. Next meeting is December 7 at 3:30 in WSC 118.
Coffee with Kevin
Monthly coffee scheduled 8:30am in 118 including presentations by students, faculty departments and time for Q&A with Administration. No RSVP needed. The next Coffee is December 20 at 8:30am in WSC 118.
Academic Boosters
Fundraising for classroom teachers keeps our class sizes lower and offers more choices to our students. This group meets monthly to direct funds and plan fundraisers.
Athletic Boosters
MVAB's mission is to help MVH Athletics provide a positive atmosphere of sportsmanship and learning for the MVHS student-athlete and their athletic teams. This is done by providing needed funding for a variety of capital improvements, as well as educational and program support.
12th Man
Fundraising for Mustang Football.
Students of Excellence 12/12
Teachers each nominate a student for the intangible efforts. The nominated student is hard-working, has a positive attitude, and adds a special element to the classroom.
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OK,Oldnbroken wrote:Mr. Abrahamson- This thread is about self launching, and has nothing to do with Mr. D.
If you are referring to horn tooting, one guy is running a Kiteboarding business, and using a Kiteboarding forum, that he pays to advertise on, to promote that business, just as every other Kiteboarding Equipment Manufacturing Company does, the other guy is an Optician, and is not here to promote his business.
One guy is promoting his product, not his personal skillset.
The other is discussing his personal skillset...at launching a kite off a sandy beach in 10 knots.
Does the difference between these things elude you?
Do you promote the business you work in?
I promote my business, and it grows.
You still got your nuts in a vise over a pulley I said I would give you for free?
Both you and Mr. D thinks that the main purpose of a forum is as a sales channel for manufacturers rather than to be a meeting point for users to share experiences and give useful information to each other.
Both you and Mr. D likes to flash with the fact that you know my real name, I couldn't care less, but its clearly a proof of lack of judgement and some kind of desperation that you feel a need to use it.
Mr. D is a ego trip on steroids, you would have seen that to, if you had not had your head up his ass.
I rest my case