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Fatwire Expands Its Product Line And Customer Base Fatwire Software has strung together and impressive set of wins, most recently with the one-two punch of the introduction of its Content Integration Platform and the recent announcement that Military.com has migrated onto its Content Server product.
Apple Releases Yet Another Mac OS X "Leopard" Upgrade It's only been a month since Mac OS X 10.5.3 came out, and today we have Mac OS X 10.5.4. As far as I can tell, Apple has never released operating system patches so close together. That's a clear sign that something wasn't quite right with 10.5.3  as indeed, there has been with Leopard in general. Let's see what Apple gave us today.
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Overland Buys Snap, Adaptec Gets Out of NAS Biz Today Adaptec dumped their money loosing Snap Appliance division, once as much a mindshare leader in NAS as NetApp, to Overland Storage for $3.6 million after buying it just 4 years ago for $100 million. Overland gets a quality line of NAS appliances to add to its mix of tape libraries, REO VTL/disk backup appliances and Ultamus Fibre Channel RAID arrays along with a sublet of Snap's plant and around 50 employees. Adaptec will keep the top of the line 700 series iSCSI arrays and get to concentr
Diablo III Formally Announced By Blizzard, Mac And PC Versions Planned The follow-up to 2001's Diablo II features a 3-D graphics engine that renders environments that are interactive and destructible, allowing players to create traps and obstacles.
Time For Congress To Enforce 'Prevailing Wage' H-1B A great idea hit me after reading George Will's column last Friday, lamenting our "shortage" of qualified high-tech workers. Sadly, Will sidestepped the controversial issue of whether foreign nationals undercut U.S. engineers by working for less under the H-1B visa program. So why not enforce domestic pay levels for these folks, and lift the current annual cap of 140,000 H-1B green cards? Under my
Gates On Windows: 'What A Mess' In a now semi-famous e-mail rant in 2003, outgoing Microsoft chairman Bill Gates lamented the colossal user-unfriendliness of his company's primary product, Windows. Now that message has been given voice by a Seattle radio host.
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I too am trying to build an inexpensive engineering education site LearningMeasure.com
Our emphasis is on measurement, but there are several engineering courses on other topics as well.
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The Criminal Justice Project
The CJP pursues litigation, legislation, education and policy reform to improve the accuracy of the criminal justice system and its fairness to poor people. CJP's litigation efforts include participation in founding and development of the New England Innocence Project (NEIP) , investigation of cases of wrongfully convicted persons to secure their exoneration and filing amicus briefs to ensure reliable expert testimony, improve identification procedures and require better forensic science. CJP's specific litigation issues to increase accuracy in the criminal justice system are electronic recording of interrogations, latent fingerprint analysis, eyewitness identification procedures, and expert testimony by law enforcement about drug distribution.
Professor David Siegel directs the CJP, and his work through the CJP includes handling pro bono criminal cases with student assistance, crafting legislation to improve the accuracy of the criminal justice system, and training criminal justice professionals in these areas. CJP works to ensure the criminal system's fairness to poor people through education and training of lawyers who conduct indigent defense, including Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., where Siegel is a member of the board of trustees, research on issues concerning vulnerable populations, including mentally ill defendants and juveniles, and efforts to maintain practitioner ethics.
Accuracy in Criminal Justice
Electronic recording of police interrogations – improve the quality of information at trial, enhance enforcement of suspects' rights and increase professionalism of interviews
State of Rhode Island v. Tracy Barros (Amicus brief for New England Innocence Project describing Massachusetts' positive experience under mandatory jury instruction cautioning jurors about risk of unrecorded statements)
Commonwealth v. Valerio DiGiambattista (Amicus brief for New England Innocence Project and Suffolk Lawyers for Justice supporting mandatory electronic recording of custodial interrogation under court's supervisory authority)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision, 442 Mass. 423 (2004)
- Related CJP work
Improve expert testimony in forensic science – ensure full information to fact finders, scientifically assess validity of experts' methods, demand genuine bases for expert conclusions
Commonwealth v. Brandon Watson (Amicus brief for New England Innocence Project supporting cautionary jury instruction when police disregard best practices in eyewitness identification procedure and admission of expert testimony concerning counterintuitive nature of identification processes)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision, 455 Mass. 246, 915 N.E.2d 1052 (2009)
- Related CJP work
State of Connecticut v. J'Veil Outing (Amicus brief for New England Innocence Project supporting admission of expert testimony concerning counterintuitive nature of identification processes and arguing inherent suggestiveness of non-blind identification procedure)
- Connecticut Supreme Court Opinion
- Published Opinions Responding to the Connecticut Supreme Court Opinion
- Related CJP work
Commonwealth v. Paul Gomes, Commonwealth v. Christopher Little (Amicus brief for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice challenging reliability of testimony by law enforcement experts concerning illicit drug distribution and police testimony by percipient witnesses that confuses lay and expert opinion)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision, 453 Mass. 506, 903 N.E.2d 567 (2009) (Gomes)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision, 453 Mass. 706, 906 N.E.2d 286 (2009) (Little)
- Related CJP work
Commonwealth v. Terry L. Patterson (Amicus brief for Independent Scholars and Scientists challenging absence of scientific demonstration of validity or reliability of ACE-V method and "simultaneous impressions" technique of latent fingerprint analysis)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision, 445 Mass. 626, 840 N.E.2d 12 (2005)
- Related CJP work
Fairness to Poor Persons
Reform access to criminal offender records to minimize interference with access to employment and housing
CORI Initiative 2013 Report (Description and empirical analysis of project to implement CORI reform by preparing administrative and discretionary sealing petitions for CORI notations, finding significant burdens to individuals completing entire sealing process pro se.)
Public comments on Criminal Justice Information System Regulations, 803 CMR 2-11 (Student- drafted comments on retention periods for CORI record requesters, data security, access to iCORI for self-audits and composition of the Criminal Records Review Board)
Oppose expansion of unrestricted police authority to stop or search – prevent disproportionate police intrusion against indigent persons or minority communities, ensure law enforcement accountability and provide judicial supervision
Commonwealth v. Porter P. (Amicus brief for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice arguing Article 14 of Massachusetts Declaration of Rights is inconsistent with doctrine of apparent authority that allows warrantless searches by police who mistakenly think a third party can consent)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision, 456 Mass. 254, 923 N.E.2d 36 (2010)
- "Porter P and the Right to Privacy" (article discussing the impact of Porter P on the Supreme Judicial Court's protection of the right to privacy for indigent persons)
- Related CJP work
Commonwealth v. Oscar Lyles (Amicus brief for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice arguing suspicionless stops become seizures when police take civilian's identification notwithstanding the Boston Police Department's field interrogation observation policy)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision, 453 Mass. 811, 905 N.E.2d 1106 (2009)
- Related CJP work
Commonwealth v. Joel Rodriguez (Amicus brief for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice arguing Article 14 of Massachusetts Declaration of Rights is inconsistent with surreptitious unauthorized electronic interception of face-to-face conversations in private homes)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision, 450 Mass. 302, 877 N.E.2d 1274 (2007)
- Related CJP work
Arkansas v. Kenneth Sullivan (Pro bono petition in opposition to certiorari challenging pretextual vehicle stops)
- U.S. Supreme Court Decision, 532 U.S. 769, 121 S.Ct. 1876 (2001) [PDF]
- Arkansas Supreme Court Decision (on remand), 348 Ark. 647, 74 S.W.3d 215 (2002)
- Related CJP work
Protect the rights of those accused in cases of racially charged violence
Commonwealth v. Tyson Benoit (Amicus brief for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Suffolk Lawyers for Justice advocating full information to jurors considering cases of racially charged violence)
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision, 452 Mass. 212, 892 N.E.2d 314 (2008)
- Related CJP work
Ensure quality indigent defense and maintain practitioner ethics
Commonwealth v. Kempess Sylvain (Amicus brief arguing that Padilla v. Kentucky, holding failure to advise non-citizen criminal defendant of potential immigration consequences from conviction is ineffective assistance, should be applied retroactively to ensure effective assistance of counsel under Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.)
Napoleon Momon v. State of Tennessee (Tennessee Supreme Court decision on amicus curiae petition of Tennessee Criminal Defense Lawyers Association to rehear motion opposing judicial interference with attorney-client relationship and proposing procedure to enforce ethical obligations when defendant chooses not to testify)
- Tennessee Supreme Court decision on amicus curiae petition to rehear, 18 S.W.3d 152 (2000)
- Related CJP work
Compensate the Wrongfully Convicted
- Commonwealth v. Humberto Guzman and Shawn Drumgold v. Commonwealth (Amicus brief for New England Innocence Project arguing that whether claimant for compensation due to alleged wrongful conviction under General Laws Chapter 258D obtained relief "on grounds which tend to establish innocence" is frequently, but not invariably, a matter of law, and that relief based upon evidence that is equivocal with respect to innocence, which rebuts government's evidence but does not wholly exonerate a defendant, presents question of fact).
- Related CJP work


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A lighter Antonio Gates is looking toward the future.
The Chargers tight end has chosen to trim his playing weight this season, he said Tuesday, cutting it down by five pounds.
It's not just something Gates wants to do.
It's something, he believes, he must.
"I've always felt deeply that as you get older, you have to lose a little weight," said Gates, who turns 32 next week. "I've always played at 260 (pounds). I felt like this year, I can play at 255 ... That's just the key. When I watch guys who have longevity and played for 15, 16 years, one thing I continuously hear is guys maintaining health, maintaining weight. They control their weight."
Gates, naturally, knows his 6-foot-4 body better than anyone, and he's noticed it doesn't burn calories as it once did.
In the earlier years of his career, to play at 255 pounds would mean weighing 265 or 270 in the offseason months. Then, during the summer training camp, the extra pounds would drip away.
The eight-time Pro Bowler goes about things differently now.
Taking a slower metabolism into account, Gates says he's currently about 258 or 259 pounds, much closer to his target weight for the Sept. 10 season opener in Oakland.
"It's got to be a good weight, too," Gates said. "I don't want to walk around and feel like I don't have power, or fatigue sets in because you've lost too much weight.
"I see these commercials of people who lose 10 pounds in one day and all this crazy stuff. I ain't on that plan. I'm at one pound a week where when I eat, I'm still at a good weight. I don't want to be 255 on weigh-in day and then eat a sandwich and be back to 263."
This isn't the first time an elite NFL tight end made a diet change at age 31.
In 2007, the Falcons' Tony Gonzalez made a dramatic shift, becoming vegan for a short time before turning to a less strict but still plant-based diet.
For Gates, the diet change is constant but less complex: maintain moderation over every meal and portion.
He can still eat like himself.
And, he's proving this offseason, he can still look like himself, too.
At the Chargers' organized team activities, Gates is running strong and stringing together consecutive practices, something that rarely occurred when dealing with plantar fasciitis the past two seasons.
"You can't discredit the fact that I've played going on 10 years," Gates said. "The aches and pains of playing are always there. But in terms of my foot, I'm able to get to practice at a rate that I wasn't able to do in the past. From that standpoint, I'm feeling great."


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Boulder police arrested two men Wednesday who they say sprayed a woman and a group of fraternity members with bear repellent while riding on a scooter, then crashed when the spray blew back on them.
At about 8:30 p.m., officers driving along 17th Street were waved down at the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house, 911 17th St. According to a police report, officers said the fraternity lawn was "complete chaos," with 10 to 15 members out on the lawn, many in noticeable pain. The members said two men on a scooter had sprayed them with something while they were driving by, according to the report.
Officers saw the scooter crash nearby and arrested two men, later identified as Stephen Armbruster and Robert McManus, both 21.
Other Boulder officers also responded to a nearby house where a woman said someone sprayed something at her while she was in her living room, causing her to cough and choke. She locked herself in the bathroom and called police.
McManus, who said he was the passenger on the scooter, told police he had put out some special red, white and blue letters in front of the Sig Ep fraternity July 3. One of the letters was stolen July 4, and McManus said some friends recovered the letter on the porch of a house somewhere in the 900 block of 17th Street.
After drinking all day at the Boulder Reservoir, McManus told police he and Armbruster decided to seek "retribution" for the theft, according to the report. McManus said they were not certain who had stolen the letter, so McManus sprayed inside the woman's house, which he said he thought was empty, according to the report.
McManus then said they drove by the fraternity and sprayed a group of members standing outside on the lawn. But McManus said the wind changed direction and hit them, causing Armbruster to crash the scooter.
Police also found what they believed to be rum and cola in a water bottle on the scooter.
McManus was arrested on suspicion of three counts of second-degree assault and one count of burglary. He remains in custody at the Boulder County Jail on $1,500 bond.
Armbruster was arrested on suspicion of DUI and accessory to a felony. He remains in custody at the Boulder County Jail on $1,000 bond.
Both are due in court July 10 for filing of charges.


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Sealy Crib Mattresses
When it comes to babies (and their parents!), there's more to a great night's sleep than bath time and cuddles. Turns out, the right crib mattress just might mean the difference between a baby who sleeps like a dream—or a nightmare. We recruited fifteen of our Resident Moms to test and review three different Sealy Crib Mattresses. Click through to find out what they said to say!
Plus, get more advice on baby sleep and sleep safety at the Sealy Sleep Center.
Sealy Baby Ultra Rest Crib Mattress
The Sealy Baby Ultra Rest gives newborns the ultra-firm sleeping surface that they need. And with 204 coil system, several firm layers, anti-sag weight distribution system and an antibacterial cover, this is one of the top mattresses families have depended on for years. $99.99 at kolcraft.com
Super comfy!
"The Sealy was amazing and the right amount of comfort." -Emily L.
"My daughter has slept so well on this mattress. I love that it is firm, but not too firm." -Monica B.
"My baby has a good night's sleep and a peaceful naptime with the Sealy mattress." -Sharon W.
High-quality, safe, and easy to clean.
"I have been very happy with the quality and believe this crib mattress will last until my baby is ready to graduate out of a toddler bed." -Sharon W.
"It fit the crib perfectly, leaving no scary gaps—allowing this mama to sleep better too!" -Monica B.
"No cheap foam, the covering is wonderful, and water cannot get down and ruin the insides. Super easy to clean and keep clean." -Emily C.
The verdict? We'd buy it!
"A great mattress is worth the money. More emphasis should be put into spending the money on a better mattress." -Emily W.
"I'd buy a new Sealy for any future kids as well as grandkids someday. You can not beat the quality Sealy provides." -Emily C.
"I'd purchase a Sealy crib mattress because it has held up well, withstood jumping by an active one year old." -Sharon W.
Sealy Baby Posturepedic Crib Mattress
Adult-grade Sealy Posturepedic quality and unparalleled construction with an innerspring system that has a 60 year history of dependable support. The Sealy Baby Posturepedic crib and toddler bed mattress is engineered with an exclusive 220 PostureTech Coil System and comfort features for a lifetime of use. $129.99 at kolcraft.com
It was comfortable—and baby slept well.
"My daughter has stopped waking up in the middle of the night. Didn't think a mattress change could affect her like that, but it has." -Charissa K.
"It was much thicker than our old crib mattress. It also seemed to offer better support." -Maggie C.
Durable and stays clean!
"My daughter had two accidents on the mattress already, one a messy one. The mattress didn't stain at all." -Charissa K.
"It's very durable and easy to maintain." -Bernadette N.
"It seemed to be much more resistant to liquids." -Maggie C.
The verdict? We'd buy it!
"Sealy is a brand that is known and respected, and I feel it is a brand you can trust." -Tai M.
"I let my friends know that I got this mattress to try and it's been wonderful. I'm looking to replace my son's toddler bed mattress with one already." -Charissa K.
"I'd definitely purchase the Sealy crib mattress." -Bernadette N.
Sealy Stearns & Foster Dynasty Eco-Luxe 2-Stage Infant-Toddler Mattress
The Baby Dynasty Eco-Luxe is a premium 2-stage innerspring mattress that offers the comfort of organic cotton, the firmness of the Stellar Steel System and a soft, breathable natural fabric cover. $279.99 at kolcraft.com
It was comfortable, and my baby slept great!
"I tried laying on the mattress before using it for both my newborn and 22-month-old and found it comfortable. My 22 month old seemed to fall asleep easier with the Sealy mattress. My newborn fell asleep easier with this mattress than with the bassinet." -Jessica D.
"The comfort and craftsmanship are high-quality." -Amy S.
This mattress is durable and easy to clean.
"Easy to clean and maneuver for changing sheets in the middle of the night." -Liz B.
"The quality was much better than I was expecting." -Jessica D.
The verdict? We'd buy it!
"I'd buy it. The construction of the mattress appears to be high quality." -Leslie U.
"We're looking to replace our Serta mattress for our 22-month-old." -Jessica D.
"The craftsmanship and quality alone would make me want to purchase this mattress." -Amy S.
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Sourdough calzone
There's a bumper crop of Swiss chard in the backyard. Love spanakopita, saag etc, and a lot of the harvest has gone on those dishes, but a couple of weeks ago 'calzone' began to beat an insistent rhythm in my head. I began to imagine a filling of Swiss chard, ricotta, feta, mushroom, ham maybe...
I bake SD pizzas weekly, so thought I should be able to wing it with calzone (haven't made it before). I adjusted the dough to be a little firmer, concocted that filling I had envisaged, and voila:
There's a couple of lessons in this pic.
Lesson #1: The steam-release slashes in the top of the calzones closed up because the dough was still not firm enough, despite adjusting the flour content up. Note to self - make the dough firmer for calzones than pizzas (my usual pizzas are thin-crust SD and high hydration).
Lesson #2: The calzone at the top of the pic is misshapen. This is because I foolishly shaped and filled it on the benchtop and had to try to shift it on to baking paper to get it on to the peel and into the oven - duh! If you make a firm dough, not such a problem (you could maybe just load directly on to a semolina-sprinkled peel), but I was lucky to salvage it at all.
Here's a cross-sectional shot:
Ideally, I suppose there shouldn't be that caving under the crust, but I've had calzones from good pizzerias that also have that, so I wasn't too concerned. Most importantly, the filling worked extremely well and the calzones were just delicious. All the oohs and ahhs suggested that this was the beginning of a special relationship (not sure that sentence came out quite as intended).
A week later, calzone night again! This time I firmed up the dough more and added some ham to the filling. SO much easier with a firmer dough, and the slashes on top stayed open. The resulting calzones were again ridiculously good - better than any I have had out. And second time around, my shaping had improved (though not my photography - to avoid the green hues our CFL kitchen lights impart, I had to use flash):
Pre-bake... Start with a circle of dough stretched out like pizza, but not as thin. Spoon the filling in a pile on the half of the dough circle closest to you, leaving a margin of 3 cm or more for the seal. Bring the dough forward over the filling, lining up the edges. Fold the edge back over once, then press down all the way along with the tines of a fork, as with an apple pie. Fold over again and seal with your thumbs or a finger (this is the final stage, after which the pic was taken). A little milk brushed on first can help the dough seal to stick.
The top was brushed with milk so it didn't burn during the bake.
Wonky angle, but you get the idea.
Out of time, but will return and post my recipe directly.
OK, took a while longer to get back than anticipated, but here's the recipe:
Sourdough Calzone
Dough (makes 3 calzones or pizzas):
20g SD starter @ 100% hydration
3 small pinches dry yeast
300g water
500g baker's flour (AP would probably be fine, also)
6g salt
- Stir up starter and water, then add other ingredients and mix (I do it by hand).
- Let stand 30 mins
- Tip out on to lightly floured bench and knead 5 mins, or until gluten starts to develop and dough loses most of its stickiness. If dough is very sticky and unworkable, add a bit more flour as you knead - but only a bit.
- Divide dough into three portions of same weight, and form into tight balls. Roll around in oiled plastic containers (I use one per ball) so balls are covered in oil, put lid on containers and store in fridge 1-3 days.
- If you want to bake same day, allow 5 hours to proof outside fridge prior to shaping and baking. For retarded dough, remove from fridge about 3 hours before shaping and baking. (I'm assuming a moderate ambient temp, say 21-24C/70-75F...if higher or lower, you'll need to adjust proof times out of fridge accordingly).
200g Swiss chard leaf, chopped
50 stems, fine-chopped
150g mushroom, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 chilli, chopped
2 slices leg ham, chopped (optional)
200g ricotta
50g feta, crumbled
35g provolone (or any tasty melting cheese), grated
35g fresh-grated mozzarella, grated
25g milk (approx)
pepper, dried oregano, paprika to taste
NB: Salt not necessary - the feta provides sufficient salt
- Fry onion and Swiss chard stems on moderate heat a few minutes, then add mushroom and cook until done.
- Add garlic and chilli and fry another couple of minutes. Don't let garlic colour.
- Combine cheeses and add enough milk to achieve nice consistency. Combine all ingredients and mix gently.
- Flatten dough ball slightly with palm on sheet of baking paper, then spread gently and gradually from centre with fingers to form circle. I find it best not to use rolling pin, as this adversely affects aeration - you want the air left in the dough.
- See above (under pre-baked picture) for rest of shaping directions.
- Prior to loading into oven, cut 3 slashes on top of calzone, then brush with milk.
- Pre-heat oven to 250C/480F with pizza stone. Transfer 2 calzones on baking paper to pizza stone (they should just about cover the stone).
- After 10 mins, lower temp to 225c/435F. Bake another 7-10 mins. Check to make sure crust is not burning, and lower temp a little further if necessary (I didn't need to, but of course, ovens vary).
Highly recommend you give these babies a try. Fantastic change from pizza, and if you have a backyard crop of Swiss chard or similar, this is one of the best ways I've come across to devour it! Serve one per person with a nice shiraz or other red of your choice and fresh salad, and line up the DVD. You won't be in any shape to do anything more strenuous!


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In northeast Iran, at the foot of Mount Sahand volcano, lies the village of Kandovan where villagers live in cave homes carved out from volcanic rock. These homes may be some of the best examples of passive design in the world - where the structures were formed by nature, reportedly creating some of the most energy efficient homes on Earth. The rock provides excellent thermal mass and insulation to keep the interiors comfortable throughout the long cold season and during the hot summer. Most houses face south so residents enjoy sunlight during the day, through windows of decorative glass. Even though the 700-year-old homes have been modernized with electricity, water and waste plumbing, they usually need no supplemental heating or cooling. The houses are two to four stories; typically, the ground floor is used for animals, the first and second floors as living areas, and the top floor for storage. The rock itself is from a volcanic eruption about 11,000 years ago that left ash and debris from Mount Sahand to compress and harden into cone-shaped rocks – sometimes compared to a giant termite colony. Over hundreds of years, the people of the village expanded and upgraded their residences to include porches, windows, doors, balconies and stairwells carved into the rock. There is also a spring-fed water source that runs through the village and is reputed to offer curative effects, while providing irrigation for the terraced gardens and animals. People in Kandovan subsist by selling dairy products, meat, wool, honey, handcrafts and dried vegetables, and tourism. About 300,000 people visit Kandovan each year, sometimes staying in the village's 5-star Cliff Hotel dug out from the rock. Known as modern-day cave dwellers, or troglodytes, the present inhabitants of Kandovan can trace their history back to the Mongol invasion of Persia in the 13th century when a group of settlers escaped to the village. It is unknown why the peculiar volcanic ash cones formed in Kandovan and nowhere else; but today, Mount Sahand lies dormant with a crater lake encircled by twelve peaks, the tallest of which rises to a height of 12,162 feet (3707 m). (Scroll to bottom for additional resources)
The following article is from Iran Review
by Firouzeh Mirrazav, April 06, 2011
Iran: Cones of Kandovan
Kandovan is an ancient village tucked away in the northwest corner of Iran at the foothills of Mount Sahand and near the city of Tabriz. The historical village of Kandovan is one of the three rocky villages of the world. Houses in this village look like beehives built in the heart of mountains.
There are two other rocky villages in the world, one in (Colorado) in the US and the other in Turkey. However, Kandovan, situated in Oskou District, is the only rocky village of the world inhabited by people for some 6,000 years.
A living example of human adaptation to exceptionally unusual natural surroundings, Kandovan village is located 50 km to the south of Tabriz, Osku, on the northern slopes of a valley at the foothills of Mount Sahand. A river originating from the Sahand peaks passes through the valley.
There are a number of natural springs to the north of the river, the water from which has traditionally been used for the treatment of kidney stones, according to the locals. The physical structure of the village looks like images from fairy tales. Natural cones, scattered over a vast area, serve as human dwellings on rock formations which themselves seem to have been the work of certain sculptors. The road from Tabriz goes through this natural artwork.
On getting nearer to the dwellings, the visitor finds out two or three of these hollow interconnected cones with features such as openings on their surface playing the role of actual windows. The lowest cones are used as tables and those on top as the living quarters.
The village of Kandovan is also part of the Lake Urmia region (also spelt Urmiyeh or Urmiya), the region where the predecessors of the Persians and the Medes first entered recorded history in a 844 BCE Assyrian inscription, and the region that is central to the start of the second phase of Zoroastrian history.
It is our understanding that the unusual cone formations were formed from volcanic ash and debris spewed during an eruption of Mount Sahand being hardened and shaped by the elements over thousands of years. The formation of volcanic ash cones is local to Kandovan. Elsewhere, the ash blanketed the land. The existence of a high volume of ash and pumice far from Sahand's crater indicates that Mount Sahand erupted with a gigantic explosion in the distant past. Sahand's rock is about a million years old and the last eruption of Mount Sahand is thought to have occurred within the Holocene epoch, that is within the last 11,000 years. Today, Mount Sahand is a dormant volcano consisting of a crater lake encircled by twelve peaks, the tallest of which rises to a height of 3707 m. or 12,162 feet.
Most of the cave houses are two to four storeys in height. In a typical four storey house, the ground or first floor is used as an animal shelter, the next two floors are used as living areas, and the top floor is used for storage. There are reports of tunnels connecting towers owned by a person or family.
Legend has it that Kandovan's first inhabitants moved there in the 13th century to escape from the invading Mongol army. They dug hideouts in the volcanic rocks but eventually decided to settle in these caves which they gradually developed and transformed into multi-storey, permanent houses. Since then, many generations of their descendants have continued living in the same houses.
The houses are known as karan in the local dialect. One interpretation has the word Kandovan being a plural form of kando, a bee's hive. Another interpretation says that Kandovan means Land of Unknown Carvers. The use of 'van' to indicate the plural is found in the Avesta: cf. ashavan. Nowadays, residents speak a Turkic dialect but have traditional Iranian family names, names such as Kayani. The mountains and rivers in the region have both Persian and Turkic - and perhaps even Assyrian - names.
The present residents say that their village is around 700 years old, and was formed by people fleeing from an advancing Mongol army and who used the caves as a refugee and a place of hiding. Even after the Mongol occupation of the country came to an end, many of the refugees decided to continue living in the caves and gradually expanded their cave homes to form permanent multi-storey houses. Another legend states that eight hundred years ago a body of soldiers hid in the caves during a military campaign.
However, there are indications that the present cave dwellers are successors of earlier 1600-3000 years ago cave dwellers which would have made them contemporaneous to the first known presence of Zoroastrians in the region.
While we must await systematic archaeological and anthropological studies of Kandovan to confirm any direct connection to early Zoroastrians, the style of the Kandovan settlement has some parallels to a form of settlement mentioned in Zoroastrian scriptures, the Avesta. The first mention and description of a planned Aryan township in the Avesta is the Jamshidi Vara (also see Pamiri houses). If, as some have done, the word vara is translated as 'cave', then Kandovan becomes a candidate for a Jamshidi style vara even though the body of references to the location of the early Aryan homeland is more towards Central Asia and the Pamirs than towards the Middle East.
The climate of Kandovan also coincides with the Avesta's description of a weather change that instigated the creation of varas, namely, a greater number of cool months than warm months in a year accompanied by the onset of severe winters. While the weather in the region has likely changed over the past ten thousand years, Kandovan still receives a fair amount of winter snow. In addition, the number of cool months in Kandovan exceeds the number of warm months.
South from Kandovan are reports of other cave dwellers and their choice of living style.
In 317 BCE, the Macedonian commander Antigonus Monophthalmus is quoted as saying that he encountered Kossaeans (Kassites), calling them cavemen.
In Nomads and the Outside World, p.103, Anatoly Michailovich Khazanov states "Curtius Rufus (1st century CE) describes how the Mardeans (one of the nomadic Persian people according to Herodotus) dug caves in the mountains and hid in them with their wives and children (V.6.17)...". Khazanov adds as a footnote, "It is curious that the habit of using caves as winter shelters for livestock continues has been preserved up to the present day by semi-nomadic Kurds and Lurs..."
Some translations of the word vara as a cave add an underground feature to the caves. To find the closest examples of a settlement based in a network of underground caves, we need to look to the ancient land of Cappadocia presently in Central Turkey. Cappadocia was mentioned by the historian Strabo as having a fire temple.
The cave settlements in Turkey are similar to the cave settlement of Kandovan. They have also been the subject of archaeological examination. As a result, we may be able to glean some concept of the antiquity of Kandovan's cave dwellings from the study of the Turkish cave dwellings, where, even though the recent phase of habitation dates from the 5th to 6th century CE, murals and monuments indicate pre-Turkic habitation in the (Indo-Iranian) Hittite period (18th to 12th century BCE). Certain cave-based settlements in Turkey have evidence of habitation since 4000 BCE.
The attractions of Kandovan, however, are not restricted to its unusual cave dwellings. It is located in a green and scenic valley where wild plants and particularly natural spring waters are reputed to have healing properties. The spring waters which are traditionally used to cure kidney problems draw many people from surrounding towns and beyond to this area. The combination of Kandovan's natural landscape and resources, and above all the unique way in which its inhabitants have adapted to the environment, has made it a popular destination for visitors.
Some of the area's wild plants as also reputed to have healing and vitality-giving properties. The combination of Kandovan's unique natural landscape, beauty, and the manner in which its inhabitants have adapted to the environment, has made Kandovan a popular destination for visitors.
About 300,000 people visit the village each year (the resident population is only 670) and a cave hotel with ten rooms was opened in 2007 to accommodate visitors who wish to stay over a night or more. Before the opening of the hotel, visitors to Kandovan were obliged to make a day trip from Tabriz 60 km to the north. It is only a matter of time before the local population begins to rely on tourism as a major source of income, thereby supplanting their traditional pastoral and agricultural way of life.
While Mount Sahand itself is somewhat stark, the surrounding country abounds in a natural beauty that is today but a shadow of a legendary past. Some believe that legendary past beauty is preserved in the biblical story of the Garden of Eden. Ancient Persian gardens, also called baghs, where renowned for their spectacular beauty. Their name pairidaeza became the English word paradise. The baghs were a paradise on earth.
Iran Kandovan Article MAY 2011 (142 kb)
Climate Responsive Architecture of Tabriz Iran 2007 (1,753 kb)
Iran Cones of Kandovan Article APRIL 2011 (616 kb)
Iranian Town Carved From Rock Video Link


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The Memory-Keeper's Son
Jafta's Adoption is Final . . . . Finally!
It was also a stark contrast inside the courtroom. We have always felt so alone and so intimidated in that courtroom. Today, as we literally had a room full of family and friends there to back us up, we felt so confident and supported as a family. It was overwhelmingly emotional. As soon as she had us raise our right hands and state our names, we were fighting the ugly cry. And losing.
We were asked to confirm that we wanted to adopt him, and then asked if we vowed to love him and treat him as we would any biological child. As we sat there with India, our little surprise in the midst of this journey, I knew full well that we did love Jafta as if he were our own biological child. When she announced he was now officially Jafta Jordan Howerton, the room erupted in applause.
When the day was done, we wanted to check in with Jafta to find out how he was feeling and what his thoughts were. This was his reply:
"It was a big day. We went to the court and we waited and waited and waited, for a really long time. And then finally, Ryder came!! And then everybody clapped for me. And then Ryder went down the elevator and I was sad, but then I saw him again!"
Leave it to Jafta to measure the gravity of the day by how much Ryder hangage he got! Love the 3-year-old brain.
As we process the end of this long road, we feel incredibly grateful for our son and for the friends and family who supported us and prayed us through this adoption. We can't even begin to say the weight that has been lifted off our shoulders, and it has struck me in big and small ways over the last 24 hours. He's ours. If someone had told me when we were placed our baby son that he would be in preschool by the time we finalized, I probably would have run screaming for the hills. But somehow, day by day, we got through it, and Jafta has been a gift worth waiting for. He teaches me daily with his ability to be in the moment, find the joy in small things, and live life with a zeal and energy that is inspiring (and yes, occasionally exhausting). We praise God for his hand in our family. Jafta, YOU ARE LOVED.


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You can customize your GTK+ applications' keyboard shortcuts (those are called ''accelerators'' in GTK terminology) by hovering your mouse over a menu item and pressing your desired key combination. However, this feature is disabled by default. To enable it, set
You can customize your GTK+ applications' keyboard shortcuts (those are called ''accelerators'' in GTKterminology) by hovering your mouse over a menu item and pressing your desired key combination. However, this feature is disabled by default. To enable it, set
gtk-can-change-accels = 1
gtk-can-change-accels = 1
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From the GTK+ website:
- GTK+, or the GIMP Toolkit, is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites.
GTK+, The GIMP Toolkit, was initially made by the GNU Project for the GIMP but is now a very popular toolkit with bindings for many languages.
- 1 Configuration programs
- 2 Themes
- 3 Configuration file
- 4 Development
- 5 Resources
Configuration programs
These GUI programs allow theme selection and at least customising of a font. They generally overwrite the
~/.gtkrc-2.0 file.
- lxappearance: A configuration tool from the LXDE project, which does not require any other parts of LXDE or other desktop environment. More flexible customisation than the other programs.
- gtk-chtheme
- gtk-theme-switch2
- gtk2_prefs
Example install command:
# pacman -S gtk-theme-switch2
See also Uniform Look for Qt and GTK Applications#Changing styles in each toolkit.
GTK+ 1.x
Old GTK+ 1 apps (like xmms) often do not look very nice at first. This is because they use ugly themes by default. To change this, you need to:
- download and install some nice themes
- change the theme
Some nice themes are in the AUR. To install them, see gtk-smooth-engineAUR.
To change the theme you can use gtk-theme-switch2. Run it with the 'switch' command.
GTK+ 2.x
Major desktop environments provide tools to configure the GTK+ theme, icons, font and font size. Alternatively, tools such as those mentioned above may be used.
It is recommended to install some GTK+ 2 themes as well. The popular Clearlooks theme is included within the gtk-engines package.
Further themes can be found in the AUR:
- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=gtk2-theme&do_Search=Go
- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=gtk-theme&do_Search=Go
Alternatively, GTK+ settings can be configured manually by editing
~/.gtkrc-2.0. A list of GTK+ settings can be found in the GNOME library. To manually change the GTK+ theme, icons, font and font size, add the following to
gtk-icon-theme-name = "[name-of-icon-theme]" gtk-theme-name = "[name-of-theme]" gtk-font-name = "[font-name] [size]"
For example:
gtk-icon-theme-name = "Tango" gtk-theme-name = "Murrine-Gray" gtk-font-name = "DejaVu Sans 8"
GTK+ 3.x
If you use GNOME 3, the theme can be changed with the gnome-tweak-tool.
If you use Xfce 4.8, both GTK+ 3.x and GTK+ 2.x themes can be managed by Appearance tool. Go to Settings-->Appearance. If selected style has both GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3.x themes, they will be used. If selected style has only GTK+ 2.x theme, it will be used for GTK+ 2.x applications and (ugly) defaults will be used for GTK+ 3.x applications. If selected style has only GTK+ 3.x theme, it will be used for GTK+ 3.x applications and (ugly) defaults will be used for GTK+ 2.x applications. Thus for uniform UI appearance and best experience one can use style that has both GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3.x themes. Search packages and AUR. One example of this is theme clearwaita-gtk-themeAUR.
If you use a GTK+ 2.x based DE, like Xfce, LXDE, gnome-tweak-tool won't work; see FS#23644. You need to install librsvg, and set your theme manually in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/settings.ini (this is usually
~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. An example
settings.ini file:
[Settings] gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme = false gtk-theme-name = Zukitwo gtk-fallback-icon-theme = gnome gtk-icon-theme-name = [icon theme name] gtk-font-name = [font name] [font size]
If it still does not change, delete old
gtk-3.0 folder in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME and copy
gtk-3.0 folder from /path/to/theme to
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME. Example:
$ rm -r ~/.config/gtk-3.0/ $ cp -r /usr/share/themes/Zukitwo/gtk-3.0/ ~/.config/
After this, you need to set the same theme in your DE's appearance configuration tool. There are only a few themes which provide a uniform look for GTK+ 3.x and GTK+ 2.x apps. A few examples:
- Adwaita for GTK+ 3 and Advaicium for GTK+ 2
- Newlooks for GKT+ 3 and Clearlooks for GTK+ 2
- Zukitwo
- Elegant Brit
- Atolm
- Hope
You could find what themes installed on your system have both an GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3.x version by using this command (don't work with names containing spaces):
find $(find ~/.themes /usr/share/themes/ -wholename "*/gtk-3.0" | sed -e "s/^\(.*\)\/gtk-3.0$/\1/")\ -wholename "*/gtk-2.0" | sed -e "s/.*\/\(.*\)\/gtk-2.0/\1"/
GTK+ and Qt
If you have GTK+ and Qt (KDE) applications on your desktop then you know that their looks do not blend well. If you wish to make your GTK+ styles match your Qt styles please read Uniform Look for Qt and GTK Applications.
Configuration file
The purpose of this section is to collect GTK+ configuration settings which can e.g. be used within
Enabling Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts
You can customize your GTK+ applications' keyboard shortcuts (those are called accelerators in GTK+ terminology) by hovering your mouse over a menu item and pressing your desired key combination. However, this feature is disabled by default. To enable it, set
gtk-can-change-accels = 1
This setting controls the delay between you pointing the mouse at a menu and that menu opening in GNOME. Change this to a setting you prefer. I guess the number is in milliseconds, e.g. 250 being a quarter of a second.
gtk-menu-popup-delay = 0
Reduce widget sizes
If you have a small screen or you just do not like big icons and widgets, you can resize things easily. To have icons without text in toolbars, use
gtk-toolbar-style = GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
To use smaller icons, use a line like this:
gtk-icon-sizes = "panel-menu=16,16:panel=16,16:gtk-menu=16,16:gtk-large-toolbar=16,16\ :gtk-small-toolbar=16,16:gtk-button=16,16"
Or to remove icons from buttons completely:
gtk-button-images = 0
You can also remove icons from menus:
gtk-menu-images = 0
There is some more tweaking to do in your themes gtkrc like explained here and there's another theme that does it all.
When writing a start-from-scratch GTK+ 3 program with C, it's necessary to add CFLAGS for gcc:
gcc -g -Wall `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0` -o base base.c
-g and -Wall parameters are not necessary since they are only for verbose debugging outputs. You may try out the official Hello World example.
Write a simple message dialog app
You can write your own GTK+ 3 message dialog easily in many programming languages through GObject-Introspection or bindings, or you can simply use bash.
The following examples display a simple "Hello world" in a message dialog.
- Dependency: zenity
#!/bin/bash zenity --info --title='Hello world!' --text='This is an example dialog.'
- Dependency: gtk-sharp-gitAUR from AUR (boo)
- Makedependency: boo
- Build with:
booc hello_world.boo
- Run with:
mono hello_world.exe(or
booi hello_world.boo)
import Gtk from "gtk-sharp" Application.Init() Hello = MessageDialog(null, DialogFlags.Modal, MessageType.Info, ButtonsType.Close, "Hello world!") Hello.SecondaryText = "This is an example dialog." Hello.Run()
- Dependency: gtk3
- Build with:
gcc -o hello_world `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0` hello_world.c
#include <gtk/gtk.h> void main (int argc, char *argv[]) { gtk_init (&argc, &argv); GtkWidget *hello = gtk_message_dialog_new (NULL, GTK_DIALOG_MODAL, GTK_MESSAGE_INFO, GTK_BUTTONS_OK, "Hello world!"); gtk_message_dialog_format_secondary_text (GTK_MESSAGE_DIALOG (hello), "This is an example dialog."); gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG (hello)); }
- Dependency: gtkmm3
- Build with:
g++ -o hello_world `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtkmm-3.0` hello_world.cc
#include <gtkmm/main.h> #include <gtkmm/messagedialog.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv); Gtk::MessageDialog Hello("Hello world!", false, Gtk::MESSAGE_INFO, Gtk::BUTTONS_OK); Hello.set_secondary_text("This is an example dialog."); Hello.run(); }
- Dependency: gtk-sharp-gitAUR from AUR
- Build with:
mcs -pkg:gtk-sharp-3.0 hello_world.cs
- Run with:
mono hello_world.exe
using Gtk; public class HelloWorld { static void Main() { Application.Init (); MessageDialog Hello = new MessageDialog (null, DialogFlags.Modal, MessageType.Info, ButtonsType.Close, "Hello world!"); Hello.SecondaryText="This is an example dialog."; Hello.Run (); } }
uses Gtk init Gtk.init (ref args) var Hello=new MessageDialog (null, Gtk.DialogFlags.MODAL, Gtk.MessageType.INFO, Gtk.ButtonsType.OK, "Hello world!") Hello.format_secondary_text ("This is an example dialog.") Hello.run ()
- Dependency: java-gnomeAUR from AUR
- Makedependency: java-environment
- Build with:
mkdir HelloWorld && javac -classpath /usr/share/java/gtk.jar -d HelloWorld HelloWorld.java
- Run with:
java -classpath /usr/share/java/gtk.jar:HelloWorld HelloWorld
import org.gnome.gtk.Gtk; import org.gnome.gtk.Dialog; import org.gnome.gtk.InfoMessageDialog; public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { Gtk.init(args); Dialog Hello = new InfoMessageDialog(null, "Hello world!", "This is an example dialog."); Hello.run(); } }
#!/usr/bin/gjs Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk Gtk.init(null, null) Hello = new Gtk.MessageDialog({type: Gtk.MessageType.INFO, buttons: Gtk.ButtonsType.OK, text: "Hello world!", "secondary-text": "This is an example dialog."}) Hello.run()
- Dependency: perl-gtk3AUR from AUR
#!/usr/bin/perl use Gtk3 -init; my $hello = Gtk3::MessageDialog->new (undef, 'modal', 'info', 'ok', "Hello world!"); $hello->set ('secondary-text' => 'This is an example dialog.'); $hello->run;
- Dependencies: gtk3, python-gobject
#!/usr/bin/python from gi.repository import Gtk Gtk.init(None) Hello=Gtk.MessageDialog(None, Gtk.DialogFlags.MODAL, Gtk.MessageType.INFO, Gtk.ButtonsType.CLOSE, "Hello world!") Hello.format_secondary_text("This is an example dialog.") Hello.run()
using Gtk; public class HelloWorld { static void main (string[] args) { Gtk.init (ref args); var Hello=new MessageDialog (null, Gtk.DialogFlags.MODAL, Gtk.MessageType.INFO, Gtk.ButtonsType.OK, "Hello world!"); Hello.format_secondary_text ("This is an example dialog."); Hello.run (); } }
Visual Basic .NET
- Dependency: gtk-sharp-gitAUR from AUR
- Makedependency: mono-basic
- Build with:
vbnc -r:/usr/lib/mono/gtk-sharp-3.0/gio-sharp.dll -r:/usr/lib/mono/gtk-sharp-3.0/glib-sharp.dll -r:/usr/lib/mono/gtk-sharp-3.0/gtk-sharp.dll hello_world.vb
- Run with:
mono hello_world.exe
Imports Gtk Public Class Hello Inherits MessageDialog Public Sub New MyBase.New(Me, DialogFlags.Modal, MessageType.Info, ButtonsType.Close, "Hello world!") Me.SecondaryText = "This is an example dialog." End Sub Public Shared Sub Main Application.Init Dim Dialog As New Hello Dialog.Run End Sub End Class


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IDT is scheduled to present its annual concert at Hope College on Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
IDT, formerly InSync Dance Theatre, is an affiliate of the department of dance at HopeCollege. The company is led by artistic directors Rosanne Marie Mork (Barton-DeVries) and Amanda Smith-Heynen of the Hope dance faculty.
Don Smith, nationally renowned tap master and contemporary of tap-great Honi Coles, will bring classic tap and Irish step dance to the stage with two premiere works: "Daphne," a celebration of the classic rhythms of the big band era, and "Irish Feat," a Celtic Jig danced by Hope faculty member Rosanne Marie Mork and Hope senior Briana Sosenheimer of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Dorrell Martin, nationally renowned performer and choreographer, will present a techno jazz piece titled "Alive." The work represents the percussive side of jazz dance.
Smith-Heynen, will present a premiere fusing disco dance with a smooth funk reminiscent of Michael Jackson's influence on jazz dance. She will also present "Afloat," a modern jazz work set to the work of a Japanese jazz ensemble, and will round out the program with a contemporary ballet set to Bach's classical score.
Rosanne Marie Mork (Barton-DeVries), will explore the chaotic pace of modern life with driving rhythms and toe-balancing work set to Billy Joel's "Pressure." This piece features a cappella sections and polyrhythms. The company will also present her "Winter's Song," an orchestrated tap dance set to the music of a solo piano composition. Dancers move from chorus work to solo "improvography" as they comment on the winter of waiting. This piece debuted at the University of Illinois Chicago in 2008. Mark Yonally, director of Chicago Tap Theatre, has called the piece "exquisite" and "beautifully mature."
In addition to Sosenheimer, Hope students performing in the concert are: junior Kristin Benner of Plainfield, Ill.; junior Stephanie Brown of Franklin, Ind.; sophomore Ashley Burns of Lake Barrington, Ill.; senior Colleen Creamer of Lima, Ohio; junior Chelsea Harkelroad of Fort Wayne, Ind.; senior Jessica Jeffery of Pinckney; sophomore Jennifer Muisenga of Midland; junior Sarah Stern of Virginia Beach, Va.; sophomore Heather Stiff of Galena, Ohio; sophomore Molly Vass of Valparaiso, Ind.; senior Jessica Wagoner of Clarinda, Iowa; sophomore Danielle Wilder of Westmont, Ill.; and junior Anne Willmert of Wabash, Ind. Local teacher Lindsay Lochner, who is a 2008 Hope graduate, will be performing with the ensemble as well.
Finally, the audience is invited to join in the Shim Sham at the conclusion of the concert, no tap shoes required. The Shim Sham is the national anthem of tap dance. Tap concerts around the world conclude with this piece dating from the 1920s.
In addition to the concerts, IDT on Saturday, April 10, will present its annual repertory workshop for middle school and high school students who are interested in experiencing both traditional and cutting-edge choreography. Participants will receive four master classes with company directors, lunch and concert tickets, for $75. Registration forms are available at www.hope.edu/rhythm, and more information may also be obtained by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tickets for the performances are $7 for regular admission, $5 for students and senior citizens, and free for children age 13 and under, and are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890. Tickets will also be available at the Knickerbocker during the two performance evenings.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located facing Fairbanks Avenue between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St.


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Jefferson in Conversation
1782 April. (Marquis de Chastellux). "Nevertheless I at first found his manner grave and even cold; but I had no sooner spent two hours with him than I felt as if we had spent our wholes lives together. Walking, the library -- and above all, conversation which was always varied, always interesting, always sustained by that sweet satisfaction experienced by two persons who in communicating their feelings and opinions invariably find themselves in agreement and who understand each other at the first hint -- all these made my four days spent at Monticello seem like four minutes."[1]
1790. (William Maclay) "He had a rambling, vacant look, and nothing of that firm, collected deportment which I expected would dignify the presence of a secretary or minister. I looked for gravity, but a laxity of manner seemed shed about him. He spoke almost without ceasing. But even his discourse partook of his personal demeanor. It was loose and rambling, and yet he scattered information wherever he went, and some even brilliant sentiments sparkled from him. . . . on our three secretaries. . . Jefferson transgresses on the extreme of stiff gentility or lofty gravity."[2]
1791 May 13. (Benjamin Rush). "Was charmed with Mr. Jefferson's conversation. It was full of instruction upon all subjects." [3]
1796. (Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt) "In private life Mr. Jefferson displays a mild, easy and obliging temper, though he is somewhat cold and reserved. His conversation is of the most agreeable kind, and he possesses a stock of information not inferior to that of any other man."[4]
1800. (Margaret Bayard Smith). "And is this," said I, after my first interview with Mr. Jefferson, "the violent democrat, the vulgar demagogue, the bold atheist and profligate man I have so often heard denounced by the federalists? Can this man so meek and mild, yet dignified in his manners, with a voice so soft and low, with a countenance so benignant and intelligent,can he be that daring leader of a faction, that disturber of the peace, that enemy of all rank and order?. . . I happened to be seated next to him and had the pleasure of his conversation on several subjects."[5]
1801. (John Bernard). "His information was equally polite and profound, and his conversational powers capable of discussing moral questions of deepest seriousness, or the lighter themes of humor and fancy. Nothing could be more simpler than his reasonings, nothing more picturesque and pointed than his descriptions. On all abstract subjects he was plainness--a veritable Quaker; but when conveying his views of human nature through most attractive medium -- anecdote -- he displayed the grace and brilliance of a courtier."[6]
1802. (William Plumer) "He is easy of access, and conversed with great ease and freedom." [7]
1804. (Sir Augustus John Foster) "He was a tall man with a very red freckled face and grey neglected hair, his manners good natured, frank and rather friendly though he had somewhat of a cynical countenance. . . . I thought him intemperate in breaking out into abuse of Judge Chase who was just then under impeachment and whom he called an insolent overbearing man."[8]
1804. (William Plumer). "His conversation was vapid -- mere common place observations on the weather -- crops and sickness of particular districts. From these he went into an elaborate defence of horseracing -- he said it was an effectual means to improve the breed of horses. . . . He performed the honors of the table with great facility -- He was today reserved -- appeared rather low spirited -- conversed little -- he is naturally very social and communicative."[9]
1807. (John Quincy Adams) "The President was less cheerful in his manners than usual, but told some customary staring stories. Among the rest before he went from Virginia to France he had some ripe pears sewed up in tow bags, and that when he returned six years afterwards he found them in a perfect state of preservation -- self-candied. . . . Dined at the President's. . . .There was, as usual, a dissertation upon wines; not very edifying. . . . Mr. Jefferson said that he had always been extremely fond of agriculture, and knew nothing about it, but the person who united with other sciences the greatest agricultural knowledge of any man he knew was Mr. Madison."[10]
1808. (Frances Few) "We were invited to dine with him at half past three. We arrived and were shewn. . . into a room and received by Mr. Jefferson's private secretary Mr. Coles. . . after a little while the President made his appearance -- he bowed and the strangers present were named to him. . . he joined in the conversation but did not monopolize it. . . the President was only to be distinguished by the shabbiness of his dress."[11]
1801-09. (Margaret Bayard Smith) "He [Sir Augustus John Foster] candidly says he [Jefferson] believed his careless toilette and unceremonious manners to be mere affectation, assumed to win popularity. The picture this gentleman has drawn of Mr. Jefferson is a mere characature. . . . His simplicity never degenerated into vulgarity, nor his affability into familiarity. On the contrary there was a natural and quiet dignity in his demeanour that often produced a degree of restraint in those who conversed with him, unfavorable to that free interchange of thoughts and feelings which constitute the greatest charm of social life. . . . At Mr. Jefferson's table the conversation was general; every guest was entertained and interested in whatever topic was discussed. To each an opportunity was offered for the exercise of his colloquial powers and the stream of conversation thus enriched by such various contributions flowed on full, free and animated: of course he took the lead and gave the tone, with a tact so true and discriminating that he seldom missed his air, which was to draw for the talents and information of each and all of his guests and to place every one in an advantageous light and by being pleased with themselves, be enabled to please others."[12]
1801-09. (Margaret Bayard Smith) "We sat at table, until near sun down, where we enjoyed agreeable and instructive conversation, in which every one seemed to expect and wish Mr. J should take the chief part. This is the part of the day, in which he gives most time to his guests and seems himself most to enjoy society; and I found during the few days we passed at Monticello, these were the most social hours. The dessert is not removed; the wine freely, but not rapidly circulated round the table, and the ladies do not withdraw, until the hospitable master leads the way. Every one who has known, has acknowledged the colloquial powers of this excellent man. He is frank and communicative in his manner, various and delightful in his conversation. With a mind stored by much reading, long experience, accurate observation, deep research, an intimate acquaintance with the great and good men of Europe and America; with the events, and scenes and customs of both countries; he possesses a store of intellectual wealth, which falls to the lot of few; and of those, how many possess the treasure, have not the faculty of imparting it to others. But, Mr. J, has not only the sterling gold, but has the baser coins, which afford an easy currency of thought, and are so important in social intercourse. No subject could be started, which he did not illustrate by luminous observations, or enliven by sprightly anecdotes. One quality he has, which I never knew equalled in any other man: a quick and intuitive perception of the character, taste and feelings of his guests, and with a benevolence, equalling in warmth, the greatness of his perception; he always turned the conversation, so as to draw forth the powers and talents of each guest, bestowing on all, the same gracious attention: he, above all men, has the art of pleasing, by making each pleased with himself. Why can I not recollect every word which fell from his lips, during these charming conversations, for every word deserved to be remembered!"[13]
1801-09. (Joseph Delaplaine) "In conversation he is free and communicative. All topics that fall under discussion are treated by him with equal unreservedness. He seems, indeed, to have no thought or opinion to conceal and his store of knowledge are unlocked and laid open with the same freedom in which nature unfolds her bounties. They lie before you, and you have only to select and enjoy. . . .The liberality of his disposition, is felt in blessings around the neighbourhood of Monticello."[14]
1801-09. (B.L. Rayner) "There was no effort, no ambition in the conversation of the philosopher. It was as simple and unpretending as nature itself. And while in this easy manner he was pouring out instruction, like light from an inexhaustible solar fountain, he seemed continually to be asking, instead of giving information. The visitor felt himself lifted by the contact, into a new and nobler region of thought, and became surprised at his own bouyancy and vigor. He could not, indeed, help being astounded, now and then, at those transcendant leaps of the mind, which this wonderful man played with subjects which he had been in the habit of considering among the argumenta crucis of the intellect. And then there seemed to be no end to his knowledge."[15]
Early nineteenth century. (Francis Brook) "I knew Mr. Jefferson very well. . . .He was a man of easy and ingratiating manners. . . Mr. Jefferson never would discuss any proposition if you differed with him, for he said he thought discussion rather rivetted opinions than changed them."[16]
1815 February. (George Ticknor) "The evening passed away pleasantly in general conversation, of which Mr. J was necessarily the leader. I shall probably surprise you by saying that, in conversation, he reminds me of Dr. [James] Freeman. He has the same discursive manner and love of paradox, with the same appearance of sobriety and cool reason. He seems equally fond of American antiquities, and especially the antiquities of his native State, and talks of them with freedom and, I suppose, accuracy."[17]
1816. (Francis Hall) "His deportment was exactly such as the Marquis de Chastellux describes it, above thirty years ago: "At first serious, nay even cold,' but in a very short time relaxing into a most agreeable amenity; with an unabated flow of conversation on the most interesting topicks, discussed in the most gentlemanly and philosophical manner."[18]
1820. (Adam Hodgson) "Mr. Jefferson's appearance is rather prepossessing. . . .His manners are dignified, but courteous and gentlemanly; and he enters into conversation with great ease and animation."[19]
c1822. (Judith Walker Rives) "It was the first time I had ever seen the sage of Monticello though I had heard of him often through friends and foes, through good and evil report. . . . His manners were pleasing, his voice and general conversation very attractive, his eye bright, and his tall figure had lost none of its uprightness." [20]
1823 October. (Alexander Hugh Holmes) "I have a distinct recollection of Mr. Jefferson's appearance. . . . He conversed freely, and his countenance was full of expression, which varied with every subject which he touched. . . . I have never met any one who presided at his own table, with the same playful grace and urbanity, blended with perfect dignity."[21]
1824 May. (Samuel Whitcomb, Jr.) "He is more positive, decided and passionate than I had expected. I should think him less of a philosopher than a partizan. His manners are much the most agreeable part of him. They are artifical, he shrugs his shoulders when talking, has much of the Frenchman, is rapid, varying, volatile, eloquent, amusing. . . . Mr. Madison appears less studied, brilliant and frank but more natural, candid and profound than Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson has more imagination and passion, quicker and richer conceptions. . . . Mr. Jefferson excites interest immediately on entering his presence."[22]
1824 December. (Daniel Webster) "In conversation, Mr. Jefferson is easy and natural, and apparently not ambitious; it is not loud, as challenging general attention, but usually addressed to the person next to him. The topics, when not selected to suit the character and feelings of his auditor, are those subjects with which his mind seems particularly occupied; and these, at present, may be said to be science and letters, and especially the University of Virginia. . . . When we were with him, his favorite subjects were Greek and Anglo-Saxon, historical recollections of the times and events of the revolution, and of his residence in France from 1783-4 to 89. [23]
1824 December. (George Long) "A few days after my arrival at Charlottesville I walked to Monticello to see Mr. Jefferson. . . . We fell to talking, and I stayed to dine with him. He was grave and rather cold in his manner, but he was very polite; and I was pleased with his simple Virginian dress, and his conversation free from all affectation. . . . During my solitary residence before the University opened I visited Monticello several times, and occasionally passed the night there. . . and we talked on all subjects. . . . The last time that I saw Mr. Jefferson when he was suffering from a complaint which caused his death, he was reading Pliny's letters, and we had some talk about a passage." [24]
1825. (Robley Dunglison) "Mr. Jefferson was not a man who could be regarded as an eminent conversationalist. He was rather reserved; and did not often enter into great questions -- political or moral -- in my presence. . . . At all times dignified, and by no means easy of approach to all, he was generally communicative to those on whom he could rely. In his own house he was occasionally free in his speech, even to imprudence, to those of whom he did not know enough to be satisfied that an improper use might not be made of his candor."[25]
1826. (George Tucker) "His conversation was always cheerful, sometimes light and facetious, but seldom either impassioned or witty. From the profound respect with which he was usually listened to, he was occasionally abrupt and positive; but in thus speaking, as it were, ex cathedra, he was never betrayed into haughtiness or ill-humour."[26]
1847. (Isaac Jefferson) "Mr. Jefferson bowed to everybody he meet; talked with his arms folded."[27]
- ↑ Peterson Visitors, 1989, 12-13. Chastellux, a member of the French Academy and an officer in General Rochambeau's army, published Travels in North America in 1786.
- ↑ Journal of William Maclay, ed. by Edgar Maclay, (New York: 1880), 272, 310. William Maclay was a senator from Pennsylvania from 1789-91.
- ↑ Benjamin Rush, The Autobiography of Benjamin Rush, ed. by George Corner, (Princeton: 1948), 194. Rush, one of the most well-known physicians of his day, became acquainted with Jefferson during the Second Continental Congress.
- ↑ Peterson, Merrill, ed. Visitors to Monticello, 28. Rochefoucauld-Liancourt was a leader of the French Revolution who published Travels through the United States of America in 1799.
- ↑ Smith, The First Forty Years, 5. Smith, the wife of the republican newspaper editor Samuel Harrison Smith, recorded the social and political life of the United States from Jefferson's presidency to Jackson's.
- ↑ John Bernard, Retrospections of America 1797- 1811, (New York: 1887), 232-33. Bernard was an Englishman who traveled widely in America during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
- ↑ William Plumer, William Plumer of New Hampshire 1759-1850, ed. by Everett Brown, (New York: 1923), 95. Plumer was a senator from New Hampshire.
- ↑ Sir Augustus John Foster, "Notes on the United States, " William and Mary Quarterly 1959, v. 8, 72. Foster was secretary to the British Legation in Washington from 1(434): 12.
- ↑ William Plumer, William Plumer's Memorandum of Proceedings in the United States Senate 1803-1807, ed. by Everett Brown, (New York: 1923), 194-213.
- ↑ John Quincy Adams, Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, ed. by Charles Francis Adams, (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott, 1874), 1:458, 472-73. John Quincy Adams was the son of John Adams.
- ↑ Frances Few, "The Diary of Frances Few," The Journal of Southern History, 29(1963): 350. A Georgia native, Few kept a diary during her visit to Washington in 1808-09.
- ↑ Smith,The First Forty Years, 386, 388-89.
- ↑ Margaret Bayard Smith, Richmond Enquirer, January 18, 1823.
- ↑ Joseph Delaplaine, Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters, (Philadelphia: 1815), 152-53. Delaplaine, a close friend of Jefferson, established the first national portrait gallery.
- ↑ B.L. Rayner, Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson, (New York: 1832), 526-27. B.L. Rayner, a Jefferson devotee, composed this life of Jefferson.
- ↑ Francis Brook, "Some Contemporary Accounts of Eminent Characters," William and Mary Quarterly 17(1908): 4. Brook was a member of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
- ↑ Peterson, Merrill, ed. Visitors to Monticello, 63. Ticknor was a professor of modern languages at Harvard.
- ↑ Peterson, Merrill, ed. Visitors to Monticello, 74-75. Hall, a lieutenant in the British Army, toured the U.S. and published his Travels in Canada and the United States in 1816 and 1817 in 1818.
- ↑ Adam Hodgson, Letters from North America Written during a Tour in the United States and Canada, (London: 1824), 318. Hodgson was a British merchant who visited the U.S. for sixteen months in 1819-20.
- ↑ Judith Walker Rives, "The Autobiography of Mrs. William Cabell Rives." Rives was the granddaughter of one of Jefferson's guardians, Dr. Thomas Walker.
- ↑ Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart to W. J. Campbell, 3 August 1886. Stuart was the son of Archibald Stuart of Staunton, who was a close friend of Jefferson.
- ↑ Samuel Whitcomb, Jr., "A Book Peddler Invades Monticello," William and Mary Quarterly 6(1949): 634-35. Whitcomb was a book dealer from Massachusetts.
- ↑ Peterson, Merrill, ed. Visitors to Monticello, 99. Webster, a federalist from New England, visited Monticello for five days.
- ↑ Peterson, Merrill, ed. Visitors to Monticello, 101. Long, a Cambridge scholar, was the first professor of ancient languages at the University of Virginia.
- ↑ Robley Dunglison, The Autobiographical Ana of Robley Dunglison, M.D., ed. by Samuel Radbill, (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1963), 190, 27. Dunglison was the first professor of the school of medicine at the University of Virginia. He was the attending physician at Jefferson's death.
- ↑ George Tucker, The Life of Thomas Jefferson, (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1837), 506. Tucker was a professor of moral philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1825-1845.
- ↑ James A. Bear, Jr. ed., [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=716 Memoirs of a Monticello Slave, (Charlottesville: 1967), 23. Jefferson was born a slave at Monticello where he worked as a nailer and blacksmith.


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This includes the General Mining Law of 1872, as amended; those portions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA) that affect the General Mining Law; and the Surface Resources Act of 1955. See the brochure Mining Claims and Sites on Federal Lands.
This program area, established by section 314 of the FLPMA (43 USC 1744 and 43 CFR 3833) and amended by annual budget acts, concerns the location and recording of mining claims and sites, recording of title transfers to mining claims and sites, payment of annual fees and filings of annual assessment work documents, and deferments of assessment work. It also includes the adjudication of these required filings, fees, and transfers, and the issuance of decisions voiding out claims and sites that fail to comply with these requirements. The Bureau has on record (1998) approximately 290,000 mining claims Nationwide, including Alaska. The BLM's annual statistics for mining claims are published in the Public Land Statistics.
The General Mining Law of 1872, as amended (30 USC 29 and 43 CFR 3860, provides the successful mining claimant the right to patent (acquire absolute title to the land) mining claims or sites if they meet the statutory requirements. To meet this requirement, the successful claimant must:
This program area concerns authorizing and permitting of mineral exploration, mining, and reclamation actions on the public lands administered by BLM. It is mandated by section 302(b) of FLPMA (43 USC 1732[b] and 603[c]; 43 CFR 3802 and 43 CFR 3809). All operations of any nature that disturb the surface of the mining claim or site require authorization. The necessary authorizations and permits are obtained through the proper BLM field office.
The BLM regulations establish three levels of authorization, (1) casual use, (2) notice level, and (3) plans of operations. Casual use involves minor activity with hand tools, no explosives, and no mechanized earth moving equipment. No permit is required. Notice level activities involve use of explosives and/or earth moving equipment. The total annual unreclaimed surface disturbance must not exceed 5 acres per calendar year. A plan of operations is required for all other surface disturbance activities. A full environmental assessment and reclamation bonding are required.
This program area concerns the proper occupation (residency or seasonal occupation of mining claims by mining claimants. It is administered pursuant to the Surface Resources Act of 1955 (30 USC 611-615; 43 CFR 3715). It provides that if you live on a mining claim or site, the occupation must be justified as reasonably incident to mining and exploration and that no other reasonable options for shelter are available while working the claims. The occupation must be authorized by the proper field office through a notice or plan of operations. There are severe penalties for unauthorized residences and occupancies (see the regulations at 43 CFR 3715).
Holders of mining claims and sites located within lands later withdrawn from mineral entry must prove their right to continue to occupy and use the land for mining purposes. The owner must demonstrate they contain a discovery of a valuable mineral deposit and/or are used and occupied properly under the General Mining Law, as of the date of withdrawal and as of the date of the mineral examination. Mining claims or sites whose discovery or use or occupation cannot be demonstrated on the date of withdrawal or the date of mineral examination have no valid existing rights and will be contested by the Department.
1. The Prudent Man Rule was first defined in Castle v Womble, 19 LD 455 (1894), where the Secretary of the Interior held that: "Where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, the requirements of the statute have been met."2. The Marketability Test was first defined by the Secretary of the Interior in Solicitor's Opinion, 54 ID 294 (1933): "...a mineral locator or applicant, to justify his possession must show by reason of accessibility, bona fides in development, proximity to market, existence of present demand, and other factors, the deposit is of such value that it can be mined, removed, and disposed of at a profit."


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What a heel, my apologies to all the people who responded to this thread, I fell off the radar for a while and I cancelled the email address I was using for this account (and forgot to update this site with my new email), so I never saw any of the postings... anyway, I hope everyone found some people to hit with, I myself am going to need to get out there soon and start hitting again, it's been WAY too long and I'm feeling pretty rusty!
*Also, the crew that was meeting in the mornings no longer meets, people just kinda drifted away (jobs, etc)
Hey Javier,
I'd love to play sometime, it would have to be after work as I work In Bellevue but live in Seattle/Ballard... email me:
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