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This site aims to be a base where people affected by the condition, their families and parents of children with the condition can contact us and find links and have contact with other Australians and people worldwide who are affected by Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. That way you will truly know you're not alone.
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THE HUM - WORLD HEADLINES - January 10, 2012
Algeria to Nationalize Orascom Algeria's Mobile Phone Unit
Australia's International Islamic College suing Saudi Arabia
3023 illegal migrants deported from Azerbaijan in 2011
Formula One urged to quit Bahrain
US House Speaker John Boehner tours Rio slum as part of trade-boosting Latin America trip
Canadian warship bound for Mediterranean
Asking for an outbreak of preventable diseases
12 Canadians changing the way we think
Calgary, Edmonton set attendance record for World Junior events
China launches remote-sensing satellite
China imports dairy cows as demand for milk continues
China, an important driving force in East Asian cooperation: asst. FM
Hong Kong Arts Festival 2012 to Kick Off January 28
Elections-DR Congo: DRC faces suspension of EU cooperation over last elections
African States and UN agree to beef up measures against Lord's Resistance Army
U.S. Department of State Announces Second International Sports Exchange with the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cuban Labor Delegation in Damascus: Syrians have right to Solve problems without foreign Intervention
Three New Land Routes to Connect Egypt, Sudan
Sam Wallace: A poverty-stricken people don't need the wonga cup (Perspective)
Ikea Expands to Estonian, Latvian Markets
Woman: Hotel clerk in Finland gave my key to drunken pervert & now I'm suing
Demand for day-care skyrockets
Around 100 street beggars remain in Finland
France's RFI radio back on air in DR Congo
Marriott Business in Tbilisi Proving Successful Despite Tough Competition
Indian expats celebrate winning the right to vote
Terrorist threat to railway stations in Bihar
Graft war in India reflective of global power shift: Miliband
India is the success story of South Asia — that is a fact: David Miliband
India seeks reversal of EU carbon emissions tax
International real estate expansion halted for Indian companies
Bangalore airport may shut down for 7 hours every day from Feb 24-April 19
India Faces Challenges in Connecting With African Continent
'Bangalore can be a little slow' (Perspective)
Many Indonesians repatriated from Saudi Arabia in 2011
Analysis: Power woes could trip Indonesia's economic surge
Oil Minister: Iran Self-Sufficient in Drilling Industry
Poll: 25 percent of Iraqis 'suffering'
Ivorian cocoa arrivals slump, exporters say
New Jamaica PM: We will be a republic
Japan begins Middle East visit seeking oil assistance
Japan to Install Tsunami Monitoring System at Sea
Kenya's TB campaign proves a success (Video)
Libya lifts sanctions against Switzerland
President's charity campaign provides Lithuanian libraries with thousands books
Malaysia to boost ties with South Africa
Marshalls President announces Cabinet
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulates the Marshall Islands on their Presidential election (Press Release)
Report: Mauritania "expels" Qatari emir
Bihar's village decks up to welcome Trinidad & Tobago PM
Vatican spokesman explains why Pope will visit Mexico
Aung San Suu Kyi Confirms Run for Burmese Parliament
George Soros to open aid office in Myanmar
Namibian Prime Minister Angula Meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
Lack of Awareness, Stigma Fuels Marital Rape in Nepal
Nepal's child malnutrition 'silent emergency'
Nepal Telecommunications Authority reports 2.1m mobile additions in a month; amends Telecoms Regulations
Smartphones outsell normal handsets
Straws of steel: Earthquake-proof houses
Pollution Rise Worsens South Asia's Winter Smog
New Caledonian politician suggest to merge with Wallis and Futuna
Nicaragua next stop in Ahmadinejad's Latin America tour
Niger's president makes stop over in Luanda city
Nigeria, Finland Renew Commission
Nigeria: UN, MDGs and Fuel Subsidy Removal
N.Korean economy plunges after hitting high in 2007: report
Oman LNG signs pact to fund two more social initiatives
Sierra Leone keen to boost trade with Oman
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait reject Pak's request to supply oil on long-term credit
2-year Pacific tuna-fishing ban extended until March
Taboga Festival of the Sea- The timing is right
Encouraging sign of new gold and copper find in PNG
Paraguayan FM to Attend Inauguration of Daniel Ortega
Peruvian Govt Highlights Agreements with Venezuela
Six Peruvian cities nominated for New 7 Wonders Cities campaign
South China Sea issues flare yet again as Manila alleges Chinese incursion
A sea of humanity attends Black Nazarene feast, ignoring warnings of possible terror attack
Dads push for declaration of La Trinidad as pioneer in organic farming
Environment is Benguet's main concern for 2012
Puerto Rico Gets First Assisted Living & Memory Care Community
Russian naval vessels anchored in Syria
Russia to put new radar in 2012
Russian-Ukrainian border closes because of recognition of people animals in Ukraine
Children Contributing to Country's Development - Unicef
Saint Lucia Tourism Minister Calls All Hands on Deck
Saudi Arabia's automotive aspirations
Saudi executions concern U.N. officials
Saudi N-S Railway stations contract signed
The Arab Spring of Saudi Cinema?
Man tries to sell son on Facebook for $20 million
CCR: Schlesser scores the Africa Eco Race victory
Sierra Leone Women Issues for the 2012 National Elections
The Geo-political implications of the November elections (Perspective)
Top international scientists meet in Singapore
Singapore Government Unveils Initiative To Improve National Productivity
A Pool for Daring Swimmers in Singapore
Piano Media extends its mass paywall in Central Europe, launching in Slovenia
Media in Slovenia to charge for online access
Jankovic announces formation of govt. coalition
Slovenian adventurer launches eco-friendly round-the-world light plane trip
Government soon to receive Truth and Reconciliation Commissions final report
Reconciliation minister assaulted in Honiara
Somali immigrants killed in Yemen
Transitional Federal Government PM says roadmap nearly to fail
Somali Nationalism: A Dead Concept? (Perspective)
Runner Zola Budd in Durban for Comrades
Google accused of meddling with S Korean probe
S. Korea to offer better biz environment for foreigners: minister
S Korea President Visits China
Financial crimes on rise in S. Korea
Samsung seeking ban on iPhone 5 in South Korea
South Korea approves Anti-leukemia drug production
Humanitarian Crisis in the World's Newest Country
Blue Nile Governor Refutes International NGO Claims of Food Gap
Spain: Thousands March in Support of ETA Prisoners (Video)
Spain: "This year we expect to have a slight increase in the acreage of garlic"
El Mundo America newsroom relocates to Spain, USH and Latam editions of Marca
Spain's SOPA Law: How It Works And Why It Won't (Perspective)
Spanish prince, princess to tour Central America
Sri Lanka to establish embassy in Ukraine
Lanka to issue free passports to Tamil refugees in India
Sri Lankan government is banning its roti and eating it too
Non-alignment and SL's foreign policy (Perspective)
Libya lays out red carpet for Omar al-Bashir
Turabi's party releases documents alleged to contain coup plan in Sudan
15 people perish in Sudan auto accident
Suriname President takes over chairmanship of CARICOM, promises 2012 to be a "year of change"
Sweden Recognizes File-Sharing as a Religion
Govt offers farmers land for edible oil production
Taiwan, China aid to Swaziland won't be affected by economic slump
Chemical poisons hundreds of fish
Hard work earns orphan six distinctions
Switzerland's central bank chief resigns
Cooperatives: building blocks of democracy (Perspective)
Lenzburg Prison in Switzerland uses state-of-the-art IP video surveillance
As Syria unravels, prices soar for guns, grenades, and RPGs
Syria hails arrival of Russian warships
Turkish FM meets Syrian official in Istanbul
Syria Criticizes Qatar´s Biased Stance
Taiwan's elections draw international attention
Biotech innovation offers hope for Taiwan entrepreneurs
Growth of visitor arrivals to Taiwan double world average: officials
Taiwan's birth, marriage rates hit new high in 2011
In Taiwan, trash disposal is a classical (music) affair
Taiwan, U.S. companies to jointly release online console game
200 kilos of Afghan drugs burnt in Tajikistan
Wildlife Conservation Society documents pneumonia outbreak in endangered markhor
Micro-enterprises dominate manufacturing sector — study
World Bank $5m to boost local mining firm capital
Airtel Mobile Money offers thousands of jobs
Construction of big arena gets going
Doctors to hold emergency meeting
Health-Tanzania: Rising cancer cases cause big concern
New Snake Species Found in Tanzania
Need for effective education on disaster management (Perspective)
Agricultural modernisation techniques needed - expert (Perspective)
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2012 - It's Time to Do Your Own Thing (Perspective)
Capital market faces unresolved questions
Thailand's furniture industry looks to intra-Asean markets
Hard Drive Prices Rise Due To Thai Floods
Losing out for lack of English
British backpacker 'electrocuted by fridge' in Thailand
Thailand is the hottest Asian destination for British tourists
Thai Christian fights child prostitution
The Arctic
Energy firms asked about Arctic drilling
UK launches Arctic environment inquiry
Visualizing the Link Between Ice Extent and Volume
New Inuit language app makes learning fun for little ones
Much Ado about Methane (Perspective)
Watch This Stunning HD Time-Lapse Of The Largest City North Of The Arctic Circle (Video)
Dutch Royal Family is Visiting the United Arab Emirates (Photos)
Mobile technology takes root in Togo (Video)
Former Tonga Chief Justice Knighted
Coalition member worried over conflicting police reports on alleged assassination plot
Trinidad and Tobago to tie up with India's Jaipur Institute
Young designer to launch fashion label
Protests Challenge Tunisian Prime Minister's Public Media Appointments
Tunisia can be a model for North Africa, German foreign minister says
US Issues Arrest Warrant for Tunisian-American Accused of Abducting His Children
Tunisia: Request to do away with death penalty
Tunisia, Larger Olive Oil Crop and Exports in 2012
Chamber of Commerce predicting another tough year
Courtney Robinson Appointed As New Director Of The Turks & Caicos Islands Red Cross
Istanbul forum to boost GCC-Turkey trade links
Diplomat Confirms Turkey Hosting US Drones
Turkish Minister: Energy Agreement with Russia
Turkey signals more sanctions against Syria
A maturing market (Perspective)
Turkmenistan refuses to use military force as an instrument of foreign policy - President of Turkmenistan
Monitors from the former Soviet Union to observe Turkmen election
State House Aide Cited in Buganda Park Land Scandal
Uganda's Warid Telecom: "Mobile money moving faster than expected"
Uganda government releases plans to get rid of tsetse flies in parks
Inspire Africa Reality Show Launched
Ugandans in Diaspora launch TV proggie
Ukraine to introduce EU model to control food quality, biosecurity service head says
Ukraine exports 9.65 million tonnes of grain in 2011-12
Tax revenues in Crimea almost triple over year
Ukraine: Eco Wave Power Completes Testing of Wave Energy Generation Models
Dubai hotels reap rewards of tourism boom, increase rates
Scottish government, UAE in landmark agreement on green energy
Emirates to host Somalia meeting before UK's sponsored conference
UAE's Dewa launches new USD26m water pipeline project
Copts thank Muslims for Christmas spirit
UAE looks at open data to promote e-government
Plastic bags cause pollution crisis, camel deaths in UAE deserts (Video)
UAE's Hidden Fashion Talent… Hamda Al Fahim!
Sports fans left in the dark with channel blackout set to continue
UK still has racism problem says David Cameron
U.K. Will Use Olympics to Spur Investment With Business Summits
Man gets suspended sentence for UK's largest child porn collection
Woman Who Launched Internet Campaign to Track Down Guy She Met in Spain Finds Out He's Already Taken
Roald Dahl's best-loved novels celebrated with new set of stamps
6 Million(i) UK Households Could Not Survive Until the Weekend on Savings According to first direct (Press Release)
Almost 1 In 3 U.S. Warplanes Is a Robot
Ocean waves power a prototype generator in Newport Beach
Gayest Cities in America, 2012
Hyundai and Land Rover win top awards at Detroit auto show
CAIR Seeks Support for Bill Barring Military Detentions
American Farm Bureau leader: 'We are the 1 percent'
Vanuatu man told to find a lawyer
Vanuatu Churches Continue Anti-WTO Efforts
Volcanic activities at Ambrym and Yasur volcanoes at Vanuatu
Chávez: No somos guerreristas (on his meeting with Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Venezuela Will Not Bow Down To Imperialist "Tentacles": Chavez
Chavez resumes Venezuelan TV show after illness
Venezuela: Women with PIP breast implants demand justice while creating online support network
Cuba - Venezuela to Premiere Film on Terrorist Posada Carriles
Vietnam Bars Zimbabwe's Mugabe's Plane From Its Airspace
Vietnam rice exporters face growing competition for low-end markets
Vietnam asks the US to help search for the missing
Vietnam hopes to clear unexploded ordinances in 100 years
Vietnamese Man Has 200-Pound Tumor Removed From Leg (Video)
Hoang Thuy chosen Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011
No One Wants to Move to Vietnam's New Cities (Perspective)
New Caledonia politician says territory should merge with W&F
Yemen's Cabinet gives president immunity from prosecution
Yemen told by UN not to pass amnesty law to protect "gross violations"
Yemen PM kicks off tour to GCC states seeking aid
WFP raises 2012 food aid to Yemen to $122 million
Yemen plans to renegotiate container port accord with DP World
Yemen HR minister: government must talk to youths
Yemen to have Friday-Saturday weekend
Organization Works to Rehabilitate Sex Workers in Zambia
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Union urges teachers to report for work
ZMDC Takes Over Sino-Zimbabwe Diamond Mining Operation
A tale of two democracies: New Hampshire to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe outlaws sale of used knickers
MDC-T MP demands union for prostitutes
Boyz II Men headed for Zimbabwe
Russian, French warships off Syria, Iran, US drones over Iranian coast
$ 20 trillion needed for global oil & gas infrastructure in MENA
MultiTaction 55-inch Multi-Touch Display Can Track Hundreds of Fingers
Struggles of Refugee Children Captured By Filmmakers
Mobile tech and child protection in West Africa
Amnesty International slams western reactions towards Arab Spring
The Career Of The Future Doesn't Include A 20-Year Plan. It's More Like Four.
'Occupy' occupies 2011 Word of the Year
Ecobank applies equator principles to finance activities
Elton John Writing His First Book
Press censorship on the rise in Latin America (Perspective)
Ocean Floor Reveals Past Climate Changes
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I am going to preface this post by saying – you just never know. You never really know what's next and you never know what kinds of people you will encounter in your life.
I found myself on the brink of my birthday feeling sentimental, reflecting on what had happened in the past year and what I was to look forward to in the upcoming year. After my amazing road trip through the Midwest in my Chevy Camaro, I was itching for the next adventure, the next challenge. I found myself thinking, what's next?
And that's when I got to know Joan Snyder – a talented artist but also a woman that I could admire and respect. And so, in my never-ending search for life advice, I asked her to answer a few questions for this blog.
At first, I was excited about this interview with Joan. Then, I was nervous that I would sound stupid. Then, when I had thought of questions to ask her, my research answered all those questions. Then, with some advice from a good friend, I decided to look inward and see if there might be an angle of Joan Snyder that had not been covered by the multitude of interviews she has done during her lifetime. I thought I had the answer by asking more reflective questions, but she was way ahead of me. Turns out, Joan has all the answers and all the right questions to see what it is that drives you. And she has the compassion to look after every one. Even me.
From a woman who has it all – what does someone like me do? Here is the conversation that I had with Joan Snyder in her studio in Brooklyn on December 10, 2012.
Pink Happens: A Conversation with Joan Snyder
Maria Kucinski: What did you envision your life to be like?
Joan Snyder: I remember at one point when I was really young, thinking that I wanted to have it all. What "all" meant to me, I don't know – but I think I wanted to try everything.
I never, as a young woman, thought of myself as being gay, that's for sure. But that interested me because I did feel a certain attraction to women.
And I didn't know that I wanted to have a kid. In fact, I aborted my first pregnancy. And then, I really suffered after that and regretted it. So I got pregnant again and then had a miscarriage, it was a late miscarriage and that was very difficult. And then I got pregnant with Molly – so I was basically pregnant for three years in a row. During that time, I never stopped painting.
As far as my art and career, I knew that when I started painting – and I was not a good painter at all in the beginning – I always say it took me 8 years before I made a good painting (Lines And Strokes, 1969)… but I knew that it was something that I was going to be really good at. I just knew that instinctively and it's not as if I was really good at anything before that.
I'm still very anxious, but I was a really anxious kid and teenager. When I started painting I realized that this could be a language that I would be able to develop and speak. Then something clicked miraculously. And I took it seriously and my work developed over many years. I wasn't looking for fame or fortune, or anything…but it happened – I have been very lucky. Of course, it came with a lot of very hard work.
MK: How did you get through those tough moments in your life?
JS: Suffering…living with a lot of anxiety…therapy…which oftentimes was not useful. That's an understatement. I ended up having an affair with my therapist when I was in my 40's. Crazy. Really crazy. But my therapists often kind of fell for me in ways that were not healthy for me. Over and over…
MK: You say that approaching a painting is like approaching an altar, can you say something about that?
JS: Well, I know that when I was in graduate school, my final thesis stated that my work was my religion. I have made a lot of altar paintings but I can't say that the metaphor really works today that easily – although every painting is exciting and serious and I feel very devoted to each work. They are more reflections, personal expressions than anything religious.
It's a language that I am speaking. That is what young artists sometimes don't understand. It takes many years to develop the language. It is like a baby learning to speak. You have to be able to make mistakes and sound stupid and do ridiculous things but you really are developing a language that hopefully doesn't exist yet. It's something new and different. So, for me, that's what I have been up to over the years, developing and speaking this language.
MK: So with this language, do you know what it is that you ultimately want to say?
JS: Ah, well, it always starts from somewhere and then goes to other places because what I might be thinking in my head as a topic for a painting doesn't always stick. Because once you put one mark down, or one step, or one note, it's going to have its own mind and go somewhere else. That doesn't answer your question. Who knows what they ultimately want to say?
Specifically, with Proserpina, the painting is based on a song that Kate McGarrigle wrote at the end of her life. The song is based on a Roman myth about a daughter who is kidnapped and brought to the underworld with her mother searching for her and threatening all sorts of awful things if Proserpina doesn't "come home to mama." I heard this song a few years ago, at a time when my own family was in the midst of a major drama. That song just so spoke to me. I made some sketches at the concert. The lyrics have so much great imagery of fields, the earth, of stones, heat, of mother and mama and come home, you know, it has everything. Then, what further inspired me was meeting Martha Wainwright after I painted Tell My Sister, 2012 – her telling me about her mother, Kate McGarrigle, and hearing stories that related to Tell My Sister and Proserpina.
It's easy to say what inspires the beginning of the painting, but what happens with the painting is ultimately its own journey. At a certain point, I go on automatic pilot when I am painting because I totally trust myself and my process. That is not to say that I don't step back, that I'm not cautious. The marks might look haphazard but I am monitoring every drip, every mark.
MK: Looking at your work over the years, and at the new paintings in your studio, can you talk about the color pink in your work?
JS: The color? No. Why?
MK: [Sheepishly] Because I love the color pink…
JS: I think it's variations on red that I like. I wouldn't necessarily say I love pink although what happens when I mix certain reds with certain blues and add white then it gets to be pink. But it's not like I go after pink…pink happens. I guess that's what you can call the interview.
MK: Well, now I'm heartbroken…but when I look at your work, I often see the limitations of the female body – that physically we are limited by our bodies.
JS: Really? How do you see that in my paintings?
MK: In the recent paintings, I see the struggle of women through the abstract forms. In Still, 2011 for example, I feel that painting. It has the female form. The blood. And the drips.
JS: Well that painting really is about fragility in a lot of ways, that is true. That one went out to the limits in some ways in terms of fragility. It's funny because I don't necessarily think of it as the fragility of a woman or a woman's body. But then I'm mincing words because it is about how delicate it all is. I don't ever think of dripping reds as blood. I don't think I have ever thought of blood per se. It's not where I go in my head. I mean there are forms that are vaginal and sexual and vulnerable and things like that. I just absolutely love the color red, but I don't say to myself, "I'm gonna drip some blood here." Never.
So what's interesting is that what people see and relate to, and identify with when looking at a painting, is often very different than what I might have been thinking or relating to or identifying with when I painted it. That's why I have often told young artists that you can put anything into a painting, tell any secret, no one will get what you're putting in anyway. Everyone is going to read it differently. And so my paintings have often been confessional and upfront and diaristic. I have always been quite confessional…
But it is interesting to me that you're feeling this kind of fragility…
MK: Outside of your art, what are you interested in? What motivates you?
JS: I have been writing a play for seven years.
MK: What is the play about? Why did you want to write a play?
JS: The play is about the exploitation of younger people by older people, about power. It moves between two different time periods. It's about Carl Jung and his patient, Sabina Spielrein. And it's about me as a young person and about my psychiatrist, who happened to have been a woman. The cast includes Sabina and Jung and Sabina's parents and then of course Freud and me and my psychiatrist. It's about Jung's behavior, his genius and his anti-Semitic ways, about my doctor who was a holocaust survivor. And finally about Sabina, who became a renowned child psychiatrist herself. She and her two daughters died at the hands of the Nazi's. It's filled with subject matter that very much interests me.
Gardening used to be a great passion of mine. But a couple of years ago, we had a family drama which took place in my garden. The Garden of Eden. And nothing has been the same in the garden since. I'm hoping to get back to my garden next year.
One thing I am not ambitious about is my career. The New York art world is not interesting to me. I only go to openings of close friends. I don't hang out. When I started seeing Maggie, 25 years ago, one of the first things I said to her was how I regretted that I didn't go to more openings. And Maggie said, "I seriously doubt that on your deathbed, you're going to say that you regret not having gone to more Leo Castelli openings. She's right. I am not going to say that.
One day, many, many years ago, Pat Steir was in my studio on Mulberry Street. And I remember saying to her that she was so lucky to be showing in Amsterdam. And she said, "Yes, but you have Molly." And Molly was my priority. I was a single mother and she was my priority. I met Maggie when Molly was eight years old and Maggie became a serious part of our lives a few years later. Not to say that I haven't paid attention to my career but my work and my family have always been my priority.
I am really lucky. I mean, really, really lucky to have accomplished all that I have accomplished. I started with nothing. My parents had nothing – they were working class. Everything I earned, I earned on my own.
I have lots of interests but I also spend a lot of time alone quietly. I think that for me, that's very important because that is when I work – without working.
MK: What piece of advice would you give to someone like me?
JS: I'd have to interview you first to know more about you because I don't know anything about you, really, Maria. So it would be hard for me to give you advice.
How old are you?
JS: 25…So, your problem – knowing nothing about you – I know what your problem is, your problem is probably that you're good at a lot of things, exceptionally good at a lot of things. So it's hard to figure out where to land. That's hard. I think I was good at one thing, which was painting. I promise you. That was the lucky thing that happened to me. I wasn't good at a zillion things or at least I didn't recognize that I was. I was just anxious more than anything else. Then I started painting. [Pauses, glances at Proserpina] I am happiest when I am in my studio.
And I was happy to have the opportunity to speak with Joan Snyder in her studio. The conversation continued about painting, Iyengar yoga, my stupid hip, music, Twitter, smoothies, and life in general. So aside from the disappointing fact that Joan believes pink is really a variation on red, I learned a lot from her and I learned a lot about myself. I look forward to working hard and approaching the next exciting challenge.


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The U.S. economy added 155,000 payrolls in December, pretty much right in line with expectations. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.8%.
The U.S. economy added 155,000 payrolls in December, pretty much right in line with expectations. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.8%.
Days after Adam Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle to kill 20 first graders and six adults at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newton, Connecticut, California's Treasurer urged the state's Teacher's pension fund to sell its stake in Cerebus Capital Management which owns the Bushmaster manufacturer.
The scenario for stocks in 2013 hinges on whether an already mature bull market can find the right combination of supplements and psychology to age gracefully for another year.
In his latest book, The Icarus Deception, Seth Godin argues that most of us have been "brainwashed" and need to "do something ridiculous" in order to succeed in the new economy.
So much for the lost decade. Despite an economy in recession and a government debt burden twice the size of its GDP, Japan's stock market rallied 23% last year--its biggest gain since 2005 and more than twice the profit in U.S. stocks.
Last year was not a good year for initial public offerings. Only 128 companies managed to IPO compared with the 154 that did in 2011 and the long term average of nearly 200 per year. The median proceeds raised by IPOs fell by 23% and 40% of companies ended up worth less than their initial price ranges.
Big banks overall had a phenomenal year in 2012.
For example, shares of Bank of America (BAC) gained 107.3% last year, making it one of the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI).
But will the bull-run in bank stocks continue in 2013?
U.S. markets cheered the fiscal cliff bill on Wednesday morning, with all the major market indexes up more than 2% in recent trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rose 259 points to 13,364 and the S&P 500 Index (GSPC) climbed 30 points to 1,456.
To listen to the moaning of some Republicans in the House of Representatives, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Republicans are losing the fiscal battle in Washington.
Actually, they're winning.
To see this, you just need to step back and look at the tax deal and the country's fiscal trends from a broader perspective.
The "fiscal cliff" has been avoided after last minute negotiations between the White House and Congress. President Obama is expected to sign the bill that House members approved late Tuesday night.


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Take the Library Digital Privacy Pledge!
Have you heard of the Library Digital Privacy Pledge? I've signed on as the Director of the San Rafael Public Library and I hope you will too.
Why am I even talking about digital privacy? Because it's part of what librarians sign on to do when we become librarians. From the American Library Association Code of Ethics:
We protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted.
Code of Ethics, much like the ALA Library Bill of Rights, very seriously. And if, like me, you do believe in these core tenets of our professional obligations and duties than I hope you will consider making this pledge part of your digital services planning for the next few months.
This is the first in a series of pledges to get libraries, vendors, and membership organizations to pay attention to libraries' commitments to protect patrons' privacy, particularly in the digital realm. There are different pledges for different types of agencies, and the pledge for libraries reads as follows:
1. We will make every effort to ensure that web services and information resources under direct control of our library will use HTTPS within six months.
2. Starting in 2016, our library will assure that any new or renewed contracts for web services or information resources will require support for HTTPS by the end of 2016.
Nothing too controversial in there, right? HTTPS is accessible and standard (or should be), and is essential at working toward that first step at building a foundation for digital privacy.
To read more about the project check out the Pledge FAQ which addresses many of the "why" and technical questions you might have about taking this pledge for your library.
Go forth and protect.


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International undergraduate population doubles in four years
Jenny Ma '14 came to Brandeis from China. Every week this semester, she has worked with an ESL tutor, whom she petitioned the department to receive.
"Last semester, my spoken English was not good. I needed to practice with people," she says. "This semester, I'm focused on writing. It helps a lot."
Ma says many of her friends, who are also international students, feel they are too busy to receive tutoring, but she considers it a great service. She hopes she'll be able to work with a tutor for the remainder of her studies at Brandeis.
Approximately 17 percent of last year's entering class and more than 34 percent of the graduate student body were from outside of the United States.
"For undergraduates, it's a lot more than language," says Kimberly Sizelove, the interim director of the English as a Second Language Program (ESL). "Most of them are freshmen and it's a cultural adjustment."
Just four years ago, only 8 percent of the entering class was from outside the United States. As Brandeis' international student population has grown over the years, so has its ESL options. Weekly tutorials, which the university recommends based on the results of diagnostic exams in English language proficiency or at students' request, are just one option.
The ESL program presently has 14 tutors, mainly graduate students, who work with about four international students each, and Sizelove says they plan to hire more.
They work in partnership with the university's Writing Center, with tutors referring students to the center and vice versa, based on their needs. Once a student signs up for tutorials, they are expected to meet with their tutor every week, whereas the Writing Center is open to drop-ins.
A more formal one-credit pass/fail ESL course has also been established, and according to Sizelove, there's discussion of making it mandatory based on diagnostic test scores in the future.
A student's TOEFL score is one of many criteria on which placement in a program called Gateway Scholars is based. It meets each weekday throughout the summer, with its more than 40 students broken into three sections. They work on reading, writing and oral skills, paying attention to pace and tone, as well verbal and non-verbal cues. They go on field trips into the community and receive guest lectures from Brandeis professors.
Chrishon Blackwell, interim director of the Gateway Scholars program, says at the end of the summer, the students are again evaluated to see if they require any additional Gateway coursework as part of their studies in the fall semester.
"We want to continue to enrich the high quality of students who come to Brandeis," Blackwell says.
Blackwell echoes Sizelove's sentiment, saying it's not merely a matter of language, but also their cultural adjustment. That's why the Gateway Scholars program, which is just three year old, also helps students adjust to the academic expectations of an American classroom in general and Brandeis in particular.
"For many of them, this is their first experience in an American classroom," Blackwell says. "The fact that they are expected to participate is new."
The ESL program also serves the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the International Business School, while the Heller School utilize its own resources.
The Heller School hires its own students as tutors, many of whom are returned Peace Corps volunteers and accustomed to other cultures. As an added benefit, the tutors are enrolled in the same graduate coursework as their students, which allows them to piggyback English lessons on assignments. Like all the ESL programs at Brandeis, Doris Breay, the senior assistant dean for academic services, says Heller tries to support the graduate curriculum, not add to the workload.
"The students who need ESL are often here for one year. They have to get up to speed real quick," Breay says. "We try to be very flexible and figure out the best way to get support to them as quickly as possible."
Like the ESL program, Heller also administers diagnostic tests upon entrance, based on which it places students in a writing course that meets once a week. The course is mandatory, but students can test out of the course within a month.
It also offers what's called the English Corner, a drop-in program run by returning Peace Corps volunteers on Friday mornings. It's conversational, and students can stipulate what they want to get out of the meetings.
At the International Business School, where even the school's name is indicative of its international student body, students also begin with a diagnostic test.
While there are no tutorials offered at the business school, students with greatest need are encouraged to enroll in Business English courses, which are geared toward practical uses like writing resumes and cover letters, going on interviews or giving presentations.
"You're investing a lot of money and time here, and we want you to get the most out of it," says Kate Goldfield, the business school's associate dean for administration and student services. "Most students see this as an added value and benefit."
Overall, Sizelove says ESL is in a transitional period. It continues to look at new models and strategies that will best serve students.
"We're trying to find our niche in the university, where we can help as many students as possible," she says.
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Astronomers Without Borders Newsletter January 2010
27 January 2010
January 2010
Global Astronomy Month 2010: One People, One Sky
Now that the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) is coming to an end, what is there to look forward to for astronomy enthusiasts? Even more events building on the year's great success! 100 Hours of Astronomy cornerstone project, co-organized by AWB, brought out unprecedented numbers of enthusiasts to share their passion for astronomy with the biggest crowds ever. AWB is now planning Global Astronomy Month for April 2010 as the follow-up to 100 Hours of Astronomy.
This month-long celebration of astronomy will allow an even wider range of activities and broader participation than before. And we'll expand on the sense of participating in one global event -- a key to the success of 100 Hours of Astronomy -- by connecting events and activities around the world on the AWB web site with live streaming, video conferencing, chat and more. That's why the motto for Global Astronomy Month is AWB's own motto: One People, One Sky. It's about connecting with each other and sharing our passion with each other as well as with the public.
As a follow-up to 100 Hours of Astronomy, Global Astronomy Month is one of many projects continuing beyond IYA2009.
All information will be posted on the Global Astronomy Month web site as the excitement builds. This newsletter is the first official announcement so there is much more to come. A mailing list for news updates will begin in soon, with subscriptions available on the AWB web site.
Tour of the Universe by Children of the World -- Deadline Extended
Did you host or participate in an event involving children during IYA2009? Tour of the Universe by Children of the World is seeking contributions!
Tour of the Universe by Children of the World is a beautiful and inspirational multimedia video project made from children's contributions to the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Meant to ignite the imaginations of children and adults alike with the wonder of the cosmos -- the one thing that is truly Universal -- Tour of the Universe will be available as a free download.
StarPals, the organizer of this project, is looking for contributions in the following categories: astrophotography and nightscape photography by children, children's artwork of or inspired by the cosmos, photographs of children sharing and enjoying astronomy, and video clips related to children and astronomy. They are also looking for short audio clips of children cheering "You're a star!" in native language (groups or individual children, any language). The deadline for contributions for the IYA2009 edition has been extended to February 7.
Tour of the Universe will be available as a free download available through the StarPals International Young Astronomers' Network website and other channels and free for distribution to promote your own activities in 2010. For more information, visit www.starpals.org/projects/tour or contact Audrey Fischer or Jessi Kingan.
Go to the project page for submission of material and more at StarPals
Big Dipper to Southern Cross
Thousands of amateur astronomers from more than 80 countries gathered for a special two-part online observing event, Big Dipper to Southern Cross, in January 2010. The first session was hosted by the Virtual Observatory in Italy on 8 January and featured the northern sky. The second session was hosted by Global Rent-a-Scope using one of their southern hemisphere telescopes in Australia. Everyone got a chance to observe the best objects in the hemisphere they can't see from home, with both sessions having guides to the sky who took images while participants chatted with each other. See the Big Dipper to Southern Cross page on the AWB web site for links to reports and blogs describing this very popular event. And watch for more sessions like this to come!
Beauty Without Borders
The Universe we live in has unlimited beauty to discover but most people fail to see it. Beauty Without Borders (BWB) aims to encourage people to stop for a moment, rediscover the Universe they live in and admire celestial events and objects just overhead by taking telescopes to the streets to share the sky with the public.
The latest event of BWB is Hello Red Planet from January 25 to 30, with the beauty of the planet Mars in focus. This will be the best time to view Mars, just as it makes its closest approach to Earth -- just under 100 million km (62.5 million miles). Mars will be a bright red object in the constellation of Cancer, outshining all but the brightest stars.
Go to the Beauty Without Borders web site for more information.
Tweetup for the Launch of Solar Dynamics Observatory
AWB Affiliate Astronomy.FM invites all Astronomers Without Borders affiliate groups, individual members and friends to attend their Virtual SDO Launch Tweetup! A Tweetup is a meeting of followers of a Twitter group (Twitter meetup), and in this case the group is the Solar Dynamics Observatory set to launch to space on February 9. NASA has been organizing Tweetups in real life on launch day for SDO followers but not everyone can make it so Astronomy.FM has stepped up with the online event. NASA says this will be their first virtual Tweetup, and they are creating special material for an exceptional online experience. On tap are information booths on SDO and the Sun, streaming video, chat room, live reports, quizzes with prizes and more. Be sure to invite your friends along. Find out more at Astronomy.FM.
Eclipse Brings Together North and South of Sri Lanka
The island nation of Sri Lanka is not big but still the recent trip south to north for an eclipse was a first for many. The northern area had been off limits to those from the south during the 30-year civil war recently ended. The trip presented many difficulties including a language barrier. But in true Astronomers Without Borders fashion, all barriers were overcome and the 2000 people in attendance were amazed by the celestial spectacle. Read more with photos on the blog of Thilina Heenatigala, the AWB National Coordinator for Sri Lanka.
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Sociedad Astronómica de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UNAM, SAFIR-UNAM (Mexico)
Khayyam Amateury Astronomy Club (Iran)
Grupo de Estudos Astronômicos da UEMA (Brazil)
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Many theater companies are neither willing nor able to move from a bubbly musical directly into a disturbing death-row drama based on real life. Colonial Players is the exception, following November's Annie with Coyote on a Fence.
Coyote on a Fence is what Colonial calls an "arc" show, more challenging than usual and typically appealing to a smaller arc of patrons. Opening night proved that this production is deserving of larger, not smaller, audiences.
Bruce Graham's play focuses on long-time death row inmate John Brennan, the middle-aged editor of the prison newspaper who writes obituaries of each inmate put to death. Brennan is a fervent but deluded believer in his own innocence. Most on death row say they, too, are innocent.
Except Bobby Reyburn. A late-20s, anti-Semite racist who gets the cell next to Brennan after burning down an African American church and killing 37 people, Reyburn says he was called to his work by God and was spoon-fed hate by a trusted uncle.
The interplay between Bobby, who welcomes his execution, and John, who has exhausted every legal avenue on the way to his, demands two actors who not only commit to their characters but are consistent in their interpretations even as their characters hit sharply emotional highs and lows. Thom Sinn as John and Eddie Hall as Bobby meet that demand. A lesser actor might have allowed the histrionic Bobby to become a caricature, but Hall, under the capable direction of Colonial veteran Edd Miller, never does so. He and Sinn together take the audience on a journey that makes us care about them despite their violent pasts.
Prison guard Shawna (an earthy Kecia Campbell) keeps a close eye on things. But outside the prison, she meets an unseen reporter in a series of monologues. Among her topics are how she feels safer on the inside among convicted killers than in the real world. Shawna's final monologue is a heartbreaker.
Another reporter works his way into Brennan's confidence. Nicely underplayed by Jeff Sprague, Sam Fried's condescension and conflict over the death penalty are no match for Brennan's passion.
Miller is one of the few directors who successfully uses Colonial's in-the-round space. His set design puts all the action on the floor in front of us, avoiding the annoying neck craning too often required to watch scenes in the theater's corners. The two cells abut, with an outside recreation area marked by a stark wire fence and a small area representing Shawna's bar.
Adding to the stark aura is Carl Andreasen's and Theresa Riffle's haunting sound design, a near-constant drone of background voices occasionally interrupted by the scream of an inmate or the physical shock and loud finality of a metal prison door trapping us all.
Frank Florentine's tight lighting evokes the sterility of the place, from harsh lights dimming upon an execution to the eerie green illuminating the empty cell of the newly executed.
Coyote is the 14th show Miller has directed at Colonial. His Going to St. Ives was awarded best play and best director in the coveted Washington Area Theater Community Awards in 2012. Coyote on a Fence is likely to attract the same consideration.
Warning: Save the pre-show cocktails for post. The play runs one hour and 45 minutes without an intermission.


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The Grestes sent a letter to Mansour asking him to release their son and they got an answer.
As a father I'd love to convey my understanding of the prevailing emotions of distress and anguish amongst both Peter and the whole family
Notwithstanding the independence of the judiciary authority and foremost all the rights guaranteed by the law, I would like to assure you in my capacity as president of Egypt that I will spare no effort to work towards the speedy resolution of the case in a fashion consistent with the law and that guarantees the resumption of the family in the near future.What about the rest of Egyptian journalists detained in the case !? Would Adly Mansour consider them as his children as well !? "Updated on 23 March , scroll down for the update"
Already will Adly Mansour continue in his position as president till the end of this case considering the possible fact that we may have a new president within at least three months !?
Anyhow I wish someone reminds the media that there are other people , other journalists from Egypt facing the same charges like Mohamed Fadel Fahmy , Baher Mohamed , Abdullah Shamy and Sohip Saad.
Abdullah Shamy has been for a food strike more than a month now and yet no one is helping him.
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Doctor has informed @Repent11's family that bone merged incorrectly & requires surgical intervention or will risk chronicity
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— Mohamed Fadel Fahmy (@Repent11) March 16, 2014
Fahmy was transferred to a hospital to receive treatment and then returned back to Prison.
I wish that Peter and the rest of the journalists are released this moment before tomorrow.
Sometimes I believe that Peter's arrest actually helped the other Egyptian journalists. I am truly sorry to say that if he were not there in Marriott hotel , I doubt that anyone would care about Fadel , Baher , Sohip , El Shamy and others. The world would have forgotten them I am afraid. This is a bitter reality.
I am not asking a lot but I hope when the international media speaks about Peter Greste , it should mention other Egyptian journalists in the case with him.
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It turns out the family of Mohamed Fadel Fahmy also sent a plea to interim Presidential Adly Mansour and he answered back. His reply was similar to the one sent to Greste with a promise with Mohamed would receive Medical treatment. Here is a copy of the letter they got signed by Mansour.
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Muddy Waters
He electrified the blues—literally and figuratively.
You could call his the guitar that launched a thousand bands. Muddy Waters' playing was revelatory, his singing unrivaled. He has inspired such icons as the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton to take up rock's legacy.
Muddy Waters transformed the soul of the rural South into the sound of the city, electrifying the blues at a pivotal point in the early postwar period.
His recorded legacy, particularly the wealth of sides he cut in the Fifties, is one of the great musical treasures of this century. Aside from Robert Johnson, no single figure is more important in the history and development of the blues than Waters. The real question regarding his lasting impact on popular music isn't "Who did he influence?" but—as Goldmine magazine asked in 2001—"Who didn't he influence?"
Above all others, it was Waters who linked the country blues of his native Mississippi Delta with the urban blues that were born in Chicago. Waters bought his first electric guitar in 1944 and revolutionized the blues with the recordings he began making in 1948. His amplified combo consisted of himself on slide guitar and vocals, a second guitarist, bass, drums, piano and harmonica. The Muddy Waters Blues Band bore all the earmarks—in terms of size, volume and attitude—of the great rock and roll bands that would follow in its wake.
He was born McKinley Morganfield in Rolling Fork, Mississippi in 1915. At the age of three he was sent to live with his grandmother, on the Stovall Plantation north of Clarksdale, after his mother died. There he acquired the nickname "Muddy" for his penchant for playing in nearby creeks and puddles. Waters began playing harmonica at the age of seven and took up guitar at seventeen. He picked cotton on the plantation for fifty cents a day and played music as part of a trio at fish fries and house parties on weekends. Folklorist Alan Lomax, while making field recordings for the Library of Congress, tracked down and recorded Waters in 1941 on the Stovall Plantation, near Clarksdale, Miss. Several of these performances were released on Library of Congress anthologies and stand as his first recordings. In May 1943 Waters made the move from the rural plantation to the big city, heading north to Chicago by train.
Waters' approach to the blues underwent a dramatic metamorphosis after moving to Chicago, where he befriended and played with such estimable figures as Big Bill Broonzy and John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. Waters switched from acoustic to electric guitar in order to be heard over the din of patrons at the clubs he played on Chicago's South Side. After a few false starts, Waters' recording career began in earnest soon after pianist Sunnyland Slim introduced him to Leonard Chess, co-owner of the Aristocrat label (later Chess Records). Working at the famed Chess Studios on South Michigan Avenue, Waters cut many of the greatest recordings in the blues canon. He developed a fruitful team approach to record-making with producer Leonard Chess, bassist/songwriter Willie Dixon and various musical associates.
In a relaxed, informal studio setting Waters and band laid down a string of citified, plugged-in electric blues that bore the rustic stamp of their Mississippi Delta underpinnings. A flood of blues-standards-to-be from Waters commenced with the 1948 release of "I Can't Be Satisfied," a raw, uncut Delta blues record. Other classic sides included songs written for Waters by Willie Dixon ("I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man," "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "I'm Ready") and by Waters himself ("Mannish Boy," "Rollin' and Tumblin'").
Waters was a fierce singer and slashing slide guitarist whose uncut blues bore the stamp of his mentors, Robert Johnson and Son House. For his own part, Waters served to mentor or at least launch many prominent blues musicians, many of whom went on to careers as bandleaders in their own right. The list of notable musicians who passed through Waters' band includes harmonica players "Little Walter" Jacobs, "Big Walter" Horton, Junior Wells and James Cotton; guitarists Jimmy Rogers, Pat Hare, Luther Tucker and Earl Hooker; pianists Memphis Slim, Otis Spann and Pinetop Perkins; and drummers Elgin Evans, Fred Below and Francis Clay.
Waters' greatest studio recordings were released as singles during the Fifties, and his first album—a collection of singles entitled The Best of Muddy Waters—didn't appear until 1958. The Sixties found Waters performing to an ever-widening and appreciative audience as the younger generation acquired an insight into rock and roll's essential grounding in the blues. In 1960 Waters performed a fiery, unforgettable set at the Newport Folk Festival, released that same year as Muddy Waters at Newport.
Waters also capitalized on the folk-music craze of the late Fifties and early Sixties with a series of albums that found him assaying acoustic blues on such albums as Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill (a tribute to rural bluesman Big Bill Broonzy, released in 1960), Muddy Waters, Folk Singer (1964) and The Real Folk Blues (1966). Less successful were attempts to contemporize his sound with such ill-advised efforts as "Muddy Waters Twist" (a 1962 single) and Electric Mud (an album of psychedelic blues from 1968). More satisfying by far were a couple of albums—Fathers and Sons (1969) and The London Muddy Waters Sessions (1972)—that found Waters accompanied by such vanguard rock musicians as Mike Bloomfield and Eric Clapton. His thirty-year tenure with Chess Records ended in 1975 with the release of The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album. From here, he moved to the Blue Sky label (a Columbia subsidiary).
Waters' audience grew exponentially following his electrifying performance in The Last Waltz, a 1978 film documentary (produced by Martin Scorsese) of The Band's farewell concert. Staged at San Francisco's Winterland ballroom, the Thanksgiving 1976 event was a star-studded affair. Water's scalding rendition of "Mannish Boy"—on which he was accompanied by The Band and Paul Butterfield on harmonica—was an unforgettable highlight. Following that success, he kept the momentum going with a series of uncompromising albums for Blue Sky that were produced by longtime fan Johnny Winter. These included Hard Again (1977), I'm Ready (1978), Muddy Mississippi Waters Live (1979) and King Bee (1981). All were critical and popular successes.
In addition to his musical legacy, Waters helped cultivate a great respect for the blues as one of its most commanding and articulate figureheads. Drummer Levon Helm of The Band, who worked with him on The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album and The Last Waltz, had this to say about him in a Goldmine magazine interview: "Muddy taught us to take things in context, to be respectful, and to be serious about our music, as he was. He showed us music is a sacred thing."
Waters, who remained active till the end, died of a heart attack in 1983. He was 68 years old. In the years since his death, the one-room cedar shack in which he lived on the Stovall Plantation has been preserved as a memorial to Waters' humble origins.
Inductee: Muddy Waters (vocals, guitar; born April 4, 1913, died April 30, 1983)


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Low turnout in Minn. primary election
Candidates made last-minute pushes to try to encourage their supporters to vote in Minnesota's primary election Tuesday, as low turnout made outcomes hard to predict in key races.
Voters are choosing the candidates who will appear on the general election ballot in November for each party.
Contested primaries this year include races in the 1st and 8th Congressional Districts, as well as in 40 legislative seats across the state. Primary voters will also narrow down the fields in nonpartisan races, including judicial, local and county offices.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie expects a turnout of less than 15 percent of eligible voters.
This is only the second time in recent history that a primary is held in August. It was moved up from September two years ago to give more time for military personnel and overseas voters to return absentee ballots.
"It was actually above 15 percent last time," Ritchie said. "This time will probably be below 15 percent, but it's always about the same, no matter what month you choose."
Many polling places have changed locations since the last election due to redistricting. But Ritchie said voters are showing up at the correct location.
"So far, so good," he said.
The Minnesota Secretary of State's office has set up a website for residents to find polling places and check their registration at mnvotes.org. Most primary polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters can register at the polls.
The general election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Here are a few of the competitive primaries happening today:
In the 1st Congressional District in southern Minnesota, two Republicans are vying to take on U.S. Rep. Tim Walz. Primary voters will choose between state Sen. Mike Parry, R-Waseca, and former state Rep. Allen Quist. That primary campaign has turned nasty as Parry pointed to comments Quist made in the past as proof that Quist wouldn't be a good candidate in the general election. Parry has found himself in hot water after suggesting that Gov. Mark Dayton abuses prescription pills, which the governor called gutter politics. Quist has raised more money than Parry, largely because of funds he lent his campaign. Neither candidate has the Republican party endorsement, after a deadlocked process.
In the 8th Congressional District in northeast Minnesota, DFLers Jeff Anderson, Tarryl Clark and Rick Nolan are competing to run against U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack, a Republican.
Rick Nolan served three terms in Congress in the 1970s. He has the DFL endorsement and former U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar's blessing. Clark has criticized Nolan's actions as head of the Minnesota World Trade Center.
Tarryl Clark has received the endorsement of former President Bill Clinton, and has raised more funding than her opponents. She's been criticized as an outsider in the region.
Jeff Anderson is an Ely native, veteran and former president of the Duluth City Council . Anderson has the endorsement of Duluth Mayor Don Ness. Clark has criticized Anderson as inexperienced.
In the Minnesota Legislature, there are primaries for 40 of 201 seats. Every seat is up for election in November.
State House: Ten House Republican and 14 House Democratic primary contests will be decided in this primary election.
In the heart of the Iron Range's House District 6B, three DFLers are battling to replace retiring Rep. Tom Rukavina of Virginia. There's also a Republican primary, with two candidates.
In Minneapolis'House District 59B three main DFLers are competing for the seat of Rep. Bobby Joe Champion, who is running for the Minnesota Senate. There are also two GOPers competing in the primary.
State Senate: There are primary contests in 18 Minnesota Senate districts, including nine GOP races and ten DFL races.
In St. Paul's Senate District 67, three DFL candidates are battling it out to fill the seat of DFL Sen. John Harrington, who decided not to run again.
In Senate District 47, Republican Senate Tax Committee Chair Julianne Ortman of Chanhassen is facing a tea party challenge from Bruce Schwichtenberg.
Reporter Laura Yuen contributed to this report.


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The threat of radiation, a leaking of some International Olympic Committee (IOC) members' alleged voting intentions and microscopic interrogation of doping policy focused the minds of the three cities bidding to host the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday.
The Tokyo bid team found themselves unable to move on and regain some momentum ahead of the vote in Buenos Aires by the IOC members tomorrow on who will host the 2020 Olympic Games.
Their press conference was dominated by questions over the potential fallout from the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant and none of the answers provided by their bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda proved adequate for the audience.
Eventually the 65-year-old, having spoken in English for most of the press conference and clearly getting exasperated by the questioning, resorted to Japanese to try and resolve the matter.
"At this point the [Japanese] Prime Minister [Shinzo Abe] will participate in the final presentation and will talk about this issue and provide reassurance to the IOC about the food etcetera," he said. "There is no issue here. Not one person in Tokyo has been affected by this issue. Tokyo and Fukushima are almost 250km apart. We are quite remote from Fukushima."
Madrid too saw its seemingly perpetual momentum briefly stopped in its tracks as a Spanish paper, El Mundo, published names — some with photos — of up to 50 IOC members who it saidwere going to vote for the Spanish bid.
While 50 votes would give Madrid an unlikely win in the first round of voting, the revelations did not sit well with the members who vote in a secret ballot. History suggests Madrid might still win as Le Parisien newspaper released a similar story in 2005 about the English bid, prior to the vote on last year's games' hosts, and London edged Paris in a shock result.
One senior IOC member said the revelations in El Mundo had gone down "like a lead balloon" with the members, and one whose name was on the list joked it did not augur well for Madrid as he has not voted for the winning city for the past several Summer Games votes.
IOC president Jacques Rogge said he did not believe that Madrid would suffer from the revelations.
"I would say that one shouldn't pay any attention or give credit to this type of information," said the 71-year-old who was giving his final solo press conference before he steps down on Sept. 10 after 12 years in charge. "Only the person who presses the button [the way the IOC members vote] on Saturday [tomorrow] knows how they are going to vote. It won't harm Madrid's bid because my colleagues don't give this type of information any credence either."
The third candidate city, Istanbul, underwent a tough examination of their policy on doping, especially in the light of a swathe of positive tests this year — 31 athletes have tested positive. However, Turkish IOC member Ugur Erdener — a doctor by profession and who has led the fight against doping in his country — insisted that the zero tolerance attitude adopted by him and the Turkish government meant that progress was being made.
"Doping analyses are related to technological development," the 63-year-old said. "Very important laboratories have new equipment which is important for global sport and not just for my country. In the near future, I strongly believe it, doping, will be solved globally — not just in a few areas of the world."


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Many years ago, in 1983, I published a paper on colour vision, in which I described an experiment that seemed to me to be important. Although the paper has been cited many times, the particular experiment I am referring to has never, to my knowledge, been quoted by anyone. In fact, even I had forgotten all about it until very recently, when someone made what seemed to me to be an inaccurate remark about colour opponency.
Colour opponency refers to the fact that there are three pairs of colours which have been described as those that "cannot live with each other, and yet cannot live without each other". They are red-green, blue-yellow, and white black. For, as most people know, when we look at a green surface for a brief period of time and then transfer our gaze to a neutral, blank, screen the colour of the after image is red. A yellow surface will produce a blue after image and a white surface a black one.
One explanation of these opponent effects – the one most often repeated – is that they are due to adaptation in the retina. The explanation here is something like this: that a green surface reflects more green light, leading to the adaptation of the "green" or middle wave receptors. Thus adapted, the activity in the opponent "red" receptors holds sway. The result – we perceive red. The same explanation applies to other opponencies.
The experiment I described was derived from, and an extension, of the colour experiments of Edwin Land. Land had shown that a green surface which is part of a complex, multi-coloured, scene can be made to reflect more red light and yet still look green (though a darker shade of green). This is because the brain undertakes a somewhat complex operation to discount changes the wavelength composition of the light reflected from that surface. This makes sense. After all, a green leaf looks green when viewed at mid-day or when viewed at dawn and dusk (when it actually does reflect more of the long-wave or red light). If the perceived colour of the leaf were to change with every change in wavelength composition reflected from it, then the surface would no longer be identified through its colour.
It seemed to me interesting to take this one step further and get humans to look at a green surface that was part of a complex scene and get that green surface to reflect more red light (twice the amount of red than of green light). It still looked green. Now, by the traditional explanation, the after image should look green, because the "red" receptors, having adapted, would defer to the "green" receptors, which had not been as vigorously stimulated and hence had not adapted. Not a bit of it. The after image was red! I repeated this experiment with other colours and got the same general result. The after image is not related to the wavelength composition of the light reflected from a surface. Rather, it is strongly dependent upon the colour of the surface viewed. Since the colour of a surface, when part of a complex scene, is independent of the wavelength composition of the light reflected from it alone, it follows that the colour of the after image is also independent of the wavelength composition of the light reflected from that surface.
Hence the colour of the after image is constructed by the brain after the colour is constructed. It has nothing to do with retinal adaptation.
But no one has taken the slightest notice of this experiment and, as I said, even I forgot about it. That is a pity. It still seems to me to be an important experiment, but evidently no one shares my view.


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L'Wren Scott has left her entire estate to longtime boyfriend and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.
The Daily News says papers filed in Manhattan's Surrogate's Court on Wednesday estimated the value of the 49-year-old designer's personal estate at $9 million.
The filing said Scott's main asset was her Manhattan condo worth approximately $8 million. Other items included her jewelry, clothing, household furnishings and personal automobiles.
A small and private funeral service was held for Scott in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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This is what Saturday night at 11:30pm looks like in 2nd-Yr Studio. As you can see, 4 out of 4 students are not smiling.
While my classmates were working hard on architecture, I was trying to decide what to do for "Parametric Realizations" class.
From the syllabus by Mark Bearak and Brigette Borders: Parametric modelers are commonly used in the development of digital architectural models, but they are rarely taken to the point of becoming physical realities. This course will look at the process of generating parametric algorithms then turning those models into physical realities. Students will work in groups to design a product that will be the physical realization of their scripted protocol.
I was inspired by the dried leaves of a tomatillo plant, and made some models out of wire and hot glue. Perhaps it would be interesting to make a chandelier or some kind of lighting fixture from this:
With my group members, we modeled a more simplified version of this organic "bud" form using Grasshopper and Rhino:
Then we unrolled the surface to make a trial paper model of our "lamp":
This first iteration resulted in something that was more like a parametric thinking cap:
Or a bionic knee cap:
Hopefully, this design will somehow turn into a lighting fixture...
*Noted from this study: minimize resulting double-curved surfaces when connecting the unrolled surface panels; need to design tabs and perforation patterns; design for fabrication will probably be with sheet aluminum or acrylic
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The LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas will host a Civil Rights Summit on April 8-10 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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