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Dispatch from New Orleans: An altar for the missing
Ariane Wiltse is restoring a Katrina-damaged 1870s home in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, and she is sharing her journey with us. Here's her latest installment:
The Altar
In the front room of my house, the room I tell visitors will one day serve as my library, sits a wood-burning fireplace with an Arts & Crafts-engraved slate face. It's quite fancy. A real eye-catcher, that fireplace. So much so that I figured it for just the right spot to place an altar.
I hadn't planned on putting an altar on my fireplace mantel, although no one in New Orleans would question my judgment. It's a fairly natural thing to do here. But I'm not from New Orleans. Michigan by birth. Virginia from there on out. And up North, people don't put altars on their fireplace mantels; they put fancy candles and knickknacks, family photos in fine silver frames, and during the Christmas season they cover 'em in all manner of evergreens. This doesn't leave much space for the dead and gone.
I don't know if the people who were living in my house when the Storm struck are dead. But I do know that they are gone. Gone so far and for so long that the neighbors don't know where to find them. We've tried. They don't return calls to their pre-Katrina phone numbers. City Hall says they still live at my house, but they don't come around anymore.
The banker has no answers. Foreclosures have a way of dehumanizing people, treating them as if they never existed. Even Google can't locate them. It's as if they disappeared.
Seeing as I can't find them to return the items they left behind, I decided to show my respects by placing their smallest belongings on the fireplace mantel. It seemed only right. I couldn't bring myself to throw away the common remnants of past lives. So I put them on display to remind myself and any visitors that a family once lived here, a family which likely lost all they had in the flood.
I catalogued the items I found. They include:
• A Zippo lighter
• A CD of the movie "The Wedding Singer"
• A 2-lb. hand weight
• Several large, primary-colored Legos, the kind used by toddlers
• A stick of women's concealer, just like the one I use to hide dark circles under my eyes
• A black barber's comb
• A plastic figurine of the cowboy from the Disney movie "Toy Story"
• A bottle of peach-flavored Cisco, the same "liquid crack" we used to drink in high school once we'd graduated from Boone's Farm wine coolers
• A 9mm bullet
• Little girl hair ties with large red balls on the tips used to hold ponytails in place
• A sugar dish made in Japan
• A tarnished silver spoon
• A prescription bottle of Orphenadrine, used to treat the painful muscle spasms so common with Parkinson's disease
• A rusted set of keys
• A boomerang
• A form letter from a class-action lawsuit for "clients who sustained a stroke, heart attack, or any other cardiovascular or heart-related injury while, or soon after, taking Bextra or its generic equivalent, Valdecoxib"
• A plastic green tiger
• Two spools of thread, one blue, the other pink
• A Hibernia bank card
• A pitchfork-looking utensil used for barbecuing
• A golf ball
• Comedy & tragedy masks, just like the kind my aunt used to give me every Christmas when I was a little girl
I pulled down bigger, perhaps, more significant items from the attic. There was furniture, all kinds of wall treatments, a cream-colored and beaded mother-of-the-bride wedding dress, reams of upholstery fabric and boxes. Boxes and more boxes. Overstuffed with paperwork and family photos, Christmas ornaments and toys. I had to put those boxes out for the trash.
A woman can only look at Easy-Bake Ovens and remote-control race cars for so long. Soon enough they begin to they make her crazy wondering what happened to the children to whom they belonged. Maybe one day they'll pass by for a visit and tell me.
(Photo: Ariane Wiltse)


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Oscar-nominated actor returns to sing for second consecutive year at Adams Avenue Unplugged festival. The free festival takes place April 27-28 and features 135 bands and solo artists on 25 stages.
"I love the fact that San Diego is such a big place, but has all these neighborhoods — like Normal Heights — where you feel like you're in a small town," said Reilly, who drew a capacity crowd when he sang with Tom Brosseau and Gregory Page at last year's inaugural edition of Adams Avenue Unplugged.
"Having lived in Los Angeles for quite a while, the only time I'd been to San Diego before was to go to the car show (at the Convention Center) and I have found that I was very wrong in my perception of San Diego," Reilly continued. "Coming down and hanging out with Tom, I realized what a terrific place it is. The festival is a great showcase for the music and neighborhoods. Then, you have North Park and Balboa Park, and it's incredible! I feel like I've really just scratched the surface."
Reilly returns Saturday, April 27, to perform as part of the opening day of this year's two-day Adams Avenue Unplugged. He'll share the stage with Brosseau and Page in the Normal Heights United Methodist Church, where the three also performed together last year. Reilly and his group will be augmented by two other notable troubadours, Dan Bern and Willie Watson (Bern used to record for Messenger Records, the New York label founded by San Diego's Brandon Kessler).
Admission is free to all of next weekend's 180 festival performances by 135 solo artists and bands. Presented under the auspices of the Adams Avenue Business Association, the performances will be held on two outdoor stages and in one church and 22 restaurants, coffeehouses and bars and community stages that stretch across two-miles of Adams Avenue, between Kensington and University Heights.
Los Alacranes & pals from Los Lobos
The lineup also includes the pioneering San Diego folkloric group Los Alacranes, which on Sunday will be joined for two performances by longtime musical pals Louie Perez & David Hidalgo of Los Lobos. Also set to perform are such nationally prominent artists as Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin, Spirit Family Reunion and Haunted Windchimes, along with the Euphoria Brass Band and such top San Diego singer-songwriters as Cindy Lee Berryhill, Lisa Sanders, Sara Petite and Joey Harris. (You can see the full performance schedule here.)
Adams Avenue Unplugged debuted last year as the lower budget successor to the Adams Avenue Roots Festival, which in turn debuted in 1994 as an offshoot of the San Diego Folk Festival. Between 15,000 to 20,000 people a day attended last year's two-day music marathon, according to Scott Kessler, the special events coordinator for Adams Avenue Business Association.
"It exceeded our expectations," Kessler said.
"As far as we can tell, this will be a permanent replacement for the old Roots Festival format, where we had all the vendors in the middle of the street. We like spreading it out and having some outdoor stages and a lot of indoor stages. It's a lot more diverse."
As was the case last year, the national acts appearing at this year's festival were primarily booked by Steve Kader, the owner of the North Park vinyl album store Groovy Records. The rest of the lineup was jointly booked by Louis Brazier of Lestat's coffeehouse, San Diego Troubadour co-publisher Kent Johnson and Folk Arts Rare Records honcho Lou Curtiss, who founded the San Diego Folk festival in 1964 and has been a key musical mentor for such present and former San Diego singer-songwriters as Page, Mojo Nixon, A.J. Croce and Tom Waits.
"The fact that Lou supported Tom from the beginning — we all owe him a point of gratitude for that alone," said Reilly, who was introduced to Curtiss by Page. "Lou has been such an amazing supporter of music over the years. He's a San Diego treasure. And I got some great records from his store."
Celebrating old-time music
Curtiss' record store offers a wealth of out-of-print American roots-music albums, including the folk, blues, country, ragtime and gospel that Reilly cherishes.
"I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs and American standards," he recalled. "My dad listened to a lot of traditional Irish music and I grew up doing musical theater. So most of the music I was exposed to as a kid was pre-rock 'n' roll."
Reilly met Brosseau around 2005 at Tangiers, a Los Angeles music club. The two started making music together a few years ago. Their performance at Adams Avenue Unplugged last year was their public debut and led to a series of subsequent shows together, here and abroad. They will also perform next Sunday at the Stagecoach festival in Indio.
"At a very basic level, the two of us have a lot of similarities," Brosseau said.
"We're both fans of the same music and we both know about the same amount as the other on the guitar. We both bring these wonderful songs to the table, most of which come from the great catalogs of the past by such artists as the Blue Sky Boys, the Delmore Brothers and, of course, the Carter Family. John introduced me to the Louvin Brothers, but we do more of the Everly Brothers' songs than the Louvin Brothers'."
The timeless allure of these earthy, no-frills gems has captivated Reilly since the first time he heard them. Playing them is a labor of love, he noted.
"The more I got into this music, the more I realized why these songs have hung around so long — they have these eternal melodies," he said.
"These songs keep getting passed on, like a torch. That's really the mission of the band, to be the next person in line, keeping the candle lit for a lot of this old music... We're not trying to sell a new album or reveal our innermost feelings. We're channeling spirits from long ago."
Adams Avenue Unplugged
With: John C. Reilly & Friends, Los Alacranes with special guests Louie Perez & David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin, Lisa Sanders, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Gregory Page, Sara Petite and more than 100 other performers
When: Noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and noon to 8 p.m., Sunday, April 28
Where: On three outdoor stages, one church and in 22 restaurants on Adams Avenue, between Vista Drive in Kensington and Texas Street in University Heights
Admission: Free
Transportation: Two double-decker buses will provide free shuttle service up and down Adams Avenue for festival attendees Saturday and next Sunday
Phone: (619) 282-7329
Online: adamsavenueunplugged.com

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Canadian Cancer Society Statement about Betty Fox's Death
17 June 2011
Toronto -
The Canadian Cancer Society was extremely saddened to hear about the death of Betty Fox today. Society volunteers and staff across Canada send their sincere condolences to the family. Our thoughts are with the Fox family at this time.
Betty Fox and her son Terry were remarkable Canadians who made unprecedented contributions to Canada. Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope and all of the Terry Fox Runs over the past 30 years have helped create a vibrant and productive Canadian cancer research community. As one of our country's leading national charitable funders of cancer research in Canada, the Terry Fox Foundation has ensured progress continues in the fight against cancer.
"Betty Fox will always be remembered for her strong commitment to her son's legacy, which continues to have a significant impact on the lives of Canadians," says Peter Goodhand, President and CEO, Canadian Cancer Society. "She was a relentless champion for Terry's dream and she steadfastly pursued Terry's goal of finding a cure for cancer. She was an inspiration to all of us and she will be greatly missed."
The Canadian Cancer Society is a national community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer. When you want to know more about cancer, visit our website www.cancer.ca or call our toll-free, bilingual Cancer Information Service at 1 888 939-3333.
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James Beard Award Nominees
The James Beard Society announced its nominees this morning for the annual awards event in May. Our excellent denverpost.com blogger, Eugenia Bone, was nominated for Best Single-Subject Cookbook for her book "Well-Preserved: Recipes and Techniques for Putting Up Small Batches of Seasonal Foods ." And we are thrilled!
Colorado is well represented among the finalists. Among those up for the medal:
Jared Jacang Maher of Westword for feature writing about restaurants.
Jason Sheehan, late of Westword (he recently moved to Seattle to review restaurants for Seattle Weekly) for restaurant criticism.
Frasca Food & Wine in Boulder for wine service.
Ryan Hardy at Montagna in Aspen for best chef, southwest region.
Congratulations to one and all!


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A Seattle office building billed as the greenest in the world and powered entirely by a massive solar paneled roof is celebrating its grand opening Monday under the city's usual threat of cloudy skies.
If the clouds hold up, they'll provide an appropriate backdrop for the official unveiling of a project that aims not only to abide by the world's strictest environmental standards, but also prove that anyone, anywhere, can heed its example.
"We wanted to show that you could in fact harvest enough sun beams on the roof of a six-story structure in Seattle to give all of the energy that is needed by a super-efficient building," said Denis Hayes, CEO of the Bullitt Foundation, the lead backer of the Bullitt Center. "In Seattle, most people don't think they can power their one-story houses with the sun that hits their roofs, so doing a multi-story office, I think, is an important demonstration."
Proving that sunshine can take the place of the fluorescent light bulbs that hum above the heads of most office-bound Americans, the building is also equipped with floor-to-ceiling windows that provide natural lighting to 82 percent of the 50,000-square-foot building.
For the last month, Hayes points out, the Seattle skies have been filled with clouds, and still, no one at the Bullitt Center has found the need to flick on a light switch during normal business hours.
"We've never had to turn on even task lighting inside," he said. "From 7:30 in the morning until 6:30 at night, it's perfectly well lit."
Nature also fills the building's ventilation needs. Rather than rely on a power-draining air conditioning system, the Bullitt Center is equipped with operable windows that automatically open and close to adjust to temperature changes, both inside and outside.
But the building's smart design and technology alone are not enough to achieve its ambitious energy goals. To qualify for the Living Building Challenge, the most rigorous sustainable building certification in the world, the building must produce as much energy (and water) as it uses, among a host of other requirements.
To meet the energy goals in particular, tenants are required to stick to a strict power quota and pay overage charges if they don't. They're also encouraged to choose the stairs over the elevator and anything over driving to work. As an incentive to consider those transportation alternatives, the Bullitt Center does not provide onsite parking for cars, though it does provide a garage for bicycles. It also highlights the number of bus lines and Zipcars available within a half mile of the building (21 and 24, respectively).
Living Proof: Building the Bullitt Center from Brad Kahn on Vimeo.
So far, the stringent requirements have not appeared to scare tenants away. As of Friday, the building was 80 percent occupied and Hayes predicted that it would be filled by summer.
"The now-completely outdated concept of environmentally-sound buildings as a little bit granola-ish, dark, cramped and uncomfortable, is just wrong," Hayes said. "What you have here is the healthiest building in which we will have incredibly happy people surrounded by daylight."
However the experiment plays out will play out transparently so observers mulling similar projects will be able to learn from the Bullitt Center's endeavor. The first two floors of the building will be open to students, policy makers, and the plain curious, who are interested in learning more about green living and construction. The Bullitt Center will also make public a database it researched and compiled that lists suppliers of toxic-free building materials and may guide others working on similar projects.
Hayes and his team didn't set out to be role models. Initially the Bullitt Foundation, which was located in what was previously a carriage house, simply wanted to revamp their space so they could "walk" the environmentally-conscious talk. But since the structure was historically protected, they ran into roadblocks and decided it would be more reasonable to build a new structure from scratch so they could have the flexibility to be more innovative.
"We considered doing a small [project] that just would be suitable for us, but then we decided — no. Proving that an environmental foundation could be comfortable in an environmentally goal-oriented building doesn't prove anything," Hayes said. "We had to build something and lease it out like a commercial person would. We invested a third of our total endowment. This is not a grant that we made. This is an investment and it has to perform for us."
As of Monday, the foundation was advertising space for just two remaining units: A 2,077-square-foot space that boasts 11-foot ceilings with operable windows, and a 7,949-square-foot suite with an outdoor terrace and showers for bike commuters in need of a rinse.
Hayes, one of the founders of Earth Day who has seen major environmental victories over the course of his four-decade career, acknowledges, but is undeterred by the obstacles to green building. There are zoning and building code challenges, as he encountered when attempting to modify the historically protected carriage house. There are appraisers who often incentivize features that leave a larger environmental footprint over those that do not.
But he's optimistic that over time, pure demand will force the laws to change, incentivize banks to give loans to green projects and transform what is now a niche experiment into the norm.
"I really genuinely believe that during my daughter's lifetime, this sort of building is going to be commonplace," Hayes said.


text: This exhibit showcases artwork by various students enrolled in the SF Sheriff's Department Five Keys Charter School. These schools are high schools for adults inside county jails, at post-release sites, and at community programs throughout San Francisco. The goal is to show that the artists are more than students, more than incarcerated persons, and more than just disenfranchised people. The Five Keys Art exhibit illustrates how this program provides a path to embracing students as whole people with dreams and aspirations, as well as re-introduces the students to the community, and the community to the students.


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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Inside the Cagaloglu Hamami, my masseuse, a short, paunchy woman of about 50, sings as she exfoliates me from head to toe with a rough mitt. The sweet melody contrasts with the gruff scrub job.
Every few minutes, she douses me with a pail of warm water and off goes another layer of skin and, increasingly, my cares. At one point, she shows me the mitt as if for emphasis. I make a mental note to tip more.
A slap on the leg signals me to turn over. I manage to flop onto my stomach, and she begins lathering me all over with soap — first hoisting one arm, then another. As I lie there, the blanket of bubbles effervesces all over my body. A vigorous full-body massage follows. Her thumbs delight in exploring a knot in my left shoulder.
"Is good?" she asks afterward. She then leads me to a marble fountain, where I sit for a sublime shampoo and head massage. Suds cover my eyes and mouth, froth about my nostrils and block my ears.
"You look like a snowman!" says my friend Frances Thomas. "I wish I had a camera!"
For the big finish, my masseuse dumps cold water on my head and cackles as I squeal.
"Finish!" she announces with a toothy grin.
The Turkish hamam, descendant of the baths of ancient Rome and Byzantium, is the site of one of the world's great bathing rituals — a place not just to get clean (Islam, like many religions, links physical and spiritual purity) but also to recharge and relax, alone or with friends.
Once upon a time, the Ottoman Empire's thousands of hamams marked important ceremonies such as births and weddings. These days, it's more of a social ritual than a necessity with the spread of indoor plumbing in the last century.
Although several new luxury hamams such as the Kilic Ali Pasa and Ayasofya have opened here with prices to match the sparkling interiors, my fantasy of old Istanbul meant just that. I didn't need digital lockers or minimalist-chic interiors. Nor did I mind a whiff of mustiness or a little old-school attitude.
One thing was certain: After a couple of days, Istanbul's vibrant entrepreneurial spirit — its carpet touts, spice merchants, tea caddies and tourist mobs — had left me frazzled and seeking restoration. I wondered, how did local women in this city of more than 13 million unveil and unwind away from husbands and family?
Frances, a middle-aged New Zealander I met during my stay, was curious too. And so off we went to the Cagaloglu (JAH-la-loo) Hamami one mild weeknight in December.
As we enter, an Italian woman is quizzing the receptionist about what's involved. I also dither for a moment while recalling a friend's experience 10 years earlier ("strange and uncomfortable"). But Cameron Diaz, John Travolta and Florence Nightingale have enjoyed themselves here, according to the photos adorning the walls. As if by cosmic signal, a quartet of rosy-cheeked Germans saunter out of the women's entrance (the sexes are segregated) and exhort us: "You must do it!"
We pay about $50 each for an exfoliation and soap massage while scanning the spacious main atrium, where wooden balconies are decorated with drying towels.
We're shown to the women's entry hall and the individual changing cubicles, each of which contains a bed and traditional wooden sandals. When I ask for a larger size, an attendant tosses me a pair more appropriate for Bigfoot, in which I stumble along with Frances to the spacious hararet, or hot room.
Inside, the cerulean sky peeks through tiny windows in the domed ceiling as daylight gives way to dusk. It feels like a shrine to bodily purity interrupted occasionally by the attendants' shouts or humming, which echo along the arched recesses. Captivating scents waft about — jasmine, eucalyptus, rosemary, lemon and yes — a hint of mildew here and there.
Our plump masseuses wear black bikini bottoms and lead us to a large marble pedestal around which 10 nude bodies of all shapes and ages lie on cotton cloths. We relax and sweat in the warm, moist air, useful for releasing toxins and promoting a sense of well-being.
In the background, faucets trickle, employees slosh water from metal pans to clean patrons or surfaces and soft European voices whisper. (France is well represented. Evidently, French women don't get fat. Note to self: Lay off the pistachio baklava.)
The attendants occasionally cluck at one another, and when I'm not drifting into a blissful stupor, I wonder what they're saying. ("Like donkeys, some of these tourists!")
After about 15 minutes, my masseuse returns and leads me by the hand to a less-crowded area along the pedestal's edge, where she begins to work her magic.
After the massages, Frances and I spend about an hour moving between warm and cool rooms and just chilling out. Eventually, we shuffle reluctantly toward the exit, lost in reverie.
"Lady!" one attendant after another barks, pointing us here or there. "Towel!" one says, wrapping me up and pushing me toward the changing area, where we find several employees in green robes lounging like big bored cats, staring at their mobile phones. We change, tip our masseuses and move on to the open-air courtyard café for apple tea.
A thirtysomething San Franciscan says to me, "It's a bit like a factory. But perfect after you've spent all day in the Grand Bazaar," Istanbul's colorful, sprawling market just steps from here.
"But it's not very hot," a Swedish student chimes in. "You know, we invented the sauna, and it's much different than this."
Sure, the temperature felt a little wimpy compared with the Scandinavian sauna, which is hot almost to the point of masochism. But as we chat, the fireplace crackles, stars twinkle overhead and I feel like part of Sultan Mahmud I's harem. (His wife commissioned this, the last hamam built during the Ottoman Empire, in 1741.)
Soon enough, we're wandering the clogged sidewalks of Sultanahmet, the old town, where scents of eggplant, tomato and grilled meats waft in the air. But this time, the peddlers' choruses of "Yes, hello!" "This way..." "Lady, come look at my rugs... ceramics... jewelry... grilled lamb," wash over us like so many suds.


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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on April 1 issued two proposed regulations regarding calorie labeling on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, retail food establishments and vending machines.
The proposed rules for vending machines were originally scheduled for release on March 23. | SEE STORY
The menu-labeling rule proposed on April 1 applies to chain restaurants and similar retail food establishments. They call for listing calories in restaurants and similar retail food establishments that are part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same name and offering for sale substantially the same menu items.
A companion rule proposes calorie posting for food sold in vending machines.
The proposals have a 60-day comment period. The FDA said it hopes to issue the final rules by the end of 2011 and proposes they become effective six months later.
The administration wants vending companies that operate 20 or more machines to provide a sign in close proximity to each article of food or the selection button that includes a clear and conspicuous statement disclosing the number of calories contained in the article -- unless certain nutrition information is already visible on individual packages of food inside a machine.
By the FDA's own estimate, it will take vending machine owners 14 million hours a year to comply with the calorie law to display information for every item they sell. | SEE STORY
See Fox News interview with Wittern Group president Heidi Chico, who explains how the regulation could severely impact vending and cost the industry jobs.
The National Automatic Merchandising Association is lobbying Congress and the administration to rethink the effect of imposing new regulatory burdens unrelated to public safety and health on small business at a time when the economy is struggling to recover.
The FDA is also suggesting restaurants be required to include a reference point of appropriate caloric intake for consumers. Posting a phrase similar to: "A 2,000 calorie diet is used as the basis for general nutrition advice; however, individual calorie needs may vary," would "help the public understand the significance of the calorie information provided," the administration's proposal said.
Full nutritional information, such as fat, cholesterol and sodium content, would be available upon request under the FDA's proposal.
Many chain restaurants, especially in the fast-food sector, already post nutritional information in stores and online. However, most establishments in the casual and upscale dining sector do not, so the rules will likely hit them harder.
The FDA is recommending that establishments whose primary business is not to sell food, such as movie theaters, airplanes or bowling alleys, be excluded from the requirements.
Under the FDA rules, state and local governments will not have the authority to impose any different nutrition labeling requirements for food sold in restaurants and through vending machines covered by the federal requirements. It also said that restaurants, similar retail food establishments and vending machine operations that are not covered by the federal requirements could voluntarily register to be covered.
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GONDAR, ETHIOPIA: August 19, 2013 -- At a ceremony held in Gondar, Ethiopia, Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky handed to the city's mayor the key to the Jewish school, which educated thousands of children before their immigration to Israel.
The Gondar school, funded and maintained by The Jewish Agency, taught mathematics, physics, computer skills and English to some 2,500 children in order to prepare them for life in Israel. The Jewish Agency donated all the school buildings and equipment to the municipality Gondar.
"Jews lived in Gondar for 2,500 years however, their longing to return home never weakened," Mr. Sharansky said at the ceremony. "Today we bring to an end a journey that spans thousands of years -- the conclusion of Operation Dove's Wings.
"I express my gratitude to the municipality of Gondar, our longtime partners in this historic endeavor. For us it is very symbolic that the Jewish community here is leaving behind a place of study."
The Jewish Agency's longtime partner in resettling Ethiopia's Jews in Israel, Israel Housing Minister Uri Ariel, also participated in the closing ceremony.
"This school was created to level the educational playing field between immigrants to Israel and native-born Israelis," Mr. Ariel said. "We are committed to providing these new olim (immigrants) with a top-notch education once they arrive in Israel as well so that they will be able to thrive in Israeli society."
Operation Dove's Wings was launched in November 2010 following the Government of Israel's decision to absorb thousands of Falash Mura (people with Jewish lineage whose ancestors converted to Christianity under duress). The Jewish Agency was asked to prepare these future immigrants for life in Israel and to assist anyone who Israel's Interior Ministry determined to be eligible for resettlement in the Jewish State.
To this day, The Jewish Agency has brought some 7,000 immigrants from Ethiopia, the vast majority Falash Mura. The Jewish Agency's community center in Gondar -- with the assistance of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) -- operated educational activities and provided welfare services to eligible immigrants. Upon their arrival in Israel, these new immigrants are housed in 17 absorption centers around the country, run by Israel's Ministry of Absorption and The Jewish Agency.
Later this month, on August 28, the final en masse Aliyah flight of 400 Falash Mura will arrive in Israel and with it a close the historic mission. A welcome ceremony will take place at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport for the new immigrants, their family members who immigrated years earlier and also representatives of the organizations that helped The Jewish Agency bring Ethiopian immigrants to Israel and assisted with their absorption. These organizations include the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), Friendship Fund, and Keren Hayesod, among others.


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" O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore —
Art thou Romeo?" Why are you here?
I'm not interested in death for love, clear?
I'm a smart girl and you're kind of boring.
You talk about love, I'm just passed fourteen.
I think that I'll 'live,' a little more, dear —
Before I settle; I've no choice, you hear,
Dad will kill us both if you insist more.
So leave me be, a young girl who is free
Keep your responsibility, see —
I'll spend time with the girls and when —
I'm twenty, I'll choose the richest guy known,
Who's nice to me; there'll be no bloodshed then.
Go play with your friends, be young, O Romeo.
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Jefferson County Election administrator Theresa Goodness is reminding the public that new law requires voters to present a valid form of photo identification when taking to the polls in the November election. Also new to the election process in Jefferson County this voting cycle, she said, will be countywide polling places for voter convenience.
"We were one of a few places to get countywide polling approved," Goodness said. According to her, the countywide polling designation was a coveted award, only allotted to select entities throughout the state. "On election day, any registered voter can vote at any polling location.
"We think it's a wonderful thing for the voters. We did not reduce the number of polling locations, either, so it should be a more convenient process altogether."
Regardless of where voters cast their ballots, however, everyone will need to show a valid form of photo identification with all the information contained on the ID to be substantially the same as what is on the voter's voter registration card.
"We want to let all the voters know, they need to have a valid form of identification in order to vote," Goodness said. "An election identification certificate is available if they don't have driver's license, state ID, passport, concealed handgun license, military ID with photo, citizenship certificate with photo …" Goodness said residents can obtain an election identification certificate through DPS at no charge with proper credentials such as a birth certificate and Social Security card.
Again, Goodness stressed, the name on the ID "needs to be substantially similar to the name on voter roll.
"If it doesn't match exactly, I'd call the voter registrar's office to make sure it does before they go to the polls."
More information on how to ensure proper credentials for voting can be found at votetexas.gov and dps.texas. gov.
All changes to voter registration, and applications for voter registration must be submitted to the Department of Public Safety or Jefferson County Tax Assessor Shane Howard's office no later than Monday, Oct. 5, to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 5, 2013, election.


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So, I've been thinking that it's high time that I set the record straight and unburden my soul a bit here at Branded by talking about some of the 80s era pop culture that's either eluded, intimidated, or out and out confounded me. This is sort of a Pop Culture Confessional, a place where I can take a look at stuff that I feel like I should be familiar with, but am not, for whatever reason. I think running a site like this can sometimes give off the wrong impression, that I know more than I do, whatever. So with that in mind, I couldn't think of a better topic to break in this new column than one of the most recognizable heavy metal bands of the last quarter century, Iron Maiden.
Though I'm not 100% oblivious to this operatic British metal band, I have never sat down and listened to any of their albums. Like most kids growing up in the 70s and 80s I had a fascination with their twisted ghoul of a mascot, the glowing-eyed zombie Eddie, but beyond this and their seat belt commercial from the 90s, this is pretty much where my exposure ends. What's strange to me is that there is absolutely no reason why I should have gotten into the music when I was 9 or 10. It was around that time that I met and befriended a kid in the fifth grade who schooled me in heavy metal, though he was pretty heavy-handed with his infectious love of Metallica. So while I was becoming a tried and true Metalli-Cat, banging my head along with Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets, it would take another couple years to open my eyes to other bands. With Peanut (my friend's nickname), it was pretty much Metallica or nothing. There was one opportunity to listen to some Maiden back in 1988 though. Another older kid down the street from me had seen me proudly wearing my only Metallica shirt (the "Metal Up Your Ass" shirt featuring a knife-wielding hand coming up out of a toilet bowl), and he asked me if I was into Maiden. I didn't want to seem uncool, so I said yeah, but only some of their early stuff (what a dork I was.) So he ran home and quickly came back with the Somewhere in Time album and he told me I needed to hear this. I eagerly took the album from him and then ran back into my house excited and depressed at the same time. See, he lent me the album on CD, and at the time our family didn't own a player. Heck, they were still like $300, and there was absolutely no way I was going to convince my parents that we needed one just so that I could finally hear what all the fuss was about with this mysterious band.
Time passed and I eventually opened up musically, but for the most part my interest in metal kind of waned. I was getting into some weirder stuff like Faith No More, Devo, and eventually Ween. As intriguing as the visage of Eddie was, getting into Iron Maiden was put on the back burner. The next thing I know I'm 35 and now I'm almost a little ashamed that it's taken me over 20 years to catch back up with the band. There have been signs recently, little things here and there that have been peaking my interest and nudging me back towards the band. Whether it was scoping out some of the awesome NECA Eddie toys that were on the pegs right next to the Robocop figures I was buying, friends posting facebook updates about attending Maiden concerts (consequently Mark also co-hosts the awesome Requiem Metal Podcast), or even when I started getting into an author's work recently and while checking out her youtube page I found the most adorable karaoke video of her performing the intro to Number of the Beast with backup by her cats. Iron Maiden just seems to continue to jump out at me. Well, last night, after holding a regular movie night with my friend we started talking music, and I couldn't help but lead the conversation over to my eagerness to finally dive into Maiden. Lucky for me he had a handful of albums that I swiped off his shelf and am preparing myself to gorge on over the next week. For the record I have copies of The Number of the Best (1982), Piece of Mind (1983), and Somewhere in Time (1986).
Anyone have any suggestions as far as the order I should listen to these? Over the years I've realized that there tend to be key albums by bands that can really do wonders for unlocking their catalog. Chocolate and Cheese for Ween, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots for the Flaming Lips, or how Stephen Malkmus' first solo album opened me up to the entire Pavement catalog. So any suggestions for listening to Iron Maiden? Am I missing a key album?


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In preparation for next week's series, One in Christ: A Week of Mutuality, we have a special addition to our interview series—Dr. Mimi Haddad, who has agreed to be our guest for "Ask an egalitarian."
(Note: The juxtaposition of this interview and "Ask a feminist..." earlier this week is purely coincidental...though kinda fun. It will be interesting to note similarities/differences in your questions and their responses.)
Mimi is president of Christians for Biblical Equality, a nonprofit organization of Christian men and women "who believe that the Bible, properly interpreted, teaches the fundamental equality of men and women of all ethnic groups, all economic classes, and all age groups." She is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, and holds a Ph.D. in historical theology from the University of Durham, England.
Mimi is part of the leadership of Evangelicals for Justice, a founding member of the Evangelicals and Gender Study Group at the Evangelical Theological Society, and she served as the convener of the Issue Group 24 for the 2004 Lausanne III Committee for World Evangelization. She has written more than one hundred articles and blogs and has contributed to nine books, most recently Living Faith: The Fragrance of Christ, published by the Evangelical Fellowship of India and the Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief. She is also an editor and a contributing author of Global Voices on Biblical Equality: Women and Men Serving Together in the Church.
In addition to all of this, Mimi serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Bethel University and an adjunct professor at North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois. She and her husband, Dale, live in the Twin Cities.
You know the drill: If you have a question for Mimi, leave it in the comment section. At the end of the day, I'll pick the top seven or eight questions and send them to her We'll post his response next week. (Be sure to take advantage of the "like" feature so that we can get a sense of what questions are of most interest to readers.) Because next week's focus will be on gender equality, it's probably best to focus questions on issues related to that....but, of course, it's YOUR interview!
You can check out the rest of our interview series, which includes an atheist, a pagan, a nun, a Mormon, a Mennonite, a Calvinist, anevolutionary creationist, a humanitarian, an environmentalist, a gay Christian, a Unitarian Universalist, an Orthodox Christian, a Pentecostal, many more here.
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CBS 'asks Grammy stars to cover up'
Stars are being asked not to bare too much skin at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, according to reports.
America's CBS network is reportedly requesting that "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" for the televised award show, which will include performances from the likes of Rihanna, Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift.
The memo sent out on Wednesday also warned against "see-through clothing", exposure of "the genital region" and said that "thong type costumes are problematic".
Representatives for CBS and the Recording Academy declined to comment on Thursday. Deadline Hollywood first reported the memo.
CBS broadcast the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that included Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction".
The network was initially fined by the Federal Communications Commission, though the fine was later overturned.
The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday February 10 at LA's Staples Centre.
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The name of the company is "Blue Sky Trading, LLC". You may choose to drop the LLC in the main "logo", but the full company name (with LLC) needs to be on the card somewhere.
The name means "dealing with anything you can imagine" (blue sky = imagination, trading = dealing). The slogan is "bringing imagination to reality", although you don't need to incorporate that into the design.
I'd like a Web 2.0 style card. Reflective, shades, darker-colors.
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Life has its weird twists and turns when you least expect it. Three years ago when I was a happily 'confirmed bachelorette' suddenly someone pops into my life making me re-evaluate my state of happiness. A few months later I was undoubtedly hitched and a new chapter emerged.
Two was definitely better than one as not only I have a life partner, I had a travel and diving buddy all rolled into one. It wasn't without hitches I must say. After being single and free for a long time I was almost set in my ways. Having to think bout the other half and compromising was the difficult part (and I was a difficult person) but we have managed so far.
After a while, the honeymoon phase ended and the next phase started. Trying to conceive we thought should be the next step in our evolving relationship.
It was a difficult time for me. First, I wasn't sure at mid-thirties I would be able to get pregnant so easily. And with me having exposed to radiation at work makes me think it might be a uphill task. So I was set in my mind not to worry if it never happens. Then the inevitable happened, two magenta lines on a pregnancy strip test confirmed our suspicions. At that time, I was elated but at the same time apprehensive. Whoa... suddenly the reality of being responsible and less self centered hit me and I was overwhelmed. It may have been the hormones but I wasn't sure that it was entirely due to that. I remembered I kept reminding myself that a third of pregnancies do not get past the 1st trimester (just in case something unwanted happens) My merman was rock solid and surprisingly took every ounce of doubt I had and converted it into a wall of support.
However, the joyous feeling turned into state of uncertainty by the end of the 7th week. I had not much pregnancy symptoms apart form my missed period. But having gynecologists as friends ensured me to an early ultrasound scan at the 5th week and subsequently at 9th week. At that point, the fetal sac looked suspiciously unhealthy and they still had not detected the fetal heart. Since I was a fellow physician and friend no one wanted to be the bearer of bad news and they decided to give it a chance and wait another 2 weeks for re-scanning. At the 11th week it was confirmed that the fetus was non viable and I had a missed abortion.
I was immediately admitted for a 'evacuation of products of conception' (ERPOC) that was done the very next day. That was the first time I went for any surgery, what an experience being on the receiving end of the operating theatre. It went well without any complications and by the evening, I was back at home resting. To tell the truth, at that time I had no feelings at all - three weeks of uncertainty had certainly prepared me for the worst.
We went back to our normal routines and planned life ahead as usual. Three months later we were hopeful again. This time around, at five weeks a trans-vaginal ultrasound revealed what we never seen or heard before the fetal heart sound. This time around I was more 'careful': rested excessively, became a bit of a sloth by walking slowly and taking the lifts only, ate well and selectively and followed whatever people are telling us we shouldn't do.
However, we still went on a planned holiday to Kota Kinabalu as we thought that a very slow paced leisurely holidays should be alright. No trekking, snorkelling nor diving was planned, just sight seeing in a car in KK and Kundasang. However, both of us fell sick with stomach flu and high fever. Back in KL I had light brownish stains and immediately went to see my gynae. Another scan with doppler was done and we were assured that it was still viable as the blood flow to the placenta was abundant. However, I was put on progesterone, just in case and was ordered to strictly rest at home. At that point, i was still having symptoms of stomach upset and resting was a bit hard as I had to go to the loo often.
After a day of resting I suddenly had a severe stomach cramp and the staining turned into blood. Merman rushed me to the hospital and an immediate scan revealed that the foetus was no longer viable. Again, I was admitted for another ERPOC. At the ward, while changing clothes I suddenly felt a gush of fluid coming out with a huge lump falling into the toilet bowl. Although used to seeing blood I was shocked as it all came out of me.... It was a very dramatic moment.
A nurse came to assist and she took out the lump from the toilet bowl. It was the size of an orange. I saw the placenta with a bean-like shaped fetus attached to it. it was so surreal. A scan and vaginal examination revealed that the abortion was complete and I indeed do not need another surgery.
At that point we were both thinking of where we went wrong. This time it was sad. We saw signs of life and how it perished. I was more emotionally affected this time around. However, apart from my close circle of people I chose not to talk to or inform anyone else about it. Being a realist I find it overbearing when people give their words of hopes and support. They usually mean well, but my brain is just not wired to perceive it that way. It annoys and irritate me. I coped by allowing myself to grieve for a while and after that just decided to let things be and just go with the flow.
And indeed it is true, life does go on......
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Life Goes On - Part One
Life has its weird twists and turns when you least expect it. Three years ago when I was a happily 'confirmed bachelorette' suddenly someone pops into my life making me re-evaluate my state of happiness. A few months later I was undoubtedly hitched and a new chapter emerged.
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A blocked gutter can channel water onto your homes roof and walls, causing leaks and damage. Sometimes a blocked spouting can even force you to replace the roof altogether. It also encourages mould infiltration inside your home. If water isn't effectively carried away from your foundation by downspouts, it may eventually damage the foundation, cause wood siding to rot, or flood your basement.
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The man accused of killing his mother, aunt and three others in North Texas on Monday has been charged with capital murder and evading arrest.
Charles Everett Brownlow Jr. was arraigned at 8:58 a.m. Wednesday at the Terrell Municipal Jail on one charge of capital murder and one charge of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle.
Additional charges are expected to be filed against Browlow as the investigation continues, Terrell police said.
Justice of the Peace Mike Smith allowed no bond on both charges.
Brownlow was transferred from the Terrell jail to the Kaufman County Law Enforcement Center at 9:23 a.m.
Victims Remembered at Vigil
Friends, family and neighbors gathered at a candlelight vigil Wednesday night outside the house where police say Brownlow killed his mother.
They prayed, sang and sought comfort together.
Robert Walker, whose sister was Brownlow's aunt and among those killed, said he has already forgiven Brownlow.
"How can I not love him?" he asked. "He's my nephew. I'll always love him."
Surveillance Video Catches Brownlow During Alleged Rampage
Surveillance video shown exclusively to NBC 5 showed Brownlow stopping at a restaurant in the middle of the Terrell rampage.
He walked into Dos Aces Mexican restaurant on U.S. 80 at 9:47 pm, according to the video.
A hostess escorted Brownlow to a table, but he declined to take a menu and walked out without ordering or even sitting down, the video shows.
"He just acted kind of weird," said manager Eric Fragoso. "She took him to the place he was going to sit at. He looked around or something, and he decided to leave."
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
A video course on American literature for college-level instruction and teacher professional development; 16 half-hour video programs, instructor's guide, study guide, and Web site
1. Native Voices
Native Americans had established a rich and highly developed tradition of oral literature long before the writings of the European colonists. This program explores that richness by introducing Native American oral traditions through the work of three contemporary authors: Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo), and Luci Tapahonso (Navajo). Go to this unit.
2. Exploring Borderlands
Chicana writer Gloria Anzaldúa tells us that the border is "una herida abierta [an open wound] where
the lifeblood of two worlds is merging to form a third country a border culture." This program explores the literature of the Chicano borderlands and its beginnings in the literature of Spanish colonization. Go to this unit.
3. Utopian Promise
When British colonists landed in the Americas, they created communities that they hoped would serve as a "light onto the nations." But what role would the native inhabitants play in this new model community? This program compares the answers of two important groups, the Puritans and Quakers, and exposes the lasting influence they had upon American identity. Go to this unit.
4. Spirit of Nationalism
The Enlightenment brought new ideals and a new notion of selfhood to the American colonies. This program begins with an examination of the importance of the trope of the self-made man in Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, and then turns to the development of this concept in the writings of Romanticist Ralph Waldo Emerson. Go to this unit.
5. Masculine Heroes
In 1898, Frederick Jackson Turner declared the frontier as the defining feature of American culture, but American authors had uncovered its significance much earlier. This program turns to three key writers of the early national period James Fenimore Cooper, John Rollin Ridge, and Walt Whitman and examines the influential visions of American manhood offered by each author. Go to this unit.
6. Gothic Undercurrents
What was haunting the American nation in the 1850s? The three writers treated in this program Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickinson use poetry and prose to explore the dark side of nineteenth-century America. Go to this unit.
7. Slavery and Freedom
How has slavery shaped the American literary imagination and American identity? This program turns to the classic slave narratives of Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass and the fiction of Harriet Beecher Stowe. What rhetorical strategies do their works use to construct an authentic and authoritative American self? Go to this unit.
8. Regional Realism
Set in the antebellum American South, but written after Emancipation, Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a classic of American literature. This program compares Twain's depiction of Southern vernacular culture to that of Charles Chestnutt and Kate Chopin, and in doing so, introduces the hallmarks of American Realism. Go to this unit.
9. Social Realism
This program presents the authors of the American Gilded Age, such as Edith Wharton, and juxtaposes them with social realists like Anzia Yezierska. These writers expose the double world that made up turnofthecentury New York: that of the elite and that of the poorest of the poor. Which of these realities is the more truly American? Go to this unit.
10. Rhythms in Poetry
Amidst the chaos following World War I, Ezra Pound urged poets to "Make it new!" This call was heeded by a large range of poets, ranging from T. S. Eliot to Jean Toomer. This program explores the modernist lyrics of two of these poets: William Carlos Williams and Langston Hughes. What is modernism? How did these poets start a revolution that continues until this day? Go to this unit.
11. Modernist Portraits
Jazz filled the air and wailed against the night. Caught in the sway, American prose writers sought out the forbidden the slang, the dialects, and the rhythms of the folk and of everyday life. Writers such as Hemingway, Stein, and Fitzgerald forged a new style: one which silhouetted the geometry of language, crisp in its own cleanness. Go to this unit.
12. Migrant Struggle
Americans have often defined themselves through their relationship to the land. This program traces the social fiction of three key American voices: John Steinbeck, Carlos Bulosan, and Helena María Viramontes. Go to this unit.
13. Southern Renaissance
"My subject in fiction," Flannery O'Connor tells us, "is the action of grace in the territory held largely by the devil." One might do well to ask what, if not the devil, haunts the American South in this era between the wars. This program uncovers the revisioning of Southern myths during the modernist era by writers William Faulkner and Zora Neale Hurston. Go to this unit.
14. Becoming Visible
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Every week is a crazy, unbelievable Battle Royale between companies, PR, reporters and consumers. Like this one time, a guy at the bar was in line in front of me for the bathroom. Another guy left the bathroom, but the guy in front of me was too engrossed in some conversation he was having to step up. So I politely asked, "Hey, could I go ahead?" And then he stuck his chest out and wanted to fight.
OK, that isn't like the gadget wars at all, but let's just say I went to the bathroom without a hitch (and not in my pants). + Linux
Asus released their highly anticipated eee PC, a 2lb Linux-derivative laptop that runs just $400. The reason they get the plus? Early reviews have been quite positive. (We'll give you a full rundown next week when the verdict's in.)
Then Wal-Mart starts offering the Everex $200 Linux PC. Since 5% of the Wal-Mart computer buyers are looking for their first computer, why not try something without an Apple or Microsoft badge of approval?
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Out of seemingly nowhere, this littleSD card that adds Wi-Fi to almost any digital camera reminded us that the little guys can still ruffle the feathers of the electronics industry.
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Time names the iPhone Invention of the Year. It's tough to disagree, but yet more positive press isn't going to spur iPhone sales. Buyers will...and Christmas might, too.


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An Elegant, Woodlands-Inspired Rooftop Wedding at Majestic Inn and Spa in Anacortes, Washington
After a chance meeting at a Raleigh, North Carolina, bar, Vanessa (28 and a nurse) and Jonathon (30 and an Air Force officer) became inseparable. "I can't tell you why things happen the way they do, but the smallest events and most seemingly minute decisions can change your life forever," Jonathon says. Vanessa and Jonathon said their vows before 100 guests on the rooftop of the Majestic Inn and Spa in Anacortes, Washington, which overlooks the San Juan Islands. "We both love the outdoors but didn't want our guests to have to hike up a mountain," Vanessa says. "Bringing the outdoor feel to them was the next-best thing." A pristine palette of navy and cream was paired with champagne gold and plenty of fresh green garlands, which served as centerpieces at the indoor reception's banquet tables. Personalized touches like the reception's communal seating, a choreographed first dance, and duck-tag favors (Jonathon is a duck hunter) made the elegant affair even more special. "Our entire wedding reflected us as a couple. We tried to make it personal and intimate," says Vanessa, who advises other couples to enjoy the week before the wedding. "Yes, there's so much to do, but I am so glad we put things aside to spend time with our friends and celebrate why we were getting married to each other." —Carolyn Meers


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Redefining the mobile computer seems to be on the plate at this year's Nokia World. First, it was the Nokia N900 that was all over the web and given the official announcement by Nokia. And then there was news of the Booklet 3G that came straight from Nokia. Now, with Nokia's Ovi Store, Nokia Music Store and Ovi.com all up and running, the attention is rightly placed on the accompanying mobile devices that'll utilize the services.
Over at Nokia World 2009, we managed to snag some very quick hands-on time with the gorgeous looking Nokia Booklet 3G, and boy, were we impressed with the aluminum clad netbook from Nokia. Sure it's yet another netbook you say, but this netbook is running on the power-optimized Intel Atom Z530, 1.6GHz processor. And it's official - it will ship with the Windows 7 operating system when launched for retail.
If you're not hot for this netbook yet, we're sure the built-in 3G capabilities, GPS functionality and HDMI output should give you an idea on what this baby can do. More importantly, its claimed 12-hour battery life isn't something to scoff at. It has been revealed that the Booklet 3G will be using a 16-cell prismatic battery. Additionally, Nokia has also thrown in Ovi services onto the netbook. It has been revealed that thanks to the Windows 7 platform, you can also expect to see Windows apps on the Ovi Store. This is a testament to how collaborating with Microsoft could net a huge gain for the Finnish company.
Retail availability hasn't been finalized, but it was officially announced that the Nokia Booklet 3G will be available for 575 euros before subsidy. The price point is higher than an average netbook. However, if its battery stamina and services do live up to its claim at Nokia World, this could make it worth its while. In the meantime, we'll leave you with some pictures fresh out of the oven from Nokia World. If it's a review you're looking for, we hope to get a review unit soon, so hold on to your horses!
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Cobalt Is the Key to Future Chips, Applied Material Says
Few things get semiconductor experts more excited than a shift in the key materials used to make computer chips. Applied Materials is proposing just such a change.
The Silicon Valley company, one of the best-known makers of semiconductor manufacturing machines, on Tuesday is announcing a way to head off defects that are becoming a stumbling block as manufacturers keep shrinking the size of transistors that act as tiny switches on chips. Applied plans to substitute the element cobalt to wall off the microscopic copper wires that connect the transistors together, replacing a material called tantalum.
"This is the first material breakthrough in the last 15 years in interconnect technology," says Sundar Ramamurthy, Applied's vice president and general manager of metal deposition products.
Applied's announcement follows a series of other changes spawned from the race to make smaller transistors, a pattern called Moore's Law that keeps driving down the cost of electronic functions. Intel, for example, led a push to introduce the metal hafnium and three-dimensional structures into transistors to make them switch faster and use less energy.
As transistors get smaller, many more of them can be packed onto each chip--billions, in fact. Connecting them requires grids of wiring that are increasingly large and complex; the copper strands contained in all the chips fabricated on a typical 12-inch semiconductor wafer can measure 100 kilometers, Ramamurthy says.
But engineers run into problems as they shrink the size of those wires, which are formed by filling up furrow-like channels with copper. Like a large volume of water forced into a smaller streambed, current moves faster and causes impacts akin to the rocks or boulders moved by a rushing torrent, Ramamurthy says. The current can shake loose copper atoms, creating gaps called voids that lead to short circuits that cause chips to stop working correctly, he says.
The trick is to coat the sides of the copper-filled trenches with a thin film of cobalt instead of tantalum, as well as capping the channel with another cobalt layer, Ramamurthy says.
Encapsulating the interconnections with cobalt can bring an 80-fold increase in the electrical reliability of chips, Applied says.
There's another potential upside. Tantalum is what the industry calls a "conflict" metal, produced in parts of Africa where warlords sometimes control mining activity. Cobalt is available elsewhere.
Customers who want to make the shift will have to buy an Applied production machine to apply the cobalt, using a process called chemical vapor deposition. The company on Tuesday is introducing such a machine, an extension to an existing product line called the Endura Volta.
Ramamurthy says 75 of the CVD chambers for processing individual wafers are already in customer hands for testing purposes. The machines aren't likely to be introduced in large volumes until manufacturers are ready for their next process change to create smaller transistors.
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I figured I had written enough in the last six posts for anyone who cared to have read, but I thought I would add just a short note on our visit to Salt Lake City and the headquarters of FamilySearch.
Here are some random observations:
FamilySearch is a large and complex organization. Although controlled, to some considerable extent, and sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it is a separate company with a very delineated structure of employees. Although the whole Raison d'être of the company lies with Church doctrine, the employees are professionals in every sense of the word and do a very good job of balancing the religious mandates with the secular needs to get the job done of maintaining all of the FamilySearch resources.
I have read items online that somehow question either the motive or quality of the FamilySearch products and even that of the Family History Library on religious grounds. Although the extensive discussion of New FamilySearch may have less interest to those who do not yet have access, there was very little, if anything, in the very long discussion yesterday that did not apply generally to those outside the religious mandates.
The FamilySearch team is well aware of most of the limitations and flaws in the present program offerings and are working hard to overcome those difficulties in the context of the existing structures of the program. Sending feedback to FamilySearch on any of the websites or programs is essential to help them focus on the real world issues and concerns of the users.
I felt everything said by the Bloggers was well received and given careful consideration. The whole session was recorded on video to allow employees not present at the briefing to hear the comments made by the Bloggers. Just as I find the FamilySearch Help Center to be a valuable resource, I found the same attitude from those at FamilySearch. I thought they maintained quite a good attitude given the almost insurmountable issues with the data in New FamilySearch.
I felt that it was an extremely valuable experience and well worth the time to come to Salt Lake. I hope they do it again some time and I get invited. FamilySearch paid for travel expenses and meals for participants in the Bloggers' day. There were no understanding or agreements concerning whether or how any Bloggers would cover the event.
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Ex-President Van Buren returned to the place of his nativity on Saturday last...after the lapse of a long series of years, spent in the service of his country, he has returned to the home of his youth, probably to spend the evening of his days among those who have long appreciated the splendor of his genius and admired his virtues.
Upon the end of his presidential term in 1841, Martin Van Buren did indeed move to his recently purchased estate, located only two miles away from the small New York village of Kinderhook, where he was born and raised. At this estate, which he called Lindenwald, the skillful politician, loyal successor to President Andrew Jackson, and eighth president of the United States (1837-1841) spent his retirement years.
Restored to the period of his occupancy (1841-62), Lindenwald reflects the refined sense of fashion and the comfortable way of life of a sophisticate. It is the home of a small town boy who ultimately rose to the presidency and who, along the way, acquired a taste for the finer things in life. In decorating his home, he spared no expense. Fifty-one elaborate imported wallpaper panels formed a mural-like hunting scene in the hall. Fine furniture and Brussels carpets added to the elegance. The estate also provides evidence that the man had not forgotten his origins. He was comfortable living as a well-to-do farmer in the Kinderhook region where he was born.
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The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is holding hearings today focused on Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg's (R-NH) idea to set up a special Task Force to draft a deficit-reduction plan. The plan would get fast-tracked through Congress for a vote and "everything would be on the table."
For taxpayers, this idea creates the threat of large tax increases on top of all the other tax increases being discussed in Congress. While the senators supporting a Task Force express valid concerns about the government's exploding debt, the plan could launch a drive to impose a European-style value-added tax in America.
In theory, such a Task Force could come up with some meaty and long-overdue cuts to the federal budget. But nine of the senators co-sponsoring the Conrad-Gregg Task Force, including Conrad, voted in favor of the massive spending bill passed by the Senate on Sunday, which increased appropriations by 10 percent in a single year.
In calling for deficit reduction, Senator Conrad says that "it is no longer enough for Congress to simply talk about reform; it is time for action and leadership." But Senator Conrad certainly hasn't shown reform leadership on farm subsidies. So until he and his colleagues start restraining their own spending appetites, it's safe to assume that "everything on the table" really just means a sneaky, under-the-table tax increase.


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You can't judge a video game by the number of discs it ships on - not unless you're prepared to declare the four-disc Lost Odyssey as the best Xbox 360 game of all time. You can, however, judge the intent of the developer to give you a whole lot for your dollar.
The folks at Rockstar, never ones to skimp on the amount of content they put on a game disc, have made, in L.A. Noire, a game that spreads across three discs on the Xbox 360, the company confirmed to Kotaku. The forthcoming game about being a detective in 1947 Los Angeles fills a single-layer, 25GB Blu-ray disc on the PlayStation 3.
In fact, the developers made so much game that it spilled over into downloadable content.
"L.A. Noire was always going to be a massive game, from the size and detail of the world to the length of the cases, and of course, the sheer amount of MotionScan data required for the faces of over 400 actors in-game," Jeronimo Barrera, one of the company's top people, told me. "To tell the story and make the game we wanted to make, we knew that it was going to take an entire single layer Blu-ray disc and three Xbox discs."
Rockstar doesn't tend to ballpark the number of hours it will take to complete their games, and the number of discs on this one doesn't exactly mean the game will take, say, three times as long to play as the single-disc Grand Theft Auto IV. It does indicate, as Barrera explained, that the MotionScan data - the heavily promoted new technique for rendering realistic facial expressions from the game's actors - requires a significant amount of storage.
The only down-side to a multi-disc game is that it could require a lot of disc-swapping. You don't want to play, say, the two-disc Mass Effect 2 and want to keep changing discs. Not to worry, Barrera said. "Since the game is built around the concept of progressing through individual cases from desk to desk, players on Xbox will find disc-swapping is hassle-free. In fact, players will only need to swap discs twice at natural breaks between cases without interrupting the flow of the game."
I've seen several of the game's cases, each of which is presented as a discrete episode, though players can diverge and tinker with some side-missions. Rockstar people have likened the game to a couple of seasons of a TV show. And it turns out they made some episodes they didn't have disc space for. "Throughout development, we created lots of great cases, the bulk of which were central to the main story of Cole Phelps and his rise through the ranks of the LAPD, alongside other cases that felt more like strong stand-alone episodes," Barrera said. "This gave us a powerful main story, and left us with quality extra content that we wanted to put out as DLC, that would slot seamlessly into the existing game."
L.A. Noire is sounding like another massive Rockstar game. Will it rival the length of the the dozens-of-hours-long GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption? It probably doesn't matter. But if for some reason you were wondering if L.A. Noire was a small experiment or a tiny game, that's not the case.


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Four Australian artists teamed up and designed their own playing cards. The group call themselves Suit Up and there are now 19 artists collaborating. They come from many different art backgrounds including street art, comic, and illustration art. They work together to design an original theme for each suit. The detail is so delicious and entertaining, it takes playing cards to a whole new dimension. It's awesome to see the unique styles come through.


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