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Robert Battle reveres dance troupe's foundation while pushing dancers in new directions
When Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to San Diego this week, the seven pieces on the company's two-night program reflect both where the African-American modern dance troupe has been and where it's going.
Since July 2011, the
Like Ailey and Jamison before him, the 40-year-old Florida native said he sees the job as his life's mission.
"It is a calling," he said in a phone interview last month. "Even if I ever had doubts about things, I'm rooted in the knowledge that this will be my life's journey. I'm looking at it as a marathon, not a sprint. It's a wonderful trajectory knowing I'm part of living history."
Battle was 12 years old when he first saw the Alvin Ailey company perform. On that program was "Revelations," Ailey's signature 1960 ballet, a gospel-infused ensemble work about how faith helped black slaves on their journey to freedom. Today — as it has for decades — the company closes every performance with the 38-minute piece.
"I'm still in awe of his genius and the perfection of his choreography for 'Revelations,' but now I can watch it from the wings and see how it affects the audience in city after city, country after country. Part of the way one remains successful is that you never lose your curiosity. You guard that part of yourself and don't become jaded. 'Revelations' reminds me of that sense of wonder."
The 30-member Ailey company spends seven months of each year on the road. This year's 21-city tour repertoire includes a mix of traditional pieces like "Revelations," two works by Battle, a new jazz-infused piece by hot, young choreographer Kyle Abraham, and Paul Taylor's famed "Arden Court." Commissioning work by an emerging choreographer and bringing in pieces identified with other dance companies has raised some eyebrows in the dance world, but Battle said he likes to "keep people guessing."
"I love the unexpected," he said. "It keeps people engaged."
Here are his thoughts on dance, his new job and the seven dances pieces planned Tuesday and Wednesday.
Q: What's been your biggest surprise since taking over?
A: How much of my job is exactly who I am. I took voice lessons, and when I was trying to reach for the high notes my voice teacher stopped me and said 'when you get in an elevator, it goes up, you don't.' That how this job feels. I'm very much planted and I'm not so much reaching up but from within and calling on everything I know from my upbringing, in the church and all the people who taught me.
Q: You broke with tradition to introduce works created for other dance companies, like Paul Taylor's "Arden Court," which will be performed here Tuesday.
A: Certainly I'm very strategic about introducing new things to the repertoire and making sure it has some connection to the company's mission. I trained under Taylor dancers at Juilliard and I danced with David Parsons, who came out of the Taylor company. There's all this connective tissue. This company has never done a Paul Taylor piece, and "Arden Court" has some choreography for men that would be new to the audience. It says: "Hey, here I am. This is something different."
Q: What other ideas do you have for the future?
A: More. Just more. More Ailey camps for underserved young people around the country. More dancers. I'm looking at more adventure in the repertoire; maybe some pieces that have bigger sets.
Q: Tell me a little about the two older pieces you created that are on the tour, the solo "Takedeme" (Tuesday) and duet "Strange Humors" (Wednesday).
A: I tend to create dance in small spaces. I choreographed "Takedeme" in my living room in Queens, so it doesn't travel much, but it has seen the world. It's set to Indian Kathak music by Sheila Chandra, and I was inspired to create it by three things:
Q: Tell me about Rennie Harris' 2011 hip-hop piece "Home" (Tuesday).
A: Rennie's brilliant. I worked with Rennie and Judith Jamison on a three-part ballet called "Love Stories," and I knew I wanted to bring him here in my first season. "Home" celebrates the spirit of Alvin Ailey, in that it's about living with AIDS. Hip-hop in its purest form represents survival, living through something, reclaiming one's self. It's very cathartic and fabulous.
Q: Can you say a little about Garth Fagan's "From Before" and Kyle Abraham's "Another Night," which will both be performed Wednesday?
A: I first saw Garth's work as a student at Juilliard and was captivated by it. "From Before" was created in 1978, and it's brilliantly abstract. It combines the speed of ballet, the polyrhythms of African dance and the weight of modern dance. Kyle Abraham is a choreographer I've been watching for a while. What I love about him is you never know what you're going to get. He's wonderful with irony and combining complex subject matter with urban edge. "Another Night" expresses the bebop era of jazz with all its freedom and improvisation.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
When: 8 p.m. April 9 and 10
Where: Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego
Tickets: $22-$77
Phone: (858) 459-3728
Online: ljms.org


text: Review: Great, but not without its issues Samsung's Galaxy series has come a long way over the past two years. Back in 2010 Samsung introduced the original Galaxy S, which also became the basis for the Nexus S. Last year the company rolled out the very successful S II, with a bigger 4.3-inch screen and a dual-core Exynos chip. It was Samsung's best phone to date and it won the hearts of millions, making it probably the most popular Android phone of all time. So, expectations for the third iteration of this phone were very high and speculation was rampant, resulting in some outlandish and amusing rumours. In the end we ended up with a 4.8-inch phone with a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen under a layer of Gorilla Glass 2. The resolution is 1280x720 pixels, which translates into 306 pixels per inch. Pentile Super AMOLED is something that we've already seen on the Galaxy Nexus and to be honest it's not as good as Super LCD used in the HTC One X. In some respects Super AMOLED comes out on top, but this is a matter of personal preference and let's leave it at that. The phone measures 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm and weighs 133 grams and despite the larger screen it does not feel much bigger than its predecessor, in part thanks to the curved design. It comes with 16GB memory, but 32GB and 64GB versions should be available at some point. With the 16GB users end up with about 12GB at their disposal and many will like the fact that this phone has a microSD slot. Samsung also offers 50GB of Dropbox storage, something that consumers will appreciate. Basically when it comes to storage options, the S III is hands down the winner in the 720p superphone market. The phone is equipped with an 8-megapixel camera capable of delivering 3264x2448 shots. It is an autofocus camera, with LED flash and it's capable of 1080p video at 30FPS. The camera will let you take HD videos and pictures at the same time, which is nice. HDR functionality is on board, too, The front camera has a 1.9-megapixel sensor capable of 720p at 30FPS which is quite good for a front facing camera. Image quality is surprisingly good and will be great for Facebook self-portraits or video chat. At present time the S III ships with Android 4.0.4 that works just fine and on top of it, you've guessed it, TouchWiz UI that is designed to match the phone's color, in our case Pebble Blue. The other option is to get this phone in white and other colour options are reportedly on the way. A removable battery is also something that many missed with the HTC One X and it packs quite a punch, as it is capable of storing 2100mAh of juice. The processor behind this beast is Samsung's 32nm Exynos 4412 quad-core at 1.4GHz that can drop to 200MHz. It turns out that the processor is very efficient and coupled with a large power pack, battery life is impressive. The graphics core integrated in this SoC is ARM's Mali 400MP4 and you will see how well it did in our benches. The usual array of sensors, including an accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, compass, barometer are also part of the phone and the phone comes with some quite useful motion sensor tricks. Active noise cancelation is also present with the help of a dedicated microphone, but to be honest we didn't find it give the S III much of an edge over other high-end phones we used. TV-out is possible but only via MHL A/V link. The box contains the phone, earbud headset and a charger, no unnecessary gimmicks here.First ImpressionIn terms of design, the phone is dominated by the spacious 4.8-inch screen, speaker, tiny light and proximity sensors, a 1.9-megapixel front camera as well as quite large home button. Samsung placed the back and settings buttons next to the home button, which is pretty much the company's standard layout. The back side features a speaker, camera with LED flash and of course, a Samsung logo. The bottom of the phone hides a bog standard micro USB port, while the 3.5mm audio jack is located at the top. The traditional Samsung layout continues on the sides. The power/lock button is on the right hand side and the volume rocker on the left. There is no dedicated camera button.At its launch event Samsung told the world that the Galaxy S3 was inspired by pebbles, water and natural design and it tells the story with interactive live wallpapers that with water ripple effects accompanied by sound. Some will like it, others will not. The shape of the phone really reminds us of the Galaxy Nexus with a somewhat flimsier cover. The back cover mechanism is very similar to the one used on the Galaxy Nexus and we cannot resist saying that the back of the back cover feels really cheap, especially for such a pricey device. Greasy smudges will appear as soon as you lay your hands on it, especially in the freakish hot weather experienced around the world this summer. The plastic itself feels cheap and it is actually significantly worse than the Galaxy 2, which is really surprising. The Pebble Blue color looks nice on this phone and if you love jeans, it's probably a better choice than the white one, but once again this is a matter of personal preference. In any case the design is great, the phone looks a lot sleeker than its predecessor and the only letdown is the flimsy battery cover. User interface, softwareAt first startup the Galaxy S III kindly asks you to set up a Samsung account that can actually backup Logs, SMS, MMS and settings which can come handy. Once you finish that you are asked to set up the usual Google Play routine like with any other Android phone. Each confirmation is followed by a quite annoying digital water drop sound, but we are sure that once you finish, you can turn it off. Like we said, some will like this sound and ripple effect. [You obviously didn't. Ed]After the Google Play setup dance, the wizard asks you to claim you 50GB Dropbox account that will be yours for two years, or until the Galaxy S5 comes out. Just like HTC with its One series, Samsung also included a guide for its TouchWiz interface that will tell you how to use your phone, e.g. swipe your finger across the screen to unlock your phone, swipe to the left of right to switch between home screens. This guide is probably meant for first time Android users as these features are common across the Android world. After setting up the phone, we were asked to do a 21MB update that installed fairly quickly and optimized the whopping 63 preinstalled applications that come with this phone. The update brings Android 4.0.4 to the phone and when we were finishing this article we got a notification that 63MB update was available that took a bit more to install, but we could not notice any major changes. The update was apparently supposed to bring stability, but so far we didn't get experience and stability issues out of the ordinary even without the update. There is still no exact date for the Jelly Bean 4.1 update for this phone, but we probably won't have to wait long for it. What makes this phone stand out from the rest of the crowd are a few innovative sensor applications that we haven't seen on previous smartphones. The Galaxy S III can turn off the screen when you are not looking at it (in case it recognize your face), smart alert will notify you about missed calls or notification once you pick up your phone, double tap will get you on top of the list, you can tilt your phone to zoom, pan to move icon or browse images. You can also shake the phone to update, turn over to mute or pause. We also liked the fact that you can swipe in front of the front camera from right to left to take a screenshot and palm touch to move or pause the phone. Samsung came up with a few very clever tricks to make your life easier, so kudos to the engineers. And now for a small digression. It took us a while to figure out why the browser looked rather dark compared to to HTC One X, Optimus 4X or even the old Galaxy S II. The answer is simple, the browser has its own brightness settings independent from the rest of the phone. This is a nice trick that will save you some battery and trick you into using auto brigtness while browsing. The phone is really quick and the snappy Exynos quad-core definitely makes it one the fastest on the market. It boots fast, it reboots just as fast and it's generally very fast in normal everyday tasks like browsing the internet. Phone calls will work as expected, Skype or Viber will work well too, but will get the phone hotter due the extensive CPU use. The CPU clock varies from 200MHz all the way to 1400MHz when necessary and with the 2100mAh battery this got us to two to three days of battery life. Three day battery life is without mail and Facebook synching, which is probably not a realistic scenario for most users, but two days should be possible for many casual users. Hard core users have to know that display with high brightness will kill the battery in 8 to 10 hours deepening on the task you are performing, naturally if it's always on. Games like Shadowgun will get the phone battery to 40 or more Celsius 104 Fahrenheit which is roughly as much as Tegra 3 phones in similar circumstances. Extensive gaming and demanding games with a lot of eye candy might get your phone even hotter, but since the CPU is at the lower part of the phone, you will be able to feel it. The CPU on the HTC One X and LG Optimus 4X is located beneath the camera. The general conclusion is that all quad-core phones with high-end games get very hot, no exceptions. The app drawer is pretty close to plain ICS, apart from a few additional options and the placement of the status bar. On a separate note, I would really like to meet the developer who thought that it would be a good idea to name an app designed specifically for the Austrian market "MeinKauf."Samsung ships the phone with a lot of bloatware, including Chat on, All share play, game hub, HRS hotels, S Memos, S Planner, S Suggest and Samsung Apps, but most notable one that we spent some time with is S Voice, Samsung's attempt to take on Siri. Samsung sees itself as an equal of Apple, and ever since Apple came with Siri, Samsung wanted to create its own competitor. The application eventually came to market as S Voice and it offered Siri-like functionality. S Voice would have made sense had Google not incorporated a vastly superior voice search engine in Android 4.1, which is not only better than S Voice, but Siri as well. To be fair, S Voice will answer some basic questions and more importantly it understands a few different languages. It was able to tell me the weather in German, Italian, as well as English. This is not bad as I am not native to any of these languages. Waking up S Voice in Italian stats with Ciao Galaxy, German is Hallo Galaxy and English Hello Galaxy. S Voice is a nice toy that you might even end up using at some point, but like Siri, only the most persistent will use it all the time. There are a few downsides. S Voice was rather slow in coming up with answers. In addition, after a long search on the Samsung servers you will get "I didn't catch that please try again" way too often. When we politely inquired about the wingspan of an African swallow, like Nermin in his Android 4.1 review here, this is what we got. Some simple things like setting a task to hire John or meeting with Peter at 6 PM would work, but sometimes it would take way too long to process. If you have friends with non-English names good luck convincing your phone that they are persons. For example, S-Voice things that my nickname, Fudo, is food food (yes 2X food). S-Voice is a nice toy, but the Jelly Bean update will render this tool completely obsolete. We like the fact that it understands a few major languages, but so does Google Now. S-Voice won't work in airplane mode, despite the fact that we turn the wifi on, the phone has to be in a normal mode in order for this tool to work.Performance, CameraBefore we get to the performance part of the review, we would like to say a thing or two about the two cameras. The main 8-megapixel camera makes quite good pictures, and takes up to 20 pictures in burst mode. It can capture 1080p video at 30FPS and take pictures simultaneously, just like the One X or Xperia S. The front camera, with its 720p capability and 1.9-megapixel sensor, was surprisingly good. It's good enough for self-portraits. It's tough to decide who has the best camera on the market at this moment, the One X and S III are very closely matched and you won't go wrong with either. The Galaxy will deliver nice photos and videos and it should be enough for any phone camera power user. We also liked the camera UI, as it's pretty intuitive and streamlined compared to Samsung's previous efforts. Also, it just looks nice.However, we are still talking about a phone camera, as and you can see in our sample photo, it struggles with dynamic range issues. This is true of all smartphone cameras and it is the result of cramming millions of sensors on an area the size of a grain of rice. HDR can help a bit, but phone cameras still have a long way to go.The 100-percent crop reveals quite a bit of post processing, resulting in soft edges and lack of detail. For all its technical prowess, the S III really does not impress in the camera department. Granted, it is not far behind the One X and it is roughly on par with the LG Optimus 4X, but we just feel Samsung could have and should have done better. The camera is not a major improvement over the S II and it will probably be overshadowed by the new iPhone 5.Now then, we wanted to see how fast Samsung's quad-core Exynos really is and how it stacks up against the competition, Qualcomm's S4 dual-core and Nvidia's Tegra 3 quad-core. It turns out that Samsung is faster than any phone in Quadrant, but loses in Antutu quad-core enabled benchmark to both LG Optimus 4X and HTC One X, both Tegra 3 based phones. The phone maxes out Nemamark 1 and scores among the best one and in GL benchmark Egypt and off screen 720 rendering is s clear winner against Tegra 3 or Qualcomm S4. The phone is also the fastest we've seen so far in Sunspider and it scores significantly better than any other phone in Browsermark. Nvidia has a slight advantage with HTC One X in CF benchmark as well as in AndEbenchmark and the two scores in these tests for SIII come from the hot and cold phone. It is clear that performance wise this is the faster phone so far. There is still one thing that we were pointed out by a veteran Samsung Galaxy S II user. There is a delay between pressing the dial key until you get to the dialer and it takes about a second longer than on the S II. We tried it and saw for ourselves that this was the case, but we are sure that Samsung could fix this if it wants too. Some people might get annoyed that they will be able to get to dialer much faster on their old phone. ConclusionSamsung's Galaxy S III is a worthy successor to the S II. It is an excellent and very fast phone that many will buy, but it's not perfect. The plastic back cover feels way too cheap for a premium product and fingertip smudges will irk many people. The other issue is the display, and most people who had a chance to see it next to an HTC One X agree that HTC's SLCD is better. The camera also fails to impress, but the competition does not do a much better job, either.Still, the S III comes with 50GB of Dropbox storage and it also has a microSD slot, replaceable battery, a surprisingly good front facing camera and best-in-class performance. Overall it's a great phone with a few minor flaws. We just hope that Samsung will listen to reviewers and consumers and improve material quality, as even the Galaxy Nexus feels better than this much more expensive phone. It just doesn't come close to Apple or even HTC in terms of build quality and given the price there is really no justification for cheap plastics.It's a great phone and its runner up in the Android world is the HTC One X, if you are into the 4.7-inch or larger screens you won't go wrong with either. However, in the big scheme of things Samsung is going after Apple, not the Android alliance. The S III has what it takes to take on the dated iPhone 4S, but the iPhone 5 is just a few weeks away and the S III won't have such an easy time competing with Apple's all-new iPhone.Sample supplied by Ditech.

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Maybe not, but I wonder what the Torch would do without its 5th line shift bridle. If your really all that worried about it maybe a 5th line or Best's new Kick system would be a good investment. If you think about it, such an action is impossible with a 5th line setup. I'd rather stick to 4 lines though.
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Welcome to the Yale Children's Diabetes Program
Welcome to the website of the Yale Children's Diabetes Program. We are excited to provide information about type 1 diabetes (T1D) and our practice to patients, their families and others who care about people with T1D.
The Yale Children's Diabetes Program provides comprehensive diabetes care and education with a special emphasis on the use of technology-based tools as well as clinically relevant research. We provide care to children of all ages, whether they are newly diagnosed with diabetes or have had the condition for years.
Latest News: New Location, Same Great Care!!
We are now located at 1 Long Wharf Drive here in New Haven. We are excited about our new research suite, located on the 5th floor, where we will continue our groundbreaking efforts on research projects aimed at improving the lives of people with T1D.
Our clinical practice has joined our colleagues from other pediatric specialties in the Pediatric Specialty Center, located on the 2nd floor of the Long Wharf Building.
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Our clinical practice has joined our colleagues from other pediatric specialties in the Pediatric Specialty Center, located on the 2nd floor of the Long Wharf Building.
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Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.
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This year's Oscar nominees just keep on churning out Blu-ray news. Just a few weeks after American Hustle and 12 Years A Slave were given respective home entertainment release dates, Paramount Home Media Distribution has let fans in on when they can get their hands on Martin Scorsese's latest, The Wolf of Wall Street. The movie is hitting Blu-ray and DVD on March 25. However, if you're more of a Digital copy sort of person, you can purchase the movie early, beginning on March 18.
It's no real surprise that the controversial film would have controversial cover art. The image is from one of the film's promotional posters, but somehow with the Blu-ray release it feels a lot more risqué and wild, featuring a smiling Jordan Belfort standing out against a backdrop of bare chests, money and general revelry. Still, for those who have caught the film, the poster likely feels a little tame. The Wolf of Wall Street is no stranger to excess and nudity, to the point that it has turned off some viewers and even been banned or censored in several countries. Despite this, the flick is still Scorsese's best box office intake to date.
The flick stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, a rising star in the world of stockbrokers in the 1980s. DiCaprio's already won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of the real-life character, and there is a good chance Paramount will be able to add some more awards stickers to the front of the box after the Oscars launch next month. Whether or not the film takes home any of the famous trophies, it has earned five nominations and a slew of fans, meaning the movie should enjoy a nice boost from home entertainment purchases.
The Wolf of Wall Street might be a little excessive, but Paramount Home Media Distribution's release will not be. DVD copies, in fact, will come with no extras, while Blu-ray copies of the flick will only come with one extra, albeit a star-studded one. The bonus feature is called "The Wolf Pack," and will feature DiCaprio, Scorsese, Jonah Hill and more as they take fans behind-the-scenes during the making of the film and also discuss the real-life Belfort and his trajectory in the world of moneymaking. We really have no idea how lengthy or in-depth that extra will be, but fingers crossed it's an information-filled one, at least if you are into that sort of thing.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The No. 30 Georgia College women's tennis team (7-3, 4-2 PBC) demolished the North Georgia Saints (5-5, 2-4 PBC) at the Centennial Center Tennis Facility Thursday afternoon, 8-1.
The Bobcats took the doubles portion of the match, 2-1. Kayla Barksdale (Augusta, Ga.) and Bertille Lion (Lyon, France) dropped GC's first match of the day to Laura Chapman and Stasa Vujosevic, 8-2. GC would not surrender a match for the rest of the afternoon. May Johnson (Sydney, Australia) and Michelle Lingner (Dunwoody, Ga.) got the first win of the afternoon for the Bobcats, downing Juliana Chiang and Jordan Poole, 8-2. The 'Cats won 8-3 in the third slot when Lisa Setyon (Paris, France) and Kelly Edwards (Roswell, Ga.) toppled Audrey Marlette and Matilda Watson, 8-3.
Lochner played out of the No. 4 spot, sneaking past Marlette, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, improving her record to 7-3 with a streak of four straight. Setyon had another strong performance defeating Poole, 6-4, 6-2 and Lingner finished the day beating Watson, 6-0, 6-2.
The Bobcats will travel to Lander University tomorrow, March 11 for a 2 p.m. start.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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National Louis University Announces Two National College of Education Graduates Receive 2012 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Education
National Louis University today announced that two graduates of its National College of Education received the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Education. The National Louis alumnae and 2012 Golden Apple recipients, Pamela Kelly and Monique Blakes, were part of the prestigious group of 10 total exemplary teachers selected from a pool of nearly 600 nominees from throughout the Chicagoland area.With the addition of these two individuals, 59 total National Louis graduates have earned the prestigious Golden Apple Award recognition since the award was established 26 years ago. Local dignitaries and celebrities, as well as Golden Apple executives notified the recipients during surprise visits to their classrooms on May 9 and 10.
"National Louis has an exceptional track record of preparing teachers to excel in the classroom, as evidenced by our history of Golden Apple Award winners," said Dr. Nivine Megahed, National Louis University president.
"As a university strongly routed in our reputation of educating exceptional future teachers, I am so proud of the accomplishments of our alumnae, Pamela Kelly and Monique Blakes," said Dr. Alison Hilsabeck, dean, National College of Education. "In the National College of Education we strive to continue this track record of success for our graduates through outstanding teacher preparation, and are thrilled that these two teachers, among many others, are making such a difference in the lives of their students."
Golden Apple has recognized outstanding Chicago-area educators annually since 1986. Each Golden Apple Award recipient receives a tuition-free, spring semester sabbatical to study at Northwestern University. Winners also receive a $3,000 cash award. Perhaps most importantly, Golden Apple teachers become Fellows of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators, providing a stronger voice and a larger stage from which to make an impact, through ongoing professional development and engagement in education reform, such as the mentoring of future teachers through Golden Apple's Scholars program. The recipients of the 2012 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching will be honored at a black-tie event in October at WTTW/Channel 11 Studios in Chicago. WTTW will also broadcast the awards in a one-hour television program following the event.
"On behalf of Golden Apple, we continue to be impressed with National Louis and how well its National College of Education prepares teachers to exceed expectations in the classroom," said Dominic Belmonte, executive director of Golden Apple. "We happily join this year's ten recipients to the legion of the Golden Apple Academy previously recognized in pursuance of our mission to transform teachers and teaching."
2012 Golden Apple Award Winners from National Louis University:
Monique Blakes, Oscar DePriest Elementary School (Chicago), 1st grade
Monique teaches first grade to students who are bright, capable and willing learners but many lack motivation and skill, suffering from the weight of the community they live in and its powerful influences. While growing up, Monique was one of a few African-American females interested in the male dominated field of chemical engineering. She had a teacher who encouraged her to look forward. She wants to give her students a similar experience. Monique feels that good instruction means recognizing that one size doesn't fit all and a teacher must be ready to adapt instruction for the diverse learning styles. Monique graduated in June 2005 with a Master of Arts in Teaching in Elementary Ed from National Louis.
Pamela Kelly, Naper Elementary School (Naperville), 1st grade
Pamela employs interactive strategies to engage her students. Because of the wide range of abilities in her classroom, she often uses peer-partners so students learn from and with each other. She has found that the students are much more motivated to learn from each other. Pamela thinks this strategy is wonderful because each student feels (and) is essential to others' learning. Pamela is also a Nationally Board Certified Teacher. Pamela graduated in August 2004 with a Master of Education in Interdisciplinary Studies in Curriculum & Inquiry from National Louis.
About National Louis University
Founded in 1886, National Louis is a nonprofit, non-denominational University comprised of three colleges: National College of Education; College of Arts & Sciences; and College of Management and Business. From its inception, National Louis has provided educational access to adult, immigrant and minority populations – a mission it sustains today. The University offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in fields of education, management, human services, counseling, public policy, and others concerned with human and community development. The University ranks first in the state of Illinois for the number of graduate degrees in education conferred. National Louis is well-known for an exceptional history in teacher preparation, and continues to be a leader in educating future teachers and community leaders to succeed in urban environments. For more information, visit www.nl.edu.
About Golden Apple
Celebrating its 26th anniversary, Golden Apple began with founders Mike and Pat Koldyke and a shared inspiration — to offer outstanding teachers a level of recognition and engagement in the larger work of education reform. Golden Apple's successful track record of integrated, innovative programs and resources enhance the quality, resiliency, and creativity of classroom teachers and improve teaching and learning throughout Illinois. Qualified, passionate educators — including Golden Apple Award-recipients and finalists — lead a small staff of dedicated employees with functional and program expertise. A connected and committed board of directors oversees Golden Apple's strategic direction. Together with a larger community of expert educators, this nonprofit organization works to ensure that all Illinois children have the excellent teachers they deserve. Visit www.goldenapple.org for more information.


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Call him the space guitar hero: An astronaut living in orbit has penned a musical ode to Earth in what he's billing as the first original song recorded on the International Space Station.
The song, called "Jewel in the Night," is a holiday-themed tune recorded by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield just days after arriving at the space station last week, just in time for Christmas.
Hadfield and two crewmates docked at the space station on Dec. 21. He recorded the tune two days later, and then posted it online on Christmas Eve via YouTube, Twitter and soundcloud.com.
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"Here's some of the first original music written for and performed on the international space station," Hadfield wrote on Twitter, where he is chronicling his spaceflight under the name @Cmdr_Hadfield. [Hear the Song: 'Jewel in the Night' Video]
Hadfield performed "Jewel in the Night" on a Larrivée Parlor acoustic guitar (made in Vancouver) that has been aboard the space station for years. The tune has a folk song feel and starts off:
So bright, jewel in the night, there in my window below.
So bright, dark as the night, with all of our cities aglow.
It's long been our way to honor this day, and offer goodwill to men.
And though, wherever we go, it's come round to Christmas again.
Hadfield, 53, is a veteran astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency and currently serves as a flight engineer with the station's current Expedition 34 crew. He will be the first Canadian space station commander when he takes charge of the outpost's Expedition 35 phase next year.
Music has a special place in Hadfield's heart and is among his passions. Before launch, he had a special guitar pick made to resemble his Expedition 35 mission patch.
"I play guitar in a couple bands and sing. I've fronted bands here in Houston for 20 years, and it's just a natural extension for me to play music no matter where I am, whether it's at Star City or Tsukuba, Japan, or on board the space station; I played guitar on board Mir when I was there back in 1995," Hadfield said in a preflight NASA interview. "I thought, since I'm there long enough, why not write music about the experience of traveling in space."
Hadfield said that early pioneers, sailors and miners all created songs about the exploration of new frontiers on Earth. So it is only natural for the tradition to continue as humanity expands into the cosmos.
Since arriving at the International Space Station this month, Hadfield has posted several photos of the guitar he is using and himself playing music in space. On Christmas Day, he strummed the guitar as his five Expedition 34 crewmates (two Americans and three Russians) serenaded Mission Control flight controllers with traditional Christmas carols.
"I'm not by any means the world's best musician, but I love it and I've had lots of people to play music with," said Hadfield, who will return to Earth in May 2013. "To be able to do that on space station is fairly new in the human experience and I want to make the most of it."
You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter@tariqjmalik. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter@Spacedotcomand onFacebook.
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That chair you're sitting on, the fridge you're leaning against or even the car you're driving home tonight can all be turned into a speaker with iMo's Resonance MP3 player.
It's only got 2GB of internal storage, but as it's measures 95(L) x 65 (W) x 83(H)mm and has four little horn-shaped knobs (for changing the volume or song), you won't be replacing your normal MP3 player anyway. The most interesting thing about the Resonance speaker is that it itself is not a speaker (and won't emit much audio if you're holding it in the air); it only works when it comes into contact with a hard surface. That can be anything you like...I'm sure you're all inventive people.
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Residents of Old Saybrook received quite a shock after hearing the area was under a terrorist attack over the Connecticut town's public address system on Sunday afternoon.
The Office of Emergency Management said a dispatcher accidentally made a series of errors, which caused the message to play over speakers placed around town. The message also warned residents to seek shelter.
"It's concerning that there was somebody making that sort of mistake," said Old Saybrook resident David Olsen.
Olsen was home at the time of the broadcast, but said he couldn't make out any of the words.
"I said, 'That's odd,' and I heard it again maybe 30 seconds or a minute later. I came to the door, opened up the door and didn't hear anything at all," said Olsen.
Reverse 911 calls were made through the Everbridge Emergency Notification System apologizing for the error and saying in part, "There is no emergency, and there is no homeland security crisis in or near the Town of Old Saybrook."
Old Saybrook Police said in a statement Monday afternoon:
"The Town of Old Saybrook takes emergency preparedness and communication with the public during times of crisis very seriously. We have years of success using mass alerting systems to properly inform the public during emergencies and will continue that practice. Yesterday's incident was an extremely unfortunate and localized event."
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FAYETTE BOYS BASKETBALL: A close game changed suddenly in the second quarter last week at Fayette, leading to a big 67-40 victory over Morenci for the Eagle boys.
After a missed three-point attempt by the Bulldogs, Fayette (5-3) took a 19-16 lead with less than three minutes to play in the first half.
The Bulldogs (1-6) missed another three, but Fayette's Jessie Rodriguez connected from outside the arc. Morenci missed a shot, Rodriguez hit another three.
Morenci turned the ball over and Trevor Cox scored for a 27-16 lead. Kevin Ferguson connected on a lay-up underneath the basket.
The Bulldogs added one point on a free throw, but Cox topped that with a last-second three-pointer and a 15-point lead, 32-17. The Bulldogs were outscored 22-8 in the second quarter.
Morenci started to recover in the third quarter with buckets by Austin Sandusky, Daiton Lemmon and a three-pointer by Luke Craig to cut Fayette's lead to 10, but that soon went awry.
Rodriguez hit a three and soon hit three shots from the line after he was fouled. When Cox scored with 1:20 to play in the quarter, the Eagles' lead broke 20 points and it only got worse from there.
After so many close contests this season, Fayette coach Todd Mitchell said it was nice to just sit down and watch the game in the final quarter.
Fayette turned the ball over only seven times while Morenci lost possession 18 times.
"That's what we really emphasized in practice," Mitchell said. "We've got to start scoring off our defense."
Rodriguez and Ferguson each finished with three steals. Cox and Zayne Colegrove each collected five rebounds. Simon Jeffers led Morenci with six rebounds and Craig finished with five.
FAYETTE GIRLS BASKETBALL: Fayette's varsity girls couldn't shake North Central until the final quarter at home Friday, finally posting a 41-35 league win.
The visitors closed a seven-point deficit at the end of the first quarter and the game was locked in a tie going into the final period.
Six-for-nine shooting from the line made the difference down the stretch.
Ashtyn Baker was the leading scorer with 16 points, followed by Paige Keefer with 10. Reba Rash shot five for eight from the line.
Swanton took an early lead and held on to it Monday to post a 47-34 non-league win over Fayette.
Baker scored four three-pointers and led scoring with 15. Makayla Smith added two from outside the arc and finished with 10 points.
MORENCI BOYS: Morenci had its outside game in order Friday at Lenawee Christian School, but the Bulldogs needed more than that.
Morenci 10 three-point shots weren't enough to stop the Cougars who claimed a 79-64 non-conference win.
LCS was on top 17-10 after a quarter, and even though Morenci kept pace in the second period, they couldn't overtake the Cougars' lead.
Luke Craig hit five three-pointers and scored 22 points. Alex Tompkins hit three long shots and finished with 13 points. Jalen Porter scored 25.


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Staheli's Catering Early Morning Breakfast – Adults $6.00 / Children (12 & under) $4.00 Everyone is invited to start the day with a complete pancake, eggs, hashbrowns, and beverage breakfast.
"Amazing American Heroes" City of St. George 4th of July Celebration Parade Line the surrounding streets of Vernon Worthen Park for this patriotic spectacle!!! FREE TO ENTER A FLOAT/ OR GROUP!!!
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Holistic healthcare for pets uses modern practices rooted in ancient wisdom that is a gentle, natural healing alternative to the control and suppression of symptoms that conventional treatments generally offer. We highly recommend that you consider holistic modalities to help your pet achieve the best quality of life possible. When holistic practices are used in conjunction with conventional veterinary practices, (i.e. integrative medicine) your animal companion has the potential to achieve his or her optimal health.
What Is the Difference Between 'Holistic' and 'Alternative' Health?
Just as holistic medicine applies to humans, it can also be a wonderful method of healing for our furry, feathered or scaled companions. Our holistic and integrated service is offered in support of animal patients, owners and caregivers. Whether it is perceived as 'holistic', 'alternative', 'natural', 'complementary', or 'integrated' – the medicine used here at Animal Alternatives is the best we can offer for each patient as our emphasis is on the care and welfare of the patient.
We do not shun conventional therapy, per se, considering its worth in each case. No truly holistic vet can ignore the existence of conventional drugs which, while often unable to cure chronic disease, on some occasions they may be the only way to control distressing or painful symptoms. However, it is noteworthy how much healing the body can achieve when given the vibratory patterns, energy and nutrients to assist in its own healing ability.
The Benefits of Holistic Medicine
Holistic medicine functions from the understanding that the human or animal body – when in balance – has the inherent ability to heal itself and maintain strong health. Holistic medicine is a practice that involves all aspects of the patient's life when diagnosing and treating a particular condition. This includes the conditions your pet lives in, both the emotional and the physical 'environment'.
Holistic modalities such as homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic, tui-na massage/manipulation, herbal therapy, nutritional counseling, behavioral counseling and other non-invasive treatments assist in restoring that balance and harmony. When vital energies are restored and systems are in balance, your pet can heal and thrive.
In many cases, holistic medicine can address the same health concerns that would typically warrant a trip to a conventional veterinarian. And while holistic techniques are certainly different, it's the philosophy behind the care that's most unlike Western medicine. It is not so much a method of treatment as much as it is an approach to how treatment should be applied.
Conventional Western medicine tends to focus on the symptoms surrounding a specific diagnosis or disease, and then aims to 'fix the problem' through drugs or surgery. Countless lives have been saved by Western medicine and we have all benefited from these modern advances. But at times, conventional medicine only stops the symptoms of the underlying disease process. In those cases, there are a variety of effective alternatives for your pets. With so many people in the world requesting alternative medicine options for themselves, the demand for products and information on holistic veterinarian medicine has blossomed.
A holistic approach to health care looks at the whole body, (spiritual, emotional and physical), and helps the patient heal themselves, or bring their bodies to their optimal health. It addresses the energetic imbalances and blockages at the root of the issue rather than simply alleviating the overlying symptoms. When symptoms alone are treated with Western drugs, therapies, or surgeries, your pet may experience temporary relief. But without restoring harmony to the body, the persisting imbalances often results in an eventual worsening of symptoms and manifesting of disease on a deeper level of the (emotional and/or physical) body.


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Contestants on "Jeopardy!" have to understand the clues in light of the Category (context) and then quickly sift through their accumulated knowledge over their lifetime to come up with potential answers, decide if they have confidence in their answer, and then quickly respond by hitting the buzzer. Except for the buzzer, does that sound familiar and relevant to your job? Would a computer that could do all that plus cite the evidence backing up its answer be helpful to your job? If so, then read on.
At last week's Analytics Solution Center June seminar, David Ferrucci from IBM Research described the IBM Research Grand Challenge of making a computer that can win at the game of "Jeopardy!"(For more on "Watson," the computer behind the challenge, check out The New York Times Magazine cover article from last week)
Les Drieling, the keynote speaker and former US Government Intelligence Agency senior scientist (now an IBM executive in the Global Business Services NISC business unit), highlighted the needs in the intelligence community to sift through very large volumes of structured and unstructured data with the goal of making very important (some life and death) decisions under extreme time pressure. It might seem obvious that the DeepQA technology behind the "Jeopardy!" project can be used to help intelligence analysts to filter and retrieve information using natural language queries.
But don't many agencies have the need to retrieve
information quickly and precisely in response to questions? For example, the Coast Guard may have wanted
to know what dispersants are best for using in the open ocean to fight the
The open government movement is also spurring use of this sort of technology to help its citizens. For example, a citizen could use it ask about the status of a new law or who to contact with regard to a particular problem.
Let's say the citizen's question was "How to get my car emissions tested when I'm away at college out of state and this state doesn't do emissions testing?" A question & answer system would have to be able to decompose the query, search its database for possible answers, and then select the best answer to return to the citizen. If all the questions are known ahead of time, then government personnel can develop a simple look-up system. However, when there are so many questions that they can not all be itemized ahead of time, then a more sophisticated approach is required. This is where the IBM DeepQA technology comes in to play.
Text Analytics underlies DeepQA as well as the other presentations
at the June Analytics seminar. Another presentation showed how the National
Highway Safety Administration (NHSTA) Defects and Recalls database could use a
text analytics tool to alert on the possible connection between Toyotas and
rapid acceleration much earlier than this pairing came to the NHTSA, or the
public's, attention. The tool used for
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the same analytics on your textual data that is done with structured data. In the demonstration it identified the
unusual relationship between "
Another example showed how an Intelligence Agency was using text analysis to analyze the performance of its counter terrorism efforts. In this example, report text was analyzed and scored to determine whether their objectives were being met and which intelligence methods were most helpful in meeting their objectives.
Finally, IBM showed how text analytics could be used to discover major themes that occurred when USAID (US Agency for International Development) ran a "Jam" that asked participants from around the globe to propose "pragmatic ideas and solutions to some very real issues and problems facing our communities and our world today" (this is from the Global Pulse 2010 Website). The "Jam" tools quickly identified and classified the participant's key ideas in real time so that later participants could join the conversation on their topics of interest.
The Category is "Government." For $100, the clue is "Text Analytics." <Buzz> "What can help the Government make better and faster decisions from our mounds of unstructured data?"
To see the charts and listen to the replay from the seminar go to www.ibm.com/ASCdc and look under past events.
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The long stretched swimmer holds a duck, whose body served as cosmetics before herself . The elegant vessel makes clear the desire for luxury, which characterized the courtly society. Original: British Museum, London. Egypt, new Kingdom, 18th dynasty, CA. 1400 BC, wood.
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Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom (3000 - 2160 B.C.)
Even in the early days, around 3000 B.C., the Egyptian art found its own style. Rules for the representation, that had existed for 3000 years, were set. Text and picture formed a single unit. The beginning of the Old Kingdom, around 2600 B.C., is marked by the emergence of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, the first king's grave in the shape of a pyramid that was 545 x 280 meter tall and built entirely in stone. Relief and painting at that time served almost exclusivelyto to the survival of people in the afterlife.
Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom (2155 – 1650 B.C.)
New art that resulted from the Old Kingdom art, that was rich in cultural highlights, arose after the reunification of the country under the rule of King Mentuhotep I in about 2040 B.C. The art of this period reached its peak through the portraits of the late Twelfth-Dynasty Kings Sesostris II and Amenemhet III. During the 13th dynasty and the subsequent domination by Asian invaders (Hyksos Period), the monumental art declined. Small sculptures such as hippos and glazed animal figures made of fired clay represented the hope for regeneration in the afterlife. The preferred burial gift was the scarab, often decorated with the name of the deceased, whose life after death it was intended to secure.
New Kingdom (1550 – 1070 B.C.)
The expulsion of "Hyksos"' was followed by a renewal of the spiritual life and the visual arts. The Temple of Amun in Karnak and impressive Avenue of the Sphinxes were built. Together with the Hatshepsut's Temple Terrace began the construction of a series of royal mortuary temples on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes. From the beginning of the Amarna Period and the reign of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) the colossal statues returned to more "human" measures. The king was no longer represented in his sublime divinity, but in his family circle with the symbol of sun rays. After the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and the treasures it contained, we gained a deep insight into the art, culture and everyday life of an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.
Under the reigns of kings Seti I and Ramses II, with its Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak, The Abu Simbel rock temple and others, Egypt experienced such construction activity that allowed no further increase. In sculpture, the stone was replaced by metal. Large bronze sculptures of the 22nd Dynasty finally segued to fullness of the gods and animal sculptures of the Late Period.
Late Period (712 – 332 B.C.)
During the Late Period of ancient Egyptian history, there was the tendency to imitate older works of art so it is difficult today to distinguish between an original of e.g. the Middle Kingdom and later "repetition" of the work. The way back to the origins was sought in the multispace tombs that emerged during the 26th Dynasty in Thebes. Here, all major religious scriptures of the past has been passed down to posterity.
Graeco-Roman Period (332 B.C. – 395 A.D.)
When in 332 B.C. Alexander the Great managed to expel the Persians from Egypt, he was celebrated as a liberator and was crowned as pharaoh in Memphis. After Alexander's death in 323 B.C., the empire started to collapse because of continuous succession disputes until finally Alexander's general Ptolemy took dominion over Egypt in 305 and founded the dynasty that had remained in power for 300 years.
After the assassination of Ptolemy XIII in 48-47 B.C., his sister Cleopatra VII took over as sole ruler. The Roman general Julius Caesar, who had tried in vain to mediate between Cleopatra and her brother, finally got himself into trouble and was forced to burn the Egyptian fleet, which was anchored in Alexandria. Cleopatra gave birth to Caesar's son and tried to secure his claim to the throne. After Caesar's death, she aligned with Mark Antony, whose victories brought Egypt control over the Middle East for the last time. The clashes with Octavian, the future emperor Augustus, ended with a defeat for Mark Antony in 31 A.D. He went back to Cleopatra and they both committed suicide. Thus Egypt became a province of Rome.
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Jay Samit on Mentoring Companies for WSJ Startup of the Year
The Wall Street Journal has engaged nearly 40 leaders and influencers, including some of Silicon Valley's most prominent entrepreneurs, to mentor the companies chosen for Startup of the Year. Jay Samit is one of them.
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Liberty, Equality, and Justice: Philosophical Problems in Domestic and Global Contexts
"Liberty, Equality, and Justice: Philosophical Problems in Domestic and Global Contexts" is a four-week seminar for college and university teachers held in summer 2012. It is directed by Christopher Wellman of Washington University, St. Louis (the host institution) and Andrew Altman of Georgia State University.
The seminar investigates liberal democratic conceptions of justice in terms of how states should treat their own citizens and how they should interact with other states and the citizens of other states. Seminar readings are drawn from the work of philosophers, political scientists, legal theorists, and economists such as Elizabeth Anderson, Amy Gutmann, Jürgen Habermas, John Locke, Alasdair MacIntyre, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Nagel, Martha Nussbaum, John Rawls, and Michael Walzer. In addition to taking on the common readings, seminar participants pursue individual research projects for publication or teaching plans for their classrooms.
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When I agreed to review a compilation of Huddersfield bands, I was expecting one CD of rock/pop/electro stuff. Maybe a couple of CDs at a push. I was not expecting three CDs, only one of which is rock-based. The others are dedicated to "Dance" and to "Urban Hip Hop Chill". Since my knowledge of Hip Hop begins and ends with the Beastie Boys and my knowledge of dance can neither be said to begin nor end due to its utter lack of any measurable existence, this turn of events left me a little flummoxed. Seeing as there are 41 bands on this compilation, I'm realistically unable to mention them all. Seeing as I know nothing about the genres within which most of them move, I'm unable to make much in the way of an informed comment. Still, far be it from me to let such piffling factors come between me and the forming of an opinion…
The vast majority of the Urban/Hip Hop/Chill CD was far, far too laid back for me. I'm not possessed of a sufficiently relaxed disposition to listen to anything which could be described as "chilled" without being overcome by an irresistible urge to fuss, fidget and, in extreme cases, twitch. My life just wasn't designed to be soundtracked by anything slow-paced, and listening to stuff which is supposed to relax me tends to make me come over all defensive. So, suffice it to say that this CD is notable for the sheer variety of songs – ranging from the obvious hip hop through jazz and electro instrumentals to songs which would sit equally well on the dance CD – and for the fact that so few of the tracks fit the obvious template expected of a compilation such as this. The songs brim over with innovation, originality and unexpected twists – oh, and violins. Violins seem to have a big following among the Huddersfield Hip Hop contingent. Maybe it's the musical equivalent of a Yorkshire accent.
There are several bands on the _Guitars disc who I feel deserve a more extensive listen, the most noteworthy of which being The Scaramanga Six. TSS are great. They are riotous and raucous; threatening and theatrical; tuneful and weird and energetic; and are absolutely fucking beautiful in that specific, gleefully wrathful rock'n'roll way which is one of my favourite kinds of beauty. Being 747 also do the job quite nicely with their crazy synthesised space age ramblings, although they're a little too noncommittal to earn my unrestrained praise. Wormachine, on the other hand, are anything but noncommittal: they're clearly rather angry and don't care how many of the people who listen to their Pop Will Eat Itself/Grandaddy hybrid (yes, I know how wrong that sounds) sound know it. Loud shouty distorted crashing noise with melancholy synthesisers over the top: Nice. And it ends with an explosion: who could ask for more? The stylised Hole-Garbage thrash of Mary Jane isn't really my thing, but they deserve an honourable mention for forcing me to nod along and tap my feet anyway. And then there's the bewildering Mr Shiraz, with their counterintuitive flamenco-rock which sounds like a village band contest being held to ransom by the Muppet Show – and maybe it is. I'd definitely like to think so.
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The Obama administration is ready to follow through on campaign promises to crack down on U.S. companies that "ship jobs overseas." The administration announced this weekend that it would seek to raise taxes on the so-called active earnings of U.S.-owned affiliates abroad. According to a front-page story in this morning's Wall Street Journal:
Under current law, U.S. companies can defer taxes indefinitely on the many of the profits they say they have earned overseas until they "repatriate" that money back to the U.S. The administration seeks to sharply limit the tax deductions that companies taking advantage of deferral can take.
Of course, there is a perfectly good reason why we don't tax what U.S. companies earn and keep abroad: those companies are already paying taxes in the countries where their affiliates are located, and at the same rates that apply to multinationals from other countries competing in the same markets.
As I pointed out in a Cato Free Trade Bulletin in January, locating affiliates in foreign markets is now the chief way that U.S. companies reach new customers outside the United States. If we sock them with the relatively high U.S. corporate rate, U.S. companies will be less able to compete against German and Japanese multinationals in the same markets who need only pay the (almost always) lower corporate rate assessed by the host country. And as I noted in January, any jobs created at affiliates abroad tend to promote more employment at the parent company back in the United States.
This demagogic grab for more revenue will only cripple the ability of U.S. companies to expand their sales in global markets, putting in jeopardy the U.S.-based jobs that support their foreign affiliates.


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A sum of nearly £900 was subscribed, and it was decided to found a medal and prize for the encouragement and reward of working mathematicians throughout the world. The Council of the Royal Society undertook the trust on condition that the medal should be awarded triennially without regard to nationality.
A bronze medal accompanied by a grant of the balance of the Sylvester Medal Fund, is accordingly awarded triennially for the Encouragement of Mathematical Research.
The winners of the medals are given below.
1901 Henri Poincaré
... for his many and important contributions to mathematical science.
1904 Georg Cantor
... for his brilliant researches in the theories of aggregates and of sets of points of the arithmetic continuum, of transfinite numbers, and Fouriers series.
1907 Wilhelm Wirtinger
... for his contributions to the general theory of functions.
1910 Henry F Baker
... for his researches in the theory of Abelian functions and for his edition of Sylvesters Collected Works.
1913 James W L Glaisher
... for his mathematical researches, especially those in connection with the theory of numbers and the theory of elliptic functions.
1916 Jean G Darboux
... for his distinguished contributions to mathematical science.
1919 Percy A MacMahon
... for his researches in pure mathematics, especially in connection with the partition of numbers and analysis.
1922 Tullio Levi-Civita
... for his researches in geometry and mechanics.
1925 Alfred N Whitehead
... for his researches on the foundations of mathematics.
1928 William H Young
... for his contributions to the theory of functions of a real variable.
1931 Edmund T Whittaker
... for his original contributions to both pure and applied mathematics.
1934 Bertrand Russell
... for his distinguished work on the foundations of mathematics.
1937 Augustus E H Love
... for his researches in classical mathematical physics, particularly the mathematical theories of elasticity and hydro-dynamics.
1940 Geoffrey H Hardy
... for his important contributions to many branches of pure mathematics.
1943 John E Littlewood
... for his mathematical discoveries and supreme insight in the analytical theory of numbers.
1946 George N Watson
... for his distinguished contributions to pure mathematics in the field of mathematical analysis and in particular for his work on asymptotic expansion and on general transforms.
1949 Louis J Mordell
... for his distinguished researches in pure mathematics, especially for his discoveries in the theory of numbers.
1952 Abram S Besicovitch
... for his outstanding work on almost-periodic functions, the theory of measure and integration and many other topics of theory of functions.
1955 Edward C Titchmarsh
... for his distinguished researches on the Riemann zeta-function, analytical theory of numbers, Fourier analysis, and eigen-function expansions.
1958 Max H A Newman
... for his distinguished contributions to combinatory topology, Boolean algebras and mathematical logic.
1961 Philip Hall
... for his distinguished researches in algebra.
1964 Mary L Cartwright
... for her distinguished contributions to analysis and the theory of functions of a real and complex variable.
1967 Harold Davenport
... for his many distinguished contributions to the theory of numbers.
1970 George F J Temple
... for his many distinguished contributions to applied mathematics, especially in his work on distribution theory.
1973 John W S Cassels
... for his numerous important contributions to the theory of numbers.
1976 David G Kendall
... for his many distinguished contributions to probability theory and its applications.
1979 Graham Higman
... for his distinguished and profoundly influential contributions to the theory of finite and infinite groups.
1982 John Frank Adams
... for his solution of several outstanding problems of algebraic topology and of the methods he invented for this purpose which have proved of prime importance in the theory of the subject.
1985 John G Thompson
... for his fundamental contributions leading to the complete classification of all finite simple groups.
1988 Charles T C Wall
... for his contributions to the topology of manifolds and related topics in algebra and geometry.
1991 Klaus Roth
... for his many contributions to number theory and in particular his solution of the famous problem concerning approximating algebraic numbers by rationals.
1994 Peter Whittle
...for his major distinctive contributions to time series analysis, to optimisation theory, and to a wide range of topics in applied probability theory and the mathematics of operational research.
1997 Harold Coxeter
... for his achievements in geometry, notably projective geometry, non-euclidean geometry and the analysis of spatial shapes and patterns, and for his substantial contributions to practical group-theory which pervade much modern mathematics.
2000 Nigel James Hitchin
... for his important contributions to many parts of differential geometry combining this with complex geometry, integrable systems and mathematical physics interweaving the most modern ideas with the classical literature.
2003 Lennart Carleson
... for his deep and fundamental contributions to mathematics in the field of analysis and complex dynamics. His most spectacular achievement was the proof of the convergence almost everywhere of the Fourier Series of square integrable and continuous functions.
2006 Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
... for his fundamental work in arithmetic geometry and his many contributions to the theory of ordinary differential equations.
2009 John Ball
... for his seminal work in mechanics and nonlinear analysis and his encouragement of mathematical research in developing countries.
2010 Graeme Segal
... for his highly influential and elegant work on the development of topology, geometry and quantum field theory, bridging the gap between physics and pure mathematics
2012 John Toland
... or his original theorems and remarkable discoveries in nonlinear partial differential equations, including applications to water waves.
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The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
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The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge--a renowned historian who writes with maximum vividness (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker )--covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious, readable account of one of the most fascinating periods in history. From Richard the Lionheart to the mighty Saladin, from the emperors of Byzantium to the Knights Templar, Asbridge's book is a magnificent epic of Holy War between the Christian and Islamic worlds, full of adventure, intrigue, and sweeping grandeur .
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From the Back Cover From a renowned historian who writes with maximum vividness ( The New Yorker ) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the holy land Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city revered by both faiths. Over the two hundred years that followed, Islam and Christianity fought for dominion of the Holy Land, clashing in a succession of chillingly brutal wars: the Crusades. Here for the first time is the story of that epic struggle told from the perspective of both Christians and Muslims. A vivid and fast-paced narrative history, it exposes the full horror, passion, and barbaric grandeur of the Crusading era, revealing how these holy wars reshaped the medieval world and why they continue to influence events today.


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Lujo wrote:Effect: A "crash site" with 3 non-hostile AA-like knights and a crusader you can talk to. He asks for piety and hands out the following (you can take only 1): 20 piety - 1 health potion and 1 mana potion, 50 piety - dwarven gauntlets, 100 piety - 3 compression seals and ? health potions and ? mana potions.
I'm not positive, but I believe the health and mana potions are 3 and 3. I had no idea what to expect when I spent the piety so I wasn't looking closely.
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After the kiddie parade and a brief break for some running (for Emma... I had pizza), we made our way all the way to St. Louis to celebrate the Fourth at my sister's house (remember her kitchen?). They hosted a fabulously simple Shrimp Boil for their friends followed by a walk to the 18th green for fireworks.
The Boil was the perfect thing to serve for the 4th - it is much like the annual Clambake we host at our house... that we still need to schedule for this year.
Jill, Baby Kate, Samantha, Emma & Me
Corn waiting for its turn in the boil. Aaaand a bottle of Blue Moon, of course.
Jill's husband was in charge of the Boil - he seasoned the water with Old Bay, peppercorns and onions. It was so delicious - wonderfully seasoned.
Shrimp Boil
serves 8
1/3 cup of Old Bay Seasoning
1 onion, quartered
1 tablespoon of peppercorns
2 pounds of potatoes
2 pounds of smoked andouille sausage, 3-inch pieces
4 ears of corn, cut in half
2 pounds of large, shell-on shrimp (15-20 per pound)
4 lemons, halved
1 baquette
Bring a very large pot filled with water to a boil (a 12 quart pot, or so). Keep adding the ingredients to the pot one at a time until everything is in - it will all finish cooking at the same time.
#1 - Season Water : Add Old Bay, onion and peppercorns.
#2 - Add potatoes, cook for 10 minutes.
#3 - Add sausage, cook for 3 minutes.
#4 - Add corn, cook for 3 minutes.
#5 - Add shrimp, cook for 3 minutes.
Remove from boiling water and "dump" onto papered table. Serve with lemon wedges and chunks of baguette.
Perfect outside summer entertaining - casual and bountiful.
Cousins enjoying their "rocket dogs" and each other : )
Such sweet girls.
Here are some essentials for your Shrimp Boil, or any summer party.
A sturdy apron & hot pads.
Skimmer for pulling that seafood out of the big boiling pot & Tongs for serving.
Here are some essentials for your Shrimp Boil, or any summer party.
A sturdy apron & hot pads.


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