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Dr. Jill Biden to kick off college tour here
All Columbus State students, faculty and staff have been invited to the special event at Columbus State with Dr. Jill Biden, Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Department of Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter on Wednesday, February 22, at 10:00 a.m. (audience members must arrive no later than 9:30).
The Columbus State event launches a three-day, five-state tour to celebrate the work of outstanding community colleges.
In order to attend, you must respond to: firstname.lastname@example.com by 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 21. Reservations will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. If space is available, your reservation will be confirmed by email. The event will be held in the Conference Center Ballroom, WD 435.
If you are unable to attend, you can watch the event streamed live here: www.LiveStream.com/ColumbusState.
Reminder: Poets in Black on Thursday
The English Department's annual Poets in Black poetry reading will be held in the Library multimedia studio on the ground floor, starting at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 23. The event is free and open to the public!
Bicentennial cake competition captures media's attention
Columbus State received plenty of savory stories in the media last weekend. It was all due to the 30 cake designs created by students in Chef Karen Krimmer's Principles of Baking Operations class. They spent weeks sketching and planning before designing and building cake replicas of Columbus landmarks. All of them were featured—and then served—at the city's official bicentennial birthday celebration February 10.
Giant Eagle donated 150 sheet cakes, the icing and other décor elements. And here's the icing on the cake: The grocery chain and the 200Columbus committee also pitched in $8,000 in scholarship money for the top seven designs, making it a fun competition. Take a look at the video to see some of the steps along the way and highlights of the news coverage that topped it off.
Barnhart creates original play commemorating Titanic
Possibly the last Titanic picture taken as she left Queenstown, Ireland, on April 12, 1912.
April 15, 2012, marks the 100th anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies ever to occur on the open seas—the sinking of the Titanic. Sailing on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, 2,200 passengers and crew were heading for New York when, just four days later, the luxury liner collided with an iceberg. Only 700 people survived.
Frank Barnhart, instructor in Theater, has researched the archives and culled stories of the survivors to create an original play, which will premier next week. Titanic – A Retrospective will be presented in Nestor Hall Auditorium as a single, 90-minute act with no intermission. It runs February 29 through March 3 at 8:00 p.m. nightly with an extra 3:00 p.m. matinee on Thursday, March 1. Admission is free.
Frank Barnhart
Using transcripts from the American and British trials, signed affidavits from the survivors and witnesses, news stories from national and international papers and original words spoken by those touched by the tragedy, the play will present the story through the eyes of the storyteller. Sixteen actors will portray more than 50 roles, including passengers, crew members, ship musicians, family members, journalists, and Columbus' very own connection to the Titanic. Throughout the play, large projections will present photographs of the ship's passengers, crew, and the ship itself. Told using the theatrical format of "documentary drama," all words spoken in the play will be the actual words spoken by eyewitnesses to history.
Chorus presents Winter Quarter concert
Aaron Copland composing in his home.
Chorus Columbus State will perform a selection of works by 18th Century American composer William Billings and 20th Century American composer Aaron Copland, Monday, March 5 at 8:00 p.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom, WD 435.The performance is free and open to the public.
William Billings (1746-1800) is widely regarded as the father of American choral music. His works are superb examples of Revolutionary War-era music and are some of the first distinctly American compositions ever heard. More than 100 years later, Aaron Copland (1900-1990), was instrumental in furthering the distinction of American compositional sound and style. The Copland choral arrangements featured in the concert showcase the influence of American folk melodies which permeate many of Copland's works.
Spring Street literary magazine extends deadline for submissions
The deadline for submissions to the 2012 issue of Spring Street has been extended to Wednesday, February 29. Spring Street welcomes a diverse range of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual arts. The journal also accepts poetry written in foreign languages with an English translation.
Go online to the Spring Street website for more information and submission forms. You can make submissions via email to
firstname.lastname@example.com, or drop them off in the Library or in Nestor Hall 420.
Course offered: Payment Plan Training 101
The Office of Student Accounting will offer a one-hour course is designed for employees who wish to learn more about the upcoming Extended Tuition Payment Plan available to students. The first half of the class will be devoted to general information and the second half is for those who may need to know how to verify payment of a student's tuition.
Register here:
The class will be offered:
Friday, March 2, 10:00 -11:00 a.m. and 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Monday, March 5, 9:00 -10:00 a.m. and 2:00 -3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 6, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
All classes will be held in the Student Assistance Conference Room, MA Room 225.
DiPietro to premiere new work for orchestra
Rocco DiPietro, instructor in Humanities will premier his new work for orchestra called "Finale," Sunday, March 11 in a chamber version with The Greater Columbus Community Orchestra, conducted by Olev Viro. The soloist will be Luis Biava, cellist with the orchestra. The concert is free and open to the public, and will be held at 3:00 p.m. at the Hilliard Presbyterian Church, 3600 Leap Rd., in Hilliard. You can read more about the concert program here: www.communityorchestra.com.
Michael D. Forrest Memorial Endowed Scholarship established with $56,521 gift
The Columbus State Foundation announces the establishment of an endowed scholarship to honor the life of Michael D. Forrest. Michael was a student pursuing a degree in Construction Management who died in July 2011 as a result of a motorcycle accident. Michael was known by his family and friends to be a kind and generous man who always had the time to listen and lend a helping hand.
Michael's mother states that "the scholarship will keep his spirit alive and is a gift of love and hope for the future of all who receive it." The scholarship will provide financial assistance for the purchase of textbooks, equipment, tools and supplies for students enrolled in a degree or certificate program who have completed at least one semester at Columbus State with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
Bookstore to offer free movie tomorrow
Join The Bookstore for FREE popcorn and the movie Legally Blonde Tuesday, February 21, at 5:30 p.m. There will be free popcorn and special prices on a drink/snack combo. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Core Strength Seminar offered Wed.
Learn how develop a strong core with Dawn Skedell, exercise specialist in the Human Performance Center. In this seminar, you will learn exercises that will help improve your back, abs and balance. Join us Wednesday, February 22 at 11:00 a.m. in the Human Performance Center. Please email Anne Justice to reserve your spot today!


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team xtreem 6 gb 2000 mhz 9-9-9-27(but actual settings is 1600mhz 7-8-7-21, command rate 1T )
thermaltake toughpower 750w
just as you can see at the videos, there is no BIOS load at the start of the computer. when i did not overclock system, no problem occurs.
my actual BIOS settings are also at the video. this problem seems like cold boot. I don't understand. I use 0805 BIOS.
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UCHCOM(4) NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual UCHCOM(4) NAME uchcom -- USB support for WinChipHead CH341/CH340 serial adapters driver SYNOPSIS uchcom* at uhub? ucom* at uchcom? HARDWARE The uchcom driver supports the following adapters: HL USB-RS232 DESCRIPTION The uchcom driver provides support for the WinChipHead CH341/CH340 USB- to-RS-232 Bridge chip. The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4). SEE ALSO tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4) HISTORY The uchcom driver appeared in NetBSD 5.0. BUGS Actually, this chip seems unable to drive other than 8 data bits and 1 stop bit line. NetBSD 9.0 September 2, 2007 NetBSD 9.0
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Tell it to the Texas GOP
There's an old, old, adage taken from Shakespeare that goes, "A rose by any other name smells as sweet." No doubt a tax by any other name is still a tax. Conservative columnist Cal Thomas, a chief apologist for the Republican Party, finally uttered something I agree with. Thomas, in a recent piece commenting on the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act, said that any time you take money from the people and give it to the government, it's a tax.
Obviously, Mr. Thomas is out of step with Rick Perry and the other Republican leaders in Texas who have told us for the past 10 years that what they have done in Austin amounts to budgeting with no new taxes. Space prevents me from listing them all, but in short, the Texas Legislature, while smugly claiming no new taxes, has raised almost every fee conceived by past legislatures and known to Texas citizens.
The Legislature has increased the cost of hunting and fishing licenses, created toll roads that we must pay to drive on, tripled college tuition, created fees in the form of surcharges on traffic tickets and have even created an additional sticker to go on the windshield of your car for a fee (not a tax). Applications for most licenses granted by the State of Texas have been increased. Special funds for specific purposes have been raided and diverted for other purposes by the Legislature so that they can claim adequate income to meet the "spend-as-you-go" provision of the state's constitution — all in the name of no new taxes.Unfortunately, Republicans and Democrats alike are engaged in a senseless debate of whether or not the Affordable Healthcare Act is a tax, or whether or not the Romney-sponsored health-care system in Massachusetts constituted a tax. Both seem to ignore the fact there are untold numbers of Americans, many of them children, who die every year because we do not have adequate health-care delivery in the United States. The issue of health care and the need therefor makes the debate over whether it is a tax or not a tax pale by comparison. The fact is the health care law itself is not a tax, but its justification was based on the fact that the Congress of the United States has the power to tax. The ultimate thrust of the bill is that those citizens who do not choose to bear their own responsibility for providing themselves with health care will pay a penalty, or tax or whatever you choose to call it. It is no more a tax than are the fines or penalties required when one is discovered driving the roads of Texas without providing liability insurance to protect his or her fellow citizens.There is no doubt the Affordable Healthcare Act can and should be improved. What we have is the result of a president including measures for the sake of compromise and to induce members of the other party to join with him in an effort to attack the lack of adequate health coverage for Americans. The problem is the inducements didn't work, and after demanding the concessions, which lessened the effect and made the bill less efficient, those the president sought to recruit in his efforts abandoned ship and now condemn the "whole ball of wax."
The hypocrisy and fallacies in the Republican arguments are well demonstrated by the recent television comments of Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. When asked what plan the Republicans had for providing health care for citizens, Jindal argued that the best plan was to provide a great economy, which in turn would allow citizens to provide for their own health care and not depend on institutions of government. Gov. Jindal then went on to boast about how much greater the economies were in Texas, Louisiana and other Republican states. Unemployment was lower, investment was higher, taxes lowest with Spartan-like budgets.
Texans who care little about the suffering of their fellow citizens should at least take a look at the dollars and cents implications of poor health-care delivery. When we fail to provide pre-natal care, for example, to young, poor expectant mothers, we're entering a crapshoot in which we are very likely to have infants with severe health problems for life to care for on the public dole. When we refuse to invest in screening and early detection of ailments such as diabetes, we continue to almost double every few years the number of patients for which the state pays for their blindness, kidney dialysis and amputations.
Under the guise of defending the Constitution, apparently Gov. Perry is willing to condemn about 2 million Texans to inferior health care, the risk of dying, or at least the risk of bankruptcy should their family face catastrophic illnesses.
The attitude on the part of our illustrious governor is shocking to me when you consider the emphasis put on individual responsibility and self-reliance touted by our governor. This is the same governor who has charged us more than $2 million dollars for his travel expenses while running for president.
Carl Parker has practiced law in Port Arthur since 1958. He is a 1958 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and the Senate in 1976, Parker continued to practice law while writing and sponsoring hundreds of bills that became laws relating to every aspect of life in Texas, including many regarding consumer safety. His e-mail is cap1934 [at] aol [dot] com.


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I am having a great deal of trouble setting up my dsl comp. the way I want it. I prefer to use the live cd for the o.s. My intent was to use the hd as the local storage media, but, for some reason the silly thing won't mount. I've done the cfdisk, the e2fsck, and the mke2fs, all of which give positive results, but the drive still won't mount. I keep getting an error message (Error: mount:relocation error: mount: undefined symbol: blkid_known_fstype).
Additionally, I want to use a 3.5 floppy for my removeable storage, but, even though I've used chmod (chmod 777 /mnt/floppy) and umask (umask 000), every time I try to save to the floppy, I am told that I don't have permission. The ls -l cmd says that it belongs to root. Do I need to change the ownership? If so, why? I don't have any profiles/groups set up on this comp. It is a stand-alone.
Plz help! I'm trying to use this thing to write my novel, and I've already lost three hours worth of work because, even though I was using emelfm in super-user, it still said that i had no right to move files to the floppy, tried to move them anyway, failed, and then corrupted the files.
Thx in advance...
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it sounds as if you're formatting the whole drive and not the partition.
i.e. fdisk -> create partitions 1 to 4, set the partition type to linux, fat32LBA, swap etc
then "mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda1" or "mkfs -t vfat /dev/hda2" or "mkswap /dev/hda3" (by way of example).
if you do "mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda" you'll blast away your partition table and any file systems on the partitions.
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NEW ORLEANS - The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association of America (USTFCCCA) recently released its region rankings, with the Georgia College & State University men's team taking seventh.
The Bobcats ranked third among the five Peach Belt Conference (PBC) schools on the list. Queens (N.C.) University took the top slot, followed by 2008 PBC Champion Columbus State University. Fellow conference school Clayton State University was picked third, followed by Mars Hill College, Lees-McRae College, Erskine College and then the Bobcats. Winding down the list were Lenoir-Rhyne University, North Georgia and UNC Pembroke.
The Bobcats are led by two-time All-PBC runner and senior Josh Hollar (Canton, Ga.), but sophomore Rob Manning (Lawrenceville, Ga.) posted a top-10 finish and four spots in the top-20 in his seven races.
The men begin their 2009 campaign Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Berry Invitational, hosted by Berry College.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger's days as governor of California are almost over—so he made a stop at one of the late nite shows and made news by saying, "You want to smoke pot? Who cares?"
Well, Mr. Governor, as you well know, it is a federal crime to smoke marijuana. People get arrested and jailed for smoking marijuana. And you, Mr. Governor, could have done something about the war against cannabis because there was this ballot initiative called Prop. 19 in your state that would have made it legal for adults to smoke marijuana in private. Instead of fighting for Prop. 19, you opposed it! Apparently, you have decided to place yourself on both sides of the marijuana question—preserve penalties for use, but proclaim your opposition to penalties. Clever.
For that and his other forgettable deeds as California governor, one can conclude that Schwarzennegger was a political wimp. In sharp contrast, Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico really fights for reform.


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Dar-us-Salaam is committed to sharing the message of Islam through sincere action, by developing a model Islamic community based upon and adhering to the teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah. Such a living, dynamic and vibrant Islamic community can invite people to Islam by example and not merely through word alone, with the help and permission of Allah.
The name of our community comes from Allah directly in the Qur'an where He calls Jannah "Dar-us-Salaam", meaning the Abode of Peace.
Dar-us-Salaam was founded in the spirit of this revealed verse. Dar-us-Salaam aims to be a place to which we can invite Muslims and non-Muslims alike to the peace and calm of knowing Allah, and a community guided by the light emanating from the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the last Messenger Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).
Our community is a purpose-built community, and the projects and institutions exist to bring believers together in an environment where Allah is remembered. In such an environment, revelation is the basis for decision making, and actions are taken in light of how pleasing they are to Allah. But as the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. We hope the actions you'll read about here find a place in your heart.
We invite you to Dar-us-Salaam, welcome!
In His first words to Prophet Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and to the Muslim community, Allah commanded us to learn and understand. His mention of the pen in this first revelation forever placed learning and teaching in a position of honor and importance for the community of believers; a system of life-long education is the foundation upon which Dar-us-Salaam is built.
Education at Al-Huda School starts well before Kindergarten. At the Daycare and Pre-School, our youngest community members start learning Arabic sounds and letters soon after they take their first steps. Using a complete curriculum designed by our native Arabic speaking Pre-School staff, children who attend the Pre-School are well positioned to start their Arabic instruction once in Al-Huda School. A significant percentage of Al-Huda Daycare and Pre-School children enroll in Al-Huda School.
Dar-us-Salaam laid its foundation with the founding of Al-Huda School in 1995.
Despite concerns that putting children in a full-time Islamic school would lead to them being isolated, and fears that an Islamic school would not be academically competitive, Al-Huda School started with 27 children in grades Kindergarten through Second. Over 15 years later, Al-Huda School's student body of close to 600 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade are not only performing at or above national averages on standardized tests, but also they are youth leaders in the community and on college campuses around the region.
With the grace of Allah, Al-Huda School is recognized both nationally and internationally as being one of the top Islamic schools in the nation. In 2006, Al-Huda School's Elementary and Middle schools were accredited by the Middle States Association for Colleges, the same body that accredits top private schools and universities like the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University. In 2011, just weeks before its first ever graduating class was to receive their diplomas, the same organization accredited Al-Huda High School.
Students at Al-Huda School study a curriculum which combines both traditional academic subjects and Arabic, Qur'an, and Islamic Studies. Each year, students take several standardized tests to assess their subject knowledge and thinking skills relative to students across Maryland and the across the nation.
Al-Huda High School students are required to take Advanced Placement (AP) courses in addition to completing an internship at an office or business. Students completed internships in areas like health care, journalism, and marine biology among other industries.
Al-Huda School has won first place at the regional Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament (MIST) since it started competing in 2005. In 2008 Al-Huda School won the national tournament. MIST brings together Muslims students from public and private high schools to compete in a wide range of academic and creative areas including science, math, Qur'anic recitation, Islamic knowledge, film making and poetry.
Throughout the year, Dar-us-Salaam offers halaqas, workshops, and seminars on Islamic topics pertaining to not only belief and rituals, but also on topics like raising children and time management. Often these presentations and lectures are made available on the Internet and other media. Yearly fullday workshops include Janaza and Burial, Salah, Zakat, and Hajj. Weekly halaqas focus on tafseer, seerah, and tazkiyatun-nafs (purification of the soul). Educational seminars for the community are offered free of charge and aim to empower the community with knowledge based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Intensive courses in Arabic language, tajweed, and other topics are offered during summer.
"The strong believer is better than the weak believer, but there is good in both" —Authentic Hadith
Started in 1999 by community member Muhib Rahman – a third degree black belt and master instructor, the program moved to a level of professionalism unknown to masjid-based marital arts programs. Aqabah students –males and females of all ages– train in a state of the art, dedicated facility at Dar-us-Salaam. Female instructors teach the women's classes.
In 2009 Aqabah Karate began competing in local, regional, and national tournaments such as the US Capital Classics, Battle of Baltimore, and US Goodwill Tang Soo Do Nationals. Aqabah students impressed judges and competitors alike, bringing home dozens of medals while putting their Islamic mannerisms and decorum on display for all.
A community without its own media doesn't have a voice. Especially in today's environment, Muslims must speak for themselves and tell their own story.
In 1998 Imam Safi Khan asked the upper grade girls class of Al-Huda School to start a newspaper project. A journalist in the community mentored them, and they launched their first issue in November 1998 with a cover story titled "Calling for the Unity of the Community".The small black and white paper was named The Muslim Link, and its motto was "linking the believers together". Today the Muslim Link is the largest and most recognized Muslim newspaper in the greater Washington DC region. Focusing on local news by and about the region's approximately 250,000 Muslims, about 6,000 copies of the Muslim Link are freely distributed throughout Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington DC every other Friday. The newspaper is also available online. The Muslim Link fosters cooperation and coordination among the region's 50-plus masajid. Several elected officials read the Muslim Link to keep abreast of issues important to their constituents, while some governmental agencies partner with the Muslim Link to ensure their public announcements and services reach all segments of society.Year-round internship programs in journalism and graphic design help encourage Muslim youth to choose a career in media, an industry the Muslim community can no longer afford to ignore. In 2009 and 2010, the Muslim Link won several regional and national awards for its reporting from the New America Media foundation.
Dar-us-Salaam's direct outreach efforts are handled by the Islamic Information Center. With a dedicated office housing literature and books on Islam in several languages, the Islamic Information Center mails information on Islam to those who request it, and arranges for speakers to visit local schools and church groups who want to learn about Islam and Muslims.A core group of volunteers responds to the daily flow of inmate requests for material on Islam. For new Muslims, the Islamic Information Center works to educate them through special workshops and helps them transition into the Muslim community through counseling and other assistance.
Books and electronic media are published by the Foundation for Islamic Texts and Heritage, or FAITH. With scores of print and digital titles published since its establishment in 1998, FAITH Publications is now tasked with spreading the positive, motivating message of Islam throughout the English-speaking Muslim world via the Internet.Khutbas and lectures delivered at Dar-us-Salaam are recorded and uploaded to YouTube and other sites for free listening.
Our religion is one of selfless service – we serve Allah and serve His creation. Dar-us-Salaam understands that most people value what others do –not what they say– insofar as how those actions affect them personally. A helping hand offered when someone is struggling all alone, experience and knowledge offered to someone searching for answers, or giving someone time simply to talk often have deep and lasting positive impacts on people's hearts.Serving the Muslim community is one way Dar-us-Salaam strives to bring people's hearts closer to its mission, and closer to Allah.
Formerly called the Dar-us-Salaam Social Services Department, Ansaarul-Birr –or "The Helpers to Righteousness" are called into action whenever someone needs assistance of any form– moving help, a ride to Friday prayers, or visitors to their hospital bedside.Working closely with the Zakat Foundation, Ansaarul-Birr is the outstretched hand of Dar-us-Salaam. Maintaining a list of ready volunteers to answer calls for assistance on the spot is among the top priorities of Ansaarul-Birr.
Dar-us-Salaam's mission is rooted in the Qur'an. As the final guidance for humanity, the living miracle which proves the truth of Islam, and the source of healing and spiritual sustenance for the believers, the Qur'an must hold the most precious place in the lives of the Muslims. The Qur'an must be on the tongues, in the minds, and especially in the hearts of the community.
Recognizing the need to create a community culture where the Qur'an is close to the hearts and minds of the believer, Dar-us-Salaam opened its full-time hifz school in 1999. Directed by Hafiz Haroon Baqai who holds an ijaaza in recitation according to Hafs 'An-'Aasim, students spend their full school day memorizing the Qur'an in small classes led by qualified teachers while continuing their other academic studies at home during the evenings and weekends. Most students complete the memorization of the Qur'an within 3 years. As of May 2011, 20 boys and 15 girls have memorized the Qur'an. Largely due to our hifzh school, the community can almost always find young men who have memorized the Qur'an at the daily salah, leading the prayer, and standing in the ranks. This is a true blessing from Allah for not only Dar-us-Salaam, but for the entire region. Dozens of our hifzh school graduates lead taraweeh prayer and teach at Qur'an programs and Masajid across the region, taking their place in the fulfillment of Allah's promise to safeguard and protect this living miracle.
For those unable to devote full-time effort to memorizing the Qur'an, Dar-us-Salaam has evening and weekend classes where students memorize and learn how to recite the Qur'an according to the rules of tajweed. Students of all ages attend these classes which are often taught by graduates from our full-time Hifz School.Dar-us-Salaam's desire to spread the love of reading and memorizing the Qur'an, coupled with a scarcity of stable, well-managed Qur'an literacy programs in the region prompted Dar-us-Salaam to open branches of the Qur'an Institue in some nearby communities. Currently Dar-us-Salaam runs a branch of the Qur'an Institute in Rockville, Maryland and another branch in McLean, Virginia.
Despite our rapid growth and the successes Allah granted us, Dar-us-Salaam's vision is still in its early stages.
On the education front, Al-Huda School must continue to expand and improve, producing graduates who are not only balanced –taking the best from the world yet working towards the next life– but also instilling in its graduates the urgency of working to establish a strong, exemplary Muslim community.
Branches of Al-Huda School need to be established in other regions and states, as Dar-us-Salaam received over 40 requests from outlying communities as of 2011.
On the social service front, institutions like orphanages, homeless shelters, job training centers, senior homes, and hospice care centers that operate based on Islamic principles are desperately needed, along with the professionals to run those institution.
Establishing a community that will be a beacon of light for society –a community characterized by love and compassion, justice and sensitivity, and respect for human dignity– is a protracted, collective struggle measured in decades, not years.
Dar-us-Salaam invites you to join its caravan on the path towards Allah. Welcome!


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PUYALLUP - Pacific Lutheran scored a touchdown in each of the final three quarters and kept Puget Sound off the scoreboard until the closing minutes Saturday in picking up a 21-7 Northwest Conference football win at Sparks Stadium.
The win was the 23rd for the Lutes in the last 24 games in the series against the Loggers. It came in the conference opener for both teams, and as a result the Lutes are now 2-1 for the season and 1-0 in the NWC. Puget Sound falls to 0-4 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
After a sloppily played first quarter in which they turned the ball over once on a fumble and twice via interception, the Lutes finally got untracked on offense. Starting late in the quarter and going into the second period, PLU drove 80 yards on 10 plays before quarterback Zack Halverson hit wide receiver Tyler Bowen with a 4-yard scoring pass. The Lutes lost another good scoring chance on the next possession when they fumbled the ball at the UPS 1-yard line following a 23-yard pass play.
While the Lutes struggled on offense in the early going, the PLU defense was staunch, blocking a first quarter punt and not allowing Puget Sound more than four plays in a possession until midway through the second quarter. That nine-play, 70-yard drive ended when the Loggers turned the ball over on downs. The PLU defense set the tone early, shutting down any semblance of a Puget Sound running game and forcing the visitors to put the ball in the air 49 times compared to just 20 rushes during the contest.
In fact, starting on a possession with 2:54 left in the third period and going to the end of the game, the Loggers ran 22 plays, all passes, though two of them ended in sacks and thus counted as rushes.
Pacific Lutheran made the score 14-0 at the 10:22 mark of the third quarter, taking the opening kick and driving 64 yards on seven plays. capped by a 7-yard scoring burst around the right side by Brandon James. The sophomore running back gained 83 yards on 14 carries to lead a PLU ground game that compiled 184 nets yards on 43 carries.
The Lutes made it 21-0 with 7:52 remaining in the game on a 1-yard touchdown run by Niko Madison, who added 39 rushing yards on six carries.
Puget Sound got its only score with 38 seconds left, culminating an eight-play, 55-yard drive on George Ka'ai's 23-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Rogers.
Despite turning the ball over four times, the Lutes accumulated 395 yards of total offense, including 211 passing yards by Halverson. He threw to 10 different receivers, led by Bowen and Andrew Carlson with three catches apiece.
Defensively, Steven McDonald finished the game with seven tackles, including a pair of sacks for 12 yards, and a forced fumble. Mychael Tuiasosopo had a quarterback sack and a fumble recover to go along with five tackles, and Justin Whitman finished with five tackles, two for losses totaling eight yards, and an interception in the end zone. As a team, the Lutes piled up five quarterback sacks and six pass deflections.
Ka'ai finished the game throwing for 326 yards, completing 26 of his 48 attempts. Adam Kniffin had 10 receptions for 128 yards and Thiesen Chang added nine grabs for 96 yards. The Puget Sound running game was virtually nonexistent with seven net yards on 20 attempts.
Linebackers Tyler Vlasak and Cody Petro-Sakuma were all over the field for the Loggers, notching 13 and 12 tackles, respectively. Vlasak also had one of the team's two interceptions.
Pacific Lutheran returns to Northwest Conference action at 1 p.m. next Saturday when it plays the Whitworth Pirates at the Pine Bowl in Spokane.


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L'Espion de l'Emir, Gep'Allah Barraca
Francesc Rigol Alsina is an artist of humorous comics for the supplement El Habichuelo and the magazine TBO in the 1970s. He was part of the team that renewed TBO magazine with new series like 'Letras, Números y Cía'). Rigol has mainly worked as an agency artist, among others through Comicon in Barcelona. In 1977 he published the comic series 'L'Espion de l'Emir, Gep'Allah Barraca' with the French publisher Les Éditions de Saxe. The series was also published in Spain under the title 'Yalahas Piff Iado'.


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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of a common flavor enhancer that could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.
The product, called hydrolyzed vegetable protein or HVP, is potentially in thousands of food products, including soups, sauces, chilis, stews, hot dogs, gravies, seasoned snack foods, dips and dressings. HVP is manufactured by a Las Vegas company.
No illnesses have been reported, said Dr. Ian Williams, acting chief of outbreak response and prevention branch for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In coordination with the CDC, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, plus other federal agencies and state health departments, the FDA is closely monitoring and assessing the potential risks of illness from affected products.
"Our investigators were able to identify this problem before any illnesses occurred," said FDA commissioner Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg. "While the investigation is continuing, the agency is supporting reasonable steps to continue to protect the public health."
The manufacturer of the affected product is Basic Food Flavors Inc. in Las Vegas. Only HVP manufactured by Basic Food Flavors is involved in this recall. This is the first recall with this ingredient.
Recall will likely grow over days, weeks
"We don't know precisely how large this recall will get," said Dr. Jeff Farrar, associate commissioner for food safety, FDA's Office of Foods. "We expect this to get larger over the next several days to several weeks."
Many of the products with the flavor enhancer contain a "kill step" designed to destroy salmonella. Those products will not be recalled, said Farrar.Foodborne illnesses
The FDA conducted an investigation at the facility after a customer of Basic Food Flavors reported findingSalmonella Tennessee in one production lot of HVP to the FDA Reportable Food Registry, created in September 2009.
After getting the tip, the FDA collected and analyzed samples at the facility and confirmed the presence ofSalmonella Tennessee in the company's processing equipment. The company is recalling all hydrolyzed vegetable protein in powder and paste form that it has produced since Sept. 17.
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"The Loss of Our Soldier"
thought of your site. I wrote this poem for SPC. Schulz, Christian C. He was
the loader on my husbands tank and was killed in Iraq during support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. I would be honored and so would he if you would post this on
your site for others to read and possible get comfort out of if such a tragic
thing were to happen to someone they loved.
"The Loss of Our Soldier"
We lost a dear friend today,
we didn't say good bye.
Did we say "I Love You" enough?
Why did you have to die?
You left too soon,
you were so young.
You wore BDU's,
you carried a gun.
This Nation of ours,
You worked to defend.
You never did falter,
or stumble or bend.
Yet still just a baby,
you were so strong.
You followed your heart,
and never did wrong.
You fought for our Country,
you stood by it true.
You saluted the flag,
the Red, White, and Blue.
Now as the flag,
flies over your grave.
We sit and we think,
of how you were brave.
We sit and we think,
why was it you?
That had to give all,
for the Red, White, and Blue.
Written and submited by:
Jennifer S. Brown


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It's 2006 and we need a new New York flyer for this November's show in Time's Square.
All you great graphics designers...Do YOUR THING!
Post us your links. We've got folks in the Northeast who are ready to help promote the show!
I will get with my "personal designer" myself and see if we can just change the info on the 2004 one. Seems simple enough, but this is ME we're talking about :-)
Any help will really be appreciated!
You guys are great!
Thanks so much for your help!


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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
The brief was to do a very 1920's French style illustration, I thought about A.M Cassandre straight away, beautiful simple designs.
The top one was the favorite, and I then did the 2 other ones. I did the last one in black and white first, but they wanted a color version to fit with the style of the movie better.
I had very little information about how Remy will look like at the time, which I guess was good in a way to help me keeping the design simple.
They're going to be used for consumer products purposes.
Bon Apetit!
45 comments:
- Oscar Grillo said...
I already told you how much I liked these...Well...I like 'em even more now.
- 7:20 am
- Stef said...
Merci Oscar. For once I had the chance to do whatever I wanted.
- 7:25 am
- max said...
Great, that's the style spot on! Simple and effective as ever.
- 8:00 am
- Elliot said...
Goodness - I remember these wonderful images from before I even left Australia!
- 8:05 am
- chenguin said...
- 8:21 am
- gur-B said...
These are the best! Damn they are good!!!!!
- 8:42 am
- Stef said...
- Thanks Max.
- Shhhh Elliot, you weren't meant to see those.
- Thanks Chenguin.
- Thanks Buddy! Mevrow Kardos.
- 8:50 am
- Bobby Pontillas said...
awesome thanks for sharing!
- 10:55 am
- Jenny said...
Absolutely gorgeous work! Bravo!
- 2:17 pm
- Tracy said...
I'm looking forward to seeing these out in the world. They're fantastic. Thank you!
- 9:37 pm
- Mattias said...
- 11:32 pm
- mish said...
I think it's a shame that everyone at mouse house doesn't get to see all the hard work you guys do - I feel lucky to know where to look.
- 6:23 am
- ron said...
Come see my blog.
- 8:46 am
super bon
and now as a rat-related aside,
what fromage are you?
- 2:59 pm
- Randeep Katari said...
amazing work!
- 8:59 pm
- william wray said...
Nice a plum job! Wish We did stuff like that in the USA.
- 11:46 pm
tres belles images!
quelle finesse de trait et une composition digne des plus grand artiste de la renaissance italienne
- 5:14 am
- Stef said...
- Hey William, good to hear from you!
Yes, sometimes I wish that they've put more effort in movie posters. Some movies are great, but the posters are dreadful!
- Cher biloute, merci.
- 7:22 am
- Alina Chau said...
WOW!! THese ROCK!
- 12:24 am
- Matt J said...
Fabuleux Stef! I remember the top one but the 2nd & 3rd are even better. Very appealing versions of Remy. I think the 2nd is a particularly vintage effort- stylised & graphic yet warm with a hint of French panache!
- 5:17 am
- Stef said...
Merci Matthieu! I had a chat with Constance last week about "un monstre a Paris", can't wait to see what it looks like?
When are we be allowed to see your story board?
- 5:39 am
- chris chua said...
absolutely lovley stef!!!! I cant decide which one I like the best!!! You never fail to amaze:)
- 8:30 am
- Richard Mitchelson said...
Great work stef, they all look really nice. Can't wait to so see the movie this has really wet my appetite Thanks.
- 8:38 am
- pascal said...
These are AWESOME Stephane.
I saw the movie at Pixar a few months ago( in an animatic form), and from what I know of it, you're right on the money with these designs.
These are SO SO SO good!
- 9:33 pm
- Matthew Cruickshank said...
These terrific posters raise an important issue.
I know that you get criticised for showing work like this before Film releases. Supposedly the relationship between Pixar and Disney is at best lukewarm- and for them to see Artwork Online from their films apparently makes their blood boil.
I say apparently because these kinds of stories are always embellished on as they work there way down the front line.
I'm in the other camp. I think posts like these help create the buzz around the film, and lets face it Disney has to PROVE their talent to Pixar- not the other way round. Blogs like Stef's are helping not hindering. Pixar is a VISUAL company- DISNEY used to be- that's the difference.
I forgot my point.
- 2:33 am
- Matt J said...
- 7:31 am
- Stef said...
-Merci beaucoup Pascal! If you guys still don't know Pascal's work, check out his blog, he's producing an amazing illustration everyday, on flash, so talented and prolific Artist!
-Merci ma chatte. Totally agree with you, the blogs are a great way for us to show that Disney is still alive in some areas and not just ran by "creative" executives.
You proved the point last week with Neo Mickey, nobody was involved but you at the beginning and then Barry, and the result is mind blowing, one of the best thing that happened to Mickey in years!
And that;s just the start.
- They don't even have the pictures of the posters on their blogs Monsieur Jones.
- 1:28 pm
- Nathan Fowkes said...
Fun to see a different side of your artistry. A man of many talents.
- 12:52 am
Wahouoooooooou! That's so sexy! Please do me a favour, ask me to come back again in your fabulous blog, and improve your french spelling: bon aPPetit!
- 5:17 am
Wahouoooooooou! That's so sexy! Please do me a favour, ask me to come back again in your fabulous blog, and improve your french spelling: bon aPPetit!
- 5:18 am
- Peter Emmerich said...
These are BEYOND Brilliant!! Bravo!
- 9:45 pm
- UrbanBarbarian said...
SOOOO Nice! You captured that look perfectly! I just did some toy designs for the movie! The trailer looks quite funny!
- 11:25 am
- Ry's Photo Blog said...
Love the wine bottle one. I admire it every time I walk by it at work.
- 12:42 am
- Stef said...
- Thank you very much Nathan. You're a great source of inspiration.
- Oui bon he, non mais alors.
- Thank you very much Peter!
- Thanks Urbanbarbarian. What kind of toys did you design?
- Thanks Ry's!
- 2:58 pm
- H.M. King Finn I of Targo and Abbdona said...
How verry... French!
- 2:00 am
- Bones said...
wow, these are fantastic! and i love the style! my favorite one is the first one as well :D
- 5:20 pm
- Meredith Quinn said...
These are sooooooo cute!!
And come check my blog. I posted some new stuff today.
- 12:52 pm
amazingly good.
- 8:16 am
- Michael said...
A dream brief! Elegantly executed.
- 3:13 pm
- David Nethery said...
So beautiful ! I love these posters. I want them all. I hope Disney makes them available for purchase when the movie comes out .
- 9:06 am
- Stef said...
- Thanks Bones!
- Bonjour Meredith!
- Hey thanks Will!
- Merci Michael, that's was indeed a very interesting project to work on. More to come.
- Thank you very much David!
- 5:43 am
- Nicolas P. Villarreal said...
Thanks for sharing these. I really like the simplicity of them and yet how you capture the emotion. Amazing work!!!!
- 2:14 pm
- Luisa said...
Awesome thanks for sharing! My favorite one is the second one. :)
- 7:23 am
- Luisa said...
Awesome thanks for sharing! My favorite one is the second one. :)
- 7:23 am
Those are awesome! And you say you didn't know what Remi would look like? You practically have him down to a T! ^o^
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Although BMI doesn't measure body fat directly, research has indicated that it does correspond with direct measures of body fat, which include underwater weighing and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Because it isn't practical for you or your regular clinician to weigh you underwater or perform a DXA scan, BMI is an easy, inexpensive way to see whether you're overweight or have a high percentage of body fat.
To determine your BMI, use the chart shown. The numbers on the left-hand side correlate with your height in inches. The numbers within the chart correlate with your body weight in pounds. To determine your BMI, find your height in inches, and then move your finger to the right until you reach your approximate weight in pounds.
After you find where your height and weight intersect, move your finger upward to the top of the chart to see what your BMI is. For instance, if you are 67 inches in height and weigh 185 pounds, your BMI is 29. If your exact weight isn't listed, simply go to the closest one.
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Hernandez provides experience, depth at catcher
LOS ANGELES -- Ramon Hernandez is in his 15th season in the Major Leagues, and the Dodgers' newly acquired catcher believes this club has the potential to be his best team yet.
Hernandez, 36, joined the club prior to Sunday's series finale against the Pirates. The Dodgers traded right-hander Aaron Harang and cash to the Rockies in exchange for Hernandez on Saturday.
"I want to say this is one of the best teams I've been on my whole career, besides maybe the A's when I was young," said Hernandez, a career .264 hitter who debuted with Oakland in 1999. "There's a lot of star potential on this team."
Hernandez will back up A.J. Ellis and is excited to work with a pitching staff that leads the Majors with a 0.80 ERA entering Sunday's action.
"This is one of the greatest pitching staffs in the whole Major Leagues," Hernandez said.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he expects to play Hernandez a "couple times" each week to keep Ellis fresh.
"A.J. is our guy. Ramon's here to give us experience, give us some depth," Mattingly said. "He's been a good player for a long time. We still think he's got something left."
For now, the Dodgers have three catchers in Ellis, Hernandez and rookie Tim Federowicz, who made his first start of the season Sunday. The Dodgers won't carry three catchers for an extended period, though, and Federowicz is likely to be optioned to the Minor Leagues this week.


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Lately, there has been a bit of a dev-vacuum on the forums and in-game (in the form of updates). Most of us still have plenty to do in CA, and I'm sure lots of players are happily working on their archives, or battle ranks or divine power etc. We also have guild battles for our dose of daily competitive action. Still, the dev-absence worries many players (myself included), and I'm sure all of us have a little list in mind of things we'd like devs to do. Here's mine:
- Active,
I have just started using forum blogs today, but I can already see that the only other forum blogger (looking at you Badger!!) is not using a lot of the built-in features of the blog. Imagine if the forum had a like and thanks feature and nobody used it. A waste. So I'm gonna post a bit about the few things I've figured out already.
- Blog Name
Your blog can have a name. If you don't pick a name it will be automatically named after yourself, but that's simply not fun.
Ok, so after promises of tips on how to troll I come up with this... Sorry, but this stuff is important if you want to be an active forum member.
A) Forum rules.
You can read a detailed description of the forum rules here: http://www.castleageforums.com/cforu...77-Forum-Rules
In short, there are a few basic(common sense mostly) things which you should NOT do.
- Please please don't insult other people! This is the most common sense
Well nobody reads blogs on here, so I thought I would start a blog that is mostly about forum stuff. I have a few ideas, like guides on how to spam and troll and not get caught, that sort of thing.(haha, just joking mods, I am not sharing those secrets err... I mean well nvm.)
Anyway, I will have something up tonight for all you people that don't read blogs! (don't worry I don't read them either )
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I really liked this quote. Even before I knew that the movie was a book, I fell in love with this quote. Though in the book, someone entirely different says it. It still has the same effect though. LOVE IT!!!! Tell me what you think!
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Dell Battle: Michael Dell's Biggest Challenge Ahead
Dell is going private, finally. Michael Dell's eight-month drive to take back the company that bears his name concluded this morning. But the real task is just beginning: turning around the lumbering computer maker. David Benoit has the latest on MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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... that looks like Dell's going private finally Michael Dell's the mom tried to take ... the company that bears the name concluded this morning when shareholders vote is a preliminary vote in favor of his buyout plans for the results were damaged said ... after a hotly ... contested vote the drag on the really all of this year ... but the real test is just beginning ... turning around the lumbering computer maker ... good morning welcome to the MoneyBeat show I'm Paul beanie Sidel shares their thirteen eighty four flat ... right around the offer price ... day Benoit is here with me is all the details this fall and ... finely not ... taking action ideally you I'm good I'm ... a ... the party I guess you should have for you than covering this story all year yes this is been just a ... crazy ridiculous long drawn out story but it's finally come to get walls are made of the public part of its comfort and pray and as you mention now now the work is going to get tough for Michael Dell ... if this wasn't tough enough ... right ... this was up ... yet concerning this was more getting this deal done ... finding a number that shareholders could agree to change the rules for example ... a tightening as the snow was postponed three times right ... and finally today I ... got to have the meeting he got to ... the close enough now ... the real one Perkins via the net right you have to turn this company around readings at the suspense ... of fortune over twenty almost twenty five billion dollars by now the company with its partners ... essentially ... it his goal is to set the whole time is kind of transform them from this kind of ... computer you know then isn't your Dell PC in one of the bad anymore they want be it services company they wanna work for ... corporations ... but it's not can be easy dunno ... really tough competition ... he doesn't exactly succeeded in any of the moves in ... and so it is buying companies were trying to position themselves for this right this is actually one of the one of the key points and why that why the board agreed to sell the company Michael Dell as ... it had a string of ... acquisitions ... in a run of MF perform the way they wanted to spend billions to ... and not gotten returns that one you would too if it's just it all seems it's kind of thing where that little ball of PCs though business is changing ... didn't really know what to do they needed a new strategy ... this is the new strategy write ... write exactly and and ... in some ways it's a strategy because this is where the market is this is where he can grow ... and it certainly wish and discount Michael Dell is super smart guy when it comes to housing certainly mean he built this company and sell them as a reason why he still CEO ... and not because he owns all of it going on sixteen percent ... I'm ... he certainly knows me doing ... the question is whether he can do it ... in one of the twenty minute does he added We uncertain future of the day of the sentences go about ... what he's going to do and in one of the ... Manasseh Lantos was ... is targeting HP server business essentially ... been sent a note to some people bragging about how that Dell servers for Merck and taking market share from HP but I really noting that ... Dell estate market there is ever slashing prices and profits that miserable right now ... ALM so so he's got a ton of work that counts ... how much ... the is this going private thing in terms of everything he wants to do I mean clearly wanted this badly but how much does this help him ... I mean ... that that's can it be the key question he said he made the argument that look ... I cannot turn around and do ... kind of make hard decisions about having to explain them to shareholders and analysts ... doubt quarterly calls ... by ... serving gonna have to cut costs that come with big first step I mean cutting ... cutting divisions possibly ... needy selling some things may be buying a lot more maybe it's just all investment that's what these appointees try to make this like this is all about vestments ... aam which will sink the bottom line essentially right but he does put his whole fortune I mean he he pony up a lot of the equity in the steel ... he paid for the entire ... thirteen cent special dividend allow them to change the rules in order to to get this deal passed ... aam and it is that he has copyrights areas that some of the company he is going to own so ... the


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At the age of four I watched Robert Helpmann and Frederick Ashton cavorting as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella and began a love affair with dance. While my career took me far away from that first experience of The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, I followed the Company over the subsequent years and was fortunate to witness the premieres of many of the great modern ballets. This year marked the first time, however, that I've had the opportunity to participate in the birth of a new ballet.
Last autumn, in the run up to the British premiere of Viscera, I was invited to a rehearsal by choreographer Liam Scarlett. This was followed by an illuminating chat between Liam and Kevin O'Hare about the influences on his work to date and his inspiration. A new Scarlett ballet had been announced for spring 2013 but aside from the identity of the choreographer, nothing more was known about it. Liam's enthusiastic and thoughtful approach however, convinced me that it would be a fascinating experience to support this new ballet, which in time was revealed to be Hansel and Gretel.
A finance syndicate was being formed around new ballets by the Royal's stellar triumvirate of choreographers: Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon and Liam Scarlett. We each chose to be associated with one of the three, but as members of the syndicate we were witness to the development of all the ballets.
Steven McRae as The Sandman and Leanne Cope as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel © ROH / Tristram Kenton 2013
Bennet Gartside as The Father and Laura Morera as The Stepmother in Hansel and Gretel © ROH / Tristram Kenton 2013
We attended stage rehearsals of each ballet, and gained an insight into just how complex the creation of a new production is, and how much thought and hard work goes into every aspect. These included the demands of the Aeternum set-design, the intricacies of the fabulous wings for Raven Girl and the incredible involvement of Hansel and Gretel's composer Dan Jones in the development of the piece. We talked to the set designers, looked at models and invaded the Costume Department, peering into dyeing tubs while the designers told us about the particular requirements of each ballet.
Jon Bausor, who designed Hansel and Gretel, had rummaged in vintage shops for 1950s clothes to get just the right look, and the sequins for Vicky Mortimer's raven masks in Raven Girl were being painstakingly removed from their original material and transferred individually to the headgear.
Watch an interview with Jon Bausor about designing the set
As one of the supporters of Liam's ballet I had the privilege of attending a studio rehearsal at which Liam was creating the roles of the Sandman on Steven McRae and the Witch on Brian Maloney. The intensity and concentration of dancers and choreographer was compelling, broken occasionally by raucous laughter as a particularly impossible movement resulted in a tangled heap of bodies. Dan Jones was there seeing how Liam was using his music, and the two of them conferred often as to the perfect fit of music, steps and story.
Watch Liam working with the dancers in rehearsal:
After such involvement in the gestation of the ballets it was immensely rewarding to see each creation take final shape on stage. In each case all the elements which we saw being considered, made and rehearsed came together to bring the choreographers' respective visions to life. The whole process was a thoroughly enjoyable and eye-opening experience.
Bennet Gartside as The Father and Laura Morera as The Stepmother in Hansel and Gretel © ROH / Tristram Kenton 2013
James Hay as Hansel, Leanne Cope as Gretel, Brian Maloney as The Wtich and Steven McRae as The Sandman in Hansel and Gretel © ROH / Tristram Kenton 2013
Steven McRae as The Sandman and Leanne Cope as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel © ROH / Tristram Kenton 2013
Hansel and Gretel returns to the Linbury Studio Theatre in January 2014. Wayne McGregor is creating a new work for February 2014, and Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale will have its premiere in April 2014.
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Anti-Choice Former Kansas AG Suspended from Law Practice
The Kansas Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended the law license of former state Attorney General Phill Kline for launching a fraudulent legal prosecution against Dr. George Tiller, a Wichita abortion provider. Tiller was murdered in May 2009 - shortly after being acquitted of all charges - by anti-abortion extremist Scott Roeder.
Over the course of six years, Kline had subjected Dr. Tiller and a Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park to a baseless and politically motivated criminal investigation and prosecution, in which Kline alleged that Dr. Tiller had performed illegal abortions and failed to report the sexual abuse of minors who had sought abortions. Over 100 criminal charges were filed in all. A jury found Dr. Tiller not guilty of all charges against him. All charges against Planned Parenthood were also dismissed or dropped.
In 2010, disciplinary proceedings commenced against Kline for professional misconduct related to his investigation and prosecution of Dr. Tiller and the Planned Parenthood clinic. Among the charges against Kline were mishandling patient medical records, misleading the court, misrepresenting the law, disobeying a court order, and providing false testimony.
The Kansas Supreme Court found that Kline had committed 11 violations of the rules of professional conduct and had breached his duty to the public by engaging in dishonest conduct. The Court also found that Kline had acted with a selfish motive, had exhibited a substantial pattern of misconduct, and had refused to acknowledge the wrongful nature of his actions.
Appearing on the Rachel Maddow Show after the decision was rendered (Watch here), duVergne Gaines, Legal Coordinator of the National Clinic Access Project at the Feminist Majority Foundation, called the decision to suspend Kline "a moment of justice." Gaines later commented, "The damage caused by Kline's personal vendetta against Dr. Tiller was significant because it contributed to a climate of extremism that helped lead to Tiller's murder. Kline's unethical prosecution provided a veneer of legitimacy to anti-abortion zealotry."
"The murderer Scott Roeder thought the injustice was that Dr. Tiller wasn't convicted," said President of the Feminist Majority Foundation Eleanor Smeal, "but the real injustice was that Tiller was tried at all."
As Attorney General, Kline had subpoenaed medical records of 90 women and girls who had sought late-term abortions. The court issued the subpoena but directed the redaction of patient-identifying information. Shortly thereafter, Kline lost his reelection bid for state Attorney General and went on to serve as the Johnson County District Attorney. It was later revealed that Kline had the medical records, which were in the possession of the state Attorney General's office, copied for his use as District Attorney, without receiving approval from the court. The medical records were also not kept in a secure location - copies were kept in a staffer's apartment - and Kline directed staff to prepare handwritten "summaries" of medical files that contained specific information about each patient. In addition, Kline used other records subpoenaed for his investigation to identify patients by name.
Phill Kline is currently a law professor at Liberty University, the school founded by the Reverend Jerry Falwell, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Guthrie's nine K's help Royals earn first win
Right-hander aided by key hit-and-run call in pivotal three-run fifth
CHICAGO -- Good pitching? The Royals were getting that again from Jeremy Guthrie. But where was the hitting? Manager Ned Yost figured he had to get creative.
So he called a hit-and-run that kick-started a three-run fifth inning and carried the Royals to a 3-1 victory -- their first of the season -- over the White Sox on Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field.
There was no score when the Royals came off the field after the fourth inning. So Yost talked to Jeff Francoeur and Chris Getz.
"We needed to get something going, we'd been struggling offensively," Yost said. "I kept looking for a spot, but we couldn't get the perfect spot. When they came in, I told Frenchy and Getz, we're going to try something a little out of the norm right here. We're going to look for a spot to hit-and-run and see if we can't break the ice a little bit and get something going. Sure enough, it did and we did."
The free-swinging Francoeur didn't need any encouragement to buy into Yost's plan.
"I was in the hole and Yost said, 'I know you don't hit-and-run much ...,' but, before he could even finish, I said, 'Sure, why not?'" Francoeur said. "We weren't doing anything else and I saw [Gordon] Beckham do it earlier and thought, 'Why not?'"
After Eric Hosmer drew a one-out walk from Gavin Floyd, Francoeur banged a single to the right side and off flew Hosmer to third base. Jarrod Dyson's hopper glanced off first baseman Paul Konerko's glove to Beckham, the Sox second baseman. He returned the ball to Konerko and Dyson was out, but Hosmer was home.
"Dice got the first run in and everybody kind of relaxed and, boom, boom, now we've got a three-run lead," Yost said.
Yep, because Getz followed with a single up the middle to score Francoeur and he took second on center fielder Alejandro De Aza's error. Alex Gordon doubled down the right-field line to score Getz. It was 3-0 and after 22 innings, the Royals had their first lead of the season.
"Ned got us going. Our offense was very slow at the beginning and he put the hit-and-run on with Frenchy, and he found the hole and everything else was history," Gordon said. "Getz got a huge hit, I got a double and it just got things going. Big inning for us and Ned did a good job doing that."
Guthrie let in one run in the bottom half of that inning -- on a hit batter and singles by Beckham and De Aza. But that was it. He worked six innings and struck out nine, one shy of his career high.
"I thought my slider today was a little bit better located than it has been in the past, and a large portion of the strikeouts came on sliders," Guthrie said.
The victory continued Guthrie's domination of the White Sox since he joined the Royals last year. He's given up just two earned runs in his last five starts and 35 2/3 innings against them. But he shrugged off the notion of any mastery over them.
"I've never had a mastery over any team but, if I do, I'll be sure to let you know," Guthrie said. "I never had one, but I've had quite a few that have had a mastery over me."
Despite losing the first two games of the series, the Royals were buoyed by the pitching of starters James Shields and Ervin Santana.
"These are the games that you've got to find ways to win sometimes," Francoeur said. "The first three guys through the rotation, you kind of get a glimpse of what this year could be -- it could be a lot of fun. We manufactured three runs today and that's all we needed to win."
When Guthrie was through, Aaron Crow, Kelvin Herrera and closer Greg Holland each notched one scoreless inning.
"They were good today, and Guthrie was good," Beckham said. "He didn't give up a lot of bad strikes. It seems like he made a lot of good pitches. It's not like we missed too many pitches today. I think he was that good."
Crow survived two singles in the seventh before Herrera blew through the eighth with two strikeouts. Holland made it interesting in the ninth, following two outs with a walk and Beckham's fourth straight single.
"I got the first two quick outs and I was just like, 'OK, pound the strike zone,' and I didn't go after it enough, because I was trying to control my adrenaline a little bit, because I haven't felt that in a while," Holland said. "But, it was really good that we had a two-run lead. It could've got a little more hairy."
De Aza rolled out to end the game and Holland had his first save.
The Royals got the pitching they needed to support their modest five-hit attack. After a big offensive Cactus League season, the Royals scored just five runs in their first three regular-season games. Their bats went as cold as the Chicago weather.
"We came out of Arizona and had good traction. We were running hard in Arizona, got here and stepped on a patch of ice," Yost said. "It got a little slippery for us here ... you slow down a little bit and then you regain your momentum and, boom, we'll be gone."


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