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Leicester: Salonen conducts The Firebird
Tuesday 14 Jan 2020, 7.00pm
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
The Firebird (French title: L'oiseau de feu; Russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company, with choreography by Michel Fokine. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor. When the ballet was first performed on 25 June 1910, the critics were enthusiastic.
The ballet was premiered by the Ballets Russes in Paris on 25 June 1910 conducted by Gabriel Pierné. Even before the first performance, the company sensed a huge success in the making; and every performance of the ballet in that first production, as Karsavina recalled, met a "crescendo" of success. The critics were ecstatic, praising the ballet for what they perceived as an ideal symbiosis between decor, choreography and music: "The old-gold vermiculatino of the fantastic back-cloth seems to have been invented to a formula identical with that of the shimmering web of the orchestra" enthused Henri Ghéon in Nouvelle revue française (1910). The scenery was designed by Alexander Golovine and the costumes by Leon Bakst.
For Stravinsky, it was a major breakthrough both with the public and with the critics, Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi in particular hailing Stravinsky as the legitimate heir to The Mighty Handful.
The Firebird's success also secured Stravinsky's position as Diaghilev's star composer, and there were immediate talks of a sequel, leading to the composition of Petrushka and The Rite of Spring.
Stravinsky used principle themes from works by Rimsky-Korsakov in his score. Kashchei's "Infernal Dance" borrows the highly chromatic scale Rimsky-Korsakov created for the character Chernobog in his opera Mlada. The Khorovod dance, meanwhile, uses the same folk tune Rimsky-Korsakov presented in his "Sinfonietta" Opus. 31.
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Discussant's Response to "Accounting and Auditing History: Major Developments in England and the United States from Ancient Roots Through the Mid-Twentieth Century" G. William Graham Arthur Andersen LLP Summary Professor Stettler's paper on accounting and auditing history is a fascinating historical account. I believe it should be required reading for any business student; particularly those specializing in accounting. In fact, as a frequent lecturer and part-time faculty member, I would use this paper in my classes. This historical account is very well written. And, unlike many academic and research oriented papers, the grammar and terminology is very reader friendly. I really liked this paper. It made me feel proud to be a member of the accounting profession. Indeed, the reader comes away with a rich understanding of the origins of the profession. However, while the paper certainly gives a thorough historical account through the 1970's, it does not develop the significant environmental changes facing the profession in the 1980's and 1990's. As a result, the student may be left wondering how this historical account relates to a current environment which looks so different. Many believe, and I agree, that our profession is at a crossroads. With the dramatic changes in the environment in which we practice, accountants and auditors have little choice but to change their historical behavior described in this paper. Students will benefit greatly from a strong link of the historical base to the current environment. To do so gives the student an appreciation for the past, an enriched understanding of the present, and the tools to face the significant challenges that lie ahead. This is an excellent historical account. Yet, there is an opportunity to make it even richer by expanding the discussion, bringing the historical account current, and linking the historical account to the challenges and opportunities of the profession. This will ensure the relevance of the paper to the business and accounting student. A Fascinating Historical Account The first known commercial records came from the Mesopotamian Valley around 4000 B.C. Some were scratched into stone; others were recorded on Egyptian papyrus. These records evidence the development of writing which evolved from a need for a record of economic goods. The "scribes" of the day were the forerunners of today's accountant. Later, financial statements were used by the Greeks. And, double entry bookkeeping emerged, attributed by many to Pacioli. All of this, along with the many historical facts thoughtfully developed in this paper add a richness to the student's understanding of the roots of the accounting and auditing disciplines. Reading this paper helps to give a student perspective, a perspective that includes the role of the accountant in the capital formation process, the 45
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College football scores: Top 25 analysis as FSU wins big: SEC full of upsets
The ACC showdown between FSU and Clemson—both ranked among the top five in the country—was never much of a game. The Seminoles scored 34 consecutive points during one stretch and looked every bit like a team ready to play for a BCS title, writes SN's Matt Hayes. Track all of today's Top 25 action, including No. 2 Oregon's shootout with Washington State, on Sporting News' live scoreboard.
Already we've seen a handful of big-time upsets today. Auburn beat Texas A&M in College Station, a game where Johnny Manziel hurt his right shoulder but gutted it out. Georgia, LSU and South Carolina also lost. And perennial power Florida lost on the road to a higher-ranked (and unbeaten) Missouri team. Time to light this candle and get to the live blog.
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No. 1 Alabama 52, Arkansas 0 (recap): The Razorbacks have scored a combined 17 points in the last two weeks—losses to Florida and South Carolina. And they're off to another rousing start. The top-ranked Crimson Tide are dominating, 45-0.
No. 2 Oregon 62, Washington State 38 (recap): It was another all-around performance from QB Marcus Mariota and his talented receivers and running backs. The Ducks also scored a defensive TD. They piled up more than 700 yards in this one.
No. 5 FSU 51, No. 3 Clemson 14 (recap): The Seminoles were dominant from start to finish—they were big and bad, writes SN's Matt Hayes—and the home team Tigers never stood a chance in this highly anticipated matchup between top-five teams.
No. 4 Ohio State 34, Iowa 24 (recap): Buckeyes win their 19th straight largely because of Braxton Miller's ability to make plays with his feet. He made several key plays by scrambling to keep OSU drives alive, and really was the difference as the Buckeyes exerted their will in the second half.
Mississippi 27, No. 6 LSU 24 (recap): Bo Wallace was fantastic and Andrew Ritter's 41-yard field goal with 2 seconds remaining finished off yet another SEC upset on Saturday.
No. 24 Auburn 45, No. 7 Texas A&M 41 (recap): Amazing that a team that won three games last year can go into College Station and beat Johnny Manziel and Co. Manziel fought through a fought through a shoulder injury but came up short on the final drive of the game. And at least one Tiger is enjoying the win already.
Tennessee 23, No. 11 South Carolina 21 (recap): Vols' 19-yard field goal by Michael Palardy at the end of regulation gives Tennessee its first SEC win under Butch Jones.
No. 13 Stanford 24, No. 9 UCLA 10 (recap): Cardinal rebound well from last week's stunning loss at Utah. Stanford controlled the game throughout with Tyler Gaffney in the run game, and the Cardinal defense held Bruins QB Brett Hundley to 57 passing yards. Bruins now face road game at Oregon next week.
No. 12 Baylor 71, Iowa State 7 (recap): High-scoring Bears are at it again vs. the Cyclones. Speaking of which, how did Baylor go from being unwanted by the Big 12 to unrivaled in the Big 12? Sporting News' Matt Hayes has that story.
No. 14 Missouri 36, No. 22 Florida 17 (recap): Tigers improve to 7-0 and have complete control of the SEC East with this win and losses by Georgia and South Carolina. Missouri now faces South Carolina next week, and a win there may assure it of the SEC East title. For a team that went 5-7 in its first season in the SEC, this is remarkable. Gators really struggled to move the ball all game.
Vanderbilt 31, No. 15 Georgia 27 (recap): Commodores score the final 17 points to earn the upset, and special teams was a big reason why. Vandy scored a touchdown on a fake field goal attempt, then also benefited from a short field created by a terrible snap on a Georgia punt deep in the Bulldogs' own end of the field. UGA played much of the game without Ray Drew because of a questionable targeting penalty that got him ejected.
No. 16 Texas Tech 37, West Virginia 27 (recap): Red Raiders scored the first 13 points, then the Mountaineers scored the next 13. After Mountaineers controlled much of the third quarter, the fourth quarter belonged to Texas Tech, which keeps Kliff Kingsbury's team unbeaten. Davis Webb was huge for Texas Tech, with 461 yards passing.
No. 17 Fresno State 38, UNLV 14 (recap): Just another chance to see Bulldogs QB Derek Carr, ranked second in the nation in total offense. He threw four TD passes and came up just south of 400 passing yards.
No. 18 Oklahoma 34, Kansas 19 (recap): Jayhawks always seem to start fast, then fail to keep the momentum as the game goes on. So it's no surprise that KU scored the first 13 points, then see OU score the next 25 on their way to a win. Sooners have unbeaten Texas Tech in Norman next week.
Arizona State 53, No. 20 Washington 24 (recap): So much for Steve Sarkisian's Huskies joining the Pac-12 elite. The blowout loss Saturday is their third consecutive setback. Washington totaled minus-5 rushing yards while the Sun Devils topped the 300-yard mark.
No. 21 Oklahoma State 24, TCU 10 (recap): Josh Stewart's 95-yard punt return for a touchdown started the scoring the the Cowboys. They scored twice more since to take 17-0 halftime lead, then took care of business in the final frame.
No. 23 Northern Illinois 38, Central Michigan 17 (recap): The win is the Huskies' 20th straight vs. a MAC foe. Maybe they sneak their way again into the BCS if they go unbeaten. They're halfway there.
No. 25 Wisconsin 56, Illinois 32 (recap): The Badgers ran all over the Illini on Saturday night, piling up more than 250 rushing yards in an easy win.
Notre Dame 14, USC 10 (recap): Neither team is ranked, but you still want to know who wins, right? The Irish led 14-10 at the half and made it stand as neither team got much going offensively in the final 30 minutes.


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March 24, 2000
Jeanne Oswald
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The New Jersey Commission on Higher Education today acted on the first projects funded through the Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund, approving proposals by 11 colleges and universities to use $133 million from the $550 million fund.
All of the campus projects approved today address deferred maintenance, renewal, and renovation of existing buildings, which was the primary intent of the law enacted in September 1999 to assist four-year public and independent colleges in addressing their most pressing capital needs.
The projects vary in scope from major building renovations, to heating and electrical system improvements, to compliance with building or health and safety codes. Some institutions will use their allocations to address multiple needs on one or more campuses; others will apply their funds toward renovation of a single building.
The following institutions received approval for projects: Caldwell College, Centenary College, Drew University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Felician College, Princeton University, Rider University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Montclair State University, William Paterson University, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). The projects range in value from $95 million for UMDNJ to $286,000, which represents a portion of the amount allocated to Stevens Institute of Technology.
The Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund allocates $500 million to senior public institutions and $50 million to independent colleges and universities. While the funds are targeted primarily toward deferred maintenance needs in instructional, laboratory, communication, research, and administrative facilities, institutions may use up to five percent of their allocations to address code requirements in student service facilities such as residence halls.
Following the Commission's action, the Legislature has 45 days to disapprove a project; the project is authorized if the Legislature does not act.
The Educational Facilities Authority is expected to issue the first bonds to finance the approved projects later this spring. Public colleges and universities are required to pay one-third of the debt service on bonds issued for their projects and independent institutions are required to pay one-half of their debt service. The remainder of the debt service will be paid by state appropriations.A complete description of the approved projects is attached.
Projects Approved March 24, 2000
Caldwell College will use all of its allocation, $2,293,879, for multiple projects in five facilities: the administration and science buildings, the library, the student center (which includes the gymnasium and various academic facilities), and a residence hall. (Electrical upgrades to the residence hall are projected to be $74,000, less than five percent of the grant.) The total cost of these projects is $2.4 million, and once completed the college will have addressed more than two-thirds of its estimated total deferred maintenance burden.
Centenary College will use its total allocation, $1,728,633, toward the estimated $3.0 million cost of renovating the Seay Administration Building. This renovation project is listed as a top priority in the college's current capital plan and campaign. The overall capital plan includes almost $8.0 million in deferred maintenance, renewal, and renovation projects in academic, administrative, and student support facilities as well as $3.7 million in new construction.
Drew University will use its total allocation, $2,609,502, to finance interior and exterior renovations and improvements to four buildings: the Hall of Sciences, and Madison, Sitterly, and Sycamore Houses, and to address life/safety requirements at Wendel Residence Hall. The last project uses the full five percent allocation for student services facilities toward the cost of an upgraded fire alarm system. The five-year capital program identifies $8.66 million for renewal and renovation.
Fairleigh Dickinson University's total allocation, $6,704,743, will address some of the most critical needs on the campuses in Teaneck/Hackensack (18 separate projects) and Florham/Madison (23 separate projects). These projects include repainting buildings and trim, removal of underground storage tanks, correction of electrical and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and replacement of entryway steps. The university will use almost the entire five percent allowed for student services facilities to correct health and other code violations in residential facilities on both campuses. The university's 1997 deferred maintenance report identified more than $50 million in needs.
Felician College will use its total allocation, $1,858,019, for 13 projects on both the Lodi and Rutherford campuses. These include making buildings accessible to the handicapped, roof replacement, and HVAC upgrades. According to the college's capital plan, its total estimated need for renewal and renovation is $20.9 million.
Princeton University is renovating Green Hall, a 73-year old building for the psychology department and will apply its total $4,129,220 allocation to the $15 million total project cost. Although small portions of the building have been renovated in the past, this is the first systematic approach to upgrading the facility.
Rider University will use $1,054,236 from its allocation of $4,418,292 for four projects identified as the first phase of its grant program. The projects are: abatement of water infiltration and replacement of the roof-top chiller in the business administration building; replacement of the air conditioning system and purchase of an uninterruptible power source for the university's main-frame computer; renovation of the lecture hall and theater; and fire and life/safety code upgrades in residential units. This last project, which exhausts the five percent allowance for student services facilities, involves installing hardwired, monitored fire alarm systems in six units. According to the capital projects plan submitted with the application, the university's total deferred maintenance is $20.1 million.
Stevens Institute of Technology will use $286,275 of its $3,222,452 allocation for three projects completed since July 1, 1999: renovating the third floor of the Lifecycle Product Management Center so that it could be used for laboratories rather than storage; changing the configuration of laboratory space that was in need of renewal; and replacing 40-year old transformers.
Montclair State University will use $12,153,692 of its $28,122,250 allocation to address the most pressing improvements and renovations identified in its short-range capital plan. The major projects consist of various repairs and renovations to College Hall ($5.4 million) and Finley Hall ($1.7 million), HVAC and other upgrades to Richardson Hall and two adjoining buildings ($2.1 million), and repairs to the steam/condensate systems ($950,000). Other projects include installing fire horns and strobes, repairing or replacing roofs, and replacing outdated or failed electrical equipment. The long-term plan identifies an additional $28.6 million for repair and maintenance and $21.7 million related to new construction and major renovation.
William Paterson University will use $4,982,400 of its $23,660,250 allocation for six projects. Three of these involve renovating academic buildings, including faculty offices, laboratories, studios and classrooms. A fourth project entails removing active underground storage tanks. The two other projects address deferred maintenance and increased accessibility by replacing doors as well as the existing ramps and steps leading to them. The university's capital plan identifies more than $21 million each for deferred maintenance and capital renewal, $17.5 million for capital improvements, and $81.5 million for new construction or reconstruction for all categories of buildings.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry will combine its $95,000,000 with $4,384,140 of university funds to support 20 projects across its three campuses. Twelve of the projects are on the Newark campus, and there are four projects each on the Piscataway/New Brunswick and the Stratford campuses. Improvements to the physical plant, including replacing roofs and upgrading fire alarm and suppression systems, total $18.6 million across the three campuses. In Newark, specific projects include consolidating space to house the obstetrics/gynecology and pediatrics clinics in Newark and expansion of space for the New Jersey Cancer Center as well as renovations for all of the schools housed on the campus. In Piscataway, the major project is the renovation of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Research Tower and Kessler Teaching Laboratories, including upgrades to the laboratory space. The primary care, specialty care, and science centers on the Stratford campus will each be renovated. With the completion of these projects, current renewal and renovation needs will be met.


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On November 12, Belizean police announced that anti-virus software tycoon John McAfee was wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Gregory Faull, his neighbor on a tropical island. The police launched a manhunt in the tiny Central American nation, which is still ongoing.
As the news broke, I was just finishing up a six-month investigation into McAfee's life for a Wired magazine feature planned for the January issue. In light of the murder and ensuing manhunt, Wired published the feature early, and at expanded length, as a 13-chapter e-book.
The short version: McAfee is a complex and volatile person. I can say that in my two visits to Belize, and in dozens of phone conversations, McAfee was reasonable and lucid. But on a number of occasions, he snapped.
A few weeks before Faull was killed and the police went after McAfee, the retired millionaire called me in the middle of the night. He told me that he was staying at a resort near his villa called Captain Morgan's Retreat and had gone for a walk on the beach at dusk. In a breathless, spooked tone, he recounted how he'd heard loud motors approaching and instantly knew it was the Gang Suppression Unit (GSU), an elite force within the Belize police that had previously detained McAfee on suspicion of manufacturing drugs.
McAfee took cover on a porch, behind some bushes, but said that GSU members materialized out of the darkness and surrounded him without saying anything. They simply stared at him for hours. "It was freaky, freaky, freaky," he said. By this time, I was accustomed to his manic energy but in this call, he sounded genuinely unhinged. Take a listen:
As evidence that he wasn't hallucinating, McAfee sent me a series of photos of boot prints in the sand. This, he said, was solid evidence that a large number of military and police members had mounted an operation against him. The security guards on the property, however, said they hadn't seen anything and told McAfee that "no one was here."
Over the course of October, McAfee sounded increasingly paranoid. He talked about walking down the beach and seeing a GSU "frogman" walk out of the water in full SCUBA gear.
On October 20, McAfee was staying at a luxury condo development south of his villa. Around midnight, he heard the sound of the GSU engines again. Samantha, his girlfriend, heard it too and then they noticed that somebody was trying to open their front door. McAfee jammed a bar of soap between the door handle and lock and felt that that would hold them off for awhile. They went on to the second-story balcony, which was 20 feet off the ground. McAfee was desperate to get away and decided to walk along a narrow ledge to his neighbor's balcony in the darkness.
"This is way too much for someone my age, you know," he said. "I was way the fuck up there."
He made it and laid down on his back. Samantha stayed out on their balcony and said men entered, breaking open the front screen door. She could see them inside, but they never came out to talk to her.
"Why wouldn't they have said to Samantha, 'Where is he?'" I asked.
"I don't have a clue," he responded.
McAfee says there were 30 to 40 police, army, and coast guard personnel, but, as it got light, they disappeared. "These people slowly sort of evaporated," he said.
At 5:30 that morning, Chris Allnatt woke up to watch a soccer match and was astounded to find McAfee on his balcony. He opened the glass door and noticed that McAfee was lying in a pool of his own urine. His clothes were soaked. "What the fuck are you doing here, John?" Allnatt said.
The two men knew each other: Allnatt was the real estate agent that sold McAfee his villa in 2009. Allnatt made McAfee a cup of tea and walked him back to his unit. Allnatt saw no damage. The screen door was intact. Nor did he see any sign of the GSU. Allnatt also checked with the building's security guards, who reported nothing unusual.
Allnatt returned to clean the urine off his balcony and discovered a small plastic bag of a gray powder hidden behind a pot near where McAfee was lying. Allnatt was sure it was drugs, which surprised him. McAfee has insisted that he has been sober since 1983 and has waged his own war on drugs in the small Belizean village of Carmelita.
"The guy has lost it," he says. "He's joined history's list of great geniuses who've gone mad. He needs serious help."
Nonetheless, Allnatt doesn't think McAfee killed Faull. "Almost certainly what happened there was he suggested it to somebody, and then one of his many Belizean hangers on probably took it upon himself to do John a favor," Allnatt says. "Because John surrounded himself with gang members. These are not nice people."
Buy WIRED's new eBook, John McAfee's Last Stand*, on Amazon.com for Kindle eReaders.*
The eBook is also available via the Wired app on the iPad, Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire. To get it, download the app for your tablet, and launch it. Once you do, you can get the book by touching the store button in the WIRED app.
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After weeks of living and breathing (and eating) all things Piglet, things are finally starting to get back to normal in the land of Food52 -- or, at least, our version of normal. Which means getting back in the kitchen. We were feeling civilized this week, taking the time to enjoy breakfast before a long day of prepping, stirring, and styling. Lucky for us, we had boxes of treats from Dana's Bakery to sustain us throughout the afternoon -- keep an eye out for a sweet shop offer coming soon. Read on for a glimpse into our day, and if you're hungry for more, head over to our Instagram feed to see what we're eating, cooking, and taking pretty pictures of.
1. Sometimes, we have breakfast. There are days where lunch time rolls around and all we've eaten is a few bites of soup. But some days, we take time to pair some food with our coffee -- this week, it was avocado toast with a side of fried cheese. A winning combination, for sure.
2. It was Kristen, in the kitchen, with the chef's knife. Just kidding. Depending on how you look at it, this is either a priceless work of art (Jackson Pollock? Ralph Steadman?), a dicey scene from a Law & Order episode, or the result of chopping beets for a salad that somebody calls genius. We'll let you decide.
3. Tiny bites. There are a few cardinal rules of the test kitchen: make sure there is caffeine handy at all times, always clean up after yourself, and -- most importantly -- fractions don't count. So you've eaten a quarter of four different macarons? That means you've eaten zero.
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I gave up asking my teacher and classmates because they refuse to give me an exact answer, and my Google searches have left me dry since yesterday, and I just can't figure this out.
I need to have the user input a 5 digit number like "12345" or "11111".
I then need to print out just the "1" and on a separate line the "5". The problem is, I can only get "12345" to print, and not just the "1" let alone the "5".
Then I need to add "1" and "5" together on a separate line.
Steps one and two are done, and the code is below, but-
*The third step, I am stuck on is: "Create five variables digit1-digit5, assign them the individual digits of the number entered. hint:use integer division and modulus operator % to isolate the numbers.
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Number
public static void main(String[] args)
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.printf("Enter a 5 Digit Number: ");
int Number = input.nextInt();
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-Create a file called Number.java. It includes one single method: main. Include a comment with your name and assignment number on the top of the line.
Steps 1-4:
1) Read in a 5 digit number from the user (one single number --do not read in 5 digits)
2)Create a variable called number to store the input entered by the user. No need for input validation. In this assignment you can assume that the user enters a number in the right range.
3)Create five variables digit1-digit5, assign them the individual digits of the number entered. hint:use integer division and modulus operator % to isolate the numbers
4)Print the following info including a descriptive labels as descibed by the output below.
-the first digit
-the last digit
-the sum of the first and last digit*Pass the appropraite expression as an arguement to the printf statment, don't create a variable that stores the sum**
-The whole 5-digit number but seperate the individual digits with 2 spaces(blanks)


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In 1964, a twenty-three-year-old poet was arrested by the Leningrad K.G.B. and charged with the crime of "malicious parasitism." His name was Josef Brodsky. One Communist Party newspaper denounced his poetry as "pornographic and anti-Soviet"; another noted archly that he wore "velvet pants." The authorities permitted him to testify in court, but they soon regretted their decision, and their failure to prevent a brave woman named Frida Vigdorova from taking notes on the proceedings. Vigdorova wrote down this exchange—the most famous legal exchange in Russia since Stalin's show trials—and the transcript was smuggled to the West:
JUDGE: And what is your profession?
BRODSKY: Poet. Poet and translator.
JUDGE: And who told you that you were a poet? Who assigned you that rank?
BRODSKY: No one. (Non-confrontationally.) Who assigned me to the human race?
JUDGE: And did you study for this?
BRODSKY: For what?
JUDGE: To become a poet? Did you try to attend a school where they train [poets] . . . where they teach . . .
BRODSKY: I don't think it comes from education.
JUDGE: From what, then?
BRODSKY: I think it's . . . (at a loss) . . . from God.
The judge sentenced Brodsky to five years of internal exile. Living in a village near the Arctic Circle, he crushed rocks and hauled manure by day. At night, he wrote, and he improved his English by reading Auden and Frost. Brodsky's mentor, the great Silver Age poet Anna Akhmatova, laughed at the K.G.B.'s shortsightedness. "What a biography they're fashioning for our red-haired friend!" she said. "It's as if he'd hired them to do it on purpose."
Akhmatova was hardly naïve about the capabilities of Soviet justice—she had lost a husband and countless friends in the Gulag—but she could see that the state was providing a linguistic genius with an aura of heroism. By the time Brodsky returned to Leningrad, he was a mature poet, whose brand of dissidence was an implacable disdain for the Soviet regime and an enduring devotion to the Russian language. The state soon found it necessary to exile this untamable creature abroad.
On December 15th, a Russian court with no greater sense of independence or justice than its Soviet forebears is expected to begin delivering judgment in the continuing saga of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Once the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky ran afoul of Vladimir Putin, and has spent the past seven years in various prison cells and a Siberian labor camp near the Chinese border. Just as his initial sentence, for a conviction on trumped-up charges of fraud and tax evasion, is coming to an end, he faces new charges and the prospect of fourteen more years in prison.
Khodorkovsky is no Brodsky, or Solzhenitsyn, or Sakharov. A functionary of the Young Communist League in college, he emerged in the post-perestroika period as one of a small breed of talented, visionary, rapacious, and, in some instances, thuggish businessmen, who made unheard-of fortunes through a combination of hustle, political connection, and outright larceny. The new Russian state suffered from a poverty of legal and business norms, and from a desperate need for capital. In 1995, the government of Boris Yeltsin instituted a "loans for shares" auction of the most precious and profitable state enterprises still in its possession—particularly oil and metals. Khodorkovsky, who had already started a bank and was close to various Kremlin officials, bought an oil company, called Yukos, for three hundred million dollars. By 2003, his personal fortune was estimated at eight billion dollars.
Khodorkovsky exploited the lawlessness of the era no less than his fellow-oligarchs did, but he was more reserved than the rest. His displays of wealth were, by New Russian standards, old Wasp. He spoke softly and wore turtleneck sweaters. Over time, he also displayed unusual signs of independence from his Kremlin patrons. And, for Putin, there was the rub. Khodorkovsky began to see the necessity of playing a less sleazy game—not least in order to attract foreign investors. He hired Western consultants and lobbyists. He started funding human-rights groups, opposition political parties, and a charity called Open Russia. He talked about selling off a quarter of Yukos to ExxonMobil or Chevron, retiring from the business, and devoting much of his time to some kind of public service.
Putin, a former officer of the K.G.B., was especially infuriated by Khodorkovsky's attempt to negotiate independent deals with foreign partners. In the emerging system, widely known as Kremlin Incorporated, these were not the prerogatives of a private businessman. Putin had instructed the oligarchs that he would not question the origins of their lucre so long as they kept out of politics. And yet, in February, 2003, at a televised meeting at the Kremlin, Khodorkovsky sparred recklessly with Putin, challenging him on questions of government corruption, and implying that top state officials were pocketing millions in bribes. Privately, Putin told Lord John Browne, the former head of BP, "I have eaten more dirt than I need to from that man."
In October, 2003, Khodorkovsky was arrested. With him out of the way, Yukos's huge oil fields and assets were absorbed by the state oil conglomerate, Rosneft. Igor Sechin, then Putin's chief deputy, added to his portfolio the chairmanship of Rosneft's board of directors. As if to illustrate further the new folkways of the authoritarian corporate state, Sechin's daughter married Dmitry Ustinov, a trainee in the secret services; Ustinov's father, Vladimir, was the prosecutor-general who initially directed the case against Khodorkovsky.
Khodorkovsky, who hardly set out to be a moral example, has been elevated by his persecutors. Many Russians still see him as a robber baron who got his comeuppance, but some have recognized his trials for what they are—absurdist acts of injustice no more respectable than the railroading of Josef Brodsky.
Khodorkovsky has shown an undeniable endurance. From his prison cells, he has written articles and given epistolary interviews in which he speaks up for democratic norms. Despite his suffering—he was stabbed by a provocateur in a Siberian prison camp—he has the decency to point out that many Russians today suffer even worse privations for equally bogus charges; he describes his airless destiny as "Gulag lite." Andrei Sakharov's widow, Elena Bonner, is among the pro-democracy activists who have come along to defend and define Khodorkovsky. "I think that any person becomes a political prisoner if the law is applied to him selectively, and this is an absolutely clear case," she said. "This is a glaringly lawless action."
The Khodorkovsky affair long ago erased any notion in Russia of an independent judiciary; it made plain that the courts do the bidding of a corrupt hierarchy that will stop at little to enrich itself. Khodorkovsky and his lawyers call themselves "realists." They understand that, although President Obama has raised the issue with Putin, the United States has other pressing business with Russia: nuclear-arms control, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran. But Russia undermines its pretense to modern statehood with such an appalling abuse of state power. Putin's ruthlessness is apparent. President Dmitry Medvedev ostensibly has the power to pardon, and he has shown some small measure of independence from his patron, speaking of the "legal nihilism" that prevails in Russia today. Does he have the capacity, much less the courage, to release Mikhail Khodorkovsky? ♦


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S01:E04 - Catch Me If You Can
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Enjoying a rare evening out, Jane and her date get caught in a sudden cloudburst that leaves them running for the closest shelter a nearby community center.
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S01:E01 - Pilot
DEA agent Jane and her partner Maureen Bowers are closing in on an undercover drug deal when, during the take down, Jane discovers two of the dealers,' Andre and Connor, are actually part of a new government unit who are on a covert mission of their own.
S01:E02 - Toy Soldiers
A string of thefts involving military equipment puts Jane and the team on high alert for an assassination attempt just days leading up to a presidential visit.
S01:E03 - Piece of Mind
Reports start coming in of people experiencing selective amnesia, losing all knowledge of just one area of their memory
S01:E04 - Catch Me If You Can
Enjoying a rare evening out, Jane and her date get caught in a sudden cloudburst that leaves them running for the closest shelter a nearby community center.
S01:E05 - Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself
With echoes of a classic horror film, strange events are happening in an unassuming four-story brownstone.
S01:E06 - Breakdown
The team interviews a number of psychiatric patients who have all experienced the same terrifying hallucination, leaving them incapable of leading normal lives.
S01:E07 - Higher Court
Maureen is enjoying a rare romantic night out with an old friend when the evening suddenly goes very wrong.
S01:E08 - Friendly Fire
Jane wakes up to find herself restrained in a hospital, with no recollection of how or why she got there.
S01:E09 - Trial By Fire
While on the trail of a Neuro responsible for a string of house fires, Connor is apprehended at the scene and unfairly charged with arson and murder.
S01:E10 - Lauren Gray
The fast-paced world of fashion is stunned when beautiful young models suddenly start dying of old age.
S01:E11 - Ghost in the Machine
Connor knows hes having a bad day when he gets burned by his coffee machine, then catches his leg dangerously close to a running motorcycle engine.
S01:E12 - Something Nasty in the Neighborhood
After five people including a Federal Agent mysteriously disappear from a too-perfect suburban neighborhood, Jane and Connor go undercover as a happily married couple.
S01:E13 - The League
A string of unusual crimes leads Jane and the team on a hunt for Neuros.
S01:E14 - The Amazing Howie
Riley surprises everyone when he reveals his penchant for performing magic tricks.
S01:E15 - Healer
In an attempt to heal herself of her own abnormal abilities, Jane secretly visits a faith healer.
S01:E16 - Thanks for the Memories
Janes life is turned upside down in a matter of minutes. Without warning, her boyfriend Brian doesnt recognize her and the command centre is suddenly just a rundown, empty subway station.
S01:E17 - Playback
The day starts for Jane with a phone call from Andre giving her the news that their suspected Neuro is planning to assassinate the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
S01:E18 - Jane 113
The team's decamping and talking about their vacation plans. Everyone except a moody Jane.
S01:E19 - What Lies Beneath
The team jets off to Hungary, but it's not a relaxing European jaunt.
S01:E20 - The Beast of Bolnar
The team is still hanging out in Hungary to ensure NICO inmates get proper care.
S01:E21 - Reflections
Andre has a "fancy meeting you here" moment when he runs into Sarah, an old flame who's now a NICO resident.
S01:E22 - Endgame
Exhausted and looking forward after a busy visit to Budapest's NICO center, Jane and Co. pack for home. But there's a hitch in their travel plans: A killer lurks in the building, hell-bent on erasing the entire Neuro-hunter operation.
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I like to imagine a scenario in which Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun is sitting in a conference room with his agent and a representative from the Remington razor corporation. An opportunity has been presented to the charismatic young slugger, but he is hesitant. "Remember," the Draper-esque shaving executive says, as he leans in and puts a reassuring hand on Braun's forearm. "The key word is 'tasteful.'" Fast forward a month or so and one of Major League Baseball's most promising stars is playing grab ass with a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and cracking jokes about shaving your balls. The agent got 10%.
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Upon the event that you are in West Hollywood this Saturday, put on your swankiest designer walking gear (ha!) and head to the 11th Annual Art & Design Walk. This is the must-do event on the calendar of style conscious Angelenos and is staged along Melrose Avenue and Robertson and Beverly Boulevards—the favorite shopping destinations for LA's celebrity and design elite.
The skinny:
what: 11th Annual Avenues of Art & Design Art Walk, a mile long open house of over 300 fashion boutiques, interior design/furniture showrooms, fine art/antique galleries and restaurants. Over 90 events, including exclusive receptions, personal appearances, food and entertainment hosted by individual showrooms, shopping discounts and other special surprises.
where: Along Melrose Avenue, and Robertson and Beverly Boulevards
when: Saturday, May 31, 2008. 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
how much? Free! Meters on the Avenues will not be enforced during the event.
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Some exciting news...
Several gamers here in Australia and myself have been planning a new podcast dedicated to Dystopian Wars, a fantastic miniatures game by Spartan Games.
While the idea started as just a podcast, we are excited to announce a multi-author blog, in addition to a podcast. We're in the early stages at the moment, and it will be a few weeks before the podcast is launched, we have started work on what we hope will become an interesting blog site, and will eventually also be the home of our podcast - Element 270.
Each episode we will run through a couple of segments ranging through such topics as:
- Upcoming releases
- Nation backgrounds/setting
- Rumours
- Focus on a model/size class/area of the game/tactic/use of squadron etc
- Listener feedback and questions
- Scenario ideas, recommendations, suggestions
- Modelling segment - paints, painting, making terrain etc.
- Battle reports
- Web resource reviews/highlights
- Special guests
We're hoping that, over time, other fans of the game will jump in and consider becoming authors on Element 270, or submitting audio if they are so inclined.
If you're a Dystopian Wars fan, or a fan of Armoured Clash or Dystopian Legions, and are interested in contributing, head to the About page on Element 270, and drop us a line!
Oh - and for those of you kind enough to ask about the other podcast I run with Donald Dennis: Games in Schools and Libraries - we ran into some troubles aligning our schedules with changes in times dues to day light savings and so on. Happily, we have found a time we can both manage and still stay sane, we have a few episode recorded already, which will start going up again soon, and more importantly, we have a schedule... Happy times!


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Moderate Muslim cultures of Southeast Asia are reacting to the US-led "War on Terror" and the military invasion of Iraq. For 250 Million Malay-speaking Muslims, this has meant readjusting their view of the World – and a change of domestic power balances.
By Amri Baharuddin Shamsul
Never before in Islam's history have actions by a single dominant world power caused the religion and its community worldwide such agony. It is difficult to come to terms with the aggressive behavior of the USA.
Most Muslims in Southeast Asia agree that Islam regards all acts of terror as an abomination and that this applies to the crimes of the September 11 events as well as to the violent acts of Saddam Hussein. But they also expected reactions to be more civilized and not to mimic terrorist brutality.
Indonesia's government on the defensive
It was in tune with the general sentiment of Malay Muslims, that President Megawati of Indonesia and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed condemmed the Iraq war und expressed their condolences for the innocent victims. Such political reactions, however, reflect the domestic situation, which is quite different in the two countries.
While President Megawati's government seems to be on the defensive, Prime Minister Mahathir took advantage of the events to consolidate the power of his Umno party.
Initially, President Megawati supported the US administration. After a visit to the White House, she had expressed herself in favor of waging war on terrorism. This included invading Iraq. Her position was partly the result of the USA's "with-us or against-us" ultimatum to all Muslim countries and partly the consequence of Indonesia's dependence on the USA as the dominant nation in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
However, when the president came home to Jakarta, she was greeted by massive demonstrations with various motivations. Some Muslims, who supported war on terrorism, protested the decision to bomb Iraq.
A few others adopted a more radical position, such as the members of the militant Laskar Jihad (which literally means Jihad Army). They were totally against the USA, which they consider to be the "devil country" embarked on a religious crusade in Afghanistan and Iraq. This group even declared jihad on the USA.
Humanistic concern about the war
Finally, there were also human rights groups who agitated against the war out of deep humanistic concern.
All seemed to agree that Megawati should withdraw her veiled support of US war on Iraq. As demonstrations became more violent, the Indonesian military and police had their hands full in trying to quell the dissent.
In three weeks of rallies, some lives were lost and some hundred persons injured. The president finally relented and announced publicly Indonesia's protest of the Iraq war. Once more, her leadership seemed weak and indecisive.
As head of the Malaysian government, Prime Minister Mahathir could deal with the issues much more elegantly. In spite of being an outspoken critic of globalization and of having confronted Washington on various occasions in the past, he did not antagonize the super power again.
Rather, he raised his country's standing in the USA by emphasizing that Malaysia was a moderate, economic successful and politically stable "Islamic state".
Religious pluralism of the constitution
In doing so, Mahathir made political use of Article 3 of the Malaysian Constitution which states that "Islam is the religion of the Federation; but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony in any part of the Federation." This clause had not drawn much attention in the past.
Its main consequence had been the observance of Islamic rituals and conventions at official state functions. For instance, only halal food and non-alcoholic beverages are served during a state banquet and the event begins and ends with Islamic prayers. Non-Muslim participants have to observe. Otherwise, there was always a high level of accommodation and tolerance of other religions in daily life.
No head of government would ever have thought of emphasizing the term "Islamic state" before September 11, 2001 – not least because such a statement might have hurt the feelings of religious minorities and would have contradicted the official slogan of unity not meaning uniformity.
In the local context, Mahathir's emphasis of the "Islamic state" was aimed at thwarting attempts from some sections of the Malay-Muslim community to label the US-led attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq as a universal crusade against Islam.
Indeed, the rural-based and increasingly influential Islamic party (Parti Islam) contested Mahathir's definition of an "Islamic state" and staged rallies protesting against the USA.
Mahatir's intelligent tactics
Some demonstrators were seen wearing T-Shirts with Saddam's portrait. Parti Islam competes with the "United Malay National Organisation" (UMNO) at elections. Mahathir's statements on the war in Iraq meant that this Party could not accuse the government of toeing Washington's line. Protests against the war were not automatically protests against him.
Indeed, various sections of the Malaysian community, non-Muslims included, were publicly appealing to the US to stop the Iraq war because the immediate impact was on the innocent women and children. They argued that thousands more Iraqis would become refugees and the human situation is turning into an inhuman one.
To demonstrate the deep concern, donations were collected after the bombing of Iraq began. Volunteers, many of whom were doctors and other health and welfare professionals, came forward to put down their names as members of the Malaysian humanitarian team to be sent to Iraq or its neighbouring countries to help the refugees.
One of the most significant impacts of the September 11 event and Iraq war in Malaysia relates to the fate of Anwar Ibrahim, the sacked Deputy Prime Minister who is facing legal charges of corruption and sodomy.
The "Shining light" of moderate Islam
Anwar is still trying to draw attention to his fate. He published an article in the International Herald Tribune with the title "Who Hijacked Islam?" However, the views on September 11 and the Iraq war he expressed were similar to those of the Malaysian government.
International interest in Anwar has waned. On the other hand, Mahathir's reputation has improved dramatically. After all, he is in friendly contact with President George W. Bush. Mahathir had become the "shining light" of moderate Islam who could expect standing ovations from American businessmen.
Internationally, Malaysia is perceived by both friends and foes as representing the desired 'Islamic middle path' nation that could mediate between the extremes, especially in the present crisis. The fact that the Iranian leaders (read Shiite leaders) recently proposed that Malaysia (read a Sunni 'Islamic state') should assume such a role has definitely enhanced the country's diplomatic standing.
In this regard, Indonesia is not able to play the role that Malaysia is currently playing because of her desperate economic situation and internally weakened political position that in turn reduced the once important role it has played in the community of Islamic and non-aligned countries.
It is indeed sad to watch present Indonesia who was once the champion of the Non-Aligned nations, especially of her pivotal role in the Bandung Conference of 1955. Recent global politics have made every Muslim in Malaysia and Indonesia more conscious about being a Muslim – for wrong reasons.
They are identified as potential terrorists or sympathizers of Saddam Hussein. This reminds one of similar classifications which were applied in the past. For instance, Australia only allowed white people to immigrate up to 1970.
Although this policy was disbanded officially, it is being re-applied informally by the present government in Canberra. Just as before, this policy upsets Asians, many of whom would like to move to Australia for economic reasons.
"Terrorist Screening" for Muslims
The new immigration rules imposed by the USA have a similar effect. They demand that Muslims from the age of 18 to 45 must go through a "terrorist screening" before being allowed entry into the USA. This will certainly have an impact on what "being a Muslim" means globally.
This policy breeds resentment – and will do so even more if copied by other Western Nations. Such an elaborate international construction might contribute to making the so far only imagined "clash of civilizations" become a reality.
Amri Baharuddin Shamsul
This article originally appeared in Development and Cooperation 03/2004
Prof. Dr. Amri Baharuddin Shamsul teaches Social Anthropology. He is Director of the "Institute of the Malay World and Civilization" (ATMA) and of the recently established "Institute of Occidental Studies" (IKON) of the National University of Malaysia.


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Beyonce + Jay Z Concertgoer Pleads Not Guilty in Fingertip-Biting Incidentby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
The man who bit off another man's fingertip at a recent Beyonce and Jay Z concert has been charged in the incident and is pleading not guilty.
According to the L.A. Times, 25-year-old Roberto Alcaraz Garnica has been charged with one felony count each of "battery with serious bodily injury and mayhem" as well as misdemeanor battery. Garnica, who is reportedly pleading not guilty to the charges, faces up to eight years in prison if convicted.
Garnica was attending the Beyonce and Jay Z show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Saturday night (Aug. 2), when he allegedly pushed a woman into some chairs. (It was initially reported that he groped the woman, though it is unclear whether or not that incident occurred.) The woman's husband then confronted him, and a fight broke out — during which Garnica bit "the tip of the male victim's left finger off completely," officials stated in a press release (quote via the Boombox).
As if the situation wasn't disturbing enough, TMZ has obtained disturbing pictures of the man's bloodied finger, which you can see by clicking the blue button below — but just as a warning, they are NOT for the faint of heart.
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In today's age, it's not enough for a brand to just have a Facebook business page. A brand needs to nurture its Facebook community and keep it excited and alive. A Facebook community needs to feel loved. Here are 5 ways to keep your community excited, happy and growing:
1) Run a creative contest. Think of a competition that would appeal to your community, that would mobilize them to get active with your brand. For example, on the HP celebrated HP's partnership with Warner Bros. and product placement in the movie "Sex and the City 2" by running a competition on the Facebook page where people could show us the Carrie Bradshaw in them. Individuals were asked to write Carrie's column in the most creative manner possible. The entrant who would make us laugh, cry and feel the Carrie Bradshaw within would win a trip to NYC to visit all of Carrie's hangout places.
When doing a contest, make sure to give an adequate prize and make sure your contest is run via a Facebook application — it's against Facebook's rules to run a contest on the page itself.
2) Mix things up with offline events for the community. Get your community to be more cohesive by inviting members to offline events. For example, invite folks from the Facebook page to the "Sex and the City 2" movie premiere:
3) Special privileges for community members. Give your community members special privileges that others don't have. Like a discount on products, first sneak peaks, free accessories. People love getting perks, and it reminds them why they liked your brand in the first place.
4) Use Facebook Questions. Facebook recently launched Facebook Questions. Activate the community by asking them interesting questions. Mashable wrote a good post with all kinds of tips for how brands can maximize this feature on Facebook.
5) Consistently upload interesting and relevant content. Engage with the community by uploading content that is valuable and appealing to your community members. If you're running a cosmetics page, write a note about your top 10 facial cosmetics. If you're running a restaurant page, give a special recipe for the holiday coming up. Provide your community members with value for being a part of your community.
With so many brands vying for our attention on Facebook, companies need to be very smart about the way they manage their social presence. A deserted or spammy community can really hurt a brand's reputation whereas a flourishing and live community can really raise a brand's positive awareness. Make sure to always keep up with the latest Facebook features, provide value and keep things on the move if you want to be the latter.


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Daytime Weddings
Thank you for considering The Ringling for your upcoming wedding ceremony. With breathtaking architecture, beautiful tropical grounds and stunning views of Sarasota Bay, The Ringling is a favorite place for daytime wedding ceremonies.
The Ringling is available for daytime wedding ceremonies between 10am - 2pm at various locations around the estate. The cost of a daytime wedding ceremony is $3500. All of the locations may accommodate up to 100 guests, except the Rose Garden which can accommodate up to 50 guests. You may select from the locations below.
Daytime Wedding Ceremony Locations
Museum of Art Courtyard
Bathed in brilliant sunshine as bright as the bride and groom's future, this location is a warm and welcoming venue for your ceremony.
Museum of Art Loggia
With the Courtyard as a backdrop, the shade of the arched and pillared Loggia makes a perfect location for daytime nuptials.
Ca' d'Zan Terrace
John Ringling held countless parties here and the echoes of those enchanted times add to the special feeling this stunning location provides as a place to take your vows.
Bolger Campiello
What better place for a bride to walk down the aisle than a magical promenade whose backdrop offers glittering sunlight dancing off Sarasota Bay.
Mable's Rose Garden
With roses in bloom, their sweet fragrances filling the air, make this stunningly designed wagon wheel garden a magical location for an intimate daytime ceremony. Limited to 50 guests for a standing ceremony only.
Beneath the Banyans
The peaceful shade of banyan trees, their branches and roots as interwoven as a bride and groom will grow to be, provide a perfect setting for daytime nuptials.


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Trees are an investment both in terms of their initial cost and the future value they add to our landscapes. Unfortunately many trees are lost in the first season after transplanting because they have trouble getting established quickly enough to take on the stresses of the seasons. Bare-root trees may have as little as 5 percent of their roots left when they are dug and moved to their new location.
The key to a tree's healthy future is the rapid development of new roots, and trees depend on stored sugars to start this process. But often there is not enough foliage on a newly planted tree to produce additional sugars for the tree to use in building new roots.
Researchers in various parts of the country are now testing sugar as a root zone additive to aid new trees. Others have experimented with root dips in various concentrations of sugar. The initial results are promising, with increased lateral root branching and root formation. But there is more to this than just dropping a "lump or two" into each planting hole. If sugar concentrations are too high, root growth is actually inhibited. And not all tree species appreciate the sugar supplements. Birch trees have shown a very positive response, while some species of oaks and beeches have not.
Manufacturers have recently offered various molasses and sugar-based products for promoting yields of root crops. As research continues, we may see similar products for helping newly planted trees get off to a better start.


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SEATTLE, Dec 27, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --(NASDAQ: AMZN)--Amazon.com today announced that the third-generation Kindle is now the bestselling product in Amazon's history, eclipsing "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)." The company also announced that on its peak day, Nov. 29, customers ordered more than 13.7 million items worldwide across all product categories, which is a record-breaking 158 items per second.
"We're grateful to the millions of customers who have made the all-new Kindle the bestselling product in the history of Amazon -- surpassing Harry Potter 7," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO. "We're seeing that many of the people who are buying Kindles also own an LCD tablet. Customers report using their LCD tablets for games, movies, and web browsing and their Kindles for reading sessions. They report preferring Kindle for reading because it weighs less, eliminates battery anxiety with its month-long battery life, and has the advanced paper-like Pearl e-ink display that reduces eye-strain, doesn't interfere with sleep patterns at bedtime, and works outside in direct sunlight, an important consideration especially for vacation reading. Kindle's $139 price point is a key factor -- it's low enough that people don't have to choose."
Amazon Worldwide 2010 Holiday Facts (includes www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, and www.amazon.it)
Amazon.com 2010 Holiday Facts (www.amazon.com only):
Amazon.com's Hot Holiday Bestsellers (Nov. 14 through Dec. 19, based on units ordered):
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, and www.amazon.it. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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Registration Process
Manufacturers and importers of substances at one tonne per year or more must collect information on the properties of those substances and communicate this information to ECHA through a registration dossier. There are two initial routes for registering a substance with ECHA, through 1) an inquiry or 2) a late pre-registration. You need to determine which route is appropriate to you. You can determine this using the information below and the relevant manuals, Q&As and guidance found on this page. Following the decision about which route to take you will then be required to prepare and submit a registration to ECHA, either jointly or individually. A registration must be within a joint submission when the same substance is manufactured or placed on the market by more than one company. Further information on registering your substance, either individually or jointly, can be found on this page. For an outline of what happens following the submission of your registration dossier, please go to After registration which outlines what happens to the information contained in your dossiers following registration and your role in communicating this information throughout the supply chain.
If you have a recognised notification number under Directive 67/548/EEC (also called NONS), you can find information below on how to claim your REACH registration number without submitting a registration dossier to ECHA.
To benefit from an extended registration deadline, you can submit a late pre-registration to ECHA. You can submit a late pre-registration for a phase-in substance within six months after the manufacturing or placing on the market of the substance that exceeds the one-tonne per year threshold and no later than twelve months before the next relevant registration deadline (next deadline is 31st May 2018). Late pre-registration does NOT apply to companies that failed to meet the pre-registration deadline for phase-in substances between 1 June 2008 and 1 December 2008.
Late pre-registrations are submitted online through REACH-IT. When submitting a late pre-registration, if you have used the same substance name or numerical chemical identifier(s), such as EINECS or CAS numbers, REACH-IT automatically places you in the same pre-SIEF (pre-Substance Information Exchange Forum) allowing you to identify other companies with potentially the same substance. You will then decide, based on a detailed consideration of the substance identity, whether the substance is indeed the same and proceed to form a SIEF.
Before registering, you have a duty to prepare and submit an inquiry to ECHA for 1) all non-phase-in substances and 2) phase-in substances that have not been pre-registered. The inquiry process will take place before manufacturing or placing on the market.
You must also inform ECHA of the additional information you require to update your registration due to a tonnage band increase.
After processing an inquiry, ECHA facilitates the contact between you and the previous and/or potential registrants to enable data sharing and joint submission.
Preparing an inquiry dossier with IUCLID
- Create the dossier with the latest version of IUCLID..
- Use the IUCLID Validation Assistant plug-in to detect any missing information and pre-check certain 'Business Rules'.
- Submit your inquiry dossier through REACH-IT.
For further information, please see Manual: How to prepare an inquiry dossier.
Potential registrants of substances (at one tonne or more per year), are required to prepare and submit a registration dossier to ECHA. Please note that you need to keep your registration dossiers up to date whenever relevant information is available to your company.
A dossier can be prepared using the latest version of IUCLID and submitted through REACH-IT. However, if you are a joint submission member (not the lead registrant), you can prepare your registration online directly in REACH-IT.
Preparing and submitting a dossier
- Read the Manual: How to prepare registration and PPORD dossiers.
- Enter the required information in IUCLID to complete your substance dataset.
- You can use the Chesar tool to carry out your chemical safety assessment and generate your chemical safety report (CSR), if relevant.
- When your substance dataset is complete, create the final registration dossier following the Dossier Creation wizard in IUCLID.
- Use the IUCLID Validation Assistant plug-in to detect any missing information and pre-check certain 'Business Rules'.
- Use the IUCLID dissemination preview plug-in to see what information from your dossier will be published by ECHA.
- Apply the IUCLID fee calculator plug-in to estimate the fee associated with your registration.
- Export the dossier from IUCLID and submit it via REACH-IT.
A joint submission will consist of two or more potential registrants who manufacture or place on the market the same substance. To prepare for a joint submission, potential registrants have a duty to form a Substance Information Exchange Forum (SIEF) to share data on the intrinsic properties of the substance they intend to jointly submit to ECHA and agree if possible, on the classification and labelling of the substance.
It is up to the potential registrants to decide on the lead registrant, who will submit their registration well before the registration deadline. Members of the same joint submission will also submit registrations, but only after the lead registrant's dossier has passed the business rules verification step in REACH-IT in the submission process.
When ECHA has fully processed the lead registrant's dossier and confirmed the payment of the relevant registration fee, the lead registrant will receive a registration number. Member registrants will separately receive their registration numbers when the member dossiers are considered complete by ECHA.
A REACH registration number can be claimed for a substance with a recognised notification number under Directive 67/548/EEC (also called NONS).
To get this registration number, you must first sign-up to REACH-IT using the appropriate REACH-IT account, i.e., domestic manufacturer, importer or only representative (known as sole representative under Directive 67/548/EEC). ECHA will then assign registration numbers to all notifications and distributes them via REACH-IT upon request of the notification's owner.
Requesting a registration number for a notified substance
The following details in the REACH-IT module will be requested from you:
- Notification and ELINCS numbers of the notified substance.
- Notifier's name, city and country exactly as specified in the notification (section 0.2.10 of the Summary Notification Interchange Format (SNIF) file).
- If relevant: individual letters or contracts from the non-EU manufacturer you represent declaring that you have been appointed to be their only representative under REACH for the notified substance. The letters should be in pdf format and written in one of the EU languages.
- If relevant: letter or contract from the previous sole representative under Directive 67/548/EEC, declaring that they will no longer act as sole representative and that they agree to transfer their duties to you as the newly appointed only representative under REACH for the notified substance. The letters should be in pdf format and written in one of the EU languages.
Please note: Provided that your details specified in REACH-IT match those of the notification, REACH-IT will automatically provide the registration number. If the details do not match, REACH-IT will not grant any registration number and the notifier will have to contact the relevant Member State competent authority to clear-up the situation.
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More poor kids in more poor places, study finds
Persistent high poverty is most prevalent among children, with those living in rural America disproportionally impacted, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
"Nearly 22 percent of America's children live in poverty, compared with 14 percent of the total population. Poverty is scattered and geographically concentrated, and it ebbs and flows with economic cycles. However, in some parts of the country, poverty has persisted for generations," the researchers said.
Areas with persistent high child poverty are defined as places where child poverty rates have been greater than 20 percent at the start of each decade since 1980.
The key findings include:
- Between 1980 and 2009, 706 U.S. counties (23 percent) experienced persistent high child poverty. Only half as many counties had persistent high poverty across ages.
- Since the onset of the recession, poverty levels in these persistent child poverty counties have sharply increased. Prior to the recession, 61 percent of persistent child poverty counties had more than 30 percent of children living in poverty. Now, it is 68 percent.
- Counties with persistent child poverty are disproportionately concentrated in rural areas; 81 percent of such counties are nonmetropolitan while only 65 percent of all U.S. counties are nonmetropolitan.
- Overall, 26 percent of the rural child population resides in counties whose poverty rates have been persistently high. This compares with 12 percent of the children in urban counties.
- Counties with persistent child poverty cluster in Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, other areas of the Southeast, parts of the Southwest, and in the Great Plains.
"The problems that all poor people struggle with are often exacerbated by the isolation and lack of support services in rural areas," the researchers said.
The research was conducted by Beth Mattingly, director of research on vulnerable families at the Carsey Institute and research assistant professor of sociology at UNH; Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey Institute and a professor of sociology at UNH; and Andrew Schaefer, a doctoral student in sociology at UNH and research assistant at the Carsey Institute.
This analysis is based upon decennial census data from 1980, 1990, and 2000, as well as American Community Survey five-year estimates (ACS) released in 2009. "High" child poverty is 20 percent or more of the children living in poverty in a county. "Persistent" poverty is high poverty rates in three consecutive decades: 1980, 1990, 2000, as well as 2009. Demographic data for each county are from the U.S. Census Bureau's "U.S.A. Counties Data Files." The complete Carsey Institute report about this research is available at http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/CarseySearch/search.php?id=176.
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Elon, N.C. – Twelve studentâathletes
representing six institutions comprise the 2012 North
Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA)
University Division AllâState Baseball Team
released Wednesday. The ninthâannual team
consists of NCAA Division I studentâathletes from
North Carolina colleges and universities. North Carolina sports
information professionals submitted the nominees and NCCSIA members
voted for the AllâState team.
NC State led the way by placing four students on the team, while Campbell, Western Carolina and UNC Wilmington had two students honored. Elon and Charlotte each had one honoree.
The 2012 team had one unanimous selection, NC State starting pitcher Carlos Rodon(pictured). Western Carolina infielder Ross Heffley is the only member of the 2012 team to earn the honor in 2011.
Along with Heffley, the allâstate infield includes NC State's Chris Diaz and Trea Turner and Campbell's Michael Felton. Heffley was a first-team All-Southern Conference selection for the Catamounts after hitting .346 and leading the team in hits (80), runs (47) and home runs (nine). The senior leaves the WCU as the program's all-time leader in career hits (354), ranking fourth in SoCon history. As a junior Felton set both the Campbell and Big South Conference single-season record with 103 hits on his way to a .424 batting average. He had 45 RBI and swiped 11 bases as the Fighting Camels tallied a program-record 41 victories in 2012. Diaz and Turner helped the Wolfpack reach the Super Regional round of NCAA Tournament play this season. Diaz, a junior, hit .346 and led NC State with 91 hits and 25 doubles. Turner, a freshman, set a new NC State record with 57 stolen bases (in 61 attempts) while hitting .336 in his rookie season. He led the Wolfpack with 72 runs scored and added 13 doubles and 43 RBI.
The allâstate outfield is comprised of Charlotte's Shane Brown, NC State's Ryan Mathews and UNCW's Thomas Pope. Brown claimed the Atlantic 10 Conference batting title by hitting .365 during his senior season. The first-team All-Atlantic 10 selection also led the team in runs (46) and stolen bases (31). A first-team All-ACC pick, Mathews had a 21-game hit streak this season. A senior, he hit .327 with 48 runs scored and led the Wolfpack with 17 homers and 62 RBI. Pope, also a senior, collected both first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association and CAA All-Tournament accolades this year. He led the Seahawks with a .372 batting average and 86 hits. Pope scored 49 runs and drove in 45 while swiping 17 bases.
Elon junior Alex Swim earned the allâstate catcher's spot after hitting a teamâbest .357 with 39 runs
scored, 11 doubles, a triple, three homers and 45 RBI. A first-team All-SoCon selection, Swim put together a 25-game hit streak this season and was on the Johnny Bench Award Watch List.
Campbell junior Jake Kirkland earned the all-state nod at designated hitter. A first-team All-Big South pick, Kirkland led the league with 55 RBI. He hit a team-high seven home runs while his 19 doubles were the eighth-highest total in program history.
The starting pitchers on this year's all-state squad are a solid 1-2 punch as NC State freshman Carlos Rodon and UNCW's Tyler McSwain earned the honors. Rodon was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman Pitcher of the Year and is a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy. The lefty was the first freshman in ACC history to be named either the league's player or pitcher of the year. He was also the ACC Freshman of the Year. Rodon finished the year with a 9-0 record and a 1.57 ERA. In 114.2 innings, he fanned 135 and walked just 41 hitters. Opponents hit just .176 off of him. McSwain, a senior, was a first-team All-CAA pick as he went 9-4 with a 3.18 ERA. The righty logged 104.2 innings, striking out 67 and holding opponents to a .265 batting average.
Western Carolina junior Preston Hatcher was chosen as the squad's relief pitcher. Hatcher went 6-2 with 10 saves and a 1.73 ERA over 29 appearances out of the bullpen for the Catamounts. He hurled 52.0 innings, striking out 55 hitters.
Founded in 2002, NCCSIA is comprised of sports information professionals from North Carolina's NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and independent institutions for the purpose of promoting college athletics in the state. Membership is open to anyone affiliated with a college, university or conference located in North Carolina whose responsibilities include sports information.
2012 NCCSIA All-State Baseball Team (University Division)
SP – Tyler McSwain (Sr.; UNC Wilmington)
SP – Carlos Rodon (Fr.; NC State)
RP – Preston Hatcher (Jr.; Western Carolina)
C – Alex Swim (Jr.; Elon)
INF – Chris Diaz (Jr.; NC State)
INF – Michael Felton (Jr.; Campbell)
INF – Ross Heffley (Sr.; Western Carolina)
INF – Trea Turner (Fr.; NC State)
OF – Shane Brown (Sr.; Charlotte)
OF – Ryan Mathews (Sr.; NC State)
OF – Thomas Pope (Sr.; UNC Wilmington)
DH – Jake Kirkland (Jr.; Campbell)
NCCSIA Announces 2012 All-State University Division Baseball Team
Elon, N.C. – Twelve studentâathletes
representing six institutions comprise the 2012 North
Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA)
University Division AllâState Baseball Team
released Wednesday. The ninthâannual team
consists of NCAA Division I studentâathletes from
North Carolina colleges and universities. North Carolina sports
information professionals submitted the nominees and NCCSIA members
voted for the AllâState team.


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Lower 48's Golden Spike cocktail perfect for winter
Lower 48 is a new restaurant at 2020 Lawerence St., and along with excellent food they also have a dandy cocktail program — including a concoction dubbed the Golden Spike. Though given the Feb. 2 Super Bowl disaster — Seahawks 43, Broncos 8 if you weren't paying attention — maybe it should be renamed the Orange Spike after the dagger driven into the hearts of Bronco Nation.
(The cocktail is in fact named in honor of the driving of the golden spike at the meeting of the Transcontinental Railroad in Promontory Utah on May 10, 1869. Lower 48 has something of a Western theme.)
I had the pleasure of sipping this cocktail on a recent review visit to Lower 48, and Brandon Brough, the mixology master who created it, was kind enough to pass his recipe along. Here it is:
Lower 48's Golden Spike
2 ounces Buffalo Trace bourbon
1/2 ounce Nonino Amaro (an Italian herbal liqueur typically served as a post-dinner digestif)
1/2 ounce Carpano Antica (a premium red vermouth)
Dash each of Angostura-brand Orange Bitters and Aromatics
Stir and serve on the rocks in a tumbler, and garnish with an orange peel


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So little media coverage (though I see it's been in The Daily Mail) on Occupy Wall Street. I had thought it had dissipated but found a live stream on Truthout this morning. In case anyone's interested:
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Dawson Park Fountain
Dawson Park, N Stanton and Williams
Installed in 2014 as part of the renovation of Dawson Park, the fountain includes 21 spray nozzles sequenced with a timer to allow interactive movement of the water and water saving capabilities. A series of seed-shaped seating elements are inscribed with the unique history of the neighborhood. The fountain is activated by a button located on the nearby picnic shelter building.
McCoy Park Fountain
McCoy Park, N Trenton and Newman Avenue
Built in 2006, McCoy Fountain was designed by Murase Associates. It is the first decorative municipal fountain in north Portland. The playful water feature sits at the south end of McCoy Park in the New Columbia neighborhood. The Housing Authority of Portland, master developer of New Columbia and McCoy Park, commissioned the fountain for people of all ages to enjoy. McCoy Fountain is located across from housing for seniors and adjacent to the neighborhood grocery store and coffee house.
It recirculates nearly 8,000 gallons of water. Water spouts at random intervals at heights of up to 6 feet from 35 jets. It's a "guessing" fountain - people guess which spouts will erupt next in the 710-sq-ft oval area bounded by seating ledges.
Peninsula Park Rose Garden Fountain
Peninsula Park Rose Garden, N Albina and Ainsworth
Designed by Emanuel L. Mische in 1912 as an element in this French-style sunken rose garden, the irregularly-shaped pool measures 60x90 feet and is bounded by ornamental coping.