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Author: Jarod Bona
You might hear from an antitrust attorney that it is important to have a strong antitrust compliance policy. And you may think to yourself, yes, I suppose it is. Then you go about your over-packed day, periodically seeing from other professionals that whatever their specialty is, you need to call them right away to have them help you too.
And that isn't a surprise because each professional, each specialist in something, and, really, each person with any experience of any sort sees life through their own unique lens. We wrote about this in the context of trade associations.
The truth is we are all bombarded with marketing and emails and social media posts and problems in our lives and our world that are "urgent" or "important."
So when I tell you that your company should have a strong antitrust compliance policy, no matter what its size, you may appreciate that advice, but recognize that (1) I see life through the lens of antitrust and competition law (among other lenses); and (2) Bona Law prepares antitrust compliance policies, so I am biased. And both of those are true. Whenever you evaluate what anyone says, you should do so understanding their perspective, as bias isn't necessarily conscious or even negative—it often just is part of perspective and experience.
This is a long introduction to tell you that when it comes to antitrust compliance policies, you don't just have to listen to me or the many other attorneys that advocate for them:
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice has now reversed its position and will give companies with robust compliance programs credit when considering charges.
The purpose of the policy change, of course, is to encourage companies to adopt and (just as importantly) follow strong antitrust compliance programs. If that occurs, the amount of criminal antitrust conduct should decrease. Of course, there may be an inverse relationship between the companies that would enact and follow an antitrust compliance program and those that would criminally violate the antitrust laws. But, still, it will probably help overall. And it should help to keep otherwise law-abiding companies from getting pulled into, for example, an industry-wide price-fixing cartel. If that happens, they will likely experience what we like to call an antitrust blizzard.
In a speech at New York University School of Law, Makan Delrahim said that in evaluating a policy for charging decisions, DOJ prosecutors would consider whether the program is well-designed, if the company applies it in good faith, and if the program actually works. So, as you can see, this is one of those policies that will evolve as they try it on a case-by-case basis.
The Department of Justice also released details on how it would evaluate antitrust compliance policies: US Department of Justice Antitrust Division: Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations.
We will write more about the specifics of a strong corporate compliance program in future articles.
In the meantime, you can read an article by Luis Blanquez about antitrust compliance policies in the US and Europe.
As you might know, the DOJ already has a leniency program, which you can learn more about here. DOJ will sometimes grant leniency to companies and people that report antitrust cartel activity and then cooperate with the DOJ investigation. DOJ antitrust attorneys, experts in competition themselves, incorporated some competition into their leniency program.


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For many years, Memorial Day weekend was spent by the beach or marching in the town parade.
As much as I love going to the beach, I am happy to have spent this year's Memorial Day weekend with Ryan at Boston Calling music festival. This was our second time attending.
Boston Calling, which has been a two-day festival, added performers for Friday night this season–Jack Johnson was the headliner–but we didn't get tickets. It worked out just fine, though–Ryan and I grabbed lunch at Tavern in the Square in Allston, then spent most of the day relaxing.
Tuscan Quinoa Veggie Burger at Tavern in the Square:
House-made vegetable burger with roasted vegetables, quinoa, sweet potato & black beans. Served on a multi-grain roll with a side of picklesGrilled eggplant, roasted portabella mushrooms, mozzarella cheese, and pesto
The Neighbourhood
We saw The Neighbourhood and Death Cab for Cutie on Saturday, then Tegan and Sara and Bastille on Sunday. I already saw The Neighbourhood last fall at Lupo's in Providence, but was happy to see them again.
The other three bands–Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, and Bastille–exceeded my expectations. I definitely didn't expect that they would sound bad live, but I don't think I had anticipated how amazing they would sound and perform. I can proudly say that I knew the majority of the songs all of the bands played.
Also, you'll notice that Ryan and I are wearing the same pair of sunglasses. We went to Urban Outfitters in Quincy Market on Saturday to find sunglasses and we immediately picked up the same pair.
Death Cab for Cutie
Leather jacket, wedge sneakers, black dress… I think I dressed right for an urban music festival.
I couldn't help but notice a lot of girls wearing flower crowns and tie-dye maxi skirts at Boston Calling. There isn't a dress code for these things, but Boston Calling isn't the same as Coachella…
Arm party gets real on Day 2
Tegan and Sara
Everyone dancing to "Pompeii"
I had a really great time at Boston Calling this weekend. I'm thinking about getting Saturday and Sunday tickets in the fall to see Lorde (Royals, Team, etc.), Spoon (The Underdog, Mystery Zone), The 1975 (Chocolate, The City) and Twenty One Pilots (Holding Onto You, House of Gold). One day I hope to see hellogoodbye on the roster, because that would be a dream come true.
Hope to see you again, Boston Calling…

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One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the speck. Still, Horton stands by the motto that, "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small." Written by Griffin84
Marnie and Dylan have graduated high school and are now going to go to college at Witch U in Halloweentown. Marnie is offered a full scholarship, Marni's mother, Gwen of course does not want her daughter at school in Halloweentown so she forces Dylan to tag along. At the school, witches and warlocks can't use magic. Marnie soon makes a new friend named Aneesa, whom is a genie. Marnie soon discovers that she is partly to blame for the rules against the use of magic at school. At one point a box, with the name "S. Cromwell" inscribed on it, magically appears in front of her. Most people at the school believe that Marnie used her magic to conjure up the box, but it was brought to her by fate. Written by Anonymous
Blending state-of-the-art animation with live action, Hop tells the comic tale of Fred, an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny and must take him in as he recovers. As Fred struggles with the world's worst house guest, both will learn what it takes to finally grow up. Written by Universal Pictures
Three gymnasts become secret agents.
A girl no bigger than her mother's thumb feels all alone in the world knowing she is the only person her size. Her wish for a companion at last comes true when the prince of the fairy's arrives at her window sill. However, the naive Thumbelina's life goes downward from there when a toad kidnaps her. While she tries to find a way home, she begins to grow up and learns about hope with the help of the friends she always wanted. Written by Max Vaughn
Kenai, a man who resents bears after a fight with one kills his older brother, is turned into a bear so he can see life from a different perspective. He is visited by the spirit of his older brother, and is told that, if he wishes to be changed back into a human, he must travel to the place where the lights touch the Earth, in other words, the Northern Lights. Fueled by hope, Kenai sets off on his long journey, and, along the way, encounters a younger bear, Koda, who is a chatterbox and a fun-loving spirit; Koda is trying to find his way back to his home, the Salmon Run, which, coincidentally, is right next to where the lights touch the Earth. Koda and Kenai team up, but are hunted by Kenai's other brother, Denahi, who fears that the bear has killed Kenai as well. Along the way, the two bears meet other friends, including two moose, some rams, and some mammoths, with whom they hitch a ride. However, Kenai discovers that he likes being a bear, and realizes that humans aren't only ... Written by fallgeek
The story begins with Spanky, who is the president of the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" with many school-aged boys from around the neighborhood as members. His best friend, Alfalfa, has been chosen as the driver for the club's prize-winning go-kart, called "The Blur", in the annual Soap Box Derby style race. However, when the announcement is made, Alfalfa is nowhere to be found. The boys catch Alfalfa in the company of Darla -- "a girl!" Alfalfa isn't like his friends because he's in love with Darla, and unfortunately threatens the very existence of their "boys only" club. The club's members try their hardest to break the two apart, eventually causing their beloved clubhouse to burn down. Darla is mistakenly led to believe Alfalfa feels ashamed of her, so she turns her attentions to Waldo, the new rich kid whose father is an oil tycoon. Further trouble ensures when their prized go-cart "The Blur" is stolen by local neighborhood bullies Butch and Woim. How can they win the big race and ... Written by Anthony Pereyra {[email protected]}
After Chicken Little causes widespread panic--when he mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky--the young chicken is determined to restore his reputation. But just as things are starting to go his way, a real piece of the sky lands on his head. Chicken Little and his band of misfit friends, Abby Mallard (aka Ugly Duckling), Runt of the Litter and Fish Out of Water, attempt to save the world without sending the town into a whole new panic. Written by Anonymous
While Ben Gates is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth's diary, a man by the name of Mitch Wilkinson stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth's diary. Thomas Gates, Ben's great-grandfather, is mentioned on the page. It shows that Ben's great-grandfather was a co-conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's murder. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail Chase, and Riley Poole to Buckingham Palace (which they break into). They discover a plank that has early Native American writing on it. The plank has only one symbol that Patrick Gates can identify. The symbol is Cibola (see-bowl-uh) meaning the City of Gold. In order to define the rest they have to go to Ben's mother, Patrick's divorced wife. After 32 years it brings back old arguments. After that the other clue is in the President's desk in the Oval Office in the White House (which Ben and Abigail sneak into) to discover that the clue lies in The ... Written by mviedirctr354
Pete, a boy is found in a forest. Apparently he's been living there for six years after an accident took his parents. A ranger named Grace decides to take him in and when she asks him how he survived all by himself, he says he had a friend, Elliot, with him. He draws a picture of Elliot and it's a picture of a dragon. Grace takes the picture to her father who claims that years ago, he encountered a dragon in the forest. Grace takes Pete back to the forest and he shows them where he lives and Elliot. A man saw Elliot and when he tells about his experience and is not believed, he sets out to prove it by capturing the dragon. Written by [email protected]
Two young girls, Satsuki and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures. Written by Christopher E. Meadows [email protected]
The passage from this world to the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold is through a breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800s, a boy becomes a man when he ventures through the breach in pursuit of a fallen star, to prove his love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock, it's a maiden, Yvaine. Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and, the sons of the dead king of Stormhold want her because she holds a ruby that will give one of them title to the throne. Assisting Tristan are his mother, the victim of a spell, and a cross-dressing pirate of the skies. Will Tristan win his true love? Written by [email protected]
Belle prepares the castle for Christmas against Beast's wishes, trying to bring him happiness for the season. Forte, a pipe organ, fears that Belle's plans may eventually bring about an end to the curse... the curse that brought him more importance in the Master's life. Forte uses Fife, a flute who desperately wants a solo, to destroy Belle's plans and get rid of her. Written by R. John Berggren [email protected]
Young Mary Katherine (M.K.) returns to her eccentric scientist father's home, but his all-consuming quest to discover a tiny civilization in the neighboring forest drives them apart. However, M.K. soon finds herself shrunken down by Queen Tara of that forest who was mortally wounded by the putrefying Boggans, and charged to deliver a pod bearing the new Queen to safety. Together with a veteran Leafman warrior, two goofy mollusks and a young maverick, M.K. agrees to help. As the villainous Boggan leader, Mandrake closes in, M.K. and her new friends must draw on the best of themselves together and discover what they have to save their world. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
The Kingdom of Alagaesia is ruled by the evil King Galbatorix, a former dragon rider that betrayed his mates and his people in his quest for power. When the orphan farm boy Eragon finds a blue stone sent by Princess Arya, he sooner realizes that it is a dragon egg. When the dragon Saphira is born, Eragon meets his mentor Brom, and becomes the dragon rider foreseen in an ancient prophecy that would set his people free from the tyrant Galbatorix. Eragon meets the rebels Varden and together they fight against the evil sorcerer Durza and the army of Galbatorix in a journey for freedom. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of human relationships, while Ursula's lover Lyle is looking for her and the one who took her. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA. Written by Anonymous
Based on the award-winning educational apps, the StoryBots are curious little creatures who live in the world beneath our screens and go on fun adventures to help answer kids' questions, like how night happens or why we need to brush our teeth.
Empty Nest is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1988 to 1995. The series was created as a spin-off of The Golden Girls by creator and producer Susan Harris. For its first three seasons, Empty Nest was one of the year's top 10 most-watched programs. It was produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions in association with Touchstone Television. The show concept borrowed some elements from the British comedy series Father, Dear Father, also featuring a father living with his two daughters and large dog. However, unlike that series, the two daughters in Empty Nest are self-supporting adults, and the lead character is a widower. Empty Nest was part of NBC's Saturday night block of programming, and during its first four seasons it aired at 9:30pm ET, directly following The Golden Girls. Two of the cast were alumni from one of Susan Harris' earlier shows, Soap; Mulligan was Manoff's father-in-law in Soap.
Documentary-style reality show about a Pennsylvania husband, wife and each of their 8 extremely individualistic children.
When a prank at a school camp goes drastically wrong, 15-year-old Paul Reynolds is blasted into an alternative reality and has to try to find a way home. Written by David McAnally [email protected]
Cesar Millan has been called the Dr. Phil for Dogs. With an uncanny ability to rehabilitate problem dogs of all shapes and sizes. Each episode of the Dog Whisperer documents the remarkable transformations that take place under Cesar's guidance and teaching, helping dogs and their owners live happier lives together.
Documentary series exploring various global wildlife issues and subjects.
Sgt. Ernie Bilko is the ultimate con man. He runs the motor pool at a small Kansas US Army Camp. Colonel Hall, nominally in charge of the base tries to keep Bilko's plans in check. Bilko runs every money making scheme that he thinks he can pull off. Midnight cruises on Landing Craft, Tank Rides, Poker games, and an interesting deal with local service stations for spare parts for jeep tires. Written by John Vogel [email protected]
Eight bakers compete, preparing delicious springtime desserts for the chance to win the grand prize of $50,000.
Frank and Joe Hardy were the teenage sons of world-renowned private investigator Fenton Hardy. Snooping must have been in the Hardy blood, since Frank and Joe were always stumbling across mysterious goings-on, usually of the non-violent kind. Kidnapping, smuggling, robbery, missing persons and haunted houses were the norm in the Hardy hometown of Bayport, although their adventures often took the boys to other cities or even countries. Frank was the sensible, older brother, while Joe was impulsive and a budding pop singer. Gertrude was Frank and Joe's sometimes nagging aunt, Callie was Frank's cute girlfriend and Harry a government agent the Hardy boys occasionally worked with. Written by Marty McKee [email protected]
A team of six strangers enter The Crystal Maze. These contestants are led through four themed zones by the eccentric host. Within each zone are a number of rooms, each containing some kind of game, puzzle, challenge or test. The team must choose one of their members to take on a challenge selected by the host. If they succeed they win a time crystal, if they fail they either leave empty handed or are locked in the room - requiring the team to expend a crystal to buy them out. Each time crystal is worth 5 seconds in the grand finale in which the contestants enter the Crystal Dome. There they get exactly as much time as they have won to gather as many gold colored foil tickets and as few silver ones as possible. But the tickets are being blown around inside the dome by huge fans. Written by Mark_a_Wood [email protected]
The 10th Kingdom is an American fairytale fantasy miniseries written by Simon Moore and produced by Britain's Carnival Films, Germany's Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen, and the USA's Hallmark Entertainment. It depicts the adventures of a young woman and her father after they are transported from Manhattan, New York, through a magical mirror into a parallel world of fairy tales, magical beings, evil stepmothers and self-discovery. The miniseries was initially broadcast over five nights in two-hour episodes on NBC, beginning February 27, 2000. It garnered good reviews but very poor ratings. It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2000.
"Come on down!" The Price Is Right features a wide variety of games and contests with the same basic challenge: Guess the prices of everyday (or not-quite-everyday) retail items.


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Sheen's new show is a hit
The show, which is based on Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson's 2003 movie of the same name, was screened for a group of TV fans last week (ends13Apr12) – and, according to Entertainment Weekly, it went down well.
More than 80 per cent of the group gave Sheen high marks for his performance – and his co-stars Brett Butler, Selma Blair and Shawnee Smith also won over the test audience.
Anger Management will premiere in America in June (12). It is Sheen's first TV role since he was fired from Two and a Half Men last year (11) following a public bust-up with producers.


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1488 Eagle Ridge Drive, Antioch
Deeded Exclusive Private Dock & Boat Hoist on Channel Lake! Fabulous Brick/Stone Home w/$225K+ in Improvements Features 5 Beds, 4 Baths, 3 Car Tandem Gar, 2nd 8 Car Gar w/Room For Your Toys, Finished WO Bsmt! Main Level Has Hrdwd Flrs & Moldings Thru Out, Great Natural Light, Views of Lake From Living Room & Den, 2 Stry Foyer Leading to Living Room, Formal Dining Rm, Huge Gourmet Kitchen w/Granite Ctrs, 42" Maple Cabs, Island, All Appliances Inc. Eating Area w/Table Space & Breakfast Bar, Family Room w/Cathedral Ceiling, Stone Fireplace, Slider to Huge Deck, Full Bath & Laundry Room w/Washer & Dryer! 2nd Level Features Master Suite w/Hrdwd Flrs, 2 WIC's, Slider to Balcony, Master Bath w/Cer Tile Flrs, Double Sink w/Granite Ctrs, Sep Shower/Soaker Tub, 3 Large Bedrooms all w/Hrdwd Flrs including Huge 4th Bedroom (28x17) w/WIC, Another Full Bath w/Shower/Tub Combo! Lower Finished Level Has 2nd Family Room w/Brick Fireplace, 5th Bedroom, Full Bath, Utility Room & Slider to Concrete Patio!
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Congratulations to 8th grader Kyle Jain!! Kyle played in a tournament in AZ and did extremely well, raising his rating from 1564-1660.
Kyle is the 3rd highest rated player in the Muskego Chess program, behind Evan Seghers (Senior) and Jason Markowski (Senior).
When Evan, Jason, Reid, Rachel, Kolt and others retire, we will have a big gap to fill in Fall of 2016 with our new crop of players coming in - it's great to see players like Kyle, Alyssa and others who are playing Summer tournaments and raising their ratings!
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Silver Bluff Trail Walk 2018
Saturday, September 22, 2018
8:00am - 12:00pmJackson, South Carolina
Location Details
Silver Bluff Audubon Center & Sanctuary
4542 Silver Bluff Rd, Jackson, 29831
Join Audubon South Carolina along with the Ruth Patrick Science Educational Center and the Longleaf Alliance for a day of family learning outdoors! There are trails for the whole family, as well as educational and activity stations listed below. The price for adults is $5, and children 15 and under are free! Water stops and a snack are provided. No registration is required for this event. For more information please call 803-471-0291.
•Nature Stations
•Live Owl Demonstration
•Microscope table
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it didn't snow for more than a half hour or so at my house - it was so pretty while it lasted.
this handsome fellow came to visit. Turns out, he's a total jackass. There were some bushtits (tiny, tiny birds that travel in flocks) who were eating from the same suet feeder and he chased them all off. When they tried to come back he took a bite out of someone and had a mouth full of feathers.
one of these birds ended the morning with a bald spot somewhere. (bushtits along with a chestnut-backed chickadee)
And here is the lady woodpecker - I didn't notice her being a jerk to anyone, although to be fair nobody really came around while she took her turn. The bird feeders have been a lot of fun so far this fall/winter.


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Billy Brown Net Worth:Ileana D'Cruz (born 1 November 1987) is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema and bollywood. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for the 2006 Telugu film Devadasu. She has appeared in hits such as Pokiri (2006), Jalsa (2008), Kick (2009), and Julayi (2012), establishing herself as one of Telugu cinema's leading actresses. D'Cruz made her Kollywood debut with Kedi and made a comeback in Shankar's Nanban (2012). In 2012, she made her Bollywood debut with Anurag Basu's critically and commercially successful Barfi!, for which she received critical appreciation and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
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Horse Creative Writing Contests
The goals of the Horse Creative Writing Events are to provide an outlet for written expression for the 4-H member in horse-related topics while encouraging youth to express their experiences and ideas in a creative manner. Furthermore, the Creative Writing Contests will recognize youth who have creative writing talent by expressing their ideas through writing.
Each participant must be a current 4-H club member. Participants do not need to own their own horse.
The contest will consist of a Junior and Senior Division. Youths who have reached age 14 but have not reached age 19 as of January 1 are considered Seniors. Junior individuals must not have reached age 14 as of January 1.
Youth may compete in these events as long as they meet the above qualifications. Cloverbuds are not eligible.
State winners in the Junior Division are ineligible for future competition in the Junior Division in the same event. Junior state creative writing winners are eligible to compete in other Junior Division creative writing events in which they have not won a state championship. State winners in a Senior Division competitive writing event are ineligible to compete in that same creative writing event in future years. Senior state creative writing winners are eligible to compete in other Senior Division creative writing events in which they have not won a state championship.
2019 Creative Writing Contest Entry Form
The entry form must be completed and submitted with a postmark dated prior to the registration deadline (May 1, 2019). Each creative writing submission must be submitted in quadruplicate as previously noted.
First through sixth-place Junior and Senior winners in each event will receive ribbons. The first-place Junior and Senior winners will receive an award in each event. Ties will be broken starting with the judging criteria with the highest point value and continuing on in descending order. If ties are still present, the NC 4-H Horse program will award multiple prizes of the same rank.
Please thoroughly read the Horse Creative Writing Contest section in the NC 4-H Horse Program Rulebook (updated annually) for additional information on contest rules, regulations, submission procedures, etc.
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Open Dance Project
Open Dance Project's highly stylized dance theater performance experiences break down conventional barriers between artist and audience to make dance more accessible and meaningful for both. Under the direction of Annie Arnoult, one of Dance Magazine's 25 to Watch for 2018, this "talented troupe" of dancer/actors brings timely, thought-provoking subject matter to the stage through their dynamic physicality, daring athleticism, and emotional honesty. Current offerings include two performances for young audiences: Staging Stories Live, where dancers build a comic dance theater performance that can be tailored to any theme using audience suggestions; and ENGINuity, an educational romp through the history and science of engines. For mature audiences, the company offers DADA GERT, an immersive multimedia performance incorporating aerial silks, trapeze, and projections based on the Weimar dance satirist Valeska Gert. Photo by Lynn Lane.
Tehillah Hartmann
747 N Shepherd Drive, Suite 100
Houston, TX 77007
phone 832-962-8982
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public performance/concert $750 - $2,500
school performance $750 - $925
workshop fees $120 - $300
travel/per diem/lodging $1,100 - $7,150
website http://www.opendanceproject.org
Orquesta Tumbaka
"CroCro y su Tumbaka" is a multicultural musical group founded by Jorge"CroCro" Orta in 2010. The group, which released its first CD in 2014, was formed with the inspiration to interpret various tropical music styles using a blend of sounds popular throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. Tumbaka's first CD includes a variety of songs with echoes of latin-jazz, bata, son, and guarachas with some percussion solos. Tumbaka's founder CroCro Orta has a 30+ year musical career, eight of which were spent as percussionist for the renowned "Grupo Niche" of Colombia where he acquired a vast knowledge and experience of high musical caliber band direction. CroCro's interest has always been to provide an expanded range of salsa music to include for his listening audience. The diverse salsa music genre, which has its roots in several Latin American cultures, is also representative of the diversity within Tumbaka. Besides its founder/director and conguero, Jorge "CroCro" Orta (Venezuela), Tumbaka's members also include musicians from Colombia,the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the US, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Panama. Tumbaka is on track to become one of Houston's best Latin bands. Photo by Helton Mendez.
Jorge Orta
16323 Rainbow Lake Rd
Houston, TX 77095
phone 713-598-1755
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public performance/concert $2,500 - $7,000
school performance $1,500 - 4,000
workshop fees $500 - $1,000
travel/per diem/lodging $1,000 - 3,500
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2018 Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs Houston Resident Artist Program and 2017 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Idea Fund grant recipient, Emanuelee Outspoken Bean is a performance poet, writer, compassionate mentor, electric entertainer, and educator. He was a 2011 Texas Poet Laureate nominee, ranked 9th in the Individual World Poetry Slam 2013, ranked 2nd in collaborative poetry at Group Piece Finals 2013, and ranked 9th at National Poetry Slam 2014. He started performing spoken word in 2005. Bean also works with youth organizations from across the country such as Inside Out in Detroit, Youth Speaks in San Francisco, and Tigertail Productions' 2016 youth slam, WordSpeak, in Miami. While balancing a very busy touring schedule, in Houston Bean serves as the project coordinator/lead coach/mentor for Meta-Four Houston, a project of Writers in the Schools (WITS) that works with professional performance/slam poets and encourages self expression/literacy among Houston's youth through creative writing and performance. He also has a one-man show, "Converse," which is an interactive theatrical story-telling based on Bean, a heartbroken, outspoken, comedic, military brat. The dramatic and provocative show lures the audience into joining a long overdue conversation about mistakes, redemption, and the power of words. Photo by Pin Lim.
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Oliver Rajamani represents the multicultural landscape of modern-day Texas. Distinguished for redefining Roma (Gypsy) music by transporting it to its original roots in India, Rajamani is also the first to blend Indian and Romani music with Texas country and blues. His performances and recordings with international artists are as stylistically far flung as Willie Nelson, Gypsy Kings, Eric Johnson, Dotschy Reinhardt, Edie Brickell, L. Shankar, Jeronimo Maya, Ustad Aashish Khan, Ustad Shujaat Khan and Tomasa La Macanita. A teacher of music and therapy, Rajamani has presented at leading hypnosis conferences in the United States, Germany, Nepal, and India. Touring programs include: Flamenco India- an innovative musical journey into the deep and historical Indian roots of Spain's Gypsy flamenco, consisting of a colorfully large ensemble of dancers from the Indian and Flamenco traditions, flamenco guitar and singers and a boutique western string orchestra; Texas Gypsy Fire- Rajamani sings in English, Spanish, and languages from India, accompanying himself on exotic instruments backed by traditional lone-star musicians; and Moonlight Tanz- Rajamani with his western string orchestra featuring music and dancers from the Middle Eastern and Indian/Romani traditions with performances on exotic instruments such as the rebab and Oud. Photo by Michelle Laviolette.
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|Assessing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: The Need to Include Both Physical Frailty and Cognition.
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|Aliberti, MJR, Cenzer, I, Smith, AK, Lee, SJ, Yaffe, K, Covinsky, KE
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|Cognition & Reasoning, Frailty, Risk Factors
BACKGROUND: Physical frailty is a powerful tool for identifying nondisabled individuals at high risk of adverse outcomes. The extent to which cognitive impairment in those without dementia adds value to physical frailty in detecting high-risk individuals remains unclear.
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the effects of combining physical frailty and cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND) on the risk of basic activities of daily living (ADL) dependence and death over 8 years.
DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.
SETTING: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
PARTICIPANTS: A total of 7338 community-dwelling people, 65 years or older, without dementia and ADL dependence at baseline (2006-2008). Follow-up assessments occurred every 2 years until 2014.
MEASUREMENTS: The five components of the Cardiovascular Health Study defined physical frailty. A well-validated HRS method, including verbal recall, series of subtractions, and backward count task, assessed cognition. Primary outcomes were time to ADL dependence and death. Hazard models, considering death as a competing risk, associated physical frailty and CIND with outcomes after adjusting for sociodemographics, comorbidities, depression, and smoking status.
RESULTS: The prevalence of physical frailty was 15%; CIND, 19%; and both deficits, 5%. In unadjusted and adjusted analyses, combining these factors identified older adults at an escalating risk for ADL dependence (no deficit = 14% [reference group]; only CIND = 26%, sub-hazard ratio [sHR] = 1.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.3-1.8; only frail = 33%, sHR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.4-2.0; both deficits = 46%, sHR = 2.0, 95%CI = 1.6-2.6) and death (no deficit = 21%; only CIND = 41%, HR = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.4-1.9; only frail = 56%, HR = 2.2, 95% CI = 1.7-2.7; both deficits = 66%, HR = 2.6, 95% CI = 2.0-3.3) over 8-year follow-up. Adding the cognitive measure to models that already included physical frailty alone increased accuracy in identifying those at higher risk of ADL dependence (Harrell's concordance [C], 0.74 vs 0.71; P < .001) and death (Harrell's C, 0.70 vs 0.67; P < .001).
CONCLUSION: Physical frailty and CIND are independent predictors of incident disability and death. Because together physical frailty and CIND identify vulnerable older adults better, optimal risk assessment should supplement measures of physical frailty with measures of cognitive function.
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Keita pleas for time to adapt to the Premier League
Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita insists he needs time to adapt to life in the Premier League, after arriving at Anfield for £52.75 million from RB Leipzig.
Keita was left on the bench for Liverpool's trip to Leicester City in their most recent fixture, with Sky Sports reporting the 23-year-old believes he'll will take time to adjust following his move from the Bundesliga.
Fellow summer signing Fabinho has also been somewhat of a peripheral figure in the Liverpool team during the early stages of the campaign.
Kieta has featured in all four of Liverpool's opening matches in Premier League, as the Reds sit top of the division with a 100% win rate.
The midfielder, who was speaking to the club's magazine, has been discussing his start in English football.
I've been told by many people that a lot of overseas players come into the Premier League and they take time to integrate, depending on the circumstances.
So playing in the Premier League can be difficult, but I am very motivated to play here, not just for myself and my team-mates, but for the club.
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The Legacy of Bent Creek
The earliest known inhabitants of the Bent Creek basin are from the early Archaic period 8,000 years ago. The Cherokee are thought to have occupied two large campsites near the creek starting about 500 B.C.. Around 1795, when European settlers began moving into the area, the creek was named for a horseshoe-shaped bend near the French Broad River. By 1900, the basin had been divided into 73 tracts. More than 100 homes and 20 businesses stood on locations ranging from 5 to 500 acres. By then, the entire area had been logged, and about a quarter of it was cultivated or had been turned into pasture.
Between 1900 and 1909, George Vanderbilt acquired the basin and adjacent lands, which would become the vast Biltmore Estate. Later, Bent Creek basin and much of Vanderbilt's other lands were sold to the U.S. Government for $5 per acre. Those lands would become much of what we know today as the Pisgah National Forest. In 1925 the Forest Service set aside 1,100 acres of the Bent Creek area for research by the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station, which Congress had established in 1921. In 1931, Congress authorized the Community Works Administration to construct small office buildings for research on forest management, entomology, pathology, and hydrology
In 1935, about 5,200 acres were added and the Experimental Forest now includes most of the Bent Creek Watershed. Specific research plots are being developed to showcase proven forest management practices and demonstrate new research findings to land managers, landowners, researchers, students, and the general public. The Bent Creek headquarters office and the Resistance Screening Center for fusiform rust share thearea, and the North Carolina Arboretum has been established on 424 acres to the southwest.
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Is IP Stopping Innovation
Are we poised to enter the post-IP age? Has the concept of the patent or trademark as we know it today been so muddled by modern corporate strategy and greed that it no longer serves the purpose it was originally conceived to support? In reading about the upcoming Apple vs. Samsung patent trial one has to wonder how the consumer or public good is served as these two giants of the tablet and smart phone industry prepare to battle it out over the right to own the market. Rather than focusing on how to make their product substantially better than the competitors they prefer to fight over how to block them from competing. The question is – does this hurt innovation?
Patents have been used to support invention since at least 1474 when they were formalized by a Venetian Statute. Even prior to this they existed as 'letters patent' issued by the king or queen to inventors in England or even further back in ancient Greece where inventors of new 'refinements' were afforded 1 year of profits. In the US the Congress passed the first patent act in 1790 to 'promote the progress of useful Arts.' Over the two subsequent centuries patent law has been refined and altered to more appropriately suit the now global marketplace and economy but many aspects of these legal grants have stayed the same.
Do the same rules make sense in the new, constantly evolving digital economy? After all, the original intent of providing patents was to incentivize disclosure of invention for the public good. Is that still happening? Let's break down some key characteristics of patent law today to review how this helps or hurts innovation.
– Filing Process: the process of applying for a global patent is a byzantine one, involving multiple organizations and sets of laws. For any company hoping to commercialize and protect a new invention the process can be daunting. Not only does this add cost and time to commercialization (often lots of both) of a new innovation, the differences in the examination and discovery process mean that what is novel in one state could be found 'not inventive' in another. By the time the examiners and lawyers are finished amending and shifting the filings what is protected in one region might be unprotected or infringing in another! Additionally, this expensive and time consuming process tilts the scales against individuals and small firms, leaving them essentially out of the process. The very people meant to be protected by the patent system – individuals with great ideas – are excluded unless they can muster significant resources to go through the filing process. The patent system then becomes a game that is played by large firms with the resources to engage in de facto patent war with their competitors!
– Lifetime: patents last for about 20 years – great news if you can get one, bad news if you come up with a substantial but infringing product improvement 5 years later (or even 15 years later!). In the world of telecom and digital this is several lifetimes but in pharmaceuticals this is just the start for a successful product. The differences in these industries mean that a one-size-fits-all approach is not necessarily the best one. As well, the speed of knowledge improvement has so substantially shifted in the digital era that one has to wonder why any law written to support innovation in the age of the horse and carriage is still being used in the age of the Dreamliner!
– Infringement Liability: the substantial rewards that might be expected from winning a patent lawsuit have led to the rise of an entirely new industry, patent trolls. These companies or firms buy up patents and use them as leverage to extort payment from other companies. It also encourages opposing firms to face off in court rather than work together. All this time litigating drains firm resources and limits real innovation, while providing a disincentive to making new and innovative products without obtaining firm IP protection. Too often companies look at the ability to create a sustainable IP position as a major factor in developing a new product, rather than looking for the best products. We've progressed from twenty patents in a year to thousands – shouldn't the legal system have changed to allow speedy resolution of these cases in a fair and equitable fashion as well?
It's obvious the current system isn't doing much to drive innovation in most industries. Perhaps its time that governments and innovators came together to reform the patent system in a way that lets both companies and consumers win. Imagine if Apple and Samsung were to focus the resources currently tied up in lawyers and patents with creating new products – the consumers and companies might never look back!
In the meantime what does this mean for you, the osmotic innovator? Avoid falling into the trap of worrying about maintaining a defendable position at the expense of the consumer experience of your product. Don't infringe on others IP but wasting resources unnecessarily protecting short term innovations won't pay off in the end! And if this post interests you take a look at some previous posts on this blog regarding Enlightened IP Strategy – hopefully you'll start to see a light at the end of the dark IP tunnel.


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Los Realejos is, by all accounts, fairly off the beaten track when it comes to Tenerife tourism. Located on the slopes of the Tigaiga Mountain Range in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife region (the capital, Santa Cruz, is just under 30 miles away), Los Realejos is not far from the busier areas of La Orotava to the west and the much more popular Puerto de la Cruz to the southwest.
However, Los Realejos is of historic importance as one of the final spots of the battle between the Guanche kings and the Spanish conquistadors in the 15th century. The town is also divided up into two areas, Alto and Bajo (high and low) and the walk between the two affords some lovely views of this Canary Island.
Top attractions
Los Realejos' main attraction is its Bajo region, the older part of the town. Home to a host of 16th and 17th-century buildings around the main plaza, the Plaza de la Iglesia. There's also great access to the north coast of Tenerife, a range of restaurants and even, during the May season, a festival to attend.
Eating out
The best spot to enjoy a meal in Los Realejos is the Meson el Monasterio. Located at the foot of the Montana de Los Frailes, this purpose-built commercial area is full of restaurants centred on a large garden. There's a range of cuisines and restaurants available catering to a variety of nationalities and tourists.
Los Realejos is a good base for a family looking for a quiet, more traditional Canarian holiday. Heading up and down the northern coast is good for those looking for the sparkle of adventure. There's a lot of beaches that are harder to access than the Playa del Socorro, so if you're looking for an easier sort of holiday, head up the coast to Puerto de la Cruz. There's no reason why you couldn't enjoy a quiet walk around the Bajo part of Los Realejos, though.
Action & Adventure
Plenty of watersports are available along the northern Tenerife coast because of the winds that roll in along Playa del Socorro and the other beaches. Most of the beaches are harder to access and the hike down the cliffs to the black sands is often half the fun of the beach day. If you like watersports, with an emphasis on surfing, then set up shop in Los Realejos: you'll appreciate the quick access to the sea.
The closest and most popular beach to Los Realejos is Playa del Socorro. This black sand volcanic beach is a hit with surfers, as the waves get large in the winter. During the summer, though, the waves are a lot smaller, and you can start out as a beginner quite easily here. For those that don't like surfing, Playa del Socorro is one of the few sandy beaches in north Tenerife, ideal for kids. Swimming is not recommended, as even during the summer the currents are strong. Work-out equipment and a promenade make this a top pick for fitness enthusiasts.
Los Realejos is not known for its nightlife. Instead, try Puerto de la Cruz. Puerto de la Cruz is located a 30-minute drive from Los Realejos and is one of the largest resorts in the area. Here's where you want to visit for the mega-tourist attractions, such as nightclubs, fancy hotels and beaches with lots of facilities
The same much applies to families as it does couples in Los Realejos. If you're looking for adventure along harder-to-reach coastlines and a bit of peace and quiet away from Tenerife's larger resorts, you're in luck. Wander the Bajo, head down to Playa del Socorro or take a walk along the coast to the stunning Fortin de San Fernando, a building (an old water elevator) almost collapsing into the sea. If hiking is your idea of love then northern Tenerife is ideal.
Los Realejos is, overall, a place where Canarian's live and work. The Alto section has many shops and restaurants that cater to the residents of the mid-size town. In the Bajo region, the older part of town, there's lots of older buildings and the church (Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion) which is the focal point of the old town.


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Top 3 Ways to Locate the Best Homes for Sale in Tallahassee, FL
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We devised a design theme that would integrate the 6 brands to give the collateral a consistent look and feel across all pages. We worked with each of the brands – motive8, Sunseeker, Bremont, Aqua Platinum, Victor and Halebourne Group – individually and fully managed the project through to print. It was vital that we brought these brands together each time ensuring none of the individual brand values were compromised and a quality product was produced.
The result a high-end brochure design and print and a collective identity which was delivered on time and within budget.
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July 14-16, 2005
Last night we took Bernie and Christy to the highest restaurant in Bangkok: Mezzaluna. It is located in The Dome of the State Tower building. Sixty five floors up it provides a panoramic view of Bangkok. OK, last night it was a bit hazy so the view was not all that deep.
As the State Tower is located just a five minute walk from our apartment some of my frequent readers may quickly recognize a couple of the buildings in these pictures. The readily identifiable places are The Peninsula hotel and one of the 1997 Zombies (*). My camera angles were vaguely pointed east, west and south ... with a bit of overlap. But, only 'religious' followers will be able to point out Centre Point. Though everyone can find the defunct Coke sign. Can anyone spot anything else?
This ancient file contains a snap of The Dome before it was called that (**). I think I have some better photographs of the State Tower lying about ... but, I can't find them as my Desktop Google died when my Sony VAIO crashed. Paul? (***)
(*) Concrete hulks: buildings that were under construction when the 1997 Asian crisis hit Thailand.
(**) State Tower along with its "The Dome" were also caught in the '97 crisis but because of its choice location it managed to get a transfusion.
(***) Could it be this building, captured in some ancient snaps shot from the deck of the doomed Oriental Queen in August 2001?
Though the second set of photographs on yesterday's page showed a building with a similar 'dome' to the that on the State Tower, that particular building is a half dozen kilometers up stream from the real McCoy (*). It, too, is a condominium; but a far more successful one as its developer has managed to sell off all of the units. The condominium units in the State Tower appear to remain largely unsold (**) ... unless most of its occupants shun the use of electricity at night.
Last night we took Christy and Bernie to see the show at Mambo. Readers are reminded to visit past entries. (***)
Over the years the show's theme has kept up with the times: now it is in its ABBA phase. (****)
The place is always very popular with the Japanese. I am not sure why.
(*) According to the online Dictionary: "[Alteration of earlier McKay, probably from Scots, good unadulterated whiskey.]"
(**) IMHO I think people are reluctant to call State Tower their home because its exit ramp ... (the path from its bank of garage floors) ... immediately dumps cars into a road constantly governed by one of the sternest traffic lights in Bangkok. If that wasn't punishment enough the sheer volume of traffic at this masochistic/sadistic road junction guarantees DELAYS.
(***) Readers can click to see past performances not only at the Mambo (August 2001, October 2001, August 2003, and February 2004 ... but also at its 'sister' the Calypso (March 2000 and July 2000).
(****) Alf, do you have a 45 of Johnny Ray's "Cry"? That came out just before "Rock Around the Clock" ... with Bill Halley and the Comets.
BANGKOK: -- Declaring "a time of national crisis" and appealing for unity, the Thai government took emergency action to cope with escalating violence in the mainly Muslim south after an assault by suspected insurgents on the provincial capital of Yala shocked authorities and residents alike.
The attack on Thursday night, in which two policemen were reported killed and 22 people injured, will revive critical scrutiny of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's handling of southern violence, which has claimed more than 800 lives since the start of 2004 and made Thailand a point of focus in the Muslim world.
As Thaksin and his ministers held an emergency cabinet meeting and the army commander flew south to the scene of the attack on Friday, another small bomb exploded near Yala's hospital, injuring four people, and two teachers were killed in neighboring Narathiwat Province.
"This is a time of national crisis. I would appeal to all Thai people to be united and to join hands to fight against the people who have bad intentions toward the country," Interior Minister Chidchai Wannasathit said Friday.
The government also adopted emergency powers Friday that allowed it to monitor telephones, halt distribution of newspapers or magazines considered threatening to national security and to detain suspects without charge. "The last straw that prompted us to impose this law was what happened at 7 p.m. in Yala," said Wissanu Krea-Ngam, the deputy prime minister.
In their attack Thursday, insurgents on motorcycles struck eight targets with bombs or Molotov cocktails. They started by knocking out a power station and plunging the city into darkness before using firebombs and shooting at targets, and scattering metal spikes behind them to slow security forces.
The targets included a hotel, two 7-Eleven convenience stores and locations close to a restaurant and a railway line, said the army commander in southern Thailand, Lieutenant General Kwanchart Kraham. These were usually crowded with civilians, "so we can say the troublemakers targeted innocent people," he said.
Several thousand students and residents marched through Yala on Friday in a protest reportedly organized by town authorities. Marchers carried placards condemning the violence and calling for peace.
"This is one of the worst attacks," said S.P. Harish at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies in Singapore. The careful planning and coordination behind the attack showed that "whoever did this knew exactly what they were doing and what they wanted to achieve."
The same cannot be said for the government, Harish added. "It's almost as if they have no clue as to what's happening," Harish said.
Thaksin has offered political and military initiatives in response to criticism at home and abroad that the harsh tactics he favored were only worsening the problem and threatening to turn a local conflict into an international problem.
The Yala attack, however, reinforced warnings from influential public figures that not enough was being done to contain or end the violence.
"If the government cannot halt daily atrocities in the region within a short time, it will be the government's failure," said Anand Panyarachun, a former prime minister appointed by Thaksin to lead a National Reconciliation Commission charged with formulating strategies for defusing the conflict.
--International Herald Tribune 2005-07-16
For Bernie's and Christy's final dinner in Bangkok we returned last night to the 65th floor 'dome' of the State Tower building. Instead of rebooting to Mezzaluna we ate at Distil ... it has a more cocktail lounge flavor to the furnishings though the food is definitely worthy of a five star dining room.
After dinner we repaired to the Sky Bar for a view of the city; as it is a totally open sky place everything folds up if it rains. Tonight it was darker when I took these pictures ... well ... actually, we just ate later in the evening.
Next: Part IV


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My family's never been much for visiting cemeteries. I guess Mom and Dad bought wreaths or bouquets for my grandparents' graves on Decoration Day most years (I don't think they ever called it Memorial Day), but that was about it. Not much sentimentality about the final resting places of our forebears. Maybe if they'd been buried on our land, out back of the barn or near the garden gate, we might've been more solicitous towards their bones and marble stones, but maybe not.
As far as I know, my cousin Eddie had been the only family member to visit Daddy's grave since his death in July. He called to tell me that he dropped by the Rising Sun cemetery to visit his brother Bobby and our grandparents, and went by his Uncle George's (Daddy's) grave while he was there—to tell him how much he respected him and what a fine family he had and that Aunt Pauline was sure missing him but was going to be okay.
Yesterday would've been Daddy's 91st birthday. Mom would've baked him an apple pie or chocolate cake and would've certainly had vanilla ice cream on hand if he were still hanging around. He's been gone three and a half months and she's still not used to the quiet space that his laughter and snoring and the rise and fall of his words once occupied. My sister and her daughter and granddaughter (Reta, LaVonne, and Gracie) are spending a couple of days with Mom this week. Four generations of women sitting around the kitchen table goes a long way towards filling up the void. They decided to visit Dad's grave after lunch and my older brother Ron went with them.
When I called last night to see how their venture went, Mom said, "We stopped at that little florist shop in Rising Sun and I bought a bouquet of flowers in fall colors. George loved the fall colors, and the flowers were real pretty. But the gravesite was a desolate place. We've had so much rain this past week that the grave was all muddy and sunken in. I almost wish I hadn't gone. You know how George was about keeping his yard so perfect, and there he was, stuck under a mud pit. Ron dug a hole and poked the flowers in it so that helped a little. We had to laugh at our meager attempt to beautify the place. The stone's not there yet either, so it felt like we were sticking those flowers in a mudhole. Ron said the grave has to settle before they put the headstone in. I don't think there's any doubt that it's settled. Looked like a pan of brownies I took out of the oven way too soon, only a lot worse. A big mud puddle, that's what it was. I guess it's a good thing we went though. Seemed like we needed to do something to mark George's birthday."
After I hung up the phone, I made a pan of brownies. Didn't add pecans to the batter because Daddy couldn't do nuts—he hadn't worn his bottom dentures for years. And I was careful to leave them in the oven till they were perfectly done. Didn't want the grave to settle right before my eyes. Brownies for Daddy's birthday. I ate two for breakfast this morning—one for me and one for him. I think I'll wait and visit his grave after the groundskeeper has had time to fill it in and sow some grass, after the stone is in place:
George Edward Baker Pauline Smither Baker
October 24, 1925—July 8, 2016 September 23, 1926—
I hope Mom hangs out with us a few more years before we have to carve out that last blank space. And who knows, when both my parents are six feet under, I may join my cousin Eddie and visit their final resting place on a regular basis—at least on Decoration Day. Maybe take along a couple of brownies and a thermos of coffee and sit a spell.
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Editor's note: This is a transcription of a controversial speech given at the Spring Forum by her Grace Countess Limrẽ lu Rajir in 689M. Permission to record it and preserve it for posterity in the archives of the Royal University was graciously granted by her Grace, who kindly donated her notes and drafts to the Editor to ensure the accuracy of the manuscript. Related materials may be found in the same file catalog, in particular the profanity-laden rebuttals made on 48 Spring 689M by the honorable Baronne of Mõchalã and the estimable and prolific Cuedresã philosopher Savarin Satrocon, who of course has an entire section dedicated to her work in Aisle 4-13. Note that the transcript omits the jeering as well as the food-fight that broke out in the wake of the speech for the sake of brevity and relevance.
It is of course natural for any red-blooded Tãli to recoil at the mere thought of slavery. And indeed those who so thought thought themselves the mistresses of our noble race are every bit the wretched tyrants they were before our glorious Liberation. But we condemn in the same breath both of the Eastern peoples: Belad, alongside the hated Shan, we damn as slaveholders and exploiters.
In my years of business dealings with the Beladans, I was forced to confront a reality that is not so clean-cut, a reality I feel should be better understood by our noble and free people. Make no mistake: I speak not to excuse the vile crime of slavery, nor to endorse a corrupt Church that has twisted our Prophet's words, but only to temper wild passions which I fear so often lead to undeserved hatred of the folk of the Mideast.
Belad practices slavery. This we claim, this they claim - but what is slavery? In Vau Shan, those named "slave" are branded upon the cheek so as to forever degrade them, stripped of all but the barest of rights under the law. A freewoman of the Shan may beat, exploit, and abuse a slave to the very brink of death and incur no penalty, least of all the disapproval of her peers. This was the condition of the Tãli peoples beneath the cursed Shan heel, and remains the condition of the elves and the unfortunates of Shan society. Yet if we cast our gaze northward, to the Riven Plains and the ethereal cities of Belad, do we find the same such treatment?
Indeed we do not. In Belad, if a freewoman treated her slave in the manner described above, she would be an outcast, reduced herself to slavery whether by the iron hand of the Conclave in Rosamár or by decree of a merciless Inquisitor. She would be shunned, perhaps even spat upon by her peers, should they discover her crimes - for indeed, cruelty to slaves is the greatest of all crimes in the Riven Plains. Even piracy is punished with less ferocity.
To one of the Tãli, this would seem an impossible contradiction. So it seemed to me when first I witnessed the vitriol with which the high folk of the Mideast condemned their neighbors to the South. "Do you not claim your slaves as your property?" I would ask, and always the answer came, "We do." In fact, not until I spared a moment to speak with a slave — one of those whose fate we bemoan, and yet curiously so rarely seem to speak to — did I come to truly grasp the situation of slaves in Belad.
She was a young woman, bright-eyed and cheery. She did not bare the brand or the collar of one enslaved to a Shan, but a simple silver necklace, different only in color from the chain worn by her mistress. We spoke as she washed dishes, and she told me plainly what life for a Beladan slave is like. Certainly, she labors without pay for another — but, as she told me, the law is firm and unambiguous in how her labor may be compelled. No more than six hours a day may she be forced to labor, nor may she be forced to lay with her mistress nor suffer an unwanted touch, and in return she is guaranteed three full meals a day and a comfortable place to sleep at night. In amazement — frankly, somewhat dazed — I responded that she worked less than a proudly free Tãli.
"Why is there so much work to be done in Tãlaco?" she asked me with a puzzled laugh. A question which I remain to this day unable to satisfactorily answer.
To fully understand the role of slavery in Beladan life, one must grasp the economic structure of Belad. A frightfully boring subject, of course, but I prevail upon you to bear with me. Firstly, it must be understand that casual exchange of coin, which so dominates our transactions in the Motherland, is well-nigh unheard of in Belad. Its people carry no coin, and certainly no wallets. Wealth is found in the towering institutions of the Beladan financial sector, and nowhere else. When a Beladan wishes to frequent a restaurant, she does not pay in advance — indeed, she may not pay for a season, when the incomes and expenditures of a clan are tallied by prim and exacting bureaucrats of Clan Carendue or Clan Sorchasti, the major players in Beladan banking.
This is central to all of Beladan culture. There is no notion of individual finance. All wealth belongs to a clan, administered by its matriarch but owned by no one woman. Services are bought on credit or by contract, and settled at routine intervals. And by Beladan law, no contract with any service, be it a restaurant, a brothel, or simply a newspaper, may exclude a clan's slaves from taking full advantage of that service. Indeed, the slave with whom I spoke regaled me with tales of her favorite brothel. It is a privilege, certainly; one that can be revoked as discipline, but this power, like all powers the Beladan freefolk have over their slaves, is tightly regulated. There is no central Watch in Belad tasked to uncover crimes and discipline their perpetrators, but the combined force of rival clans, meddling priests, and the ever-present and ever-feared Inquisition function as well as, to borrow the common vernacular, "a bunch of nosy coppers."
Most peculiar among Belad's customs is the role of the bedslave. No doubt you recoil as I did upon first hearing that word, recalling the rape and degradation of our proud people at the hands of the Shan barbarians so many years ago. Yet, the bedslaves to whom I spoke seemed quite content with their lot, many professing love for their mistresses, and all treated with tender affection. As may be becoming apparent, the folk of the Riven Plains have a perverse fondness for labelling their customs with the most repellent phrases one could possibly concoct. One quails to think what the Beladans must name their medicines.
The role of the bedslave is one tightly regulated by religious and lay law. In short, the bedslave receives many of the privileges of a domestic slave, save her freedom of movement, but can be compelled to perform no work. In exchange, their mistress is permitted to maintain a sexual relationship with them — but even in this context, a slave can be forced to do nothing against their will, save by threat of "demotion" — and that is how it is described — to a position where they are again expected to labor. By all appearances, bedslaves in Belad are pampered favorites of their mistresses, and a statistically significant number describe (with the usual demure giggles that seem to characterize the Beladan people as a whole) forcing their mistresses to their knees behind the closed curtains of her bedchamber.
We must confront the true picture of Beladan slavery: their "slaves" are not degraded, nor exploited, nor even especially unhappy — nor so subject to the whims of a capricious economy as even we nobles of the Tãli so often find ourselves. In what sense are they then slaves? That their so-called owners can compel them to servitude, within the limits of law? But how then do they differ from a peasant of Tãlaco, compelled by the coin of their employers, or by the threats of their land-liege?
And perhaps most importantly: can we imagine a scenario in which slavery in Belad could be abolished that would not dramatically worsen the lot of her slaves? Such a task is trivial in the South, where coin flows freely and the labor market overflows with freefolk and slaves alike. To be free of their mistresses would do little but improve their wretched lot. But in the Riven Plains, the very country would fall to ruin, and nobody would suffer more than the slaves.
In conclusion, I call upon my countryfolk to moderate their words when they speak of Belad. Reserve your hatred for those deserving of it: the Shan vampires who enslaved our race and to this day violate our borders to steal innocent elves from their homes in the Barrier Forest. And let us perhaps recognize that the freedom of Tãli is only the beginning: there is a long road left for us to travel.


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My name is Kristy the cat. My best friend Peanut the bug and I had a play date.
My best friend fainted while having a pillow fight so I went to the hospital with him.
After he went to the hospital, we went for a long, long walk.


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One of the rare but important positive aspects of growing older, for those of us who've experienced it and find it useful, is an increasing self-awareness. Sometimes we're made aware of things about ourselves that we wish we didn't know or that we wish could be different. For example, the tendency to lash out as someone who is trying to "push your buttons" is one of my areas and it's not so much that it's difficult not to return the volley it's that I know that once I get started I will use my sharp tongue to inflict maximum humiliation based on my knowledge and intuition of the other party's own hot buttons. The latter part is what causes a problem for me. It's that I'm good at finding the right buttons to push.
So today I had occasion to restrain myself from pushing back and it wasn't easy. I had to count to ten a couple of times, delete messages I'd started writing, and phone a friend. That is why it occurred to me to comment today about the fact that turning the other cheek sounds like such an effortless instruction – you barely need to move a muscle. Yet, the true practice of turning the other cheek takes a tremendous amount of strength. Amazing, isn't it?
The other thing I realized is that those we would most readily attack back are those we don't feel any respect for–and we're frequently overcome with the feeling of "and they had the unmitigated GALL to do this or that to ME!"
In the heat of the moment maybe the snappy comeback or scathing reply feels good but in the long run being the better person feels so much nicer I think.


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Le Petit Salon de Musique, one of Suffolk County's most intimate classical music venues, will open its ninth season in a big way with a striking set of "Miniatures" by the contemporary composer, Richard Faith. The accomplished duo of oboist Terry Keevil and pianist Paolo Bartolani will also perform pieces by J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, Robert Schumann and others. In addition, Mr. Keevil will perform an original piece for the duduk, an ancient woodwind instrument.
Terry Keevil is a member of North Shore Pro Musica and has performed with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, and Choir of Sacred Music. His musical range includes operas, Bach cantatas, symphonies and chamber music works. He can be heard playing the duduk and English horn with David Darling and The Adagio Ensemble on the CD "In Tune," released by The Relaxation Company, and the oboe and duduk with Hidden City on their CD, "Another Country." Terry has also released a CD of original solo duduk music titled "Duduk Creations." He leads musical improvisation workshops at SUNY Stony Brook and is the director of the Adult Chamber Music Program at Stony Brook.
In addition to being a stunning performer, pianist Paolo Bartolani is a musicologist and music manager, working in both classical and contemporary music. Born in Italy, he performs as a soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles in Europe and United States. He founded the Rites of Spring Music Fest on Long Island's North Fork to promote classical and contemporary music, and to combine music, history and the natural environment.
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