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The Serbian Project and its Adversaries: a strategy of war crimes
By Gow, James
Hurst & Co. London , 2003, 309 pages,
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The incriminating evidence linking Miloševic to murder by Brendan Simms Review The Serbian Project and its Adversaries: a strategy of war crimes by James Gow, C. Hurst & Co., London 2003, £16.50 pp288 To the casual observer, the expulsions and massacres that took place in Croatia and Bosnia in 1991 and 1992-95 seemed like the spontaneous eruption of long-standing ethnic hatreds. This was certainly a picture that the principal perpetrators of these horrors - the radical Serb ethnic cleansers controlled by Radovan Karadžic and Ratko Mladic, and supported by the Serbian president Slobodan Miloševic in Belgrade - were happy to promote. It was also an explanation that many elements of the international community (in particular the British government) wanted us to believe, and for much the same reason. It suggested that the Balkans was an irredeemably dark place, prone to periodic bouts of senseless blood-letting. There could thus be, the argument went, 'no good guys' and by extension no effective outside military intervention to bring the violence to an end. However, as James Gow shows in his extremely important, well-researched and highly persuasive book, the violence that hit Croatia and Bosnia in 1991-92 was far from random. Rather, it followed an entirely coherent pattern and was deployed in support of rational, albeit reprehensible political ends. Gow's interpretation is based on his pioneering work as an expert witness to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague. His book is written to scholarly standards, but it is sufficiently uncluttered with reference to secondary literature to be accessible to the general public. Gow is well aware, of course, that the Serbs had no monopoly on violence, but he demonstrates beyond all doubt that the Serbian project was the 'primary and defining element in the war'. The purpose of the campaign of murder and destruction visited upon the non-Serb populations of Croatia, Bosnia and, later, Kosovo was nothing less than the creation of an ethnically pure, territorially contiguous state out of the ruins of communist Yugoslavia. The killing of civilians was thus no regrettable by-product of armed conflict, but an integral part of the whole strategy. Here Gow restores a crucial element of rationality to such events as the shelling of the Croatian architectural masterpiece of Dubrovnik in 1991, or the widespread mutilation of corpses, which had once seemed merely spiteful or barbaric; in fact, they made eminent sense as part of a strategy based on enforced demographic shifts. The Serbs, to borrow Gow's graphic phrase, were engaged in a form of 'reverse Maoism' - they sought to eliminate opposition by removing the population that might sustain it. Usually this could be achieved through intimidation and expulsion; sometimes, as in northwestern Bosnia and eastern Bosnia in 1992, or most notoriously at Srebrenica in July 1995, when some 7,000 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered, wholesale massacre was needed. And, Gow argues, far from being spontaneous, 'the scale, range and consistency of the methods used to terrorise the non-Serb populations ...required significant coordination and planning'. This high level of preparation was evident in the early deployment of military units, the distribution of weapons to local Serb radicals, the disarming of their Croat and Muslim neighbours, the mobilisation of transport to facilitate the expulsion, and even in the official letter-headed paper on which ethnic cleansing was ratified and victims signed away their property. If the outlines of this project are already well known, Gow makes many distinctive contributions to the picture. He takes us through the stages by which the Serbian leader Miloševic turned the Yugoslav People's Army (the JNA) from a genuinely pan-Yugoslav entity into an almost entirely Serbian force (the VJ) subject to his authority. This process was finally completed only in August 1993, but it was already well under way by the beginning of the Bosnian war in April-May 1992. In fact, as Gow points out in some of the most fascinating passages of the book, the JNA and its sucessor, the VJ, ran what was 'effectively a common officer corps' with the Serb rebel enclaves in Croatia and links to the Bosnian army were almost as close: many officers remained on Belgrade's payroll and were rotated between Bosnia and Serbia, and prisoners taken among the forces of the Bosnian army were sometimes incarcerated in Serbia itself. In short, as Gow shows, the trail of ethnic cleansing in 1991-92 leads directly to the Serbian capital and to Miloševic. Gow also makes a convincing case that the decision to 'cleanse' Kosovo was taken as far back as 1997, long before NATO came on the scene or even the start of sustained Kosovar Albanian guerrilla activity. In the end, as Gow demonstrates, the 'Serbian project' was frustrated by Western military intervention. It was NATO air power that forced the Serbs to suspend the siege of Sarajevo in early 1994, and to back off from the safe area of Goražde in April of that year. Likewise, it was NATO air power that shattered the Bosnian Serb army's command-and-control capability once full-scale bombing finally got under way in August-September 1995. Four years later, it was the impact of sustained strategic bombing on the Serbian infrastructure, the increasing effectiveness of tactical air strikes on VJ forces in Kosovo itself and the shock of his indictment for war crimes by the Hague tribunal that finally induced Miloševic to cut his losses and give in to Nato. All this, of course, renders more problematic the behaviour of those British statesmen, such as Douglas Hurd, John Major and Malcolm Rifkind, who had blocked all attempts to confront the Serbian project early on with NATO air power. To that extent it is a pity Gow somewhat pulls his punches in his treatment of the international context. But this is a relatively minor quibble. It certainly does not alter the fact that he has written a book that should be read by all those seeking to understand the 'Serbian Project' and, particularly, the political-military structures that Miloševic put in place to implement it. Brendan Simms is the author of Unfinest Hour: Britain and the destruction of Bosnia. This review appeared in The Sunday Times, 4 May 2003
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April 9: Before and After
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April 9 is a special date for Georgia. On this day in 1991 the republic became independent from the Soviet Union.
It wasn't easy for the Georgians. They had been fighting for their freedom two years earlier at a non-stop rally. That was how the disintegration of the Soviet empire began. Army units were employed to disperse the protests, which resulted in numerous victims – 20 dead and hundreds injured. Could this bloody event be repeated? What happened in Georgia on April 9 this year? What's going on there now? Find out in a new XL Report on RT.

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Naked, Unashamed
If I were to tiptoe
past the gates of Long Night,
could I find the Garden Immortal?
Quench the flames of the sword
with the dew of my skin,
Climb the tree,
taste the fruit -
Oh, the nectar divine -
with song
charm the serpent denied.
Kingdom of Earth
the Lions temptation,
now the throne for the serpent
and I.
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We ate lunch at Moe's BBQ ... it was your typical, tasty BBQ joint!
It was fun to walk around a college town again. I love places where the college & downtown area are within walking distance of each other (like my beloved App State!). We didn't spend too much time browsing the university pathways because of the heat (and let's be honest, lemonade was callin' my name!).
This is Toomer's Corner, the "famous intersection."
The lemonade at Toomer's Drugs.... delicious!
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All the Russian Jews who considered themselves liberal had wanted Fischer to win. For them, the Soviet Union stood for everything that was vile and deceitful, while the United States held the promise of everything that was good. And Fischer was the face of that good. The enormous, warty face of democracy.Read the full story online.
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This was an intriguing and complex little story, and a neat plot device devised by the author - using the Fischer-Spassky match and the arc of Fischer's life - to refelct the main character's (Marina's) own personal journey. I thought the reference to Fischer's face as "warty" was interesting, the "warty face of democracy" perhaps the representation of Marina's fear of the west and the unknown. Seeing Fischer evokes her husband, and in telling Elijah that she thinks he is being "...too hard on Fischer," perhaps she is also evoking a time when things were simpler for all of us, when lines were clearly drawn, black and white, east and west. This was certainly true for Marina at least, the combative Fischer conjuring for her a time when everything that mattered to her - husband, child, home - were in sharp focus.
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I agree with your reading, and I like that "warty" line too. By the end of the story, she seems to have accepted America, like she has accepted Fischer, "warts and all" as they say. Thanks for the note.
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Authorities in Vietnam on Monday put on trial 22 defendants on charges of corruption and economic mismanagement related to millions of dollars of losses to the country's energy and banking sectors, with former top oil executives and a recently dismissed senior Communist Party official among the defendants.
Former Politburo member Dinh La Thang, 57, faces charges of economic mismanagement, causing losses of U.S. $35 million in oil company investments in Vietnam's Ocean Bank, while former PetroVietnam Construction chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh, 51, is accused of embezzlement and faces a possible sentence of death if convicted.
In August, Germany accused Vietnam of kidnapping Thanh from a Berlin park and taking him home by force to face charges.
The incident led to strained diplomatic ties between the two countries, though Vietnam said that Thanh had returned home voluntarily.
Speaking to RFA's Vietnamese Service, Petra Schlagenhauf—Thanh's lawyer in Germany, where he had sought asylum—said it was clear that Thanh had been forced back, adding that a televised statement Thanh made on his return saying he had come back on his own was likely coerced.
"It was no voluntary return," Schlagenhauf said. "I suppose he was obliged, I don't know by which measures, to say this on Vietnamese television."
"I had spoken with him many times before, and I know that he would never have gone back to Vietnam voluntarily, because he knew that he would never get a trial [defined] by the criteria used by civilized states on these kinds of issues."
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Schlagenhauf noted that Thanh's forced return to Vietnam has led to tensions in what she called Vietnam's strategic partnership with Germany, an important trading partner, with new economic agreements between the two countries now in jeopardy.
"And this case of kidnapping has also caused a lot of criticism in other European states," she said.
Thanh's kidnapping in Germany by Vietnamese agents has caused "very serious damage to Vietnam's international image and prestige," agreed regional expert Carlyle Thayer, a professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia.
"This action was unprecedented and portrays Vietnam as a quasi-police state that does not respect the rule of law," Thayer said in a Jan. 5 briefing published by the Thayer Consultancy.
Noting that Thanh is the only one of the 22 defendants now on trial to face a possible death penalty, Thayer said that if Thanh is executed, this will have "a chilling effect on high-level officials who are involved in massive fraud leading to major losses for the state."
"[But] in Vietnam's case, massive high-level corruption can only be curbed by having autonomous investigative and audit agencies as well as a freer media that are independent from political influence," Thayer said.
Reported by RFA's Vietnamese Service. Translated by Emily Peyman. Written in English by Richard Finney.


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A British man has been arrested for attempting to assassinate Donald Trump.
Michael Steven Sandford, 20, was arrested at the Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday. Sanford, while appearing as an attendee at the rally, rose from his seat and tried to take a police officer's gun from his holster in an attempt to shoot and kill Trump. The officer was working security for the rally and quickly subdued Sandford.
Police say Sandford told them he had been planning his attack for about a year. His preparations reportedly involved a visit to a Nevada gun range where he fired 20 rounds from a Glock 9 mm pistol, the same type of pistol many officers carry.
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Investigators say Sandford believed he would only be able to get off one or two rounds before he himself was killed.
Officials from the U.K. government have said they're cooperating with the investigation into Sandford, who drove from California to Nevada to carry out his assassination. "We are providing assistance following the arrest of a British national in Las Vegas," a spokesperson for Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office said.
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Sandford reportedly told police he had been living in the U.S. for a year and a half, planning the attack for nearly a year, but only recently felt confident enough to attempt to murder Trump.
Sandford reportedly told detectives if he were on the street tomorrow, he would attempt to assassinate Trump again, adding he had already purchased tickets to the Trump rally in Phoenix scheduled a day after the Vegas one.
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The news of the attempted assassination of Trump by a U.K. national on June 18 came just a few days after British Labour Party politician Jo Cox was assassinated in the U.K. on June 16. The two events do not appear to be connected in any way.
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In the late 1980's after being deluged with requests from local schools, social service agencies, family shelters and individuals, the Bakehouse started outreach programs. The Bakehouse initiated the Children's Art Workshops, a program so successful, it led to recognition by the President's (Clinton) Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
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Where do I even begin? Here I am standing in a circle of natural beauty, rock solid friendships, and feeling insanely blessed. I can't help but wonder if I am deserving of such amazingness in my life, but then I punch myself (only because I've had a few glasses of wine) and realize we are all deserving of such things. I'm just going to be upfront here and say I've had trouble writing this post. I've tried to write it a handful of times, and can't seem to find the right words, or maybe I feel too vulnerable to share the words I've chosen. Maybe I will share those words eventually. But for now, I am sitting in wonder. Wonderous wonder. How do I explain intangible feelings? Instead of harnessing the words, I will share with you pictures. Pictures of our journey, pictures of love and sunshine and I will tell you I am filled w/ inspiration for a lifetime to come.
I explored all around the rocks (more on this later!) I stood in the sun w/ these glorious women! And walked and shared and hugged and drank and loved all of them every last drop:
There's more to share, in picture and thought form, coming eventually. I am getting wrapped back up in the hotness of FL and working on a stationery project (oooohh how fun) which I'm thrilled to try. It's all in the infancy stages, but I have long been wanting to make cards/stationery/love sendable via postal service. More on that later too.
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One Big Secret…
Broke and in need of a job, barrel racer Erin Walker has returned home after years of traveling the rodeo circuit. But the only job available is working for the man who broke her heart and left her pregnant and alone. Not a day goes by that she doesn't wonder about the son she and Jake had, whether he's happy with his adoptive parents or what her life would have been like if the three of them had become a family.
Jake Canfield just wants to get close to Erin again and perhaps rekindle what they once had. But is that possible? It depends on the sudden appearance of the one person who could bring them closer together!
Very emotional story. Erin is back home while she trains a new horse and tries to earn enough money to go back on the rodeo circuit. She's surprised, and not very happy, to see Jake. He had left Desperation seventeen years earlier, swearing he'd never be back, and breaking her heart. She never told him that she was pregnant. She's surprised when he offers her a job on his ranch, but she needs the work, so she takes it.
Jake still feels bad about the way he ended things all those years ago, but he'd had his reasons. His attraction to her is as strong as ever, and he'd like to see if they can pick back up again. He loves having her working with him on the ranch. She gets along really well with the other hands and she's taken over training his newest hire, Jonah. Jonah is very inexperienced, but determined to learn everything he can about ranching.
I loved seeing the way that Jake and Erin came back together. The chemistry is still there, as though they'd never been apart. They had a lot of great shared memories, since Jake had been at his uncle's ranch every summer since he was nine, until he left at eighteen. I really enjoyed their back and forth as neither had any trouble speaking their mind. There was a new closeness developing between them that took a severe hit when Jonah revealed who he was. Jake was angry that he hadn't been told and had some harsh words for Erin, who had some right back at him. They had to work hard to overcome those feelings if they were going to get back to where they had been. There is also a fair amount of stubbornness on both their parts when it comes to their futures. Erin is still focused on going back to the rodeo, and refusing to think about a future with Jake. Meanwhile, Jake hates that Erin is going to leave, but refuses to stand in the way of her dreams. I enjoyed the way that Jake opened up to Erin and they finally confronted their issues.
I loved the character of Jonah. I enjoy seeing the older children in stories like this because they can have a more complicated storyline. I loved his determination to discover the truth, but also to pursue his desire to work on a ranch. His enthusiasm was fun to watch. I was impressed by the way he found out where to go to find Erin. He also seemed pretty mature, and I loved seeing him interact with Jake and Erin, both before and after the great reveal. One of the things I enjoyed most about this book was getting some of his point of view. Also loved his clear sight when it came to Jake and Erin's relationship and what he said to them toward the end. It was fun seeing the epilogue through his eyes.


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Jan. 7 — Thwarted in their legal challenge, the Republican parties from Tennessee and New York State are instead petitioning the Securities and Exchange Commission to repeal its pay-to-play rule.
The rule is "unconstitutional and unlawful" because it "limits the ability of investment advisers to make otherwise lawful political contributions," the petition for rulemaking said.
The groups had challenged the rule in federal court, but the suit was tossed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in August because the groups waited too long to file (165 SLD, 8/26/15). Under federal statute, the challenge had to be brought within 60 days of the rule's adoption, but the New York Republican State Committee and Tennessee Republican Party waited roughly four years.
"We believe this petition is the next logical step to take on the matter," Brent Leatherwood, executive director of the Tennessee Republican Party, told Bloomberg BNA Dec. 7. "The SEC's rule has long prohibited a particular set of Americans from fully exercising their rights. That's wrong."
The rule prevents an investment adviser from managing state assets for two years if the firm, or certain executives, donate campaign money to state officials who make decisions regarding what companies are used to invest state money.
The rule also prohibits advisers from bundling money from other donors to give to those state officials. It was adopted in July 2010 (125 SLD, 7/1/10).
In their challenge, the Republicans argued that the SEC couldn't regulate political contributions because Congress has exclusive authority to do so. They also claimed the agency violated its statutory authority and that the rule ran afoul of the First Amendment.
Their Dec. 4 petition to the SEC raises similar issues.
"Citizens should be able to fully participate in the 2016 campaign free from a haphazard government mandate," Leatherwood told Bloomberg BNA.
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I'm excited to share that we recently led the Series A investment in Smart Vision Labs, Inc. The company is based in New York City, and is changing the way eye exams are done with the world's first commercially available, mobile phone based autorefractor, the SVOne.
The Smart Vision Labs press release and TechCrunch coverage talk about the global market opportunity and need in detail, so I'll suffice it to say we believe that seeing well is a right, not a privilege. We also love to see technology used for good and to improve our lives, so these two ideas together are very compelling for us.
When we first saw the SVOne and met the team behind the technology, we were inspired by the potential and the sophistication of the approach Smart Vision Labs has taken. The solution uses wavefront aberrometry, a technology typically found in large, heavy desktop autorefractors in your eye doctor's office. The team at Smart Vision Labs has shrunk this down, connected it to the cloud and put it into the palm of your hand. Its true convergence.
Yaopeng Zhou (CEO) and Marc Albanese (COO) are passionate and mission-driven co-founders with strong backgrounds in the vision and optics space. They have a great story and a long history together. From the early days at grad school, Yaopeng and Marc have had a clear vision (sorry, had to!) around what was possible in this realm and have been pursuing it relentlessly. What started as an idea between two researchers at BU has become a groundbreaking product already in use around the world. Like every great entrepreneurial journey, they've had their challenges and curveballs thrown at them. Yaopeng and Marc have handled all of it well and are monster executors – they just get things done! This Series A financing is another one of those milestones, and we are fired up about where the company is going next.
The entire team at Smart Vision Labs is great and laser focused on the task at hand, and I'm happy to also announce I'm joining the Smart Vision Labs board as a Director. All of us at Techstars Ventures look forward to digging in and working with Smart Vision Labs on this important mission of improving eye exams and helping people the world over see more clearly.


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The Revolution is here. Despite initial resistance from major news sources, it is now being televised. Across the country, across the world, tens of thousands of people are marching in the streets.
At first they ignored us. On Twitter, you can see my heated exchanges with a CNN News anchor (Ali Velshi) who told me in a snarky manner that Occupy Wall Street was not a story. Then the mocking began as they tried to paint everyone involved as "dirty hippies", "leftist lunatic Communists" and other ad hominem attacks. Now that they've failed in that, they're ready to unleash the dogs.
Yet, with every arrest, with every use of pepper spray, the crowds grow larger and pop up in new cities. This is a wave that cannot be stopped and the people who stand in opposition will be swept out. They will find themselves on the losing side of history. Politicians are suddenly paying attention and trying to co-opt, to harness the energy of the movement for their own gain. President Obama has said that he sides with the protesters, but he has got corporate money in his coffers as well. I dare say that the vast majority of incumbents do as well, this has to end.
The ideological purists of the Occupy movement are angered at the thought that politicians are trying to use the energy for their campaigns but unfortunately, that is how the system works. Every major social change started with protests and discontent of some sort but ultimately, it took votes cast by Senators, members of Congress or decisions made by the Supreme Court to make it law. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the product of activism, protests and sit-ins. So was the abolition of slavery, the repeal of Prohibition, etc.
Occupy Wall Street is the first, and necessary step. We are learning to shake off our apathy and abandoning the myth that one person does not matter. Yet, I do not believe the current system of inequality can be changed by just protests alone. Next, we have to get involved and make changes through the political system which ultimately decides what is law and what is not. If you have a representative who will listen and vote for the changes that are needed, support them and make sure you keep them honest. If you have a representative that will not listen and is too deeply in the pockets of those who have a vested interest in the status quo, help remove them from office via the ballot box.
The difference between the Arab Spring and the American Autumn is that in the Arab countries, they were under dictatorships which allowed little or no participation in the political process. Here, we have the ultimate say with our vote. We just have to learn not to be tricked into voting against our self interests. We have to learn that our neighbor is not our enemy for whatever reason we've been told in order to divide us against each other. We can reclaim our country, if we really want to.
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Rise up and be counted
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In the comradely interests of radicalism, autonomy (and metaphor), and to prevent occupation being co-opted as a new form of, well... occupation, Talisker and Laphroaig are in fact Whisky (not Whiskey) :)ReplyDelete
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State AGs on Antitrust and Interstate Comity
Amicus curiae, or "friend of the court", briefs offer non-parties to a case an opportunity to address the effect of a decision on their interests. Such a brief can alert the court to those effects when they are not addressed by one of the parties. Price v. New York City Board of Education, 837 N.Y.S. 2d 507, 516 (N.Y. Sup. 2007). It can do so by presenting "ideas, arguments, theories, insights, facts, or data that are not to be found in the parties' briefs." Voices for Choices v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co., 339 F. 3d 542, 545 (7th Cir. 2003). Conversely, it should not cover the same ground that the party it supports has covered or encourage the court to consider the identity of the parties or their amici ahead of the facts and the law in deciding the case.
In Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Harmar Bottling Co., 218 S.W. 3d 671 (Tex. 2006), the Supreme Court of Texas considered whether so-called calendar marketing agreements entered into between Coca-Cola bottlers and local retailers violated the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983. The court also considered whether that Texas state law could be applied extraterritorially to provide a remedy for antitrust injuries to competitors of the Coca-Cola bottlers whose territories lay in Arkansas and Oklahoma. At the merits stage, the State of Alabama, under Attorney General Troy King, submitted an amicus brief in which it observed that the antitrust laws of the several States differed and contended that the application of the Texas law, the injunctive powers of the Texas courts, or both to injuries to consumers outside Texas from competitive practices outside Texas violated the interests of interstate comity. The State of Alabama noted that one of its corporate citizens, a Coca-Cola bottler which did not operate in Texas and whose territory included Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and portions of Louisiana, might be subject to suit in Texas for the same competitive practice. Alabama explained that it had "no problem with Texas' redressing injuries incurred in Texas that result from conduct outside that State if that is what Texas law provides. The Texas courts should refrain, however, from redressing injuries to citizens in other States that are independent of any injuries in Texas. Interstate comity, supported by considerations of international comity, favors restraint."
In October 2006, the Supreme Court of Texas reversed the judgment against the Coca-Cola entities, holding that the Texas antitrust law did not apply extraterritorially, and that the trial court should not have considered the claims under the laws of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The non-Coca-Cola bottlers asked for rehearing, and the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma each supported them with amicus submissions by their respective Attorneys General. Both States suggested that an appropriate way of determining how the antitrust laws of their States applied to calendar marketing agreements, which are not generally viewed as per se illegal but have not been addressed in the Arkansas or Oklahoma courts, would be to certify questions to their Supreme Courts. The Attorney General of Arkansas, Dustin McDaniel, also suggested that, if the Texas courts got its antitrust law wrong, Arkansas could fix the error when an attempt to domesticate the Texas judgment in Arkansas was made. The Attorney General of Oklahoma, W. A. Drew Edmondson, also questioned Alabama's interest in the case, and argued that it was inefficient to expect the plaintiffs to file suit in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas to obtain relief.
Alabama and others responded to these submissions. Alabama noted that the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution allows for only "a few, relatively narrow policy based exceptions to the states' obligations to enforce the judgments of other states' courts." Erin O'Hara, "Full Faith and Credit Clause" in Meese, Spalding, Forte, eds., The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (2005). According to Alabama, Arkansas' suggestion that it could revisit the judgment of a Texas court to make sure that Texas got the Arkansas law right does not fit into any of those exceptions. Certification also appeared unworkable in that an entire trial record was at issue. Would the Supreme Court of Oklahoma or Arkansas have to review the whole record to decide whether the competitive practices of the Coca-Cola entities in their States violated their antitrust laws? Finally, according to Alabama, separate lawsuits in the several States might not be efficient, but efficiency does not trump jurisdictional limitations, and federal court was available.
On May 4, 2007, the Supreme Court of Texas denied rehearing.
Harmar is not the first time that state Attorneys General have disagreed in their amicus submissions, and it will not be the last. What may be more important than the disagreement is the interest supported. In Harmar, Alabama spoke for one of its corporate citizens and advanced the interest of interstate comity, an interest that the Supreme Court of Texas endorsed. The Attorneys General of Oklahoma and Arkansas claimed to protect the interests of their citizens by suggesting that the Texas courts could protect them. Critics of their position would argue that the courts of Oklahoma and Arkansas are to serve this purpose.


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In a lot of ways, it taught me to slow things down, even when I thought things couldn't be any slower. Instead of always looking towards the end goal of having quantity, I can sort of now enjoy the thoughts that circle my head during times, for example, when I clean my tools or bike to studio. There is a satisfaction in these moments that when I see something I made, I can look back to that entire week or so and see it transcribed in a physical object.
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I don't have a favorite piece I've made yet, but I do own a vintage Japanese ceramic piece purchased in Adamstown, Pennsylvania a few years ago. It's a two piece container with an allover hand painted floral design in rich blues and browns. I think it was made in the early 20th century and I'm not sure what it was used for, but I like that I can feel parts where the makers fingers would have rested and I like to imagine his or her hands are similar to the size of my own. It's not perfectly painted and probably doesn't have any resell value, but I find the charm through its marked history."


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Last week, Wired's Threat Level posted a list of slang used by gang members, compiled by law enforcement officials down in Texas. Much of it is easily deciphered, or feeble attempts at being clever – your typical attempts at forging comaraderie through specialized jargon. But a couple bits jumped out at me, because I was already familiar with them – and not in the context of street or prison gangs, either.
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Yesterday was a pretty good day all told. I made my way into London to spend a day herfing with a friend and had quite a day smoking, eating, drinking and looking at some real gems from the cigar world.
Upon arriving at Paddington I decided that the weather was just fair enough for me to take a morning stroll across to Sautter's of Mount Street in Mayfair. I made a quick caffeine stop at the Mount Street Deli before my first cigar (the Deli: good coffee, very slow service). I moved a couple of doors down to Sautter's, which is situated opposite the Connaught Hotel, the home of de Gaulle throughout the Second World War. As I entered, I spotted the familiar face of Nic Wing (Cities in Sound – Cuban Cigar Walk London) who was, if I recall correctly, trying out a Fuente Opus X of some description. A brief trip to the humidor in search of a Hoyo de Monterrey 'Le Hoyo' of some description – an ideal morning range in my opinion – yielded a du Maire, a tiny little smoke, and the only Le Hoyo that is available as a single from Sautter's well stocked but small walk-in humidor. It was a nice, light and quick start to the day's smoking, taking around 30 minutes to smoke – aside from a slightly tight draw, it just about hit the spot.
Just as Nic and the team at Sautter's started showing off some of the really interesting stock that's hidden away in the vaults under Mayfair, my herfing buddy for the day arrived. Just in time for the show… Two treasures spring to mind. One was a box of old (70-90 years) Castañeda cigars which seem to have been sent so someone in lieu of gold… Castañeda was one of the brands which eventually merged to become today's Fonseca marque.
The other treasure, and this really was something to behold, was a cabinet of H.Upmann cigars. (Thankyou to Nic for the picture, right). Here I am referring to the original cabinet – more akin to a cupboard or sideboard than today's slide-lid boxes… The date of this cabinet, which originally contained 500 cigars of various vitolas, is believed to be 1897. Not just pre-Revolution or pre-World Wars, but pre 20th Century! The cabinet was originally sent to Devon, and there remains just over 300 cigars – one can only imagine the Victorian gentlemen lining up in the gun room to have their post-shoot cigar. What a welcome return from a possibly miserable, wet shoot in the Devon countryside (which can definitely be an unforgiving part of the country). An interesting bit of trivia, rumour has it, is that two of the cigar names from this cabinet are front-runners to be the names of the next two UK Regional Editions…
However, back to the cigars of today. My second cigar at Sautter's was a Romeo y Julieta Cedros No3. It was a pleasant smoke as well, and just hit the spot before heading off for a light lunch at Carluccio's. Great cigars, great Italian food and some Peroni Gran Riserva beer certainly got the day off to a wonderful start.
After lunch it was a stroll along New and Old Bond Streets, gazing longingly into some of the wonderful shops which line those streets, towards St James. A quick stop in Berry Brothers to pick up a bottle of chilled Sancerre was our only diversion from JJ Fox, our intended destination. Unfortunately, we were slowly running out of time, so our planned post-dinner Churchills had to go by the wayside – and I was so looking forward to a H.Upmann Sir Winston… I decided to finally give the new UK Regional Edition a test run, so picked up a La Flor de Cano Short Robusto. I was certainly three-for-three on the day though, as the LFdC was a very pleasant smoke, with lots of buttery richness; the only downside was a slight lack of progression as the cigar developed.
As I made my way back to Paddington, I was glad that I'd made the trip across from the West Country – some good company in the form of Nic Wing and Dan Ward, some good cigars, some good food and a very nice bottle of wine. Little did I know that my dodgy knee was going to be so painful once I'd got back home! I hope you enjoyed the read, and don't forget that over the coming days I'll be posting reviews of all three cigars that I smoked, so keep checking back.


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Friday, November 18, 2011
Quote of the Week
"You see, Oprah, there is still so much more that God needs for me to express to the world. It's not just a coincidence that I look like Jesus. I am the modern day Jesus Christ that you all have been waiting for... So I ask you, Oprah, better yet, I'm begging you, Oprah, please cast me onto your show, Oprah. It is so crucial that the world hears God's word for the fate of humanity, for the fate of mankind, for the fate of me seeing my son grow older, please, Oprah, I'm begging you."
-- Alleged White House shooter Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, who's now charged with trying to assassinate President Obama, in a rambling and thoroughly hilarious 20-minute video aimed at getting him a guest spot on Oprah
Boy, is Oprah gonna be pissed that Jesus here didn't call her "dad."
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- Tom said...
Hmm, batshit crazy, pro-gun rights, Christian, has serious Freudian issues with someone he saw on TV. Sounds like the next Republican presidential front runner to me.
"God has spent a lot of time on me." I bet he has, I bet he has.
- Steven D Skelton said...
I was just about to leave the following comment:
It is a bit refreshing that we seem to have bypassed the whole "this guy is from your political side and represents all of you" meme that goes along with all of these sorts of incidents.
Then I saw what Tom had to say.
Aww fuck it....I guess there isn't anything that some fucking asshat won't try to use for political advantage.
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Greetings! Rae (whoever? wherever?) finished with: >An excellent performance of Macdonald of Sleat was given by two teams >of Mothers and Daughters. Young girls of 8 and ten dancing with their >mothers. Surely there is an opening there to encourage dancers. Which must have been in the non-competitive section? I rest my case. For safety's sake I had better add that the Branch does enter children's teams in all sections: the teacher is a certain Mrs Healy. Jim Healy Perth and Monaco


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Jimmy Chamberlin's one-of-a-kind prototype 9pc Yamaha Phoenix kit is now available on Reverb.
This kit sports a custom hand-painted Metallic Copper finish; thick brush strokes cast shadows and add a fantastic depth to this already eye-catching color. Jimmy wanted a finish that looked like copper-clad cookware, and Yamaha's artisans did their very best to replicate this unique look. This kit was the very first Phoenix series set ever produced, and the line would go on to be one of the most expensive and sought after series in Yamaha's history.
This set is utterly unique, and with a diverse array of sizes and Yamaha's legendary hybrid shell technology is at home in nearly any genre of music or style of playing. The kit is in amazing shape, with very minor wear on the heads and shells, save for a couple light dings and scratches.
Included drums/hardware are:
This kit ships in five custom flight cases in the following sizes:#1 29.5H, 24.5W, 45.5W#2 25.5H, 19.25W, 51.25L#3 35H, 27W, 39.5L#4 34H, 29W, 35L#5 33.5H, 29W, 30L
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As if shopping for your family wasn't hard enough — holiday gift-giving in the workplace can be yet another tricky dilemma. How do you give your boss a little something without looking like a brownnoser? What kind of Secret Santa gift do you get that guy from accounting that you've never spoken to? Nicole Williams, LinkedIn'scareer expert, weighs in on what's appropriate for under the office tree.
Should you give a gift to your boss?
"Personally, I think it's wise to give your boss something around the holidays," Williams tells us. "Giving a gift acts as a thank you for their mentorship and guidance throughout the year. A heartfelt handwritten note is often the best gift. Gift cards, bath sets, knick-knacks often get regifted or forgotten. However, I have saved several handwritten notes I've received from employees over the years."
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If you are a manager, should you give something to your team/ department?
"If your team went above and beyond this year — give them a treat," she recommends. "Check in with your supervisor to see if there is any money in the budget for something like this. If not, see if you can pool your resources and plan a pizza party for the office or tab at the local watering hole. Or, invest in an office ping-pong table."
If you are giving to one or two co-workers should you really give something to the whole team/department?
"You shouldn't feel obligated to get a gift for everyone you work with. If you did that, you'd go broke come New Year's. Williams also has advice on when to present your colleagues with presents. "Give these gifts away from the office. No need to rub your other coworker's nose in your presents," she says.
Perfect gift for the boss
"The gift has to say so much: 'Thank you,' 'Please give me a raise,' 'I'm classy yet poor,'" says Williams. "It has to be personal, but not too personal.
Gifting your boss something they can use every day and that make their lives easier is often the best gift of all." She suggests a set of adjustable collar stays by Swiss Stays for a male boss. "This is the type of gift that is personal …but not too personal," says Williams. And for a female supervisor she likes the Miniemergency Kit by Pinch Provisions — "a chic little emergency beauty kit to keep at her desk."


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SQL server 2012 upgrade Check list (Non Clustered environment)
Here is the in place upgrade checklist I created for migrating from SQL 2008R2
Pre upgrade Checklist
- Make sure the hardware requirements are satisfied; use System Configuration Checker (SCC) that comes part of sql server setup to verify
- SQL Server 2012 requires Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later
- Analyze the legacy sql server using SQL server 2012 Upgrade advisor
- Ensure that SQL Server 2012 installation binaries and SP1 are available locally
- Ensure SQL Server 2008R2 installation is available (for rollback )
- Install pre-requisite files
- .NET Framework 4.0
- Windows PowerShell 2.0
- .NET 3.5 with Service Pack 1
- Script logins and users
- Script all the sql jobs
- Make a note of all the maintenance plans
- Make sure that backups are taken
- Run CHECKDB on all databases to ensure that they are in a consistent state.
- Change all the 'read only' databases to 'read write'
- Ensure that all the databases (especially system databases) are configured for 'AutoGrow'
- Set the AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS option to ON for each database
- Make a note of Service start up accounts and passwords.
- Note the Memory settings for the SQL Server Instance
- Kill all the current connections and prevent the application from connecting to the database by disabling the application specific logins )
During Upgrade
- Start the SQL Server 2012 Setup program.
- Select required SQL Server 2012 components.
- Select SQL Server Database Services and any other desired components, such as Workstation Components, SQL Server Books Online, and Development Tools.
- no need to select SSAS or SSRS as these are installed on any of our environments
Note: The in-place upgrade process automatically upgrades all system and user databases.
Post-upgrade check list
- Install SQL Server 2012 Tools as in place upgrade won't upgrade the tools.
- Change the compatibility level of the databases (including master db)
- Run the results of the following query on a new window
- SELECT 'ALTER DATABASE '+NAME+' SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 110' FROM sys.databases WHERE compatibility_level <> 110
- Set the SQL Server memory back to the old settings, as upgrade process resets these values.
- Run DBCC CHECKDB WITH DATA_PURITY;
- EXEC sp_MSForeachDB @command1 = 'Use ?;DBCC CHECKDB WITH DATA_PURITY;'
- For each user database run DBCC UPDATEUSAGE(db_name)
- EXEC sp_MSForeachDB @command1 = 'Use ?; DBCC UPDATEUSAGE(0);'
- For each user database update stats
- EXEC sp_MSforeachtable @command1='UPDATE STATISTICS ? WITH FULLSCAN';
- Check for application connectivity
- Make sure that the scheduled tasks / maintenance plans are migrated
- Verify Linked servers if any
- Verify SPNs if any
- Enable user logins
- Run the application and test.
- Run the backup job
- Uninstall SSMS 2008
Rollback plan
- Run 'setup' from sql server 2008 installation folder
- Select the components
- Choose named instance and enter the appropriate instance name
- Enter the service account details
- After the installation restart the server in single user mode to restore master db
- In SQL Server Configuration Manager, click SQL Server Services.
- In the right pane, right-click SQL Server (<instance_name>), and then click Properties.
- On the Advanced tab, in the Startup Parameters box, include '-m;' as shown below
- Click OK.
- Restart the Database Engine.
- Restore master and msdb databases
- C:\> sqlcmd –S<ServerName>\<instanceName>
- 1> RESTORE DATABASE master FROM DISK = 'x:\Backups\SystemDatabases\master\master.bak' WITH REPLACE;
- In order to restore msdb, stop sql server agent and restore the database using
- RESTORE DATABASE msdb FROM DISK = 'x:\Backups\SystemDatabases\msdb\msdb.bak' WITH REPLACE;
- Restart SQL server Service in multi user mode by removing '-m;'
- Make sure that all the logins are restored
- Ensure that the sql server agent jobs and maintenance plans are in place
- attach / restore all the user databases
- Start the application and test.


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1. Administrative voting members can significantly skew, and in close cases can determine, the character of faculty organization leadership. To the extent that administrative officials vote like other members, they add administration perspectives in decision making, including voting. Faculty leadership candidates that seek election to the faculty organization on a platform that these administrators views as inimical to their own interests as administrators might vote against such candidates or might be requested to do so by superiors. In this way administrators might unduly influence and thus manage shared governance by the ability to shape the character of its leadership.
Example: assume a faculty organization with 200 voting members, 180 of which are elected by their respective units and an additional 20 appointed by the Provost/President. The elected faculty representatives consist of both tenure/tenure track and contract (fixed term) faculty; the administrative appointees include senior central office administrators and deans. In the absence of administration appointed members (and 200 voting members), a faculty member would need at least 101 faculty votes to win (assuming everyone eligible voted). But where administration officials also vote (recall the assumption of 20 voting administration appointees), the successful candidate would only need a minimum of 81 faculty votes, assuming the administration appointees voted as a block. Thus to win an election to represent faculty, one need not obtain the assent of a majority of representatives of faculty in the organization. Even if 99 faculty members voted against, the candidate might still win with only 81 positive faculty votes. Is it plausible to assume administration members might vote as a block? Yet--certainly the corporate law makes that assumption in voting by board members where there is a control relationship between the voters and someone else--in this case the Provost/President, who could indicate, formally or informally her preference. And it does not take into account the possibility of pressure on fixed term and other untenured faculty voters by their own unit leaders.2. The same logic applies to the legislative, advisory/consultation and other voting undertaken by the faculty organization. Where there is the possibility of large block voting by administrative appointees, the administration gets two opportunities to affect policy. The first is to influence faculty responses to policy, the second is by responding to faculty positions reflected in these votes. Where the administration may manage both, at the limit, it controls the process from start to finish and shared governance becomes more a formality than an actual process for robust engagement.
Example: Assume there is to be a vote on the adoption of a new general education policy at the university. The administration has indicated opposition to some aspects of the policy. Faculty are divided. Assuming the same administrative structures as in the first example, only the votes of 81 faculty will be required to defeat the measure, even where 99 faculty vote in favor. As an expression of faculty consensus the measure would have been adopted, but the administrator voting skews the result. This is particularly troubling where, as in most of these matters, the administration still retains the authority to accept, reject or modify any action of the faculty organization presented to it.
3. Administrator faculty organization members may face conflicts of interest and might be unable to engage in the work of the faculty organization with the interests of the faculty at its heart. An administrator cannot serve two masters simultaneously. She serves the one who has authority over her job. Her institutional interests suggest a convergence of interest between her and her superiors. In such a context the faculty organization no longer speaks for the faculty--that is it no longer can assert a faculty perspective as its contribution to shared governance. Rather, the product of substantial intervention by a sizeable administrator voting and participation block, is to change, and manage, the positions of the institutional faculty representative. This is particularly important in cases of close voting. In any case, such voting tends to push the faculty toward an administrative perspective by exercise of their power to vote as faculty even as they retain their roles and obligations as administrators.
Example: An administrator serving on a faculty committee is faced with the construction or review of university policy on outside business activity of faculty (e.g.,Just Because it is Legal Doesn't Make it Right--The Extension of University Control of Employee "Outside Business Activity". One construction favors the interests of administration by significantly increasing its control over all economic activities of faculty while the other permits broader exercise of discretion by faculty. The University Provist has made it clear through the senior administrators charged with the construction of this policy that she views her position as "non-negotaible" but is constrained to follow the forms of consultation and engagement. It is clear that the administrator sitting on the committee faces a conflict. Her duty as a member of the committee requires examination in the context of loyalty to the committee and to the institution of the faculty organization. Yet she also knows that she is beholden for her job to the provost and that her duty as an administrator mat be incompatible with her duty as a committee member. With disclosure it would certainly be within her duty to explain and advance the administration's position within the committee so that the faculty might consider this as they proceed. But to vote on the resulting action determination is a step too far. That voting taints the product (no longer a reflection of faculty perspective) which would then be considered again by the administrator now wearing her administrator "hat."
4. This distortion is further widened by the increasing practice of university administrators to bypass the faculty organization entirely in favor of "joint" task forces with carefully selected faculty representatives. Thus, "where the administrative officers of a university manage shared governance by faculty, especially where this management is characterized by administrative selection of individual faculty invited to the "governance table," the possibility of efficient decision-making might be furthered but such management might either corrupt or appear to corrupt the faculty role in governance." (e.g., On the Institutional Role of a Faculty Senate--Part 2). Here the faculty organization assumes, at best, a secondary role, and the character of shared governance changes from a robust interaction of instituted stakeholders, to an assemblage managed for the advancement of the interests of those with power.
Example: The university is considering significant changes to it approaches to health care specifically and employee benefits generally. The faculty organization has proven to be effective in the past in exposing the underlying premises of these changes in ways that might embarrass its authors or suggest deficiencies in form, substance and process. The administration wishes to avoid that result. The President suggests that because such governance in this case involves joint effort that a "joint task force" of administration and administration approved faculty be created to move these projects forward. The faculty organization would retain a secondary authority to review the finished project through a committee in which administrators involved in the Joint Task Force and in the development of the changes for the administration are voting members. At this point, effectively the process of change and shared governance has been coopted twice--first by denying elected representatives of the faculty robust initial engagement and then by including voting administrators on what is left to consultation.
5. Administrator voting, and to some extent participation, may serve to chill the exercise of robust shared governance within the faculty organization by contract faculty--that is faculty hired for a fixed term. This primi inter pares effect puts faculty on notice that taking a position contrary to those of key administrative representatives might serve as the basis for retaliation. Usually that retaliation will fall just shy of triggering formal action, but the threat of that possibility might be enough for someone whose position is precarious and cannot afford contract non-renewal.But for the purposes of considering the corruptive effects on voting, what this suggests is the extent to which administrator influence already skews the development of faculty positions on matters of shared governance. Here the administrator effectively gets multiple chances to intervene in chaired governance: (1) in the development of the initial policy; (2) in the consideration of faculty responses through the faculty organization; (3) in the voting on the form of response; and (4) in the consideration of administration reaction to that response. What is left of the faculty role in this administrator driven process shrivels to insignificance.
Example: A senior administrator is involved in the development of a particular form and process for obtaining student course evaluations. That administrator also sits as a voting member of the faculty organization and is a member of the faculty organization committee that considers issues of student evaluation policy. There is strong opposition to some aspects of proposed changes to student evaluation forms and processes that were created by the administrator's office. The administrator serves as an influential voice in shaping faculty responses on the committee, and votes on the official response crafted by that committee and thereafter voted on by the faculty organization. The administrator than provides input on the central administration response to the position of the faculty that he helped create.
Administrator voting distorts the role of the faculty organization. Ostensibly the place where a strong faculty view is developed and then shared with other key stakeholders as an essential part of shared governance, the faculty organization itself changes fundamental character when administrators are permitted to vote. It creates a contradiction of governance--the operation of a faculty organization as a supreme governance body in form while the function remains entirely to produce faculty perspectives in its dealing with administration and board.
This should not be taken to mean that administrators, or board members, be excluded from the deliberations of the faculty organization, or from robust debate within that body. Nor is it meant to suggest that administrators do not play a vital role as resources and sources of real time communication absolutely essential for the effective performance by the faculty organization of its role in shared governance. What it does suggest, however, is that voting is different, and that the power of administrators to wear two hats--as voting members of a faculty organization, and as administrative resources and as the representative of the administration view in deliberations of the faculty organization--undermines the legitimacy of their participation and of the faculty organization as the institutional voice of the Senate. Public research universities and others that have established such voting rules might be wise to reconsider them. Administrators have no business voting within a organization whose purpose is to distill a voice that is distinct from that of administrators, and for which participation by others would dilute the effectiveness of its role. Faculty cannot represent their perspectives when those perspectives are managed by administrators.Here good intentions have a corrupting effect on the viability of a governance model that is predicated on the ability of faculty to develop and advance their own views.


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Womex 12
With 9Bach shows over for the year, and attention turning to song writing for the next album, what better thing to do for inspiration thaN head off to WOMEX World Music Conference and showcase event, in sunny Thessaloniki Greece. We saw some fantastic bands, and can thoroughly recommend DhakaBrakha , stunning they were, have a look on You Tube, or something tells us they'll be coming to these shore's soon. As well as seeing some great bands, we were also on the look out for some shows for 9Bach, and there is one particular exciting possibility, watch this space !!
We also joined forces with the other Welsh delegates, headed by Cerys Matthews, and made sure that everyone was aware, and coming to WOMEX 13 in Cardiff. It will be a great WOMEX next October, with extra showcase spots for Welsh, Scottish, Irish, and English artists to play, and tickets available for the public to come and see great artists from here, all over the world.


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We've known for years now that Guillermo del Toro was developing a new version of PINOCCHIO - with his own gothic vision applied, of course, but it's only today that we learn, via a press release, that he's co-direct as well.
Guillermo Del Toro will co-direct GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO with Mark Gustafson (Animation Director on THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX). The Jim Henson Company production will be a 3D stop-motion animated version of PINOCCHIO based on the edition of Carlo Collodi's classic tale illustrated by Gris Grimly. Inferno will represent the property to international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
With a story by Del Toro, his frequent collaborator Matthew Robbins, and Gris Grimly, "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio" is a retelling of one of the world's best-loved tales. The puppet Pinocchio embarks on a series of extraordinary and thrilling adventures, proving himself to be as indestructible as his love for his father. Robbins wrote the screenplay for the project.
As I mentioned in 2010 in an article on the feature, the original PINOCCHIO tale was way more "out there" than we the Disney version we know so well. In the original, serialized version, Pinocchio dies a gruesome death—hanged for his innumerable faults, at the end of Chapter 15. Yowza! There's no way Del Toro goes that dark... is there?


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It's been a while since I have been able to post a Preservation Department update. Sorry about that, but it has been a busy few months. I am currently juggling the Southwest Outhouse restoration project and the Northwest Stair Passage restoration project.
The interns and I have been working hard in the Southwest Outbuilding to get the restoration completed by the middle of October. My two summer interns restored one window, leaving one to be restored. I was able to employ a fall intern, who is currently restoring that final window. We have been scraping paint, repairing plaster, and even getting some finish coats of paint on windows. Within the next week we should be able to start putting finish coats of paint on the walls and trim. In what will be the workshop and the bedchamber, the walls be painted with a simulated whitewash, while the trim and windows will be painted with a dark brown, which would have been considered "Spanish Brown" in the 18th Century. Spanish Brown was often used for baseboards and used if an outbuilding's interior elements were painted with a color. This was the case because it was cheap and hid dirt well. The last room, which has wood paneled walls, will be painted a blue-gray color with Spanish Brown baseboards. The brown being used was identified on some baseboards in the Great House from the same time period.
The Northwest Stair Passage project has been picking up momentum over the past couple of months. Most of the lingering questions have been answered, but there will always be some questions and speculation with projects like this one. We have been working closely with the project architect and the Historic Resource Advisory Panel in order to restore the stair passage accurately. The final construction documents are at the State DHR for review and we are hoping to begin construction very soon.