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Surette, Thomas Whitney, 1861-1941
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|College bulletin providing information about the upcoming 1945 Summer Music Institute.
|Original college bulletin that announces the 1945 Summer Music Institute dedicated to the memory of Thomas Whitney Surette and "devoted to a study of polyphony and ensemble." Discusses the plans for and purpose of the Music Institute; lists faculty members, music courses, and planned "lectures, concerts, [and] informal performances;" as well as general information about the college, quotes about the college, admission information, fees, a schedule, and an application form. Also briefly mentions the 1945 Summer Art Institute. Released by Emily R. Wood.
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|BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BULLETIN MUSIC INSTITUTE SUMMER 1945 BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE Black Mountain, North Carolina SECOND MUSIC INSTITUTE SUMMER 1945 July 2 - September 8 Black Mountain College Bulletin Newsletter April, 1945 Volume III Number 5 Issued seven times a year, in August, September, November, December, January, February and April. Entered as secondclass matter November 4, 1942, at the Post Office at Black Mountain, North Carolina, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Black Mounatin College dedicates its second Music Institute to the memory of Thomas Whitney Surette a great teacher of music The Second Music Institute of Black Mountain College, Summer 1945, sponsored by the Music Department of the College, will be devoted to a study of polyphony and ensemble. The music of the Nineteenth Century was increasingly dominated by the virtuoso and the mass orchestra. Seen as an expression of its time, the worship of the virtuoso on the concert stage was a part of the hero worship of this age. The development of the mass orchestra coincided with the process of industrialization and mass production. Both developments, that of the virtuoso and that of the mass orchestra, produced lasting masterworks. The amazing return of contemporary music and contemporary musical practice to polyphony and to the smaller ensembles of chamber music may be understood as a reflection of the awareness of the fundamental task that confronts our generation: the reconciliation between individual and society. Through bitter experiences the world has awakened to the realization that what we need is not heroes on the one hand and anonymous masses on the other, but that kind of society that permits the greatest possible development of each individual. Nothing can teach us more about the relation of the one to the many and the many to the one - even if in a symbolic fashion only - than can vocal polyphony and instrumental ensemble. Here we have the ideal community of free individuals, in which the whole makes possible the development of each part, while each part adapts itself to the higher order of the whole. In drawing up the program and selecting the artists the Music Department of Black Mountain College has striven for closest possible co-ordination of theory and practice, study and performance. The courses will concern themselves with the works performed. The works to be performed have been selected so as to be representative of great polyphony and chamber music through the ages. Works like Bach's Musical Offerings and his Art of the Fugue, and Haydn's Seven Words of the Saviour will be analyzed and discussed; they will be studied by the Collegium Musicum in open rehearsals, and finally performed in public. The happy combination of artists experienced in the performance of old music and of scholars devoted to the interpretation and the revival of it promises an unusually interesting and fruitful music summer at Black Mountain College. The practical activities will be centered around the vocal and instrumental ensembles, the acapella chorus, the Collegium Musicum, the chamber orchestra, and the string quartet. The program will not be limited, however, to old or to polyphonic music only. The decline and revival of polyphony since the days of the Viennese classical school will be illustrated in courses and performances. The presence of outstanding singers and instrumentalists assures a generous consideration of solo music for voice and instruments. The Institute hopes to make a contribution toward breaking down the artificial barriers between the musical scholar and the practicing musician, the theorist and the composer, the professional and the amateur, the music of the past and that of the present. The union of all these forces will be needed to create the music and the musical life of tomorrow. Teachers and students will play together in the chamber orchestra and in the Collegium Musicum; they will discuss the complex problems of old and new styles of ensemble music. There will be also occasion for private tutorials. Black Mountain College will be not merely the place where the Music Institute happens to be held. Rather, the Music Institute will be part of the life of the College; it will show visitors what Black Mountain College is doing and how. One of the basic ideas of Black Mountain College is the idea of community, which, in academic life, means intimacy between teacher and student, professional and amateur, the establishment of a genuinely personal relationship between workers in a common enterprise. The Music Institute will operate according to the pattern. It will be an opportunity for each to meet whom he chooses. Affairs will be settled less by rule than by mutual agreement. Since a number of regular Black Mountain College students will also be Institute students, and since a considerable portion of the normal College schedule will be in force, visitors will have the opportunity to see for themselves the workings of this educational experiment. Black Mountain College was dedicated to the discovery of new methods in education; students of the Institute can both observe the experiment and help to further it. 4 GUEST FACULTY ERWIN BODKY Piano, harpsichord, clavichord. Member of faculty of Longy School of Music, Cambridge. Harpsichordist of Cambridge Collegium Musicum. Pupil of Richard Strauss and Ferruccio Busoni. Professor, State Academy for Liturgic and School Music, Berlin, 1926- 1933. Concert tours as pianist and harpsichordist throughout Europe. Lectures and recitals at Juillard School, Smith College, Harvard University. Soloist with Boston Symphony and Pops Orchestra. Author of: Interpretation of Old Keyboard Music, The Character Piece. CAROL BRICE Contralto. Early training at Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, N. C. Concert tour with Sedalia Singers. Bachelor of Music of Talladega College. Fellowship at the Julliard Graduate School of Music. Pupil of Francis Rogers. Concert tours in all parts of the country. Appearance as soloist with Kansas City Symphony Orchestra. Town Hall recital in March, 1945, under the management of the Naumburg Foundation as the winner of its award in a recent contest of outstanding contralto soloists in New York City. FRANCES SNOW DRINKER Flute. Pupil of George Laurent. Member of Faculty of University of Louisville, 1943- 1944. Played under Fabien Sevitzki, Arthur Fiedler, Serge Koussevitzki (Berkshire Music Center), appeared with Cambridge Collegium Musicum and Stradivarius Quartet. DR. ALFRED EINSTEIN Music historian. Professor of Music, Smith College. Author of: Heinrich Schuetz, Gluck, A Short History of Music, Greatness in Music, Mozart: His Character and Work, The Italian Madrigal, The Literature for Viola da Gamba in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, and many other books and essays. Editor of works by Vivaldi, Corelli, Steffani, Pergolesi, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, and others. Editor of Riemann's Music Dictionary, of Krechel's chronological. thematic catalogue of Mozart's works. ROLAND HAYES Tenor. Pupil of W. Arthur Calhoun, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Jennie A. Robinson, at Fisk University, and Arthur J. Hubbard, of Boston. Studied in Europe under Ira Aldridge, Victor Beigel, Sir George Henschel, and Dr. Theodore Lierhammer. Concert tours in the United States and Europe. Command performances before George V of England and before Queen Mother Maria Christina of Spain. Soloist with Orchestra Collone in Paris and with Orchestra Mengelberg in Amsterdam. Concerts also in Vienna, in Berlin, and in all the other important cities of Europe. Appearances with the Boston, the Philadelphia, the Detroit, and the New York Symphony Orchestras. Was awarded the Spingarn Medal for "the most outstanding achievement among colored people" in 1925. EVA HEINITZ Viola da gamba and violoncello. Assistant first cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Soloist with the New Friends of Music. Solo and chamber music at the Williamsburg Festival (Virginia). Concert tours as viola da gamba player and cellist throughout Europe. 5 6 HUGO KAUDER Resident compcser. Born in Czechoslovakia. Composed two symphonies, concertos for various solo instruments with string orchestra, nine string quartets, many other chamber music works for string and wind instruments, a great number of songs and choruses; preludes and fugues and three sonatas for the piano. A number of works published by the Universal Edition, Vienna. Participated in First International Festival of Chamber Music at Salzburg, 1922. Performance of first symphony at the Music Festival of City of Vienna. Was awarded the Prize of City of Vienna, 1928. Author of: Outline of a New Theory of Melody and Harmony. JOSEF MARX Oboe and English horn player at the Metropolitan Opera Company. Prevously first oboist of Pittsburgh Symphony. Solo ohoict at the series of Bach concerts at New School of Social Hesearch conducted hy Otto Klemperer. Oboist with Adolf Busch's Group of Chamberplayers. First oboist under Toscanini in Palestine Orchestra. Studied with Leon Goossens, London. Solo appearances with League of Composers, MacDowell Club. WILLIAM VALKENIER Horn. First horn player of Boston Symphony under Kousse-vitzki. Member of Faculty of New England Conservatory, Longy School of Music, and Berkshire Music Center. Soloist with Casals's Orchestra in Barcelona. Chamber music with Klinger and Busch Quartets. EMANUEL ZETLIN Violin. Associate concertmaster of Metropolitan Opera Company. Member of Faculty of Manhattan Music School since 1929. Previously head of Violin Department of Washington College for Music which conferrcd upon him the honorary degree. of Doctor of Music. of Faculty of Curtis and Juillard Institutes. Concert tours with orchestra, as recitalist, and as chamber music player throughout Europe and the United States. Taught at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1941 upon spccial invitation of Mitropoulos with whom he appeared in concerts. Pupil of Leopold Auer and Carl Flesch, who appointed him his assistant. GORDON STRING QUARTET Jacques Gordon, First Violin Walter Hagen, Second Violin Kras MaIno, Viola Gahor Rejto, ' Cello Founded twenty years ago in New York by Jacques Gordon, then Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In addition to long winter tours, it has given during the last ten years the famous concerts at Music Mountain Falls Village in Connecticut. Besides playing the classic repertoire it has given first performances of many works by contemporary composers. The Gordon String Quartet are guest members of the Black Mountain College 1945 Music Institute Faculty through the courtesy of Music Mountain of Falls Village, Connecticut. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSIC FACULTY DR. HEINRICH JALOWETZ Pupil of A. Schoenberg, conductor of operas Prague, Cologne; concert conductor Vienna, Prague, Cologne, Berlin, London. Teacher summer school Conservatory Toronto. Author of P. E. Bach and Beethoven. Black Mountain College since 1939. DR. EDWARD E. LOWINSKY Music historian, pianist, teacher in Holland, at Conservatory Stuttgart, and Y. M. H. A. Music School, New York. Author of: Book of Children's Music, Orlando di Lasso, Chromatic Secret Art in the Netherlands Motet. Black Mountain College since 1942. GRETEL J. LOWINSKY Violinist and violist. Studied with H. van der Veght, Henri Temianka, and Marcel Dick. Memher of North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. Black Mountain College since 1942. GERTRUDE E. STRAUS Violinist. State Academy of Music Munich, Teachers' Seminar State Academy Munich. Member of Studeny String Quartet, North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. Black Mountain College since 1938. LIST OF COURSES The following four courses on POLYPHONY THROUGH THE AGES. EDWARD E. LOWINSKY I: Rise and Development of Polyphony from the Organum of the Ninth Century to Josquin's Death ( 1521).(twice weekly for two weeks) ALFRED EINSTEIN 2: The Fate of Polyphony from 1500 to Mozart's Death. ( twice weekly for three weeks) ERWIN BODKY 3: Polyphony and Beethoven. ( twice weekly for two weeks) HEINRICH JALOWETZ 4: Polyphony in the Romantic School and in Contemporary Music. ( twice weekly for three weeks) Participants in this course are urged to join the acapella chorus. ERWIN BODKY Three Hundred Years of Keyboard Music (1500- 1800). Discussion of Italian, French, English, German keyhoard style, including the entire keyhoard work of J. S. Bach. Complete performance of hoth volumes of the Well Tempered Clavier. ( twice weekly) ERWIN BODKY Collegium Musicum. Informal study of selected works of chamher music from trio sonatas to concerti grossi, including Bach's Musical Offering and his Art of the Fugue and Haydn's Seven Words of the Saviour. Combinations of vocal and instrumental en-sembles.( twice weekly) 7 ERWIN BODKY Chamber Orchestra. HEINRICH JALOWETZ CAROL BRICE Four Lecture Demonstrations. The Italian Song, the French Song, Songs by Schubert and Schumann, the English and American Song. (once weekly) ROLAND HAYES Will be available for informal discussions with singers and other musicians interested in problems of voice technique and artistic interpretation. EVA HEINITZ The Literature of the Viola da Gamba and the Cello. Discussion of the differences between the viola da gamba and the cello and their literatures. Performance of music for viola da gamba by Couperin, Forqueray, Marin Marais, Tartini, T. S. Bach, and others; of cello music by Giovanni Gabrieli, Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Hindemith, and others. ( once weekly) HEINRICH JALOWETZ The String Quartet. Comments on the String Quartets Performed by the Gordon Quartet. (twice weekly for the last three weeks) EDWARD E. LOWINSKY Creative Music Education - a seminar. (once weekly) EDWARD E. LOWINSKY A Capella Chorus. Works by Perotin, Machaut, Landini, Dufay, Josquin, Lasso, Schuetz, and Hugo Kauder. ( twice weekly) JOSEF MARX The Use of Wind Instruments in the Eighteenth Century with Special Reference to the Oboe. Among other things the use of the oboe in Bach's works will be discussed. Performance of solo sonatas for oboe by Telemann and Handel, and oboe concertos by Marcello, Handel, Vivaldi, and a double concerto by Bach. Performance and discussion of flute sonatas by T. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach and Quantz and of a flute concerto by W. A. Mozart. (This course will be given in co-operation with Frances Snow Drinker.) (once weekly) JOSEF MARX Wind Ensemble. EMANUEL ZETLIN Problems of Style and Performance in Ensemble Playing. ( twice weekly) EMANUEL ZETLIN Bach's Works for the Violin. Performance and discussion of Bach's solo works for the violin, sonatas for violin and harpsichord, concertos and double concertos. 8 LECTURES, CONCERTS, INFORMAL PERFORMANCES F. Snow Drinker G. Heinitz T. Straus C. Brice R. Hayes J. Marx E. Zetlin Gordon String Quartet Chamber Orchestra Trio Quartet Diverse String and Wind Ensembles A Capella Chorus Collegium Musicum Duo E. Bodky E. Einstein G. Lowinsky W. Valkenier During the time of Hugo Kauder's residence at the College a number of his works will be performed as an illustration of the attempt of a living composer at a new polyphonic style. Lectures of general interest will be given by members of the faculty and the guest faculty. GENERAL INFORMATION Black Mountain College is situated in the heart of the Great Craggy Mountains of Western North Carolina, a section noted for its climate and scenery. Because of the altitude - 2,400 feet - the summers are usually cool, particularly at night. The College campus with its farm and a little lake is just off U. S. Highway 70, three miles from the town of Black Mountain. The railroad station Black Mountain is on the scenic Southern Railroad Line from Salisbury to Asheville. Direct Pullman cars from New York to Black Mountain. The City of Asheville is fifteen miles from the College. The lake is bordered on the south by the dining hall, with a dining porch; on the north, by the new studies building erected with student and faculty labor. The living quarters of the College students include two dormitory buildings with bedrooms for two, three and more persons. Members of the Black Mountain College community take care of their own rooms. At Black Mountain College teachers and students live on the campus. They have their meals together in the dining hall. Thus there is a constant personal contact among students and teachers. The College farm supplies milk, meat, and vegetables to the College kitchen. The College community life in summer offers opportunities for dancing, picnics, light farm work, hiking, and swimming. Clothing appropriate for walking in the mountains and for working outdoors should be provided, as well as ordinary city clothes suitable for this climate. Evening dresses are worn at dances and concerts. 9 Students are requested to bring with them their instruments and the solo music they wish to practice. It would be' helpful if students who have chamber music scores would bring them also. The College will provide pianos and ensemble music. Individual instruction outside the announced list of courses can be obtained by special arrangement. For particulars write to the Registrar, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. Black Mountain College will notify all applicants, if circumstances should necessitate any important changes in the announced curriculum and faculty list of the Music Institute. Classes and lectures of the regular College summer session are open for registration to the members of the Music Institute in so far as they do not conflict in time with the curriculum of the Music Institute. ADMISSION A College committee admits applicants to the Music Institute. The committee's decision is based upon the previous training of applicants, their ability, and the part they can be expected to play in the Music Institute as well as in the College community. There are no fixed regulations concerning the age and academic background of applicants. The attached application blank filled out as fully as possible should be accompanied by an application fee of $5.00, which is non-refundable. This application fee will be credited to the inclusive fee upon admission. The College will write directly to the references given on the application blank. On application for a scholarship a special form will be sent to the applicant. All applications for admission should be mailed at the earliest possible date because the number of students will be limited. Address all correspondence to the Registrar, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. SCHEDULE The timetable on Pall; e 12 shows that the various fields and the teachers are distributed as equally as possible over the whole session of ten weeks. The schedule will he arranged as much as possible in such a way that the courses will take place in the morninp; s. The afternoon will he reserved for rest, private work, outdoor activities, ensemble playing, open rehearsals, also for individual advice and instruction. Concerts and lectures will be given in the evenings. 10 FEE The fee for attendance at the Music Institute, summer 1945, during the full period of ten weeks is four hundred dollars. This amount includes all cha. rges for tuition, practicing, lectures, recitals and performances, use of College libraries, record collection and equipment, visiting of classes and lectures of the regular College summer session, and room and board. Although participants for the full period will receive first consideration, participants for shorter periods will be accommodated if space remains available. The charge for shorter periods will be: fifty dollars per week for a period of three to six weeks; forty- five dollars per week for a period of more than six weeks. Normally no one will be admitted for less than three weeks. The fee is payable as follows: twenty- five percent upon notice of admission, to insure reservation of accommodation; the balance on arrival. A limited number of scholarships is available to talented students, musicians and teachers to help them defray part of tuition costs for the Music It; lstitute. Scholarships will be available only to those who can show that they are in need of financial support. For further information write to the Registrar, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. ART INSTITUTE A Black Mountain College Art Institute, Summer 1945, will he held simultaneously with the Music Institute. Anni Alhers, Josef Albers, Gropius, Feininger; Zadkine (sculpting); Fannie Hillsmith and Robert Motherwell (painting); Paul Rand and Alvin Lustig (advertising art); F. W. Goro (photography); Berta Rudofsky (leather work); and Dr. Alexander Dorner and Karl With (art history) will be among the teachers and lecturers of the Art Institute. For further information on the Black Mountain College Summer Session and the Art Institute, write to the Registrar, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. Black Mountain College catalogue, picture bulletin, pamphlets and Newsletter will he mailed upon request. 11 TIMETABLE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER ERWIN : BODKY CAROL :' lRICE FRANCES SNOW DRINKER ALFRED EINSTEIN ROLAND HAYES EVA HEINITZ HEINRICH JALOWETZ HUGO KAUDER EDWARD E. LOWINSKY GRETEL J. LOWINSKY JOSEF MARX GERTRUDE E. STRAUS WILLIAM VALKENIER EMANUEL ZETLIN GORDON QUARTET 2--- 7 9-- 14 16-- 21 23-- 28 30-- 4 6-- 11 13-- 18 20-- 25 27-- 1 3--- 8 13 BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE Those who participated in music at Black Mountain this summer will never forget the experience and will certainly do all in their power to keep it alive both there and elsewhere. For me it seems one of the most vital signs of what must and can be achieved for music in the United States, if we have the vision and courage and imagination which is demanded of us. Roger Sessions (New York Times, September, 1944.) This is a unique educational experiment, where the students and faculty are not only building their own buildings but really are attempting to demonstrate democratic procedure in an educational institution. Eleanor Roosevelt ( My Day, April 10, 1941.) Black Mountain is a living example of democracy in action. John Dewey. I want to congratulate you upon the work you are doing. You are here as a little community to work with your hands and your brains, which is a good thing for you. What is done out of pleasure is much better done than what is done out of duty. If you had to climb mountains out of duty, you could not mount these high mountains. I think that is also true with the high mountains of the spirit. Albert Einstein. Progressive education's most famous outpost. Time Magazine, Dec. 27, 1943. There should be at least one college such as this in every state, operated independently of the big universities, to provide custom- tailored education for those who want it and do the experimenting of which the big schools are almost incapable. P. M. Nowhere on American college campuses IS there to be found a more democratic spirit. The Archive, Duke University, Durham, N. C. I had thought to stay an hour or so, then go on. To shorten a long tale, instead of staying overnight, I remained for two and a half months. 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Ragweed Season Dilemma: Is it a Cold, Allergy or Sinusitis?
Your eyes itch, your nose is stuffy and your throat is sore. In short, you're miserable. Is it a summer cold, a sinus infection or an allergy?
With ragweed season approaching, it's important to be able to tell which is which so you can know what course of treatment to take.
Probably the most significant allergen in North America is ragweed, and ragweed season starts in mid-August and lasts until the first frost. People who are sensitive will start having itchy or watery eyes, itchy nose, sneezing during this period.
Still, the discomfort might not necessarily be allergy-related. It could be a cold, or it could be a sinus infection.
How to Tell the Difference
With a cold, the throat is more sore than itchy, and there is more general muscle ache and discomfort than with allergies. An infection in the sinus cavity can make the head feel full and congested, leading to a pressure headache.
Allergies tend to cause clear, runny, thin mucus, while colds and sinus infections both can have discolored mucus. People often come in with a cold thinking they must have a bacterial infection, but that may not be the case.
A cold generally lasts five to 10 days, but is usually starting to get better after five days. So the rule of thumb is if after five days you start to get worse, or if you're still symptomatic after 10 days, then you probably don't have a cold. You probably have a bacterial infection. Such an infection would be treated with antibiotics.
With allergies, the treatment generally involves antihistamines, which fight the histamines that are released during an allergic reaction. There are several antihistamines that are available over the counter and do not cause drowsiness. In addition, there are nasal sprays that are available by prescription that are also effective for allergies.
And, of course, you can avoid exposure by keeping yourself in an air-conditioned environment when pollen counts are high. So typically, if it's a dry, windy day it's not a good time to be outside if you're allergic to ragweed.
Allergies can lead to sinus infections as a result of a stuffy nose that blocks sinuses.
So it's important to keep your allergies under control, and it's important to try to treat a bacterial infection if you get one in your sinuses. But with colds, the treatment remains simply supportive therapy.
In other words, there's still no cure for the common cold.
This article originally appeared in UC Health Line (08/07/08), a service of the NetWellness.org Academic Health Center Public Relations Department and was adapted for use on NetWellness with permission, 2006.
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Remember the end of Back to the Future, when Doc Brown drops a banana peel into the Mr. Fusion port to fuel up the DeLorean? Seemed pretty awesome (and pretty implausible). But now, that scene is no longer so far-fetched.
Two U.S. based companies, KiOR and INEOS Bio, recently announced that they have produced commercial quantities of ethanol from wood chips and non-food plant matter. And INEOS says it plans to begin making ethanol using garbage from the nearby municipal landfill.
Yep, fuel made from trash … and right on schedule (if you recall, Doc was returning from 2015)!
The fact that it's made from waste isn't just cool — it also could make this fuel a truly viable alternative to gas. This is advanced cellulosic ethanol, not corn ethanol (which has been at the center of a lot of controversy in recent years).
The rise and fall of corn ethanol
In the big green push of the last decade, ethanol made from corn seemed like our best bet for an alternative fuel. It can be produced domestically, can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and can cut greenhouse-gas emissions by about 20 percent compared with gasoline.
But some analysts say the emissions reduction is offset by the pollution associated with corn ethanol production. And those numbers don't factor in land-use changes (forested land being converted to cropland), which can create their own share of greenhouse emissions. Critics of corn ethanol say it can also raise the price of food.
And while all gasoline-burning cars built after 1980 can run on a 10/90 ratio of ethanol and gasoline, only specially equipped flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) can use blends with higher percentages of ethanol.
These factors, combined with recent droughts, have taken a toll on ethanol producers and tarnished some of the shine on corn ethanol's promise.
The advantages of cellulosic ethanol
Cellulosic ethanol is made from non-food vegetative matter, which can mean switchgrass, wood chips, yard clippings, and yes, household garbage. It doesn't affect the price or abundance of food and (except for switchgrass) it doesn't require large-scale cultivation. Plus, the waste used to create the ethanol can also be used to power the factories (INEOS, for example, uses methane from the nearby landfill). The factories often produce more power than they need and can sell the excess to utility companies. Because of these factors, cellulosic ethanol could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 85 to 95 percent compared with gasoline.
Cellulosic ethanol also shows strong potential as a drop-in biofuel (one that can be used in existing cars and trucks without special modifications). KiOR says its fuel is chemically identical to conventional gasoline.
From landfill to windfall
Americans generated over 36 million tons of food waste in 2011. That's a lot of banana peels and coffee grounds. Wouldn't it be great to use some of that to power our cars and help protect the earth in the process? My apartment building doesn't allow for composting, and I feel kind of guilty tossing my wilted veggies in the trash. I'd feel much better if I knew they would have an afterlife.
We aren't quite Back to the Future
As exciting as these breakthroughs are, the oil companies shouldn't get nervous just yet. Cellulosic ethanol would need to be made in very large quantities in order to be competitive with gasoline — and that's still a ways off. Not everyone is a fan of biofuels, either. In fact, some experts feel that plug-in vehicles using solar- or wind-generated electricity are the better solution.
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Is cellulosic ethanol the fuel of the future or just one more flash in the pan? Would you fill up your car with fuel made from trash? Sound off below.
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A ways back I was introduced to twitter when I was alerted to the Caltrain tweets being run by Ravi Pina, especially valuable for the bike car information. Slowly but surely I was sucked into the twitter vortex when people started to follow my (infrequent) tweets, I started following them, I learned the search function, etc...
The final straw was when I found out that Lance was on twitter. Maybe not so much that he was using twitter, but that he was using it a LOT. Now, being a pro cyclist most of what Armstrong does with his day is...
1) Ride
2) Sleep
3) Eat
So his tweets could be somewhat one dimensional. Armstrong being Armstrong - and as my friend Dan Connelly calls it ... "Armstrong 3.0", Lance actually does a bit more than just Ride/Sleep/Eat (and I don't mean "get EPO injection - though apparently it does include 15 drug tests since he's returned to riding). Number 4 on Lance's list is apparently "Send tweets".
What's cool is that Lance is really pretty open on his twitter feed. Sometimes I find he tweets some things to showcase his hipness - "Tough loss for Roddick down under" - does anyone really care about the Austrailian Open (or Men's Tennis for that matter). But I can forgive it because there is a lot more there that, in addition to reports from the Tour Down Under, and his performance with the Mash SF guys that has me really liking the guy. Right now what's he up to?
lancearmstrong Just did Smoke Free Texas event at the capitol. Great turnout. Fingers crossed on getting it passed. It's the RIGHT thing to do.
Maybe I just like Lance so much because he's preachy like me. And on this one, he is right, and if he can get the Texans to give up smoking in bars, maybe we need to have him work on Bikes on Board. I hear he'll be in Santa Rosa by the time of the JPB meeting!
If you aren't a Lance fan, in my book you're missing something (or you're one of his former paramours, but love's a bitch).
So anyway, following Lance's feed, I see he's replying to dzabriskie. And ghincapie. ivanbasso. TeamAstana. and so on, and so on, and they're all sending dozens of tweets per day. At this point, I think someone needs to tell them to get a room. I'm too old to process 100's of tweets per day - I am pretty certain I'm just going to have to say "That was interesting" and take them off my follow list.
Except for Lance of course.
Latest: @lancearmstrong rode into work today with my new Mellow Johnny's socks. Very nice! less than 5 seconds ago
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Paul Ryan's red meat in D.C., green jobs at home
In Wisconsin, Paul Ryan was as much a supporter of renewable energy as he was its enemy on Capitol Hill. Ryan's stances provide the latest evidence of America's political ambivalence about energy and the environment — but also a glimmer of hope that some day the poles won't be so far apart.
Ryan became a star of his party, and Mitt Romney's chosen running mate for the White House, through his passionate denunciations of federal spending and President Obama's energy-heavy 2009 stimulus package. Ryan voted consistently against efforts to save energy, even including light-bulb efficiency standards. His famed budget proposal would have gutted alternative-energy programs at the Department of Energy. He has dubbed renewable energy proposals "green pork," and said in 2010, "The administration's actions show that attempting to reduce global warming — by a fraction of a degree over the next century — is a higher priority than keeping Wisconsin residents employed now."
But as the Globe reported last week, Ryan kept many Wisconsin residents employed by lobbying for green jobs. His letters to Energy Secretary Steven Chu could have been written by Greenpeace.
Pitching for the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation's ultimately successful bid for a $20 million grant to create 7,600 jobs to retrofit buildings around the state, Ryan wrote that he was "pleased to learn" that the proposal was aimed at "building sustainable demand for green jobs . . . In addition, I was pleased that the primary objectives of their project will allow residents and businesses in the partner cities to reduce their energy costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and stimulate the local and area economy."
The "green" tone was similar in three letters backing the Energy Center of Wisconsin's grant proposals for geothermal heat pump technology and commercial and residential energy efficiency programs. Ryan said ground-source heat pump technology was "ideal for Wisconsin's climate."
Such a tone is, of course, anathema for a GOP representative in Washington, where conservatives question the science behind global warming and many tend to view renewable energy as a plot to undermine oil drilling. But the opposite is true for many Democrats, whose avowed concern about carbon emissions evaporates when local industries are affected. Just as Ryan said one thing at home and another on Capitol Hill, Michigan Democrats pulled a similar trick with the auto industry. They said they cared about the environment on Capitol Hill, then worked for years with carmakers to resist fuel-efficiency standards — handing over global leadership on gas mileage to Toyota and Honda.
If only the two parties could work out their own inconsistencies, the nation would be that much further toward a unified approach to its energy challenges. For instance, Romney says if he is elected president, he would do away with tax credits for wind energy. But in Iowa, Republican Governor Terry Branstad, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, and the entire Iowa congressional delegation support the tax credits, as they reportedly have led to between 6,000 and 7,000 jobs in the state.
Grassley authored the federal tax credits 20 years ago. James Carstensen, chief of staff for Republican Representative Tom Latham, last week told the Des Moines Register that it was unfortunate that "many Americans — and frankly some members of Congress — don't separate the failures of companies like Solyndra that got the stimulus handout and the successes fostered by the wind energy tax credit."
All of this is evidence that energy and climate change politics do not have to be separate, partisan universes. For now, all we are getting are competing photo ops, such as the one last week where Obama campaigned beneath wind turbines in Iowa, while Romney was in Ohio, flanked by coal miners. But if Paul Ryan can utter the phrase "greenhouse gases" to lobby for jobs in Wisconsin, then there is a chance, however slim it might seem right now, that someday, all the political hot air can dissipate into real energy policy.
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I know I alluded to lots of changes happening in the Charm City household… and these changes have been keeping me busy. And then coupling that with the fact that daycare has been closed these past 2 weeks, I haven't had any time to blog.
So this is just a quick catch up for those that may still be checking in.
I actually did a photo dump from our small point and shoot camera the other day and totally forgot that we had pictures from our trip to Washington, D.C. on there. We did a quick tour of D.C. with my aunt who was in town for my dad's funeral since she'd never been to Maryland or D.C. before. And it was balls hot out that day. Like 100 degrees hot.
I was worried that AM wouldn't last but she was a little trooper. Next time though, I'll hold off on touring cities until it is much cooler.
It is crazy to look back at a photo from just a little over a month ago and realize that (1) AM no longer fits into the shoes she was wearing in the photo and (2) she no longer users the pacifier outside of the house. So many changes. Seriously though – her feet are growing like crazy this summer.
More recently, we visited the Maryland Zoo last week. It is hard to plan this types of outings with AM now since she naps from 12pm – around 3pm every day. We hate disrupting this because her mood definitely is impacted based on whether she had a good nap or not. This means we usually have to split our activities to things in the morning and things in the late afternoon/early evening.
We figured AM would only be into the zoo for like 2 hours anyways and we were so wrong.
It was really difficult to pull her away from exhibits. She'd see an animal, point and say something. She would also insist that I hold her up so she could get a better look. And for some reason she was all about ME holding her up this day and not dad.
And the ONLY way we could get her to move on to the next area was with the promise of her seeing "more animals". (She now says "more" and completely understands the concept)
We actually had to trick her into leaving the zoo willingly by saying we were going to go see "more" (we didn't say animals but she isn't hip to our word trickery just yet). When we got halfway to the parking lot you could see the instant she realized we were leaving and she had a total meltdown. I think it is safe to say that she likes looking at animals.
We also took her to her 18 month check-up and learning that she's still measuring in the 90-95% for height and weight (yowza!). Apparently she's measuring on point with the average height of a 27 month old. That is insane to me. Our pediatrician also made some comment about how we'll probably end up having 4-6 kids. Um… let's see how we do with 2 first.
Lastly – I haven't really been posting stuff on Facebook. I think right around the time my dad died, I didn't want to share his death as a status update and get inundated with messages of condolences from people with which I don't keep in close contact. But that also means I haven't shared my pregnancy news either. I went to a baby shower this past weekend completely forgetting the fact that I haven't seen many people in awhile and I think it shocked a few folks. It is amazing how much people rely on Facebook for news on friends. (and I totally rely on it to stalk people!)
Do you share big news on Facebook? Do you enjoy "stalking" old friends and acquaintances as much as I do?


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Last year ended for the Packers with defensive players turning on each other. This year is beginning for the Packers with offensive and defensive players turning on each other.
As explaining by Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the first day of padded practice included extensive "shoves, taunts and curse words" as the defense tried to establish more of an edge.
"That's always the goal for the defense to be more aggressive," linebacker Dezman Moses said, via Silverstein. "There's been a lot of talk about us being soft and this, that and whatever.
"We don't believe that. That's never been a question by anyone in this locker room. We're just trying to up the physicality a little bit. Just make it a way that our defense works and plays."
The Packers defense carries the scar of giving up 579 yards to the 49ers in the divisional round, as a close game turned into a route.
"The nasty is here and I love it," defensive end Mike Daniels said. "Everybody is getting involved. The best part is, we all understand each other. What happens on the field, stays on the field. It's kind of like Vegas. When we get back on the field we're all friends."
Still, there can be too much "nasty" for the coaching staff's comfort.
"It was great to get that competitive environment established," coach Mike McCarthy said. "I thought they definitely practiced with an edge. We had too much extracurricular activities going on. That falls under your category of player safety."
Player safety is a valid concern. But Packers defenders and their coaches should be even more worried about job security. Based on the first day of practice, they apparently are.


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I'm surprised anyone is still stopping by, it's been so long since I've posted an update. Sad to say that almost no sewing is being accomplished at my house. I did sew two rows together of my orange quilt, but that's not really blog-worthy.
Had a wonderful Christmas - all the kids were happy with their presents. Mom and Santa both did a good job this year. Had some nice meals with family, and now back to a healthier way of eating and a commitment to my exercise program. I don't do new year's resolutions, but I'm just going to resolve now to get back on track. :)


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You don't got to give me no instructions, baby
I know what I wanna do
You don't really got to tell me nothing, girl
Whatever you say is probably true
Sometimes I can't decide whether I believe that we move fast
Or time moves slow
But I like it, though
To me I'm just me, whatever that may be
And I know that you're just you
So let's do what we came to do
[Hook: Kool A.D.]
And I know and I know and I know what we came to do
And I'm pretty sure that you do, too
[Verse 2: Heems]
Girl – you're really cool
Smart – that's good at school
Pretty – you're beautiful
And I heard you got a pool
Plus your hair smell nice
Just like Newports, that's my type
My fingers crossed
The small in your back
My head in your chest but I'm taller than that
Red on your dress as it falls down your back
Sess is the best, Hulu on the Mac
Or Netflix, whatever your preference
Must address that I like the dresses
You wear,and your taste in necklaces
Got, me, rest, less, kid, and my head on spin
Feeling weird
And strange
These days, we need infinite rest from Infinite Jest
Legs so long, that's an infinite dress
So then now is funny feelings?
I'll be over after some meetings
Let's go away for the weekend
Can't sprawl out, I ain't been sleeping
Figured fleeing, but into being
We could feel things, this the real thing
What's the real thing?
Race for creeping
To get to chiefing
I'm into seeing you
Like all of the time
Inside jokes in all of my rhymes
More dime than all of the dimes
Runnin' round like all of my mind
Let's get sweaty like how a sauna do
Whatchu wanna do?
I know what I wanna do
[Hook: Kool A.D.]
And I know and I know and I know what we came to do
And I'm pretty sure that you do, too
The fifth track on Das Racist's debut album Relax, produced by Blood Diamonds.
A parody of "pop-rap" songs, many of which consist of the rapper(s) professing their love to "really cool" girls.


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Latest Cancer News
THURSDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Nerves may play an important role in both the development and spread of prostate cancer, a new study suggests.
The findings could lead to new ways to predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, as well as new ways to prevent and treat the disease, according to the researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
The investigators first conducted tests in mice, and then analyzed nerve fiber densities in prostate tissue samples from 43 prostate cancer patients who had not received treatment. Men with aggressive prostate cancer had a higher density of nerve fibers within tumors and in normal prostate tissue surrounding the tumors, compared with men who had less aggressive cancer.
"More work needs to be done, but the findings suggest that nerve density assessment merits further study as a possible predictive marker of prostate cancer aggressiveness," study leader Dr. Paul Frenette, a professor of medicine and of cell biology, said in an Einstein news release.
The study appears online in the July 12 edition of the journal Science.
Although nerves are commonly found around tumors, it has been unclear what role they might play in the growth and progression of cancer. These findings raise the possibility that drugs targeting nerves may offer new treatments for prostate cancer, Frenette suggested.
It is also not clear whether these findings apply to other forms of cancer, the study authors noted in the news release.
"Clinical studies show that breast cancer patients who took beta blockers did better than those who were not taking beta blockers," Frenette said. "This suggests that the same mechanisms are involved, but that remains to be seen."
-- Robert Preidt
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SOURCES: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, news release, July 11, 2013


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May 4, 2008
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Saturday, May 3, 2008 marked an extensive upgrade for the Yale golf program and Payne Whitney Gymnasium. The David Paterson Technology Center was dedicated in honor of longtime Yale golf coach, Dave Paterson.
The Center is a state-of-the art indoor golf area located on the 2nd floor of the historic Payne Whitney Gymnasium. It features the latest technology and equipment to enhance the quality of training and the performance of the men's and women's teams.
Highlights of the Center include four hitting banks and a 630 square foot professional putting green with 100 square feet of surrounding fringe. In addition, the complimentary technology includes a putt training system which provides real time feedback based on 28 parameters of a putting stroke, a K Vest which measures the path of the hips, shoulders and arms through the swing, and video swing analysis software.
The dedication began with hors d'oeuvres and drinks in the hallway of the Center. The group then moved into the Kiphuth Trophy Room, a room featuring Yale athletic memorabilia dating back to 1842, for speeches and the presentation of plaques to the donors. Athletic Director Thomas Beckett began the proceedings with the first speech of the evening. He spoke about the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and the mission of the Yale Athletics.
"Teaching is at the heart of what Yale does," said Beckett. "To be able to say to students and faculty that we provide you with world class facilities is also what Yale takes pride in."
He then introduced the 2007-2008 men's and women's golf captains, senior Andrew Denenberg and senior Ellen Brophy. Ellen took the microphone first to talk about how the golf teams have been able to use the center so far and what it has meant to the team.
"Being able to just come to the gym right on campus has been amazing," said Brophy. "Players come by in between classes to hit a few balls or roll a few putts, and they come by late at night, it just makes it so easily accessible."
Following Ellen was men's captain Andrew Denenberg. He roused many laughs from the crowd with his lighthearted and fun account of Coach Paterson and the technology center.
"I think it is a bit ironic that there is a technology center named after Dave Paterson, because he is pretty much the most old-school guy I know," said Denenberg. "I remember the first time I had troubles with my swing as a freshman, I asked him for some help and he said `Just hit it, harder.'"
After the captains finished, Thomas Beckett took the podium again to introduce Coach Paterson. Before doing so he briefly drew a comparison between Coach Paterson and Robert Kiphuth, pointing out their illustrious careers, but also their ability to teach their students. He then introduced Coach Paterson who came to the microphone amid an eruption of cheers. Coach Paterson spoke about his career at Yale, told a few anecdotes and thanked many of his friends and donors. The story that garnered the most laughs and applauses referenced the first time he visited Yale:
"I came here in 1975 and I remember visiting the Payne Whitney Gymnasium," said Paterson. "The athletic director at that time was Lenny Kiphuth, Bob's son, and he was telling me about an English administrative assistant he had shown around the gym, who, when he saw a man walk out with a bag of golf clubs, said `Don't tell me you have a golf course in there as well?'"
33 years later, Payne Whitney finally has its indoor golf course, albeit through a projection screen.
Coach Paterson then introduced his long-time friend and donor to the facility, Harry You, a graduate of the School of Management in 1981. He reiterated a sentiment that had come across in every speaker so far, the ability of Coach Paterson to affect so many people as a coach, teacher and mentor.
"It reminds me of the old saying that, `A great teacher effects eternity, but he never knows exactly where his influence may end,'" said You.
Coach Paterson's influence and teaching will continue on through eternity at Yale through the center that now bears his name.
Finally, Thomas Beckett and Coach Paterson came back up to the podium to present each donor with a mounted gold key to the center. The men receiving plaques were:
Harry L. You M.A. `81 John B. Beinecke `69 William S. Beinecke `36 Michael L. Friedman `55 James C. Israel `90 James A. Warner `81
The proceedings then moved back into the center, where Coach Paterson and Harry You cut the tape, officially opening the center. Coach Paterson stepped into the golf simulator and christened the center by taking the first shot on the 18th hole of St. Andrews. St. Andrews is located in Coach Paterson's home country of Scotland and is known as the "home of golf."
Report filed by Charles Moore `10, Yale Sports Publicity


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The population rate of change of 00727 ZIP Code was -1.85% in 2017.
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Demographics and Population Datasets Involving 00727 ZIP Code
Demographic Statistics By Zip Codedata.cityofnewyork.us | Last Updated 2018-09-10T19:22:06.000Z
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2010 Census Populations by Zip Codedata.lacity.org | Last Updated 2016-11-30T06:39:20.000Z
This data comes from the 2010 Census Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics. Zip codes are limited to those that fall at least partially within LA city boundaries. The dataset will be updated after the next census in 2020. To view all possible columns and access the data directly, visit http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/affhelp/jsf/pages/metadata.xhtml?lang=en&type=table&id=table.en.DEC_10_SF1_SF1DP1#main_content.
Bronx Zip Population and Densitybronx.lehman.cuny.edu | Last Updated 2012-10-21T14:06:17.000Z
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Zip code breakdownsdata.cityofnewyork.us | Last Updated 2018-09-10T19:22:12.000Z
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Demographics by Zip Codedata.cityofnewyork.us | Last Updated 2019-06-20T15:27:29.000Z
This dataset provides a Demographic breakdown of only DYCD-funded participants within a Zip Code of NYC. The data displays the counts, and percentages of the participants in each of the following categories: ● Gender (Male, Female, Unknown) ● Ethnicity (Hispanic/Latino, non-Hispanic/non-Latino) ● Race (Pacific Islander, American Indian, Asian, White, Black, Other, Unknown) This data is used to measure the numbers of the different population groups that are served by DYCD for a Borough, and Community.
Hospital Inpatient Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI) for Adult Discharges by Zip Code (SPARCS): Beginning 2009health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 2018-03-16T12:36:59.000Z
This dataset is one of two datasets that contain observed and expected rates for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Prevention Quality Indicators – Adult (AHRQ PQI) beginning in 2009. The observed rates and expected rates for each AHRQ PQI is presented by either resident county (including a statewide total) or resident zip code (including a statewide total).
Medicaid Inpatient Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI) for Adult Discharges by Patient Zip Code: Beginning 2011health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 2016-12-13T17:08:26.000Z
The datasets contain number of Medicaid PQI hospitalizations (numerator), county Medicaid population (denominator), observed rate, expected number of hospitalizations and rate, and risk-adjusted rate for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Prevention Quality Indicators – Adult (AHRQ PQI) for Medicaid enrollees beginning in 2011.
2014 Housing Market Analysis Data by Zip Codedata.austintexas.gov | Last Updated 2017-09-22T01:10:25.000Z
This dataset is taken from the 2014 Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis for the City of Austin (available here: http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/NHCD/2014_Comprehensive_Housing_Market_Analysis_-_Document_reduced_for_web.pdf) and documents demographic and housing summary data for each zip code in Austin. The purpose of this data is to provide a snapshot of housing affordability along with indicators of demographic diversity, gentrification, transportation costs, and transit access at the neighborhood level. The appendix of the Housing Market Analysis, which contains this data, can be found here: http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/NHCD/2014_Comprehensive_Housing_Market_Analysis_-_Appendix_reduced_for_web.pdf.
All Payer Potentially Preventable Emergency Visit (PPV) Rates by Patient Zip Code (SPARCS): Beginning 2011health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 2018-01-24T16:46:31.000Z
The datasets contain Potentially Preventable Visit (PPV) observed, expected, and risk-adjusted rates for all payer beneficiaries by patient county and patient zip code beginning in 2011. The Potentially Preventable Visits (PPV), obtained from software created by 3M Health Information Systems, are emergency visits that may result from a lack of adequate access to care or ambulatory care coordination. These ambulatory sensitive conditions could be reduced or eliminated with adequate patient monitoring and follow up.
Childhood Blood Lead Testing and Elevated Incidence by Zip Code: Beginning 2000health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 2019-04-29T16:47:58.000Z
This dataset contains the number and rate of children that reside in each New York State zip code, excluding New York City, who were tested for lead and identified for the first time within the specified time period to have elevated concentrations of lead in their blood. An elevated blood lead concentration of ≥ 5 mcg/dL is defined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the level requiring public health intervention. Under current NYS Public Health Law and implementing regulations, health care providers are required to test all children for lead at or around age one year and again at or around age two years. Health care providers are also required to assess all children age six months to 72 months of age at least once annually for lead exposure, with blood lead testing for all children found to be at risk, based on those assessments. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/lead/,


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Depositions relating to the 1641 rebellion in Ireland have been digitalized by Trinity College Ireland and placed online for free viewing. These depositions were taken by the Commission for the Despoiled Subject during the 1640s and by various commissioners during the 1650s.[1] The 1640s in Ireland were a time of rebellion, massacre and uprising by the native Irish Catholics against the English and Scottish Protestant land owners. Beginning in Ulster it spread to the rest of the county before ultimately ending with the arrival of the forces of Oliver Cromwell.
In the folio's relating to Kilkenny, there were three depositions taken from people who lived in Gowran. They were Henry White, his daughter Ann Bradford and her husband Alexander Bradford. While all the names and events that they report do not match up, they seem to give depositions about the same series of events. A number of English people in the Gowran area are rounded up by Peirce Butler, Walter Butler of Paulstown and Morris Kelly of Gowran in 1642. They are kept in a prison at Gowran for a few weeks until they are moved, under the pretence of being brought to Duncannon in Wexford. However, near New Ross many of them are murdered, with some people escaping.
Paulstown is mentioned twice, with surrounding areas such as Gowran and Leighlin also mentioned. The text in bold is the actual writing from the deposition.
On 14 August 1652 the deposition of Henry White of Gowran was taken. Originally from Gloucestershire and aged 54, he was living "about Laughli{n} Gorian & the lowe grauge in the County of Kilkeny thirty years."[2] In May 1642 he and about twenty seven other people were rounded up and brought to the prison in Gowran. After this "Captain Pierce Butler and Sir Walter Butler of Poulston in the County of Kilkeny baronet sent [them] away from Gouran one pretence of being to be Convayd to Doncanon."[3] Henry White and his wife managed to escape with the help of Sir Edward Butler and "the Examinant heard that the sayd English were murthered between Ross and Duncanon & that not aboue foure of them Escaped of that whole number."[4]
On 17 August 1652 a deposition was taken from Ann Bradford of Gowran. She was born in Gowran, her father being Henry White, and was married to Alexander Bradford. She states that "Walter Butler of Poulstowne & Peirce Butler sonne to Sir Edward Butler came to Gowran & the places thereto adiacent & seised vpon & tooke all the English Inhabitants they could find, and gathering them together putt them into prison in Gowra{n}."[5] They were kept in the prison for about two weeks until they were brought towards New Ross where "Morris Kelly of Gowran aforesaid being Ensigne to Captain Pierce Butler comaunded the said Convoy."[6] Bradford states that about 30-40 people were taken prisoner and brought to near New Ross. She then outlines how all the people were murdered except her, her sister and some children, "after that ther came 7 or 8 persons out of the said towne of Rosse with swords & batts in ther hands & did driue them a mile below Ross to a woods side and ther they murdered all the English except this examinant her husbands sister & 4 small children."[7]
[1] http://1641.tcd.ie/about-when_deposition.php Accessed 23 October 2010
[2] TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
[http://1641.tcd.ie/deposition.php?depID<?php echo 812287r232?>] Accessed Saturday 23 October 2010
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid.
[5] TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
[http://1641.tcd.ie/deposition.php?depID<?php echo 812321r261?>] Accessed Saturday 23 October 2010
[6] Ibid.
[7] Ibid.


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I'm not in the this business to make art; I'm in it to make money to buy art.
–Producer Joel Silver
More similarities between publishing and its West-Coast cousin, the movie business:
- They have a star system that caters to those who generate the most business. Hollywood suffers from "sequelitis." It needs brand names, either "bankable" actors or the titles of series, billion-dollar "franchises" like science fiction epics that begin with the word Star or include the name Harry Potter. You know when the stars in publishing's firmament have a new book, because their names pop up on bestsellers lists. The most visible celestial body? James Patterson, who, with the help of coauthors, had nine books out and made $70 million last year. His publisher has earned the right to change its name to Big Brown.
- They want big openings. Although the first weekend's income from a movie rarely determines how much it will ultimately contribute to the bottom line, a big opening weekend is a good portent. Books can also start slowly and become bestsellers, but the explosion of sales when books by stars are published catapults them onto bestseller lists.
- Publishers and movie studios make editors and producers who generate enough profits intrepreneurs, in-house entrepreneurs. Studios support producers while they develop projects for them to distribute. Publishers give editors their own imprints so they can publish what they want and benefit from the sales, marketing, and production resources of the house that sustains them.
- They have a parallel release pattern. Movies in theaters are like the hardcover and ebook publication. DVDs, pay per view, and Netflix, like paperback editions, follow. Finally, they are on cable and network television, and sold in stores that mark down DVDs and sell remainders and used books.
- They recycle what they produce in as many forms, media and countries as they can, and have a growing international audience.
- They rely on their backlist for part of their income. Movie people call their backlist the "library."
- They are dependent on chains that are replacing single-screen theaters and independent bookstores which struggle to survive.
- They create synergy. Publishers test-market books for Hollywood, which buys many books for the screen. Bestsellers sell movie tickets, and when movies succeed, they can make books bestsellers or return them to the list as it did for Eat Snooze Love. A portent: Relativity Media, which will film Nicholas Sparks's new book, Safe Haven, is promoting the book, online and off, even though they don't even have a screenplay yet.
- They have an insatiable craving for fresh ideas, new writers and good writing. Newcomers are more likely to make their way in the system by starting out producing their own work or with independent publishers and producers. But when they're ready for the big time, the big companies will welcome them with open arms and wallets.
Write to meet the needs of the marketplace and sooner or later, you'll get where you want to go.
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Pumping out a very respectable 550 lumens in top mode, Silva's Pavé Sport bike light is the sort you can scoot around the suburbs in standard/flashing before clicking into top and indulging in some seriously spirited back road scratching. Not impressed? Well, how about 183g for the whole shebang-battery n' all?
Mounting is courtesy of a beefy silicone strap that engages with the lamp and accommodates the full spectrum of handlebar diameters beautifully - even my Univega's oversized Godzilla drops couldn't give it indigestion. From here, a short cable run routes the battery very tidily along the top tube. Despite some initial scepticism, it hasn't been a problem during sharp turns - and measuring 8x5cm only the most neurotic would consider the 7.5volt cell an affront to their bike's clean lines.
The same goes for the fossil-shaped 5x3cm lamp, which is even more efficient space-wise since it sits vertically. Its sturdy white aluminium housing hosts rubberised switch, circuitry, two super bright LEDs and concave lens.
Intelligent lighting is a brilliant concept that means the flood and spot beams run simultaneously in all but the lowest setting, thus providing a pinpoint spot for the road, while the flood ensures a generic overview. Conforming to IPX6 (meaning it's designed to survive all water, bar immersion) it has laughed at torrential downpour and hosepipe testing alike.
Pressing the switch once gives you the full Monty, prod again and you've standard, whereas strobing seems quite shy. Not that this matters frankly, since in everyday contexts, it serves only to dazzle rider and oncoming traffic. Standard is best for suburban stretches, conserving juice while still providing plenty of presence - especially when helmet mounted, since the beam is aimed where you intend travelling.
I'd still be inclined to decorate my bars with a blinky or two to keep the bike conspicuous. It's a little underpowered, too, as a main system for serious green lane/singletrack antics. Navigating country lanes was possible at a steady 25mph, the spot giving a clear view of conditions ahead to fifteen feet.
Run times have been within seven minutes of those quoted from a full four-hour charge too - but isn't ideal for audax since it can't compete on level terms with the latest generation of super dynamos.
Quirky but extremely versatile and surprisingly powerful light for commuting and training.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Silva Pavé front light
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the light is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
"The Silva Pavé is an extremely lightweight and compact bike light with great light output for the advanced mountain biker or road biker. The lamp unit is in aluminum for optimal cooling. Two high power LEDs provide you with Silva Intelligent Light – light where you need it. Silva Pavé can be worn on your helmet or mounted on the bike handlebar. The integrated rubber strap makes it extremely easy to mount and dismount to the handlebar. No extra tools needed. An external rechargeable battery pack that can be attached to the bike frame, ensures you have enough power for your evening or early morning bike ride. Pavé has a large on/off button that is easy to operate even when wearing gloves".
Agree on most points bar suggestion its adequate as a main system off road.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the light?
Light modes - Max, Min, Wide, Blink
Batteries/type � 2,5Ah 7,4V Li-ion
Discharge time (Max/Min/Wide/Blink) � 2h 30min/10h/10h/20h
Light distance � 90m
Waterproof � IPX6
Lumen � 550
Weight (excl. Batteries) � 50g
Bulb type � 2x High power LED
Beam pattern: � Intelligent Light®
Delightfully simple.
Hardware generally excellent but helmet mount let down by poor adhesive.
Passed my usual tests hands down.
Run times have been broadly faithful to those quoted and the system automatically kicks down to flashing when suitably depleted. However, four hour mains charging isn't ideal - especially in crowded offices.
Impressive given the dimensions - great for back road scratching but wouldn't be my primary light off-road.
183g. This sort of power to weight ratio was unthinkable only a few years back-just the ticket for svelte winter/club steeds.
Aluminium housing displaces heat really efficiently, spelling an end to singed digits.
Very reasonably priced given the spec but ultra sophisticated dynao lamps are more practical for Audax and similar endurance riding.
Tell us how the light performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Tipping the scales at 183g, this sort of performance was unthinkable just a few years back, let alone from such a tiny system. Two economy settings mean you can zip frugally to work before indulging in some serious back road or singletrack detours en route home.
Even with the hybrid beam pattern, 550 lumens struggle to keep pace sans asphalt, although mountain bikers will be pleased to learn it's a very competent helmet companion. Roadies needn't worry-we've been effortlessly navigating twisty lanes at 25mph plus, spotting holes and other hazards fifteen feet ahead.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the light
Low weight, minimal clutter and remarkable output.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the light
Nothing aside from the helmet mount's poor adhesive.
Did you enjoy using the light? Yes.
Would you consider buying the light? Yes.
Would you recommend the light to a friend? Yes.
About the tester
Age: 38 Height: 1m 81 Weight: 70 kilos
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,
Shaun Audane is a freelance writer/product tester with over twenty-eight years riding experience, the last twelve (120,000 miles) spent putting bikes and kit through their paces for a variety of publications. Previous generations of his family worked at manufacturing's sharp end, thus Shaun can weld, has a sound understanding of frame building practice and a preference for steel or titanium framesets.
Citing Richard Ballantine and an Au pair as his earliest cycling influences, he is presently writing a cycling book with particular focus upon women, families and disabled audiences (Having been a registered care manager and coached children at Herne Hill Velodrome in earlier careers)


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