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Bringing in some economic analysis
In an earlier posting (February 5th), Peter Yu discusses the general theory of law of technology, which he argues should be about a triangular relationship between law, technology and society. I agree with this general formulation and the need to view these three components as being interdependent, avoiding either a technological determinist account or the formalist positivist view of law as an internal system unto itself. But I worry that not enough attention is given to economic issues, which I believe a crucial component of a full understanding of the relations between law, technology and various social phenomena broadly construed. At the outset, I should disclaim any interest in adopting a law and economics approach to the problem; it is not my intention to substitute economics for technology as a key determinate. I just want to make sure that choices concerning questions of economic policy, indeed some very basic threshold questions about economic policy, are not lost under the broader guise of "law", "technology" or "society".
In his February 2nd posting, Art Cockfield reminds us of two differing views on the relationship between human autonomy and technology, the instrumentalist and substantive schools of thought. He contrasts these two competing theories and points to how they may influence legal analysis. I will do something similar with respect to what I see as two competing theories of economic analysis, which for simplicity I will refer to as mainstream positive economics and critical political economy. While Art goes on to propose a synthesis of the two philosophical perspectives he identifies, I will argue that these two ways of thinking about economics are less susceptible to reconciliation and have inherent tensions that are often played out in the information policy making process that results in intellectual property and related laws.
My goal in these posts is not necessarily to convince anyone that one of these two disparate world-views is better than the other, or some potential mixture; but rather of the need to take economic issues into account when thinking about the parameters of a theory of law and technology. Having said that, I should indicate that in my work I rely heavily on an economic approach grounded in radical political economy, and I use this to approach inform my critique of expansionist intellectual property policies and other policies that tend to reduce intellectual goods (data, information, knowledge) and intellectual and communication technologies to commodities without regard to their public goods qualities.
In the remainder of this first post, I will briefly review the contours of these two competing theories and their underlying assumptions. In the next post, I will argue that any theory of law and technology, or law, technology and society needs to consciously take account of economic issues in a purposeful manner that explicitly recognizes the contention between these schools of thought.
Mainstream positive economics starts with the assumption that the free market system, as it operates through a price mechanism is the ideal allocation mechanism to govern the production, dissemination and use of intellectual goods and information technologies. It is thought that such goods will be under-produced without a guarantee of sufficient market-based financial incentives to creators, inventors, owners and distributors. A related assumption then is that an expansion of property rights are necessary in order to protect these market-based interests from being under-produced or undermined by acts of appropriation, especially in an era of easy reproduction. In contrast, one might reject this market based system of allocation in favor of an approach rooted in the tradition of critical political economy.
With political economy, which has historically stood at the intersection of politics, social theory and economics, a society's prevailing reward structure and economic institutions and models are not taken as a pre-determined given. Rather they are constantly subjected to evaluation and re-evaluation especially under conditions of change. Taking a broad historical approach, it becomes evident that societies can, and often do, change their economic institutions and the manner in which they operate in response to new arguments. With respect to a theory of law and technology, it is also evident that economic analysis has played an important role in informing copyright, patent and related policies and these utilitarian theories are often rooted in the search for the optimal trade-off, or balancing, of the various interests of creators, rights holders and users. Central to this utility-maximizing is the presumed need to provide direct economic incentives to create intellectual goods, be they works of expression or works of invention.
One recurring criticism of the efficiency-centric, cost-benefit analysis mode of thinking is that certain gains and losses are not as susceptible to precise quantitative measurement as are others. So in the area of intellectual property, it is often argued that losses to the general public interest resulting from over-protection are not as easy to identify and measure as those concrete financial benefits accruing to the rights holders, and that this disparity creates a built-in bias in the policy process in favor of over-protection of intellectual assets. It can also act to marginalize other policy options which are not rooted in proprietary mechanisms.
Proponents of an approach rooted in critical political economy would argue that a deeper analysis is needed than what can be provided by models tied to market efficiency assumptions. Within the critical perspective, the "public goods" quality of information (it tends to be non-rival in consumption and not inherently subject to an exclusion mechanism) is seen as a good thing that presents society with many potential social benefits. But within the logic of the market, the public goods nature of information is view as a market failure "problem" that needs to be "cured" so that the price mechanism can properly operate. These cures take on various forms designed to induce scarcity, promote rivalry in consumption, or employ new exclusion mechanisms.
Getting back to the triangular relationship between law, technology and society, I'm not sure where to place the consideration of economic issues. Perhaps it is a subset of the "society" prong, or perhaps it is embedded in the "technology" or perhaps even with the "law." I am clear though, that economic issues need to be considered somewhere in this mix, and such difficult economic issues need to be considered in an explicit manner. Failing such explicit treatment, the underlying assumptions of one of the models continues to go unchallenged, and its values and suppositions are absorbed into the policy process even if only implicitly.
In my next post, I'll provide some examples and attempt to flush these arguments out in a bit more detail.


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SBDC to host First Step pre-business workshop in Danville
The Bucknell SBDC will host a free First Step pre-business workshop May 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Service 1st Credit Union in Danville.
The Bucknell SBDC will host a free First Step pre-business workshop May 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Service 1st Credit Union in Danville.
A plant sale will be held May 4 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Lewisburg Community Garden, located at the intersection of St. Anthony Street and Water Street.
Gary Thomas and the Jazz Standard will perform May 1 at 8:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Jazz at Bucknell First Wednesdays series.
Jazz Appreciation Month will be celebrated at Bucknell University with several jazz events on campus and in the community.
The Geisinger-Bucknell Autism and Developmental Medicine Center will serve as a national model for early diagnosis and treatment for children with autism and other developmental disorders.
A daylong symposium brought together professors and experts from across disciplines to address sustainability and global change
Bucknell's Samek Art Gallery is partnering with the Milton Public Library to host the first show at the library's new gallery through July 18.
IPad-guided drone will demonstrate physics principles inside and outside the classroom.
Some of the oaks that tower above The Bucknell Grove have stood there for more than 200 years. Now efforts are underway to make sure they survive for centuries more.
The rare specimen was discovered by researchers from Bucknell University and Fauna & Flora International while conducting field research with wildlife authorities in South Sudan.
Despite the slow economic recovery, a new survey shows that the overwhelming majority of Bucknell's Class of 2012 found jobs within nine months of graduating.
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations Zhiqun Zhu tackles the reasons behind North Korea's nuclear sabre-rattling.
Bucknellians celebrated in Philadelphia at the latest stop on the University's national WE DO Tour.
Professor of Psychology David Evans argues that new genetic evidence should change the way we look at autism and other neurological disorders.
Amy Davis, an AmeriCorps volunteer in her second term of service with Bucknell's Office of Civic Engagement, oversees a tutoring program for the children of Essex Place and Meadow View. Bucknell students have been providing homework help at these sites since 2003.
Claire Vaye Watkins, author and assistant professor of English, recently won two literary awards on the same day
Professor Shara McCallum is one of two poets to receive the Witter Bynner Fellowship
A Bucknell University student group has received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant from philanthropist Kathryn W. Davis for the project, "Light the Way," which will provide solar-powered lamps to students in rural Ninglang County in China.
Continuing a tradition begun in 1999, 52 Bucknell students participated in alternative spring break service-learning trips around the world.
Kristen Ellis-Henderson '92 did have that famous rock-star fantasy of being on the cover of "Rolling Stone," but TIME Magazine called first.
The Downtown Art Gallery presents "Makeover", an exhibition of works by California-based artists Elliot Anderson and Bill Domonkos, through June 30.
A group of students and a local doctor have put treatments for certain foot and ankle pains in the palm of your hand.
The College of Engineering at Bucknell University will host a series of events showcasing senior engineering design projects on April 30.
Bucknell University will host concerts by the Rooke Chapel Ringers on April 27 and the Rooke Chapel Choir on April 28.
Tia Fuller, perhaps best known as the saxophonist for R&B star Beyoncé, will perform on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The event is free; tickets are not required.
The Bucknell Dance Company will celebrate the history of dance at Bucknell with a Legacy Dance Concert April 26 and 27. The program begins at 8 p.m. each night in the Weis Center.
Bucknell University's Downtown Art Gallery will host a visit by Christen Sperry-Garcia and Brian Dick, founders of the Nation Wide Museum Mascot Project (NWMMP), April 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the gallery, located at 416 Market St.
The Bucknell University Solar Scholars will present a Renewable Energy Workshop April 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., exploring the latest developments in renewable energy technology.
Nationally known budget expert Isabel Sawhill will give the talk, "Avoiding fiscal shoals in troubled political waters," April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Trout Auditorium of the Vaughan Literature Building.
The BUEC Green Screens series will host a screening of "Burning in the Sun" on April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg.
The Mountain Minstrelsy band will perform in concert Saturday, April 20, at 3 p.m. in the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg.
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Bucknell University will host the workshop, "Strike Up the Brand," April 18 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Slifer Room of Country Cupboard in Lewisburg.
Stephan Jones, son of Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones, will give the talk, "Jonestown: Yesterday and Today," April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Formal Living Room of Hunt Hall at Bucknell University.
Grammy Award-winning vocalist Luciana Souza will perform "Brazilian Duos" with guitarist Romero Lubambo on April 17 in the lobby of the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a pre-performance talk at 6:45 p.m., before the performance begins at 7:30 p.m.
A group of Bucknell University students will give the presentation, "A Response from Students in the Jonestown Class," Wednesday, April 10, at 7 p.m. in the Terrace Room of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell.
Noted composer and conductor Samuel Hazo will lead the Bucknell University Symphonic Band in a concert of his own compositions Saturday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center.
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Madison Kicks Off the Reduce Your Waste Stream Challenge
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 7:07am
The City of Madison is launching a new program called the Reduce Your Waste Stream Challenge. The Challenge will pit one hundred Madison households against each other in a competition to cut the volume of material they throw away, increase their recycling, and start composting.
"As a community, Madison has an outstanding recycling program," Madison recycling coordinator George Dreckmann said. "But we know from waste sorts and studies that we could do much better. The Reduce Your Waste Stream Challenge is our way of calling attention to the trash we are still throwing away and showing our community how to recycle more, reduce waste, and start composting in the backyard."
The Reduce Your Waste Stream Challenge is a program of the Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW), the state's recycling organization. It has been done for several years in Waukesha County. The Madison Challenge will have 100 volunteer households set up in teams of five households each. The teams will be organized around the City's 20 recycling collection districts.
The Challenge asks participants to measure their weekly household garbage and recycling and actively try to reduce the trash and increase the recycling over the course of one month. Each household establishes a baseline weekly weight, by weighing a typical amount of trash generated by the household, before making extra efforts to reduce. This is often eye-opening. Then, households embark on trying to reduce their garbage weight down to virtually zero while increasing recycling and composting.
"We are looking for typical Madison households to join the Challenge," Dreckmann said."We would prefer folks who are not currently composting and that consider themselves average recyclers. Participating households will need a bathroom scale, internet access, and a willingness to try and change their disposal habits."
Waukesha County households that participated in the Challenge were able to reduce their waste by 49% and increase their recycling by 66%. Based upon studies we have done in Madison we think that it would be reasonable to expect similar results.
Participants in the Challenge will measure their waste and recycling volumes for a normal week. They will then take actions to cut waste and increase recycling and composting over a four
week period. There will be weekly weigh ins and results will be posted on a special Challenge web site. Participants will also be asked to blog about their experiences on the web page.
Prizes will be awarded to teams and households based upon the volume and percentage of waste reduced and the volume and percentage of recycling increase. Prizes include gift certificates from the Concourse Hotel, the Williams St. Coop, the Plaza Tavern, Ian's Pizza and Union Cab.
To volunteer your household for the Challenge go to
http://reduceyourwastestream.arow-online.org and follow the instructions.
"We are very excited about the Reduce Your Waste Stream Challenge, "Mayor Paul Soglin said. "We feel it is the perfect way to celebrate Earth Day by taking action to improve our environment."
- George Dreckmann267-2626


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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) Nurideen Lindsey scored 26 points to go along with five assists to lead Rider past Robert Morris 79-54 Saturday night.
With the Broncs trailing 8-6 early, Lindsey sparked a 15-4 run, scoring nine points as Rider took the lead and never trailed again.
The Broncs led at halftime 40-27.
Rider extended the lead with contributions from the other starters. Daniel Stewart and Anthony Myles scored 11 points each and Jonathan Thompson added 10. Junior Fortunat led the Broncs with nine rebounds.
Ahead 44-30, Rider used a 15-4 run with 10:25 to play to put the game away.
Rider shot 50.9 percent (27 of 53) for the game while Robert Morris struggled from the field, shooting just 25.5 percent (13 of 21) for the game.
Karvel Anderson led the Colonials in scoring with 11 points off the bench.


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text: With the 2005 single "Listen to Your Heart," D.H.T. became the latest European dance act to find its American footing via Robbins Entertainment. The New York label had previously helmed singles from DJ Sammy ("Heaven") and Lasgo ("Something") to success, and the Belgium-based D.H.T. (singer Edmee Daenen and DJ Da Rick; various producers) featured a similarly propulsive blend of accessible Hi-NRG/Euro-dance rhythms, plaintive female vocals, and progressive house texture. It was D.H.T.'s glossy Roxette remake that really caused a stir, like Sammy's cover of Bryan Adams before it. "Listen to Your Heart" first appeared in Europe through Hardbounze in 2003. Issued stateside by Robbins in November 2004, by the following May it was a Top 40 sensation in various markets. D.H.T.'s previous work included a Euro-dance cover of the 1978 Sniff 'n' the Tears gem "Driver's Seat," released under the moniker Dared. ~ Johnny Loftus


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March 18: A door-to-door salesperson was reported operating without a permit. A verbal domestic disturbance was reported in the 500 block of South Wilson Street. A person in the 300 block of West Third Street reported someone discharging a potato launcher. A property dispute was mediated in the 400 block of West Grand Avenue.
March 19: Several juveniles were reported fighting in the street in the 200 block of North Cedar Street.
March 20: A property dispute was mediated in the 300 block of West Third Street; a person reported lending a vehicle to someone who later removed items from the vehicle without permission.
March 21: A broken window was reported in the 400 block of South Washington Street. A reckless driving complaint was filed for North Ash Street.
March 22: Burglary was reported on Willow road.
March 23: Officers assisted with patrol due to weather conditions.


text: When Kaysen was 18, in 1967, she was admitted to McLean Psychiatric Hospital outside Boston, where she would spend the next 18 months. Now, 25 years and two novels (Far Afield, 1990; Asa, As I Knew Him, 1987) later, she has come to terms with the experience- -as detailed in this searing account. First there was the suicide attempt, a halfhearted one because Kaysen made a phone call before popping the 50 aspirin, leaving enough time to pump out her stomach. The next year it was McLean, which she entered after one session with a bullying doctor, a total stranger. Still, she signed herself in: ``Reality was getting too dense...all my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.'' In the series of snapshots that follows, Kaysen writes as lucidly about the dark jumble inside her head as she does about the hospital routines, the staff, the patients. Her stay didn't coincide with those of various celebrities (Ray Charles, Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell), but we are not likely to forget Susan, ``thin and yellow,'' who wrapped everything in sight in toilet paper, or Daisy, whose passions were laxatives and chicken. The staff is equally memorable: ``Our keepers. As for finders--well, we had to be our own finders.'' There was no way the therapists--those dispensers of dope (Thorazine, Stelazine, Mellaril, Librium, Valium)--might improve the patients' conditions: Recovery was in the lap of the gods (``I got better and Daisy didn't and I can't explain why''). When, all these years later, Kaysen reads her diagnosis (``Borderline Personality''), it means nothing when set alongside her descriptions of the ``parallel universe'' of the insane. It's an easy universe to enter, she assures us. We believe her. Every word counts in this brave, funny, moving reconstruction. For Kaysen, writing well has been the best revenge.


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This new, discretionary grant program funds activities that support teachers seeking advanced certification or credentialing. Funds go toward high-quality professional teacher enhancement programs that are designed to improve teaching and learning. These advanced certification and credentialing programs help identify teachers who are achieving high levels of instructional quality. These programs are also a tool to help teachers judge their own instructional performance against a set of high standards, and, thus, they encourage teachers to achieve high levels of performance. A recent study conducted by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, which offers advanced certification, sampled a small group of teachers from three cities who had gone through the National Board's certification process; in that sample, some teachers had earned National Board status and some had not. In comparisons between the teachers who became board-certified and those who did not, the board-certified teachers scored higher on dimensions of teaching quality, and in most cases, the differences in scores was statistically significant. National Board-certified teachers also had students who exhibited greater academic skills.
How It Works
This program provides discretionary grants to state education agencies (SEAs); local school districts; the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, in partnership with a high-need district or an SEA; the National Council on Teacher Quality, in partnership with a high-need district or an SEA; or another recognized certification or credentialing organization, in partnership with a high-need district or an SEA.
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Nuns, Then and Now
When I was a kid growing up, I used to watch The Flying Nun on television. Do you remember that show? It aired on the ABC network from 1967-1970. Sally Field starred as a novice nun who could "fly" as a result of her small stature and the rather large headgear for her habit. It was a sitcom and Sally Field who starred as Sister Bertrille got into all sorts of zany, comical situations along with her fellow sisters who all lived together in a convent in Puerto Rico. As a pre-teen/teenager back in those days it was a favorite show of mine. The nuns portrayed on that show were friendly, happy (mostly), devoted, kind, and always had a sense of humor. They were so very different from the nuns at our local Catholic church who were always stern, never smiled, kept to themselves, and by their presence alone struck fear in the hearts and minds of every child who attended grade school or catechism classes.
I knew that The Flying Nun show was not an honest depiction of convent life but I never understood why the nuns at our local church could not be a little more like the nuns on the show. I remember wondering if real nuns were trained to be "mean" (stern, non-smiling) or if the religious order only selected "mean" girls to become nuns. Such were the thoughts of my young and impressionable self.
Over the years, the Catholic church seems to have softened it's rules on how nuns must behave because those I run across these days are for the most part closer to the nuns portrayed on The Flying Nun than the stern, reserved nuns I remember from my childhood. I've yet to come across any who can fly though.
Nuns on My Tree
Three years ago, I contacted some second cousins who I'd recently learned of. These cousins were related to me through their mother. They were kind enough to share with me their family photos and some stories about their family members. One photograph in their collection really stood out for me. It was a photo of these two very young, fresh-faced, beautiful women in nuns habits. These women, I was told, were their first cousins on their father's side of the family. They were sisters of the Dominican Order and trained at the motherhouse in Adrian, Michigan.
I don't really know much about these nuns but the date on the back of the photo suggests it was taken in 1960. The white habits they are wearing, I've come to learn, indicates they were novices at the time. So they would have been trained during the 1960s. But look, they're smiling! Well, one is anyway. As I studied the photo a number of questions came to mind… What made them decide to join a religious order? How did they decide on the Dominican Order in particular? What must it have been like for these young girls to spend hours and hours a day in prayer? Were they "mean"? (Those childhood impressions are quite deep 😉 )
Nuns, Now and Then
Fast forward to August of this year. I'm reading a local newspaper and I come across an article about a local author, from Watervliet, Michigan who has just had her first book published. The book is titled, The Red Skirt: Memoirs of an Ex Nun. It turns out, the author, Patricia O'Donnell-Gibson, was once a member of the sisterhood of the Dominican Order trained at the motherhouse in Adrian, Michigan… in the 1960s no less! That makes her a contemporary of the angelic nuns in the picture above. While reading the article I immediately thought of that photo of the nuns, the first cousins of my second cousins. Wow, I thought, this book might give me some insight into their experience becoming nuns and choosing the Dominican Order. How cool is that? I had to read this book.
The only question was, paper or ebook? I opted for ebook and purchased the book the very next day.
Patricia O'Donnell-Gibson's memoirs start when she was a child growing up in a devote Catholic family living in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Now here's another connection for me. I grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, the city right next door to Dearborn Heights. I was immediately familiar with the neighborhoods, churches, and the seminary she refers to her in book. While they were not exactly my old stomping grounds they might as well have been.
The story takes us through her grade school and high school years setting us up for her entry into the Dominican Order. While it doesn't explain why the nuns on my family tree chose a religious life it does explain why she did. And her experience growing up in a strict Catholic family may have been quite similar to theirs. While I too grew up in a Catholic family, they weren't as devout in keeping with the Catholic faith as the O'Donnell family.
Patricia entered the Dominican Order almost immediately after high school graduation. Her memoirs take us along as she enters the motherhouse, sheds her street clothes for her postulant habit and sheds her life as she knew it for a life unknown. I like that she shares not just what was happening to her along the way but what she was thinking and feeling as it was happening, including her fears and doubts. From there she tells of life as a postulate and as a novice with many poignant moments, some scary times, and a few comedic moments too. If like me you've ever wondered if nuns were trained to be "mean" or if they were chosen for characteristics befitting a stern, sober religious figure, you'll get your answer in this book.
After Patricia finishes her novitiate year and becomes a professed sister she transitions back into a world you and I would recognize. She takes an assignment as a teacher, the position most Dominicans are trained for. After her coming of age story, touching on end-of-life issues, and many examinations of faith, Patricia's story becomes less somber and much happier. Her decision to leave the religious life makes sense in the end and the final scene will have you grinning many times over.
I highly recommend this book. It's easy reading for such a serious and somber topic. If you've ever wondered about the secret life of nuns… what they think of during prayer service, what they do for recreation, or what they wear under those habits, this is the book for you. After reading it myself, I now have some idea of what the nuns on my family tree went through in choosing the religious life. And now that I have some insight, I'll never look at nuns the same way again.
The Red Skirt Memoirs of an Ex Nunby Patricia O'Donnell-Gibson. StuartRose Publishing, LLC. C. 2011. Softcover 978-0-9836112-0-2; e Edition 978-0-9836112-1-9.


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Determined not to be the poor cousins of the football - rugby and league - codes in New Zealand, the NZRL is heartened by the growing support in secondary schools nationwide.
While schools one might expect to dominate do so - Otahuhu College, St Paul's College, Aorere College and Tokoroa High were the top four at last year's national tournament - others, including MAGS, who finished fifth, Mt Roskill Grammar and Rangitoto College all featured at the tournament.
By attracting such schools to their sport, the national body feels it is making progress in breaking down a traditional anti-league feeling.
St Paul's has long been the code's dominant school. The central Auckland school has teams in all three finals of the Auckland SS championships at Mt Smart this afternoon.
The NZRL hopes this added interest will lead to more schools at this year's national tournament, which will again be played at Bruce Pulman Park, Papakura, from September 3-7. Early-bird entries close on Friday.
With early indications that 20 to 24 schools could take part, as against 16 last year, A and B grades are planned.
The hard work put into the success of last year's tournament was recognised by the NZ Secondary Schools Sports Council's innovation award.
Sky Television will again cover the tournament.
Since last week's story on North Harbour schools' limited participation in league, a five-week North Harbour competition has been confirmed. It will run from August 22 to September 29 with about 25 teams. One game is likely to be televised each week.
AGGS and King's met for the first time on a netball court, attracting plenty of support and an electric atmosphere.
King's high-jumping goalkeep forced the experienced attacking line of favourites AGGS to change tactics.
The AGGS combinations were also tested in defence but in the end it was a one-sided affair, AGGS winning 51-16.
AGGS, with leaders MAGS, McAuley, Baradene and EGGS remain unbeaten after three premier rounds.
It was far from a great spectacle but superb goalkicking from first-five Renata Roberts-Tenana got Auckland Grammar home 18-16 over Kelston BHS in Saturday's feature 1A clash.
Roberts-Tenana landed six penalties to ensure AGS held their unbeaten run and stayed a point clear of St Kentigern at the top of the table.
Despite being far from their best, the visitors still did enough to claim the points and, for the first time since 1990, the coveted Moascar Cup from the world champions.
This match again highlighted the close nature of these games between these two schools. The overall tally between them still favours AGS 24-18 with five draws. For Kelston it was the end of their sixth tenure with the Moascar Cup (the third most by a school behind Palmerston North BHS (9) and Te Aute College (8) in going as far back as the 1920s.
MAGS kept themselves in play-off contention with a solid home 33-18 bonus-point win over St Peter's.
St Peter's battled back from a 19-6 halftime deficit but there would be no denying MAGS their fifth win of the season as they look ahead to the trip to AGS for the first game back and with the Moascar Cup now at stake.
It will also be Sky Television's game of the week.
King's grabbed a much-needed win over neighbours Otahuhu College, clearing out to a 26-0 halftime lead before going on to win 31-0.
Although King's gained a wealth of possession in the second half, the Otahuhu defence was more secure and King's added only one more try when captain Sinclair Dominkovich-Murray dived spectacularly in the corner. This was a much-needed confidence booster and helped King's move away from the bottom of the table.
Now into the business end of the season, Takapuna Grammar were keen to beat the well-structured Rosmini team before a home crowd.
They quickly found it was no easy task as Rosmini's bigger forward pack initiated their game plan of attacking around the ruck's fringes, resulting in an early try to tight-head prop Conor O'Leary and ending with a 39-10 win.
It was evident Rosmini had the advantage in the forwards and continued to kick for field position and use their forwards to give the backs a structured platform to attack from.
As the first half continued, so did Takapuna's realisation that if they spread the ball wide they could make ground and challenge the visitors.
The Rosmini defence held strong though and after regaining field position wingers Daniel Smyth and Daniel Lee capitalised on overlaps near the line to end the half on a high.
In the second half TGS fought back keen to cut into Rosmini's 17-point lead. Captain Cameron McLachlan led from the front in making countless breaks and strong runs in the midfield. Despite their best endeavours, Rosmini fullback Ben Hyatt-Brown scored the first points of the second with a controversially-grounded try.
McLachlan continued to take the ball to the line and with Rosmini conceding a series of penalties in their own 22, loose head prop Metua Tauirarii scored in the corner to get Takapuna's first points.
The lead was cut further with flanker Donald Coleman coming off the bench to score.
But it was not to be for the hosts and Rosmini quickly added three more tries after strong forward play from lock Harry O'Reilly and aggressive ball-running from the Rosmini front row which allowed Smyth to complete his hat-trick. First-five Daniel Hilton-Jones added another to round-out Rosmini's 39-10 victory.
In other 1A fixtures Westlake overwhelmed Mahurangi 103-3 and Massey thumped Rangitoto 47-3. In 1B action Long Bay struggled to edge relegated Northcote 17-13, Orewa comfortably beat the other relegated school Glenfield 37-5 and Westlake 2nd XV eventually beat Birkenhead 25-17.
In the 1C competition, Rosmini 2nd XV comfortably beat Kristin 34-3 and the Massey 2nd XV beat WBHS 3rd XV 24-5. - Danny Drake.
Hamilton Boys High School continued their strong form in this year's Super 8 competition with a 58-5 win away to Rotorua Boys High School.
As that scoreline would suggest, Hamilton dominated most aspects of play, outscoring their opponents eight tries to one. Right wing Isaac Te Tamaki scored three of Hamilton's tries while fullback Te Raina Richards-Coxhead produced another polished display, often in to the backline on attack as well as kicking four conversions and two penalties.
On the local scene, St John's College look likely to be a strong contender for Division One honours next term.
They thrashed Tokoroa High 69-0, scoring nine tries. The big home side pack controlled most facets of the game. Prop Mark Tyrell was their standout, particularly when running with the ball in hand, while first-five Joe Tourelle was another key figure in distributing the ball well and contributing 24 points with his goalkicking.
MAGS upset Kelston's 50th jubilee game with a much-needed 3-1 win in a game in which all the scoring came after the break. There were half chances in the first spell but neither side capitalised on their opportunities
But MAGS did not waste time after the resumption, taking the lead when Cory Adams crossed from the right and Jonathan Quinn headed home.
The visitors doubled their lead in the 64th minute when Fox Slotemaker hit a class through ball for Nayuta Nagai. The Japanese striker outran the Kelston defence to coolly slot the ball into the home team's goal.
The game looked over but as they had done a week earlier at WBHS, the MAGS defenders allowed the opposition back into the game. In the 68th minute, Ollie Rankin took advantage of the slow reaction by the MAGS defence which gave up a penalty with a clumsy tackle. Tom Van Leewen made no mistake from the spot to close the gap.
After Slotemaker was just over the top with a header from a 73rd minute corner, there was more drama when the referee's assistant awarded a penalty kick for a handball by MAGS captain Jonathan Quinn. It appeared a harsh decision in a goalmouth melee from a Kelston corner.
Van Leewen took the penalty, which Cameron Hogg saved. Then more drama. A retake was ordered but Van Leewen this time blew the opportunity by blasting the retake wide.
In the dying minutes Quinn broke down the left and his cross found Cory Adams just outside the Kelston penalty area. Adams collected the cross and played a wall pass with fellow striker Connor Stoton who was inside the Kelston penalty area. Adams gathered the return and blasted it home with only stoppage time to play.
MAGS coach Kevin Fallon said: "It was great to get back into winning ways. We made hard work of it and didn't help ourselves with some poor defending."
Michael Caine, the Kelston coach, said: "We came back well and blew a golden opportunity to equalise with that missed penalty. Let's face it, you have to take your chances when they come and today we didn't."
Led by Dean Shu who won 11 of his 12 singles in his first year at the school, AGS won the seven-round Auckland SS winter championship.
With solid support from Xu Ning, Bill Xie and Chao Guan, Shu led the team to six wins in seven matches. They edged the Macleans B team, who also had six wins, on points.
AGS will now represent Auckland at this year's New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships being held at the Auckland Table Tennis Stadium from September 3-5.


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The peer reviewers serve on one of four subcommittees or study sections that review applications submitted to the AHRQ for research grants and training grants. The study sections convene three times per year, and Dunn's appointment is for four years.
Dunn is an associate professor of nursing and chairperson of the department. She has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1997.
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Other recent recognition of her research has included the 2006 Excellence in Nursing Research Award from the Kappa Epsilon at-large chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau nursing honorary society, and the award for "Best Research Presentation by a Practitioner" during the 2005 Family Practice Research Conference XXVIII, held at Michigan State University. She has had numerous articles published in professional journals.
Dunn holds her Ph.D. from Michigan State University, her M.S.N. from Grand Valley State University and her B.S.N. from the University of Michigan. Immediately prior to coming to Hope she had been a member of the nursing staff at Butterworth Hospital for 12 years, during which she taught at both Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Community College. She was previously on the staff of hospitals including St. Joseph Mercy, Bronson Methodist and Blodgett, as well as with a private practice.


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|February 23, 2005, 11:11 PM
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Need 1889 Remington shotgun data
Recently acquired a nice SxS 10 ga and would sure like to get some technical
info, exploded drawing, disassembly info, etc. I thought it would easy to find this info, but am coming up empty on all my many searches. Thanks in advance, Greg in western Iowa [email protected]
|February 24, 2005, 09:50 AM
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Jack First lists that model in his catalog. The catalog is not online though. I don't have a copy to scan either www.jackfirstgun.com
Weisner's lists firing pin and top lever spring http://www.wisnersinc.com/shotguns/r...on/double.html
Bob's Gun Shop also lists firing pin and top lever spring www.gun-parts.com/remingtonshotgun/
Another possible source could be Pennsylvania Gun Parts (no website)
|February 24, 2005, 11:00 PM
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Rem '89 info
Thanks for reply. I had checked out those sites and none had any drawings or technical info. I'm kinda mystified by the lack of info out there on what I thought was a fairly common 19th century shotgun. Oh well, I'll try to be patient and maybe find something eventually. Greg
|February 25, 2005, 07:48 PM
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The following information is from the History section of the Remington Website (www.remington.com):
"Model 1889
Description: Outside hammer, double barrel shotgun
Introduction Year: 1889
Year Discontinued: 1908
Total Production: Approximately 135,000 +/-
Designer/Inventor: E. Remington & Sons
Action Type: Circular action hammers
Caliber/Gauge: 10, 12, and 16 gauge
Serial Number Blocks: 30,000 – 105,000 200,000 – 260,000 (Serial numbers were re-assigned to the 200,000 block circa 1900).
# of Grades Offered:
Grade 1 – Decarbonized steel barrels
Grade 2 – Fine twist barrels
Grade 3 – Damascus steel barrels, engraving
Grade 4 – Damascus steel barrels, better quality engraving, curly walnut stock
Grade 5 – Damascus steel barrels, extra engraving, selected curly walnut stock
Grade 6 – Extra fine quality Damascus steel barrels, scroll engraving, fine selected curly walnut stock
Grade 7 – Superior quality Damascus steel barrels, extra fine scroll engraving, elegant curly walnut stock"
Undoubtedly you know that because your heirloom has Damascus barrels you should not attempt to shoot it using modern nitro-powder loads lest you risk injury or possible death. If you are considering making this piece a "shooter" then please have it thoroughly checked (paying particular attention to the barrels) by a competent gunsmith. If the gun proves mechanically sound overall, then you might ask him/her about sleeving the barrels so that they may be safely used with nitro loads. The feasibility of this depends upon the gunsmith's professional assessment (and the depth of your financial resources).
Hope this helps.
Good luck, and good shooting (but only with a safe gun)!
|February 26, 2005, 07:42 AM
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Don't know if this is usefull, but a gentleman by the name of Charles Semmer has a book out on Remington Double Shotguns.
His address is: Charles Semmer, 7885 Cyd Drive, Denver CO, 80221.
Phone listed is 303 429 6947.
This info came from an ad in "Double Gun Journal"
The book isn't cheap at $60 and I do not know if it has diagrams. But Mr Semmer seems to be the authority on Remington doubles so he might be able to provide leads or info.
I am no longer a member of this forum. Bye!
|February 26, 2005, 11:41 AM
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Thanks for info
Appreciate the info. I may breakdown and buy that book. I already have a very substantial library of firearms reference works so one more will not matter. I did find a copy of a Remington catalogue from 1902 that is around
50 pages long and like the old Winchester catalogues has some fairly detailed info on the firearms listed. I ordered it off of ebay and hopefully when it arrives it will have some useful info.
My main question re: the '89 was if it was normal for the extractor to only extend when the hammers are cocked. Also wondered what the small piece that protrudes from what I'll call the lefthand "knuckle" of the hinge area. It moves in and out as the action is opened and closed parallel with the locking piece. Hope my description makes some sense. Wish I knew the correct terminology.
Re: loads for this piece, I will only load with light blackpowder (or sub) loads with light buck loads for smoke and noise making purposes. I have an old Winchester '87 that I load light 10ga brass loads for. I love shooting the old pieces. I shoot all of my originals such as my Spencer, Sharps, '61 Springfield, '60 Colt,
Vetterli, Martini, Snider, '73 Winchesters, '73 Ainsworth Cavalry Colt SAA, etc.
Don't want 'em if I can't shoot 'em, but sure don't want to lose any "parts".
Thanks again and I'll let you all know how the old catalogue works out, Greg
|February 27, 2005, 09:47 AM
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Did a little more checking through some other reference works I have and the only thing I can come up with is that the 1889 is an improvement/variation of the 1882.
Don't know if that helps at all.
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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Eric Kennedy wants to make people safer. So far, so good. His crash-test dummy designs have influenced combat gear in Afghanistan and car design in the U.S. Working alongside him, his engineering students have turned their attention to common childhood injuries and educating the public on preventing them. Other students of his have been part of research at Bucknell to develop prototype medical devices that reduce the invasiveness of surgery, measure bone quality and limit infections.
For Kennedy, the results are manifold. "I love the idea that our students are having an impact and pushing on frontiers of knowledge while in the process of earning their undergraduate degrees," he says. He also loves that today's Bucknell students have even more room to move those frontiers than ever before.
"We can give Bucknell engineers an experience that is more than technical knowledge," says Kennedy, "especially because we are a liberal arts university. We enable them to go into careers in consulting, finance, law and medicine, among many others, because technology is so relevant today."
Engineering solutions is what Bucknellians do. Students are designing iPhone apps and going on to work at companies such as Google. They are turning trash to biofuel in Bucknell labs, and as alumni they are founding companies that harvest the sun and raise sustainable seafood. Faculty and student ingenuity has brought clean water to impoverished communities in the developing world and unmanned search-and-rescue vehicles to urban centers.
Kennedy anticipates that his students will delve into and solve even more complex problems in the future. "I know what we can do now, with the resources we have. We have never been constrained by our creativity, just certain physical and financial limits. Imagine what we could do if those restrictions were gone."


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Oprah used to openly campaign against hip-hop and all its bad influences on her daytime talk show, but it's quite possible that Jay-Z changed her mind last year.
Ever since the superstar Brooklyn MC took Big O to his old neighborhood and then made an appearance on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' with some hilarious rap lessons, Oprah seems to have opened up to the genre. Last night was another big step, as Oprah hung out with N.E.R.D., Diddy, Usher and plenty of other celebrities at the Met Costume Institute Gala after party.
The Met Gala is one of the biggest fashion events of the year and the after party usually turns into the kind of A-List soiree that most people can only dream about attending. At the invitation of Anna Wintour, Vogue's famed editor-in-chief, N.E.R.D. performed at the event, apparently ripping through three tracks and making the crowd go wild.
This morning (May 5), an amazing picture surfaced of Pharrell singing with his left arm around a joyous Oprah, who appears to be having the time of her life and most definitely jamming with the music. Taking place at New York City's Mark Hotel, Oprah reportedly watched and danced as Wintour got pulled into the DJ booth by Diddy and Pharrell.
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Shortly after noon today I arrived home from Loveland, CO. The time went fast, but it was worth every minute. One of the great things about the Expo is getting to see familiar faces and make new friends. The Honor Bloggers had a specific area for blogging, but we could also blog and tweet in the classrooms, which many of us did.
We were easily identified by our beads, compliments of Thomas MacEntee. Of course, we had name tags and badges, again compliments of Thomas MacEntee ... the guy at Geneabloggers! Quite often we were asked to explain blogs, why they are fun and effective for genealogists. Tom did some lectures on social networking which were informative. As the Expo wound down I listened to people saying they might try creating a blog. So ... genealogists look for new genealogy blogs in the upcoming weeks and months.
My friend Leland Meitzler posed for a photograph by some of the books he was selling. Family Roots Publishing was a popular spot in the Expo. In fact, it was so popular you could hardly turn around without bumping into somebody.
In the group photograph you'll see some of the bloggers ... back row Gayle Gresham, yours truly YGGG #1, Tom MacEntee. Sitting is Lisa Alzo and Becky Jamison.
The guy in the blue shirt, with the smile is Michael John Neill of Illinois. He is a dynamic speaker who got a lot of enthusiasm going at the Expo. We had fun visiting about our recent trips to Salt Lake City to the Family History Library.
Behind the scenes were people who worked for months, weeks and days to make the Expo possible. Thanks to all for making it a memorable experience!
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Paul Heckingbottom may have been a shock choice as the new Leeds United Head Coach but there is one thing for certain, he knows all about Yorkshire derbys. Having grown up in Barnsley and played for Bradford City, Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley during an 18 year playing career he is aware what heated affairs these can be and how important bragging rights are come Monday morning. In his brief managerial career he has faced Yorkshire opposition 15 times; winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 6. Not the most impressive record and he has never beaten Sheffield United before but can he make amends this Saturday?
It's a tough ask in his first game, Sheffield United away. The Blades are favourites in the odds at 888Sport for the victory. The Sheffield club took the spoils earlier in the season but just as Thomas Christiansen lost his job due to inconsistent results The Blades have not had much success recently with a pretty poor run of results since October. But they have managed one win in 2018 which is more than can be said of Leeds United. Only two points, and some club called Middlesbrough, separate the two clubs and with Leeds in 10th only 7 points off 6th both teams will hope there is still a chance they can get into the play-offs.
One thing Thomas Christiansen has left Paul Heckingbottom with is a mess. With Gaetano Berardi, Liam Cooper and Samuel Saiz all suspended and Conor Shaughnessy and Luke Ayling injured there are fairly major selection issues, particularly in defence. There is some good news though with Eunan O'Kane and Kalvin Phillips available for selection again after serving suspension and the rumour that Pontus Jansson may be available for selection following the news earlier in the week that he would be out of contention due to the injury he picked up in a clash with Sol Bamba last Saturday.
Many Leeds fans would suggest the main reason we are still facing selection issue is that the clear gaps in the squad were not addressed in the January transfer window. If Jansson is still unfit this weekend Matthew Pennington would be the only fit first team central defender at the club. Most people could have told you in summer that centre back was an area we needed to strengthen but director of football Victor Orta seems to think this is not an issue. Whilst this model is still not quite the norm in English football it seems to be a system Heckingbottom is happy with.
Heckingbottom has a proven track record in developing players. Hourihane, Bree, Winnall, Mawson, Watkins,Roberts, Scowen and McDonald have all moved on from Barnsley to better things in recent seasons. Dealing with agents and contracts is not Heckingbottom's cup of tea, preferring to concentrate on the coaching and development of players, and that is exactly what Leeds need now. He won't get to pick his own signings, that much is clear, but he can mold them and instil some discipline and fight.
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Robin van Persie has told Radamel Falcao he should not expect to walk straight into the Manchester United first team.
United pulled off the most eye-catching transfer of deadline day when they signed the Colombia forward on loan from Monaco for £6million.
Despite the sale of Danny Welbeck to Arsenal, United still have some formidable options in attack, including Van Persie and Wayne Rooney.
For that reason, the Dutch striker believes the club's new Colombian import will need to work hard to earn his place in manager Louis van Gaal's starting XI.
"I welcome his arrival, he makes us better," Van Persie told Fox Sports NL.
"At a top club you should always go for the best, which also fits my philosophy. Falcao must fight for his place, as I also have to. We must duke with Wayne Rooney and James Wilson to see who is playing."
Some speculated United signed Falcao as a replacement for Van Persie, who was rumoured to require knee surgery.
Van Persie dismissed that speculation, adding: "I am impressed that people can pick up the imagination to invent something like that.
"I do not know where it comes from and can say with my hand on my heart that I won't be in a hospital to have the operation."
United, meanwhile, confirmed on Wednesday that their 21-year-old right-back Guillermo Varela has joined Real Madrid on loan until the end of the season.
David Moyes made Varela his first signing as United boss, but the defender is yet to play for the Red Devils and will feature in Madrid's reserve team.
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This is actually a question I can see both sides of, even though I know which side I come down on. And recently a fan wrote in to express the following:
I'm ok with cherry picking religious beliefs in general because I think that it has helped push beliefs towards a more beneficial outcome. Today you hear people claiming that the Christian God is Love and other such nonsense, but I'd rather them intentionally ignore the bad parts in their holy book than to accept it all unquestioningly if they're going to believe in both cases already.
He raised some good points about how it's good many Muslims are moderate–and not like their more fanatical counterparts. I get the point, I really do. But here are my thoughts:
This is a question with no answer. Someone recently posted on Facebook an article about an American association of physicians who initially came out with a position that it's OK to "nick" infant female genitalia as a substitute for a full female circumcision–which they feared some families would go back to the old country to get if doctors here wouldn't do it. However, they then reversed their stance to say that, in fact, doctors should counsel and support the families, but not perform any such ritualistic procedures.
What should they do? Should they cause small harm, in order to mitigate greater harm? Or should they stand firm against all harm?
I compared it in a recent dialog to chemo therapy. Some chemo treatments have long-term, or even permanent awful effects on people's bodies. But the idea is that this toxic cocktail will save someone's life, so we induce harm, in order to mitigate worse harm. And most people agree this is the right course. BUT, what if we found a cure for cancer that inflicted no harm tomorrow, but some oncologists insisted upon continuing to use chemo treatments? Would it still be the right course of action?
Making religion somewhat less toxic, I can see, is preferable to having it be fully toxic. But I personally, as a reformed Christian myself, know that there is a cure available that eliminates the harm altogether. And with that knowledge, I can't, in good conscience, pursue the course of mitigating harm, when a cure that eliminates the harm is available.
I can't speak for everyone–but this is how I view it and how I address the problem.
And I think it also covers the "cherry picking" question. To support a book that encourages subjugation of women and killing other people who don't believe what you do, to me, is inexcusable. It would be like joining the KKK because you like the social networking, but reject the racist agendas.
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Shonda Rhimes, the brain behind Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal, would like it if you stopped calling her shows "guilty pleasures." (Hey, we talked about this last week!)
The screenwriter/producer told Salon:
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But Shonda! I like Grey's Anatomy, it's just that I once hit a women who looks like Ellen Pompeo with my car so I feel guilty about it. Is that okay?
Shonda Rhimes: "Calling a show a 'guilty pleasure' — it's like saying it's a piece of crap" [Salon]


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This game features a game board with nine student emoji characters, Prankster, Nerd, Class Clown, Wallflower, Cheerleader, Valedictorian, Jock, Teacher's Pet, and Artist. You can play with up to eight individual players or eight teams. Each character on the game board has squares numbered 1-4. These are links to the thirty-six-character questions (multiple-choice questions). Each character also has a group of boxes for players to mark the square as theirs, and a scoreboard to keep track of their points. The game includes an introductory slide with the topic, a you get a punishment slide (incorrect answer), a you deserve a reward slide (a correct answer), a reward or field goal spinner slide, a receive your reward slide, a punishment or detention spinner slide, a receive your punishment slide and a winner celebration slide for a total of forty-nine slides. All of the slides have sounds triggered by a button or transition to the slide. Every game slide has buttons to go back to the game board or the instructions.
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Seriously, summer!?! Three days of suck-it-Trebeck humidity and thunderstorms, capped off by a 67-degree Friday and foggy in the middle of the day, that's your idea of a grand entrance? Rose and and I have been looking forward to debuting these fantastic-for-summer, mouthwatering concoctions for months and this is what you give us?
(Yes, we're bitching about the weather two days in a row, but it has really sucked...)
So long as you allow me a half-hour of relative sunlight on Saturday mornings so I can hit the farmer's market in peace, I won't let you spoil my fun. The Strawberry-Basil-Grappa Thing is perhaps the perfect seasonal cocktail for the first week of summer, when farmer's-market strawberries and basil are at their ripest and most abundant.
I've seen a few strawberry and basil cocktails out there before, but they are generally vodka-based and come off as little more than a slightly boozy summer salad. Our way around this was grappa. I've had a love-hate relationship with grappa my whole drinking life. I want to love it but I usually end up hating it. Though I'm not one to shy away from straight liquor, the burn of grappa is just a little too aggressive, the finish a little too long. Turns out that grappa's in-your-faceness was just the thing to give what could have been an all too saccharine and ethereal cocktail real substance.
The Strawberry-Basil-Grappa Thing
1 ¼ ounces Finger Lakes Distillery Grappa
¾ ounce Grand Marnier
1 ¼ ounces club soda
4-5 basil leaves
2 strawberries
¼ teaspoon Colonel De's Mint Julep sugar
Muddle strawberries, basil and sugar (regular sugar will work if you can't get some from the Colonel) at the bottom of a highball glass. Fill glass with ice and add grappa, Grand Marnier and soda and stir or lightly toss back and forth into a tumbler.


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Since 2007, the massive team behind Colorado's Monolith Festival has made magic happen with a two-day odyssey into musical bliss. Hosted at the scenic Red Rocks Amphitheater, the Monolith Festival is quickly becoming the premier festival in the region. Last year saw appearances by Cut Copy, Justice, The Hood Internet, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Tilly and the Wall, Atmosphere, and Band of Horses. As if those performances weren't enough, four additional stages were set up throughout the venue to ensure a variety of musical experiences.
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Despite last year's joyous release of an incredible live show from 1992 [Live at The Cat's Cradle, 1992, Chocodog Records], all those early years when Ween consisted of Dean and Gene—two young, talented and hilarious Pennsylvania kids—and a drum machine seem like ancient history. Seeing a Ween show without drummer-extraordinaire Claude Coleman behind the kit has been impossible for the past 15 years, but that could change soon: Rumors have been spreading all over the Internet this summer about Coleman—a multi-instrumentalist who also leads the band Amandla and teaches at the Paul Green School of Rock in NYC—taking a break from Ween to make sense of a life that has perhaps appeared too fast and fun since his near-fatal auto accident. He even confirmed it in a heartfelt statement. However, when asked about Coleman's departure, Dean Ween (born Mickey Melchiondo) told the Alibi, "Claude is still in the band the last time I checked." In a follow-up e-mail, Ween's manager Greg Frey told the Alibi, "Mickey's answer regarding Claude is spot on. Anything else is hearsay."
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It comes from the land of ice and snow, where the chief exports are IKEA and meatballs. Swedish five-piece Enforcer is proud to sport tight leather pants and play speed metal in the style of Iron Maiden. Hear the hammer drop at The Compound (3206 San Mateo NE) on Monday, Sept. 7, with Cauldron (from Canada, eh?) Torture Victim, Dread and Vetalas. 6:30 p.m. All-ages, $8. (Laura Marrich)
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Incorporating new wave, '80s dance music and Brit-pop into a rap beat is something relatively new. Within that realm, the contributions to hip-hop made by artists like M.I.A. and Santigold are unquestionable. Amanda Blank is cut from the same cloth as these pioneers, but it's tough to make the case she brings anything new to the hipster-hop genre. Her rapid-fire raps are impressive, and she's got all the swagger a successful MC needs. But I Love You comes off as largely unoriginal and contrived. The Philadelphia-born wordsmith has the talent to branch out and find her own schtick in future offerings.


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Discussing Foster, Hannity asked: "Did a close friend of Hillary Clinton commit suicide, or was it a massive coverup?"
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On the July 22 edition of Fox News' Hannity's America, teasing a segment on "the mysterious death of [former deputy White House counsel] Vince Foster," host Sean Hannity asked: "Did a close friend of [Sen.] Hillary [Rodham] Clinton [D-NY] commit suicide, or was it a massive coverup?" During the segment, Hannity asserted that on July 20, 1993: "Vince Foster got in his car and drove to Fort Marcy Park in Virginia. And he supposedly walked through the woods, and depending on which version of the story you believe, he took his own life." He also claimed that "[i]n the minds of some," questions regarding the contents of Foster's files following his suicide "may have provided a motive for foul play." In fact, Foster's death has been conclusively determined by several investigations to have been a suicide. Hannity billed this segment as "one of the darkest and most mysterious" of "The Clinton Chapters," a regular series on Hannity's America whose assertions Media Matters for America has repeatedly debunked. This is the second week in a row that Hannity has baselessly asserted on Hannity's America that the circumstances of Foster's death are still a matter of debate.
The Office of the Independent Counsel -- then headed by Kenneth Starr -- completed its inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Foster's death with a report issued on October 11, 1997, which concluded that "based on investigation and analysis of the evidentiary record, that Mr. Foster committed suicide by gunshot in Fort Marcy Park." The Office of the Independent Counsel's report also excerpted the findings of several other investigations into the death of Vince Foster, all of which conclusively determined that his death was a suicide. These investigations included:
- An August 10, 1993, joint report by the Department of Justice, FBI, and Park Police, in which Robert Langston, chief of the U.S. Park Police, asserted: "The condition of the scene, the medical examiner's findings and the information gathered clearly indicate that Mr. Foster committed suicide. ... Our investigation has found no evidence of foul play."
- A June 30, 1994, report by special prosecutor Robert B. Fiske Jr., which concluded that "[t]he overwhelming weight of the evidence compels the conclusion ... that Vincent Foster committed suicide in Fort Marcy Park on July 20, 1993."
- An August 12, 1994, report by Congressman William F. Clinger Jr., then the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Government Operations, concluding that "all available facts lead to the undeniable conclusion that Vincent W. Foster, Jr. took his own life in Fort Marcy Park, Virginia on July 20, 1993."
- A January 3, 1995, report by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs stating that "[t]he evidence overwhelmingly supports the conclusion of the Park Police that on July 20, 1993, Mr. Foster died in Fort Marcy Park from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the upper palate of his mouth."
On January 5, 2001, independent counsel Robert Ray released his final report into the Whitewater matter, which included his conclusions regarding the discovery and removal of documents from Foster's office following his suicide. According to the report, Ray investigated "whether anyone obstructed the investigation of the U.S. Park Police and the FBI by removing or concealing relevant documents from Foster's office," and "whether, in the subsequent investigations, anyone committed perjury, made false statements, or obstructed justice." Ray determined there was "insufficient evidence to show beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone had committed a federal crime," and chose to pursue no criminal prosecutions.
This is the second "Clinton Chapters" segment in which Hannity has suggested that Foster's death was something other than a suicide. As Media Matters documented, on the July 15 edition of Hannity's America, Hannity asserted: "[T]here are still many chapters remaining open from [Clinton's] time at the Rose Law Firm. Take Whitewater and the death of Vince Foster." Hannity closed the July 22 edition of the "Clinton Chapters" by stating: "[T]he most heated debate over Foster's death wasn't political. It had to do with old-fashioned police work. And that's where we'll pick up next week when we open up another chapter in the Clintons." He will discuss "chapter nine, the mysterious death of Vince Foster, part two" during the July 29 edition of Hannity's America.
From the July 22 edition of Fox News' Hannity's America:
HANNITY: And coming up: Did a close friend of Hillary Clinton commit suicide, or was it a massive cover-up? It's the mysterious death of Vince Foster in this week's "Clinton Chapter."
HANNITY: Welcome back to Hannity's America. Of all of the "Clinton Chapters" we've covered so far, well, this week, we delve into one of the darkest and most mysterious.
HANNITY: Chapter eight, the mysterious death of Vince Foster, part 1. Foster served as deputy White House counsel during the first Clinton administration for six months before his death. But before heading to the nation's capital, he spent most of his life in Hope, Arkansas, where he and childhood friend and future president Bill Clinton were neighbors.
Now, he worked at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock and became close to Hillary Clinton, who called him Vincenzo, and when the Clintons went to Washington after the 1992 election, Foster went with them.
But Foster's term in the White House was an introduction to hard-knock Beltway politics. He was largely responsible for handling the Travelgate scandal and was responsible for dealing with all the first family's paperwork related to Whitewater.
Those first months of 1993 were tough on Foster. He was targeted by a series of Wall Street Journal editorials and battled with clinical depression. All of that changed on July 20, 1993. That was the day that Vince Foster got in his car and drove to Fort Marcy Park in Virginia. And he supposedly walked through the woods, and depending on which version of the story you believe, he took his own life.
HANNITY: Now, these are some of the mysteries surrounding the death of Vince Foster. Did he have in his possession papers that could have impacted the Whitewater investigation? How was the suicide note missed?
In the minds of some, these questions may have provided a motive for foul play. But the most heated debate over Foster's death wasn't political. It had to do with old-fashioned police work. And that's where we'll pick up next week when we open up another chapter in the Clintons.
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Former Zoe assistant Brad Goreski is pictured at New York Fashion Week Fall 2011 at
Lincoln Center on February 14, 2011 in New York City
In December 2004, TV viewers started to tune in to a reality show that documented the dramatic details of producing a runway collection, and with it came a familiarity with infectious little catchphrases such as "make it work, people" and "auf Wiedersehen." "Project Runway" lifted a curtain on the fashion industry, bringing usually behind-the-scenes individuals — magazine editors, stylists and designers — to millions of homes. It offered competition, drama, lively characters and eye candy in the form of sometimes gorgeous clothes as well as the models who wear them.
Since then, a slew of style- and fashion-centered programs — all unscripted — have hit the air, and the upcoming summer schedule promises a number of others. Cable networks such as the Sundance Channel and Bravo are beefing up their fashion-related programming, building on the success of shows like "Project Runway" and trying out new formats that riff on everything from salvaging a fashion designer's struggling business to 24-hour extreme design challenges.
So what's up with the clothes ogling?
"In the case of fashion, many people have always watched TV for the clothes anyway," says Robert Thompson, professor of TV and pop culture at Syracuse University. "Look at 'Dynasty.' It can be argued that some of those shows were about the clothes. We watch award shows for clothes. Fashion has a good built-in audience."
Bravo in particular is taking advantage of that audience. The network is known for its fashion- and style-related content, first with "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," (July 2003-October 2007), which had a makeover component and focused on fashion as well as interior design, grooming and manners. Next up was "Project Runway," which ran on Bravo for five seasons before moving to Lifetime in 2009. Currently, "The Rachel Zoe Project," which debuted in September 2008, documents the celebrity stylist dressing her clients for major events and photo shoots.
In production (but with no release date) is "It's a Brad Brad World," a show that follows former Zoe assistant Brad Goreski as he begins to build his own styling business.
"I get asked all the time by people about how I'm doing, what am I doing and how I'm doing on my own," Goreski says. "This seemed like the best way to show what it's like being my own boss (and) hiring a team.
"I'm really interested in trying to show people how to put a red carpet look together from point A to point B. The same thing goes for a photo shoot."
Unlike his gig on Zoe's show, Goreski will allow the cameras to focus, to some extent, on his personal life. "My home life is very important to me," he says. "I have a longtime boyfriend. It will be nice for people to see me at home with my dogs and what my life is like outside of the fashion world."
"Mad Fashion" is another show without a release date that is slated for Bravo's schedule. The premise? Throw design challenges at fashion and costume designer and former "Project Runway" contestant Chris March, who must complete tasks, such as making actress Jennifer Coolidge a Mardi Gras outfit, in under 24 hours.
In March, the Sundance Channel debuted "All on the Line," in which cameras follow Elle magazine creative director and veteran stylist Joe Zee while he attempts to revamp a flailing fashion business. It is reminiscent of Gordon Ramsey's tough-love-filled show "Kitchen Nightmares" but with better clothes. Generally the same amount of stubbornness comes from the featured subjects.
"Unleashed by Garo," another addition to the Sundance Channel's unscripted, style-related offerings, is scheduled to premiere on Sept. 6. Cameras will follow a designer named Garo, based in New York City's East Village, as he creates custom clothes for people who are undergoing some kind of major life event and want the armor to express what they're going through or at the very least look good while going through it.
"Dresscue Me," vintage retailer Shareen Mitchell's show on Planet Green, visits women experiencing events such as a family reunion or a military husband's homecoming. Mitchell robes and styles them in her vintage wares and accessories.
"The makeover used to be: This is how you look now and this is how you look after,'" Thompson says. "Now there's the sense that they're making over your outside and inside. It's a makeover of body and soul, not only your bad hair."
The value of vintage is another theme popping up in a few shows currently being developed by Bravo. Cameron Silver and Christos Garkinos of L.A's Decades and Decadestwo.1 are in talks to star in a network show on which cameras follow them as they peek into the closets of L.A.'s well-heeled women. In "Ready to Wear," set in the New York consignment store Second Time Around and slated to premiere later this year, the store's owners assess the value of clothing brought in by customers and go into closets to assess the value of certain pieces.
Then there's "Project Runway," successful enough to expand in running time (from 60 minutes to 90) and inspire two spinoffs. "Project Accessory" will follow the same format but with designers competing to create accessory collections. "Project Runway All-Stars" will bring back past winners to crown the best of the best. Neither show has an air date.
"Fashion is unique because everyone has an opinion," adds Rob Sharenow, executive vice president of programming for the Lifetime network. "There's an enormous play-along. The average viewer knows what they don't like but may not really know why. So when one of our judges says it or gives a reason why it doesn't work — well, there's something really gratifying about that for viewers."


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Meet the Woman Leading Windows: Julie Larson-Green
(REDMOND, Wash.) -- "It's been my dream for a long time to make PCs work the way they should," Julie Larson-Green told ABC News' Joanna Stern a few weeks ago at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Wash. Windows 8 hadn't yet launched and her boss, Steven Sinofsky, was still running the Windows division.
That quote might be the only thing you need to know about the woman, who as of Monday night, stepped in and began leading Microsoft's Windows hardware and software teams. She will replace Sinofsky, who has led (supposedly with an iron fist) the Windows team at Microsoft since 2009.
Larson-Green is no slouch when it comes to logging the years and time at Microsoft. She joined the company 19 years ago as a program manager for Visual C++ and has worked her way up through the ranks.
Larson-Green worked hand-in-hand with Sinofsky on Microsoft Office. Before that she worked on Microsoft SharePoint and Internet Explorer. She actually led one of the most dramatic redesigns at the company when she worked on the so-called ribbon interface in Office. Before Microsoft she studied business at Western Washington University. She's a self-admitted nerd, confessing during our interview that John Hodgman is cute and that he, not Justin Long, would be her type.
Of course, more recently Green has worked on Windows 8. Now she will step in and fill Sinofsky's shoes, taking over the vision and future of Windows.
"The world of computing has changed a lot since Windows came out 25 years ago. We wanted to reinvent Windows to be what people expect today but we also wanted to maintain the familiar desktop and the apps that people use," Larson-Green said when asked why Microsoft didn't give up the traditional desktop in Windows 8.
She wouldn't directly answer if Microsoft would ever give up the desktop, but she, like Sinofsky, stressed the "no compromise" features of Windows 8. "We tried hard to think about how we wanted people to feel when they were using Windows -- we wanted it to be fun and useful. People talk about work life and home life, but in today's world it's not different," she said. "We wanted to make a bold statement -- you can have fun and get things done."
She also cited the other components of Microsoft -- Xbox, Xbox Music, Office, Outlook.com.
"Her unique product and innovation perspective and proven ability to effectively collaborate and drive a cross company agenda will serve us well as she takes on this new leadership role. All of the current Windows engineering teams will report into Julie, and Julie will report to me," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote in a company-wide email announcing her promotion. Ballmer highlighted Larson-Green's ability to work with other teams, which many speculate was Sinofsky's main shortcoming.
When asked about her experience being a lead female executive at Microsoft, and whether she felt that had an impact on the development of Windows 8, Larson-Green said, "It was really a focus of our whole team to make it beautiful and feel wonderful when you are using it."
"Attention to detail -- I can't say I brought that because I am a woman -- but it was a big focus for our team," she added
The final thing Stern asked Larson-Green about was the challenges -- the challenges of building Windows 8 and of leading a team. Her answer might be more significant now than it was a few weeks ago before the shake-up and her promotion.
"Managing change is always hard and managing change within the organization about the release and what our goals are is hard."
But ultimately she said it's all about progress and evolution. "You are going to see us progress from here. We have some exciting things."
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I've written two blog posts on cross compiling annotated toki pona to ordinary toki pona.
This is the blog post to try to express what my idea is. It isn't clever or original, but it is easy misunderstand.
This is a draft I threw together on annotations that I think would be nice for tp++ to have. It is not complete at all. Some of it is already implemented in my existing toki pona parser (e.g. using commas to mark prepositions) and some of it I'm not sure I'm smart enough to implement (such as doing declared variables and phrase to pronoun binding)


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When it comes to email, Microsoft Outlook has long been considered the choice for professionals and business users. It's one of the jewels in Office's crown, and that's before you consider its other capabilities as a general tool for organising your life.
Outlook 2010 finally adds the full ribbon interface to Outlook, and does so in such a way as to help make it easier to stay top of the ever-increasing volume of email that appears in your mailbox. It's now possible to condense, categorise or even ignore entire conversations with a few clicks. The new Conversation view helps you manage an overloaded inbox by organising it into just a few relevant conversations. Two other new tools – Mail tips and Quick steps – also help speed up the way you navigate your mail folder.
If you have multiple email accounts set up, you'll be glad to know you can now combine them all into one single, easily accessible view – the same is true for calendars and address books. A new Schedule View also allows you view multiple calendars from Outlook, Windows Live and other shared calendars using a single horizontal display.
New easy-to-access contact cards, which segue in with IMessenger-compatible apps like Windows Live Messenger, give you an at-a-glance view of a person's availability, or you can get a more detail viewed of someone using the new Outlook Social Connector, which doesn't just provide a recent history of your dealings with that person, but links in with other social networking platforms including Windows Live and SharePoint 2010 to provide updates about that person and links to their colleagues and friends.
Finally, as with all Office 2010 apps, the File tab on the ribbon provides access to the new Backstage view – in Outlook it's your one-stop shop for managing your accounts, inboxes and more.
Note that there is no trial version of Outlook 2010. You can try the Office 2010 suite.
If your inbox is becoming unmanageable than Outlook 2010 has much to offer, along with a much better, more streamlined ribbon compared to the halfway house adopted in Outlook 2007.


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