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From Mozart to Ragtime
In 1805, as the distinctive first notes of Beethoven's Third Symphony, the "Eroica," were igniting a revolution in Western art music, a similar revolution was underway in the writing about music. In the 19th century alone, nearly 2,000 specialized music journals were published in Europe and the United States, which included feuilletons (a part of a newspaper or magazine devoted to fiction, criticism, or light literature) in daily newspapers, articles in literary periodicals, in theatrical journals and in magazines de mode, as well as engravings and lithographs in the illustrated press. These journals published a variety of pieces that included reviews of performances and new works, essays on music theory, and historical accounts of musical developments.
Founded in 1980 and directed since then by H. Robert Cohen, the Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals/Répertoire international de la presse musicale (RIPM) was established to provide access to 18th- through 20th-century periodical literature dealing with music. Functioning under the auspices of the International Musicological Society, the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, and UNESCO's International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, RIPM is the first effort to undertake and to coordinate retrospective periodical indexing on an international scale.
Early music journals are one key component to unlocking the listening and performing habits of societies before and during the invention of early recording technologies. They have become an immense documentary resource, important to cultural, social, and music historians. The writings of music scholars, critics, and artists not only document when new music works were premiered or the careers of famous conductors and soloists, but they also provide a window into the evolution of performance techniques, audience composition, social reception of certain composers and genres, and music labor practices. Furthermore, ethnomusicologists and historians have turned to these writings to learn about non-Western music, its transmission across countries and continents, and its influence on well-known composers.
Before the international indexing effort by RIPM, two significant problems prevented published material from being systematically examined: 1) the limited number of libraries possessing the music journals, and 2) the difficulty encountered in locating specific information within an available source. RIPM has addressed this gap by working with an international board of distinguished scholars, librarians and archivists from 21 countries in Eurasia and the Americas who have selected music journals for priority indexing treatment. With the opening of Russia and Eastern Europe in the 1990s, the journals from those areas became available and were also incorporated into the index.
RIPM's corpus of music literature is in fourteen languages from twenty-one countries covering the period 1800 to 1950. The project's initial goal was to produce approximately 300 volumes over a twenty-five year period (1988-2012). These three-part publications consist of highly annotated calendars, extensive keyword-in-context/author indexes, and introductory studies that provide access to a significant portion of this monumental documentary resource. To date, 278 volumes treating more than 185 music periodicals have been published, and more than a dozen others are in preparation. In 2000, responding to the "digital revolution," RIPM was released online and currently has over 671,000 annotated records, updated every six months. RIPM in print, RIPM on CD-ROM, and RIPM Online, and provide access for the first time to a significant portion of the 19th and 20th century musical press. Most recently, , RIPM undertook an "Americas Initiative" in 2005 to extend its treatment of North American music journals and those published in Latin America.
NEH has supported the editorial phases of this project since 1993, including the development of RIPM Online, the searchable database with links to the actual journal articles.
Although access to the full index is limited to subscribers, you can sample many essays that describe the history of some of the most prominent and longest-running music journals of the 19th and 20th centuries, including: Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung published in Leipzig from 1798 to 1848, The Music World published in London from 1836 to 1891, and The New Music Review and Church Music Review published in New York from 1901 to 1935.


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TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers will be on the road tonight in Casper for a couple of conference games with the Oilers, Troops Head coach Ben Phillips talks about tonight's
The Troops will host their 20th youth baseball camp starting tomorrow and continues Friday and Saturday at Thorne-Rider stadium.
The camp is open to all boys and girls ages 7 to 15 and will run from 9 to noon each day the cost of the camp is 35 dollars and they will take walk up registration before the camp opens tomorrow.
SC RODEO - As we reported Monday Sheridan college rodeo has a national champion, Taygen Schuelke took the men's all-around title at the College National Finals Rodeo over thew weekend, he finished 3rd in the bronc riding and 4th in the bull riding.
Teammate Zeke Thurston had a great week as well finishing 2nd in bronc riding.
Today we hear from SC rodeo coach Marc Gilkerson, first up Gilkerson says Schuelke and Thurston made a tremendous run last week.
R.R. Williams & Associates defeated Big Horn Beverage, 8-7.
MVP was Wayne Garrison for R.R. Williams & Assoc.
Best Playing Pony was "Chatty", owned and played by Rob Beckman.
R.R. Williams & Associates
#1 Bob Brotherton
#2 Wayne Garrison
#3 Orrin Connell / Paul Wollenman
#4 Miguel Sylvestre
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers dropped a game to Rapid City Post 320 Sunday the second game of the double header was rained out.
The Troops dropped the first game 8-0 and struggled at the plate with only four hits, Head coach Ben Phillips.
The second game was better with the bats but the troops just couldn't come up with a big two out hit.
The second game was called off when the rain hit again in the fifth inning.
Bighorn Trail 100M Overall Results
Division: 100M
1 Luke Nelson 19:10:15
2 Patrick McGlade 19:39:03
3 Benjamin Bucklin 20:34:20
4 Dominick Layfield 21:17:06
Park City
5 Nate Jaque 21:32:24
6 Jesse Rickert 21:37:04
7 Rudy Rutemiller 21:51:05
8 Rod Bien 21:52:59
9 Ryan Case
10 Chris Dickey 22:24:07
Bighorn 50M Overall Results
Division: 50M
1 Damian Stoy 8:12:41 9:51
2 Adam St.Pierre
Sheridan college has a new national Rodeo champion.
Taygen Schuelke has won the coveted All Around Cowboy title at the CNFR this year.
Zeke Thurston placed 2nd in the nation in the bronc riding and Taygen was 3rd in the bronc riding and he was 4th in the bullriding.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers jumped out to a big lead and beat Summit,Colorado last night 11-2.
They have a change to their schedule tonight, their game with Cheyenne has been canceled so they have a couple of days off to get ready as they host a home double header Sunday afternoon with Rapid City Post #320 the first game is schedule to start at 1:00.
TROOPER YOUTH BASEBALL CAMP - The Troopers will hold the 20th annual Trooper youth baseball camp next week Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Thorne-Rider stadium.
2011 Cheyenne East HS grad and former Cheyenne Post 6 baseball player Brandon Nimmo has received the call, to starting playing with the New York Mets 'AA' team in Binghampton, New York.
The 21-year old 2011 first round pick of the Mets, up until his 2014 promotion, has been with the single-A team in St. Lucie, Florida, where he had a .322 batting average, and he has led the Florida State League with an on base percentage of .448, and has hit 4 home runs.

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Professor Stacey Hills Connected With Students
October 2012
By Nadiah Johari
Executives and professors often talk of having an open-door policy. Stacy Hills' open door policy doesn't have to be stated. Anyone who passes by her office can see it.
Even though it's not a huge office, it is packed with students all the time. Some are working with Stacey, other students have sought her out for guidance, and still others appear to be just there because – well, that's the place to be. It could make one wonder what makes that little piece of real estate so popular.
In December, however, students will no longer have the opportunity to "hang out" in her office since she will be moving to Vermont to continue teaching at Southern Vermont College, a small private liberal arts school. She will be chairing the business division and building a marketing program since there is no marketing major at the school.
She will be missed. Huntsman Scholars Carlie Morrison and Becky Kelley said that Dr. Hills consistently shows that her interest in students goes beyond academics.
Becky, who recently graduated from the Huntsman School of Business after majoring in human resources and international business, used to take classes from Dr. Hills and was a peer mentor for Dr. Hills' Connections class last year.
"While it's great to get to know professors, I didn't think that they cared to get to know students as much," Becky said. "My experience with Stacey really challenged that assumption."
Carlie and Dr. Hills went on a trip to Europe with other Huntsman Scholars. Before leaving for Europe, Carlie, who is a senior in marketing and economics, said she was going through a difficult time and yet she didn't share with anyone the nature of her challenges. When she got back, she confided in Dr. Hills.
"After that, I knew I could be comfortable going to Stacey for anything that I needed," Carlie said, "It's like being able to discuss your problems with a really close friend and know that you are going to be able to trust what she says."
When she was a freshman, Carlie did not realize just how open an open-door policy could be. Now she is one of the many students who spends a lot of time in Dr. Hills' office. In fact, Carlie, who will be heading to the east coast after graduation, said she was happy that Dr. Hills' door will still be open to her, even though Dr. Hills is moving away.
"The open-door policy that she has here at her office has extended halfway across the country," Carlie said.
Dr. Hills earned her bachelor's degree in economics and international studies from Russell Sage College in 1995. She then pursued her MBA in new product development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before receiving her doctorate in marketing from the same institution.
Prior to coming to USU in 2002, Dr. Hills worked as a statistician in several organizations including the New York State Department of Labor and General Electric. While in graduate school, her interest in marketing was sparked when she learned that her experience in economic modeling and decision-making could be applied to business problems.
In February 2001 Dr. Hills attended a conference to present a paper. There, she met Lisa Troy who was, at the time, an assistant professor in marketing at USU. A few months after the conference, Dr. Troy suggested Dr. Hills apply for her job at USU since Dr. Troy was leaving Utah to go work in Texas. Dr. Hills, who said she was ready for a career move at that time, applied for the job and was hired. She moved her family from upstate New York to Utah.
She said the biggest adjustment that she had to make when she started living in Utah was getting used to people being nice.
"You walk into the store and people would ask you how you were, they smile at you, and make eye contact," she said. "I wasn't used to that. When someone looks at you in New York, you start being suspicious."
When she graduated and received her doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2004, she was unable to go back for her commencement ceremony because she was already working at the Huntsman School of Business and was expected to attend USU's ceremonies at the same time. Her colleagues in the Department of Management didn't want her to miss out so they threw her a graduation party, she said.
"I am not sure that in 10 years I have seen her without a smile or otherwise happy disposition," said Vijay Kannan, professor of operations management and executive director of international programs. "She is one of the few faculty members who will never say no – not sure if this is a good or bad thing!"
Dr. Kannan said Dr. Hills has demonstrated a sincere and total commitment to her students and brings a genuine enthusiasm and energy to her job. In addition, he said Dr. Hills is always willing to go the extra mile, whether it be in terms of teaching assignments, providing informal help when asked, or otherwise being a team player.
"Stacey will definitely be missed and is, in a lot of ways, given what she has been asked to do over the last several years, irreplaceable," he said.
Dr. Hills said there is a strong sense of community at the Huntsman School of Business and hopes that as the school progresses, that continues to remain as one of its strengths. She said she hopes to take the good things she's learned here and bring them to her work at Southern Vermont College.
Dr. Hills lives with her husband and their eight-year-old daughter. Besides traveling and spending time with her family, the self-proclaimed "nerd" said she loves watching Doctor Who.


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"America Has the Wealth to End the Despair"
Sandy Falwell, who has worked in a neonatal intensive care unit for some 20 years, could tell plenty of stories about the impact of the Great Recession on the lives of her patients. One of the most painful: After a woman gave birth to a 2-pound baby, she told Falwell that she blamed herself for her baby's premature birth. During her pregnancy she had been unable to afford insulin treatments for her diabetes—in part because she was taking care of her elderly parents.
Falwell is a member of National Nurses United, a union whose members come face-to-face with the fallout of the financial crisis every day. On Tuesday, they rallied on Wall Street with the message that "America has the wealth to end the despair and deprivation."
Rose Ann DeMoro, the union's executive director, explained: "There's a financial transaction fee that we're going to have Wall Street pay—they've paid it here in the past—it's very American. These yo-yos who buy and sell and buy and sell our country should have to pay a tax on that."
Such taxes place a small fee on each trade of stocks, derivatives, foreign exchange, and other financial instruments, with the goal of raising massive revenues for public needs while also discouraging reckless speculation.
The United States had a transactions tax from 1914 to 1966, which levied a 0.20 percent tax on all sales or transfers of stock. In 1932, Congress more than doubled the tax to help financial recovery and job creation during the Great Depression.
The nurses' rally was part of a global day of action during which people in more than 35 countries demanded a tax on financial transactions. The actions were timed for the eve of a meeting of leaders of European Union nations, where the debate over such taxes is much further along than in the United States. There are high hopes that Europe will implement them in the near future, which would give a big boost to U.S. advocates.
Here are a few highlights from other countries, where many of the campaigns have taken on a "Robin Hood" theme:
- In Berlin, Robin Hoods rolled giant Euro coins down the street to Chancellor Angela Merkel's residence, where someone who looked an awful lot like her (except with a head four times as large as a normal human) received the money as she prepared to depart for the European Council meeting.
- In Lebanon, the League of Independent Activists opened opening a banner reading "Big Day for a Tiny Tax" in English and Arabic on the Central Bank before delivering a statement to government officials.
- In Brussels, activists met with the Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme, who assured them that his government will support a Europe-wide transaction tax.
- In Nepal, activists met with their Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister and delivered a lobby letter before taking their message to various historical sites in Kathmandu.
- In Norway, a casino/stock exchange installation was set up alongside a "Robin Hood forest" in the center of Oslo.
- In New Zealand, activists with 350.org and Oxfam did an action at a shopping mall, resulting in this not-to-be-missed short video of a break-dancing Robin Hood.
For more on these actions and continued coverage of the global day of action, click here.
Back on Wall Street, Karen Higgins, a Co-President of National Nurses United told the crowd, "Around the world, we're calling for a more fair and just economy. The finance tax we're talking about comes from the trillions of trade of stocks and bonds sold here every day. The revenue is badly needed in our communities."
The nurses' union was joined on the street by a long list of other unions and organizations, including the Amalgamated Transit Union, Vocal NY, AFSCME, UNITE HERE Local 100, Community Voices Heard, Transport Workers Union Local 100, United Steam Workers, and PSC-CUNY.
A big theme of the day was that the New York rally was just the beginning of what they're hoping to be a growing movement. Minnesota nurse Jean Ross, clearly angered by the role of the financial industry in creating the current crisis, said, "Wall Street should be happy that we're just talking about a financial transaction tax. We could be talking about restitution."
David Korten's suggestions for stopping phantom wealth speculation.
Congress is about to pass the first financial reform bill after the meltdown, which includes small positive steps. But there are two key pieces of unfinished business.
The Center for Economic and Policy Research estimates that an FTT of only one-half of one percent would generate at least $60 billion to $100 billion dollars in the United States alone.


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Feel like extra productive this weekend! Today I want to talk about 2 molds and a pack of clay that I've got for awhile now.... lol Finally I have time to talk about them~!
Padico Mermaid Puffy lightweight air dry clay: First thing I want to review is, the Padico Mermaid Puffy lightweight air dry clay.
This clay has 3 different colors ----> White, biscuit and chocolate
I got this on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ELVEINTIDOS?ref=l2-shopheader-name) and I picked the chocolate color. However, this seller is not selling any more craft supplies. If you'd like to get it you can always contact the seller and see if she can help you out :) She's from Japan and I found her listing prices are comparatively bargain (With both her listing price and shipping cost) I got mine for USD$3.48 a pack, shipping cost was USD$3.30. I think it's a pretty good price and she shipped fast too~ I was really happy with my purchased.
This lightweight air dry clay is from the same company (Padico)of Hearty air dry clay that I reviewed before (http://pinkpandacraftshop.blogspot.com/2013/04/japanese-resin-air-dry-clay-review.html)
It is 50g a pack. Package says this clay is waterproof, elastic, lightweight with velvety texture. It is made in Japan.
My thoughts:
The texture of this Mermaid Puffy clay is very similar to Hearty. The only thing is it's a little bit stickier. Very elastic, with a little bit of smell too. It's nothing bothering though. I guess it's from the color that added in it because it smells kind of like acrylic paint.
When I first opened it, it gave me an impression of chocolate mousse. It's a little wet. Hearty is more like marshmallow. It's very soft and easy to knead. The stickiness would gradually decrease the longer you knead it. So if you want to use it with molds you might want to knead it for a while first and let the stickiness fade out a little. It'd be easier to take the clay out of the mold this way.
This Mermaid Puffy lightweight air dry clay is great for making ice cream scoops too, I personally think. It's easy to stretch the ice cream texture out and sculpt the edge with it. On the other hand, polymer clay needs more effort to create such effect. Another great thing to make ice cream scoops with this lightweight clay is, it's not as heavy as some other clays for making jewelry pieces (Like rings, earrings or necklace charms etc.) It feels better to wear it on comparing to polymer clay or resin air dry clay.
Let's see how Mermaid Puffy does with molds:
This works great with smaller molds. In the picture above I didn't grease any of the molds. I kneaded the clay for awhile to take away the stickiness, so it came out pretty easy. The details showed up really nicely too and I'm really happy about it. Just make sure not to over knead it though, if not there'll be little dry cracks appear on the clay surface.
Then when it came to larger shape molds, I had a hard time to take the clay out. I tried to knead it but it didn't help. It's because the kneading only takes away the stickiness from the surface. So when the clay got pressed down into the mold, the sticky clay from the inside would touch the mold surface instead. And this is a larger shape too, it had a bigger surface to contact with the sticky clay. That's why the clay was stuck inside the mold. When I tried to pull it out, it would just mess up the shape of it....
Using Mermaid Puffy clay with bigger molds would be better to grease the molds first, such as using olive oil or baby oil. Flour or baby powder would help too but it'll also leave the powder on it. It's a little difficult to get it off comparing to oil.
One pack of Mermaid Puffy clay can make about this much of miniatures~
50g a bag is kind of small. So I guess it's good that it works better with smaller molds~ We can get more creations out of it :)
To conclude, I like this lightweight Mermaid Puffy clay. The texture is great, light and fluffy. I was making all these this afternoon and the tiny ones are already dried. The bigger ones will probably take a couple days to be completely dried. When it's dried, the color gets deeper and more vibrant. As far as I can see the drying ones I have here, they haven't shrunk too much. About 10% of the original size.
Also I find that when the clay is dried, it feels a little more "puffier" than Hearty clay. When i squeeze it, it feels like soft foam. So I guess why they have it names Mermaid Puffy~
The price of it would probably be the thing stop my from buying it again. Even though I found a bargain price from a great seller, it still considers as a little on the pricy side comparing to the Hearty air dry clay (The white color). They perform pretty much the same. So if I need a chocolate color I'd get the Hearty white lightweight clay (200g pack) and mix the color my own. Because I can get more products out of it. But if you want a really vibrant color, it'd be better to get the colored ones. It's because if you mix too much acrylic paint into the white clay, it'll make it too wet and sticky. So it depends on what you need for your creations~
Floree molds:
Next I want to talk about the Floree molds I have~ http://www.floree.jp/
I wanted to try this Floree brand a long time ago, pretty much since I started to make clay crafts. I was so into researching all things about clay miniatures (I still am~) I like it because they have molds that provide different sizes on 1 same shape. (As you can see below)
You can find different Floree molds on Etsy. Other than molds for clay, they have molds for resin too~ The ones for resin is made out of silicone. It's flexible and bendable. I haven't tried that yet, but I'll be happy to :)
My thoughts:
Here I have one in cookie shapes and one in Madeleine shapes. They have different sizes in 1 mold so it's very flexible to adjust the sizes you need.
I got this for about USD$13-14 a piece. It costs a little bit more comparing to the other clay molds in the market. It's in really good quality though. These black ones are in hard plastic, it's very durable.
Picture below you can see the actual sizes of the molds. They are small, like eraser size. (It's a toothpick under them lol)
Each of the mold has there own product number. The Madeleine one is G-077, and they have their company website embossed on it too~
Below you can see the results of using it with the Mermaid Puffy lightweight air dry clay. Shapes and lines came out very clearly. It's quite easy to take the clay out too even without greasing it.
The largest size of the Madeleine is kind of thick, but I could still take the clay out effortlessly.
The other one is a cookie shapes mold. The product number of it is G-029. This one has a lot of different sizes on it! 11 in total! It's also a black hard plastic mold for clay.
Below you can see all the results of the different sizes of the cookies. Some of them have different scallop edges~ I didn't grease this one as well. All the cookies came right out very easily.
This mold is also nicely made. All the details showed up very good. You can clearly see the scallop edges and the dots on them. (Even with the tiniest one!)
Hope this angle can give you a closer view to see them~
I really love these molds. Although it's on the pricier side, you get what you pay for. All the details are well made and it's very durable. I also like the small size of it too, saving some room for storage. (If you're into crafts, you know what I mean~) Floree gives a wide range of variety of different molds, you can probably find what you're looking for!
I'm really happy with the Floree molds and I would definitely recommend all clay lovers to try it out!
Over all I loved what I've got in this post~ They're all quite easy to get on the internet. Do some research and comparing all the costs, you might be able to find some better deals than I have here~ lol
Hope you all like the reviews I have this time! I'll come back for more until I have new goodies coming~
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Cherry Point released its annual economic impact report this week, showing a decline in overall workforce but an increase in overall impact.
Cherry Point released its annual economic impact report this week, showing a decline in overall workforce but an increase in overall impact.
The report lists the total workforce at the Marine Corps air station for fiscal year 2012 as 14,693, which includes civilian and military personnel. In 2011, the total workforce was 14,915.
Still, the overall economic impact the base had on the region increased from $2.05 billion in 2011 to almost $2.20 billion in 2012.
�I think anytime that we have tangible evidence of the economic impact that MCAS Cherry Point makes, not only in the Havelock community but in the entire eastern region, it is a significant deal,� said Stephanie Duncan, executive director of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce. �It makes a very big impact on the community members who sometimes just take it for granted.�
She said the numbers prove that the base is a valuable economic asset that the entire region can�t afford to lose.
�In President Obama�s budget proposal, he does propose a BRAC for 2015, and we cannot afford as a community � not just in Craven County but in all the surrounding those surrounding counties � we cannot afford to lose that $2.2 billion dollar impact,� she said. �We need to do whatever we can to protect it and work together and not work against one another to ensure its sustainability.�
Included in the report was a statement from Col. Philip J. Zimmerman, commanding officer of Cherry Point.
�Our focus of effort remained: development of our work force; posturing the Air Station, ranges and outlying fields for the future; reorganizing to seek savings and efficiencies; and proactively engaging with the surrounding communities and cooperating on issues of mutual interest,� he said.
With 222 fewer jobs, salaries dipped from $1.29 billion to $1.23 billion in 2012.
Still, the base was actively used, according to the statement from Zimmerman. The base�s air traffic control supported more than 70,000 military and civilian aircraft operating in the Cherry Point air space. The base�s ranges had more than 26,000 training events, and the air station, which serves as an aerial port of embarkation, supported 487 flights carrying nearly 60,000 passengers and 13,100 tons of cargo.
Beyond employment, the base also uses area companies and businesses for various contracts. Joyce and Associates Construction of Newport was the top contractor used by the base in 2012 with just more than $14 million worth of work going to the company. Other top contractors included Alderman Building Company of New Bern ($11.6 million), Team Construction of Beaufort ($11.1 million), Blue Rock Structures of Jacksonville ($5.3 million) and North State Mechanical of Jacksonville ($5.2 million).
Major construction projects completed on the base in 2012 include new ordnance magazines and a new fire station, while work continues on a new helicopter gearbox facility at Fleet Readiness Center East, new barracks buildings and infrastructure upgrades.
Beyond economic impact, the report mentions that 5,154 acres of easements were secured around the base and its ranges for protection against civilian encroachment and development in 2012.


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With 60% of the oceans relying outside nations jurisdiction, ensuring good governance at sea and securing the maritime domain becomes a challenge for every international actor. With a revised Action Plan and a Maritime Security Strategy under the umbrella of the Global Strategy, the EU has been working closely with international partners towards a safer maritime environment and a sustainable use of its resources.
EU High Representative Federica Mogherini met on 17 October with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss the shared engagement and joint work of the EU and the Foundation in support of human development in Africa in particular, including by accelerating digital development. The EU and Mr. Gates also signed an agreement to create a joint fund to invest €100 million in European companies working to stop climate change.


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Gluten Free Mexican Recipes: Vegetarian Potato Tofu Chard Enchilada Recipe
This week I started preparing food to stock our mini-freezer for after the baby comes. I always enjoy frozen enchiladas, so I thought I'd make some. I like Amy's gluten-free enchiladas, but they are either very rich and cheesy or a little too healthy, without much in between. Also, at least in California where I live, the price of Amy's meals has been consistently creeping up into the $5/meal mark, which I find a bit excessive. For dinner tonight, I decided to make a healthy gluten-free enchilada filled with lots of delicious chard, tofu, and potatoes. I was inspired by Indian aloo jeera recipes (potatoes with cumin) when I prepared the potatoes using a healthy twice browning Indian technique, but I used mexican spices like epazote and chili to bring out the spirit of (Fusion) enchiladas. I'd never had potato enchiladas before, but I thoroughly enjoyed this healthy and tasty enchilada, and I think it's going to be delicious on a night when I have no time to cook and am sick of prepared food after Baby Yum joins us. I hope you enjoy it as well!
Gluten Free Potato Tofu Chard Enchilada Recipe
2 tsp. your favorite oil
3 small-medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1 tbsp. cumin
2 tsp. your favorite oil
dried epazote (optional)
2 tbsp. butter
shredded white organic cheese, to taste (about 1/2 cup)
1 package sprouted corn tortillas or equivalent number of homemade tortillas
Heat 2 tsp. oil in a nonstick pan on medium high and add your cumin. When they pop, add your potatoes and toss with cumin and a little salt, letting the potatoes brown on one side and then turning. When potatoes are browned on both sides but not cooked through, remove them from pan and reserve.
Heat more oil in the pan on medium and add the onion and a little salt, letting it slowly caramelize. Turn onion as needed. When onion is almost done, move it to the side and add a touch more oil and then add your diced tofu. Brown them on one side and then turn. When the tofu is almost done, add your mushrooms and let begin to cook and release juices. Add your potatoes back in and a small amount of water and cover pan with a lid. Let potatoes cook intermingled with other ingredients. Check after pan goes dry and turn and add a little more water and cover again if needed. If potato seems almost done, add chard and seasonings to taste. Fold in and leave pan uncovered to letting chard wilt and adding more if you couldn't fit it all in the pan. When all ingredients are cooked and seasoned to taste, remove from pan and reserve.
Melt butter in pan and add gluten-free flour, combining to make a roux. Slowly whisk in milk 1/4 cup at a time and adding more as needed. After you have a nice thin sauce, add the cream cheese and let melt together, adding milk to get the quantity of white sauce you want. As the sauce thickens and you have a nice creamy texture, gently season with lemon pepper and fresh chopped cilantro. Fold reserved prepared veggies into the white sauce.
Prepare a nonstick pan with a dab of oil and heat on medium-low. Pour a little salsa into a large plate and dip tortilla in salsa on both sides and then warm in the nonstick pan, browning first one side and then the other.
Pour a little salsa in the bottom of a medium square pan and gently fill salsa-browned tortilla with creamy vegetables and roll into an enchilada shape. Continue preparing all enchiladas in this way. Baste with a little extra salsa and sprinkle top with shredded cheese.
Bake in preheated 350 oven for 15 minutes (or longer if you prefer) and enjoy!
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Quickly bulking up from a mushy depression, Tropical Storm Ernesto formed in the western Atlantic on Thursday afternoon and is forecast to grow into a hurricane by Monday.
Ernesto weakened slightly overnight but is expected to strengthen during the next two days.
At 5 a.m. Friday, Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth named storm of the 2012 season, was about 30 miles southeast of St. Lucia, moving west at a brisk 24 mph with sustained winds of 45 mph, a decrease of 5 mph from 11 p.m. Thursday.
Ernesto is projected to move across portions of the Windward Islands Friday morning.
It's unlikely that Ernesto will turn toward Florida, as a strong ridge of high pressure should keep the system on a more westerly track through the Caribbean and possibly into the Gulf of Mexico next week.
Because the wind shear that had been attacking the system has eased, it is projected to steadily strengthen, although for now it is not expected to exceed Category 1 hurricane status.
The government of Barbados has discontinue the tropical storm warning that was in effect for Barbado, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for: Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique and Guadeloupe.
Grenada and its dependencies are under a tropical storm watch.
Under the latest projected path, the system would move south of Hispaniola on Saturday. From there, it is forecast to draw near Jamaica on Monday and south of Cuba on Tuesday.
Ernesto's tropical force winds extend 115 miles out from its center, mainly to the north and northeast, senior hurricane specialist Richard Pasch of the hurricane center said.


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*If, by "failure," you mean the complete conversion of our national dialogue.
Occupy changed the national dialogue. Willard Romney's surreptitiously taped comments about "the 47 percent" would not have had the resonance they did had the Occupy movement not gotten the country talking about the 99 percent and the one percent. It created a new rhetorical paradigm that simply would not have been there had it not been originally shouted at the correct buildings. And it was that new paradigm that triumphed Tuesday night.
In Massachusetts, Scott Brown thought highlighting Elizabeth Warren's links to Occupy was a kill shot. Scott Brown is now a lame duck. In Wisconsin, the movement that arose against Governor Scott Walker's union-bashing, which was no more distant than a first-cousin to Occupy, undoubtedly was the ongoing energy behind the candidacy of Tammy Baldwin who, among her other progressive bona fides, voted against the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, the Clinton-era blunder that made the whole Wall Street crisis inevitable. Tammy Baldwin is now a senator-elect. In Ohio, the movement that arose against local union-bashing — and that was no more distant than a first-cousin to Occupy, and which was fueled by a revival of trade-union power that was fired by the success of the auto bailout — undoubtedly was pivotal not only to re-electing Sherrod Brown to the Senate, but also to delivering Ohio into the president's column. Occupy completely routed, at all levels of the national campaign, the economic balderdash spouted by the Tea Party and its billionaire sugar daddies. For a movement that allegedly had "no concrete goals," those are some pretty concrete results right there.


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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five staff members of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were taken from their house in northern Syria on Thursday evening and have been out of contact since then, the aid group said in a statement on Friday.
MSF did not specify the nationality of the staff, their roles, or which group took them, but said it was "in contact with all the relevant stakeholders" and trying to re-establish contact with the staff.
The group, know for sending doctors to hard-to-reach conflict zones, said the staff were allegedly taken for questioning.
The government of President Bashar al-Assad still controls some pockets of land in northern Syria but rebels fighting for his overthrow, including hardline Islamist factions, have taken swathes of territory.
MSF is not sanctioned by Damascus to distribute aid in Syria but it does operate in rebel-held areas. The statement said its doctors work in six hospitals and four health centers in the north of Syria.
Syria's 2 1/2 year civil war started after Assad's forces cracked down on pro-democracy protests leading to an armed revolt which has left more than 100,000 dead.
A United Nations document said in November that 12 U.N. staff and 32 staff or volunteers of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent have been killed since March 2011, when the crisis started, and 21 U.N. staff remained in detention.
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The statue of Christopher Columbus that towers over Columbus Circle is well known, but I suspect fewer residents and visitors to the Big Apple realize that just a few blocks north of there, the composer who towered over the opera scene in Italy for most of the nineteenth century is honored with a statue of his own. It stands in a triangular island, on Broadway between 72nd and 73rd Streets, known as Verdi Square.
I had been vaguely aware of the presence of the statue since its restoration in 1996, but I hadn't paid close attention until yesterday, when the afternoon sunshine of a perfect spring day, glinting off the figure of Verdi, caught my attention from across the Great White Way. Wandering over to take a look at my favorite composer rising up out of his bed of tulips, I noticed for the first time the four figures surrounding the lower part of the monument. I recognized only one of them right off, but it was clear that they were all characters from the operas, and a helpful sign on the wrought-iron fence confirmed my guesses about the other three. (You can find that information on the Parks Dept. website as well.) With the warm weather having finally arrived and the Met season still going, I highly recommend that any Metgoers who have a few minutes to kill before a performance take a walk up to Verdi Square and see for themselves.
Meanwhile, I leave you with the following description of the dedication of Verdi's statue back in 1906, from the aforementioned website:
"The sculptures were unveiled by Barsotti's grandchild, who pulled a string that released a helium balloon, lifting the monument's red, white and green shroud (the colors of the Italian flag). As it peeled away, a dozen doves — concealed in its folds — were released into the air, and flowers cascaded from the veil upon the participants."
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1. Under the offset provision of K.S.A. 44-501(h), any compensation benefit payments received by an eligible employee under the Workers Compensation Act must be reduced by the amount of retirement benefits that employee is receiving under the federal Social Security Act or other retirement system, program, or plan which is provided by his employer.
2. The underlying legislative intent for the offset provision in K.S.A. 44-501(h) is to prevent duplication of wage loss replacement.
3. K.S.A. 44-501(h) does not define retirement benefits. For the purposes of that statute, "retirement benefits" can be defined as benefits paid by reason of age and/or years of service.
4. Work-related disability benefits that are not dependent upon age and/or years of service are not retirement benefits for the purposes of K.S.A. 44-501(h).
5. The offset provision of K.S.A. 44-501(h) relates to retirement benefits paid by reason of age and for years of service and not to work-related disability benefits.
6. Under the facts of the case, the benefits received by the employee are work- related disability benefits and not subject to the offset provision in K.S.A. 44-501(h).
Appeal from Workers Compensation Board. Opinion filed March 26, 1999. Affirmed.
Edward D. Heath, Jr., of Wichita, and Gary E. Rebenstorf, city attorney, of Wichita, for appellant.
Gregory D. Bell, of Reynolds, Forker, Berkley, Suter & Rose, of Hutchinson, for appellee.
Before BRAZIL, C.J., ELLIOTT, J., and WAHL, S.J.
BRAZIL, C.J.: The City of Wichita (City) appeals from an award in a workers compensation claim.
The City argues that Alan Green's workers compensation benefits should be reduced by the amount of benefits he receives from his retirement pension and that Green voluntarily removed himself from the labor market.
We affirm.
In November 1993, Green, a 40-year-old firefighter, injured his back moving some emergency rescue equipment. In February 1994, he reinjured his back and underwent surgery for a herniated disc. He returned to work in August 1994 for light duty subject to work restrictions. Upon returning to work, he was instructed by his immediate supervisor to fill out his retirement papers. Green had two separate retirement plans, one, an age-based retirement plan, and the other, a service-related disability benefit plan.
Green also filed an application for a workers compensation hearing. The administrative law judge (ALJ) entered an award finding Green suffered an 89 percent permanent partial general body work disability. The judge offset the award by the amount of Green's benefits under the City's retirement plan. Both the City and Green timely applied for review of this order. The Workers Compensation Board (Board) affirmed the ALJ's award, but held the City was not entitled to offset Green's benefits under the retirement plan. The City timely appeals to this court.
The Board determined that the benefits Green receives through the City's retirement system are not in the nature of retirement benefits and are therefore not subject to statutory offset.
K.S.A. 44-501(h) states:
"If the employee is receiving retirement benefits under the federal social security act or retirement benefits from any other retirement system, program or plan which is provided by the employer against which the claim is being made, any compensation benefit payments which the employee is eligible to receive under the workers compensation act for such claim shall be reduced by the weekly equivalent amount of the total amount of all such retirement benefits, less any portion of any such retirement benefit, other than retirement benefits under the federal social security act, that is attributable to payments or contributions made by the employee, but in no event shall the workers compensation benefit be less than the workers compensation benefit payable for the employee's percentage of functional impairment." (Emphasis added.)
Interpretation of workers compensation statutes involves a question of law, over which this court exercises unlimited review. Helms v. Pendergast, 21 Kan. App. 2d 303, 307, 899 P.2d 501 (1995). The intent of the legislature governs the construction of a statute, if that intent can be ascertained. 21 Kan. App. 2d at 307. In ascertaining legislative intent, this court may consider the language of the statute, the historical background of the enactment, the purpose to be accomplished, and the effect the statute may have under various suggested constructions. 21 Kan. App. 2d at 307.
Our Supreme Court discussed the legislative intent underlying K.S.A. 44-501(h) in Injured Workers of Kansas v. Franklin, 262 Kan. 840, 872, 942 P.2d 591 (1997):
"We hold the legislature intended to prevent duplication of wage loss replacement with the offset provision. The legislature concluded that it did not make sense to prevent duplication of replacement wages from social security benefits that were partially employer funded and not prevent such duplication of wages from employer-funded private pensions. . . . The legislature believes such an offset will encourage employers to furnish retirement plans for employees because the employer will not be required to duplicate wage replacement should an injured worker retire. The prevention of wage loss duplication is a legitimate state goal . . . ."
The City argues that Green's benefits are paid pursuant to the City "Retirement System" and that the plain language of the statute and the benefit entitlement program requires an offset. Green contends, and the Board agreed, that the benefits he is receiving are in the nature of disability benefits and are not "retirement" benefits. Neither the statute nor Injured Workers specifically mentions disability benefits.
If Green's benefits are not retirement benefits, then there is no statutory authority for the offset. The statute does not define retirement benefits, and there is no case law distinguishing retirement from disability benefits.
The Board noted the disability and retirement benefits overlap. The same employer and employee contribution funded both the disability and the age-based retirement benefits. The amount of benefits under both is based on essentially the same calculation of 75 percent of final salary. The Board then held:
"The Appeals Board nevertheless concludes the benefits paid claimant should not be treated as retirement benefits for purposes of K.S.A. 44-501(h). The Board's conclusion is based on what it considers the commonly accepted meaning of the term 'retirement benefit.' The Board construes 'retirement benefit' as a benefit paid by reason of age and/or years of service. Retirement benefits are not dependent on disability. In this case claimant is eligible only because of his injury and disability. In contrast, eligibility for retirement is based only on age and/or years of service."
Black's Law Dictionary defines "retire" as "[t]o terminate employment or service upon reaching retirement age." Black's Law Dictionary 1183 (5th ed. 1979). Retirement plans usually specify "as a vital requirement" a minimum period of service. 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds § 1643, p. 969. For example, the "retirement system" for firefighters mandated by K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 14-10a08 sets a minimum service period of 22 years and a minimum retirement age of 50. The corresponding disability benefits section, K.S.A. 14-10a09, sets no age or length-of-service minimum.
The benefit plan provided by the City is entitled "Wichita Police & Fire Retirement System." One section is identified as "Service Retirement" and provides for 75 percent of the worker's final average salary upon completion of 20 years of service and reaching the age of 50. A second section, under which Green was receiving benefits, is identified as "Service Connected Disability." It provides for 75 percent of the salary in effect on the date when the salary ceased if the worker is permanently injured or disabled. This benefit is available for "[a]ny age, regardless of length of service." In the introduction to the City's plan, the purpose of the retirement system is set out as "not only to provide an orderly means whereby employees may retire because of age and length of service, but also to provide disability benefits." (Emphasis added.) The City's plan thus distinguishes between retirement benefits and the disability benefits Green is receiving.
Although the City's overall benefits scheme is denoted a "retirement system," the section on which Green relies is not a traditional retirement plan. It contains no age or years-of-service requirement; it requires only current employment and a work-related disability. It is distinguished within the authorizing document from the retirement plan. It therefore fails to meet the definition of retirement benefits for the purposes of the statutory offset provision.
The result is that Green receives workers compensation benefits and a significant separate disability benefit; he may, in fact, have a higher income after the injury than before. His double benefits run counter to the legislative intent expressed in Injured Workers, 262 Kan. at 872. Nevertheless, the legislature has not specifically taken away a worker's ability to receive private disability benefits in addition to workers compensation, and it does not appear to have taken away dual public-employment disability compensation and workers compensation. On the contrary, the legislature has mandated benefit packages for firefighters without any cross-reference between that mandate and the workers compensation statute. See K.S.A. 14-10a01 et seq.
This court will favor substance over form. See Reiter v. City of Beloit, 263 Kan. 74, 95, 947 P.2d 425 (1997). The substance of Green's benefits from the City was in the nature of disability assistance, not a retirement package. The Board correctly ruled that there is no basis for an offset of benefits.
The City contends on appeal that both the ALJ and the Board incorrectly found that Green did not voluntarily remove himself from the labor market. This constitutes a factual finding. On reviewing factual questions resolved by the Board, this court will affirm the factfinder's determinations if substantial competent evidence supports those determinations. Copeland v. Johnson Group, Inc., 24 Kan. App. 2d 306, 317, 944 P.2d 179 (1997).
There is evidence in the record that Green's cessation of labor was not voluntary. Green testified he had not planned on leaving the fire department for a number of years, but he was specifically ordered to do so. He further testified he had applied for several jobs but was rejected because of his back condition. He also testified he is making preparations to embark on a new career, either as a ranch manager or as a helicopter pilot.
In Copeland, 24 Kan. App. 2d at 320, the court established a two-part rule regarding cessation of employment. The factfinder initially must determine whether the claimant has made a good faith effort to find appropriate employment. If such a finding is made, the factfinder determines the difference between pre- and post-injury wages. If it is determined the worker failed to make a good faith effort to find appropriate employment, the factfinder must determine an appropriate post-injury wage based on all the evidence before it. 24 Kan. App. 2d at 320.
This test was based in part on the holding in Foulk v. Colonial Terrace, 20 Kan. App. 2d 277, 284, 887 P.2d 140 (1994), rev. denied 257 Kan. 1091 (1995), where this court held:
"The legislature clearly intended for a worker not to receive compensation where the worker was still capable of earning nearly the same wage. Further, it would be unreasonable for this court to conclude that the legislature intended to encourage workers to merely sit at home, refuse to work, and take advantage of the workers compensation system."
There is evidence in the record that Green is not merely sitting at home, refusing to work, and taking advantage of the workers compensation system. The factfinders reasonably could have found Green has made a good faith effort to find employment commensurate with his disability.


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Ed Koch has a column today in The Jerusalem Post rebuking the continual media onslaught on the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict. The article was shared on Facebook by New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, who introduced it thus:
As most of you probably know, Mayor Ed Koch is the former Mayor of New York City, having served three terms during the 1970's and 1980's. After my appointment to New York last year, I quickly learned that Mayor Koch is not merely one of the most respected and influential New Yorkers, he is one of the most loved and admired as well.
I thought you might want to read his recent column on how the Church has been treated in the media. With his permission, I reprint it below.
The first paragraph of the column pretty well sums it up:
I believe the continuing attacks by the media on the Roman Catholic Church and Pope Benedict XVI have become manifestations of anti-Catholicism. The procession of articles on the same events are, in my opinion, no longer intended to inform, but simply to castigate.
He goes on to explore motive:
Many of those in the media who are pounding on the Church and the pope today clearly do it with delight, and some with malice. The reason, I believe, for the constant assaults is that there are many in the media, and some Catholics as well as many in the public, who object to and are incensed by positions the Church holds, including opposition to all abortions, opposition to gay sex and same-sex marriage, retention of celibacy rules for priests, exclusion of women from the clergy, opposition to birth control measures involving condoms and prescription drugs and opposition to civil divorce. My good friend, John Cardinal O'Connor, once said, "The Church is not a salad bar, from which to pick and choose what pleases you." The Church has the right to demand fulfillment of all of its religious obligations by its parishioners, and indeed a right to espouse its beliefs generally.
I disagree with the Church on all of these positions. Nevertheless, it has a right to hold these views in accordance with its religious beliefs. . .


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Darrin Thornton, associate professor of music education at Penn State, is the recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Dissertation Award, given by the Adult and Community Music Education Special Research Interest Group (SRIG), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), for his dissertation, "Adult Music Engagement: Perspectives from Three Musically Engaged Classes." He will present his paper at the SRIG session of the NAfME conference in St. Louis, March 2012. Thornton received his doctorate in music education from Penn State in December 2010.
"It is gratifying for my work to be acknowledged by the leading professional organization in the field of music education," said Thornton. "I'm excited to disseminate the research within this forum and humbled by this honor and opportunity."
Thornton joined the School of Music faculty in 2010 and currently serves as an e-Learning Institute Faculty Fellow and director of the Center for the Study of Learning and Teaching while teaching music education courses. His research focuses on music education teacher training, professional development for in-service music professionals, educational access and outreach in music, and adult music engagement. Prior to his current position, he taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in New York and served on the conducting faculties at the University of Missouri and SUNY-Fredonia. Before returning to school to finish his doctorate, he also enjoyed a 16-year administrative career in higher education, holding posts at the University of Missouri, SUNY-Fredonia and Penn State.
Thornton holds an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and graduate degrees from National Louis University, University of Missouri, and Penn State. Professional affiliations include College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), College Music Society (CMS), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA), and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He remains active as a performing percussionist, conductor and adjudicator, and assists with the Penn State Marching Blue Band.


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Paris may be thousands of miles from Beijing, but that doesn't mean delectable French pastries are out of reach. I immediately fell for these macarons when I saw them at Comptoirs de France, a bakery opened by Philippe Ancelet, formerly of the Kempinski Hotel.
Macarons, especially from Pierre Hermé or Ladurée, have a cult following, and the cult only grows as more fans blog about them. These tiny rounds of meringue sandwiching a thin layer of cream look almost too good to eat, especially since patissiers often line up 10 or 12 different kinds, from pinks to greens to yellows. As adults, we may be too old to salivate over cotton candy and lollie pops, but macarons still give us a chance to indulge in something bright and colorful.
Comptoirs de France also has canneles, tarts, and petit fours, but those are the subjects of another story. Not buying every flavor of macarons was an exercise in restraint. But I did try the Vanilla Bourbon, Caramel Fleur de Sel, Green Tea, and Chocolate Sichuan Pepper.
The Caramel was the best of the bunch; the Fleur de Sel somehow made the Caramel taste a bit like Dulce de Leche. Green Tea tasted much sweeter than other desserts made with matcha powder, but was good nonetheless. And the Chocolate Sichuan Pepper indeed had a kick, and a mouthnumbing aftertaste. Now I'm also inspired to experiment with Sichuan Pepper in chocolate desserts. Stay tuned!
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The brewing tuner version of "The Honeymooners" has locked in a world preem stint at San Diego's Old Globe in a run that will topline Michael McGrath.
Thesp, who picked up the Tony earlier this year for his supporting turn in current Rialto musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It," will play bus driver Ralph Kramden in the musical, to be directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, also at the helm of incoming Broadway tuner "Kinky Boots."
No other casting has been set for the show, which has a book by Dusty Kay ("Entourage") and Bill Nuss, music by Stephen Weiner and lyrics by Pete Mills. Weiner and Mills previously collaborated on the tuner "Iron Curtain," which has been seen in Gotham in a couple of Off Broadway runs.
The Old Globe production isn't being called a pre-Broadway tryout, but the project has clear designs on the Rialto given its Main Stem-caliber creatives and a highly recognizable title. Based on the 1950s TV skein, the "Honeymooners" musical follows what happens to Ralph and his pal Ed — as well as their wives — when the two men win a jingle-writing contest.
"Honeymooners" will open the 2013-14 season at the Old Globe, where the show runs Sept. 8-Oct. 27. Further offerings on the Old Globe slate remain to be set.


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Fuzz Club – ATHEN, GR 10/18/2012 (Review by Sakis Nikas, Rockpages.gr)
There are certain things in life that cannot be changed. Call it fate, call it destiny, call it karma…you can call it whatever you want. Here in Greece, we call it ACCEPT! You see, one has to live in Greece to understand the difficult times that this proud nation is having and how painful it is for the vast majority of the population that is trying to make ends meet. So, when ACCEPT announced the two shows in Athens and Thessaloniki, I had absolutely no doubt that the Greek fans would found a way to purchase a ticket and get lost in the magical world of ACCEPT and quite possibly forget their worries and troubles just for a while. When I arrived at the club, I knew that my initial gut feeling was right. Hundreds of people were waiting impatiently outside the venue in order to find their way onto the club. More than 1000 people packed the venue and the vibe was similar to the monumental 2010 show that the band had put on for us.
At exactly 10:00 the lights went out and the first notes of "Hang Drawn and Quartered" rushed from the speakers upon a frenzied crowd who welcomed ACCEPT like some short of a rock n' roll saviors! Without any delay, the band continued with "Hellfire" and the crowd was singing along to the new songs from the excellent "Stalingrad" record like there were released decades ago. It was plain clear that at least 4-5 songs from the last couple of records can be easily considered classics!
Wolf Hoffmann was the undeniable key figure; the leader, the mastermind behind the sonic attack! As I told him before the show, I am amazed at how he remains so fit during those tiring road tours. Right next to him, Peter Baltes was giving his own show making all those orchestrated stage moves together with Wolf and Herman who was steadily accurate as the rhythm guitarist. Stefan Schwarzmann was as thunderous as ever behind his gigantic white drum set while the band's frontman Mark Tornillo -now on his second world tour with the band- proved once again why he is a catalytic element to ACCEPT's resurrection (both for his voice and his stage presence).
Apart for the aforementioned two new songs from "Stalingrad", the band chose to perform the title track and "Shadow Soldiers" from the latest record while they pull out 4 songs from the superb "Blood of the Nations" (Teutonic Terror", "Pandemic", "No Shelter", "Bucket Full of Hate"). As for the rest of the gems from the vbacka catalogue, well how can anyone complain when he is treated with such timeless hits as "Restless and Wild", "Neon Nights", "Fast As A Shark", "Breaker", "Balls To The Wall", "Up To The Limit", "Metal Heart", "Monsterman", "Losers and Winners", "Aiming High", "Bulletproof"?
All in all, it was a night to remember and…don't forget! Remember that ACCEPT will always be a much beloved band in Greece and definitely the ultimate heavy metal ambassadors from Germany. Remember that this is a band that will never fail to deliver a great show for us all. As for what we forgot that night…we forgot all our problems for a couple of hours and took home some of the most precious memories that will forever follow us! This is the power of heavy metal; this is the power of ACCEPT! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, guys!


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Michael Jackson's Former Manager -- The Estate is Screwing Me
Michael Jackson's Ex-Manager The Estate Is Screwing Me
Michael Jackson's former manager has filed a lawsuit against the MJ Estate, claiming he saved Michael Jackson after the molestation trial and in return he's been stiffed to the tune of millions of dollars.
Tohme Tohme says he was Michael's Manager from 2008 until shortly before his death. Tohme claims he rehabilitated MJ both financially and personally after the trial, by coordinating media releases and shooting down false and malicious news stories about Michael.
Tohme says he saved Neverland by arranging refinancing, for which he was entitled to $2.3 million.
But the big thing -- Tohme takes credit for suggesting that MJ's final tour would be called, "This Is It." According to the suit, during a discussion with Michael and AEG, Tohme chimed in that Michael selling the name, "This Is It" in a "high-spirited tone" would be a smash.
In addition to the $2.3 mil, Tohme wants 15% of the money Michael made from July, 2008 until the present.
The Estate has already rejected Tohme's claim and even filed legal docs today, claiming Tohme took advantage of Michael and did nothing for him.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt failed to secure the release of a Korean-American held in North Korea during a controversial trip to the secretive state that ended on Thursday.
Richardson told a media briefing at Beijing's airport he was unable to meet Korean-American Kenneth Bae, a 44-year-old tourist who was detained late last year and has been charged with unspecified crimes against the state.
Richardson said he was told that judicial proceedings against Bae would start soon, although he gave no details. North Korean authorities assured him of Bae's good health, he said.
"That is encouraging," Richardson said of Bae's condition, adding he was also given permission to "proceed with a letter from his son, and that will happen shortly".
It was unclear if Richardson had left such a letter with North Korean authorities or if it would be sent later. Bae is being held in a location far from Pyongyang, Richardson said.
The timing of the trip by Schmidt and Richardson was criticized by the U.S. State Department. It came after North Korea carried out a long-range rocket launch last month, which Washington considers a provocative test of ballistic missile technology.
Schmidt said his visit to Pyongyang was private and was to talk about a free and open Internet.
"As the world becomes increasingly connected, their decision to be virtually isolated is very much going to affect their physical world, their economic growth and so forth", Schmidt said in brief remarks.
"The technology in North Korea is very limited," Schmidt said, with a 3G cellphone network for about a million phones run by Egypt's Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding SAE that does not support the Internet.
Access to the Internet is available to the government, the military and to universities but not the general public and users are supervised, he said.
"The government has to do something. They have to make it possible for people to use the Internet", he said. "It's their choice now, and time, in my view, for them to start or they will remain behind."
"They showed up and listened to us and asked us a lot of questions", he said.
There was no immediate comment from North Korea about the visit by Richardson and Schmidt other than a report on the official KCNA news agency to say the delegation had left. The trip was met with skepticism across the border in South Korea.
"It wasn't productive on humanitarian grounds", said Chang Yong-seok, a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University.
The trip came as the United States, South Korea, Japan and their European allies were pushing at the United Nations to expand long-standing U.N. Security Council sanctions on North Korea after the North's December 12 rocket launch.
Richardson said the North Koreans he met, including a vice foreign minister and other foreign ministry officials, maintained their missile activity was scientific and peaceful.
"I must say I personally disagree", said Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. "I don't think it is science-based, and it is a violation of the United Nations moratorium."
Pyongyang, according to satellite imagery, is continuing work on its nuclear testing facilities, potentially paving the way for a third nuclear bomb test.
Chang said North Korea would not be budged easily.
"It is possible North Korea will take action after watching to see if the United States changes its policy", Chang said. "It tells us that North Korea is confident and not in a rush; it is going on its own way unyieldingly."
Tensions on the tinderbox Korean peninsula could be reduced following the election of new leaders in South Korea, Japan, and a new secretary of state in the United States, Richardson said.
"The North Koreans were encouraged by the recent statements of the new south Korean president", he said, referring to President-elect Park Gyeun-hye.
Additional reporting by Jumin Young in SEOUL; Writing by Terril Yue Jones; Editing by Paul Tait


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Health is when you are physically and emotionally healthy. When folks get bodily fit, they are healthful and pleased. This post will help anyone who is doing work hard to get in condition understand new tactics to aid them enhance their physical fitness.
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THANKS to all of you that have visited my web site. I appreciate the visits.
The third Tales From the Past is now posted for your reading enjoyment. Go here and read the entire story. How to scare a Bear
Having just come back from a trip to Alaska and the Yukon most of what is new will be about those areas. I have provided additional written information about Alaska and the Yukon. For many of us these areas are not easily accessible. I did however manage to slip a hurried trip in for some additional Colorado sites as well.
New Alaska Ghost towns -
Chicken- Because they did not know how to spell ptarmigan?
Dyea- A tribute to my father. A town once a rival of Skagway
Eagle On the Yukon
Fort Egbert a 1400 mile telegraph line?
Hope For Gold in Alaska
The Trail to the Klondike Gold fields- A brief history
Skagway- The robber that blew himself up? And of course Soapy.
Sunrise Only the tombstones to remind us
Yukon Ghost Towns
Carcross Donald Trumps grandfather? Someone died at 126?
Dawson- Got to go back and detect.
Roadhouse- every 20 to 30 miles.
Colorado Ghost towns
Ames 1st with AC current.
Bedrock Nope, I did not see Barney and Wilma.
Ophir and Ophir Loop What a setting for a town?
Paradox Just for Clay Greathouse- What is this about a beheading?
Placerville Nice old General store.
Priest Not sure about this one.
Rico many buildings from the 1880s and 1890s
Rocky Mountain Profiles visitors updates and their contributions. You will have to scroll to the bottom of the page to read new comments.
Caribou Some history
Gilman - to be developed? Again?
Keota Hart family gathering.
Nevadaville Martha Bessie Clark and the general store.
Russell Gulch Who was the White Buffalo?
Turret Colorado Buy your piece of history
Idaho Springs Wants more
Just in time for the fall ghost town hunting season.
The best Colorado Ghost town Books you can buy and at a discount. For the Loyal visitors to Rocky Mountain Profiles.
Again THANKS to all of you that have signed my guest book and left comments. Many of you have direct connections to some of the Ghost Towns on the site. Always nice to see that people appreciate their history. I have begun posting some of those comments on the pages.This is a hobby for me so I must admit that seeing so many people getting pleasure from my hobby is very rewarding and quite honestly, pretty humbling.


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CHICAGO – Bally Total Fitness announced today that it has secured limited waiver and forbearance agreements from the requisite holders of its 10 1/2 percent Senior Notes due 2011 and its 9 7/8 percent Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007.
The waivers relate to Bally's inability to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2006 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a timely basis and Bally's non-payment of interest on its Senior Subordinated Notes, each of which are defaults under the indentures governing the notes.
Under terms of the agreements, noteholders will waive the defaults and forbear from exercising any related remedies until July 13 on terms similar to the recently executed forbearance agreement under Bally's senior secured credit facility. That agreement required that forbearance arrangements be in place with holders of a majority of the Senior Notes and at least 75 percent of the Senior Subordinated Notes by yesterday. Holders of more than 80 percent of the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes signed forbearance agreements with Bally.
Last week, Bally announced that it would pay a one-time cash consent fee of $1.25 per $1,000 principal amount of notes to its holders.
"We greatly appreciate the support of our noteholders, which has enabled the company to secure forbearance agreements from all three of our key creditor groups," Don Kornstein, Bally's Chief Restructuring Officer and interim Chairman, said in a statement. "With these collective arrangements now in place, we can continue to focus on completing the company's 2006 financial statements and negotiating a consensual restructuring to de-lever the company's balance sheet and establish a strong and stable financial foundation for Bally Total Fitness."


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Friday, March 23, 2012
MassGeneral Marathon Team Fighting Kids' Cancer . . . One Step at a Time
"My son, and patient partner Nathan, is being treated at MassGeneral Hospital for Children. What inspires me is the courage and determination that Nathan shows me every day. I am very proud of him. I have learned that he is definitely my hero for having the strength and courage to battle this cancer. He does this while still thinking of others. "
"A friend ran for Mass General many years back and recommended to me. I was immediately touched by the cause and was thrilled to get accepted on the team. "
"My patient partner, Stephen, is just a delightful, bright boy with a quick sense of humor. We were both laughing soon after our first meeting. Stephen is also so optimistic and full of life. He wants to be a culinary chef, and I want to be first in line when he opens his restaurant!"
"I never thought I could run a marathon, but so many of my patients at Mass General have demonstrated to me the true resilience of the human spirit. I wanted to run to honor the patients of Mass General and I thought there was not better way to do that than run for MassGeneral Hospital for Children. I am inspired by the strength and determination of all patients facing serious illness, especially my patient partner, Jess. "
"I am motivated to run by simple things like the weather and good music, however in order to run long distances, you need to be inspired, and that's what the kids at the Mass General Cancer Center do; they are my inspiration. "
" My mom is a nurse practitioner in the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic at MassGeneral Hospital for Children, and she put me up to it. I never thought in a million years I could complete a marathon, but she gave me the confidence. I run for Mass General to make my mom proud; she's the hardest working person I know. "
"I am turning 40 in April and thought there was no better way to celebrate a milestone birthday than to run the Boston Marathon in support of childhood cancer. I love to run, I ran Boston twice unofficially. I'm excited to be able to run in support of the worthiest cause and be an official runner. "
"I work with a fair number of cancer patients and I see how hard it can be for adults; I can't even imagine how hard it must be for a child and their family. I wanted to find a way to give back to those patients and their families."
"I'm running in memory of my college friend, Eric, who gave leukemia a serious fight before he passed away in 2008. He was a runner, and an active advocate and fundraiser for cancer research and care. "
"I am a researcher in the Mass General pediatrics department. Being paired with Michael is a unique experience, which gives me the chance to really feel my contribution to the fight against cancer. "
"I run the marathon each year to raise funds for our childhood cancer program and to honor one of my patients. Training for the marathon is always difficult and time consuming, but well worth the commitment. The overall marathon experience is a great way to connect with and support our patients and their families in a non-medical environment. "
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From the juiced-box and not the soundtrack: The White Stripes – Fell in Love with a Girl
[Press 'Play' for the second best song in the movie…and not on the soundtrack]
Final Proof: 3 Shots
You know how you get drunk wearing a suit? Not the part when you talk too loud so that everyone within shouting distance knows how over the top you went and not the part when everyone can smell the sheen gleaming in the sick that streaks your lapels. No, there are those moments before everyone becomes your best friend and before you get so phony all your bars are full of reception, before you try too hard to be funny and to fall in love, moments when you are a little off kilter, a little skewed but still you feel a little more you than you've been in a while because you are sincere and honest enough to let the crazy out a crack and you accidentally become endearing. That's what Silver Linings Playbook is like.
SLP is a romantic comedy that is neither, and all the better for it. You know me and if you don't, i'm the guy that came up with "dramantic comedy" or "drom-com" and go ahead, you can keep mocking me even after you steal that expression because that's also the kind of guy i am. i hate romantic comedies more than i hate life itself and i only went to see this because it was nominated for an Oscar and plus the only thing easier in life than hating romantic comedies is mocking them and i'm all about the easy.
Imagine my surprise when i didn't hate this movie. Why i didn't is a whole 'nother story—not really, it's the whole story of this post and i didn't hate the movie because it wasn't a romantic comedy, it was a sexy shell with some serious drama deep down at the bottom, like panty liners hidden inside scanty panties. Also, the ending was happy in the movie just like panty liners are happy in their own way because it means she's not pregnant, am i right?
Basically i got emotionally invested in the characters here and i never do that for a movie like this unless it is this. Why? Read on, Buttercup.
The best thing about this movie were the actors and you know how sometimes you don't know what makes a good actor because you can't really put your finger on it? Go and see SLP for a good lesson on that. Chris "Mother" Tucker takes the role of the nutso friend and drives it straight to the place you'd expect and drops it off there without taking us anywhere. Some other guy (John Ortiz) plays the BF and you watch him going, "Yeah, he's the BF because he's acting the way the BF is supposed to".
But Bradley Cooper (who is the person i will sleep with right after Eliza Dushku if i go gay) and Jennifer Lawrence (who i would sleep with first no matter what) fucking nail their characters. They play crazy perfectly because they don't "play crazy", they play crazy people trying to act normal which is a whole hell of a lot more realistic.
The other good thing about this (yeah, i'll skip the part about how De Niro finally gets his acting chops into a meatier role than he's been served in a long time) is the director who's some guy called David O. Russell (who also directed the fuckin' excellent The Fighter). The cool thing about his directing is that you don't notice it, which is what good directing is about (unless you go the other way where the directing is the best part of the movie, like Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula or Andrew Niccol's Lord of War).
Everything comes together in this movie and chips in to elevate it above the normal level of a rom-coma and even if that doesn't make it Oscar worthy, it still makes it worth a viewing.
Buzz Kills (Watch Out for Spoilers)
Sex: 2½ Shots
Sure, i love Jennifer Lawrence ("Tiffany" in this movie), but more importantly i like her a lot. She's hot but she wasn't always hot and she won't always be hot but what she will always be is a good actress and fucking cool. For the good actress part all you have to do is watch Silver Linings Playbook to see what i mean and for the cool part check out these quotes.
Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid. Everybody's like, 'How can you remain with a level head?' And I'm like, 'Why would I ever get cocky? I'm not saving anybody's life. There are doctors who save lives and firemen who run into burning buildings. I'm making movies. It's stupid.
Or, and this is my personal favorite,
I went to the doctor today and got a chest X-ray of my lungs and discovered that my breasts are uneven! That was all I saw.
You know me (and if you don't, my breasts are uneven too), i'm all about the investigative journalism, so let's take a close up and personal look at this, shall we?
Like with most of the actresses, there are single shots of Jennifer in my drawers, down below. Just scroll all the way down until you hit the "Continue reading" link and then do just that.
Another wonderful actress gracing this movie is Julia Plenty of Stiles (aka "Veronica" here). i've liked her ever since i didn't see her that one Heath Ledger movie (10 Things I Hate About You) but saw some Stiles stills and she was gorgeous and it was kinda like this.
What else is good about SLP? Here's the blow by blow from my notes:
- [Glimpses of] Ex-wife (Nikki / Brea Bee) in the shower
- Closeups of JL's [Jennifer Lawrence's] "necklace", i.e. cleavage & the moles [which i've just realized is a great fucking name for a girl's band]
- Vaguely dirty talk @ restaurant: Older mature lesbian with younger girl on her lap explaining / teaching her what to do [i put this dialog down in my drawers, if you really care.]
- JL's bare back
- JL's dance costume rocked halter top
One of my favorite lines from the movie was more about sex than romance. This exchange is between Bradley Cooper's character (Pat) and a guy taking advantage of Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) sexually.
How am I being rude?
Oh, you know. You know. Come on. Sometimes it's [casual sex] okay with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it's not okay because they got a broken wing, and they're hurt, and they're an easy target. And in this case, in this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed.
i already talked about the woman naked wife in the shower in the blow by blow and her name is Brea Bee and she's this kind of ginger hot.
Regency Boies graced us, the screen and the film with her brief yet remarkable presence as "Regina".
Also making the film a better place to be is Samantha Gelnaw, who played Jake's Finacée.
For those of you more into quick passes than tight ends, there was Bradley Cooper in this.
Drink: 2½ Shots
There was tons of drinking and drink references but it didn't ply a serious role in the movie and that's what 2½ shots tastes like.
Here's the blow by blow:
Danny was in for assault because of crystal meth and alcohol.
Bad combination.
—Pat explaining to his mother why Danny was with him in the mental hospital
- BC (Bradley Cooper) brings wine bottle to dinner at Ronnie's
- Wine @ dinner
Don't drink too much, don't hit anybody, you'll be fine.
—Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro) giving his son advice before a football game
- Beer @ tailgate [party]
- JL swigs Bud after putting De Niro in his place
- White alcohol on ice @ Xmas
- Chris Whatsisname [Tucker] drinking Bud at formal dance recital
- When JL is stressed she marches straight to the bar, pounds on it, and asks for a vodka. Then a guy offers her another one.
- Champagne on the table at the dance contest
Rock & Roll: 2½ Shots
It's not my fault everything is 2½ shots, talk to the movie. i went 2½ here because the soundtrack has some really cool songs (two White Stripes jams, and even some Zeppelin!) but not all of the songs are on the OST, so don't buy it without checking it out closely first.
Some guy way cooler than me over at a real blog called Indiewire put together a complete list of all the songs in the movie, not just the ones on the soundtrack.
A cool song on both, which is not necessarily rock and roll, is "Girl from the North Country" by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Norman Blake, W.S. Holland & Marshall Grant.
Boring Technical Crap
Written by:
Matthew Quick (novel "The Silver Linings Playbook")
David O. Russell (screenplay)
Directed by: David O. Russell
Jennifer Lawrence – Tiffany
Jacki Weaver – Dolores
Julia Stiles – Veronica
Brea Bee – Nikki
Regency Boies – Regina
Samantha Gelnaw – Jake's Fiancée
Bradley Cooper – Pat
Robert De Niro – Pat Sr.
Chris Tucker – Danny
Anupam Kher – Dr. Cliff Patel
John Ortiz – Ronnie
Bottom Line
Great date movie because it's almost a great movie.
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Al K Hall's Drawers
It's all over but the photos (and a quick script excerpt). Read on only if you don't want to read on, but prefer to look instead.
Jennifer Lawrence
Can I ask you one more question? Were there any women?
What was that like?
Jesus Christ. Was it like…older women, a sexy teacher who wants to seduce you—
Made me sit on her lap and do things? Yeah.
What? You sat on her lap?
She told you what to do?
Oh…my God. Nikki hated when I talked like this. Made me feel like such a pervert. Maybe we should change the subject.
Julia Stiles (who apparently is often cold)
Julia Stiles in the Bar None live:
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Amid Fears of an Internet Downturn, Gawker Sells Properties
from the pop-goes-the-internet dept
Yesterday's news that Gawker Media will be selling three of its sites caught many by surprise. Particularly shocking was the revelation that Wonkette was among them — it was an early site in the network, and one famous enough to be featured in the newly-reopened Newseum.
But more interesting than the news was the reasoning behind it, which was explained by Gawker chief Nick Denton in an email to Fishbowl NY:
[S]ince the end of last year, we've been expecting a downturn. Scratch that: since the middle of 2006, when we sold off Screenhead, shuttered Sploid and declared we were "hunkering down", we've been waiting for the Internet bubble to burst. No, really, this time. And, even if not, better safe than sorry; and better too early than too late.
Everybody says that the internet is special; that advertising is still moving away from print and TV; and Gawker sites are still growing in traffic by about 90 percent a year, way faster than the web as a whole. But it would be naive to think that we can merely power through an advertising recession. We need to concentrate our energies... on the sites with the greatest potential for audience and advertising... [T]hen, once this recession is done with, and we come up from the bunker to survey the Internet wasteland around us, we can decide on what new territories we want to colonize.
Say what you will about Denton — and many people do — but he's proven himself to be a shrewd businessman. As he notes, it's easy to find wishful thinking when it comes to online advertising's capacity to withstand the recession that most experts say is coming or already occurring. But, as that second link notes, there's no denying that advertising expenditures declined during past economic downturns, or that online ads have fared even worse than other media. So while Denton is just one businessman, it's a safe bet that he's not the only one girding for lean times.
This isn't to say that the organizations buying these Gawker properties are making a mistake. Mike has written before about the need to marry content and promotion in a way that's compelling to an audience. Idolator and Gridskipper in particular seem well-positioned to do just that, as they join newly-consolidated ventures from Buzznet and Curbed, respectively (Wonkette, which exists in a media environment filled with publications that largely subsist on donor largesse, may have a harder time of it).
But whatever the fate of these particular sites, a recession-sparked advertising downturn would clearly be bad news for the web. With so much of the internet economy built on top of ad models — Google's foremost among them — vulnerable startups may do well to follow Denton's lead and hedge their bets now.
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