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By Guen Douglas
It's been so long since I've last written. so much has been going on in my life; a move from Amsterdam's Salon Serpent to Brighton's Magnum Opus and a couple of conventions back to back after the move (Brighton and Milan) have kept me busy. But I'm back with a few ideas for upcoming TAM Blogs, so keep posted.
This month's TAM Blog was inspired by one of my client's tattoos that keeps being copied…
Plagiarism can be a tricky topic to cover. Why is it done, and how can we together (clients and tattooers) eliminate this practice? One problem is that no one wants to take responsibility. Tattooers blame clients for bringing in photos from the Internet of tattoos they want and I blame lazy tattooers who don't want to draw, won't take the time to educate their clients or explain to them that the tattoo belongs to someone else and that they should/could get something of their own.
No one owns an idea, but duplicate images can be really disappointing to clients that have sought after an artist and gone through the process of getting a one-of-a-kind tattoo. I had one of the copy-cat artists write to me on Facebook and they told me they thought the tattoo in question was flash…
"My client brought in a print out of the design saying that she had fallen in love with it, and that she would like the tattoo. I did not know that it was a custom piece. I thought the design had been taken from a flash painting."
Flash designs are a staple in many and most tattoo shops. They are the designs all over the walls and books that you can choose from. Artists and tattooers design these for the purpose of replication, meaning, anyone can get these designs by any artist. They are meant to be tattooed over and over again.
I would suggest to artists and clients that if you don't see the design on the flash sheet it came from, that you cannot assume the design is flash and available to be replicated on another client.
One of the copies of Natacha's dress tattoo is really not a copy, not in the way the others are traced from photographs taken from the Internet, but how would you feel if you were either client?
As tattooers we are all guilty to a certain amount of plagiarism. Many tattooers work from photos, tattoos, flash, tattooer art and non-tattooer art as reference. There is a difference between looking at reference to help you draw somethings and straight-up tracing it.
It happens all the time and of course there are exceptions, flash designs from sheets or from flash websites, photo-realism and replicating non-tattooer art, (but even that can be tricky. I recently replicated a painting done by artist Milk, and I feel like I should have e-mailed and asked permission.
I don't ever do reproductions so it makes me feel funny. The best I can do now is to make sure that credit is given properly. We all borrow little bits and pieces from each other, little things like the way a leaf is shaded, color schemes or a cool way of drawing teeth on a skull etc…
But I believe that's a normal sharing of ideas amongst peers. What I'm talking about here is taking a photo of a tattoo on someones body or a commissioned art piece found online or brought in by a client and replicating it on a client as-is.
Many people would say that if you don't want the risk of having your tattoo "stolen" by someone else, not to post it online, but really in this day and age that's an absurdity.
Life these days includes an online presence. This is especially true for people in the limelight. Their work is often copied, for example, David Beckham's Angel backpeice, Tommy Lee's "Mayhem" stomach rocker and Kat Von D's face stars and closer to home alternative models, both Gogo Blackwater and Amina Munster have had their chest pieces plagiarized.
Visible tattoos are going to be in every snapshot. It is really the responsibility of clients to demand personal work and of tattooers to educate their clients on the benefits of getting their own version, not on the passive wearer of the original tattoo.
It is also up to us to educate young and new tattooers. Many don't realize that's it not to be done. When I first started tattooing I worked at a shop where it was fairly normal practice to print and trace tattoos and images from the Net, (especially for walk-ins) which I think seems pretty common practice at most street shops. But also they do it on TV too, right?
As an apprentice I thought, "Oh, I can trace this little thing, but when it 'matters' then I'll draw it," because that's what I saw around me. What I didn't realize is that if the small stuff doesn't matter when does it begin to matter?
It started to dawn on me after reading TAM's issue #2 with Grime that I needed a good foundation if I was to accomplish anything worthwhile, and that if you didn't care about the small things when would you begin to care about the bigger things? To be honest it can be taken as a metaphor for life really, but that's another blog, ha-ha…
Everything changed for me that day. From then as best I could I gave each tattoo I did the same attention and stopped tracing from the Net. I take pictures of nearly every tattoo I do because every tattoo I do should be good enough to go in my portfolio, (sadly my photo skills often screw that up and I am not a laser cutter so sometimes I am not 100% satisfied with my work) but that's what I aim for.
So with that all said, how do you as a client get the best from your tattoo artist Personally (I can't speak for other tattooers) my favourite client "reference packages" often include one or all of the following:
Sketch: This can be original artwork, a little doodle, Photoshop document, photo collage or an Microsoft paint document. I like these to illustrate layout. Naturally, this only applies if you have a specific layout in mind! If you aren't sure about what you want layout-wise let your tattooer suggest to you what they think will work best and if you have a specific layout idea be ready and open to suggestions.
Sometimes what you have in mind doesn't physically work. The "sketch" doesn't have to be good! Basically, if you have an expectation we need to know it. So I find these very useful. They are the closest thing to a vulcan mind-meld. Ha-ha.
Photo Reference: (Think, mini mood board.) This can be photos of tattoos, photos of subject matter etc… I've had clients leave little notes on each photo with things like, "I like the colors in this, I like the flowers here… In this tattoo I like the gemstones," and "Don't like how busy this is," even things you don't like can be included!
If there's something you would hate to have included add it to the list! Ideally, it's nice to have these all on one page but not everyone has access to photoshop so a paper folder, Zip file e-mailed or a CD works, and remember to find out in what format your tattoo shop prefers.
When you have well organized photo reference it makes it easier for your tattooer to interpret your ideas into a design you will be excited to get! Just be sure that if there's a specific tattoo you really like in your reference that the tattooer knows you aren't looking for a replica but your own original tattoo! Demand no less! And tattooers, if someone asks you to copy a tattoo, say NO! It's your reputation on the line!
Photos of Tattoos by the Tattooer: I love it when people identify the photos in my portfolio they were drawn to. it becomes easier to assess in which direction to take their drawing. there's nothing worse than having a client bring you a stack of tattoos by someone else and ask you to replicate. i figure if you love that guy/gal, get tattooed by them.
So when you've picked out a portfolio you like at a shop and you have an opportunity to speak directly to the tattooer you can show them the photos you liked in their portfolio, show them your idea (sketch/layout/document) and reference photos. It'll make it easier for them to understand what it is you are looking to get. Make sure to listen to the tattooer's suggestions. They will not only tell you if your idea works, but if works for them. Tattooers all have different skill sets. You might be asking the wrong tattooer to embark on this project with you.
If you feel like you're being led too far away from the original idea maybe you need to keep looking, but at the same time perhaps what you are looking for isn't possible at all. There are limitations to skin and not every design that looks good on paper can look good on skin. Check out the earlier blog on the process of getting a custom tattoo for more information.
So in the end, it's up to both sides (clients and tattooers) to stop this plagiarism from happening. The Internet isn't going anywhere so it's up to us to draw the line between what is acceptable idea-sharing and what is plagiarism. We also have to remember that the vast abyss that is the internet is built up of people. I think that's really what happens, we forget the human aspect and become selfish and self-centered, We want the tattoo that we found online, we want to make the money from that client or get the opportunity to do something cool.
We have to remember that these images were created are sometimes for hugely personal reasons. Most tattooers find copies annoying but can also find them a compliment. For clients it can be devastating to know that a tattoo they collaborated with and artist to get, has been copied by someone else. Especially so if there was a deeper meaning for the client behind the image. So let's all put a little more effort into the process and create some awesome tattoos together! Those we can all agree to like.
(Guen is a tattooer and contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine, and can be found at Magnum Opus Tattoo in Brighton, England.)
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from the looking-backwards,-not-looking-forward dept
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The talk is amazingly honest, coming from someone who accepts a share of the blame for what happened, and should be required reading/viewing for anyone in the media business, new or old. The same game is playing out not just in newspapers, but in a number of other businesses as well. Like the Rocky Mountain News, those businesses are looking backwards and defining themselves on the wrong terms, while newer startups don't have such legacy issues to deal with.


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Today is the anniversary of the 9/11 attack that changed the World upside down. Of course I can not get over this anniversary when we are having the infamous "War against in terrorism" in Egypt. Unfortunately we refuse to learn from other people's experiences nor to learn from history .. even our own history.
These points below I believe we should know in Egypt especially now , they are lessons learned in a hard way from 9/11 and what followed it.
- Force will not beat terrorism and the evidence is in front of us , almost after 12 years of the 9/11 attacks and before it the World Trade center attack , the terrorists are not defeated !! In fact why we take an example from the U.S when we have our own experience with the bitter terrorism in the 1990s which I still remember very well. Using force and police state techniques did not stop radical thinking and terrorists.
- Terrorism based on ideology can not be defeated only by force but I will dare to say that you need counter ideologies more than force to fight the radicalism in ideologies that lead to terrorism.
- Fighting terrorism for real should start by admitting the root problems causing it from social, economic , cultural and above all political problems and try to solve it in order to prevent any radicalism in the future.
- Discrimination against others will not stop terrorism , in fact it may breed a new class of radicals who may resort to terrorism to make that society that rejected them suffer.
- History proved that "War of terrorism" was used by the Bush administration for certain political, economic and military gains that used fighting terrorism for a cover and the Iraq invasion is a good example.
- Shutting down media and forcing journalists to shut up in these times of so-called War of terrorism mean that there is something wrong and you do not want the public to know it.
- Do turn monster while fighting monsters. There are human rights according to religion and laws that should not be broken under any circumstances.
- McCarthyism always fails in the end
BY the way this year marks the 40th anniversary of Chile's infamous coup supported by the CIA. I look to what happened in Chile and I know that there are many lessons should be learnt :
- The West has no problem with military tyrannies as long they serve their political and economic interests.
- Justice will prevail in the end in a way or another.
- Killing and torturing thousands can not be justified under any circumstances.
I am creating fighting terrible fall flu so I am not in mood for long posts to explain each point.
In the end I will quote what Ben Franklin once said :
Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.


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Amtrak has recently released a master plan which they have developed with HOK and Parsons Brinckerhoff, to revitalise the Washington Union Station. An inter-modal centre with increased capacity and renewed commercial activity will be constructed with the help of developer Akridge, and several regional transportation agencies.
Designed by Daniel Burnham, the Union Station opened in 1907 as one of the world's leading passenger rail facilities and is now one of the country's busiest multi-modal transportation hubs. It currently operates beyond capacity, serving 100,000 passenger trips per day on Amtrak and commuter trains, Metrorail and buses. The Amtrak master plan will redevelop the historic station by tackling this primary issue and hopes to triple passenger capacity, doubling the number of trains the station can operate at any given time.
The plan positions Union Station as an integral part of Amtrak's north-east Corridor investment plan by upgrading it to accommodate more tracks, platforms and concourses below the existing track level. These changes will support the increasing levels of commuters with room for future expansion of high-performance, high-speed rail. A new train shed will welcome passengers to the nation's capital. HOK's design will bring natural light into the station, and will create better connections to Amtrak, commuter rail, transit and other transportation services. A planted, vegetative roof retains rainwater and tempers the interior environment.
Bill Hellmuth, AIA, HOK's DC- based president and design leader for the project said that, "We wanted to design a train shed that supports movement and a vegetated roof visible from the street. The undulating green rooftops of the entrance recall the individual tracks below and dispel the impression that the north entrance is a back door. The overall design underscores the inherent sustainability of mass transit."
The framework for construction is 15 to 20 years, and the estimated cost ranges from $6.5 to $7.5 billion in 2012 dollars. It is estimated to generate a total of $14.3 billion ($2012) in regional economic benefit through direct construction expenditures and other related economic impact.
"We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure the long-range transportation and economic future of the Washington region and the North-east mega-region by equipping Union Station for its second century of outstanding service to the travelling public," said Wayne Striker, AIA, a principal in HOK's New York office. "By creating station and commercial development that is integrated with the surrounding neighbourhoods and well-connected to the multi-modal regional transportation system, Union Station will become an even greater regional destination."
The firm is currently teaming with Parsons Brinckerhoff on the design of phase one of the 66,000 sq-ft plan. Anaheim Regional Transportation Inter-modal Centre (ARTIC) in Anaheim, California. Other HOK infrastructure projects include Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 Automated People Mover and Rail Station in London and Phoenix Sky Harbour International Airport Automated People Mover in Phoenix, Arizona.
Founded in 1955, HOK were ranked as #1 role model for sustainable and high-performance design for the third consecutive year by Design Intelligence.


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Who Says Blogging is for Egotists?
EWN: What innovative idea have you employed, or do you plan on using, at your site? i.e. - author keys, guest bloggers, guest reviewers, dueling viewpoints, updates :) etc.Yes, that's me you see there as part of the Emerging Writers' Forum interview with various litbloggers. It's a fun group, including the masterminds behind some blogs I read avidly and some I haven't encountered before. Reading over my responses now, I see I was, by the second half, in a rather weird mood.
Matthew: I link obsessively to anything I've written that appears elsewhere on the web, and there's nobody else foolish enough to do that.
Here's another link: my latest Strange Horizons column, this one about the first James Tiptree, Jr. story I read. The column bloomed from some material I'd cut out of my SF Site Tiptree review.


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Campton Blue Grass Race - String Orchestra by Anonymous. Arranged by Michel Trux. Chamber orchestra. For Chamber orchestra (violins 1 (6 parts), violins 2 (6 parts), violas (4 parts), cellos (3 parts), double basses (2 parts), piano (optional), (1 part)). Classical. Grade 3. Score and Set of Parts. 8 pages (score); 52 pages (parts). Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX071889).
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Crazy by Patsy Cline. Arranged by Jerry Sheppard. For big band with vocal. Swing. Medium Easy. Published by Jazz Lines Publications (JL.PH-3062). Big Band Girl Vocal. From the album 'Patsy Cline: 20 Golden Hits,' with the original piano intro/fills/ending and Patsy Cline's phrasing transcribed. Includes a really laid back 16 bar instrumental section with muted trumpet fills reminiscent of Neil Hefti's L'il Darling. 5/4/4/4 includes full score.
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Bluegrass Banjo Favorites. (Develop Your Skills With 8 Essential Jam Tunes). By Bill Evans. For Banjo. Homespun Tapes. DVD. Guitar tablature. Homespun #DVDEVABJ21. Published by Homespun (HL.121291). ISBN 1597733512. With guitar tablature. 5.25x7.5 inches. A bluegrass banjo pro takes learning pickers through eight must-know jam session instrumentals: Jesse James • John Hardy • Foggy Mountain Breakdown • Clinch Mt. Backstep • Old Joe Clark • Salt Creek • Fireball Mail • Soldier's Joy. Beginning-level students get basic instruction plus slow play-along versions; intermediate players will learn cool techniques for making each tune their own. 2 HOURS • LEVEL 2 • INCLUDES TAB ON .PDF FILE.
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Passion: the musical by Stephen DeCesare. For Piano, Voice, Choral. Sacred, Christian, Contemporary Christian, Country. Early Intermediate. Sheet Music Single. Published by Exultet Music (S0.5578). Musical version of the Passion of Christ. For more details and to obtain rights, please visit: www.mtapublishing.com. About Digital Print Sheet Music Digital Print is printable sheet music available anytime, anywhere. Just purchase, print and play! View your online sheet music at home, school, work or anywhere you have a computer connected to the Internet. With Digital Print, you can print your digital sheet music immediately after purchase, or wait until its convenient. And our software installation is easy - we'll guide you through the simple steps to make sure you have Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR and the Sheet Music Plus AIR application. Learn more
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Bluegrass Banjo In Tablature: Progressive Method by Bill Keith & Jean-Marie Redon. For banjo. Intermediate. Book & CD. 84 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30109BCD). ISBN 978-07866-8478-6. 8.75" x 11.75" inches. This banjo instruction book is a complete, progressive method for beginners. It offers a brief history of the banjo, a detailed description of the instrument, its parts and accessories. It also explains how to tune your banjo, proper technique for the right and left hand, musical theory, and chords. Inside you will find many exercises and examples in tablature form, with recordings on the accompanying CD. The second part provides 27 tunes in tablature form, including the famous "Duelling Banjos".
Pages: 84
Genres: Bluegrass, Country
I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift. By Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift. Arranged by Tim Waters. For Marching Band (Score & Parts). Easy Contemporary Marching Band. Grade 2-3. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.3745692). Taylor Swift continues to dominate the airwaves with her appealing style of country and rock. Here is one of her biggest hits in a gritty and hard-hitting arrangement for the field or stands.
Genres: Country, Country Pop, Pop
Bluegrass Rondeau (score & parts) by Ed Keifer. Percussion Ensemble. For Percussion Ensemble (Xylophone Vibraphone Marimba 1 (4-octave) Marimba 2 (4-octave) Marimba 3 (4.3-octave) Timpani (4) Bass Percussion (2 Woodblocks, Crash Cymbal [w/stick], Ratchet) Drum Set). Medium. Score & parts. Duration 2:20. Published by C. Alan Publications (CN.19690). Bluegrass Rondeau is a fun piece based on four old fiddle tunes that are woven together in rondeau form. These time-tested melodies are bright and rhythmic and tend to stay with you long after you hear them. Your percussionists and your audiences will love this piece!Bluegrass Rondeau if a fun piece based on four old fiddle tunes that are woven together in rondeau form. These time-tested melodies are bright and rhythmic and tend to stay with you long after you hear them. Although they are arranged with creative changes of harmony and style, the fiddle tunes keep the character and flavor of old time dance and foot-stompin' music. Because of the great melodic content, your percussionists and your audiences will love this piece!
Genres: Bluegrass, Country
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift. By Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift. Arranged by Audrey Snyder. For Choral (ShowTrax CD). Pop Choral Series. CD only. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.113077). SSA choirs will love the sassy, conversational tone of this top Taylor Swift hit that identifies all the emotions that come into play in a "break up/make up" relationship with an unreliable boyfriend! Super fun and great for choreography! Available separately: SSA, 2-Part, ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:00.
Genres: Country, Country Pop, Pop
Safe & Sound ((from The Hunger Games)). By Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars. By John Paul White, Joy Williams, T-Bone Burnett, and Taylor Swift. Arranged by Mark A. Brymer. For Choral (ShowTrax CD). Pop Choral Series. CD only. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.102786). The lead single from the hit film The Hunger Games features Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars opens with a gentle folk style melody crooning a lullaby, but with an ominous background that gradually builds into a military style cadence. Cascading vocal harmonies will make this a favorite of SSA vocal groups and mesmerizing to audiences. Available separately: SSA, ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:35.
Genres: Country, Country Pop, Pop
Ron Block From Bluegrass to Akus Guitar by Ron Block. For guitar. Intermediate. DVD. Published by Acutab Publications (MB.DRB2). Not many musicians have had the sort of impact Ron Block has, on both the 5 string banjo and the acoustic guitar. His six string work with Alison Krauss & Union Station has been widely imitated, by flatpickers and fingerpickers alike, and his clear, melodic solos are a defining aspect of Krauss' sound. Ron's crosspicking rhythm on songs like "When You Say Nothing at All" is a distinctive part of the band sound, and a technique within reach of even intermediate guitarists. In this new double DVD, Ron traces his development as a guitarist from his early fascination with bluegrass through his contributions to Union Station. A strikingly thoughtful musician, he takes a disciplined approach to practicing and performing, and shares many of his insights and techniques here, in addition to teaching several songs he has recorded with Alison and others. Of particular interest to guitarists at any level is his use of one-string scales - learning to solo using only a single string. Not that this would be the ideal scenario in creating leads, but to become familiar with the fingerboard both horizontally and vertically. Ron discusses this way of thinking on almost every song. He also explains his thoughts on controlling tone and timing. The better part of the DVD is the songs Ron teaches, which are played in a number of keys and tunings. They are taken from a number of Krauss albums, and Ron's solo projects. You'll learn: Now That I've Found You, When You Say Nothing at All, Oh Atlanta, Secrets, Faraway Land, Living Prayer, Restless and The Lucky One. Each song is played with a band before Ron breaks it down line by line, and then shown again in a split screen orientation. One benefit of the DVD format is the ability to offer alternate angles of the same shot, which we use on the various split screen presentation. The viewer can select among three different screen orientations while the DVD is playing.
Genres: Bluegrass, Country
Fast Jam with Murphy and Casey DVD by Murphy Henry and Casey Henry. For Banjo. Solos/Songbook, Self Instruction. Bluegrass. Intermediate. DVD. 90 pages. Published by Murphy Method (MB.22263DVD). If our Slow Jam DVDs are too slow, you are ready to take on the Fast Jam! Murphy and Casey gather once more with Malia Furtado on fiddle and for the first time with Steve Spence on bass to pick twenty-one songs that will test your speed and hone your jamming ability. As always the tunes are played through several times and we leave a spot where we just play rhythm so that you can try out your break. For all instruments.John Hardy, Lonesome Road Blues, Mama Don't Allow, Little Maggie, When the Roll is Called Up Yonder, Salt Creek, Sally Goodwin, Uncloudy Day, Bill Cheatam, Cripple Creek, Whisky Before Breakfast, East Virginia Blues, Blackberry Blossom, I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes, Turkey in the Straw, The Crawdad Song, What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Slewfoot, In the Pines, Hazel Creek, Old Spinning Wheel (90 minutes).
Pages: 90
Genres: Bluegrass, Country
Bluegrass Jamming on Fiddle. (Tips, Tunes & Techniques). By Wayne Erbsen. For Fiddle. Technique/Theory, Method. Bluegrass. Beginning. Book/CD Set. 96 pages. Published by Native Ground Music (MB.NGB205). ISBN 9781883206635. Bluegrass. 9" x 12" inches. Bluegrass Jamming on Fiddle is Wayne's newest instruction book and the second in a 4-part series of fun books that will teach the tools, tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. It covers: 31 bluegrass jam standards, how to jam with others, how to improvise and make up your own tasteful licks and fills, almost painless music theory, how to play harmony, how to transpose and play in different keys, and pretty much everything you'll need to march fearlessly into your next jam or picking session! This FUN book is fully illustrated with almost 200 vintage photos. Coming soon: Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo (available Winter, 2012) and Bluegrass Jamming on Guitar (available Spring, 2013). All the books in the series will teach the same 31 tunes and will be 96 pages, 9" x 12" and will include an audio instructional CD. Price: $22.95 (a steal!)You WILL learn how to play and jam on: All the Good Times Are Past & Gone, Back Up and Push, Black-Eyed Susie, Cherokee Shuffle, Columbus Stockade, Colleen Malone, Dark Hollow, Deep Elem Blues, East Virginia, Footprints in the Snow, Katie Dear, Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, High on a Mountain, I Am a Pilgrim, I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages, John Henry, Just Over in the Gloryland, Little Birdie, Lonesome Road Blues, Love of the Mountains, Mama Don't Allow, Man of Constant Sorrow, More Pretty Girls Than One, Pig in a Pen, Pretty Polly, Red Rocking Chair, Rocky Road Blues, Roll on Buddy, Run and Hide, Sittin' on Top of the World, Working on a Building.
Pages: 96
Genres: Bluegrass, Country
Bluegrass Banjo from All Sides by Rich Stillman. For Banjo. Bluegrass. Multiple Levels. Book/CD Set. 92 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21266BCD). ISBN 9780786684281. Bluegrass. 8.75" x 11.75" inches. Bluegrass Banjo from All Sides focuses on fifteen common jam session tunes, offering many different arrangements for each tune. The arrangements are presented in varying levels of difficulty. The reader will work through standard melody and harmony arrangements, playing backup in a bluegrass setting, playing backup behind fiddlers, and even two-banjo harmony. Further, the tunes offer a catalog of banjo techniques that can be applied to one's overall banjo approach and licks to be absorbed into one's vocabulary. Altogether this book demonstrates the stylistic versatility of three-finger banjo, as well as its identity and character. The book comes with accompanying audio.
Pages: 92
Genres: Bluegrass, Country
To the Smiling Land-Polka-Do Zeme Usmevu Polka by Antonin Tichy & Jaroslav Hajek. For band. Band. Country, Nature, Smiles. Level 3. Set of parts. Duration 4 minutes, 15 seconds. Published by Alliance Publications (A4.AP-6027-SET).
Genres: Country, Polka, Folk
Tearing It Up: Albert Lee by Various. By Various. Country. Blu-Ray DVD. Language: English. Duration 100 minutes. Published by Naxos (NX.AIX85054). With Language: English. Country.
Genres: Country
Tried and True by Various. By Various. Country. DVD. Language: English. Duration 54 minutes. Published by Naxos (NX.AIX80048). With Language: English. Country.
Genres: Country
Another Time, Volume 1 by Various. By Various. Country. DVD. Language: English. Duration 47 minutes. Published by Naxos (NX.AIX80043). With Language: English. Country.
Genres: Country
I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. Arranged by John Berry. For Jazz Ensemble (Score & Parts). Easy Jazz Ensemble Series. Grade 2. Score and parts. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.7011943). This signature ballad by Whitney Houston is one she'll always be remembered for. Here is a great-sounding arrangement by John Berry that features a solo for alto sax, tasteful ensemble accompaniment lines, and later a short solo for trumpet. Nice change-of-pace programming.
Genres: Country, Country Pop, Pop
Bluegrass Fiddle Frenzy (Featuring: Scotland / Big Mon). By Bill Monroe. Arranged by Bob Phillips. Orchestra. Part(s); Score; SmartMusic; String Orchestra. Highland String Alternatives. Folk; Light Concert. Grade 3. 124 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.38512). In celebration of Bill Monroe's 100th birthday, perform this high energy, true blue arrangement of "Scotland" and "Big Mon," two of Monroe's standards. "Scotland" evokes memories of the Scottish roots of Appalachian music, leading into the technical wizardry of the tune named for the "Father of Bluegrass" himself.
Pages: 124
Genres: Classical, Folk, Bluegrass, Country
At the Twist and Shout (Discovery Level 2). By The Beatles and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Arranged by Audrey Snyder. For Choral (VoiceTrax CD). Discovery Choral. CD only. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.8552442). Two pop tunes from totally different eras combine into a non-stop party in this arrangement for younger choirs! "Down at the Twist and Shout" has a Louisiana style Cajun groove and with snippets of "Twist and Shout" added for a colorful choral mash-up! Available separately: 3-Part Mixed, 2-Part, VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:30.
Genres: Country, Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rock
I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. For Solo & Orchestra. Level 3. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-4841).
Genres: Classical, Country, Country Pop, Pop
Instantly printable sheet music by Dennis Lambert for orchestra of MEDIUM skill level.
Genres: Country, Pop, Film & TV
Dailey & Vincent Teach Bluegrass and Gospel Quartet Singing by Dailey & Vincent. For Vocal. Homespun Tapes. DVD. Homespun #DVDDAVQT21. Published by Homespun (HL.642178). ISBN 1597733342. 5.25x7.5 inches. Dailey & Vincent has electrified the bluegrass world, recording chart-topping CDs, playing more than 200 dates a year, and winning numerous awards – including IBMA's prestigious Entertainer of the Year. Their outstanding four-part gospel and bluegrass vocal arrangements are a highlight of their shows. On this DVD lesson, they break down their popular style, showing singers and fans how they put together their spectacular harmonies on songs including: Living in the Kingdom of God • Until at Last I'm Home • Amazing Grace • Country Roads • Flowers on the Wall • Class of '57 • Moses Smote the Water. LEVEL ALL • 80 MIN.
Genres: Bluegrass, Country
Instantly printable sheet music by Joe Melson for voice, piano and guitar of MEDIUM skill level.
Genres: Country, Rock, Pop, Love, Oldies, Miscellaneous


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This unit investigates asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, focusing on Vesta, a prominent asteroid in the asteroid belt. The unit of eleven lessons culminates in having students use engineering practices to design, build, and test devices that will... (View More) land on Vesta, collect and separate natural resources found there, and deliver a payload to a target. Teachers and students are also introduced to the Asteroid Mappers-Vesta Edition citizen science project that is part of the CosmoQuest online community. Lessons include background information for educators, reviews and assessments, and links to supplemental videos and websites. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core Standards are listed. (View Less)
Learners will build an open spectrograph to calculate the angle the light is transmitted through a holographic diffraction grating. After finding the desired angles, the students will design their own spectrograph using the information learned. The... (View More) activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System. (View Less)
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Top: 3D Rendering of the Armoury Site
Bottom: Plan of the Armoury Site
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
In 2012, Colonial Williamsburg opened a reconstructed Armoury on the site of the eighteenth-century complex. The largest building is the armoury itself, with several chimneys and forges at which blacksmiths and gunsmiths work. There is also a tin shop, a workshop, and two storage buildings. A kitchen provided food for the peoplemore than forty menwho worked there, and of course, there were privies (outhouses). The men employed at the Armoury came from many walks of life. Some were soldiers; some were skilled Frenchmen working under contract, enslaved men, prisoners of war, apprentices, or tradesmen. These workmen ate and worked together on the half-acre site, and slept in a dormitory nearby.
The process of researching and rebuilding the armoury took several years. First, written records were studied for evidence of the armoury, including invoices for building materials, references to the armoury in official documents and letters, and James Anderson's account books. Then the archaology began. Archaeologists looked for evidence of foundations, post holes from fences, and bits of metal and tin in the ground to indicate where each of the buildings was originally located. Architectural historians began drafting plans for the site, and Colonial Williamsburg's Digital History Center began creating 3D models like the one above.
The construction of the armoury complex was funded by a generous grant from Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Tradespeople from across Colonial Williamsburg came together to help build the structures using eighteenth-century techniques, including brickmakers, who created thousands of bricks and laid the foundations, and carpenters raised the framing and shingled the roof. Today, visitors to the armoury complex can see Foodways cooking in the kitchen, blacksmiths hammering in the armoury building, and soldiers, enslaved people, and assorted workers busily assisting in the day-to-day operations of this bustling historic site. Soon, Colonial Williamsburg will have a tinsmith creating tin goods and interpreting for the public in the tin shop.
For a live webcam of the armoury and the armoury blog, visit http://research.history.org/armoury/.
For podcasts about the archaeology, trades, and history behind the armoury, visit http://podcast.history.org/?s=armoury.
For more about how virtual modeling was used to help reconstruct the armoury, visit http://whatsnew.history.org/2011/06/virtual-armoury/ and http://whatsnew.history.org/2011/08/first-peek-at-the-new-public-armoury/.


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Start in a deep grand plie in second position. This is done by placing the feet wide apart with the toes comfortably facing out to the side. There should be no discomfort in the knees. If it doesn't feel right, try angling your feet more toward the corner.Bend your knees until you've created a 90-degree angle between your hamstring and calf, and keep your bottom in line with your knees. Arms can be straight out to the side.Explode off the floor by pushing through your feet. Reach the arms up to the sky when you jump. Smoothly return to your turned-out grand plie when you land and repeat.
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- Jan 22:
- Boulder developer Stephen Tebo in negotiations to buy Red Lion Restaurant
- Dec 26:
- New bridge, trail set to open near Red Lion Inn in Boulder Canyon
- Apr 16:
- Red Lion nears construction on bridge over Boulder Creek
- Oct 6:
- Red Lion prepares to move temporary bridge over Boulder Creek
- Sep 14:
- Boulder County seeks to force Red Lion to build new bridge
- Feb 23:
- Boulder County sues to close Red Lion's temporary bridge
- Jun 18:
- Red Lion to build permanent bridge over Boulder Creek, stay in business
- Jun 15:
- Red Lion rushing to erect bridge over Boulder Creek
- Sep 14:
- Boulder County seeks to force Red Lion to build new bridge
- May 27:
- Boulder County OKs new Red Lion bridge, construction to begin in weeks
- Mar 25:
- Boulder's Red Lion to stay open past April 1
- Feb 23:
- Boulder County sues to close Red Lion's temporary bridge
- Jan 18:
- Boulder County threatens legal action over Red Lion bridge
- Jun 18:
- Red Lion to build permanent bridge over Boulder Creek, stay in business
- Jun 16:
- Red Lion neighbors fight for access to their homes after Boulder Creek bridge washout
- Jun 9:
- Red Lion closed this weekend, will lose $30,000 in wedding business
- Jun 8:
- Collapsed bridge removed; Boulder Creek flood risk recedes
The task is clear: Get four wedding parties -- each with hundreds of people -- across a raging creek to the Red Lion Restaurant for nuptial celebrations this weekend.
The challenge: Get them from one side to the other without a bridge.
That's the conundrum facing Christina Mueller, manager of the Red Lion, in the wake of Tuesday's collapse of the only bridge leading to her Boulder Canyon restaurant.
"I've got four weddings this weekend, and my brides are calling me," she said, with a hint of desperation in her voice.
Andrea McNeely, a 27-year-old Denver resident who is scheduled to be married at the Red Lion on Saturday, summed up the bridge's collapse somewhat tersely.
"It's scary," she said. "It's a huge bummer."
To make matters worse, Mueller received a memo Tuesday from Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks informing her that Chapman Drive, the steep, unpaved back road to her restaurant, will be open only to residents, contractors or emergency personnel -- not visitors or customers -- through Aug. 1 or until the bridge can be replaced.
Mueller said the 2.6-mile road, which begins at the peak of Flagstaff Road, could be patched and smoothed so that service trucks and guests could access the Red Lion. She has no idea how long it will take to rebuild the bridge from Colo. 119 to her property.
"We have a serviceable road that could easily be made passable so that I wouldn't have to go out of business," she said.
Mueller said her more immediate concern is not disappointing dozens of couples who have booked their weddings at the restaurant this summer.
Her father, Red Lion owner Chris Mueller, said he would close the business he has owned for 47 years before rebuilding the bridge at his own expense. That would mean the loss of 35 jobs and $100,000 a year in taxes the restaurant pays the county.
Officials from Boulder County and the Colorado Department of Transportation said the bridge is on private property and that it's the Red Lion's responsibility to rebuild it.
Jim Reeder, land and visitor services division manager with the city's open space department, said the restrictions on Chapman Drive are a matter of safety.
"That is a very dangerous road -- it is not maintained for daily use or heavy use," he said. "While it would be a sad situation if someone had to move or cancel their wedding, it would be a sadder situation if they were killed going to that wedding."
Chapman Road, he said, has steep drop-offs and no guardrails and has grades of up to 20 percent in parts. He said rock retaining walls built 70 years ago to shore up the road have weakened over time.
"It's not a safe road to be traveling with your run-of-the-mill vehicles or drivers," Reeder said.
But if the Red Lion can hire experienced drivers who can handle a rough and sinuous four-wheel-drive road, Reeder said he might be willing to think about making an exception to the limitations. First, though, he needs risk-management officers from the city to drive the road and assess just how dangerous it is.
McNeely and her fiance, who scheduled their wedding date at the Red Lion a year ago and have family flying in from Massachusetts and Minnesota to witness the event, said she will keep faith that something can be worked out so that her perfect day won't be marred by a last-minute venue change.
She's willing to walk on a plank across the water or jump in a canoe to cross the rushing creek, if that's what it takes.
"It will happen one way or another," she said hopefully.
Contact Camera Staff Writer John Aguilar at 303-473-1389 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Unstable OS
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A 16-2 run by WPI during the last six minutes of the first half proved to be the difference as it went on to register a 59-39 victory over MIT in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's basketball game on Friday. Serena Dubois paced WPI (13-4, 5-0 NEWMAC) with 18 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the floor to go along with eight rebounds. Hannah Sparkman notched a team-high 13 points coming off the bench for MIT (4-10, 0-4 NEWMAC).
WPI quickly established a 4-2 edge before both sides endured four minutes of scoreless play. A jumper by Melissa Kuhn helped the visitors eventually inch out to an 11-5 lead at the 13:09 mark. Following a five-minute defensive battle, MIT went on a 7-2 spurt that featured a three-pointer by Sparkman which brought it within one (13-12). A basket by Lauren Hannmann on WPI's ensuing possession ignited the pivotal run that resulted in a 29-14 advantage at the break.
WPI carried the momentum into the second stanza as it tallied 10 of the first 12 points during the opening six minutes. MIT responded with a basket by Sparkman on its next trip down the court, but WPI's top-ranked defense in the NEWMAC kept the hosts at bay as its lead grew to 29 (59-30) with 4:43 on the clock. MIT continued to attack, posting nine unanswered points to close out the contest.
MIT's Cheryl Kwinn finished the night with a game-high 10 rebounds in addition to eight points, three steals, and two assists. Alice Yeh recorded seven boards and six points as Jamie Simmons chipped in six rebounds. Sally Simpson dished out a game-high four assists. As a team, MIT had the upper hand in rebounding (44-39) and bench scoring (22-16).
Caitlin Macko and Kuhn each totaled eight points as Macko distributed three assists. Natasha Deschene collected eight rebounds and three assists while Kaileen Selen grabbed five boards and three steals. Brittany McNally registered a pair of blocks for WPI.
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SWEDISH furniture giant Ikea has withdrawn a batch of their meatballs from Britain and 12 other countries after horse was found in one export consignment.
The Czech Republic discovered the horse in one-kilo packs of frozen meatballs made in Sweden and sent for sale in Ikea stores there. A total of 760 kilos were stopped from reaching the shelves.
Ikea's trademark blue-and-yellow stores typically feature a restaurant that serves traditional Swedish food, including meatballs served with boiled or mashed potatoes, gravy and lingonberry jam.
Meatballs - "Kottbullar" in Swedish - are also available in the frozen foods section.
Ikea said meatballs from the same batch had gone out to Slovakia, Hungary, France, Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Ireland.
A spokeswoman said meatballs from that batch were removed from Ikea stores in all those countries. Other shipments were not affected, even though they all come from the same Swedish supplier.
"Our global recommendation is to not recall or stop selling meatballs," she said.
However, the company's Swedish branch announced it will not sell or serve any meatballs at their stores in Sweden out of concern for "potential worries among our customers."
The spokeswoman said Ikea saw no reason to extend that guidance globally. She said the firm were conducting their own tests of the affected batch "to validate" the Czech results.
She also said that two weeks ago Ikea tested a range of frozen food products, including meatballs, and found no traces of horse meat.
"But, of course, we take the tests that Czech authorities have done very seriously," she said. "We don't tolerate any other ingredients than those on the label."
The company said all of the meatballs were supplied by Gunnar Dafgard, a family-owned frozen foods company in south-western Sweden.


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As suspected, Fashion Week is merely a giant party for Karl Lagerfeld: today's his 77th birthday! If you don't have enough cash to buy him a new leather glove, then at least show the man some respect and just listen...
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A large number of Indians may have parked funds in the Alpine country, but, says Somasroy Chakraborty, getting a Swiss bank account is not an easy affair.
Opening an account in a Swiss bank, if anti-corruption activist and wannabe politician Arvind Kejriwal is to be believed, is easier for the country's rich than opening an account in State Bank of India. The bank will send a representative to your home; he will get you to sign some papers, collect the money in cash and, before the day is over, it will reflect in your account at the place of your choice: Dubai or Geneva, for instance. In contrast, for an ordinary mortal, opening a bank account requires at least one visit to the bank, furnishing copious identity documents and, last but not the least, references. That's perhaps what prompted Kejriwal to say that "you just need to contact HSBC in India" if you want to open an account abroad.
Once an exclusive club of the superrich, Swiss banks are where even small businessmen now put their money, Kejriwal went on to allege. Most high-street Swiss banks do not require a minimum deposit for an ordinary current or savings account. While some of the private banks do require a minimum deposit for their wealth management services, such deposits are not extravagant. For instance, HSBC Private Bank in Switzerland offers its services to clients willing to invest or borrow $3 million (roughly Rs 15 crore) or more. (Click here for graphics)
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What is legal, what is not? "It is not illegal for Indians to open accounts in a Swiss bank if the money is remitted through official channels. With more and more Indians travelling overseas for work or higher education, the demand for foreign bank accounts is certainly on the rise," says a banker who is in charge of private banking for a European bank in India.
While legally an account with a Swiss bank cannot be opened online, a customer does not necessarily need to travel to Switzerland to do so. It can be opened through an exchange of correspondence between the bank and the client, although most banks prefer to meet their customers face-to-face for an initial discussion. "Typically, a representative from the local office or a relationship manager from overseas will visit the customer and collect the necessary documents. You don't have to travel abroad to open your account," says a senior official with a private wealth management firm. And, as Kejriwal says, the depositor also doesn't need to travel abroad to operate it. A phone call to the bank is enough to deposit or withdraw money; the bank provides doorstep services to collect or deliver cash.
While most bankers agree with Kejriwal up to this point, they insist that all banks adhere to strict due diligence norms while opening an overseas account. Under the liberalised remittance scheme, a resident Indian is allowed to remit up to $200,000 overseas in a financial year. "In that sense, anyone can approach a bank and open a Swiss account. But one has to disclose his source of funds and provide a legitimate reason for opening the account. Also, he has to give valid documents pertaining to his identity and place of residence. It involves lot of documentation. So, it is not as easy as Kejriwal is saying," says the head of retail banking operations of a large foreign bank in India.
That may be true but, bankers admit, depositors sometimes directly contact a bank's foreign office which sends a relationship manager to India and opens the account without involving the local branch. The websites of most foreign banks allow customers seeking overseas accounts to leave their contact details and promise to call them back at the earliest.
Bankers insist that an overseas account is only opened if there is a request from the client and banks do not market them aggressively. "The rules are fairly clear. If a customer expresses his desire to open a Swiss account, only then do we refer him to relationship managers in Switzerland. Sometimes they approach our overseas office directly and the Indian entity of the bank is not involved at all," says the chief risk officer of a global bank operating in India.
According to the Swiss Bankers Association, a professional organisation of the Swiss financial centre, any adult person can open an account with a bank in Switzerland. Any company, no matter whether its registered office is in Switzerland or elsewhere, can also open a Swiss bank account. It, however, adds that there are strict procedures involved. Banks have to verify the identity of their customers based on official documents such as a passport, in line with Swiss norms.
The certified copy can be provided by a branch, representative office or group company of the bank, or by a correspondent bank or financial intermediary appointed by the bank. A notary public or public office can also provide authorisation. The bank will also check the address of the new customer. "Swiss banks are obliged to verify the identity of a client... The bank's staff will certainly ask questions to fulfil the bank's legal obligations with regard to due diligence. This will include asking for proof of your identity and also establishing the identity of the beneficial owner of the assets if you are depositing funds on behalf of someone else," SBA says on its website. The bank's staff may also enquire about the origin of funds, nature of business, general financial situation and usual financial transactions of the customer.
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Bankers say that besides the fact that it aids business or higher education abroad, Swiss accounts are also popular because of strict bank-customer confidentiality rules. Any violation of these confidentiality rules, whether through negligence or intentionally, is punishable by a prison sentence of up to three years or a financial penalty. Violation of confidentiality remains a punishable offence even after the relationship between the bank and its customer has come to an end.
SBA, too, admits that privacy is one of the reasons why people across the globe prefer to open accounts with Swiss banks. "Although a desire for privacy can play an important part in an investor's decision to deposit... assets in a Swiss bank, it is not the sole or most important factor... Switzerland's political and monetary stability, its excellent banking infrastructure and the professional know-how and experience of its bankers are also attractive factors," its site says. Swiss banks attract global clients because they allow customers to keep their deposits in currencies such as the US dollar and Euro, besides the Swiss Franc, bankers say.
Contrary to popular perception, the concept of anonymous accounts does not exist in Switzerland; banks need to know the client before opening an account. Even numbered accounts, where business is carried out under a number or code instead of the customer's name, are not anonymous. "Anonymous accounts in Swiss banks exist only in the imagination of thriller writers... The name of the holder of a numbered account is known, though only to a small group of people inside the bank. As far as bank-customer confidentiality is concerned, there is no difference between numbered accounts and any other sort of account," SBA says.
Numbered accounts are also not allowed to be used for global wire transfers as international laws stipulate mentioning the client's name, address and account number in such transactions. Swiss banks are also liable to disclose client details in case of civil proceedings such as inheritance or divorce, for debt recovery and bankruptcy, and in criminal investigations.
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Kejriwal's tirade against overseas accounts was focused on HSBC. The bank, he alleged, helped individuals and companies transfer funds abroad to the tune of Rs 2,100 crore. If his charges are proved correct, HSBC will not only face punishment in India but also attract penalties in Switzerland. The agreement on due diligence, issued by SBA as a set of self-regulatory guidelines, lays down obligations of banks with regard to identification of clients and beneficial owners. It prohibits banks from actively assisting the flight of capital and evasion of taxes. The offences are punishable by fines of up to 10 million Swiss Francs.
"The high level of confidentiality Swiss banks offer both to their domestic and foreign customers is not absolute and does not shield criminals. As a matter of principle the rights to privacy can be suspended when a criminal investigation is underway. Our aim is to protect the privacy of the honest bank client while exposing criminals to the full force of the law," SBA says.
HSBC India has declined to comment on "the specific details of the allegations" made by Kejriwal but maintains that under its new senior global leadership team, it is taking steps to strengthen compliance, risk management and banking culture. The government has also said that it is taking action against all the individuals named in a list pertaining to black money, given to it by France in June 2011. But it has not confirmed whether it was the same list Kejriwal mentioned and has also declined to name the individuals named in that list.
While opening a Swiss bank account may be easy, keeping it a secret seems to be difficult.


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The Dayville, Conn., Fire Company utilizes wireless tracking of firefighters to improve emergency response and post-incident accountability.
For an incident commander, keeping track of firefighters and equipment at the scene of an emergency can be a paper-intensive, manual process. Before deploying a system that uses radio frequency identification tags to track firefighters, the Dayville, Conn., Fire Company distributed tags to firefighters at the door of a burning building before they entered it and then retrieved the tag upon coming out.
The fire company deployed OnSite ERT (emergency resource tracking) from Michigan-based ERT Systems to track personnel at an incident and improve post-incident accountability. The system is composed of a management console, lunch-box-sized tag readers, and a wearable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that fits in an equipment pocket on a firefighter's suit and broadcasts his location to the reader and back to the management software. That allows incident commanders to easily generate an account of the entire incident and where each firefighter is at all times.
En route to the scene, the incident commander starts the software. Upon arriving on the scene, the incident commander places the readers around the hot zone as part of the initial assessment, defines the different areas in software and ties the readers to the zones in the software. In addition to letting the incident commander know where the firefighters are, the software also can provide a reminder to do a periodic roll call.
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Saving the world from Frankenwines The Globe And Mail Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Page: L1 Section: Globe Life Byline: Beppi Crosariol
It's a quaint myth: Wine is a product of nature, the simple spawn of fruit and airborne yeast. To drink anything more ancient or unadulterated, you'd have to dip your cup into a stream, crack a coconut or milk a cow. That's how it has been for 9,000 years, but over the past two decades, myriad technologies and lab tricks have turned that typical weeknight bottle into the potable equivalent of cake from a mix. At least that's the feeling you get after reading the book The Battle for Wine and Love by New York writer Alice Feiring, out next month. An industry answer to Fast Food Nation and Kitchen Confidential, the book paints a distressing picture of a world full of Frankenwines (my word, not Ms. Feiring's),cheap-trick sops with all the engineered flavour, artificially smooth texture and proximity to nature of a McDonald's shake.
For example, winemakers now generally kill off natural yeasts with sulphur and replace them with designer strains that can add flavours of, say, strawberry, cocoa or banana.The yeasts are often fed urea when they get tired, to keep fermentation humming at ever-higher sugar and alcohol levels, thereby creating bigger bodied wines for today's tastes. Among other additives are enzymes that deepen colour and boost "mouth feel." Then there's the hardware.
A device commonly used over the past 10 years is the micro-oxygenation bubbler, which can soften texture by erasing naturally astringent particles known as tannins. Arguably more intrusive is something called the reverse-osmosis filter - the Cuisinart of the wine trade - which can perform a host of functions, including reducing alcohol, removing water to concentrate flavours, restarting a stopped fermentation and filtering out mould. Still not happy with your wine's taste? Fire-charred barrels can add notes of smoke, espresso, vanilla and butterscotch, which are catnip for catching the attention of important American wine critics. And if $1,000 a barrel is too costly, oak chips tossed into the aging vat like bouquet garni into a sauce can mimic barrel aging at a fraction of the cost in a fraction of the time. Welcome to Ms. Feiring's nightmare. "I am hoping to give the other camp a voice," Ms. Feiring, formerly the wine and travel writer for Time magazine and a regular contributor to U.S. newspapers, said in a phone interview from New York. "I want to teach people who may not know how conventional wine is made what is in the average bottle of wine." The book is something of a Proustian journey, following the author to Europe and California, where she continues to find that the charming, hand-crafted country wines that turned her into an aficionado as a Harvard undergraduate in the 1970s are vanishing under the pressure of industrialization and global taste preferences dictated by international critics.
A more literal title for the book might have been la recherche du vin perdu, but The Battle for Wine and Love, to be published next month, will no doubt sell most of its copies on the basis of its provocative subtitle: Or How I Saved the World from Parkerization. Robert M. Parker Jr., as most wine aficionados know, is the world's most influential nose, a Maryland-based former government lawyer who shot to prominence in the 1980s with his newsletter The Wine Advocate, largely on the virtue of its much-copied 100-point scoring system. Mr. Parker has prompted, it is widely alleged, winemakers everywhere to torque their juice with overweening new-oak flavour and near-flammable levels of alcohol to pander to his supposed biases. By contrast, oak- and technology-eschewing traditionalists in regions His Bobness isn't so hot for, such as the Loire Valley and Rioja, have languished or disappeared. Lest one suspect Ms. Feiring is writing out of jealousy (the standard charge against wine writers who dare challenge Mr. Parker's infallible scores), she comes across as wholly sincere in her passion for what she calls preindustrial wines. "I have no desire to chip away at his power," she told me. "He's a great leader to those people. He can lead you to those wines," meaning those big, oversized, nipped and tucked California cabernets and Australian shirazes that may win beauty contests adjudicated by quick-sip critics but which she thinks have no authenticity.
Ms. Feiring dares to confront her nemesis head-on in a chapter called "My Date With Bob." It's a tense exchange, conducted over the phone, and while Ms. Feiring controls the narrative, one can't help but commend her fairness, quoting him at length. "Don't shortchange the consumer; they know when a chicken is a bad one or a good one," Mr.Parker deftly admonishes her. "There is no global palate." It's a platitude straight out of the U.S. politician's playbook; you can't argue with a free market.
If the engagingly written book sets up Mr. Parker as Goliath, Ms. Feiring in the end comes across as an endearing David, a self-described petite redhead whose roller-coaster romances lend the book a subplot as well as a metaphorical conceit. The "50-ish" author remains single at the end of the book, alas, but she will no doubt win a few male wine-geek hearts with her avowed lust for funky, old-style Riojas such as those of Lopez de Heredia and reds that smell of "puppy's breath" and "chicken soup and dill." Then there's her belief that "true wine" is about as rare and precious as true love. (Her words, not mine.)
A reader can't help but be gripped by the chapter "Desperately Seeking Scanavino," about the Italian producer of her first love, a 1968 Barolo that most connoisseurs would consider an ugly duckling. The section reads like a murder mystery, with Ms. Feiring frantically following clues to the whereabouts of the faded winemaker, whose Barolos,symbolically redolent of faded roses, have succumbed to competition from Parkerized wines. If tales like that sound familiar, you may recall Mondovino, the 2004 Jonathan Nossiter documentary about globalization in the wine industry. It, too, featured Mr. Parker as a sort of Dr. Evil. But I think The Battle for Wine and Love is much more compelling for its rich technical detail, passionately argued thesis and entertaining storyline. It's hard not to become curious about the wines Ms. Feiring loves, including Clos Roche Blanche from the Loire Valley.Another out of favour region she adores is Beaujolais,particularly premium bottlings named after the Beaujolais village of Morgon, such as those of Louis-Claude Desvignes.
As for those dreaded Frankenwines, Ms. Feiring's strongest antipathy is aimed at California, land of the three-digit cult cabernets made by retired land developers who hire consulting winemakers following the Parker playbook. "The wealthiest people don't make the best wines," she says toward the end of the book. But when pressed, she does note exceptions, chiefly Grgich Hills, a winery I, too, love,which has been going from strength to strength since embracing organic principles. When asked if she may be considered a snob, she doesn't flinch. "I'm a snob when it comes to shoes, too. It's not about price, though. I work really hard to find wines that I can afford."
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker and Converse women's tennis match on Monday afternoon was suspended due to rain.
The match will contiune at the point where play stopped, but no make-up date has been scheduled at this time.
The next match for the Lady Cobras will be on Thursday, April 1, when they travel to Lees-McRae College for a noon match.


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The doctor is out, part 3
For crying out! I spent the last two years busting my ass to get through med school and now all I've got is a consistent series of mediocre performances on practice tests. Christ, I've never worked so hard to be average. All of that time spent in Physician Training made me realize what a raw deal I've gotten with respect to medical school. Instead of teaching us valuable things like vascular abnormalities and biochemistry, my school wanted us to write reaction papers to television shows and practice PowerPoint presentations via PBL. Lot of good those exercises are doing now.