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Shares of Nokia (NOK) were recently down about 1.3%, and the likely culprit is Sanford Bernstein's Pierre Ferragu, who has a downbeat note out about the phone maker.
This morning, Ferragu writes that his thesis, that the company's smartphone wasn't connecting with consumers, seems to be playing out, which has dire implications for the company's upcoming September quarter.
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At the start of the year, our view was that Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Phones were not meeting any consumer traction and that Nokia's smartphone shipments would peak again in 2Q13. All signs point to this scenario playing out at the moment. Windows 7 shipments will no longer contribute to sales going forward and Windows 8 ASP and margins have declined 26% and 5 points respectively since the launch at the end of last year. The most striking data points are for marginal ASPs for Windows Phone. We define marginal ASP as incremental sales divided by incremental volumes, which is the money Nokia makes per incremental phone they sell. It has declined sharply from over €250 in the launch quarter to €80 last quarter. In other words, the only reason Nokia managed to sell 7m units last quarter was through an accelerated race towards the low end, compensating for already negative momentum in the high end.
So where does all this lead? Potentially to a "disastrous" third quarter. He notes that the company's decision to rely on its high end models, the Lumia 928, 925, and 1020, to maintain its momentum is a risky proposition: high end smartphones are slowing overall, competition is intense, and, as the above analysis shows, Windows has had limited traction in the high end.
Ferragu maintained his Underperform rating on Nokia, with a price target of €1.50.
Last week, Fitch Ratings also noted Nokia's struggles with Lumia sales.


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WASHINGTON -- The failed effort by a woman to crash into the White House and then elude Capitol police showed that the extensive security blanket in the nation's capital did its job, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Thursday.
"I will say that both at the White House and at the Capitol, the security perimeters worked," Lanier told reporters. "They did exactly what they were supposed to do, and they stopped a suspect from breaching the security perimeters ... in a vehicle at both locations."
The case started when the driver attempted to crash through the outer protective barriers at 15th and E streets on the east side of the White House, near the Treasury Department, Lanier said. When that effort failed, the driver wheeled around and sped toward the Capitol. Members of the Capitol police force blocked her car, but she eluded them and the chase continued. Shortly afterward, she crashed the car and was shot and killed by police.
The car, a black Infiniti, was registered to Miriam Carey, 34, a dental technician from Stamford.
Security at the White House ranks with that at Fort Knox.
Against the background of four presidential assassinations and the steady barrage of death threats directed at every president, the Secret Service has imposed an escalating security shield around the first family and the White House.
After the 1983 attack on the U.S. Marine barracks at the Beirut, Lebanon, airport killed 241 U.S. service members and showed the lethality of suicide bombers plowing through security lines, the Secret Service constructed two blocks of stout cement pillars along the Pennsylvania Avenue curb in front of the White House.
After the 1995 truck bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people, demonstrating what kind of damage a truck bomb could inflict from the street, the Secret Service closed Pennsylvania Avenue to all vehicles.
Security at the Capitol grounds, meanwhile, has been a top concern of congressional leaders since 1954, when Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the House of Representatives, injuring four congressmen.
In 1998, two members of the 3,000-strong Capitol police force were fatally shot during an attack by a lone gunman who continues to be held in an institution after being found to be severely schizophrenic. That attack spurred the construction of the massive underground Capitol visitors center that serves as a security checkpoint for visitors entering the Capitol building. The 580,000-square-foot structure opened in 2008 at a cost of almost $700 million.
Security concerns increased after investigators concluded that one of the hijacked airliners in the 9/11 attacks of 2001 was headed for the Capitol before it crashed in Pennsylvania. Since then, police cars patrol the 47-square-block area 24 hours a day, patrol officers carry heavy weapons and all visitors are subjected to TSA-level magnetometers before gaining entrance to congressional buildings.
On Thursday, Capitol police, who are classified as essential employees, were on the job at full strength despite the federal government shutdown. Their pay, however, will be deferred until the shutdown ends.

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By Katya Cengel, World Ark contributor
Photos by Geoff Oliver Bugbee
MARCESTI, ROMANIA — Lenuta Rocas was 25 when she heard her first words. They were those of her six-year-old daughter, Natalia.
"Mommy, do you hear me?"
Rocas has been hearing impaired since infancy and only last year received a hearing aid. She still marvels at the beauty of sound, smiling at the jingle of an animal's locating bell in Marcesti, a Transylvanian village about an hour-and- a-half drive outside the northwestern Romanian metropolis of Cluj-Napoca. "I am happy to hear everything, even this little bell," she said.
It was a chilly winter day and Natalia and her two-year-old brother, Darius, were wrapped in so many layers they looked as if they might tumble down the hill like snowballs. Their father, Adrian, not yet 30 and handsome, stood atop a haystack. In summer he earns about $10 a day as a farmhand. Lenuta makes $40 a month sewing tablecloths. It took them two years to save for her $400 hearing aid.
They survive on what they grow—potatoes and vegetables. Protein came only after they received a cow from Heifer Romania in March 2012, and then another in early 2013. Now Darius' bottle is always filled with milk. But they don't drink all their milk. And they don't sell it either. They give a portion away to orphans.
The milk donation is a key component of the Heifer Milk for Orphans project through which they received their cows. The program builds on an earlier project, Farmers Feed the Children, which required that Heifer cow recipients provide either milk or meat to child-care institutions such as hospitals and orphanages. It is one of several dual beneficiary programs, including a water buffalo revitalization project linking a Hungarian and Romanian village, that Heifer hopes will teach communities how to rely on each other instead of the government.
Romania may be a member of the European Union, but it remains separated from the West, especially in the rural areas that make up half the country, said Heifer Romania Country Director Ovidiu Spinu.
Ruled by the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu from 1965 to 1989, Romania was the only Eastern-bloc country to violently overthrow its government and execute its leader. The deplorable conditions in Romania's orphanages were a media focus following the collapse of the Soviet system. The majority of the country's Roma people, who account for about 10 percent of the population, live in extreme poverty. For more than 40 years Romania was linked to the East and is still grappling with the legacy of communism under which people expected the state to solve their problems.
"During Communist times the motivation (to improve our communities) was not existing," said Spinu. "We were always waiting for someone to tell us what to do." The answer is there in the community, he said. Heifer is just helping people to find it.
The Romanian orphan problem is another legacy of communism and Ceausescu. In an effort to increase the birth rate, Ceausescu prohibited abortion in a country where other forms of birth control were largely unavailable. With few other options, those who could not afford to care for their children abandoned them. State orphanages were ill-equipped to handle the influx. Even after the fall of communism, both the abandonment of children and inadequate funding of orphanages remained issues.
When Heifer Romania began the Farmers Feed the Children program in 2001, orphanages served tea instead of milk, Spinu said. Dairy coming from Heifer's Milk for Orphans program, which expands on the earlier Farmers Feed the Children model, is still often the only protein the children receive. At a government institution for 47 youth with mental disabilities in north Cluj-Napoca, the state provides the equivalent of $3 a day per child. At 90 cents a carton, yogurt is not in the budget, said director Jucan Gianina. Before Heifer began providing the institution with dairy products in 2001, the children ate rice, potatoes and polenta. Now they have milk with breakfast and dinner and yogurt in the afternoon.
"In past we had some children being malnourished, and their improvement was visible after the protein from the milk," Gianina said.
Like many of the young people in the institution, Elena Lavinia Motrocean is Romani. Although she is 25, she is curious like a small child. Quite a few of the youth at the center are officially adults, but their mental and physical disabilities make them dependent on care. With few alternatives, they remain in the orphanage where they have been since their youth. Motrocean was underweight when she arrived at the institution 10 years before. She is still slight, but not from lack of eating. In return for answering Gianina's questions, Motrocean negotiated a favorite food at the facility, yogurt with cereal, and kicked her legs back and forth in anticipation.
At snack time in a small private orphanage in another part of Cluj-Napoca, youth as young as five and as old as 25 scrambled to the kitchen. After grabbing a yogurt and crackers from the main table, they settled themselves on the kitchen's benches. Seven-year-old Cristi placed a dollop of yogurt on the tip of his nose and tried to reach it with his tongue. He was four years old when he was brought to the orphanage, a converted home that serves 22 street children.
The fate and whereabouts of his parents are unknown, said János Molnár, whose family runs the orphanage. Cristi's grandmother left him in the market. Nicu's father is alive, but uninterested in caring for his children, according to Molnár. Nicu is 11, and like Cristi, has been at the orphanage since he was four years old. A studious boy, he answered without hesitation when asked where the orphanage got its milk.
"A cow," he said.
When asked again Nicu replied, "the milkman."
Molnár knows it is more complicated, but still far simpler and more reliable than the convoluted bureaucratic process he used to have to go through to attempt to obtain government help to get milk.
"From the very beginning when we had the possibility to have milk (through Heifer), here is a miracle," he said.
That was in 2001 with Farmers Feed the Children, a program that has since ended, though many former participants continue to donate milk and dairy products. A decade later, orphanages were still struggling, so Heifer Romania and its partner organization, Bothar Ireland, developed Milk for Orphans. Bothar Ireland supplied the program with 136 purebred Friesian heifers via two different airlifts.
One hundred cows went to families in the impoverished Carpathian region of Transylvania, and 36 went to Felix Family Village for orphans. Each family who received a cow is required to donate about 80 gallons of milk a year. The families regularly take the milk to a local collecting point where it is measured and noted then taken to a dairy to be processed and turned into cheese, yogurt and other products that are then delivered to a dozen orphanages in Cluj-Napoca. From the beginning, Spinu said, farmers "gave more than the contract and obligation because they wanted to assist the children more."
It is not an easy choice. The farmers are not wealthy, and the extra milk can provide needed income. Lenuta Rocas lives in a one-room home that belongs to her brother. She has her own home but does not have the money to make it habitable. It will cost $400 to wire the place for electricity. A stack of old tiles is piled in the "kitchen," a room she dreams of painting pink. The "bedroom" has a dirt ?oor, an anvil and a large stack of wood. If Rocas didn't donate milk, she could save for the repairs. But she doesn't resent her obligation.
"I don't mind if I can help," she said. "At least I have my children with me, what would have happened if those (orphans) were my children?"
Milk is not just for yogurt; many families use to to make homemade cheese. Visit the World Ark blog to learn how to make cheese with a Romanian grandma!


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Trump donates quarterly salary to Education Department
President Donald Trump has donated his second quarter paycheck to the Department of Education.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders presented a check from the President for $100,000 to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
"The President is committed to our nation's students and to reforming education in America so that every child, no matter their zip code, has access to a high quality education," DeVos said.
DeVos says the donation will be used to host a STEM-focused camp for students at the Department of Education.


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Obama unveils new budget request. budget.
Supreme Court ruling on GPS tracking leaves some gray areas.
Italian daily suggests that the Pope will die within a year.
Best and worst of the Grammys.
RIP Whitney Houston. This woman taught me not only that crack is whack, but that nothing is impossible.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter trailer.
Study finds that people with easier-to-pronounce names are more likely to get ahead in business.
New internet movement pushes to have Weird Al to perform at next year's Super Bowl. Sign me up.
If celebrities looked like "normal" Americans.
South Carolina man having trouble getting a loan because, according to his bank, he's been dead since 2009.
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Police in South Bend, Ind. say a man broke into a home and proceeded to sweep the floors, fold the laundry and cook some dinner.
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — More than 60 years after scientists assembled the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, lethal waste is seeping from mountain burial sites and moving toward aquifers, springs and streams that provide water to 250,000 residents of northern New Mexico.
Isolated on a high plateau, the Los Alamos National Laboratory seemed an ideal place to store a bomb factory's deadly debris. But the heavily fractured mountains haven't contained the waste, some of which has trickled down hundreds of feet to the edge of the Rio Grande, one of the most important water sources in the Southwest.
So far, the level of contamination in the Rio Grande has not been high enough to raise health concerns. But the monitoring of runoff in canyons that drain into the river has found unsafe concentrations of organic compounds such as perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket propellent, and various radioactive byproducts of nuclear fission.
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Now in its 16th year, more than 50,000 people are expected to attend the free, family-friendly event, taking place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the boardwalk between Diamond and Thomas streets.
San Diego boasts many great open-air events, but few match the sheer diversity of options that Pacific BeachFest offer.
It's an action-packed eight hours of fun and entertainment. The day features some of the same attractions as similar street fairs, with plenty of food, merchandise and information booths, a kids' area and entertainment on three stages. The main stage will include nine performers, with an eclectic mix of combos like reggae rockers Split Finger, funky trio Boom Snap and the New Orleans-inspired Euphoria Brass Band, along with singer-songwriters like Ryan Hiller, Hev Rock and Brent Curtis.
Meanwhile, the craft-beer garden will feature a mix of six DJs, including Billy The Kid, Jeremiah James and Chris Cutz. The community stage will feature eight area favorites, including The Trunks, Summer Mencher, The Big Daddy Blues Band and local school-based groups like the Crown Point Jr. Music Academy and the Mission Bay Preservationists.
While these are all ingredients for a great day out, it's still only the beginning for BeachFest. What sets the event apart is it's active component. Among the activities on the beach are Revolt in Style magazine's Summer Surf Series Finals at the Crystal Pier, a volleyball tournament and a tennis clinic and tournament. There will also be an Action Alley spotlighting action sports, featuring half-pipe demonstrations and lots of skateboard and bike-riding acrobatics. Visitors can also check out the Beach Fish Taco Challenge, featuring food from some of the area's best-known restaurants like the PB Shore Club, Oscars Mexican Seafood, The Fish Shop, Moondoggies, PB Alehouse and the Sandbar Sports Grill.
With such a large potential audience, musicians frequently say they enjoy performing at BeachFest because they consider it a prime gig.
"You get all walks of life playing these events and it's great to see their reactions when we first start playing," said JP Balmat, saxophonist with the Euphoria Brass Band. "In the end, we are able to expose people to a style of music they might not be familiar with, and hopefully they enjoy it. When a show goes well, the energy you get from a large crowd is the best feeling in the world."
Having played the event previously, Balmat notes that despite traffic and crowd logistics, it's not hard to maneuver around the event, even when performers are carrying musical instruments.
"It has never been difficult for me," said Balmat. "The volunteers and traffic people working the event are always super friendly and want to make sure you have what you need." On the other hand, "This is my first year playing the main stage, so I'm hoping for the best."
Balmat said the band does adapt its repertoire for outdoor concerts.
"We definitely tailor our sets a little differently for these events," he said. "We give it everything we have and make sure to pull out the fan favorites. We want to keep our crowd on their feet and moving for that entire hour."
As with any large event in San Diego, taking public transportation is recommended. Free valet bicycle parking is available at Thomas Street.
• Pacific BeachFest takes place beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 from Diamond Street to Thomas Street. Free. www.pacificbeachfest.org.


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With sweltering weather hitting much of the Western hemisphere, more salads are served up on kitchen and patio tables. Spice it up is my motto, and so I was inspired to make an earthy Indian-style black-eyed pea salad with a hot, tart and tangy seasoning that required very little prep and cooking time. While the peas are boiling, chop up the ingredients needed and measure out the spices. It all comes together in no time at all once the black-eyes have cooled a bit.
I served the salad up in some radicchio leaves along with some lightly toasted crusty bread topped with some goat cheese and fresh dill and then quickly broiled for a few minutes. An Indian flatbread would be a nice addition to the meal, or a simple rice dish such as cracked black pepper rice.
This is my contribution to No Croutons Required, hosted this month by me. The theme is legume salads. I am also sharing with Jac's Bookmarked Recipes.
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Simple summer salad of earthy and nutty flavored black-eyed peas tossed with a hot, tart and tangy blend of Indian spice
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More black-eyed pea dishes from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen:
Black-Eyed Pea Patties with Chili Sauce
Indian Black-Eyed Peas
Black-Eyed Peas with Potatoes and Tamarind
Curried Black-Eyed Peas
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Catherine Schuyler Chambers Boericke, the first female president of Artpark, passed away in December 2011. She was recognized by Artpark this past summer.
Maureen Kellick, director of marketing, public relations, and development for Artpark & Company, notes that Boericke was the director of Artpark "when Artpark & Company was still run by the state, not when it became a non-profit." However, Boericke's humanitarian contributions to the arts and achievements at Artpark still exemplify Artpark & Company's mission.
Boericke, an artist and humanitarian, was a sculptor and painter who assisted the restoration of the Niagara Reservation Park. She worked to secure better conditions for children with learning disabilities alongside former New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller.
In recognition of Boericke's indelible influence on Artpark, a philharmonic performance at Artpark was dedicated to her memory.
At hearing the news of Boericke's passing, the Artpark & Company board immediately sought a way to recognize Boericke's vital role in Artpark's history.
"(This) season, the board chose a philharmonic performance to dedicate in her memory," Kellick said.
Boericke's achievements were shared with concert attendees, honoring this historical figure who shaped many of Artpark's past achievements.
"There was a stage announcement that day, which was dedicated in honor of Catherine Schuyler Chambers Boericke," Kellick recalled.
Michael Dowd, Lewiston attorney and a second-generation Artpark & Company board member, commented that the performance at Artpark was packed with the many co-workers, friends and family who were inspired by her work.
"The announcer (for the performance dedication) acknowledged that she was a true benefactor and supporter of Artpark, serving five years as president of Artpark & Company," he said. "A number of Artpark members who sat on the board while Mrs. Boericke was active were invited to the show and a reception."
Current members who served with Boericke include Michelle Heffernan, and current board of directors Chairman Christopher Brown and Artpark & Company President George Osborne.
Three of Boericke's four children, Gouverneur Cadwalader III, Gideon Francis Boericke and Katherine Schuyler Boericke Mitchell, also attended.
Dowd notes that Boericke's children are still influenced by her work. "(Boericke's) children are still in the arts and are proud of their mother for her involvement in Artpark."
Following the performance at Artpark, some performance attendees visited the home of Dowd's mother, Patricia, who served on Artpark's board, for a private reception.
Guests found that the dedication this past summer was a beautiful way to honor the legacy of a woman so vital to Artpark & Company's prosperity.
"It was a great event on the river," Dowd said. "Many of the (past) staff that hadn't been (in Lewiston or Artpark) for a year or years came to see this event. It was a nice reception."


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New Black Paper seeks to call activists to action
Freddie Allen | 9/6/2013, 12:47 p.m.
"There is a 'state of emergency' without urgency in Black America," writes Ron Daniels, president of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century.
In a collection of essays and briefs, the IBW's forthcoming Black Paper documents the progress – and lack of progress – made since the 1963 March on Washington and offers potential solutions to the problems afflicting Black America. The authors of the Black Paper say that the compilation is not an academic exercise, but "a call to action."
Contributors recently discussed their findings at the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington. The final product, A Deposit Was Made but the Check Still Bounced, is expected to be published next month and will be available on IBW's website, http://www.ibw21.org.
Zachery Williams, coordinator of the IBW research consortium, and associate professor of history at the University of Akron in Ohio, said that the purpose of the IBW Black Paper was to suggest strategic directions for the future and to reignite movements for democracy and social change.
The title of the Black Paper is a takeoff of a section of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream Speech. King said, "In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, Black men as well as White men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
Williams explained, "Over the last 50 years, we argue that a deposit was made into the account by America, by providing relative 'equality' for some Black folks, but the check still bounced because it did not provide 'equality' for the overwhelming majority of Black folks."
The collection examines the wealth gap, housing, education, health care, the criminal justice system and a number of key issues and recommended policy and stakeholder changes that would improve the lives of marginalized and poor Blacks in today's society.
"We categorically reject the oft-repeated assertion that targeting conversation and analysis to Black people, or focusing on Black issues is politically incorrect in today's 'post-racial environment,'" the executive summary of the IBW Black Paper states.
It continued: "IBW regards such distorted thinking as fundamentally flawed and incorrect (whether it comes from Black folks, white folks or other folks) and calls on sober minded persons of all races to join us in this 50 year reflection, analysis and dialogue."
According to the Black Paper, the 20th Century ushered in the migration of the Black community to the urban centers of America that accompanied a sharp distinction in classes among Blacks.


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i don't mean to be ignorant or insensitive. but i am kind of looking for some validation on joining a Serbian church. My parish is under the Serbian Patriarchate but there are no Serbian parishioners. The thought of tying myself to the historical situation is shaky. I didn't even pay much attention to the issue until the husband of a bosnian friend of many years suggested i not mention that i'm entering the Serbian Orthodox church. My question, quite obviously, is inarticulate and scattered, but i'm wondering if anyone might have some words of wisdom aside from telling me what the muslims did or supporting subtlely validating Serbian nationalism. again, i'm in the middle of the united states and thus relatively ignorant to these issues, i apologize in advance if what i've said is offensive to anyone.
i started by apologizing for my ignorance, so a helpful or concerned response would have been more fitting than the first reply of assumption.
also, nothing was 'planted' by my friend. from what little i understand of this conflict Milosevic and his Serbs are the ones that have and are being tried for war crimes.
Such as instituting camps to, ever so graciously, implant the infidels with the Serbian seed.
My friend simply suggested that I not make it a topic of conversation, as his wife became a refugee due to the self-confessed 'God loving Serbs.'
again, i'm sorry for my offense and am in no way politically siding against the country or church. this is solely a personal concern and would not be so arrogant as to suggest that i know the conflict in any sort of entirety.
p.s. it is a warm embrace to know very little of the church, very few Orthodox, be a catechumen, and have a significant portion of my interactions to be re-education siding history toward the orthodox, expectations of me to do more with no sort of guidance, and pointless hostilities minimized to my protestant background. I believe that the Orthodox church in fact is the church Christ designed for us, and my expectations should not be too high, but it's disappointing none the less when you've felt like you were finished searching. Perhaps this doesn't belong in this response, but it's all tying together quite haphazardly.
more importantly. i made it clear that i wasn't voicing my personal opinion of who's right and wrong and to what degree. i was expressing my caution to be tied to all of this that i know so little about, and that sentiment could not have been more affirmed than by everyone's responses. you can tell me how grey everything is all day long, but if you think that somehow eases my, what were, slight hesitations then you are quite wrong. these Serbian Orthodox responding so outspokenly do not in any way give me the impression that saying the "Serbian Orthodox church" is so distinctly different than saying the "Serbian church."
it's also interesting to receive assumed conclusions about a friend you know nothing about. how do you imagine that it helped, to attempt to link her to Bin Laden and the mujahideen? if you had any intention of actually helping me or appearing supportive then that was a disappointing step. to be completely honest i hate islam quite a bit, to a quite complicated degree. however being born a muslim does not, in my book, suggest that you are a terrorist or somehow supportive of terrorism. i think that's actually pretty gross. thanks anyway to everyone.
p.s. StephenG, thank you for actually mentioning the Serbian patriarchate and providing something actually helpful and the closest thing i've gotten to support.
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Some updates to the flag/banner texture. I figured out how to make the hole edges ragged using crude edge detection with alpha in the color ramp for the holes. Not sure if it is the best way, but it works alright. Also added some subtle dirt with a noise texture. Hard to see in these images though.
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The silky texture and tangy buttermilk flavor of this panna cotta are irresistible. Start preparing the dessert one day ahead.
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- 1/3 cup plus 6 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 16-ounce basket strawberries, hulled, sliced (about 3 cups)
- 1/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- Place six 3/4-cup custard cups on small baking sheet. Combine 1/3 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons water in heavy small saucepan. Stir over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup turns deep amber, occasionally brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan, about 8 minutes. Immediately pour caramel into custard cups, dividing equally; tilt cups to cover bottoms evenly (caramel layer will be thin). Cool until caramel is set.
- Pour 1/4 cup whipping cream into small bowl; sprinkle gelatin over. Let stand until gelatin softens, about 10 minutes. Combine remaining 6 tablespoons sugar and remaining 1 3/4 cups cream in heavy medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Bring just to simmer. Remove from heat. Add gelatin mixture and whisk until gelatin dissolves. Strain mixture into 4-cup glass measuring cup. Whisk in buttermilk. Divide mixture among caramel-lined custard cups. Refrigerate panna cotta uncovered overnight. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; keep chilled.)
- Toss strawberries and brown sugar in large bowl. Let stand until juices form, about 30 minutes and up to 2 hours.
- Run small knife between panna cotta and custard cups to loosen. Invert onto plates. Using rubber spatula, scrape any caramel remaining on bottom of cups over panna cotta. Spoon sweetened strawberries alongside and serve.
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- Calories401
- Carbohydrates43 g(14%)
- Fat25 g(39%)
- Protein4 g(8%)
- Saturated Fat16 g(78%)
- Sodium110 mg(5%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber1 g(6%)
- Monounsaturated Fat7 g
- Cholesterol90 mg(30%)


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CRYSTAL LAKE – Despite a dip in sales, Covidien's Crystal Lake manufacturing plant continues to churn out more than 200 different products used for the safe and secure disposal of syringes and other medical supplies.
The Dublin-based company's medical supplies segment had sales of $439 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, down 9 percent from $481 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.
In fiscal 2012 the segment's sales fell 2 percent to $1.74 billion from $1.78 billion in fiscal 2011, a result of lower sales of SharpSafety and OEM products, some of which are made at the company's plant at 815 Tek Drive in Crystal Lake, according to corporate earning reports released in November.
Medical supplies are just a part of Covidien. It also makes medical devices and pharmaceuticals. In 2012, the company had revenue of $11.9 billion.
The 472,000-square-foot Crystal Lake plant makes products that are used for the disposal of "sharps" – such as intravenous needles, syringes and absorbent pads that come in contact with blood. The majority of the products are sold in the United States, though some are exported.
The facility and its product line have been a staple in Crystal Lake for decades. Sage Products established the plant in 1991. Covidien acquired the sharps disposal business from Sage in 1999, said plant manager Rui Dos Santos, who took over operations here in January 2012.
Production at the facility has remained flat, Dos Santos said in an recent interview with the Northwest Herald.
"Volume continues to be very stable for the plant," he said.
Like other manufacturing companies, Covidien has struggled to fill some highly-skilled positions and is working to develop a pipeline for such sought-after employees.
"Recruitment for certain technical, skilled positions continues to be a challenge," Dos Santos said. "We do find them eventually, but it takes a little longer."
The challenges have prompted the company to look at developing skilled workers from within its own ranks through partnerships with community colleges and other apprenticeship-type programs. Such efforts could pay off in the future.
"I see great opportunities in the plant for that," Dos Santos said.
Globally, Covidien invests more than 5 percent of sales into research and development.
"[Research and development] spending for Covidien has more than doubled in the last four years to more than $623 million in 2012," Dos Santos said. "Covidien has launched more than 100 new products in the last five years and sales of new products have tripled since 2007."
However, there are no research and development positions in the Crystal Lake plant, which has about 400 employees. Worldwide the company has 43,000 employees in 70 countries.
Covidien continues to invest in the Crystal Lake plant.
"Over the last few months we have made several infrastructural improvements to our facility," Dos Santos said. "These improvements have focused on enhancing our manufacturing capabilities as well as supporting our asset replacement program."
The emphasis, he said, is on "continuous improvement," a key characteristic of the entire company.
"It's all about making those small improvements day after day," Dos Santos said, "to drive greater efficiencies, to be a more sustainable operation, and to have the necessary gains that we are seeking in terms of safety and environmental performance."
The latter includes collecting scrap materials to be reground and reused, among a host of other environmental efforts.
Though Covidien maintains a lower profile than some of the county's other large manufacturing companies, it remains an important part of the business community, said Gary Reece, president of the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce.
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Political unknown Allie Braswell was already facing an uphill struggle in taking on state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, who has a solid political team, a Midas touch for fundraising and good name ID (he got more votes in 2010 than anyone else on the Florida ballot: Marco Rubio, Adam Putnam, Pam Bondi or Rick Scott).
Here's another hurdle for Braswell: The Florida Times Union reports he filed for bankruptcy as many as three times.
It's not a disqualification, Democrats will tell you as they quickly point to the record Medicare fraud fine paid by the hospital company that Scott ran years ago.
But Scott overcame those challenges with gobs of his own personal money and a sharp group of message masters. It doesn't look like Braswell has either of those at his disposal. And it's tough to run for a finance-related job when your finances were a mess at one point.
Braswell's candidacy is another sign of the Florida Democratic Party's structural problems. It struggles to field big-name candidates of its own. Despite outnumbering Republicans by more than 514,209 registered active voters, Democrats control no statewide seats based in the state Capitol and only have one statewide elected official, Sen. Bill Nelson. They're also heavily in the minority in the Florida House and Senate.
The FDP has no bench.
Right now its best hope, according to polls, used to be a Republican: Gov. Charlie Crist, who might run for his old job as a Democrat. In that one respect, Crist has a similarity with Braswell, who also used to be a Republican.
Here's the Times Union on Braswell:
His most recent petition, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Orlando in October 2008, shows he had $324,325 in assets and $509,155 in liabilities. The case was dismissed by Judge Arthur B. Briskman nearly 13 months after it was filed because Brawell defaulted on payments associated with a payment plan.
At the time of dismissal, he was delinquent on plan payments to the tune of $6,000. "Debtor failed to become current in payments and failed to file a response to the Trustee's motion to dismiss … this case should be dismissed," the judge wrote in his final order.
Because it was dismissed, Braswell had to reassume the debt. He would not say how much debt he is carrying today, information that will have to be made public on financial disclosure forms filed by all candidates.
"I used bankruptcy as way to responsibly pay my debt," he said in an interview Friday.


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Maker's 46 Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
Maker's 46 Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey (89/100)
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted January 11, 2011
This review is based upon a small sample provided to me from the personal collection of J. L. Wheelock, who is part of the Beam Global team here in Alberta. The sample was smaller than my normal 200 ml minimum sample size, and the reader should be cautioned that I was not able to give the sample my normal rigorous tasting regimen. Instead I completed two tasting sessions of the sample and did no cocktail explorations.
Maker's 46 Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey begins where Maker's Mark Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey ends. Bill Samuels, Sr. is credited with creating the first version of Maker's Mark in 1954. After a few years of practice the folks at the Maker's Mark Distillery have been producing this whiskey the same way since 1958. The process begins with pure limestone fed spring-water; follows with yellow corn, red winter wheat, and natural malted barley; continues with a unique milling, cooking, and fermentation process; and ends in a small batch distillation and moving (eg; rotating) barrel aging process. Of course the final result is tested and tasted to make sure it is just right.
In a recent display of innovation, Master Distiller Kevin Smith, began a sort of 'trial and error' series of experiments to come up with a new twist on the Maker's Mark. In December 2009, Maker's 46 was born. (click on the link to get the full story right from the Maker's Mark Website)
In a nutshell, fully aged Maker's Mark is removed from its barrel, ten seared wooden staves are then placed inside of that barrel. (The staves are seared to caramelize the sugars in the wood.) These wooden staves are basically flat wooden panels each about 4 inches wide and 12 to 18 inches long. The aged Maker's Mark is then put back into the barrel and aged several more months. When the proper taste profile is achieved, Maker's 46 is removed from the barrel, bottled, corked and dipped.
I admit that after reading a little bit about Maker's 46, I was eager to give my small sample a few tasting sessions and write down my impressions, and without further adieu, here they are:
In the Bottle 5/5
Although I was not given a full bottle of Maker's 46 to review, I did manage to find a nice photo of the bottle on the Maker's Mark Website. Permission to use this photo was provided by the above mentioned J. L. Wheelock.
As you can see the bottle design is a is a softer, rounder, more contemporary take on the traditional Maker's Mark bottle. I like the design, I like the wax dipped cork, and I like how the wax dipping process makes each bottle just a little different from every other bottle.
In the Glass 9/10
The whiskey in the glass displays a rich bronze colouration which displays orange highlights. After I tilt my glass, slow stubborn legs have formed which seem to hang and droop without ever crawling down the side of the glass. As Maker's 46 Bourbon is bottled at 47 per cent alcohol by volume, I expect the aroma to be assertive. The higher alcohol strength should give the spirit a stronger, more intense nose and flavour as there is less water added to dilute the whiskey. The higher alcohol content should also bring the scents out of the glass just a little more forcefully.
My expectations are confirmed, and I imagine that oak and cedar planks are being split in the background as I nose the glass. The firm scent of wood grains and fresh tannins have filled the breezes. Allowing the glass to decant, I find the aroma begins to settle down as honeycomb and caramel start to build into a deep toffee which is enriched with hints of cinnamon and cloves, as well as a firm vanilla. There are burnt sugars in the air as well giving me the impression of treacle.
In the Mouth 53/60
Maker's 46 is surprisingly soft as it enters the palate, and I want to call this creamy in spite of the rush of wooden timbers and heavy toffee that quickly builds. Things are not as sweet as the nose would have implied however, and impressions of drier fruit, tobacco and cocoa seem to take hold at mid palate with the oak spiciness expressing itself as cloves and cinnamon. However as the whiskey settles in the mouth the sweetness of honeycomb and baking spices is finally realized and everything comes together harmoniously. The woody bourbon notes are more assertive on second tasting and my sense is that there is much more complexity in this bourbon than I first realized.
In the Throat 13/15
At 94 proof, I am very surprised at the lack of burn on my palate and in my throat. The exit from the palate is full of oak timbers and spice, but if you take the care to look for it, a beautiful chocolate fade follows. If we had a tad more sweetness this would be divine.
The Afterburn 9/10
I am quite pleased with the Maker's 46. At times the oak timbers take over and dominate just a tad more than I personally like which stops me from grading the whiskey in the stratosphere, but the chocolate fade finish and the building complexity have me yearning for a larger sample.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
7 Responses to "Maker's 46 Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey"
September 8, 2013 at 8:25 pm
If I want a whetted bourbon I usually reach for Old Weller. Have you ever tried it?
February 6, 2013 at 1:38 pm
I recently tried Maker's 46 and liked it a lot. There are few bourbons that I do enjoy neat, but this was a nice surprise. Here in Fla., I picked up a 750 for $32.00 and feel it's a good deal. I do feel that quality/value is important.
January 12, 2011 at 9:42 pm
I think I'm the only person in my family who enjoys wheated bourbons, which is sad, because I like them a lot, but I don't stock them much anymore. I really like the 46, but I do think it's a bit overpriced. Thanks for the review!


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Yes, that was what I was getting at. Thanks!
No problem, I have the 300 f4 practicly glued on to the camera - its never come off since I brougt it, with the shot above I saw this dramtic difference in light and jumped on our table and took the shot freehand with no support.


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The tea party lost. Big.
It and its well-funded allies tried every tactic _ daring President Barack Obama to tinker with the Affordable Care Act, tying up the Senate and insisting on dramatically reduced government spending.
In the end, it got nothing. Obamacare survives without a scratch. Longer-term budget issues will be hashed out later. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who led a marathon talkathon last month, not only failed to create any momentum for his cause, he wound up alienating party colleagues. At the same time, public support for the tea party dropped.
"The tea party is less popular than ever, with even many Republicans now viewing the movement negatively," said a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday. It found that nearly half the public had an unfavorable opinion of the movement, while 30 percent had a favorable opinion.
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Tea party loyalists tried Wednesday to ease the pain, insisting they lost a round but the bigger battle goes on.
"I think you're going to see something happening over the next year and a half," said Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho. People increasingly realize, he said, "there's a group of (us) in Washington, D.C., who are not listening to special interests and are listening to the people."
Maybe so, but they're not getting much done today.
Wednesday's deal ended, at least for now, the tea party's relentless crusade to repeal, defund or dilute the health care law, a law it sees as emblematic of big, intrusive government.
This fall, the tea party saw its most alluring vehicles for change yet. Defund or delay Obamacare, the tea partiers said, or we won't agree to keep the government running after Oct. 1. Nor will we go along with a higher debt limit if the nation exhausts its borrowing authority Oct. 17.
The goal seemed quixotic, but what the heck, the tea party had tilted at some of America's sturdiest windmills before and done fine. The disparate movement sprung up almost organically in 2009, and the next year it helped elect 87 Republican freshmen to the House of Representatives. It also helped knock off some mainstream Republican Senate candidates in 2010 and 2012, albeit with conservatives who sometimes couldn't win general elections.
The tea party was on the march, fueled by a sympathetic media echo chamber on talk radio and Fox News, eager volunteers and generous contributors. By January 2011, Republicans controlled the House and, more important, dozens of Republicans owed their jobs to the tea party.
By last year, though, it became clear the movement faced trouble. It was exceedingly rigid in its no-compromise stance, and that's simply not how things get done in a political environment. The tea party's successes the last few months tended to be as naysayers, as House Republican leaders had to back off seeking votes on a fiscal cliff tax plan, transportation and housing funding and farm programs.
The tea party mattered, so the stage seemed set for a defining duel over Obamacare. In the Senate, most Republicans were reluctant to tie health care to government funding, but the tea party was relentless.
The tea party convinced wary House Republican leaders to link the two. Cruz stood on the Senate floor for more than 21 hours on Sept. 24-25, trying to rally public support for defunding Obamacare. The Senate refused to go along.
On Sept. 30, as the clock ticked toward the first government shutdown in 17 years, the House again tried to delay part of the health care law. The Senate said no.
The narrative didn't change in October. House Republican leaders shifted demands on Obamacare, and eventually dropped Obamacare altogether. We'll raise the debt limit for a while, they said last week, but not reopen the government. Obama said no again.
Tuesday, the tea party tried one last stand. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, tried to fashion an alternative to the plan that was announced Wednesday. Tea party conservatives, as well as some Republican moderates this time, protested. The Boehner idea collapsed.
Wednesday, with Republicans in the Senate signing a deal with Democrats as the clock wound toward a possible government default, about all the tea party could do was complain loudly and vow to fight.
"The ruling elites in Washington, D.C., have completely abandoned the American people," said Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator of one tea party group, the Tea Party Patriots. "The Senate deal is a complete sellout."
The Club for Growth, an anti-tax group, urged a no vote and vowed to remember in the November 2014 elections. FreedomWorks, another tea party group, warned the deal looked like "a surrender from the GOP and a defeat for Boehner."
Martin said that in addition to Obamacare, her group's attention would turn to immigration legislation.
Loyalists still have their nemesis, Obama, to kick around.
And the movement's message of individual empowerment, and distrust of Washington and Wall Street, still carries clout in many quarters.
Be patient, urged Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. More fights are ahead, he said, and "the debt will be bigger and Obamacare will be more unpopular."
The movement has been jolted, and a virtual statement of surrender by Boehner Wednesday said it all. The tea party had lost.
"The House has fought with everything it has to convince the president of the United States to engage in bipartisan negotiations aimed at addressing our country's debt and providing fairness for the American people under Obamacare," he said.
"That fight will continue. But blocking the bipartisan agreement reached today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us."


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Hey guys,
Fruits! is finally done and while it can still need further polish, I decided to submit this evening to Ludum dare.
Play it in your browser here: Fruits! web version
Thanks to the guys at Ludum dare for organizing all this, it's been a great motivator for getting the game done.


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Gluten-Free Bread by Ellen Brown
From sandwich loaves to pizza dough, naan, and scones, Ellen Brown's Gluten-Free Bread has a recipe for just about any form of bread you could ever crave.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Ellen Brown
• Who published it: Running Press
• Number of recipes: 100+
• Recipes for right now: Oatmeal Molasses Bread, Garlicky Garbanzo Bean and Herb Bread, Buttery Almond Bread, Spiced Raisin Bread, Pumpkin Cornbread with Roasted Corn, Maple Sweet Potato Rolls
Millet Buckwheat Bread, French Baguette, Sourdough Boule, White Toasting Bread, Old-Fashioned Dinner Rolls, Bagels, English Muffins, Hamburger Buns, Scones
• Other highlights: With all the different flours, starches, and other alternative ingredients, baking without gluten can seem complex and intimidating. However, Ellen Brown does a terrific job explaining the essentials and providing recipes that are easy to follow.
Rather than rely on an all-purpose gluten-free flour, each recipe has a particular combination of ingredients for ultimate flavor and texture. And the variety of textures and flavors is impressive. Brown provides recipes for standards like toasting bread, dinner rolls, and hamburger buns, as well as whole grain and seeded breads and international breads like lavash, socca, arepas, and injera.
(A note for those with additional food restrictions and sensitivities: Although it's possible you could adapt them for your needs, many of the recipes include xanthan gum, eggs, and dairy.)
• Who would enjoy this book? gluten-free folks or those baking for them
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Gluten-Free Bread: More than 100 Artisan Loaves for a Healthier Life by Ellen Brown
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Commemorating the final weekend before the game hits store shelves, the final official DOOM 3 trailer is now available offering one last appetizer for the imminent shooter remake. The clip is a 40 MB download, available on 3D Gamers, ActionTrip, Computer Games Online, Doom3.de, Doom3Maps.de, FilePlanet (registration required), FileShack (registration required), Fragland.net, Gamer's Depot, Gamer's Hell, GameSpot (streaming for free), GameSpot DLX (registration required), Gamehelper, Gaming Horizon, GenGamers, OzForces, and Yahoo! Games Domain. Also, a post on the Shack forums (thanks Ant) points out a post on The Awful Forums (subscription required) that notes an Easter Egg in the trailer where the original DOOM marine's face can be seen, as depicted in this screenshot. In further DOOM 3 hysteria, there is also story on IGN about their ecstasy from getting their advance copy of the game running.
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Dale Allen Barrell, "Lefty", 62 of Burlington, KS, passed away April 14, 2013 at his home.
He was born December 10, 1950 in Gunnison, CO, the son of Floyd and Mary Christine (Miller) Barrell.
The family moved to Montrose, CO and then to Monticello, UT, where Dale graduated from high school. He was a wrestler in high school. He then served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
In 1982, Lefty and Sandra Knowles were married at Monticello. They are the parents of three daughters, Christina, Caron and Cheryl. They were later divorced.
Dale worked at Canyonlands National Park until failing health forced him to retire. In 1999, he moved to Osage City, KS. On November 13, 2001, he and Tricia Anna Foltz were married in Lyndon. They moved to Burlington in 2006. She preceded him in death in 2009.
Dale attended the House of Praise Community Church in Burlington.
He is also preceded by a brother, Darrald Barrell, and an infant sister.
He leaves his daughters, Christina (Danny) Elmore, of Burlington; Caron Barrell, of Coffeyville, KS; Cheryl Nicols, of Monticello, UT; six grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were April 22, 2013 in Burlington. Burial followed in Graceland Cemetery in Burlington. Memorial contributions may be made through www.jonescampbellfuneralhome.com


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Steven Spooner
D.Mus. Indiana University, Bloomington; A.D. Tbilisi State Conservatory
Critics and audiences have unanimously hailed the distinctive and compelling performances of pianist Steven Spooner describing him as "a pianist in the tradition that many believe died with the likes of Horowitz, Arrau, Bolet, Cziffra, and Wild. His talent, to my ears, is easily the equal of most major pianists of today and far superior to a large number of those "most exciting and dynamic pianists of their generation"(FANFARE MAGAZINE). Naxos recording artist Steven Spooner has established an international career that regularly brings him to major venues on four continents and has become one of the more noted American pianists. Passionately devoted to the solo recital, he has been engaged and often re-engaged at prestigious venues such as the Salle Cortot in Paris, Holland's Vredenburg Centre, Budapest's Great Hall of the Liszt Academy, New York's Carnegie Hall, Rome's Santa Cecilia, and Singapore's Esplanade. During the past season he has daringly reinvented the solo recital format by allowing audiences to vote for one of several programs he has prepared.
Steven wields an unusually large repertoire and has mounted an enormous recital series akin to Anton Rubinstein's solo recitals of 1885. These live recitals were recently documented in a 5-cd box-set entitled The Historical Piano Recital Series. His enthusiasm for new music has produced an ongoing collaboration with renowned composer Mohammed Fairouz (commissioned by the ROKI Foundation) to premiere and record several of his works during the next few seasons. Steven is currently documenting his family's musical life along with a traversal of the 32 Beethoven Sonatas for their new XOTV show, A Life of Music.
Steven has been unusually successful in the limited number of international piano competitions in which he participated—he is prizewinner at each of the seven international piano competitions he has entered and top prizewinner at both the Hilton Head International Piano Competition and the Artlivre International Piano Competition. He captured First Prize and was recipient of the Niekamp Career Grant as most outstanding pianist in French music at the Paris Conservatory. His performances and recordings of works by Liszt have garnered particular attention worldwide.
Steven is an active collaborator and performs with a diverse and distinguished list of musicians including, the Borromeo Quartet, Violinist Renaud Capuçon, Silk Road Ensemble Bassist Daxun Zhang, Trombonist M. Dee Stewart, and Baritone Chris Thompson. Mr. Spooner's recent orchestral engagements include performances of the Schnittke Concerto with the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin during their tour of North America and with the Danubia Symphony Orchestra, Sao Paulo Chamber Orchestra, Topeka Symphony, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Crescent City Symphony, New Orleans Civic Symphony, and Ozark Chamber Orchestra.
Steven has just made a multi-disc commitment with Naxos Records and has released 15 recordings on the Naxos, TMG, EMR Classics, Everythingmusic, and IU recording labels. He has studied at Paris Conservatory, Moscow and Tbilisi Conservatories in the former Soviet Union, and Indiana University, Bloomington. His teachers/coaches include Tatiana Nikolaeva (Moscow Conservatory), Nodar Gabunia (Tbilisi Conservatory) Karen Shaw, Edmund Battersby, Leonard Hokanson (Lieder Coaching) (Indiana University, Bloomington), and Emile Naoumoff (Paris Conservatory and Indiana University, Bloomington). In 2008 he was the final recipient of the Ivory Classics Foundation prize that enabled him to study with the legendary virtuoso Earl Wild.
He has served as guest artist-in-residence at Paris Conservatory Summer Sessions and has been appointed to the Artist Faculty of the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy, the International Institute for Young Musicians, Musicfest Perugia, the Adam Gyorgy Castle Academy in Budapest, and the JCoM Fest in Jakarta. Steven is increasingly in demand for his humorous, engaging, and energetic masterclasses at major music institutions all over the world such as the Paris Conservatory, Milan Conservatory, Liszt Academy of Music, and the Shanghai and Beijing Conservatories. Steven currently serves on the piano faculty at the University of Kansas and specializes in workshops and lectures on fingering, aspects of style, and a variety of performance and pedagogical topics. A dedicated and caring teacher, Steven's students have been named winners of several prizes at important international and national piano competitions. Steven Spooner is a Steinway Artist. Further info: www.stevenspooner.com »
The Washington Post
Review of the American Liszt Society National Festival. 5/2008
"At the same time, there was already plenty to listen to -- and watch -- during a performance Saturday at Catholic University's Hartke Theatre of the composer's transcription of Schubert's "Erlkoenig." Anything added to Steven Spooner's dazzling, blurry-handed sweeps of the entire piano would have been dizzying."
The Breslau News
"The competition (The International Liszt Competition) on Thursday afternoon was ruled by the very professional, serious, and beautiful performance of Steven Spooner from the U.S.A. His playing was thought through to the finest detail from the beginning to its perfect conclusion. His Transcendental Etudes, Wilde Jagd and Harmonies du Soir were virtuosic and emotionally stirring. The Schubert Serenade in Liszt's transcription was both lyrical and clearly conceived."
Savannah Times
Review of Hilton Head International Piano Competition winner's recital. 10/25/1996
"American Steven Spooner had everything: polished technique, musical intelligence, innate sensitivity, and a personality that reaches across the keyboard. Spooner's Scarlatti (Dominico, Sonatas K. 213 and 184) were perfectly sketched pieces of understatement highlighting the 26-year-old's clarity, sensitivity and simplicity of statement. But Spooner has plenty of what Maestro Claudio Abbado calls the Big Utterance. Spooner used pedal technique rather than force to coax immense sound, achieving dense volume from the middle voice, and a growling resonance in the low voice. Accuracy was commendable throughout."
The Herald Times
Review of all Liszt concert. 11/13/2002
"Spooner, victor in the Liszt Competition in Russia, took on music of what was referred to as the 'virtuoso Liszt,' music of the composer as a young man...There were flourishes galore and chordal clusters and runs and resounding climaxes...One heard phenomenally agile pianism along with temperamentally sensitive musicianship."
The Herald Times
Review of duo concert with violinist Leor Maltinski. 8/6/2002
"Following a break, Maltinski turned to Beethoven and Franck. The Beethoven A Minor Sonata for Violin and Piano, Opus 23, brought forth an appropriate energy mixed with reserve. From both the violinist and pianist Steven Spooner one heard a warmth of touch and temperament that gave the sonata just the right adornment. Here was well-executed Beethoven." "The Franck Sonata in A Major sounded just as embracing Sunday as it did Friday. What a delicious musical confection it is, and what a test for both instrumentalists. Maltinski's interpretation was a winning one, generous in floating tones as well as flaming passage work, where called for. In total, his reading - beautifully complemented by Spooner - left a dreamy impression, almost other worldly in nature."
Carolina Morning News
Review of Hilton Head International Piano Competition winner's recital. 10/1996
"Louisiana-born Steven Spooner, 26, rounded out the program with enchanting interpretations of two Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti--some of the most interesting pianistic characterizations of these harpsichord compositions one is apt to encounter... enchanting."
Emile Naoumoff
Concert pianist, Sony recording artist, composer, Associate Prof. Indiana University
"It is an honor and almost a duty for me to be able to fully recommend Steven Spooner. He is among more than the top 1% of his generation as an auspicious pianist, musician, scholar. His stage presence is striking, his ear and his fingers have an amazing complicity. He has the enlighted touch of a Lipatti, the power of a Richter, both mental and physical, the articulation of Michelangeli...he becomes 'one' with the instrument, carving the sounds into meaningful rests as well. He is an inspiration to all of us around him."
Viktor Merzhanov
Concert pianist, Professor, Moscow Conservatory, from letter of recommendation, 2002.
"His performance possesses the deep understanding of the contents of Liszt's works, organic and instinctive feeling of form and outstanding virtuosity. His programs for the first and second rounds of the competition were very demanding, requiring not only technical perfection but the ability to create colorful artistic images. The crystal-clear enunciation of each tone and the feeling of phrasal climaxes and structure are also worth mentioning. All of the above made Mr. Spooner's playing very memorable. His pianistic art must attract more attention from concert organizers around the world."


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Three Professors to Teach in Chinaby Howard W. Hewitt • June 28, 2010 Share:
As the College takes steps to strengthen and expand Asian studies, three Wabash professors will have a unique six-week teaching experience at East China Normal University. Professors Mark Brouwer, Melissa Butler, and Ethan Hollander will serve on the Shanghai campus until early August.
The invitation to participate in the summer school came from a Chinese Wabash student, Hao Liu '12. He is working this summer as a program manager and teaching assistant.
"There is only one reason to invite Wabash professors to teach at ECNU ISS: they can always bring great class experience to students," Liu wrote from China. "Since we had to help the program find professors from U.S., I went directly to some professors at Wabash who I knew. Even though some of them had confirmed other obligations in the summer, they still helped me find the right candidates."
The three professors will have an intense classroom experience. They will each teach two courses, four times a week, with two-hour class sessions.
Philosophy Professor Brouwer knows the chance to teach in China will present challenges. "Obviously, in a philosophy class I tend to really focus the course on discussion quite a bit. My lectures are usually entirely discussion driven. The way I lecture is students come to class with questions and I'll start them off but often, in a given lecture, the whole lecture will be driven by student questions. I don't know if I can rely on student questions in that kind of setting."
The classroom will be a mixed group of students from different countries. The only thing they may have in common is varying degrees of English skills.
Though directly unrelated, the opportunity gives Wabash a chance to further explore an Asian studies program which will get a boost this fall, said Dean of the College Gary Phillips.
"All three will be presented with a unique opportunity to encounter Chinese students and culture in ways that could pay dividends for Wabash students and faculty," Phillips said. "Our colleagues will be challenged to teach in an educational setting very removed from the American liberal arts model, and they will bring home an institutional experience that may prove beneficial to the College as we seek to expand engagement with Chinese educational institutions in support of Asian studies in the Wabash curriculum."
Phillips said internationalizing Wabash means not just sending student to study abroad but for Wabash faculty to teach abroad. "I am also eager to learn out how their teaching presence can serve as an entree for Wabash students and faculty to this very important Chinese institution of higher education, affiliated with Fudan University that is committed to internationalization of its curriculum as the premier Chinese teacher education program."
Assistant Professor of Political Science Ethan Hollander realizes the importance of the opportunity given the growing number of Chinese students attending Wabash. "Learning more about this vast and important country will also give me exposure to new perspectives and a different way of life," he said. "I look forward to bringing back a little taste when the fall semester begins anew."
The fall semester will be the first opportunity for Wabash students to take Chinese language classes.
"Beginning this fall, courses in Mandarin Chinese will be offered in the Modern Languages and Literatures department by Visiting Instructor Dorris Ssu-Yu Chou," Dean Phillips said. "The College is in early conversations with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation about a grant to add an interdisciplinary faculty position in Chinese language, history, and culture; to collaborate with DePauw University in sending groups of Wabash and DePauw faculty over the next four years to workshops at the East-West Center in Honolulu followed the next summer by travel to China and Japan for language, teaching, and scholarship development; to create opportunities through collaborative teaching exchange between Wabash and DePauw in support of our respective Asian studies efforts; to experiment with an Ecuador-type summer excursion program that would send Wabash and DePauw students to China and Japan, and more."
Brouwer, Hollander, and Butler are scheduled to leave July 2 for the six-week teaching experience.


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Dow Tumbles 313 Points After Election
Stocks skidded to their biggest one-day loss in a year amid post-election concerns and worries about the coming fiscal cliff battle in Congress. Paul Vigna has details on The News Hub. (Photo: AP)
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May 19, 2011
Muppet Maestros - Victor Borge
Guest on The Muppet Show Episode 405
Frequent guest on Sesame Street
It was probably a PBS pledge drive week when one of my parents announced "Victor Borge is on!" "Who?" "You know, that guy from Sesame Street." What a match made in heaven: Victor Borge and the Muppets.
Victor Borge was making audiences laugh before Jim Henson was even born. He was born Borge Rosenbaum to a Jewish family in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 3, 1909. A child prodigy, he began studying piano at age 2. While originally in his career he worked as a concert pianist, before long he started including humor in his act, including anti-Nazi jokes. He was on tour in Sweden when the Nazis occupied Denmark, and managed to escape to the United States.
In the United States he learned English, mostly from watching movies, and changed his name to Victor Borge. Within a year he was working on American radio. For the next 60 years he would perform in concerts, and on television and radio around the world.
One of his most famous routines was "Phonetic Punctuation" in which he created specific sounds for each punctuation mark. If you aren't familiar with the routine, do yourself a favor and watch it. To give you a sense of how durable Borge's comedy is, my father first heard Phonetic Punctuation in high school, in the early 1960's, on a record player. Just a couple of months ago I played the YouTube video for my students. They were very appreciative.
Borge appeared multiple times on Sesame Street. (I know the clip that is most burned in my brain was the piano seat belt.) He also was a guest star on The Muppet Show in the 4th season. My favorite moment is the duet of "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" with Rowlf.
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Mississippi River Could be Used to Fill Minnesota Lake
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Mississippi River could turn out to be the salvation of White Bear Lake, which has lost about one-fourth of its volume over the past decade.
A report says officials are considering a plan that would divert volume from the Mississippi into White Bear Lake. At issue is how much it would cost, and who would pay.
The state Legislature has provided $2.5 million to help study options.
An initial study will focus on the option of piping water from the Mississippi into St. Paul's regional water system.
Officials say the engineering is feasible, but it's not clear how much it would cost. One issue involves screening out invasive species in the river.
An environmental group says the solution should address the causes of water shortages, not the symptoms.


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Justice was served Friday as jurors found Anthony Sowell guilty of murdering 11 women in Northeast Ohio.
Jurors found Sowell guilty on 84/85 charges. He was found not guilty of aggravated robbery, the final charge.
In October 2009, 11 bodies were discovered on Anthony Sowell's east side Imperial Avenue property. Several bodies were found inside of the home, the rest were discovered buried in the backyard.
Jurors were given the case on Wednesday, July 20th and had reached a verdict by 2:15 p.m. Friday, July 22nd.
The death penalty phase will start on Monday, August 1st.
There was a brief delay delivering the verdict. Once the jury foreman handed Judge Ambrose the forms, he called for a brief recess so he could review the forms and make sure they were properly filled out.
The jury had pages of forms and counts to sift through before reaching a decision in the high-profile case.
Sowell showed no emotion as the judge read the jury's verdict.
"My hope is that this verdict brings the family and friends of the victims closure and some measure of peace. Today marks the end of their wait for justice," said Mayor Frank G. Jackson
The first phase of the Anthony Sowell trial has concluded and as a result of the hard work by the Cleveland Division of Police Homicide Unit and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office a guilty verdict was handed down. The Cleveland Division of police would like extend our sincerest condolences to the families of the victims.
Michael McGrath, Chief
Cleveland Division of Police
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Chestnut Hill Library
8711 Germantown Ave.
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Do you like to draw? Do you like to write? Want to make your own journal and illustrate it? Join us at the Chestnut Hill Library on Wednesday afternoons from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for a series of workshops entitled, "Picture Your Life." Participants will be trying different artistic mediums, i.e. colored pencils, stamps, watercolors, collage, to find the style that best conveys who they are. Classes will run from July 18th through August 22 is suitable for preteens and teens. Pre-registration is recommended. If you have any additional questions or would like to register, please call 215-248-0977 and ask to speak to one of the librarians.


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Sherrill Stone was nervous.
The Carbondale sculptor looked away as her half-ton Italian marble sculpture was tied up and moved via crane from the bed of her pickup to its new location in Kittredge Community Park.
"I hate to watch this part," she said.
Representatives from Art for the Mountain Community secured the yellow straps on Saturday morning, preparing to place the artwork on its pedestal for a year as part of the 2013-14 Sculpture Walk.
The Center for the Arts Evergreen is a bustling place dedicated to promoting and cultivating artistic excellence and to enriching the art experience in our mountain community. Each year CAE hosts events, exhibitions, classes, arts festivals and programs. At the heart of it all are the artists who support the center through memberships, donations and volunteering. The annual CAE Members Show is a way to highlight the work of these artists who give so much of their time and of themselves to make the Center for the Arts such an amazing place.
The Evergreen Artists Association promotes the visual arts in our mountain community with art shows, member activities, scholarships, workshops, programs and the annual Evergreen Fine Arts Festival. On Friday, May 31, the EAA opened its annual member show at the Main Street Fine Art Gallery in downtown Evergreen. The show is called "Birds of Our Mountain Area," and features artwork that was inspired by and includes reference to birds from the Evergreen area.
Sitting at Moe's Original Bar B Que in downtown Denver, Mark Bell talks about the beginning of his musical career.
"One day I just picked up the harp, and it came to me," he said.
Bell remembers the actual day: On June 2, 1973, he started playing harmonica, and has been making music ever since with other performers.
"I've been around musicians all my life," he said.
With so many things packed onto our calendars, it's often hard to find quality time with the entire family. Why not bring the kids to StageDoor Theatre's latest production of "Willy Wonka Kids"? Audiences will join StageDoor's elementary and pre-kindergarten companies as they tell Roald Dahl's timeless story of the world-famous candy man, Willy Wonka, and his colorful compatriots of both the human, animal and Oompa-Loompa variety.
Christine Gaudreau, the artistic director of the Evergreen Chorale, loves collaboration — bringing together the artistic elements of music, voice and dance to create a lively, almost theatrical, experience. The Evergreen Chorale's most recent collaboration meets all of these artistic challenges. The Chorale's last concert of its 40th-anniversary season is called "Fiesta!"; the Chorale will perform with the premier Hispanic dance company, Fiesta Colorado, in a concert that will sparkle with dance and song from Central and South America.
"Legally Blonde" is a musical based on the 2001 movie starring actress Reese Witherspoon. The story is a lighthearted, funny tale of Elle Woods, who enrolls in law school to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner. "Legally Blonde" opened at StageDoor Theatre on April 13 to rave reviews. The show, being produced by StageDoor's high school company, runs through May 4.
Spring is the season for new life. And what better way to celebrate the growing animal kingdom than with a pack of puppies — 101 puppies, to be exact. Disney's "101 Dalmatians"is a heartwarming tale of human kindness filled with musical pizzazz, thanks to young actors from the Prelude to the Evergreen Children's Chorale.
The Prelude is a mountain community choir for students in second, third and fourth grades. This year, Prelude has 23 young performers who will participate in "101 Dalmatians."
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Senate Bill 320 (document), prefiled in the Oklahoma Senate and scheduled for a first reading on February 2, 2009, is apparently the first antievolution bill of 2009.
Writing in The New York Times (January 4, 2009), Charles McGrath reviewed a quartet of books relevant to the creationism/evolution controversy, described in the headline as "Four Stakes in the Heart of Intelligent Design."
The Biochemical Journal inaugurated its series of review articles to commemorate the bicentennial of Darwin's birth by publishing Kevin Padian and Nicholas Matzke's "Darwin, Dover, 'Intelligent Design' and textbooks" (PDF) (209; 417; 29-42).
As 2008 drew to a close, the good news for the producers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed was that their creationist propaganda movie was getting a bit of press again. The bad news is that it was in the lists of the worst movies of 2008.
"15 Evolutionary Gems" (PDF) is a new resource summarizing fifteen lines of evidence for evolution by natural selection, provided by the journal Nature.
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