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by Henry Fogel
Unanswered Questions: Confronting their past will help orchestras reshape their future.
About a year ago, an article appeared in these pages by the eminent pianist and pedagogue Gary Graffman, who directs the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Under the title "Dead Again," he made an argument with which I agree, to a great extent: that reports of the death of classical music have been greatly exaggerated.
In pursuit of this thesis--and tempering his optimism with a healthy dose of realism--Graffman wrote that the economic growth of orchestras in the 1960s and '70s forced them to expand their audiences beyond the core of pure, committed, educated music lovers. This development, he continued, led orchestras toward excessive marketing that cheapened their value and raised false expectations that their art might appeal to everyone, or at least to masses of people. "We must," wrote Graffman, "bear in mind that not every person, no matter how well educated, will necessarily end up being interested in what is known as 'classical music.' Nobody is trying to get me to attend a wrestling match; so why should I try to make someone who prefers wrestling to Beethoven attend a symphony concert?"
It is hard to argue with the view that we have no justification for enforcing what we think of as good taste on other people. But given that most of the people who would say that they would prefer a wrestling match, a football game, or even a night at the theater have not actually experienced the impact of classical music in concert, can we really be so complacent? How is it that such people feel able to make a comparison and to reach the conclusion that they'd just as soon skip the classical evening? The fact is, we have managed to paint a picture that makes people think they know what the experience of going to a symphony concert is like--and they know that they won't like it. What they are reacting to is not Beethoven. It is to the image of classical music that society has painted--and the music world has provided the brushes for that paint job!
It is true that the economic structure of symphony orchestras changed in the 1960s. For one thing, we began to pay our musicians as the true professionals they are. For the first time, it became possible for a musician in a major American orchestra to support a family comfortably, without recourse to additional jobs. The economics that permit such compensation depend on an expansion of audiences beyond that which filled (or did not fill) concert halls for much more limited performance schedules in the 1940s and '50s.
There are those who would argue that this is a bad thing, that we've artificially inflated our concert halls with people who don't really care about classical music, and then diluted or "dumbed down" the art form in order to keep them coming. The usual extension of this argument is that, since most of our schools have stopped teaching music seriously over the past 25 years, we'll have to "dumb down" the presentation further if we are going to keep building audiences in the future. (Not that the music appreciation courses were ever that good; my wife recalls her sixth-grade music appreciation teacher claiming that Rimsky and Korsakov was a composing team!) I would argue, on the other hand, that exposing more people to this art--people who may not even know what it could mean to them--is a good thing, not only for the art, but for people too. Probably, in fact, even better than wrestling.
Here's a true story that illustrates my point. In 1986, not long after I began managing the Chicago Symphony, a tour truck carrying our instruments from Arizona to Texas turned over in the small town of Junction, Texas. Our stagehands and I determined that we should supervise the delicate moving of the instruments from the turned-over truck to a new one, so we chartered a private plane to take us from Austin to Junction. Our pilot was straight out of Central Casting--a silver-haired, tall, lean Texan. (In fact, he had been Lyndon Johnson's private pilot in that former president's later years.) By the time we took off in his plane, the story of the truck had made national news; he knew all about it and began talking with us.
This gentleman told me that he had never been to a symphony concert, and thought it was probably too stuffy for him. Besides, he added, he didn't know enough about music to "understand" it. I told him that if we were able to get our instruments together to play our concert that night in Austin, I'd like him to be our guest. He accepted, hesitantly--and thus, somewhere around the age of 60, had his first experience of a symphony orchestra: Georg Solti, the CSO, and Mahler's Fifth Symphony. He came backstage afterwards, almost beside himself with excitement and emotion, and told me he'd had no idea that music could do what this concert did to him. He had always thought of symphony concerts as stuffy and boring. This man, who discovered orchestral music in his sixth decade, became a subscriber to the Austin Symphony.
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I refuse to believe that by sheer coincidence, I happened to find the only person in America who had been put off by the trappings surrounding what we call "classical music" and had kept away from it--but once exposed, found that he loved it. If there is one, there are many more. I accept that the music we devote our lives to will never appeal to the whole population. But--to invent some numbers just for the sake of simplifying a point--if the percentage of the population who enjoyed and actively responded to our music were six percent instead of three percent, or 30 percent instead of 15 percent--or whatever the actual percentages are--just think of the impact on the health of the field, and of the art itself.
I don't make this point merely for the self-serving reason that a greater audience would provide more money so we could all be paid at a higher level. No--that's a nice side effect, but in fact it isn't the core. The core is this: Those of us who work with classical music--whether we compose it, perform it, or try to create the conditions that permit its presentation--truly believe that this music represents the possibility of being a life-changing experience for those with whom we share it. We truly believe that this art can, in fact, do something for people that wrestling cannot. I'm not naïve enough to believe that great music will make all people behave nobly; we've had some pretty nasty people who composed and/or performed great music. But this art form can and does have the possibility of creating a greater understanding across human boundaries, a greater connection between peoples.
Just look at Daniel Barenboim's East-Western Divan. For four years now he's put together an orchestra composed half of Arabs and Palestinians and half of Israeli Jews--working and making music together and forming friendships. If you need proof of the civilizing and humanizing impact that is--to at least some degree--inherent in this art, there it is. That is why all of us involved in music must be proselytizers for it. Not everyone will respond, but there is no question in my mind that we have, particularly in America, surrounded our music with trappings that have made it more difficult for novices to discover the music itself, and what it can mean for them.
"Gee, I'd like to go to a concert some time, but I don't really know enough to enjoy it." I've heard a variant of that thousands of times, and no other art form is likely to generate such talk. People don't say that about plays, films, books, or paintings. But we have used classical music in America to separate people "in the know" from those who are not, providing the first group with a sense of smug superiority. We've done it by printing jargon-filled program notes that no layman could understand. We've surrounded our art with pretension. We've treated people who applaud between movements as lepers, as if they don't know enough to be allowed in our concert halls--which is fascinating, since historically they are right and those who "shush" them are wrong! Only last year I saw a concert where audience members who applauded after the first movement of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade were angrily chastised by a scowl and a wagging finger from the conductor. Those who clapped were publicly humiliated. I wonder how many times they'll pay for that privilege again?
Untapped Potential
The point I am trying to make is simple. While it is true that not everyone, or even a majority of our population, will find classical music appealing, there are, I believe, many people for whom it could have real meaning. The only problem is, they don't know it. There are two primary reasons:
- Those who have been in charge of classical music for most of the 20th century have engaged in practices that distanced the music from people, practices that created real and perceived barriers; and
- Our society is marginalizing it more and more.
The inevitable result of A is B. Last summer my wife and I took a cruise, and some of the entertainers were musicians who either sang or played a variety of music, sometimes including operatic arias or piano pieces by Chopin or Liszt. Almost every single time one of them performed something "classical" they apologized for it ("We hope you won't mind now if we do something classical. Don't worry, it's not too long!"). Anyone who thinks that is not a meaningful symbol of what has happened to the art of which we are the custodians is missing a very clear signal.
If you accept that that pilot in Texas is also a symbol--of a potential audience that we have somehow frightened away and that could embrace our music if its trappings would permit it--then he actually represents good news. Unrealized potential is always good news--it means that there is something into which we can tap. I'll agree classical music is an acquired taste, like microbrewed beer or sushi, and that not everyone will acquire it. However, we should not be putting up roadblocks to acquiring that taste by convincing people that they're too dumb to understand what we do.
I would pose these questions for all of us to consider: Has our way of presenting concerts become repetitious, stale, and predictable? If so, how can it be changed without dumbing down the art? If it is true that there are more concerts today, doesn't it follow that the format of presentation needs variety? There are those who suggest that any change is dumbing down, but I don't believe it. Why should performers so rarely speak to the audience? Why should most mainstream concerts be played in an outdated costume that is in use in virtually no other modern setting? Why should music critics demean people who love tuneful, approachable works like Vivaldi's Four Seasons or Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet? Why should 25-year-old assistant conductors be called "Maestro," a distancing word if ever there was one? Why should program notes speak a private language, intelligible only to the already initiated?
I am 61 years old, and spent my childhood in the era when very few homes had television sets. In those days, watching a TV program was a family occasion that took place only a few times a week. People under the age of 45 or so, on the other hand, grew up in homes where the television was a constant fact of life; it shaped their childhood and therefore their tastes. Over time, I believe this will be recognized as a hugely significant change in the way society perceives things--and we need to think seriously now about what it may mean for how we present our music.
The obvious retort is to charge me with wanting to have big video screens showing close-ups of soloist and conductor at concerts, or to add laser lighting effects to zip up the concert experience. That isn't what I mean at all. Actually, I don't exactly know what I mean; that's the problem. I'm smart enough to know the question, but not the answer! But I do know that we need to assemble our best minds and give these issues serious attention. Perhaps we need to talk with people from other art forms--theatre, opera, art museums--to see if, with them, we can find some truly creative, inspirational, artistically based ideas to bring into our concert halls. Our job, whether as musicians or administrators, is to clear away any real or perceived barrier between the listener (and potential listener) and the art we serve.
I haven't even begun to address the issue of diversity, by which I mean the makeup of our American orchestras set against the population makeup of our major urban areas. I realize there is no intentional discrimination now. But there was, openly and actively, until about 40 years ago. Orchestras integrated later than baseball, and later than the Metropolitan Opera (Marian Anderson's debut was in 1955--hardly ancient history). Until about 40 years ago, most American orchestras told African-American musicians something like, "sorry, but we don't take coloreds." That's right--we were that direct. As we look into reasons for why few African-American and Latino musicians choose classical music as a career, perhaps we need to look at the fact that we blatantly excluded the parents and grandparents of the current young generation of music students. We need to be open and honest about our past, and much more proactive about creating welcoming and diverse workplaces--workplaces that actually look like the cities in which we are seeking support.
We also are not going to survive in the current world if our symphony orchestras are seen as battlegrounds. The relationship between musicians and managements in our orchestras must improve, and must be seen as something at least reasonably healthy and functional. Better still, it should be healthy and functional.
The music that we present truly is a universal language. It speaks to a huge range of humanity, and says things to those people that words cannot say. What we have to do is enable that musical communication to take place--by removing whatever barriers stand in the way of people's hearing and accepting the music, and then presenting it in emotionally communicative performances that hit the listener in the gut. If we do that, we all have a healthy future to look forward to. And so does our art form.
Henry Fogel, president and CEO of the American Symphony Orchestra League, headed the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association from 1985 to 2003. This article was developed from his recent remarks to graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music and to students of the Aspen Music Festival and School.


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Rangers wake up their power bats, rally past Angels
ANAHEIM -- Angels pitcher Hector Santiago had a three-hit shutout going into the sixth inning on Friday night. Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo had a plan.
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ANAHEIM -- Angels pitcher Hector Santiago had a three-hit shutout going into the sixth inning on Friday night. Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo had a plan.
"I know he had thrown a lot of strikes," Choo said. "I didn't want to get behind in the count so I was aggressive up there."View Full Game Coverage
Choo, with his team trailing 2-0, executed his plan. He swung at a first-pitch sinker and crushed it over the center-field fence for the Rangers' first home run in eight days. They didn't have to wait nearly as long for the next one.
Alex Rios added a two-run home run later in the inning as the Rangers used the seldom-seen long ball to rally for a 5-2 victory over the Angels in the first of a three-game series. The win snapped the Rangers four-game losing streak.
The Rangers had gone 62 innings and 249 plate appearances since their last home run before Choo went deep. They now have 16 in 29 games.
"I hadn't noticed that," Rios said. "We're just focused on getting hot as a team. I think we're getting closer. You see guys improving and doing more stuff. We're getting there."
Rangers starter Colby Lewis earned his second victory in four starts this season, holding the Angels to two runs in 5 2/3 innings. Both runs scored on a pair of two-out singles, but Lewis is now 2-1 with a 4.22 ERA since he returned to the Major Leagues. Manager Ron Washington said it was his best outing yet.
"He had some crispness on his fastball and his breaking ball was the old Colby breaking ball," Washington said. "He had a good changeup and moved the ball around in the zone. It was nice to see him go out there and throw like Colby of old."
"He made some good pitches in some tough spots," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "It looked like he had both sides of the plate working and had a little cut to his fastball that he used. He knows what he's doing out there, and he pitched around some trouble and got some outs."
Lewis, protecting a one-run lead, was hoping to go at least six innings for the first time since his his return. But he left after issuing a two-out walk to Collin Cowgill in the sixth. The Angels had already stolen three bases because Lewis was struggling to hold baserunners so Washington brought in left-hander Aaron Poreda to face left-handed hitter J.B. Shuck.
"I was able to throw my fastball where I wanted and had command of a lot of pitches," Lewis said. "My changeup was good. I thought I was going to get deep in the count, my pitch count was low, but I ran into that dumb two-out walk."
Poreda retired Shuck on a popup to end the inning. He was the first of five relievers needed to nail down the final 10 outs. Jason Frasor, Neal Cotts and Alexi Ogando followed before Joakim Soria retired the side in order in the ninth for his seventh save.
"We pieced it together," said Frasor, who had a big seventh-inning strikeout of Albert Pujols. "Everybody did their jobs and stranded each others runners. I think I was the only one to start an inning except Joakim in the ninth. A great night for the bullpen."
The Rangers trailed 2-0 going into the top of the sixth. Santiago had allowed three singles and a walk, and had retired seven straight hitters going into the inning. Then Choo came through on the first-pitch sinker to get the Rangers on the scoreboard. They had scored just four runs in their previous 37 innings.
Santiago retired the next two hitters but Prince Fielder reached on an infield single and Rios followed with his second home run of the season. His first was on Opening Day. This was only the fourth time this season the Rangers have hit two home runs in a game.
"We just needed to string something together and we finally did," Washington said.
The Rangers added two more in the seventh after Leonys Martin led off with a single and Michael Choice drew a walk while trying to drop a sacrifice bunt. Right-handed reliever Kevin Jepsen took over and struck out J.P. Arencibia. But Choo singled to right-center, scoring Martin and moving Choo to third.
Elvis Andrus then hit a high chopper to third baseman Ian Stewart, who went home trying to get Choice. But Choice beat the throw to make it 5-2. Choo had to leave the game in the bottom of the inning with soreness in his left ankle.
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After making window resizing while moving it with mouse from titlebar to against screen edges to fill half screen has made XFCE4 almost perfect desktop to me. What I am still missing is closing maximized windows easy without aiming for the "cross" button. I know it is possible in windows, unity (from top left screen), Mint desktop. You can just throw mouse to top right screen without "breaking/aiming" and click. Is it already somehow possible from XFCE4 or is such feature planned for future?
Hi, virx.
You don't like closing a maximised window with Alt+F4? This and other keyboard shortcuts for window management are at Settings > Window Manager > Keyboard.
Yes I am aware of that possibility, but thx for pointing out. It's just when I do most window tasks (move windows and minize or maximise them with mouse), then it would be easier to close them also the same way as I am used to from windows days...
I had no idea you could do that with Windows.
Anyways, you can mimic that behaviour in Xfce but you need to have a few things setup properly first:
1. By default, Xfce has a top panel and it uses up the space so throwing the mouse to the top corner won't work because the panel will take the focus. So you need to move the panel away from the top (to the left or bottom).
2. You need to set "Hide frame of windows when maximized" in Settings Manager -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Accessibility so that the frame doesn't occupy the space in the most top-right corner
3. The Window Manager theme must have a close button that occupies the most top-right corner (not all do). I use Bluebird, it does not. Daloa does. You'll have to test them to find out which ones do.
Then you should be able to throw your mouse to the top right corner, press the button and the window will close.
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Thx, ToZ.
"Hide frame of windows when maximized" was already set by default, but changing window manager style really helped "lifting" close button to the corner. I am using Metabox now. I guess I keep installing XFCE to others also.


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Guilfoyle joins Assumption after having served the past eight years as secretary for public affairs and communications and chief spokesperson for the Diocese of Providence. There, he provided communications counsel to the bishop and oversaw the production of the weekly diocesan newspaper. Guilfoyle also led an effort to redesign the diocesan web-based, multimedia assets, including the newspaper by revitalizing its visual presentation.
He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., and lives in Rhode Island with his wife Kristen and their two children.


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IMA is a established SEO/SEM company in the state Saarland in Germany, specialized in top 10 seo ranking for google. We're setup to relaunch our corporate identify soon, but first we needa new company logo. we're open to your ideas on creativity! it has tobe a modern and professional logo and it should be printable in colors and ingreyscale too. Our site will be targettingmidsize to high-end business clients so a professional business style is a must.
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What does the sitcom "Seinfeld" have to do with One Laptop per Child (OLPC), the project aiming to distribute inexpensive notebook computers to the impoverished, third-world children?
Not much, except for the fact that two critics of OLPC -- Linspire Latest News about Linspire President and CEO Kevin Carmony and company Chairman Michael Robertson -- refer to an episode of the show when discussing OLPC. They say there are parallels between OLPC and the 1997 Seinfeld installment "The Muffin Tops."
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by Madeleine Wattenbarger
When Green Woods Charter School began its search for a new site early this year, Chestnut Hill's Greylock Manor seemed like a prime location. The prospect of repurposing an old building complemented the school's eco-friendly ideals.
The mansion's Fairmount Park backyard would serve as the ultimate classroom and playground. In April, CEO Jean Wallace told the Local that the building felt like "the one."
"It would give us a chance to do what we preach," she said.
But before Green Woods acquired the building, the Chestnut Hill Historical Society would have had to amend various preservation easements, and changes would be dramatic. The society typically alters easements only if changes will extend conservation efforts, but the school requested amendments to relax the standing guidelines. In May, the society denied the school's request.
Green Woods currently occupies a portion of the Schuylkill Nature Center for Education in Roxborough. The school has found a home there since its 2002 founding.
So far, the site has accommodated it well: It holds 225 students, from Kindergarten through eighth grade. But the school will soon outgrow its location, as the School Reform Commission recently approved an increase to 675 students. And the lease at the Schuylkill Center runs out in August of 2012.
With growth, as always, has come struggle. Green Woods first sought to purchase another parcel of land owned by the Schuylkill Center, but the center refused the offer. School officials then turned their hopes to the vacant Greylock Manor on Chestnut Hill Avenue.
Now, Green Woods has sought out a parcel of land in lower Manayunk, where the 20-acre Germany Hill area remains undeveloped. Green Woods is considering a 1.3-acre site within an 8.3-acre tract at 201 Parker Avenue.
The location, between Ridge and Umbria streets, would provide ample wooded area for outdoor activities. It also offers the convenience of already-installed sewage and water lines. Proximity is a plus, too, as administrators seek to stay in the Northwest – relocation to Parker Avenue would entail a move of only a few miles.
Once again, though, despite the area's suitability, prospects may still be shaky for Green Woods at Germany Hill. Neighbors have contested past proposals, most recently fighting a 2007 housing development proposal.
But a June 2 meeting with the Ridge Park Civic Association showed tentative promise for the school. The association agreed to form a group to meet with Green Woods' representatives. Members will present the results of their discussions at a later meeting.


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When pleasuring another dude's cock, when should I stop riding/sucking/stroking after he's cum? I know how sensitive my cock gets after cumming, but I also feel like some of the sweetest and most intimate moments can be what I do with his cock as it subsides and softens, not to mention that there can still be intense, intense pleasure in those early post-cum moments.
Go for it, while adapting to his needs!
[I] agree with you that the sweetest and most intense pleasurable sensations can be had soon after ejaculation. I personally call this post-ejaculatory penile massage post-orgasmic goading (but that's a personal terminology as I've never seen an official terminology for this) because this deliberate teasing is done at a time where we all know the penis to be extremely sensitive.
Post-orgasmic goading is not something we men tend to do instinctively for ourselves, as a consequence of the additive impact of three phenomena happening quickly after ejaculation:
- The powerful and overwhelming sensation of fatigue that numbs us after ejaculation
- The almost instantaneous disappearance of all interest for sex that follows ejaculation
- The excruciating sensitiveness of the penis — of the glans in particular — following ejaculation
Acting synergistically, these phenomena trained us very early into avoiding any stimulation to our penis after ejaculation. In fact, this is something most of us were driven to understand only a few weeks after our first ejaculation. As a result, most men will have little to no experience with (and, for some, even the knowledge of) the powerful sensations that can be squeezed out from the penis after ejaculation.
Does that mean that post-orgasmic goading should be avoided? Not at all: on the contrary, it should be encouraged.
What it means however, is that you have to be mindful when initially introducing a partner to post-orgasmic masturbation.
- Begin by announcing your intent. I don't mean writing down a contract in triplicates, but after the guy has cum and you continue to masturbate him, tell him that you do. Something like "seeing you cum was wonderful, I want to see you squirm and hear you moan longer". Eventually, you won't need to ask his permission to go on with the post-orgasmic goading, but at first you'll need to, so that your partner doesn't feel apprehensive. Indeed, when unexpected, post-orgasmic goading will bring forth a feeling of loss of control (and it is, to a point). And most men don't live well with that feeling, as it is not part of the male psyche.
- Be clear that you'll stop if he asks to, and indeed stop when he does asks you to… but with a slight delay. The delay is important as the intensity of the caresses are very likely to make him utter you to stop way too soon. So you should playfully continue a bit longer, yet without going overboard so that he'll know that you can be trusted. At first, you might not continue for long after ejaculation, but as he learns both that you can be trusted and to let go, you'll be able to give him long minutes of quasi-orgasmic pleasures…
- Finally, be considerate. While you can continue to caress the shaft with a relatively strong grip (yet toned down compared to how you held his cock as you sent him through orgasm), you must handle the glans with extreme care. Using his semen(1) as lube, rub the glans slightly and delicately with your fingertips. You're better off beginning too delicately than the other way around because if you begin the cockhead's caresses too harshly, it will hurt and that will be the end of it. To evaluate your accomplishment, watch his abs for sudden contractions, watch his shoulders dance around, watch his head moving back and forth, watch also for his hand(s) that may attempt to grip you (surprisingly) strongly in an attempt to immobilize you. Listen to his moans also. Embolden him to move and moan…
- When introducing a man to post-orgasmic goading, one has to be initially very mindful and open to the needs of the other. When done correctly, it opens a new world of sensations and it is totally fun and addictive(2) ! After some time, you'll be able to make him dance, squirm and whimper for a surprisingly long time. He will even be looking for it.
While semen is a hassle to deal with after ejaculation, we all like to be reminded that we ejaculated and how much we came. Playing with our semen and smearing it all over helps drive the point that we came and helps us registering that we impregnated the world with our DNA. It makes us feel manly. It's important to fool around with cum, and doing so won't change the fact that a clean up is needed after orgasm.
This article is written with a partner in mind as this is the question, but the same applies to you too. Every man should use post-orgasmic goading on their own cock. The same careful and delicate approach applies, especially since it is so difficult to persevere at first, as the glans' exquisite sensitivity tends to make us spineless. Yet, going against the post orgasmic fatigue and the transient disinterest in sex, on one side, and learning to exploit instead of steering clear from the penis' post orgasmic sensitiveness, on the other side, allows us to milk even more pleasure from our penis. Something no one can be averse to, right? As it goes so much against our instinctual behavior however, it has to be learned and practiced. Practice makes perfect, though. So practice my lad, practice !


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Wellcome Image of the Month: Lung Tonic
It is that time of year again when coughs and colds are rife and almost everyone seems to be harbouring a sniffle of some sort.
Part of Wellcome Library's Ephemera Collection, this showcard advertised lung tonic in the early 1900s and was thought to have been published by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1918. The tonic was priced at one shilling and threepence, as well as two shillings. A two shilling coin also known as a "florin" or "two bob bit" was converted to the new ten pence coin for decimalisation in 1971.
The need for some sort of "lung tonic" is still just as relevant today with outbreaks of influenza prevalent every year. December marks the beginning of the peak period for seasonal influenza infection in the Northern hemisphere. New strains of influenza virus emerge each year due to spontaneous changes in the protein antigens found on their surface. When these antigens change substantially, widespread infection can occur as immunity in the population has not yet been acquired. This resulted in the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. Other influenza pandemics include Hong Kong Flu (1968), Asian Flu (1957) and Spanish Flu (1918).
We've also seen a sudden increase in the number of cases of whooping cough in England and Wales during 2012. This year, 7728 laboratory confirmed cases have been reported in England and Wales up to the end of October, an increase of approximately seven times the number of cases in 2011. Whooping cough is caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis and can affect any age. Vaccinations are currently being offered to pregnant women to protect their babies once born. If left unvaccinated, newborns will not develop immunity against this disease in the first few months of life as primary immunisation is not started until 2 months of age.
Finally, to celebrate the festive season, the final post of 2012 is St Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon "Christmas Brings Union". Created by Tom Merry, this was originally published on 24 December 1887.
Wellcome Images wishes you all a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year!
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A few years back, there was a Guinness ad on TV that ended with the tagline "Perfection just takes a little longer." This phrase came back to me as I drove the latest Bentley GTC along some of the most challenging country roads in Croatia.
I've always considered the original Bentley GT and its al fresco GTC sister to be a work in progress. At launch in 2004, the GT felt 90 percent right, with a few annoying flaws that would not take much to eradicate. Bentley has progressively improved the car along the way, but the new GT, which made its debut at the beginning of this year, was a quantum leap forward from the previous model.
The makeover entailed keeping the overall look of the car more or less the same while changing every single body panel. As with the GT, the GTC's new body panels have wrung a significant transformation to the car's appearance.
It is important that a car of this class has a purposeful stance on the road. Where 19-inch wheels were the entry-level footwear before, one-piece 20-inch five-spoke alloys with Pirelli P Zero tires are now standard. Our test car was fitted with the optional two-piece 9.5x21 wheels shod with 275/35ZR21 tires. One of four new designs offered, they look terrific and help to fill out the wheel arches to their brims. The brakes are still the massive 405mm and 335mm vented discs front and rear, and you can have even larger but lighter 420mm and 356mm cross-drilled and vented carbon silicon carbide discs with matching pads as an option.
The new GTC's dynamics are as much of a revelation as its looks. The GT and GTC always felt heavy because they are. But handling and feel are all about weight management and the transparency of controls. The first-generation cars always felt compromised by minor flaws in the steering and suspension elements that placed a veil in front of the inherent excellence of the all-wheel-drive chassis.
On the move, the revised steering is now more communicative and perfectly at one with the chassis. The stiffer bodyshell undoubtedly helps the case, creating a stable platform for the suspension to work its magic. Boasting a torsional rigidity of 22,500 Nm per degree of static twist, the GTC is the stiffest open car in the world.
Along with the retuned suspension and steering, stability and handling have also been enhanced by the tracks being widened 48 mm front and 41 mm rear. The final tweak is a recalibration of the ESC stability system so that experienced drivers can "play" with the handling more on demanding roads or even on track.
While there is no escaping the GTC's massive 5,500-pound weight, the new performance orientated 40/60 front/rear torque bias gives the car a keener turn-in and better balance in to and out of bends than the original 50/50 power split could manage.
The result is that you can now almost think this big, heavy convertible around corners with a high level of precision because it is a far more intuitive drive than before. Because of this, you no longer feel you have to manage the car's significant weight so carefully when pressing on through the bends, although as always smoothness translates into speed.
The ride has also improved beyond recognition. Where the original seemed to stiff, the new Continuous Damper Control (CDC) suspension settings have been improved to make full use of the new lower friction air suspension valving. Whether in Normal or Sport mode, this delivers improved suppleness to the GTC's secondary ride. The greater overall composure as the car moves down the road is quite clear. Even in its Sport setting, the suspension noticeably breathes better over short, sharp undulations. While the Comfort setting is fine for wafting along the beachfront, it lacks finite rebound control when you pick up the pace. I left the adjustable damping set in the middle. This delivers a fine balance between comfort and handling that perfectly suits the GTC's inherent nature.
The build quality, always good, is even better now and importantly, it looks like it has a touch more craftsmanship in its finish rather than being just perfect in a machine-made sort of way. The new seats are lighter and 25 mm slimmer, to the benefit of rear seat knee room. They also have a Neck Warmer airflow system that can blow warm air onto your neck in open-top driving. The GTC is now a genuine four-seater so long as the rear seat occupants are under six feet tall.
Too much power is just enough, and the uprated W12 now makes 567 hp at 6000 rpm, up from the previous 552. However, the emphasis is on improved torque, which is up by 37 lb-ft to 516 at 1700 rpm. The objective difference in straight-line speed from this modest increase is marginal and requires a stopwatch to measure. However, combined with the 150-pound weight reduction, you can subjectively feel a slightly snappier response and greater mid-range urge.
Thanks to the all-wheel-drive system, which ensures a clean launch and perfect distribution of power to the tarmac, the GTC will rocket to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds and takes just 10.9 seconds for the 100-mph sprint. Its 195 mph top speed makes it the world's fastest production four-seater convertible.
The 5,500-pound curb weight means that you are never going to feel supercar levels of tarmac scorching in this car. The GTC is not the sort of car that screams off the line leaving four black lines on the tarmac. Even if it could, that would be unseemly behavior for a Bentley of any description. Instead it just squats down and goes with a deep growl and a strong and constant thrust that pushes you relentlessly towards the horizon.
On the fly, the improved W12 motor and its six-speed automatic partner are like an Olympic-grade ice skating duet. With the Quickshift system from the Continental Supersports now standard and able to deliver 200-millisecond upshifts, the engine and gearbox work quickly and seamlessly in perfect unison. Floor the throttle at speed and the super-smooth kickdown brings the most appropriate of the six forward ratios into play instantly. The transmission will even double-downshift to deliver warp factor levels of drama-free acceleration. It is the epitome of the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove.
Where the original GT and GTC may have been desirable to many buyers for their image rather than just their technical and dynamic prowess, the latest cars exceeded my expectations on all levels. To paraphrase a well-known stockbrokers' saying, this car is a definite buy. To which I would add: and enjoy!
2012 Bentley Continental GTC
Engine 6.0-liter W12, dohc, 48-valve. Twin-turbocharged
Six-speed automatic with Quickshift
Self-leveling air suspension, four-link double wishbone (f), trapezoidal multi-link (r), antiroll bars
15.9-inch (f), 13.2-inch (r) ventilated rotors
Length/Width/Height (in.): 189.2/76.5/55.2
Wheelbase: 108.1
Curb Weight: 5,501 lb
MSRP: 225,000 (est.)
Peak Power: 567 hp @ 6000 rpm
Peak Torque: 516 lb-ft @ 1700 rpm
0-62 mph: 4.5 sec.
Top Speed: 195 mph


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The lowest oil volatility in 17 years is pushing down options costs, setting up trades that BNP Paribas SA and Commerzbank AG say will profit when Mideast supply disruptions send prices swinging again.
BNP in Paris recommends buying contracts that pay should crude advance and financing them by selling bearish puts. New York-based Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the drop in oil volatility is "too much too soon." Commerzbank sees value in bets on Brent climbing toward $130 a barrel.
"It's a very good time to buy options," said Hakan Kocayusufpasaoglu, chief investment officer at hedge fund Archbridge Capital AG in Zug, Switzerland. "Risks like geopolitical dangers and potential for supply disruptions remain, and have to be priced in again over time."
Volatility has subsided as the threat to oil demand from economic collapse in Europe recedes and as booming output in the U.S. provides a safeguard against disruptions to Middle East exports. Algeria's energy sector suffered its deadliest attack in five years this month, igniting concerns about the vulnerability of North African supplies almost two years after Libyan exports were halted by a national rebellion.
Implied volatility, a measure of expectations for price changes derived from options for the rolling second-month West Texas Intermediate crude, fell to 20.5 percent on Jan. 25, the lowest since a level of 20.4 on Jan. 4, 1996, according to data from the New York Mercantile Exchange compiled by Bloomberg. The second-month options contract can often be a more reliable guide to volatility than the first, which fluctuates as investors roll their positions into the subsequent future at expiration.
BNP Recommendation
WTI oil prices moved on average 1.2 percent per day, up or down, last year, compared with 0.6 percent so far this month, exchange data compiled by Bloomberg show. Spreading those changes over an average of 10 days for a smoother measure of volatility, the level sank to 0.41 percent on Jan. 10, the smallest in at least a decade.
"We forecast a steep increase in price over a short period of time," said Harry Tchilinguirian, head of commodity markets strategy at BNP Paribas in London, who predicts an average of $105 for WTI this quarter and $120 for Brent. "If we are proven correct in this price assessment and time, then we can see a simultaneous rise in volatility and price."
Fahd Death
The two advanced simultaneously when implied volatility was last at such low readings in Jan. 4, 1996, three days after Saudi Arabia's King Fahd handed over power to his half-brother, Abdullah. WTI oil futures were then at $19.91 a barrel. Six weeks later, on March 19, 1996, volatility had rebounded to 30.8 percent from around 20 and WTI leapt 22 percent to $24.34.
BNP Paribas advises buying calls that give the right to purchase April WTI contracts at $100 a barrel and selling puts that allow the sale of these futures at $95. The strike prices are on either side of the current futures level of about $98 and the strategy makes money should crude rally, not fall. The bank recommends gathering additional funding for the trade by selling $110 April calls.
The position cost about 10 cents a barrel as of 11 a.m. London time yesterday, and would appreciate to $1.25 a barrel if April WTI advanced to $100, according to BNP. As each options contract is for 1,000 barrels, that would equate to a profit of $1,150 per contract.
Political Turmoil
The fall in volatility has been excessive because oil remains prone to unprecedented geopolitical turmoil from Iran and Iraq to Sudan and Venezuela, Jeff Currie, New York-based head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, wrote in a Jan. 13 report. Fluctuations may diminish over longer periods as U.S. shale output caps rallies, while the cost of those new projects prevents prices collapsing, he said.
"While we have sympathy for the view of a structural decline in long-term commodity price volatility, we believe the recent decline is too much too soon," Currie said. "Risks to both the downside and upside have not completely gone away. In other words, we are not out of the woods yet."
Investors can profit from trading options even if futures don't reach the level at which the contracts can be exercised, known as its strike. BNP Paribas advised June 22 buying $90 calls for December WTI, trading at that time for $3.40, and selling $70 puts, then at $3.03. Two months later, the calls were worth $10.59 and the puts 28 cents.
Equities Volatility
Volatility has dropped in equities and other commodities because stimulus by the U.S. Federal Reserve has improved sentiment, according to Tchilinguirian at BNP Paribas. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, which tracks oscillations in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and is known as the VIX, fell to 12.43 on Jan. 22, the lowest since April 2007.
Stability in prices has been sought for years by energy companies such as Total SA and Exxon Mobil Corp. seeking to plan long-term investments, and members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries as they determine social spending programs. Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke said in an interview in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 25 that she welcomed the calm.
"We are very pleased at OPEC that it has managed to hold stability for now," she said. "It is very difficult to say what is going to happen over the next few months."
Depressed volatility, combined with rising trading volume and levels of open interest, may signal that prices are on the brink of a decline rather than a rally, said Stephen Schork, president of the Schork Group Inc. in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
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Virgin Media has confirmed reports that is in buyout talks with US cable giant Liberty Global.
"Virgin Media confirms that it is in discussions with Liberty Global, a leading international cable company, concerning a possible transaction," Virgin said in a statement to the City ahead of it full-year results tomorrow.
"Any such transaction would be subject to regulatory and other conditions. A further announcement will be made in due course."
Shares in Virgin Media jumped almost 15 percent on the London Stock Exchange immediately after the announcement was made, giving the company a market capitalisation of about £7.6 billion. Reports suggest that its enterprise value could be as high as $20 billion (£12.7bn).
Liberty Global is run by US billionaire John Malone and is the second biggest telco in the world. The company operates in 13 countries and has 19.6 million subscribers to its television, broadband and telephony products. Its consumer brands include UPC, Unitymedia, Kabel BW, Telenet, and VTR.
Most of Liberty's customers are in Europe. However, the deal would mark the company's biggest move yet into the UK and would put Malone in direct competition with his former partner and long-time rival Rupert Murdoch, whose company News Corp controls BSkyB.
Commenting on the news, Adrian Drury, principal analyst at Ovum, said this could be the largest shake-up in the UK telecoms and media sector since the merger of the T-Mobile and Orange in 2010.
"While Liberty's play for Virgin is likely to be driven by its long term vision for the value a foothold in the UK, in the near term it will make the UK the ring for a straight slug fest between two global pay-TV heavyweights, John Malone and Rupert Murdoch, as they battle for UK fixed broadband, fixed voice and pay-TV subscribers," said Drury.
"Depending on how Malone might chose to leverage the Virgin Mobile asset, it may also spill over in consumer mobile services."
Virgin Media was formed in March 2006 by the merger of NTL and Telewest. The company provides fixed and mobile telephone, pay-TV and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom.
As of 30 September 2012 Virgin Media had a total of approximately 4.9 million cable customers, of whom around 3.8m were supplied with its television services, 4.2m with broadband internet services and 4.2m with fixed-line telephony services. It also had around 1.7m mobile customers.
This is not the first time the company has sought a buyer. Back in 2007, Virgin Media appointed investment bankers in an effort to attract buying interest from US and international cable companies – including Liberty Global.
The company did not say whether the potential buyout would include its business division, Virgin Media Business, which offers services such as secure VPNs, mobile backhaul and business cloud computing, and claims to carry about 35 percent of all business broadband traffic in the UK.
When the business division launched in 2011, Virgin Media executives emphasised the company's ability to offer competitive prices to enterprises by making use of capacity on the consumer network which was largely unused during working hours.
The company's latest results revealed that the business unit's year-on-year revenue was up 9.5 percent to £168.6 million for the third quarter – greatly exceeding that of the overall Virgin Media group.


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Brazilian dude wrote:Tim, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but arco apoiando is not right either. Nevertheless your suggestions are always welcome.
Brazilian dude
No, you misunderstand... I'm using the Babel Fish translator, and it was translating my English into Portuguese for me.
I was saying that maybe it had said arco apoiando was the Portuguese translation of "supporting arch", and I had somehow thrown in the de mentally, even though it's clearly wrong.
I'm just used to those online translators being clearly wrong, so I didn't really think much of it.


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Friending frenzy: find active LJers who write the way you wanna read!
Looking for more active LJ friends? Post about yourself and find new people!
also please spread the word!
I've been doing this with individual recommendations and since I have an active friends list now I thought I'd share the wealth ;-)


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Sigh. It's starting to get to be a nuisance.
I really don't like the word-recognition feature that blogger uses to prevent comment spam, but I suppose I could turn it on. Anybody out there know of any other methods to block the spam-bots?
05 February 2007
Comment Spam
Sigh. It's starting to get to be a nuisance.
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- Cobwebs2/05/2007 1:19 PM
With Blogger, I'm not sure. WordPress has a plugin called Akismet that seems to do a fairly good job of catching spam; you might want to see if it works for your system too.ReplyDelete
yeah man, i'd recommend switching over to wordpress (wordpress.com) and using it Askimet plugin. I use wordress and never deal with comment spam. good luck. let me know if you need any help with it.ReplyDelete
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TMC125-TiDP35-C239 - Continued Access to Etravirine (ETR) in Treatment Experienced HIV-1 Infected Children and Adolescents
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Know the risks and potential benefits of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00980538
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : September 21, 2009
Last Update Posted : March 12, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections HIV-1
|Drug: Etravirine
|Phase 3
This is an open label continued access trial for HIV-1 infected children or adolescents who have completed treatment in a pediatric clinical trial with etravirine sponsored by or in collaboration with Janssen Research & Development and who continue to benefit from the use of etravirine. At the baseline visit, inclusion/exclusion criteria will be checked to confirm eligibility. Once eligibility criteria are met, patients will either continue on the etravirine dose they have received in the previous etravirine trial or on an adjusted dose if deemed necessary by the investigator. Etravirine dose adjustment will be based on weight using the dosing guidelines provided. Assessment visits are recommended every three months. Adverse events leading to treatment interruption or discontinuation, adverse events at least possibly related to treatment with etravirine, serious adverse events, and pregnancies will be recorded at each visit. Treatment will be continued until one of the following criteria is met: the investigator determines that the patient no longer benefits from etravirine treatment (e.g., based on viral load); treatment limiting toxicity; loss to follow-up; patient withdrawal of consent; pregnancy; termination of the program by the Sponsor; etravirine becomes commercially available for pediatric use, is reimbursed, or can be accessed through another source (e.g. access program, government program) in the region the patient is living in, whichever occurs first. Patients will receive ETR, dosed as they have received in the previous ETR trial, with weight based dose adjustment if necessary.
16 to < 20 kg :100 mg b.i.d.(4 tablets 25 mg b.i.d. or 1 tablet 100 mg b.i.d). 20 to < 25 kg:125 mg b.i.d.(5 tablets 25 mg b.i.d. or 1 tablet 100 mg + 1 tablet 25 mg b.i.d.) 25 to < 30 kg:150 mg b.i.d.(6 tablets 25 mg b.i.d. or 1 tablet 100 mg + 2 tablets 25 mg b.i.d).
= 30 kg: 200 mg b.i.d.(8 tablets 25 mg b.i.d. or 2 tablets 100 mg b.i.d)
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|67 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Continued Access to Etravirine (ETR) in Treatment Experienced HIV-1 Infected Children and Adolescents
|Actual Study Start Date :
|December 9, 2009
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|January 31, 2024
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|January 31, 2024
Experimental: 001
Etravirine Dosed by weight up to a maximum dose of 200 mg bid until accessed by other means
Drug: Etravirine
Dosed by weight up to a maximum dose of 200 mg bid until accessed by other means
- The primary objective is to follow up patients for safety measurements until ETR is commercially available. [ Time Frame: This is an open-label safety assessment study. Treatment will continue until one of the following criteria is met: patient no longer benefits from ETR treatment, toxicity, loss to follow up, etravirine becomes commercially available for pediatric use. ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for this trial: Documented HIV-1 infection
- Younger than 6 years of age are only allowed to participate after ETR dose recommendations for that age group are available, and the sponsor has notified the investigators, applicable Ethics Committees, and Health Authorities
- Successfully completed a clinical pediatric trial with ETR sponsored by or in collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, and continues to receive benefit from the use of ETR
- Patient (where appropriate, depending on age) and their parent(s) or legal representative(s) have signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF)/Assent voluntarily
- Children will be informed about the program and asked to give assent (where appropriate, depending on age)
- Negative urine pregnancy test for females of childbearing potential
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients meeting one or more of the following criteria cannot be selected: Any condition (including but not limited to alcohol and drug use), which in the opinion of the investigator could compromise the patient's safety or adherence to treatment with ETR
- Any active clinically significant disease (e.g., pancreatitis, cardiac dysfunction) or findings of medical history, laboratory or physical examination that, in the investigator's opinion, would compromise the patient's safety during treatment with ETR
- Previously demonstrated clinically significant allergy or hypersensitivity to ETR or to any of the excipients of ETR
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Non-vasectomized heterosexually active boys not using safe and effective birth control methods, or not willing to continue practicing these birth control methods, during the trial and until 30 days after the end of the trial (or after the last intake of the investigational medication)
- Girls, who are sexually active and able to become pregnant, not using safe and effective birth control methods, or not willing to continue practicing these birth control methods, during the trial and until 30 days after the end of the trial (or after the last intake of the investigational medication)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00980538
|Contact: Use link at the bottom of the page to see if you qualify for an enrolling site (see list). If you still have questions:
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|Study Director:
|Janssen R&D Ireland Clinical Trial
|Janssen R&D Ireland
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Janssen R&D Ireland
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00980538 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
TMC125-TID35-C239 ( Other Identifier: Janssen R&D Ireland )
2009-013126-16 ( EudraCT Number )
|First Posted:
|September 21, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 12, 2019
|Last Verified:
|March 2019
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Keywords provided by Janssen R&D Ireland:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents


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Jim Katapodis will be ready to run with the big dogs if he's elected to the Huntington Beach City Council this year.
In part, that's because he's gotten used to big dogs on the campaign trail.
Those growling canines often approach the door when the second-time candidate, who ran unsuccessfully in 2010, knocks with campaign literature in hand. It's a reminder that each door leads to the home of a stranger and that Katapodis, a 34-year veteran with the Los Angeles Police Department, will have to sell himself to each one as a potential councilman.
"I don't enjoy the dogs coming after me," Katapodis said Friday at his home during a break from campaigning. "So many people have dogs. Last night, a German shepherd came after me, but the owner got it just in time."
Once he gets past the pets, Katapodis introduces himself and asks the homeowners about their concerns in Huntington Beach. As many as seven days a week, he heads out alone to knock on doors, but he's hardly without support as the November election approaches.
The city's police and fire associations recently endorsed him, and he's gotten thumbs up from former mayors Debbie Cook, Cathy Green and Gil Coerper, and current council members Joe Shaw and Connie Boardman. The Huntington Beach Downtown Residents Assn., a grass-roots group that has campaigned for public safety and other quality-of-life issues, declared its support Tuesday.
In 2010, Katapodis finished eighth out of 21 candidates in a race for four open seats. Having served on budget committees with the police and as a sergeant-at-arms with the Los Angeles City Council, he felt he had enough legislative experience to try a run for office.
Despite coming up short the first time, Katapodis took his relatively high finish as a positive sign.
"People were surprised, and I felt really good about that," he said. "Of course, I would have liked to be fourth, but I was 1,500 votes away from being a city councilman."
Over the last two years, Katapodis has immersed himself in local politics, following the votes of the City Council and Planning Commission, and joining the Chamber of Commerce's Legislative and Policy Action Committee.
He's also served the city in another capacity: as the head of Huntington's 9/11 Memorial Committee, which is raising funds to build a sculpture outside City Hall honoring the victims of the terrorist attacks.
Katapodis, who plans to retire from the LAPD in February, said one of his top priorities as a candidate is to resist further cuts to public safety staffing.
He supports pension reform and wants to smooth the process for small business owners to obtain permits. He also opposes the council's recent decision to allow the sale of safe-and-sane fireworks on the Fourth of July, which he views as a safety threat.
"There was a reason we got rid of them, and I don't see why we brought them back," Katapodis said.
Although Katapodis is a registered Republican, he said he pitches himself to voters as a candidate who shies away from partisan attitudes.
For Cook, that independent nature is one of his strongest assets.
"He seems to have a very open mind," she said. "He doesn't seem to come in with preconceived notions."
Green, who planned to run for the council this year before withdrawing due to a conflict with another elected office, said Katapodis' resume helped win her endorsement.
"He was a sergeant-at-arms at L.A. council meetings, and I thought, 'Boy, anyone who could handle that could handle anything,'" she said. "I think he would be a good addition and good balance for the council."
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Questions We'd Like to Hear: The NotMakingThisUp 'Pilgrimage to Omaha' Top Ten List
Well it's that time of year again.
In a few days something like 35,000 people from literally all around the world will begin suffering United Airlines connections in Chicago, Minneapolis and elsewhere, for Omaha, where the only for-profit annual shareholder meeting among New York Stock Exchange-listed companies is about to take place: the Berkshire Hathaway meeting.
Or, as Warren Buffett likes to call it, "Woodstock for Capitalists."
(Those Berkshire shareholders who do not suffer commercial airline connections to get to Omaha will either be driving or arriving in style courtesy of NetJets, which Berkshire naturally owns.)
As always, the heart of the three-day extravaganza will be the Saturday morning question-and-answer session held by Buffett and his acerbic Vice-Chairman, Charlie Munger ("The Abominable 'No'-man," as Buffett calls him).
When we attended the Berkshire meeting in 2008 while writing "Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha," the question-and-answer session was dominated by non-financial, non-Berkshire questions, thanks to Buffett's remarkably democratic question-selection technique (he simply called on anyone who got up early enough to grab a spot at one of the 12 or 13 microphones placed inside the Qwest Center arena).
That led to predominately "What Would Warren Do"-type of questions from adoring fans, as opposed to hard questions about Berkshire and its businesses.
Last year, Buffett refined the methodology, inserting three reporters into the mix to screen half the questions, and the result was a much sharper Q&A, without too much of the WWWD stuff. (Buffett, by the way, loves answering those "WWWD" questions—he's a natural teacher; he likes the stage; and he's smarter than anyone else in the room except Munger, so what the heck).
The only refinement at this year's meeting will be that Buffett is adding 30 minutes to the 5-plus hour Q&A, so instead of handling the usual 50-55 questions, Buffett thinks he'll be able to accommodate 60.
Which brings us to today's topic: the Top Ten list of Questions We'd Like to Hear is back at these virtual pages.
Readers should submit their best question—the one they'd like to see Warren Buffett (or Charlie Munger) answer next Saturday in front of 35,000 people.
We'll select the Top Ten, publish them here Friday and submit them to Andrew Ross Sorkin. (Let us know if you want your name used should Mr. Sorkin ask it.)
While there is no guarantee at all that any one of our Top Ten will make the cut, chances are most of them will be asked in one form or other. (Last year's batting average was .800.)
Following the meeting we'll publish how well our readers anticipated the reporters themselves.
Post 'em here, or send them to email@example.com. And soon.
Jeff Matthews
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The content contained in this blog represents only the opinions of Mr. Matthews, who also acts as an advisor: clients advised by Mr. Matthews may hold either long or short positions in securities of various companies discussed in the blog based upon Mr. Matthews' recommendations. This commentary in no way constitutes investment advice, and should never be relied on in making an investment decision, ever. Also, this blog is not a solicitation of business: all inquiries will be ignored. The content herein is intended solely for the entertainment of the reader, and the author.
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- Anonymous said...
WWWD: I am almost 40, never married. Clearly, I am doing something wrong. How to best go about finding a partner to start a family with?
- Kieran McCarthy said...
You've gone on the record as being critical of the Black-Scholes methodology for measuring the value of long-dated options, such as the long-dated S&P index puts that were sold by BRK in 2007. These options have introduced enormous volatility into BRK's reported earnings. If not Black-Scholes, what methodology would you suggest to value these types of derivatives, both from an accounting and a financial assessment perspective?
- Colin P said...
Great question McCarthy, I wish I had submitted that.
Another great list to construct would be questions to ask Lloyd Blankfein, Fabulous Fab and other Goldman employees if we were members of Congress.
- kg79 said...
question: what impact will the proposed rules requiring cash to be reserved to back Derivatives have on BRK? how much cash would be required to back BRK's current positions(or just the S&P put that BRK sold)?
if the rules take effect, would you be more inclined to pare back the position, or find more cash to put under another mattress?
aparantly these days congress is a financial WMD too :)


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Kim Wilde Serenades Train Riders With 'Kids In America'
Remember Kim Wilde? The singer burst into the music scene in 1981 with her hit 'Kids in America.' Recently, Wilde was filmed on a train serenading the passengers — along with her brother Ricky Wilde — on her way home from a Christmas party.
The video (which has received over 850,000 hits on YouTube in just two days) grew to be so popular that Wilde was trending on Twitter. Our guess is that it was because of the reindeer antlers... and perhaps because she seems inebriated. Nowadays she works as a DJ at Magic FM radio, but maybe a comeback tour is in order!


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Tally (or numbers) tables are one of my favorite query writing tools. Such a simple premise that can be applied to a wide variety of problems. If you don't know what they are, I'd recommend this article. Here is one problem I've seen a few times now that you can use a Tally table to easily solve. This is by no means the only way to do something like this, nor is it necessarily even the *best* way, but it is *a* way.
The Problem:
You have a char/varchar column that holds dates in YYYYMMDD format. You now need to cast these values to dates. The problem is, with no validation on the column, some of these values aren't actually valid dates and you get conversion errors. You'd like to go through and identify anything that didn't follow the pattern of YYYYMMDD or wasn't a valid date so that it can be either fixed or removed.
The Tally Solution:
The following query uses a Tally table to generate a range of valid dates that you can check your varchar field against. The below version works in 2000+. (You can just as easily use a CTE tally in 2005/2008)
DECLARE @StartDate datetime
DECLARE @EndDate datetime
SET @StartDate = '19910101 00:00:00'
SET @EndDate = '20250101 00:00:00'
FROM YourTable
WHERE vcdatecolumn NOT IN (
select CAST(YEAR(dateadd(d,n,@StartDate)) as char(4)) +
RIGHT('0' + CAST(MONTH(dateadd(d,n,@StartDate)) as varchar(2)),2) +
RIGHT('0' + CAST(DAY(dateadd(d,n,@StartDate)) as varchar(2)),2)
from Tally
WHERE DATEADD(d,n,@StartDate) <= @EndDate
Other Methods:
As mentioned, there are a lot of ways to do this. Because ISDATE() jumps out as being such an easy one, I'll mention a couple of the problems with using that method. The main gap left is that some of the junk values (fairly common with this setup) like '9901' are valid dates according to ISDATE(). However, it is unlikely that this date is really supposed to be 9901/01/01. You can add a length check, but then you run into '9901June' still being valid, etc. etc. Using the Tally method, all of these are simply flagged as invalid. You can make up your mind about what to do with them once they've been identified.


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Warm-sounding and vintage-vibed, analogue delays make up in character what they lack in long delay times. Many models, such as Way Huge's powerful Aqua Puss stompbox, can produce wild avalanches of sound when you crank the feedback dial all the way up – making them less clinical and more chaotic than digital delays if you want to summon up a psychedelic whirlwind of sound.
Analog delays can also make a useful addition to your pedal board if you want to nail those splashy fifties slapback echo sounds. The ones we've picked here aren't the only good ones on the market - but these make great starting points if you're looking to buy…
Budget: Joyo JF33 Analog Delay
Cool analogue delay sounds don't come much cheaper than this – and the Joyo punches well above its weight tone wise.
This inexpensive delay does add a little extra treble to your tone when the effect is engaged but it'll do everything from short 'bathtub' echoes to longer, dub-like delays that decay in a crumbly, lo-fi way. Its maximum delay time of 440ms is also longer than that found on many premium models.
Also consider: Akai Analog Delay for even longer delay times of up to 1.2 seconds
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Benchmark: Way Huge Aqua Puss MKII
Way Huge are known for making effects with big personalities – and their Aqua Puss analogue delay is no exception.
With a maximum delay time of 300ms, it's not designed to do massive, spacey delays – but its warm, vintage sound and powerful controls are instantly likeable.
Turn up the feedback dial and you can tap into cascades of wild, self-oscillating delay that sound like a flying saucer taking off. With solid build quality and great sounds, the Aqua Puss is a minor classic.
Also consider: MXR Carbon Copy for extra modulation options, such as subtle pitch shift
More information:
Way Huge Aqua Puss MKII in Total Guitar's Best Delay Pedals gallery
Boutique: JAM Delay Llama Plus
A genuinely 'boutique' take on analogue delay, the Llama Plus has all the tweakable, authentic features tone-geeks crave.
With a hefty 600ms of delay on tap, it's built to 'bucket brigade' spec, featuring internals that replicate the Panasonic MN3205 delay chip found in many classic vintage delays.
It also can be used in conjunction with an expression pedal to alter delay time on the fly, while the Llama Plus also features a built-in 'infinite oscillation' hold switch that keeps the echoes rolling with ear-warping intensity. It adds up to a classy and powerful pedal, albeit at a premium price.
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WEST CHESTER – With hundreds of national and international participants now descending on Chester County, this area will become the epicenter for short course, criterium-style bicycle racing this week.
A total of nine races will be staged in downtown communities throughout the county through July 13 and all are free of charge. The Ninth Annual Iron Hill Twilight Criterium, which took place Saturday on the streets of West Chester, was expected to draw crowds approaching 20,000 and is the marquee event. The traveling eight-race Chesco Grand Prix series was added to the mix a year ago and will once again bring racing from Malvern to Oxford, Phoenixville to Parkesburg. The inaugural race series in 2012 drew 1,500 cyclists from 15 states, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands, and drew more than 10,000 spectators.
'You will see the riders every 30-40 seconds, and when you have 150 guys going 35 miles per hour, the wave of air they push is just unbelievable,' said Mark Yoder, president of the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the Iron Hill race.
'Cycling races are perfect for shining the spotlight on local downtown communities,' added Chesco Grand Prix Director Crosby Wood. '(These races) will again bring top level athletes into town for family-friendly, healthy lifestyle events which feature not only exciting racing, but an opportunity to promote the community and its local merchants.'
The action kicked off Thursday, July 4, with the Chesco Road Race, held on a challenging 13-mile circuit that wound through West Marlborough Township. The only non-criterium race of the Chesco Grand Prix series, it crowned the Pennsylvania State Road Race champions. (Click here for full results from the race.)
A two-day reprieve from the Chesco Grand Prix series will then commence to make way for the Twilight Criterium, which has grown exponentially since debuting in 2005 and now draws more spectators to West Chester than all but two annual events, according to Yoder: the Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade and the Restaurant Festival. An estimated 3,000 people showed up for the first Twilight Criterium, and just six years later it topped out at nearly 20,000.
'It's doubled in size a number of times over the years,' said race spokesman Jay Gundel.
Not officially affiliated with the Chesco Grand Prix series, attendance for the Iron Hill event dipped for the first time in 2012 to about 15,000, but that was due to oppressive heat and the threat of violent afternoon storms.
The Chesco Grand Prix resumed on July 7 with the Third Annual Coatesville Classic, which was the first of six straight days of multi-lap races for amateur, elite women and pro men held on circuits between 1 and 3 kilometers (.6-1.5 mile). The Malvern and Parkesburg criteriums are on July 8 and 9, respectively, followed by the Eagle Criterium, the only new event on the 2013 series. It replaces the Chesco Time Trial, held last year near Unionville.
The final three criteriums will be staged in Phoenixville (July 11), Oxford (July 12) and Kennett Square (July 13). The finale in Kennett Square will take place on a new racecourse featuring eight turns, including a stretch on West State Street in which the cyclists will be racing in both directions.
'The Kennett Square race is especially exciting because the best pro team of the overall Chesco Grand Prix will be crowned that night,' explained Dave Chauner, the event's co-executive director. 'We are expecting at least a dozen teams from the U.S. and several foreign countries to be in the hunt.'
Garneau Quebecor, the Canadian-based pro cycling team that rode to victory a year ago, is back and will be among the favorites. And team leader Bruno Langois, 34, is returning to defend his individual title in the Chesco Grand Prix as well as a win in the Twilight Criterium.
'I am very excited to race (in) Chester County again this year,' he said. 'My form will be good but I know it will be tougher … as more teams and good riders are planning to come.'
A total of 10 days of local cycling will then come to a close on July 14 with the Kinetic Chesco Tour, which is not a race but a recreational ride for all that will cover between 20 and 75 miles and will begin at Kinetic Physical Therapy in Eagle.


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Understanding the point and utility of what the aim of MilSuite is, am a bit frustrated with another website I need to log into (just on NIPR) to conduct basic work that does not work with the settings or protocol of other sites (i.e. BOL, BUPERS, NFAAS, NSIPS, FLTTMPS, NKO (RIP but we are still using the training modules at my command) just to roll some off the top of my head).


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I saw the price of 59.95 but couldn't see if there's a special rate for Poco users that have just paid out for the latest Poco upgrade. Thanks very much.
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Jeffco's Department of Human Services is struggling with a high employee turnover rate, as more and more employees leave for similar jobs in neighboring counties that pay more.
According to a report presented to the county commissioners, between 2010 and 2012, Human Services had a turnover rate for full-time employees of just under 30 percent, more than double the generally accepted 14 percent rate for government agencies.
For divisions like Justice Services and Fraud, the turnover rate was more than 37 percent.
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Joe Jonas is no longer dating Camilla Belle. Her rep has confirmed it's over. No specifics were given but we all know it's because he was afraid of her vagina. A Vagina Virgin can't make the next step, you know?
Apparently Joe, because he can't help reflecting his pain through his work, changed the lyrics to one of their songs last night at a show to address the change in his personal life.
Meanwhile famewhore Camilla is already hunting down her next ride. She and her reps are probably already reviewing the list right now. Who might be on it?
She wanted Robert Pattinson – his people would never let that happen for fear of the Twi-Hard Nation – so Chris Pine, Shia LaBeouf, and Bradley Cooper are now all targeted for Camilla action.
As for Joe...give him time. He'll find the dick soon enough.
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GREEN: Can't Sleep? 20 Natural Tips to Stop Tossing & Turning
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1st off is a Hitachi v1560 O'Scope. Unit is in working condition. I can post pics if there is anyone interested. I would like $300.
2nd is a BK Precision AC Power Supply. Model 1655a. This unit is in working condition, has one flaw. It is missing the cap to a push button. I think that you could find one at a Tokyo Shack if you needed to replace it.
That is it there. Brand new is 580ish, would sell for $400.
Paypal is good for transactions. I am not like all these other cheap bastards and don't care about the 3% pp fee's. Shipping will be determined at time of purchase.
I would be willing to trade for an indash DVD/Nav unit. No flip outs though.
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Angels outslug White Sox to end skid
Anaheim, CA – Alberto Callaspo hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs as the LA Angels of Anaheim took a 12-9 win over the Chicago White Sox in the third of a four-game set.
Mark Trumbo went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, two RBI and three runs scored, while Albert Pujols added two hits and scored two runs for the Angels, who snapped a three-game slide.
"It's great to help out the team and this was a good win," said Trumbo. "The whole team had a lot of focused at-bats today."
Joe Blanton lasted just 4 1/3 innings in the start for Anaheim, giving up four runs on 11 hits with a pair of walks and six strikeouts. Robert Coello (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 flawless frames to pick up the win.
Hector Gimenez was 4-for-5 with a three-run homer and two runs scored for the White Sox, who had a four-game winning streak stopped. Alex Rios and Adam Dunn each drove in two runs
Chicago starter Hector Santiago gave up three runs on four hits with four walks over 3 1/3 innings. Nate Jones (0-4) picked up the loss after getting tagged for four runs on three hits with a pair of walks in 3 1/3 innings of work.
"Hector wasn't able to throw strikes today," said Chicago manager Robin Ventura. "The walks bothered me, but we weren't very good all around out there today."
This game was scoreless until the fourth inning when the White Sox went on top. The first two batters reached base before the next two recorded outs. Alexei Ramirez kept the frame alive and loaded the bags when he was hit by a pitch, and Rios followed with a double to chase home two. Dunn then punched a single to right to score two more for a 4-0 advantage.
The Angels answered over the next two innings to take the lead, and it began when Trumbo led off the home four with his 10th home run of the season.
Callaspo later singled while Brendan Harris and Chris Iannetta walked to load the bases. J.B. Shuck then walked to force home a run and after Nate Jones took over for Santiago, Erick Aybar's sacrifice fly made it a 4-3 game.
Pujols led off the fifth with a double and Trumbo followed with a two-bagger to tie the game. Two batters later, Callaspo's sac fly scored Trumbo for a 5-4 lead.
In the seventh, the Angels padded their lead as Mike Trout and Trumbo walked before Callaspo hit a shot over the left field wall. Shuck added a two-run double later in the frame for a 10-4 advantage.
The White Sox got back into the game in the eighth inning and made it a one- run game as RBI singles from Paul Konerko and Dayan Viciedo were followed later in the inning by a three-run home run from Gimenez to make it a 10-9 game.
The Angels, though, created some space in the eighth off of Howie Kendrick's RBI double and a sac fly from Callaspo for a 12-9 lead.
Game Notes
Chicago first baseman Adam Dunn left the game in the fifth inning with back spasms. Ventura said after the game that Dunn is day-to-day ... Rios extended his hitting streak to 13 games and he is 20-for-53 during the run ... Chicago batted 5-for-16 with runners in scoring position, but left 12 men on base ... Each team has won three games in the season series.


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March 11, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Coming off an impressive weekend at NC State, the Florida State softball team heads back into nonconference action when it hosts FIU in a doubleheader on Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Florida State then hosts Tennessee State on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.
Powered by a high-octane offense and quality pitching, the Seminoles (17-8) are riding a season-best seven-game win streak heading into Tuesday's twinbill. In that time frame, Florida State has hit .309 (59-for-191) with 11 home runs, 14 doubles and 44 runs scored. The Seminoles have averaged just over six runs per game during the stretch.
Within the seven-game string of success, Florida State pitcher Monica Perry is 3-0 with no runs allowed and has 20 strikeouts in 19 innings pitched. Sophomore Lacey Waldrop is also 3-0 in the win streak and has 33 strikeouts in 20.2 innings.
"We are hosting two scrappy ballclubs who will be ready to give us their best effort," head coach Lonni Alameda said. "We have to stick to our game plan and continue getting quality outings from our pitchers and a boost from our hitters. It is a quick turnaround for us coming out of conference play on the road last weekend but we are up to the challenge."
In last weekend's three-game sweep over ACC rival NC State, Waldrop came within one out of recording her second consecutive no-hitter and recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts against the Wolfpack. In four games last week, junior Courtney Senas finished 8-for-14 with three home runs, seven RBIs and eight runs scored. The Wahiawa, Hawaii native homered in three straight games last week until stopping the streak in a Sunday win over NC State.
Florida State has produced 26 home runs this season, better than 19 previous Seminole squads totaled through an entire season. With the halfway point of the regular season approaching this week, Florida State is on pace to break the single-season long ball record of 49 held by the 2007 team.
Helping in that quest has been senior outfielder Kirstin Austin. The Temple Terrace, Fla. native has added two home runs and is currently on an eight-game hit streak. During that stretch, she is batting .435 (10-for-23) with two home runs, six RBIs, four doubles and 20 total bases.
Florida State and FIU have met 12 times since 1999, with the Seminoles holding a 10-2 edge. Florida State has won the past seven meetings, including two most recently in 2010. All games in the series have been played in Tallahassee.
The Panthers (16-11) have won four of their last six games, including two victories over Ball State. Amber Curry leads them with a .362 batting average, while Brie Rojas has a team-leading two home runs and 33 total bases. Corinne Jenkins is the team's top pitcher with an 8-1 record and a 2.14 ERA.
The Tigers (8-14) are hitting .264 and show a 3.20 team ERA. Jennifer Givens boasts a stellar average of .429. Florida State and Tennessee State have never met.
All three games on Tuesday and Wednesday can be followed through the @FSU_Softball Twitter handle as well as on CBS GameTracker.


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Tight Shorts #96 – The Laws Of Nature
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The Laws Of Nature by Anon read by Berry Cornfield.
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