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The 'Helicopter Economics Investing Guide' is meant to help educate people on how to make profitable investing choices in the current economic environment. We have coined this term to describe the current monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. government, which involve unprecedented money printing. This is the official blog of the New York Investing meetup.
One month before the presidential election, there was suddenly a major reversal in unemployment trends that have taken place during the entire administration of the Obama presidency. The figures indicate explosive growth is taking place in the U.S. economy and this has occurred overnight. The explanation of where this growth is coming from or how it has happened is illusive.
Unlike the previous four years, large numbers of jobs were supposedly created last month. Actually that's not exactly the case. The household survey reported 873,000 jobs were created, whereas the business survey reported 114,000 — a typical amount. In previous months, the household survey has actually indicated major job losses. The mainstream media has failed to report this. However, when a number suddenly appears that lacks credibility in the same survey, but that number is positive, it apparently is worth reporting.
Where did these jobs come from? It's not clear from the report. It was specifically stated that "manufacturing employment edged down in September". There was a loss of 16,000 jobs, so there is no evidence that U.S. manufacturing is on the upswing. Based on the following statement, 600,000 people were hired part-time last month: "The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose from 8.0 million in August to 8.6 million in September". This is a huge change. Where are these part-time workers employed and what were they hired to do? Will they be fired the day after the election?
Perhaps even more amazing is that the BLS reported that the U.S. labor force grew in September 2012 for the first time in years. From August 2007 to August 2012, the U.S. labor force shrank like it would during a depression with a total 9,602,000 people leaving it. It abruptly increased by 418,000 last month. What caused such a large number of people to suddenly influx into the labor force? GDP last quarter barely grew indicating a stagnant U.S. economy.
The number of unemployed persons, at 12.1 million, supposedly decreased by 456,000 in September. The BLS stated that the unemployment rate fell to 7.8% — the first time it has been below 8.0% since just after President Obama took office. The continual multi-year unemployment rate of over 8.0% has been a major issue in the presidential election.
The numbers in the September employment report are quite fantastic and there is no basis for believing them. Disreputable statisticians can easily produce highly unreliable numbers. If statistics are inconsistent with the past, with each other, have no traceable explanation or seem contradictory with real world observations, they are suspicious. In the case of the September employment report all four criteria have been met. The quality of U.S. economic numbers have been decaying for the last 30 years. They seem to currently be making the transition from manipulation to outright fantasy.
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Author: "Inflation Investing - A Guide for the 2010s"
Organizer, New York Investing meetup
This posting is editorial opinion. There is no intention to endorse the purchase or sale of any security.
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To get everything behind the door, we strongly recommend this Wired Night Visual Colour Video Door phone with 3.5inch TFT LCD for Access Control System to you!The phone intercom system features waterproof, explosion-proof, and prevent-oxidation, safe to use! This video door phone system adopt high-definition CCD camera, capture HD pictures for you! Adopts advanced technology, the video door phone system provides great performance! Made of high quality material, the video door phone system is durable and reliable for long time use!Great for the safety for your house, do not miss it, you will like the way it works! 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Mobile banking is far from perfect. But Simple aims to fix that with a cool, comprehensive replacement that rolls all of your financial services into one.
What does it do?
Once you sign up, you get a Visa bank card, then you'll be given very detailed information on each of your transactions. You can keep track of your expenditures online, as well as on the iPhone app. For now, the service is available only by invitation.
Why do we like it?
Do you ever look through your expenses and see a transaction that you can't place? Was it a cab ride? Or was it a trip to a random ATM? Or a restaurant with a name you can't remember? Simple's organizational tools will jog your memory. You can tag purchases under different categories like "groceries" or "clothes." It also makes it easier to pay someone you might owe money or square up on a bill by transferring funds. One of the best parts is that you always know exactly how much you can spend. At the top Simple displays the "safe-to-spend" amount and warns you if you have any upcoming bills or expenses. Enter checks to your account by photo deposit, too, something you can't do with Bank of America. [Simple via The Verge]
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Afrocentric Social Work
Colita Nichols Fairfax
Afrocentric social work is a concept and praxis approach applicable in environmental and global settings where people of African descent are located. Using concept analysis as a methodology, this article explores Afrocentric social work theory and its applicability in the social sciences. Concept analysis is an examination of a thought or theory with the intent to create a more concise operational definition. Afrocentric social work not only is applicable to racial and social justice issues, it also is applicable to intellectual and philosophical discourses of social work, which has largely ignored Afrocentric social work as a viable theory and philosophical canon. The Walker and Avant method of concept analysis is employed in this article to provide a systemic discourse to define the attributes of Afrocentric social work, as well as its structural elements that scholars and practitioners utilize as a theory and praxis application.
Community Building
Sharon E. Milligan
This article will cover the history, theory, and empirical and practical knowledge of community building. Social networks and social ties contribute to informal social control, while neighborhood behavior is key to the development and maintenance of social cohesion. The author will provide a discussion of the relationships among these elements and their relationships to other community resources, such as civic participation and collective action. The author will discuss the empirical work regarding the effective ways to produce and promote community building in poor neighborhoods, as well as the practical knowledge that suggest its importance.
Community Economic Development
Margaret Sherrard Sherraden and Lisa Reyes Mason
Community economic development (CED) is an integrated and community-driven approach to development aimed at generating wealth, capabilities, and empowerment in low-income and low-wealth communities. Nonprofit organizations partner with public and for-profit interests to develop social and economic investment strategies for community economic renewal and revitalization. Social workers in CED engage in interdisciplinary work in community organizing, leadership development, program development and implementation, social-service management, and policy advocacy. To achieve large and sustainable success, CED requires solidarity with and investment in poor communities by society as a whole.
Community Planning
Elisheva Sadan
This entry discusses community planning in the context of community social work. Distinctions are made between community planning as a rational comprehensive process of the planning discipline, and the process of community planning in community social work. Community planning is defined as a process of participatory and inclusive organized social change, directed toward community empowerment, building community, and developing members' capacities to take part in democratic decision making. A three-dimensional model of empowering community planning is presented and discussed. The model focuses on the tasks of community social work in the planning process, and the empowering outcomes they can enable.
Contexts/Settings: Corporate Settings
David Stoesz
Human service corporations provide opportunities that social workers are just beginning to recognize. Although the commercial provision of services has negative features, expansion of the for-profit sector bodes well for those professionals willing to consider it as a practice setting. Corporations have become prominent service providers in hospital management, nursing home care, managed care, child care, welfare, and corrections. Because for-profit firms are often more competitive than nonprofit agencies, privatization is likely to contribute to corporatization human services.
David F. Gillespie
Disasters are a form of collective stress posing an unavoidable threat to people around the world. Disaster losses result from interactions among the natural, social, and built environments, which are becoming increasingly complex. The risk of disaster and people's susceptibility to damage or harm from disasters is represented with the concept of vulnerability. Data from the Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and genocide in Darfur, Sudan, show poor people suffer disproportionately from disasters. Disaster social work intervenes in the social and built environments to reduce vulnerability and prevent or reduce long-term social, health, and mental health problems from disasters.
Elder Abuse
Eloise Rathbone-McCuan
Elder abuse is now recognized internationally as a social problem among the aging population. Intentional abuse, neglect, and exploitation among caregivers to frail and isolated elderly create serious risks across diverse formal and informal care settings. This field has expanded continuously since the early 1970s. Accurate prevalence and incidence rates have not been determined. There is a national system of elder victim protection operating within each state. The social work profession is legally mandated to report situations where an elderly person is suspected to be at risk of abuse. Social workers are involved in all aspects of elder abuse prevention and intervention services.
Environmental Justice
Mary E. Rogge
The concept of environmental justice gained currency in the public arena during the latter part of the 20th century. It embodies social work's person-in-environment perspective and dedication to people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and poor. The pursuit of environmental justice engages citizens in local to international struggles for economic resources, health, and well-being, and in struggles for political voice and the realization of civil and human rights.
International Social Work and Social Welfare: Africa (Sub-Sahara)
Kwaku Osei-Hwedie
Africa is one of the world's poorest regions and it faces numerous and complex challenges as it strives to achieve its development objectives. The main challenges relate to poverty and its alleviation, economic growth, democratization leading to political stability, improving social welfare, and generally creating a just and equitable society. The resolution of these issues is critical to social work if the profession is to make an impact.
International Social Work and Social Welfare: Asia
Ngoh Tiong Tan
Asia contains more than 60% of the world's population and is the fastest growing economic region. However, it faces challenges, including poverty, HIV and AIDS, and human rights concerns. In the midst of rapid changes in the social–political context, social workers and welfare organizations are making a significant contribution in addressing these challenges and improving social well-being in the region by broadening indigenous social networks to incorporate private, public, and community interventions.
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prodrigues necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
CoDomain is an online tool for web professionals to manage their hosting and domain registration in a central location.
The last company I worked for had 700 websites, and I just got sick of constantly losing login our information!! CoDomain steps up to make the storage of this information easier.
CoDomain is a new tool to help web professionals manage websites, to aid communication between business partners, and to aid communication with hosting companies and domain registrars. Information is stored 'in the cloud' so that any authorized user can access it, from anywhere, at any time.
The tagline may be "Your partner in Domain Management" (Do not use the tagline in the logo). I would like the logo to portray that the tool is an indispensable aid to managing websites, but I want the presentation to be simple. The words CoDomain or CoDomain.net should be included in the logo. You don't need to keep the colors I use on the website. They are easy to change to match whatever you come up with!
I'm including these examples just to give you a sense of my style. It's helped me out in the past when communicating with designers. Please don't copy the logos.
I like these fonts: Lisboa Sans, Frutiger Bold, Agency Bold
I like these logos: Zillow.com, lexington.coop, DropSend.com, RememberTheMilk.com, MeasureMap.com, 9cays.com, divShare.com, SimplyHired.com, MotionBox.com, CoWorkers.com
- a logo incorporating the name of the site, easy to read, and with incorporating an icon of some sort.
- I need to be able to scale the image large or small without losing quality. Probably SVG or Adobe Illustrator source files!
- Should be on a transparent background
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USDA will begin sign-up for the long-awaited Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program or SURE at county Farm Service Agency offices Jan. 4.
USDA officials offered no explanation for why it took nearly 18 months for the Agriculture Department to implement the new permanent disaster program, which was authorized in the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act.
"This program is an important component of the farm safety net and will provide financial assistance to producers who have suffered crop losses due to natural disasters," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "Producers will receive payments beginning in January, in time to help them with planning for next year's crop."
SURE provides crop disaster assistance payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred crop production or crop quality losses. The program takes into consideration crop losses on all crops grown by a producer nationwide.
Under the program rules, SURE provides assistance in an amount equal to 60 percent of the difference between the SURE farm guarantee and total farm revenue. The farm guarantee is based on the amount of crop insurance and Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage on the farm.
To be eligible for SURE, producers must have suffered at least a 10 percent production loss on a crop of economic significance. In addition, producers must meet the risk management purchase requirement by either obtaining a policy or plan of insurance, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or NAP coverage, for all economically significant crops.
For 2008 crops, producers had the opportunity to obtain a waiver of the risk management purchase requirement through a buy-in provision. Producers considered socially disadvantaged, a beginning farmer or rancher, or a limited resource farmer may be eligible for SURE without a policy or plan of insurance or NAP coverage.
In addition to meeting the risk management purchase requirement, a producer must have a farming interest physically located in a county that was declared a primary disaster county or contiguous county by the agriculture secretary under a Secretarial Disaster Designation.
Regardless of a Secretarial Disaster Designation, individual producers may also be eligible for SURE if the actual production on the farm is less than 50 percent of the normal production on the farm due to a natural disaster. For SURE, a farm is defined as all crops in which a producer had an interest nationwide.
Total farm revenue takes into account the actual value of production on the farm as well as insurance indemnities and certain farm program payments.
For more information on the new SURE program, Vilsack said producers should visit their local FSA county office or go to http://www.fsa.usda.gov.


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27-Jul-2011 -- I was on a 4-month cycling trip around south-east Europe and the Middle East back in the summer of 2011. I was on my way from Georgia to Azerbaijan. The road I took towards Lagodekhi and the Azerbaijani border passed by 42N 46E in a distance of approx. 12 km. At that time this was one of the two unvisited Georgian degree confluences on dry land.
From the aerial footage I'd looked at I devised a route that followed the Avaniskhevi river for almost 9 kilometers in a northwestish direction, then turns southeast along a tributary for another kilometer or so. This is all uninhabited and forested wilderness, and rivers and streams seemed to be the most viable ways to move forward along. Local lore has it that there are wolves, bears, and poisonous snakes in the woods.
My hostst from last night dropped me off at the northernmost edge of the village of Akhalsopeli, which was the best starting point for my hike to the Confluence. From the drop-off point I just followed the river. After a while I found a foot path that circumnavigated some impassable parts of the river bank. Who had made this path? I didn't know. There were only two options, as far as I could tell. Either smugglers on their way to Dagestan, Russia, or hunters. I imagined it were the former, as that was certainly more exciting. Every now and then I found footprints in the sand and scratches from shoes on rocks, and I also found empty cigarette packets and resting places with remainders of food. They couldn't have been there long ago. From then on I payed special attention not to leave any traces myself.
I had to cross the river a couple of times, first by jumping from stone to stone, later by wading through. Then I hit a dead end. The river passed through a narrow gorge forming a waterfall. There didn't seem to be any way to get through there. Also, there weren't any paths leading up the sides of the gorge - they were too steep anyway.
I had a break there and took a refreshing bath by the waterfall, then climbed the rock that formed the gorge. It was easily possible! From that rock I could climb onto a dead tree that had fallen into an optimal position (or maybe was put there intentionally?) just above the waterfall. Then onto another stone and across I was. Went back down to grab my stuff and actually did the crossing in no time and without any problems!
Later I had another break at the inflow of a small tributary. According to the aerial pictures, that tributary came pretty much directly from my destination, 42N 46E, though I was still about 3 kilometers away from it. I decided to follow that little stream, but it turned out to be a dead end for me. The hills left and right climbed steeply and were full of raspberry shrubs. I tried my best but gave up after a couple hundred meters (which equals about an hour of 'walking' in these conditions) and returned to the main river I'd been following (the Avaniskhevi).
It was 6 pm when I got back there and I decided to stay for the night. Pitched tent at a lovely spot on soft soil, cooked some dinner on a large stone in the middle of the river and went to bed not much after 8 pm.
The next morning I found myriads of ants inside my tent. They must have sneaked in through a zipper that wasn't closed properly. Fortunately, they were not aggressive. It took me a while to clean all my stuff before I could continue my hike along the river. It became narrower and faster-flowing but was easier to cross when necessary. Eventually I hit another dead end. A gorge, again, but this time there was no tree and no stone that I could use to climb across. There were still my smugglers' footprints nearby, however I couldn't figure out how they had passed this obstacle.
Also, time was working against me. I'd told my friends in Akhalsopeli that I'd be gone for two days, but unfortunately I hadn't told them what to do if I didn't return in time, or how long to wait before sending for help (dunno if they'd done that at all...).
So I decided to end the expedition here and to return to the village.
Of course, on the way back I was much faster and could phone my friends in the early afternoon to pick me up outside the village.
It was an unsuccessful visit to 42N 46E, but it was a successful adventure nonetheless. I was full of scratches and bruises, and I was feeling very happy.
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Did Juan Marquez Cheat Against Manny Pacquiao? [Video]
This past weekend was highlighted with the Manny Pacquiao Vs Juan Marquez fight but during the fight did Juan Marquez cheat?
I've had my experience in the ring and I'm also a fan of boxing and I thought I was the only one that spotted the foot stop technique that Juan was using. It's a cheap trick to keep your opponent from coming in on you, that works!
If you step on your opponents foot maybe once during the fight it's cool., but if your during this much either your cheating or you have sloppy footwork. At this level of competition I doubt it's the sloppy footwork.


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Epic Games' design director Cliff Bleszinski profiles common developer behavior in this special Gamasutra feature.
As of this summer, I'll have been making games for 20 years professionally. I've led the design on character mascot platform games, first-person shooters, single-player campaigns, multiplayer experiences, and much more. I've worked with some of the most amazing programmers, artists, animators, writers, and producers around. Throughout this time period, I've noticed patterns in how we, as creative professionals, tend to communicate.
I've learned that while developers are incredibly intelligent, they can sometimes be a bit insecure about how smart they are compared to their peers. I've seen developer message boards tear apart billion-dollar franchises, indie darlings, and everything in between by overanalyzing and nitpicking. We always want to prove that we thought of an idea before anyone else, or we will cite a case in which an idea has been attempted, succeeded, failed, or been played out.
In short, this article identifies communication techniques that are often used in discussions, arguments, and debates among game developers in order to "win" said conversations.
These observations and monikers are not meant to be antagonistic; in fact, several of the approaches mentioned here are employed because of valid reasoning. For example, pattern matching can be a good way of avoiding making derivative products, and sometimes an edge case can, in fact, kill a solid idea. So here are my Game Developer Communication "Flashcards."
"Pattern Match Dismissal"
This is when a developer immediately runs through his gaming/pop culture library in his head and finds the closest thing to compare it to (often, a bad or failed example) in order to shoot it down.
For example, in regards to Avatar, "You want to make a movie about blue people in a forest with a bad military and mechs? What, Smurf Ferngully Aliens?" The Gears of War franchise, pitched improperly, could be seen as the old '80s schlock horror movie C.H.U.D.
"Edge Blocking"
This refers to using an edge case to block a potentially awesome idea. i.e., an Edge Blocker would shoot down the idea of having giant worlds in Skyrim because of a concern that you'd have to trek back to where you came from and that all that walking would get old. Obvious and clear fixes such as the gameism of "fast travel" can easily solve this issue, allowing for huge worlds.
Edge Blocking has variants:
"The Networker." This is a way of shooting down an idea because it won't work in an edge case or unique co-op situation -- this is a variant of Edge Blocking. "How would Max Payne slo-mo work in co-op? Impossible!"
"Perfectionist." Similar to Edge Blocking, this is when a developer finds one instance whereas a cool feature might not look absolutely perfect, e.g., an amazing melee move that occasionally will result in some minor clipping of characters into one another.
"Ne'er Do Well"
Or "I've never seen that feature done before, or done well. Therefore, we shouldn't do it." This one is pretty self-explanatory, and, in fact, can be the reason why an idea should be done. Following this logic only leads to "me-too" creation.
As a reference, a Locust population from the underground in Gears of War worked for many reasons, but we still had reservations about it. In the end, it helped differentiate the franchise from others that featured the usual aliens-from-above/space.
"Devil's Advocate"
Most developers tend to use this technique, even when they believe in an idea, as a form of covering their ass. Often used by lawyers.
"It's just X+Y"
This is when a developer dismisses another successful product, sour grapes style, because he can easily see the formula. The fact that the formula is so simple and obvious is often why said product is so successful.
For example, Words with Friends: "It's just asynchronous Scrabble." Yes, it is, and it's brilliant.
"Future Release"
This occurs when a developer hears an idea -- good or bad -- and says that it will fit nicely into a later version or sequel. This is code-speak for "I don't think that idea is worth doing, so we're going to shoot it down by saying we'll do it later in order to make you feel better."
"Toppling," a.k.a. "Tower of Babel"
This technique is when a developer adds too many bells and whistles to a feature that was pitched as simple, but ultimately jeopardizes the feature altogether due to these additions. The feature "topples" under its own weight.
"Think of the Children!"
This is otherwise known as "Cascading Dependencies." The tendency is to shoot down an idea because it will cause more work for other departments, such as animation, UI, or art. Often, features that are interesting and/or worth doing have these sorts of ramifications as they combine all disciplines.


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Veterans' Day is observed on November 11 when Americans honor all living military veterans, including the many working moms who are veterans of military service. The day is celebrated with speeches and parades across the country. For more facts about Veterans' Day, see the list below.
- Veterans' Day is always observed on November 11.
- On Veterans' Day, Americans honor all living military veterans, including the many working moms who are veterans of military service.
- Veterans' Day is celebrated with speeches and parades across the U.S.
- The holiday began as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I.
- In 1926, Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance.
- In 1938, Nov. 11 became a national holiday.
- In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation changing the name to Veterans' Day in order to honor veterans of all American wars.
- On November 11, 1921, an unidentified American soldier killed in the war was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. It is called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. An official wreath-laying ceremony is held each Veterans' Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Usually the president, or another high-ranking government official, lays the wreath on the grave.
- Britain, France, Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of World Wars I and II on or near November 11th. Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday of November). In Europe, Britain and the Commonwealth countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11.
- Veterans' Day should not be confused with Memorial Day. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Memorial Day (the fourth Monday in May) honors American service members who died in service to their country or as a result of injuries incurred during battle, while Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans–living or dead–but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime."


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Originally for Choir, String Quartet, Percussion & Organ, with text from Leaves Of Grass. Found here arranged for SATB and Piano accompaniment. New product for the week of Sept 10th, 2012.
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Based on poems by Judson Evans. Four Haiku Poems is a mini-cycle cast in four songs of 11 bars or less. A Panopticon is a building which is organized so that all elements of the interior can be seen from a single point, like in a hospital or library. Panopticon is comprised of four movements: I. Recitative, II. Aria, III. Intermezzo, and IV. Barcarolle. New product for the week of Sept 24th, 2012.
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All The Ends Of The Earth is a choral motet written for a Europe-wide radio broadcast on Millennium Day 1st January, 2000. It is based on Perotin's organum Viderunt Omnes. Scored for S.A.T.B. chorus, percussion and harp. New product for the week of May 7, 2012.
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Six short pieces edited by Robin Wells. New product for the week of May 7, 2012.
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Take a holiday trip around the world with this exceptional collection of carols. This cadre of favorites offers variety of style and idiom that add color to your seasonal programming. Thoughtful arranging and a delightful array of techniques were used for the organist of distinction. Includes: Joy to the World
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In Practicing the Piano, Nancy O'Neill Breth offers a broad selection of practice tips with musical examples to help students of all ages find imaginative solutions to pianistic problems. The book explores how to: organize practice time; map music before practicing to uncover the musical terrain that lies ahead; use practice time effectively from the first reading through performance; develop fluency with accuracy; polish and memorize a piece; and lay the foundation for confident performance. Practicing the Piano is a handbook of practice techniques. Teachers can use it to reinforce and augment their own ideas on practicing. Parents will find a wealth of ideas for guiding their children's practice sessions. Students young and old will discover how to make each practice session count. Using the book's wide range of practice tips not only improves a pianist's skills, but also adds adventure and enjoyment to the process of mastering a piece.New product for the week of March 19, 2012.
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Organ solo arrangements of 14 songs from Disney movies, TV shows and theme parks! Includes: Be Our Guest
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Throughout his musical career, Sir William Henry Harris (1883-1973)was engaged as Organist of New College, Oxford, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and St. George's Windsor.New product for the week of February 27, 2012.
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This is considered one of the most serene Christmas carols of all time. The piece was originally written for two voices and guitar because the church organ had broken down. This arrangement, for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets, is fairly standard in its treatment of both the melody and harmonies. It is a simple and elegant piece and has been arranged as such.
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The famous Jig Fugue by Bach is a favourite with organists. It is light-hearted and energetic with its rollicking triple meter. The key has been altered to facilitate 2 flutes and 2 clarinets at this level. All parts are very active including the 2nd clarinet, who must tackle the tricky bass lines of Bach.
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This is easily the most famous piece of classical music ever written. There have been many arrangements of this favourite including versions for strings, organ, piano, steel drums and recorder ensemble. This arrangement for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets remains close to the original but the key is altered to B-flat to facilitate the technical passages.
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This is easily the most famous and often-recorded fugue. It has become standard with organists all around the world. Now this terrific piece by Bach is available for a double reed ensemble consisting of two oboes, english horn and bassoon. All parts are technical and interesting as the contrapuntal lines weave throughout the ensemble.
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arr. by Joanne Haroutounian: Pianists, violinists, and cellists will have more opportunities to explore and enjoy piano trio literature with this wonderful collection of short works and selected piano trio movements by Beethoven, Clementi, Haydn, Klengel, Mozart, and Schubert. Editor Joanne Haroutounian selected these uniquely charming pieces because of their accessibility for students as well as adult chamber music enthusiasts. The books are organized in progressive levels of difficulty and include additional details on specific performance suggestions for each work, rehearsal hints, and general information on chamber music. Book 3.
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In a cavernous warehouse on a recent weekday, Rose Parade volunteers were busy painting and clipping flowers as they rushed to complete their float in time for New Year's Day festivities. But all activity paused when the star of the decorated stage arrived.
With a Marine corporal in tow, Lucca, a German shepherd-Malinois mix, hopped curiously toward a group of excited children. Her head dipped from the weight of her body, no longer supported by her amputated left leg.
It's been nine months since Lucca lost her paw to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. A veteran of three combat deployments, she is one of thousands of U.S. military working dogs trained to sniff out booby traps, deliver messages and track enemies. She has led more than 200 missions, with no Marine ever injured under her patrol.
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In light of drone strikes, cyber terrorism, religious extremists, and morally ambiguous international policies, it's easy to look at World War II and say, "That's how to fight a war!" Which is of course why World War II stories are so popular still. They have become real-life reflections of the greatest story ever told: the battle between good and evil, glorified in fiction and history alike as our finest hour.
But what if we hadn't won?
That's the premise behind Guy Saville's debut thriller The Afrika Reich, set in an alternate-history 1950s. Pearl Harbor never happened, the US never got involved, and the British were massacred at Dunkirk, leading to a truce that divided the African continent.
Richard Burton, British ex-Foreign Legionnaire-turned-mercenary heads up a squad to travel to the heart of Nazi Africa. The iron-fisted Walter Hochberg, sadistic head of the African SS, is the target for a secret assassination attempt. Hochberg killed Burton's father and possibly his mother, and Burton wants revenge. But "something" (down with spoilers!) goes wrong during the mission and Burton and his former Foreign Legion commander Patrick are left in the middle of Nazi-held Africa. Finding themselves in the middle of a growing international conflict, their only chance to survive is to get out of Africa.
The Nazis have interned all of the Africans within their borders to a Saharan camp called "Muspel." (Subtle Norse mythological hints abound throughout the book.) Vicious supporting-lady/child-soldier Neliah has flashbacks to the horrors of the Herero genocide, which fuels her rage and makes her a perfect partner for Burton and Patrick. Her weapon of choice is a dull, rusty machete, which she refuses to sharpen – it makes the cuts worse.
In an epic of "Die Hard" (or maybe "Predator") proportions, the remaining team members wade through a sea of Nazis in the jungle. The remorseless main characters have no compunction about killing hundreds of other people. There's tons of huge explosions, and bloodthirsty bad guys so insane that they make The Red Skull look like ... something not so insane. Saville never lets up on the gas as this book busts some major blocks.
Saville's debut tries to rise above the average middle-grade thriller novel and his meticulous research does stand out amongst the explosions and blood. But "The Afrika Reich" never quite rises above the level of an airport bookstore bestseller – a fun read, but not truly outstanding. It rests too much on fast-paced action sequences to pull the reader through the plot. (I also dislike being purposefully mislead; it feels "gimmicky.")
"The Afrika Reich" takes its premise of alternate history at face value, letting the reader pick up on the overarching scheme of what changed when and who are now the world's major players. (Hint: one of them rhymes with "Mitler.") No long expositions break the flow of action in this book. To Saville's credit, I was never confused by the complicated alternate political back-story. His writing is smooth, and the book is structured well.
Because it's revealed that his archenemy is still alive (gaah! spoiler – sorry!), Burton is never in any real danger, which allows Saville to insert him in more and more cartoonish battle sequences, leading up to the final inevitable confrontation. It makes for an arresting read, but there's a sense of distance from the killing that feels like, well, watching an '80s action flick – complete with the "I should've retired/realizing that revenge isn't worth it" emotional scenes.
As the first novel in a planned trilogy, "The Afrika Reich" sets up the coming epic conflagration well. (Seriously, get cozy with your Norse mythology.) Saville's knowledge base and skill do much to bolster this book. But as a fast-paced read in the style of Dan Brown (lots of plot twists, cliffhangers, etc.) it doesn't quite make the leap from pretty good to great.
-Ben Frederick is a contributor to The Christian Science Monitor


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A few months ago, the IBM Center for Applied Insights embarked on a research study to find out how and why business and IT decision-makers are using cloud. At the start of that journey, I fully expected the survey data would lead us to a primarily IT story. After all, IT departments have been turning to cloud for quite some time now to achieve scale, drive cost savings, and improve organizational efficiency. And we've all read articles about the cloud stack wars. So, cloud must be mainly an IT thing, neatly handled by the technology parts of the enterprise, right?
Not quite. The true picture is surprising. One worldwide survey and over 800 IT and business decision-makers and users later, the data has revealed that cloud is no longer just an IT crush. Though business is a later suitor, still lagging IT somewhat in terms of strategic interest in cloud, a change in affections is brewing: Over the next three years, cloud's strategic importance to the business – across virtually every area, including finance, operations, sales and marketing, and product development — is poised to double from 34 percent to 72 percent – leaping over their IT counterparts at 58 percent.
So, why is business starting to crush on cloud?
Our study has revealed that leading organizations – one of five — have discovered a secret source of competitive differentiation through cloud and are using it as an engine for growth.
These Pacesetter organizations are building competitive advantage using Cloud in three key ways – through strategic reinvention, better decisions and deeper collaboration. In each of these areas, they're reporting business results from their use of cloud. For example, Pacesetters are:
- 70% more likely to build new and improved business models through cloud
- 117% more likely to use cloud to make data-driven, evidence-based decisions
- 71% more likely to use cloud to collaborate across the organization and ecosystem
How are the Pacesetters getting so much out of their relationship with cloud? The study reveals all, but I'll give you a hint: Pacesetters are leading the charge toward more comprehensive cloud strategies – they're 270% more likely than peers to have enterprise-wide cloud strategies.
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
Götterdämmerung: Bonds, Brown Announce Retirements
Former Dodger Kevin Brown has decided to retire, because of his back.
"Kevin didn't have me pursue any teams because he wanted to see how his health was," Scott Boras, Brown's agent, told [a reporter from the New York Times]. "He decided after the painful process last year he was not going to play. His arm is still remarkably good, but it's about his back."His last game was a July 23 loss to the Angels, in the last year of a seven-year, $105 million contract he signed with the Dodgers in 1997. But lest you think I imply that Brownie was anything close to a Hall of Famer (had he fewer injury years, that might have been the case), the fellow I have in mind most to match the title of this entry is none other than Barry Bonds, who in a USA Today interview says he will retire at the end of the season.
"I'm not playing baseball anymore after this," Bonds told USA TODAY in a wide-ranging telephone interview near his home in Beverly Park, Calif. "The game (isn't) fun anymore. I'm tired of all of the crap going on. I want to play this year out, hopefully win, and once the season is over, go home and be with my family. Maybe then everybody can just forget about me."He can, that.
"I can't even tell how you may pain pills I am on or how many sleeping pills I'm taking," Bonds said. "I don't have a choice. I can't even run that much anymore. How can I run? I don't have any cartilage in that knee. I'm bone on bone.
"But I can still hit. I can rake. I can hit a baseball."
The soundbite "Ahh, blow it out" that Jim Healy used to play on his radio show would best describe my reaction to Bonds' comment.
So how much of an effect would this have on Bonds being the Angels' DH in '07? Damn that would have been hot too. Vlad/Bonds back-to-back. wooweee
No cartilage? Bone on bone? Sounds like somebody needs knee replacement surgery. Could Bonds get a knee replacement and come back as a DH? Medical experts? Can anyone comment on this?
He could probably get Synvisc injections, but it's questionable how much he wants to be in the majors anymore given (a) the knowledge of his inevitable decline and has no desire to be a tragic figure (he no doubt has listened first-hand to Willie Mays' sad last seasons with the Mets), (b) is in a fair amount of pain on a regular basis, (c) doesn't like being asked about steroids all the time, and (d) is kind of a surly jerk at a personal level.
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This summerhouse has a classic and timeless look. Thanks to its shape and size, this model will fit into any corner of your garden. The large double door and the windows with crossbars let in a lot of natural light, making it the perfect place for relaxation and hobbies.
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- A choice between four transparent colours.
- You still need to paint the outside within one year to protect your summer house against weather influences.
Pre-treatment entire building and painted exterior parts optional
Pre-treating & staining walls
- The complete in- and outside of the walls, posts and balustrades will be pre-treated with a primer.
- The outside of the walls and the outside of the fascia boards will be painted. Posts, bases and balustrades will be painted completely.
- Through this treatment your summerhouse is protected for 2 to 3 years.
- The paint of quality brand Sigma is water-based and therefore an environmentally conscious choice.
- For best results, hand-grind the wooden surface of your walls and posts and apply an additional layer of paint after assembly. Through this treatment all colour nuances on the surface of the natural product disappear almost entirely and your summerhouse is protected for another two years.
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Q: What do you use to create your art?
For my lineart I use .5mm pencils with either regular office-supply graphite or blue-lead. In both cases I prefer to use 110lb cardstock, but regular printer paper works just as well in a pinch.
Q: Where do you purchase your materials?
In the event that I need pencils and paper, I usually go to office-supply stores, such as Office Depot or Staples. If I need blue lead, I normally order that online from Pentel (art supply stores are notoriously out of stock). For my other artistic needs, I either go to Utrect or Plaza.
Q: For your traditional artwork, how do you manage scanning your work? Do you feel the brand/type of scanner makes a difference?
For the time being, I use an HP Officejet v40 (…which is about 12 years old now). This is why I don't have anything from sketchbooks or stuff from art class posted; there is no way for me to scan it in.
Q: How long does a drawing take, in all your chosen mediums?
Depends on far too many factors for me to answer easily. Some sketches have taken me a few minutes while there are some drawings I have lost track of how many hours I've put into it.
Q: How often do you draw?
I *try* to draw a little every day…even if they are mindless doodles when I should be taking notes in a meeting.
Q: Do you have any tips for lineart/coloring?
Yeah, draw and color. If you have a digital art program, don't be afraid to screw around with stuff. If you don't and money is not an object, do the same thing with any manner of materials of your choosing.
Q: Do you sketch your drawings and trace later over them for lineart or do you use the same page/layer?
Q: Do you draw with any tutorial-style guidelines when you begin?
While I certainly apply the concepts I have picked up from a number of tutorials (such as setting up a skeletal structure/framework), I avoid a lot of tutorials like the plague unless there is a specific effect that I am looking for. I don't need my work to look like it came from the exact same cookie-cutter styled colorist.
Q: How do you get over an artist's block?
I usually take four or five steps to the right (or left) and then press on.
Q: What is your favorite thing to draw?
My favorite thing? Mecha, armor, weapons and atrocities…what appears in my gallery tells a different story. You see, I am actually pretty good at the stuff I like to draw, but I need to get better at the squishy stuff (and I'm not necessarily talking about female body parts).
Q: At what age did you consider/begin getting into art?
No idea. I've been doodling and drawing ever since I could remember. That may be a painfully common answer, but it's true.
Q: Did you ever attend art classes/school/academy/college? Did they benefit?
Yes; I took the required classes in high school, but I also took some basic classes through the Art Academy of Cincinnati for a painfully brief time and a number of courses through University of Maryland University College. And yes, I do feel that the more consistent and recent classes have helped me a lot.
Q: Did you ever try to adapt to someone else's style or start with developing your own?
I think I have always had my own style. Even when I was a lot younger when I traced pictures from video game manuals, they still looked different from the picture I traced from. Never could figure it out really…
Q: What types of color combinations are your favorite to experiment with?
Hmmm… well, I can't say for sure, as I really don't color too often.
Q: Do you prefer digital or traditional? Does either have an easier skill level/set of benefits over the other?
I prefer traditional, as that is where I have the most experience. I am working to change this by doing more digitally, but that doesn't come overnight.
Q: Are you happy with your current level of art? Do you wish to improve?
Fuck no, I'm not satisfied! I am always looking for ways to get better. Of course actual execution is another kettle of worms and I need to put the time into that… which I have been lacking lately. But I do what I can…
Q: Do you plan before touching a layer/sketchbook, or make it up as you go?
A little of column A and a little of column B.
Q: What kind of tablet/sketchbook do you use?
For my digital work, I have an Intuos 4. Traditional stuff is pretty much regulated to whatever is within reach.
Q: What digital painting program do you use?
Paint Tool SAI and Adobe CS5
Q: Do you feel supported with your artwork? How do you deal with the choice of life/school/work/parental advice when pursuing your art?
Not really, no. I get very little feedback from my friends, and my parents can't be bothered to give a damn (the ones that are still alive anyway).
Q: Do you listen to music/watch TV/read while drawing?
WinAmp is always running when I am at my computer. Enough said. If I watch anything, it would be fellow artists as they stream, but that is rare because it is a distraction.
Q: Who/what are your inspirations that you feel show in your artwork?
Most "Old School" anime (mostly stuff from the 70's through the 90's) has been an influence. Some artists like Joe Mad, Newt Ewell, Masamune Shirow and Fred Perry have also added some influence to my style as well.
Q: What have you done in order to obtain the financial necessity to purchase your tools?
I work, duh.
Q: Do you do requests/trades/commissions? Do you have a link that explains more in depth?
I very rarely do requests. I have done one or two at conventions, but I have to remotely feel like doing it. I would do trades if I felt that someone would want to trade with me. I offer commissions when I am at conventions.
Q: Do you have any final words for me?
Reality is for those who can't handle √-1.


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Mikhail Kalinin
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Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought, a state of mind.Daphne Du Maurier
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (November 19 [O.S. November 7] 1875 – June 3, 1946) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the titular head of state of the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1946. Two large cities, Tver and Königsberg, were renamed in his honor; the latter has retained the name Kaliningrad after the fall of the USSR. Kalinin was honoured with a major state funeral and was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.
- You must remember that we persecute nobody for religion. We regard religion as an error and fight it with education.
- To Red Army political agitators, May 19, 1943. Quoted in "Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics" - Page 109 - by Steven Merritt Miner - History - 2003
- The national question is purely a peasant question...the best way to eliminate nationality is a massive factory with thousands of workers..., which like a millstone grinds up all nationalities and forges a new nationality. This nationality is the universal proletariat.
- Quoted in "The Affirmative Action Empire" - Page 147 - by Terry Martin - Political Science - 2001
- The Jews will become socialist colonisers with strong fists and sharp teeth, a strong national group within the Soviet family of nations.
- Quoted in "Inside the Middle East" - Page 232 - by Dilip Hiro - History - 1982
- For thousands of years humankind's finest minds have been struggling with the theoretical problem of finding the forms that would give peoples the possibility, without the greatest of torment, without internecine strife, of living side by side in friendship and brotherhood. Practically speaking, the first step in this direction is only being taken now, today.
- Closing speech after the formation of the USSR by the Unification Congress. Quoted in "Survivor From An Unknown War: The Life of Isakjan Narzikul" - Page 3 - by Stephen Lee Crane - 1999
- But even now, after the greatest victory known to history we cannot for one minute forget the basic fact that our country remains the one socialist state in the world. You will speak frankly about this to the collective farmers...Only the most concrete, most immediate danger, which threatened us from Hitlerite Germany, has disappeared.
- August 1945. Quoted in "The Soviet Union Since World War II" - Page 4 - by American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philip Edward Mosely - History - 1949
- The whole history of my life, and in essence the whole history of the working class consists of this: that we have lived and fought under the leadership of Lenin and Stalin.
- Quoted in "USSR Information Bulletin" - Page 322 - World War, 1939-1945 - 1942


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SoundCloud iPhone App Revamp Caters to Listeners, Not Uploaders
When it comes to music-streaming apps, the dozens of current options can be overwhelming. There are the major players like Pandora and Spotify, and there are the upstarts like 8tracks and Hype Machine. But none are like SoundCloud, the popular music-streaming service where established and up-and-coming artists upload their own music. Until now, SoundCloud's mobile apps have focused on uploading, but a new version of the iPhone app released today changes that.
The new app has been totally redesigned. There's no longer a place to upload audio files—it's all about listening. When you launch it, you see a stream of the latest uploads from musicians you follow. If you're new to SoundCloud and haven't followed anyone, you'll see a stream of popular songs and artists. A drop down menu shows your stream, trending music, and popular audio in other formats—news reports, poetry, even audio film and book trailers. This menu also lets you filter music by 36 different genres, including pop, alternative rock, hip hop and dubstep.
Along the bottom of the app, a search icon lets you type the names of artists, songs or audio files, and a "You" icon shows your user profile, liked songs and playlists. And although SoundCloud previously required you to sign in before you could use its app, anyone can stream music freely with this app, even without signing in.
As soon as you tap on a song to play, you're treated to a full screen view of album artwork, with SoundCloud's signature waveform along the bottom. Not only can you see how far into a track you are, you can scrub through a song by simply dragging your finger across the image. You can like or share a song via text, Facebook, Twitter or email. Want to skip to a new song? Just swipe left or right. A "hide" button takes you back to the home screen without stopping the music.
When I first opened a beta preview of the new app two weeks ago, I was surprised at how simple SoundCloud looked. Within seconds, I learned how to use the app, like songs, skip songs, search for new songs. That isn't something you can say about rival audio apps from Spotify and iTunes.
While SoundCloud's app is charmingly designed, and a joy to use, it does have limitations. Search doesn't yet predict results as you type and you can't create or edit a playlist from within the app, though Eric Wahlforss, SoundCloud's chief technology officer, said those features will come as the new app is updated over the next few months.
Since SoundCloud is essentially the YouTube of audio—more than 12 hours of music and audio are uploaded to SoundCloud every minute—it seems like a risky move to ditch all of the content-creation features. But building an app specifically for listening, and not creating, is actually a good thing for the musicians, artists and journalists who upload their work to SoundCloud, he argued.
"One of the major things creators want from us is a larger audience," he said. "The better our mobile app is for listeners, the better we are for creators."
Those new listeners won't be coming from Android just yet, however. The SoundCloud Android app will remain creator-focused, at least for now.


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