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I don't speak a word of Russian. But I've come to believe some strange symbiosis exists between the language of Tolstoy and the language of Shakespeare.
Russia gave birth to that master of English-language prose Vladimir Nabokov. Half a century later, another writer who grew up with Cyrillic is gleefully writing American English as vivid, original and funny as any that contemporary U.S. literature has to offer.
That writer is Gary Shteyngart, who wrote three excellent novels propelled by his ecstatic voice. In his fourth book, the memoir "Little Failure," we learn how that voice was born.
Before he was "Gary," Shteyngart was a boy named "Igor" born in a city and a country — Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and the Soviet Union — also fated to lose their names. The "evil empire" was on its last legs, but the young writer-to-be could not know this. Igor dreamed communist dreams in which he slew fascist monsters. Real-life fun consisted of hide-and-seek with his father under the statue of Lenin near his home.
Instead of doing battle with the enemies of socialism, Igor left the USSR with his parents at age 7, then resettled in the U.S. and became Gary. Here, he battled Hebrew-school bullies in Queens, N.Y., and overcame the debilitating effects of a late circumcision (ouch!) to become a novelist.
"The past is haunting us," Shteyngart writes early in "Little Failure." "In Queens, in Manhattan, it is shadowing us, punching us in the stomach. I am small, and my father is big. But the Past — it is the biggest."
To be Russian is to have a heavy past. But to be a Russian Jew, in Shteyngart's telling, is to carry a past so weighty that only a good sense of humor can keep it from crushing you.
"As I march my relatives onto the pages of this book, please remember that I am also marching them toward their graves and that they will most likely meet their ends in some of the worst ways imaginable," Shteyngart observes as he begins to describe the battles and executions of World War II that wiped out much of his extended family. His father became an orphan.
"'Oni menya lyubili kak cherty,' my father says of those fleeting few years when both his parents were alive," Shteyngart writes. "They loved me like devils. It's an inelegant statement from a man who can veer between depression and anger and humor and joy with Bellovian flair." The elder Shteyngart was too young when his parents died to really know them. Their love for him is "a belief," Shteyngart writes, "and a near-holy belief at that."
Shteyngart's own parents and their epic story dominate his life and this book. The portraits of his father, an engineer with a romantic bent, and his music teacher mother are as full and complex as anything in his novels. Indeed, the emotional stakes seem weightier here than in his fiction, with Shteyngart using his linguistic and comic gifts to reveal the essence of a subject near and dear to him: himself.
In one of many flash-forwards to the present, Shteyngart reveals that he began this memoir after years in psychotherapy. Indeed, "Little Failure" feels a lot like a therapy session. Among other things, it's brutally honest. When he begins writing it, his parents seem to know what's coming. "How much longer do we have to live?" his father asks.
The elder Shteyngart needn't worry: He's fully alive on these pages, as is the rest of the Shteyngart family. After leaving austere Soviet Russia for anything-goes 1970s America, they are buffeted by culture shock, with young Gary getting the worst of it.
The Shteyngarts are immigrants living an American dream of freedom and abundance — while trapped in a lifeless marriage. The angry father wallops his son, then plays board games with him, all the while exchanging colorful Russian insults with his wife in their small apartment. Gary remains an only child, he says, because "Russians don't breed well in captivity."
After Gary goes off to college, his mother realizes he isn't going to make his parents proud by becoming a successful lawyer. So she gives him a Russian-English fusion nickname: Failurchka, or "Little Failure."
In the hands of another writer, such a story might be maudlin. Shteyngart, however, isn't capable of being anything but engaging, and his erudite, witty and self-mocking voice carries the day.
Eventually, the Shteyngarts move up in the world, buying a spacious home. But "Little Failure" isn't about the ultimate triumph of capitalism.
Its final moments of transcendence come in a deeply moving and uniquely Shteyngartian journey back to Russia. Traveling alongside his long-suffering parents, Igor/Gary closes a circle or two. And he allows his father to speak a few final words about an emotion born from many generations of suffering: guilt.


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The present studies were designed to test whether people are "polite" to computers. The tendency for people to engage in polite, "socially desirable" behavior in interpersonal interaction has been well-documented in the social psychological literature: An interviewer who directly asks about him-or herself will receive more positive and less varied responses than if the same question is posed by a third party. Two experiments were designed to determine if the same phenomenon occurs in human-computer interaction. In the first experiment (N = 30), participants performed a task with a text-based computer, and were then interviewed about the performance of that computer on one of three loci: 1) the same computer; 2) a paper-and-pencil questionnaire; 3) a different (but identical) text-based computer. Consistent with the politeness prediction, same-computer participants evaluated the computer more positively and more homogeneously than did either paper-and-pencil or different-computer participants. Experiment 2 (N = 30) replicated the results with voice-based computer(s). Implications for computer-based interviewing are discussed.
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Number Of Pages: 224
This book (previously published as "I Am Wind, You Are Fire ") celebrates the extraordinary career of Persia's great mystical poet, Rumi (1207-1273), through the story of his life, along with an enlightening examination of his ecstatic verse. Rumi lived the quiet life of a religious teacher in Anatolia until the age of thirty-seven, when he came under the influence of a whirling dervish, Shams Tabriz, and was moved to a state of mystical ecstasy. One of the results of this ecstasy was a prodigious output of poems about the search for the lost Divine Beloved, whom Rumi identified with Shams. To symbolize this search, Rumi also invented the famous whirling dance of the Melevi dervishes, which are performed accompanied by the chanting of Rumi's poems. Professor Schimmel illuminates the symbolism and significance of Rumi's vast output and offers her own translations of some of his most famous poems.
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Have you ever wondered what the world will look like when today's children will have grown up to adulthood? What opportunities will be theirs to grab and what new challenges they will have to face? What will the global balance of power look like? Will the old North/South dichotomy still make any sense?
Sadly, the future -especially technological and scientific advances- remains largely unpredictable. In the 1960s, our grandparents would have discarded as pure science fiction the possibility that we would soon be making video calls around the word from anywhere and without a cable almost for free! Nonetheless, some fundamental shifts can be predicted, especially as many are already underway and unlikely to reverse. In fact, the UN's high-level panel ("post MDG") has just issued a report which takes a long perspective on future development challenges.
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1. The world's economic balance is shifting East and South. Since the mid-1990s, poor countries started to grow –increasingly- faster than rich countries. Within the next decade, China will overtake the USA in economic might and emerging economies will outperform OECD countries. Large gaps in living standards will remain, however, as emerging economies account for about 80 percent of the global population.
2. An economic "super-cycle" is under way. Over the last 200 years, the world economy experienced only one episode – from 1945-1973 – when average growth exceeded 3 percent. Between the oil shock of 1973 and the turn of the millennium average world growth hovered at a moderate rate of 2.8 percent. Since 2000, thanks to emerging markets, global growth averaged 2.5 percent, despite the global financial crisis. Some predict that with renewed economic stability the World will exceed 3 percent until 2030 and thus enter another economic "super-cycle".
3. Africa is starting to catch-up. Over the last decade, Sub-Sahara Africa outperformed the world in terms of growth (starting from a low base). Without the relatively advanced South Africa, the continent grew at 6 percent. Almost all stable countries in Africa are expected to become Middle Income by 2025. But the continent is also drifting apart: the stable parts of Africa are catching up with the rest of the world while fragile countries are not seeing many improvements in development indicators, and drifting further away from the rest of the pack.
4. It is too early to count Europe out. Europe is currently facing economic difficulties and challenging demographics. However, the old continent still produces almost a third of global output and accounts for half of total trade. Over the last two decades, Europe's economies expanded at a rate of 2 percent per year and some countries which were once poor (e.g. Ireland, Poland) have become among the richest in the world. For example, Poland's per capita income has increased from $2,000 in 1990 to more than $13,000 last year. Many European brands maintain world-wide appeal and its lifestyle and social stability remains attractive across the globe.
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6. Geographic agglomeration and urbanization. Emerging markets will continue to experience rapid urbanization and population growth will also increase density in rural areas. Globally, cities attract ever greater numbers of people and will be home to 70 percent of the world's population by 2050. Africa is also catching up and now the most rapidly urbanizing continent. By 2030, half of Africans will live in cities.
7. Technology driving growth and productivity. The mobile revolution continues to reshape economies and social structures. Already today, there are more than six billion people using cell phones. Almost everyone who wants to be connected will be able to, sooner rather than later, because the costs for phones and subscriptions will continue to fall. Phones are also increasingly becoming multi-purpose tools. In many parts of the world, with developing countries leading the way, people already use their phone to transfer money, check test scores or get information on crop yields.
8. A policy consensus around stability objectives, especially in developing countries. The South has improved its macro-policies, while the North is facing challenges. The debt dynamics are telling: many OECD countries are pilling-up debt while emerging markets are keeping borrowing low (and some are even lending heavily to the advanced countries). If Southern Europe had been as disciplined as pretty much any emerging economy (most of which have debt levels below 50 percent of GDP), Europe would not be experiencing a debt crisis. Emerging economies have also improved many social policies. Countries like Brazil, Indonesia and China are now leading the global dialogue on social protection reform. But the track record in structural reforms and governance remains uneven. Here the gap between most developing countries and the OECD remains large.
Implications for development aid
9. Traditional development assistance will soon run out of 'clients'. Typical poor countries of the past, both stable and poor, will catch up economically. In the future, there will be two distinctly different sets of developing countries: middle income economies, with large remaining pockets of poverty but vibrant economies and fragile states, mired in conflict and poor governance, which will become the last frontier of the poverty agenda.
10. Aid needs to leverage additional finance and ideas. With domestic budgets rising rapidly in developing countries, aid will lose its significance in most if it is limited to financial 'gap-filling'. In fact, except in parts of Africa and a few particular cases (e.g. Haiti, East Timor, Myanmar), donors have already become financially irrelevant. Brazil's national development bank makes more loans domestically than the World Bank globally. The future of aid is to become a catalyst of system-wide reform and transformation. Knowledge transfer will become at least as important as financial transfers.
These deep structural transformations are already underway. On balance they hold more promise than threats. Are we ready to leverage them so our children, wherever they are born today, can have a better life tomorrow?
bold and precise as ever
bold and precise as ever
Very interesting: clear,
Very interesting: clear, brief and precise.
One trend not mentioned is the possible impact of Islamic terrorism and the possibilities of conflicts in and among Arab countries. Risks enhanced by the gradual extinction of the oil rent due notably to three factors: (i) the coming on line of new sources of oil and gas outside of Arab countries; (ii) the rise of green energies; and, (iii) the adoption of modes of production, transport and consumption requiring less energy.
Great analysis right there! I
Great analysis right there! I agree with your views especially on Aid-need. I cannot wait for African countries to get over this fallacy of aid. It impoverishes us even the more...
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Thanks Liz, aid can actually
Thanks Liz, aid can actually be part of the solution. It helped Europe to recover after the World War, East Asia in its transformation and you can also argue that it helped to improve social outcomes in Africa. However, the key for the future is to leverage aid so that it can achieve even more. Wolfgang
Precise to the point.
Precise to the point.
Keep it up!
It is absolutely enthralling
It is absolutely enthralling to see how you relevantly point out the dynamics of development economics and how they will play out to the benefit of the generations to come. I especially like the interconnection you make about technology, development aid and population growth and the demographic shifts. it is thus important that no single of them is looked at over the other because that is what ensures economic balance...
Thanks Oonyu for highlighting
Thanks Oonyu for highlighting the interconnections between these trends.
It seems like Africa will remain behind the rest of the World for ever. If indeed some countries are drifting back, this will have a negative impact on Countries which are moving forward. Kenya for example is not only faced with the internal issues related to the hudge gap between the rich and the poor, high levels of unemployement among the youth etc but also by external factors related to instability in Somalia.
indeed it is important to highlight that the challenges will remain enormous. Success is far from guaranteed. However, Africa, including Kenya, is now in a position where they can realistically catch-up if they address some of the key issues, like security, transport and electricity.
It is also of secondary important for Africa to completely catch-up with Asia, Europe or America. The key for now is to make sure everyone can live a decent life, and it would actually help if the rest of the world does well because then Africa can trade more.
A fascinating article on new
A fascinating article on new trends. But just to add, As much as I would like to beleive that low income countries under stress will migrate to become MICs, I think we'll be working on them for a good few years to come. But totally agree innovation and ideas are key I the future of the industry and better development outcomes
Thanks much for the comment,
Thanks much for the comment,
Just to clarify, it is the stable low-income countries which have been advancing rapidly. Fragile states will remain the focus of development aid and in my view, more than ever. They have NOT made sufficient advances to become Middle income soon. At the same time, there are also some interesting developments as Joel Hellman's post of earlier this week shows: http://blogs.worldbank.org/futuredevelopment/surprising-results-fragile-states
well-written article. keep it
well-written article. keep it up!!
Thanks Madhusmita
Thanks Madhusmita
What about climate change?
What about climate change?
Thanks for raising climate
Thanks for raising climate change the signs don't seem to be improving at all. It is also one of the most obvious downside of the social and economic opportunities which this blog post is highlighting. My sense is that while a new scenario is emerging to end poverty within a generation. However, the innovations and changed to combat climate change and natural degradation effectively are yet to be found.
Sorry to be a downer but this
Sorry to be a downer but this statement beggars the whole optimistic tone: "Some predict that with renewed economic stability ..."
There may be intermittent calms before myriad storms, but there seems little practical evidence that an era of 'stability' is upon us.
Great analysis...infact one
Great analysis...infact one of the reported performance indicators by LDCs when presenting their budgets is: % of domestic financing of their total budgets!
May be a thought from your response to kenyan problem - how can Africa overcom the infrastructure financing challenge. ..e.g. in tapping the enormous opportunity of R.Congo hydro power projects for benefit of entire east & central Africa?
Thanks for raising the important issue of own revenue effort which will likely increase across all African countries as their economies grow.
In terms of the infrastructure deficit, especially energy, there are a variety of opportunities, one of them being hydro-power projects in the DRC or geo-thermal in Kenya. However, the key issues does not seem to be the availability of natural resources – just think of solar which would be everywhere – but the systems to convert these resources into infrastructure that would allow countries to take off.
I am not a economist so I
I am not a economist so I have a different viewpoint of numbers and statistics. Paragraph 3. Stable countries/Africa/middle income. That income will be centralized in a very few pockets. The average African will not see it.
Paragraph 4. Ireland among the richest countries in the world? Just last year it was lumped into the Greek/Spanish stew of economies looking for a Euro zone bailout.
Paragraph 9. A vibrant economy with large remaining pockets of poverty? Vibrant for who? When the average citizen has access to education, health care and meaningful employment, well, that fits my definition of a vibrant economy.
It is still worth debating and reflecting if the world is becoming a better place, including Africa. More importantly, many other contributions on this blog are trying to shape a discussion on what can be done to help end poverty.
In terms of Africa's economic trends, there are also several viewpoints and this debate in the Economist gives you both perspectives: http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/954
My summary is as follows:
Today, Africa's social indicators are also looking up. More kids are in school than ever before and most African countries will also meet the primary enrollment and gender targets of the MDGs. Now the continent is contemplating a double "demographic" and "education dividend" as the numbers of secondary graduates ready to enter the workforce are rising rapidly. They will outnumber primary graduates in the next 20 years with a high premium on economic growth. Each year, the UNDP is producing its Human Development Index (HDI) capturing these critical facets of developments. The last report contained an astonishing fact: 9 out of the 10 countries with the greatest gains were from Sub-Saharan Africa. If this does not exemplify Africa's rise, what else possibly could?
In terms of Ireland, the long-term performance remains remarkable. Ireland used to be a relatively poor country, especially by European standards 40 years ago. Now it is a rich country by all metrics, despite recent economic challenges.
Thanks for this compact and
Thanks for this compact and informative analysis of the positive future global aspects of economics. For 15 years ago it was hard to predict the economic development of many non first world countries. As long as peace and freedom is growing, economics will grow along. There are lots of challenges on the road. I always wonder if we one time will manage that most people on earth can live in luxury as we do now in highly developed countries but without exploiting others. Through all times luxury of a civilization relied on slavery or exploitation of others, until today.
Is there a trend of change?
Sigi, thanks a lot for your
Sigi, thanks a lot for your thoughts. If other countries, especially in Africa, follow the East Asian example, it will be possible that a much larger share of the world population will live in prosperity within a generation. As you note, the challenges will still be enormous and not all countries will move forward at the same pace. However, you also raise the important point of exploitation which thrives in poor and closed societies. Economic development can help as it is typically the middle classes which are also at the forefront of social change. But it is not certain. Some countries, especially when they grow rich on natural resources are often in an even better position to resist the opening up of their societies. Wolfgang
excellent write-up as always
excellent write-up as always Wolfgang! I'm not sure about the economic super-cycle though if it is based on global stability. The Middle east monarchies are expected to fall in the next decade,some experts worry that Syria may become another Somalia as it fragments, Iraq and Afghanistan don't have a good prognosis and the fragile states seem to take one step forward and two back - look at the turmoil brewing in Sudan and Al -Shabab seems to morphing into an even more extreme outfit in Somalia....and lets not forget the political circus in the US...do you really think we are heading into a more stable world? I hope for your children and mine that you are right!
The term "economic super-cycle" has been used by Standard Chartered Bank. They argue that the world is set for 3.5 percent growth until 2030. While this does not sound spectacular, it actually is by historical standards. For example, the World economy only grew 2.7 percent annually between 1870-1930 or 2.8 percent from 1973-1999.
Crises have been around us all the time. Here are a few big ones of the last 50 years: The oil crisis of 1973, the economic stagnation in Eastern Europe after 1989, the fall-out after the East Asian Financial crisis of 1997. In each of these cases growth in other parts of the world partly compensated for the crises.
However, the fundamental reason for the possibility of a super-cycle is demographics: where we have reached a peak: Today, there 66 percent of the world's population is of working age (defined as 16-64 years). It will start to decline but still remain above 60 percent for at least another 30 years. This is the highest share in history.
I appreciate the quality and the optimism of the article, but I still have some questions:
1- Do you think that MENA region countries could be classified as fragile states which could still be "mired in conflict and poor governance" for a big number of years even if, according to their income, they could be assumed to be MIC's?
2- if they are fragile states, does the demographic shift be a bounty of a curse for the economic policies and the development efforts?
I greatly fear for the future of these countries including arab countries in transition. Everything hangs by a thread and hopes can easily collapse.I'm trying not to be pescimistic, but that's what my eyes are seeing.
Thanks for your thoughts and questions:
1. The fragility in the Middle East and North Africa is of a different nature than of countries mired in long-lasting conflict such as Afghanistan, DRC, Somalia, and Haiti where child mortality, illiteracy and life expectancy are at much lower levels than in the countries you refer to. However, you are right in the sense that a prolonged economic downturn in MENA.
2. The demographic dividend is only an opportunity, not a guarantee. Indeed it can also be squandered. However, it is important to note that the source of the demographic dividend is the sharp decline in death rates, especially for children. This is a treasure to maintain, irrespective of the economic trends.
This is very nice -- and
This is very nice -- and optimistic! Thank you, Wolfgang for a succinct overview. One minor quibble: Maybe bankers ought to be more concerned about risks than others? Concerned about prevention of disasters? You point to climate change which puts at risk future generations. There are also pandemics which put at risk not only future but also this generation (thanks to this, with a non-zero -- and rising -- probability there will be a less numerous, though poorer, future generation to worry about). Other global risks that are undermanaged include financial crises. Global risks are even worse managed than national ones. Awareness is the first step.
Last week The Economist reviewed the impacts of the Black Death (one of the recurring high-impact pandemic episodes, that killed 1/3 of the European population) and found studies showing that this pandemic led to great progress (end of feudalism), higher wages, less poverty, larger middle class, and generally accelerating prosperity, better shared. Since efforts to prevent pandemics are grossly inadequate (see here: http://blogs.worldbank.org/health/diseases-without-borders-managing-risk-pandemics),
the Economist article makes for reassuring reading: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/10/economic-history-1?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/plaguedbylabour
thank you for your valid points and contributions to the global risk agenda. Indeed, a world of 10 billion will face unprecedented risks. If we start focusing on those risks while acknowledging that a major demographic transition is underway, we would already have achieved a little.
Dear Wolfgang. This is a very
Dear Wolfgang. This is a very interesting summary of the global economical situation and where it heads. It is amazing to note the sharply decreasing donor aid to poor countries and hopefully this will have a secondary positive consequence being the decrease of widespread corruption that affects these emerging economies?
Dear JP, aid will only
Dear JP, aid will only decline in relative not absolute terms. I would argue it is good that aid remains at significant levels because (i) we need it in the poorest countries, and (ii) if used well, helps to in the successful transformation of all developing countries. Do you imply that aid drives corruption in the poor countries today? But this would be for a different blog and debate. Wolfgang
Dear Wolfgang, I usually like
Dear Wolfgang, I usually like the freshness and eruditeness of your analysis, but this piece is pure Prozac, I am afraid! Somebody already mentioned the threat of fundamentalism (I would spontaneously link it to local economic forms of marginalization and transboundary terrorism hampering development as we want to see it happen), but also not a word spared for the manifold environmental and climate threats that await us at the doorstep? I also find your analysis on the global demographic dividend far too optimistic: in the absence of totally unbridled (labor force) migration (which I don't expect to see happen any time soon), the reality is rather more fragmented, full of pockets of ageing on the one side and of demographic explosion on the other.
Dear Peter,
Dear Peter,
I am surprised you liked my previous blogs because there are several pieces where some of these long-term trends are covered in more depth, especially the global demographic dividend, Africa's rapid population growth or the "education dividend". Here they are:
Apocalyptic predictions of demographic-related doom have been plenty. Malthus, some 200 years ago, anticipated that the world would run out of food. He was echoed in 1968 by the "neo-Malthusian" Paul Ehrlich, who coined the "population bomb" metaphor. Most of these predictions, however, have largely been proven wrong. Today, we the human population is on average wealthier, healthier and better educated than ever before. Life expectancy is now exceeding 70 years, twice the long-run historic average of around 35.
I still take your point that we are facing enormous threats, especially environmental threats, which need new answers. However, we should not make Malthus' mistake that humans cannot adjust to new circumstances and innovate to address the new challenges.
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Roundtable Conference Call
May 29, 2004
Attending were:
Eli Martinez – EPA
Audrey Miller - ADEQ
Allen Gilliam – ADEQ
Chris Campbell – University of New Mexico, WERC
Erin Murphy - NMED
Michelle Vattano - NMED
Pierre Lichaa TCEQ
Grace Hsieh – TCEQ
Thomas Vinson-Peng – UT Network for Zero Waste
Upcoming events:
May 3-5
Texas Environmental Trade Fair and Sustainability Conference
Austin, Texas
May 11, 2004
Border workshop
Laredo, Texas
May 18
Green Zia P2 Training
Santa Teresa, New Mexico
September 8-12
WERC Border Environmental Conference
El Paso, Texas
The username is Test
The password is Test
(taken by Thomas Vinson-Peng )
Each state briefed the roundtable on the projects underway, and when applicable, what they got from the Baltimore Roundtable.
Chris Campbell – WERC
Held Dental P2 Workshops in Las Cruces, 65 dental assistance and dentists with OSHA sponsored by EPA.
Held a steering committee for Border Environmental Conferences. www.WERC.net/international please put in your call for abstracts.
Put in for Border 2012 grant, but no word. Pierre hasn't heard either.
What Chris got from the conference: Pleased to see the compliance assistance people there. Chris was also glad to have energy issues.
Michelle Vattano and Erin Gallup - NMED
Michelle introduced a new P2 staffer (applause!). Erin Gallup joined the P2 program. She brings a wealth of knowledge from her background in water and outreach.
New Mexico just finished Green Zia examiners training. Getting examiners ready for evaluating programmers. Clinton Twilley of LDEQ is an examiner. Another doctoral candidate from University of Massachusetts attended at the recommendation of Bob Pojasek, and may do his dissertation on Green Zia.
Applications for Green Ziaare coming in. A school and the City of Gallup New Mexico is applying. These are new types of applicants for the program.
P2 office in partnership with WERC is doing P2 training in Santa Teresa. Thomas Vinson-Peng of the Zero Waste Network will be participating.
They are also working on a community based guidance program for tribes that they will be happy to share with other states who are dealing with these issues.
Texas – Pierre Licha and Grace Hsieh
Trade Fair May 3-5, 2004
Have an agreement with UT Brownsville to train along the border. Includes P2 and EMS.
First certified facility for EMS could be soon.
Or the English version www.borderp2.org
Partnership with national partners on e-waste.
Integrating sustainable practices into trade fair. Renewable energy, sustainable coffee, and
ROHS and WEE standards.
Arkansas DEQ Audrey Miller and Allen Gilliam
Audrey brought us up to date on the P2 Program
They have ired a consultant to help ADEQ with their EMS. Management briefing on May 11, and then core training. Their P2 steering committee is looking for green supplies in their state contracts. And will propose hybrid electric vehicles and getting a stakeholder group to include Ar Env. Federation.
For next year H2E workshops.
They have applied to be a champion.
From the Baltimore: Enjoyed meeting P2 coordinators and got their viewpoints, frustrations etc…
Allen discussed P2 in the pretreatment programs:
Will be pushing environmentally friendly dentist offices through pretreatment programs. Need to focus on reduction of mercury. Using pretreatment coordinators as emissaries.
Sending success stories to the Zero Waste Centers. Sent five success stories, will be focusing on Aluminum. Allen found some new chemistry that will extend the life of the acid bath. Success stories show no more need to dump acid.
Allen had a pretreatment conference in Las Colinas, Texas. They are integrating P2 into pretreatment conferences. P2 is a big part of many pretreatment programs.
He is forwarding some H2E materials from California and his presention on mercury which is useful to alert people to the scope of the problem.
Network for Zero Waste – Thomas Vinson-Peng
Thomas laid out the priorities for the next three years for roundtable members to comment on. The strategies include:
1. Coordinate with the regional pollution prevention roundtable to identify key needs for the region's pollution prevention programs and expand P2 activities in the region.
2. Continue development of the virtual engineer, which includes the P2 Planner
3. Provide technical assistance to industries, environmental service providers and others. Continue Rapid Response Service through the website.
4. Collect and disseminate P2-related news from around the region.
5. Work with Zero Waste Network partners to promote use of our website by industries, local governments and other customers.
6. Conduct at least three training sessions per year on Environmental Management Systems
7. Through topic hub research and promotion, work with regional partners on projects to green the supply chain for the Auto, Hospital and chemical distribution sectors.
8. Expand depth of content in the EMS and POTW topic Hubs
9. Partner with Chemalliance to develop, publish and promote options for the chemical distribution industry with a focus on homeland security.
10. Assist regional programs in collection and aggregation of measurement data, and work with national partners to ensure consistency with national developments in the results measurement project.
11. Collect and publish case studies, provide guidance to environmental programs, industrial facilities and other facilities as needed.
He reminded people to get their letters of support in this week so we can keep the center up and running.
Next Call Thursday May 27th
Allen Gilliam said he would try to get the city of Fayetville to come in and discuss their pretreatment programs successes with P2.
Attend a workshop and
The Zero Waste Network is one of eight Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange P2RxCenters , serving as a national network of regional information centers: NEWMOA (Northeast), WRRC (Southeast), GLRPPR (Great Lakes), ZeroWasteNet (Southwest), P2RIC (Plains), Peaks to Prairies (Mountain), WSPPN (Pacific Southwest), PPRC (Northwest). We are a proud member of the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable.


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Analysis of the ARM9 boot process
From NAS-Central Buffalo - The Linkstation Wiki
Revision as of 05:53, 24 September 2011 by Kenatonline (Talk | contribs) (→The Update Process)
The Update Process
This is based on FW 1.41.
Basic steps are:
- In Linuxrc: If the boot partition contains any any of uImage.buffalo.updated, u-boot.buffalo.updated, initrd.buffalo.updated or hddrootfs.buffalo.updated, a marker /tmp/need_firmup is set and boot continues from ram-disk (this is initrd).
- See functions HasUpdatedFile and HddRoot in /linuxrc
- init will now read /etc/inittab and run /etc/init.d/rcS, which (after some basic setup) runs
- /etc/init.d/startSysMd.sh
- Since the marker /tmp/need_firmup is set, this will mount the raid (if any), even if faulty (function hotadd_faulty_SysMd in /usr//lib/libmd.sh)
- /etc/init.d/fwupdate.sh
- Updates the system (see below) and reboots.
- /etc/init.d/startSysMd.sh
NB: The marker /tmp/need_firmup never get deleted. It vanishes on reboot since /tmp/ is a ram disk.
Update steps processed by /etc/init.d/fwupdate.sh, triggered by the existence of the named file:
- NAND-update (not analyzed yet)
- uImage.buffalo.updated (kernel): will be moved to uImage.buffalo
- uImage.map: find the name of the kernel file in uImage.map (based on product id) and rename this file to uImage.buffalo. Other kernel images named in the map will be deleted, map will be deleted.
- initrd.buffalo.updated: will be moved to initrd.buffalo
- u-boot.buffalo.updated (bootloader): will be copied into /dev/mtdblock0
- u-boot.map: find the name of the bootloader file in u-boot.map (based on product id) and copy it into /dev/mtdblock0. Other bootloader images named in the map will be deleted, map will be deleted.
- hddrootfs.buffalo.updated
- update_hddrootfs()
- save config (/usr/local/lib/libbuffalo.sh:save_config)
- clear and format root filesystem (/usr/local/lib/libbuffalo.sh:format_SystemArea)
- extract tar archive hddrootfs.buffalo.updated into root filesystem
- N.B. This tries hddrootfs.buffalo.updated both as gzip-compresses file and as uncompressed file
- rename hddrootfs.buffalo.updated to hddrootfs.buffalo.updated.done
- update_feature() (not analyzed yet)
- update_hddrootfs()
Conclusion: If the original initrd is active, the system can be updated by copying the *.updated file to /boot and reboot.


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See Lady Gaga's New Blond Bob [Pics]
Lady Gaga was snapped leaving Hollywood hotspot Chateau Marmont on April 21 and showed off a white hot blond bob.
Since Gaga is always dying her hair all the different colors of the rainbow and wears wigs on a near-daily basis when performing and out-and-about, it's likely this short 'do is her real hair.
All that processing and styling takes its toll on natural strands, but at least she is able to rock an angled and stylish bob underneath, you know, green and pink locks! The ends are sorta ratty and are in desperate need a trim, but that ragged textured gives it a rock 'n' roll vibe.
She looks a bit stressed, since she is still recovering from surgery, but also a bit like Marilyn Monroe with that coif and the extreme, winged liner.
Gaga was being driven in a white car, as opposed to wheeled around in her fabulous wheelchair.
Watch the Lady Gaga 'Judas' Video


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Antialiased Konqueror!
Keith Packard, member of the XFree86 Core Team and author of the highly anticipated Render extension for X, posted an exciting screenshot Sunday to kde-devel: Konqueror displaying kde.org using antialiased text! Unfortunately the code is not ready for general use, but Keith offered a rough patch for Qt to set things in motion. Matthias Ettrich (along with many other enthusiastic core developers) expressed interest, and mentioned Keith's code may be included as soon as Qt version 2.2.3. You can read the full discussion on kde-devel, starting with Keith's initial announcement, here.
Re: Antialiased Konqueror!
I still have a RiscPC, and an a3000 before that (although I run linux on my x86)
This is a VERY welcome addition - I used Acorns for years before seeing a windows machine, and my eyes hurt as they followed every jagged pixel :o)
Its the sort of thing that you dont notice so much until its gone.
By Funky_Peanut at Wed, 2000/12/06 - 6:00am
Re: Antialiased Konqueror!
I've still got my RISC-PC and A3010. The anti-aliasing on these beats anything I've ever seen, including Mac OS X, Windoze Whistler and the Render extension to X (very welcome, though). It even looks good on a 640x256 screen in 8bpp...
By jpmfan at Wed, 2000/12/06 - 6:00am
Re: Antialiased Konqueror!
Here's a pic and some info on a fully antialiased KDE: http://devel-home.kde.org/~granroth/anti-aliased-kde.html
By Zank Frappa at Thu, 2000/12/07 - 6:00am


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Lots and lots of books and bins fill this space. Their idea of 'clean-up' is to shove everything on the shelves. I feel like I constantly have to reorganize! Clearly, I need to get with it.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The Playroom
Lots and lots of books and bins fill this space. Their idea of 'clean-up' is to shove everything on the shelves. I feel like I constantly have to reorganize! Clearly, I need to get with it.
26 comments :
- sweet southern inspiration said...
oh my gosh so there I was reading your post and chugging right along admiring your darling playroom...and then the picture of your son making the dollhouse just made me stop and tear up! That could be the cutest thing I have ever seen. What an amazing boy you have there. I am a little sister to two brothers and love my big brothers like crazy, I am sure your girls do too.
- January 4, 2012 at 9:14 AM
- Kelly said...
What a fun room! I wish I had a large room like that for my kids to hang out in with movies,games and they're projects. I adore the little Christmas trees you added (especially the cute white one sitting in the chair).
- January 4, 2012 at 9:15 AM
- Kim @ Savvy Southern Style said...
Cute room. I have that same mouse in your first pic from Ikea. Love that ceiling.
- January 4, 2012 at 9:24 AM
- Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said...
i love that playroom! it is such a pretty, yet colorful and playful room! it's perfect!
- January 4, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- Small Town Girl said...
I loved seeing these pics! We have a much smaller play room that I am itching to do something different with and you inspire me!!! Thanks!
- January 4, 2012 at 9:55 AM
- Jules said...
I love your playroom! It would make a nice family/game room one day too. I save bottle caps too and have been saving them for my own project. I like how you used yours for a Christmas decoration.
- January 4, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- Designing Domesticity said...
BEautiful! I'm looking to update our playroom this winter as well - can only hope to make it as warm and cosy as yours. Thanks for sharing, liz
- January 4, 2012 at 10:23 AM
- grace said...
Oh wow! Just clicked on your blog and love your play room - what a special place to be for the kids! Haven't checked yet but am guessing you are not British (our rooms are much smaller sadly) x
- January 4, 2012 at 10:24 AM
- Dusty Coyote said...
I also was going along eating up all your beautiful pictures of this awesome playroom, and WHAMMO!! That picture of the dollhouse and your son making it is so precious and the bit about him melting a girl's heart someday...priceless.
- January 4, 2012 at 10:25 AM
- {northern cottage} said...
this room couldn't be any atinkin cuter! it is just plain HAPPY!
- January 4, 2012 at 10:43 AM
- Tyla said...
Beautiful room and even a more beautiful son. What a sweetheart!
- January 4, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Kasey said...
Wow, this is so cute! Great job. Love the block art. The shutters are really cute too. What a fun room to make some great memories!
- January 4, 2012 at 12:05 PM
- Sandi @ The Primitive Skate said...
What an adorable room. I'm really loving the tree made with blocks.
- January 4, 2012 at 1:31 PM
- Crystal @ Ordinary Days said...
This room just makes me happy. Love everything about it. Is the quilt handmade?
- January 4, 2012 at 6:59 PM
- hong kong property said...
your playrooms looks really nice:)
- January 4, 2012 at 7:06 PM
- Coastal Cottage Dreams said...
Your playroom is adorable! Love all the artwork, so personable! Your son is very talented too, love the dollhouse that he made!
- January 4, 2012 at 8:09 PM
- Aimee - ItsOverflowing.com said...
Your trees and crafts are AWESOME and the play room is so big and decorated perfectly! So glad to be bloggy friends with you! I'm going to add this to fb/twitter about this!!!
- January 4, 2012 at 11:03 PM
WOW...What a great room...
- January 5, 2012 at 5:41 AM
- Lisa said...
Wow, it looks like such a fun & special space! It's so pretty, but still looks like a great time for playing!
- January 5, 2012 at 5:54 AM
- Jennifer Dawn said...
What a beautiful, fun area for the kids!
- January 5, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- Allyson said...
What a fun room! I love the Where the Wild Things creatures. The personal touches make the whole thing.
Thanks for sharing
- January 5, 2012 at 11:14 AM
- Sarah said...
Christie, your children have a wonderful space here. I'm impressed that your son built his sisters a doll house. Thanks for sharing. ~ Sarah
- January 5, 2012 at 1:14 PM
- Katherines Corner said...
A wonderful place to make happy memories! Hugs
- January 5, 2012 at 7:08 PM
- AshTreeCottage said...
What an adorable playroom! I want to play there too!!
Susan and Bentley
- January 5, 2012 at 10:32 PM
- Heather @CommonplaceBeauty said...
love that bottle cap tree! so cute!!
- January 10, 2012 at 5:37 PM
- anthony said...
your room are so beautiful decorated but your bottle cap tree so attractive in all things.
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- January 23, 2012 at 10:12 PM


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up and down to change weapon (when you have several).
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You could say I coded the bullet-hell out of the theme of that jam! Get it?!
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I am genuinely surprised I could finish it.
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Burnley boss Eddie Howe could be without wingers Keith Treacy and Junior Stanislas for the midweek visit of Nottingham Forest.
Summer signing Treacy missed Saturday's 1-1 draw with Southampton with a hamstring injury and is rated as doubtful.
Former West Ham player Stanislas (hamstring) was forced to come off after 73 minutes in that game.
Dean Marney made his return from stomach injury to replace Stanislas and could start in his absence.
Ben Mee (head) was named as a substitute at the weekend and will again be in contention.
Goalkeeper Brian Jensen again misses out because of a groin strain.
Martin Paterson (thigh) remains a long-term absentee, as does fellow striker Danny Ings and defender Michael Duff (both knee).
Steve McClaren will select from an unchanged squad as he bids for back-to-back victories for the first time since being appointed Nottingham Forest manager.
The Reds incurred no new problems in beating Watford 1-0 at Vicarage Road on Saturday evening but five key players still remain unavailable.
Chris Cohen, Garath McCleary and Dexter Blackstock are sidelined by knee injuries while George Boateng and Paul Anderson are nursing ankle and hamstring problems respectively.
Clint Hill made his full debut against the Hornets following his arrival on loan from QPR and he will probably keep his place in the side.
However, McClaren has options should he wish to make changes, with midfielders Andy Reid and Radoslaw Majewski and strikers Matt Derbyshire and Marcus Tudgay among those players available for recalls.
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DenSch needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 153 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
We at FinanzABC are a German web-based finance community that identifies the right retirement provision (or financial product) for young professionals.
As we are starting up our business, we need your help to design our business cards, powerpoint and letterhead template.
So far, our designs are generally very clean and modern. We would like to stick to this style.
Our target audience includes young men and women that start their professional career after going to school or university. Our audience uses the internet to look for information about financial products or services.
We are a young team starting-up in the finance sector and would like to have business cards that stand out and that people remember, yet business cards that have a serious, trustworthy and dynamic touch. The same is valid for our powerpoint template and letterhead (A4 size).
Our business cards should contain the following fields:
• Company Name ("FinanzABC")
• First name, last name
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An interesting thought on how dreams are actually a part of the astral world: If they visit the eclipse and the God Hand in Cascas dreams, can the God Hand there sense them and interact since its more than just a memory? Perhaps a nightmarish gateway to Elfhelm. That could be terrifying.
For once, I don't think I can wait for the next episode, with the focus on literally getting her back, I'm finding it really hard already to wait. Just thinking about it all. God damn, not to mention what heart-felt entangled mess of a mind we have to unravel to make that happen. What will she be like if cured? Where do we go from there? Certainly so many questions. I finding a huge wake up call here tonight, just how much this series and Casca particularly means to me to cause such a swell of anxiety and reactions.
I sound like a broken record at this point, but we're currently witnessing the biggest even since Berserk began, bar none. Bigger than the Berserk's armor, bigger than Fantasia, and yes, bigger than the Eclipse. The only thing that could possibly surpass the next dozen episodes in terms of magnitude is the ending itself.
If the setting is indeed the eclipse, would it before what Griffith did to her or after. Either or would determine if she's accepted it or not. Simply how she is choosing to perceive Guts and Griffith deep down, before the horror or after? Her insanity is a mechanism to bury it all and not accept it all. Deep down is what the truth lies, what she really feels and wants. That's my biggest speculation.
Does the bond with her child transcend to her coherent deep consciousness? As she never met him sane. I wonder if it'll be represented.
What I'm really asking is have we been led to believe that Casca relives the eclipse in her sleep often?
By the way, just throwing it out here but I'm 100% sure Guts will cry when Casca returns.
A shame there isn't a Digital Edition, since I can't buy the fisical one [the customs in Italy is Hell]
Hmm. My hope like everyone's of course is that Casca does find sanity and return ... but didn't the skullknight once warn that what Guts desires may not be what Casca wants? Can't forget that foreshadow...
Anyway, I really hope it's Casca who gets to visit Guts dreams . After all he also knows what it is to be raped, betrayed and cast aside at the hands of the person you admired most. I think he is the one who can sympathize, empathize and help her more than anyone .
I think SK's line might be interpreted as Casca having as first priority the safety of her son, though of course she will still hate Griffith. Guts instead will still be determined to take his revenge. But since there is a still not clarified connection between the Moonlight boy and Griffith, their respective wishes might enter in conflict.
Like jackson_hurley said, the Skull Knight's words can be interpret in many ways. I don't believe the ritual will fail.
You mean you wish it was Guts who had been sent inside her mind.
But there is a reason it wasn't him. Just like there was a reason he let people join him on his journey. Have some faith in Miura. I don't think you or anyone else will be disappointed by what's to come. And besides, Guts and Casca will have plenty of time to talk about their respective traumas in the future.
Just released after two weeks in rehab and it looks like I missed a shit ton of updates. Man do i have a lot to catch up on. This all looks awesome though! DOn't have a lot time to read now sadly so if any of my fellow Berserk brothers feel like giving a rundown of these latest events (missed the episode too ) I'll pay you back (in favors(sexual))
Hmm. I worded my thoughts not so well.
So I guess the housework helper thing wasn't just a ruse for her to observe Guts and co., which was what I thought at first.
I don't think the witch outfit she was wearing was just a disguise she used for that particular occasion either.
I'm impressed with how Danan is being portrayed as a leader.
It also reminds me of my experience as a forum administrator.


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After steamrolling their opponents in the District 3 tournament, the Warwick West Side 12-year-old softball all-stars knew they were in for a whole new set of challenges as they headed to North Smithfield for the state tournament.
They handled the first one, but will have to battle through a few more if they want to bring home the top prize.
After an 8-5 comeback victory over East Providence in the tournament opener on Saturday, West Side struggled in the field and lost 14-3 to defending champion Cumberland National in Sunday's winner's bracket final.
West Side will now have a rematch with East Providence in an elimination game on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
"We're keeping our heads up," said manager Frank Brown. "As expected, it's a lot tougher competition at the state level. I had the girls look at the scoreboard for five seconds after we lost. Then they cleared the scoreboard and I said, 'Look at it now. That's where we start Tuesday.'"
West Side came into the weekend with high expectations, having outscored its district opponents 62-0. But as was the case last year, when West Side went 1-2 at the state tournament, it's a different level when champions from the other districts arrive on the scene.
West Side found that out quickly on Saturday. They couldn't get their offense in gear, fell behind early and continued to trail into their last at-bats.
But they made them count.
In the top of the sixth, West Side scored five runs to turn the game completely around. Karly Evans and Taylor Suffoletto worked walks to start it, and Lexi Brown and Emma Hlavacek put down key bunts to keep the rally going.
"We kept hanging in there," Brown said. "The girls battled back."
When the dust settled, the West Side stars were in front. They held on in the bottom of the sixth for the 8-5 victory and a spot in the winner's bracket final.
"We felt pretty good," Brown said. "It was good for the girls to face some adversity. They never quit. They saw the competition and saw what it took to compete."
The victory moved West Side into a match-up with Cumberland National, who dominated last year's 12-year-old state tournament and came into this one without a loss.
"They're the defending champs," Brown said. "We knew we had our hands full. They always have good pitching and they can swing the bats. We felt confident if we could make the plays, we could be right there with them."
Unfortunately for West Side, that didn't happen.
After chasing Cumberland's starting pitcher with a burst of offense in the second inning, the West Side stars let the game get away from them. Seven errors – several of which came with two outs – led to eight Cumberland runs.
The game was quickly blown open, despite a decent day with the bats and solid pitching from Kaylyn Ciesielski.
"We just shot ourselves in the foot," Brown said. "When you play a good team, you can't help them like that. If we had made the plays, we would have been in the game."
Brown is confident that West Side can compete with Cumberland if it gets another shot. But first on the docket is the rematch with East Providence. The winner of Tuesday's game would have to beat Cumberland twice to capture the title.
"We've left it in the past," Brown said. "I feel if we get another shot at Cumberland, we can play with them. But we're focused on Tuesday night. We're not going to look past anybody."
Cumberland National beat Elmwood 12-1 in its opener. East Providence then stayed alive and bounced Elmwood with a 12-2 victory on Sunday.
The championship is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. If necessary, a winner-take-all title game would be played Friday at 6 p.m. All games are at Pacheco Park in North Smithfield.


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Don Resnick: Essence of Place
An exhibition showcasing Don Resnick's landscape paintings, drawings, and watercolors, highlighting the artist's interest in and commitment to preserving the natural environment. Through Aug. 15. Hofstra University's Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
Mysteries of Bats
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve's exhibit features varied species of bats, including a live family of Egyptian Fruit Bats who fly and "hang out" in the museum's nocturnal area. Other exhibits include displays about Long Island's ecology and interactive activities. Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Washington Ave. (between Merrick Rd. and Sunrise Hwy.), Seaford. 571-7443.
Picture Perfect: Selections From the Permanent Collection
This exhibition showcases works with appeal to a wide range of aesthetic sensibilities. Brightly colored paintings by Stuart Davis, George D. Green, Richard Hennessy, and Wayne Gonzales contrast evocative landscapes by Ralph Albert Blakelock, Jerome Blum, and Matthew Spender. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Spirit and Identity: Melanesian Works from the Hofstra University Museum Collections
An exhibit of ethnographic artworks and objects created by the distinct regional communities of the South Pacific, including ancestral figures, ceremonial masks, warrior shields, and ritualized practical objects. Through Aug. 29. Hofstra University's David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
A contextualized history that explains the 1920s' increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Afternoon Movie
See "The Doctor," a drama about a prominent doctor who undergoes a transformation in his views about life, illness and human relationships following his own cancer diagnosis, Friday, July 11, 2:30 p.m.; also "Pompeii," a historical drama that tells the story of a slave in a race against time to save his true love, Tuesday, July 15, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Film
See "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Wes Anderson's comedy-drama that recounts the adventures a legendary concierge at a fictional famous European hotel between the wars and the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend, Friday, July 11, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
The Golden Age of Radio and Televion
A nostalgia-filled look back at popular shows and personalities from 1935-1965, with Richard Knox, Friday, July 11, 12:30 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Film Time
See "Inside Llewyn Davis," the drama about a week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene in 1961, Wednesday, July 16, 2 and 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Illustrated Art Lecture
Examine "Wadsworth Atheneum," with art historian Ines Powell, Thursday, July 17, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Matinee
See "The Wolf of Wall Street," Martin Scorsese's black comedy about a group of morally depraved, drug-addled stock traders in the 1980s and '90s, Thursday, July 17, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Movie Showing
Watch the 2014 Best Picture winner "12 Years A Slave," Thursday, July 17, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.


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Other than being mad about losing, I wonder if there was something Lane did to piss him off? That looked like a semi ramming into a VW. Was wondering if 'stayin in my lane' was gonna get up after that.
Maybe the big sumbeyotch was just seeing red and looking for the first guy to take it out on.


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Jefferson High School overcame an 18-point deficit Saturday to upset Greene County, 53-51, and win the region 8-AA title in Greensboro.
The Dragons (19-9) will host Kendrick High School (9-17) next week, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, in the first round of the state playoffs.
Tyler Patrick scored eight points in the final period to power the Dragons to their first lead of the game, 45-44, with less than four minutes to play.
Greene County regained the lead twice. But Satchel Turpin's basket and a pair of Tay Taylor free throws put the Dragons ahead for good with 32 seconds left on the clock, as the Dragons successfully defended the Tigers' final shot.
Patrick led the team with 15 points. Taylor finished with 13 points, including nine points that stabilized the team in the first half.
Turpin (8), Willie Taylor (4), Jeshua Kidd (5), Isaiah Blake (5) and Roc Young (3) all contributed.
Jefferson High School celebrates after toppling Greene County Saturday in the region 8-AA tournament in Greensboro.
JHS wins region championship, first-round playoff 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
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Keats House voted "top poetry landmark"
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A recent poll conducted by the British Poetry Society (according to a story we noticed in The Telegraph for October 11) has named Keats House in Hampstead the "top poetry landmark" in Great Britain. The poll was conducted as part of the general festivities commemorating the tenth annual National Poetry Day.
(Thanks to Wordsworth's famous sonnet, another London site, Westminster Bridge, was voted the second favorite poetic landmark.)
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