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This section describes how to use the Message Queue Command utility (imqcmd) to manage physical destinations. It includes discussion of a specialized physical destination managed by the broker, the dead message queue, whose properties differ somewhat from those of other destinations.
In a broker cluster, you create a physical destination on one broker and the cluster propagates it to all the others. Because the brokers cooperate to route messages across the cluster, client applications can consume messages from destinations on any broker in the cluster. However the persistence and acknowledgment of a message is managed only by the broker to which a message was originally produced.
This section covers the following topics regarding the management of physical destinations:
Command Utility Subcommands for Physical Destination Management
For provider independence and portability, client applications typically use destination administered objects to interact with physical destinations. Chapter 11, Managing Administered Objects describes how to configure such administered objects for use by client applications. For a general conceptual introduction to physical destinations, see the Message Queue Technical Overview.
The Message Queue Command utility (imqcmd) enables you to manage physical destinations interactively from the command line. See Chapter 16, Command Line Reference for general reference information about the syntax, subcommands, and options of the imqcmd command, and Chapter 18, Physical Destination Property Reference for specific information on the configuration properties used to specify physical destination behavior.
Table 7–1 lists the imqcmd subcommands for physical destination management. For full reference information about these subcommands, see Table 16–7.Table 7–1 Physical Destination Subcommands for the Command Utility
create dst
Create physical destination
destroy dst
Destroy physical destination
pause dst
Pause message delivery for physical destination
resume dst
Resume message delivery for physical destination
purge dst
Purge all messages from physical destination
compact dst
Compact physical destination
update dst
Set physical destination properties
list dst
List physical destinations
query dst
List physical destination property values
metrics dst
Display physical destination metrics
The subcommand imqcmd create dst creates a new physical destination:
imqcmd create dst -t destType -n destName [ [-o property=value] … ]
You supply the destination type (q for a queue or t for a topic) and the name of the destination.
Destination names must conform to the rules described below for queue and topic destinations.
Queue destination names must conform to the following rules:
It must contain only alphabetic characters (A–Z, a–z), digit characters (0—9), underscores (_), and dollar signs ($).
It must not contain spaces.
It must begin with an alphabetic character (A–Z, a–z), an underscore (_), or a dollar sign ($).
It must not begin with the characters mq.
For example, the following command creates a queue destination named XQueue:
imqcmd create dst -t q -n XQueue
Topic destination names must conform to the same rules as queue destinations, as specified in Supported Queue Destination Names, except that Message Queue also supports, in addition, topic destination names that include wildcard characters, representing multiple destinations. These symbolic names allow publishers to publish messages to multiple topics and subscribers to consume messages from multiple topics. Using symbolic names, you can create destinations, as needed, consistent with the wildcard naming scheme. Publishers and subscribers automatically publish to and consume from any added destinations that match the symbolic names. (Wildcard topic subscribers are more common than publishers.)
The format of a symbolic topic destination name consists of multiple segments, in which wildcard characters (*, **, >) can represent one or more segments of the name. For example, suppose you have a topic destination naming scheme as follows:
where the topic name segments can have the following values:
size: large, medium, small, ...
color: red, green, blue, ...
shape: circle, triangle, square, ...
Message Queue supports the following wildcard characters:
* matches a single segment
** matches one or more segments
> matches any number of successive segments
You can therefore indicate multiple topic destinations as follows:
large.*.circle would represent:
large.red.circle large.green.circle ...
**.square would represent all names ending in .square, for example:
small.green.square medium.blue.square ...
small.> would represent all destination names starting with small., for example:
small.blue.circle small.red.square ...
To use this multiple destination feature, you create topic destinations using a naming scheme similar to that described above. For example, the following command creates a topic destination named large.green.circle:
imqcmd create dst -t t -n large.green.circle
Client applications can then create wildcard publishers or wildcard consumers using symbolic destination names, as shown in the following examples:
... String DEST_LOOKUP_NAME = "large.*.circle"; Topic t = (Destination) ctx.lookup(DEST_LOOKUP_NAME); TopicPublisher myPublisher = mySession.createPublisher(t) myPublisher.send(myMessage);
In this example, the broker will place a copy of the message in any destination that matches the symbolic name large.*.circle
... String DEST_LOOKUP_NAME = "**.square"; Topic t = (Destination) ctx.lookup(DEST_LOOKUP_NAME); TopicSubscriber mySubscriber = mySession.createSubscriber(t); Message m = mySubscriber.receive();
In this example, a subscriber will be created if there is at least one destination that matches the symbolic name **.square and will receive messages from all destinations that match that symbolic name. If there are no destinations matching the symbolic name, the subscriber will not be registered with the broker until such a destination exists.
If you create additional destinations that match a symbolic name, then wildcard publishers created using that symbolic name will subsequently publish to that destination and wildcard subscribers created using that symbolic name will subsequently receive messages from that destination.
In addition, Message Queue administration tools, in addition to reporting the total number of publishers (producers) and subscribers (consumers) for a topic destination, will also report the number of publishers that are wildcard publishers (including their corresponding symbolic destination names) and the number of subscribers that are wildcard subscribers (including their symbolic destination names), if any. See Viewing Physical Destination Information.
The imqcmd create dst command may also optionally include any property values you wish to set for the destination, specified with the -o option. For example, the following command creates a topic destination named hotTopic with a maximum message length of 5000 bytes:
imqcmd create dst -t t -n hotTopic -o maxBytesPerMsg=5000
See Chapter 18, Physical Destination Property Reference for reference information about the physical destination properties that can be set with this option. (For auto-created destinations, you set default property values in the broker's instance configuration file; see Table 17–3 for information on these properties.)
To destroy a physical destination, use the imqcmd destroy dst subcommand:
imqcmd destroy dest -t destType -n destName
This purges all messages at the specified destination and removes it from the broker; the operation is not reversible.
For example, the following command destroys the queue destination named curlyQueue:
imqcmd destroy dest -t q -n curlyQueue -u admin
You cannot destroy the dead message queue.
Pausing a physical destination temporarily suspends the delivery of messages from producers to the destination, from the destination to consumers, or both. This can be useful, for instance, to prevent destinations from being overwhelmed when messages are being produced much faster than they are consumed. You must also pause a physical destination before compacting it (see Managing Physical Destination Disk Utilization).
To pause the delivery of messages to or from a physical destination, use the imqcmd pause dst subcommand:
imqcmd pause dest [-t destType -n destName] [-pst pauseType]
If you omit the destination type and name (-t and -n options), all physical destinations will be paused. The pause type (-pst) specifies what type of message delivery to pause:
Pause delivery from message producers to the destination
Pause delivery from the destination to message consumers
Pause all message delivery (both producers and consumers)
If no pause type is specified, all message delivery will be paused.
For example, the following command pauses delivery from message producers to the queue destination curlyQueue:
imqcmd pause dst -t q -n curlyQueue -pst PRODUCERS -u admin
The following command pauses delivery to message consumers from the topic destination hotTopic:
imqcmd pause dst -t t -n hotTopic -pst CONSUMERS -u admin
This command pauses all message delivery to and from all physical destinations:
imqcmd pause dst -u admin
In a broker cluster, since each broker in the cluster has its own instance of each physical destination, you must pause each such instance individually.
The imqcmd resume dst subcommand resumes delivery to a paused destination:
imqcmd resume dest [-t destType -n destName]
For example, the following command resumes message delivery to the queue destination curlyQueue:
imqcmd resume dst -t q -n curlyQueue -u admin
If no destination type and name are specified, all destinations are resumed. This command resumes delivery to all physical destinations:
imqcmd resume dst -u admin
Purging a physical destination deletes all messages it is currently holding. You might want to do this when a destination's accumulated messages are taking up too much of the system's resources, such as when a queue is receiving messages but has no registered consumers to which to deliver them, or when a topic's durable subscribers remain inactive for long periods of time.
To purge a physical destination, use the imqcmd purge dst subcommand:
imqcmd purge dst -t destType -n destName
For example, the following command purges all accumulated messages from the topic destination hotTopic:
imqcmd purge dst -t t -n hotTopic -u admin
In a broker cluster, since each broker in the cluster has its own instance of each physical destination, you must purge each such instance individually.
When restarting a broker that has been shut down, you can use the Broker utility's -reset messages option to clear out its stale messages: for example,
imqbrokerd -reset messages -u admin
This saves you the trouble of purging physical destinations after restarting the broker.
The subcommand imqcmd update dst changes the values of specified properties of a physical destination:
imqcmd update dst -t destType -n destName -o property1=value1 [ [-o property2=value2] … ]
The properties to be updated can include any of those listed in Table 18–1 (with the exception of the isLocalOnly property, which cannot be changed once the destination has been created). For example, the following command changes the maxBytesPerMsg property of the queue destination curlyQueue to 1000 and the maxNumMsgs property to 2000:
imqcmd update dst -t q -n curlyQueue -u admin -o maxBytesPerMsg=1000 -o maxNumMsgs=2000
The type of a physical destination is not an updatable property; you cannot use the imqcmd update dst subcommand to change a queue to a topic or a topic to a queue.
To list the physical destinations on a broker, use the imqcmd list dst subcommand:
imqcmd list dst -b hostName:portNumber [-t destType] [-tmp]
This lists all physical destinations on the broker identified by hostName and portNumber of the type (queue or topic) specified by destType. If the -t option is omitted, both queues and topics are listed. For example, the following command lists all physical destinations on the broker running on host myHost at port number 4545:
imqcmd list dst -b myHost:4545
The list of queue destinations always includes the dead message queue (mq.sys.dmq) in addition to any other queue destinations currently existing on the broker.
If you specify the -tmp option, temporary destinations are listed as well. These are destinations created by clients, normally for the purpose of receiving replies to messages sent to other clients.
The imqcmd query dst subcommand displays information about a single physical destination:
imq query dst -t destType -n destName
For example, the following command displays information about the queue destination curlyQueue:
imqcmd query dst -t q -n curlyQueue -u admin
Example 7–3 shows an example of the resulting output. You can use the imqcmd update dst subcommand (see Updating Physical Destination Properties) to change the value of any of the properties listed.
For destinations in a broker cluster, it is often helpful to know how many messages in a destination are local (produced to the local broker) and how many are remote (produced to a remote broker). Hence, imqcmd query dst reports, in addition to the number and total message bytes of messages in the destination, the number and total bytes of messages that are sent to the destination from remote brokers in the cluster.
For topic destinations, imqcmd query dst reports the number of publishers that are wildcard publishers (including their corresponding symbolic destination names) and the number of subscribers that are wildcard subscribers (including their symbolic destination names), if any.
To display metrics information about a physical destination, use the imqcmd metrics dst subcommand:
imqcmd metrics dst -t destType -n destName [-m metricType] [-int interval] [-msp numSamples]
The -m option specifies the type of metric information to display:
ttl (default): Messages and packets flowing into and out of the destination and residing in memory
rts: Rate of flow of messages and packets into and out of the destination per second, along with other rate information
con: Metrics related to message consumers
dsk: Disk usage
The -int and -msp options specify, respectively, the interval (in seconds) at which to display the metrics and the number of samples to display in the output. The default values are 5 seconds and an unlimited number of samples.
For example, the following command displays cumulative totals for messages and packets handled by the queue destination curlyQueue:
imqcmd metrics dst -t q -n curlyQueue -m ttl -u admin
Example 7–4 shows an example of the resulting output.
For a more detailed description of the use of the Command utility to report physical destination metrics, see Physical Destination Metrics.
Because of the way message storage is structured in a file-based persistent data store (see File-Based Persistence Properties), disk space can become fragmented over time, resulting in inefficient utilization of the available resources. Message Queue's Command utility (imqcmd) provides subcommands for monitoring disk utilization by physical destinations and for reclaiming unused disk space when utilization drops.
To monitor a physical destination's disk utilization, use the imqcmd metrics dst subcommand:
imqcmd metrics dst -m dsk -t destType -n destMame
This displays the total number of bytes of disk space reserved for the destination's use, the number of bytes currently in use to hold active messages, and the percentage of available space in use (the disk utilization ratio). For example, the following command displays disk utilization information for the queue destination curlyQueue:
imqcmd metrics dst -m dsk -t q -n curlyQueue -u admin
Example 7–5 shows an example of the resulting output.
The disk utilization pattern depends on the characteristics of the messaging application using a particular physical destination. Depending on the flow of messages into and out of the destination and their relative size, the amount of disk space reserved might grow over time. If messages are produced at a higher rate than they are consumed, free records should generally be reused and the utilization ratio should be on the high side. By contrast, if the rate of message production is comparable to or lower than the consumption rate, the utilization ratio will likely be low.
As a rule, you want the reserved disk space to stabilize and the utilization ratio to remain high. If the system reaches a steady state in which the amount of reserved disk space remains more or less constant with utilization above 75%, there is generally no need to reclaim unused disk space. If the reserved space stabilizes at a utilization rate below 50%, you can use the imqcmd compact dst subcommand to reclaim the disk space occupied by free records:
compact dst [-t destType -n destName]
This compacts the file-based data store for the designated physical destination. If no destination type and name are specified, all physical destinations are compacted.
You must pause a destination (with the imqcmd pause subcommand) before compacting it, and resume it (with imqcmd resume) afterward (see Pausing and Resuming a Physical Destination):
imqcmd pause dst -t q -n curlyQueue -u admin imqcmd compact dst -t q -n curlyQueue -u admin imqcmd resume dst -t q -n curlyQueue -u admin
If a destination's reserved disk space continues to increase over time, try reconfiguring its maxNumMsgs, maxBytesPerMsg, maxTotalMsgBytes, and limitBehavior properties (see Physical Destination Properties).
The dead message queue, mq.sys.dmq, is a system-created physical destination that holds the dead messages of a broker's physical destinations. The dead message queue is a tool for monitoring, tuning system efficiency, and troubleshooting. For a definition of the term dead message and a more detailed introduction to the dead message queue, see the Message Queue Technical Overview.
The broker automatically creates a dead message queue when it starts. The broker places messages on the queue if it cannot process them or if their time-to-live has expired. In addition, other physical destinations can use the dead message queue to hold discarded messages. This can provide information that is useful for troubleshooting the system.
The physical destination configuration property useDMQ controls a destination's use of the dead message queue. Physical destinations are configured to use the dead message queue by default; to disable a destination from using it, set the destination's useDMQ property to false:
imqcmd update dst -t q -n curlyQueue -o useDMQ=false
You can enable or disable the use of the dead message queue for all auto-created physical destinations on a broker by setting the broker's imq.autocreate.destination.useDMQ broker property:
imqcmd update bkr -o imq.autocreate.destination.useDMQ=false
You can manage the dead message queue with the Message Queue Command utility (imqcmd) just as you manage other queues, but with some differences. For example, because the dead message queue is system-created, you cannot create, pause, or destroy it. Also, as shown in Table 7–2, default values for the dead message queue's configuration properties sometimes differ from those of ordinary queues.Table 7–2 Dead Message Queue Treatment of Physical Destination Properties
Variant Treatment by Dead Message Queue
Default value is 1000, rather than -1 (unlimited) as for ordinary queues.
Default value is 10m (10 megabytes), rather than -1 (unlimited) as for ordinary queues.
Default value is REMOVE_OLDEST, rather than REJECT_NEWEST as for ordinary queues.
FLOW_CONTROL is not supported for the dead message queue.
Does not apply to the dead message queue.
Permanently set to false in broker clusters; the dead message queue in a cluster is always a global physical destination.
Does not apply to the dead message queue.
By default, the dead message queue stores entire messages. If you do not plan to restore dead messages, you can reduce the size of the dead message queue by setting the broker's imq.destination.DMQ.truncateBody property to true:
imqcmd update bkr -o imq.destination.DMQ.truncateBody=true
This will discard the body of all messages and retain only the headers and property data.
The broker configuration property logDeadMsgs controls the logging of events related to the dead message queue. When dead message logging is enabled, the broker will log the following events:
A message is moved to the dead message queue.
A message is discarded from the dead message queue (or from any physical destination that does not use the dead message queue).
A physical destination reaches its limits.
Dead message logging is disabled by default. The following command enables it:
imqcmd update bkr -o imq.destination.logDeadMsgs=true
Dead message logging applies to all physical destinations that use the dead message queue. You cannot enable or disable logging for an individual physical destination.


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(Reuters) - With daylight on Saturday, emergency responders began assessing the destruction from a series of more than a dozen rare autumn tornadoes that caused injuries and significant damage in rural areas of Iowa and Nebraska.
The National Weather Service received 18 reports of tornadoes touching down in the two states on Friday night, including one or more that were a mile wide. The two hardest hit areas were Wayne County, Nebraska, and Woodbury County, Iowa, local officials said.
There were unconfirmed reports of as many as 14 people injured in Wayne County, Jodie Fawl, Nebraska emergency management spokeswoman, said on Saturday.
Several businesses were destroyed and highways in and out of the small city of Wayne, Nebraska, were closed for a couple of hours after the storm, said Lee Wrede, a police dispatcher in the town.
Wrede said there had been a number of injuries but things could have been worse. "We were extremely lucky," he said. "A lot of things worked right."
A hazardous materials team responded to a possible gas leak at the Van Diest Supply Co, an agricultural chemical distributor in Wayne County, emergency officials said.
In Iowa, Woodbury County Emergency Management Director Gary Brown said that several tornadoes touched down, destroying more than 20 homes and damaging 40 to 60 farms. There were no serious injuries, he said.
It was unclear how many tornadoes touched down in all, said Billy Williams, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The number of 18 listed by the weather service could include duplicate reports.
It is rare for tornadoes to strike in the fall. The most active season is usually in the spring or early summer.
In an 11-day period in May, Oklahoma was struck by two EF5 tornadoes, the strongest rating assigned to such storms. The first, on May 20, flattened whole sections of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people including seven children at a school.
The second, on May 31, was the widest tornado ever recorded in the United States at 2.6 miles. Nineteen people died in the storms across a wide swath of Oklahoma on that day.
Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee, and Greg McCune in Chicago; Editing by Jackie Frank

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Noveller is the solo electric guitar project of Southern-born, Los Angeles-based guitarist and composer Sarah Lipstate. Handling the guitar as her muse, Lipstate summons a sonic palette so rich as to challenge the listener to conceive of how it's housed in a single instrument manipulated by a solitary performer. As Pitchfork explains; "Lipstate creates miniature musical worlds, places that you feel like you'll never leave as long as the record is playing."
Noveller has toured with Iggy Pop, St. Vincent, Wire, Radiolab, Xiu Xiu, the Jesus Lizard, U.S. Girls, Helium & Aidan Baker. Lipstate has collaborated with several renowned musicians, including Iggy Pop, JG Thirlwell (Foetus, Manorexia), Carla Bozulich (Evangelista, The Geraldine Fibbers), David Wm. Sims (the Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid), and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth).
She has previously performed as a member of Cold Cave, Parts & Labor, and One Umbrella. Lipstate has also participated in Rhys Chatham's Guitar Army, Nick Zinner's "41 Strings", Ben Frost's "Music for 6 Guitars", and Glenn Branca's 100 guitar ensemble.
upcoming shows
VIDEO: Noveller & Iggy Pop live on bbc 6
NOVELLER & IGGY POP LIVE IN PARIS - Stream the concert online
Sarah Lipstate joined Iggy Pop on stage in Paris for a live performance of his latest album 'Free' in it's entirety plus a few classic cuts from his catalog. The concert was filmed for ARTE TV and is available to stream now: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/090953-002-A/iggy-pop-live/
Video: noveller & Iggy pop live on the tonight show
Noveller plays the tonight show with iggy pop on 9/11
Noveller is traveling to New York this week to join Iggy Pop on stage as they perform Wednesday, September 11th on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They will be performing a song off of Iggy's newest album 'Free' which is out now via Caroline International and Loma Vista Recordings.
From The Getty's website:
Celebrate California plant culture with a special program inspired by 1970s Los Angeles and Plantasia, the iconic album made for plants and the people who love them. Worldwide curiosities guide Atlas Obscura and Brooklyn's Sacred Bones Records teams up with the Getty's Ever Present series to delve into the plant-centric cultural movement behind Mort Garson's 1976 cult-classic electronic album Mother Earth's Plantasia. Join us for a day filled with music, workshops, and presentations that explore the influence of plants on art and culture in Los Angeles.
Originally recorded in Los Angeles, and recently reissued by Sacred Bones, Plantasia includes such songs as "Symphony For A Spider Plant," and "A Mellow Mood For Maidenhair." The album's cult status grew over the years due to its rarity—it was only distributed to customers at the legendary Mother Earth Plant Boutique then located on Melrose Avenue.
The album will be streaming all day for a unique listening experience in the Getty's Robert Irwin-designed Central Garden, serenading its blooms and bushes with its "warm earth music." On the courtyard stage, a lineup of electronic experimenters perform their take on music for plants. They include New York-based Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, known for composing with plant-based bio data, ambient guitarist Noveller, Florist's Emily A. Sprague, Lucky Dragons, and Gregg Kowalsky—all performing amid a custom stage installation by Hand & Rose.
Additional programming includes presentations by Lyra Kilston, author of Sunseekers: The Cure of California, on L.A.'s early vegetarian evangelists, and film writer Kier-La Janisse on the preoccupation with plant life in 1970's horror films. Pioneering synthesizer company Moog, creators of the modular instrument Mort Garson used to compose Plantasia, will install two self-driven interactive synthesizer workstations where visitors can experiment with electronic music. Also on hand: legendary Los Angeles green thumb Mickey Hargitay of Mickey Hargitay Plants hosts succulent care and macramé workshops, artist Jacqueline Caste demonstrates "Kirlian," or plant-aura photography, garden-inspired cocktails, and more.
NOVELLER announces new full-length album 'A pink sunset for no one' out february 10th, 2017 on fire records
'A Pink Sunset For No One' is the eighth studio album from Noveller, the solo electric guitar project from US composer and filmmaker.
One of the most adept guitarists of our time, Lipstate returns with her signature breathtaking cinematic, experimental soundscapes. Eloquent and striking, her instrumentals evoke colourful and otherworldly imagery. Lipstate writes in majestic, emotional strokes with pieces ranging from remarkably tense environments to shimmering psychedelic rock or unravelling into something darker.
Inspired, in part, by her recent Iggy Pop tour, the hypnotic and uplifting opening track 'Deep Shelter' was written before she hit the road. Following her incredible time on the road she found solace in writing music after a difficult time returning to everyday life which resulted in two new tracks 'Corridors' and 'Another Dark Hour' – both of which have become a favourite to play as part of Noveller's daily guitar regime.
'Rituals' is Lipstate's own tribute to one of her all-time favourite albums Steve Reich's 'Music for 18 Musicians' and 'The Unveiling' takes a melody from one of her recent film scores giving it longer life within this composition.
Sarah Lipstate has been recording music under the moniker of Noveller for over a decade. In addition to her large catalog of solo work, she has been a member of both Rhys Chatham's Guitar Army and Glenn Branca's 100 Guitar Ensemble, collaborated with Lee Ranaldo, Carla Bozulich and JG Thirlwell. The artist has also scored a number of feature and short films along with Radiolab's live show with Glenn Kotche (Wilco) and Darin Gray. Following 2015's 'Fantastic Planet', the musician was invited to tour with Iggy Pop across the US and Europe.
NOVELLER Travelogue: 24 hours in the Jet-lagged life of Sarah Lipstate: From London's Royal Albert Hall to the New York Guitar Festival Marathon at The Met Cloisters
I wrote an essay about my recent whirlwind experience playing at both Royal Albert Hall and The Met Cloisters in NYC all within the span of 24 hours! The New York Guitar Festival has published my writing on their site and you can read it here.
VIDEO: NOveller at Royal Albert Hall
Live video of Noveller performing "Gathering the Elements" live at Royal Albert Hall on May 13th. This was her last performance on the Iggy Pop tour and was a a very special evening. Footage captured using a GoPro Hero 4 camera.
London show added May 12th
Noveller adds a headlining show in London the night before she supports Iggy Pop at the Royal Albert Hall. Don't miss the chance to see Noveller at Corsica Studios on May 12th with Virginia Wing. Tickets available here.
Watch the stunning new video for "Glacial Wave" (off of the newly reissued Glacial Glow album) created by Austin-based video collective Fractal Visuals HERE.
NOVELLER Joins Iggy pop US tour
Noveller is beyond excited to open for Iggy Pop on his Post Pop Depression US Tour for the following dates! Ticket info here: http://postpopdepression.com/
03/28: Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
03/29: Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium
03/31: San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
04/02: Denver, CO – Ellie Caulkins Opera House
04/04: Minneapolis, MN – Northrop Auditorium
04/06: Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
04/07: Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
04/11: Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
04/12: New York, NY – United Palace Theatre
04/15: Philadelphia, PA – Academy of Music
NOVELLER at SXSW 2016
Noveller is thrilled to return to the SXSW Music Festival this year to showcase on March 16th with Iggy Pop at ACL Live at The Moody Theater. It's sure to be an unforgettable evening!
Noveller European tour 2015
I'm excited to announce my 2015 European/UK tourdates. Festival appearances include Incubate, Liverpool Psych Fest, Amplifest, Denovali Festival, Levitation, and WOS INC. A complete list of dates is available in the tour section of this site.
NY Times premieres 'Pangaea' with score by Sarah Lipstate
Click here to watch the latest installment in the 'Animated Life' series directed by Sharon Shattuck and Flora Lichtman and presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the New York Times. This film features Alfred Wegener the arctic explorer and originator of the theory of Continental Drift.
Noveller added to Levitation Chicago Friday, March 13th
Single-day passes are on sale now for Levitation Chicago taking place at Thalia Hall March 13th and 14th. Passes for Friday night are available here: http://tktwb.tw/1xAi3Kk
Noveller added to Tinnitus Music Series event at The Wick on Feb. 4th
Pitchfork's Show No Mercy, Blackened Music, and MeanRed are happy to announce the third installment in our Tinnitus series that focuses on composers of extreme sound. It takes place February 4 at The Wick in Brooklyn. Noveller will perform along with Bristol producer Vessel, and Providence, Rhode Island producer Container. Tickets are $15, available here. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the music starts at 8. This is a 21+ event.
Watch the New Video for "Rubicon" off 'Fantastic Planet' out Today!
"Rubicon" is taken from Noveller's LP 'Fantastic Planet' - released on Fire Records 1/27/15. Video by Keith Skretch
Record Release Show Announced Jan 29th at Cameo w/ Porcelain Raft
Come celebrate the release of 'Fantastic Planet' on January 29th at Cameo in Brooklyn. I will be sharing the evening with Porcelain Raft and it's sure to be a memorable one. Tickets are available here.
Allmusic Premieres "Into the Dunes" off 'Fantastic Planet'
Get your first listen of the new Noveller album 'Fantastic Planet' on Allmusic.com. 'Fantastic Planet' is out on January 27th, 2015 on Fire Records. Enjoy!
Noveller signs with Fire Records
I'm so pleased to announce that I've signed with Fire Records for my upcoming full-length album 'Fantastic Planet'. This year celebrates Fire Records' 30th anniversary and I'm very honored to join their amazing roster. For more information about Fire please visit their website.
Noveller European Tour Dates 2014
I'm excited to announce my 2014 European Tour dates. Please visit my shows page for links to purchase tickets. Hope to see you on the road!
23 Oct 2014 AT Graz - Elevate Festival
24 Oct 2014 LV Durbe - Zemlika Festival
25 Oct 2014 UK London - Café Oto
26 Oct 2014 UK Bristol - Cafe Kino
28 Oct 2014 UK Manchester - Gullivers
29 Oct 2014 UK Leeds - Belgrave Music Hall
30 Oct 2014 UK Norwich - Epic Studios
31 Oct 2014 FR Paris - ESPACE B
01 Nov 2014 FR Nantes - SOY Festival
04 Nov 2014 BE Brussels - Spion
05 Nov 2014 NL Rotterdam - Koffie & Ambacht
07 Nov 2014 NL Den Haag - REWIRE Festival
08 Nov 2014 DE Bremen - Spedition
09 Nov 2014 DE Leipzig - Bau Bau w/ Lee Noble
10 Nov 2014 DE Berlin - ACUD
NEW DATE 11 Nov 2014 DE Jena - Glashaus im Paradies w/ Lee Noble
12 Nov 2014 DE Hamburg - Westwerk w/ Lee Noble, Nika Son
13 Nov 2014 SE Malmö - Inkonst
14 Nov 2014 SE Göteborg - Koloni
15 Nov 2014 SE Stockholm - Fylkingen
NY Times premieres 'Seeing the Invisible' with score by Sarah Lipstate
Click here to watch the fantastic animated short film 'Seeing the Invisible' about the father of microbiology, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, directed by Sharon Shattuck and Flora Lichtman. This is my second collaboration with the filmmakers in an ongoing series called 'Animated Life' presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's BioInteractive and the New York Times. Our first film together, an animated short about Alfred Russel Wallace, debuted on the NY Times site in 2013. You can watch it here.
Noveller performing in the Temple of Drone, 9/20 in Austin, TX
On Saturday, September 20th, I'll be taking part in the Temple of Drone, a four-hour continuous sound performance by Austin experimental and electronic musicians. The performance will take place at the Museum of Human Achievement inside a re-creation of the Temple of Drone, a physical space originally created for Burning Flipside in 2014. Doors open at 7:30pm and drones begin promptly at 8pm and continue until midnight. Admission is $5.
Sarah Lipstate duo w/ JG Thirlwell Perform benefit for David Lynch Foundation at St. Vitus on October 4th
The newly formed duo of Sarah Lipstate and JG Thirlwell which debuted at The Stone in NYC in April 2014, will return to NYC for a pair of shows in October. They will play at Joe's Pub in Manhattan October 2nd, and at Saint Vitus in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on October 4th. The latter show is a benefit for the David Lynch Foundation, which provides transcendental meditation training to those in need. Soft Pink Truth, the side project of Drew Daniel of Matmos, and Dominique Leone are also on the St. Vitus bill. Tickets are available for the St. Vitus show here.
Sarah Lipstate duo w/ Lee Ranaldo at Lincoln Center Film Society
On November 20th, the Film Society at Lincoln Center will present a special screening + live performance in their 65-seat capacity Amphitheater space. The Amphitheater features the world's largest commercially-available plasma-screen television which will display my filmwork while a duo of myself and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) performs a live improvised guitar set. Tickets on sale soon. Check back for updates!
'Reveries' collaborative LP with thisquietarmy out on Shelter Press
My collaborative LP with thisquietarmy, 'Reveries', is out now on Shelter Press. Recorded in January 2013 at Electric Blue Studios in Brooklyn, this new long player finds Noveller and thisquietarmy at their most luminous and aerial state, writing together layers of blissful drones resulting of a highly meditative and emotional four-parts piece. You can listen to the album in it's entirety and download high-quality mp3s at my bandcamp page: http://noveller.bandcamp.com/album/reveries
Noveller performs at Electric Eclectics Festival in Canada August 2nd
On August 2nd, I'll be performing at Electric Eclectics, an experimental music festival taking place on a farm overlooking the scenic Big Head Valley, just outside of Meaford, Ontario. For tickets and program information please visit the Electric Eclectics web site.
Duo with JG Thirlwell performs at NMASS festival in Austin
Watch videos of my duo performances with JG Thirlwell live at NMASS festival at Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin, TX and at The Stone in NYC.
VIDEO: Noveller "No Dreams" live in Youngstown
Check out this beautifully shot video of me performing "No Dreams" in an intimate setting at a house show in Youngstown, OH. Thanks to Historian Sessions for this amazing document!
Billboard previews upcoming Frieze Music Fest feat. Noveller
Planning on attending this year's Frieze Art Fair in NYC? Be sure to stop by WITHOUT: An architectural intervention turned music festival presented by Tom Tom Magazine (Mindy Abovitz) and Naama Tsabar. The music festival is free and open to the public! Noveller performs on May 10th at 6pm. Read Billboard Magazine's article about the festival for more information.
Watch Daily Tour Videos from Noveller
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a 42 day tour of North America? Videographer Alexis Fleisig has been traveling with me, and my dog Cy, documenting my tour with St. Vincent and posting daily videos on his YouTube channel. Watch this video of 1,500 Oklahomans singing "Happy Birthday" to me during my show in Tulsa on the day before my 30th birthday and then check out the rest of the tour videos by clicking here. Enjoy the tour!
VIDEO: Noveller "Purchase" live at 285 Kent
Pitchfork.tv was on hand to document the series of farewell shows at the much-loved Williamsburg DIY space 285 Kent. This video was taken during my performance at the 2nd to last show at 285 Kent and features my song "Purchase" off of my latest album 'No Dreams'.
Noveller supporting St. Vincent on North American Tour
Beginning March 4th, I will be joining St. Vincent on her North American tour as her opening act. We will be visiting 27 cities in a little over 5 weeks. Please check out the tour dates listed below to see if we're headed your way! St. Vincent is touring in support of her new self-titled album which is out February 24th. See you on the road.
Video: Noveller at Signal Gallery for opening of MIRRORS
Watch video from the Noveller performance on January 24th at the opening of Tim Bruniges' MIRRORS exhibition at Signal Gallery in Brooklyn. MIRRORS is a site-specific installation composed of two 9 foot x 9 foot concrete sound mirrors facing each other at opposing ends of the gallery space. For my performance, we positioned my guitar amp facing one of the sound mirrors so that the microphone placed at the center of the structure would pickup the sound of my guitar and project it along with the ambient sound of the space through the quadrophonic speaker system setup in the gallery. from Tim Bruniges on Vimeo.
MP3: Lee Ranaldo & Noveller 'Live at Roulette'
I'm very excited to finally make available to the public this recording of my collaborative set with Lee Ranaldo at Roulette in NYC on March 11th, 2011. Lee is one of my all-time favorite guitarists and it was an amazing experience improvising with him. The recording is approximately 42 minutes long and you can listen to and purchase it as a digital album on Bandcamp.
Lionsgate picks up The Skeleton Twins at Sundance
Exciting news out of Sundance: Lionsgate picked up 'The Skeleton Twins', an the indie-drama starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, at this year's festival. I contributed to the score which was done by my amazing pal Nathan Larson. Read Variety's review of the film here.
NYTimes features Animated Film scored by Sarah Lipstate
The New York Times just wrote an article about a wonderful animated short film that I scored called 'The Animated Life of A. R. Wallace'. Directed by Sharon Shattuck and Flora Lichtman, the film celebrates the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who is co-credited with Charles Darwin for the theory of natural selection. Read the article and watch the film here.
Noveller on tour with Anna von Hausswolff in December
I'm pleased to announce that I'll be joining Anna von Hausswolff this December for a short tour of the U.S. I'll have copies of my new CD 'No Dreams' available for sale as well as some other special treats. Hope to see you out there on the road!
VIDEO: Watch the official music video for "No Dreams"
I'm so excited to present the official music video for the title track off of my new album 'No Dreams' out now on Important Records. The video was directed by Alexis Fleisig and features artwork by Justin James King. You can now stream and purchase 'No Dreams' on my bandcamp site.
Noveller touring with Radiolab this Fall
This fall, I will be touring with my favorite radio program, Radiolab, providing a live score for their live stage performance. I will be joined on stage by On Fillmore, a duo consisting of bassist Darin Gray and drummer Glenn Kotche (of Wilco). About Apocalyptical: "Cataclysmic destruction. Surprising survival. In this new live stage performance, Radiolab turns its gaze to the topic of endings, both blazingly fast and agonizingly slow. With their signature blend of storytelling, science, and music, hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich romp through hundreds of millions of years of history to arrive at the end, again and again."
Trailer for 'Emanuel' features music by Sarah Lipstate
I'm excited to post the first trailer for The Truth About Emanuel featuring one of the compositions that I wrote for the film score. Enjoy!
The Truth About Emanuel in Competition at Sundance
I was so thrilled to be able to work on the score for Francesca Gregorini's beautiful feature film The Truth About Emanuel. I couldn't be happier that the film premiere at this year's Sundance Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Read reviews of Emanuel at the Hollywood Reporter and JoBlo.com.
'A Pink Sunset For No One' is the eighth studio album from Noveller, the solo electric guitar project from US composer and filmmaker.
One of the most adept guitarists of our time, Lipstate returns with her signature breathtaking cinematic, experimental soundscapes. Eloquent and striking, her instrumentals evoke colourful and otherworldly imagery. Lipstate writes in majestic, emotional strokes with pieces ranging from remarkably tense environments to shimmering psychedelic rock or unravelling into something darker.
Inspired, in part, by her recent Iggy Pop tour, the hypnotic and uplifting opening track 'Deep Shelter' was written before she hit the road. Following her incredible time on the road she found solace in writing music after a difficult time returning to everyday life which resulted in two new tracks 'Corridors' and 'Another Dark Hour' – both of which have become a favourite to play as part of Noveller's daily guitar regime.
'Rituals' is Lipstate's own tribute to one of her all-time favourite albums Steve Reich's 'Music for 18 Musicians' and 'The Unveiling' takes a melody from one of her recent film scores giving it longer life within this composition.
Sarah Lipstate has been recording music under the moniker of Noveller for over a decade. In addition to her large catalog of solo work, she has been a member of both Rhys Chatham's Guitar Army and Glenn Branca's 100 Guitar Ensemble, collaborated with Lee Ranaldo, Carla Bozulich and JG Thirlwell. The artist has also scored a number of feature and short films along with Radiolab's live show with Glenn Kotche (Wilco) and Darin Gray. Following 2015's 'Fantastic Planet', the musician was invited to tour with Iggy Pop across the US and Europe.


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MIDLOTHIAN, Texas - Mourners holding U.S. flags gone limp from a light rain crowded streets and highway overpasses in North Texas on Tuesday to watch the funeral procession for slain former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.
A motorcade of about 200 vehicles accompanied the white hearse carrying Kyle's flag-draped coffin on the 200-mile journey to Austin, where he will be buried at the Texas State Cemetery. The procession left Tuesday morning from Kyle's hometown of Midlothian, a rural community about 25 miles southwest of Dallas. Many motorists pulled to the side of roads to watch the procession pass.
Larry Key of Denton, one of about 100 Patriot Guard Riders who gathered for the event, said he came in tribute to Kyle's wartime service.
"It's our way of honoring Chris and his family," said Key, a Vietnam veteran.
Drivers along Interstate 35 were not allowed to pass the procession, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Kyle, 38, was a celebrated veteran who completed four tours of duty in Iraq and wrote the best-selling book "American Sniper."
Some 7,000 people attended a two-hour memorial service for Kyle at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Monday. Kyle's coffin was placed at the Dallas Cowboys' star at midfield.
His widow, Taya Kyle, told the gathered crowd she was broken but that her family would "put one foot in front of the other" to get through their grief. She said she told her two children that they will remember Kyle's silly side, Texas twang and the prayers they prayed together.
After her eulogy, country singer Randy Travis sang "Whisper My Name," which he said Taya Kyle had told him was a meaningful song for the couple, and "Amazing Grace." At the conclusion of the service, bagpipers played as military personnel carried out the coffin and many in the crowd saluted.
Iraq War veteran Eddie Ray Routh, 25, has been charged in the Feb. 2 killings of Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a North Texas gun range. Routh is jailed in Erath County on a $3 million bond.
Kyle, Littlefield and Routh arrived together at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range, about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth, authorities say. Routh later fled in Kyle's truck and went to his sister's home.
According to a search warrant, Routh told his sister and brother-in-law that the men "were out shooting target practice and he couldn't trust them so he killed them before they could kill him."
Routh's brother-in-law told authorities that Routh had recently been diagnosed with PTSD.
Littlefield's funeral was held Friday in Midlothian. Afterward, Littlefield's relatives said the outing with Routh was intended to be therapeutic.
Taya Kyle paid tribute to Littlefield during the service Monday, saying he was the "effortless, no expectations" friend that her husband needed.
Associated Press writer Angela K. Brown also contributed to this report.


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Uruguay comes to defense of Suarez
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Montevideo was a strange, tense place in the hours before Luis Suarez's World Cup ended in suspension. The city woke up waiting on the news to break, almost frozen in anticipation of it. The front page of one of the daily papers put words to the feelings: "The Italians and English Crucify Suarez." A huge photo showed him on his knees, like a pose from a cheesy war movie, leaned back, arms spread in a Christ pose.
Around 9 in the morning, in a taxi headed toward the old colonial square from the airport, the voice of President Jose Mujica interrupted the music on 104.3 FM. The DJs didn't stop the music, just turned it down while broadcasting Mujica over the song, so his strident words in defense of the nation's most famous citizen had a soundtrack: Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust."
Mujica defended Suarez, saying that if a referee didn't judge the offense on the field, then it shouldn't be judged at all. "Let Suarez be Suarez" seemed to be the point of his address. "We didn't choose him to be a philosopher or a mechanic," he said, "and neither to have good manners. He's an excellent player."
The cab driver, already angry and now wound up by the president, pulled out his phone while driving along the oceanfront road. He found a photograph going viral in Uruguay in the hours before FIFA made its ruling. The photo showed Giorgio Chiellini, the Italian player bitten by Suarez, pulling the hair of Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, and the cab driver nodded, as if to say: See, they are being unfair to Uruguay once again.
Uruguay is a small country, with just 3.4 million people, and it nurses a powerful inferiority complex, especially in regard to its larger, richer neighbor, Argentina, which is also more successful and lucky in football. Argentina has Messi, the greatest goal scorer in the world, a quiet, shy guy who, save the recent tax business, never gets in trouble. The tax fraud allegations were perfect, because even a Messi scandal is businesslike, a white-collar crime based on numbers and not violent assault. Uruguay, of course, has the second-best goal scorer in the world, Suarez, who is a broken, faultily wired, zombie version of Messi.
I waited near the main square for the news to be announced. Everyone knew it was coming. Enrique Moller, a former Uruguay football official in charge of disciplinary hearings, talked to the two lawyers representing Suarez in the FIFA hearing. Moller told me he thought the suspension would be two games. Everyone remained hopeful. Then an email came through from an ESPN colleague: nine games, four months, a fine of 100,000 Swiss francs. Outside, in the main square, with the enormous, bronze statue of a battle-ready Jose Gervasio Artigas on horseback, people moved back and forth unaware. The news was minutes away from breaking.
A 67-year-old man named Luis Colotuso, wearing a heavy coat against the South American winter chill, walked down the main avenue of the city, holding a transistor radio in his hand, listening. I walked behind him and saw him hear the news, growing more and more angry. He saw my notebook and my photographer's camera, and he wheeled around, his private fury about to have an audience.
"Suarez did it," he conceded, and then went on a rant about the Uruguayan football mafia and how a conspiracy was, as usual, at work, television dollars stacked up against such a small nation. He waved gnarled fingers around when making a point, pinching them together when making a serious point. He was a man who'd broken a few fingers in his life. He didn't really have a point, and finally stormed off. An old woman passed and looked at the crucifixion headline. She held her cigarette in her hand and said in a voice shaped by thousands of those cigarettes, "Football is politics."
About the same time, every television in Uruguay had its programming interrupted. On 18 de Julio Avenue, at the famous hot dog place named La Pasiva, the guys behind the counter watched and listened. They argued among themselves, an argument playing out all over the country, as logic did battle with emotions and suspicion.
"Even if it hurts," Fernando Bertorelli said, "it's the way it is."
A cook looked at him, sizing up his resignation, and saw the whole thing clearly. He smiled.
"If you take off your shirt, it's OK," he said, using the word "camiseta," which in this context means the national team jersey. He handed over a grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich to Angel Lair, who disagreed with his cook vehemently.
"Don't say nonsense," Lair spat. "This is about money."
Then, explaining all this to me through the prism of the Uruguayan complex about its size and how that encourages larger and more powerful countries and entities to pick on it, Lair said, almost mournfully, "Three million against an empire."
At first, I thought people on the street didn't know. But when asked, everyone said, simply, "nueve partidos" -- nine games. The news had spread, and now the process of dealing with it began. The streets felt somber, quiet and cold, the only noise coming from the groan of diesel bus engines and the squeak of failing brakes. People went to work and wondered what might happen in the game Saturday against Colombia. The advance to the knockout round suddenly felt more like a loss than a long-anticipated victory. Suarez's brother, when reached by phone, sounded shocked.
"I am devastated," he said. "I am very sad. It's incredible. No, I thought it was not going to be so severe. I am very nervous now, but we have to keep on. The team is strong now. They are gonna win."
Inside the Bar Tasende, a local café where journalists and businessmen drank coffee under the gaze of a metal statue of Don Quixote, a fitting symbol for this day, an ancient speaker played a local show. First came the news, in our modern cycle of information and angst, and then came the reactions, these from listeners who'd emailed the show.
A few emails were read on the air.
"If we can't beat them with the teeth," the first listener wrote, "we will do it with the claws."
Claws, in Uruguayan slang, means guts. "A man with claw" is a phrase meaning that a person has courage. This listener believed in the power of a team without its best player.
"Mafia mafia mafia," another said simply.
"Suarez has to resolve his psychological issues," the final message read. "He has the money to do it."
Then the cycle started again.
A television set up in the bar just for the duration of the World Cup played a news conference of a FIFA official talking, with two soda bottles belonging to a sponsor in front of her, because even serious news is an opportunity for FIFA to make money. About eight people sat in the bar, and half of them looked at the screen, and the other half kept their backs to it, eating their pizza before it got cold. For them, the World Cup had ended. They talked quietly to themselves, trying to get on with the day.


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AKRON, Ohio � You already knew you can check out more than books at the library.But seeds?Yep.Ohio�s Akron-Summit Public Library recently added a Seed Sharing Library, a resource for distributing mainly...
AKRON, Ohio � You already knew you can check out more than books at the library.
But seeds?
Ohio�s Akron-Summit Public Library recently added a Seed Sharing Library, a resource for distributing mainly heirloom vegetable seeds. Users choose envelopes of seeds from a repurposed card catalog in the Main Library�s science and technology division and then check them out by filling out a form.
Unlike books, DVDs, CDs and the like, the seeds don�t have to be returned. �There are no overdue fines,� division manager Monique Mason said with a smile.
All the library wants to do is encourage people to grow and eat healthful foods, she said. But it will welcome donations of seeds produced by the veggies its patrons grow.
The idea was suggested earlier this year by Liam Murray, a neighbor of a librarian who works with Hattie Larlham�s food-growing operation, Hattie�s Garden. Since the library is already a place for distributing resources, �it just seemed like such a natural fit,� Mason said.
Library representatives talked to people involved in local gardening efforts, researched seed-sharing operations at other libraries and obtained donations of seeds before quietly launching their own seed library in April.
It started with about 800 envelopes of seeds representing dozens of plant varieties � mostly heirloom vegetables, but also a few hybrids as well as some herbs and flowers, said Michele McNeal, a science and technology librarian who is in charge of the seed library. The seeds include such charmingly named varieties as Yaya carrots, Grandma Oliver�s green tomatoes and McNeal�s favorite, Lazy Housewife pole beans.
The seeds were donated by High Mowing Organic Seeds and Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., as well as gardeners including Mason.
McNeal said 75 to 100 seed packets had already been distributed by late last week, even though the library hadn�t promoted the seed library heavily. Borrowers may choose up to six packets of seed a month, each of which produces three to five plants.
The seed envelopes are arranged by the plants� common names � lettuce, dill, Swiss chard and so on � but patrons can also look up what�s available in either of two directories. One organizes the seeds by plant type and the other by variety name. The directories contain photocopies of the seed packets, where patrons can get planting and care instructions.
The seeds are also rated according to how difficult it is to save the new seeds produced by the plants.
The library focuses on heirloom seeds, partly because of the tasty veggies they produce, but also because their offspring are more consistent. Hybrids, on the other hand, are more of a genetic toss-up. Because hybrid plants are created by crossing multiple parents, their seeds can produce plants with a variety of different traits.
The library doesn�t require borrowers to produce seeds to bring back to the library, but it hopes some people will, Mason and McNeal said. Eventually they hope the seed library will be stocked mostly with seeds produced locally.
�Even if we don�t get anything back, it�s still promoting gardening and healthy eating,� Mason said. The library can always request more seed donations to keep the seed library stocked, she said.
For now the seed library is only at the Main Library, and patrons need to come there to use it. They can�t request that seeds be sent to their branches.
Nevertheless, Mason said the library will use information gathered from the forms that borrowers fill out to determine whether demand exists to start seed libraries in other locations.


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Obama's forced hand on Syria
President Barack Obama has crossed a red line of his own on Syria — spurred by the fast flood of bad news on the ground and a spirited internal debate about national prestige under his own roof.
The Obama administration's decision Thursday to provide military and political aid to anti-Assad fighters wasn't merely a result of confirmation the Syrian regime used sarin gas on rebels — but a decision prompted by the realization that Syrian President Bashar Assad was on the cusp of gaining a permanent advantage over rebel groups and the fear of imminent sectarian bloodshed further spilling into neighboring Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.
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"The decision was ultimately driven by the discovery Assad used [chemical weapons], but there were a number of other factors in place that were also important," conceded an administration official with direct knowledge of the deliberations.
( Also on POLITICO: W.H.: Assad used chemical weapons)
"Would we have made [the determination Assad had breached the red line] even if we didn't have the evidence? Probably."
For weeks, Obama — chastened by the Iraq and Afghanistan wars — deferred passing judgment on the regime's use of the deadly nerve gas, even as U.N. and European officials publicly reported the use of chemical weapons against hundreds of rebels and civilians.
But the chorus of calls for action had been rising in recent days, from European capitals, administration officials and Hill hawks in both parties who called for a halt to a recent Assad counter-offensive aided by a surge in attacks by Iran-backed Hezbollah units.
The highest-profile spur for action came on Tuesday: Former President Bill Clinton, speaking in New York, cast Syria in road-not-taken terms, implying that Obama faced a moral crossroads comparable to the one Clinton himself faced when he decided to not to intervene during the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s.
At meetings this week, Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel concluded that a more direct U.S. intervention — one that includes arming the rebels or possibly imposing a no-fly zone — was needed to stem the tide of Assad victories in the past two weeks.
( PHOTOS: John McCain visits Syria)
Administration officials described a vigorous internal debate, capped off by a Hagel-Kerry meeting Thursday without Obama — that exposed significant divisions within Obama's team. Donilon and Hagel, while not opposed to stepped-up action, were less eager for a more aggressive response than Kerry and Donilon's successor, Susan Rice.
The one thing all of Obama's aides were concerned about, sources said, was the perception that world's sole superpower was standing by while European allies shouldered the burden of trying to stop a dictator from murdering thousands of his own people.
The president himself, people close to the situation said, has been agonizing over the decision, torn between his desire to do the right thing — and his bone-deep aversion to the kind of quick-trigger military intervention in Iraq that sidetracked his predecessor George W. Bush and resulted in the thousands of U.S. casualties.
"The president has made a decision about providing more support to the opposition," said Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes in a conference call with reporters late Thursday. "That will involve providing direct support to the [rebels]. That includes military support."


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You never know what's going to be in the post. Today we received this time capsule courtesy of Wojtek aka Bertie from Białystok Poland. Bertie recently bought a copy of Culture Shock's Onwards And Upwards LP on Discogs, and inside he found this "reaction sheet". Back in the dark ages of 1988, before there were things like CDs and the internet, we used to send out promos of vinyl LPs. Inside we'd include what we called a "reaction sheet", for the journalists and DJs to fill in and send back to us (in the post! as a letter!). This one appears to have been created by hand by Kent Jolly who used to work here (I was obviously away and Kent couldn't figure out how to use the typewriter, ha ha).
Bertie obviously has a good sense of humour and was impressed enough by the ancient technology that he found inside his copy of the album to fill in the reaction sheet and send it back to us. Thank you Bertie, for the window to the past!


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Mayor's Office
Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) officials are asking for the public's help to prevent the spread of Cryptosporidiosis (Crypto), a disease that spreads easily through swimming in contaminated water and in childcare settings. Crypto is a parasitic disease that can cause loose, watery diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting and slight fever.
Within the last month, 16 cases of Crypto have been reported in Lancaster County, more than all of last year. Most cases involved young children that had been swimming in several different pools during the last 30 days. Health officials are concerned that the numbers of cases could dramatically increase if the proper precautions are not followed.
Although City pools are closed for the season, there are many pools including hotel, apartment, neighborhood and backyard pools that are still being used. Health officials urge parents and caregivers to not allow children to swim if they are experiencing diarrhea or have an upset stomach, and to wait at least 48 hours after the last loose stool movement before allowing them to swim. Health officials stressed that diapers, even swim diapers, do not offer protection if a child has diarrhea or loose stools.
Health officials are also concerned that Crypto could spread quickly to the community if it spreads into a child care center.
"We believe with the public's help we can avert a community wide outbreak of diarrheal illness," said Judy Halstead, Health Director. "Young children that have had diarrhea in the past 48 hours should not be taken to child care facilities or allowed to swim."
More information on LLCHD and public health is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: health).


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As cat lovers and experienced cat owners ourselves, we know that the
condition of a cat's skin and fur is frequently a reflection of overall
health. Poor skin health can sometimes be traced to dietary insufficiency
or imbalances. Problems with the skin and fur are never just cosmetic.
Symptoms such as hair loss, thinning fur, dullness, dry flaky skin,
excessive scratching, thickened skin, and odors can often be
traced back to either a shortage or an excess of a specific nutrient. In
fact, there is no more visible indicator of problems with your cat's
overall health than problems with the skin and fur. The right nutrients in
the right proportions are indispensable to keeping your cat healthy.
Why Avocados? Many of the nutrients your cat needs for a healthy
skin and fur can be found in the remarkable fruit known as the avocado.
Nutrient rich avocados contain vitamins A, E and C in abundance.
They're also an excellent source of balanced nutritional essentials for
your cat's skin and fur health-and good health in general. Avocados are
high in folate, potassium, niacin, essential fatty acids, and many other
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monosaturated fats. Ounce for ounce, the avocado is simply one of the most
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Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement (Source of Vitamin B Complex), Vitamin B12
Supplement, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, Biotin.


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I want more white, more clean, less graphics, think: http://chrome.google.com ... or http://www.37signals.com
Use the same colors as this color scheme: http://www.text-link-ads.com/ (they are vibrant and sharp)
the links in header, just make them simple text links like in the header here: http://www.basecamphq.com
we don't need many graphics, just clean, yet FRESH (like the http://www.37signals.com homepage)
header does not need graphics, see header on http://www.37signals.com... or http://www.basecamphq.com
One last note, notice how clean (few graphics, just cool icons) and simple (nice white background, good white space) this is: http://basecamphq.com
Do NOT use graphical text when html text will do, I want flexibility to change wording.
Clean design with few graphics, but crisp small clean icons is preferred. (like green checkboxes instead of html bullets)
Creativity is appreciated :-)


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Hi Richard,
Yes it's very strange he'd leave 9 bottles in the coolbox in his car, and take only the two.
However, whether for LH or Quail or both, he took only two small bottles. There we can now all agree. Now *that* is a very different scenario to the various theories we've all put on the table over the years. There are pros and cons to the "senior moment" theory, and for now I'm sitting in between.
One thought: he bought only twenty four 12oz (350ml) bottles the evening before he started on a very tightly packed nine day hiking schedule, according to his original itinerary. He left 13 bottles in the apartment and brought 11 with him in the coolbox, and just two were taken with him. So were the 11 bottles for the day? Or were they for the next few days? And why 11 bottles? Why not 12 or 10 or whatever? Funny number, to my mind.
I'm a 2 litre guy (about six of those 12oz bottles), but only you hot desert hikers can tell me if 4 litres is the done thing. Eleven 12oz bottles = 3,850ml. What's the done thing? 2 litres? 3 litres? 4 litres? Is eleven far too much for one day, so intended as a cache for 2-3 days? And if it was all intended for the first day, then why on earth didn't he notice the extra spring in his step because he didn't have an extra 3-4kg lump of water in his backpack?


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It's a really good movie; even though I have (mild) Asperger's syndrome rather than "classical" autism I still found I could relate somewhat to Temple Grandin's life as portrayed by Danes in this movie. I remember one scene that stuck out for me was her nervously tapping her foot while seated at her aunt's table, very early on in the film...I pointed at the screen and said "I do that!!"
One thing my parents noted is that with Temple Grandin (as Danes plays her), the other characters in the film could tell right away that something wasn't quite right with her, and that more sensitive people might give her a break...whereas for an Aspie like me, who, for all intents and purposes looks/acts (superficially) "normal"...well, that's why it's sometimes called an "invisible" disability.
I try very hard not to judge or feel superior to those on the spectrum more profoundly affected than me. Being mildly affected has its own pitfalls and dangers, and means I'm more likely to be swept up into NT social circles...I sometimes like to say that while they are dancing their "Viennese waltz" of the social dance, the most I can manage is a Texas two-step...it works some of the time, but doesn't *really* fit the music, and starts to stand out after awhile...
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Virginia Lt. Gov. William Gooch had good reason to hide the truth when he made his annual report to the British Board of Trade in 1732.
Though the Crown prohibited its colonies from manufacturing domestic goods, Gooch and other members of the Virginia government had long encouraged the industry of local entrepreneurs, including a Yorktown merchant whom he repeatedly described as the "poor Potter."
But William Rogers, an enterprising brewer whose business interests had grown to include a flourishing pottery, was anything but poor.
His bustling factory extended for more than 170 feet between Read and Nelson streets, included two brick kilns and employed a skilled workforce of indentured servants and slaves that may have exceeded two dozen people. It produced at least 23 different types of stoneware and earthenware vessels ranging from milk pans, mugs and beer bottles to decorative slipware platters.
In addition to marketing these wares in Yorktown, Hampton and Williamsburg, Rogers regularly shipped his goods to Maryland and North Carolina -- plus as far away as New England and the West Indies. The quality of the pots his craftsmen produced rivaled anything that could be found in the stoneware and earthenware factories of London.
But not until today, with the opening of a new exhibit building that straddles the archaeological remains of his workshop and kiln, has this pioneering American capitalist received the kind of public recognition that his illegal yet historic undertaking deserves.
"Yorktown is best known for its role in the American Revolution," says Rob Hunter, editor of Ceramics in America, which will publish two articles in conjunction with the completion of the $718,000 National Park Service project.
"But back in the early 18th century, this site was the economic catalyst that made the revolution happen."
Indeed, the "poor Potter's" sprawling factory in Yorktown was the largest known enterprise of its kind in Colonial British America.
But after Rogers' death in 1739 it faded so far from view that its sheer size and importance remained a mystery for more than 200 years.
Large deposits of pottery fragments provided a partial clue to the once thriving operation. So did the unusual number of surviving pots that could be found not only in the Chesapeake Bay region but along several parts of the East Coast, tantalizing historians with their unexplained similarities of material and style.
Not until utility workers began digging a trench for a new water line in the mid-1960s, however, did the lost site of Rogers' workshop and kilns become apparent. Several more years passed before College of William and Mary archaeologist Norman Barka, who led what became a landmark excavation, dug his way under a garage and uncovered the full extent of the unexpectedly substantial operation.
"It's the best-preserved example of its type in the world," Hunter says.
"And Barka deserves all the credit for making that happen."
Other discoveries boosted the long-lost pottery's profile, too, including finding the first mention of Rogers' enterprise in Lt. Gov. Gooch's deliberately misleading 1732 report.
Year after year for the rest of the decade, Gooch made the same deceptive claims, seeking to divert the Board of Trade's potentially devastating attention from one of the Virginia colony's most prosperous manufacturing concerns.
"There is one poor Potter's work of coarse earthen Ware, which is of so little Consequence, that I dare say there hath not been twenty Shillings worth less of that Commodity imported (from England) since it was sett up...," he wrote in his first report.
His account from 1739 is even more blunt, dismissing any threat to English manufacturing interests with contempt.
"The Poor Potter's operation is unworthy of your Lordship's notice... ," it says.
That same year, however, the seemingly humble artisan died, leaving an estate that included numerous buildings and lots in Williamsburg as well as Yorktown, not to mention a waterfront warehouse, two boats, a coach and numerous horses, cattle and sheep as well as nearly three dozen slaves.
Listed among Rogers' household possessions were telltale indications of a well-to-do gentleman's life, including silver serving vessels, fine furniture, framed maps and Dutch paintings in gilt frames.
Equally revealing is the inventory of Rogers' pottery factory, which reported 26 dozen (312) quart mugs, 60 dozen (720) pint mugs, 11 dozen (132) milk pans, 2 dozen (24) red saucepans, 2 dozen (24) porringers, 4 dozen (48) bird bottles, 4 dozen (48) small dishes, 3 dozen (36) lamps, 4 dozen (48) small stoneware bottles, 4 dozen (48) small dishes and 6 dozen (72) pudding pans as well as 30 cream pots.
"The astonishing thing is that these were very high-quality goods," says Jane Sundberg, cultural resource management specialist for Colonial National Historical Park.
"And that quality could be found in everything from the most common milk pans to stove tiles."
By 1970, the archaeological and documentary records of the pottery's importance had grown so compelling that the Park Service purchased the property in order to preserve it.
Workmen erected a protective metal Quonset hut over the remains of the kilns and workshop a few years later, enabling Barka to continue his archaeological work into the early '80s.
An interpretive plan for the site emerged not long afterward, Sundberg says. But lack of funding forced the park to shelve its proposal and rebury parts of the exposed ruins.
Nearly two decades passed before the $718,000 project finally received federal funding in 2002. But the wait may have enabled the Park Service and Williamsburg architect Carlton Abbott to make the most of an innovative design for the new 2,600-square-foot, barnlike building.
Straddling Rogers' kiln and a portion of his workshop like an elevated balcony, the steel and wood-frame structure enables visitors to walk completely around one of the most important portions of the site without exposing its surface to potentially destructive foot traffic. It also provides space for a series of exhibit cases as well as visual access through several large windows when the building is closed.
Staffing remains a problem. Sundberg hopes the pottery's historical and economic importance will help attract a needed corps of volunteer interpreters.
Still, she has no doubts about the power of the archaeological remains to tell the poor Potter's story once the interpretive signs and exhibits are complete -- and visitors get the chance to take full advantage of the elevated, theater-in-the-round experience created by Abbott's building.
"I think people will really like this," Sundberg says, smiling down on the ruins of the workshop and kiln.
"With the walkway around it, the site looks really great. You can see everything from this vantage point."
A new National Park Service exhibit building that straddles the archaeological remains of the "poor Potter's" 18th-century kiln site will be dedicated at 11 a.m. today. The 2,600-square-foot structure is located between Read and Nelson streets in historic Yorktown. Admission to the public event, which includes a tour of the site, is free. The building will be open on an occasional basis only until a volunteer interpretive staff is assembled. Interpretive signs and exhibits are scheduled to be installed by mid-summer. For more info or to volunteer, contact Colonial National Historical Park at 898-3400.
Virginia Lt. Gov. William Gooch had good reason to hide the truth when he made his annual report to the British Board of Trade in 1732.