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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
The Hundred Guilder Print (Christ Preaching), ca. 1649
Etching, drypoint and burin, on Japanese paper
11 1/16 x 5 5/16 in. (28.1 x 38.9 cm, trimmed just inside plate line)
B., Holl. 74; Hind 246 ii/ii
Mrs. F. F. Prentiss Bequest, 1944
Rembrandt's famed Hundred Guilder Print incorporates a series of episodes, described in chapter 19 of the Gospel of Saint Matthew, which convey the essence of Christ's ministry. Rembrandt worked on the plate over a period of several years; the finished print demonstrates his unparalleled mastery of diverse printmaking techniques.
Rembrandt's monumental image of Christ preaching has been referred to by its popular title, The Hundred Guilder Print, since the early eighteenth century. Although the origin of this title is obscure, various apocryphal explanations allude to the print's rarity and aesthetic quality.1 A contemporary poem written on the back of an impression of The Hundred Guilder Print in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, confirms that Rembrandt's ambitious composition combines several episodes from chapter 19 of the Gospel of St. Matthew, which describes Christ's activities after his arrival in Judaea. In Rembrandt's print these successive events coexist and interpenetrate to convey the essence of Christ's ministry; the Savior's calm, impressive figure dominates and unifies the scene.
The right portion of the scene, with a crowd of sick and crippled followers flocking to Christ in hopes of a miraculous cure, illustrates Matthew 19:2: "great multitudes followed Him; and He healed them there."2 The cluster of Pharisees seated in the background at the left is an allusion to Matthew 19:3-12, in which the Pharisees attempt to provoke Christ in a debate over divorce. Several women and children approach from the left; a balding and bearded Peter pushes them aside but is rebuked with a gesture from Christ: "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:13-15). Immediately to the left of Peter, the pensive, richly dressed man is a reference to the wealthy young man who was challenged to give up his riches and follow Christ (Matthew 19:16-24). Christ's pronouncement, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God," is whimsically represented by the camel silhouetted in the doorway at the right. The unmistakable focal point of the scene is Christ himself, positioned slightly left of center, his divine presence emphasized by a shaft of radiant light.
Although the Hundred Guilder Print is not dated, Rembrandt probably worked on the plate over a period of several years, completing it in about 1649.3 The print is a technical tour de force, incorporating an enormous diversity of printmaking styles and techniques. The group of figures at the left side of the print, for example, is deftly indicated with a minimum of lightly bitten lines; in contrast, the evocative richness of the blacks and the depth of tone in the right half of the print represents Rembrandt's experimental competition with the newly discovered mezzotint technique.4
Aside from demonstrating his entire vocabulary of printmaking techniques, Rembrandt also varied the appearance of each individual impression by using different papers and by manipulating the inking of the copper plate. A number of impressions of The Hundred Guilder Print--including the example in Oberlin--are printed on thick Japanese paper.5 Rembrandt was among the first Western printmakers to use Japanese paper.6 The warm tan or buff tones of the paper soften the black/white tonalities of the etching, creating an atmospheric, painterly effect. The smooth, silken surface of the paper also contributes to the appearance of the print: the printing ink is not absorbed into the fibers of the paper but remains on the surface, so that every line of the etching is clear and distinct. Finally, the soft surface of Japanese paper receives ink under minimal pressure, and so does not wear down delicate lines on the etching plate as quickly as other papers. The Oberlin impression is particularly fine and crisply printed, before the plate became worn through overprinting.
M. E. Wieseman
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn was born in Leiden in 1606. After training briefly with Jacob van Swanenburg (ca. 1571-1638) and with Pieter Lastman (1583-1633) in Amsterdam, he was working as an independent master in Leiden by 1625. The artist settled permanently in Amsterdam in 1631/2. He quickly established himself as the leading portraitist in the city, infusing the genre with an unprecedented vivacity. By the 1640s Rembrandt focused more on religious subjects and landscapes; his style became less flamboyant and more introspective. His late works are remarkable for their depth and range of emotion, which is matched by a complete expressive mastery of technique. Rembrandt was not only a sublime painter, but also a prodigious draftsman and uniquely gifted etcher. In all media, he experimented continually with new techniques and visual effects, and with new approaches to traditional subject matter. Rembrandt also had a profound impact as a teacher, training dozens of artists in his atelier, including Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680), Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), Arent de Gelder (1645-1727), Nicolaas Maes (1634-1693), and Philips <H Koninck > (1619 - 1688, q.v., inv. 43.248).
General References
Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt: First Complete Edition in Six Volumes. London, 1954-57. Enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch, London, 1973.
Bredius, Abraham. Rembrandt: The Complete Edition of the Paintings, revised by H. Gerson. London, 1969.
Bruyn, Josua, Bob Haak, Simon H. Levie, P. J. J. van Thiel, and Ernst van de Wetering. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings. Vols. 1-. The Hague, Boston, and London, 1982
Schwartz, Gary. Rembrandt, his Life, his Paintings. Harmondsworth, 1985.
Rembrandt: The Master and his Workshop. 2 vols. Exh. cat., Staatliches Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz at the Altes Museum, Berlin; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; and The National Gallery, London, 1991-92.
General References on Rembrandt as Printmaker
White, Christopher, and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt van Rijn (Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, vol. 18). Amsterdam, 1969.
White, Christopher. Rembrandt as an Etcher. 2 vols. London, 1969.See also the several catalogues raisonnés listed under Literature.
Possibly collection Alfred Morrison (1821-1897; cf. Lugt 144)Collection, Caldwell, Pittsburgh (purchased from a private collection in London, ca. 1890)With Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, from whom purchased by Mrs. Dudley P. Allen (later Mrs. F. F. Prentiss, 16 September 1914 ($9000)Bequeathed by her to the museum, 1944
Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1960. Rembrandt Prints. 23 October -20 November. Cat. no. 36.
The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1970. Rembrandt after Three Hundred Years. 25 February - 5 April. No number (ex-catalogue).
This Impression
Catalogues Raisonnés
Bartsch, Adam. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt.... Vienna, 1797. B. 74.
Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. 2d ed., vol. 1. London, 1923. H. 236.
Münz, Ludwig. Rembrandt's Etchings. London, 1952. Mz. 217.Björklund, George, with the assistance of Osbert H. Barnard. Rembrandt's Etchings True and False. Stockholm/London/New York, 1955. B.-B. 49.1.
White, Christopher, and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt van Rijn (Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etching, Engravings and Woodcuts, vol. 18). Amsterdam, 1969, pp. 39-40. Holl. 74.
Technical Data
The Oberlin impression of The Hundred Guilder Print is printed on thick Japanese paper, possibly made by laminating two sheets together. The smooth surface of the paper enhances the fine detail of this rich early impression. The sheet is in excellent condition, with some slight abrasions and glue residues on the verso, especially at the perimeter.On the verso is the collector's mark "A. M." in pink ink, possibly that of Alfred Morrison (Lugt 144). Another inscription, at the lower left edge, verso, is partially visible under ultraviolet light: ---any Le Rou-e.
1. See Christopher White, Rembrandt as an Etcher, vol. 1 (London, 1969), pp. 55-56.
2. The most concise overview of the subject matter, iconography, and creative genesis of The Hundred Guilder Print is Christopher White, Rembrandt as an Etcher, vol. 1 (London, 1969), pp. 55-65. On the several preparatory drawings associated with the print, see Otto Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt: First Complete Edition in Six Volumes (London, 1954-57; enlarged ed., ed. Eva Benesch, London, 1973), nos. 183-85, 188, 388, 543, and 1071.
3.Although most scholars concur that the print was completed about 1649, there is some disagreement as to when Rembrandt actually began work on the print; for a recent overview see Barbara Welzel, in Rembrandt: the Master and his Workshop, Drawings and Etchings (exh. cat., The National Gallery, London, 1991-92), pp. 242-44.
4. See Barbara Welzel, in Rembrandt: the Master and his Workshop, Drawings and Etchings (exh. cat., The National Gallery, London, 1991-92), p. 242.
5. See Christopher White and Karel G. Boon, Rembrandt van Rijn (Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etching, Engravings and Woodcuts, vol. 18) (Amsterdam, 1969), p. 40.
6.On Rembrandt's use of Japanese paper, see Andrew Robison, in Paper in Prints (exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 1977), pp. 13-14; Clifford S. Ackley, in Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt(exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1980-81), p. 151; and Sue Reed, in Rembrandt: Experimental Etcher (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1969-70), p. 180.


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August 20 1:30pm, Mexico City
Present: Bozana Bokan, Brian Gregg, Rachael Hu, Barbara Hui, James MacGregor, Mark Newton (Columbia), Jason Nugent, Brian Owen, Alec Smecher. (Marc Bria and Lisa Schiff were telepresent for the 1st 5 minutes of the meeting, then had to drop out because of technical difficulties.)
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- Mark Newton, Columbia University
- Jayne Dickson (CDL) will be helping with the UI/UX review
PKP Development Priorities Discussion
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cQeCL4eVvVQ4Sk3cWhAY5nN_pWXvCWPusd9XilPYzik/edit?pli=1
- Came from PKP internal discussions over the last month or two
- Attempt to identify potential dev targets for OJS 3.0
- Many are already "baked in" (UI/UX; upgrade; back-porting)
- Some dependent on grants/specific funding
- Some depend on resource impact on team (some have external resources)
- Also motivated by desire to better expose "mid-size" development priorities
- May be possible to use UI/UX review to guinea-pig implementation decisions
- Rachael: via Members committee, take findings out to community? Have members/advisory board/John validate/vet? Present as package deal with community feedback
- Alec: Agree in principle, but concerned about potential for community feedback process being an unknown time cost. Feeling time pressure leading up to OJS 3.0.
- Brian: Is members committee a sufficient proxy for the community?
- Moving on many of the recommendations may be self-evident
- James: [redacted] presented this AM; they want to contribute back
- UI improvements; XML authoring; OAK integration; ORCID (by 2014). They want to get moving.
- Barbara: Make sense to include them in at-large group? Still have one spot available.
- They might be interested in push access.
- Brian: Commercial vs. open source; lots of dynamics to consider.
- Barbara: Community leadership summit had lots of examples.
- Barbara: People want to commit but the process is not clear.
- Alec: Have a fairly simple mix: most do pull requests; Bozana/Free University Berlin has commit access but checks with Alec informally before pushing code up.
- Barbara: Need to actually document it clearly.
- Alec: Ran tech session including Brian. Presented github workflow. Suspect that Google hangouts for tech sessions is not enough; need to follow up with persistent documentation (e.g. wiki).
- Ideas on how to proceed:
- Quantify availability of various team members
- Deputize Tech Committee members to manage subprojects
- Work specifically on:
- on-ramping
- refining UI/UX into more specific details as a prerequisite to defining decision-making process
- James: use Asana task management system? (PKP already has this installed).


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LONDON -- The NBA is coming back to London with a regular-season game between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks in January.
The NBA says the Pistons and Knicks will play on Jan. 17 at the O2 Arena, the site of this year's Olympic gold-medal game.
The Toronto Raptors and New Jersey Nets played a pair of regular-season games at the same venue in March 2011, but the NBA skipped London on its preseason tour this year.
NBA Commissioner David Stern says "playing our third regular-season game in the city in three years and having historic franchises like the Knicks and Pistons serve as our ambassadors provide extraordinary opportunities to further the game's growth and development in the UK and throughout Europe."


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OAKLAND — A's owner Lew Wolff wasn't ready Thursday to sign off on changes Oakland council members inserted into a lease agreement they approved hours earlier, but, in a departure from recent statements, he said he'd give them serious consideration.
Wolff's apparent change of heart left city officials hopeful that after several months of rancorous negotiations a deal was finally in place that could keep the team in Oakland for another decade and set the stage for talks about a new ballpark at the Coliseum complex in East Oakland.
It also appears that as Wolff considers making a long-term commitment in Oakland, he could become a factor in the city's upcoming mayor's race as he again singled out for praise one of Mayor Jean Quan's top challengers.
Until Thursday, Wolff has been adamant that he was done negotiating the lease deal, which already had received initial approval by the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority. He even sent city officials an email shortly before they debated the lease Wednesday stating that "if we are not able to obtain a majority, non-contingent vote, there is no need for any further discussion."
Wolff said his willingness to now consider the lease amendments was in part due to a call he received after the vote from Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, who has forged a strong relationship with him. "Just based on her asking me alone is enough for me to tell (team President) Mike (Crowley) and the guys to look hard at it," he said.
Wolff's recent embrace of Kaplan, who is running for mayor, comes as his relationship with Mayor Quan appears to have further deteriorated. In his Wednesday email to city officials, Wolff wrote that "the almost daily inconsistency and misstatements of Mayor Quan are absolutely unacceptable. Her attributing comments to me that I have never made are equally distasteful." Wolff declined Thursday to specify which statements from the mayor had upset him.
Nonetheless, Wolff also indicated Thursday that the council's vote and the testy lease negotiations that preceded it would not preclude the A's from one day building a new ballpark in Oakland. "Every day the sun comes up, I'm willing to move forward instead of backward," he said.
The lease revisions don't alter the economics of the proposed 10-year lease deal.
The most substantive change specifies that the city and Alameda County, who jointly own O.co Coliseum, would not be held liable for lease violations by the Oakland Raiders. A violation could include the Raiders signing a sponsorship deal with a company when the A's, who control certain sponsorship monopolies at the Coliseum, have a deal with a competitor.
If the A's agree to the city's modifications, the amended deal could go to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors later this month for final approval. The county could also approve the deal already agreed to by the Coliseum board, putting more pressure on the city to drop its proposed amendments.
The council voted 5-2 Wednesday to approve the revised lease. Three council members — Larry Reid, Noel Gallo and Kaplan — would have supported the deal without any revisions.
After Crowley said the team was "disappointed" by the vote late Wednesday, both Kaplan and the Coliseum board's attorney, Jon Streeter, reached out to Wolff.
Councilman Reid, who warned his colleagues against revising the lease, said Thursday that he was now "very optimistic" that the A's would sign off on it after talking to Streeter.
The 10-year lease deal would lower the A's rent and require them to make a "good faith" effort to build a new ballpark in Oakland after trying to leave town for nearly a decade. Both sides have escape clauses with the A's able to leave after the 2018 season.
Council members reluctantly agreed to the terms after being divided for weeks between one camp that thought the city was getting shortchanged and another that said the deal was an important first step to getting the A's to seriously consider building a new stadium in Oakland.
Kaplan helped negotiate the lease with Wolff, who has been highly complimentary of her since those talks. Quan, on the other hand, pushed for more concessions from the A's and has championed a private redevelopment of the Coliseum complex, backed by the Raiders, that Wolff has said he's not interested in joining.
Quan declined to respond to Wolff's email statements about her. Reid, who has quarreled with Quan over the lease talks, said, "It's clear where Mr. Wolff is in regards to the mayor's race. He's not giving Mayor Quan credit for anything and rightly so."
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These documents are used frequently both by federal OSHA and its state counterparts or related agencies with regard to employers and their responsibility to provide a safe and healthful workplace, and in interpreting the existing workplace safety and health requirements enforced by the agencies (such as OSHA's Lockout/Tagout and Machine Guarding Standards) and in initiating rulemakings to amend existing rules or adopt new rules governing the control of workplace hazards.
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Jack Moore was the author of the newspaper strip 'Kelly and Duke', that was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. The strip, about a boy and his anthromorphic dog, began publication as 'Kelly' in 1972, but changed names to 'Kelly and Duke' in 1974. A children's book based on the comic was published in 1974, 'What Is God's Area Code?'. The comic ran until 1980. Moore additionally drew for both issues of The South Middlesex News Comic Book in 1978.
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Last month, I officially migrated from Apple's phone to Samsung's latest device, breaking a four-year streak of iPhone exclusivity. Next Media Animation's latest animated report explains how the winds have shifted for the two mobile giants.
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NEW YORK -- Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul has been suspended for two games, without pay, for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman during NHL Game No. 438 in Toronto on Wednesday, March 20, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.
The incident occurred at 0:45 of the third period. Lupul was assessed a two-minute minor for an illegal check to the head (Rule 48).
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Lupul will forfeit $45,945.94. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
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Portland State President Wim Wiewel has appointed Dr. Kevin Reynolds as interim vice president for Finance and Administration and Dan Fortmiller as interim vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, both effective July 1.
"Kevin Reynolds and Dan Fortmiller bring deep knowledge of PSU and broad leadership experience that have made them widely respected across campus," President Wiewel said.
Reynolds has served several key roles in his nine years at PSU, including Chemistry Department chair, interim dean of the School of Extended Studies and vice provost for Budget Planning and Internationalization in the Office of Academic Affairs.
He has worked closely with Finance and Administration Vice President Monica Rimai and Provost Sona Andrews in developing long-term budget planning for PSU's schools and colleges and has been involved in construction projects such as the new Collaborative Life Sciences Building. He also maintains an active chemistry research program funded by the National Institutes of Health.
"Vice President Rimai has implemented important changes in our systems and processes at PSU and assembled a strong and collaborative team of professionals in Finance and Administration," Reynolds said.
Monica Rimai departs PSU later this month to become senior vice president for Finance and Administration at Willamette University in Salem.
Reynolds holds bachelor's and doctoral degrees in chemistry from the University of Southampton, England. Before coming to PSU in 2005, he was on the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Maryland.
Fortmiller is associate vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs. He has worked closely with Vice President Jackie Balzer, who also departs this month for Willamette University to become associate dean of campus life.
Fortmiller started at PSU in 1985 as coordinator of campus Special Service, creating what has become the Learning Center in Millar Library. He also has served as director of the Information and Academic Support Center, interim dean of students and interim vice provost for Student Affairs.
He played a significant role in creating PSU's advising initiative as chair of the Academic Advising Council and has worked with the Office of Academic Affairs on PSU's Student Success initiatives.
"Vice President Balzer has been a true champion of the student experience at PSU," Fortmiller said. "She has established a tremendous leadership team, and I look forward to working with them as well as the executive leadership to maintain the momentum created by Dr. Balzer."
He holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Lewis & Clark College and a master's in education from PSU.


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CIUDAD MIER, Mexico (AP) — Once again, the bodies are piling up.
At least 14 people died Tuesday in several firefights between federal forces and gunmen in the city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas. The dead included 10 alleged gunmen, two federal police officers and two bystanders, Tamaulipas state authorities said.
Gunmen blocked some of the industrial city's main avenues with buses in the afternoon and then ambushed federal police officers on patrol, officials said.
In this April 9, 2014 photo, a playground stands empty in the San Pedro subdivision on the outskirts of Matamoros, in Mexico's state of Tamaulipas. Of four women interviewed in this working-class neighborhood, none would give their names. One said her husband was taken by gunmen 2 ½ years ago. Another said it had been three years since her 28-year-old son disappeared. Yet another recounted when a marine helicopter opened fire from the air, sending residents scrambling for cover. (AP Photo/Christopher Sherman)
Earlier this month in the border town of Ciudad Mier, gunmen peppered the facade of the main hotel, leaving at least 20 bullet holes in the two-story building. The next day, soldiers killed four of the alleged attackers. A day after that, three other gunmen were found dead near the Rio Grande.
A spasm of violence has left at least 64 dead throughout the northern state of Tamaulipas this month, according to an Associated Press tally of official and Mexican media reports. That has many worried about a return to the worst days of 2010, when the security wing of the powerful Gulf Cartel turned on its former bosses, forming the breakaway Zetas group that has distinguished itself for butchery.
That rivalry simmers along, but authorities say many of the recent killings are the byproduct of a fresh feud between two Gulf Cartel capos, former allies who are struggling for control of cities or stretches of border.
Tamaulipas has always been a focal point in the drug war, one of the busiest places on the border for northbound drugs and migrants and southbound weapons and cash. The federal government sent troops to the state in November 2010, turning military patrols into a feature of life in border cities. The violence has never fully abated, but even by the standards of Tamaulipas, April has been extreme. Mexico's federal government has promised a new strategy, though it has yet to offer details.
"The fact is right now the federal government response in Tamaulipas is nowhere near what it needs to be," said U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, a Democrat from Brownsville, a city across from Matamoros, which is a 2-hour drive east from Ciudad Mier.
Much of the violence has its roots in the February arrest of Javier Garza Medrano, who oversaw the Gulf Cartel's drug, kidnapping, extortion and gasoline theft activities in the Gulf coast city of Tampico, according to Mexico's National Security Commission. Garza apparently came to believe that a rival in the cartel, Aaron Rogelio Garcia, provided the information that led to his arrest, and ordered the man's murder, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Gunmen then opened fire at Garcia's April 3 funeral in Matamoros. The government acknowledged that an 18-year-old woman was killed, but the unnamed official said three people had died, including Garcia's wife, brother and sister-in-law.
Attacks on Garcia's allies followed in Tampico and neighboring Ciudad Madero, the official said. Twenty-eight people were killed in the two cities over four days, 14 of them in a five-hour span during fighting between criminal groups that included drive-by shootings and execution-style killings. Victims were dumped on streets and, in one case, inside an ice-cream shop.
In addition to the Gulf Cartel infighting, several deaths have been attributed to a feud between the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas, while still other people have died in clashes between gunmen and Mexican military units.
Easy access to the U.S. makes Tamaulipas attractive to both foreign manufacturers and criminal organizations. More immigrants enter the U.S illegally here than anywhere else along the border, and in drug trafficking, it's second only to Arizona. Assault rifles purchased at Texas gun shops and cash from drugs sold in other states are smuggled back into Mexico through Tamaulipas. Undeveloped riverfronts like that outside Mier, where the Rio Grande river is shallow and studded with rocks, make crossing easy.
Asked about the cause of the fighting, Mier residents refer euphemistically to those who come from upriver — Zetas territory — and those from downriver — the land of the Gulf cartel.
But nearly everywhere in Tamaulipas, it is impossible to ignore the effects of the violence.
One afternoon in the working-class neighborhood of San Pedro on the outskirts of Matamoros, four women sat chatting outside a boxy single-family home. None would give their names. One said her husband was taken by gunmen 2 ½ years ago. Another said it had been three years since her 28-year-old son disappeared. Yet another recounted when a marine helicopter opened fire from the air, sending residents scrambling for cover.
"Sometimes you're just coming with the kids from school and here they come with their shootout," said one young mother. "The insecurity is typical; it's part of daily life."
Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said the government's new security strategy may be similar to the aggressive measures taken in the central state of Michoacan, where President Enrique Pena Nieto has sent in thousands of troops and police, arrested officials for cartel ties and installed a special federal commissioner as the most powerful official in the state.
"The state has not been abandoned," Murillo said of Tamaulipas. "It requires another kind of strategy, an adequate one for Tamaulipas, adequate for Tamaulipas' conditions. That is what we will have shortly."
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More than US$2.5 billion is being poured into the hometown of Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong (毛澤東) for projects marking the 120th anniversary of his birth, local media reported, prompting outrage yesterday.
Mao, who led the Chinese Communist Party to victory in China's civil war, was born in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, on Dec. 26, 1893.
Xiangtan City, which includes Shaoshan, is spending 15.5 billion yuan (US$2.54 billion) on 16 schemes linked to the occasion, the Changsha Evening News said, including renovating a tourist center and preserving Mao's former residence.
The works also include broader infrastructure projects, such as high-speed rail stations and highways, to impress the expected influx of visitors.
Xiangtan authorities have hailed the commemoration by saying its "importance overrides any other at the moment," the Global Times, which is close to the ruling party, reported earlier this week.
However, Chinese Internet users reacted to the 15.5 billion yuan sum — which far exceeds a 1.95 billion yuan figure reported earlier this week — with indignation on the country's popular microblogging platforms.
"How much money does it cost to deal with pollution?" one poster on Sina Weibo wrote. "How much does it cost to provide medical insurance? How much to offer students from poor districts free lunch? I can't believe they're spending this much money on a dead man, a controversial dead man."
"Xiangtan's economy is not doing well and a lot of people have been laid off by state-owned enterprises. And they spent so lavishly! I am so 'proud' of them. Who are those Xiangtan officials really serving?" another wrote.
The comments underscore the thorny issue of such lavish outlays at a time when many ordinary Chinese are lashing out at officials over corruption, and the government itself has launched an austerity campaign, banning banquets and other overindulgences.
In addition to its spending on infrastructure and other projects, Xiangtan plans to mark the anniversary with a host of events, including a "large-scale" cultural performance, a national cycling competition and a photography exhibition, local authorities have said previously.
City residents traditionally celebrate the date by eating "longevity noodles" and singing The East is Red the Cultural Revolution-era anthem glorifying Mao.
A Xiangtan government spokesperson declined to comment on the newspaper report when asked by reporters yesterday.
The city's spending is part of a broader commemoration of the Mao anniversary in China.
The late leader's legacy is principally associated in the West with horrors such as China's Great Leap Forward, when tens of millions died through famine, and the Cultural Revolution.
Yet within China, his supporters focus on Mao's earlier revolutionary years, his role in the 1949 founding of the People's Republic of China and his nationalistic stance.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) has sought to capitalize on the sentiment by invoking Maoist doctrine in some of his rhetoric.
University of California Irvine professor of history Jeffrey Wasserstrom said the 120th anniversary will see an effort to put Mao "into a context as the person who began China's resurgence to world-power status, as opposed to what the Western associations with Mao often now are."
"That's an ongoing kind of disconnect in the way some Chinese think about Mao," he said.


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OMG, this is fabulous!!!!
Too cute, exactly how I feel in winter! LF Hope he got out ok~ :)
That is a cat certainly rethinking his decisions. What a great shot
excellent picture. L
Too cute! Lf
Great image, but was the cat okay? Can't stop wondering about that.
How cute
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Apollo: Ultimate Thriller Tribute To Jackson
The show gave younger Michael Jackson fans who never had the opportunity to attend a Jackson show the chance to experience a simulation of what it would of been like to be at one of his shows--as well as giving older fans the opportunity to re-live their experience of being at an actual Jackson show.
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Although Michael Jackson has been gone for over a year his spirit still lives on through his music as well as through various tribute shows created to honor his legacy. The Ultimate Thriller, one such tribute performance, honored Jackson's legacy in a way that previous tributes haven't been able to fully accomplish.
What makes The Ultimate Thriller stand out is sheer authenticity in terms of getting the elements of Jackson's stage persona down to a tee, as well as picking the right performer to step into Jackson's shoes--Tej'ai Sullivan managed to embody the essence of Jackson during performance of Jackson's classics, and in the manner in which he interacted with the audience between numbers.
The Ultimate Thriller which had already performed to an audience of thousands of MJ fans overseas, arrived at the legendary Apollo Theater--where Jackson along with his brothers were discovered over four decades ago-- on the night of June 29.
The show recreates segments from Jackson's "Bad" and "Dangerous" world tours, to create a tribute to the legend in a show lasting just under three hours. Besides simply just performing Jackson's songs the production adds in video footage to help introduce different segments of the show, as well as using an array of lights, and costume changes to make one feel as if one is at a real Jackson show.
The show opens with a video clip of a manager backstage telling Sullivan --being referred to as "Jackson"-- that it's time for the show to begin, then the music intro from Jackson's History tour plays, curtain lifts, and Sullivan dressed as Michael (silver "Dangerous" tour jacket,black pants,leather shoes) appeared at the top of a raised platform behind the band to perform Jackson's 1991 hit "Jam" from the Dangerous album.
Within the hour before the 20 minute intermission Sullivan ran through songs such as "Wanna Be Startin Something," "Off the Wall," "Human Nature," "Heartbreak Hotel," "She's Out of My Life," (during which he brought a female audience member onstage to sing to her), a Jackson 5 Medley consisting of "I Want You Back," "Stop The Love You Save and I'll Be There," "Rock With You," and ending the first half of the show with "Bad."
The second half of the show kicked off with "Black or White," and ended up being the best part of the show due to the most audience interactivity taking place. During "Heal the World" a group of young children from the Uptown Dance Academy were invited onstage to move along with the lead performer, giving the children the opportunity to be a part of the show.
During "Shake Your Body Down To the Ground," everyone got on their feet and started dancing while Sullivan shook hands with some of the audience members who were standing in front of the stage. Three other big numbers during the second half were "Beat it," which includes a recreation of the gang fight scene, "Billie Jean", during which Sullivan launched into a very realistic version of the Moonwalk, and "Thriller" which included a video introduction as well as dancers dressed as zombies dancing onstage with Sullivan. The show concluded with "Man in the Mirror".
The show gave younger Michael Jackson fans who never had the opportunity to attend a Jackson show the chance to experience a simulation of what it would of been like to be at one of his shows--as well as giving older fans the opportunity to re-live their experience of being at an actual Jackson show. Sullivan made the audience feel as if he is indeed Jackson, by interacting with the audience; for example responding with Jackson's classic line "I love you more" every time the audience would shout "We Love You Michael."
Also maybe it was the energy itself being at the Apollo Theater, which helped inspire Sullivan to bring his performance up to another level. Sullivan said he had wanted to perform on the Apollo's stage ever since he was five years old. The Ultimate Thriller was definitely a success.
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Q&A with Senior Sprinter/Hurdler Christine Merrill
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Last week, senior Christine Merrill of the UC San Diego Track & Field team was named the California Collegiate Athletic Association's (CCAA) Female Athlete of the Year for 2009-10. Although the speedy Bakersfield native owns school records in the 100 and 400 hurdles, and won the 2009 NCAA Division II Championship and placed third in the latter race this year, her legacy was cemented in one signature afternoon last May. On her home track, Merrill reached the top of the podium five times on the final day of the conference championship meet, capturing individual titles in the 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles and 400 meters, as well as two relay golds -- running the opening leg on the Tritons' victorious 4x100 squad and anchoring the 4x400 quartet. UCSD head coach Darcy Ahner has enjoyed the ride with her team-oriented star. "Christine saw herself as a small-town girl with some athleticism, but I don't think she had any idea it would blossom the way it did," says Ahner. "I knew she had everything it takes and it was just fun to watch her career unfold. She's truly everything you could ask for in an athlete -- the definition of coachable." With graduation looming, the Sixth College mechanical engineering major took time to look back on her incredible career at UCSD.
Q: In the last two weeks, you competed in four events at the NCAA Championships, were named one of UCSD's 16 Athletes of the Year, earned recognition as the CCAA's Female Athlete of the Year, took your final exams and will graduate from UC San Diego. Has the magnitude of the end of your senior year set in yet?
MERRILL: Whoa! It looks crazy on paper! I've been fortunate to have amazing coaches, teammates, friends, and family, otherwise I probably wouldn't have made it through.
Q: How does it feel to be named the outstanding athlete in the conference from among the many great competitors in all different sports?
MERRILL: Wow. I feel absolutely honored because there are SO many great athletes in our conference -- so many awesome athletes at UCSD alone. I'm still really excited about it.
Q: In a year in which you achieved so much, what stands out the most?
MERRILL: My last race on the UCSD track... the 4x400 meter relay. Leon (Baham) gave an awesome pep talk to our relay team when Kelly Fogarty asked how to run a 400. "No girls, you sprint a 200... and then you sprint a 200". I got really pumped up after Kelly, Steph (LeFever), and Boo (Kathleen Hitchens) beasted everyone... and knew that I had to get first. We won with a season PR by three seconds.
Q: Despite running a personal best and breaking your own UCSD record, you were unable to repeat as NCAA champion the 400 hurdles. Was that a disappointment?
MERRILL: I thrive on getting first, but my third place at this year's NCAA Championships was definitely not a disappointment. I was able to crash my previous school record!
Q: Can you take us through that race, from how you were feeling going in, to your thoughts immediately following?
MERRILL: A few nights before, at the Nationals Banquet, a Hall of Fame inductee said "If faced with doubt or aggression, always choose aggression." That really spoke to me because that's one of my biggest strengths. So right before my race I just told myself "choose aggression." Once the gun went off I transformed into zone-out mode. Immediately afterwards, I knew I had run my fastest race all year, so I was just eager to find out exactly how fast it was.
Q: This year's NCAA Championships were quite an ordeal with a cross country trip, some crazy weather and unexpected schedule changes. How did you deal with all of those elements and did any of them affect your performance?
MERRILL: Cross country trip... just excessively hydrate and get electrolytes. Crazy weather... we had experience with that at Chico last year at conference, so it was nothing new. Unexpected schedule change... I love how a wrench was thrown into the mix, it weeds out the weak ones.
Q: Outside of your own competitions, what was your favorite part of the NCAA meet?
MERRILL: This one's tough. I loved the whole experience really. Traveling with the team, our fancy hotel, sweet tea, the first day of warm-up at the track, where you see/judge all the athletes for the first time, getting free gear with NCAA Nationals embroidery on it, the Athlete Banquet the night before competitions start, bib numbers with our last names on it, gawking at all the brick buildings, hearing a play-by-play account of how Nick Howe won the javelin title, cheering for all the other CCAA teams, Kelly's triple All-American, the list goes on and on...
Why? Because my love for track goes beyond winning, it's half due to the incredible, inspirational people on the team.
Q: What are the major things you've learned from your four years on the UCSD Track & Field team?
MERRILL: How to compete mentally. Also, it helps when you hum "and another one bites the dust" whenever you pass someone.
Q: Do you still plan to compete in any form after you graduate?
MERRILL: I'm competing in the National Championships for Sri Lanka in August, but after that I plan to be done with my track career.
Q: What are your post-graduate career plans?
MERRILL: Get a mechanical engineering job with a company that challenges me, where I enjoy the people I work with, and that allows me to give back to the community in some way.
Q: When you arrived at UCSD, did you have any sense that your track & field career would be as amazing as it's become? What were the key moments or factors that turned you into the athlete you are now?
MERRILL: I really had no idea. I was a pretty average high school track & field athlete, a walk-on to the UCSD team and had major ACL reconstructive surgery my first year. I've built off of the legacy the alumni left before me. Each year they'd set the bar higher and higher, it made me set my goals higher and higher.
Q: Do you see any future Christine Merrill's on the current UCSD squad?
MERRILL: Most definitely. It could be anyone, there's so much untapped potential on the team. Maybe Justin Rovin. He's my adopted brother since we look so much alike.
Q: For the last two years, you've been selected as one of UCSD's Athletes of the Year, in 2009-10 one of just 16 from 23 sports. Standing on the stage amongst the best of your peers, what were your thoughts?
MERRILL: Most of the other athletes on stage I had read about on the athletics website or in the newspaper, so I knew that they had accomplished so much and were extremely talented. So standing up there with them, I was very proud to be a part of UCSD and honored in such a way.
Q: Outside of your sport, what will be your favorite memory of UCSD?
MERRILL: Pulling two all-nighters for my Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project. My lab partner, Wade, and I worked for almost 48 hours straight (something I never thought was physically possible for me) to complete our universal valve test fixture before our flight up to San Jose to present it at our client's headquarters. Both Wade and I were delirious the whole day of the presentation, but the project was a success! It was absolutely worth it.
Oh, and also living with my three best friends last year (Leah, Amanda, and Nubia!) at our apartment, which we deemed "cutehouse."
Q: Five years from now, what are three things you will hope to have accomplished?
MERRILL: The splits (because you can never be too flexible), singing in tune while playing the piano (because the only time I sing right now is when I'm in the car by myself), beating Dief (teammate Bryan Dieffenbach) at "dieffs" -- because any guy who names an ab workout after himself needs to be beat.
Q: What advice would you have for next year's incoming class of UCSD student-athletes?
MERRILL: Live it, love it.
Previous Q & A Articles
Vance Albitz (Baseball) May 11, 2010
Erik Elliott (Men's Tennis) May 3, 2010
Kelly Fogarty (Women's Track & Field) April 23, 2010
Liz LaPlante (Women's Tennis Head Coach) April 15, 2010
Kirby St. John (Baseball) March 24, 2010
Dan Perdew (Men's Swimming) February 28, 2010
Calvin Ross (Men's Volleyball) February 20, 2010
Nicole Saari (Softball) February 4, 2010
Brad Kreutzkamp (Women's Water Polo Head Coach) January 18, 2010
Tyler Acevedo (Men's Basketball) January 4, 2010
Dr. Cliff Kubiak (UCSD's Faculty Athletic Rep) December 18, 2009
Chelsea Carlisle (Women's Basketball) December 9, 2009
Carianne Cunningham (Women's Swimming) November 23, 2009
Elena Inouye (Cross Country) November 6, 2009
David Morton (Men's Water Polo) October 28, 2009
Juan Pablo Carillo (Men's Swimming) October 19, 2009
Sara Spaventa (Women's Soccer) October 10, 2009
Karen Reis (Women's Volleyball) October 2, 2009
Daniel Pavitt (Men's Soccer) September 23, 2009
Daniel Anderson (Cross Country) September 11, 2009
Peter Gresham (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2009
Alexia Zatarain (Women's Soccer) August 24, 2009
Elaine Chen (Women's Volleyball) August 12, 2009
Jared Kukura (Men's Soccer) July 30, 2009
Dawn Lee (Former Women's Soccer Standout) July 8, 2009
Rob Mamula (Director of Athletic Performance) June 18, 2009
Garrett Imeson (Baseball) June 8, 2009
Leon Baham (Men's Track & Field) May 21, 2009
Kristyn Lesovsky (Softball) May 8, 2009
Kazumi Negishi (Men's Tennis) May 5, 2009
Laiah Blue (Women's Track & Field) April 16, 2009
Ryan Andre (Men's Crew) April 2, 2009
Josh Tanner (Baseball) March 24, 2009
Anju Shimura (Women's Swimming) March 7, 2009
Stephanie Bocian (Women's Water Polo) February 20, 2009
Lauren Chastain (Softball) February 5, 2009
A.J. Maulhardt (Men's Basketball) January 28, 2009
Annette Ilg (Women's Basketball) January 22, 2009
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After the O's wild postseason ride ended, one of the first questions fans were asking is "What will the O's do with Nate McLouth?"
McLouth, after all, had been the team's best hitter during the postseason, when it seemed that the state was too big for most everybody on the team except him.
Right here at the Nest, Phil Backert said the O's SHOULD bring back McLouth, just not with a lucrative, multi-year contract.
If McLouth stayed on his pace with the O's he would have shattered his career high in stolen bases and come close in the other categories. Since the 2008 season, McLouth hit 20 homeruns one time, never batted .260 or higher until his stint in Baltimore, and never collected 20 stolen bases. The big kicker is he hasn't played in more than 130 games since that All-Star season. The hope is McLouth lost his way for 2 ½ seasons and he is back to being the player he was in his mid-20's.
The Orioles don't have the luxury at this point to go on hope. I can see McLouth asking for 3 years at around 5 million a year. He will probably settle for two years, but he will want the guarantee to start. The O's will be comfortable having him compete for a spot and at worst they have a great 4thoutfielder. They run the risk, however, of another team thinking he is the player he was at 26 and paying him handsomely.
Well Phil, you got your wish.
According to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun, multiple sources are reporting that the O's have indeed re-signed McLouth, and that the deal is for just one year.
According to multiple sources, the Orioles and the 31-year-old left fielder have agreed to a one-year deal. There is no option involved.
The Orioles haven't announced the deal, but it is reportedly worth $2 million with $500,000 in performance bonuses.
I have no problems whatsoever with this signing – if you ask me, it's very Ravens-esque: Right Player, Right Price. McLouth will be great to have as a fourth outfielder, and is a solid insurance policy should Nolan Reimold's injury-prone ways continue in 2013. Especially if Nate can continue the career resurrection that he saw during the last month-plus of the season, an outfield of Nick Markakis/Adam Jones/Nolan Reimold/Nate McLouth is one that should be just fine.


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SharkTums wrote:Really the only negative we ran into is cost. Most of the parks you have to buy a two day ticket and decide whether to buy one or two day 'fast pass' options.
I forgot to mention one of the reasons I brought this up is when I was looking into doing a Japan trip I found out USJ has a "1.5" ticket for this month, although I hope they expand it. If it's one when I have a break I would probably buy it. Go in from 3PM and then fast pass for the next full day. I normally wouldn't even think of entering USJ at all without fast-pass but figured if I do go for it, I could do some of the quieter single rider lines that evening.
I would love to see more parks with that kind of pass. I feel like there wouldn't be too much downside, it could boost numbers in the parks for quieter times and potentially make people who would otherwise leave and go home stay overnight nearby and bring more money into the area.


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From the director of Death Note, Kurozuka is Madhouse's latest action series. This time, it's packed with lots and lots of Japanese-styled horror, and comes in a package that just oozes style. With an OP that's even more extreme than the second one from Death Note, this is the perfect watch if you need to lose some frustration, pump some adrenaline or find some other excuse to watch a bit of tense action.
Because really, this series hardly gives the viewer any time to take a breath. There are lots of quiet moments throughout the series, but even they remain clouded the show's very thick atmosphere, as it prepares for the next climax. This series set out to create an combination between action and horror, and it pretty much succeeded in this.
But yeah, Kurozuka is all about action and atmosphere, so don't even try to expect something special from the plot or characters. The plot is actually pretty decent. It's simple, yet it's got a number of surprising plot twist, and even though the ending isn't going to answer every question that's left behind, it succeeds in keeping an air of mystery around the show.
The problem with this show is the cast of characters. They're just… there. They hardly get the time to be fleshed out, but none of them make a particularly strong impression, safe for a few minibosses, who manage to provide the best action-scenes of the series. The main character Kuro has his own background, but we never see any sides of him, other than the silent stoic side that doesn't talk a lot and wants to fight.
But then again, if you want deep characters, you can always watch a different series. Kurozuka knows exactly what it is: an action flick that never really goes anywhere deep, and that's where it succeeds at. The graphics for this series are downright awesome, and they turn every single episode into a visual feast. There's always something nice to look at and a continuous atmosphere. My only real complaints are that the ending doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the series, but nevertheless I personally enjoyed watching this series a lot.


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The scientific urgency of climate change demands that we need a clean energy revolution, not a slow transition. Simply making the current dirty energy platform smarter or more modern is not enough to reach the level of reductions needed. We need a revolution in the way we produce and consume energy.
The clean energy revolution can only be catalyzed by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector due to its unique position of being able to provide wide scale solutions needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and create low carbon economies needed in the future. This is a win-win situation for the sector - the planet gains from IT solutions; the companies gain from providing these solutions.
Greenpeace has been interacting with the ICT sector and has got it to actively consider ways of reducing its role in runaway climate change. In 2009, we released the Cool IT Challenge assessment report. It ranked 12 global ICT brands on issues of climate leadership and business solutions to control climate change. Greenpeace has thrown the challenge and looks forward to a revolution within the ICT sector.
The power of ICT as future solution provider contrasts with its rising carbon footprint. Indian ICT sector is responsible for 10 % of global ICT emission and with an annual growth rate of 12-16 % this will further grow to make India second largest carbon emitter after China by 2020.
A rapid increase in demand for online services is increasing the number of data-centers and network towers. While companies have been focusing on efficiency to cut enterprise costs, their growth offsets efficiency gains made in new IT infrastructure. Further, these also widen the existing gap in demand – supply of energy.
Greenpeace therefore plans to identify the critical consequence of ICT's growing footprint in general to expose the link between growing ICT infrastructure and increased expansion of fossil based power generation. This will help establish the fact that the current business as usual approach will not sustain business growth in a climate constrained scenario. Therefore, the companies need to decouple their growth from emission and invest in low-carbon energy sources.
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