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Crashes, falls, fractures — Bradley Wiggins has seen it all. Now add tacks and nails to list. Still, nothing can break his stranglehold on the Tour de France.
On a day of sabotage in the Pyrenees, Wiggins had luck on his side. He avoided the chaos and spent another trouble-free stage as his Sky team controlled his main rivals to protect his yellow jersey.
At least 30 riders were disrupted by tire punctures at the top of the final climb after tacks and small nails were tossed on the road. Tour officials asked police to investigate.
Defending champion Cadel Evans was caught in the havoc. He had to wait three times for assistance. He lost nearly two minutes at one point before teammates arrived and gave the former world champion a rear wheel.
But Wiggins honored cycling etiquette by not attempting to capitalize on Evans' misfortune. He urged the peloton to slow down to allow Evans to return to the pack. Wiggins and Evans finished in the same time — 18 minutes, 15 seconds behind Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain, who won the 119-mile, 14th stage between Limoux and Foix.
This was the first day of racing in the Pyrenees, and Wiggins kept his overall lead of 2:05 over Sky teammate Christopher Froome. Vincenzo Nibali of Italy is third, 2:23 off the pace while Evans remains fourth, 3:19 behind.
After crashing out of the race with a broken collarbone last year, Wiggins has been enjoying the perfect Tour so far with the help of a team dedicated to his quest for cycling's most revered prize.
With only two big mountain stages remaining before the race ends in Paris next Sunday, and a long time trial where Wiggins is expected to blow his rivals apart, the former Olympic track champion looks all but guaranteed to become the first Brit to win the Tour. Yet, he is well aware of the dangers that can arise anywhere.
"What can you do? It's something we can't control," Wiggins said, referring to the sabotage that could have led to a reshuffle of the standings.
"There's nothing stopping more of that sort of stuff happening. It's sad. Those are the type of things we have to put up with as cyclists. I think people take that for granted sometimes, just how close they can get to us. If that happened in a football stadium, or wherever, you'd be arrested."
From time to time, stray dogs or photograph-snapping fans get hit by speeding riders. On Friday, Wiggins was hit on the arm and received minor burns from a flare waved by a spectator. Three years ago, Oscar Freire and Julien Dean were hit by pellets from an air rifle.
"We're out there, quite vulnerable at times, very close to the public on climbs," Wiggins said. "We're just the riders at the end of the day and we're there to be shot at, literally."
Speaking on French TV, race director Jean-Francois Pescheux commended Sky for encouraging the pack to not speed ahead. He said the search for the culprit would be difficult because thousands of fans were on the edge of the road.
"This could have had terrible consequences on a descent like that," Tour director Christian Prudhomme said. "This is dangerous and stupid behavior."
Astana rider Robert Kiserlovski dropped out of the race after breaking his collarbone in an accident related to the tacks. Wiggins escaped although he did change bikes in the final descent.
"We're really, really lucky, nobody punctured," Sky manager Dave Brailsford said. "Brad changed his bike but no panic. It was obvious something was wrong. So he decided to slow down a bit and not take advantage of it. It's pretty obvious that when something like that happens, it's not bike racing. I think fair play to Bradley. It was a very sportsmanlike gesture."
Evans, his chances of winning are all but gone, lost the Spanish Vuelta three years ago after being delayed by a wheel change during the 13th stage.
"That's the way things go in life. Karma hopefully comes around," Evans said. "I couldn't see (the tacks) on the road. It happened to me three times and at crucial moments. This has happened to me before, two times in Spain, that's why I don't race in Spain very often. Sorry for the good Spanish people and my Spanish friends and people in Spain who support me. But there's a few people that just take things too far."
Pierre Rolland of France was the only rider who attacked after Evans' puncture.
"I don't know whether he knew or not," Wiggins said. "I knew straight away something had happened. I just thought it was a little bit uncouth at that time. The stage was gone. ... It didn't seem the honorable thing to do."
Rolland, ninth overall and 8:31 behind Wiggins, said he was not aware of what happened.
"I'm someone who respects the peloton and its codes and I would never have attacked a rider who punctured," Rolland said. "It saddens me a bit."
Sanchez used his time trial experience for his solo victory. He was among a group of five riders who broke away on the Mur de Peguere, apparently before the tacks were thrown.
He then made his decisive move seven miles from the finish to win a Tour stage for the fourth time in his career. Slovakia's Peter Sagan, who has the green jersey as top sprinter, finished second, 47 seconds behind Sanchez. France's Sandy Casar was third in the same time.
"With Philippe Gilbert and Sagan in the breakaway, I knew that my only chance was to try my luck on my own from far away," Sanchez said.
Sanchez, hampered by a wrist injury during the first week, crossed himself and pointed his fingers toward the sky as he went over the finish line.
Sagan and two other riders escaped from the peloton after 22 miles during the descent after the first climb. Eight riders, including Gilbert, Casar and Sanchez, then broke away in pursuit of the trio and bridged the gap while the second peloton caught up with the yellow jersey's group. With none of the 11 escapees posing a threat in the overall standings, they were given the freedom to continue.
Despite rain and cooler weather, the ascent was uneventful. Wiggins' teammates set the tempo at the front of the pack while the Briton's rivals did not dare a move.


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Morris Martick, the inimitable Baltimore restaurateur, has died at 88.
Martick died of lung cancer early Friday at Union Memorial Hospital. Read Jacques Kelly's obituary.
We've started to hear from people who knew Morris Martick, or just about him.
We will collect comment, tributes and memories from Baltimore chefs, restaurateurs, friends and former employees here. We'll also add in Martickana from the Baltimore Sun archives.
What are your Martick memories? Please add your thoughts and reminiscences in the comments or in the Morris Martick Guest Book
(Martick) is the kind of person, obviously, whom you like the first moment you meet him and (if you're a newspaper man) want to write about the next moment. He is an original.
"Dining with John Dorsey; Interesting, Expensive," John Dorsey, The Sun, June 22, 1975
"If you vote for me, it serves you right," Mr. Martick said. "If you vote against me, it serves you right. And if I'm elected, it'll serve you right."
"Morris Martick, Avant Garde Bistro Owner, Enters House Race," Carl Schoettler, The Sun, Aug. 2, 1966
"The only thing I've never done is make a lot of money."
"Martick's: The French restaurant run by a man who's a Balimore institution," John Dorsey, The Sun, June 8, 1986
When asked about the shindig in his honor, (Martick) said, "They gave a party for me, and I did all the work."
"At Martick's, quirkiness is a good recipe for success," Rob Kasper, Rob Kasper, The Sun, Dec. 7, 1997
An absolutely unique Baltimore character. I was always so pleased when he would visit Petit Louis. His endorsement meant a lot to us.
Tony Foreman, restaurateur
Morris was the last of the breed. I am eternal grateful to have known him. He taught me how to cook. More important he taught me how to survive on my own terms. When discussing the nature of Art one day he told me, "I get out of bed in the morning, that's Art." I truly loved him.
Tom DiVenti, from a Facebook page for former employees of Martick's Restaurant Francais, with permission
I first went to Martick's in 1977, July. My father had a surprise bday party there. I remember thinking how utterly glamorous all of it was ... wooden statue, snakeskin wallpaper, etc. Enchanting for a eleven year old!! Morris was a character and over years (we) had some conversations, wanting Bud and me to buy it, NEVER giving price ... neat man, one of a sort, happy to have had the pleasure. RIP
Karin Tiffany, chef and co-owner, with Bud Tiffany, of Peter's Inn

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Don't look now, but some strange and wonderful things are happening with the Blackhawks.
After beating the Capitals in the United Center on Sunday night, the Hawks won their third straight and ran their recent record to 7-1-1 in their last nine. While still only sixth in the Western Conference, the Hawks have moved within four points of Detroit and Nashville.
I never saw that coming in February because I never expected the way they've done it: like a playoff team. Fast starts, smothering transition defense, remarkable discipline.
I'm not saying, "This is it, here they go, watch out, St. Louis and Vancouver.'' I'm just saying that for now, the Hawks are playing their puck-possession best at both ends of the ice with nine games remaining in the regular season.
The Hawks scored early against the Capitals the way they did against Dallas on Friday. That's not just a surprising lead, that's a sign they're prepared.
More specifically, that's a sign the players prepared themselves mentally. Day-of-game preparation always has been the responsibility of the players, not the coach, and these Hawks players appear to have accepted it like big boys.
That might be the one good thing that has come out of Jonathan Toews' likely concussion. Earlier in the season, too many Hawks seemed to wait around for the captain to make things all better, even when Toews actually was making things all better.
Then he got hurt. Then he went bad. Then he got hurt again. Then the Hawks seemed to wonder where their mommies were.
And then they all took responsilibity, starting with Patrick Kane. Yes, THAT Patrick Kane.
After finishing off a brilliant tic-tac-toe passing play with Marian Hossa and Andrew Brunette for the goal that would beat Washington, Kane suddenly had his sixth in 10 games. Kane suddenly had assumed responsibility.
Scoring goals is the way Kane asserts his authority. It's the only way he can lead. He can't run people through the glass. He can't kill penalties. He can score. He has to score. That's his version of leadership. And look at that, Kane has done it, even if a lot of people, such as the one writing this blog, never thought he was motivated or capable of that particular aspect of team play.
Kane isn't alone, but he is the most important example of the Hawks' change from self-pity to self-determination.
The core of that change, however, is not Kane and Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa making the flashy plays. Nor is it Andrew Shaw scoring the greasy goals. Nope, it's the discipline. The Hawks are taking hits to make plays. This is the kind of thing you hear and say in April and May, but this is still only March. No matter. It fits.
The Hawks have been shorthanded only twice in the last three games. They have killed 12 of 13 penalties in their eight games this month. You don't get much more playoff-ready than that.
Against the Stars, a conference opponent who might be a first-round playoff matchup, the Hawks took a lot of abuse. See Brent Seabrook for details.
The Stars play like the Blues in a lot of ways. They are not as fast, but they are all about finishing their checks and making an opponent weary and gunshy by the third period. They tried that with the Hawks. The Hawks absorbed the pain and dished out goals. Take that.
Take that, indeed. It was playoff quality when nothing less will do for a team that hasn't clinched a playoff spot yet.
This doesn't mean the Hawks are winning the Stanley Cup. This doesn't mean they even make the playoffs. It only means that in a season of extremes, the Hawks are skillfully and selflessly executing the perfect game plan at the perfect time.
But still, if I were you, I'd check back Wednesday.


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Most financial advisors are well aware of donor-advised funds: You put your money in an investment pool of your choice, get an immediate tax deduction and you can take your time deciding when and how you want to ultimately disburse those charitable gifts.
Investors appreciate the ease and flexibility of such funds — it essentially allows you to operate your own charitable foundation with no more difficulty than investing in a mutual fund.
But what's in it for advisors?
I got an unexpected insight into that question in meeting with Kim Laughton, the president of Schwab Charitable, one of the largest donor-advised fund firms in the industry.
Laughton was visiting Los Angeles for the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) conference, a large annual gathering of charitable foundations and large donors, and she was noticeably relaxed and calm during our 45-minute talk.
What was noticed, specifically, was — a la Sherlock Holmes — the dog that didn't bark, the absence of something that is a hallmark of investment executive interviews, namely: the intangible but ever-present tension of the asset gatherer.
Sure, investment executives are usually intelligent and articulate, and to greater or lesser degrees polite, humorous and insightful, but what doesn't vary is that they are performing a job whose mandate includes championing their product, which is invariably the cleverest, most useful and beneficial of all similar products.
There was none of that in this conversation, and it was likely to due to more than the mellowness of the Texas transplant's 18 years working with Schwab and living in leafy Northern California.
Rather, the different vibe stems from the fact that Laughton doesn't see herself primarily as an asset gather but rather as a service provider. And that's because Schwab Charitable is not currently nor is it expected ever to become a profit center for Schwab.
"We're still paying back the loan" that funded Schwab Charitable's establishment in 1999, Laughton says.
Indeed, the Schwab exec says the nonprofits she deals with especially tend to assume some self-interested motive in dealing with for-profit companies, but she insists that — to the contrary — for-profit Schwab has put far more funding into Schwab Charitable than it could ever recoup.
"There's the original no-interest loan, our line of credit, the space we occupy, the administrative and trading support, the access to their systems, the millions of dollars a year of pro bono support," Laughton lists. "Our fees, which are low, help to pay the salaries and costs of providing accounts."
But Schwab Charitable is, as the name perhaps implies, not in it for the money.
"We are very much a service to Schwab clients," says Laughton, whose staff will even meet with advisors and donors as subject experts who can advise on charitable planning issues.
The lessened pressure of a service offering as well as the cheerful nature of charitable giving make for pleasant day-to-day interactions with clients. But more is involved, from the client's point of view, than just pleasantness.
"When people are giving money away, it's a proud moment," Laughton says.
And perhaps therein lies a message for advisors, and why they should and often do make charitable planning and community activity a focus of their practices perhaps out of proportion to philanthropy's weight in clients' finances.
"As an advisor you want to deepen relations with your clients. When you get to know a client, what they're involved in as a volunteer has a lot to say about who they are," Laughton says.
A particularly impressive illustration Laughton cites is Dr. Lester Thompson, a head and neck pathologist in Southern California, who stows large sums in his donor-advised fund with the goal of using the proceeds to dispense medical philanthropy in his retirement.
Reached by phone, Dr. Thompson told ThinkAdvisor he expects to amass between $1.5 and $1.7 million by the time he turns 58, his HMO's early retirement age, and he intends to physically locate to the various places he donates money to ensure the efficacy of his gift.
So if there's a location in Vietnam, for example, where they have difficulty in managing malaria, Thompson and his wife — he with his medical knowledge and she with her computer skills — can oversee and track health outcomes.
A native of Africa, Dr. Thompson has already visited 116 countries and is particularly keen on going to places like Eritrea, Tunisia, Somalia and Madagascar "to work with the local population to establish more effective health care resources.
Not only is Dr. Thompson providing medical expertise to those with more rudimentary health care systems, but he is working to magnify the impact by getting other local doctors involved.
He got his hospital to include a link to Schwab Charitable on its website's employee retirement page, and he recently led a group of physician volunteers on a medical aid trip to Honduras, where his colleagues' reaction was: "We just had no idea the impact we could have."
Schwab Charitable's Laughton describes Thompson's story as one of many heartening scenarios.
"We have clients working on environmental causes — some at high end even sponsoring vessels working in oceans," she says, adding K-12 charter school reform, overseas orphanages and civil rights — both at the grass roots and policy levels — as some of the many donor interests that touch lives, often with the involvement of advisors.
Less than 30% of Schwab's clients work with advisors, but that small segment accounts for fully 70% of the assets. Account sizes range from $5,000 to nearly $700 million.
Of value particularly to such larger accounts — and a sign of the maturation of donor-advised funds — Schwab Charitable's capabilities today extend beyond traditional cash and appreciated stock donations.
"We are able to accommodate large clients with complex assets—people who have highly appreciated land or shares in a privately held company; or a portfolio of hedge funds or private equity and they want to contribute a portion to charity. We work through the legal requirements and custody the assets ourselves," Laughton says.
Your client wants to donate a Marc Chagall oil painting with vibrant colors and deep feelings? They can handle that too.
But more than just a gift, involvement in charitable planning opens up vibrant relationships and deep conversations with clients.
"Most advisors we speak to want that deeper interaction. It's a wonderful way to open those conversations," Laughton says.
And why are those conversations deeper?
"Because who you are and what you leave behind really trumps everything else," she says.


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Communitas believes that people are inherently social animals and that rich social relationships are an integral part of being. Some of the most rewarding of life's experiences come from sets of well ordered, socially constructive relationships in communities of all kinds, but especially communities of place. Places that foster these relationships become rich in social capital and hence have a capacity to become safe, enjoyable and rewarding places to live. Places that fail to build community not surprisingly become unsafe, miserable and unsatisfying. Communities are fragile flowers, easily damaged and stunted in their development. Think of communities as incredibly complex gardens that require constant tending by sensitive and knowledgeable gardeners. That's the role and mission of Communitas. The things we do include advising, researching, teaching, informing and leading.
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1. K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-513(a)(4) sets a 2-year statute of limitations for an action for injury not arising under contract or not otherwise provided for. The 2-year limitation would apply for an accounting between cotenants.
2. A cause of action accrues so as to start the running of the statute of limitations as soon as the right to maintain a legal action arises. When a cotenancy relationship changes to landlord/tenant, a cause of action for an accounting on the previous relationship begins to accrue on the date the relationship changed.
Appeal from Mitchell District Court; THOMAS M. TUGGLE, judge. Opinion filed February 1, 2002. Affirmed.
Jerry L. Harrison, of Noah & Harrison, of Beloit, for appellant.
Curtis A. Frasier and Guy R. Steier, of Frasier & Steier, of Beloit, for appellee.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., ELLIOTT, J., and PADDOCK, S.J.
PADDOCK, J.: This appeal arises out of an unfortunate conflict between two brothers over the family farm. Robert S. Heller petitioned for a partition of the farm and rent from a lease. The trial court granted his petition. Robert's brother, John E. Heller, counterclaimed for an accounting of the profits from the farming operation. The trial court denied John's counterclaim. John appeals.
We affirm.
Following the death of their father in 1972, the brothers and their mother, Rose, inherited the father's assets, including the real estate in question, which they operated as a farm. By an oral agreement, Robert, John, and their mother divided the farm income and expenses.
Over the years, the relationships of Robert and John to the farming operation gradually changed to the point that Robert left the farm and worked at another job, leaving John as the operator of the farm. Despite the brothers' changing roles and John's questioning of the fairness of the division of income and expenses, no change was made in their previous oral agreement.
In 1994, Rose conveyed her undivided interest in the farm to John. In March 1996, Robert conveyed to John all of his undivided interest in a portion of the farm for the purpose of allowing John to sell or mortgage the conveyed tract to pay their mother's care expenses.
In April 1996, Robert and John entered into a lease agreement on Robert's undivided one-fourth interest in the remaining real estate. Under the agreement, John agreed to pay Robert an annual rent fee for a period of 3 years beginning in July 1997 and Robert agreed to pay one-fourth of the real estate taxes. John has failed to make the lease payments and Robert has not paid his portion of the taxes. The lease expired by its terms in 1999. John remains in possession of the real estate as a holdover tenant and continues to farm the real estate.
In his counterclaim, John sought an accounting for the 12 years preceding the execution of the lease in 1996.
The trial court concluded that John's request for an accounting was barred by the statute of limitations. The trial court also denied John's claim that he is entitled to a setoff against Robert's claim for rent even if the statute of limitations bars his claim for an accounting. John appealed.
Our review of the trial court's conclusions of law is unlimited. Lindsey v. Miami County National Bank, 267 Kan. 685, 689-90, 984 P.2d 719 (1999).
K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-513(a)(4) sets a 2-year statute of limitations for an action for injury not arising under contract or not otherwise provided for. The 2-year limitation would apply for an accounting between cotenants.
John contends the limitation period was tolled. In support of his contention, John cites Lindenman v. Unscheid, 255 Kan. 610, 875 P.2d 964 (1994). In Lindenman, the Kansas Supreme Court concluded that the statute of limitations had been tolled because the plaintiffs could not have prosecuted their claim to a successful conclusion until after the statute of limitations had run. 255 Kan. at 623. Here, John argues that the same rationale should apply to this case. John believed his brother was taking more than his fair share from the farming operation. John states that he did not sit idly and do nothing; rather, he withheld rent under the terms of the lease until his brother provided him with an accounting. John argues that the refusal to pay the rent forced Robert to file the partition action which resulted in John's counterclaim for a complete accounting. John's reasoning is flawed. The situation in the instant case is unlike that in Lindenman. John could have filed a motion for an accounting and received a full accounting before the statute of limitations had run. Forcing Robert to file a partition action was not necessary to receive an accounting on the farming operation. John had the ability to file a motion for an accounting before the statute of limitations had expired.
John argues that a just and equitable accounting is required because prior to the lease in 1996, there was no clear agreement between the parties upon which he could have filed suit. However, John had the ability to file for partition or file a motion for an accounting prior to 1996. He willingly entered into the lease with Robert which changed the relationship between them.
John also argues that Robert only had a one-fourth interest in the farming operation, but he was receiving one-third of the government program payments. However, this was an agreement by the parties that each person was to receive a third of the government program payments. The relationship between the parties was very informal regarding the farming operation. The parties only had an oral agreement and they contributed to the expenses and received the profits as agreed. John could have protected his interests at a prior time with a more formal agreement but failed to do so. He is now requesting that the court require an accounting for the years prior to the formal lease and impose a different agreement between the parties. If John was dissatisfied with the farming operation and relationship, he should have made the effort to formalize a written agreement. The 1996 lease was an effort to change the arrangement, but prior to that lease, John did not protect his interests.
John also contends that the statute of limitations did not run because this is an equitable action, citing K.S.A. 60-1003(d). Although this statute gives the district court broad discretion in a partition action, it does not mention the statute of limitations. An abuse of the district court's discretion in applying the statute of limitations has not been shown.
In Yeager v. National Cooperative Refinery Ass'n, 205 Kan. 504, 470 P.2d 797 (1970), the plaintiff sought an accounting for her share of oil and gas royalties. The Kansas Supreme Court noted that in an equitable action for an accounting, where there is no corresponding legal right or remedy, the statute of limitations is not applicable, but only laches will bar or defeat the action. However, the court also noted that where there is a legal right or remedy, a court of equity by analogy will follow the statute of limitations set by law. 205 Kan. at 509. In Yeager, the court found that the plaintiff had an identifiable cause of action and could have sued when the lease was declared void; thus, the statute of limitations began to run at that time. 205 Kan. at 508-09. The court found that a cause of action accrues, so as to start the running of the statute of limitations, as soon as the right to maintain a legal action arises. 205 Kan. at 512.
Here, when the cotenancy relationship changed to landlord/tenant in 1996, John's cause of action for an accounting on the previous relationship began to accrue. His demand for an accounting filed 4 years later was barred prior to the commencement of the partition action.
Next, John argues that he is entitled to raise his claims for an accounting as a setoff against Robert's claims for rent even if the statute of limitations bars the claim for an accounting.
K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-213(d) states:
"When cross demands have existed between persons under such circumstances that, if one had brought an action against the other, a counterclaim or cross-claim could have been set up, neither can be deprived of the benefit thereof by the assignment or death of the other or by reason of the statute of limitations if arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the petition as the foundation of plaintiff's claim or connected with the subject of the action."
In the present case, K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 60-213(d) has no application. Robert's rent claim was founded upon the lease. John's request for an accounting was based upon the previous cotenancy relationship as it existed prior to the lease. The lease created a new relationship between the parties. The district court found that the claims were separate and distinct and denied recovery under K.S.A. 60-213(d). We agree.
The 1996 lease changed the relationship between the brothers from cotenancy to landlord/tenant. John would only be entitled to a setoff on claims that occurred after the change in the relationship.
1REPORTER'S NOTE: Previously filed as an unpublished opinion, the Supreme Court granted a motion to publish by an order dated March 19, 2002, pursuant to Rule 7.04 (2000 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 46).


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Hi there! I'm Carla, a musician and music marketing consultant. My latest CD, Supernova has been described as "Norah Jones meets Sade for tea on their way to visiting The Beatles". I've released three full-length CDs on my own label, Moxie Entertainment.
I've also written articles and books, and given lectures for indie musicians. I've created tons of DIY/Indie Musician content over the years, and I'm excited about having additional channels to share my vintage interviews with successful recording artists, such as Mary J. Blige and Patti LaBelle.
My blog and podcast are aimed at independent musicians around the world interested in marketing themselves and building their fanbases in order to sell more music.
I need a set of 3 logos, with a clean main element used in all three. I need the following:
* A landscape banner header - "Rock Star Life Lessons"
* A square podcast logo - "Rock Star Life Lessons"
* A rectangle crest for a membership site - "Rock Star Life Lessons Academy"
The colors should be red background with white lettering. Black can be used as an accent. To get an idea of the color scheme, visit my blog at http://RockStarLifeLessons.com
My friends Sterling and Jay from the Internet Business Mastery podcast use a logo set that I admire, so please review their attached logo images to give you an example of what I want.
The main clean graphic that they use is an arrow, which is used in all three versions of the logo. Granted, my topic is music-related, so I'm not sure what which kind of graphic to use that is clean and duplicates well, but I am open to your ideas.
I need hi-res jpg files.
Please do not use stock photos or clip art in the design.
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Textainer Acquires Majority Interest in 99,000 TEU Managed Container Fleet
Textainer Acquires Majority Interest in 99,000 TEU Managed Container Fleet
HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Textainer Group Holdings Limited (TGH) ("Textainer," "we," and "our"), the world's largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, today announced that it acquired a 50.1% interest in TAP Funding Ltd., a Bermuda company that owns an approximately 99,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) fleet of containers currently managed by Textainer for approximately $78 million, including the value of TAP Funding Ltd.'s existing debt that remains outstanding. This fleet contains a well diversified mix of container types, including standard dry freight, refrigerated and specialized dry freight containers. Additionally, the fleet has high utilization and a diversified lessee mix consistent with Textainer's overall container fleet. Textainer has agreed with TAP Ltd., the other shareholder in TAP Funding Ltd., to continue to invest in new containers for this fleet, in order to both grow the portfolio and maintain the relatively young average age of the containers.
"We have long stated that Textainer's strategy is to grow our overall fleet and increase the portion which we own. This transaction reflects our continued execution of that strategy," commented Philip K. Brewer, Textainer President and Chief Executive Officer. "Additionally, this investment is another example of our ability to productively deploy recently raised equity. The TAP Funding Ltd. fleet consists of seasoned income producing assets, the acquisition of which we expect will be immediately accretive to earnings and contribute to long-term growth in shareholder value."
"In 2012, Textainer acquired more than 230,000 TEU from managed container acquisitions. Textainer has increased the percentage of our owned fleet from 59% at the start of 2012 to 71% including this transaction. We previously announced that 2012 capital expenditures will be at record levels and this transaction ensures that we will significantly exceed that goal."
About Textainer Group Holdings Limited
Textainer Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries ("Textainer") has operated since 1979 and is the world's largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size. As of the most recent quarter end, Textainer had more than 1.7 million containers, representing more than 2.6 million TEU, in its owned and managed fleet. Textainer leases dry freight, dry freight specialized, and refrigerated containers. Textainer is one of the largest purchasers of new containers as well as one of the largest sellers of used containers. Textainer leases containers to approximately 400 shipping lines and other lessees and sells containers to more than 1,100 customers worldwide. Textainer provides services worldwide via a network of regional and area offices, as well as independent depots. More information is available on the Company's website at http://investor.textainer.com.
Important Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not statements of historical facts and include, without limitation, statements regarding: (i) the successful implementation of our strategy to increase our fleet and the owned portion of our fleet, and (ii) our belief that we entered into an immediately accretive transaction to grow shareholder value. For a discussion of some of these risks and uncertainties, see Item 3 "Key Information-- Risk Factors" in Textainer's Annual Report on Form 20-F/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2012.
Textainer's views, estimates, plans and outlook as described within this document may change subsequent to the release of this press release. Textainer is under no obligation to modify or update any or all of the statements it has made herein despite any subsequent changes Textainer may make in its views, estimates, plans or outlook for the future.
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Investor Relations Director
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The show choir is a choral ensemble specializing in the stylized performance of music of the popular culture and that of the musical theatre. The aural aspect of the performance is often enhanced by the visual medium through choreography, costuming, props, and sets. With its roots dating back to Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians and the "Swing Choir" movement of the 1950s and 1960s, the show choir has evolved into an artistic endeavor encompassing the aspects of total show production.
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Those of us around in the EverQuest days will recognize the "crack"ification of a game's name that can be addicting beyond a healthy level. Not to imply that any amount of crack is healthy. Remember, Turpster says "Don't do drugs!"
But Warcraft? That's healthy. I mean, I still shower every day. And unlike the Orc protagonist in today's video I don't go down and get a big gulp, so I'm better than him.
The video is short and to the point, and Yumfries does a good job animating the characters throughout. The audio cuts are a little rough at points, but that can be overlooked rather easily.
Worth a chuckle in my book.


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- Autonomous region: Galicia
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Albariño (white wine grape) wine festival in Cambados
The Galicia town of Cambados celebrates the Albariño Festival during the first week in August, where homage is paid to this exquisite white wine, famous around the world.
There is a highly varied programme of activities associated with the festival: courses, conferences, concerts, street entertainment, music, traditional folklore, open-air parties… Local associations fill this small coastal town with colour and joy, and thousands of bottles of this fresh, smooth, sweet wine (considered one of Europe's best whites) are uncorked.
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Anyone 3.5ish level wanna play? Im rusty played in leaguetennis in atlanta ( where i moved from). I live in fulshear in cross creek ranch have courts or can play in cinco.
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An economic advisor to former President George H.W. Bush unveiled a proposal on Friday to reform the current retirement savings system by replacing the current deduction for contributions to retirement savings accounts with a flat-rate refundable credit that would be deposited directly into a saver's account.
The proposal, put forth by William Gale, who is currently a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, would replace the existing tax deductions with a flat-rate refundable credit that serves as a matching contribution into a retirement savings account.
In introducing the proposal at a briefing on Friday, Gale said that as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction deliberates on medium-term budget options, "consideration of reforms to strengthen the private retirement system would be appropriate and constructive, especially since any plausible long-term fiscal plan will involve some reductions in Social Security and Medicare benefits."
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, which was part of the debt ceiling deal reached by President Obama and Republican leaders, is charged with developing legislation that provides $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by Thanksgiving.
Gale argued that the proposal is consistent with principles of broad-based tax reform and reducing tax expenditures, adding that the proposal could raise substantial amounts of tax revenue. For instance, an 18% matching credit is the equivalent of a 15% deduction. Such reform, the proposal states, "would raise more than $450 billion in revenues over the next decade relative to current law."
An alternative version of the proposal would consist of a 30% credit that would be revenue-neutral for the next decade. This reform, the proposal states, would reduce taxes for 26% of the population, mainly in the bottom 90% of the income distribution, and decrease tax deductions for 6% of the population—largely for higher income workers.
William Sweetnam, co-chair of Groom Law Group's policy and legislation group, and the former Benefits Tax Counsel in the Office of the Tax Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, told AdvisorOne that he doesn't think Gale's proposal will get very far with lawmakers because "it fundamentally changes the way 401(k) plans" work.
The proposal would also be "difficult to consider," Sweetnam said, because it includes many administrative issues. "It would be difficult to move a proposal like this in the context of tax reform" considering the "short-term window" that the Joint Select Committee has to work under, he said.
Brain Graff, executive director and CEO of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), said that Gale's proposal is "wacky," and that if it were enacted, it would put an end to all small business retirement plans.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., plans to convene two hearings on tax reform next week. The first, "Tax Reform Options: Marginal Rates on High-Income Taxpayers, Capital Gains and Dividends," will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Baucus and the witnesses will examine the tax treatment and possible options to allow tax rates on high-income earners, capital gains and dividends to rise, including various budget and surtax proposals.
The second hearing, "Tax Reform Options: Promoting Retirement Security" will be held on Thursday, Sept. 15. Both Graff and Gale will be providing testimony at the hearing.
The hearings are the next in a set of hearings being held this fall to examine various segments of the economy and tax code, and pass on information to the Finance Committee as it considers possible recommendations to the new Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.


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[Produced by Diddy]
[Intro: Diddy]
You wanted to fuckin' walk around these roaches. These niggas is roaches. These niggas is mere motherfuckin' mortals. I'm tryna push you to supreme bein'. You don't wanna motherfuckin'... You don't wanna embrace your destiny, you wanna get by
You don't wanna go into the motherfuckin' dark where it's lonely. You can't handle the motherfuckin', the pain of the motherfuckin' not knowin' when the shit is gonna stop
[Hook: French Montana]
Momma's tryna save me but she don't know I'm tryna save her
Man, them niggas tried to play me, man, 'til I got this paper
You're nobody 'til somebody kills you
[Verse 1: Rick Ross]
"Blast for me" – the last words from my nigga
On the pavement, born killers, body shivers
Drug money, dollar figures
Hustlers movin' out of rentals, art of war is mental
Havin' sushi down in Nobu
Strapped like an Afghan soldier, nowhere to go to
So it's bang, no survivors
Only riders on my rider, murder rate rises
Stalkin' niggas on their IG's, never; I be
Still solo, Under Armour still Polo
No wire, on fire
My desire for fine things made me a liar, a shooter
Gettin' high feelin' like it's vodou
Nine lives, SK with the cooler
Makaveli in the 'Rari, still B-I double G, I, E
I pray you smoke with me
Go to bed with a kilo like Casino
Janet Reno, we all we got the creed of Nino
Pretty cars in the driveway
If you cut it then you sideways, double up, crime pays
[Hook: French Montana]
Momma's tryna save me but she don't know I'm tryna save her
Man, them niggas tried to play me, man, 'til I got this paper
You're nobody 'til somebody kills you
[Interlude: Diddy]
You fuckin' wanna walk around with these niggas? What the fuck is their culture? Where the fuck is their souls at? What defines you? These niggas with these fuckin' silly looks on their faces. You wanna walk around with them or you wanna walk with God, nigga? Make up your goddamn mind
[Verse 2: Rick Ross]
I'm from where the streets test you
Niggas mix business and pleasure where the cocaine measure
The narcotics is our product
The by-product, you walk up on me, I cock it
New Mercedes as it peels off
Nothin' penetrates the steel doors, gang signs, see 'em all
I said my prayer as I'm countin' sheep
Never really athletic, but I play for keeps, do you feel me?
The mortician, the morgue fillin' with more snitches
We kill 'em and takin' their bitches, R.I.P
Chinchillas on a winter night
Black bottles when I'm feelin' like, you wanna know what winners like
And I'm never on that tour bus
Just a decoy for niggas, the PJ's for two of us
Ciroc boys down to die for Diddy
My niggas ride for less, keep it real, homie, made me filthy
Touch mine, until it's even: kill
Like I'm knowin' every heathen will, closed the deal with Steven Hill
We Magic City of the networks
Cut a nigga cast off, how my nigga net worths
[Hook: French Montana]
Momma's tryna save me but she don't know I'm tryna save her
Man, them niggas tried to play me, man, 'til I got this paper
You're nobody 'til somebody kills you
[Outro: Diddy]
Fuck, y'all wanna talk about fuckin' jewelries and Bentley's and Hublot's and fuckin' art that niggas ain't got on their fuckin' walls and fuckin' mansions niggas ain't got. Niggas can't even pay the IRS, let alone their fuckin' staff, nigga. You gotta tell the truth, man. The truth'll set you free, son, the truth will set you free
For those who recognize the hook from Biggie's iconic "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)", you'll instantly realize that Ross is on his Biggie flow. Rozay breaks down street stories seen through his point of view.
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The study, titled Disability and Ability: How young people with impairments make the transition to adulthood, will follow the life experiences of 100 participants aged between 19 and 26 years of age over three years.
"We already know from recent research by our colleagues that, compared to their able-bodied peers, 15 to 29-year-olds with a long-term health condition or impairment have an increased risk of negative social, physical and mental health outcomes," says chief investigator Dr Nikki Wedgwood, of the University's Faculty of Health Sciences.
"We also know from previous research that this is less likely due to their impairment per se and more likely due to the fact that people with impairments are commonly perceived differently to able-bodied people and so experience lower levels of inclusion in society generally."
Discrimination towards people with impairments — also known as 'disablism' — can have a profound impact on the lives of people with impairments.
"We tend to think of people with impairments as 'that' person with a disability rather than that student or that parent or that musician and so on, and so we tend to treat them differently – we might avoid them, or they might just be socially invisible to us," says Dr Wedgwood.
"As such, disablism affects their sense of belonging and levels of inclusion in virtually every aspect of life, from peer acceptance at school, to employment, marriage and other relationships," she says.
"Employers will tend to assume people with impairments can't do a lot of things when they actually can, and they tend to receive a lot of pity instead of friendship, and discrimination instead of inclusion."
Researchers hope the findings from the study will inform policy to help ensure that more of the 250,000 young Australians with impairments are able to meet the developmental and structural challenges of early adulthood and become fully included members of society.
"We know that adolescence is a vital developmental phase in able-bodied people – a real make or break time in terms of what role a person will play in society or on its margins – so it is likely to be the optimal time for interventions in the lives of people with impairments."
Adolescence and 'emerging adulthood' are neglected in terms of disability research, with most studies focusing either on adulthood or childhood.
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FORT MEADE, Md. -- U.S. soldier Bradley Manning's violent outbursts and a photo of himself dressed as a woman ideally should have blocked him from working with classified information in Iraq, but the Army needed his skills, the soldier's former boss testified Tuesday.
Retired Sgt. 1st Class Paul Adkins testified as a defense witness at the sentencing hearing for the former intelligence analyst convicted of disclosing reams of classified information through WikiLeaks. Manning faces up to 90 years in prison.
Adkins said in April 2010, Manning emailed him a picture of himself in a blonde wig and lipstick attached to a letter titled, "My problem," which defense attorneys have characterized as a sign of the soldier's gender-identity crisis at a time when homosexual soldiers couldn't serve openly.
The emailed started: "This is my problem. I've had signs of it for a very long time. It's caused problems within my family. I thought a career in the military would get rid of it. It's not something I seek out for attention. And I'm trying very, very hard to get rid of it by placing myself in situations where it would be impossible. But it's not going away."
Adkins, who handled administrative duties for Manning's workgroup, testified Manning's "mental instability" was "a constant source of concern." But instead of recommending suspension of Manning's security clearance, Adkins urged psychiatrists to give him more treatment so he could keep him working.
Adkins didn't' reveal the email to his commanders until June 2010, after Manning had punched a female soldier in the face, got banned from the workplace and was arrested for leaking classified information.
Adkins and others have testified the unit deployed with a shortage of junior intelligence analysts, such as Manning, to help commanders understand the enemy's tactics.
"In a perfect world, I think, if I could have left him behind, to make sure that he was getting behavioral health care on a consistent basis, I would have," Adkins said.
He said "there was the indirect pressure of making sure everyone who could physically deploy was deploying." Adkins said another member of the unit was unable to deploy because of a recent heart attack, and he couldn't justify holding Manning back "especially with a non-physical health issue."
In a series of memos to mental health workers, Adkins described Manning's worrisome behaviors, starting with an angry outburst after he was scolded for missing a physical training formation in the summer of 2009, and another when he was disciplined for losing his room key.
In December 2009, about two months after deploying, Manning was scolded for tardiness and overturned a table and had to be restrained. Because he made a move toward a gun rack, Adkins removed the firing bolt from Manning's rifle but allowed him to keep working.
"I wasn't 100 percent sure of his stability and I wanted to send him a message that behavior like that, you know, was not acceptable," Adkins said.
Adkins testified he was reprimanded and demoted for failures involving Manning.
Manning, a 25-year-old native of Crescent, Oklahoma, gave more than 700,000 documents and some battlefield video to WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. He was convicted July 30 of 20 counts, including six federal Espionage Act violations, five theft counts, and a federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act charge.
Manning says he leaked the material to expose wrongdoing and provoke discussion about U.S. military and diplomatic affairs.


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Recommendations for Taking Program Maturity Into Account
All education programs go through developmental stages. Different kinds of evaluation are appropriate at each stage.16 Based on when they started and other factors, different components of a program may be in different development stages during an evaluation.
In the early stages of implementation, focus on formative evaluation efforts. Hold off on summative evaluations until users have had time to adapt to it, and there has been adequate time to revise the program design based on early feedback and observations.
Once a stable program model has been achieved, study of education outcomes is appropriate. Finally, as the program or program component matures, its long-term sustainability and replicability should be considered.
Program leaders and evaluators should work together to help program stakeholders understand and interpret how program maturity can affect evaluation findings.
Program leaders and evaluators should work together to establish baselines and benchmarks, so that progress over time toward program goals can be measured.


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Netflix $1M Prize Winners Include Yahoo, AT&T Staffers
Seven technology professionals are $1 million richer today, after Netflix awarded them with its coveted Netflix Prize, which sought a 10 percent improvement in the company's recommendation engine. Netflix also announced plans for a second prize, which will dole out another $1 million in two rounds over the next two years.
The winners are part of "BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos," a team of software and electrical engineers, statisticians and machine learning researchers from Austria, Canada, Israel and the United States. They include: Yehuda Koren, a scientist with Yahoo's Israel Lab; Bob Bell and Chris Volinsky with AT&T Research; Austrian researchers Andreas Töscher and Michael Jahrer; and Martin Chabbert and Martin Piotte, founders of Quebec-based Pragmatic Theory.
Bell and Volinsky were already awarded the 2007 and 2008 Netflix Prize progress awards. The winners were initially working in three separate groups, but decided to pool their resources in order to have a better shot at the prize. Their communication was primarily over e-mail and Monday's prize ceremony in Manhattan was the first time all seven men had been in the same room together.
The Netflix Prize was announced in 2006, and teams have been working feverishly on a solution ever since.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said Monday that the company "got very lucky" in that the 10 percent threshold for improvement was "just hard enough" to challenge even the most knowledgeable engineer or researcher.
Still, when teams failed to reach a solution after the second year, Hastings admitted that he and the Netflix crew had their doubts that anyone would solve the problem.
That all changed this summer when two teams reached a 10.6 percent threshold - BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos and another team known as The Ensemble. Unfortunately for The Ensemble, they reached 10.6 percent a mere 20 minutes after BellKor, and therefore lost out on the $1 million, Hastings said.
The team's 10 percent achievement will not be immediately incorporated into Netflix.com, said Neil Hunt, chief product officer.
"There are several hundred algorithms that contribute to he overall 10 percent improvement - all blended together," Hunt said. "In order to make the computation feasible to generate the kinds of volumes of predictions that we needed for a real system - we've selected just a small number - two or three of those algorithms for direct implementation."
The next step is Netflix Prize: Round Two. The first prize dealt with improving the recommendations made to members who had provided 50 or more movie ratings. Netflix Prize 2 will involve ratings improvements for people who do not rate movies very often, or at all, Hunt said.
This time, the deadline will not be open-ended. Netflix will award $500,000 to the team that has made the most progress by April 2010 and another $500,000 to the leading team by April 2011.


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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - What's Wrong with the War Memorial Museum Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What's Wrong with the War Memorial Museum Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message DravenJoined: 03 Feb 2003 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:54 pm Post subject: What's Wrong with the War Memorial Museum First off, let me say that the War Memorial Museum in Seoul is the best museum I have ever visited. It's huge, well designed (mostly), and not overly jinogistic. What's wrong with it, however, is the "Virtual Reality War Room" on the second floor. As we entered the museum, I saw signs advertising this new exhibit and I'll admit my curiosity was piqued. The 'reality' is that it's nothing but a half-assed orakshil with 4 expensive, lame games designed by Posdata. Expensive, because a single play costs 2,000 won. Lame, because the tank, fighter jet, and helicopter games are all essentially the same game. Yes, I can see how shooting alien creatures on a big screen with an authentic gun has its place in this otherwise amazing facility . The museum is huge and has much to see; give the arcade a miss and spend your time on the real exhibits. Back to top The LemonJoined: 11 Jan 2003 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:09 pm Post subject: I agree with your assessment of the poor (and tasteless) choice of putting a video arcade in a war memorial museum. The message of that memorial should be, "never again", not "oh what fun war is". I do disagree with your appraisal that the museum is not "overly jinogistic". Maybe we'll part ways on the "overly" part, but I lost a lot of respect for the curators after seeing this description of the defeat of the Japanese in 1945: By the way, the "Righteous Armies" they're referring to are not the Americans and other allies, but Korean irregulars trained in Manchuria. This is explained on another panel. So they're claiming they beat the Japanese in 1945. Unless they happened to send a clandestine team of Koreans to help out Oppenheimer at Los Alamos, they have absolutely no historical right to make this claim. They're lying to make themselves feel better, just like they claim Japanese history textbook authors do. Back to top the_beaverJoined: 15 Jan 2003 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:11 pm Post subject: It's a good museum, but it is overly jingoistic. Back to top kimcheekingGuest Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:15 pm Post subject: It's one of my favorite places to go in Seoul. I have taken friends, visiting from overseas, about 5 times. Having said that I agree with the above posters. Back to top DravenJoined: 03 Feb 2003 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:20 pm Post subject: The Lemon wrote: I do disagree with your appraisal that the museum is not "overly jinogistic". Maybe we'll part ways on the "overly" part, but I lost a lot of respect for the curators after seeing this description of the defeat of the Japanese in 1945: Ya know, as I was writing that, I knew I hadn't captured it correctly, my bad. What I meant was that it's not as jingoistic as I have come to expect from Korea, if that makes any sense. The jingoism is more subtle there, than say, at Independence Hall. The museum does great exhibits outlining the efforts and contributions of all the countries that were involved in the Korean War, with particular emphasis (deserved) on American involvement. A good memorial to those countries who came to Korea's aid. Back to top CthulhuJoined: 02 Feb 2003 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:44 pm Post subject: Yep, when a friend visited a few years back and saw the message from the photo Lemon posted we couldn't believe it. I still remember it clearly (but glad to see it again--good job Lemon) and the hubris floored me. That said, I do agree that it is a great museum inside and out, and generally does a good job explaining things (the English translations are generally pretty good). I took my father to it last year, and he enjoyed it immensely (he was a career officer so he had an interest in military history). However, it does have a jingoistic side to it. And I also remember the video games Draven mentioned--stupid, stupid stupid. Back to top bucheon bumJoined: 16 Jan 2003 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 5:07 am Post subject: I thought the Korean war exhibit was the highlight. As everyone else pointed out, the Japanese occupation exhibit was a bit on the unrealistic side . While it was interesting to read and see Korea's experience in the Vietnam War, there were a couple things that made my eyes roll. If I remember correctly, there was a passage or two saying how the Koreans were key players in preventing North Vietnam from taking over the south up until the ROk army left in 1972. Overall though, it is a pretty good museum. Back to top matkoJoined: 16 Jan 2003Location: in a world of hurt! Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 6:45 am Post subject: Walking in and out of the helicopters and tanks gives the layperson a feel for the cramped quarters and what it must have been like to a certain extent. I found the whole place breathtaking. When did they introduce the video game thing? I can't believe that. Back to top eamoJoined: 08 Mar 2003Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964. Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 6:50 am Post subject: I too thought it was a great museam. Marred only by the omni-present reminders that, "It's not the sea of Japan, it's the west sea". I didn't think a public museam was the place to hammer on about a political gripe. The 'virtual reality' video game arcade was confusing but I guess they thought, 'lets do something for the kids'. Over-all a great day out and very entertaining. Back to top The LemonJoined: 11 Jan 2003 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 6:55 am Post subject: Added to the inappropriate innovations of the War Museum is the WEDDING HALL ( ) on the premises. I attended a wedding there last year, and it had all the drivel of every other wedding hall in the country - bubble machines, fog, noxious Cinderella decor, idiot employee in the suit playing that foul "Congratulations" song... and all the relatives deeply engaged in cell-phone conversations *during the vows*. The museum should be a sacred place. Not that. Maybe a divorce court would be more appropriate for a war museum.. 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All of these nominations were submitted by users of casa.org. Categories are also suggested on an annual basis by users of casa.org. Anyone with an active CASA membership may vote for the winners between April 20 and May 15. The winners will be announced here on casa.org on June 1.
CASA members may access the form to vote by clicking here. If you are not yet a CASA member, but you would like to vote, you may get information about membership and sign up here.
Congratulations (and good luck!) to the nominees!
Favorite Pop/Rock Group:
- Basix
- Firedrill!
- Nota
- Overboard
- Sonos
Favorite Jazz Group:
- Cluster
- m-pact
- New York Voices
- The Real Group
- The Swingle Singers
Favorite Classical Group:
- Cantus
- Chanticleer
- Lumen Valo
- The King's Singers
- Trio Mediaeval
Favorite Doo-Wop Group:
- Classic Sounds
- North Shore A Cappella
- The Alley Cats
- The Mighty Echoes
- The Persuasions
Favorite R&B Group:
- Mosaic
- Naturally 7
- Nota
- ReMix (University of Virginia)
- Take 6
Favorite Barbershop Chorus:
- Bay Area Showcase Chorus
- Northwest Vocal Project
- Racing City Chorus
- Vienna Falls Chorus
- Westminster Chorus
Favorite Barbershop Quartet:
- Close Harmaniacs (München)
- Love Notes
- Maxx Factor
- Realtime
- Round Midnight
Favorite Religious Group:
- Acappella
- Noteworthy (BYU)
- Testimony (Stanford)
- Undivided
- Voices of Lee
Favorite Folk/World Group:
- Br6
- Kitka
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Pust
- Riltons Vanner
Favorite Comedy Group:
- Bobs
- Fleet Street Singers (Stanford)
- iNtrmzzo
- Moosebutter
- Storm Front
Favorite Contemporary A Cappella League Group:
- Clearly Vocal
- Deltacappella
- Red States
- Redline
- Two Weeks Notice
Favorite Male Collegiate Group:
- Accidentals (UGA)
- Beelezbubs (Tufts)
- Fundamentally Sound (UW Madison)
- Hullabahoos
- On the Rocks (U Oregon)
Favorite Female Collegiate Group:
- Divisi (U of Oregon)
- Noteworthy (BYU)
- Out of the Blue (Duke)
- Sil'hooettes (UVA)
- Widows (Wellesley)
Favorite Mixed Collegiate Group:
- Amalgamates (Tufts)
- Chordials (Cornell)
- Harmonics (Stanford)
- New Dominions (UVA)
- Off the Beat (UPenn)
Favorite High School Group:
- 18 Wheelers (The Wheeler School)
- Eleventh Hour (Kettering Fairmont High School)
- Maria Carrillo High School Jazz Choir (Santa Rosa, CA)
- The Jewel Tones (Marblehead High School)
- Town Criers (Weston High School)
Favorite Professional Album:
- "Diversity" by Basix
- "Endlich Authentisch" by Maybebop
- "Help!" by Overboard
- "Sonosings" by Sonos
- "Steps" by Cluster
Favorite Collegiate Album:
- "Evicted" by the Hullabahoos (UVA)
- "Play the Game" by The Beelzebubs (Tufts)
- "Shake the Poet" by The Chordials (Cornell)
- "Stratosphere" by Fundamentally Sound (U Wisconsin Madison)
- "Take it to the Bridge" by The Sil'hooettes (UVA)
Favorite High School Album:
- "A Lesson in Tightropes" by The 18 Wheelers (The Wheeler School)
- "Change the World" by Ensworth Singers (Ensworth High)
- "Crescendo" by 'Til Dawn (Youth in Arts)
- 'Like Clockwork" by Eleventh Hour (Kettering Fairmont High)
- "Stimulus Package" by the Town Criers (Weston High)
Favorite Male Vocalist :
- Christoffer Brodersen from Basix
- David Pinto from Nota
- Matt McCormick from the Beelzebubs
- Nick Girard from Overboard
- Victor Sandman from Firedrill!
Favorite Female Vocalist:
- Amy Whitcomb from Noteworthy (BYU)
- Ariel Arbisser from the Chordials (Cornell)
- Happiness Chijoke from the Sil'hooettes (UVA)
- Jessica Freedman from Sonos
- Kendall Young from Eleventh Hour (Kettering Fairmont HS)
Favorite Vocal Percussionist:
- Alex Koutzoukis from Beelzebubs (Tufts)
- Ben McLain from Sonos
- Courtney Jensen from Noteworthy (BYU)
- Jake Moulton from the House Jacks
- Scott Cobban from Overboard
Favorite Songwriter:
- Austin Willacy from the House Jacks
- Erik Bosio from Cluster
- Niels Nørgaard from Basix
- Peter Bach from Basix
- Tijl Corremans from Voice Male
Favorite Arranger:
- Christopher Given Harrison from Sonos
- Deke Sharon from the House Jacks and Total Vocal
- Nick Girard from Overboard
- Oliver Gies from Maybebop
- Sara Dougadir from the Sil'hooettes (UVA)
Favorite A Cappella Producer:
- Bill Hare from Bill Hare Productions
- Dave Sperandio from Diovoce
- Ed Boyer from Ed Boyer A Cappella
- Freddie Feldman from Vocomotion
- John Clark from The Attic Studio
Favorite A Cappella Event:
- International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Finals
- Los Angeles A Cappella Festival
- SoJam
- The Sing Off Finale (NBC)
- Vocal Jazz Summit in Mainz/Germany
Favorite A Cappella YouTube Video:
- Africa by Perpetuum Jazzile
- I'm on a Boat by Acquire (UC Santa Cruz)
- Michael Jackson Medley by Sam Tsui
- Poker Face by Noteworthy (UC Berkeley)
- Sleep by Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir
Favorite European A Cappella Group:
- Basix (Denmark)
- Club for Five (Finland)
- Cluster (Italy)
- Fork (Finland)
- Voice Male (Belgium)
Favorite Asian A Cappella Group:
- Akafellas (Philippines)
- MICappella (Singapore)
- Redsoul (Korea)
- Robstar Lobster (Japan)
- Takarabune (Japan)
Favorite Central/South American A Cappella Group:
- BR6 (Brazil)
- Nota (Puerto Rico)
- Perseptom Banda Vocal (Brazil)
- Vocal Sampling (Cuba)
- Voz En Punto (Mexico)
Favorite Oceanic A Cappella Group :
- Akasa
- Coco's Lunch
- Idea of North
- Living Out Loud
- Suade
Favorite African A Cappella Group:
- Afresh
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Navi Redd
- Soweto Gospel Choir
- Vm6
Favorite A Cappella Album Title:
- "Diversity" by Basix
- "Shake the Poet" by Chordials (Cornell)
- "…Sings without Music, Vol II" by Firedrill!
- "Sonosings" by Sonos
- "Sounds Like My Saturday Night" by Secondary Dominance (Illinois State)
Favorite Medley:
- Good Night on Help! by Overboard
- Heartless Medley by Fermata Nowhere
- Michael Jackson Medley by Sam Tsui
- TV Theme Song Medley by m-pact
- Who Medley by Beelzebubs on the Sing Off
Favorite A Cappella Song:
- "Diversity" by Basix
- "Down" as performed by Nota
- "I Want You Back" as performed by Sonos
- "Ramalama (Bang Bang)" as performed by Chordials (Cornell)
- "Wreckless Love" as performed by Sil'hooettes (UVA)
Favorite Viva La Vida Rendition:
- Buffalo Chips (SUNY Buffalo)
- Clef Hangers (UNC)
- Golden Overtones (UC Berkeley)
- Invisible Men
- Noteworthy (BYU)
Favorite Gender-Bender Song/Solo :
- Ariel Arbisser on Cold Shoulder by Chordials (Cornell)
- Mario Jose on Disturbia by Pitch Slapped (Berkeley School of Music)
- Victor Sandman on If I Ain't Got You by Firedrill!
- I Want You Back by Sonos
- Redemption Song by the Sil'hooettes (UVA)
Favorite Live Performance Moment:
- Bobby McFerrin on the Sing Off
- Deke Sharon's trumpet solo at the Las Vegas A Cappella Summit
- Jake Moulton's turntables at SoJam
- Nota singing "Down" on the Sing Off
- Sonos singing "Everything in its Right Place" at Los Angeles A Cappella Festival
Favorite A Cappella Solo Project:
- Bobby McFerrin: Blackbird
- Eric Chung (Myspace)
- Kid Beyond
- Lilli Lewis
- Scott Leonard: 1 Man 1 Mike
Favorite A Cappella Podcast:
- AcappellaU
- Maybebop Podcast
- Mouth Off!
- The A Cappella Originals
- The Acapodcast
Most Cutting Edge Group:
- Chordials (Cornell)
- Harmonics (Stanford)
- Nota
- Overboard
- Sonos
Favorite Arrangement:
- "Hallelujah" by Vocal Line
- "Hello Goodbye" by Overboard
- "I Want You Back" by Sonos
- "My Yard" by Firedrill!
- "Sound of Silence" by Harmonics (Stanford)
Favorite Newcomer – Group:
- Clearly Vocal
- Nota
- Sonos
- Soulo (from the Sing Off)
- The Red States
Favorite A Cappella Fan:
- Aaron Wilson
- Bryan Guffey
- Kim Clark
- Line Carlsen (President of the Basix fans)
- Megan McCarthy
Thanks ACA Community!!!Posted by JDBASSman on 04/23/2010
Hola a cappella fans!!! We are pleased to inform you that we have been nominated for eight (8) categories in the 2010 A Cappella Community Awards!!! It is a HUGE honor (and responsibility) to be part of this prestigious list. Please log-in and vote for your favorites. Estamos orgullosos de informarles que NoTA ha sido nominado en ocho (8) categorias en los Premios 2010 de la Comunidad A cappella. Puedes entrar y votar por tus favoritos.http://www.casa.org/aca2010n
1. Favorite Pop/Rock Group
2. Favorite R&B Group
3. Favorite Male Vocalist (David Pinto)
4. Favorite Central/South America Group
5. Best A cappella Song (Down)
6. Best Live Performance (Down)
7. Most Cutting Edge Group
8. Favorite Newcomer Group
Once again dear community, thanks for your amazing support!
We hope to continue living our dream as ambassadors of this style of music we all LOVE.
All the best,
Wow - YOU'RE AwesomePosted by ppeglar on 04/23/2010
A loud shout-out to the a cappella community and CASA members who regaled Sonos with an array of nominations. This is by far the most supportive community I've encountered and we're thrilled to have been so integrated this year. We've had a blast on the road visiting new cities and meeting all of the many gracious people in them, but if we haven't been to your city yet, holler at us (links below) and we'll do our best!
You blew us away with 12 nods! (Sorry James Cameron):
Favorite Pop/Rock Group
Favorite Professional Album
Favorite Female Vocalist (Jessica Freedman)
Favorite Vocal Percussionist (Ben McLain)
Favorite Arranger (Christopher Given Harrison)
Favorite A Cappella Album Title ("SonoSings")
Favorite A Cappella Song ("I Want You Back")
Favorite Gender-Bender Song ("I Want You Back")
Favorite Live Performance Moment (Sonos singing "Everything In Its Right Place" at LA-AF)
Most Cutting Edge Group
Favorite Arrangement ("I Want You Back")
Favorite Newcomer - Group
Of course we'd love it if you throw us your vote, but honestly we're honored and humbled at your already wide acceptance of what we're doing. All the best!
~Paul (Sonos)
Paul Peglar
Thanks! (Whoever you are! Whoever we are, too.)Posted by Warren B. on 04/28/2010
Hey a cappella fans!!! We are pleased to inform you that we have been nominated for one (1) category in the 2010 A Cappella Community Awards!!! It is a HUGE honor (and responsibility) to follow Johnny of NoTA and Paul of Sonos in this prestigious comment thread. if we haven't been to your city yet, holler at us and we'll do our best to skirt the issue because we're married to our day jobs and will never have the time or organizational skills to travel 25 miles outside of Manhattan in any direction.
You blew us away with one nod (sorry Michael Bay):
1. Best "Viva La Vida" Rendition (for, um, "Viva La Vida")
Thank you to all of you (both of you?) who submitted us for consideration for a recording we haven't even officially released yet. Now it's up to paying members of CASA to determine the winner, and believe me, we're gonna milk this hype for all it's worth, because if we lose this award to a college group, we're giving up singing and becoming a pre-baroque recorder consort. You can hear the track on our Facebook page, at http://www.invisible-men.com. We're not even going to attempt humility: please throw us your vote! Thanks!
Invisible Men
Official response as CASAPosted by RnBMrE on 04/28/2010
Official response as CASA board member: Speaking on behalf of CASA, we truly appreciate the genuine excitement from all the nominated groups, and we hope that you will get all of your friends and fans to take part in the voting process! Remember that becoming a CASA member affords one not only the opportunity to vote in the ACAs but to receive a variety of wonderful benefits from our organization and our partners in the community: www.casa.org/membership
Now, as a guy, reading Warren's post: HAHAHAHAHAHAA
Matt Emery CASA Director of Communications Three-time Recipient of RARB "Post of the Year" Title
all right!Posted by Amy Malkoff on 04/28/2010
I for one cannot wait for the Invisible Men: The Pre-Baroque Recorder Consort.
Amy Malkoff http://www.amymalkoff.com/harmony CASA (Contemporary A Cappella Society) Program Manager + Director of Web Content - http://www.casa.org Judge - ICCA, ICHSA, Harmony Sweepstakes, etc.
The only thing stopping us isPosted by Warren B. on 04/28/2010
The only thing stopping us is that bass recorders are expensive. Even the plastic ones at Sam Ash. Which is a shame, 'cuz I got some mad skillz.
Thanks for the nomination!Posted by Acquire A Cappella on 04/29/2010
On behalf of Acquire, I'd like to say thanks a ton for nominating us for Favorite YouTube Video! We had a blast recording the "I'm on a Boat" video last year, and even more fun making it our first MP3 single! If you like our video and you want a good-quality MP3 to remember it by, you can look us up on iTunes or Amazon. :)
/shameless plug
"I'm on a Boat" available on iTunes and Amazon now!


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The Kent student show strikes a balance between a structured and experimental approach, finds Felix Mara
The keynote of this year's show was transition. The venue was a single-story, soon to be demolished teaching block, used as a labyrinthine vehicle for the show's 'Peep Show' concept, informed by Brunelleschi's camera obsucra experiments, which provided teasing glimpses of a mix and match of projects through openings in a diaphragm wall. The show was designed, organised and built by the Exit:12 student committee.
The school is benefiting from growing numbers of highly-qualified applicants and investment in staff, facilities and research from the University of Kent and will, in November, be graced with Dan Holloway's Crit Space complete with digital presentation gizmos resembling giant iPads.
Like the school, the show strikes a balance between, on the one hand, a structured, academic, taught approach and, on the other, independence and experimentation, with a healthy mixture of hand drawing, computer graphics and model-making.
Some of the best work was produced by non-graduating years, revealing the depth of students' work and their consistent levels of attainment. Stage 5 MArch student Tzi Leung Man's Paleontological Centre on the Isle of Sheppey, a polemic on architectural ethics, form and representation, stood out. Stage 5 MArch student Louisa Clifford's Faversham Thames Barge Restoration Centre and Gravney Boat Museum was also impressive, especially for their exploration of nautical technology as an inspiration for detailed design concepts.
The show's linear circulation reinforced the sense that school and its students are busily making good progress along the route into the unknown that lies ahead.
Standout unit
Not a unit structure. Best projects were MArch Stage 5
Standout students
Tzi Leung Man and Louisa Clifford
In a word
Felix Mara, technical editor, the AJ
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I had first tried this in a quick setup on a old Akai AP-207 direct drive automatic table, that has to be tweaked to my likes yet. It was better than expected, but something was a bit off. It is a strange anatomy thing with my ears, as they clog up quite painfully, when there is some phase shift or deep resonance. But most people don't get that.
So I just mounted it in a Dual headshell and put it on my Dual 510 with upgraded mat, running through a Pro-Ject Phono-Box S2 into an SAE TWO R3C.
Nowhere near broken in, but new out of box, it now first played a record with Carmen McRae, and I thought "Not bad at all".
So put on Grace Jones "Slave To The Rythm".
That percussion was alive and cracking!
The intro to the last track "Miss Grace Jones" starts with a "ting" from a triangle. It is loud and clear!
There are some sounds you cannot even hear on some systems, mainly the slowly growing trombone bursts that come out of the background a few times, like some lurking animal about to pounce on you, and end in a "whup" sound effect as they cut off. The Shure M91 with SAS and Audio Technica OC9ML render them nicer and rounder. BUT they are also well broken in. The OC9ML is now on the ML/II version and sells for 419 dollars on this site. The SAS styli are now no longer 139 dollars, but instead somewhere around 300 a pop.
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I only hope it loses that strange effect on my ears after breaking in...
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