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Circle of Dance: Manikins Bring the Show Alive
By Cécile R. Ganteaume
On October 6, 2012, a new exhibition opens at the National Museum of the American Indian–New York, to be on view for five years. Through the presentation of ten social and ceremonial dances selected from throughout the Americas, Circle of Dance presents Native dance as a vibrant, diverse, and above all meaningful form of cultural expression. Each of the ten dances is represented through the display of a single manikin dressed in full regalia and posed in a distinctive dance position. The manikins can be seen in the display cases built into the walls of the Diker Pavilion for Native Arts and Culture, a 6,000-square-foot exhibition and performance space designed specifically for dance.
The website accompanying the exhibition features essays by ten writers, each of whom has a deep, often personal, appreciation of the social, cultural, and ritual significance of the dance he or she illuminates. As the essays make clear, all of the dances share fundamental underlying meanings in which people's close communion with their ancestors and with the natural and spiritual worlds figure prominently. Each of these dances embodies an awareness of a greater cosmic order, and often of the importance of reciprocal relationships in maintaining that order. In other words, life-sustaining concepts are embedded in these dances.
The dances featured range from a Yup´ik Quyana (Thank-You) Song Dance from western Alaska, in which male and female performers use feather or caribou-hair finger fans—said to represent the human spirit itself—to accentuate the fluid movements of their upper bodies and arms; to the Cubeo Óyne dance once performed in the Columbian and Brazilian Amazon by men wearing painted bark-cloth outfits representing animal spirit-beings who enter Cubeo villages to dance among and console grieving relatives; to the Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance), performed at festivals timed in accordance with the Andean Highland agricultural calendar and Catholic feast days, in which male dancers form teams with violinists and harpists to perform spectacular dances involving dynamic gymnastic movements requiring great dexterity and physical ability.
Correspondingly, dance outfits range from a Yup´ik parka made from several furs, including Arctic squirrel, land otter, wolf, and wolverine, and decorated with glass beads; to a knee-length Cubeo bark mask painted to represent forest spirits known as takahédekokü, seen only by Cubeo shamans; to a brightly colored Quechua Scissor Dancer's baggy trousers and fitted jacket richly decorated with metallic embroidery, gold and silver fringe, and colored sequins and beads.
Absolutely essential to the presentation of each dance in the exhibition is the creation of ten custom-made manikins upon which the culturally rich dance outfits are displayed. From the outset of the exhibition planning, designers Gerry Breen and Susanna Stieff, NMAI–NY deputy director for exhibitions Peter Brill, and I knew full well that the impact of the manikins would be key to the success of the exhibition. Early on much time went into researching commercially available manikins that might be used. The manikins had to meet two essential criteria: They had to be flexible, so that they could be posed at dynamic moments that would capture the essence of the Native dance movement vocabularies in each of the ten dances and reveal how varied the dance styles are. Second and equally important, the manikins had to be made in several sections so that the dance clothing could be placed upon them without causing any stress to the garments. In addition, we hoped the manikins' faces would achieve the look we were striving for.
NMAI mount-maker Shelly Uhlir was central to this thought process. A veteran and master mount-maker with over 20 years of museum experience, Shelly was the person with the greatest understanding of what would be required of manikins that were to be dressed in elaborate dance regalia—clothing, headdresses, and accessories—from the museum's collections. In the midst of our evaluations, a visit to the fashion-design exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute excited the designers even more to the idea of displaying a broad range of Native dance clothing so often deeply integral to ritual performances—and to the potential of manikins to help create stunning visual impact.
At first some of the commercial manikins we considered for Circle of Dance appeared to be strong possibilities, because they could be posed dynamically. Over a period of weeks, if not months, however, commercial possibility after possibility was dismissed, for a wide variety of reasons. This period came to an end when Shelly, having demonstrated much patience with the rest of us, announced that if we wanted manikins that could express a range of dance movement vocabularies, could be dressed in clothing from the museum's collections, and would have the faces we wanted, she would have to make them. Asked exactly how she would do this, she responded that she would figure it out, that she had some ideas and would start doing tests.
Prototypes began to appear. The designers were opposed to the manikins' having a hard fiberglass finish. Shelly suggested making the head and face from a wire frame covered with cloth. The head was modeled with wire mesh to suggest not just a profile, but also the jawline and cheekbones. The technique gave us the sense of definition we wanted without being too detailed, but more experimenting with different materials was needed. Shelly next showed the exhibition team a fabric dog made for a previous exhibition. It had been coated with a gesso-like product to allow for the smooth application paint. We were impressed with the figure's lifelike qualities. In addition to having a soft fabric finish, the designers knew that they wanted the Circle of Dance manikins to be painted a neutral grey in order not to distract from the clothing; they wanted the manikins to have a strong physical impact not to dominate the clothing, but simply to animate it. And the manikins needed to be able to take paint.
After consulting with some of her colleagues, Shelly proposed using a soft fabric that could molded around the manikin's core and painted. The pliable fabric—essentially a synthetic felt that, after steaming, can be molded to hold a shape—offers great possibilities in Shelly's hands. Shelly typically sculpts torsos and limbs for displaying clothing from polyethylene foam, but in earlier exhibitions the foam has always been fully covered. In Circle of Dance, we knew, parts of the dancers'/manikins' bodies would be visible. And so, each manikin in the exhibition is custom-made by Shelly by first sculpting the torsos, hips, and upper and lower limbs from foam; joining those parts; and then covering exposed areas with fabric that she molds into human form and paints.
Shelly decided that the manikins' hands and feet required special treatment to make them look lifelike. She achieved this by casting the hands of a few conservators and collections staff (who graciously volunteered for the job) and her own feet, and molding the pliable fabric with those lifelike casts. The hands of the manikins are especially important, not only because the gestures of the arms and hands are essential to expressing the upper-body movement of the dances, but because several of the manikins hold things: a Tlingit Raven rattle, a pair of Yup´ik finger fans, a Mandan eagle dance fan, a Lakota beaded dance staff, a scarf, and juniper sprigs. The manikins' hands have to look good and be functional. Again, Shelly has created a substructure that can securely hold a museum object, then covers the mount with fabric she has shaped over casts to create, for example, a hand lithely flourishing a caribou-hair fan.
Thanks to Shelly's resourcefulness and technical and creative expertise, Circle of Dance will feature ten unique figures that show male and female dancers, adults and children, performing distinct Native dances. Some figures are posed in spiraling dance movements with shoulders, chests, and hips turning one way and the other. Other manikins have quiet middle bodies and subtly undulating arms. Some crouch. Some step nimbly, while others step with high-speed energy. All seem to move—forward, laterally, or with leaps up into the air. And all have expressive head and hand gestures.
All, I should say, except one. Due to missionary efforts in the 1940s, the Cubeo Óyne dance from the Amazon we are featuring is no longer performed. Because of this, and because of the particular construction and relative fragility of the painted-bark dance outfit, Shelly suggested that we deliberately use not a fully articulated, animated manikin for this figure, but a basic support mount.
The Óyne dance mount is a haunting reminder that missionaries and government agents in countries throughout the Americas tried to suppress Native dancing, and actually outlawed it for years, in their efforts to impose assimilation. In striking contrast to this sad fact of history, however, the dynamic manikins Shelly has created for Circle of Dance to express an impressive range of dance styles and movement vocabularies truly help convey that unique forms of social, ceremonial, and ritual dancing maintain a vital place in contemporary Native life in many Native communities.
Cécile R. Ganteaume is also the curator of the exhibition Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, on display at NMAI–NY, and the editor of the book of the same title. She is a recipient of a 2011 Secretary of the Smithsonian's Excellence in Research Award for her work on Infinity of Nations. Photo by R.A.Whiteside, NMAI
Circle of Dance will be on view at NMAI–NY from October 6, 2012, through October 8, 2017.
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It's nice to know that they are showcasing the native American culture. This is very essential especially to the kids, so that they would know where did they come from and what cultures they have. This is very educational and hopes that all other museums would also have an exhibition like this.
This is a unique way of connecting to the culture. Using mannequins are one effective way of showcasing the dance cultures. Some museums are putting up a stage show for events like this, but showcasing it through mannequins I think is the best.
In flamenco find many influences from many different cultures. This is not surprising when we know that this land became the most diverse civilizations and cultures. In Granada you can find a school of flamenco song and flamenco dance where I had the opportunity to take a course. Obviously Andalusia remains the capital of flamenco and more frequently where you can enjoy this art in its purest manifestation.


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Early leader for least corny, still cool holiday video: a timelapse shot through snowglobes of cities in Canada and England.
OK, sure, the "snowglobes" are just glass gloves, but it's still impressive, since the photographer says that the video is assembled from nothing but still photographs taken with a macro lens and a homemade tilt-shift dolly. Somehow this is one of the more Christmasy things we've come across without actually being all that Christmasy. [Petapixel]

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GOFFSTOWN -- Over 70 American Legion members, family and friends witnessed a thought provoking contest at the New Hampshire Department's finals in the 2013 High School Oratorical Program held at The New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College on Saturday, February 16.
This location was quite appropriate since the subject of the Oratorical Contest dealt with the US Constitution.
This is a nationwide contest which started in 1935 and has continued since that time. Every state has competitions in their respective districts, with one state winner chosen to compete in the national finals in Indianapolis, April 19-21, 2013.
This year, there were five contestants vying for top prize and the chance to represent New Hampshire in April at the National level. The contest consisted of two parts: the first, a 10-minute prepared oration on any part of the Constitution; the second, one of four Amendments, one of which was chosen by lottery; the choice was Article II, section 1, paragraph 5. Prior to this time, none of the candidates knew which Amendment would be chosen. Each contestant had three to five minutes to speak extemporaneously on the subject matter.
Joseph Caouette, Past Department Commander, and current National Americanism Chairman, was the Master of Ceremonies along with Raymond Lapointe, Department Chaplain and State Chairman of the Oratorical Contest. Judges were: former Concord Mayor James McKay, Attorney Rebecca Rutter, from Derry; Robert Steele, Rochester City Manager; Thomas Snow, a Junior Communications Major at St. Anselm and Shawn Fitzgerald, Plaistow Town Manager. Each judge was presented a certificate of appreciation for their participation, with thanks, from the Department.
All of the contestants performed admirably and the judges had a tough job determining the winners. Capturing first place and a $1000 cash prize, Benjamin Drye, a home schooled senior from Plainfield who spoke on the influence of the ages on our Constitution; second place and a $750 cash prize, Maya Bloom, a senior at Hopkinton High School in Contoocook who spoke on our Constitution ever changing our social need; third place and a $500 cash prize, Alana Hodson, a sophomore at Nute High School in Milton who spoke on the 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms; fourth place and a $250 cash prize, Samantha Hutchins, a senior at Salem High School in Salem who spoke on our civic duty in accordance with the Preamble to the Constitution; and a $100 cash prize to Christopher Charles, a sophomore at Woodsville High School in Woodsville who spoke on the 13th Amendment.
A silver bowl, the Don Still trophy, in memory of Don Still who was a past Department Commander of New Hampshire, was presented to Benjamin Drye.
Following the awarding of prizes, Department Commander Ken Maynard, SAL Detachment Commander Rick Pond and Legion Auxiliary State President Claudia Vatcher offered their congratulations to all of the contestants on a job well done. It was very obvious to me that all the students had done due diligence to the subject resulting in an excellent product.
An interesting sidenote: on the way to St. Anselm from Plainfield, the winner mother, Margaret, Drye's car broke down on I-89 and a "Good Samaritan" came along and brought Ben and her to St. Anselm for the competition!


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Without a quad core Phenom to test it with, it's a little hard to draw any conclusions about Spider, but Gigabyte's board is good value for money nonetheless.
Great for overclocking
There aren't as many SATA ports as there are on competing Intel chipsets, but other than that it's blow for blow identical all the way.
While current benchmarks are the usual underwhelming ones of the older Athlon generation, what do stand out are the overclocking tools.
Just as promised, they open up all the various BIOS variables in a Windows environment, and there are only a few that require a reboot.
Even though the Phenom lacks out-of-the-box performance, it could be a hit with those who like to beef things up themselves. But we'd stick to Intel for now.


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What a day for UltraViolet articles. I understand that the group is planning a flurry of press releases based on some announcements that it is ready to launch, and the media is beginning to smell something isn't quite right. Being I'm still the skeptical Fool, I wanted to do a brief roundup of recent dubious UltraViolet coverage.
We all know what's going on in the declining entertainment business, and today's Financial Times does a nice job in telling it straight. In no uncertain terms, if Hollywood can't figure out digital and address the decline in home entertainment, Hollywood will stop making movies. With big film concepts being shelved because they're too expensive, we're beginning to see the slowdown in new releases. It terms of digital dreams like UltraViolet saving the day, the FT had this to say:
Yet for all of the enthusiasm, Ultraviolet increasingly looks like a last throw of the dice for an industry desperate to preserve its retail business model. It is clear why Hollywood wants to keep selling movies: the profit margin on a DVD sale is more than 65 per cent – close to double the margin on a rental. Selling an electronic format is even more profitable because there are no manufacturing costs and minimal distribution costs.
But consumer behaviour has changed radically in the five years since DVD sales reached their peak, making it difficult to predict demand for a cloud-based rights locker. After all, consumers hardly lack choice when it comes to streaming movies or online TV programming.
The FT correctly sniffs out that UltraViolet's positioning of selling $14 digital movies to consumers isn't quite right. With more and more options to rent and acquire content, UltraViolet runs the risk of being vDOA – Very Dull on Arrival.
The Hollywood Reporter talks about how retailers are bracing for a holiday season that doesn't look so bright. Retailers may afterall turn to digital to help ease their pain. Hollywood Reporter, however, points out a glaring pimple on the face of the industry's transition to digital: like it or not, there may be TWO major digital offerings this Holiday. Disney's All-Access with its Keychest digital locker competing with UltraViolet will supposedly be available soon (which is a bold statement to say that either will be ready). By the way, All-Access content won't work in the UltraViolet digital locker and vice versa.
Execs deny they want to start a format war, but let's get serious for a moment. There are two ecosystems that don't play the other's content. No format war? That doesn't quite smell right to me.
Keep your eyes, ears and nose peeled for more critical news of UltraViolet. You'll catch a whiff of something not right as well.


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Development and production of influenza vaccines, planning for their supplies and use as well as provision of other respective health care resources are essential components of a comprehensive seasonal and pandemic influenza response.
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been viewed somewhat as an oxymoron by researchers in academia and by civil society. CSR is more often seen as a PR campaign tool for corporations rather than a genuine commitment to improving life quality, protecting natural resources from depletion, or for the sake of sustainable and social development. So what do we need CSR for?
Looking at the activities of some large corporations around the world, one cannot help but wonder why we keep maintaining this debate on CSR in the face of stark evidence of corporate harmful behaviour, or why the business sector still clings to it, in spite of popular disbelief in CSR. As tempting as it may be, it's not the goal of this short article to attempt an answer to these questions, but rather to discuss the imbalanced power relations between major business organizations and society at large.
But first let's look at one example of a large corporation defying ethical norms through both conduct and object of their operational activity: US energy group Chevron's shale gas exploration back-door deal with the Romanian government in Pungesti, a small village in the east of Romania, which has led to massive solidarity protests in the capital city, Bucharest, as well as in major cities abroad, where the Romanian community has been actively involved in spreading the word on the dangers of fracking [1].
Protesters in Europe opposing shale gas exploration through fracking argue that the process can endanger the environment through air and water pollution and methane emissions, among others, and some countries in Europe have banned it altogether (e.g. France and Bulgaria). The mass movement against fracking has been adopted in Romania by the national Save Rosia Montana campaign, fighting against the largest cyanide based mining project in Europe, a campaign that now symbolizes citizens' resistance against corruption and irreversible destruction of precious natural resources, and along with it, of people's livelihoods. Pungesti village has been protesting for weeks against Chevron's project, and people even camped there to stop the corporation's trucks from installing their fracking equipment.
For a while, Chevron seemed to back down and even declared it would suspend its operations in Pungesti in the face of thousands of protesters around the country. The news that ignited wide public consternation among Romanians worldwide came last Monday, when the Romanian government led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta authorized a violent intervention at 4am in Pungesti in order to disperse protesters and to allow Chevron's trucks to go through according to the plan, while at the same time cancelling the media's access to the site. It is said that locals turned overnight activists have been beaten by the Romanian police troops and forced to leave their protest camps, while Chevron built a new access road and erected a metal fence around its drilling site soon afterwards.
Approached by the UK newspaper The Guardian in connection to these events, Chevron replied: "The company is committed to building constructive and positive relationships with the communities where we operate and we will continue our dialogue with the public, local communities and authorities on our projects."
In search of a practical glimpse at their commitment to dialogue and social well-being I came across their corporate website, which communicates a CSR investment worldwide worth about USD 1.2 billion.
So coming back to my previous argument on CSR, I could pose the question how this really works, and more importantly, for whom. As for "how", I personally believe it doesn't really work, at least not in a way to please everyone, because there are too many trade-offs in the process and one corporation cannot, indeed, save the world on its own; we all need to join forces and change has to lead by example, from all actors in society. But I also think corporations should not add more to the environment's destruction either.
As for "whom", as long as their balance sheets are on the positive and profits are rising, however cynical the argument may be, I see only corporations winning. Of course the government officials will win something in return of their approval to this deal, and probably the locals will receive some crumbs too, but in the long run we seem to lose so much more. Economic development cannot justify poisoning water supplies and endangering the health of those communities. Or does it?
Looking at Chevron's press declarations, and reading about their corporate responsibility endeavours, and facts, I am puzzled. What are CSR and business sustainability really about? Authors Peter Flemming and Marc Jones have recently made the case that CSR has failed the global community and what got achieved instead were large corporations setting a dominion in world's affairs. Their argument rises from a thorough analysis of the economic politics leading to the creation of the CSR concept in business management, and the thesis they pose is that CSR reconciliation with the purpose of the firm, making a profit, is more a myth than a proven reality.
Another aspect that is interesting regarding the corporation's "environmentally unfriendly hegemony" is its status in relation to the national state as source of regulation, which is reflected in the lack of hard regulation. Existent laws and rules regarding social and environmental sustainability are more of a soft nature, based on volunteering on the part of the corporations. As argued in my master thesis, issuing regulation on sustainability is dependent, however, on multi-stakeholder decision-making, since the command-and-control era is no longer valid procedure in today's society, and societal actors are demanding a role in the law-making process. Therefore, influencing corporate behaviour is largely dependent on social response (e.g. civil society, consumers etc), which gives corporations their license to operate. The social response is crucial because it reflects the social interpretation of the matter, and law creation resembles an organic process, it grows and develops along the societal beliefs and its ethical principles.
Going back to the Romanian example, the social response has manifested itself in the form of mass protests against various projects endangering the environment and human welfare. As mentioned in my article Roșia Montană, More Precious Than Gold, success in halting big corporate projects may not be the main benefit in the long-run, but rather the ongoing debate on true well-being and maybe a change of mindset in the future, being more assertive about one's rights: right to free speech and expression and the right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
It is not the purpose of this piece to shout against businesses with a sustainability agenda; as the latest Worldwatch Europe report on Business Innovation in a Living Economy has shown, companies of all sizes cannot heal the world's problems on their own, and systemic change is crucial in moving things forward. But a change in attitude may help a great deal, and those managers who understand and apply a different mindset to doing business are leading the change process in their organization based on their own example, proving that changing things for the better is a matter of will and perseverance.


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Update: Many issues mentioned in linked articles are no longer true. This post was originally written way back in 2006.
Nathan Willis has some good information on this topic.
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So you just bought and assembled a brand-new AMD64 workstation. The only decision that remains is whether to install a 64-bit Linux distribution, or stick with comfortable, tried-and-true IA-32. If you are seeking an easy answer to that question, I can't help you. Running 64-bit Linux has its pros and cons. Unfortunately, a lot of the cons are out of your hands — but they're not really Linux's fault, either.
For starters, you should know that there are essentially no proprietary applications for a 64-bit Linux desktop. Google, Adobe, iD, Skype, and the rest of the independent software vendors (ISV) who release Linux binaries of their apps by and large do so solely for 32-bit Intel architecture only.
Read more at Linux.com…


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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — State prosecutors on Wednesday appealed as "illegal" a 30-day sentence handed down by a Montana judge to a former teacher for raping a student who later killed herself.
The announcement came after District Judge G. Todd Baugh received widespread condemnation for the sentence and his comments that the victim was "older than her chronological age."
Defendant Stacey Rambold, 54, last week received 15 years in prison with all but a month suspended for his months-long sexual relationship with Billings Senior High School student Cherice Moralez.
Attorneys for the state and Yellowstone County say a minimum of two years in prison for Rambold is mandated under state law.
"We believe that the sentence Judge Baugh imposed on Stacey Rambold is illegal," Attorney General Tim Fox said in a statement. "Using the means provided by state law, we are appealing his sentence and working diligently to ensure that justice is served."
Baugh has since sought to undo his actions from the Aug. 26 hearing. He said two days later that his comments about Moralez were inappropriate. And earlier this week Baugh scheduled a resentencing hearing for Friday, saying he agreed with the state's determination that his sentence conflicted with Montana law.
But Chief Deputy Yellowstone County Attorney Rod Souza on Wednesday filed notice that it wants the resentencing canceled. Though "well-intentioned," Souza wrote, the judge lacks the authority to take back his original sentence.
Moralez's mother, Auliea Hanlon, said through her attorney that she welcomed the attorney general's involvement in the case.
"Mrs. Hanlon was horribly disappointed with the 30-day sentence and was, frankly, quite shocked," said the attorney, Shane Colton. "She's pleased that the county attorney's office and attorney general's office understands that the most significant date to be considered in this sentencing is Cherice's birthday. She was 14."
Rambold last week began serving his monthlong term at the state prison in Deer Lodge.
It wasn't immediately clear if prosecutors would seek to keep him in custody pending the appeal, which attorneys said could take between six and 18 months to work its way through the state Supreme Court.
Rambold's attorney, Jay Lansing, did not respond to calls for comment.
The judge's actions in the wake of the original sentencing have done little to sway his critics, including hundreds of protesters who rallied outside the Yellowstone County Courthouse last week to call for his resignation.
"I wish the judge had been thoughtful enough to get it right the first time," said Eran Thompson with Not in Our Town, a Billings group that promotes diversity and works against hate crimes.
Whether Baugh's comments about Moralez will become an issue during the appeal is not yet known.
"It would not be appropriate for us to preliminarily decide what we would or wouldn't do with that aspect of the case," Deputy Attorney General Mark Mattioli said. "At a minimum, the statement of facts in the brief would honestly convey what transpired in the case."
Baugh, 71, was first elected to the bench in 1984 and has been re-elected every six years since without an opponent. He's up for re-election in 2014.
Baugh said in response to the criticism that followed his remarks that Rambold's sentence was based on the defendant's violation of an earlier deal he made with prosecutors, rather than the original crime. Baugh also said his remarks about Moralez were "irrelevant" and did not factor into his sentence.
Moralez's 2010 suicide left prosecutors without their main witness and led them to strike a deal with Rambold that allowed him to avoid prison until he violated the terms of his court-ordered release.
Those violations included unsupervised visits with the children of family members and a sexual relationship with an adult woman that he didn't report to a counselor. They landed Rambold back in court, where he was convicted this summer on one count of sexual intercourse without consent.
Prosecutors, who sought 20 years in prison with 10 years suspended for Rambold, have described his actions with Moralez as the "ultimate violation" of her trust in him as a teacher.
Court documents show Rambold and Moralez had three sexual encounters — once at school, once in his car and once at his home. The relationship was still going on when authorities were notified in 2008 after Moralez confided in her youth counselor, the court documents state.
"Law enforcement intervention ended the relationship, not the defendant," prosecutors said in an Aug. 23 sentencing memorandum.


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"Sir, you are lying and a liar." With these words, uttered before an audience of around 150 people, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa dispelled any doubt as to whether he might cool his explosive rhetoric in the face of criticism. His harsh words came in response to a critical question posed by CPJ's senior coordinator for the Americas, Carlos Lauría, after a speech on Friday hosted by the World Leaders Forum at Columbia University in New York.
That a president who routinely sues and attacks journalists in television addresses would be invited to give a talk titled "Vulnerable Societies: Media and Democracy in Latin America" at a prestigious university engendered "some amount of controversy," in the words of Columbia President Lee Bollinger in his introductory speech. The event's timing was particularly provocative as on Tuesday, an Ecuadoran appeals court upheld a criminal libel conviction against the Guayaquil-based newspaper El Universo, in which the opinion editor and three executives were sentenced to three years in prison and millions of dollars in fines. The case, which was brought by the president, stemmed from a biting opinion column published by the newspaper in February.
Neither Bollinger nor Correa shied away from this controversy in their speeches, a debate Correa categorized as a "hot topic." While Bollinger did not directly criticize the president, he did liken the circumstances of the lawsuit to the United States' historical use of seditious libel laws against the press and concluded: "The impulse to forbid government criticism has always been later understood to be an avid abdication of our society's pledge to live by reason, to confront dissent with courage, and to be temperate in dealing with misbehavior."
Correa was not so diplomatic in his address. In a near hour-long speech given in English, the president was in turn pugnacious, scholarly, and withering in critiquing the private press that he alleged "lies" and has a "lack of love for the truth."
Liars, it appears, are plentiful in Correa's vision of the world, as are "ink assassins" and "vultures"--other terms the president has used to describe journalists. At the event's conclusion, it was clear that the president has a love of political theater and bombast that rivals those of leaders he emulates in the Latin American Left.
The alleged "lie" by CPJ's Lauría was a reference to a recent CPJ report, in which the organization found that Correa brooks no dissent from the news media and has turned Ecuador into one of the hemisphere's most restrictive nations for the press. In defense of his media policies, Correa in his speech employed creative logic. In his rationale for criminal defamation penalties, Correa pondered with what seemed to be sincere wonder why in the United States "stealing a cell phone, a car, or robbing a house is penalized with prison, when stealing someone's honor or reputation, something that is even more serious, is not penalized with jail." Expanding on this argument, he gave perhaps the best one-liner of the day: "United States is a very interesting country. ... You can insult the president and nothing happens, but if you mistreat your dog, you go to jail."
In a theme throughout the address, Correa sought to frame the debate as at best a clash of cultures and at worst a product of "egocentric" tendencies or "neocolonialism," asserting that "in most Latin American countries, slander is indeed penalized with prison."
But in fact, CPJ has documented an emerging consensus in the region that civil remedies provide adequate redress in cases of alleged defamation, with Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico all recent examples. In another unexpected justification, the president cited a provision in the American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica" that "No one may be the object of arbitrary or abusive interference with his private life, his family, his home, or his correspondence, or of unlawful attacks on his honor or reputation" as evidence that government officials are entitled to defend their honor. What the president ignored, however, was the growing body of international legal opinion, including that of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, that public officials should not enjoy protection from scrutiny.
Correa added that if only people who did not intend to zealously protect their honor ran for office then "only the worst people, those who have nothing to lose, would seek office."
The president's main argument seemed to be based on his belief that by reporting critically on government affairs the media was inserting itself as a "political actor," and was trying to "replace the rule of law with the rule of opinion." He presented these views in the accurate historical context of the Latin American media being traditionally owned by a group of elite families who in the past may have supported military coups. But Correa's outrage that the press would comment negatively on judicial decisions and his questioning of the very notion of a "fourth estate" revealed a deeper disdain for the media that goes beyond questions of history.


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Academic writing software needs
Posted 04 June 2012 - 09:52 AM
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Sometimes I'm so helpful even I can't stand it.
Posted 04 June 2012 - 10:57 AM
What is the conversion process from Pages iOS to Nisus using the Perl Macro?
I'm vey interested in the steps involved as I'm in the middle of writing a paper for seminary and would love to maximize my time away from the desk.
Currently I'm using NWP 1.4 but am considering an upgrade to 2.2. Think it's woth it?
Thanks in advance,
Edited by Mark Nigro , 04 June 2012 - 10:58 AM.
Mark Nigro
Dean of Students and Director of Operations
Calvary Chapel Bible College
2016 MacBook Pro / 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 / 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
OSX Sierra 10.2
iPhone 6S
Posted 04 June 2012 - 11:06 AM
Switiching languages (and automatically changing key layouts) is very convenient for me in Mellel--I can do it in one keystroke. I am wondering what does NWP do that Mellel does not?
Posted 04 June 2012 - 11:45 AM
Edited by -------------, 17 May 2015 - 01:05 PM.
Posted 04 June 2012 - 11:55 PM
Switiching languages (and automatically changing key layouts) is very convenient for me in Mellel--I can do it in one keystroke. I am wondering what does NWP do that Mellel does not?
That is a good question and one which others in this thread are likely better qualified to answer. I've just never made it far enough in my use of Mellel to become a power user and really compare its features with NWP.
However, as I had mentioned earlier, I do like Mellel from the minimal experience I have had with it. I like it's nimble feel and snappy response, not to mention the exotic element of it being developed in Israel! But I have always found myself confused in the how and where of things. No doubt this is my shortcoming in being uninformed. Perhaps one day I will sit down, read the users manual and really learn it well. That apparent layer of complexity may not be so thick after all.
NWP, on the other hand, lays out its feature set in the palettes and menus in such a way as to make it feel more intuitive or familiar. Its find-and-replace engine is pretty amazing and surprisingly easy to use. The other day after creating a fairly large document of mixed English and Hebrew text, I realized that the font size for the Hebrew was just a bit too small. I was able to quickly (and very easily) find every occurrence of Hebrew text and increase its size to where I wanted it, with two mouse clicks. I could probably do that in Mellel, but wouldn't know how without searching for it in the manual. Also, currently there are some nifty features in NWP that haven't been implemented in Mellel yet, such as the ePub and PDF-with-active-links export. Nisus also has a significant history on the Mac platform, has pioneered some important word-processing features that today are commonly used, and have a pretty clear vision for where they want to go. I've noticed that these things combined give its users a certain confidence...or comfortability.
Edited by Mark Nigro , 05 June 2012 - 12:16 AM.
Mark Nigro
Dean of Students and Director of Operations
Calvary Chapel Bible College
2016 MacBook Pro / 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 / 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
OSX Sierra 10.2
iPhone 6S
Posted 05 June 2012 - 12:12 AM
The process isn't trivial, and requires knowledge of programming in general and NWP adaptation of Perl specifically. Here is the overall process:
1. To write is to think! My first draft is very much like a list of Pensées. I read, read, and jot a lot of notes.
2. To write is to think! I think a great deal about what I read. Because of my academic discipline of linguistics, I like to think through various arguments with particular attention to cross-disciplinary implications (e.g., how does premise A in theoretical linguistics affect, relate, or otherwise illustrate premise Z of Hebrew Linguistics [and how it relates to Premise A.Z of Comparative Semitics]). In other words, I begin to think through the nature of inference and coherency (attempting to seek after a clarified, succinctly stated thesis).
3. To write is to think! The next step I attempt to write out my thoughts in a formal argument. This is where iOS pages (used to be implemented). I would just write, not paying attention to a final format (the editing process is very important to me). I did this iOS Pages for I could sync it with my Mac (thus always having my paper with me). N.B.: Nothing like redeeming 15 minutes while sitting in the doctors office!
**I now have replaced iOS pages with Textastic. Textastic syncs with Dropbox, and supports XML. More importantly, it made use of the Textexpander APIs, thereby allowing me to implement XML more effortlessly.
4. Write a Macro to convert the XML to NWP (this is where knowledge of NWP Macro language is necessary).
5. I can edit in either Textastic or NWP at this stage. Formatting issues, I will typically take of in NWP.
Like I said, it's not trivial. But, if you have some knowledge of (or the aptitude for) writing code, then you can easily and very effectively take advantage of automating some rather mundane tasks.
Thanks so much for the VERY informative response. I liked seeing your personal approach to academic writing...you are indeed a thorough bloke.
I am assuming that if you go to such lengths to convert your text created on the iPad, and you do the formatting in NWP, there is some content that cannot be simply copied and pasted or sent over to the Mac in the body of an email? What exactly requires you to take this conversion process? For mere text created on my iPad, the email approach has been my inroad.
In all honesty, I'll probably not learn the code to create a macro. At least not anytime before 2013, as I've just got too much already that I need to read and write.
Next, I want to look into bibliographic software with the hope that it really will save me time...I've been copying/pasting my bibliographic references and avoiding the learning curve for something like Bookends or Sente. Any suggestions for helpful tutorials that cover the ins and outs? And in particular, that will help to understand HOW they work rather than just how to accomplish certain tasks that are assumed to be common knowledge? I am completely green in this area and the one video I saw from Bookends did not help explain what is happening in the referencing process....
Edited by Mark Nigro , 05 June 2012 - 12:24 AM.
Mark Nigro
Dean of Students and Director of Operations
Calvary Chapel Bible College
2016 MacBook Pro / 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 / 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
OSX Sierra 10.2
iPhone 6S
Posted 05 June 2012 - 02:08 AM
Edited by Ken Simpson, 05 June 2012 - 02:10 AM.
Lead Australian Accordance Demonstrator
Administrator, Accordance Exchange
Assistant Minister, Summer Hill Church
Posted 05 June 2012 - 09:42 AM
Edited by -------------, 17 May 2015 - 01:06 PM.
Posted 05 June 2012 - 11:13 PM
The Macintosh Biblioblog
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 11:50 AM
I'm successfully using NWP with my assignments. For the syllabus's and course notes I have general success with conversion from a Word .doc over to NWP. However, I have found LibreOffice to give the most accurate conversion of .doc files. I circumvented that by asking the professor to post PDF's along with the .doc files so that I could catch and inconsistencies. This works fine.
I am testing out nvAlt for taking general notes while listening to lectures. I don't own an ipad but I do occasionally use my iphone to browse the notes. I have nvAlt set to save my files as plaintext in my Dropbox. I've tinkered with markdown, but I haven't committed to it yet. I'm looking for text preservation as well, and like the idea of a general format such as .rtf. NWP has impressed me in this regard because it gives the ability to chose a default file format.
My background is in graphic design and the arts, so I'm adjusting to a different process in an unfamiliar area: academic writing. NWP has been a pleasant bridge because it's given me the ability to minimize the UI clutter. Now, NWP reminds me of the simplistic UI, and deceptive textual power of BBEdit.
Posted 06 June 2012 - 02:25 PM
So, all-in-all, it's a little frustrating for the moment. Perhaps I'll get to solve the Roman numeral problem, but the lack of even a basic drawing tool is a little trying.
Posted 06 June 2012 - 03:13 PM
Mark Nigro
Dean of Students and Director of Operations
Calvary Chapel Bible College
2016 MacBook Pro / 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 / 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
OSX Sierra 10.2
iPhone 6S
Posted 07 June 2012 - 02:09 AM
Just as a note to this, if you set the verse references to be original language, rather than English, this issue should be circumvented.
lso, copying Hebrew text from Accordance into a document anywhere close to a Roman numeral (as in a scriptural reference) seems to result in splitting the numeral from its context to the wrong side of the Hebrew text no matter what I do.
Lead Australian Accordance Demonstrator
Administrator, Accordance Exchange
Assistant Minister, Summer Hill Church
Posted 27 June 2012 - 03:08 PM
Hope this is helpful.
Posted 27 June 2012 - 09:55 PM
Posted 28 June 2012 - 05:23 PM
http://www.linguists...e.com/lhebu.htm (Laser Hebrew font and keyboard layout)
http://www.redlers.com/download. html#Anchor-Keyboard-11481 (Mellel keyboard layouts)
Summer Institute of Linguistics
Ukarumpa, Eastern Highlands Province
Papua New Guinea
Mussau-Emira language, Mussau Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Posted 28 October 2013 - 09:44 AM
Does Mellel have a setting to turn on auto-capitalization?
Posted 29 October 2013 - 11:40 AM
I use Nisus Writer Pro as well and highly recommend it, especially if, as James has already said, you will be working with Hebrew or any other semitic languages. I have tried Mellel on a few different occasions and it has always felt a bit idiosyncratic to me.
As for bibliographic software, I use Zotero and also highly recommend it. The biggest advantage it has over Bookends or Sente is that it's free. It also imports bibliographic information and files from internet databases and websites (like EBSCOhost/ATLA) quite painlessly and accurately. In my brief encounters with the other two, I found that they don't do anything significantly different or better than Zotero, so I have never felt the need to spend the extra money on either of them.
Yes Zotero is the best.
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The first car. It is something every gearhead looks forward to. It is also something that everyone has an opinion on for which makes the perfect one. Some believe that buying the cheapest thing that still moves is best because the teen will destroy it anyway. Others choose brand new since they are safer and more reliable. I wanted a former but ended up with a latter: a 2013 Honda Civic LX sedan with an auto.
This wasn't my choice. I wanted this 1991 Volvo 240 down the street with 150,000+ miles on it (I think the odometer was broken) for only $1500. My grandma, the one who I'd be sharing my car with, told me it was too slow. So, she ended up deciding that leasing was our best bet. I would pay half of the lease, insurance, and anything else it needed.
(Full disclaimer: Honda wanted me to get a 2013 Civic so badly, they first built a new Honda dealership about 5 miles from my house. They then gave me a deal I couldn't refuse. After all taxes, registration, and dealer fees, she would be mine for $199 a month for 36 months. To make sure I'd get it, the dealer made sure to have the exact model I wanted: an LX in Polished Metal Metallic with the light interior.)
All in all it is a very good car. She does everything I want and more. You could stop here with the review. I won't. Here is the full thing.
Exterior: 7/10
The 2012 Civic was a bust. Reviewers were not impressed. Honda decided to drastically update it, giving us the 2013. The exterior is much more aggressive. The front bumper is sporty and has cool flairs. The 15" wheels; although quite small, have an interesting design; one that I personally am not a huge fan of. The best part however is the rear. The new taillights make the car look much more classy and expensive. They fill up the back but are not too busy.
All in all, the exterior is one of the more classy looking ones in its class (I'm looking at you Elantra and Corolla with your curvy and ugly bodies). The paint color looks really nice and shines in the sun.
Interior: 6/10
The interior is a mix of both good and bad qualities. It is huge inside. The backseat seems to have just as much if not more rear legroom than in my dad's 2012 Volvo S60. The finish is really nice. There is not a lot of cheap hard plastic anymore. The passenger side of the dashboard is covered in this nice pleather substance. It is also nice and bright. Everything fits together nicely without any major gaps.
Everything is within easy reach, all of the controls turned towards the driver. In the driver's seat, you get a feeling of being a pilot in a cockpit; everything wraps around you nicely.
However, there are still a few flaws. On the left side of the steering wheel for instance, there is a big green button. This enables the ECON mode. There is no need for such a big button. It could've just as easily been buried under some settings in the screen.
Also, the dashboard, although bright and full of information, is a bit busy. There are these green and blue LED lights that judge your driving. There is an instant fuel gauge which is never standing still. The digital speedometer is in the middle of these. It is a nice touch because you don't ever need to guess your exact speed. However, I can see it being an issue during a driving license test since they can always monitor your speed exactly (not that I speed or anything.) Below this, where most cars have all their gauges, is a giant tachometer. To me, it is pointless because I have an automatic. It is way bigger than it should be. I never have to watch my RPMs so it is really useless.
The seats are also kind of narrow and lack a lot of support. I couldn't see spending multiple hours in these seats without stopping. The passenger seat also has no height adjustment, so it seems too high up there.
The big windows do allow for a lot of visibility though, which is always helpful. And the windows in front of the mirrors are also helpful, despite what some say. I end up using them a lot, and it sucks when you start driving a car without them.
Acceleration: 5/10
Let's be honest here. It is a Honda Civic. This thing is a sub $20,000 small car. The inline-4 makes 140 horsepower. It isn't a rocket ship off the line. It is also a VTEC. So, you must wait until around 4,000 RPM before power is made. However, once it does, it does move. It's like driving a car with horrible turbo lag. What this means is that you will not win any races against a Yaris off the line. Or an Aveo. Or anything really. But, it does get up to speed and hold it. So, it deserves some points there.
Braking: 5/10
Being an LX, the brakes are not perfect. It still has drum brakes in the rear, and they are not the best. The pedal is soft. The brakes take a bit of time to stop the car when nicely, smoothly braking. If you need to do an emergency stop though, they do work well when you slam on them.
Ride: 7/10
For a small, cheap car, the ride is actually really nice. The sound deadening is very nice and not a lot of noise enters the cabin. You do not feel a lot of bumps either. The suspension absorbs bumps a lot more than one would expect. I've driven a Ford Focus, Toyota Yaris, and Nissan Sentra. Honestly, this has the best ride out of all of them.
Handling: 6/10
This care is fun to drive. Sure, it is FWD. Sure it is underpowered. But the handling is really nice. It is tight and there is not a lot of play in the wheel. You can quickly turn the wheel and it responds instantly. The wheel has a nice feel too; although it is a little small.
Gearbox: 5/10
It's an automatic. 5 speed to be exact. To many of you, it should have a zero here. But it isn't an awful gearbox. The gear changes are really smooth and it shifts at a really good time. It never has moments where it is seeking a gear and always seems to be in the perfect gear; not too low or high.
Audio: 4/10
This is a four cylinder. It moans a bit when you step on it. It isn't a great noise; but it isn't awful either. You kind of get hooked on hearing it; I know I am. However, being underpowered, going uphill requires you to push the gas a bit harder. This makes the engine have too high of an RPM and it moans loudly. This sound is just sad. It proves how weak it is.
Again, it's an LX. The audio is very weak. It only has four speakers. The sound is clear; but not very loud or powerful. The bass is quite low too. But, it does have a system. And it is better than the base Insight's one speaker system.
Toys: 8/10
For $18,965, you get a lot of goodies. This includes Bluetooth, Pandora, the ability to read text messages, an automatic transmission, and a backup camera. It also has power windows, cruise control, TPMS system, a color LCD screen, power mirrors, ABS, traction control, daytime running lights, a ton of airbags, and more things that I am forgetting here. It really is a good value and is much more loaded than many similar cars.
For the lease of $199 per month you really cannot beat it. It has a warranty for the life of my lease, gap insurance, $1000 wear and tear, and more goodies too. It is a great value for a first car.
Value: 9/10
The vase price for a Civic LX coupe with a manual is $17,965. My LX sedan with an automatic is $19,190. A fully loaded EX-L sedan with navigation will run you $24,240. For everything that is included (as stated above) as well as Honda reliability, it is a great value. The newer Civics are becoming more classy; less econo-box and more small family sedan. Whereas competitors are going with crazy hip ads (Toyota Corolla) or strange designs full of creases (Hyundai Elantra) the Civic remains a simple classy way to get around with a dash of fun thrown in. It does have even more competition though from the likes of the Mazda 3, Subaru Impreza, Ford Focus, Nissan Versa, Chevy Cruze, Dodge Dart, Kia Forte and VW Jetta, all of which have their own advantages and disadvantages. I do believe though that for the lease I have, the reliability of Honda, and other key factors, the Civic is easily in the top of its class.
If however, you have a choice, spring for a coupe with a manual. Heck, even a coupe with an automatic is better. I wasn't allowed to have either.
Total Score: 62/100
2013 Honda Civic LX Sedan 5AT
Engine: 1.8 liter inline 4 SOHC
Power: 140 HP @6500 RPM/ 128 LB-FT @ 4,300 RPM
Transmission: 5 speed automatic
0-60: 9.7 seconds
Top Speed: Not Specified
Drivetrain: FWD
Curb Weight: 2815 lbs
Seating: 5
MPG: (MT) 28/36 / (AT) 28/39 mpg
MSRP: $19,790 (as tested (dealer pin striping, trunk cargo liner, full tank of gas, etc)
(Top photo is myself with my car; others from Google images)


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Summer is here! My daughter has been out of school for over a week now. There has been her 6th birthday celebration, playing in the water sprinkler, chalk drawing on the sidewalk, blowing of bubbles, cooking out and eating on our outside deck, our first trip to the neighborhood pool, and even a trip to the local zoo.
Thrown into the week and a half of summer play time has been the dress rehearsal and recital for my daughter's dance studio. Grace was great! (Of course I think so – she is my daughter!) She was so excited when her daddy presented her with a bouquet of colored daisies after the performance. You would have thought she was given two dozen long stem red roses by her reaction. It did not matter what type of flowers they were or how big the bouquet. All that mattered was her daddy gave them to her and she knew he was proud of her. It was a precious moment.
I am excited about the time I will be spending with Grace through the summer. She and I are taking a road trip back home to Texas over the next week. It will be great to spend time with family. We also plan to go to Six Flags this summer. It will be Grace's first time to the fun theme park. Let's see, there will also be more trips to the pool, the Saint Louis Zoo, and a trip to the Saint Louis Arch when company comes to visit. Oh, and more chalk drawing and bubbles – of course. We are even planning a family get away to Chicago.
I will definitely spend some time pulling weeds in my flower bed. I LOVE all my colorful flowers!
Yes, summer is here and we are so happy!!!!
With all the business of summer, I have decided to take a break from my weekly recipe carnival Tempt My Tummy Tuesday. I am grateful for all the bloggers who link up weekly. But, for now, I will spend my time with my family and less time on my blog. I hope you understand.
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday will be taking a summer vacation.


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Lynn Pistone
Class of 2005
Major/Minor: Drama
A Drama Alumni, Lynn fulfilled her senior thesis obligation at WC by acting in deparment productions of William Gibson's The Miracle Worker (2004 - Annie Sullivan) and William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will (2004 - Feste). At WC, she also enjoyed appearing in The Laramie Project (2002). Lynn is currently pursuing a career in teaching by continuing her education at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. She is also now heading up the Monroe Township Youth Theatre.Thoughts on the WC Drama Experience: "WC prepared me to be a teacher. I knew I wanted to act, but teaching is the way I went. You have to act to be a teacher!"
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Indie fans urged to shop to help Sony-signed labels
Small labels hit hard by Enfield arson
A call has gone out to fans to help revive the UK's indie music scene, devastated by the London riots. Many of Britain's smallest and most inventive labels suffered disproportionately in the Sony warehouse arson on Monday night.
Typically started by music fanatics and musicians themselves, indie labels don't have the global resources of majors, and like any small business cash flow can be problematic. Almost 200 labels have been affected - Muso's Guide blog has a list here and benefit gigs are being arranged via social networking sites.
"SonyDADC have identified a temporary distribution partner and it is envisaged that they will be in a position to pick, pack and ship orders in the course of next week," said PIAS, the largest indie distributor in Europe, which was badly affected.
Meanwhile the indies' trade association AIM has urged fans to download digitally.
"This is a disaster for the music community, but with the fans' help, labels and artists will survive," said Alison Wenham, chairman of AIM. "Music fans can show their support for the independent label community and help them survive this disaster by buying a digital download of an album from any one of the digital retailers in the UK, as well as going to their local record store while stocks last. This way the labels will be able to remanufacture their CDs and vinyl more quickly, to resupply the record shops who are also affected by the riots."
Independent film distributors were also badly affected.
Although independent labels led the way with digital releases - they never thought DRM was a good idea - significant revenues still come from sales of plastic things. Beggars Group chairman Martin Mills told us last year that 70 per cent of sales of his roster's albums (the Group includes Matador, XL, Rough Trade and 4AD) still comes from CDs. Mills described the arson as "horrible, horrible".
Beggars and PIAS have also worked hard in Brussels to block industry mega-mergers, founding Impala, the trade association, in 2000. ®
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King Abdullah Of Jordan
The 41st-generation direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), His Majesty King Abdullah II assumed his constitutional powers as monarch on 7 February 1999.
Following the leadership legacy of his father, the late King Hussein, King Abdullah has made the welfare of Jordan's people the cornerstone of his policies for national development, regional peace and global coexistence. The King's special concern for the future of Jordan's young people has put youth engagement, education and opportunity at the top of his agenda. At home, he has paired economic reforms with political liberalisation and an innovative program of national development. He has overseen sweeping educational reforms, which today are energising Jordan's private sector and preparing Jordan's youth for global competitiveness and leadership
To provide real solutions to Jordan's pressing economic needs, King Abdullah ushered in a new era of structural reform and modernisation, integration with the world economy and globalisation. The King has worked to bring together the public and private sectors – both domestic and global – through large-scale joint initiatives aimed at meeting the urgent challenges of job creation, opportunity for Jordan's young population and poverty alleviation. King Abdullah personally championed Jordan's accession to the World Trade Organisation, presided over Jordan's becoming the first Arab country to sign a free trade agreement with the United States and has forged new bilateral and multilateral economic alliances with countries from Asia to Latin America.
In diplomatic affairs, King Abdullah has been the voice of Jordan's progressive policies to expand global justice and cooperation. Taking up the historical role of the Hashemite Family, he has championed the rights, achievements and values of Muslims worldwide. In 2004, he worked with leading Islamic scholars to release the Amman Message, reaching a global audience with Islam's guiding principles of peace, tolerance and dialogue among faiths.
In the footsteps of the late King Hussein, King Abdullah renewed a firm commitment to peace in the region on the basis of the two-state solution and the establishment of a viable, independent and geographically contiguous Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace alongside Israel, in accordance with UN resolutions and the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.
King Abdullah is the eldest son of His Majesty King Hussein Bin Talal (1935-1999) and Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al Hussein. Born in Amman on 30 January 1962, he is the namesake of King Abdullah I, his great-grandfather, the founder of modern Jordan.
King Abdullah began his education at the Islamic Educational College in Amman. He later attended St. Edmund's School in Surrey, England, and concluded his high school education at Deerfield Academy in the United States. Later, he pursued advanced studies at Pembroke College, Oxford, and Georgetown University.
The young prince was a man of action on the athletic field and the training ground. In 1980, he enrolled in the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst (UK) and was commissioned as second lieutenant in 1981. He served in the British Army in the 13/18th Royal Hussars Regiment, with duties as a reconnaissance troop leader in the United Kingdom and Germany.
In 1985, then-Prince Abdullah returned to Jordan to serve in the armed forces (Armoured Corps, 3rd Division). Rising through the ranks to lieutenant-colonel, he attended advanced military courses in both Jordan and the UK. Among other duties, he served on attachment to the Special Forces and qualified as a Cobra attack helicopter pilot. After service as commander of the 2nd Armoured Battalion, 40th Armoured Brigade, he was named deputy commander, Jordanian Special Forces, in January 1993.
In November 1993, Prince Abdullah became commander of Jordan's Special Forces. In 1996, he was given the task of reorganising the Special Forces and other elite units into the new Special Operations Command (SOCOM). In 1998, as SOCOM commander, he was promoted to the rank of major general.
In his off-duty hours, the Prince became well known for his interest in land, sea and air sports, including free-fall parachuting. He shared his father's passion for cars and motorcycles and became a Jordan National Rally champion. Today, he continues to enjoy aquatic sports, including boating and scuba diving. During his time in the military, King Abdullah also developed an interest in ancient weapons and today, he maintains a world-class collection of military artifacts.
King Abdullah's service in the army was always a source of personal pride and his respect for those who serve their nation has been a conspicuous quality of his leadership. Today, the King describes Jordan's armed forces as the "foremost symbol of honour, bravery, sacrifice and belonging."
During his years as an army officer, then-Prince Abdullah was regularly dispatched on official diplomatic and military missions. He also frequently served his country in the capacity of regent in King Hussein's absence.
In 1993, then-Prince Abdullah met Rania Al-Yassin. Six months later, the couple were engaged and they married on 10 June 1993. As a princess, Queen Rania began the powerful social work and advocacy which she continues to this day. The Royal Couple's first child, Prince Hussein, the Crown Prince, was born on 28 June 1994. Since then, they have had three more children: Princess Iman (27 September 1996); Princess Salma (26 September 2000); and Prince Hashem (30 January 2005).
The palaces of the Hashemite Royal Family tell the story of the birth and development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, from the early 1920s to the present day.
This photo album takes you inside their portals, halls, courtyards, offices, and gardens – and documents some memorable moments they witnessed.
The Little Palace is situated just north of Raghadan Palace (the "big" palace). It was built immediately after Raghadan, as the residence of King Abdullah I, because the rapid expansion of the young state left little room for family life in the halls of Raghadan. The Little Palace is separated from Raghadan by a beautiful, small garden. At a later stage, King Talal Bin Abdullah resided here with Queen Zein. Their son, King Hussein, was born in the Little Palace on 14 November 1935.
A small plaque in the Little Palace commemorates the life of King Hussein.
The inscription begins with a verse from the Holy Quran and reads: "In this room was born on 18 Shabaan 1354 Hijri (14 November 1935) the Hashemite Sharif Al Hussein Bin Talal Bin Abdullah, may God have mercy on him, who was crowned King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on 18 Rabi Al Thani 1372 Hijri (11 August 1952) and who was committed to God's mercy on 21 Shawwal 1419 Hijri (7 February 1999)."


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A very practical dairy goat milking stanchion. Serves equally well as a goat trimming stand or a milking/feeding platform. Goat stanchion comes with removable poly trough feeder, measuring 16-1/2" x 10" x 5-1/4". This sturdy goat milking stanchion folds up for easy carrying and storage. The goat stanchion is fully adjustable up, down or sideways and simple to operate. Deck is 20" x 48", 17" high.
Folding Goat Stanchion w/Feed Pailby SydellPrice:$370.00
Sturdy steel construction with powder coated finish. Base is # 9 expanded metal to provide a sturdy platform and allow debris to fall through. Comes with headpiece that adjusts up and down from 9 1/2" to 24" tall to accommodate a wide range of animals. Top of headpiece adjusts from a width of 1" to 8 1/2" to secure animal's head. Also comes with feed ring and heavy duty rubber 2 quart feed pan that adjusts to desired level. Completely collapsible for easy handling and storage. 20" wide x 49" long x 16 1/2" tall.
Folding Goat Stanchion with Feed Panby North StarPrice:$254.95
Tomorrow is a mastitis treatment for dry cows containing cephapirin benzathine. Each 10 ml syringe has 300 mg of cephapirin activity in a stable peanut oil gel. With Aveco ends for partial or full insertion into teat canal. Treatment with Tomorrow is recommended for use during the dry period of any cow known to harbor mastitis organisms. Infuse 1 full syringe into each quarter at the time of drying off. Use no later than 30 days prior to calving. 12 syringes per box.
Tomorrow (Cephaperin Benzathine) Dry Cow Mastitis Treatmentby Boehringer IngelheimAs low as:$34.99
The safest and most effective milk and colostrum collection device available today. It is a hand-held, trigger-operated vacuum pump that attaches to a flanged plastic cylinder. Once placed on the teat, you simply pump three to five times to create a vacuum and the milk will start to flow into the container. The milk can be frozen or fed right away. Comes complete with pump, one quart bottle, one pint bottle, two extraction tubes and two inserts. Due to contamination risk, Milkers are non-returnable if package has been opened.
Udderly EZ Goat Milkerby EZ AnimalPrice:$185.95
Today is a one-day mastitis treatment for lactating cows. Today is a cephalosporin antimicrobial. Each 10 ml syringe contains 200 mg of cephapirin activity as cephapirin sodium. With Aveco ends for partial or full insertion into teat canal. Use Today at the first signs of bovine mastitis, including inflammation or alteration in milk produced. Inject 1 full syringe into each infected quarter immediately after milking and repeat in 12 hours. (Do not milk out for 12 hours.) Do not use milk for 96 hours after last treatment with Today. 12 syringes per box.
Today (Cephaperin Sodium) One-Day Treatment Lactating Cowsby Boehringer IngelheimAs low as:$41.99
Treatment for mastitis infection. Proven to reduce Somatic cell count in milk by up to 50%. Treat one animal or the entire herd. Spray on nose or add to water for at least 10 days. Give cows 2 ml twice daily, sheep or goats 1 ml twice daily. Natural formula. No milk withdrawal. 8 oz. provides treatment for 6 cows, 12 sheep or goats.
MastoBlast for Mastitis in Livestockby HomeoPetPrice:$34.95
Premium indoor/outdoor stainless steel, guaranteed to resist rust. The safest, most hygienic way to feed and water your pets. Easy to clean.
Indoor/Outdoor Stainless Steel Feed & Water Pailby Generic (brand may vary)As low as:$11.95
Aerosol spray disinfects and conditions the teat, and nothing touches the cow except the spray. Coolness of spray speeds closure of teat sphincter. One can treats about 300 cows.
Fight Bac Teat Disinfectant Mastitis Control for Dairy Cowsby Deep Valley FarmPrice:$12.79
Allows you to easily lead animals on to your stand. Ramp includes brackets that can be bolted to any brand of stand. To secure the bracket that connects ramp to your fitting stand or stanchion, two corresponding holes must be drilled into both ramp and stand. (Mounting hardware not included.) 20 1/2"W x 49"L.
Ramp for Fitting Stand or Stancionby North StarPrice:$108.95
Designed for home use to allow safe, effective pasteurization of milk for human or animal consumption. Heavy-duty thermostat controls the temperature to destroy disease-producing bacteria. Automatic shut-off when pasteurization is complete, with a buzzer to let you know that milk is ready for cooling. Pressurized heating and vacuum-sealed cooling provide fast processing of up to 2 gallons at a time. Outer shell and cover are constructed of stainless steel. Inner milk pail is aluminum. UL listed, 110v. One-year warranty.
SafGard Pasteurizerby Schleuter Dairy TechnologiesPrice:$409.95
SafGard Dual Temperature Pasteurizer is designed for home use. Allows you to heat-treat colostrum and pasteurize milk. Simply flip a switch to choose standard pasteurizing or lower temperature heat treatment. Heavy-duty thermostat controls the temperature to destroy disease-producing bacteria. Automatic shut-off when pasteurization is complete, with a buzzer to let you know that milk is ready for cooling. Pressurized heating and vacuum-sealed cooling provide fast processing of up to 2 gallons at a time. Outer shell and cover are constructed of stainless steel. Inner milk pail is aluminum. UL-listed, 110v. One-year warranty.
SafGard Dual Temperature Pasteurizerby Schleuter Dairy TechnologiesPrice:$599.95
Ambic Teat Dipper features the conveniently angled cup making it easy to reach all four quarters. All parts made of tough, durable, chemically resistant material. Cup has a wide, splash-proof lip. Bottle has a wide mouth and is easy to fill. Non-return dipper has a deep inner liner in the cup which keeps used dip from returning to the reservoir.
Ambic DipCup Teat Dipperby CoburnPrice:$10.79
Aluminum goat milking stanchion weighs just 34 pounds, less than half the weight of similar steel goat milking stanchions. Lightweight design makes it easier for one person to move and maneuver. Stand serves equally well as a goat trimming stand or a milking/feeding platform, and collapses for easy transport or storage. Poly trough included. Headpiece adjusts 21" - 43" from deck to headpiece. Neckreach adjusts 0" - 8" from deck horizontally. Goat milking stanchion deck measures 20" x 48" and is 17 1/2" high.
Aluminum Folding Goat Stanchion with Troughby SydellPrice:$556.37
Lightweight hobbles with Velcro leg cuff adjustments. Made of 2" wide poly webbing with nickel plated hardware. Nylon strap between legs is a fixed 3 1/2" length.
Goat Hobblesby Weaver LivestockPrice:$11.95
A pair of side rails to fit your milking stanchion or fitting stand. Comes with mounting brackets, hardware and side rails. Drill two holes into your stand to attach the mounting brackets. Provides stability and safety, allowing one person to attend to animal. Powder coated finish.
Side Railsby North StarPrice:$39.95
Two-ply pads saturated with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol.
Alcohol Prep Padsby American Health ServicePrice:$4.29
Dilute 1 pint in 1 gallon of water for ready-to-use solution.
CMT Concentrateby Jorgensen LabsPrice:$15.99
An antiseptic ointment to use on sore teats, cuts, bruises, windburn and sunburn. This ointment used as an udder massage helps promote better circulation in congested udders.
Dr. Naylor Udder Balmby HW NaylorPrice:$13.49
CMT Concentrate Paddleby NeogenPrice:$10.59
The easy way to fight mastitis. Trigger-operated unit sprays upward so that a solid spray covers teats and udders fast and effectively. No waste or contamination of teat dip. Available with new improved strong plastic nozzle.
Draw 'n' Spray Teat Sprayerby CoburnPrice:$8.29
A pair of safety rails to fit your Sullivan milking stanchion or fitting stand. Provides stability and safety, allowing one person to attend to animal.
Safety Rails for Sullivan Standsby Sullivan SupplyPrice:$48.50
Self-standing dairy goat milking parlor secures up to four goats at one milking. The dairy goat milking parlor consists of four goat stanchions, stanchion release bar, four poly feeders and two parlor rails. Each stanchion features an automatic lock. Goat stanchions may be released independently, or simultaneously using the stanchion release bar. Each poly feeder measures 14 1/2" x 14 1/4" x 8 1/2". Deep feeders keep neighboring goats out, and may be removed for cleaning.
Self-Standing Milking Parlorby SydellPrice:$1,126.41
Stanchion Headpiece and Pail for Standby SydellPrice:$139.82


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Gamefactory Gameloft is back with another new game, and this time it's a papercraft game in which you nurture, build, and develop a kingdom of adorable little monsters. It's a game that falls solidly within the genre of casual, and with variations of the word "cute" twice in the first two sentences of the description, it's probably not a game for everyone.
Despite the light-hearted nature of the game, it certainly looks like it offers a surprising amount of depth and impressive amount of fun. The premise is simple: you collect and nurture monsters, train them to boost their powers and abilities, and then pit them against some baddies.


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Modern 'Atari Arcade' Experience Features Fresh Graphics, Social Connectivity and Tablet Touch Gameplay, Play Now for Free at Atari.com
LOS ANGELES – August 30, 2012 – Atari, one of the world's most recognized publishers and developers of interactive entertainment, today announced a partnership with Internet Explorer to launch the Atari Arcade. The browser-based portal is a next-generation collection of Atari's classic games reimagined in HTML5 with fresh graphics, gameplay and integration with Facebook and Twitter. Atari Arcade shines in Internet Explorer, but also works well in other modern browsers. Because of the quality of the IE experience, an ad-free version is made available to all Internet Explorer customers when they play Atari Arcade.
In celebration of Atari's 40 year anniversary and the upcoming launch of Internet Explorer 10, classic games like Asteroids, Pong, Lunar Lander, Missile Command, Centipede, and others have been developed with new graphics and gameplay features. Like the arcades that first popularized gaming, players can go head-to-head with friends in competitive, real-time battles for high scores and leaderboard placement in the next evolution of Atari fan favorites like Super Breakout and Combat.
"Atari and Microsoft have had a long and successful history on Xbox LIVE and in the digital space," said Jim Wilson, CEO of Atari. "The reimagined Atari Arcade expands this partnership in a new direction, in keeping with our current digital strategy, making it easier than ever for gamers around the world to access our renowned franchises, through the power and flexibility of an HTML5 based platform."
"We were excited to work with a gaming legend, Atari, to bring their classic arcade games to life on the web with Internet Explorer," adds Ryan Gavin, general manager, Internet Explorer. "Atari Arcade demonstrates what's possible when you couple HTML5 along with a fast and fluid browser that is perfect for touch, which is precisely what you get with Internet Explorer 10. Now together with Internet Explorer and HTML5, we get to see some of our favorite games jump into the next generation of gaming on the web – which is pretty fantastic."
Atari's new platform will grant developers access to CreateJS, a suite of tools for creating cross-browser, cross-device HTML5 gaming and media experiences. This new offering will give developers a platform to publish and monetize games with the ability to utilize features like Facebook integration.
Attendees at this year's PAX Prime, taking place Aug. 31 – Sep. 2 in Seattle, will be able to get hands-on experience with the Atari Arcade in Internet Explorer's booth in the north lobby.
Atari has released a promotional video for the event in which game industry luminaries Nolan Bushnell and Grant Skinner provide their perspective on 40 years of video games and HTML5's impact on future development. The video may be viewed at: http://youtu.be/3qaF9-W2Dvg.
Visit the Atari Arcade now at Arcade.Atari.com.
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Sisli district has today a population of 315,000 and is known as a residential area for the middle and upper middle class. It is known for its fashion stores and shopping malls like Cevahir Mall (see photo below), according to some the biggest shopping mall in Europe.
Like all Istanbul districts Sisli is also made up of different neighbourhoods. Nisantasi neighbourhood includes Abdi Ipekci Street, one of Turkey's most expensive streets in terms of shop rents. Tesvikiye neighbourhood has since the 19th century been home to many writers, politicians and prominent business families. The writer Orhan Pamuk was raised in Sisli and still partly lives here today.
Sisli is also the only district of Istanbul which still has a sizeable number of non-Muslim residents. It is home to non-Muslim houses of worship, cemeteries and schools. These include the Bulgarian St. Ivan Church, the Beth Israel Synagogue, the Armenian Pangalti School and Church, the French Catholic Cemetery, the Protestant Cemetery, the Armenian, Greek and Jewish cemeteries (in one complex), the Greek Ferikoy Elementary School, the Georgian Catholic Church, the Armenian-Catholic Bomonti School, the St. Michel French High School, the St. Esprit Catholic Church.
The Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos and the Jewish weekly Salom are also located here, as is the Surp Agop Armenian Hospital. The Agos office is in the main Halaskargazi Street, in walking distance from the Beth Israel Synagoge, which was targeted by Al-Qaida in November 2003. Hrant Dink, the editor of Agos, was shot in front of the AGOS office on 19 January 2007.
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text: The NC House released its version of the budget today, and, thankfully, the House's budget does not include the substantial cut in health care coverage for pregnant women that was part of the NC Senate's budget. While a very good start showing that legislators in the House recognized the serious detrimental health effects for mother and baby of cutting health coverage, this issue will not be going completely away just yet. Since the NC Senate included the cut for pregnant women it in its budget this cut could come back at any time. Stay tuned.