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We then departed for Radom, about an hour and a half drive from Warsaw. Upon our arrival we contacted Jakub, our contact at the Resursa, the arts and culture center where we are having the exhibition of my artwork and Dvora's photos and story. Jakub met us at our hotel and had an opportunity to meet Dvora for the first time. He knew much of her story from the 30 pages of interviews that I've completed and transcribed. He has translated portions of that story to Polish for local publication.
We soon got into a very interesting conversation that began with identifying questions that Poles might want to pose. It led to an intense conversation about how some Poles fear that returning Jews might want the return of property and how those issues should be addressed. We also discussed the roots of anti-Semitism, the role of the church and the cross and convent that was once located at Auschwitz, all the sensitive issues! While our focus is on the story of the Jewish community prior to the war and what their lives were like, we are all aware that sensitive issues could also arise and need to be addressed if they do. I have no doubt that Dvora can handle such issues very adeptly.
Jakub then contacted the gypsy who has the key to the Jewish cemetery and we drove out there. Dvora had never been to the cemetery before. When she lived here she was too young and on her prior four visits to Radom they had not gone there. Without knowing how to access the key it would not have been an easy thing to do. I was interested in the new monument which included 70 tombstones that had been previously hidden. Jakub had taken pictures of it for me and I have been getting them translated. There are very few tombstones that still remain as the Nazis paved the roads with the tombstones. Fragments are mounted on the cemetery wall which surrounds an extremely large area, giving us a sense of the magnitude of the cemetery that once existed.
We went to a small building where the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead, is posted on the wall behind a curtain. On the side are plaques for each neighboring town where communities of Jews perished in the Holocaust. Dvora, her son and I all recited the Kaddish together. I looked over at Dvora and saw her eyes filled with tears and tears quickly came to my eyes as well. To say the Kaddish in that place felt especially meaningful. Four generations of her family members were murdered, her great-grandmother, her grandmother, aunts and uncles and cousins. She knew those family members and friends personally and had individual relationships with each of them. Later she noted that under that soil lay the remains of the Jewish community of Radom, including those of some of her family members.
I read to her the quote on the wall from Psalms (78,6), "That the generation to come, the children to be born, may know and should arise and tell their children". It captured well the commitment Dvora has made to sharing her story with successive generations. Dvora later commented to me that this experience was the defining moment of the trip. Of course the trip isn't over yet so there may be more moments yet to come.
The following day we made a trip to Garbatka, the vacation town where she spent her early summers with her family. Dvora is especially nostalgic about this time as it represented a happy time before the war destroyed the life that she had. We drove through forests with small white flowers on the forest floor. Dvora observed that the trees were newer, not the thick trees of her childhood. We started our visit at the train station where vora reminisced about how her mother and the children would be there during the summers, but her father would come on weekends. They would greet him at the train station and then he would take them into the woods to find wild strawberries and mushrooms. As I recorded her recollections a train passed behind her and the church bells chimed. We then drove through the town looking for a cottage that resembled her recollection of the ones she stayed in during those summers.
Upon our return to the city we made a stop at the home where Dvora had lived for the years prior to being forced into the ghetto. She identified her bedroom window and those of her parents and brother and we walked behind the building while she pointed out the location of each of the rooms of their six room apartment. In the ghetto they were living in two rooms with no indoor plumbing.
We then walked through the park to the main commercial street in Radom, Zeromskiego. Flags were flapping in the bitter cold wind commemorating the anniversary of the plane crash which took the life of the former Polish president a year ago.
Dvora pointed out the building from which the German authorities had operated. One day during the time of the ghetto, she had been sent there to repair frayed carpet runners. When the Governor noticed her armband with the Star of David he had sent her away aghast that a Jew was in the building. It was very strange to actually connect a physical location with this story, giving it a form and substance that words alone couldn't convey.
As we walked down Zeromskiego we ran into family members of vora's late brother. When they had heard Dvora was coming to Radom they seized the opportunity to learn more about their father's life. We later joined them for a dinner to celebrate this occasion that brought us all to Radom.


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Ikaruga – Cheats
Extra credit in a one-credit-only game
In order to unlock half the unlockables, you need to beat the whole game in one credit. Well, when you're on the last stock of your credit, unplug your controller and put it in the slot for player two. Hit 'start', and then keep going as player 2. The game will think you're still on your first credit.
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Unlock stages for Practice and Conquest mode
To unlock a stage for Practice mode, it must first be reached without continuing. The stage is only unlocked for the difficulty level it was played on (ie: reaching stage 3 on Easy will not unlock the Normal or Hard versions).
Conquest mode is unlocked the same way, except it doesn\'t matter what difficulty level is used.
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Unlocking Galleries and Game Mode Option
Unlockable How to Unlock Gallery 1 Play the game for 5 hours or complete the Trial Mode without continuing Gallery 2 Play the game for 10 hours or clear the game on any difficulty setting. Game Mode Option Play the game for 20 hours or beat the game on Normal without continuing. Sound Test Play the game for 15 hours or beat the game on Easy without continuing.
Easter Eggs
Bullet Eater
In order to receive the "Dot Eater!" ranking upon completing a level, do not fire the Ikaruga even once. This means that you can't kill normal enemies or the boss of the stage, but rather you will have to dodge/absorb enemy fire in order to complete the level. This ranking does nothing but add extra challenge to the game.
Extra Continues
For every hour of playing your amount of continues will go up to a maximum of 9 continues/6 hours. After 7 hours, you'll have unlimited continues.
Make the pause menu disappear
While playing the game, press start and a pause menu will come up. Press and hold X and Y together to make the menu disappear.
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View different demos.
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To call The 2 Bears a side-project is to damn them with the lineage of hundreds of half-baked solo ventures and ill-fated explorations into electronica. With Be Strong Joe Goddard and Raf Rundell aren't tentatively dipping their toes into the oft bastardised waters of house music. The Hot Chip synth maestro and his lesser known pal have created an uplifting ode to a genre they clearly cherish for its communal spirit and lubricated anthemics.
Their debut album marks the latest milestone in a casual amble encompassing three EPs and a weekly Ministry Of Sound radio show. You suspect the world might have been denied a full length LP from the duo had Radio 1 not taken so kindly to their cheeky woodland romp 'Bear Hug' last summer but who cares when its full length follow up is this good?
Pieced together from the highlights of their past releases with plenty of new material to boot, Be Strong wisely mines the rich vein of elastic cheer which has always found The 2 Bears at their carefree best. 'Church' and 'Faith' aren't songs from the Autechre school of studied over-analysis, they're tracks to get joyously paralytic too. The kind of songs that reside in the cloudy fuzz of good times lived in the moment and remembered later with a wistful gurn of unknowing.
A slinking throb of bass and brittle percussive beat form the backbone to almost every track this LP has to offer, yet alongside the merriment of 'Work' and 'Get Together' there's a pleasant subplot to be mined. Coming from an outfit who don tatty teddy costumes in their press shots, the pair's shout outs to Wiley, Company Flow and Lee Scratch Perry in 'Warm & Easy' and 'Be Strong' are far from subtle. They do however, reveal The 2 Bears as a group steeped in and still in love with dance culture.
'Heart Of The Congos' specifically details Rundell's introduction to rave while working in his teens at the Hoover Building. Musically, this autobiographical peon to the "the sound that keeps me on the ground" might be a bit nondescript but in the context of an album rammed full of bangers, a reflective breather is much appreciated. It's this same warmth and stoic refusal to get tied down by weighty subject matter that carry 'Ghosts & Zombies' and 'Time In Mind' beyond the status of mid-album fluff they veer so very close towards.
Sometimes it's difficult to use the word 'fun' in a review without worrying whether you're damning its creators with faint praise. In the case of Be Strong, there really is no better descriptor to surmise the jubilant exhilaration at its core. The 2 Bears show no concern for what critical narrative or end of year pantheon they sit in so why should you? Just enjoy their album for what it is, an absolute blast.
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iPhone 5 Defeats Samsung's Galaxy S III in Display Test
BY ETrade Supply | September 25th, 2012 | 1 | 1
A comprehensive side-by-side examination of the Apple and Samsung flagship smartphones was performed by display testing firm DisplayMate Technologies, which found the iPhone 5's 4-inch Retina display to be more refined than the OLED unit found in the Galaxy S III. DisplayMate's "Flagship Smartphone Display Technology Shoot-Out" not only pitted the iPhone 5 against the Galaxy S III, but added in the iPhone 4's Retina display to show how Apple's display technology has advanced over the past two years. The test consisted of numerous tests covering screen reflections, brightness and contrast, colors and intensities, viewing angles, display power consumption and effect on battery life. "Apple has uncharacteristically understated how much better the display is on the iPhone 5 – something that could be an important factor for those considering whether to upgrade," said DisplayMate's Dr. Raymond Soneira. "In every category that we measure (except Brightness Decrease with Viewing Angle), the performance of the iPhone 5 display has improved over the iPhone 4, sometimes by a bit and sometimes by a lot." Compared to the iPhone 4, the iPhone 5 has decreased screen reflectance by 52 percent, boosted contrast by 57 percent and improved color accuracy. Soneira notes the iPhone 5's display calibration is very good and, while suffering from minor gamma intensity, that "It is still probably more accurate than any display you own, unless you have a new iPad."
Highlights from the iPhone 5 test: […] it is the Brightest Smartphone we have tested in the Shoot-Out series, it has one of the lowest screen Reflectance values we have ever measured, it has the highest Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light for any Mobile device we have ever tested, and it's Color Gamut and Factory Calibration are second only to the new iPad. What are the downsides? The White Point is still somewhat too blue like most Smartphones, and at Maximum Brightness it has a shorter Running Time than the iPhone 4, which is not surprising since it has a larger screen and a larger Color Gamut but roughly the same capacity battery. As for Samsung's Galaxy S III, the device's PenTile display performed admirably, but the OLED technology the screen leverages is still being perfected and is not up to par with the LCD tech used in the iPhone 5. Highlights from the Galaxy S III test: The Brightness is about half of the iPhone 5 due to power limits from the lower power efficiency of OLEDs and concerns regarding premature OLED aging. The Color Gamut is not only much larger than the Standard Color Gamut, which leads to distorted and exaggerated colors, but the Color Gamut is quite lopsided, with Green being a lot more saturated than Red or Blue, which adds a Green color caste to many images. Samsung has not bothered to correct or calibrate their display colors to bring them into closer agreement with the Standard sRGB / Rec.709 Color Gamut, so many images appear over saturated and gaudy. Running Time on battery is less than the iPhone 5 due to the lower power efficiency of OLEDs, even given that the Galaxy S III has a much larger battery capacity and much lower Brightness. Overall, the iPhone 5 scored an "A" rating while the Galaxy S III earned a "B+" on poor calibration and viewing angle issues. From Apple Insider.com
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Q: I am looking to stock my pond this year and in the past I've had trouble with keeping the fish population balanced. Any suggestions? – Ed of Kentucky
A: Initially, when stocking your pond, the biggest factor to keep in mind is the predator to prey ratio.
Predator to Prey Ratio: 1predator fish to every 3 prey fish is a great rule of thumb when stocking your pond. Predator fish are large mouth bass or walleye,
while prey fish would be perch, hybrid bluegill or redear sunfish. Also, add fathead minnows to feed the predator fish to allow the prey fish to get established.
Please note: Adding catfish to your pond does not have any effect on predator to prey ratio but they will cause your pond 's water to be cloudy.
Advantages of Stocking Your Pond:
- Fishing!…Of Course! Why not have a great fishing area, right in your backyard.
- Keeps frog and leech populations at bay. Do you stay away from your pond because of the annoying frogs or blood sucking leeches? Well, stocking your pond helps keep down that population.
Another thing to keep in mind regarding fish is aeration. Using an aeration system will ensure not only clean and clear water, but healthy fish as well.
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Shure Wireless Answers Call from Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball Tour
Shure Wireless Answers Call from Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball Tour
Switch to Axient® Wireless and PSM® 1000 IEMs Solves Wireless Issue in Both Europe and North America
Niles, Ill., September 20, 2012—In his first global tour since the tragic loss of sax man Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen went big. With 18 musicians on stage, the Wrecking Ball tour has traveled from America to Europe and back, delivering Bruce's trademark musical and emotional intensity to packed houses, mixed by engineer John Cooper on a sound system supplied by the Las Vegas office of Solotech.
One thing that has changed is the choice of wireless systems. With a total of 68 channels of wireless microphones and in-ear monitoring systems in use and nearly 100 inputs, monitor engineers Monty Carlo and Troy Milner knew they had challenges ahead. Milner upgraded to eight channels of Shure PSM 1000 personal monitors when the tour began, and it wasn't long before wireless mics became an issue. "Early in the tour, in San Jose, I had to work hard to find space for all my RF, and we had an interference issue on Bruce's vocal channel," recalls Monty Carlo, a veteran of every Springsteen tour since 1992. "I knew we'd be hitting several venues where it would be even more difficult to get clean RF, so I spoke with our tour director that night, and proposed we make a change to Shure Axient."
Within a few days, Solotech had a purchase order in place for 20 channels of Axient, making arrangements for the equipment to meet the tour in Barcelona, Spain. "Fortunately, we had two shows there, which gave me enough time to familiarize myself with the system and make the transition," says Carlo. "I spent the first morning firing up Axient, getting it all labeled and ready to go. I walked the stadium floor with Bruce's mic a few times and looked over the RF scans to see how it held up. Then I went back and matched gains and such, so the transition would be smooth."
Uniquely, Shure Axient wireless uses advanced frequency diversity technology to ensure that critical RF channels are essentially immune from interference. When deployed with its ShowLink access points, the system gives the engineer full remote control of all transmitter functions. The system is designed to handle frequency scanning and coordination, and can detect and avoid interference by changing to a spare channel on the fly. Taking full advantage of Axient's technology package, Solotech ordered two ShowLink® access points, three Ethernet switches, and three antenna combiners along with the 20 core Axient channels on the Wrecking Ball tour. A separate rack houses the battery recharging station.
All eight vocals are sung through Axient handheld SM58® transmitters, with bodypack systems in use for eight Beta 98H/C horn mics, three internally miked accordions, and a fiddle. "For Bruce's vocal, I'm using the Frequency Diversity option, which allows me to broadcast on two different frequencies for seamless switching in case of RF interference on one of the channels," details Carlo. "I'm also taking advantage of the system's ability to have two packs linked with a receiver, which is great for the horn players who switch instruments mid-show. With the ShowLink system, if I need to make a change mid-show, the second bodypack will automatically switch to the new frequency when it's turned on. That's pretty cool."
For the first night in Barcelona, Carlo opted to stay with his existing racks of Shure UHF-R® systems, planning to fine-tune the tour's new Axient systems the next day. "Of course, the first show was fantastic, and Bruce decided there was no reason to do a sound check the next day," he says. "So I swapped out the wireless racks, let Bruce know that I'd changed his vocal wireless to the latest hot-lick system, and that was that. I was a little nervous at the beginning of the show, but everything went smoothly."
While Springsteen chooses to rely on proprietary Solotech floor wedges, in-ear monitors are still a significant presence on stage. "I'm using the PSM 1000 system for Max Weinberg, Garry Talent, several additional band members, plus guest artists and various tech crew members," says monitor engineer Troy Milner. "It really has made my job much easier, and the band is very happy."
Shure's new PSM 1000 uses diversity reception to combat dropouts, along with several other key features. "CueMode lets me walk the floor and check all my frequencies from a single bodypack, which is a huge time saver for me," Milner reports. "The rechargeable battery system has also been great. Bruce's shows typically run over three and a half hours, but I'm getting about 8-10 hours per charge, so I don't have to worry about battery life anymore."
Milner is also impressed with the sound quality of the PSM 1000. "This is my first run with this system and I have to say, I'm blown away," he says. "They sound great, and noise floor is so low, I almost don't know I'm wearing a pack. This is the only in-ear unit I will be using from here on out on my other tours."
On show days, Monty Carlo scans the local RF environment with the Axient Spectrum Manager and Shure's Wireless Workbench® 6 software. "The Spectrum Manager is a fantastic tool that I have come to find indispensable," he says. "Not only does it find and deploy frequencies for the Axient system, but it shows me the local landscape, so I can tell the backline guys what areas to stay away from. I use WWB6 to find my primary and backup frequencies in the morning, then during the show to keep an eye on battery life and change RF transmitter power as needed," he says. "Bruce likes to leave the stage a lot, and I change from 10 to 50 milliwatts when he does. And obviously, he's known for doing long shows and there's never a costume change, so the accuracy of the remote battery meters can also be really important."
Another advantage of switching to Axient was its wide tuning range, enabling the tour to use the same systems in Europe and North America. "When I switched to Axient, the RF world kind of opened up for me," says Carlo. "We use the entire UHF range, 470 to 698 MHz, but I used to keep all my mics in the old J5 range, 578 to 638 MHz, with the rest for guitars, in-ears, etc. Because the receivers can operate over the entire 470-698 MHz range, it gives me much better options for situations where the RF environment is really crowded."
Having now used the Axient system throughout a summer in Europe and continuing on the tour's return to North America, Monty Carlo has had plenty of time to evaluate its behavior under fire. "Bruce is as active as ever on stage. He runs around a lot, pours water all over himself to cool off, sometimes drops the mic, and occasionally get rained upon while running across the stadium floor," Carlo reports. "Axient has dealt with it without a hiccup. Axient is at the top of my list of gear that makes the job easier. It's been great."
Out at FOH, engineer John Cooper experiences the sound from a fan's perspective. "Being a Front of House guy, my criteria for an RF mic is that it remains faithful to its original wired counterpart," he notes. "The Shure Axient system is exactly that. It's a great sense of relief to hear that true, natural sound of their voice being captured – like you are sitting beside the artist, listening to them sing. Axient is a great example of how Shure continues to develop better products that make a real difference in the quality I strive for in my live mixes. It's just a fantastic system."


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'Holocaust in Poland' conference at Princeton, Oct. 29-30
A two-day conference, "The Holocaust in Poland: New Findings and New Interpretations," will be held Friday and Saturday Oct. 29-30 at Princeton University's Burr Hall, Room 219.
According to Jan Gross, the Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society at Princeton University, scholars from Poland who are working with new archival sources pertaining to the wartime history of Polish Jews will join Western academics who have written about the subject in an interdisciplinary and interpretive manner to develop "new insights and a better understanding of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe." Gross organized the conference with Jan Grabowski, a professor of history at the University of Ottawa, whose ongoing research focuses on the extermination of the Jewish population in Poland and the Shoah.
Conference participants include Natalia Aleksiun, Touro College; Omer Bartov, Brown University; Christopher Browning, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; David Engle, New York University; Barbara Engelking, Polish Academy of Sciences; Benjamin Frommer, Northwestern University; Agnieszka Haska, Polish Academy of Sciences; Michael Meng, Clemson University; Krzysztof Persak, Institute of National Memory; Jakub Petelewicz, Polish Academy of Sciences and Warsaw University; Monika Polit, Polish Academy of Sciences; Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University; Alina Skibinska, Polish Academy of Sciences; Jean-Charles Szurek, National Center for Scientific Research and University of Paris X; Johanna Tokarska-Bakir, Polish Academy of Sciences and Warsaw University; and Andrzej Zbikowski, Jewish Historical Institute and Polish Academy of Sciences.
The conference will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30. It is open to the public and the media, but registration is required. The registration deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 26. Contact Jayne Bialkowski, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (609) 258-2635, for more information and to register. The conference agenda is posted online on the website of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies; and click on the link for the conference.
The event is cosponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Department of History, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, the Council of the Humanities, the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Center for the Study of Religion and the University Center for Human Values.


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Titus Welliver is set to reprise his role from Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel announced Thursday.
In Item 47, which was released on The Avengers Blu-ray, the Lost alum played S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent John Blake, who is tasked with tracking down a couple who find a Chitauri gun, which they use to rob banks.
ABC gives Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. a full-season pickup
When floating bodies turn up in an upcoming episode of S.H.I.E.L.D., titled "FZZT," Coulson (Clark Gregg) and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team must hunt down an elusive killer. Blake will apparently help the team during the episode.
Blake will likely be shocked to find that Agent Coulson is alive. In Item 47, he and a fellow agent reminisce about Coulson following his death. Here's hoping Blake's arrival means Lizzy Caplan may appear, since her character, half of that couple, became his assistant in Item 47.
The top 10 characters we want to see on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
In addition to playing the Man in Black on Lost, Welliver is known for his roles on The Good Wife, Sons of Anarchy, Deadwood and CSI, among others.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on ABC.


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I have never been a great or even a good photographer of people. Somehow, my "posed" photos always look "posed." But every so often, I manage to capture a photo of a person as life is happening, and they can say a lot or tell a story. Here are a few.Read More
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Tijuana Chinese restaurants under the gun
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Tour with Let's Go Clandestino San Diego, Tijuana, Valle de Guadalupe, Ensenada Whether it's Baja's food, breweries, or wineries you're looking to cozy up to, Chula Vista native Angel Mirón has had you covered since ...
rom February 27 debate at Randy Jones All American Sports Grill in Mission Valley. Poor lighting, interesting sound from the mouths of Republican San Diego mayoral candidates Carl DeMaio, Bonnie Dumanis, Nathan Fletcher. — Editor
The newly designed and touring Boeing 787 Dreamliner paid a visit to Lindbergh Field on Monday, March 12. As an air-traffic control student, I was fortunate to be approved for tarmac access so I could ogle the graceful plane as it approached for a landing around 11:00 a.m. A crowd of VIPs and media people also watched. Later on, local politicians, airport employees, and business executives climbed aboard to take a tour. The Dreamliner was parked in San Diego for one day, near the Landmark Aviation tarmac on Pacific Highway. The plane left this morning, March 13, and will make another promotional stop in Long Beach tomorrow.
Mexico's El Chaparral border crossing station opened its 22 gates to the full flow of Mexico-bound traffic on Friday, November 1. Traffic jams lasted for hours. These videos, shot from different vantage points on the pedestrian crossing walkways, give a sense of what commuters will be up against until the kinks are worked out.
A young pair of bald eagles are nesting and raising a single offspring.
On Tuesday, July 2, a fire that started at about 1:30 p.m. on El Cajon Mountain burned up steep, rugged terrain. Helicopters, including a Sikorsky skycrane equipped with a water tank, battled the blaze as ground crews work the perimeter. The cause of the fire was unknown.
Music lovers, surfers, "eco-freaks" and mythical masked robbers: Beth VanBoxtel gives the scoop on her home town. Interviewed at Lou's Records on Highway 101.
Gary Hoag discusses life as an Ocean Beach business owner and resident. Interviewed at Ace Tattoo on Newport Avenue.
Audio of Leitner's tantrum
Michael Davis talks about making a living as a driver for the Uber car service on the streets of San Diego.
San Diegans of all ages contribute to the Creek to Bay Cleanup event by cleaning up garbage in the San Diego River area.
Contemporary Dance Intervention
"I'm scanned, therefore I Am" Intervención por Dubus Gráfico de Max Lizárraga - Auayuaví
BYOB: Tijuana
RIP John Paul Fernandez, 1994-2011
Protestors against eviction march and chant in early morning hours at UCSD.
CNN video
Angela Reed
Trailer for upcoming National Geographic documentary
Alisunn Curtin, Administrative Director of Space 4 Art, talks about the transitional state of the East Village, San Diego neighborhood.
The owner of Undisputed gym, located in San Diego's East Village, shares the considerable view from his rooftop.
Joel Rocco of Undisputed gym shares his loft living space and view into the gym, and then discusses his experience of living near a large population of homeless people.
Inside the storage depot in San Diego's East Village neighborhood where homeless people are able to safely store their belongings.
The Pinnacle building, under construction, rises over the sidewalk tent community in San Diego's East Village neighborhood.
"The Desert at Night" is the Natural History Museum's attempt to engage Spanish and English speakers at the same time.
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Espinoza likes Triple Crown chances on 3-5 favorite Chrome
- Derby and Preakness winner will start from No. 2 gate
- Wicked Strong is 6-1 second choice
NEW YORK – Jockey Victor Espinoza, whose last try at clinching the Triple Crown ended with an eighth place in the 2002 Belmont Stakes, explained why he feels he has a better shot to get it done this time.
"Because I have a different horse," Espinoza said Wednesday after his mount, 3-5 favorite California Chrome, drew the No.2 starting post for Saturday's mile and a half Belmont, which will decide whether he becomes the first Triple Crown winner in 36 years.
In 2002, with Espinoza in the saddle, War Emblem stumbled out of the starting gate and tired at the top of the stretch. The race was won by 70-1 long shot Sarava.
"California Chrome is very talented. War Emblem, he was, too, but he was an attitude horse," said Espinoza. "He did not like being behind horses. He liked to go in the front … and a mile a half is really, really tough for a horse that just wants to go in the front.
"He was not saving energy in the beginning. That's why it's different now. California Chrome is a different horse. He's really kind and mellow, and he just does whatever I tell him to do. … I let him know that I'm the boss, and he has to listen to me in the race, and he does that."
California Chrome has won six races in a row since Espinoza, 42, a native of Mexico, took over as his jockey.
In the 11-horse Belmont, the field will include Wicked Strong, who will start out of the No. 9 post. He's the second choice at 6-1.
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Wicked Strong was fourth in the Kentucky Derby and sat out the Preakness. He comes in off five weeks rest instead of the three California Chrome has had since winning the Preakness.
California Chrome is one of just three Belmont entries who also competed in the Derby and Preakness.
Ride on Curlin, seventh in the Derby and second in the Preakness, will start out of the No. 5 post and is 12-1 on the morning line. General a Rod, 11th in the Derby and fourth in the Preakness, drew the No. 10 post at 20-1.
Other fresh horses include Tonalist, third choice at 8-1 out of the No. 11 post. He did not run in the Derby or Preakness. In his last race, he won the May 10 Peter Pan at Belmont.
The field also includes Commanding Curve, second in the Derby and absent from the Preakness. At 15-1 on the morning line, he'll start from the No.4 post.
"That's why it's tough," said Espinoza.
"They're nice and fresh for the next race. … Any horse that's going to win the Triple Crown, it's going to be better than any horse in history because this is the year there's the toughest race ever. Not just this year, like the last past 10 years."
Trainer Todd Pletcher will have two horses in the Belmont, Commissioner (20-1, No. 8 post) and Matterhorn (30-1, No. 3 post). Neither ran in the Derby or Preakness. Both ran May 10 in the Peter Pan, where Commissioner was second and Matterhorn was fourth.
"I think (freshness) is an edge … and I think that's one of the many reasons why the Triple Crown is so hard to win," said Pletcher. When you get horses like Wicked Strong and Tonalist … that are proven to be good horses and have additional time in between races, that's what makes it tough for the California Chromes and the horses that compete in the middle leg."
Another element is the size of the fields in the Belmont.
There have been 11 Triple Crown winners. The first was Sir Barton in 1919. The last was Affirmed in 1978. None of them ran in a Belmont field of more than eight horses. It was a five-horse race when Affirmed won in 1978. Sir Barton won in a three-horse field in 1919.
In the past 10 years, the Belmont has had only one field of less than nine horses (seven in 2007).
So Espinoza and California Chrome will be tested on multiple fronts.
How is California Chrome's temperament going into the race?
"I wish I knew. I wish he could talk," said Espinoza. "But yeah, he's really nice and kind, a lot of talent, and he loves his job, and hope he's ready for Saturday."
In the 19-horse Derby, California Chrome had the No. 5 post. Espinoza didn't want to be any closer to the rail, particularly not the inside post. But he said the starting position is no big deal over the mile and a half of the Belmont. The Derby is a mile and a quarter.
"This time I was not really concerned about the post. It's a long race, so the post does not mean much. But out of the two (post), there's a short way to make the turn, so I'm happy," said Espinoza.
After the draw, Espinoza was headed to a TV taping of the Late Show With David Letterman.
Espinoza and Art Sherman, California Chrome's 77-year-old trainer, don't go into a race with a prearranged tactical plan. Sherman says he trusts Espinoza's judgment during the race. Espinoza said that's how he was approaching his TV appearance.
"You know what? When I'm prepared things never work out," said Espinoza. "It's like riding a horse. … I never have a strategy how I'm going to ride California Chrome. Every race he goes, I'm just going with the flow."


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Jennifer Brown
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Jennifer Williams Brown (musicology) is a specialist in the history and performance of Baroque music, particularly 17th-century Italian opera. In 2008 she received the Claude V. Palisca Award, given annually by the American Musicological Society for the best scholarly edition or translation in the field of musicology, for her edition of Francesco Cavalli's opera La Calisto (A-R Editions, 2007). This edition has had numerous performances around the world, including Paris (Les Talents Lyriques, dir. Christophe Rousset), the Amherst Early Music Festival, Chicago (Music of the Baroque), Montréal (Opéra McGill), University of Illinois, Princeton University, and Bremen (Hochschule für Kunste). Prof. Brown was awarded research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Delmas Foundation for her book-in-progress, whose working title is "From Page to Stage: Francesco Cavalli and the Production of Seventeenth-Century Venetian Opera." Her second Cavalli edition, Scipione Affricano, is forthcoming in the series The Operas of Francesco Cavalli (Bärenreiter Verlag); preliminary versions of her edition have been performed at Yale and in Rome. Other publications include articles in several collections of essays, The Cambridge Opera Journal, The New Grove Dictionary of Music, The Journal of Musicological Research, The Viking (Penguin) Opera Guide, and Seventeenth-Century Music. She has presented papers at numerous international, national, and regional conferences. She has been elected to several positions in professional societies, including the American Musicological Society (AMS Council), the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music (secretary), and the AMS Southern Chapter (president, secretary/treasurer).
Prof. Brown joined the music faculty of Grinnell College in the fall of 2005; she teaches music history and directs the Collegium Musicum. Prior to arriving at Grinnell, she taught at the Eastman School of Music, the University of Rochester, and Louisiana State University, where she directed the Collegium Musicum for seven years. She studied harpsichord with George Hunter (Univ. of Illinois), Christopher Kite (Guildhall School of Music, London), and Malcolm Bilson (Cornell) and continuo accompaniment with Arthur Haas (Eastman).
Prof. Brown is also a specialist in historical dance (Renaissance, Baroque). She trained in classical ballet at the National Academy of Dance (Champaign, IL) and studied Baroque dance in Boston with Margaret Daniels and Ken Pierce. She taught three courses on historical dance at the Eastman School of Music and University of Rochester and has given numerous workshops and guest lecture-demonstrations around the country. She directed dances for several historical theatre productions at Harvard, Cornell, and the University of Rochester. In 2007 she was dance director and co-music director (with John Rommereim) of Grinnell's production of The Beggar's Opera, for which she prepared a new musical edition. In 2012, she taught dance at the Baroque Performance Academy of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival.
Education and Degrees
Ph.D. Musicology, Cornell University, 1992 M.A. Musicology, Cornell Universy, 1982 B.Mus. Music History, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1978


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My family history research has awakened an interest in history as it provides a context for understanding it on a personal level. The books that I find most enlightening are those that present history through the lens of those living it. I only wish that I had been able to learn history in this manner originally as it would have captivated me much sooner. Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit Budapest and learn more about the history of that region. When I stumbled across a book by Kati Marton, I was intrigued by its focus on Budapest and its mention of familiar places that we had visited. As the daughter of Hungarian journalists with Jewish roots, she has a unique connection to the city. Her parents were journalists in Budapest during the Communist regime, arrested, imprisoned and finally released, ultimately immigrating to the US. Years later she goes back to Budapest and reads the files of the secret police, realizing the constant surveillance that her parents had been under in both Budapest and the US. Her book Enemies of the People paints a vivid picture of life under the Communist regime.
While Marton's maternal grandparents had perished at Auschwitz and her father's career options were restricted by his Jewish heritage, the family raised their children as Catholics. It was not until Marton was an adult that she stumbled across her Jewish roots.
The book relates a fascinating journey by Szilard and Wigner to visit Einstein in Long Island. There they discussed the experiments in Germany which suggested a nuclear chain reaction could be created by bombarding uranium with neutrons. They then added a piece of information that Einstein had not yet contemplated, that this in turn could create atomic bombs. Much of their impetus for their involvement in the creation of the atomic bomb was the fear that the Nazis would get there first, a fear colored by their realization of the danger presented by the Nazis long before the US shared that understanding. Several of them had studied physics in Berlin and knew the advances in science that could make this possible. Einstein was alarmed enough to sign a letter to President Roosevelt to alert him to this threat which ultimately led to the Manhattan Project. After Hitler's death, the creators of the atomic bomb assumed opposite sides of the issue. Szilard opposed the use of the atomic bomb convinced that the mere threat of it would have been sufficient.
Marton also tells the story of Robert Capa and Andre Kertesz, major figures in modern photojournalism. Michael Curtiz, the producer of the movie Casablanca and Alexander Korda, a major producer/director are also chronicled. Marton rounds out the nine with the political writer Arthur Koestler. While all are interesting lives, the preponderance of the scientists who were so central to key world events causes these segments to dominate the book.
Marton hypothesizes that the position of these men as outsiders contributed to the remarkable roles they ultimately played. They were outsiders on many levels, as Jews and as Hungarians. Marton makes the point that Hungary was isolated by way of being landlocked and "language" locked, the language having no relationship to other languages and thus limited to a small segment of population. In fact, many of those of whom she writes had extensive language skills that eased their transition between cultures. She also notes that they were all nonobservant Jews, a product of the secular world of Budapest and its café society. Many of these men came of age in a period of rich cultural ferment prior to WWI. Many went on to study in Berlin. They were worldly and well-educated and highly sensitized to changes in the political environment. Enough so that they saw the impending dangers, departed and re-established their lives and careers.
I found the consideration of "outsider" status of particular interest as I believe the outsider role frees one up to challenge the conventional wisdom, to "think outside of the box". I think it is likely that the considerable success of many Jews is partially attributable to that factor. When one doesn't have access to the traditional rewards of the system, one is strangely freed up to do the unexpected, to create one's own path.


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Development has been under way for years on the 809-acre Turf Valley property near Ellicott City, but one of the key parcels will get a high-profile addition next week when a new 48,000-square-foot Harris Teeter supermarket opens Tuesday in Turf Valley Towne Square on Resort Road.
"We're very excited," said Louis Mangione of Mangione Family Enterprises, the Lutherville-based firm that owns Turf Valley. "We made a point of getting someone like Harris Teeter, who is new and exciting, and we think they're going to be a tremendous asset to the community."
The buildings at Turf Valley Towne Square are owned and leased by Owings Mills-based Greenberg Gibbons Commercial, which also developed Hunt Valley Towne Centre in Baltimore County, Village at Waugh Chapel in Anne Arundel County, and other commercial and office projects throughout the region.
At full occupancy, Turf Valley Towne Square will include more than 100,000 square feet of restaurant, medical and office space, with Harris Teeter serving as its anchor.
Officials for Greenberg Gibbons could not be reached for comment. Catherine Becker, a spokesperson for Harris Teeter's corporate headquarters in North Carolina, said the company's decisions on new stores and based on factors including size and configuration of sites, existing and future traffic patterns and other economic considerations.
Regarding Ellicott City, "we saw with the development of Turf Valley at Town Square a great opportunity to enter this market. The developer has created a quality shopping center with both a design and a retail mix that we believe will appeal to those living in Ellicott City and the surrounding areas," Becker said in an email.
In recent years, there have been various projects under way at Turf Valley, best known for its golfing facilities and its meeting and convention facilities. Turf Valley's build-out has, at times, raised concerns from residents in nearby established neighborhoods; much of the concern focused on the potential for increased traffic, congestion and noise.
"We didn't really have a quarrel with the owner [Mangione Family Enterprises] wanting to develop the property," said Linda Spencer, a longtime resident who lives on Turf Valley Road. "If it were our property, we'd probably want to do the same thing.
"[But] we really looked upon county government to be the gatekeeper and see that the interests of all stakeholders here are recognized," she said. "And some of us here in the older neighborhoods were very concerned that some of our issues weren't being addressed by the county."
But as the biggest piece of Towne Square prepares to open, Spencer said she has no particular concerns when it comes to the new supermarket.
"I'm sure it's going to be a valuable addition to the neighborhood," she said. "A lot of people are very pleased to see it, and I'm sure I'm going to be shopping there. I think it's going to be a good store."
Mangione said that feeling is shared by residents with whom he's spoken.
"The residents are very excited," he said. "It's always been the plan to have a community retail center with a top-notch food store which is actually within walking distance if residents want to walk, or a short drive if they want to drive.
"It's all part of the master plan, one of the important early pieces, and we're really excited about it," Mangione said.
The Harris Teeter chain started in North Carolina in 1960. The publicly traded company now employs about 25,000 workers and has more than 200 stores in eight states and the District of Columbia, according to its website. Harris Teeter also owns several grocery distribution centers in North Carolina.
Last year, the industry publication Supermarket News ranked Harris Teeter No. 34 among the grocery industry's top 75 retailers and wholesalers, based on its 2011 fiscal year sales figures of $4.3 billion.
In Howard County, Harris Teeter already has stores in Columbia and Fulton. Other Maryland stores are in Baltimore, Germantown, Bethesda, Potomac and Olney.


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