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Using Garritan Jazz & Big Band
by Chuck Israels
We are pleased to welcome you to this Interactive Edition of "EXPLORING JAZZ ARRANGING", based upon Chuck Israels' new book. Chuck Israels is a true jazz master and there simply is no better source from whom to learn about jazz arranging.
This book is destined to be a classic. The superb quality of the text with its clarity and its wealth of information, coupled with the inline audio examples, truly makes this a uniquely worthwhile and extraordinary learning experience.
For the modern composer, it is essential to have a strong background in jazz theory, in addition to orchestration and traditional harmony and theory. This course encompasses a wealth of solid grounding and practical knowledge, clearly written and explained, all generously augmented with musical examples of melody, rhythm, harmony, form, writing for 2 voices, 3 voices, 4 or more voices, writing for full band, and much, much more.
This writing is already recognized for excellence as it is currently being used at Juilliard School of music for their course in Jazz Arranging and we are honored to present it to you here in this enhanced interactive edition.
Hear and See the Scores with Real-time Examples
In this revised internet edition, we provide the original text, with the added capability to hear the examples of Chuck Israel's works.
One of the the most effective ways to learn jazz is by listening, andsimultaneously seeing it on the score . Live playback of the score examples imparts an added dimension, converying concepts far more clearly and immediately than simply viewing what's on a printed page.
In this Interactive Edition we have provided exactly that facility: score excerpts which allow the learner to simultaneously listen and visually follow. The ability to see and hear various jazz arrangements of the different examples from Chuck Israel's text is invaluable; and books alone cannot provide this level of instruction.
Here is but one example of the many animated scores in the course:
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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Course Structure - Community Learning and Self-Study
With this course you read about the various concepts and you watch and listen to the various animated score examples to understand the concepts. There will be online "professors", including Chuck Israels, who will share their expertise and help guide the discussions.
The "EXPLORING JAZZ ARRANGING Using the Garritan Jazz/Big Band Library" course will initially be offered on this forum only. A new lesson will be posted periodically. The lessons will be presented in the same systematic step-by-step approach as Chuck structured it in his book. A syllabus of this course is listed in the bottom of this post.
If you come in late, start with Lesson 1. This course follows a logical order and it best to go sequentially and not race through it. It is important to read, listen, follow the scores and understand the material in one lesson before progressing to the next.The lessons are offered in small segments so it will be easy to digest the material. Each reading and listening example should be completed before advancing. There's an abundance of complex information and it is easy to lose focus -- so stay with it. There should be plenty of resources and people to help.
About Chuck Israels
Composer/arranger/bassist Chuck Israels is a recognized master musician in the world of jazz. He has worked with Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, J.J. Johnson, John Coltrane, and dozens of others. He is well known for being the bassist with the Bill Evans Trio from 1961 through 1966 and for his pioneering accomplishments in Jazz Repertory as Director of the National Jazz Ensemble from 1973 to 1981. He is now the Director of Jazz Studies at Western Washington University.
Chuck is a guest composer/director with various jazz ensembles and has numerous recordings to his credit. Among Chuck's many recordings as a bassist, some outstanding ones include: Coltrane Time, with John Coltrane; My Point of View, with Herbie Hancock; Getz au Go-Go, with Stan Getz; and many recordings with the Bill Evans Trio, including The Town Hall Concert; The Second Trio; Trio '65; Live at the Trident; Time Remembered; and Live at Shelley's Manne Hole.
Pre-Order the Book
The course is offered free of charge and there is no obligation to buy anything. If you are benefiting from this course, it would be appropriate to support Chuck in the tremendous amount of work that has gone into this book
One way is to make a donation to Chuck in appreciation of his work. Another way to support this work us to pre-order the hardcover book that will ship at the conclusion of this course. The hardcover book will have significant additional material and will include this entire course on DVD.
Also, although every example was done with Garritan Jazz and Big Band library, it is not required to benefit from this course. However, the library will help in emulating the exercises.
It is assumed the learner has some necessary basic musical skills including some knowledge of music theory and jazz. This course is not for the casual learner or beginning learner and requires a serious commitment.
First it is a pre-requisite that you are able to read music. This course requires following scores and being able to read treble, bass and alto clef is important.
If you are unsure about your level of proficiency it will not hurt to try some lessons to see if they are right for you. Learn at your own pace and try to supplement your knowledge in areas that are lacking. If you have mastery of material being taught, please try to help others who are learning.
It is essential to have the latest Flash Player in your browser installed in order to see the flash enabled scores. Macromedia has recently released their latest version of the Flash Player Plugin (Version 8). You can download the latest Flash Players here.
To benefit from this course it is recommended for learners to be registered with the forum to post questions or contribute in discussions. You can register to be a member of the Northern Sounds Garritan forum here.
Some GuidelinesThis will be an open virtual classroom and people should feel free to visit and learn at any time.
A few guidelines: We are here to learn so please be courteous to others. Constructive criticism is welcomed -- especially if it will improve the course and provide for a better educational experience. Encouragement helps learners much more than unbridled negativity. Try to be helpful to others and avoid demeaning less experienced learners. Please do not flame, name-call, banter or disrupt the learning experience for others. This course is offered as a free service and if one is against it for competitive, philosophical, political, religious or psychological reasons; we would rather you do not participate. Just like a bricks and mortar class, disruptive behavior may lead to being suspended or expelled.
We reserve the right to make changes if circumstances so dictate. We reserve the right to change the dates, change the structure of the course, or to withdraw any part or the entire course at any time.
Copyright & Terms of Use
Copyright © 2007, Chuck Israels and Garritan Corp. All rights reserved.
The EXPLORING JAZZ ARRANGING Using the Garritan Jazz/Big Band Library is offered as a courtesy and may be withdrawn at any time. Chuck Israels and Garritan reserve the right to charge for hardopy and other versions and media of the material. You are allowed to use this material for personal education purposes only. It excludes any commercial use (including professional or promotional uses) without written permission. No image, artwork, score, textual contents, sound files, mp3s, MIDI files or other material on this web site may be copied, reproduced, displayed, altered, posted, transmitted, sold or distributed in whole or in part, or for any purpose other than individual viewing of this web site, without the express prior written consent of Garritan Corp. None of the demos may be copied, reproduced, displayed, altered, posted, transmitted, distributed, or linked in whole or in part, for any purpose other than individual learning without the express prior written consent of Garritan. No part of the materials may be copied for resale or other commercial use, or included with other software, or posted on other public bulletin boards, web sites or online venues without written permission.
AcknowledgementsThis online course would not have been possible without the help of some very talented and dedicated people. First and foremost thanks to Chuck Israels for writing such an extraordinary and needed text. Chuck also composed many of the music examples. Many thanks to Roberto Soggetti who made all of the mp3 audio examples. Roberto used a special version of the Jazz and Big Band library that he modified. Thanks to Sean Hannifin for doing all of the Flash work so that the music follows the score. Thanks to Adina Cucicov for layout and formatting. And thanks to Mark Simon and Dave Burnett for hosting this course on Northern Sounds.
Let the Course Begin...
To offer such a jazz arranging course, written and presented by a jazz great -- plus present it with interactive real-time examples, and open the learning process into an online co-operative -- is truly something extraordinary!
This course is initially being offered free of charge and it is our way of giving back to the musical community. I believe that education is more important than just products and we are committed to providing every musician the means to improve their knowledge and skills.
Please spread the word about this extraordinary learning opportunity. Mention it to your friends or in colleges and schools, on forums, blogs, chats, publications as well as to anyone who would benefit from this course.
I hope you will use the concepts taught in this course in your own music and that what you will learn here will greatly benefit you for years to come.
Musically yours,
Gary Garritan
Course Syllabus
(subject to change)
Lesson 1 - Intro & Rhythm
Lesson 2 - Bass Lines
Lesson 3 - Bass Lines (Continued)
Lesson 4 - Harmony
Lesson 5 - Harmony (Continued)
Lesson 6 - Form
Lesson 7 - Form (Continued)
Lesson 8 - Melody & Orchestration
Lesson 9 - Melody & Orchestration (Continued)
Lesson 10 - Melody & Orchestration (Continued)
Lesson 11 - The Rhythm Section
Lesson 12 - The Rhythm Section (Cont.)
Lesson 13 - Writing for 2 Voices
Lesson 14 - Writing for 3 Voices
Lesson 15 - Writing for 4 or More Voices
Lesson 16 - Writing for 4 or More Voices (Cont.)
Lesson 17 - Writing for 4 or More Voices (Cont.)
Lesson 18 - Writing for The Whole Band
Lesson 19 - Writing for The Whole Band (Cont.)
Lesson 20 - Writing for Singers


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A swinging bachelor finds love when he meets a girl immune to his line.
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At a café, Julie single-mindedly asserts that marriage, and not a career, is her goal in life and outlines her plan for obtaining a husband, three children and a house in Scarsdale. When Charlie invites Julie to dinner, she declines, stating that he does not fit into her "marriage plan" because there is no chemistry between them. The next day, Julie refuses to sign a contract for the run of the play, insisting that she can commit herself beyond March 12th, the day she plans to be married, even though she has not yet found a suitable candidate for the groom. Meanwhile, Joe spends his day answering Charlie's telephone, fielding messages from women trying to curry Charlie's favor. One day, when Julie has failed to appear for rehearsal, Joe and Charlie switch on the television and see her in the audience of a homemaking show, scrutinizing furniture arrangements for her future house. Charlie hurries to the television studio to see Julie, standing up Sylvia in the process. Later, at rehearsal, Charlie, unimpressed by Julie's rendition of a song, demonstrates how it should be sung. Charlie's performance makes an impression on Julie, and she accepts his invitation to dinner. While Charlie dines with Julie, Joe begins to spend time with Sylvia. One night, when Charlie discovers that Julie's parents are out of town, he takes her home early to "neck." Although Julie tries to divert him with art books, her battle is nearly lost when Charlie passionately embraces her. Encircling him with her arms, Julie feels a bulge in his coat pocket and pulls out a wad of phone messages from his many girl friends. After ordering Charlie to stop seeing other women, Julie declares she has fallen in love with him, even though he is "too selfish, arrogant and old." When she mentions marriage, he disabuses her of the notion of matrimony and she throws him out. 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Establishing a Culture of Play
One of the more important principles to focus on in youth sports, especially volleyball, is to create an environment which encourages play. The value of play, from "street soccer" as best seen in Brazil but really found worldwide, to "pond hockey" in Canada and "driveway or playground hoops" or backyard baseball" in America - where tens of thousands of scholarship to pro level athletes developed their core skill sets, is well known. The Van Zwieten's in Florida heeded this concept, promoted also in the article "Gifts for a Volleyball Player" which you can download HERE, and built a backyard sand court. This is where Olympic Gold medalist Phil Dalhausser got his doubles start, after discovering the game and playing college club volleyball.
These days, backyard and street sports have diminished greatly - in part due to video game options, an ever increasing concern for child safety, as well from an almost maniacal focus on coach centered play starting at the very young level. In the talent rich pipeline of Brazil, you do not see parent controlled, coach centered youth soccer programming, but instead you see kid determined free-for-all games, like we used to see in America. At the same time, we do see this chance to learn by playing/doing in skateboarding and BMX bike riding, in skate parks where kids watch and learn from each other, and the streets and fields being used for learning through play - and no parents or "coaches" are found.
So in many sports it becomes highly important to create more opportunities for this chance to let the kids have the immense values found by simply playing. One of those ways is to simply schedule more "Open Gym" time, which is really open gym, not just another chance to coach control and practice. Set up a court or two on a Friday night, or before school starts some mornings, have just one adult there for supervision, and let the kids pick the teams and determine what they want to PLAY. My son's volleyball team has come in on Tuesdays before school, a day where school starts a bit later due to teacher training day generally, and they set up a rope net, and just play speed ball or monarch of the court for almost two hours. You just need a court, 3 other friends or more, and ONE adult there to supervise, not a coaching staff. Let the kids figure things out and simply play. You might want to encourage the older kids to spend some time mentoring by playing with the younger kids for a certain time - but don't force it the whole time, let the kids determine what they wish to do and how to form up teams too.
One of the most important times to create this culture of play, is before practice. Kids come early to a gym for whatever reason, and rather than play, they wait until the coach says "warm up!" That this warm up fails to follow a culture of play, has already been discussed, resulting in the first balls going OVER a net in some game/play-like way taking as long as 30 minutes in some gym cultures. What we need to change right away is this habit of waiting until the adult says "get a ball" to actually get a ball and start playing. It is part of creating more deliberate practice, but it goes deeper than this. We need to create a culture that encourages activity and play - by teaching and/or allowing every kid who comes into the gym to start playing right away.
So when one kid comes early, they hustle to get their court shoes on, and then grab a ball. Since the net is not up yet, and no other teammate is there - they go "partner" with the wall - and like the "homework" items so well covered in the MiniVolley book, they become great at hitting over the "net" stripe on the wall, and pass/dig the first ball off the wall to themselves, then setting themselves before again hitting the third contact over the "net" stripe on the wall. That our traditions currently teach bad skills - by wall spiking down to the floor and repetitively passing each ball coming off the wall right back to the wall (aka straight back to the opponent) has been covered but bears mention again. If you can change your gym wall playing traditions to 1. Hitting every ball OVER a 7'4 ¼ " net/stripe on the wall and 2. Passing/digging every first ball off the wall to YOURSELF, you create a skill set habit that is positive in value. This skill set is not perfect, but it is VASTLY superior to the current tradition of spiking down to the floor and passing each ball off the wall back off the wall immediately. For those who have not read this concept of positive training towards perfection, rather than negative training, CLICK HERE for more.
When one other teammate comes, you play either cooperative or transition to competitive games 1 vs. 1 on the wall, until the net is up. Once the net is up, the culture should be to dash to the net, and start to play 1 vs. 1, OVER the net. A third teammate still can play 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 if only the wall is available, but if the net is up, play 1 on 1 PLUS one. There, the 3rd teammate simply is the setter for BOTH players. These are seen in action on the "Learning Volleyball Through Games" film found on the USAV Video section of our website. You can also do three person "pepper" with the middle person being the "net" and setter - using both rotation after each "net crossing" or staying in place versions. This is an ideal same-side-of-the-net warm up option that is much, much better than traditional pepper in the habits which are being learned.
Remember also to not do what is easiest and/or already known, and to make sure in all the above cases to:
1. Use the non-dominate hand for 1-2 minutes of "serve" and "spiking" options.
2. Not hit the way you are facing but to learn "line" and "cut" shots by turning your body right or left and still hitting the ball over the wall stripe, or the net to a partner, to keep the ball flying.
We want the kids to talk and bond, while PLAYING so that they increase their opportunities to learn whatever challenging game they have chosen. They should enter your court and become players, not sit there and basically spectate, waiting for you to tell them they can play. Your gym should be a place where the players get to PLAY, starting the minute they enter, until someone or something else - like another group of kids chomping at the bit to get the court space -- kick the first set of players off. By using small sided games to warm up, you get plenty warmed up, while increasing the ever valuable deliberate practice time at a time where minutes of training are precious. Most importantly, you create a culture of play, which pays off when it comes time to keep score in a match - by creating better players, rather than spectators.
What other ideas do you have for creating a culture of play? Let me know at firstname.lastname@example.com or share as a comment below. As always, thanks for working with USA Volleyball to grow the game....
The following comments were made on our previous web platform and have been transferred here to maintain the historical record.
On March 18, 2010 Christian Stapff wrote
Well said John, It is 2010, and the need to say it again and again about COACHING AND PLAY cannot be over emphsized. Keep up th good work. Chris
On March 22, 2010 ed gover wrote
John, Thank you again for another fantastic article. The first 15 minutes of our practice is devoted to play... The moment a play sets foot in the gym the run to court to get started.. It goes from 1vs1 to 1vs 2 until the whole team arrives.. Thanks to you, everything we do is over the net when it comes to the young ones. Passing, hitting, digging.. and completely played out.. It is so exciting watching kids play again... You are the best! ed santa barbara
On March 25, 2010 peter stromberg wrote
I'm really glad to see awareness of the importance of unstructured playing in the world of volleyball, a sport I love. This issue has importance for all sports--I recently wrote a blog about this at Psychology Today: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-drugs-and-boredom/201003/the-twilight-playing-outside
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Seems that this fact might be important, but the headline is Monthly U.S. toll in Iraq at 2-year high in the LA Times.
The Marine deaths reported Friday brought the number of U.S. military fatalities in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion to 2,996, icasualties.org said, with 816 of them occurring this year. Last year, 846 American service members died; in 2004, the figure was 848.
The number of U.S. wounded is also down this year — 5,676 compared with 5,947 in 2005 and 8,001 in 2004.
For what it's worth, the number has risen to 818 since the article was published. Why do I get the feeling that some folks are keeping their fingers crossed for a big helicopter crash within the next twenty-four hours or so? Pitiful.
Anyway, for the "Iraq is just like Vietnam" crowd, we didn't have two straight years of declining deaths until 1969 and 1970. So does that mean that Iraq in 2007 is going to be about where Vietnam was in 1971? Actually, there are a few parallels to be found there, but I think it would pretty silly to make too much of them.
Also, those two years of declining deaths in Vietnam totalled 17,940 dead, and these two years of declining deaths in Iraq will total about 1,664. Or, as you can see, less than 10% of the Vietnam total.
At the rate of US military deaths in Iraq so far, we'll be matching the Vietnam total in July or August of 2077. Now, to be fair, that's a lot closer than the May 2523 date that casualties will match those in World War II, but it's still so silly as to be not worth worrying about.
I mention this not to minimize those who have died, but to point out how clueless those making Vietnam comparisons are and how pointless it would be to dwell on the casualty count as a measure of our success or lack of success in Iraq.
Well, and to point out that the media knows that casualties are down year-over-year but they have decided to tell a different story.
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Four-Roll Servo Feed at the High End of the Toughness Scale
One-stop shopping is the mantra at toll processor Voss Clark, Jeffersonville, IN, which recently brought in a coil of steel, sent it through pickling and oiling, slitting and blanking departments in less than 6 hr. The material went directly into an automotive application.
Last year Voss Clark processed nearly 11.5 million tons of steel—"a very good year," Marko adds. "Having all of those processes under one roof reduces transportation costs for our customers and eliminates the hauling of engineered scrap."
Thicker Steel Work a Curveball
While the firm had grown used to processing relatively thinner gauges of steel in recent years, as automakers strived to lightweight vehicles by using thinner and stronger steels, in 2011 one of its largest OEM customers threw the company a curveball.
"While most of the steel we blanked in 2011 was less than 0.280 in. thick," says Marko, "beginning in October 2012 and continuing into 2013 a lot of 0.400-in.-thick high-strength 80-ksi yield-strength steel, 70 in. wide, will run through our blanking operations." Placing the job at the high end of the toughness scale: coil width ranges from 12 to 75 in. wide. The wider coils allow the customer to feed the wide blanks directly into their big-bed transfer presses.
To equip the blanking department to handle the wide coils of high-strength steel from 0.050- to 0.400 in. thick, a multi-disciplinary team at Voss Clark repurposed an existing single-mandrel uncoiler capable of handling 80,000-lb. coils. The team then sent out a call for a shape-correction leveler (a Herr-Voss model) and a heavy-duty press (the firm rebuilt a 1000-ton Clearing). Then it sought a coil feeder that could stand up to the rigorous task at hand. Called to action: a four-roll servo feeder from Cooper-Weymouth Peterson (CWP), Clinton, ME.
Longer, More Accurate Progressions
The new feed (a model SMX78SE4) allows the firm to run much longer progressions than its previous blanking line, says Marko, which it decommissioned when the new line came on board. "Now we can run a longer progression (to 10 ft.) and still maintain the tolerances the customer demands" say Marko. "Previously, we had been limited to a 3-ft. progression at the same stroke rate."
While the firm has yet to run at the maximum progression, it has run a 40-in. progression. Coil stock feeds through the blanking press front to back, rather than through the windows, "to provide a larger usable bed size and coil width," says Marko. "And, we can locate the feeder close to the tool—within 18 in."
The blanking-line operator control panel controls the press, die clamps, scrap conveyors, loop pit table, light curtains and some features of the leveler. It also displays the various pneumatic and oil pressures.
The Clearing press boasts a 72- by 108-in. bed and was upgraded with new Wintriss controls and Shadow light curtains. A new Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 700 AC variable-speed drive enables the press to run at variable stroke speeds. "Troubleshooting is simplified by having Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation controls oversee operation of the entire blanking line," adds Marko.
"We typically blank the 72-in.-wide coils of 0.400-in. material at automated run rates now," continues Marko, noting that each stroke of the press can yield from one to four blanks; most dies are three-out.
"Advancing such heavy material at a high rate of speed presented a real challenge to the feed design. And, we have to maintain tight progression tolerances, since the blanks feed directly into the customer's dies—they're using the progression as a controlled dimension."
Why so Tough?
Marko is quick to point out characteristics of the feeder that allow the blanking line to perform at such a high level.
"Its dual feed-roll setup and anti-backup rolls do a great job of holding the material on every stroke, optimizing progression control and accuracy and preventing the material from backing up," he says. "The AC drive also helps tighten progression tolerances, by providing better feedback to the drive system. Backed-up feed rolls prevent roll deflection, which we find particularly useful when processing thicker steels. And, the unit's heavy-duty entry and exit adjustable edge guides allow us to guide the material without having to use tooling to guide the material. Most of the tools we run are pilotless."
The feed line also includes an adjustable-height cabinet base with powered clamps, which allows for quick pass-line height adjustments during changeovers. "That feature fits right in with our quick-die-change initiatives," says Marko.
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Brunswick Stew
Brunswick Stew dates back to the 1860s, when it was served as a complete meal. We now use it as an accompaniment to barbecues. It is delicious picnic fare when served with country ribs, coleslaw or potato salad. When I make this stew, I double the recipe and freeze small portions so we can enjoy it at several meals.
Total TimePrep: 1-1/2 hours + chilling Cook: 1 hour
Makes6 quarts
- 1 pound bone-in pork loin chops
- 2 bone-in chicken breast halves, skin removed
- 1 pound beef top round steak, cut into bite-size pieces
- 6 cups water
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 cups chopped onion
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 to 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
- 2 cans (15-1/4 ounces each) whole kernel corn, drained
- 2 cans (14-3/4 ounces each) cream-style corn
- 1 cup dry bread crumbs, toasted
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Minced fresh parsley, optional
- Place pork the chops, chicken and round steak in a large Dutch oven; cover with water. Cover and cook for 1-1/2 hours or until meat is tender.
- Strain stock into another large kettle; refrigerate overnight. Remove bones from meat; dice and place in a separate bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- The next day, skim fat from stock. Add the tomatoes, onion, tomato sauce, vinegar, sugar, garlic and pepper sauce. Simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes.
- Add the kernel corn, cream-style corn, reserved meat; heat through. Stir in bread crumbs; season with salt and pepper.
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In 2009 at Xi'an International Studies University, China, American teacher Christa Harrison (see her BLOG, From the Redwoods to Red China) used Bigfoot as a writing project subject with her English language-learning Chinese students. In association with Bigfoot Books' BIGFOOT'S bLOG these papers are being posted.
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Foodie's Market chefs will be contributing recipes to the Belmont Citizen-Herald on a regular basis. These recipes use fresh, healthy ingredients available at their store, which opened in Belmont Center in May.
Peperonata is no mere sautéed pepper and onion stew; rather it is a dish in which the whole is definitely greater than the sum of its parts. The slow cooking process softens the vegetables and weds together the contrasting flavors. It yields a dish that can be eaten warm or cold, that can accompany chicken (grilled chicken breast), meat (roasted pork tenderloin), fish (sautéed shrimp) or just a good crusty bread, cheese and salumi platter.
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, divided
3/4 pound onions: Spanish, yellow or white (*see note)
3-4 large cloves garlic
3 pounds (approximately 6) bell peppers, a mix of red, yellow & orange
1 can (approximately 14 ounces) diced tomatoes with their juices
1-2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 sprigs fresh oregano
1 sprig fresh basil
Pinch of hot red pepper flakes
Kosher salt
Peel the onion (s) and cut in half from stem end through root end. Lay each half face down on the cutting board and slice into ¼ inch slices withthe 'lines' of the onion. If cut across the onion into 'rings', the onions will fall apart during cooking.
Wash and dry the peppers. Slice off the top of the pepper, close to the stem to minimize waste. Cut the peppers into quarters and then cut each quarter into ¼ inch strips. Be sure to remove the ribs and seeds from inside the peppers first.
Peel and slice the garlic cloves as thinly as you can.
Wash and pat dry the herbs.
Slowly heat a large, high-sided pan. Carefully add 1/2 the amount of extra virgin olive oil. Do not let the oil smoke, it will burn the vegetables. Add all the onions and stir. Add a generous pinch of salt, turn the heat down, cover the pan and slow cook to soften the onions. Stir often. After 8-10 minutes, the onions will have released juices and become shiny. Add the garlic cloves and cook for 3-5 minutes, covered to soften. Adding the garlic after the onions have softened will protect the garlic from burning and becoming bitter.
Next, add the rest of the olive oil, the canned tomatoes, the sliced peppers and another liberal sprinkling of salt. Add the pinch of hot red pepper flakes and the herb sprigs. Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Stir to combine. Cover the pot. Continue to cook and stir for another 20-25 minutes or until the dish is stew-like but not too soupy. Keep cooking without the cover to reduce the liquid if the stew is very soupy.
Taste. Add more vinegar to your liking- the acidity will contrast nicely with the sweetness of the onions and peppers. Add more hot spice if desired. And it will need more salt!! Remove the herb stems. Let the stew 'rest' for 15 minutes to let the flavors mingle
About onions: The most common non-red cooking onion varieties are yellow, Spanish and large white. The Spanish onions are large, ¾ to 1 pound each. The large white onions are just a bit smaller, about ¾ pound each. And the most common yellow onions are much smaller. They usually run 3 each to the pound. If you cook often, you will get much more yield from a larger onion. A pound of small yellow onions will lose at least 1/3 volume in trim waste. There is proportionately less waste with a larger onion and what is not needed for the recipe at hand can be double-wrapped and stored in the refrigerator for later use.
Yields 6-8 as a side dish. Prep time is 25 minutes. Cook time is 35 minutes. Level of difficulty: easy.
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Brett Favre is going to Iraq. Sort of.
Like most Packers fans, Matthew Bannach, Jayson Wissmueller and Joe Stewart wanted Brett Favre's autograph.
Not content to wait outside Lambeau Field with pen and paper, the three Marine lance corporals simply Googled the Green Bay quarterback's signature, printed it and took the John Hancock to a tattoo artist in San Diego while they were on leave. Actually, Wissmueller organized it and talked Bannach and Stewart into getting the $50 tattoos in October.
"Two beers later, it was a great idea," said Bannach, 21, of Franklin.
I'm completely sober and it's still a great idea. (Be sure to check out the photo.) There is little question these guys drink Pabst.
I've only been tempted to get a tattoo once (Harley Davidson), but these Marines have got me thinking. I wonder what my wife would say. Actually, no I don't.
It's only fitting that the country — and Packer fans everywhere — raise a 12 oz. can of PBR to these guys at some point this week.
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The Houston Dash defeated the Texas A&M women's soccer team 1-0 at Houston Sports Park in a preseason scrimmage on Saturday morning.
Kealia Ohai opened the scoring in the seventh minute for the Dash. Forward Tiffany McCarty pounced on a mistake by the A&M backline and broke through into the penalty area before sliding a pass across the box to Ohai. The rookie forward took the pass and beat the Aggie keeper one-on-one with a low finish. It was her first goal of the preseason after assisting on a Teresa Noyola goal in Wednesday's 4-0 win over Rice University.
Ohai looked to have her second goal of the morning 10 minutes later when Ella Masar got to the endline and squared a ball to the middle of the box for a simple finish. The play was whistled dead, however, as A&M keeper Renée McDermott received a head injury challenging the initial cross. McDermott had to be tended to by athletic trainers for 10 minutes and had to be stretchered off the field, but gave the fans and her team a wave and a gig 'em as she was carted off.
The Dash created several chances throughout the half, but replacement goalkeeper Jordan Day was up to the task and made several fine saves. During first half stoppage time, Ohai again had a chance to net another goal as she received a flick-on from Masar off a throw-in. She dribbled to the center of the box and got off a quick shot from near the penalty spot, but Day reacted well to make a diving save.
A&M, the 2013 SEC champions, were held in check for the majority of the game and only got a couple of shots on goal, each easily handled by Dash keepers Erin McLeod and Bianca Henninger. The Dash have not conceded a goal in either of their first two preseason matches.
The Dash and Texas A&M will face each other once more this spring, on April 2 at Ellis Field in College Station, TX, in what will be the Dash's penultimate preseason fixture. The Dash return to action on Wednesday, March 26 to face the Dynamo Academy U-16 team at Houston Sports Park. The match is free and open to the public.
Houston Dynamo vs. Texas A&M University
March 22, 2014—Houston Sports Park, Houston, TX
NWSL Preseason
Scoring Summary:
Houston: Kealia Ohai 1 (Tiffany McCarty 1) 7
Houston Dash: Erin McLeod (Bianca Henninger 46); Arianna Romero, Holly Hein* (Anisa Guajardo* 75), Emilee O'Neill* (Marissa Diggs 46), Nikki Washington (Jordan Jackson 59); Brittany Bock (Tori McCombs* 65), Jordan Jackson (Teresa Noyola 46), Becky Edwards (Dominique Richardson* 65); Tiffany McCarty (Kealia Ohai 63, Sara Campbell* 75), Ella Masar (Lindsay Elston* 56), Kealia Ohai (Stephanie Ochs 46)
Texas A&M University:
Starters: Renée McDermott; Karlie Mueller, Grace Wright, Meghan Streight, Leigh Edwards; Bianca Brinson, Stephanie Malherbe, Janae Cousineau, Kelley Monogue, Allie Bailey; Annie Kunz
Substitutes: Jordan Day, Haley Pounds, Mikaela Harvey, Ashlynn Harryman
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Promised HSDPA add-on available at last
Exclusive Dell UK has begun selling a 3G network datacard kitted out with HSDPA high-speed download technology. The card is available to buy as an optional extra with the PC maker's Latitude D820 notebook computer.
Dell announced in January it would ship a machine with HSDPA support later this year. The following March, it launched the Centrino Duo-branded D820 and D620, saying both machines would in due course be offered with an HSDPA option, but it was unable to state when the 'super 3G' card would be available.
Well, now it is. Buyers choosing the D820 can opt to have the Dell Wireless 5505 Mobile Broadband 3G HSDPA card pre-installed for an extra £131. The card ships with a with Vodafone SIM, the Dell website states, as expected. According to Dell, the card works in HSDPA mode when connected to Vodafone's 3G networks in the UK, France and Germany.
However, Vodafone itself has yet to list an HSDPA-enabled 3G datacard on the carrier's own website. When the Vodafone UK HSDPA service goes live - sometime this summer, the company has said in the past - it is only expected to operate within the M25 area. If it detects no HSDPA network, the Dell card should connect at regular 3G data-rates.
The card provides download speeds of up to 1.8Mbps - the upload speed is 384Kbps - five times faster than today's standard 3G networks.
It's currently unclear whether Dell is also offering the card with the D620, as promised. The D620 customisation page on Dell's website was unavailable when we checked today. The cards can be bought separately, we understand, for £149. ®
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The Flash's fiercest — and most frigid — foe has joined his TV series. EW reports Prison Break's Wentworth Miller will don the parka and weird white glasses (metaphorically speaking) of Leonard Snart, a.k.a. the freeze-gun-wielding Captain Cold.
But will he have his trademark gun, or will he have actual ice powers granted by the accident that created the Flash? No idea, but executive producer Greg Berlanti has implied that Cold will lead the group of Flash's enemies known as the Rogues, just as he does in the comics.
Here's hoping that Miller doesn't have to make any Schwarzenegger-in-Batman-and-Robin-type ice puns. But is it wrong of me to hope that Grant Gustin's Flash does, purely to irritate his foe? Sorry, but imagining the Flash yelling "Ice to see you!" to an increasingly furious Captain Cold just sounds delightful to me.


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'The Daily Show' Pits 'Green Eggs and Ham' Against 'The Bore-ax'
Dr. Seuss wasn't a real medical doctor, but given how much his name has come up in the debate over Obamacare you have to wonder what the late children's author might have thought of all the fuss. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz expressed his opposition to the new federal health-care law by standing for a speech on the Senate floor for more than 21 hours and, at one point, reading Dr. Seuss's "Green Eggs and Ham." On "The Daily Show," comic Jon Stewart responded by reading his version of Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax," which he satirically retitled "The Bore-ax." Watch the clips. What do you think?


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Ogihara America Corp., Howell, MI, a Thai Summit Group company, named Chumpol Rangsonpresident. Rangson previously served as director of overseas operations for Thai Summit Autoparts Industry. Ogihara provides metal stamping and assembly services and tool and die design, build and refurbishment.
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The new Sony Playstation Vita Slim is due for release on February 7th. It's 20% thinner and 15% Lighter, you can play longer with it (4-6 hours game play and 7 hours video play) and there's Immediate Play with 1GB in-built memory card. However, while it has a 5" touchscreen, plus unique features like the […]
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Sony Playstation Vita Slim – released on Feb 7th
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Posted by Dom Robinson on March 6th, 2012
Unit 13 Following the other games I have reviewed on the Sony Playstation Vita, this is definitely the best so far! Lots of shooting and violence as you take part as one of the elite military types, reportedly recruited from the very best military outfits across the USA and Europe, but given how it's actually […]
Sony Playstation Vita – The DVDfever.co.uk Review
Posted by Dom Robinson on February 28th, 2012
If there's one handheld console that has served me better than any other in my life, it is my PSP.. Nintendo's offerings are fun but never feel like they provide any serious gaming offerings, Microsoft have never brought one out and so, for me, Sony's devices have won the battle. And now, there's the Sony […]


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On this edition for Sunday, July 7, new threats to nuclear limits as Iran announces plans to increase uranium enrichment, the rise of ant-Semitism in France, and a look at why the owners of a famous Utah restaurant are stepping up to protect a national monument. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
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Three pollutants are a concern for the Winston-Salem Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization - ozone, carbon monoxide and particle pollution less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) in diameter. The Air Quality Conformity Analysis summary for carbon monoxide and ozone is in Chapter 8 of the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan Update (LRTP) document and the detailed analysis is located in the Appendices of that document.
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To achieve an increase of 153 horsepower Mercedes is equipping the motor with forged pistons and special bearings. Displacement is increased to 2.0 liters from 1.8. It also gets a bigger turbocharger which supplies 26 pound of boost in stock form. Redline is expected to be around 6300 rpm. The head of AMG development Tobias Moers claims the motor is as strong internally as any other AMG motor which it will need to be considering the very high specific output which eclipses any other German competitor's turbo four cylinder motors including Audi, VW, and BMW.
With 173 horsepower per liter the engine eclipses even the output of the 997 GT2 RS, impressive. The competition will have their hands full in this segment although Audi will likely use its 2.5 liter 5-cylinder to compete. BMW is apparently even planning an M version of their N20 turbo 2.0 liter four-cylinder to compete with this engine.


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Start by asking yourself basic questions about the issue that will help you describe it:
What is the issue?
When answering this question, be sure to note any alert or "error" messages that appear. Be sure to describe any unexpected hardware or software behavior, and any other details that seem relevant.
Users accustomed to reading logs should review them in Apple System Profiler for any relevant information. If you are not experienced with reading logs, it is generally best to ignore them unless instructed to search for a specific message.
When does it occur?
- If you can identify a sequence of events that lead up to the issue, be sure to document each.
- If the issue seems to occur at certain time intervals, be sure to record the times at which it happens. Does it happen only at certain times (for example, daily at 9:00) or on a periodic basis (for example, every 47 minutes)?
- If the issue occurs so irregularly that you cannot yet describe when it happens, the suggestions below will help you troubleshoot the issue over time by making certain changes, then watching to see if the issue stops.
- If the issue occurs at startup immediately following a third-party software installation, find out what you can do.
- You can also troubleshoot any other issues that occur during startup.
If these suggestions do not resolve your issue, contact AppleCare or your nearest Apple Authorized Service Provider for assistance.
When did the issue start?
Note any recent changes to the computer and its software, since they could affect the issue. Was any new software or hardware installed?
Check documentation
After you can describe the issue, check known documentation sources, searching on key terms you have identified.
If an application program is affected, first check any "read me" files included with it. These may describe known issues.
If the issue is with a third-party product, check the manufacturer's or publisher's website for information about the issue.
Up-to-date software and firmware?
As a general rule, make sure you are using the latest versions of Apple and third-party software for best compatibility. Also make sure your computer's firmware is up-to-date.
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Pay attention to important clues.
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- For other issues, or when software troubleshooting does not produce a resolution, use the rest of this document.
Use Disk Utility to check for disk errors and permission issues
Such issues can contribute to other symptoms, but are usually easy to resolve.
Can you isolate to a hardware device?
Issues with a hardware device can sometimes appear to be software issues, but are not resolved with software troubleshooting. Eliminate hardware as a cause (or conversely, isolate the issue to software):
- Disconnect external devices. If the computer is an iBook or PowerBook computer, disconnect all external devices. For an iMac, disconnect all devices other than the Apple keyboard and mouse. For a Power Mac, disconnect all external devices other than one display (which should be connected to an original, built-in video port), and the original Apple keyboard and mouse. If this resolves the issue, add devices back one at a time (shut down first if the device requires it) to further isolate the issue.
- Insert the Apple Hardware Test CD that came with your computer (if one did). Use the extended test. If any issues are found proceed to step 3, or contact AppleCare or your nearest Apple Authorized Service Provider to arrange for diagnostics and service as necessary.
- Shut down the computer and remove any third-party memory upgrades, expansion cards, additional hard drives, or other internal hardware upgrades. If you are not comfortable doing this, an Apple Authorized Service provider can assist. A service fee may be charged if the issue is not related to your Apple hardware. Alternatively, you may wish to skip this step and go to "Reinstall Mac OS X" below.
- If the issue is resolved, add your devices back one at a time. When the issue returns, remove the most recently-added device. If the issue goes away again, you have identified the cause. If software was included with the device, try deleting and reinstalling it. You may also wish to contact the vendor or manufacturer of that device for specific troubleshooting steps.
- You may want to test devices on all available ports into which they can be used. If a USB device works on USB port 1 but not on USB port 2, try connecting other devices to port 2. It is possible that your computer's ports aren't working properly.
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If an issue persists, reinstalling Mac OS X should resolve it.
- For Mac OS X v10.6, simply reinstall Mac OS X v10.6 from its installation disc.
- For Mac OS X v10.2, 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5, perform an Archive and Install installation.
Tip: You won't be able to return to your previous System following an Archive and Install installation, but you can select the "Preserve existing Users & Network Settings" option to retain your original applications and settings, documents, and user accounts.
- For Mac OS X v10.1.5 or earlier, reinstallation of Mac OS X requires erasing the Mac OS X volume. This is described in the next paragraph.
If the issue persists, back up any necessary data, start up from a Mac OS X Install or Restore CD, erase the Mac OS X volume, reinstall Mac OS X and restore any additional Apple software.
Reinstall additional software one item at a time, restarting the computer after each install. For best results, use the computer for several hours after each installation to determine if that particular software contributed to the issue. Reinstalling everything at once without noting when the issue returned may lead to a need to repeat this process.
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Ten Translations to Check Out in September: Not Really a Listicle
I've been wanting to do monthly highlights of books coming out for a while, but thought to myself that, well, Flavorwire already does stuff like this, so why bother. Then I remembered that Flavorwire is the worst, so here we are.
High Tide by Inga Ābele. Translated from the Latvian by Kaija Straumanis. ($15.95, Open Letter Books)
Yep, I'm leading it off with one of our books. A book by a former student of the University of Rochester's Literary Translation Program and our current editor. (Flavorwire would never do something like this.) Anyway, aside from the selfish plug for Open Letter and Kaija, I want to say three things:
1) This is a beautifully written book that relates a woman's life more-or-less in reverse chronological order, demonstrating, in consistently surprising ways, the choices that led to her current state and feeling that "life is a prison" and that everything for her keeps restarting and restarting. We talked about this at our Book Clüb yesterday and people admitted that it made them cry. So that;
This is the first Latvian novel to be published in the U.S. in English translation; (NOT TRUE! This book existed at some point.)
3) This comes out on September 26th, and to promote it ahead of time, we're selling the ebook version for $3.99 this week, $5.99 next week, $7.99 the week after, and $9.99 when the book launches. So get yours now! (Amazon, iTunes, Nook, Kobo.)
Open Door by Iosi Havilio. Translated from the Spanish by Beth Fowler. ($15.95, And Other Stories)
All Dogs Are Blue by Rodrigo de Souza Leão. Translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry and Stefan Tobler. ($15.95, And Other Stories)
After winning just about every award possible in the UK, And Other Stories—the indie press with the most interesting editorial selection process I know of—is finally branching out into the United States. Consortium will be distributing their books, and within six months, every major book news outlet will have reviewed their titles and be singing their praises. This is some high quality shit.
Open Door includes two of my favorite subjects in literature: Argentina and insane asylums. I read this a while back, but plan to reread it in advance of Havilio's Paradises, which comes out next month. (I actually mentioned this book back in 2008 during my editorial trip to Buenos Aires.)
I read All Dogs Are Blue while I was in Brazil, not too far away from the asylum (THIS IS AN AND OTHER STORIES THEME) where Rodrigo de Souza Leão spent much of his life. It's an amazing book, samples from which you can see here.
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante. Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. ($18.00, Europa Editions)
One of the most recommended non-crime writers that Europa publishes and whom I haven't read. Her books have been on my shelves forever, and one of these days . . .
All of the fans of The Days of Abandonment, or, more apropos, My Brilliant Friend, will rush out to get this, but for anyone not familiar with her, here's a bit from the Shelf Awareness review that ran today:
With The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante picks up where she left off in My Brilliant Friend, following her two protagonists, Lila and Elena, from adolescence into their 20s. The novel, the second volume in a trilogy, is a treatise on life in Naples, a part of Italy that has nothing in common with Rome, Florence or Milan.
The two girls have a complex, intense relationship, with Lila leading the way and Elena trying to accommodate—at least at first. Lila has pulled herself out of poverty with an early marriage to a grocer's son, whom she hates. Elena has continued studying, graduating from high school and going to university in Pisa.
The Mystery of Rio by Alberto Mussa. Translated from the Portuguese by Alex Ladd. ($16.00, Europa Editions)
There are only five works of fiction from Brazil coming out in the U.S. this year. (Three are on this list.) After visiting Rio and Paraty this summer, I MUST READ THEM ALL.
The Eternal Son by Cristovao Tezza. Translated from the Portuguese by Alison Entrekin. ($19.95, Tagus Press)
Sticking with the Brazilian theme, here's the latest from Tagus Press, a new outfit publishing only Lusophone writers. This book—about a father whose son is born with Down syndrome—sounds a bit like Kenzaburo Oe's A Personal Matter.
"Between Friends by Amos Oz. Translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston. ($14.95, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Since the day we launched Three Percent, I've been making fun of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's website. Not that any of the Big Five websites were spectacular, but for years it seemed like Houghton Mifflin was playing some kind of demented game with readers trying to find out information about their books. You had to click through 6 or 20 links to find a list of new releases, which then, just to make things interesting, were never quite in alphabetical order. The search engine ran on AltaVista or Ask Jeeves!, and for a while Jose Saramago was a digital persona non gratis.
Well. Things are now better. This website doesn't look like vomit. It makes a certain amount of intuitive sense. I typed in Amos Oz, and actually received results about Amos Oz. The fact that these are grand improvements is depressing at best, but still, way to go HMH!
Except maybe for the fact that this is all the info on the HMH site about Between Friends:
A provocative new story collection from the internationally celebrated author of A Tale of Love and Darkness.
Really? Christ. At least I can still rely on HMH for providing good comedic fodder. Keep up the bumbling!
Gods of the Steppe by Andrei Gelasimov. Translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz. ($14.95, AmazonCrossing)
This is the third Gelasimov book that AmazonCrossing has published, the other two being Thirst and The Lying Year. The fact that Marian Schwartz translated this is enough to make me want to read it. She is the best.
Sudden Disappearance of the Worker Bees by Serge Quadruppani.& Translated from the Italian by Delia Casa. ($23.95, Arcade)
Over the past month I've read Generation A by Douglas Coupland, Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood, and And Still the Earth by Ignacio de Loyola Brandão, fairly different books, but all of which are set in the future and involve a world in which no one reads, and there are no more bees. Sure, I'd heard mention of colony collapse disorder before, but, like America, I didn't really care all that much. But reading these books, I realized that with no bees, we have no apples. And no apple crisp. According to Wikipedia, one-third of the crop species in the United States involve bee pollination, including: almonds, peaches, soybeans, apples, pears, cherries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, and strawberries. This is not good. Of course, as soon as I read these books and starting thinking about how fucked it is that one-third of the U.S. honeybee colonies died or disappeared last winter, my neighbor's Time Magazine arrived with this beepocalyptic cover:
What the shit, Universe? I did not need this.
Faction by Juan Filloy. Translated from the Spanish by Rhett McNeil. ($16.95, Dalkey Archive Press)
Click on that link above to see just how "in process" Dalkey's website is right now. Nevertheless, this book was announced with a September pub date, and man do I hope it comes out soon. I actually signed this on—along with Op Oloop way back in the early 2000s. (Writing "early 2000s" and realizing that is an accurate statement makes me feel old.) I forget how we first came across Filloy—who is mentioned in passing in Cortázar's Hopscotch, lived in three centuries, and used seven-letter titles for all of his books—but all of his books sounded really interesting. Especially this one, which is about "seven erudite, homeless, and semi-incompetent radicals traveling from city to city in an attempt to foment a revolution." SOLD.


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Praxis and AdaCore have teamed up to launch a General Public License (GPL) version of SPARK, a programming language developed by the two companies that supports the development of software used in applications where correct operation is vital either for reasons of safety or security. The SPARK toolset offers static verification and generates evidence for correctness that can be used to build an assurance case in line with the requirements of industry regulators and certification schemes. There are versions of SPARK based on Ada 83, Ada 95, and Ada 2005, so all leading Ada compilers and tools work out-of-the-box with SPARK.
The release combines the SPARK language and verification tools from Praxis with the GNAT Programming Studio (GPS) and GNATbench development environments from AdaCore. SPARK has a track-record in the development of high-assurance systems. These include the SPARK Pro -- is available from AdaCore. Launched in March 2009, SPARK Pro includes full support and is aimed at professional developers of high assurance systems.
"SPARK has a long and distinguished industrial pedigree being used for large-scale critical development systems all over the world. This pedigree, and the research that has enabled it, is now freely available, and I look forward to seeing the research advances and innovations that will result," said Keith Williams, Praxis Managing Director. "It is also very important that the academic community now has access to such industrial-strength material to support the teaching of high-integrity software engineering."


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Doctor Braves Snowstorm, Walks 6 Miles to Perform Emergency Surgery
A surgeon in Alabama trekked more than six miles on foot during Tuesday's snowstorm to perform life-saving brain surgery on a patient.
Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw was working at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham on Tuesday when he received word that a patient requiring emergency brain surgery had arrived at Trinity Medical Center, located more than six miles away. But because of Tuesday's storm, which effectively shut down transportation across the Southeast, Hrynkiw was able to drive only three blocks before traffic stopped. He quickly called the hospital.
"The cell service was bad so we were fading in and out," Steve Davis, charge nurse in the neuro intensive care unit at Trinity, told AL.com. "At one point, I heard him say, 'I'm walking.'"
Davis contacted hospital authorities, who notified law enforcement. "The police were looking for him," Davis said.
Several hours went by before Hrynkiw's calls got through. "He finally called me and said, 'Where's the patient? What's the status?'" Davis said.
Not long after, Hrynkiw finally arrived at the hospital, met with the patient's family, and performed the surgery. The patient, who would've died without the procedure, is doing well and is expected to recover.
"This just speaks volumes to the dedication of the [Dr.Hrynkiw]," Davis said. "When I saw him, all I could say is 'you are a good man.'"
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Mike B necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 47 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
I'm switching the theme to my wordpress blog and need a new logo and five gifs recolored.
You can take a look at my current blog here. I'd like the logo to be sharper. It needs to have the straight line between the 11 and 15. Feel free to be creative with it (I used to have gears in my old logo if that gives you ideas), or you can just play around with the font. You can try both "11|15" and "11|15 Media".
I'm changing the blog to the Revolutions theme here. I don't see how to upload files here, so you'll need to download the Revolutions theme here The gifs are in the images folder. There are only five gifs in the images folder to change. I'm looking to change the color to a dark purple, much darker than what's on my current site. Please keep the file names and sizes the same as they appear in the images folder. Keep in mind that the logo.gif will lay over the bg.gif.
The images are bg, headline_left, headline_right, logo, logo_blank. You don't need to be concerned with the other images in the folder.
I'd also like one version of the logo to be in a vector format as well as the gif.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
Hi everyone. For the font in the logo, the ones I see so fr look too metallic to me and I don't think that fits. If it helps, the site will be about leadership and entrepreneurs. In an earlier version of it I used to have gears in the logo, that's not a requirement but hopefully gives you ideas.
- Color change to a dark purple.
- New logo, could be similar to current but sharper, with new color.
- Must be a straight line between 11 and 15 in logo.
- Change five gifs in image folder to the new color.
- A version of the logo in a vector format as well.
- I don't want you to ignore the layout of the finished theme. Here is what it will look like.
- Don't change the names or sizes of the gifs. I plan to just plug in the ones you make without changing code.
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