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[From TheMusicUniverse.com] Tritt, Jackson, Black, and Brooks: "The Class of 89" as defined by the former himself. Travis Tritt presented his intimate "A Man and His Guitar" acoustic show at the St. George Theatre last night (Sun., Oct. 8th).
Throughout the evening. Tritt wove stories about everything from the Grand Ole Opry to Webster's dictionary in between his hits. Opening with "It's All About the Money," Tritt strummed and sand for 15 minutes straight (and four songs) before stopping to welcome his audience.
Not many artists have the vocal strength to pull off a solo performance. However, Travis Triss is at his best when the instrumentation is stripped away. On his records, identifiable steel guitar licks mask a surprisingly intricate voice. It is at once smooth, smokey, and with a specific twang that hauntingly echoes the king himself: George Jones. Songs like "Anymore" and "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" have new life to them when the audience has no other choice but to listen to the words, and the nuanced emotions with which Tritt sings them.
When he spoke, the country icon was slow and thoughtful, only using scripted lines when telling tried-and-true jokes from his many performances of this same show. Early on, Tritt addressed the Las Vegas shooting last Sunday night at a country music festival. He mused about his upbringing, the kindnesses Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings showed him in the early years of his career, and the passing of Tom Petty.
The stripped down nature of the show also gave the two-time Grammy winner the room to cover those aforementioned heroes. Tritt paid tribute to Petty with a rendition of "Southern Accent." A Slow, ballad version of "I Walk the Line" appeared later on, as did a medley of Jennings' biggest hits.
It was Jennings, Tritt said, who taught him how to be an 'outlaw' country star among pretty boys in hats. True, as the other three alumni of the '89 class built their images in ten gallons and, as Tritt joked at the concert, "pressed blue jeans." He said his gritty personality and his aversion to the classic cowboy aesthetic made him, "Stick out like a sore thumb." By his own admission, Tritt's gruffer exterior was a harder sell against the wholesome image of Brooks, the softer music of Black, and the down-home energy of Jackson.
But Tritt's genius is in his ability to pull off both raw, emotionally revelatory songs ("Where Corn Don't Grow," "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)") and fun tongue-in-cheek numbers ("Ten Feet Tall and Bullet Proof," "Country Club"). Tritt's Jones-esque whiney-twang combines with the ghost of Keith Whitley and the drawl of his outlaw heroes to create a uniquely identifiable vocal. When put up against the rest in his class, in this, the "Hat Acts" fall flat.
Of those four tentpole stars of the 90's, Garth Brooks, is the only other to present such an intimate, acoustic evening. Brooks spent four years at the Wynn resort, taking audiences through decades of musical inspiration before spending the last third of his show on his own hits. While Brooks' acoustic skill is in his ability to mimic the sounds, cadences, and even performance styles of his heroes, Travis Tritt enjoys taking a song and making it his own. A highlight of his night at the St. George was his cover of "Help" by the Beatles.
Travis Tritt closed his set by returning to his hits, including "It's a Great Day to be Alive" and finishing with "T-R-O-U-B-L-E." For two hours, the long-haired outlaw from Marietta, Georgia in the sequin-studded Manuel coat – playing just his guitar – had barely even stood up. It was the audience that ended up on their feet.
– Matt Bailey (The Music Universe)


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aggressive push digital content market got a major boost Monday with the announcement of a multiyear pact with the Walt Disney Company
to securely distribute Disney entertainment on the Internet and on portable devices.
Disney, which already hawks movie rentals on the MovieLink online movie distribution service, plans to license Microsoft's proprietary Windows Media DRM
The companies did not provide specifics but it's not a stretch to imagine Windows Media will be the default distribution technology for Disney's content. It's also likely that Microsoft's flagship Windows Media Player will be the preferred playback mechanism on Disney's Web offerings. Financial terms of the non-exclusive deal were not released.
Disney's ESPN.com is already tightly integrated by Microsoft's MSN portal and the latest partnership could lead to Microsoft targeting the lucrative but tricky sports content space.
By inking a non-exclusive agreement, Disney leaves the door open to future partnerships with competing DRM technologies from Microsoft rivals like RealNetworks
According to Microsoft, the two sides will cooperate on long-term digital media initiatives to improve the quality, security and reach of digital content within the home and on Microsoft Windows XP-based PCs.
Disney will also use Microsoft Windows Media technology in order to shuttle content to a range of home and portable entertainment devices.
Initially, Microsoft and Disney will work on creating and securely delivering high-definition digital content and speeding up the flow of media over networks and future digital devices, like high-definition DVD players and Microsoft's new Portable Media Center.
According to Disney's chief strategic officer Peter Murphy, the Windows Media pact will help facilitate new business initiatives.
"The continuing migration of content from analog to digital formats has exciting implications for both consumers and content owners, and we believe this agreement will accelerate this evolution and bring about a vibrant market for legitimate, high-quality entertainment delivered to new categories of end-user devices, such as personal media players and home media center PCs," Murphy said in a statement.


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David Kowalski
President/Executive Director, Labor Guild
Retired President, UWUA Local #318
A founding member of the Utility Workers Union of America Local 318, Dave began his involvement in the labor movement as a rank-and-file gasworker. He took on increasing responsibility in his union, moving from steward to executive board member, and eventually found himself serving as president of the local. In 1984, he decided to enroll in the Labor Guild school classes. Dave recalls that it was at the Labor Guild that Dave first met Father Ed Boyle, "the closest man I'll ever meet to a saint," marked by his work ethic and his devotion to social and economic justice. Dave continued his education by enrolling in the UMass Boston Labor Studies program, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1990.
Kowalski has served as an instructor and also served for three years on the executive board of the Labor Guild. He was elected as president of the board in January 2019. He will continue to lead the board in addition to taking on responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the guild as executive director.
Elissa Cadillic
Vice President, Labor Guild
President, AFSCME 1526
Elissa Cadillic is the president of AFSCME 1526. She has been involved with the union for over 20 years in various positions and continues to advocate for the safety and health of her members. She is also currently the Chair of the Board for MassCOSH.
Hugh Boyd
Recording Secretary, Labor Guild
Assistant Business Manager and Treasurer, IBEW Local 104
Hugh Boyd is currently an Assistant Business Manager and Treasurer at IBEW Local 104. A 32-year union member, Hugh has served in many capacities from Executive Board member to union representative. He has a breadth of experience in many aspects of unionism.
Thomas P. Kerr, Jr.
Treasurer, Labor Guild
Assistant Business Manager, Pipefitters Local 537
Tom Kerr has been the Assistant Business Manager at Pipefitters Local 537 since 2010. Prior to holding this position, he served as Business Agent for the Refrigerations Division, and as President of his local from 1998-2002. He has also been a member and supporter of the Labor Guild for many years. He began taking classes in 1995, and has been on the Board for almost 20 years.
John F. Cronin
Member, Teamsters Local 25
John Cronin is a thirty year Teamster with the bulk of his experience in the residential rubbish industry. John was serving as a trustee on the Executive Board of Teamsters Local 379 when they voted to merge with Teamsters Local 25. He has been a Labor Guild member since 2005.
Francis X. Callahan, Jr.
President, Massachusetts Building Trades Council
Frank Callahan began his career in the labor movement with the Pioneer Valley Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO in 1990. He was appointed Legislative Director for the Massachusetts Building Trades Council, AFL-CIO in 1996, and elected President in 2007. He is a member of the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades Local 939. He is also Executive Vice-President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Delegate to the Greater Boston Central Labor Council, President of the Construction Institute, a member of the School Building Advisory Board of the Massachusetts School Building Authority, a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends For Children and serves on the Blue Cross Blue Shield Labor Advisory Committee.
Hugh J. Cameron
International Secretary-Treasurer, International Union of Police Associations
Hugh Cameron began his law enforcement career in 1984 with the Sharon Police Department, where he proudly served for 28 years and earned the rank of Sergeant. He served as Treasurer and then President of the Sharon Police Association, and later Vice President and then President of the Massachusetts Coalition of Police. He has served as a Vice President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Vice President of the Norfolk County Central Labor Council, and I.U.P.A. Executive Board Region 12 Vice President serving on the Constitution and Legislative Committees. Hugh was elected I.U.P.A. International Secretary-Treasurer in 2016.
Martin Castillo
Organizer, IUPAT DC #35
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Donald Cronin
Organizer, SEIU 888
DJ Cronin is an organizer at SEIU 888. He began working in the labor movement as a union steward at Shaw's Supermarkets warehouse in Methuen. After he was fired for carrying out his union duties and fighting for justice for the workers there, he became an organizer with UFCW 791 and then worked with Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, IBEW, and now SEIU Local 888, which builds power among public service workers and higher education in MA. He has taken classes at the Guild for the past six terms. This is his first year on the Board.
Therese DiMuzio
Board Member, Boston Musicians Association, AFM
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Lisa Field
Associate Director, Legislative Division, MNA
Lisa Field is a long-time labor and social justice activist. She has held several positions within the labor movement including steward at Fitchburg State University for AFSCME Local 1067, President of AFSCME Local 1067, Staff Representative at AFSCME Council 93, Regional Representative at SEIU Local 888, Field Services Director at SEIU Local 888, and currently Associate Director Legislative Division at the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
Donna Finnerty
Vice President, East Boston Savings Bank
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Stephen Finnigan
Sub District Director, USW
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Thomas Gosnell
President, American Federation of Teachers
Tom Gosnell enjoyed a 15-year teaching career in the Boston Public Schools. He held volunteer posts with the Boston Teachers Union starting in 1975 and was the first teacher in Boston to be granted a year-long paternity leave following the birth of his son in 1976. Tom transitioned to working for the Boston Teachers Union, and was elected to the Executive Board of the AFT Massachusetts in 1982. He has served as the President of the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts since his election in 2006. Tom has been involved with the Guild Board for over a decade.
Paul Kelly
Partner, Segal Roitman
Paul Kelly is a trial lawyer, labor lawyer and Fund lawyer advising labor organizations, Taft Hartley Funds and individual workers. In 2010, Paul became a member of the Labor Guild Executive Board. He has been teaching Labor Law at the Guild since 1984. He has also been a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Suffolk Law School, where he taught Massachusetts Practice from 1998 to 2014. He received the Cushing Gavin Award as an outstanding Union attorney in 1996, and has also been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in labor and employment since 2007.
Eileen Norton
Director of Organizing, Massachusetts Nurses Association
Eileen Norton is the Director of Organizing for the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA). She supervises labor educators at the MNA Labor School and Leadership Summit, and has done extensive organizing around the Safe Staffing Ballot initiative and the Bernie Sanders campaign. Prior to coming to MNA, Eileen worked as a staff nurse in various positions in acute care and served as Unit Chair at Carney Hospital. She was a delegate to American Nurses Association and served on the Task Force on Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Board of Directors of MNA. Eileen is the current president of the Labor Guild Executive Board, and has been a Board member for 18 years.
Brian Lang
President, UNITE HERE Local #26
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Paul McCarthy
Labor Consultant, Collective Bargaining Associates
Paul is a Union Organizational Specialist who works closely with union leaders to help solve organizational problems and build union power and effectiveness. He is a valued and seasoned bargaining consultant, organizer, and strategist with over 40 years of experience. Paul's union leadership skills training programs and his trouble-shooting expertise are provided exclusively to organized labor throughout the United States and Canada.
Chuck Monahan
Financial Secretary, IBEW 103
A member of Local 103 for over 50 years, Chuck has worked tirelessly to heighten awareness of workplace safety in the construction industry and beyond. He has spent more than 35 years in Local 103's leadership, first as recording secretary, later as business agent and today as financial secretary. He won the Labor Guild's Cushing-Gavin Award in 2001.
John E. Wolfe
Senior Consultant, MOR Associates
Jack has forty years of general management, marketing and sales, manufacturing, and financial experience. He has successfully managed entrepreneurial companies, and has been a director of and an investor in many more. He is currently engaged in business strategy and leadership development consulting for technology companies or organizations, with some focus on higher education, at MOR Associates. He also conducts selected investment banking and advisory activities.
David Shea
Business Representative, IUOE Local 4
David is a Business Agent with IUOE Local 4. He began working as an operator and union member in 1999. Over the following years, as he became more involved in the union, David worked as an organizer and was elected to the Executive Board of IUOE Local 4. He has held the position of Business Agent since 2007. David began taking classes at the Guild in 2004, and has been on the Guild's Executive Board for 3 years.
Joseph Sheehan
Retired President, PACE #1-1366
Joe was the president of a New England-wide amalgamated local union that represented primarily workers in the oil industry. He has been retired since 2011. He has been on the Guild Board for a number of years and served as Guild President for two years.
Khalida Smalls
District Coordinator for Strategic Partnerships, SEIU 32BJ-District 615
In 1997, Khalida joined the staff of Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE), a community based environmental justice organization based in Roxbury, MA. She became Organizing Director there in 2012. She currently builds community/labor partnerships in her role as Director of Strategic Partnerships at SEIU 32BJ, District 615. She is also a core member of Olio, a worker/owner culinary collective in Boston. Khalida has received awards for her leadership and commitment to social justice from The City School, the Boston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, Community Labor United, and the Black Community Information Center Inc. She has been a member of the Labor Guild Board since summer 2016.
Mark Smith
Treasurer, AFSCME Local 1700
Mark's bio is coming soon!
Deborah Sullivan
Associate Director of Labor, MNA
Deb is a long time trade unionist, and has worked for 4 unions over the years. She began her labor education at the Guild, and then went on to receive her BA in Labor Studies at UMass Boston and her Masters in Labor at URI. Deb currently represent RNs with the Mass Nurses and also teaches at UMB.
John Walsh
John's bio is coming soon!
Fr. J. Bryan Hehir
J. Bryan Hehir is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life. He is also the Secretary of Health and Social Services on the staff of Cardinal Sean O'Malley in the Archdiocese of Boston. Previously he served on the faculty of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1984-92) and on the Harvard Divinity School faculty (1993-2001) including three years as the Chair of the HDS Executive Committee. In Washington D.C., he served on the staff of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops (1973-92) working on issues of foreign policy and domestic policy, including being the staff director of the Catholic Bishops pastoral letter ("The Challenge of Peace" – 1983). From 2002-2003 he was President of Catholic Charities USA, the nationwide network of social service agencies for the Catholic church in the United States. In the Archdiocese of Boston, Fr. Hehir represents Cardinal O'Malley to four social service agencies and also serves as a liaison to Catholic health systems in the Archdiocese. He was a member of the Vatican Delegation to the United Nations (1973 and 1978). At HKS he is a Faculty Associate at the Carr Center for Human Rights and at the Safra Center for Ethics and the Professions. His teaching, research and writing focus on ethics and foreign policy and the role of religion in world politics and in American society.
Hehir is a recipient of the MacArthur Award, the Laetare Award (University of Notre Dame), the American Academy of Religion's Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion, and the Kennedy School's Carballo Award for excellence in teaching.
He is member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He served on the Board of the Arms Control Association and the Roundtable for Church Management.


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Saori Chihaya is an expert ornithologist living under the house arrest in the Northern Region. She is Shouzou Chihaya's wife and Gunzou Chihaya's mother.
Saori has pretty long dark hair and big dark eyes. And because her taking care of birds has her doing tasks like climbing the trees, she is often seen with a band-aid here or there. Also, from time to time, a large white parrot is seen riding on her shoulder.
Even though she hasn't had that much of screen time, Saori has seen wearing a great number of various clothes, though she seems to prefer casual ones that allow her the greatest range of movement - mostly because she needs to climb trees, etc..
Saori Chihaya is a very intelligent woman, though she is a too centered around her work. She can't really understand why boys prefer ships and other tech stuff and finds them so boring, secretly wishing for a daughter that would share her interest in birds.
There are no depictions of her before she placed under the house arrest (supposedly for her own protection), but right now she doesn't seem to actually mind it all that much. Though she is still quite lonely as was shown when she quickly proclaimed Takao as her guest, even though the Mental Model came into the mansion uninvited.
Saori might actually be a bit selfish as once she found her 'daughter' in the design child Makie Osakabe, who was placed under her protection following the attack on Osakabe mansion, she didn't really want Makie to reestablish contact with Haruna. In the end, in order to keep her promise, Haruna had to infiltrate the mansion.
While Saori has at least one maid to help her with the mansion, she still remembers how to sew, cook and do other house work. She had even taught a number of those things to Takao, while the Mental Model was visiting her.
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While Saori has a husband and a son, both of whom are still alive, their family is essentially no more. Neither of them had even contacted her in the last couple of years.
HusbandEditShouzou Chihaya is Saori's husband. At one time he was a hero of Japan for successfully capturing a "Fleet of Fog" submarine, I-401. He then was made the captain of I-401 and commanded her during her maiden manned voyage. Since there are no history about Saori depicting her reaction to the news about her husband going missing in action, it is impossible to say anything about her feelings about that... When that was discovered that Shouzou had sided with the "Fleet of Fog" in 2054, Saori was placed under the house arrest.
While they do have a son, it doesn't really look like they had been especially close as neither has a great interest in the others' professional field and since their son, Gunzou, had decided that he wanted to be a captain like his father early in his childhood.
SonEditGunzou Chihaya is Saori's only known child. Since Gunzou seems to have always been wanting to become a captain, he was never really all that close with his mother. And the situation didn't improve when the treachery of Shouzou was discovered as Gunzou had sworn that he would find his father and demand the answers about why he had done what he did.
And even though Gunzou had never contacted her even once after he ran from Yokosuka with I-401, even after he was cleared of all charges against him, Saori will still support him.
And truth to be said, even though Saori thinks that boys are boring - likely because they don't share her love for birds - she is still quite lonely because he had apparently forgotten about her.
While Gunzou is away in the seas, Saori had found him a girlfriend who just had to be the Mental Model of the heavy cruiser Takao.
While not technically related, Saori has come to view and unofficially adopt both Takao and Makie Osakabe as her daughters. To Takao, she gave her blessing to become Gunzou's girlfriend, the other - Makie Osakabe has taken up residence with her in her home. They are both close to her much more so than either her son or husband who pay her little mind. They are quite possible the only people in the world who genuinely care about her.
RoleEditSaori Chihaya is a rather minor character. Her first appearance happens in the "Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio special book 2009-2011" when she catches Takao sneaking around the mansion. And even though Takao herself points it out that she's a trespasser, Saori is quick to proclaim her to be her guest.
Takao decided that she doesn't mind and starts hanging around, learning about the human ways of life. Saori, likely already suspecting that Takao Kirino was a Mental Model, still allowed her to continue visiting her as she taught her a lot of things ranging from ornithology to cooking, sewing and doing house work.Saori had confessed to Takao that she finds boys to be boring and that she wanted a daughter. On the last day when Takao visited her, Saori gave her a hug and a blessing to become Gunzou's girlfriend.
Saori is next seen when Makie Osakabe was placed in her care following the attack on the Osakabe mansion. Saori did everything she could in order to get the design child interested in ornithology, however, she also passively tried to keep Makie from re-establishing contact with Haruna.
Though, when Haruna infiltrates the mansion, Saori doesn't seem to be too concerned as the now-rogue battleship had shown that she's devoted to the girl rather than to the "Fleet of Fog".
It is hinted that she may have committed suicide in the Ars Nova anime.
- Shouzou Chihaya - Saori's husband, currently the commander of the "Scarlet Fleet" division of the "Fleet of Fog". He's considered to be #1 enemy of humanity, at least in Japan.
- Gunzou Chihaya - Saori's son. Even though he seems to have forgotten about her, she still loves and supports him.
- Takao - Saori all but adopted the 'tsundere heavy cruiser' into her family, and wouldn't mind to have her as her daughter-in-law.
- Makie Osakabe - The girl was placed in Saori's care following the attack on the Osakabe mansion.
- Makoto Osakabe - Leader of the Northern region. He's the one who order he house arrest after her husband defection. Even thaw he had already left her quite some time ago. Its really unclear why he has it out for her this way. Since she could not possibly be considered at heart nor could he possibly believe he husband or son still have any meaning full attachments to her. Really there doesn't seem to really be any logical reason for this and if any thing it's a huge abyss of power. At last he lets her keep her birds.
- this is especially disturbing in the anime where it's implied she killed herself to escape him.


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Russia: Changing Suits for Uniforms?
The impression is that the hot times of the Cold War have bounded back: Russia is flexing her nuke muscles, America has dug in, contemplating how to react, and the entire world is in suspense, waiting for something interesting but not very pleasant to happen. Actually, the picture has not changed since the Second World War, except that the universally hated monstrous geopolitical conglomerate, called the USSR, collapsed. Russia has not changed from times immemorial, with her plutocratic elite still at the helm and the underprivileged poor still in rags, a bitten-off loaf underarm.
A couple of days ago, right before the Russian presidential elections, the current Russian President made his annual State of the Nation speech, having dedicated, at the very least, 30% of the address to boosting Russia's military might in the eyes of the world. Russia might really have developed a scary new lethal weapon, but why did Putin try to give the bloodcurdling news to the planet in such a stentorian tone? The Russian President probably intended to be heard by his drowsy electorate at home and the eternally smiling cynical America abroad. The domestic audience fell under a crucial impression, reinventing mother-Russia as a decision-making superpower, while Washington lackadaisically mumbled something totally incomprehensible under its unperturbed nose.
US-Russian relations are overly tense even without additional exacerbation, and, therefore, what Putin said serves to give the nuke-loaded world a huge new headache. Both Russia and the States currently deploy thousands of nuclear warheads and both store thousands more. In a word, Russia and America have the ability to mutually penetrate their missile defenses and destroy each other, and, consequently, the world, within 24 hours, and they do not necessarily need new weapons to do so. The only thing that matters here is the global recognition of nuclear weapons as a war deterrent, not an instrument. Putin's recent speech before the Russian legislators will not lower tensions between the two nuclear superpowers; it will only abet the military hawks on both sides to go for more and better guns.
It is said that life is failing to improve in Russia. Russians have been living in perpetual expectation of a good life for centuries. Recollecting the recent times, an average soviet person was capable of tolerating any kind of hardship for the sake of the glory of the soviet motherland, and Russians made the best example of that heroism for other soviet nationalities and ethnicities. The soviets were permanently kept under the fright of the non-existent American threat, which was necessary for creating an impression that all soviet efforts should be spent on defending the country from American imperialism and capitalistic offensive, including the military one. Putin, as the greatest protector of the Russian people, who has no way to make life better for his historically patient compatriots, has restored the old soviet way of keeping the American threat up and going, telling his people that he will "make the West listen to Russia" again. Yes, Putin needs attention, global attention, to make the former Russian greatness the case again today. But the question is whether this is good news for the average Russian voter. Delighting the Russian people with a happy economic prognosis is practically impossible, as they all know where they are and what they are doing – even in Russia, information is not restricted to the public. Incidentally, the reaction of the Russian media to Putin's speech was mixed.
Directing fellow citizens' mentality towards the danger of war might be politically advantageous, thus distracting them from their everyday problems, but the perfidious guile kills the opportunity of ruling the country to the benefit of the people who truly need to behold at least a twinkle of light at the end of the tunnel.
The invincibility of Russia is the main Russian ideal, served by the entire nation more faithfully than any other thought that might earn the attention of a regular global citizen, like giving bigger preference to jobs and security against weapons and a bad life. Putin's frightening comments on the latest Russian military achievement seek to drag the world back into the arms race.
Right at the moment when the world had almost forgotten the existence of intercontinental ballistic missiles, we are faced again, right out of the blue, with the same disturbing talk about nuclear threats and proliferation, and the possibility of a third world war, although Putin says he does not need weapons for war – he needs them to invite America to the negotiation table where the current Russian concerns would be heard.
I hate to call Russia a rogue state, but I am compelled to, but I am still hopeful that a massive Russian nuclear attack is not possible, imagining that the nuclear deterrence potential is in no way in danger. The challenge is serious, and people need to cope with it!
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Andrés Segovia – formally, Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña – was one of the greatest and most influential guitarists ever. He was born in Linares, Jaén, Spain in 1893 and died in Madrid in 1987.
Wikipedia says that Segovia was known for his virtuoso player as well as his transcriptions of classical and baroque works. He was an expressive player with a wide range of tone and his distinctive musical personality, style and phrasing.
AllMusic stresses the point that Segovia was self-taught. There is some disagreement between the profiles over who Segovia lived with and their attitude towards his music. In any case, the fact that he had no teacher led him to develop a unique technique. The difference from many situations in which people teach themselves is that Segovia's improvised technique was superior to what was common at the time.
Wikipedia adds that Segovia was instrumental — there was no other word that fit there — in bringing the guitar into the classical orchestra. The profile goes deeply into Segovia's many accomplishments. The bottom line is that he was an important figure in the development and acceptance of the guitar. Many of his students became well known virtuosos.
It is not all light, however. One of Segovia's students was the guitarist John Williams, an Australian who now lives in the U.K. A biography was published a couple of years ago. Williams claimed that Segovia was a bully who looked down upon music without the right pedigree, that he used harsh teaching methods that were "unsympathetic" and "unhelpful" and bullied young students.
Above is Bach's "Gavootte" 1 and 2 and below is "Asturias"by Issac Albeniz.
Wikipedia, AllMusic and The Guardian were used for this post. Home page image: Arturo Espinoza.


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Homeopathy is one of the most widely used forms of medicine on the planet; however, despite its popularity, it is now a favorite target of skeptics and de-bunkers. The controversy surrounding homeopathic medicine is founded in the assumption that something so highly diluted cannot work without violating the laws of chemistry. Magic Pills challenges viewers to decide for themselves by presenting new scientific discoveries, and real world successes that challenge these assumptions.
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Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap is a United States publishing house founded in 1898.
The company was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 and today is part of Penguin Random House through its subsidiary Penguin Group.
Today, through the Penguin Group, they publish approximately 170 titles a year, including licensed children's books for such properties as Miss Spider, Strawberry Shortcake, Super WHY!, Charlie and Lola, Nova the Robot, Weebles, Bratz, Sonic X, The Wiggles, and Atomic Betty. Grosset & Dunlap also publishes Dick and Jane children's books and, through Platt & Munk, The Little Engine That Could.
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Let's face it, whether retailers like it or not, shoppers today are armed with smartphones. And many are armed with price-comparison shopping apps. A consumer who uses a smart phone when shopping does so for two main reasons: for price comparison, and to get additional information on a product. You can't stop them, so you should embrace it. All a consumer has to do is scan the barcode of an item, or enter the product description with their smart phone, and it will pull up information on the product, as well as competitive pricing, all within seconds.
A retailer can dominate the shopper's smartphone time use by helping the shopper get additional information easily by using QR codes. QR code (stands for "quick response") is a mobile-phone readable barcode. QR codes can be scanned form distances. A retailer encodes a URL (universal resource locator) image, and makes it visible on the displayed message. All a shopper has to do is aim their phone at the QR code, and with their smartphone's QR code decoding app, it will respond. Using QR codes has become very popular—you even see them on print materials: ads, brochures, business cards, outdoor signs, etc.
A QR code can direct consumers to a web page, an SMS message, V-Card, or even show a short video clip. The smartphone scanning device will respond by opening up the correct application the retailer embedded into the QR code.
A consumer will only spend a limited amount of time with their smartphone to look up additional information. So if a retailer were to dominate their smartphone time inviting the consumer to scan their QR code displayed on the digital-signage message, there is a good chance that consumers might not search elsewhere on the web, which can lead to purchasing the item. It's much faster and easier for the shopper to scan a QR code than to type numbers or words into a search engine.
By placing QR codes onto your digital signs, a retailer can direct the shopper or visitors to:
- Additional product details
- Retailer's website
- Competitor price comparisons
- Contact details
- Offer details
- Event details
- Coupon offerings
- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
- A link to a YouTube video
- A link to a survey
- A contest
- Opt-in subscription, or
- Show a short video clip
If you are a low-price retailer, you might even want to show real-time price comparisons from competitors. Retailers who use QR codes can make it much easier for consumers to get additional information. Adding a QR code can be a deterrent from consumers using shopping apps, because you have dominated their smartphone time.
Light-based QR Codes
Fujitsu has just developed a scannable, light-based QR code. The new, scannable, light-based QR codes are discernible to a phone camera, but not to the human eye. Viewers would still have to point their phone toward the display to receive more information. According to Fujitsu, this technology would enable brands to embed coupons or URLs into their digital signs, and distribute the additional information from the display directly to viewers' smartphones. Viewers could scan and receive the coupons from two-to-three meters away. One of the advantages of light-based QR codes is that they don't take up real estate on the screen, like a standard QR code image does.
SMS Marketing
SMS stands for "short message service," and it is different from QR codes. It uses a smartphone SMS texting application. Placing an SMS number (phone number or common short code) on your signage messages will allow the consumer to interact and send an instant message to the retailer. This can be used to get shoppers' feedback: texting comments, voting, entering a contest, newsletter signups, receive coupons, special announcements, etc.
SMS and QR codes are simple concepts to add to your digital signage. It also provides a way for the retailer to gauge the results of the messages to determine if they are relevant. And, best of all, these concepts don't add any additional cost to hardware or content. Most consumers are comfortable using these technologies, and this is one of the reasons they purchased smartphones.
Common Short Codes
SMS messaging is done using a 10-digit phone number. But there is another way, called common short codes (CSCs). A CSC is a number to which a text message can be sent. A short code is five to six digits vs. a 10-digit telephone number. For example, a short code could be 55322.
A CSC is leased for a period of three, six or 12 months for a fee of $500 per month for a "Random CSC" and a fee of $1,000 a month for a "Selected CSC." For more information on CSCs, go to www.usshortcodes.com.
Smartphones are just another canvas for the retailer to communicate and interact with the consumer. Interaction with smartphones and digital signs is quickly catching on in retail. As time goes on, there will be many more unique interaction applications using smartphones and tablets to interact with digital signage.
Besides using phones to interact with digital signs, there are still other ways to interact without actually touching the display.
Motion Sensors
A motion sensor is an add-on feature to digital-signage players. It is used to start and stop playing signage based on the activity around it. A motion sensor can be programmed to start playing content when someone walks up to, or by a display. Once the sensor detects a person within its programmed boundaries, it begins to play. Once a person leaves this area, the signage player goes into a sleep mode.
The motion sensor is plugged into the signage player's USB or RS232 connector. Sensors are great to use if your digital signage has audio. It cuts down on repeating audio if no one is there to watch. This is much better for your employees, who find it annoying listening to the signage audio repeat throughout the day.
Motion sensors are also used in creative marketing campaigns. As an example, a consumer can be walking down an aisle lined with displays. As the consumer starts walking by each monitor, the monitors come alive. The displays can all be synced to follow the consumer with an ongoing message. The end result can be a very impressive use of digital signage, and an enjoyable experience for the consumer.
If you plan on using motion sensors, make sure your signage player can handle this feature.
Trigger Sensors
Today, more signage CMS companies are incorporating the ability to use special content-trigger sensors with their software. This technology identifies items that are lifted, moved or even touched, and immediately plays a corresponding message on a nearby screen. Tiny sensors get attached to an item. When a customer interacts with the product, the contacts are broken, and the player software triggers the correct content to be shown.
Some retail applications for this interactive technology: a shopper lifts a clothes' hanger from a rail, and a supported video, linked to the item of clothing, is displayed on one of the nearby screens. Someone picks up a product to examine it, and product information is immediately shown on a screen in front of them. It can also be used to sell accessories, or related products. For example, a shopper walks into another area of the store with a product in their shopping cart. The sensor triggers content on nearby screens as the customer walks down aisles of related products, or accessories. This technology is a powerful new tool for retailers that will continue to make advances.


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Devils Backbone pairs beer with your Thanksgiving meal
Josh Knowlton, with Devils Backbone, stopped by WDBJ7 Sunday Mornin' to talk with Caitlin Francis ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
He led a Thanksgiving beer pairings from Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Nelson County.
Their team of brewers compiled craft beers that pair perfectly with popular holiday foods--everything from turkey and mashed potatoes to pumpkin pie and stuffing.
Just like wine, different styles of beer work for different courses, and with more options in craft beer than ever before, it's easy to try several different kinds in one sitting.
Holiday Meal Beer Pairings from Devils Backbone
Bacon-wrapped asparagus and dates + Vienna Lager
Choose a balanced, more approachable brew for any appetizers. The sweetness of an amber, German-style lager like Devils Backbone's Vienna Lager melds perfectly with dates while complementing the saltiness of bacon. Amber-style lagers have no heaviness or bitterness, leaving you with mild, toasted and caramel tastes.
Turkey and mashed potatoes + Cran-Gose
Balance the heaviness dishes like turkey and mashed potatoes have on your tongue with a bright and slightly sour note of a Gose. The Devils Backbone Cran-Gose is a traditional Gose style beer with heaps of pureed cranberry added for a fresh, light and tart taste. Who doesn't love cranberry sauce beer with their turkey?
Pumpkin Pie and Vanilla Ice Cream + Danzig
The chocolatey coffee notes of a Baltic-style porter blend with the spices of pumpkin pie and the sweetness of the ice cream to create an added level of decadence post-dinner. Devils Backbone's Danzig is a robust, strong black lager that even has hints of caramelized sugar in it. Saving the boldest flavors for the last course leaves you feeling complete and won't alter how you taste your food in earlier courses.