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We are in a time of increased tensions, uncertainties and changes in the Catholic Church . Particularly troubling is the loss of moral authority resulting from the continuing sexual abuse crisis and evidence of institutional coverup. The purpose of this site is to examine what is happening by linking to worldwide news stories, particularly from the English speaking church and the new breath of fresh air blowing through the church with the pontificate of Pope Francis. Romans 8:38
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
India: meet the martyrs of Hindu fanaticism
Paolo Affatato Vatican Insider March 7, 2016 The words pronounced by John Barwa, Bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa, at the plenary session of Indian bishops that runs until 9 March in Bangalore, were decisive. This and the slaying of the Mother Teresa nuns in Yemen, which bishops heard about during their meetings, roused them to action. The 180 bishops of the world's largest democracy are united in their wish to proclaim the victims of the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa in 2008 martyrs, Vatican Insider has learnt. The ordeal which faithful in the district of Kandhamal - a district of the eastern Indian state of Odisha – went through, was a dark moment in India's history. It was the most severe case of anti-Christian violence ever recorded. The pretext for the violence was the accusation that local Christians were responsible for the killing of a Hindu leader. The news later proved to be false. It started in August 2008 and went on for almost four months, claiming the lives of around a hundred people, while over 56,000 became refugees after being permanently sent away from their villages. Thousands of militants went on a rampage that razed over 350 churches and Christian places of worship to the ground, destroyed around 6,500 homes, and led to the ransacking of dozens of schools and institutes. More than 40 women, some of them nuns, were raped and there was abuse and humiliation, while many were forced to convert to Hinduism. This was a case of full-fledged "ethnic cleansing", carefully planned by Hindu radical groups who staged pogroms purely motivated by religion. This blind violence in odium fidei could earn victims official martyr status. The bishop of Barwa, confided to Vatican Insider that he was positively impressed by the fact that Indian bishops have shown such a strong interest in the Christians who were persecuted in Orissa," stating that the assembly could reiterate in writing, in the final declaration issued at the end of the meetings, "its intention to take the necessary steps to proclaim these new Indian martyrs". The Church in Orissa has already instituted a special Day named after them, which, it has suggested, should be celebrated on an annual basis. Preparations are also being made to begin the diocesan phase of the canonization process. A group of priests and lay people are busy putting together a detailed list of the victims, with the dates and circumstances of their deaths, gathering all necessary documentation as well as eye witness statements. "Commemorating that massacre will ensure something like that never happens again. For us it is a way to express our wish for full reconciliation," said Ajay Kumar Singh, a priest from Kandhamal working in the commission that is gathering testimonies. Numerous Indian bishops and cardinals have visited the district in question, expressing solidarity with the survivors. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and President of the Indian Bishops' Conference and the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, publicly said he was in favour of "opening the cause for the martyrs of Kandhamal". Gracias explained that he spoke to the Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints and expressed his intention to "speak to Pope Francis in person". "The Church is sensitive to modern martyrs," he stated, remarking that "the role of the new testimonies is very important". The other Indian cardinal, Baselios Cleemis, wrote a letter to Bishop Barwa stressing the following: "Assure the brothers and sisters who have suffered and continue to suffer in Orissa of the commitment and firm support of the Bishops' Conference". His words say a lot about how the martyr's cause has been welcomed by the subcontinent's hierarchy. The official support expressed by the assembly of Indian bishops is a major help to the Catholic Church in Orissa, on many levels. If the entire Catholic Church in India supports it then the martyrdom recognition process will be smoother. The events in Orissa were the tip of the iceberg in the context of a phenomenon that still causes concern. In 2015 over 200 incidents of violence against Christians were recorded in India. Seven Protestant pastors and one layman were killed, while a total of around 8,000 people, including women and children, were victims of violence. This is according to a report titled "India Christian Persecution", edited by the Christian Secular Forum (CSF), an organisation that brings together faithful of different denominations. According to the report, the perpetrators of this violence are extremist groups who promote the Hindutva ("Hinduness") ideology , which aims to eradicate non Hindus from India. These groups are hostile towards religious minorities and endorse a campaign of hatred and defamation which leads to concrete acts of violence.
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CURTEYS, Thomas (d.c.1407), of Pill of Lanlivery and Lostwithiel, Cornw.
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?s. of John Curteys† of Lostwithiel. m. Maud, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Fitzwalter† of Daventry, Northants.,1 2s. John II* and Tristram*.
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Commr. to close the ports of Looe, Polperro and Fowey May 1401.
Thomas came from a leading Lostwithiel family, two of whose members had sat in the Commons: a Ralph Curteys† represented the borough as early as 1305, and John Curteys, perhaps Thomas's father, did so in 1363, having earlier served as mayor of Lostwithiel in 1354. Another kinsman, Gerard Curteys, an important tin merchant, had in the 1330s held eight messuages in Lostwithiel as well as land on the nearby manor of Penlyne. Thomas's putative father, who acted as a juror at inquests held in Cornwall following the death of the Black Prince in 1376, is likely to have been the John Curteys who was murdered near Perranporth in 1381.2
In 1373 Thomas and John Curteys were accused at the Launceston assizes of unlawfully disseising Richard Cosyn of his property in Penkneth, a vill which formed part of the town of Lostwithiel. Four years later Thomas stood surety at the Exchequer for the prior of the Benedictine house not far from the town at Tywardreath. By the time of his first return to Parliament in 1383 he had acquired property at Pill, in the nearby parish of Lanlivery, and in August that same year he and his wife obtained a licence from Bishop Brantingham of Exeter to have an oratory there, a privilege which, over 20 years later (June 1405), Bishop Stafford confirmed. Curteys once, in 1384, presented an incumbent to the church at Warleggan. In addition to these holdings, from 1400 onwards he had a reversionary interest in lands belonging to John Archer of Lizard.3
Curteys is recorded on various occasions engaged in Cornish affairs: acting as a surety for the peace at the Launceston assizes; making a property evaluation in a dispute between the bishop of Exeter and John Tregorrick†; and appearing, at the assession court of the duchy of Cornwall held in the summer of 1406, as surety for the lessee of the chases and moors at Helston-in-Kerrier.4 A more unexpected undertaking, made in 1390, was the feoffeeship of the manor of Perton in Tettenhall Regis, Staffordshire, which, with his assistance, was then entailed on Sir Humphrey Stafford I's* heirs by his wife Elizabeth. This important connexion probably came about through Curteys's marriage into the Northamptonshire family of Fitzwalter. In 1393 he and his wife gave up their rights to a moiety of the manor of Daventry (which Maud had presumably inherited from her father), to Henry of Bolingbroke, earl of Derby (the future Henry IV); and this probably had something to do with the grant, made to them both before Michaelmas 1400 by a patent under the seal of the duchy of Lancaster, of an annuity of £20 from the issues of the manor of Passenham, Northamptonshire, for the rest of Maud's life. Thomas Curteys was still living in 1406-7 when the annuity was paid to him and his wife, but he had already died when, in 1408, it was sent to his widow alone.5
Ref Volumes: 1386-1421
Author: L. S. Woodger
- 1. Mon. Brasses Cornw. ed. Dunkin, pl. 9; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 128.
- 2. Caption of Seisin (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. xvii), 36, 45; CPR, 1381-5, p. 314; E306/2/2, 3; C136/7; C241/178/140; J. Hatcher, Rural Economy Duchy of Cornw. 244.
- 3. JUST 1/1476 mm. 72d, 80; CFR, ix. 21; Reg. Brantingham ed. Hingeston-Randolph, 87, 500; Reg. Stafford, 274; J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, ii. 181.
- 4. JUST 1/1502 mm. 170d, 171; CCR, 1389-92, p. 269; E306/2/7.
- 5. CPR, 1388-92, p. 19; CCR, 1419-22, p. 108; DL29/341/5517, 5519, 5522, 738/12102, 12103; DL36/2/21; DL42/2, f. 131.

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New England Patriots (2-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1)
The Patriots lost last week at home to the Panthers 33-30 on a last second field goal, after the Patriots tied it up in the 4th with back-to-back touchdown drives. Historically, the Patriots have been a great bet after a loss in the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era. Brady is 36-17 ATS in his career after a loss, while Belichick is 46-24 ATS off of a loss since taking over as head coach of the Patriots in 2000. However, we're not getting any line value with the Patriots this week, as this line actually jumped from 4.5 to 5.5 between the early line last week and the line this week.
Both casual bettors and the oddsmakers know not to doubt Brady and Belichick anymore after their 4th and 5th Super Bowls, so taking Brady off of a loss isn't as intriguing of a bet as it used to be. Earlier this year, the Patriots/Saints line stayed at 6.5 even after the Patriots lost at home week 1 to the Chiefs as big favorites. The Patriots went on to cover that game, but that's their only cover of the season, as they lost twice at home as big favorites and nearly lost a 3rd time, needing a last second touchdown drive to defeat the Texans by 2 as 14-point favorites.
The big concern coming into the season with the Patriots was Tom Brady's age and whether or not he could continue being a high level quarterback at age 40, but Brady looks as good as ever despite his age. The reason the Patriots have been struggling to win games is because their defense looks as bad as it ever has. The Patriots are moving the chains at a 41.76% rate, 2nd in the NFL to Kansas City, but are still -1.77% in first down rate differential because their defense has allowed opponents to move the chains at a 43.53% rate. As good as their offense is, their defense is making opposing offenses look even better.
The Patriots are obviously very well coached and will probably figure out their defensive issues by mid-season as usual, especially since they return most of their 2016 defense, which was one of the better defenses in the league. However, I can't justify taking them as 5.5 point favorites this week. My numbers have these two teams are 6 points apart, suggesting the Patriots should be favored by only a field goal. I like the advantage Brady and Belichick have on a short week, even on the road, and I think they have a good chance to bounce back, but the Buccaneers are probably the smarter choice against the spread. This is a no confidence pick.
New England Patriots 31 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27
Pick against the spread: Tampa Bay +5.5
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The Dishonest Church, Jack Good, The Rising Star Press, California, 2003, pp245, US $16.00 (a review article written by Andrew Furlong for the Church of Ireland's journal SEARCH Vol.26, No.3, Winter 2003)
Rev Dr Andrew J. Good has worked in the ordained ministry for over forty years, chiefly in US. The main issues addressed in his book concern fear and cowardice, honesty and courage, pain and growth in the faith, respect for people and the mystery of God. His main argument is that clergy have gained a considerable amount of important theological knowledge while in training, but that they do not draw on it in their work in ministry, but revert to the more childlike faith that they had held prior to ordination training. He regards this situation as disastrous for the church and totally disrespectful of its lay membership.
"Here is the central issue: pastors and other trained professionals of the church often have developed a system of beliefs that is qualitatively different from the faith they communicate to local congregations. Their individual faith has developed, in most cases, after an intense and sometimes painful time of questioning, dismantling, and reconstruction. For reasons that are not clear, these leaders assume that local church members are either unwilling or unable to survive a similar process. So, in an act of dishonesty that threatens to erode the core of the church's mission, they hold one kind of faith for themselves while the literature they produce for the laity and the sermons they deliver assume another, basically different, style of faith for the non-professional" (p9)
He discerns four main fears
¨ Laity will react negatively if challenged to develop a more mature faith
¨ Clergy are afraid of letting laity think for themselves
¨ Exposing the human roots of religious tradition will mean it will lose its spiritual power
¨ Similarly the Bible will lose its power if exposed to criticism
He believes that "facing our fears forces us to acknowledge the wrong-headedness of the church's desperate effort to avoid honest wrestling with faith." (p122)
Like most other ordinands, he initialling found the period of his theological training quite distressing as his teachers challenged his childhood faith. However he soon discovered that he was growing both intellectually in the faith as well as spiritually as a person. He describes well the necessity for faith development as part of a believer's life long human maturing and quotes from the research of James W. Fowler on stages of faith development
"truth must be approached from a number of different directions and angles of vision. Faith must learn to maintain the tensions between these multiple perspectives, refusing to collapse them in one direction or another. In this sense faith must come to terms with indissoluble paradoxes: the strength found in apparent weakness; the leadership that is possible from the margins of society….the immanence and the transcendence of God…In what Paul Ricoeur has called a second or willed naiveté, persons of the Conjunctive stage manifest a readiness to enter into the rich dwellings of meaning that true symbols, ritual, and myth offer." (p50)
(James W. Fowler, Faithful Change: The Personal and Public Challenge of Postmodern Life, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1996, p65)
He writes of people who as teenagers or as young adults became very estranged from their churches. What they were being taught in their church clashed with what they were learning in school, perhaps in science. He reports on one such person that "He was no longer willing to hear either his pastor or his parents tell him to accept dogma simply because it had been handed down from one authority figure to another. His sense of estrangement deepened."(p40) Quite a number of years later this same person eventually found a church where the minister respected his desire to grow intellectually in his faith. "This church…was a place of faith, one that embraced secular knowledge as an aid to exploring the Mystery at the core of all that is. For the first time in his life…[he] was in a spiritual environment where his questions, his commitments, and his spiritual quest were welcome" (p41)
Dr Good decided when he was leaving his theological college that he would try to be respectful of the people, whom he would be seeking to minister to, by preaching honestly to them. Yes, they might have to come through a tumultuous phase, but that would be the price of growth. He would journey with them and be there as interpretations of the faith collapsed around them in what one might describe as a 'theological earthquake'; he would help in the process of the reconstruction of credible beliefs. His personal experience of such a way of preaching and teaching is that "Congregations are not nearly so fragile, nor so unsophisticated in their faith, as many pastors assume" (p95) He writes of other clergy who do not use the same approach "Perhaps they see this as kindness, sparing tender people in church pews the pain of reworking their faith. Yet, in protecting people from pain, they also deny them an opportunity for growth" (p73)
In a number of well-written chapters he contrasts the 'Jesus' learnt about in theological colleges who was shaped by 1st Century Judaism to the 'Jesus' presented in sermons. He also explains the differences in a more mature appreciation of the mystery of 'God' from the childish picture of the 'protector god' who fills much preaching. "Mature people have despaired of hearing God described exclusively as an ancient combination of Superman and Santa Claus." (p37) He is aware that there is and, from the beginning, always have been controversies between theologians with an abundance of contested theories.
This book may well make a considerable number of lay people very angry, why have they been treated as if they did not have the capability for growth towards a fully adult faith? It is not surprising that many people who effectively have left the churches find, when, for some reason, they attend a service, that they experience an uncomfortable sense of unreality in the worship and preaching. Dr Good believes that courage and honesty, and learning good skills in helping people grow intellectually can help transform our churches, the culture of fear can be addressed and overcome. One of the implications of his outlook is that people will understandably place considerable emphasis on their own findings as they search for meaning, as they both interact with and help shape an evolving Christian tradition. Thought forms more appropriate to a contemporary world will replace the words of ancient creeds. The Churches in Ireland have plenty of evidence of a culture of fear that has inhibited its clergy from bravely seeking to inform and support their laity on a journey of growth in the faith. However, despite this, there are many laity who have found alternative ways by which to bridge the growing gulf between the pew and the exciting developments in theological thinking over the last two hundred years. They no doubt had their shocks and turbulent times as their childhood faith was dismantled, but if they had not endured such a time they would never have arrived at a reconstructed faith still in the making, that enables them to make more sense of the modern world in which we live. We are called to love God with our minds. The intellectual contribution to religions is essential if they are to continue to be living meaningful traditions and not conservative restrictive practices. I concur with one of his main summaries of the nature of an honest church:
"The honest church…. will believe profoundly that an ever-present, persuasive Spirit can make, and is making, a difference. Through worship, the honest church will stress those foundational beliefs that motivate us: that the power/powerlessness of the Numen has been lived out through Jesus of Nazareth, and that the search for ways to encounter and serve the Ultimate Mystery gives breadth, depth, and meaning to life. The honest church will help its members live out the implications of their relationship to this creative, supportive spiritual web in which we exist. In so doing the honest church will remain securely rooted in its tradition, while reaching forward in hope." (p210)
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India's vast ethno-linguistic diversity is the reason why there is neither a single national party system nor a single national media system across the country's 29 states and 7 union territories. The country's ethno-linguistically-bordered states continue to emerge (Kumar, 2011). What variables influence party support across such diverse settings? Are Indian voters split fundamentally along the cleavages of caste and religion or do parties also compete on issues, populist appeals, and through the personalities of their leaders? In what ways do local contexts matter? This panel brings together papers based on comparable survey data, and from media content, to discuss similarities and differences in the dynamics of populist appeals, campaigning and influence on party support and vote choice in 2019 across a number of India's different electoral contexts.
Indians voted in nine phases in 2014, when a small international team launched the India Election Studies (IES) project, with a first panel wave in the field in late March in advance of Delhi's April 10 vote, followed by a post-election wave completed in April, along with a post-election survey in Bengaluru, which voted a week later. All votes were counted on live TV on one day in mid-May, well after all nine phases of voting had ended, with no information on exit polls or results permitted until the nationally televised vote count. India's phased voting, and prohibition on publication of exit polls after each phase, is a boon for election researchers as it largely eliminates a problem that plagues election studies in many countries -- bandwagon effects on the reported vote question. The original international and multidisciplinary IES team, with its International Advisory Board, quickly expanded to include faculty and funding from Japan and Singapore for state level election studies in Bihar 2015 and West Bengal 2016, and for 2019 includes faculty in seven countries: India, Austria, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, the UK and the U.S. The IES aims to bring best practices to election study development and build a generation of students and scholars interested in campaign research methods, and began with a Government of India Advanced Networks course at IIT-Guwahati in 2016 on campaigning and influence. The expanded IES project also aims to generate new knowledge about campaigning and influence in India's diverse subnational contexts and compare our findings from previous elections with 2019, for which we will have a three-wave face-to-face panel in Delhi that has advantages over two-waves when discussing causality, and two-wave panels in Bengaluru and Bihar, and an innovative campaign wave survey in West Bengal.
In 2019, an estimated 350 Lok Sabha districts will be ripe for digital campaigning compared with 160 in 2014. The rapid growth of mobile and smartphone use in India since 2015 is changing the way people bank, shop, learn and interact socially and politically. It is also changing the way India's politicians and consultants are thinking about campaigning and influence. In 2014, nearly a quarter of our respondents remained undecided until very late in the campaign. This is a high percentage at such a late stage in comparison with many other nations that have been experiencing electoral volatility, and suggests that the events and information of the official campaign period actually mattered for many, which was also found in Canada by Fournier, Cutler, Soroka, Stolle, and Bélanger (2013).
The IES project has resulted in more than a dozen conference papers, publications and work in progress. Some key findings from previous research on India such as Chandra (2009) or Thachil (2014) and others, and new findings from our IES project surveys, are cited in the abstracts that follow and therefore not listed here due to space constraints. Our findings provide support for our general hypothesis for 2019, that the issues and personalities made prominent in the campaign may influence voter perceptions of the salience of issues, provide cause for changing evaluations of performance of leaders and parties and, ultimately, vote choice.
Chandra, Kanchan. 2009. "Why voters in patronage democracies split their tickets: Strategic voting for ethnic parties." Electoral Studies, 28: 21-32.
Fournier, Patrick; Cutler, Fred; Soroka, Stuart; Stolle, Dietlind and Bélanger, Éric. 2013. Riding the Orange Wave: Leadership, Values, Issues, and the 2011 Canadian Election. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 46(4), 863]
Jaffrelot, C. 2003. India's Silent Revolution: The rise of the lower casts in north India.
London: C. Hurst.
Kumar, A. 2011. The Making of a Small State: Populist Social Mobilization and the Hindi Press in the Uttarakhand Movement. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan (formerly Orient Longman).
Thachil, Tariq. 2014. Elite Parties and Poor Voters: Theory and Evidence from India American Political Science Review 108 (2), 454-477.
From Communism to Hindu Nationalism: The 2019 Election in West Bengal & Kerala - Subhasish Ray, National University of Singapore; Anil Mathew Varughese, Carleton University
Democratising or Disrupting? The Role of Social Media in India 2019 - Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj, University of Exeter; Susan A. Banducci, University of Exeter
Populist Appeals and Party Support in Bihar - Taberez A. Neyazi, National University of Singapore; Kazuya Nakamizo, Kyoto University; Anup Kumar, Cleveland State University; Holli A. Semetko, Emory University
The Dynamics of Influence in 2019: Panel Evidence from Delhi and Bengaluru - Holli A. Semetko, Emory University; Anup Kumar, Cleveland State University; Jonathan Mellon, University of Manchester; Taberez A. Neyazi, National University of Singapore; PAHI Saikia, Indian Institute of Technology


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Why Quality Matters
This weekend I put on a NEW pair of black cotton leggings only to find there is a big hole in a highly undesirable area. Seriously?
I'm not joking I've worn them about twice this winter and it took me several years to take the plunge and buy a new pair. Why is it SO hard to find good quality products these days? I didn't realize I was even BUYING a poor quality product otherwise I would have looked elsewhere!
When I was young and growing up in a single mum family, I used to have to be very budget minded. I knew how to find things for the cheapest prices, make a dollar stretch, and find all the free food, products and parking on offer. Yup, I know how to live frugle! I think it's a great skill to learn. I was so shocked when I met my husband (back then we were out on a date) and he thought nothing of dropping down $20 on a parking ticket. Why wasn't he driving around for ages looking for free parking? We must be from very different backgrounds! Being a tradie at the time and single, he wasn't exactly short of money but his upbringing was quite different too.
In time we took the best of each other when it comes to budgeting and money. I've taught Dean a thing or two about saving a dollar and being mindful of spending, and Dean has taught me a few things about quality. These days my passion for the environment and the concept of reduce, reuse and recycle is also a huge contributing factor in my quest for quality. I want to buy products that are going to last and I don't mind paying more for them AT ALL, the problem is, they are so damn hard to find! I recently paid $200 for a jumper from an upmarket boutique, only to find it looks old and worn within a few weeks, was it really worth it?
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On that note – here's a little tip, be careful if you think your essential oils which are listed as 100% pure are in fact 100% pure unadultered essential oil. In majority of situations in my experience this is absolutely not the case, can you see the ingredients anywhere? If not this is a big red flag for me that what you have in your hands is not what it says it is.


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Sen. Menendez Statement on PANYNJ Reforms
NEWARK, NJ – U.S. Senator Robert Menendez today released the following statement on the proposal by Governors Christie and Cuomo to reform the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey:
"As someone who has consistently fought for resources to help New Jersey commuters and expand our public transit systems, I have serious concerns with the Governors' proposal to privatize PATH or cut system services. The notion of using Port Authority reform as a 'Trojan Horse' for transit cutbacks is ill-conceived.
"More than anywhere else in the nation, our region depends on transit for our economic viability and quality of life. To that end, we must have a Port Authority that is responsible and responsive to the people it serves. As long as the Port Authority is going to charge New Jerseyans $14 to cross its bridges and tunnels, a viable transit alternative is essential.
"Further, I am deeply disappointed in Governor Christie's decision to veto reform legislation passed unanimously by both the New Jersey and New York State Legislatures. These are common-sense reforms that are key to rebuilding the public trust after decades of questionable decision-making and mismanagement by the Port Authority. Their customers and the taxpayers of New Jersey deserve better."


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The Iraq War: A Military History
Hoffman, F. G., Naval War College Review
Murray, Williamson, and Robert H. Scales, Jr. The Iraq War: A Military History. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press (Belknap), 2003. 312pp. $25
The pairing of Professor Williamson Murray and retired Army major general Robert Scales, Jr., is a potent and unusual combination of combat experience and superb scholarship. The Iraq War captures both the strategic underpinnings of the war and the operational designs that led to the stunning success of the initial military campaign of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The end product is an extremely rare occurrence-an insightful overview and assessment of the second Gulf war produced while the guns were still warm.
That this duo joined forces to produce such a superlative history is not unexpected. Murray's reputation as a military historian of the first rank was recently confirmed in his highly acclaimed A War to be Won (Harvard Univ. Press, 2000), an operational-level perspective of the second World War coauthored with Allan Millett. Murray's credentials also include his role as the principal author of the Gulf War Air Power Survey, a history of air operations in Operation DESERT STORM. His partner in this current effort is a model soldier-scholar, combining a thirty-year military career as an Army artilleryman with solid credentials, including a Ph.D. in history from Duke University, a tour as Commandant of the Army War College, and several previous books on firepower and future conflict. he was also the project director and principal author of the U.S. Army's official history of the first Gulf war. The critical themes of his previous book, Yellow Smoke: The Future of Land Warfare for America's Military (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), on the future of land power in the twenty-first century, are suffused throughout The Iraq War and help put the last conflict into a larger historical setting.
This book is a pleasure to read, combining lucid prose and mastery of both history and operational detail to permit the reader to grasp clearly the dynamics of the race to Baghdad. Unlike the initial reporting of the fighting by embedded journalists, these analysts are not limited to a narrow "soda straw" viewpoint of the war. They put the war in its proper strategic and historical context, and the conduct of the fighting in its proper place with the evolving changes in the conduct of war. The crisp text is artfully edited, and it is amplified by several dozen photographs and a set of high-quality color maps. The latter are all-too-rare additions to history texts and further distinguish this book from pretenders.
The concluding chapter provides critical insights on the political and military implications of this war. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book; one can only hope that it will be widely distributed among the halls of Congress as well as in the educational centers of the U.S. armed forces. This evidence of the enduring nature of war, with its immutable fundamentals, will not surprise realists, combat veterans, or military historians. Nonetheless, it should be required reading for enthusiasts of the putative "dot.com" economy and their irrational exuberance for information technology. …


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The Attorney General of Lagos State and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, says the unregulated activities of bus conductors, popularly known as agberos, in the state, remains a huge source of concern to the government.
He said though the government was not unaware of the complaints of residents about the excesses of the agberos on Lagos roads, it had found tackling the issue particularly challenging because the agberos are members of a union.
But light, he said, was at the end of the tunnel, with the plan by the state to eventually phase out privately-owned buses, danfos, with which the agberos operate.
With the danfos gone, the excesses of the agberos will also be gone, Kazeem said.
The Attorney General said this at the weekend while engaging with journalists in his Alausa, Ikeja office.
He noted that the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration had since decided that the danfos would have no place in the mega city into which it was gradually turning Lagos.
He re-echoed Ambode's resolve to transform public transportation in Lagos State, with his plan to replace the danfos with world-class luxurious buses to give commuters better comfort on the road.
This plan, he explained, would begin to materialise towards the end of the year, when the state would take delivery of the first tranche of the said world-class buses.
Kazeem said, "The agberos, who are, in the real sense, bus conductors, are members of a union of sort. So, the question will be: Can you proscribe them? Can you regulate them? I will say well, if a union has been recognised, you have to regulate them actually to make things much better. And that is a very important point which we are taking on. The Ministry of Transport and the police interface with these people and it's something that we are going to take on."
He added that Ambode had made it clear that the danfos that are on the streets presently are not befitting for a city like Lagos.
He said, "So, what he's proposing is that this year, he intends to introduce world-class buses that will gradually replace those danfos in Lagos State. The first tranche, I believe, is over 800 buses and that should come towards the end of the year. What impact it is going to have on the issue of bus conductors is that with those kinds of buses, the rough way which you have complained about will be better regulated. A lot of these people will find jobs but they will have to be retrained, re-kitted and told how to conduct themselves better in public. A lot of the places that these buses are going to operate from are going to well set up and regulated. You've seen the Ikeja Bus Terminal, that's world-class and that's the kind of place where these buses are going to operate from. And you can imagine that ruffians and people who will wake up in the morning and drink paraga or small gin or whatever will not be allowed in these kinds of places. We are very hopeful that with this reform being proposed by His Excellency, things will get better in that area."
Crime fighting through forensic investigation
Kazeem said Lagos State was poised to, this year, consolidate on its gains in the area of security and crime fighting.
Last year, the state opened its DNA Forensic Centre, saying it would enhance investigation of crimes and mark the end of wrongful conviction of the innocent or acquittal of the guilty. It said the centre would also help to resolve controversy about paternity and identification of bodies of accident victims by their loved ones.
Kazeem, who said the DNA Forensic Centre, sited on Lagos Island, had since been delivering on its mandate, disclosed that there was plan to introduce a toxicology section, this year.
He said, "The whole idea was to try and set Lagos as the destination for forensic investigation…Toxicology is one part we intend to add to that facility."
Since its set up, the DNA Forensic Centre, Kazeem said, had handled no fewer than 40 cases.
"The cases range from sexual assault to paternity issues. We will be having a press conference in the next two weeks, when we shall give you very interesting details; cases from West African countries, such as Ghana. There have been approaches from the German Embassy to collaborate with us; even the US Embassy to collaborate with us in the lab. So, we are very much encouraged by the attention that has been given to those facilities. That is what has spurred us on to make additional investment (in terms of toxicology)," Kazeem said.
Added to this, the Attorney General said the state would, this year, introduce a data crime register, christened the Lagos Criminal Information System.
This system, he said, would capture all the people who have been convicted of crimes in the state, adding that the information would come in handy to the general public and law enforcement agencies.
"What it means is that every person who has got a conviction, especially in Lagos State, you will find that person on that system. That is what the public wants to see, whether this personality has been once convicted. You can go there and check," he said.
The system would also capture names of accused persons, who are being tried in court and the offences for which they are being prosecuted. Kazeem, however, said this aspect of the data base would only be accessible to lawyers in the ministry of justice and law enforcement agencies, as making it open to the general public might lead to stigmatisation of accused persons, who may in the end be found not guilty of the offence with which they were charged.
The Attorney General said, "Sometimes, you are prosecuting a matter in which the man needs to be given bail, you need information to be able to take that decision whether he should be given bail or not. There are so many things the practitioners would extract from that system. But that part is not going to be available to the public because, in essence, the person is innocent until proven guilty. This is to avoid stigmatisation on the personality yet; but once the person is convicted, you can extract information."
Investigation of landed property titles
Close to this, Kazeem said the state had noted with concern the spate of litigation over landed property. He said the state had decided to respond by creating a website where prospective buyers of landed property can search for the status of the property that they are planning to buy.
He said, "Lack of knowledge of litigation would affect your decision whether or not to buy a property. It also helps banks that give credit based on property. If you want to buy land, you will go to the land registry and you will visit the location to see if it is free from any encumbrances, but with these alone you cannot know if there is litigation on the property; and while the bank may still give you money based on that property, not knowing the status might affect the level of risk, interest they place on it.
"So, what we are basically trying to do is to give people the opportunity to make informed decisions. We are working very closely with the judiciary so that any land-related litigation is placed on a website; so you can go there and search at the click of the button.
"For instance, if you are buying a property at Ejigbo; you'll just go to the website, enter Ejigbo as a search parameter, it will bring out all the litigation on Ejigbo. If you look at it and you find that this property is under litigation, you are warned and can walk away. We believe this is going to help a lot. Don't forget that our job is to improve access to justice, access to tools that can help the general public to make informed decisions. That is going to be launched any time from now."
Prisons reform
Kazeem also disclosed that Lagos State is in talks with the Federal Government to relocate the Ikoyi Prison, from his current site in the highbrow Ikoyi area of Lagos.
He said the state government was uncomfortable that the prison is not only right in the centre of the city but it has also become overpopulated and overstretched, constituting a security risk.
He noted that though prison administration was the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government, the state could not afford to fold its arms, which was why it was engaging with the Federal Government to relocate the prison.
He said if the talks were successful, the state would love the prison to be relocated to a more spacious site and upgrade it to international standard.
He said, "Unfortunately, issues about prisons, as you know, they are on the Exclusive Legislative List; they are things not within our control, but we can't look away. That is the reality. The police are not under our control, but we have made major interventions in that area. This is because it affects us. I can tell you that almost all the security services that operate here, the Lagos State Government has made one intervention or the order, including the prisons.
"There is an ongoing discussion with the Federal Government to relocate Ikoyi Prison to, possibly, Epe or some other location, and free that place. The whole idea is that that prison is congested and right in the middle of the city. What we are going to agree with the Federal Government is to get the design and build a world-class prison facility.
"In America, and I believe in some other places, they call prisons correctional centres, because you are supposed to correct the behavior of people that are sent to that prison, so that they can come out and become better people in the society. So that's one of the things we have to do.
"One thing the governor has said is that he would intervene, even though it is Federal Government's problem, so to speak, but we have no choice because it deals with issues in Lagos State. There are issues about infrastructure, hygiene, accommodation and so on; we have to take them in piecemeal."
Street hawking and juvenile imprisonment
The Attorney General said the state regretted the imprisonment of juveniles in adult prisons, which followed its policy to criminalise street hawking.
He said since the large population of juvenile in adult prison was brought to the state's attention by a non-governmental organisation last year, it had done a lot to address the problem and was working to ensure that it did not recur.
He said, "The issue about juveniles in conflict with the law is a major issue because presently, there are so many of them. The facilities that are supposed to cater for people of this class are completely overstretched. We have one in Oregun and the other one in Idi-Araba for the girls. That's one of the problems, there has to be massive development of additional space for these juveniles, because it's not just about the punishment, we are reforming them so that they can be useful people in the society.
"This is an issue not only for the Ministry of Justice but also for the Ministry of Youth and Social Development. So, it is something that we are working very actively on; we are trying to ensure that these children are taken off the streets and that this mistake about them being sent wrongly to adult prisons does not occur again.
"…The task force operatives on environmental offences are very aggressive in making sure that they deliver on their mandate, in the process, they go on to sweep up a lot of people. Maybe what we have realised is that a deeper evaluation and assessment of these people that are swept up by the security service is required before they are charged to court, so that we can sift the adults from the young ones."
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This column is the second of two in which I review the highlights of some of the Christmas Bird Counts conducted in late December to early January in Maine. Today's column will concentrate on coastal counts. We'll start in York County and work our way downeast to Machias.
The York County count, the southernmost of all the Maine counts, had a nice total of 89 species. With so much open water, coastal sites generally have more waterfowl in the winter than inland sites. That pattern held for York County as 18 species of ducks and geese were tallied. Highlights were a pair of Gadwall and five Green-winged Teal. Canada Geese were abundant with over 1100 counted.
Both Great Cormorants (43) and Double-crested Cormorants (a new high count of 59) were present. For shorebirds, 10 Dunlins joined the more expected Sanderlings and Purple Sandpipers. Other notable sightings were three Dovekies (always a good sighting from shore) and 132 Razorbills. Lingering migratory birds included a Great Blue Heron, a Northern Flicker, a whopping 62 Eastern Bluebirds, a Hermit Thrush, single Orange-crowned, Palm and Yellow-rumped warblers, a Savannah Sparrow and a dozen Common Grackles. Quite a count this year!
The Biddeford-Kennebunkport count produced a list of 80 species. A Cackling Goose was picked out of the 653 Canada Geese seen. The nine Harlequin Ducks and 1,320 Mallards were record high counts. Loons and grebes were unusually abundant: 151 Common Loons, 235 Horned Grebes and 178 Red-necked Grebes. High counts for some woodpeckers were set with 123 Downy Woodpeckers, 71 Hairy Woodpeckers and 11 Pileated Woodpeckers. The 238 Tufted Titmice set a high record as well.
Lingering birds included two Great Blue Herons, four Northern Flickers, six Carolina Wrens, 13 Eastern Bluebirds and nine Common Grackles.
The Portland Count took pride of place with the highest number of species (107) of any count this season in Maine. Significantly, four species were found for the first time on this count: Greater White-fronted Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Shoveler and American Woodcock.
A few species were particularly abundant this year, yielding the highest number of each species in the past 30 years. These included 1,830 Mallards and 245 Common Loons.
A remarkable 26 species of waterfowl were tallied this year, highlighted by the species listed above as well as by two Wood Ducks and two Redheads.
The list of lingering species is long. Most of the following individuals either moved on to more southerly climes or perished as winter set in over the past five weeks: a Killdeer, two Northern Flickers, a Winter Wren, two Ruby-crowned Kinglets, a Gray Catbird, a Common Yellowthroat and a Yellow-breasted Chat.
The Freeport-Brunswick count produced a list of 63 species. Highlights were record high counts of Common Eider (473), Long-tailed Duck (287), Glaucous Gull (5), Pileated Woodpecker (18) and Bohemian Waxwing (312).
Unusual species included a Killdeer, a Northern Flicker and a Gray Catbird. A Dickcissel present in the area was bashful on the day of the count.
Thomaston-Rockland counters found 79 species. The 396 Common Eiders, 949 Herring Gulls and 14 Great Black-backed Gulls were much less common than in previous years. However, the 114 Bald Eagles, 124 Red-necked Grebes and 45 Tufted Titmouse were found in unprecedented abundance.
Other highlights were a Red-shouldered Hawk, a Merlin, two Peregrine Falcons, 32 American Coots, a Black-headed Gull, a Long-eared Owl, a Pine Warbler, three Swamp Sparrows and a hardy Red-winged Blackbird.
On to the Belfast region of Penobscot Bay where counters found 67 species. Common Goldeneyes put in a strong showing (1001 individuals) with 11 Barrow's Goldeneyes sprinkled in among them. Seven Great Blue Herons and a Belted Kingfisher were remarkable finds.
The counters saw an American White Pelican during the week of the count, but not on count day. Interestingly, several of these pelicans were seen last month in the Boothbay region.
The Schoodic Peninsula count produced a list of 66 species. Highlights included record high counts of 97 Black Guillemots and 188 Mourning Doves. Two Boreal Chickadees were mixed in with the 80 Black-capped Chickadees.
Fewer lingering species were noted here: one Great Blue Heron, one Belted Kingfisher and two Rusty Blackbirds were highlights.
The Machias-Jonesport count yielded a total of 55 species. The eight Brant represented an excellent count for this portion of the coast. The 24 Harlequin Ducks and 609 Long-tailed Ducks set new high-count records.
A Spruce Grouse was a nice find. Lingering birds included a Great Blue Heron and nine Common Grackles.
[First published on February 20, 2011]


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Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive feel. By extension, the word velvety means "smooth like velvet." Velvet can be made from either synthetic or natural fibers.
Velvet is woven on a special loom that weaves two thicknesses of the material at the same time. The two pieces are then cut apart to create the pile effect, and the two lengths of fabric are wound on separate take-up rolls. This complicated process meant that velvet was expensive to make before industrial power looms became available, and well-made velvet remains a fairly costly fabric. Velvet is difficult to clean because of its pile, but modern dry cleaning methods make cleaning more feasible. Velvet pile is created by warp or vertical yarns and velveteen pile is created by weft or fill yarns.
Velvet can be made from several different kinds of fibers, traditionally, the most expensive of which is silk. Much of the velvet sold today as "silk velvet" is actually a mix of rayon and silk. Velvet made entirely from silk is rare and usually has market prices of several hundred US dollars per 91 cm. Cotton is also used to make velvet, though this often results in a less luxurious fabric. Velvet can also be made from fibers such as linen, mohair, and wool. More recently, synthetic velvets have been developed, mostly from polyester, nylon, viscose, acetate, and from either mixtures of different synthetics or from combined synthetics and natural fibers (for example viscose mixed with silk produces a very soft, reflective fabric). A small percentage of spandex is sometimes added to give the final material a certain amount of stretch.
Denim is a sturdy cotton warp-faced textile in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This twill weaving produces a diagonal ribbing that distinguishes it from cotton duck.
The most common denim is indigo denim, in which the warp thread is dyed, while the weft thread is left white. As a result of the warp-faced twill weaving, one side of the textile is dominated by the blue warp threads and the other side is dominated by the white weft threads. This causes blue jeans to be white on the inside. The indigo dyeing process, in which the core of the warp threads remains white, creates denim's signature fading characteristics.
Dry or raw denim (contrasted with "washed denim") is denim that is not washed after having been dyed during production.
Over time, dry denim will usually fade, which is considered desirable by some people. During the process of use, fading will usually occur on those parts of the article that receive the most stress.
Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp-based rayon. Blended fibers are also common.
Wet felting:
In the wet felting process, hot water is applied to layers of animal hairs, while repeated agitation and compression causes the fibers to hook together or weave together into a single piece of fabric. Wrapping the properly arranged fiber in a sturdy, textured material, such as a bamboo mat or burlap, will speed up the felting process. The felted material may be finished by fulling.
Needle felting:
Needle felting is a method of creating felted objects without using water. The special needles used to make 3D sculpture, jewelry, adornments and 2D art have notches along the shaft of the needle that catch fibers and tangle them with other fibers to produce felt. These notches are sometimes erroneously called "barbs", but barbs are protrusion (like barbed wire) and that would be difficult to thrust in to the wool and nearly impossible to pull out. There are many sizes and types of notched needles for different uses while working. Needle felting is used in industrial processes as well as in individual crafting.
Invented in the mid 17th century and used until the mid-20th centuries, a process called "carroting" was used in the manufacture of good quality felt for making men's hats. Beaver, rabbit or hare skins were treated with a dilute solution of the mercury compound mercuric nitrate. The skins were dried in an oven where the thin fur at the sides turned orange, the colour of carrots. Pelts were stretched over a bar in a cutting machine, and the skin was sliced off in thin shreds, with the fleece coming away entirely. The fur was blown onto a cone-shaped colander and then treated with hot water to consolidate it. The cone then peeled off and passed through wet rollers to cause the fur to felt. These 'hoods' were then dyed and blocked to make hats. The toxic solutions from the carrot and the vapours it produced resulted in widespread cases of mercury poisoning among hatters. This is the origin of the phrase "mad as a hatter" which was used to humorous effect by Lewis Carroll in the chapter "A Mad Tea Party" (Alice in Wonderland)
Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is laborious to manufacture, but the fiber is very absorbent and garments made of linen are valued for their exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather.
The discovery of dyed flax fibers in a cave in Georgia dated to thirty-six thousand years ago suggests that ancient people used wild flax fibers to create linen-like fabrics from an early date.
Many products are made of linen: aprons, bags, towels (swimming, bath, beach, body and wash towels), napkins, bed linens, tablecloths, runners and chair covers.
Mohair is usually a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat. Both durable and resilient, mohair is notable for its high luster and sheen, which has helped gain it the nickname the "Diamond Fiber", and is often used in fiber blends to add these qualities to a textile. Mohair takes dye exceptionally well. Mohair is warm in winter as it has excellent insulating properties, while remaining cool in summer due to its moisture wicking properties. It is durable, naturally elastic, flame resistant and crease resistant. It is considered to be a luxury fiber, like cashmere, angora and silk, and is usually more expensive than most wool that comes from sheep.
Mohair is composed mostly of keratin, a protein found in the hair, wool, horns and skin of all mammals. While it has scales like wool, the scales are not fully developed, merely indicated. Thus, mohair does not felt as wool does.
The fine hair from younger animals is used for finer applications such as clothing, and the thicker hair from older animals is more often used for carpets and heavy fabrics intended for outerwear.
Mohair should not be confused with the fur from the angora rabbit, which is called angora wool.


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Maryland teachers take part in critical elements of Marine training
Educators to take firsthand experience to help students considering military careers
Educators to take firsthand experience to help students considering military careers
Educators to take firsthand experience to help students considering military careers
After being bossed around by drill instructors, a group of Maryland teachers going through Marine boot camp went to check out two critical elements of Marine training.
About 40 Maryland educators got a quick lesson in a simulator with laser guns, learning what it takes to make a Marine. Then, it was off to the live firing range with real M-16 rifles and real ammunition.
The teachers are literally being armed with information in case students back home want to join the military after high school.
"I definitely have more respect for Marines now and what they go through," said Brett Applebaum, a coach and nurse at Lansdowne High School.
To his surprise, Applebaum is a good shot, hitting more than 50 percent of his targets. Every point counts, since the Marines decided to surprise the group and make them compete against another group of educators from Pittsburgh.
"We are going to beat Pittsburgh, no problem there," Applebaum said.
Loch Raven High School science teacher Allyson Sieka had a few great shots.
"I helped put three on the board," Sieka said.
And Baltimore beat Pittsburgh again. So far, it's quite the experience for Sarah Parmmawat, who helps students at Ace Academy Baltimore map their future.
"If students are interested (in the military), I can tell them what I have been through, and also answer questions instead of saying, 'Let me call the recruiter and you talk to them,'" Parmmawat said.
Educators also watched aquatics, one of the toughest parts of training, where recruits have to swim with heavy equipment.
Swim instructor Staff Sgt. Daniel Buchanon is from Anne Arundel County. He joined the Marines in 2008.
"I have been around the world three times, two different aircraft carriers, Japan, Guam. As for jobs, I am an aircraft mechanic. I work with sheet metal, hydraulics. I do 90 percent of the work on a jet," Buchanon said.
Buchanon is a good example of how the Marines offer a variety of career paths and training, something that caught the attention of the teachers, who are learning something themselves.


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Mayrise leads the way with early EToN 6 upgrades
Mayrise Systems has released an upgrade to its market leading street works software to comply with new legislation from the Department for Transport (DfT). The updated technical specification for the Electronic Transfer of Notices aims to reduce the impact of roadworks, through the co-ordination and sharing of information between local authorities and utility firms. A founding member in the provision of information management software to Street Works professionals, Mayrise Systems has upgraded its managed service customers to the new specification in time for the DfT 1st October implementation date.
"We are delighted to have not only completed the comprehensive upgrade to our systems in accordance with the new specification but we have also transferred our existing Mayrise Online customers to the new system ahead of the DfT implementation date," commented Nick Smee, CEO of Yotta.
EToN 6 includes a number of enhancements to the previous specification. These include a change to how Inspections are delivered which not only saves money but also allow for the referencing of additional information such as defect photographs. The revised specification also addresses problems with reporting of defective apparatus to utility companies, applications for temporary traffic signals and increased functionality with permit applications. It is estimated by the DfT that usage of the new EToN system could save as much as two thousand work hours a week for councils and utility firms and both sectors are expected to have fully implemented the new specification by April 2014.
"We are delighted to be one of the first street authorities in the country to be fully EToN 6 compliant." commented Jeff Elliott, Highway and Traffic Manager at Brighton and Hove City Council. "The Mayrise team have been extremely helpful, keeping us informed at every stage of the process and we look forward to working with them to realise the benefits of EToN 6."
In addition, Phillip Parry, Senior Street Works Officer for Powys and Ceredigion said, 'We are delighted to be at the forefront of the EToN 6 rollout with this latest upgrade to our managed services, demonstrating why Mayrise are the leading Street Works software supplier in Wales. '
Mayrise Street Works is a complete solution for managing street work notices for both highways authorities and statutory undertakers. Handling the Street Works Register, National Street Gazetteer, maintenance, inspections management, defect reporting and locational referencing, the system eliminates paperwork, ensures best practice and provides up to date information on the status of all works. Mayrise Street Works also offers full compliance with the revised EToN 6 specification.
"The process of integration continues at an encouraging pace and our customers have already talked about the positive aspects they have seen as a result," continued Smee. "I have seen a great deal of passion in their desire to see the Mayrise products further grow, strengthen and continue its leadership position. We will match that passion and will continue to deliver improvements throughout our products and services and ensure that Yotta and the Mayrise products deliver on their expectations"


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Steve Reich (1936- ), one of the pioneering Minimalist composers, received a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for his 2007 composition Double Sextet. It's a piece I've only read about, as no recording of it has yet been released. But Pulitzers in the arts are as much about honoring careers as specific pieces, and this can obviously apply in the case of Reich, whose career is now in its fifth decade. His work has been a huge influence not only on classical composers but on rock and electronic music as well. Here's a quick guide to ten albums that, taken as a group, offer a view of his stylistic development while including his most important and most artistically rewarding works.
Early Works Double Edge; Russ Hartenberger; Steve Reich (Nonesuch)
"It's Gonna Rain" and "Come Out" are tape pieces from 1965 and '66 that layer speech samples. There's a political element to them -- the former samples a black street preacher's oration about the Apocalypse and the latter samples a Civil Rights era beating victim -- but their main interest is the way Reich builds towering edifices of rhythmic sound by looping short phrases over themselves. He soon transferred elements of this approach to instrumental music; in "Piano Phase" (1967), two players start playing a pattern in unison, but one deliberately shifts tempo while the other stays steady, putting them out of phase more and more; it's mechanical music for flesh-and-blood performers, but as minimal as its components are, it"s quite a difficult piece to coordinate (as I learned first-hand back in my college days). This problem was solved by slightly altering the technique to have the players move out of phase in steady values of entire beats at a time, as in 1972's percussion duo "Clapping Music," wherein one clapper plays the exact pattern throughout while the other clapper shifts the rhythm by one beat every 12 bars until they are back in sync.
"Phase Patterns"; "Pendulum Music"; "Piano Phase"; "Four Organs" Ensemble Avantgarde (Wergo)
More early works here, including another performance of "Piano Phase." Influenced by John Cage and LaMonte Young, "Pendulum Music" (1968) is not a notated work, though it is, like the phase pieces, determined by a process. Four microphones are suspended within an array of amplifiers and speakers, then set in motion (hence the title). The shifts in feedback as they move in space create the music. Results differ; three versions are offered here. It's a bit like a phase piece, as the rhythms diverge and open out. The feedback is not loud squealing, but instead sounds like synthesized pitched percussion, setting up and varying simple melodic patterns. "Phase Patterns" (1970) is for four electric organs, but despite its title works differently from "Piano Phase." The focus is more on the rhythmic patterns, and it's less a process piece than a composed piece requiring more normal compositional decisions, anticipating the music Reich would write later that decade. Rather than shifting a fixed pattern, the patterns evolve, with motivic breaks clearly defining sections. The effect is still repetitive and meditative, however. "Four Organs" (1970) adds maracas and is built on the same principles.
Drumming Cornelius Cardew, James Preiss, Steve Reich, Steve Chambers, Timothy Ferchen, Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, Ben Harms, Glen Velez, Joan La Barbara, Jay Clayton, Leslie Scott (Deutsche Grammophon)
Reich, who had studied jazz drumming in his teens, became fascinated by African and Balinese drumming; in 1971 he spent five weeks in Africa and was tutored by Ghanian master drummer Gideon Alerwoyie. Then came this important transitional piece, Reich's last to use phasing and his first to show concern for orchestration in its shifting combinations of timbres (he even uses voices as percussion). His treatment of rhythm becomes more flexible and complex, which allowed the scale of the work to expand considerably (it's usually between 80 and 90 minutes long, though choosing to take fewer repeats has knocked it down by as much as 30 minutes) and also allows for more variety, though the growth of the patterns is still highly organic. This is a landmark of avant-garde music, and was very well received at its premiere, in contrast to the outrage that greeted "Four Organs." Drumming has had at least six recordings, of which this was the first.
Music for 18 Musicians Steve Reich and Musicians (ECM)
Another landmark, written in 1974-76; it could be said that this is where Reich's music became Post-Minimalist, because the unfolding of the structure is less rigid. Eleven chords are played, then eleven pieces are constructed on those chords. The textures that make Reich's music attractive no longer needed to be justified by the strict systems of the past -- and he added more textures as he expanded his instrumentation, which here includes violin, cello, and two clarinets (doubling on bass clarinet). He also added vastly more harmony; this piece sounds much less static than anything he'd previously done. This is the first of five recordings. Music for a Large Ensemble (1978) and Octet (1979), also highly worthy pieces, work with the same ideas.
Tehillim Steve Reich and Musicians; George Manahan (ECM)
One of the vocal masterpieces of the 20th century, this 1981 work is Reich's first published text-setting vocal piece, setting excerpts of Psalms 19, 34, 18, and 150 (in Hebrew) for four female vocalists, chamber orchestra, and percussion. The underlying percussion beats are highly syncopated and usually steady, but the actual meters in the various sections change frequently, often measure-to-measure, as Reich adheres to the rhythms of the words (he had begun studying cantillation in Israel in 1977). And, accommodating the texts, the twisting, spiraling melodies are much longer than in Reich's earlier music. His usual canonic wizardry is frequently deployed, with the first movement particularly dazzling in its complex vortices. More startling are the homophonic sections, which serve as strong contrasts, and the third movement, Reich's first published slow movement.
The Desert Music Steve Reich and Musicians with Chorus and Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic/Michael Tilson Thomas (Nonesuch)
Maybe I should have included Reich's 1993 opera, The Cave, instead of this 1984 work that more or less expands on the techniques of Tehillim, but I have a great fondness for The Desert Music, which sets poetry of William Carlos Williams in absolutely entrancing fashion, full of majestic beauty.
Sextet; "Six Marimbas" Steve Reich and Musicians with members of Nexus and the Manhattan Marimba Quartet (Nonesuch)
This isn't as historically important as the other albums on this list, but it's strikingly attractive music, most notably the sound of bowed vibraphone in Sextet (1985). "Six Marimbas" is a 1986 recasting of 1973's "Six Pianos," making it both more practical to perform and more fun to watch.
Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint Kronos Quartet; Pat Metheny (Nonesuch)
The Grammy-winning Different Trains (1988) combines string quartet and tapes containing very short interview excerpts and the sounds of trains, bells, and sirens; the music's melodies are derived from the speaking voices. The subject matter is dark, as the Jewish Reich contrasts his childhood train rides (going between divorced parents on opposite coasts) with the trains that took European Jews to concentration camps, giving the three-movement piece an innate emotionality and socio-political stance. As a side note, Reich put the taped sounds into a digital sampling keyboard for easier use, making this one of the first classical pieces to use that equipment. These ideas were explored further in the aforementioned The Cave. Electric Counterpoint is scored for ten electric guitars and two electric bass guitars pre-recorded separately by one performer. An eleventh guitar part is played live against the combined recording of the other parts. (There is also a version for complete real-time performance by multiple guitarists, but Metheny's distinctive tone is preferable.) Electronic group The Orb sampled part of the third movement for their extended piece Little Fluffy Clouds.
You Are (Variations); Cello Counterpoint Los Angeles Master Chorale; Maya Beiser (Nonesuch)
Reich got his degree in Philosophy at Cornell, and You Are (Variations) (2004) is definitely a philosophical work, even quoting Ludwig Wittgenstein. The four movements alternate English and Hebrew, quoting Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (a Hasidic mystic), Psalm 16, Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, and the Talmud. Reich says, "Starting out, I made an harmonic ground plan with a short cycle of chords that would serve as the underpinning for all the variations...[but] I started to vary the harmonies...they departed further from the original ground plan. I frankly enjoyed this immensely since I was following spontaneous musical intuition." Yes, Reich goes wild here, and it's utterly exhilarating, but still thoroughly Reichian. The effect suggests a much freer take on the musical ideas of Tehillim and The Desert Music. Cello Counterpoint (2003), for eight cellos (here overdubbed by Maya Beiser), is also very freely constructed and, even using technology, a virtuoso showpiece of sorts; it's also much darker in timbre than the vast majority of Reich's music due to the instrument's range.
Daniel Variations Los Angeles Master Chorale/London Sinfonietta/Alan Pierson (Nonesuch)
Daniel Variations (2006) is in memory of Daniel Pearl, the American journalist murdered in Pakistan by jihadists in 2002. It combines text from the Biblical book of Daniel and Pearl's words from the video his captors released and from an off-the-cuff comment Pearl (himself an amateur fiddler) made referencing the title of a song played by the jazz violinist Stuff Smith, "I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music." The words are sung by sopranos and tenors (Los Angeles Master Chorale), while the instrumental forces (including members of the Steve Reich Ensemble) are two clarinets, four vibraphones, percussion, four pianos, and string quartet. The idiom is similar to The Desert Music. While there is tension in the first three movements, and knowledge of the tragedy grants huge emotional import to otherwise innocuous utterances, ultimately the half-hour work is a celebration of the spirit of Pearl, and that comes across in the finale. This CD also includes the 22-minute Variations for Vibes, Pianos & Strings (2005), played by the London Sinfonietta under Alan Pierson. For three string quartets, two pianos, and four vibraphones, it is similar in tintinnabulatory brightness to much of Reich's mature instrumental work featuring vibraphones. It's in three movements, the outer ones fast and sparkling, with distinctive asymmetrical propulsiveness from the accents of the pianos, the middle slow and pensive, emphasizing the strings more.


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Global demand for paints and coatings to grow by 2019
The global demand for the paints and coatings was valued at USD 100.3 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 143.9 billion in
2019, growing at a CAGR of 5.4 % between 2013 and 2019.
These are the findings of the new and recently published report by Transparency Market Research entitled "Paints and Coatings
Market by Product Segment (High Solids/Radiation Cure, Powder Coatings, Waterborne Coatings, Solvent Borne Technologies and
For Automotives & Aviation, Medical & Healthcare, Residential, Commercial and Other End-users - Global Industry Analysis, Size,
Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019"
Huge building & construction industry coupled with growing manufacturing activities in Asia Pacific has been driving the paints and
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Waterborne coatings most widely consumed systems
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automotives & aviation and residential and commercial industries.
The demand for paints and coatings in The RoW is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.8% between 2013 and 2019.


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Much to everyones surprise this big budget film with its gigantic cast crashed and burned when it was released back in 1980. It certainly had all the ingredients that go into a hit - it was produced by B.R. Chopra (brother of Yash), it had some of the biggest stars of the day, the songs were from RD Burman and it had a unique for Bollywood disaster scenario that is actually quite tense and at times moving. Over the years its reputation has grown, but mysteriously at the time no one wanted to see it. In many ways it not coincidentally resembles the spate of disaster flicks that had filled screens in the US in the 1970's with fare like Towering Inferno or The Poseidon Adventure a group of strangers all with their own little dramas occurring face imminent death and have to struggle for survival but no one was singing and dancing in Airport were they! But the main difference here is a lengthy back story of two friends and the loves of their lives that give the film an intimacy that the Hollywood films were missing. Of course, the special effects were not quite up to Hollywoods standards, but other than a patently obvious toy train model being used in a few scenes the usage of fire on a speeding train is quite well done and you can only hope that the bodies writhing in flames were paid more than minimum wage.
Two boyhood friends both have their dreams Vinod (Vinod Khanna) wants to design train engines and Ashok (Dharmendra) wants to do the same for automobiles. Their friendship also comes in handy when they go courting using the well worn but often successful ploy of saving a damsel in distress - Ashok and Vinod play good guy/bad guy to win the respective hearts of Seema (Hema Malini) and Sheetal (Parveen Babi). Unfortunately, the girls turn out to be friends and wonder at the amazing coincidence of this and soon discover the farce but in true Bollywood fashion find this trickery charming and quickly fall in love while double dating on bicycles and boats. Vinod and Sheetal soon exchange wedding vows but the romance of the other pair goes asunder when Ashoks father goes bankrupt and kills himself leaving his son a pauper. He soon receives a Dear Ashok letter breaking off the relationship due to his financial status. This leaves Ashok not only a poor man but a broken hearted and embittered one as well.
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The first edition of the Pharma MES Asia in Singapore was unanimously characterized as a successful conference. The 120+ attendees put the success down to the rich mix of pharma and biotech experts, the presentation content and the interactive sessions throughout the 2,5 event days.
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The Animation Pane allows you to view and manage all of the effects that are on the current slide. You can modify and reorder effects directly from the Animation Pane, which is especially useful when you have several effects.
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From the Animation Pane, select an impact. A drop-down bolt will show up by the impact.
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- Select the desired start option.
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