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D Troop, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division
KIA April 19, 1968
This letter was transcribed and shared by Michael's sister Cynthia.Michael G. Lipsius served in the US Army in D Troop, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. He arrived in Vietnam March 12, 1968. He was KIA April 19, 1968 in Quang Tri, Vietnam, just shy of his 20th birthday. His father and mother had divorced and Michael had not seen or spoke with his father for at least 8 years prior to Michael going to Vietnam. Michael was able to track down his father's address and sent him the following letter:
I guess I'm grown up, but I still don't know how a son greets his father after not seeing him in so long. All I can say is hi.
I finally got your address through the General services department in Washington.
We (Michael, his mother, and 3 brothers) left for California in 1960. Well, we got to California, San Jose to be exact. That's just below San Francisco. Kelley's (his brother) in the Navy now. He's been in San Diego, Calif for quite a few years. I left home in 1966 after I turned 18. I set up my own apt. and went to school part time (college that is) and I worked nights at Ford in Milpitas. Klint (his brother) has been in the Job Corps for a year, that's all I know about him.
I went back to the old house on my leave just before coming over here. I was going through the attic and found your teaching credentials and your sports records. Would you believe I was an end -defensive and offensive – in football and I took all Santa Clara City in the discuss and shot put and set the school record in discuss in 1966. I wish I would have had your address when I was back there I would have dropped by. I got a report from a man who worked with you at the yard, that you were in Chicago. I stopped out there, but there were no records.
I'm in the 1st Cav here in Nam. You might have heard about us up at Khe Sahn. We're getting ready for A Shaw Valley – the valley of no return – where special forces, 101st airborne, and marine units have disappeared. It's believed to be the last stronghold of the NVA so if our 60 day offensive works the war should be over by the end of the summer.
This country is really something. There are wide stretching valley with rice paddies, small bushes and elephant grass. Their these planes that run right into steep mountains and thick jungle.
I hope I have brought you a little up to date on what's happened. I've got to go back to Maine when I get home to see my buddy and to pick up a bunch of clothes I've got to turn in when I get out of the Army. Maybe we could get together then.
Your son,
Needless to say, my father was so very thrilled to finally hear from his son. He immediately wrote back to him and talk around our house included a lot of "When Michael gets here…". Michael never got his father's letter – it had been returned unopened with "KIA" across it.
Michael's father was a veteran of WWII. To read his father's WWII letters, click here.
Special thanks to Cynthia for sharing this moving letter from her brother.


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And while I don't see the "touchy feely" community-minded groups as any sort of threat, nor have I much felt pressured to buy into one (except in maybe recent cases in North Minneapolis where we are meant to be mourning for simulated people of questionable existence, just as we were asked to hate non-white colored people in the 9/11 and 7/7 hit pieces), I definitely acknowledge there are agendas appearing to move us in almost every conceivable direction, including toward established power bases.
Some of those power bases are involved with extreme family organization — religious groups. Some of the power bases are more about escaping those groups.
Most likely, there is a kind of "strongest" movement that, by analyzing all of them including the so-called undermining of the natural family, we could discover is leading more paradigms than others. And this thing has probably been summed up by many people already, if we could just organize our thoughts on it. I don't think it is a single thing called the "New World Order", but more likely many power groups interested in controlling that "brand".
I have seen posts railing against society moving things, but I wouldn't necessarily call this "fakery". It's a larger science involving anthropology, sociology and Public Relations, which sometimes manifests as fakery, often manifests as or in our entertainment, and because of human behaviors that are being cultured in certain ways. In some ways, one might argue, cultured for so much freedom that it does break working traditions. Other times, because that freedom is actually meant to drive us to beg for the State (or a leading cult) to reorganize us, instead of taking our natural ability to reorganize ourselves. Other times still, perhaps because the State really does believe (in its lower employees, we might say) to improve the lots of dysfunctional families.
This is an enormous subject.
In some ways, I'd say the poisoning of the "community power" well has to do with the exact reaction it elicits in some people — disgust with community rather than inspiring involvement, as good communities can. To say that fakery is trying to make us all super-social is laughable, in my opinion. You can see real community and real society breaking down as a result of television merely being introduced to places that formerly relied on local conversation, gossip, communication and so forth. If anything, they are exploiting the negative character trait of extreme leftists who think artificial empathy ought to be enforced — that is, giving social groups plenty of rope to hang themselves with.
There is so much "give and take" in these things, I don't see how we can say there is one strict movement against everything we hold dear. For example, the propaganda against Muslims exploits pre-existing racism in our cultures, just as racism exists in probably every culture that's ever existed. The fakery doesn't only manifest racism by itself, although its worst evil is when it does do just that, which is far too often. It's more like a great big gift and invitation to anti-Muslim movements.
Similarly, the idea that gay people are strictly gay or part of a united movement for disingenuous reasons is flawed at best. Just look at the various disagreements in each group — gay people rejecting trans people, queer movements decrying male gay power, etc., etc. people both love and hate each other in every conceivable way. You may say that fakery usually promotes pre-existing human conditions. For agendas, yes, but often with a mob of happy endorsements from people who benefit.
One thing we can all agree on here is the notion that telling massive numbers of people what to get addicted to is as wrong as introducing hard drugs to a community. But we can be very sure that is what we've always been dealing with. Addictions. And their profiteers.
Flabbergasted wrote:for example by teaching people to exchange life in its entirety for sex (as did Foucault, architect of the gay movement)
I don't mean to side track, but I think this is a very relevant point, if true. If you wouldn't mind please giving us a debriefing on this, I think I (and people like me) could learn a lot. How could Foucault be called an architect of a gay movement rather than a proponent or just simply being gay? (And as per CluesForum standards, just some sound reasoning instead of uncritically dropping a link would be nice. No need for an academic paper.)

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Steven Gerrard crowned Liverpool's fourth home league win of the season with a decisive strike in victory over Newcastle United at Anfield.
After Yohan Cabaye's header gave the visitors the lead, Craig Bellamy struck twice either side of half-time against his former club.
The stage appeared set for Andy Carroll to return to form, but after he struck the bar with a header, Gerrard later popped up to seal the points.
Kenny Dalglish's side were looking to improve on a run of one win from their last six home games, while Newcastle were searching for their first win on Merseyside for 17 years.
Despite it being 15 years since the infamous 4-3 game between the two sides, the opening minutes provided little of the cut and thrust football that particular Premier League evening showcased.
The opening goal came in a manner which typified the start of the contest, as Cabaye's flicked header took a wicked deflection off Daniel Agger before wrong footing Pepe Reina.
The home side reacted instantly, with Bellamy finding the corner after Cheik Tiote's clearance fell straight to the Welshman inside the box.
Chances were few and far between thereafter, until Bellamy's free-kick, awarded after Tiote's foul on the marauding Daniel Agger, deflected off Danny Simpson and evaded goalkeeper Tim Krul.
Demba Ba almost equalised immediately, but saw his goal bound effort hooked away by Martin Skrtel before Carroll should have put the result beyond doubt, but clattered the bar from substitute Gerrard's cross.
The skipper, who was making his second appearance since recovering from an infected foot, put the icing on the cake for the hosts, sliding home after being played in by Jordan Henderson.
The win works as an ideal end to an up and down 2011 for Liverpool, while Newcastle appear consigned to play second fiddle to the top six in the Barclays Premier League after their fifth defeat of the season.


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One of the most important players in Kentucky's horse industry stepped out of his leadership position and into retirement a few days ago.
After nearly 13 years in the job, Nick Nicholson retired as president of Keeneland on Sept. 1 – his 65th birthday. Moving up to take on Nicholson's duties at one of the most important institutions in the horse industry in Kentucky and the United States is Bill Thomason, who had most recently served as the track's vice president and chief financial officer.
The highly-regarded Thomason takes the reins at one of the most important times of the year for both Keeneland and Kentucky's horse industry. The track's September Yearling Sale, its highest-profile sale since its famed July Sale went on hiatus a few years back, is set for Sept. 10-21.
Given the current state of Kentucky racing and the ever-increasing challenges the industry faces, Thomason is in for interesting times. But the future cannot be much more intriguing than the landscape Keeneland traversed during the Nicholson years.
He moved into the top spot at Keeneland in 1989 upon the retirement of Bill Greely. What followed has been a roller-coaster ride for Nicholson of economic slowdowns, the annual – and still-unsuccessful – push for expanded gambling at Kentucky racetracks, the crisis of Mare Reproductive Loss syndrome in 1992 that affected breeding crops and sales for years, and a national soul-searching by tracks on safety and medications issues.
The Lexington track even took the plunge and replaced its dirt surface that had become a subject of annual criticism with a synthetic Polytrack course. Keeneland liked Polytrack so much that it became the U.S. seller of the product created by a British-based distributor. That partnership was dissolved late last year.
While Nicholson's voice was prominent in the discussion of those "big picture†concerns for Kentucky's horse industry, he also led Keeneland through significant changes in the way it operated its racing and simulcast business.
One of the most startling changes came just before his arrival as president when Kurt Becker became the first and only announcer in the history of the Lexington track that has long referred to its product as "racing as it was meant to be.â€
Keeneland celebrated its 75th anniversary season in 2011. Nicholson led the track through that milestone and, from this viewpoint, more than a decade of fundamental change in the racing end of its two-pronged business. Prior to his arrival, Keeneland racing consisted of a pair of boutique 16-day racing meets with positions on the calendar that helped boost their status as social events as well as a stage for must-see racing competition.
Along with their justified reputation for presenting top-notch racing, the Keeneland meets had also been ultra-effective marketing tools for its sales operation. Portions of the sales proceeds have long boosted purses at those marquee meets and capital improvements at the track…
Recent economic conditions and uncertain sales conditions contributed to significant changes in Keeneland racing on Nicholson's watch. It has placed greater emphasis on dining and entertainment options at the track, enhanced its schedule of special events and giveaways, and even added a program for young fans similar to Junior Jockey Club that has been in place for years at Churchill Downs.
Economic changes, within the industry and beyond, have forced Keeneland to operate much more like its fellow racetracks. For a large chunk of its recent history, Keeneland was primarily a sales operation that also conducted live racing, but now that racing operation stands increasingly on its own.
Nicholson gracefully guided Keeneland through that transition while, at the same time, he and the Central Kentucky institution increased both its activity and visibility in the state's political realm. Few could dispute that Keeneland was late to the dance on the promotion of additional gaming at Kentucky tracks, as was much of Kentucky's breeding industry. Nicholson had politics in his background, and the skills gained during that work were important in dealings with both lawmakers and fellow tracks.
In addition, he has a strong record of service to the industry. He worked as executive director of The Jockey Club prior to his arrival at Keeneland, and held several horse industry leadership positions during his baker's dozen of years since.
Nicholson guided Keeneland through some of its most crucial years and important changes. The future of its racing and sales operations – especially the racing segment – will owe much to what happened during his years in the president's office.
The great Hall of Fame trainer Charlie Whittingham once said that one should "never say anything bad about a horse until he's been dead at least 10 years.
"They'll make a fool out of you,†said the Bald Eagle.
So you'll see no attempt here to assess or judge Nicholson's term as president of this Bluegrass institution. Historians will eventually attempt that task (though some bloggers might give it a try sooner).
What is appropriate is to wish the very best Nick Nicholson, a good man and a friend, and to congratulate and thank him for the passion, energy and creative spirit that were hallmarks of Keeneland run.
There's no tonic for a Thoroughbred like a spacious paddock, some lush grass and the absence of a training schedule following a run of demanding races. Here's a hope that Nick gets the opportunity to simply "be a horse†for a while – but not for too long.
Much work lies ahead for Kentucky's horse industry, and Nicholson is far too young, experienced and talented for an extended stretch on the farm.
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Just to clarify, I have not provided any "legal advise" nor would I ever propose to do so; I'm not a lawyer or even a public policy expert, I'm a technologist. I simply balanced the assertion (from Aleecia's message: "I believe we will be far enough along for many potential early adopters to begin their work on implementations without risk of redoing major work") that companies should proceed with implementing a specification that is not final, with reasonable questions and points to consider before doing so. Considering all points is not only fair, it's a responsible business practice. I also have not proposed that companies should not contemplate testing. Testing and actual implementation are two different things. Kind Regards, Chris Chris Mejia | Digital Supply Chain Solutions | Ad Technology Group | Interactive Advertising Bureau - IAB | email@example.com | From: Lauren Gelman <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:23:10 -0700 To: Chris Mejia - IAB <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> Cc: Alan Chapell <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>>, "Aleecia M. McDonald - W3C WG Co-Chair" <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>>, W3C DNT Working Group Mailing List <email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>>, Mike Zaneis - IAB <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>>, Brendan Riordan-Butterworth - IAB <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>>, Marc Groman - NAI <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>>, David Wainberg - NAI <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> Subject: Re: f2f wrap up & next steps It is inappropriate to offer this kind of generalized legal advise on this list. It is up to individual businesses to decide how they want to compete. It is these scare tactics that have made privacy policies ineffective and created the demand for DNT. It is perfectly plausible to write a disclosure on any topic that accurately informs a user of a company's policies and the costs/benefits involved and does not create unreasonable risk to the business. I am available to provide references to people who are happy to work with companies who want to "do the right thing." And frankly, it is just insincere to criticize DNT because it has not been tested in large scale implementation and simultaneously warn companies not to attempt large scale implementations because DNT has not been finalized. Lauren Gelman BlurryEdge Strategies 415-627-8512 On Jun 27, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Chris Mejia wrote: Well written Alan, thank you. I'd like to further highlight one very important point you made below: "Not to mention that any public representation that one is complying with DNT may subject a company to regulatory scrutiny." Any company contemplating public committal to "honoring" DNT headers at this stage, before a specification has been agreed to, finalized and published, should carefully consider a few important points: * The DNT specification is not complete/final. Finalization may be many months away, and there is always a possibility that it is never finalized (i.e. the spec creation could be abandoned pursuant to intellectual property claims, for example). Although we are all working to a positive outcome, companies should consider ALL possible outcomes before committing. * Committing your adherence publicly to a "moving target" specification may bind/expose your company later to requirements that may not be achievable once the specification is finalized. In other words, why would you commit to something when you don't know what that something will be? What if the technical requirements of the final spec are not achievable, are cost prohibitive and/or not friendly to your business model and thus your longevity as a company? What if adherence to the final specification means a significant drop in revenue for your company? * Be sure that at least here in the US, and possibly elsewhere, regulatory authorities will likely exercise all their power to ensure that you remain in compliance with the final specification, even though you may have only committed to a preliminary version. In bringing action against your company, they may cite reasonable consumer expectations based on the final specification and/or market confusion if you don't elect to comply with the full specification later, having publicly committed to it previously. All in all, while it might seem like you are "doing the right thing" or "getting ahead of the game" by committing early to the unfinished specification, doing so may put your company at significant risk down the line. Please make this decision carefully, and ensure you are well informed before committing. The IAB, DAA, NAI and OPA are industry resources you may want to consult during your decision making process. Again, we are all interested in protecting consumer privacy. Kind Regards, Chris Mejia, IAB Chris Mejia | Digital Supply Chain Solutions | Ad Technology Group | Interactive Advertising Bureau - IAB | email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> | From: Alan Chapell <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:34:35 -0400 To: "Aleecia M. McDonald - W3C WG Co-Chair" <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>>, W3C DNT Working Group Mailing List <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> Subject: Re: f2f wrap up & next steps Resent-From: W3C DNT Working Group Mailing List <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:35:35 +0000 Thanks Aleecia. I'm sure this wasn't your intent, but I'd caution the group against creating the impression that the marketplace should look to implement right now given that we haven't defined many of the key terms at this point. While it may make sense for some companies to expiriment and look through documentation as we create it, the reality is that many small to mid-sized companies may not have the resources to pour into understanding let along implementing a document where key terms are still in flux. Not to mention that any public representation that one is complying with DNT may subject a company to regulatory scrutiny. Also, I wanted to circle back regarding the group's charter. Thomas mentioned something about rechartering during the meeting, but I hadn't heard anything further. I'm wondering if this is an appropriate opportunity to re-evaluate what we're really trying to accomplish in this group – as there seemed to be a myriad of opinions raised to that effect in Bellevue. And to be clear, I'm not necessarily advocating specific changes to the charter. In any event, if the W3C is working under the assumption that rechartering should automatically take place without at least some group discussion, I would see that as problematic. I'm sure that's not the case. So, I'm simply asking if this will be on the July 11 agenda? I believe the charter expires in July, correct? Cheers, Alan Chapell Chapell & Associates On 6/25/12 11:17 PM, "Aleecia M. McDonald" <email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote: Greetings, Thank you to the 60+ people who attended the Seattle meeting, many of whom flew great distances to make it. We walked in with two Compliance proposals that were far apart, with neither able to reach consensus in the form it was in. As a group we decided we needed to move the proposals closer to the center, and we did just that. We walked out with an overall direction that everyone can live with for permitted business uses, including proposed text for two of the five we discussed, and great new ideas. We can now see the outline what DNT will look like and where we need to go. We took up some of the most contentious remaining issues, on purpose, and we made solid progress on the hardest stuff. I am particularly pleased with proposals that allow business uses to continue while improving privacy, by doing things a little differently with a low burden for implementation. That's a home run. That's exactly what we are looking for, the point where everyone can live with the outcome. That is the hope and promise for DNT, and what we are all working so hard to realize. We still have a lot to do. There are many details to fit into place, some of them quite important to some stakeholders. We will work through them. I was encouraged hearing people say, "This is not what I would choose, but I can live with it in order to move forward." Well done. That's how consensus happens. On TPE, editors will incorporate decisions that came out of the final day, and then we will review the final text as a group to ensure all is as agreed. Similarly on Compliance, the editors will write a strawman proposal that incorporates text from four different documents (existing draft, proposed combination draft, proposal from Shane et al, proposal from Jonathan et al.) That strawman is already well in progress thanks to our talented editors. My hope is for a Compliance strawman draft by the week of July 2. As a group, we will then review all text that has not had consensus (that is, no need to re-review text that was already agreed upon in prior drafts, nor the text we agreed upon while Nick live-edited during the Seattle meeting.) We need to publish new drafts soon, since it has been several months since our last publications. We will evaluate the state of the drafts to see if we are ready to ask for input as a First Last Call document with major issues resolved, or if we are looking at a Third Public Working Draft. Either way, I believe we will be far enough along for many potential early adopters to begin their work on implementations without risk of redoing major work, provided we are very clear about where work remains in flux. To do that well, as Ian points out, we will need at least one user agent developing a compliant implementation so we can test interoperability. We have already worked through about half of the issues on user agent compliance with one conference call and an hour in Seattle. We'll work through the rest in the fairly near term. After we review the strawman draft, if you are planning on doing an implementation soon and there are specific unresolved Compliance issues that would get in your way, I'm open to prioritizing them earlier. Just let me know so I can make informed scheduling trade offs. Our next face-to-face meeting will be in Europe, likely in mid- to late September. If you have a location that can handle about 70 people in that time frame for three days, please let us know the details. We have a generous standing offer to go back to Brussels, though we try to hold meetings in varied locations to distribute the travel burden. Once we know our options we will use an online Doodle poll to understand which possibilities allow the greatest number of TPWG members to attend, just as we have done for past meetings. Coming soon... - a new mailing list to receive external comments. By the time we get out of Last Call, we'll have a few of those, plus comments from implementations. - Rigo will begin to organize the first draft of the Global Considerations document, which will be non-normative. To me, it felt like Seattle was the bumpiest f2f I've co-chaired. I am thrilled to have new voices and a greater breadth of stakeholders, but it is challenging with different levels of understanding of the work to date. Next time, perhaps we need a mandatory in person pre-meeting for anyone who has not attended a prior f2f. It's also hard to make progress with the sheer number of people. I didn't scale with the group size as well as I'd like. I have some ideas and will keep thinking about that. And I made it harder on all of us than it had to be because I started to get frustrated. We'd spent two months with radically different proposals and movement by inches when we needed yards. What I learned last week is to have more faith in the ability of the full group to get hard things done, and to trust the process. We're making progress, moving toward the middle, and as Ed points out, we can see where the final compromise needs to be. Let's make it happen. Thank you again to Microsoft for the space, and for Facebook, Google, and Yahoo! for hosting financially and feeding us. A special warm thank you to JC for taking great care of us in his beautiful city of Seattle. If you scribed last week - thank you! If you didn't - be ready to do so an upcoming call. :-) AleeciaReceived on Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:37:23 UTC
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Expanding the tiers of its still-burgeoning cloud platform offerings, Salesforce.com has staged its Dreamforce 2012 user and developer symposium this week in San Francisco. Key announcements on day one include news of Salesforce divisional company Heroku and its new Enterprise for Java offering.
Designed for building Java applications in the cloud, Heroku Enterprise for Java aims to help programmers move their apps to a continuous delivery model without what Salesforce wants to define as "traditional software" or infrastructure.
Self-style cloud guru and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has argued that despite Java being the most widely adopted language in the enterprise, traditionally, there is still a challenge.
Benioff says that creating Java applications has (traditionally) required piecing together both a range of development and runtime infrastructure tools such as source code control systems, continuous integration servers, testing and staging environments, load balancers, application server clusters, databases, and in-memory caching systems.
The promise with Heroku Enterprise for Java is that developers can get a complete Java solution in a single package, provisioned with a single click. "Enterprise developers have been looking for a better way to create innovative applications without the hassle of building out a back-end infrastructure," said Oren Teich, COO, Heroku. "With Heroku Enterprise for Java, developers get all the benefits of developing in Java along with the ease of using an open, cloud platform in a single click."
As part of today's launch, Heroku is also announcing integration with products from Atlassian. A new Heroku plug-in for Atlassian's Bamboo continuous integration service is designed to allow developers to automate application delivery across all lifecycle stages: source code control, testing, staging, and production deployment.
Heroku Enterprise for Java includes "full-stack" Java, so in addition to support for core Java JDK and JVM, including new support for JDK 7 and latest JDK 8 builds, it provides a stack of preconfigured systems. This also includes memcache for session management and horizontal scaling and Postgres for relational data management.
Also here is the Heroku Runtime. In addition to providing runtime and management of the full stack of components, the service includes separate environments for development and staging. These environments can be "provisioned instantaneously" says Salesforce — and this, argues the company, provides a way for programmers to adopt rapid development methodologies.
Also included with this release are native Java tools to bring native support for Eclipse. So with this plug-in developers can create and deploy Java applications directly within their IDE. In addition, Heroku now supports direct deployment of Java WAR files, providing a simple way to migrate existing Java applications to the cloud.


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Luol Deng returned from a six-game absence due to a hamstring injury on Wednesday against the Hornets, scoring five points on 1-of-6 shooting (including a three) with six rebounds and one assist in 24 minutes.
Even when Deng is at full strength he's a 14-team option at best. If he gets back up to 30 mpg then he'll keep Gerald Green (11 points, three rebounds, two blocks, one three, 24 minutes) and Tyler Johnson in a low-end production pattern for 12-14 team owners.
Fantasy News
July 23, 2019, 8:55 pmKawhi LeonardTeam, Los Angeles Clippers
Sopan Deb of The New York Times is reporting the NBA has begun an investigation centered around whether "improper inducements" were offered to players in order to circumvent the salary cap.
This follows Stephen A. Smith's reporting on Kawhi Leonard's team demands for his uncle, as well as other rumors suggesting the courtship of free agency went out of bounds in the summer of 2019. It will be interesting to see how deep this matter goes and what sort of penalties will be handed out, if any at all.
Source: Sopan Deb on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 7:15 pmBoban MarjanovicC, Dallas Mavericks
The Mavs have officially announced the signing of Boban Marjanović to a two-year, $7 million deal.
The Mavs will have two 7'3" bigs on their team as Kristaps Porzingis will be playing his first games in a Mavs uniform this season. Boban has been a reliable big off the bench for all four franchises that he has played for. However, he has never eclipsed the 14.0 mpg mark and therefore, will not sustain fantasy value. He is someone to look at in DFS matchups depending on matchups and injuries.
Source: Callie Caplan on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 7:01 pmGiannis AntetokounmpoPF, Milwaukee Bucks
There is video that came out showing Giannis Antetokounmpo taking jump shots alongside new teammate Kyle Korver.
If Giannis is able to improve upon his efficiency when taking shots from outside, he will take the word unstoppable to another level. In his career, he is a 27.7% three-point shooter. Korver, a career 42.9% three-point shooter, will look to help the reigning MVP improve upon the one weakness in his game.
Source: Bleacher Report on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 5:15 pmBrandon GoodwinPG, Atlanta Hawks
The Hawks have signed Brandon Goodwin to a 2-way contract.
Goodwin played in 16 games in his first season with the Nuggets and had a very impressive Summer League showing in July. He will be joining a very youthful roster in Atlanta. Goodwin is off the radar from a fantasy perspective.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 4:48 pmCheick DialloPF, Phoenix Suns
Cheick Diallo has officially signed a two-year contract with the Suns.
Diallo has always been intriguing but he has never seen enough minutes to provide consistent value. He is off the radar heading into the season, but could be a cheap option in DFS depending on the matchup.
Source: Gina Mizell on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 2:03 pmDamian LillardPG, Trail Blazers
Damian Lillard has withdrawn from Team USA training camp and will not play in this summer's World Cup.
Lillard is the latest star to sit this one out, and we can't imagine that USA Basketball will hold it against him when it comes time to pick the Olympic roster. Dame's locked in as a first-round fantasy talent as usual, and the extra time off should ensure that he's fully fresh to kick off the season.
Source: Chris Haynes on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 2:01 pmBradley BealSG, Washington Wizards
Bradley Beal will not participate in Team USA training camp or play in the World Cup as he's expecting the birth of his child in late August or early September.
Amidst a wave of players withdrawing to focus on the upcoming season, Beal brings a far more legitimate reason to the table. It's widely expected that the Wizards will offer up a three-year, $111 million extension the second they can, though whether Beal wants to sign up for a long-ish term future in Washington remains to be seen. With John Wall out of the picture for next season, Beal is looking at another monstrous fantasy season and will be a surefire early-round pick.
Source: Chris Haynes on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 1:57 pmJulius RandlePF, New York Knicks
Julius Randle and Jaylen Brown have been added to the Team USA training camp roster.
The superstars on the original invite list are dropping out rapidly these days, so Team USA is replacing them with younger players who might not have otherwise had a shot at representing their nation on the largest stage. Both Randle and Brown figure to take on larger roles for their teams this season, and hopefully this selection will be a good first step to what is hopefully a big season.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 11:22 amBen McLemoreSG, Houston Rockets
Free agent Ben McLemore has agreed to a partially guaranteed two-year deal with the Rockets.
McLemore was selected by the Kings with the seventh overall pick in the 2013 draft and he has also spent time with the Grizzlies. The Rockets have limited financial options and they are taking a flier with McLemore who is still just 26 years old. It's not a lock that he makes the final roster though.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
July 23, 2019, 8:47 amJohn WallPG, Washington Wizards
Wizards owner Ted Leonsis said that John Wall "probably won't play at all" next year as he is recovering from a torn Achilles.
Nothing new here, Wall ruptured his left Achilles in a slip-and-fall incident at home and he is not expected to resume any basketball activity until at least February of 2020. The Wizards are not expected to be very competitive this year and it makes sense to take it slow with Wall's rehab. Owners should only stash him in dynasty leagues.
Source: Chase Hughes on Twitter


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Management Intensive Grazing School
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 8:30 a.m. to Thursday, May 30, 2013, 3 p.m.
The Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation District and partnering agencies, MU Extension, University of Central Missouri and Johnson County Farm Bureau are working together to put on a Regional Grazing School for livestock owners and managers in Johnson County and the surrounding areas. The school will be held starting at 8:30 a. m. on May 29th and last through 3:00 p. m. on May 30th in Warrensburg, Missouri at the shooting range building located on the University of Central Missouri Prussing Farm. The school will cover a variety of topics related to livestock and grassland management, including the following: Art and Science of Grazing Management, Soil Fertility and Forage Availability, Layout and Design of Grazing Systems, Grazier's math, Livestock Nutrition and Forage Quality, Economics of Grazing Management and Evaluation of Farm Resources. School activities will include presentations on these topics as well as farm visits to view existing managed grazing systems and to conduct field exercises. Lunch will be provided to participants both days.
For directions and more information about the school please contact James Watterson, Natural Resource Conservation Service at 660-747-8400, extension 3 (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com) or Patrick Davis, MU Extension at 660-747-3193 (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
$65.00Or $85 per couple to cover the cost of material provided to the participants and part of the meals.
Patrick Davis, firstname.lastname@example.com Extension in Cedar Countyphone: 417-276-3313
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy (Session 8 of 10)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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Seated Tai Chi for Arthritis - DB (Session 11 of 13)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Tai Chi for Arthritis is an easy and effective exercise class, integrating the mind and body, that improves flexibility, muscle strength and balance. The class is based on the Tai Chi for Arthritis program supported by the Arthritis Foundation of America.
Cooking Matters for Diabetics (Session 6 of 6)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This 6 week class focuses on hands-on basic food prep and food budeting skills for limited resources individuals who have diabetes OR a caregiver to a diabetic.
Susan Mills-Gray, email@example.com and Exercise Physiology, MU Extensionphone: 816-506-3338
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy, Family Love Adult Day Health Care (Session 5 of 10)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 11 a.m. to noon
A strength training program for middle-aged and older adults. The programs goal is to improve health and quality of life. Exercise sessions to improve strength and balance include warm-up exercises, strengthening exercises and cool-down stretches. An orientation and pre-assessment precede nine weeks of exercise sessions, and the program concludes with a post-assessment.
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Arthritis Exercise Class (Session 6 of 12)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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Lydia Kaume, firstname.lastname@example.com Extension in Jackson County - Blue Springsphone: 816-252-5051
Tai Chi for Health - Mizzou (Session 8 of 11)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tai Chi for Health is easy to learn for relaxation, strengthening mind and body, and improving health and fitness. The gentle movements of Tai Chi have been shown to improve coordination, balance, flexibility, muscle strength, and posture. Tai Chi helps create a sense of well-being while facilitating mind/body awareness and reducing stress.
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Master Gardener Level 1 Training (Session 13 of 16)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Stone 4-H Club (Session 31 of 35)
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Stone 4-H Club usually meets the last Wednesday of each month at the United Methodist Church in Monroe City. For more information, contact the Marion County Extension Center at 573/769-2177.
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NEC Announces Launch of Abreu Fellows, Major Initiative of El Sistema USA
10 Outstanding Musicians from US, Canada, South America to Begin Training October 13 at NEC
Fellows To Divide Time Between Boston and Venezuela
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Æ─·It is not enough for them to love their instruments; they must learn to love their responsibility as citizens. They need to be apostles to society.Æ─∙
Æ─ŅJosł® Antonio Abreu on the obligations of young professional musicians.
Ten outstanding graduate-level musicians will converge on New England Conservatory Oct. 13, as NEC launches the Abreu Fellows training program, one of the first major initiatives of El Sistema USA. The Fellows will spend a year studying at NEC and in Venezuela developing the leadership skills needed to direct nucleos (music education centers) in the US and beyond. Hailing from the US, Canada, and Central America, the Fellows are the first of a projected 50 who will receive training at the Conservatory. The program envisions Fellows establishing nucleos in Boston and in many cities nationally and internationally.
The Fellows were selected on the basis of their passion for music and for social justice and their probability of success in leading programs that further social action through music. Members of the class include a conductor, an education and community engagement director from the North Carolina Symphony, a "music teacher of the year" in the Juneau, Alaska public schools, a participant in the NEA's Chamber Music for Rural America Initiative, and an entrepreneur who has developed infrastructure for Morningstar Investments' Pan-European and Asian Fund research initiative. The Fellows' ages range from 22 to 44. All are graduates of university or conservatory music programs and they play trombone, trumpet, piano, French horn, flute, clarinet, bassoon, viola and percussion.
Founded earlier this year, El Sistema USA serves as the major support network for the El Sistema movement in the United States. Headquartered at NEC, it allows the many local programs inspired by Venezuela's model of social change through music to share ideas, collaborate, and connect. In addition to the Abreu Fellows program, it will educate about and advocate for the movement as well as identify funding sources and providing valuable resource and training materials. It will also provide a direct US link to the El Sistema organization in Venezuela.
NEC's central role in El Sistema USA stems from the Conservatory's long friendship with the Venezuelan organization and its founder/director Josł® Antonio Abreu, spearheaded by NEC's Dean and Artistic Director of Preparatory and Continuing Education, Mark Churchill. By creating a national music movement of change and transformation, the Conservatory believes it is fulfilling its the mission and core values to Æ─·ensure music a central place in contemporary societyÆ─∙ and Æ─·to share our sublime art with the widest possible audience.Æ─∙ During a 2008 study tour to Caracas led by NEC President Tony Woodcock, Dr. Abreu "anointed" NEC to lead the American effort. Awarded the prestigious TED Prize in February, Dr. Abreu was granted a "Wish to Change the World," and asked the TED community to support the creation and documentation of an El sistema leadership training program at NEC.
The post-graduate certificate-granting Abreu Fellows program, administered by NEC's School of Continuing Education, is headed by Mark Churchill. Planning for the curriculum and selection of Fellows was done in conjunction with a national advisory committee that includes representatives from Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York, Chicago, Miami, and the League of American Orchestras. The much admired teaching artist and arts-in-education national leader Eric Booth serves as Senior Advisor, helping guide the curriculum, faculty selection, evaluation, and project design for the program. Seminar Director Eli Epstein, a horn player for the Cleveland Orchestra from 1987Æ─Ņ2005, will prepare and host faculty, moderate discussions, review progress on projects, and advise Fellows. Mark Churchill has taken on the additional role of NEC's El Sistema USA Director, and Stephanie Scherpf is Managing Director of El Sistema USA.
Now 32 years old, Venezuela's El Sistema is a phenomenally successful program of social action through music education that transforms the lives of at-risk children. It currently provides free music lessons and orchestral playing experience to 300,000 children and young adults throughout Venezuela. Its intent is to provide poor children with what Dr. Abreu terms "affluence of the spirit." Through its intense time commitment, rigor, loving concern for each child, and emphasis on the individual player as an essential member of the ensemble, it has rescued many youngsters from the social ills they might otherwise experience. Many graduates continue to play in professional orchestras and many have gone on to college and successful working lives. El Sistema's flagship orchestra, the Słémon Bolłévar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela has become internationally renowned. And the young El Sistema-bred conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, has become a superstar, recently opening his first season as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
One of the hallmarks of El Sistema music training is an emphasis on the love of music and the pleasures of performing rather than a dogged stress on instrumental technique. A goal of the Abreu Fellows program will be to inculcate this special El Sistema teaching style in trainees so they can inspire youngsters in the US and abroad. The Fellows will also receive an immersion course in the various proficienciesÆ─Ņfrom child psychology to fundraising to publicityÆ─Ņthey will need to run nucleos. During the second semester, they will spend two months closely observing the operations of and teaching in nucleos throughout Venezuela. At the end of the year-long course, they will be required to devote at least one year to advance or found an El Sistema program outside Venezuela. Half of the Fellows already have positions in US cities beginning in the fall of 2010, and there is serious interest in hiring Abreu Fellows by a dozen other US and international organizations.
The Abreu Fellows 2009-10Daniel Berkowitz received his bachelor degrees in both music and economics from Northwestern University, where he studied trombone with Michael Mulcahy, Randall Hawes and Charles Vernon. He has performed across Europe, Asia, and the US, including a residency in China with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra. As an instructor, Berkowitz held master classes in China, and served on the staff of the Pennsylvania GovernorÆ─¶s School for the Arts and NorthwesternÆ─¶s National High School Music Institute. From 2008-2009, he lived and worked in London, studying with many of EuropeÆ─¶s most well-respected trombonists. In parallel, Berkowitz worked as an entrepreneur developing the infrastructure for MorningstarÆ─¶s Pan European and Asian Fund research endeavor. He looks forward to combining his broad musical background and entrepreneurial experience to serve the Abreu Fellows Program
Jonathan Andrew Govias holds a Bachelor of Music (BM) degree with distinction from the University of Victoria (Canada), a certificate in arts administration from the International Institute of Culture Management (Munich), and a Master of Music (MM) degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Denver. He has served in a variety of artistic and administrative roles worldwide, including the Director of Marketing for the Victoria Symphony (Canada), the Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Youth Symphony, and Music Director for the Calcutta Orchestra (India). He is the recipient of multiple international awards, including the Reinhold Mohn Fellowship given by the German media company Bertelsmann AG, which recognized his achievements in cultural and social entrepreneurship. He has presented at a number of prominent business schools and conferences, hosted by leading institutions in Spain, Germany and China. His artistic accomplishments are no less significant. Appointed Music Director of the Calcutta Orchestra immediately after finishing his undergraduate degree, he has performed with orchestras on three continents, including a June 2009 debut with CanadaÆ─¶s National Arts Centre Orchestra, and participated in highest level workshops with Kurt Masur, Jorma Panula, Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier.
Lorrie Heagy is a music teacher and librarian at Glacier Valley Elementary School in Juneau, Alaska, where she works with community, parents and teachers to integrate and advocate the arts for all kids. Named "music teacher of the year, she initiated the Art is Elementary program, which won the Kennedy CenterÆ─¶s Creative Ticket National School of Distinction Award, an honor given annually to only five schools in the country. The instrumental music program she helped initiate at Glacier Valley spread to other Juneau elementary schools through grants and school district funding. Lorrie also teaches at University of Alaska Southeast for its MAT Program in Elementary Education, and at the Basic Arts Summer Institutes for Alaskan teachers. She accompanies for local arts organizations throughout Juneau and was one of fifty teachers selected nationally as a 2009 Yale School of Music Distinguished Music Educator.
Rebecca Levi was born and raised in New York City. She studied classical music from an early age, playing piano and flute at the Mannes and Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Divisions. She then attended Yale University, where she played piano for musical theater productions and sang in the folk music group Tangled Up In Blue. In 2007, she graduated with a B.A. in Italian and English Literature. Since then, she has been living in Urubamba, Peru, working in a home for abused children and teaching music and English classes.
David Malek, clarinetist, hails from San Antonio, Texas. In 1987, he made his solo clarinet debut with the San Antonio Symphony performing DebussyÆ─¶s Premiere Rhapsody. His clarinet studies led him to the North Carolina School of the Performing Arts under the instruction of Robert Listokin. Here David was one of three students selected by Affiliate Artists, Inc. New York for their Search for Talent in America competition. In addition to an active chamber music career, David has performed in orchestras across Europe and the US. DavidÆ─¶s chamber music group, Group du Jour, was selected as the first ensemble to participate in the Chamber Music for Rural America Initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Affiliate Artists, Inc. After touring with The Russ Morgan Orchestra, the longest continuously touring big band in the country, he joined the United States Air Force Band in San Antonio, Texas as principal clarinet. While in San Antonio, David was professor of clarinet at St. MaryÆ─¶s University for eight years and played clarinet in the Corpus Christi and Victoria Symphony Orchestras. Recently David was selected to play principal clarinet in the inaugural concert of the International Wind Symphony in New YorkÆ─¶s Avery Fisher Hall. DavidÆ─¶s passion for teaching has led him to working with kids in rural parts of America, inner-city high schools in San Antonio and most recently as a member of the Harmony Project, where he worked with underserved students in South Central Los Angeles.
Dantes Rameau, born in Ontario, Canada, is of Haitian and Cameroonian descent. He attended McGill University for a Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance, studying with Stł®phane Lł®vesque and Mathieu Harel of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from McGill in 2005, receiving the award for Æ─·Outstanding Performance in BassoonÆ─∙. He then attended Yale University School of Music where he received his Master of Music in 2007. Dantes then went on to the Performance Residency Program at Carnegie Mellon University, studying with Nancy Goeres of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Among festivals he has attended are the Orford Arts Center (2000, 2002), Banff Festival (2004, 2005) and Aspen Music Festival (2006, 2007). He has performed with Charleston Symphony, Wallingford Symphony and Aspen Chamber Symphony. He was a finalist for African American Fellowships with both the Detroit Symphony (2009) and Pittsburgh Symphony (2008). His teaching credits include the Yale School of Music Outreach program (2006-2007), Coach at Carnegie Mellon University Basketball camp (2008), and volunteer, camp counselor, lifeguard and swimming instructor at the Downtown YMCA in Ottawa. He will volunteer for the Leading Note Foundation, an El Sistema-inspired music education program in Ottawa in September 2009.
ł┼lvaro Rodas, who was born and raised in Guatemala City, Guatemala, is a percussionist, teacher and arts administrator. A Fulbright Scholar, ł┼lvaro holds a Masters degree in Arts Administration from Columbia University. From 1992 to 2004 he was principal percussionist at the Guatemala National Symphony. He also taught percussion at the Guatemala National Conservatory. For two years he co-directed an 80-piece high school marching band that was the first Latin American ensemble to take part in the 1994 Hollywood Christmas Parade. Since 1997, he has been deeply involved in the replication of El Sistema in Guatemala. He has served as an administrator, percussion instructor, and coordinator of programs throughout the country, including the formation of a youth orchestra in Quetzaltenango with a grant from the World Bank in 2000-2001. More recently, ł┼lvaro worked in a remote Mayan village as a percussion teacher and administrative consultant for a rural youth orchestra supported by World Vision Guatemala. During 2008, he created an audience development project which included the first performing arts audience survey in Guatemala City.
Stanford Leon Thompson is a native of Decatur, GA where he began his musical studies at the age of eight. He studied trumpet with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Georgia State University. Stanford earned a Bachelor of Music from The Curtis Institute of Music where he held the William A. Loeb Fellowship. While in Philadelphia, he had the opportunity to perform with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony in C, and recorded on the Ondine label with Christoph Eschenbach. Stanford also appeared as soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Ocean City Pops Orchestra and the North Springs Philharmonic. He has led residencies with his brass quintet, Philos Brass, and performed extensively with the Rittenhouse Jazz Quintet. He has collaborated with such organizations as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Kenyan Urithi Education Fund, The Curtis Institute of Music, Musicopia, and Symphony in C to design and present programs for students and adults. In addition to serving as the founding Artistic Director of the Reading Summer Music Institute, Stanford also serves as the Director of Operations for the Atlanta Trumpet Festival and served on the faculty of the Atlanta Academy of Music and Symphony in C Summer Camp. He manages professional music ensembles, maintains a private trumpet studio and counsels musicians of all ages.
Christine Witkowski has shaped a musical career in both performance and outreach. At Northwestern University, she studied horn performance with Gail Williams and William Barnewitz, receiving her Bachelor of Music in 2007. While living in Evanston duringher undergraduate studies, Christine began volunteering for Youth Organizations Umbrella Inc. and soon became the program director for Æ─·Breakfast Club,Æ─∙ a mentoring and tutoring program for disadvantaged youth. During her time at Northwestern, Christine was fortunate to have many fulfilling musical experiences, including attending the Colorado College Summer music festival, playing principal horn in the New York String Orchestra and attending the Norfolk chamber music festival.
In the fall of 2007, Christine moved to Montreal to study horn with John Zirbel and attend McGill University for her MasterÆ─¶s degree. While in Montreal, Christine appeared with the McGill Symphony Orchestra as a soloist playing Haydn's First Horn Concerto, played extra horn with the Montreal Symphony, and was awarded a full fellowship to study at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Dedicated to music outreach, Christine recently won the horn position in the Miami Music Project in Miami, Florida, an organization that is dedicated to bringing music performance to children in the Miami area.
Kathryn Wyatt is an accomplished musician and new personality in orchestra management. As Director of Education and Community Engagement for the North Carolina Symphony from 2007-2009, she created and expanded programs that would inspire and captivate young audiences for the future of symphony orchestras. In 2006, she was selected to be an Orchestra Management Fellow of the League of American Orchestras. This year-long leadership training program is designed to launch executive careers in orchestra management through the observation of management practices in host orchestras, an intense course of study and hands-on work experience. Leading up to her work in orchestra management, Wyatt was a violist with the New World Symphony and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. Her call to leadership in the arts was inspired by YOAÆ─¶s joint performances with the Słémon Bolłévar Orchestra of Caracas, VZ in 2005. The power and success of El Sistema moved her to begin thinking how and where else this passion for music could translate to benefitting communities.
Wyatt holds bachelor degrees in Political Science and Viola Performance from Indiana University as well as a MasterÆ─¶s Degree in Viola Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has performed with the indie folk-rock chamber orchestra Lost in the Trees, the New World Symphony, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, and the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra of Charleston, S.C.
For further information including interviews with the Fellows, check the NEC Website or the El Sistema USA website at www.elsistemausa.org
ABOUT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORYRecognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 720 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.
The oldest independent school of music in the United States, NEC was founded in 1867 by Eben Tourjee. Its curriculum is remarkable for its wide range of styles and traditions. On the college level, it features training in classical, jazz, Contemporary Improvisation, world and early music. Through its Preparatory School, School of Continuing Education, and Community Collaboration Programs, it provides training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, adults, and seniors. Through its outreach projects, it allows young musicians to engage with non-traditional audiences in schools, hospitals, and nursing homesÆ─Ņthereby bringing pleasure to new listeners and enlarging the universe for classical music and jazz.
NEC presents more than 600 free concerts each year, many of them in Jordan Hall, its world- renowned, 106-year old, beautifully restored concert hall. These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral programs to jazz and opera scenes. Every year, NECÆ─¶s opera studies department also presents two fully staged opera productions at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.
NEC is co-founder and educational partner of From the Top, a weekly radio program that celebrates outstanding young classical musicians from the entire country. With its broadcast home in Jordan Hall, the show is now carried by National Public Radio and is heard on 250 stations throughout the United States.
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Edward Snowden's leaks didn't just cause turmoil in the U.S. intelligence community, prompt international backlash toward President Barack Obama and revive a debate in Congress over civil liberties.
They spawned a whole new breed on the 2014 campaign trail: The anti-National Security Agency candidate.
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Take Shenna Bellows in Maine.
The Democratic candidate didn't think much about running for Senate against the popular GOP Sen. Susan Collins — until the aftermath of the Snowden revelations prompted tougher restrictions on warrantless surveillance on the state level that she now wants to replicate in Washington. Bellows wants an end to the NSA's bulk data collection program, along with the PATRIOT Act. She argues the country needs stronger whistleblower protections. She even believes Snowden deserves clemency.
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"Constitutional freedoms is how I win the race," said the 38-year-old Bellows, who headed the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine for eight years and now faces a very steep climb to catch Collins. "I think the erosion of constitutional freedoms exemplifies how Washington has become out of touch with some of the values that we share as communities."
Candidates across the country are using a similar playbook as they run against an unpopular Washington. Primary candidates running against incumbent GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas have seized on this controversy, hoping to woo Ron Paul-minded libertarian voters worried about government overreach. The main GOP and Democratic candidates in Montana are both bashing the agency as they jostle for an upper hand on the issue.
And Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a likely 2016 presidential candidate who has led the charge against the NSA in Congress, is reviewing candidates' positions on surveillance as a condition of offering his endorsement to upstart challengers.
Many of these candidates are unlikely to knock off well-financed incumbents. But for Republicans, the debate highlights the growing divide within the party over whether to move sharply away from the national-security hawk mindset that has prevailed since President Ronald Reagan.
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While the outcry over the NSA has become a populist rallying cry for politicians in their bid to woo progressives and libertarians, proponents of the electronic surveillance programs argue that doing away with the ability to collect phone records would fundamentally hurt national security. But senators are plainly aware that the revelations that the U.S. government is collecting the records of Americans' phone calls have not gone over well back home.
"It seems to be [an issue] that sort of unites the left and sort of the libertarian part of the Republican Party — so there does seem to be concern about it," said Cornyn, the No. 2 Senate Republican and a national security hawk. "It certainly has gotten my attention."
In a phone interview from Maine, Collins rebutted criticism that she has not done enough to protect against civil liberties, highlighting legislation she co-sponsored in 2004 that created the independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Board and her support for recent proposals to tighten oversight over the surveillance programs. But, she said, doing away with the ability of the government to collect phone records would cause great harm to the country's ability to root out terrorism.
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"We know that there were plots thwarted solely or partially by the programs, so doing away with it altogether would mean a less safe America," said Collins, who sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and has supported the PATRIOT Act and legislation codifying broader electronic surveillance.
The focus on the campaign trail comes at a critical juncture. Congress is grappling with how to reform the NSA program. In a speech to the Justice Department earlier this month, Obama called for a series of measures to rein in the NSA, including preventing analysts from reviewing phone calls three steps removed from a suspected terrorist; Obama's plan would limit it to two.
While the U.S. government could still collect billions of records about the so-called metadata of domestic phone calls — details about the timing of calls but not their actual content — Obama left it ultimately to his top national security officials and potentially Congress to hammer out how to construct a new database that would be overseen by an entity other than the NSA, which would need a secret court order to search the database. The FBI, however, could continue to issue national security letters in order to obtain business records without court orders.


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Actress Mary Tyler Moore uses humor and experience to detail her personal battle with diabetes in her new book, "Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes."
Read an excerpt of the book below.
Chapter 1Sotto Voce
Chronic disease, like a troublesome relative, is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape. And while each and every person who has type 1 prays for a cure, and would give anything to stop thinking about it for just a year, a month, a week, a day even, the ironic truth is that only when you own it--accept it, embrace it, make it your own--do you start to be free of many of its emotional and physical burdens.
How do you accomplish this acceptance? How do you come to terms with this constant, nagging, never-ending disease? I can't tell you, not precisely. Each person who has diabetes struggles to come to terms with it and experiences the basic challenges of the disease in a uniquely personal way. For me, it has been a trip through rebellion and denial to finally arriving at acknowledgment and commitment to solutions. It took years. And the restrictions, the have-tos, the may-nots, and the never-endingness of it still rankle. But the illness is what it is, and I thank God for the genius of medical researchers, who have done so much to make diabetes a less cruel imposition while propelling us toward a cure.
I don't think the story of my life with diabetes is a model for anyone else. There's no template to follow that will determine the course of the disease and how it affects a person's life; no one right way to manage diabetes. What I have put on paper is simply the tale of how, in the course of everyday living--dealing with the losses, the dead ends, and the triumphs that come in often seemingly random order--I've dodged, faced, and sometimes conquered the challenges of diabetes. I'm sharing my story because it is what I have to give, shedding some light on the follies and achievements that I've racked up in my daily confrontation with the disease.
But my journey is just a part of the picture. So I've talked with other people who have diabetes to give voice to their experiences, to provide a varied view of how to live and thrive. And I've sought out some of the wisest and most capable doctors and scientists who are waging war in the laboratory and conducting bench-to-bedside experiments that are producing new and exciting treatments to help the millions of people with diabetes manage--and ultimately vanquish--the disease. A lot of this practical information appears in the appendixes at the back of the book.
It is my most heartfelt hope that the collective wisdom-- and occasional humor--of the stories contained herein will help others who have diabetes, and their loved ones, find new ways of managing its challenges.
For me, the process of writing the book, talking with people with diabetes and all the experts, certainly has provided new insights into how to manage the disease. I guess you could say it truly has been a matter of growing up again. So let me introduce myself one more time. . . .
Chapter 2The Other Shoe Falls . . . and Falls and Falls
I'm Mary Tyler Moore and I am . . . an actress, an animal lover, the chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the wife of Dr. Robert Levine, and . . . I don't want to give away the whole story from the very start. Suffice it to say there are a lot of ways to end that sentence, and I don't think I've come close to living through all the possibilities, thank heavens. But what I do know is that in every role I am a devotee of laughter and tears, committed to expressing the nuances of each.
For our purposes here, though, I am going to write about who I am in relation to diabetes. I'll start in 1969, the year I was diagnosed with type 1. It was a time of transition for me: It was three years after The Dick Van Dyke Show had ended. That show had catapulted me from a nervous chorus girl from Studio City, California, to a famous actress (quite a head-spinner and life-changer). And it was a year before The Mary Tyler Moore Show debuted.
In that interim period, Dick was kind enough to ask me to join him in a television special called "Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman," warmly spoofing the couple we had played on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Rob and Laura Petrie, and their marriage, with which the public had become so very smitten. Little did I know at the time that the special was to be the launching pad for my future--my career, my loves, my disappointments, heartbreaks, challenges, and successes. Thanks to Dick's genius and his generosity in sharing the spotlight with me, the show was a great hit. And afterward CBS asked me to think about what I'd like to do in a series of my own! Wow, really? Oh, thank you, God, thank you! Thank you, Dick!
My second husband, Grant Tinker, a successful network vice president whom I'd married in 1963, left his post to become the King ofCamelot, MTM Enterprises, which produced some thirty pilots and series over a dozen years, many winning multiple Emmys and the praise of critics as well. Of theseshows, mine was the first. Thank you, Grant, thank you!
But despite, or maybe because of, the thrill of our accomplishments together, I realized later that I had not been captain of my own ship--not even co-captain. I see now that it was a pattern that had long manifested itself in my personal relationships, my working life, my early marriages.
I married for the first time right out of high school, leaving the complicated but protective, even totalitarian, environment of my parents' unstable home for the adventure of "wifedom" and motherhood. I was eighteen, my husband was the very kind twenty-eight-year-old boy next door, Richard Meeker. And since he had a job (cranberry sauce sales manager) and his own apartment (as I said, next door), I accepted the invitation to get married on the condition that we move at least four blocks away from my parents. Now that was an independent step, wasn't it?
I had just graduated from Immaculate Heart High School in Hollywood, California, and had no preparation for real life.
I didn't even type! That was because, as I entered high school, my mother said, "Be sure you take a typing course in case this show business thing doesn't work out." Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mother! Watch me never take your advice!
How sorry I am now that I let her understandable disbelief in my not-so-promising future influence me long past the "I'll show you!" stage. As I write this book in longhand on yellow lined paper that contains erasures, cross-outs, and indecipherable smudges, I look longingly at my assistant and dear friend, Terry Sims, typing away on his computer and I wish for a "doover" of that resentment.
Less than a year after I married Richard, I gave birth to a 9-pound, 31/2-ounce boy, whom we named Richard. We formed a family, and for the next five years I was working when I could land a role on a television show or a job as a chorus dancer. All the while, I put meals on the table, cooed and rocked, cleaned, and chatted with other moms in the park. I was cared for, and I was the best mom I knew how to be. When that marriage ended, I landed the role on The Dick Van Dyke Show; proudly I realized that I could take care of Richie and myself, at least economically. But emotionally I was not ready to take the helm and be the captain of the HMS Mary Tyler Moore. A few years later, in 1962, I married Grant.
Grant was unique in many ways, yet so recognizable to me as the protective alpha dog. Once again, a familiar and comforting mantle of safety draped itself around my shoulders, allowing me to express myself as an actress but making it necessary for me to take charge of little else.
It would be wrong for me to insinuate that I was forced into some kind of servitude. I did it to myself, inadvertently, as a diva in the making, perhaps? While I never felt the need to make anyone's life diva-difficult, I did feel it was appropriate for a man (father) to assume the role of decision maker, the one who took over when I was unable to, or disinterested in, taking the reins.
It felt right as an adult to have this captain's chair occupied by an intelligent, fiercely witty man, Grant, whose focus was to become the building of MTM Enterprises, Inc., including the care of its flagship, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. And, come on, let's be fair to me: Wasn't my contribution that I was free to help create the earnest, lovable Mary Richards, who, after all, was a major asset in the business that was "show"?
I was a mother, too, requiring no small amount of self, which kept me very busy being loving, organized about time spent together, and just hanging out. While I had the best of intentions and high hopes, I did, I think, miss out on some of the perks of motherhood, such as spending time in the park on a random afternoon, or sitting on the living room floor together playing checkers. While Richie was young, I did two series, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. And truth be told, work was my focus before, during, and after. If I had it to do over, I wouldn't have pursued a career while I had a little boy to care for. My heart breaks when I think of the times missed, times with him. How predictable that without awareness I emulated my mother's behavior toward me.
But before I figured all that out I sailed through the process of launching the show, astounded and delighted by the creativity that surrounded me.
As we were preparing to do the series, a surprise pregnancy gave the promise of a huge event. Since the show wasn't due to air for almost a year, it was accidentally, yet exquisitely, timed. So, Grant and I set about the fun of telling anyone who'd listen that we were embarking on a production of another sort. In about six weeks' time the promise was broken. This growing expression of us both ended in its beginning. And the loss took my heart with it as well. Later that day my physicians entered the hospital room with that look doctors get when there's bad news (as noted on television). It seems that during the necessary D&C procedure that followed the miscarriage, it was discovered that there might be a little problem with the amount of sugar present in my blood. The normal count is between 70 and 110. Mine was 750!
"Mrs. Tinker," my doctor intoned, "It looks like you may have"--cue the drumroll!--"juvenile diabetes." I thought, Juvenile? Diabetes?! What?!--I'm not that childish! And I am not that special!
I can't believe I thought the diagnosis made me special. But I did and I couldn't wait to share the exciting news with everyone. Ah, such thoughts revealed my stunning insecurity in slightly loopy ways. There I was, a multiple Emmy Award winner, dozens of times on the cover of TV Guide, a darling of the critics, and I needed a major disease to make me feel whole? Let's chalk it up to films that had a strong influence on me from way back when they were called movies: the wheelchairbound little girl who won Heidi's love and attention; Deborah Kerr, who waited to be reunited with Cary Grant after she lost the use of her legs in a terrible car crash; and, of course, Camille, whose imminent death ripped the hearts from so many. All of these, plus a few more, made me believe in the magical power of illness to elicit love. Seemed like a good thing to me!
"Did you have a lot of cake last night for dessert?" the doctor asked. (I thought this was a bit cheeky.)
No, I huffed.
"Do you know anything about diabetes?"
A little (the one question I lied about). I knew diabetes was one of the big ones on the major diseases chart. But my knowledge of it measured . . . zip! In fact, I vaguely thought it condemned one to a lifetime of eating chocolates while reclining on a chaise, resting, never to dance again. I have no idea why I thought this!
"Have you been feeling tired? What about urination--any more than usual? Are you always thirsty and dry in the mouth?" No, not really--and no.
I noticed that some of the medical professionals who had been called to my bedside seemed a bit confused; there was a lot of head-scratching going on. They were stunned that I had been walking around without feeling any symptoms of diabetes with such a high blood-glucose level. In retrospect, I had noticed a few oddities, but I had chalked them up to the pregnancy. I'd had a feeling of fatigue upon reaching the top of the stairs in our house. And instead of attempting an Astaire-like flourish at the summit, I'd been unable to do anything but grasp the top of the banister and breathe, simply breathe.
When engaging in conversations, my mouth would become dry sometimes, so much so that I wondered if the person I was talking to could hear the clicking sounds I made as my tongue (starved for moisture) would smack against my teeth. I began keeping a bottle of water handy, and berry teas became my only harmless addiction. Not knowing better at that time, I smoked and drank. Maybe those indulgences were a factor in the miscarriage? The planning of The Mary Tyler Moore show was happily stressful, and I'm sure that added to my distraction, as well.
But in thinking about this inability to notice the symptoms of diabetes, I've come up with a couple of insights. The first possible answer is a paradox. You might assume that a trained dancer--me--would be tuned in to her body during a performance and during everyday life. But a crucial requirement to be a dancer is an ability to ignore the never-far-away physical pain that accompanies both the long-term training and moments of performance. Ah, yes, the performance, during which the face, at all times, must reflect nothing but the expression of the character one is portraying. The toes may be bleeding, calf muscles screaming, but never, ever acknowledge it! We dancers, make no mistake, are like football players. We play with pain. So, I think admitting to fatigue or discomfort goes against what was, by that time, my nature.
The other truth? I drank consistently every evening at six o'clock for many years. Could that have dulled my senses? You bet! Grant and I were feeling carefree, high-spirited, and dulled at the same time.
So diabetes arrived as a surprise--denied before diagnosis and marginalized after.
Excerpted from "Growing Up Again: Life, Loves and Oh Yeah, Diabetes" by Mary Tyler Moore with Kalia Doner (St. Martin's Press). Copyright © 2009 by Mary Tyler Moore. Reprinted with permission.


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We're going to stay in Greece for a few more minutes to focus on a very different kind of music: songs of protest. The debt crisis there, and the severe spending cuts that followed, sparked massive demonstrations over the summer and into the fall. And, as is often the case, the movement came with a soundtrack.
And to walk us through just a few of the songs that have given voice to Greek frustration and anger this year, we're joined by music critic Maria Paravantes. She's in Athens. Welcome to the program.
MARIA PARAVANTES: Hi, Robert.
SIEGEL: And first, if you had to pick a song that would represent very well the soundtrack of the Greek protests, what's one that you would direct us to?
PARAVANTES: Well, I would select a song that's called "To Tragoudi Tis Plateias," which literally means "The Song of the Square." And the square, we mean the various squares in Athens and throughout the city where people demonstrate and are showing their reaction to the situation. And the song actually has lyrics by a Greek poet Georgios Souris who wrote it 100 years ago. But they still play it today.
SIEGEL: Maria, could you hear what they're saying there?
PARAVANTES: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. It said it's the only country in the world where, you know, you spend 100 and you save 50. And he continues to say that, you know, while they rob you in broad daylight, they try to find who the thief is, and they're trying to find the thief in you. So it goes on saying, you know, that it's a pity in Greece, a country of heroes, to now have Greeks who don't care about their country and who rob left and right.
SIEGEL: Now, I gather there was a history of Greek protest songs from the days of protest against the Greek junta that ruled from '67 to 1974. That was a time of protest songs as well?
PARAVANTES: Yes. Greek political song plays a very important role. Greece is a country that has very many different genres and very many different idioms. Political songs are a very, you know, big part of that. And it's been playing a major role, not only back then - when we had people like big composers like Mikis Theodorakis - many songs were prohibited.
And what happened then is that this evolved. We had this when we had student uprisings in the mid-'80s. We had it again in the '90s. And we have it again now, mostly by hip-hoppers.
SIEGEL: What's a good example of a hip-hop protest song from Greece in 2011?
PARAVANTES: Well, you have Soul System. "Flame On" is the song.
PARAVANTES: They're a young group, and they're popular. They're everywhere at every demonstration.
SIEGEL: What are Soul System singing about?
PARAVANTES: What they're saying is that, you know, we know what's happening. And one of their, you know, lyrics is: We're ready to pave the way. We're ready to, you know, make the difference. We're ready to change the situation.
And I think they're referring to mostly, you know, a situation that's created a stagnant political situation in Greece. We're talking about civil servants where, you know, people would get a job because their parents knew someone and they would get into a ministry or something like that. And what they're saying is that now, you know, we want to change this, because this status quo doesn't work anymore.
SIEGEL: Are Greek protest songs of this year typically protests against other Greeks who've made out well during the era of Greece's membership in the eurozone, or are they protests against German bankers or other Europeans? Whom are they protesting against?
PARAVANTES: Well, there are protest songs, like I said, the hip-hoppers are mostly, you know, they can be really rough in what they say. And they can just come out and say: Well, look, you know, we're here. We can see what's going on. We can see what, you know, what's happening. We're the ones who are going to be paying for it, so we want a change.
But there are also songs, like a song that was re-performed by a group called Ypogeia Revmata. Ypogeia Revmata came out in the '80s, a very popular group. And what they did was there was a lyric in the song that referred to Europeans. And what they did, they changed it and mentioned the Germans. So they re-adapted the song for the new, you know, the new situation.
SIEGEL: In that song by Ypogeia Revmata, I see the lyric was translated as: And what would we lose without all of those, the Germans - who used to be Europeans in the old version - the professors, who would know much more if they didn't fill their stomachs, cowardly nine-to-fivers, portly servants. I'm sick and tired of them all.
PARAVANTES: Yup. That's the song "I'm Sick and Tired Of Them All."
SIEGEL: Maria, thank you very much for sharing the music with us.
PARAVANTES: Robert, thank you. Thank you for your time. And, you know, I hope I kind of enlightened you with what's going on here in Athens.
SIEGEL: You did. That's music critic Maria Paravantes in Athens. And later this week, we'll hear other protest songs from other protests around the world this past year.
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