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In response to concerns sent to us by colleagues about the role of the GaoKao in admission of Chinese nationals, and the concern that there might be a "back door" into NYUSH -- a back door that doesn't require the GaoKao -- for the children of wealthy Chinese families, we have ascertained the following:
All applicants to any of the portal campuses, including NYU Shanghai, must complete the Common App, provide references, etc. The GaoKao examination features in that process in the following way:
These rules apply to children of wealthy and poor families alike.
In response to concerns sent to us by colleagues about where NYU Shanghai financial aid money is coming from, we have learned that the Chinese government Shanghai made a grant enabling all Chinese students to pay net tuition of RMB100,000 per year. However, since even RMB100,000 is unaffordable for many deserving students, NYU is asking potential donors for more scholarships (need-based or merit-based), and this effort has already had some success. Chinese students were given the option of applying for this aid and have received both need-based and merit-based awards.


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UK-based web hosting company CatN has migrated Thomas Cook's entire Western European e-commerce operations to its own environment, effectively stealing the business from Accenture.
Accenture has a long-standing IT services deal with Thomas Cook, but CatN began working with the company over a year ago and has gradually increased the scope of its operations, which led to the travel giant deciding to move its websites away from Accenture.
Computerworld UK spoke to CatN's head of products, Joe Gardiner, who confirmed that the deal is worth more than £1 million.
Gardiner explained that CatN started working with Thomas Cook as a "skunkworks" operation and has ended up consolidating the company's fragmented online systems that were scattered across seven data centres.
He said: "We completed the .com migration to us just before Christmas last year and we had been working with Thomas Cook for about a year at that point. A lot of the reason why they like us is because of our responsiveness, we handle their requests very rapidly.
"I think that they saw that when you work with a lot of these large SIs it becomes about relationship management. Whereas, we give them the mobile numbers of our senior engineers, that's the approach we like to take."
He added: "In fact that's how we really won any work with them at all. It started with a very small development environment, which they needed to turn around in seven days. They then just kept growing it until we were hosting all of their development stuff, then we won some of their EU sites, which ultimately put us in the position to go for .com".
Gardiner also hinted that some public sector work could be in the pipeline for the company, as he said that the deal with Thomas Cook had "given it credibility to work with central government".
Lee Pritchard, Head of Infrastructure at Thomas Cook Online, said that the new agreement allowed the company to better manage its costs.
"The vendor neutral support and proactive technical innovation that CatN has provided is unlike anything else we have found in the marketplace. They have helped us to achieve our consolidation objectives very quickly, taking advantage of the best technologies available rather than being limited to solutions from large vendors," said Pritchard.
"A major advantage of the CatN platform for us has been the extensive and proactive monitoring which has given us the confidence to easily scale and plan our server deployments to meet actual demand. We no longer need to over-spend on unnecessary and expensive hardware requirements because we now have the agility to scale quickly."
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Inquisitor Alonso - Silent-Sigfig
Alonso maneuvers his ship in between the Jaguar and the Space Station while also blocking it from the Mastercutor. Shields are increased.
Assyrians - Natalya
Six fighters combine fire on the Darkstar while two more zip out of the Space Station. Together they score one successful hit. The Darkstar's improved AI messes up and takes out none of the fighters.
The Assyrians advance. The Mercuries get in attack formation and blast the approaching missiles with their railguns. Oly one hits, but it's enough to stop them.
The Hyper Phase Cannon and light super lasers are fired on the Jaguar, grinding it down by 2 SP. This evokes response fire from Alonso's Autolaser, but it's not powerful enough.
The Space Station hovers, and waits...
Santa Espada - Gorono
The Santa Espada moves to block the Jaguar from harm and fires all the rockets.
The engineer aboard the Space Station uses Hackz0rz Powaz to make the shots more difficult. The pilot misses, but despite the negative mod the Captain still makes the shot, though only just. Assyrian Point defence tries to destroy the rockets on the flyby, but miss by miles.
Two frigates take 1 SP of damage each from the combined blast.
The Santa Espada's Autolasers then blast into the Venus, dealing a vicious hit (-1 SP).
The turret that's in range tries to do the same, but of course doesn't stand much of a chance. Oh well, you can always try.
Disruptor - Predator
The Disruptor continues to try and get in a better position. Clearly Predator is up to something.
The Darkstar II - Cytheran"if anything attacks me SHOOT THE DAMN THING!"
The missiles continue to fly for the Venus.
The Darkstar maximizes speed and surges forward, leaving two disintegrated fighters behind...
... while digesting a shot from the hyper phase turret.
The two straggling fighters also fired, but two fighters against a cruiser aren't the best odds.
"Fire the missiles!"
"But Lieutenant, they take a turn to reload!"
" "
"..." "Ah well, at least we still have my virus, which still has another aspect..."
"WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT?" the Assyrian captain screams as the Streets suddenly start blasting through the speakers.
The Assyrian's anti-virus systems once again manage to overcome, and the infernal music is replaced by even more infernal , instantly turning the ear-covering into a headbanging contest. This means the Assyrians will have a skill bonus next round, again.
Dominator - me
The Mobhunters fly through the wreckage and enemy fire to fire their torpedoes, but are stopped by the Ironclad's increased shields.
The Dominator then fires everything it still has...
Despite a crit fail on the Photon Cannons the Main Turrets still manage to explode the Ironclad.
Victoria: "Good work. Now let's get the fuck out of here."
The Dominator increases speed and retreats...
... along with the Eagle (NPC'd by theblackdog this turn) before the Mothership can lay the smack down.
Brittanian Mothership 'Francis Drake' - Spindle
The Captain sends his infernal British dialect through to the fighter pilot's comlinks, limiting their armour, then the ship proceeds to destroy three of them.
Mastercutor - theblackdog
Major Schwarzhund: "Yo pilots, are your helmets secure?"
"Uhh yeah, why?"
"You'll see."
The Major climbs on top of the bridge briefly, giving the Jaguar the finger.
"You insolent infidel scumbag! I'll have your head!!!"
The feat fails and the Jaguar's crew gets +1 skill.
"Oh well, still worth it."
The Mastercutor flies for the Jaguar but the Prussians find Alonso on their way. The Autolaser is stopped by the Mastercutor's shields.
The Plasma Howitzer ignores the blockade!
At least, it would if even the Captain wouldn't fuck up his roll. Failing range, the plasma shell explodes against Alonso's engines instead of the Jaguar. A solid shield roll prevents damage to the engines.
The Anti-matter laser is blocked by the Dragonhead's heightened shields, but the turrets still manage to take a shot at the Jaguar, bringing the ship down to half her health.The nearest AFT also took a shot at the Dragonhead, but it wasn't really worth picturing.
The Jaguar - Thesson
The Jaguar can barely move an inch forward without crashing into her escort ships, and can't get a clear shot at anything.
"So, you like doughnuts eh?"
"Um, yes."
"Well then have all the doughnuts in the world ahahahaha!"
Om *nom* *nom* "More." Om *nom* *nom* "More." Om *nom* *nom* "More."
"I don't understand this. John Goodman went mad after fifteen minutes!"
Silva confesses his crimes. Oh man, where to start?
"I am a fail troll and overall a bad sport. I try to be funny and even though people never laugh I continue to repeat the same jokes. I admitted to having homeschooled urges while I am not truly a intriguing, I am just not good with girls. I posted pr0n just to stay on top of the ban list. I never wash my hair. I'm secretly a nahtzee. Also, I ate your cult this morning, and..."
*28 weeks later*
Content with this confession, Commander Thesson pours a bottle of OT beer down the drain, since my pre-made emergency keg of Maniac Beer somehow disappeared. (WARHEAD!) I know it looks like his face is exploding, and that's the intention: that beer is tough stuff.
"An arm wrestling contest?!" Zupponn the Berserker bellowed as he swatted Chinook Carmine with his chainsaw. "Can't you see we have much more important things to do under the current circumstances?!"
"Like eating chainsaws?"
"Exactly. Now go back to poking Silva."
"That wasn't even me you douche!"


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Girls who read this blog regularly will know that I just love cute stationery and note books!
Since I was a kid I always had the most impressive pencil case and notebooks – I am still extremely fussy now about what paper I will and won't write on! Nutty, I know!
So when I was sent this lovely package from AtSeoul.com, a website based in…well Seoul, Korea, that sells stationery, make up, skincare, clothes….I was very excited.
I got some stickers – there's a few sheets in there which are perfect for the diary (ie. stickers with the weather on and mood!) a leaf post it notes and some ballerina stamps!
I also got some decorative tape and a diary/schedule book. The official title is 'Studyholic' – obviously I'm not a student but the sections are still useful because I do so much project work it helps me organise my time…
Ok a closer look! I got this mini stamper to use – it's so tiny that I can put this into my pencil case incase I want to stamp anything – (usually envelopes or cards!). I'm such a big kid…
I've seen these stamp kits before and they are pretty cool – this one is ballerina, and you get 12 stamps which you have to assemble yourself by sticking the rubber onto the foam!
This is what the stickers look like (there are two sheets). This is supposed to be facial expressions – good if you journal or use a diary…
Decorative tape is useful if you like to decorate your gifts, or you do scrapbooks etc.
I am mad for diaries – I find it hard picking one and sticking to it – I always want to make a fresh start mid year! The cover of this diary is a soft, faux leather in pink:
This diary as I said earlier is geared at students – but I think more people can find get use out if unless you don't work or do any kind of project work or have any hobbies at all…emm in which case you can draw pictures in it:
Monthly diary!
Week by week breakdown!
To do lists! What can be more virtal!
Loved everything I got in this package, I am actually scared to look at the site because it's so vast I know I'll be on there for hours looking at the bags, jewellery, stationery and make up! It is so worth a look because there's lots to choose from, fair shipping prices, cheap prices and quick delivery (took 7 days for me).
I've listed the items I have here below because the website is like an abyss – once you start browsing you can't stop because there's SO MUCH STUFF!
1. Ballerina Stamp Set – $6.40
2. Cellophane Tape – $2.91
3. Milky Study Book – $11.64
4. Leaf Post it note – $1.05
5. Smile Stickers – $1.05
6. Crystal Mini Stamp – $1.63
Let me know if you visit and is there anything you like the look of?
I love the clothes but I think Korean ladies are quite skinny and I don't they'd fit me!


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Gliese 581g: A Potentially Habitable World or Not?
Jul 31, 2012 5:00 AM PT
There's been considerable debate over the existence of Gliese 581g ever since the discovery of the "Goldilocks" planet was first reported nearly two years ago, but new research claims to provide additional evidence that the potentially habitable "super-Earth" really is out there.
The prospect of the extrasolar planet, which is said to orbit the red dwarf star Gliese 581, 22 light-years from Earth, is an exciting one. It's thought to lie in the star's "habitable zone," where liquid water could exist on the planet's surface. That, in turn, could mean that it might be able to support life.
"Our findings offer a very compelling case for a potentially habitable planet," said Steven Vogt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, at the time of the discovery in late September 2010. "The fact that we were able to detect this planet so quickly and so nearby tells us that planets like this must be really common."
'Liquid Water Is a Distinct Possibility'
Two weeks later, however, the controversy began when a European team declared that they could find no evidence of the planet in their own examination of the same planetary system.
Instead of six planets orbiting Gliese 581, the European researchers saw evidence only of the four that had previously been found, they said.
In this latest development, a new, expanded analysis led once again by Vogt generated results that the American researchers say do indeed support the existence of Gliese 581g.
"This signal has a False Alarm Probability of < 4 percent and is consistent with a planet ... orbiting squarely in the star's Habitable Zone at 0.13 AU, where liquid water on planetary surfaces is a distinct possibility," concludes the new paper, which was published online earlier this month.
The question now is, which of these two accounts gets the story right?
'These Are All Experienced Observers'
"It is extremely difficult for an outsider to assess which of the two teams is correct," Mario Livio, a senior astrophysicist with the Space Telescope Science Institute, told TechNewsWorld.
"These are all experienced observers," Livio added. "The controversy, more that anything else, simply demonstrates that the analysis of the data is extremely difficult."
Indeed, "the question is, is it there because the analysis says it is, or because they ran enough options that they finally got the solution they were looking for?" wondered Paul Czysz, professor emeritus of aerospace engineering with St. Louis University.
'Wiggles in the Light'
"When you're looking that far away, and inferring all kinds of orbits, and all you basically see are wiggles in the light coming from the sun," it's difficult to know what's actually being observed, Czysz told TechNewsWorld.
Essentially, the researchers assumed that "this little spike is a planet going in front of the sun, and then threw that into an analysis program to see what they get," he added.
Putting it more precisely, "the data set is the observed Doppler shifts of the star light that result from a component of the star's motion due to the gravitation pulls of multiple objects in orbit around the star," Scott Austin, associate professor of astronomy and director of the astronomical facilities at the University of Central Arkansas, told TechNewsWorld.
'There May Be Multiple Solutions Found'
"The goal is to create a computer model of this multi-body gravitational system that can recreate the observed wiggles in Doppler-shift versus time data," Austin explained.
However, "the more physics and physical parameters one includes in the model, the longer it takes to find a match to the data; there may also be multiple solutions found," he pointed out.
Complicating the situation further, the data itself has a level of uncertainty "due to the signal-to-noise ratio of the spectra," Austin added. "How often the system was observed and over what length of time can also come into play."
In any case, the bottom line is that "some groups are making assumptions and simplifications to their model in order to speed up the solution search," he said.
The question then becomes, are those assumptions and simplifications valid, and do they produce a gravitationally stable system?
"The more complete modeling seems to suggest that the planet is there, but then the issue is proving that it is an actual detection versus unintentionally fitting the noise in the data," Austin concluded.
'It's Just Really Hard'
If the Vogt team's assumptions are correct, "it's possible there is a planet in this preferred zone," Czysz conceded. "The difficulty is, there really aren't very many planetary systems that have a good habitable zone.
"No matter what they say, it's just really hard to find a planet that's in this habitable zone that also has water, clouds, and is small enough that it doesn't have a lot of gravity," he pointed out.
Given the vast size of our galaxy, the odds are clearly against us.
"There's about 100 million to a billion stars in our galaxy," Czysz said. Potentially habitable planets are surely out there, "but it's like you're in the Atlantic ocean and [looking] for fish within just a six-foot circle of your boat."
'We're Still Babies Crawling on the Floor'
We also simply don't have the capability yet to go out and find such planets, Czysz added.
Crossing our galaxy so as to avoid its central supermassive black hole, for example, would take some 50,000 years, he pointed out.
"We need to figure out how Jean-Luc did it," Czysz said. "We know there is a way to do it -- the difficulty is that we'd have no way of understanding how one implements that. We're still babies crawling on the floor."
'More Planets Are Being Discovered'
As for Gliese 581g, "this probably isn't going to be sorted out until it is possible to get sufficiently high enough signal-to-noise data," Austin suggested.
At the same time, "given that many more extrasolar planets are being discovered now, the expectation is that quite a number of them will be in the habitable zones of their host stars," Livio pointed out. "This will make the question of whether planet Gliese 581g exists or not less critical."
Of course, if and when we do find such planets in habitable zones, there won't be any rush to begin packing our bags.
"There is a tendency for the public to come away with the impression that more is being claimed than what is actually being claimed," Austin warned. "'Planet in the habitable zone' does not equal 'a planet that is habitable by life found on the Earth.'"


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A man whose body was found in the yard of a home in the 2700 block of South Whittier Avenue had not been identified as of Friday evening.
A man whose body was found in the yard of a home in the 2700 block of South Whittier Avenue had not been identified as of Friday evening.
Sangamon County Undersheriff Jack Campbell characterized the ongoing investigation as a "death investigation." Police described the victim as a young white man.
Campbell said the body showed obvious signs of trauma, but an exact cause of death has not been determined. If the death turns out to be a homicide, it would be the first of the year in the county's jurisdiction.
A passerby called authorities at 7:20 a.m. after noticing the body laying along side of the home at the corner of Whittier and Highland avenues, just outside of Springfield city limits. Authorities did not know how long the body had been there.
Investigators also are looking into an apparent struggle that occurred in a house just to south of where the body was found to determine if there is a connection. It appeared that pit bulls were being bred at the home, but authorities could not say what, if any, connection that may have had to the death.
Three dogs from the house were taken to Sangamon County Animal Control.
"We've canvassed the area around the scene looking for witness information. We don't have anything so far," Campbell said.
The yard where the body was found is a few blocks from Springfield School District's Blackhawk Elementary School, 2500 S. College St., and Early Learning Center, 2501 S. First St.
District spokeswoman Nalo Mitchell said both schools were on "soft lockdown" Friday morning. That means students remained in their classrooms and weren't allowed to leave the buildings. Any visitors to the schools were met at the door and escorted inside.
Campbell said he also asked school officials to keep school buses and children away from the area.
He said there was nothing to indicate that other people might be in danger, but authorities wanted to err on the side of caution.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards said.
People with information can submit tips anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 788-8427, or they can submit a tip online at www.cashfortips.us. Tips can also be sent by text. Type TIP672 plus a message and send to CRIMES. Informants are eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000.
Digital Editor Jason Piscia and Staff Writer Chris Dettro contributed to this report. Contact John Reynolds: 788-1524, email@example.com, twitter.com/JohnReynoldsSJR


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Discover New Zealand's beautiful scenery, safely.
Make better memories. This article contains information on how to discover NZ's outdoors more safely.
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Who wants to scale the heights on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing and take in the 360° views?
Who wants to venture deep into the Fiordlands of the South and cross paths with native birdlife?
Who wants to get lost in outdoors and then require the ordeal of a helicopter ride home?
Some memories are better than others...
Welcome to NZ's beautiful outdoors.
There are many breath taking discoveries to be had, and with a bit of prep, you'll remain safe and happier as you experience them.
Who is The NZ Mountain Safety Council?
As New Zealand's technical resource for all land based outdoor activities we provide training, public awareness, resources and setting standards. Whether your hunting, hiking and camping for a week, skiing, snowboarding, alpine climbing or just going for a day walk, we have essential knowledge for you to grab before you head out. In short, We're here to assist you.
Tell me more!
You can get heaps of info at the NZMSC Website and you can get all our updates, links and media releases via the MSC Facebook page
Outdoor Safety Code:
If nothing else make sure you take notice of the Outdoor Safety Code, which gives quick essential advice critical for safe participation in NZ's unique environment.
1. Plan your trip - Seek local knowledge and plan the route you will take and the amount of time you can reasonably expect it to take.
2. Tell someone - Tell someone your plans and leave a date for when to raise the alarm if you haven't returned.
3. Be aware of the weather - New Zealand's weather can be highly unpredictable. Check the forecast and expect weather changes.
4. Know your limits - Challenge yourself within your physical limits and experience.
- 5. Take sufficient supplies - Make sure you have enough food, clothing, equipment and emergency rations for the worst case scenario. Take an appropriate means of communication
Outdoor Safety Code Website and OSC Videos:


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Connect with Betty
Romance readers around the world were sad to note the passing of Betty Neels in June 2001. Her career spanned thirty years, and she continued to write into her ninetieth year.
To her millions of fans, Betty epitomised the romance writer, and yet she began writing almost by accident. She had retired from nursing, but her inquiring mind still sought stimulation. Her new career was born when she heard a lady in her local library bemoaning the lack of good romance novels.
Betty's first book, Sister Peters in Amsterdam, was published in 1969, and she eventually completed 134 books. Her novels offer reassuring warmth that was very much a part of her own personality. She was a wonderful writer, and she will be greatly missed. Her spirit and genuine talent will live on in all her stories.


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The Lady Bisons are 18-12, 5-1 in the A-Sun. Campbell is 19-18, 5-3 in the conference.
The Lady Bisons ended an eight-game winning streak. They have won nine of their last 11 games.
Campbell jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning in game two with two hits in the second inning. The Lady Bisons answered with two runs to tie the game in the bottom of the second capitalizing on a pair of throwing errors by Campbell.
In the third Campbell added two more runs with Sarah Forgacs hitting an EBI-double to left center and another run scoring on a wild pitch.
The Lady Bisons pulled within one run at 4-3 in the fifth. With one out Mollie Mitchell singled to center field. Caroline Mason hit a double to left center. Courtney Billington singled to center field to score Mitchell. The Lady Bisons looked like a threat to tie or take the lead but they were unable to produce another run in the fifth despite having the bases loaded with two outs.
In the sixth Campbell closed out the scoring when Taylor McGee led off the inning with a home run to left field.
J.J. Nelson, 2-5, started for the Lady Bisons in game two. In two innings she allowed six hits and four runs. She walked one, struck out one and was credited with a wild pitch.
Ali Watson came on in relief and threw 3.1 innings. She gave up three hits and one run. She struck out four, walked one and also had one wild pitch.
Whitney Kiihnl, the winner in game one, closed out the second game with 1.2 scoreless innings. She struck out five of the six batters she faced and gave up one hit.
In game one the Lady Bisons slammed four home runs off of three pitchers in an 8-1 win.
Seven of the runs scored by the Lady Bisons were driven in by home runs.
Billington hit a pair of solo home runs. She put the Lady Bisons on the board in the second with a blast to left field to lead off the inning.
In the third the Lady Bisons scored six runs. With two outs Bridgette Begle and Mitchell walked. Mason slammed a three-run homer over the left field fence. Billington singled and Haley Elliott brought her home with a single to right field. Vanessa Medina then sent a ball over the left center fence to bring in the final two runs of the inning.
In the fifth Billington once again led off an inning with a home run shot over the center field fence.
Billington finished with a game-leading three hits. The Lady Bisons combined for 10 hits.
Campbell's only run also was on a homer. Sarah Ling, Campbell's No. 9 hitter, sent the ball over the left field fence with one out in the fifth.
Kiihnl, 14-6, went the distance for the Lady Bisons. She gave up six hits, with the first two in the fourth inning. She struck out 11 and walked four.
Christina Melton, 4-4, was credited with the loss for Campbell.
The Lady Bisons are taking the rest of the weekend off. They will be back in action Tuesday in a doubleheader at Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro at 5 p.m.


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Suppose your jimmy johns gift card seller fails?
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If you have a jimmy johns gift card and also do not intend to ask the individual that offered it to you to ask for a chargeback, you could sign up with an outside manager or liquidator as an unsafe lender. The bankruptcy procedure will certainly establish if you obtain a complete reimbursement, a partial reimbursement or no reimbursement in any way.
Think about a deal to retrieve the jimmy johns gift card
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Whether you are providing or obtaining a jimmy johns gift card, it readies to recognize exactly what to keep an eye out for as well as exactly what alternatives are readily available to you if your present card seller fails.


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Krzysztof Penderecki
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Symphony No. 3: II. Lento e largo—TranquillissimoBy Henryk Górecki - Beth Gibbons, The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Krzysztof Penderecki
Threnody for the Victims of HiroshimaAukso Orchestra & Krzysztof Penderecki
Symphony No. 3: I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabileBy Henryk Górecki - Beth Gibbons, The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Krzysztof Penderecki
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About Krzysztof Penderecki
An internationally known composer and conductor, Krzysztof Penderecki is best known for his 1965 composition "St. Luke's Passion." His style reflects the changes in music from the '60s to the present day. He has played with and conducted several orchestras and has won numerous awards for his composition and conducting.
Born in Debica, Poland, in 1933, Krzysztof Penderecki graduated from the Krakow High School of Music and quickly became an accomplished composer in Poland. He won all three prizes at the 1959 contest sponsored by the Polish Composer's Association. Penderecki's early works, such as "Emanations," "Strophes" and "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima," reflect his early avant-garde style, in which he combined sound with social issues of the time.
With inspiration from the Orthodox liturgy, Penderecki composed several religious choral works. The most famous, "St. Luke's Passion," was completed in 1965 and in 1966 was played by Penderecki at Minster Cathedral. This was followed by "Utrenia" in 1971, a work that recounts the events that took place after the Crucifixion, and "Magnificat" in 1974. During the time he was making a name for himself as an excellent composer, he held several prestigious positions. From 1972 to 1979 he was music director at the Krakow High School of Music and taught at Yale University from 1973 to 1978. After his debut in the liturgical field of music, he began to restructure his music, changing his style to reflect contemporary neo-Romanticism. In 1977 he wrote Violin Concerto for Isaac Stern. His "Te Deum," written in 1980, was dedicated to Pope John Paul II.
Aside from being a noted composer, Krzysztof Penderecki also established himself as a musical dramatist during the late '60s and '70s.His first opera was The Devils of Loudon, followed by the 1978 premiere in Chicago of Paradise Lost. The Black Mask, his third opera received rousing acclaim at the Salzburg Festival in 1986. During the '80s, his compositions began to reflect both sounds of his first period and romantic gestures of the second. His works during this period included "Cello Concerto No. 2" and the "Viola Concerto." The "Polish Requiem," written in 1984, reflects the his view of his native land in their struggle for freedom. Since 1988, he has produced a number of symphonies and concertos, including "The Flute Concerto," written for Jean-Pierre Rampal. "Per Slava," a noted chamber work, was written for Mstislav Rostropovich. Two of his works, "Violin Concerto No. 2" and "Symphony No. 3," premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1996.
Like many other composers of the 20th century, was also known for his conducting. He has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and orchestras in France, England, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. In America he has performed with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Along with his tours, recitals and composing music, he holds two permanent positions: the guest conductor of the NDR Orchestra in Hamburg and the music director of the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico.
For his compositions and conducting talents, Krzysztof Penderecki has been awarded with the UNESCO Award, the Great Art Award of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Prix Italia, the Prix Artur Honegger, the Sibelius Prize, the Premio Lorenzo Magnifico and the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. He received two Emmy nominations for the broadcasts from the Casals Festival. Several universities have honored him with honorary doctorates. ~ Kim Summers
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FOOD- THE DISH- Savour on Emmet: Coming very, very, <i>very</i> soon
Some thought the handmade sign for Savour on Emmet Street– the old Hong Kong Buffet spot– might have been a marketing ploy or a joke. First it said "Savour" on a banner, then "soon," then "very soon," then "very, very soon."
Well, according to Savour's Egyptian-born owner, Ed Nafei, it wasn't so much a marketing ploy as it was a way to explain why it was taking him so long to open.
"When I bought the place in November of 2006 I thought I was going to open in a few months," he says. "But the building was old, and I decided to gut it, replace every pipe, every wire, everything. Now it is truly beautiful."
For Nafei, who says he's been in the restaurant business for 34 years and who owned three restaurants in California, this is the place where he hopes his experience will pay off.
"This will be my last big project," he says. "It's all I know how to do, and I want it to be a Charlottesville landmark."
Nafei refuses to characterize the menu, calling it "eclectic"– he hopes to have something for everyone.
Oddly enough, Nafei says he actually worked in Charlottesville for a brief time 25 years ago, at an upscale French restaurant on the Mechum's River in Ivy called Galerie [No problem? Moldering Galerie site gets new owners, September 9, 2004]. After he decided to move back, he happened to meet the Galerie owner at Whole Foods. As it turned out, he still had the cooking equipment from the restaurant in his house and offered it to Nafei.
"I'll be using the same pans– good quality French cooking pans– that I used here 25 years ago," he says.
So, after nearly 18 months, will Savour be opening very, very, very soon?
"I hope no one was getting bored by the signs," Nafei laughs. "Hopefully, we'll be opening before June."
Move over France: Post tours local coffee bars
The Washington Post ran a story on Charlottesville coffee bars April 30, and writer Roger Piantadosi confirmed what we've known for some time:
"Charlottesville today has more restaurants per capita than any city in Virginia, or possibly France, and is home to the kind of insanely committed foodies who post photos on their blogs of (I'm not kidding) handwritten estimates of opening dates that the owners have taped to the doors of restaurants that are still under construction. And who then discuss it online for days."
Whoa! France? We're not sure if local foodies should slap themselves on the back or seek counseling.
Piantadosi's "coffee bar tour" covered The Mudhouse, Café Cubano, Shenandoah Joe, C'Ville Coffee, Milano, La Taza, The Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, Fox Park Café, and Starbucks.
What?! No Greenberry's? For shame, Mr. Piantadosi.
Wine Guild sets up downtown
There's a new wine-lovers institution in town– on Second Street SE, a few steps south of the Downtown Mall and next door to Bang. The Wine Guild of Charlottesville is a new wine-buying co-op with hopes to eventually create a temperature-controlled storage facility (i.e. a wine cellar) as well as something like a private club for wine aficionados. We caught two of the principals, Will Richey and Chad Zakaib, setting up their regular Wednesday afternoon barbecue. Check it out!
Pollak Vineyards opens in Greenwood
Five years after planting their first French vinifera vine, Pollak Vineyards is finally welcoming visitors. Located on a 98-acre piece of land in Greenwood, the winery corked its first bottles in 2005, a Bordeaux-style Meritage blend that recently won a slew of medals in the Monticello Wine Competition. Owners Margo and David Pollak, who was a partner in a Napa Valley winery, say it's been their "dream" to open a vineyard, and that their goal is "to make French-style wines from estate-grown grapes." To that end, they also offer a viognier, pinot gris, cabernet franc, merlot, and petit verdot. Later this summer, they'll release a chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon.
Starr Hill brings home the silver
Mark Thompson, Starr Hill Brewing Company's master brewer and president, tells us that the Crozet brewery's Dark Starr Stout won the Silver Medal in the Dry Irish Stout category at the 2008 World Beer Cup, held this year at the Town & Country Resort in San Diego on April 19. Considering that there were nearly 3,000 entries from 646 breweries in 58 countries, that's no small feat.
According to Thompson, the Dark Starr is a "light bodied stout that has the flavor and aroma of coffee and unsweetened chocolate." This is the same stout that has wowed judges at the Great American Beer Festival, reports Thompson, where it won two gold, a silver, and a bronze medal.
Big Jim's last day
After 27 years, the folks at Big Jim's on Angus Road served their last famous burger platter and mountain o' fries on April 30. Big Jim's was a certified local institution, and a favorite hangout of former Senator George Allen, civil rights attorney John Whitehead, and scores of others. Although in a bit of a decline the last fews years, due in large part to the passing of the original Big Jim, the closure elicited many fine memories from local customers.
"It's a sad day for burger lovers," wrote Whitehead in an email. He'd been in just last week with his wife, Carol. "We hadn't heard they were closing forever. Now I'm glad we ate there."
Eppie's offers sandwiches, dinner
A couple of weeks ago, Eppie's on the Downtown Mall, known for heaping plates of jerk chicken and steamed broccoli, began quietly serving up sandwiches such as an apple and brie, hummus and apple with sprouts, and chicken salad. Oh yeah, Eppie's is also serving dinner now, 5-9pm, Monday through Saturday. Still the same great food, only later.
What's up with Fuel Co.?
Since Fuel Co. closed its doors and pumps last July, it's been sitting there like an elaborate art installation. Indeed, it's been odd to see a gas station in the middle of town closed– aren't they the only folks making money these days? A For Sale sign has been parked on the curb, and according to Kluge Estate's Kristin Moses Murray (Fuel Co. was mother-in-law Patricia Kluge's creation), there have been some offers.
"We are conscious of its location," says Murray, "but in addition to being the right offer dollar-wise, it has to be the right offer for the town."
All this food news was first reported online. Check it out at readthehook.com/food/
Beer run: Mark Thompson, Starr Hill Brewing Company's master brewer and president, took home a silver medal at the 2008 World Beer Cup for the Crozet brewery's Dry Irish Stout.


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The idea of USC wide receiver Marqise Lee not getting selected in the first round of the NFL draft would produce laughter a year ago. It was still considered foolish in December when Lee enjoyed a successful Las Vegas Bowl.
But NFL teams spent the past four months dissecting Lee and passed on the 2012 Biletnikoff winner during Thursday's first round of the draft. Not even former USC coach Pete Carroll, the current Seattle Seahawks coach, took Lee as he traded his pick.
And two former Pac-12 coaches, Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly and San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, also passed.
Many believed Kelly would select Lee, who caught 20 passes for 344 yards and three touchdowns when Kelly coached at Oregon.
Perhaps the ultimate irony is that Oregon State wide receiver Brandin Cooks, buried in Lee's shadow a year ago, was selected 20th by the New Orleans Saints, a team many projected Lee to go to in mock drafts.
"His size was probably a concern, he was a little smaller than other receivers or not as fast as guys like Cooks," said an AFC South coach that asked not to be identified. "He'll be another second-rounder like (former USC wide receiver) Robert Woods."
Five wide receivers were taken in the first round, including Florida State's Kelvin Benjamin by the Carolina Panthers. Benjamin was projected lower than Lee in mock drafts but is 6-foot-5, a tall target for Cam Newton.
"He's not the tall target like Benjamin," the AFC South coach said. "They wanted someone big for (quarterback) Cam Newton. Lee will be OK if he gets picked (in the second round)."
Lee was at Radio City Music Hall in New York for the draft. He was unavailable for comment Thursday night.
The fact he slipped will raise questions about the distractions that faced Lee during his junior year with former USC coach Lane Kiffin getting fired, a knee injury in the fifth game and three coaches in a single season after interim coach Ed Orgeron resigned and was replaced by offensive coordinator Clay Helton.


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Something is not right with this whole story... Why would Buddhist persecute minority?
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5 Sweet Tax Breaks for Students
Tax season can be a huge source of stress. Find out about five tax credits, deductions and incentives that might help students and their families save on their taxes this April.
For most families, tax season is *almost* as fun as a root canal, but for those paying tuition bills, the possibility of owing more money to the government is likely to be nauseating. These tax breaks might save you a serious chunk of change when April 15th rolls around. Here are five potential tax breaks for students.
The American Opportunity Tax Credit
The mother of student tax incentives, this credit is available to students in their first four years of higher education, and it could knock up to $2,500 off of their tax obligation. To receive the full credit, independent students and guardians of dependent students must have adjusted gross incomes of $80,000 or below ($160,000 or below for joint filers) and will receive a dollar-for-dollar reduction for the first $2,000 spent on tuition, fees and course materials, followed by a 25 percent reduction on the next $2,000, according to the IRS.
"Getting a $2,500 tax credit is equivalent to getting a $2,500 grant," says Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute and research professor of education policy at George Washington University. "... It's important to understand that [the credit] really does diminish the amount that it costs you to go to college in exactly the same way it would if it were a grant."
A double bonus, Baum adds, is that American Opportunity credit is partially refundable, meaning that students don't need to pay taxes in order to get a portion of the credit. Families with incomes low enough to skip filing a tax return may be eligible for up to $1,000 in free cash. A guide to whether you need to file a tax return is available on the IRS website.
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit
The American Opportunity credit can only be claimed for up to four years per student, but there's no limit on how long families can claim the Lifetime Learning Credit. The catch is that you'll have to spend more to get the full benefit. Unlike the American Opportunity credit, which provides a dollar-for-dollar tax match for the first $2,000 families spend, the Lifetime Learning incentive only provides a credit equivalent of 20 cents for every educational dollar families spend up to $10,000.
That's a maximum tax credit of $2,000 annually for $10,000 spent on tuition fees and supplies. The income restrictions are also a bit different. The Lifetime Learning tax credit is available in full for single filers earning $53,000 or less ($107,000 for joint filers). Partial credit is available for single filers with incomes below $63,000 ($127,000 for married couples).
"[Tax credits] are a financial benefit, but you don't get it at the time your tuition bill is due," explains Karen McCarthy, a policy analyst for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. "You pay during the year and then the following year when you're filing your taxes, that's when you claim the tax credit. ...The timing is a little bit out of sync."
The Lifetime Learning credit is nonrefundable, meaning that it's only available to those earning enough to file an income tax return.
Tuition and Fees Deduction
Deductions aren't generally as sweet as tax credits, but they can still help. Only available to families who don't claim either of the above credits, the full deduction of up to $4,000 is offered to individuals earning $65,000 or less ($130,000 or below for married filers). A partial deduction is available for single filers earning $80,000 or below ($160,000 for married couples).
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Joseph Cunningham, an assistant professor of accounting at Albright College, is quick to point out that a deduction isn't the same as a credit.
"Tax deductions are a reduction of taxable income. For example, if a taxpayer was entitled to deduct $4,000 of these expenses, then their taxable income would be $4,000 less," he says. "A tax credit is a reduction of the taxes owed."
Before claiming a tuition and fees deduction, Cunningham recommends researching whether you qualify for a tax credit and then carefully comparing your options.
Student Loan Interest Deduction
If you're paying a student loan, you can also deduct up to $2,500 of your interest, even if you qualify for other education tax incentives.
"Most student loans made through commercial lenders are eligible for deductions, but there are limitations," Cunningham says. "If a [relative] made a loan to a student then the interest from that loan would not qualify."
Student loan interest deductions are only available for single filers earning below $75,000 ($155,000 for joint filers) and may include any funds paid as origination fees, interest on refinanced student loans and credit card interest if the debt was taken on solely for qualified education expenses. A list of those expenses is available on the IRS website.
529 Incentives
The federal government offers tax-free growth on funds in a 529 prepaid or college savings plan, but many states also offer their own incentives, though these differ quite a bit from state to state, says Karen McCarthy.
Alabama, for example, offers a deduction of up to $10,000 for joint filers, while Illinois offers a walloping $20,000 deduction for married couples annually. If you have a 529 plan and are unsure of whether your state offers a tax incentive, a simple call before tax time could help pad your wallet.
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Pro Wrestling Syndicate's all womens division Bombshell Ladies Of Wrestling is searching for new talent and is holding a free open tryout on Wednesday October 23rd at The PWS Wrestling School located inside The SMG Sportsplex on 215 Durham Ave in Metuchen, NJ starting at 8pm.
This tryout is open to all women wrestlers and valets looking to work at PWS Bombshells and Pro Wrestling Syndicate.
Pro Wrestling Syndicate is a top drawing independent wrestling promotion which runs approximately 20 events per year. PWS attendance in 2013 has ranged from 400-1600. PWS Bombshells runs every other month and hovers around 200 attendance with each event being broadcast live on Internet Pay Per View. Talent at PWS Bombshells includes Leilani Kai, Amazing Kong, Cheerleader Melissa, The Backseat Girlz, Mia Yim, Serena Deeb, Angelina Love, and La Rosa Negra amongst others.
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New Report Offers State-by-State Analysis of America's Small Businesses
Small Businesses Employ 55 Million Workers, Key to States' Economic Recovery
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small businesses are leading most states' economic recovery, according to a new state-by-state report released today by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy, an independent office that serves as the voice for small business within the federal government.
The Small Business Profile for the States and Territories, an annual analysis of each state's small businesses, finds that small businesses employ 55 million workers nationwide, nearly half – 49.1 percent – of the private-sector labor force. All in all, the country's 27.8 million small businesses now represent 99.7 percent of all employers in the United States. The report also states that self-employment improved over the last decade nationwide, while minority self-employment saw the largest growth.
"From coast to coast, states all across the nation are depending on small businesses to lead them out of this economic downturn," said Dr. Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for Advocacy. "Most of the country's small businesses continue to be very small, having fewer than 20 employees, but they paint a big picture of a recovering America. Advocacy's state-by-state analyses give us a clear understanding of just how important small businesses are to each state's economy – and to the nation."
Each state's small business profile contains detailed information about the number and type of businesses in each state, business owner demographics, industrial makeup, business turnover and income and finance. Most data are also presented in comparison with similar data over time. Each state's small business profile can be read or downloaded by visiting the Office of Advocacy's website at www.sba.gov/advocacy/848.
Highlights of the national small business profile include:
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- The U.S. economy was strong in 2011, with real gross domestic product increasing 3.9 percent and private-sector employment increasing 1.6 percent.
- The national unemployment rate decreased by 0.7 percent in 2011.
- During the midst of the economic recession, the employment situation from 2007-2010 was weak, and small businesses had a net job loss.
Small Businesses
- The nation's small businesses employed 55 million workers in 2010, with most of the employment coming from firms with 20 – 499 employees.
- Most of the country's small businesses are very small as 79.4 percent of all businesses have no employees, and most have fewer than 20 employees.
- In 2011, the number of opening establishments was higher than closing establishments, ending the year with a gain in net employment.
- Self-employment improved over the last decade by 5.8 percent.
- Minority self-employment saw the largest growth overall in the last decade.
The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent voice for small business within the federal government. The presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed Chief Counsel for Advocacy advances the views, concerns and interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts and state policymakers. Regional advocates and an office in Washington, D.C., support the Chief Counsel's efforts. For more information, visit www.sba.gov/advocacy, or call (202) 205-6533.


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COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- South Carolina Tea Party activists mobilized against GOP White House front-runner Mitt Romney, alarmed he has benefited from a fractured conservative vote.
At the same time, the former Massachusetts governor defended his time running private-equity firm Bain Capital LLC, while acknowledging some companies Bain bought and sold at a profit cut jobs to become profitable.
"I think (Romney is) in another world," Myrtle Beach, S.C., activist Joe Dugan told The Washington Post. "With all his million-dollar homes, he doesn't understand the everyday American."
Dugan, a backer of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, is helping organize a Tea Party convention this weekend featuring appearances by Gingrich, a fiscal conservative, and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a social conservative.
Fiscal conservatives aggressively target the budget deficit and consider cutting overall government spending and ensuring a balanced budget of paramount importance. Social conservatives take a hard line on issues such as abortion, contraception and gay marriage.
The Tea Party convention seeks to rally the conservative-libertarian movement behind a single candidate, organizers said.
Other scheduled speakers include Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, dean of the congressional Tea Party Caucus, and Tea Party-backed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has, controversially, endorsed Romney.
"The Tea Party in Iowa and New Hampshire did not have a strategy, so the conservative vote was split," Gingrich supporter Mike George, founder of Strong America Now, a group of Tea Party fiscal conservatives, told the Financial Times. "It's a problem that conservatives have not coalesced around a single candidate."
About 150 leading conservative Christians from around the country were to meet in Texas Friday and Saturday to consider the same question.
However, they have scaled back their goals, acknowledging they are unlikely to agree on a single alternative to Romney until after the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary, if then, The New York Times reported.
"The best thing that can happen for social conservatives is for one candidate to get a very clear mandate from South Carolina voters," Richard Land, president of the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, told the Times. "If that happens, you might be able to get a consensus that makes a difference."
Romney defended his 14 years at Bain, from 1984 to 1998, and conceded some businesses his company took over lost jobs on his watch. But many added jobs, with a net addition of more than 100,000 jobs, he has claimed, without providing details on how he arrived at that figure.
"Any time a job is lost it's a tragedy," Romney said at a motorcycle shop near Greenville Thursday. "For the family, for the individual that loses a job, it's devastating. And every time that we invested in the business it was to try and encourage that business to have ongoing life."
But Romney said, "The reality is in the private sector ... there's some businesses that have to be cut back in order to survive and try to make them stronger -- and sometimes you're successful at that and sometimes you're not."
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. -- rather than directly hitting Romney over Bain -- reminded voters Thursday of a statement Romney made Monday about firing people.
"When you have a candidate who talks about enjoyment of firing people, that makes you pretty much unelectable," he said.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry was told by supporter Barbara Schimp in downtown Summerville he should stop attacking Romney and "stick to your own story."
The attacks are "coming across as anti-business," she said.
"It's not anti-business," Perry said.
"It just comes across sounding like it," Schimp said. "Stick to your story, sir -- it's a good story."


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — After completing a successful 10-meet regular season, the Yale men's swimming and diving team will vie for the conference title from Feb. 27- Mar. 1 at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships in Cambridge, Mass.
Last year at Ivies, the Princeton Tigers won the meet for the fifth year in a row. Yale finished fourth behind Princeton, Harvard and Columbia. This season the Bulldogs are 4-3 against Ivy League opponents. Their losses came against Columbia, when they were edged out by just six points on Nov. 16, and against Harvard and Princeton on Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
At the championship-style meet against Harvard and Princeton, the Bulldogs demonstrated their ability to compete with the top teams in their conference. The team's swimmers broke seven Yale records, and sophomore Brian Hogan recorded the fastest 1000 and 1650-yard freestyle times in the Ivy League this season.
Senior captain Ed Becker said that the swimmers are excited to see their months of training pay off at Ivies. The coaches have been tapering their yardage at practices to ensure that they perform at their peak at the championship meet.
"Each of us is looking to improve on his performance at HYP, and given that we only had three days rest before that meet, I think we're all looking forward to significantly faster swims," Becker said. He added that young swimmers often break out with huge swims at Ivies, and that he is expecting more "out-of-nowhere performances" this weekend.
The divers will also be bringing their A-game to the championship meet. They have brought in crucial points for the team throughout the regular season, led by senior Tyler Pramer's 11 first place finishes.
Tim Wise, the Robert J. H. Kiphuth Director of Men's Swimming and Diving, is also anticipating improvements across the board.
"We are hoping all 17 swimmers and all three divers perform better than they ever have in their lives," he said. "These meets are about controlling one's energy and focus and supporting your teammates. We have gotten stronger and more focused as the year has gone on and we are looking forward to racing this weekend."
The meet will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday at Harvard's Blodgett Pool, and will continue through Saturday, March 1. Prelims will begin each day at 11:00 a.m. and finals will start at 6:00 p.m. each evening. A full meet schedule can be viewed at:
The Ivy League will be streaming live video of the meet at: http://www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com .
Fans can also view live results here:
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My countdown to my debut novel's release and a chronicle of my attempt to not go stir crazy while waiting. (I post here on Mondays and Fridays. See you then!)
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Other First Lines
40 comments:
- khashway said...
Okay, now I have to go check out some dedication pages. I have to admit that when I was querying agents I used to go straight to the acknowledgements and skip the dedications. I think it's time to go back to the dedications.
- June 13, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- Tanya Reimer said...
Oh I love dedications and these are awesome. My current WIP would read, "To my husband, because he likes it when I break the rules."
- June 13, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- DEZMOND said...
HE HE love the Colin Firth one :) I would so gonna do something like that one :)
- June 13, 2011 at 8:39 PM
- Kate Evangelista said...
When I wrote my first novel, I knew who I would dedicate it to. When I wrote my second novel, I knew who I would dedicate it to. Now that I'm writing my fourth novel, I don't know who I'll dedicate it to. Maybe that's a good sign that fortune will soon smile down at me.
- June 13, 2011 at 8:59 PM
- Diana Hallare said...
Great post - I've enjoyed the humor in the dedications. Have you made your dedication lines (in Before Ever After) creative too? It would be interesting if it dealt with or even slightly mentioned time travel...Your great humor would also give it spice.
- June 13, 2011 at 10:40 PM
- Traci said...
Those are fantastic - thanks for sharing!
- June 14, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- angel011 said...
I'd probably dedicate the book to those who inspired me to write it; since my next book will have 20+ short stories, and different stories were inspired by different people, that would be a lot of dedications. :)
- June 14, 2011 at 12:16 AM
- The Golden Eagle said...
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- June 14, 2011 at 2:35 AM
- MuMuGB said...
I love the Colin Firth's one. I would dedicate my book to all the people who helped me. Fellow bloggers mainly!
- June 14, 2011 at 2:37 AM
- The Golden Eagle said...
Ack, I made a typo. I don't like leaving up the comments with typos. :P
I love reading the dedications in books!
One that stuck with me (although I don't remember the names the author mentioned) was "Let us continue to beat those dead horses into the ground" from the The Iron King.
- June 14, 2011 at 2:37 AM
- Kathy said...
What a fun post!! Now I'm going to have to look at all the dedications of my favorite books!!! I always enjoy my visits to your site and can't wait to see who you dedicated your book to!! Take care!!
- June 14, 2011 at 3:38 AM
- Mieke Zamora-Mackay said...
I enjoyed that.
I particularly loved the one to Colin Firth. I have my own brit boy to write a dedication to, but it would be insanely embarassing. LOL!
I can't wait to see your first line and to whom you dedicated your book to.
- June 14, 2011 at 6:08 AM
- Meredith said...
Haha, I love the one where his father never caught on! Too funny. And I must read Austenland, now. I love dedications and acknowledgements!
- June 14, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Juliette Sobanet said...
That last one was hilarious! Great post!
- June 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Katie @ Chicken Noodle Gravy said...
Sam, this has to be one of my favorite blog posts EVER. Yes, I said EVER. I read the dedication page of books, but I don't think I've ever read any as great as those you've listed. This was a great topic and one that I will carry with me every time I open a new book.
- June 14, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Elizabeth Young said...
Great blog post Samantha, thanks for sharing those precious nuggets of information! When my book is published I will dedicate it to my children, who have taught me how to love unconditionally.
- June 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- KLZ said...
I don't think I could ever truly write a book. But a dedication - now that, I could do with aplumb.
You know, assuming I'm using that word correctly and didn't just make it up.
- June 14, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- stacey said...
Sam, I'm so glad you're back! I've been trying and blogger wouldn't let me comment. I love these dedications.
I think I like the second to last the best!
- June 15, 2011 at 3:15 AM
- Scrollwork said...
Had a great guffaw over the dedication to the father! Since I am not writing a book, I might just do a dedication on my blog's About section, and encourage blogger visitors to write one, too. As always, you inspire such fab ideas!
- June 15, 2011 at 3:39 AM
- Joy Page Manuel said...
Shannon Hale's is BRILLIANT! Hahaha! I've never thought of dedications this way before so THANK YOU SO MUCH. You've once again opened up a whole new world for me. :-))
- June 15, 2011 at 4:41 AM
- Kenya D. Williamson said...
Great post, Sam! I loved the Otherland dedications. But, I enjoyed them all. :) Now, you've got me going through my bookshelves. I just found this one (from The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman):
"This book is dedicated to the memory of my grandmother, Mrs. Julia McVay, my stepfather, Mr. Ralph Norbert Colar, Sr. and to the memory of my beloved aunt, Miss Augusteen Jefferson, who did not walk a day in her life but who taught me the importance of standing."
I'll have to do better in my next book! :D
- June 15, 2011 at 7:38 AM
- Jennifer Hillier said...
What an awesome post! I still remember the dedication by C.S. Lewis. I remember thinking Lucy was a very lucky girl, whoever she was and wherever she was. :)
- June 15, 2011 at 8:09 AM
- Mama Mia said...
Hehehe...I enjoyed that tremendously! I always read the dedication part of novels but never looked at them the same way you do. You never fail to inspire and teach me new ways of looking at things Sam! Thanks for that!
I particularly love Hale's dedication to Colin Firth. But (aaarrgh) she beat me to it! Since I don't think I can write a novel, I'm thinking I should dedicate my blog to Mr. Firth (plus Mr. Tom Hanks). Hmmm...what do you think? :D
Have a bless-filled week!
- June 15, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Dizzy C said...
The CS Lewis dedication is so lovely,
the Austinland one is funny :)
- June 15, 2011 at 6:59 PM
- Dafeenah said...
I love the one from the guy to his father. That is hilarious! My favorite dedication though is a secret. lol
- June 15, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Jessica said...
I love, love, love these, especially the one from CS Lewis. I'm so glad you commented on my post at Taming Insanity so I would have the chance to visit you here. Some day I would love to write my own book. Best of luck to you on the journey!
- June 15, 2011 at 7:24 PM
- Marcie said...
I love dedications! CS Lewis has the best one I think. Thanks for sharing these!!!!
- June 15, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Cathy K said...
I will dedicate my first novel to my beloved Kuan Yin, goddess of mercy and compassion, because writing ain't no bed of posies and a generous dose of mercy keeps me sane as I wade through the muck...
- June 16, 2011 at 3:03 AM
- Julie said...
Oh these are all great! I love reading the dedications too, thanks for sharing these. Love the one from Austenland, how cute!
- June 17, 2011 at 2:29 AM
- Susan Fields said...
I looove that last one! That's perfect!
- June 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Stephanie Faris said...
I think often about the dedications I'll do when I'm published someday. I have so many and I want to put them all in the first book!
- June 18, 2011 at 4:39 AM
- Lynda R Young said...
lol these are fantastic. Looks like I'll have to read the dedications more. Visiting from Dezzy.
- June 18, 2011 at 6:34 AM
- L.G.Smith said...
These are great.
And Dezzy sent me too. :)
- June 18, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- Pearson Report said...
You had me on the first "first line"! I'm such a huge J.M. Barrie fan - that line truly is my all time favourite!
Then to follow it up with Jane Austen's P&P line, well, let's just say...I had to hit the Follow Button!
You've been highly recommended by Dez - my favourite Hollywood Spy!
I'll be back,
- June 18, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- K.C. Woolf said...
Great choices. :-)
(I have no time to comment more - need to go rewrite my WIP's dedication.)
- June 18, 2011 at 10:58 PM
- Samantha Sotto-Yambao said...
Kelly - I think you'll be surprised by some of the witty and inspiring dedications out there :D
Tanya - Now THAT dedication ROCKS!
Dezmond!!! Thanks for sending so many of your cool friends this way!!!
Kate - I have no doubt that great things are on the way, my friend.
Diana - You'll have to wait and see ;-)
Traci - Glad you liked them!
Angel - That's very sweet and generous of you to do that :D
MuMuGB - I've mentioned blogging friends in my acknowledgements page too :-)
Golden Eagle - Wow. That's a powerful one!
Kathy - I think it took me longer to write my dedication and acknowledgements than it took me to write a chapter in the book. LOL
Mieke - Oooh! Now I'm intrigued by your dedication!
Meredith - You can't go wrong with a dedication like that, right? :D
Juliette - Thanks! :-)
Katie - Yay! So glad you enjoyed the post!!!!!
Elizabeth - I'm sure your kids will be thrilled to have your lovely book dedicated to them :-)
KLZ - Okay. I just snorted my ice tea out of my nose. LOL!!!
Stacey - Jennifer (Seredipity's Library) told me how to fix the comment thingy. I just adjusted my settings - fingers crossed!
Scrollwork - A blog dedication is an AWESOME idea!!!
Joy - Isn't hers so cool??? I officially have dedication-envy! :D
Kenya - I love that one! Absolutely inspiring. Wow, just wow.
Jennifer - Can't wait to read your dedication for CREEP!
Mia - Haha! Go for it!!!!! :D
Carol - Glad you liked them!
Dafeenah - Hey! You can't leave us hanging like that ;-)
Jessica - Hi! Thanks for stopping by! I'm glad our paths crossed in the blogosphere :D
Marcie - It was my pleasure :-)
Cathy - I hear you, my friend!!!
Julie - I only wish i thought of that dedication myself. ;-)
Susan - Isn't it BRILLIANT?? I was literally green with envy when I read it. :D
Stephanie - I know what you mean! The act of writing a book may be a solitary activity, but so many people actually inspire it.
Lynda - So glad you stopped by! *offers a welcome brownie*
L.G. - Hi! So great to meet you! Dezzy is the BEST. :D
Jenny - What would we do without our Dezzy fix? Glad you hopped over!
K.C. - You must share it when you're done! :D
- June 20, 2011 at 5:21 PM
- DEZMOND said...
I'm glad my ladies, Lynda, Jenny, LG and KC dropped over for a visit, Sammy :)
- June 20, 2011 at 9:03 PM
- Samantha Sotto-Yambao said...
Dezzy - They're made of awesome sauce - like you! :-)
- June 21, 2011 at 6:02 AM
I love looking at the dedications, but also at the quotes. Some authors do it, some don't, but it's always such a great way to begin a book.
Recently saw your YouTube book trailer and it's lovely. I love the song! Good luck!
- June 23, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- I.A.S.Hernandez said...
i love authors who dedicate a page for a poem that speaks in the same line of the novel. and most of all, i loved Neil Gaiman's dedication for Anansi Boys. i remember reading it and having that warm fuzzy feeling that someone has taken their time to dedicate a novel to the readers, the strangers, the poets, the lovers and the like. :)
- July 22, 2011 at 10:42 AM


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City and Colour, Dan Mangan, Drake, Feist, Hedley and Nickelback lead the Juno Award nominations for 2012 with four nods apiece, but holy Shat, this year's announcement came with an extra surprise.
William Shatner -- a.k.a. Captain Kirk, Denny Crane, T.J. Hooker and the man behind Dose.ca's official office anthem -- will host the ceremony April 1 in Ottawa. Double nominee Paul Banwatt of the Rural Alberta Advantage sums it up for this year's Juno delegation -- or at least the ones with a copy of Has Been -- "I am so excited. I just want to meet him, so badly."
The RAA, nominated for New Group and Video of the Year, are among 99 Juno rookies -- with Diamond Rings, JRDN, Braids and Lindi Ortega also among the first-time honorees. The same goes for Rolling Stone cover men The Sheepdogs -- a Saskatchewan rock band that's come out with three nominations (Single of the Year, New Group of the Year, Rock Album of the Year) after today's announcement.
Juno vets Avril Lavigne, deadmau5 and Michael Buble are also tied for three nods -- and while the names of familiar Can-Con soldiers like that trio are all over this year's nominations list, best new artist contender Alyssa Reid says she was heartened to see the Junos repping the little guy. (As in anyone who's not The Biebz -- though the pride of Stratford, ON will vie for the fan choice and Album of the Year Junos off the strength of his holiday record Under the Mistletoe.)
âI was very surprised, actually, at the amount of HUGE Canadian artists that, I thought they were going to completely sweep the awards because of popularity," said pop singer Reid following the nominations announcement in downtown Toronto. "But I was very happy to see that the Junos actually stay true to recognizing a lot of other Canadian talent."
Select categories from the 2012 Juno Awards nominations are posted below -- and you can find the exhaustive list at junoawards.ca.
Former winners and current nominees City and Colour, deadmau5, Feist, Hedley and Nickelback are all booked to play the big show in Ottawa -- as is 2012 Canadian Music Hall of Fame recipient Blue Rodeo, who'll be joined by special guest Sarah McLachlan.
The Juno Awards airs live from Ottawa Sunday, April 1 on CTV.
2012 Juno Award Nominations:
Album of the year:
Avril Lavigne (Goodbye Lullaby), Drake (Take Care), Justin Bieber (Under The Mistletoe), Michael Buble (Christmas), Nickelback (Here and Now)
Fan choice: Arcade Fire, Avril Lavigne, City and Colour, Deadmau5, Drake, Ginette Reno, Hedley, Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Nickelback
Group of the year: Arkells, Down with Webster, Hedley, Nickelback, Sam Roberts Band
Artist of the year: Avril Lavigne, Drake, Justin Bieber, Nickelback, Michael Buble
New artist of the year: Alyssa Reid, Dan Mangan, Diamond Rings, JRDN, Lindi Ortega
New group of the year: Braids, Hey Rosetta, Mother Mother, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Sheepdogs
Single of the year: "Fragile Bird" (City and Colour), "Invincible" (Hedley), "Let's Go Higher" (Johnny Reid), "When We Stand Together" (Nickelback), "I Don't Know" (The Sheepdogs)
Pop album of the year: Avril Lavigne (Goodbye Lullaby), Down With Webster (Time to Win Vol. II), Hedley (Storms), Lights (Siberia), Marianas Trench (Ever After)
Alternative album of the year: Braids (Native Speaker), Dan Mangan (Oh Fortune), Destroyer (Kaputt), F*cked Up (David Comes to Life), Timber Timbre (Creep on Creepin' On)
Rock album of the year: The Sam Roberts Band (Collider), The Sheepdogs (Learn & Burn), Arkells (Michigan Left), Matthew Good (lights of Endangered Species), Sloan (The Double Cross)
Electronic album of the year: Arthur Oskan (A Little More Than Everything), Austra (Feel it Break), Azari & III (Azari & III), Junior Boys (It's All True), Tim Hecker (Ravendeath, 1972)
Rap recording of the year: Classified (Handshakes and Middle Fingers), Drake (Take Care), D-Sisive (Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye), Kardinall Offishall (Anywhere (Ol' Time Killin' Part 2)), Swollen Members (Daggermouth)
Dance recording of the year: Anjulie ("Brand New Chick"), Deadmau5 ("Aural Psynapse"), Duck Sauce ("Barbara Streisand"), Martin Solveig & Drgonette ("Hello"), Mia Martina ("Devotion")
(First-time category) Metal/hard music album of the year: Anvil (Juggernaut of Justice), Cauldron (Burning Fortune), F*ck the Facts (Die Miserable), Ken Mode (Venerable), Devin Townsend Project (Deconstruction)
International album of the year: Adele (21), Coldplay (Mylo Xyloto), Lady Gaga (Born This Way), LMFAO (Sorry For Party Rocking), Rihanna (Loud)


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At a Monument of Sorrow, A Burst of Deadly Violence
Guard Killed, Suspect Injured Amid Scene Of Fear, Chaos
Thursday, June 11, 2009
At 12:40 p.m. yesterday a man stepped through the doors of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He took two paces, lowered his rifle at a security guard and, before anyone could react, opened fire in a popular national landmark.
The guard, who did not have time to draw his gun, fell bleeding and fatally wounded to the polished floor. Other guards fired back, cutting down the assailant. Terrified patrons, many of them children, dived for safety. And what moments before had been a bright weekday in June became a tableau of violence.
As described by bystanders and authorities, the attack inside the famed Holocaust museum turned the crowded building and Washington's nearby tourist-thronged Mall into a scene of fear and chaos, with black-clad SWAT teams, hovering helicopters and racing emergency vehicles. Stunned witnesses described a fusillade of gunfire -- five shots or more -- the blood-streaked floor and the screams of frightened visitors inside the museum and on the street.
"It's like a scene from a movie," said Edward Bhopa, 54.
"A horror movie," added his son Andy, 28.
The suspect, identified by law enforcement sources as James W. von Brunn, 88, of Annapolis, was said to be a longtime, "hard-core" supremacist whose Internet writings contain extensive, poisonous ravings against Jews and African Americans.
The slain guard, Stephen T. Johns, 39, of Temple Hills, worked for the Wackenhut security company and had been employed at the museum for six years, the museum said.
Officials at George Washington University Hospital, where von Brunn, Johns and an unidentified victim with less serious injuries were taken, said Johns suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and died there. Von Brunn was shot in the face, and the bullet exited his neck, according to a high-ranking police source. He underwent surgery and was in critical condition last night.
Police recovered a notebook in the suspect's possession that apparently contained a list of District locations, including Washington National Cathedral. Police bomb squads were sent to at least 10 sites.
"There are no words to express our grief and shock over today's events," the museum said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to Officer Johns's family." The museum plans to close today and fly its flags at half-staff in his memory.
The museum, which has about 400 employees and 300 volunteers, gets about 2 million visitors a year.
Several people caught glimpses of the attack.
"We heard a really loud bang, and we saw a guy with a silver length of a gun walking through" the door, said Shannon Clark, a tourist from Iowa who was walking on the mezzanine at the time of the shooting.
Former defense secretary William Cohen was standing in the exit area when he saw a car that had stopped just outside the driveway. "I noticed an older man, but I didn't pay that much attention," he said.
Then Cohen heard shots.
"I've been around a lot of gunfire over the years, and it was real clear that's what it was," he said.
Maria Hernandez of Bristow was leaving an exhibit when she heard shots. "I saw a security guard pull out his gun," she said.
Visitor Liliane Willens was heading into a basement auditorium to listen to a Holocaust survivor talk about her wartime experiences when she heard a noise that sounded like a roof falling in.
The audience in the crowded auditorium was told to stay put and that there had been a shooting but that people were safe where they were, she said.
Eventually, the Holocaust survivor went on with her presentation.
"It was quite ironic, because here was somebody talking about a tragedy in World War II, and here was this tragedy going on outside," Willens said.
After about an hour and a half, the audience was directed to a cafeteria, and police let the group out one by one after taking contact information, Willens said.
The shooting was reminiscent of one in 1998 in which a man stormed into the U.S. Capitol and killed two police officers.
Von Brunn is said to have been a leading writer in the white supremacist fringe for many years. He also appears to be the author of a recent Internet posting suggesting that President Obama's background is being hidden from the public.
His online book, "Kill the Best Gentiles," contains hundreds of pages of conspiracy theories that include Holocaust denial, the ancient hoax of the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" and wild webs of fantasy about Jewish plotting against white people.
"This is a longtime white supremacist and anti-Semite approaching the end of his life who may have decided to go out shooting," said Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit group in Alabama that tracks right-wing extremists.
On a rambling, racist and bitterly anti-Semitic Web site, a man who identifies himself as James W. von Brunn says he is a former World War II PT boat captain who was decorated for his conduct in battle and was an advertising executive and film producer in New York.
He says he is a member of Mensa, "the high-IQ society," and acknowledges being convicted in D.C. Superior Court for a 1981 attempted attack on a government building. He was "convicted by a Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys, and sentenced to prison for eleven years by a Jew judge. A Jew/Negro/White Court of Appeals denied his appeal," the site says.
He describes himself as an artist and author. Neighbors in Annapolis, who asked not to be identified, said that they recently invited the suspect to their home for a drink and that he unexpectedly brought up his belief that the Holocaust did not occur. "It was just off the wall," said one of the neighbors.
"Truthfully, it scares me, because I never imagined someone like that living right next to me," said another neighbor, Joshua Shyman, 16, who said he is Jewish.
Von Brunn refers on his Web site to "Marxist/Liberal/Jews bankers" and provides this information in a long, aggrieved biographical entry:
"Over my years of adversity, it became clear to me that a JEW strategy had emerged: 'Kill the Best Gentiles!' The tactics were WAR & DEBT . . . I was chased from one job to another for not genuflecting before God's Chosen."
In 1968, Von Brunn was sentenced to six months in jail for punching a Dorchester County, Md., sheriff during a fight at the county jail. He had been arrested earlier on a charge of drunken driving after a brawl at a local restaurant.
In 1981, he was arrested for entering the building where the Federal Reserve Board meets, at 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, with a revolver, which he pointed at the stomach of a security guard. The guard called for help, and the gun was taken from von Brunn. When he was arrested, police also found a 12-gauge shotgun that he had concealed under his coat. According to the records, von Brunn had made it to the second floor when guards stopped him, and he surrendered his weapons.
He told police, according to charging files, that his actions were "politically motivated" and that he intended to take Paul A. Volcker, then chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and other members hostage so that he could be allowed to voice his opinions through the news media.


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Man indicted for Chase Bank robbery in Orange
The federal grand jury of the Eastern District of Texas indicted Samuel David Sanford III, 35, on Jan. 23 for the Dec. 19, 2012, robbery of JP Morgan Chase Bank in Orange.
The Orange Police Department (OPD) investigated the bank robbery that occurred at approximately 11:15 a.m. at the Chase Bank at 3109 N. 16th St. According to a news release from OPD Captain J. E. Davis after the robbery, witnesses told police a white male entered the bank and demanded money from the tellers with a handwritten note. He was given an undisclosed amount and fled the scene with a white female in a white 2000 Ford F-150, police reported. After the robbery, the vehicle was seen traveling north on 16th St. towards Interstate 10. Police believed the truck was traveling to Louisiana.
OPD Captain Cliff Hargrave said OPD identified the suspect almost immediately after the Chase Bank robbery.
According to police, just prior to the robbery, an alert citizen at a nearby business noticed a man acting suspiciously. Upon learning of the robbery, the citizen contacted police with the subject's license plate number. Based upon the tip, OPD detectives and the FBI identified the suspect as Sanford. Sanford was arrested in Shreveport, LA on a robbery warrant from a separate incident in Galveston County, according to Captain Hargrave, and remains in jail there as of Wed., Jan. 30. He faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000 if convicted on the bank robbery charges.


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