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Ralph Quesinberry Award
Outstanding Male and Female
Track & Field Athletes
"Ralph Quesinberry was a long-time coach, athletic director, and Track & Field official. Mr. Quesinberry was a throw-back to another era when teachers could discipline and care for kids as they saw fit. His influences can be found in the many lives he touched. He always had time to listen, encourage, or "give the devil" to any youngster, if needed.
Orphaned at age 7, he was mentored by some special people. Ques believed that he should pass on his good fortune to others who experienced misfortune, like he did. Ques got into teaching after serving in the Army during World War II. He coached football, basketball, track & field, and just about anything that was needed in his many years at Chagrin Falls High School. He was honored as the National Athletic Director of the Year in 1972. For over 35 years, Ralph Quesinberry was one of the most significant influences on young people in Chagrin Falls & Northeast Ohio. His mentoring of young people made an immeasurable impact upon their lives.
It is with a fond memory of Ralph, that this award was named in his honor. He was a valued member of our group (Greater Portage County Track & Field Officials Association) for several years. It is our hope that the recipients of this award will continue to live up to the high standards that Ralph demonstrated. We hope these athletes are as positive examples to others as Ralph was!"
The Crestwood Red Devil athletes listed below were fortunate to be honored with this prestigious award for their accomplishments in Track & Field, academics, civic responsibilities, and overall character! Congratulations ladies & gentlemen on this fine achievement!!!!
1980 - Michael Faix
1988 - Amy Reed
1991 - Kristi Echelberry
1997 - Stephanie Moss
2004 - Bridget Franek
2006 - Bridget Franek
2007 - Cassandra Schenck
2010 - Brandan McGee
2011 - Sammi Vaughan
2012 - Steve Green
2017 - Michael Picone


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Apply for Fire Department cadet positions starting April 17
The Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) is opening applications April 17 to further diversify its workforce to better reflect our community. The Fire Department protects life, property and the environment in emergencies. It also provides emergency medical services and community outreach, responds to hazardous materials calls, and performs rescues in confined spaces, collapsed structures and water.
Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and a valid driver's license and be 18 or older. Preferred candidates have knowledge of Minneapolis neighborhoods and geography; participated in a City of Minneapolis or MFD program (e.g., EMS Pathways Academy, Explorers, Urban Scholars, STEP-UP); obtained an EMT certification; fluently speak, write and understand one or more of these languages: Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Laotian, Oromo, Vietnamese, Amharic or American Sign Language; earned advanced education above a high school diploma or GED (e.g., college-level courses, associate degree, bachelor's degree) and demonstrate an ability to relate and work effectively with people from diverse cultures and economic and ethnic backgrounds.
Find more information here or call 311.
Apply for a cadet position April 17-28 at www.minneapolismn.gov/jobs.
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"Hmm, next year I will not only continue to try to suck less. I will try to suck more less!!"
Not quite like the "aim for the stars" but in a way good. Or sucky.


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Hello everybody :) It's getting to that time of year where you're finally allowed to start thinking about Christmas and picking up some decorations here and there. It will be the first Christmas where Sam and I have a whole house to decorate together so we have our eyes peeled wherever we go. I thought it might be nice today to be extremely keen and post a Christmas Decoration Wishlist!
Mini Ice Skates - Anthropologie, Merry Christmas Lights - Marks & Spencer, Polar Bear Ornament - Marks & Spencer, Gingerbread House Tree Ornament - Anthropologie, Wreath - Marks & Spencer, Felt Animals - Marks & Spencer, Gold Glitter Ballerina - Liberty, Mini Woodland Animals - Anthropologie, Mini Mouse House Hanging Ornament - Anthropologie, 9 x Mini Houses - Marks & Spencer, Reindeer on Skis - Marks & Spencer, Gold Star Bauble - Liberty
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'OB van campaigns won't solve corruption problem'
UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani, in an interview to CNN-IBN, says that Aadhaar enabled service delivery is a far more effective way to fight corruption.
What is Aadhaar enabled public delivery system
The Aadhaar number gives a unique identity and we are doing that so far to 21 crore people, and that's an online ID using biometric technology. Now to that ID you can attach a bank account, a government programme -- like a pension programme or a scholarship. You can credit money electronically to the bank account using the Aadhaar number and a person can just go and withdraw money anywhere from a business correspondent. That is how it will work for cash transfers.
The same concept can be done for Public Distribution System. For e.g. If somebody has a rice account, they can use an Aadhaar number to authenticate before claiming their rice at a PDS outlet. So both for cash and kind, Aadhaar enables a better delivery and accurate beneficiary identification and authentication.
Government departments not accepting the Aadhaar number
I think it's a process and we will see more and more proclamations from different depts.
Over time it will become proof of identity and proof of address for many schemes, including for bank accounts, mobile connections. You have to see this as a major transition...We have now reached 21 crore people i.e. one out of five Indians has an Aadhaar number. By next year one out of three Indians will have an Aadhaar number and by the year after that one out two Indians will have an Aadhaar number. So that is pretty serious penetration. It is already a gateway for LPG connections; it's an ID proof number for SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) transactions, for insurance policies, for railways.
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'Aadhaar will help in reducing retail corruption'
Aadhaar number being government's weapon to fight corruption
It is important to understand that it's not just about the corruption dimension. One, it's the world's largest social inclusion project. For the first time millions of people will get an ID in their lives. It will help in making your fiscal spending more efficient by reducing diversion and fraud. It helps in empowering anyone to withdraw their money and as a consequence of all this it also helps in reducing retail corruption.
For retail transactions which involve an individual getting a benefit that could either be cash or in kind...this will help in streamlining that, reducing hassles for them, empowering them. So automatically corruption is addressed. So let's say you can only go to one person for pension or one PDS outlet to get rice. Tomorrow if you have this network, I can go to any business correspondent to withdraw my money or any PDS to withdraw my rice. Automatically the bargaining power shifts to the resident, that's how the empowerment happens.
Aadhaar enabled public delivery system being a pre election gimmick
No, it has been three years since we started this scheme and it has been two years since we launched it. Right from day one we have been saying this will reach six million people by 2014 and we have said that this will be a platform for transfer of both cash and kind. So we are absolutely going by that. I have received strong support from the government since day one. Our goal is to build a plumbing and architecture to make it easy for people to get the benefits.
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Image: Manmohan Singh addressing at the launch of Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery, in Dudu, Jaipur, Rajasthan
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'You don't fix corruption by creating more laws'
Lokpal and the IAC's (India Against Corruption) anti-corruption campaigns not an effective way to fight corruption
I am as much for fighting corruption as the next guy. I absolutely believe that we need to fix those things but I certainly don't believe that passing a law or creating more inspectors is going to solve the corruption problem. That's absolutely a wrong prescription and you may want some of that... I think we have done enough of that and what we need now is to fix the delivery system.
On Kejriwal's OB van politics
The notion that you can bring corruption down by having a bunch of OB vans (outdoor broadcasting)... I think that's not going to solve problems. I think that there is a lack of appreciation of what the long-term institutional changes required are to get to what we want.
What Aadhaar mean for the fight against corruption
I think it means for millions of people, social inclusion... where they become part of the formal society; empowerment for them, improvement in the way they deliver benefits and as a by-product of this it also means the resident's state interface gets streamlined and automatically corruption in that interface comes down. That's my point that you don't fix corruption by creating more laws, more inspectors and more punitive measures on bureaucrats. You fix it by changing the underlying system that millions of people get better service.
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A quick sketch of Omar Khadr's family
Zaynab Khadr, sister of Omar Khadr, leaves court during a break in hearings in Federal Court in Ottawa, Tuesday June 23, 2009.(CP Photo/Adrian Wyld)
The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, September 29, 2012 7:24PM EDT
Last Updated Saturday, September 29, 2012 7:25PM EDT
A quick sketch of the Toronto-based family of Omar Khadr, who was transferred to Canadian custody from Guantanamo Bay on Saturday.
Ahmed Said Khadr
Born in Egypt, Omar Khadr's father moved to Canada in 1977, where he met and married Maha Elsamnah. Khadr fought the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s where U.S. authorities allege he befriended Osama bin Laden and became a "founding member" and financier of al-Qaida. His family says he did both charity work and ran orphanages in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the 1980s and 1990s. Arrested in connection with the bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad in 1995, Khadr was released in 1996 with the help of then-prime minister Jean Chretien. Khadr died in a gun battle with Pakistani forces near the Afghanistan border in October 2003.
Maha Elsamnah
Born in Palestine, Omar Khadr's mother moved with her husband and six children to Afghanistan in the 1980s. She returned to Canada in 2004 to seek medical treatment for her son Karim after he was injured in the same firefight that killed her husband. Elsamnah claims to have no association with al-Qaida, but admitted that when the planes hit the World Trade Center in 2001, she thought to herself, "Let them have it." She was also quoted as saying that she took her family away from Canada in the 1980s because of "drug addicts" and "homosexuals."
Omar Khadr
The second youngest son of Ahmed Said Khadr and Maha Elsamnah, the 26-year-old was born in Toronto but also lived in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He received training in bomb making, marksmanship and combat instruction at al-Qaida training camps. He was detained badly wounded in Afghanistan in 2002 as a 15-year-old following a battle with U.S. troops in which he was shot three times. In October 2010, Khadr pleaded guilty to throwing a hand grenade that killed an American special forces soldier and sentenced to a further eight years.
Abdul Karim Khadr
Karim, 23, is the youngest son of Ahmed Said Khadr and Maha Elsamnah. He was paralyzed from the waist down in the same gun battle that killed his father in Pakistan in 2003. He returned with his mother to Canada in April 2004 to seek medical treatment and is now living in Toronto.
Abdullah Khadr
Abdullah, 31, is the eldest son of Ahmed Said Khadr and Maha Elsamnah. Khadr denied running an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan in the 1990s. He returned to Canada on Dec. 7, 2005, after spending a year in custody in Pakistan in which he said he was tortured. He was arrested in Toronto on Dec. 17, 2005, at the request of U.S. authorities on charges of conspiracy to kill Americans outside the U.S. and accused of purchasing arms and ammunition for al-Qaida militants in Afghanistan. Federal Court freed him more than four years later on the grounds U.S. authorities had abused his rights in Pakistan. He lives in Toronto.
Zaynab Khadr
Zaynab, 33, is the eldest child of Ahmed Said Khadr and Maha Elsamnah. It's alleged bin Laden attended her wedding in 1999. She returned to live in Canada in February 2005, and was the subject of RCMP investigations for allegedly aiding al-Qaida. She later married Joshua Boyle, whom she met during a hunger-strike on Parliament Hill in 2008 to protest her brother's detention in Guantanamo Bay.
Abdurahman Khadr
The second eldest son, Abdurahman, 29, calls himself the "black sheep" of the Khadrs and says he separated from the family after Sept. 11. He was arrested in Afghanistan as a suspected al-Qaida member in November 2001. He claimed he began working for the CIA and giving information on al-Qaida operatives in Kabul. He was transferred to Guantanamo Bay in early 2003 where he said he was asked to spy on the prison population. Abdurahman admitted in a television interview that he was "raised to become a suicide bomber." He returned to Canada in October 2003. He lives in Toronto and is a father.


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Soil Testing/Soil Sampling – Most of the questions had to do with sampling more than just analysis. There is a great resource in the Midwest Laboratories Library on Soil Sampling.
Lawn/Garden Soil Testing – This is the area we really saw a lot of questions. Midwewst Laboratories offers a Lawn and Garden Soil Test which includes analysis and free soil bag and shipping label. In addition, there is a lawn and garden brochure which outlines the program a little more.
Pet Treat Testing – There are a number of testing packages available from a basic nutrient nutrient package to a nutritional label. Information on testing packages is available on the Midwest Labs eStore and the Midwest Labs Library.
Well Water Testing – Many property owners are asking questions about the quality and safety of their drinking water. Sampling kits are availalbe to consumers simply by stopping by the main office or ordering water sampling supplies online.
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SNV Netherlands Development is a not-for-profit international development organisation that has built a long-term local presence in 38 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin-America. SNV Ghana implements projects to improve individual lives and contributes to solving global challenges in the areas of agriculture, energy, and water, sanitation & hygiene.
West Africa HortiFresh/GhanaVeg is a 4-year sector programme (2018-2021) being implemented by a consortium of Wageningen UR (CDI), SNV, and Resilience. The programme team is hosted by SNV, the Netherlands Development Organisation, an international NGO that focuses on agriculture, energy, and water, sanitation,and hygiene. SNV's implementation approach focuses on developing innovative solutions to alleviate poverty through sustainable and locally-led development.
Position Summary
The Business and Financial Specialist Advisor is an innovative senior manager, with an agro-economic profile. He/She must be able to facilitate production push and market-pull dynamics of vegetable value chains. He/She is a team player with strong networking, communication and facilitation skills, who is able to engage with a range of public and private sector stakeholders.
Under the supervision of the GhanaVeg Coordinator, the key responsibilities of the Business and Financial Specialist Advisor include:
• Supporting, in the position of Secretary, the public private Vegetable Task-force, this includes the preparation of the meetings (agenda/invitations, meeting minutes and follow-up actions
• Organisation of quarterly Business Platform meetings, which are high-level meetings for private sector representatives, researchers and policy makers
• Development of new commercial loan products specifically focused on Ghana's vegetable sector, targeting both smallholder farmers and small and medium sized companies
• Management of two cluster development funds that target specific vegetable hotspots in the country develop a multi-stakeholder platform and public-private action agenda
• Support four trade missions, an annual vegetable trade fair and other business-to-business activities
• Pro-actively explore new Business Opportunities in Ghana's vegetables sector.
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October 23, 2012
A substantial portion of legal negotiations take place over the telephone. Individuals often wing it on the phone since the other side cannot see them, and they thus believe there are no nonverbal signals. The most proficient readers of nonverbal signals I have seen are blind students who can hear things in my own voice that I cannot discern. Persons on the phone listen intently to the one stimulus – the voice. They hear the pitch, pace, tone, volume, and inflections. A fifteen second pause on the phone is obvious, because we cannot play with our glasses or look at our notes to cover it up.
Individuals should always be thoroughly prepared for telephone interactions. In fact, it is often better to be the caller than the recipient of the call. The caller is wholly prepared, but the recipient of the call may not recall where the parties were when they last spoke. As a result, they may forget that they made the last concession, and they go ahead and make another unreciprocated position change. When someone gets a call and cannot recall where the parties were when they last spoke, they should indicate that they are busy and will return the call in few minutes. They can quickly review their previous notes and return the call.
Most telephone interactions now take place on cell phones. This can create difficulties when the callers or the recipients of such calls are surrounded by other persons who may distract from their concentration or overhear confidential client information. When you reach an opponent on her cell phone, you should ask if this is a good time to talk. If she is distracted, she can say so and ask to call you back. When people talk on their cell phones they often speak more loudly than they do on land lines. I see this often in airports and on Amtrak trains. They speak so loudly that I can overhear confidential client information. Such conduct contravenes Model Rule 1.6 which requires lawyers to protect such information. As a result, attorneys should be careful not to conduct private client conversations when they are surrounded by strangers.


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It should have been beautifully coordinated. The plan was as follows:
- Oracle TeamUSA are victorious and hold onto the Cup with the last race no later that 21st Sept
- OralceOpenWorld starts on 22nd with Larry Ellison keynote holding the Cup aloft
What has actually happened is the racing has dragged onto today – 25th Sept. This has mostly been due to high winds preventing the 2nd race each day to be run. And secondly, the racing has run to the full 19 races. Oracle performed so badly at the beginning of the regatta allowing the Kiwis to take an 8 – 1 lead. But they have clawed it back to 8- 8, with 2 more fantastic wins yesterday.
So here's the problem. Larry Ellison was due to give a keynote speech at 1:30 yesterday. Many of the 60,000 attendees had stood in line to be able to get into the auditorium to hear him speak. But he blew it off, preferring to spend time on the water cheering on his team. Jeffrey O. Henley, Oracle's Chairman, explained Mr. Ellison's absence, saying that "he's out on the boat."This has created a storm of indignation in both the tech blogosphere, local news (SF Chronicle) and national press (Wall Street Journal). Slightly cynically, the big screens around the conference stopped broadcasting the race, 5 seconds before the start of race 1, and replacing it with Oracle Customer ads, presumably so that there was no footage of Larry on board a boat in the Bay.
And is no chance that Larry will be at OracleWorld today. He will be on the water hoping that Team USA can continue their run or wins to lift the Cup in the most dramatic turnaround that the sporting world has seen.
Perhaps now is the time for Larry to retire and spend his billions. The view from many is that his priorities are no longer Oracle customers or partners. One more radical view I overheard was that Oracle should buy Salesforce.com and make Marc Benioff Oracle CEO.
Now that would be a radical thought. Perhaps it is worth asking him at Dreamforce, which is the Salesforce conference in the same venue as OracleWorld in a couple of months time. Marc is so passionate, there is no chance that we will miss his keynotes.


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Metallica frontman James Hetfield's debut as a dramatic actor in the film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26th. The film follows the relationship between notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, played by Zac Efron, and his longtime girlfriend, played by Lily Collins, who at the time had no knowledge of Bundy's crimes.
Hetfield appears as officer Bob Hayward, a no-nonsense Utah highway patrol veteran who was the first law enforcement officer to arrest Bundy in 1975 after pulling the killer over and discovering burglary tools in his car but suspecting much worse. While Hetfield has played himself in other films and television productions, this is the first time he'll play a character in a dramatic role.
The film is directed by Joe Berlinger, co-director with the late Bruce Sinofsky of the acclaimed 2004 documentary Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster. Hetfield told us a while back that the raw and brutally honest doc was still tough to watch: "First couple times it was difficult. There are certain scenes in the film that will always be difficult. You know, the fighting scenes — they're always pretty difficult. They always start to get your heart pumping again, and it makes sense 'cause it pushes a certain button in me, and everyone's got those buttons."
Berlinger said about casting Hetfield in Extremely Wicked, "Having spent hundreds of hours behind the scenes with James and the rest of Metallica, I have experienced his charisma and powerful presence close up. It seemed only natural that he would bring that same power and magnetism to a dramatic role, so when he agreed to my pitch that he be in the movie, I was thrilled."
The film also stars Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory, Haley Joel Osment of The Sixth Sense fame, John Malkovich from Bird Box and others. There's no word yet on a release date beyond the screening at Sundance.


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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Miyazaki Shafts Introduces New B. Asha Premium Ultralite Series
Miyazaki Shafts is introducing the new B. Asha series in response to continued requests from touring professionals and recreational golfers for lighter shafts, increased swing speed, and more distance while maintaining the stability previously offered only by heavier golf shafts. The B. Asha series is a follow-up to Miyazaki Shafts' very successful C. Kua premium ultralite series. The C. Kua series launched on tour in 2010 and was golf's 1st sub 60g shaft to see significant usage on golf's global professional tours.
The new B. Asha series builds on the tour and aftermarket success of the breakthrough, premium ultralite C. Kua series with enhancements in weight reduction, elevated balance points and refined, more stable International Flex Code profiles. The B. Asha pushes the limits of weight reduction across the series through the use of advanced shaft materials, geometries, and manufacturing techniques. Every shaft is manufactured in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan to exacting tolerances for unmatched consistency from shaft to shaft and shot to shot. With ultralite innovation and performance already proven on tour by some of the games' most demanding and longest hitters, the B. Asha series is a True Tour Ultralite shaft.
The B. Asha series offers three distinct driver and fairway wood International Flex Code profiles in up to 4 flexes.
The Miyazaki B. Asha 5 and 7 profiles were designed to feel extremely stable in the top 3/4 of the shaft with a slightly softened section under the hands to promote feel and a penetrating ball flight. This stable top section is coupled with an active but stable tip section to produce a mid-trajectory ball flight with added ball speed and a slight fade bias. The 5 and 7 series are excellent choices for players that value a very stable feel while reducing the weight of their graphite shaft.
The Miyazaki B. Asha 4 flex profile offers a similar stable feel to the 5 and 7 series with a slightly stiffer butt section and slightly softer tip section to produce a mid to high trajectory ball flight. Already proven through testing on tour by some of the game's strongest players, the 4 series is the ultimate combination of speed and stability. The new 4 series has been engineered with a standard butt diameter to make it compatible with all standard golf grips.
The Miyazaki B. Asha 3 series wood shafts utilize updated, balanced International flex code profiles with slightly softer mid tip and tip sections to create a powerful loading and release, added swingspeed and distance via a mid-high trajectory ball flight. The 3 series is the lightest series offered by Miyazaki and will only be available in a 0.350 tip configuration. The 3 series is preferred by players with a smooth tempo and transition in search of the fastest swing speed possible.
Miyazaki Shafts is driven by the science and artistry of the golf swing. The shaft is the delivery vehicle of the modern golf club and Miyazaki Shafts places the highest premiums on performance, consistency, and effective fitting. Without optimized and consistent delivery of the clubhead to the ball, significant performance potential is lost with every impact. Miyazaki Shafts designs and specifies shafts using a superior approach to quantifying the actual bending and torsional flex profile of each shaft. Miyazaki Shafts has designed a proprietary International Flex Code fitting system which replaces the archaic specifications of frequency, kick point, and torque to give professional fitters and golfers alike a more detailed insight into the specifics of their current shaft and each Miyazaki Shafts design. Miyazaki Shafts utilize the highest grade carbon-fiber materials available to produce innovative bending and torsional profiles geared toward specific player types. Each shaft is precisely constructed to some of the industry's tightest tolerances to ensure consistent delivery characteristics on each and every shot.
Miyazaki Shafts are designed and prototyped in Kobe City and Miyakonojyo, Japan by in-house Research and Development teams. Technical validation is conducted at Dunlop Sports' world-class 42,000-yd test facility in Ichijima, Japan. At this facility, researchers study and catalog the swing "signatures" of amateur and professional golfers, as well as the behavior of shafts, using state-of-the-art proprietary measurement and analysis equipment.
Considered one of the fastest growing shafts on golf's global tours since their introduction in May of 2009, Miyazaki Shafts has posted more than 25 wins on worldwide tours. Players such as Keegan Bradley, Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry, Jason Kokrak, Charlie Beljan, Jeff Overton and Larry Mize, as well as many others worldwide, have made the switch to Miyazaki Shafts. These shafts are continuously tested in competition by a rapidly growing number of some of the best players in the world. Unique bending and torsional flex code profiles of each shaft are geared toward ball speed and launch condition optimization for each player type.
Using the same innovative International Flex Code fitting process that is now available to consumers, Miyazaki Shafts educates professional tour staff players on the technical elements of shaft design and fitting to ensure they receive a proper and comprehensive fitting experience. Compared to previous methods of shaft fitting, this tour-proven custom-fitting process results in a more efficient and precise, player-specific fit. As professionals test their shafts in competition, they provide critical feedback and insight into future iterations. The Miyazaki Shafts philosophy is to design, test, observe, listen and re-design until each offering satisfies their unwavering commitment to make one of the world's best golf shafts.
Miyazaki considers the golf swing one of the most artistic movements in all of sports. The originality of the designs is artistically expressed on the canvas of each shaft series. Each series will be named after and defined by the artistic contributions of a talented, but previously unknown, artist. The B. Asha series' artwork was created by Miyazaki artist Ash Baharin, whose designs were inspired by the speed and accuracy of ancient Japanese swordsmen. For more information on Miyazaki Shafts and the new B. Asha series, please visit www.miyazakigolfshafts.com.
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There are a number of plumbing repairs that require immediate attention. Chief among these is a clogged drain. Everyone knows the inconvenience and mess that accompany a sluggish drain. Even so, many people wait until the drain stops completely before they take corrective action. Sometimes a clog can be cleared with a simple homemade remedy.
If you have a moderately clogged drain, try this homemade drain cleaner: Pour 1/2 cup of baking soda down the drain followed by 1/2 cup of vinegar. Be careful. The two ingredients interact with foaming and fumes, so replace the drain cover loosely. Let the concoction set for about three hours before running water.
If you know the slow drain is from grease, try this treatment: Pour in 1/2 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of baking soda followed by a teakettle of boiling water. Allow to sit overnight.
You can keep your drains clog-free and odorless by using the following homemade noncorrosive drain cleaner weekly. Combine 1 cup baking soda, 1 cup table salt, and 1/4 cup cream of tartar. Stir ingredients together thoroughly and pour into a clean, covered jar. Pour 1/4 cup of mixture into drain, and immediately add 1 cup boiling water. Wait 10 seconds, then flush with cold water. Flushing weekly with a generous amount of boiling water also works well.
If the homemade drain cleaners don't work, try the helpful steps on the next page.
How To Clear a Clogged Drain
Dealing with a clogged drain is just no fun. Fortunately, there are steps you can take before calling a plumber to try to clear that clog.
Step 1: Cover overflow opening in basin or tub with wet cloth. Most kitchen sinks don't have an overflow vent, but if you're working on one of two side-by-side basins, plug the other basin's drain opening with wet cloths. In homes that have two bathrooms back to back in adjacent rooms, both may be connected to the same drain. In such cases you must block the other basin at both its drain and overflow vent. Shower facilities seldom have overflow vents; bathtubs do. Cover all of them with wet cloths for plunger to work properly.
Step 2: Fill clogged basin with enough water to cover head of plunger. Coat lip of plunger with petroleum jelly (this helps create better seal). Slide plunger's cup over drain opening, then rapidly pump plunger up and down. You should feel water move in and out of drain. It is this back-and-forth water pressure that can eventually build up enough force to dislodge whatever is blocking drain. After about a dozen firm strikes, jerk plunger up quickly. Water should rush out. If it doesn't, try same procedure two or three more times before attempting another method.
Step 3: If plunger doesn't remove clog, consider using chemical drain opener. For drain that's completely blocked, however, it's best not to use chemicals, as they contain caustic agents that can actually harm some fixtures. Instead, use drain-and-trap auger. To use it, remove popup stopper or strainer from clogged drain and insert auger wire into opening. As you feed flexible wire in, crank handle of device, loosening and then tightening thumbscrew on handle as you advance wire. If wire encounters something, move it back and forth while you turn auger handle. Then continue to turn handle while slowly withdrawing auger.
Step 4: If auger doesn't clear drain, remove clean-out plug from under sink, catching water from trap in bucket. You can use wire coat hanger with hook shape in one end to try to reach clog. If this fails, insert wire of drain-and-trap auger through clean out. Work wire toward basin and drainpipe to remove blockage.
Step 5: If trap does not have clean out, remove trap. (The section How to Replace a Drain Trap provides complete instructions on how to remove and replace a drain trap.) With trap removed, clean it out with wire coat hanger and then with stiff brush and hot soapy water; replace trap. If clog wasn't in trap, insert drain-and-trap auger into drain extension that goes into wall and continue working auger down into drainpipe itself. You should be able to reach blockage, unless it's in section of main drain.
Step 6: If bathtub drain is clogged and plunger doesn't clear it, use drain-and-trap auger first through tub drain opening. If this doesn't work, remove overflow plate and insert auger directly into overflow pipe and down into drainpipe.
Unclogging floor drains and main drainpipes is another job altogether. Find suggestions for tackling these plumbing issues in the next section.
How To Clear Floor Drains and Main Drainpipe Blockages
For clogged floor drains, such as those in basements and showers, a garden hose can be effective in unclogging drains, especially if the clog is not close to the opening. Attach the hose to a faucet, feed the hose into the drain as far as it will go, and jam rags around the hose at the opening. Then turn the water on full force for a few moments.
If you suspect a clog is in the main drainpipe, locate the main clean out. This is a Y-shape fitting near the bottom of your home's soil stack or where the drain leaves the building. Set a large pail or container under the clean out, and spread plenty of papers and rags around the site to soak up the backed-up water.
Using a pipe wrench, slowly unscrew the clean-out plug counterclockwise, trying to control the flow of water that will seep from the clean out. Once the flow has stopped and you've cleaned up the flooded site, insert the auger to remove the debris.
If you still haven't located the blockage, another place you can try is the house trap. This is a U-shape fitting installed underground. You can locate it by finding two adjacent clean-out plugs in the floor, if the main drain runs under the floor. Again, place papers and rags around the site before opening the clean out nearest to the sewer outside.
If the clog is in the house trap or between the trap and the main clean out, you should be able to remove it. But if the water starts to flow out of the trap as you unscrew it, check quickly beyond the house trap with an auger. If you can remove the clog rapidly, do so. Otherwise, replace the trap plug and call in a professional to do the job.
There is one type of drain clog that will not respond satisfactorily to a plunger or an auger. This is when the main drain outside the building or a floor drain in the basement gets stopped up from tree roots that have grown in at the joints. The most effective solution in this case is a power auger or an electric rooter, which is inserted into the pipe and cuts away roots from the pipe walls as it moves along. You can rent a power auger at a home improvement or tool rental store. Feed the auger cable into the cleanout opening closest to the blockage. When the device's cutting head encounters roots, you should be able to feel the cable strain. Keep feeding the cable slowly until you feel a breakthrough, then go over the area once again.
Remove the cable slowly, and run water from a garden hose through the pipe to wash away the root cuttings. Before you return the power auger to the rental firm, replace the clean-out plug, and flush a toilet several times. When you're sure the drain is clear of tree roots, clean the cable.
The drain trap is an integral part of your home's drainage system. We'll show you how to replace a drain trap in the following section.
How To Replace a Drain Trap
Directly beneath the drain outlet of every kitchen sink and every bathroom lavatory is a trap. This element is vital not only to the proper functioning of the drainage system but also to your health and safety. Each drain trap contains and maintains a plug of water within its curved section that seals against the entrance of harmful sewer gases. If the drap trap leaks, this water barrier may disappear and create a hazardous situation.
All drain traps must be kept in proper working order. Restrictions and clogging are immediately noticeable because the drainage flow is slowed or stopped. Clearing the blockage takes care of the problem. Leakage or seepage can often go undetected for a while, so check your traps from time to time and make quick repairs if anything seems wrong.
Drain trap assemblies have several parts. The short piece of pipe that extends downward from the drain outlet flange in the sink or lavatory is called the tailpiece. The curved section of pipe connected to the tailpiece is the trap itself. The trap may be either one piece or two coupled sections. The piece of pipe extending from the end of the trap to the drainpipe outlet in the wall or floor is the drain extension. All of these pieces may be made of rather thin metal that is subject to corrosion, seal failure, and mechanical damage. Damage can also result from reaming with a plumbers' auger. Whatever the reason for failure, a malfunctioning trap should be repaired immediately.
Sometimes the problem is simply that the slip nuts holding the drain trap assembly to the drain and the drainpipe have loosened. Tightening them may solve the problem. But if the metal has corroded through, if the slip-nut threads are damaged, or if other damage has occurred, the only solution is replacement.
Drain trap assemblies and parts to fit just about any possible installation requirement are readily available at most hardware and all plumbing supply stores. Chrome-plated thinwall brass traps are popular, especially where appearance is important. Polypropylene (PP) plastic traps, notable for their ruggedness and longevity, will outperform all other types. ABS plastic traps are also in use, but they become deformed and eventually fail when forced to handle frequent passage of boiling water and caustic household chemicals. In addition, they may not be allowed by your local plumbing code. Ask the plumbing clerk at your local building materials retailer for recommendations.
Whatever the material, there are typically two trap diameters: 11/2-inch traps for kitchen sinks and 11/4-inch traps for lavatories. Take the old trap with you when you buy the new one; if possible, also take the old tailpiece and drain extension. In most cases, trap replacement is simple. Here's how:
Step 1: If trap is equipped with cleanout plug on bottom of curved section, remove plug with wrench and let water in trap drain into bucket. Otherwise, unscrew slip nuts and slide them out of the way.
Step 2: If trap is a swivel type, curved trap section(s) will come free. However, keep trap upright as you remove it, and pour water out after part is free. If trap is fixed and does not swivel, remove tailpiece slip nut at drain flange and slip nut at top of trap. Shove tailpiece down into trap itself, then twist trap clockwise until you can drain water in trap. Pull tailpiece free, and unscrew trap from drain extension or drainpipe.
Step 3: Buy drain trap of proper diameter, new tailpiece, drain extension, or other fittings, as necessary. A swivel trap is the easiest to work with because it can be easily adjusted for angled or misaligned drainpipe/fixture installations. A clean-out plug on a trap is handy so trap can be cleaned out without removing it.
Step 4: Replace parts in appropriate order, making sure you have slip nuts and compression seals, or large washers, lined up on the proper pipe sections. Couple parts together loosely with slip nuts, make final adjustments for correct pipe alignment, and tighten nuts snugly but not too tight. Plumbers' joint tape or compound is not usually necessary, but you can use either.
Step 5: Run water into new trap immediately, both to check for leaks and to fill trap with water to provide that all-important barrier against sewer gases.
As you can see from the tips in this article, a clogged drain does not necessarily mean a huge plumbing bill. Follow the steps detailed on these pages and you may just unclog that drain all on your own.


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WHEN I wrote about Miley Cyrus and the depressing lack of female role models last week, I had no idea that Lily Allen would burst back on to the scene, twerking and swearing her way into the charts and the national consciousness.
Lily has really put herself out there, running the risk of alienating the very industry that makes her millions, the world of pop where women are dressed up and sent out to pose and preen their way through performances, like dogs at Crufts but with more flesh on show and less control over their image.
But – surprise, surprise – even when she has quite rightly mimicked the hideous videos that accompany so much music these days, she has incurred the wrath of some.
The singer has been accused of everything from racism – because her white dancers wore coats and the black ones didn't – to encouraging the very thing she is trying to criticise, that is the sexist images portrayed in promos, where women in bikinis do everything from the dishes to cleaning cars, all the while waggling their backsides at the camera.
Happily, Lily doesn't care a jot about her doubters. She said: "It is meant to be a light-hearted satirical video that deals with objectification of women within modern pop culture… the message is clear."
Yes it is, Lily, and anyone who says otherwise is either too stupid to get it or doesn't want to face up to the way women are still being treated in the 21st century.
A case in point – there are only two female chief executives in the FTSE 100. Meanwhile, over in the world of sport, men get 61.1 per cent of the sponsorship share. Little wonder they dominate the sports pages, with only one in every 53 articles being about women's sport.
So what can we do?
We can't all make a clever four-minute pop video but we can do our bit. That's what Katherine Grainger did last week.
In case you missed it – understandable, given the pitiful coverage women's sport gets – Katherine rowed her way to gold at London 2012.
She and a group of our leading sportswomen got together to highlight the difficulties women and girls face in sport. Their plan isn't in your face like Lily's but it is still coming from the same viewpoint: that girls need help and encouragement to get anywhere in a man's world where sexism rules.
Girls should know sport can be fun and a bit more if they are good at it. They need to understand you don't always have to look perfect, a bit of sweat is fine on the sports field and preferable to dressing like a dancer in a Robin Thicke video.
They don't get mentioned in the same breath often but thank God for Katherine and Lily. Both are using their fame to fight for women's rights.
What a pity there are so few of them in a position to do so.


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Baby deer shot in the back by lone hunter in Limerick
A YOUNG deer which was found crying out in pain after being shot in the back by a hunter is putting up a miraculous fight for life.
The fawn, believed to be just five months old, was rescued by two animal lovers from Kilmallock after she was found slumped in a dyke by a farmer on Saturday morning.
It is believed that she suffered the gunshot wound on Thursday night when a man with a rifle was spotted on the farmer's driveway.
The Sika deer who has been christened Mairead – after the farmer's sister who helped keep her alive – underwent two operations at Crescent Veterinary Clinic in Dooradoyle this week, and is said to be making a remarkable recovery.
"She had to have surgery on Monday and Tuesday to clean out the dead cells and the surrounding area that might be infected," explained Rosie Campbell of Animal Magic in Kilmallock who rescued the deer from the County Cork farm on Saturday.
"She is home and is bright. She is nibbling away at grass and clover. The bullet glanced her spine and it actually disintegrated inside her so there was lots of bits of the bullet inside her. We don't know if she can walk yet - over the next couple of weeks we will ascertain if she has full use of her back legs. She had x-rays and the spinal cord is in tact," continued Rosie this Wednesday.
The alarm was raised when the farmer in Glencarney outside Rochchapel noticed crows circulated an area of his land at around 9.30am on Saturday. As he moved in closer to inspect the dyke, he spotted a small deer in considerable distress.
"My brother Micheal found the poor little deer in the dyke" explained Mairead O'Keeffe.
"The crows were picking at her and they were actually picking at where the shot had hit so they were actually clearing out the wound. There was fresh blood coming to it so it wasn't a bad thing. She was crying the crater and trying to crawl away. She is a beautiful, gentle little thing – she actually tried to lick my brother's hand."
Micheal and Mairead immediately set about getting help for the ailing animal. They came across the number for Animal Magic in Kilmallock.
"I found Rosie and Denis' name and I rang them, and God bless them they came out straight away," said Mairead.
"My brother put a little canopy over the deer to try and keep the crows off of her until they came out because obviously it's a nice drive from Kilmallock to Rockchapel."
As soon as Rosie and Denis got her to their home in Kilmallock they gave the deer some pain relief.
"She was obviously very scared. The funny thing was she was licking us," said Rosie who estimates that the deer is no more than five months old.
Her care and treatment is expected to run into hundreds of euro.
The incident has been reported to the gardai in Newmarket.
"There is a season for deer and you have to get a licence. The land is private. It is being investigated in terms of poaching. You do not shoot a baby," said Rosie.
Mairead meanwhile, is urging anybody who sees people illegally shooting on their property, to report the matter to the authorities. The family, she said, have had problems in the past with people shooting near their land.
"There would be a lot of deer in Rockchapel," she explained.
"They are mostly Sika deer. They would come up to our back door. We live in harmony with them, we have no problem with them, they don't do any harm.
"You need a really good shot to take down a deer. They could have hit other deer who could have gone off into the forest. We have horses and thank God they are all in and we have some cattle as well."


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Epidemiologic data support an inverse association between green tea intake and breast cancer risk and numerous experimental studies have demonstrated the anti-tumor effects of its main component, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). We conducted a phase IB dose escalation trial in women with a history of stage I-III hormone receptor-negative breast cancer of an oral green tea extract, Polyphenon E (Poly E) 400mg, 600mg, 800mg bid or matching placebo for 6 months. The primary endpoint was to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), defined as the dose that causes 25% dose limiting toxicity (DLT, grade≥2). Assignment to dose level was based upon an adaptive design, the continual reassessment method. A mammogram and random core biopsy of the contralateral breast were obtained at baseline and 6 months and serial blood/urine collections every 2 months for biomarker analyses. Forty women were randomized: 10 to placebo, 30 to Poly E (16 at 400mg, 11 at 600mg, 3 at 800mg). There was 1 DLT at 400mg (grade 3 rectal bleeding), 3 DLTs at 600mg (grade 2 weight gain, grade 3 indigestion and insomnia), and 1 DLT at 800mg (grade 3 liver function abnormality). The DLT rate at 600mg was 27% (3/11). Pharmacologic levels of total urinary tea polyphenols were achieved with all three dose levels of Poly E. Using a novel phase I trial design, we determined the MTD for Poly E to be 600mg bid. This study highlights the importance of assessing toxicity for any chemopreventive agent being developed for chronic use in healthy individuals.
- Received March 16, 2012.
- Revision received May 25, 2012.
- Accepted June 13, 2012.
- Copyright © 2012, American Association for Cancer Research.


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text: Johannesburg - Despite his team not participating in this years continental competition, Orlando Pirates coach Eric Tinkler has wished both Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs well in the 2016 CAF Champions League.However, the coach admits that he wants to see his charges win their second continental crown before Chiefs and Sundowns wins their first ever titles. Both Chiefs and Sundowns have progressed to the next round of the 10 month long tournament this past weekend and the Buccaneers will be hoping to book their spot for the 2017 campaign. "Obviously we want to see them succeeding in the CAF Champions league," Tinkler insisted."Because we all benefit out of that and that is why we have two South African teams in the competition and they should be grateful to us because we opened two spots for them after we did well in 2013. "I also wish to see one of them going far in the competition so that maybe there must be at least three spots for South African teams next year. "But since we are the only team to have a gold star on top of our emblem, it would be good if one day another team in the country wins it as well. "But that must happen after we win our second gold star not before that," he laughed.With only nine games to go before the end of the 2015/16 campaign, the Buccaneers are still occupying the 7th spot on the log and will need to finish at least second to ensure their Champions League place in 2017.


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If you have a couple of minutes, you might want to take a look at the incredible diversity in the work of Gianluca Nespoli. He's captured fantastically costumed people, flowers, insects, mimes… the Creative Moved photos are stunning–As are the Venice Carnival portraits. Here are some that captured my attention, but there were so very many more.
I love Poe. I'm more than ready for a new CD. I love her in-your-face honesty, attitude and complete individuality. If you listen to this song through, you'll find that near the end, she projects an emotion that just might make you catch your breath.
Another of my favorites of hers. This one is an actual video–gotta love You Tube!


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ACCRA TRANE STATION MEDIATATIONS FOR JOHN COLTRANE COMPOSED AND PERFORMED IN COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION BY NII NOI NORTEY, NII OTOO ANNAN, & STEVEN FELD A TRIBUTE TO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN COLTRANE'S CLASSIC RECORDING, MEDITATIONS. NOTE BY NII NOI NORTEY Nii Otoo Annan and I first met Steven Feld, whom we call "Prof," in 2004 during his first visit to Ghana. He came to my home in Accra to listen to us play and gave us some of his recordings. That afternoon we discovered that John Coltrane held a similar place in our hearts. Coltrane's music moved us both as young men and has stayed with us throughout our lives as musicians and researchers into the powers of sound. I told Prof how happy I was to welcome a man from Philadelphia, John Coltrane's city. Prof recorded some of our music that afternoon. When the CD with his editing arrived back in Accra (later published on The Time of Bells, 3: Musical Bells of Accra, VoxLox 2005) I knew we would start to work together seriously. From there it didn't take long to come up with the plan to pay African respects to John Coltrane on the 40th anniversaries of A Love Supreme and Meditations. Prof returned to Accra in 2005 and together with Agazi, a local engineer, we helped him fashion a home studio where we gathered regularly. By the last session we even managed to get Prof unhooked from his headphones to join us on the ashiwa, our box bass. In 2006 Prof came back to Accra for a sustained visit, and having refined his ashiwa skills, we invited his full participation in our performances and recording sessions. When he departed for Europe some months later, Prof told us that he was taking the tracks to the studio of an old friend in Paris, someone whose ears we all could really trust. How true! Jean Schwarz, thank you for joining the band. So now, across continents, Accra Trane Station offers you these Meditations as a song of praise and African homecoming, in humble acknowledgement of John Coltrane's ongoing inspiration. Nii Noi Nortey Anyaa Arts Library Accra, Ghana === NOTE BY STEVEN FELD "Where do you come from? Nii Noi asked. "I'm from the USA, a place called Philadelphia." "Philadelphia?! Wow, the city of John Coltrane!" "You know his music?" "Know it?! It saved my life! (delivered with one of Nii Noi's great belly laughs). Just look around. Coltrane's pictures, albums, they're all over my house. And check out my drummer! Can you believe how much he looks like Elvin Jones?! Goose bumps came over me. It's true. Nii Otoo Annan's resemblance to Elvin is striking. And then, hearing the musical chemistry as he and Nii Noi played together, I knew that the Coltrane-Jones legacy was alive and well, and profound, in Accra. That afternoon Nii Noi introduced me to his inventions, the afrifones, African reed and wind instruments modified with clarinet or saxophone mouthpieces. And as we came to know each other in the music, he invited me to come back to Ghana to join Accra Trane Station. After recording together I wrote to Jean Schwarz about how this project joined Coltrane, Africa, and contemporary music. I knew he'd be the perfect studio collaborator. And with good reason: he studied jazz drumming with Kenny Clarke, has been engineer of the Musée de l'Homme world music series and the Le Chant du Monde "Jazz Treasure" compilations, and is a well-known composer of electro-acoustic music. Erda, one of my favorite of his compositions, includes a beautiful hommage to Coltrane. Listeners familiar with the original Meditations will hear how Nii Noi opens this recording on alto sax with a transformation of the melody that John Coltrane titled "Love." And that is really the best word to describe how this project has brought us all together, old and new friends from Accra, Philadelphia, and Paris, in the love of musical meditation for and with John Coltrane. Steven Feld Professor of Anthropology and Music The University of New Mexico, USA ___ On this recording Nii Noi Nortey plays his inventions, the afrifones, African reed instruments modified with saxophone mouthpieces. His other wind instruments include alto saxophone, Western C flute, and alboita, a deconstructed Western oboe with North African double-reed alghaita tunings. He also plays gonje, a one-string bowed lute, seperewa harp, gyili balafon, and Zimbabwean mbira njari. Nii Otoo Annan plays APK, the "African Percussion Kit," which consists of a gyili balafon, small metal gyili xylophone, jazz hi-hat and ride cymbals, bell rack with several gankokui double bells and assorted hand bells; djembe, kpanlogo, atumpani, and brekete floor drums, as well as a four-keyashiwa box bass. He also plays molo two-string lute. Prof (Steven Feld) plays the three-key ashiwa box bass. Meditations, 1 10'03 Nii Noi, alto saxophone; Nii Otoo, double gyili and cymbals; Prof, ashiwa Meditations, 2 7'19 Nii Noi, gyili; Nii Otoo, APK; Prof, ashiwa Meditations, 3 10'47 Nii Noi bari afrifone, C flute; Nii Otoo, hi-hat and ashiwa (L); Prof, ashiwa (R) Meditations, 4 5'44 Nii Noi, mbira njari; Nii Otoo, APK; Prof, ashiwa Meditations, 5 8'22 Nii Noi, alboita, soprano afrifone; Nii Otoo, APK; Prof, ashiwa Meditations, 6 7'17 Nii Noi, seperewa; Nii Otoo, gyili; Prof, ashiwa Meditations, 7 3'55 Nii Noi, C flute; Nii Otoo, APK; Prof, ashiwa Meditations, 8 5'15 Nii Noi, gonje; Nii Otoo, molo; Prof, ashiwa Meditations, 9 8'37 Nii Noi, bass afrifone; Nii Otoo, APK; Prof, ashiwa Meditations, 1-9 were collectively composed in improvisation by Nii Noi Nortey, Nii Otoo Annan and Steven Feld. Compositions are presented as created, with no studio overdubs. +++ Produced by Steven Feld for Accra Trane Station Meditations 1-5 and 7-9 recorded at Anyaa Arts Library, Accra, March-April, 2006 Meditations 6 recorded at Studio Upstairs, Haatso, Accra, June, 2005 Location recordings by Nana Agazi and Steven Feld Mixed and Mastered by Jean Schwarz at Celia Records Studio, Paris, June, 2006 THE ARTISTS Nii Noi Nortey is the inventior of the afrifones, African reed instruments modified with saxophone mouthpieces. His other wind instruments include alto saxophone, Western C flute, and alboita, a deconstructed Western oboe with North African double-reed alghaita tunings. He also plays gonje, a one-string bowed lute, seperewa harp, gyili balafon, and Zimbabwean mbira njari. Nii Noi has been featured with many groups, including Dadekrama, Mau Mau Muziki, and Afrikan Sound Project. During his London-based years he played in the reggae group Misty n' Roots. He has also performed for many years with the legendary musician Ghanaba. Nii Otoo Annan plays APK, the "African Percussion Kit," which consists of a gyili balafon, small metal gyili xylophone, jazz hi-hat and ride cymbals, bell rack with several gankokui double bells and assorted hand bells; djembe, kpanlogo, atumpani, and brekete floor drums, as well as a four-keyashiwa box bass. He also plays molo two-string lute. Nii Otoo has been part of the ritual and traditional drum scene in Accra, has played highlife, and has been featured together with Nii Noi in Mau Mau Muziki, Jazz Kelenche, and African Sound Project. Steven Feld ('Prof') plays the three-key ashiwa box bass in Accra Trane Station. His Ghana projects include The Time of Bells, 3: Music Bells of Accra (VoxLox 2005), and Por Por: Honk Horn Music of Ghana (Smithsonian Folkways, 2007). He is Distinguished Professor fo Anthropology and Music at the University of New Mexico.


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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Face of Horror! Artist Proof Studio: S.L.E. Syndrome bust
The S.L. E. Syndrome in sculptor Norman Myers' own words:
" A strange virus takes over its host mutating them into a twisted deformed being. During the mutation process, the virus allows the host's face to appear and look at its new body, the virus being proud of its work. When the host/victim inevitably freaks out, the head is re-absorbed and the virus gets to work creating an even more horrifying mutation. It's an endless cycle. "
...an endless cycle of mutation after horrific mutation. But not horrific to the vainglorious S.L.E virus, oh no! It tirelessly tasks itself at creating a new image which will please it's host, all in vain. Wipe the slate clean, try again...and again!
Norman created this imaginative and twisted 1/3 scale piece as the first in a series of virus inspired busts. It's 8" tall and cast in one solid piece of gray resin. Not enough you say? Well Norman didn't think so either, so as a cool gift to collectors the first 15 castings of S.L.E. Syndrome included a one of a kind super sculpey head sculpted by Norman! Yes, a one of a kind super sculpey head!
When I first received the S.L.E. bust, the piece conjured thoughts of Rob Bottin's work for John Carpenter's 1982 remake of The Thing. The piece is very reminiscent of kind of bladder pumping, slime slathered, writhing creature effects that were popular in horror films of the 1980's, and I truly adore that about this piece.
As I worked on the bust I couldn't help but imagine the all out creeping fear the host would experience as the virus slogged away at breaking bone and brawn in an arrogant attempt to please. The hosts pale face emerging from it's own anatomically confused flesh to see for the first time, their own body wreathed and wrenched beyond mend! The multiple faces: one in a catatonic state, the other fully ingested by the alien DNA; ripe with S.L.E! Strange appendages developing as they pull free of the body mass. The thought of a 'flesh totem pole' crossed my mind quite a few times.
I began the bust not really knowing where I'd take it, but I did have a pretty good idea that I wanted to complete it with a look not unlike the creatures Bottin crafted in The Thing. Not to compare the two, but the big difference between John Carpenter's creature and Norm's S.L.E. is that the film creature relied on it's host to use as camouflage to hide it's underlying monstrous form, whereas the S.L.E. boasts it's many dreadful, ( a matter of opinion) forms for all to recoil from! Just saying...
I pretty much dragged this project out all summer long. My busy schedule didn't allow me the time to suspend myself in paint mode. But with work slowing down a bit, I finally managed to pull it all together. And I must say that I'm pleased with the way it turned out.
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Cockeysville Youth Group Volunteer Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography
Baltimore, Maryland –Gregory Wayne Gibson, age 63, of Cockeysville, Maryland pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography. For the past three to four years, Gibson was a volunteer youth group leader at a church in Baltimore County, working with children ages nine through eighteen. Gibson also assisted with childcare at his wife's unlicensed home daycare, which included infants.
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Acting Special Agent in Charge Ivan Arvelo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police Department; and Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger.
According to Gibson's plea agreement, he has been involved in the collection and distribution of child pornography. In July 2014, a detective from the Baltimore County Police Department (BCPD) downloaded a file containing child pornography that Gibson had made available using a file sharing program. The video file depicted a prepubescent female engaged in sexually explicit conduct with an adult male. On February 24, 2015, a BCPD detective again downloaded a video file made available by Gibson using a file sharing program, which depicted a minor female engaging in sexually explicit conduct. On April 16, 2015, a search warrant was executed at Gibson's residence and at his employer's location in Baltimore City. During the searches, investigator's seized Gibson's laptops and external hard drives, as well as two flash drives, all of which contained images and/or videos of child pornography.
Gibson voluntarily spoke to investigators admitted to using file sharing software to download child pornography. Child pornography was found during a forensic examination of Gibson's laptops, external hard drives and flash drives, including the videos downloaded by the BCPD detectives during the investigation. The electronic media contained in excess of 260,000 images and videos. A preliminary review of those files revealed that the majority of these files depicted minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. There were also a significant number of images of child erotica and of images and videos depicting infants and toddlers engaging in sex acts with adults, including images and videos depicting bondage and anal penetration.
The forensic analysis of the digital evidence seized from Gibson's residence and place of employment revealed that Gibson was acquiring images of child pornography as recently as five days before the state search warrant was executed.
As part of his plea agreement, Gibson must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
Gibson faces a minimum mandatory sentence of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 in prison followed by up to lifetime of supervised release for distribution of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett has scheduled sentencing for October 26, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc. For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.justice.gov/psc and click on the "resources" tab on the left of the page.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the FBI, HSI Baltimore, the Baltimore County Police Department and Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office for their work in the investigation and prosecution. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Budlow, who is prosecuting the case.