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When guilt, shame, and blame transform to curiosity, grief, and humility, a door to liberation flies open.
For the past year and a half, the congregation of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Seattle has been on an intentional journey of humble learning and intentional AntiRacism training. This is not the beginning of their work. In many ways they have been immersed in the work for years as part of their ministry with refugees, people living on the streets, folks in recovery and advocacy for justice in the areas of poverty, food distribution and gender equality. But what has been new is the formation of an intentional team of people who call themselves the AntiRacism Team.
For a year the team led monthly forums for the congregation, providing baseline education on terminology such as; Whiteness, White Privilege and Intersectionality. They facilitated conversations to clarify understanding of Gender Identity as a spectrum just like Sexuality. They made space for stories to be told about the disparities of the criminal justice system and police brutality. They accepted an invitation to share their experience as a workshop for other congregations. All the while, they humbly claim no particular level of expertise, simply a desire and willingness to be accountable to one another and to continue to challenge the congregation.
The congregation has been warm and receptive to the work, seeking more than just 1-hour monthly forums. So the time came to do more. It was time for a retreat. The team, decided it was time to dive-in to the depths of #decolonizeLutheranism.
As their pastor, it is my humble joy to shepherd them in this work. So when they asked me to invite my beloved collaborator of holy chaos at Churchwide Assembly to come to Seattle and co-lead the retreat with me, there was only one possible response: HELL YEAH!
And so it was that this past Saturday that, the itinerant preacher, Rev. Tuhina Rasche, and the veteran youth minister with a social justice lens, Rev. Priscilla Paris-Austin, were reunited for a workshop titled: The Liberating Love of the #decolonizeLutheranism Movement.
PRISCILLA: Tuhina, Thanks for joining us in Seattle. My family is always happy to host you when you visit. But what were you thinking when you accepted this invitation to be here on your birthday weekend?
TUHINA: The Spirit works when the Spirit works. When I visited Seattle in March to meet with communities to talk about #decolonizeLutheranism, I mentioned that these are conversations that need to take place over time. I made a commitment to the people of Immanuel Lutheran and other communities where I spoke that I would return if they wanted to continue the conversation on what it meant to seriously work toward decolonizing the ELCA. The people of Immanuel wanted to continue that conversation, and they wanted to invite their ecumenical partners who are also invested in this work. The date that worked happened to be my birthday weekend. You promised me cake (I got two, as a matter of fact), but the work of liberation and love is a daily practice. I knew that I would be surrounded by my siblings in Christ to celebrate my birthday, but to also do the continuing work to profess the full inclusivity of God's love in the world.
PRISCILLA: What surprised you most about your time in Seattle?
TUHINA: This is hard work. These are vulnerable spaces in which to reside. This is a work that will truly continue until Christ comes again. Yet the time that we spent together as a community wrestling with the brokenness of the world was a holy time… and it is a time that passed quickly. I often see tired faces following such retreats; at this retreat, I saw a look of yearning, of people wanting more and wanting to continue to explore these difficult and vulnerable conversations to make them into embodied action. I had people come up to me following the retreat stating they're ready for even more.
PRISCILLA: I was deeply appreciative of your vulnerability as you shared your motivations and perspective on the history and origin of the #decolonizeLutheranism movement. Can you talk about what it means for you to share that story, not for the first time, but for the first time with this group of folks?
TUHINA: One of the aspects of my ministry with #decolonizeLutheranism is to model the sharing of holy stories. Many times, holy stories come from places of extreme vulnerability. Oftentimes, I am incredibly scared to show such vulnerability in front of people I do not know, and in predominantly white spaces. I have to remind myself of the theology of the cross, realizing that power can be found in vulnerability. If I am able to honestly invite people into a vulnerable and brave space, if people are invested in the work of love and liberation, I trust that they will follow. Part of sharing my story is talking about embodiment. When I share the story of my motivation for this ministry, I want people to know there is flesh attached to the words, that there are real lives that are risking their candidacy, their ministry, and their lives for this work. I am grateful that the story was held as holy within this community. I am also grateful that people were able to share parts of themselves and where they could see themselves within the narrative of #decolonizeLutheranism and parallel stories within their denominations.
PRISCILLA: One of the things I found most helpful was the conversation around permissions and invitations. The group was so deeply engaged and hungry for learning that we found ourselves jumping into stories that we thought wouldn't come up until later in the day. Instead the Holy Spirit was totally in control of our day. It was so fruitful and unplanned.
TUHINA: Absolutely. No retreat or workshop I've ever led has been the same. I continue to marvel at the communities that continue to be formed through #decolonizeLutheranism. I also appreciate that people were so willing to be vulnerable and to come with a sense of wonder. I loved that so many questions came so early in the retreat; it was evident that the group was so ready and eager not just to learn, but also to embody love and justice in the world.
PRISCILLA: On a personal note, I want to thank you for sharing your birthday weekend with us. There are moments in my life when I find myself feeling cynical or jaded by the world, even by the routine of the daily grind of ministry. But I stay in it because of moments like this weekend. Sitting next to you in worship, hearing you proclaim the word and watching you delight in praising Jesus was like a revival to my soul. Plus, without your visit, I might have never gone out to find the statue of Jimmy Hendrix. Traveling and partnering with you in ministry and life is such a blessing.
The Rev. Priscilla Paris-Austin


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M and I recently upgraded our phones (to the OnePlus 6T) and I'm in love with the camera! It has a portrait function which adds an element of sophistication to my basic point-and-shoot photos.
I put it to the test with a backyard photo shoot with the girls. These are the pictures I got, right out of the camera – no editing!
Not bad, eh? I'm going to use these pics for our e-holiday card this year!

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The Ampera on display at the Geneva Motor Show
Vauxhall announce car will be in showrooms for 2012
Vauxhall have announced that the Ampera which is now on display at the Geneva Motor Show will be in showrooms from 2012.
The Ampera can run on battery power alone for up to 40 miles, the electricity is stored in the 16-kWh lithium-ion battery, and emits zero CO2. When the battery is depleted there is also an on board small petrol powered generator that will power the lithium-ion battery for a range of three hundred miles. It can also be plugged in to a mains socket overnight to charge.
The Ampera is a small family car similar in size to the Insignia. It has five doors, four seats and a luggage capacity of 301 litres. Aerodynamics have played a significant part in the design and lightweight materials have been added in the form of clear polycarbonate covers to the front grille and disc inserts on the 17-inch, five-spoke sport alloy wheels. The rear of the car has a specially designed spoiler. The Ampera is capable of 0-60mph in around nine seconds and top speed is approximately 100mph.
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This Saturday, for the 99th year, we'll celebrate Veterans Day, a day set aside to thank and honor service men and women, past and present. So, this week, we have a military history lesson and a festival that's like a "blast from the past," among plenty of other things to do, including a Day of the Dead celebration, a collection of Islamic art, and a modern comedy classic. Keep reading for ten of our favorite events that won't cost you more than $10 — and all of them are free! Check out the Houston Press calendar for even more things to do.
Mark Piñón | Marc-Antony Piñón - New Works and Retrospective
Talento Bilingüe de Houston
6 p.m. Thursday, free
The work in "Mark Piñón | Marc-Antony Piñón - New Works and Retrospective" is a bonafide product of Houston, from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, the MFAH's Glassell Junior School and the Art Institute of Houston, it has been shaped by not only the city's art institutions, but the city itself. When the exhibit opens at Talento Bilingüe de Houston, viewers will see bright, bold colors and muted hues; pre-Colombian and indigenous to futuristic imagery; playful humor and social commentary. Just take a look at Selena a la Picasso (2012) and La Calle McGregor (2012) for a couple of examples. The exhibit will open following Thursday's reception.
Día de Muertos
Navigation Esplanade
5 p.m. Friday, free
For hundreds of years, dating back to Aztec festivals honoring the goddess of death Mictecacihuatl, people have gathered together to remember their loved ones who have passed away. Contemporary Day of the Dead celebrations often include alters with personal effects, sugar skulls and marigolds, and during East End Studio Gallery and The Greater East End Management District's "Día de Muertos" on the Navigation Esplanade, artists will honor and remember ancestors through their artwork. During the two-day festival, beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday, attendees can enjoy the visuals, food trucks, local vendors and more at this outdoor, rain-or-shine event.
Islamic Arts Festival 2017
Masjid Al Salam - Champions Islamic Center
10:30 a.m. Saturday, free
The Islamic Arts Festival, the oldest and largest event of its kind, returns for its fourth year courtesy of co-sponsors The Islamic Arts Society and Rice University's Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance. More than 50 artists will display 5,000 pieces – that's 10,000 square feet of calligraphy (called "the Islamic art of arts"), ceramics, paintings, glass, woodwork and more. The two-day, family-friendly festival (opening at 10 a.m. both days) also offers the chance to view calligraphy, ebru (paper marbling) and henna tattooing; join in on a silent auction; and enjoy some good food from local food trucks all while experiencing the rich traditions of Islamic arts.
Houston Vintage Market & Festival
1940 Air Terminal Museum
11 a.m. Saturday, $10
A tiger flight flyby will kick off Saturday's Houston Vintage Market & Festival, the culmination of "Fleet Week." The festival will bring together plenty of vendors pedaling their old-school, repurposed and vintage-inspired wares, like Vida Antigua, Houston Vintage Radio Association, The Fashion Time Machine and Vinyl Ranch; plus, a vintage car show, the Ms. Houston Vintage Pageant, music from DJ Psychedelic Sex Panther, and a contest from the Benefit Betties, a local non-profit who specialize in giving back to service men and women. Since Saturday is Veterans Day, any veteran who shows up in uniform or presents their military ID will get in free.
WWII in the Pacific
Houston Maritime Museum
11 a.m. Saturday, $5
Take a deep dive into the early days of the Pacific Theater when former Airman and HMM docent William (Whit) Drake and author Donald M. Kehn Jr. present a special Veteran's Day history lecture. Drake and Kehn, who has written books on the mysterious disappearance of the USS Edsall and the sacrifice of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in the East Indies, will cover topics including Japan's doomed fate in the Pacific and the sinking of the USS Pope. Registration is required, light refreshments will be available and note that active military and veterans, HMM members and children under the age of 12 get in free.
Laura Lewis, "Views of West Texas" opening reception
William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art
6 p.m. Saturday, free
Now that Laura Lewis has finished transforming the Chevron Corporation lobby in Midland with a large-scale mural, she's returned to painting full time and is about to open a solo exhibit at William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art. In Lewis's work, you'll find breathtaking West Texas landscapes (high plains, sandy deserts, vistas), farming equipment and evidence of the oil industry in the Permian Basin, as well as blends of realism and abstraction. Lewis will be giving an artist talk and having a film screening from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. before the reception. "Views of West Texas" will be on view through December 2.
Flamenco Legends by Javier Limón: The Paco de Lucía Project
Miller Outdoor Theatre
7:30 p.m. Saturday, free
By crossing his right leg over his left, and resting his guitar on his right thigh instead of the traditional left, Paco de Lucía opened up a new world of chords and melodies and revolutionized the art of flamenco guitar. Following de Lucía's expected passing in 2014 at the age of 66, former collaborator and producer (and ten-time Latin Grammy winner) Javier Limón reunited the band that toured with de Lucía for the last decade of his career for The Paco de Lucía Project. Both a tribute to the legacy of the man widely recognized as the world's greatest flamenco guitarist and a look toward the future, the group will play both de Lucía classics and original music.
Anchorman Movie Night at Karbach
Karbach Brewing Co.
5 p.m. Sunday, free
Alamo Drafthouse is bringing the inflatable Rolling Roadshow out to Karbach to show the 2004 Will Ferrell-Adam McKay comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Come out at 5 p.m. to check out the Movember mustache contest for best (Tom Selleck), worst (John Waters) and most creative (Rollie Fingers) 'stache or to be one of the first 100 guests and get to take home a free commemorative glass. Anchorman will start just after 6 p.m., and be sure to bring your own chair. Though the movie is free, you can always supplement your experience by purchasing a Biergarten package. Either way, you're guaranteed to laugh. "They've done studies, you know. 60 percent of the time, it works every time." RSVP here.
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Canned Acoustica
Discovery Green
5 p.m. Sunday, free
This is it – the last Canned Acoustica of the fall season, and what a line-up they have for you: Houston's own progressive punk rockers, 30footFALL; alt-folk band Colonial Blue's frontwoman Stephanie Rice; former Houston Press Award-winner for Best Alternative Act and Best Weird Act, Say Girl Say; four-piece genre-blender Mind Shrine; and the throwback punk of Dead To The World will grace the Discovery Green stage unplugged. As with the previous installments, everyone is encouraged to bring a non-perishable or canned food item to be donated to the Houston Food Bank.
Reverend Horton Heat with Jesse Dayton
Avenida Houston
6 p.m. Wednesday, free
Reverend Horton Heat and Jesse Dayton are set to close this season's "Party on the Plaza" series with what's sure to be a high energy show. The poster band for psychobilly for the last 30 years, Reverend Horton Heat, led by front man Jim Heath, will bring their particular brand of catchy, rockabilly punk, while Houston's own Dayton, described as "[e]qually veteran honky-tonker, guitar punk, Southern soul crooner, and Kinky Friedman acolyte," will bring the country-blues Americana. DJ Gracie Chavez will start the party at 6 p.m. and Dayton will take the stage at 7:15 p.m. before Reverend Horton Heat take the stage at 8:30 p.m.


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recently everytime i play my winamp, it will eventually freeze. not instantly, and sometimes not at all.
but its annoying as [bleep]. when it does stop, it just wont play the song anymore. everything else on the computer works fine. But then at that point i have to Ctrl ALT DLT and delete it on task manager (a few times) until it starts playing again
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I have never made bread before, despite watching The fabulous Baker Brothers and Lorraine Pascale, and the other day I just thought why not ? I found a recipe in Jamie Oliver's The return of the naked chef and it was brilliant! I mixed the yeast with the water and was fascinated when I came back to it a few minutes later and it was all frothy and then when I mixed the yeast with the flour it was like fluffing a cushion up! I was so excited when I left the bread to prove and it grew to twice the size! I felt bad rolling it out to make my bread, especially as my dad kept saying "it's alive you know! that's why it's bigger!" that just made me feel guilty. I also spent about 40 minutes cracking hazelnuts to put in the bread because we didn't have any ready ones. Remember to buy them already shelled everyone, it's a huge time saver.
This bread was so gorgeous, we made it at night and then cooked it in the morning and had it for breakfast like croissant, yummy yummy! If you think making bread is a pain in the neck give this a try, I found it so fun and I will definitely be making more bread in the future!
30 g fresh yeast/3 x 7g sachets of dried yeast
30 g honey (or sugar)
625 ml/just over 1 pint of tepid water
1 kg/just over 2lb strong bread flour
30 g/1 oz salt
extra flour for dusting
200 g soft butter
200 g hazelnuts, lightly roasted and crushed or broken up
310 g/11 oz chocolate (70 % cocoa) smashed up or grated
Preheat the oven to 200 C/400 F/gas mark 6
1. Dissolve the yeast and honey (or sugar) in half the tepid water.
2. On a clean surface or in a large bowl, make a pile of the flour and salt. Make a well in the centre and pour in the dissolved yeast mixture. With 4 fingers of one hand, make circular movements from the centre moving outwards, slowly bringing in more and more of the flour until the yeast mixture is soaked up. Pour the other half of the tepid water into the centre and incorporate all of the flour to make a moist dough.
3. Knead the dough (which was so fun) for 5 minutes.
4. Flour your hands and the top of the dough, make it into a round shape and place on a baking tray. Deeply score the dough with a knife and leave to prove until it's doubled in size. You should leave it in a warm, moist, drought-free place for it to prove quicker. This should take about 40 minutes.
5. Divide the dough into equal parts. Prove for a second tile and then take each piece of dough and push out into a square shape on the floured board. The roll out to about 17 cm/7 inches wide. At this point, roll the other way and keep rolling to achieve a rectangle about 0.5 cm/1/4 inches thick. Using a knife, spread the butter thinly across the dough. Sprinkle tha hazelnuts and the chocolate over and roll up across the width like a swiss roll. Cut across into 2 cm/1 inch wide slices. Place the slices next to each other on a greased baking tray, cut side upwards, with small gaps in between. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 20 minutes before mmmmmmming at it's tastiness.
I reheated one of these for breakfast the next day and it was still gorgeous.
Meggy x


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Marguerite Regan, PhD, a resident of the Washington, DC area, was diagnosed with WM in 1995 at the time when Arnold Smokler, the founder of the IWMF, had formed the original support group—meeting a small number of WM patients in his home. Seventeen years later, Regan recounts the treatments that allowed her to continue her career and shares her practical wisdom with advice for those affected by a diagnosis of WM.
In January of 1995, I went to my internist with what I thought were gallbladder symptoms. She sent my blood to the lab for testing. At the lab they were unable to read the results. She took another test; the results also turned out to be unreadable. She talked about my case to a hematology colleague who thought he had an answer.
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I was given Arnold Smokler's name as someone who had WM and had researched it. Arnie was getting a support group together, so I attended a couple of those at his home. There were probably 4 to 5 of us in the beginning. Arnie had compiled a wealth of information on WM and it was good to know I was not alone. Later Arnie and his wife moved to Florida, and Sarasota became the center for WM information.
Watch-and-wait ended in 1999, when I was treated with cladribine (2CdA). I was in remission until summer 2004, when I had four sessions of Rituxan. That remission lasted until May of 2010, when I again had four sessions of Rituxan.
During these past 17 years I have been active with my work (at Envision EMI) as the curriculum director designing simulations for elementary through college students and as the Dean of Academic Affairs involved with accreditation. I traveled to various cities in the United States giving presentations and also abroad to Mexico, Jamaica, and Ireland, enjoying vacations. I plan to travel again this year. While I officially "retired" in January, 2011, I just signed a new consulting contract, good until 2014, for my company and am keeping busy at it.
Now I am faced with being treated once more for WM. I may seek a second opinion for the best combination of drugs, as well as discussing them with my hematologist-oncologist who has treated me for 17 years. Life with WM goes on. I also adopted another dog this month.
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View WM as a treatable illness, not an end game.
Get a second or third opinion if necessary and find the best doctor to treat you.
Be an advocate for yourself. Keep your records from diagnosis on.
Keep your job if you are able to. I worked fulltime during most treatments (at Lombardi Cancer Center of the Georgetown University Medical Center), and it was a welcome diversion.
Surround yourself with life-affirming people and stay away from naysayers.
Gather your support group, be they family, friends, colleagues, dogs, cats.
Divert your focus with creative projects and hobbies.
Research information but do not over-focus on WM.
Join a support group but remember that everyone may have different symptoms.
Maintain your sense of humor, an important asset in dealing with any disease and with healthcare providers.
Do not focus on "what-ifs" but stay in the present and seize the day.
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VP plays apologist for disastrous policy
Adan Salazar
February 20, 2014
Despite innumerable hiccups and a torrent of detrimental "glitches," the Affordable Care Act will soon be off to a "hell of a start," Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
In an unannounced appearance at a coffee shop in Minneapolis, the vice president, widely known for his penchant for misspeaking at public venues, said Americans will likely miss the sign up goal of 7 million, the number of people the federal government has decided is crucial for the ACA to function properly.
"We may not get to 7 million, but if we get to 5 or 6 million that's a hell of a start," Biden said, according to Politico.
Weighing down the federal government's embattled and immensely expensive online healthcare marketplace's ability to process such an immense amount of enrollees are a wide swath of technical issues, from various glitches to incompetent coding and gaping security vulnerabilities.
"We didn't want this to start off as shaky as it did," Biden said, acknowledging the bungling of the government's healthcare rollout. "But it's complicated," he added.
Additionally, several state online portals, which are supposed to redirect users to the federal website, as well as relay their information to the government, have come under fire for failing to properly function.
But despite these issues, Americans are still required to sign up for healthcare by the March 31 deadline or face a penalty of 1 percent of their yearly income, or $95, whichever is higher. Come 2016, that tax will be raised to 2.5 percent of your yearly income, or $695, whichever is higher.
The takeaway from all this, Biden would have you believe, is that the Affordable Care Act is plugging along wonderfully, never mind the abysmally low sign up numbers.
The reality is, however, that the system was never meant to work.
As Infowars and others have illustrated, the wealth transfer program being passed off as affordable healthcare was designed as yet another method to further bankrupt Americans and written by the insurance companies to create monopolies that will weed out smaller companies.
Democrat Senator Max Baucus admitted as much when he "singled out" his congressional aide Liz Fowler for putting "together the White Paper last November 2008, [the] 87-page document which became the basis, the foundation, the blueprint from which almost all health care measures in all bills on both sides of the aisle came."
As Salon's Bill Moyers highlighted, Fowler "used to work for WellPoint, the largest health insurer in the country. She was Vice President of Public Policy. And now she's working for the very committee with the most power to give her old company and the entire industry exactly what they want: higher profits, and no competition from alternative non-profit coverage that could lower costs and premiums."
"Under this administration as well,"former Congressman Ron Paul stated in a CNN interview last year, "the drug companies, the insurance companies, organized medicine…they're the ones who write these laws, and it's corporations that are making out on this deal."
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It's mind-blowing to contemplate the vastness of a journey across the cosmos that began before time. So mind-blowing as to be incredible, and possibly so far removed from your present reality as to be meaningless.
Yet such a picture can offer you a much larger canvas to play on if you can entertain the possibility that there is more to your life than what you have so far been led to believe.
Okay, we've opened a portal that leads onto the field of possibilities. It all sounds exciting but how do you get through that portal? You need to start from where you are.
So, where are you? What sort of journey do you believe you're on? Is it a journey you have control over or are you a victim of your circumstances or of some whimsical God? Maybe you believe in destiny?
Maybe it's all written in the stars. Maybe it isn't.
If you're interested in things written in the stars, you might enjoy, Fractal Time by Gregg Braden. Seems the ancients saw a thing or two in the night sky that might help our climate scientists. I'm not saying it's the answer, what I am saying is it's another perspective, and unless you're prepared to consider other perspectives you'll stay right where you are.
To move from where you are, first of all, you need to work out where you are and how you got there.
If you're like the rest of us, you have a story. The story of your life that you tell yourself, and anybody else that will listen. Start by questioning your story.
How much of what you tell yourself is the story of your life is actually true? How much of it is simply what someone else told you?
Ever wondered why programs like Who do you think you are? are so popular or why so many people are spending hours on ancestry.com?
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When I was tutoring a student, I came up with a song for multiplication/division to help her remember how to handle integer operations. It is sung to the tune of Are You Sleeping?
Multiplying and dividing,
Use same sign, use same sign.
You will get a positive,
You will get a positive,
And you'll be fine, you'll be fine.
There is an addition/subtraction song sung to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Same sign, add and keep.
Different sign, subtract.
Take the sign of the higher number,
Then it'll be exact.
I plan to use these songs with my Pre-Algebra students when we begin to learn how to handle integers. We will sing every day, until they can sing this song in their sleep. Remembering how to handle integer operations is where my students often falter.


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Despite ongoing trade disputes between the Trump administration and other countries that have rattled markets, the Port of Oakland reported Friday it remains on pace for a record year with its busiest November ever that shattered an 11-year-old record.
Total volume — imports, exports and empty containers — was up 5 percent in the first 11 months of 2018, port officials said. If that trend holds, Oakland would set a new cargo volume record for the third straight year.
"We're encouraged by our latest cargo statistics," said Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Driscoll. "At the same time, we remain cautious as we approach the new year with uncertainty."
November imports were up 15 percent over the same period in 2017, with the equivalent of 83,364 loaded 20-foot import containers last month, beating an 11-year-old November record of 76,902 containers in 2007.
That followed the Oakland port's busiest peak shipping season ever for imports from August through October. The port said it handled the equivalent of 250,686 20-foot import containers during those months, the traditional high-water mark for container shipping, which broke the previous peak season import record in 2017 of 233,825 containers.
The Port attributed the increased cargo volume to strong U.S. consumer spending and added that importers are rushing cargo into the U.S. in case new tariffs are imposed next year in the ongoing trade war with China. The twin influences supercharged the peak season, the port said, which is the time of year when U.S. retailers build inventories for holiday merchandising.
The Port of Oakland oversees the Oakland Seaport, Oakland International Airport, and nearly 20 miles of waterfront, including Jack London Square, and supports more than 73,000 jobs in the region and nearly 827,000 jobs across the United States. It was ranked the eighth-busiest U.S. port in 2017 and third-busiest in California.
The Port of Los Angeles, the nation's busiest, reported Thursday that it had logged its sixth busiest November ever. The port set an all-time annual cargo volume record in 2017, and said it is on pace to match that this year with volume again exceeding the equivalent of more than 9 million 20-foot import containers.
China is the top U.S. trading partner, with a total of $549.5 billion in trade. So far this year, the U.S. has imported $447 billion in goods from China, and exported $102.5 billion.
The Trump administration has been seeking a better trade deal with China that addresses longstanding U.S. concerns about alleged Chinese theft of U.S. companies' intellectual property and other practices the U.S. considers unfair. The two countries have imposed tariffs on each others' imports.
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In thinking about how best to conclude the "food" themed week for Map O' The Day, I landed on a map that has a subject matter near and dear to my heart. Specifically, Czech beer. This shows a comprehensive view of all the excellent breweries in the land of beer. I believe this map was created by the Czech government as a travel guide.
While the design of this map isn't spectacular, keep in mind that today is the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition, so go out and have a beer to celebrate. You can even fly to the Czech Republic and find yourself a brewery if you're so inclined!!


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From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 October 1817
Quincy october 15th 1817
My dear Son
The president has thought it Safe for the Students to assemble at Cambridge upon fryday last, and George has followd yesterday. we Shall miss his Society much. he has been company for his Grandfather Since Louissa has been Sick—I hope he is properly imprest, with the necessity of arduous application—John and Charles appear to like their Preceptor very well and perform their lessons I am told, to his Satisffaction, as yet they have returnd on Sunday Evenings—when the weather becomes bad, I Shall advise them to remain in Town, but they seem to look forward to their Saturdays visit to Quincy as their Reward for a weeks application—I am glad they feel that attachment to Home—
The weather became So cold that I thought it best for George to have a pr of woolen panteloons, least a fit of Rheumatism Should be the concequence—and his Surtout Coat was torn & worn So much as to make it proper for him to have a new one—I had his old one mended so that it will Serve him upon common occasions, and save his new one—His uncle took him to a Tailor in Boston, who made them for him. he was desirious that I Should Say, that I thought them necessary, which I did, to Scren him from his Fathers saying "These Boys will Ruin me" being conscious that he had been very expensive to you in the year past—I know that on the one hand, while you would wish to have habits of Economy instilld into your Children, you would not have them curtaild or feel mortified & deprest for want of a proper appearence, and allowence—To John & Charles I give a quarter of a dollor pr week, which Satisfies them—.
The Galen has arrived and I have Sent the Keys to mr Cruft—I have not heard whether the Trunks are yet out—George desires that his may be brought to Quincy—I Shall Send for them—
I Shall hope you will feel more at your ease when you get setled at housekeeping—and when the duties of your office become more familiar to you good and confidential assistants are very essential to you. I hope you will find Such—and be enabled to discharge your trust with ability and to your own Satisffaction and that of the public—If the duties are too arduous too numerous, and too complicated, I hope Congress will divide them, by establishing a Home Department—
I inclose a Letter from mr Jefferson which should have accompanied the pamphlet. in order to judge of the whole you will return the Letter. I also Send you the one you asked me for—
I Shall not write to mrs Adams by this mail, tho I have to acknowledge her Letter this day received of the 7th of october one to your Father of the same date from you, and one to George which I have Sent him—
My Love to mrs Adams and all her Sisters—the weather here is extreemly dry, rather cold—we have had Seven Frosts the corn was however too ripe to be injured by it—Susan writes me from Utica that they have had incessant rains there. Louissa remains very weak and feeble—the rest of the Family well—
affectionatly your Mother
A Adams
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Well, many things have happened these past week. One too many doctors appointments, which are not going to end until maybe 2 weeks, I hope.. An unfortunate death in the family. My sweet uncle lost his battle against prostate cancer. My mother was a wreck and everybody felt sad for the whole situation and for seing her like that.
Anyway, it looks like we are going back to normal, slowly, whatever normal is. I have been working on a project for a web site and that has taken me some time away from my relaxing kitchen. But, I'm finding my way back. And while I was thinking what to do next, I remembered that I had some poppy sees left in my pantry. Instantly I started to crave poppy seed lemon muffins.
I don't have [yet] my own recipe for these delicious pieces of heaven so I looked for one that it didn't call for enormous amounts of flour, and this one was suitable for what I was looking for, even thought I tend to change the recipes a little here a little there, they turned out great. I know it's in Spanish so let me know if you need me to translate it for you.
The Butter cream icing is one I've got from here. You can browse this website and find the one you want to try/like the most.


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Blackened Tilapia Baja Tacos
Tilapia is certainly not Micah's favorite fish. He calls it a bottom feeder. Since we aren't a big fish family, I'm getting a little tired of rotating between shrimp and salmon each Monday. This recipe is pulled from my favorite cooking magazine, Cooking Light!
Tamarind Pork with Pineapple-Ginger Chutney from Cooking Light. I usually have pineapple and ginger on hand because of the smoothies I make every morning. I'm a little bit concerned about finding tamarind paste. Surely, Central Market will have it. I will probably cut this recipe in half, and just make a 1 lb pork loin.
Brisket Tacos
6 lb roast
4 chicken bullion cubes
1 jar of pepperocinis with juice
1 packet of dry Italian dressing seasoning
2 cups of water
1 roughly chopped onion
mozzarella or Monterey Jack cheese
Put all of this in your crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours. Serve over warm tortillas and sprinkle cheese on top.
Thursday (Meatless day!)
Lemon and Chive Spaghetti with Farmers' Market Veggies
I saw this recipe last summer on Rachel Ray's daytime show. This pasta is not your typical pasta. It's very fresh and light!
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Oh, and I'll certainly be using boneless chicken breasts. You won't ever see me cooking chicken thighs. I strongly dislike chicken on the bone. I know, I'm strange. The last time I made these, didn't bother with the mung bean sprouts, scallions, sesame seeds, or wonton wrappers. I wish that Foodnetwork had posted the nutritional value. I guarantee that these are way lower in calories than Cheesecake Factory's Lettuce Wrap which sit at about 1,025 calories.
Photo Credit: Rachelray.com, Foodnetwork.com and Cookinglight.com


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Now that the 2013 Breeders' Cup is in the books, it is time to finish up my WinStar Farm blog series. In Part I, I took a look at the stallions, and Part II was all about the Training Barn. In this edition, I will take a behind the scenes look at the WinStar training and rehab center.
WinStar Farm has a state of the art training track and rehab center, and I am looking forward to seeing the Training Barn residents compete this winter and beyond.
WinStar offers much more than a training track for equine residents. If your horse needs some swimming therapy, try the large outdoor pool (right), or the indoor aqua tread (below right).
Does your horse need oxygen? No problem. Check out the hyperbaric chamber (below left).
Establishes horses like Normandy Invasion and Revolutionary should both be revitalized and full of energy when they return to the racing wars in the near future. I hope to see them both competing at a very high level in Florida this winter.
In the weeks and months to come, I will follow the progress of young, lightly raced, and unraced horses currently residing at WinStar Farm, including but not limited to Amazing Shoes (Empire Maker – Isabell's Shoes, by King of Kings), Clark Kent (Unbridled's Song – Ideal Image, by Hennessy), Flirtatious (Hard Spun – Christina's World, by Unbridled's Song), Holy Soldier (Colonel John – Dance Swiftly, by Danzig), Queenie's Song (Unbridled's Song – Queen of Money, by Corporate Report), Race Day (Tapit – Rebalite, by More Than Ready), Sweet Dreamer (Tiznow – Dream of Summer, by Siberian Summer), and The Trunk Monkey (Old Fashioned – Susquehanna River, by Trippi).
These refreshed horses and others could end up offering decent value when they make it to the track. Stay tuned!
Thank you to WinStar for allowing us to visit and for taking us behind the scenes. If you would like to learn more about the WinStar StableMates program, check out their website.
If you would like to see more of Stacy's WinStar and other horse racing pictures, please visit her Kentucky horse racing photos page, The Runaway Horse.


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Awesome Quotes: Stanley Kubrick
"Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous."
Rock Tour of the Year: Kiss & Motley Crue
As Gene Simmons put it, "Come out, we'll blow shit up, go home and fuck your girlfriend!"
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Football Moves & Analysis
* Denver Broncos sign Peyton Manning
End result: Good but not great. Whether it's Manning or Tebow, John Elway's team isn't a major Super Bowl threat. They'll probably win the AFC West again, though.
* Tim Tebow to the New York Jets
End result: A terrible move. A better place for Tebow would have been either Jacksonvile or New England, where he could learn under the best behind Tom Brady, like how Steve Young sat for four years behind Montana.
I'm no Tebow hater, but he needs either one of two things to succeed: a team where he is either the clear starter or a competitive option to be one, or a team where he is clearly a backup without soap opera, where he can sit and learn. The Jets are the worst of all worlds, a place already with unproductive soap opera that will only get worst with Tebowmania, and his inclusion in the roster will only rattle an already suspect Mark Sanchez. Instead of having two good QBs this year they will likely have zero.
I'm a big fan of Rex Ryan (hell, the Jets were my Super Bowl pick last year) but I'm kind of worried that he may turn out to be the Billy Martin of football. A smart guy who does know strategy, a great motivator when he comes to a team, but a dude that has an act that runs thin after a couple of years. The Tebow move smacks of desperation, and it doesn't help sway my suspicions at all.
The Jets probably won't make the playoffs in 2012, and don't be surprised if they end up last in the AFC East.
* Jacksonville Jaguars don't land Tebow
End result: The Los Angeles Jaguars become increasingly likely.
* San Francisco 49ers don't sign Manning, sign Alex Smith
End result: If anyone can repair the damage done to Smith's confidence over SF's inclusion in the Manning lottery, it's coach Jim Harbaugh. Signing great receivers like Randy Moss and Super Bowl hero Mario Manningham helps even more, along with what should be the best defense in the NFL. Look for the 49ers to win the 2013 Super Bowl.
* New Orleans Saints get busted over player bounty scandal, leading to coach Sean Payton's suspension by the NFL for the entire 2012 season
End result: Major bad. What would've been in my top three teams to win Super Bowl XLVII (along with SF and the Detroit Lions) probably won't make the playoffs in a highly competitive division, even if Bill Parcells became the temporary coach. Still, the penalties were necessary and deserved for the crimes. Look at the Cam Newton-led Carolina Panthers winning and the Atlanta Falcons getting a wild card. Despite the setbacks, Drew Brees will have another superstar year, and they will be back in 2013.
God Bless America
Bobcat Goldthwait has delivered a movie that may just be the perfect antidote for everything that's wrong in the USA. Here's Richard Metzger of DangerousMinds.net describing it:
The great French film director Jean-Luc Godard once famously quipped "All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl," but it's unlikely that he had anything like Bobcat Goldthwait's outrageous new satire, God Bless America in mind when he said that.
The most vicious, hilarious and timely takedown of American culture since Network, God Bless America follows the downward trajectory of the dismal life of Frank (Joel Murray), an unemployed sad-sack everyman who is given the sort of medical diagnosis that no one wants to hear. Alone, dejected, depressed and suicidal, Frank opts to put a gun in his mouth and pull the trigger, but is distracted by a monstrously selfish Beverly Hills teenager on a TV reality show. In a flash, Frank decides that if he's going to go, he's going to take this pampered brat with him.
Frank's execution of Chloe is witnessed by one of her classmates, Roxy, played by Tara Lynne Barr in perhaps the single most gleefully nihilistic performances a teenage girl has ever given in all of cinematic history. Roxy's Tarantino-esque rant about why Alice Cooper is the greatest, most influential rockstar of all time— I mean, she does prove it here beyond all argument— is one of the film's comic highlights.
Egged on by his curiously homicidal teen accomplice, Frank decides to mow down more rude, selfish people before his disease takes him. Like a Bonnie and Clyde for the YouTube era, Frank and Roxy embark on a wave of carnage and mayhem, eliminating a blowhard TV pundit based on Glenn Beck, religious extremists and in the film's over-the-top climax, most of the studio audience at an American Idol-type program.
As Frank so earnestly puts it: "I only want to kill people who deserve to die."
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Robalini's Notes: I know Edwards is considered persona non grata at this point, but it's hard to not be cynical that the only three politicians outed in US prostitution scandals (Edwards, Eliot Spitzer and Dominique Strauss-Kahn) happen to be three guys who were potentially the biggest threats to the banking establishment...
Obligatory Dick Cheney Joke
Dick Cheney received a heart transplant from a donor. No word what they did to the donor's body after slicing him open in offering to Satan...
YouTube Special: The Mason's Secret's in the Bible Exposed
Welcome back, Mad Men & Game of Thrones...
Adam Sandler Flick Jack and Jill sweeps all ten categories at the Razzies:
Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs on film:
Tiger Woods wins again:
Magic Johnson becomes the new face of the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership for $2 billion:
12-year-old Tom Schaar becomes the first skateboarder to land a 1080:
The 2012 Basketball Hall of Fame class, led by Reggie Miller, Don Nelson and Ralph Sampson, was announced:
The Kentucky Wildcats (coached by John Calipari, who previously took two other schools two the Final Four without a championship) cruised to victory behind the dominating presence of Anthony Davis on defense:
Meanwhile, Baylor, led by Brittney Griner, won the women's title, capping an undefeated season Griner may be the best female player ever, and they will be decided favorites to repeat undefeated next year, with the possibility of breaking UConn's 90-game win streak in 2013-14:
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Italian superstar Vincenzo Nibali wasted no time in staking a claim on the 2014 Tour de France, jumping away for a two second win over Greg Van Avermaet, Michael Kwiatkowski, Peter Sagan and the rest of his rivals on Stage 2. The 2013 Giro d'Italia winner pulled on the yellow leader's jersey in Sheffield after a surprisingly hilly early stage. See stage 2 results here.
Given the huge crowds who've turned out for the Tour, cycling looks to be on the verge of becoming religion in the UK. Photo by Graham Watson
Trek's Jens Voigt added a day in the climber's polka dots to his Tour de France achievements. The affable German has also worn yellow. Photo by Graham Watson
Marcel Kittel looked resplendent in the yellow leaders jersey. It would be short lived, however, as he finished 20 minutes back on Stage 2. Photo by Graham Watson
Giant-Shimano with Marcel Kittel in the yellow jersey were all smiles as they led out Stage 2 today. Photo by Graham Watson
With Mark Cavendish out of the race due to yesterday's crash, all eyes are on Team Sky to deliver the goods for the UK in this year's Tour. Photo by Graham Watson
For the second time in as many days, the Tour drew massive crowds to the hilly UK countryside. Photo by Graham Watson
Garmin-Sharp's Tom-Jelte Slagter looks a little extraterrestrial in his aero helmet during Stage 2. Photo by Graham Watson
Both Giro (on Daniel Oss of BMC) and Bell (on the Team Belkin rider) launched new aero helmets just in time for the Tour. No word on how Oss' extensive locks effect aero efficiency. Photo by Graham Watson
Trek's Andy Schleck is keeping things close in the early stages. We'll see what cards he has to play later in the race. Photo by Graham Watson
BMC's Marcus Berghardt drove one of the early breaks that included feisty Frenchman Thomas Voeckler. Photo by Graham Watson
BMC has been busy with mechanicals early in the Tour. Here Marcus Berghardt remounts after a puncture. Photo by Graham Watson
Astana's Vincenzo Nibali is the first GC contender to fire a shot over the bow. Question is, how long can he stay in yellow? Photo by Graham Watson


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Sep 19, 2012 - FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE UPDATE
Hello Everyone,
Thank you for all your comments, best wishes and prayers!
I know when Kassandra was killed it affected an entire Community. You are correct that this could have been anybody's child or loved one. I was speaking with two others Mother's this week who have also had their child killed by a drunk driver. They too say it is something you can't put into words what it is like to lose your child, no matter what the age.
As a Parent, your heart is broken. You feel like you are walking around with a hole in your heart. There is half of you that is now missing, and you know in your mind that there is nothing in this world you can do to make it better. In your heart you keep waiting for the phone to ring and have someone tell you there was a mistake this really isn't the truth. I didn't do anything to deserve this much pain. Neither did my daughter or my family. As a family we so very much appreciate the love and support and prayers from the public. Many of you we have never had the pleasure of meeting. To know others are caring, helps us as a family.
We continue to fight for changes in the Federal Laws regarding impaired driving causing a death. To date we have collected 11,265 signatures on our Families For Justice Petition from other Canadians who believe the laws need to change. We are asking the Federal Government of Canada to implement mandatory minimum sentencing for someone convicted of impaired driving causing a death.
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Together we CAN make a difference! If we never try, nothing will ever change. We need to speak up in unison as a Society, and let the law makers know that it is not acceptable for drunk drivers who cause the death of an innocent person to just get a slap on the wrist. They have committed the murder of an unsuspecting citizen, and to use the excuse oh "I was drunk" will not be accepted or tolerable in this society any longer. Currently the accused may get a few months in jail, yet our families receive a lifetime sentence. In our case, our daughter Kassandra received a death sentence.
I'm asking people across this nation to please stand up and speak up for the innocent people who have had their voices taken away, and their families broken hearted. If we don't, then many more will continue to lose their lives and nothing will change.
Thank you for reading, and Blessings to every one for your much appreciated thoughts and prayers.
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IST, the trio of Rhodri Davie (harp), Simon H. Fell (double bass) and Mark Wastell (violincello) from their 2003 live performance at London's Freedom of the City Festival, 8 years into the project, showing the remarkable sonic language the trio had developed.
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Recorded live at Freedom of the City festival Conway Hall, London, England on May 5th, 2003 by Paul Brogden.
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Simon H. Fell (b. Dewsbury, Yorkshire, 13 January 1959) is a bassist and composer; he is primarily known for his work as a free improviser and the composer of ambitiously complex post-serialist works.
Fell began playing double bass in 1973. From 1978 to 1981 he read English Literature at Fitzwilliam College of Cambridge University,[1] an interest that led to ties to many of the poets associated with the Cambridge scene (a later work, Music for 10(0), involves settings of texts by the poet/music journalist/provocateur Ben Watson).
Fell's most notable early group was a group with drummer Paul Hession and saxophonist Alan Wilkinson, a free-jazz trio that was exceedingly fast and furious even by the standards of that genre. Their work was primarily released as cassettes and CDs on Fell's label Bruce's Fingers, including Bogey's and the group's only studio album, foom! foom! Their most sonically extreme statement, however, was the grainily recorded The Horrors of Darmstadt (Shock). (Its title is a sarcastic quotation from a BBC announcer concerning the avant-garde Darmstadt School of composers.)
Other groups in which Fell is or was a member include the free jazz trio Badland (led by saxophonist Simon Rose; initially the drummer was Mark Sanders, with Steve Noble subsequently taking over the role), the improvising string+percussion ensemble ZFP (with Carlos Zingaro, Marcio Mattos and Mark Sanders), and SFQ, a quartet/quintet with changing membership, though clarinettist Alex Ward has been a constant. (Fell's 2001 version of his 70-minute SFQ composition Thirteen Rectangles was broadcast twice by the BBC and subsequently nominated for the 'new work' award in the 2002 BBC Jazz Awards.) In sharp contrast to the uproar of Hession/Wilkinson/Fell, the trio IST (with Rhodri Davies and Mark Wastell) was one of the seminal groups in the development of the ultra-quiet aesthetic now generally called "EAI" or "electroacoustic improvisation". Fell has also performed in many other ensembles, including the London Improvisers Orchestra and Derek Bailey's Company Week.
Fell's major sequence of compositions is titled Compilation (to date, four such projects have been issued). Despite the governing title, these are not collections of previous material but new, large-scale works. The musical language makes overt use of serialist procedures (such as tone rows, retrograde structures, &c), as well as many other techniques: extensive studio layering, overdubbing and reordering of material (so that seemingly "live" performances may be the result of carefully edited-together improvisations and/or notated material), and use of aleatoric techniques to "degrade" or distort precomposed structures into new shapes. Free improvisation, rock and jazz all form key parts of the musical language; one section of Compilation IV even includes a simultaneous hommage to Karlheinz Stockhausen and Henry Mancini. The cast of musicians drawn on for these pieces usually includes a mix of classically trained players, jazzers and free improvising musicians, as well as wild cards like the noise guitarist Stefan Jaworzyn. While virtuoso players such as Evan Parker and John Butcher are essential to the projects, Fell often deliberately makes use of amateur or student musicians, too, not as a makeshift but as an intentionally democratizing and less predictable element.Other large-scale composition projects include:
• his compositions for The London Improvisers' Orchestra (Papers, Happy Families, K�ln Klang, Ellington 100 (Strayhorn 85), Morton's Mobile, Too Busy and Three Mondrians) (1998-2004)
• Kaleidozyklen, a 60-minute piece for improvising double bassist and orchestra (2000)
• Thirteen New Inventions, a major solo piano piece commissioned by Philip Thomas (2005)
• the concert-length BBC Radio 3 commission, Positions & Descriptions (for 18 musicians & prerecorded materials), premiered at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (2007)
• a 1-hour suite for sextet, The Ragging Of Time, commissioned by the Marsden Jazz Festival (2014)
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"Mark Wastell Born 1968; cello.
Much of Mark Wastell's relationship with his chosen instrument is concentrated on the tactile, textural and sonic possibilities of both violoncello and bow. He is increasingly interested in working with extreme elements drawn from frequency, timbre and pitch.
His early activity was consciously and subconsciously influenced by a variety of improvising musicians including John Stevens, Barry Guy, Phil Durrant and John Russell. Subsequent exposure to contemporary composers lead to a greater understanding and appreciation of the works written for strings by Feldman, Cage, Nono, Lachenmann and Sciarrino. The use of live electronics and music concrete by Tudor, Parmegiani, Xenakis and others was another important early influence.
Wastell's current instrumental material primarily focuses on using abstract principles of space and texture - encompassing elements of new London silence, pro-instrument minimalism, new complexity and electro-acoustics. Because of the very nature of his chosen instrument, he tends to favour 'chamber' style ensembles and is a member of a number of regular groups:• Chris Burn's Ensemble, with John Butcher, Rhodri Davies, John Russell, Matt Hutchinson
• Derek Bailey's Company - with, for example, Will Gaines, Simon H. Fell and Rhodri Davies
• Evan Parker's String Project, with Peter Cusack, Hugh Davies, Rhodri Davies, Phil Durrant, John Edwards, Kaffe Matthews, Marcio Mattos, John Russell
• Assumed possibilities, with Chris Burn, Rhodri Davies and Phil Durrant
• The Sealed Knot, with Burkhard Beins and Rhodri Davies
• Necessaire with Alessandro Bosetti, Ignaz Schick and Burkhard Beins
• IST with Simon Fell and Rhodri Davies
• Quatuor Accorde with Tony Wren, Phil Durrant and Charlotte Hug
• Broken Concort, a duo with Rhodri Davies
Mark Wastell has also performed with many other leading musicians including John Zorn, Keith Rowe, Peter Kowald, Hugh Davies, Roger Turner, Veryan Weston, Lol Coxhill, Mark Sanders, Axel Dorner, Hans Koch, Phil Minton, Max Eastley and Steve Beresford.
As a soloist he has played at the Micro-classical Festival (London 1996), LMC Festival (London 2000) and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (2000). He has travelled extensively with various groups, performing on tour and at festivals in the USA, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Greece. Other work includes the launch in 1996 of his own record label, Confront Recordings. Wastell is also joint co-ordinator of the concert venue All Angels, together with Rhodri Davies."-European Free Improv (EFI) (http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/musician/mwastell.html)
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"In the eight years leading to this concert performance at London's Freedom of the City Festival in 2003, IST had matured into one of contemporary music's most formidable units. Hundreds of gigs and rehearsals had hardened the group's collective language into a tongue none other was speaking at the time. External influences had been battered into an altogether different mode of operation, unique only to the three members of IST. Spectacularly authentic and innovative. The music captured on that May afternoon and presented here for the first time in its complete form, showcases aptly how far sonically IST had travelled since it's inception in 1995. Forging ahead with a true-self representation of art is never an easy task but IST were never ones to comply to expected form.
Throughout those eight years, highlighted activities included three album releases, a UK Arts Council Tour, two appearances on S4C Television, a series of IST plus guest concerts at London's Red Rose Club, stand alone shows at the Barbican (London) and Tonic (New York), bi-annual concerts at the Cambridge University Contemporary Poetry Conference, festival appearances at the Total Music Meeting in Berlin and Contemporaneamente in Italy and a run of performances in Marseille, New York & London as part of Derek Bailey's Company.
This Conway Hall appearance was the last performance undertaken by IST. Not through design, just a series of events. No small part was my decision soon after this concert to stop playing cello publicly. During the same period Simon was hatching plans to move to France, something he achieved in 2005.
Although distance and instrumental considerations kept us apart, IST momentum didn't cease. The following years have seen the release of two further full length albums, the reissue of a third and the contribution of tracks to two festival compilation CDs (including an edited 11 minute version of this concert on Emanem's FREEDOM OF THE CITY 2003: small groups).
Currently there are ongoing plans for the release of a dozen or more vintage recordings from the IST archives and the potential for a series of concerts in autumn 2015 to celebrate our 20th anniversary year."-Mark Wastell, Confront
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The data mining challenge attracted more than 200 participants, of whom nearly 100 submitted solutions, most of them many times. Best algorithms achieved 74-76% accuracy in predicting diseases from genetic profiles, which is a very high result taken into account the difficulty of the problem - multi-class classification (up to 10 different classes), small number of objects, large number of attributes - and the form of the quality measure, which paid more attention to the smallest and most difficult classes. Winning solutions are also much better than baseline algorithms: the simple (28%) and intelligent ones (65%). We thank all participants for their effort and congratulate the winners!
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NNPA (WASHINGTON) Too often, missing from discussions about the challenges facing African Americans is any focus on environmental justice, the idea that all people should enjoy a clean, healthy environment while being treated equally with regard to environmental policies, regulations and laws. African-American communities are disproportionately burdened by environmental degradation, and unless real action is taken, the environmental and health risks facing our communities will persist.
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HALE, CHARLES HAYNES (1869–1969). Charles Haynes Hale, teacher and college administrator, was born on November 14, 1869, near Highland, Pike County, Arkansas, the oldest of five children of James Thomas and Eliza (Watson) Hale. He moved with his family to Bell County, Texas, in 1883, then in 1885 to Flatwoods (now Huckabay) in Erath County. There he received his early education and earned a teacher's certificate. In 1889, after teaching in country schools for about two years, he entered Add-Ran-Jarvis College (later Thorp Spring Christian College) in Thorp Spring (Hood County), where he attended for two terms. On June 4, 1891, he married Dora Copeland, and they had five children; Dora died on November 10, 1917.
In 1900 Hale attended a pharmaceutical school in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and opened a drugstore in Huckabay. In 1902, concerned about the lack of education beyond the eighth grade for the youth in his home county, he opened Huckabay Academy, a combination high school and prep school. In five years the institution grew to an enrollment of over 100 students. Hale ran the academy until 1914, when he sold it to R. C. Bowers and accepted a teaching position in the mathematics department at Abilene Christian College (now Abilene Christian University). A year later he took a similar faculty position at John Tarleton College (now Tarleton State University) in Stephenville. In 1920 he was chosen as copresident of Thorp Spring Christian College in Hood County. He became superintendent of schools at Bellevue in Clay County two years later and subsequently accepted a similar position at Ralls in Crosby County. In 1925 Hale returned to Tarleton, where he remained in the mathematics and education departments until his retirement in 1945. During his tenure he helped change Tarleton into a state college. Through the years Hale earned B.S., B.A., and M.A. degrees. Texas Christian University conferred an honorary doctor of laws degree on him in 1952. He died on February 3, 1969, and was buried in Huckabay.
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