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Barista business: Java Java adds feng shui to coffee scene
What do free-trade coffee, gluten-free pastries, Arts and Crafts design, and a Darden graduate degree have in common? Hint: It's on the way to Ivy and is the perfect place to chat or chill with a hot cuppa joe.
Give up? These are just a few of the key ingredients in Charlottesville's latest café concoction, Java Java, soon to open in the Townside East Shopping Center on Ivy Road (two doors down from Zazus).
Come spring, west-of-towners will find another option joining the espresso bars at the Bellair Market (Mudhouse) and Foods of All Nations (Mermaid Express).
If you have some time on your hands and a load on your feet, this full-service coffeehouse– with comfy chairs, booths, work- and surf-friendly wireless and DSL Internet connections– might be the place to pick.
Java Java is the brainchild– or, more accurately, the labor of love– of com school professor John Leschke. But what's a tenured professor with a Darden doctorate doing moonlighting as a milk-frothing, bean-grinding barista?
"The job of professor simply stopped being fun for me. I enjoyed the face-to-face interaction with my students, but that's about it," Leschke says.
Which is why he has just decided to take the bold step of leaving academia to devote himself entirely to his new venture. Why a café?
"I was looking for a rhythm, and I've always enjoyed coffee-shop culture, especially here in Charlottesville," he says.
What makes Java Java stand out from the crowd? For one thing, it's the only café we know of specializing in gluten-free pastries. As research (much of which happens at UVA) on gluten intolerance– aka celiac's disease– advances, more and more people are looking for alternatives to traditional scones and biscuits.
Since he knows more about business than about baking, Leschke asked local pastry chef Sheila Cervelloni to help develop Java Java's pastry selection. Cervelloni, who has worked at such acclaimed restaurants as Pinons in Aspen and One Market in San Francisco, started her own company, Starbake, here last April. She says she was up for the challenge of transforming her wheat-flour based repertoire into a selection of equally delicious gluten-free delights.
"I use rice flour, potato starch, or tapioca starch instead of all-purpose flour and add a little xanthum gum as a binder," she explains.
The results?
"Oh my God" is Leschke's opinion- and when we spoke, he had tasted only her muffins!
Java Java's pastry case will also contain gluten-free scones, cookies, and cakes in myriad flavors. For those of us who can digest the pervasive protein (and our numbers are fewer than you'd expect), Cervelloni's cinnamon buns and white chocolate cream cheese carrot cake will be ready to tempt.
Another unique aspect of the café is the coffee itself: All coffee products are "Certified Fair Trade." When you walk in the door, Leschke himself, assisted during the morning rush by his wife, artist Susan Leschke, will be there to greet you and take your coffee or tea order.
Beans from Equal Exchange in Boston (original source of free-trade coffee in the U.S.) will also be available for bulk sale behind the curving soapstone counter.
Java Java may also be the only café in town designed with the help of a feng swhui consultant. "Everything about the design is intended to lower your pulse rate, to be warm and welcoming," Leschke says, pulling out samples of reclaimed heart pine floorboards and sumptuous fabrics for us to touch. "We've used all local vendors, artists, and suppliers, and everything is organic."
Even in its pre-natal phase, the place exudes a sense of well-crafted calm. Activity flows through three different seating zones, which become more and more intimate and artsy as you move back through the space. The heart and hearth of Java Java will be its cozy, semi-enclosed sitting area (stained glass, oak wainscoting, inglenook wrap-around benches) inspired by Arts and Crafts designers William Morris and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Talk about putting the "house" back into "coffeehouse."
"This I love. This is fun," Leschke says of the design-construction phase, usually the cause of massive headaches. We can only imagine how happy he'll be when real live customers walk through the door.
When will that be? "We're aiming for April 1.." No fooling? "I haven't heard a 'no' yet."


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Below is a list of past SEM Annual Meetings, with information on
dates, locations, organizers, and themes. Conference websites, programs, and abstracts are available from 2007 to the most recent meeting. Please send any corrections or
additional information to Stephen Stuempfle, SEM Executive Director, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Formal organization: An organizational meeting to form an
ethnomusicological society, was held on Friday, November 18, 1955, during the
54th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Sheraton Plaza
Hotel, Boston. Present were: Moses Asch, Elizabeth Bacon, John M. Blaut, Edwin
G. Burrows, Donald Cantor, Helen Codere, John S. Fisher, Linton Freeman,
Merrill Gillespie, Thomas P. Hazard, Melville J. Herskovits, Richard I.
Hirshberg, Barbara Krader, Gertrude Kurath, Mieczyslaw Kolinski, David P.
McAllester, Roxanne McCollester, W. J. Mayer, Bruno Nettl, Carol K. Rachlin,
Willard Rhodes, Hugh A. Thurston, John Ward, Gene Weltfish. (Alan Merriam was
elected editor at this meeting but his name does not appear in the list of
attendees published in the January 1956 (No. 6) newsletter.
1st Annual Meeting: September 2-9, 1956
In conjunction with the 5th International Congress of Anthropological and
Ethnological Sciences in Philadelphia,
Host institution: University of Pennsylvania
Program Chair: Melville J. Herskovits
Agenda includes: Adoption of a constitution, election of officers, expansion of
the Newsletter into a Journal
1957 Annual Meeting (2nd): Chicago, Illinois, December 27-29, 1957
(in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Anthropological
Association and American Folklore Society)
Location: Palmer House Hotel
Host institution:
Program Chair: Richard Waterman
1958 Annual Meeting (3rd): Boston, Massachusetts, December 29-30,
1958 (joint meeting with American Musicological Society and College
Music Society)
Location: Sheraton-Plaza Hotel
Host institution: Harvard University
1959 Annual Meeting (4th): Chicago, Illinois (joint meeting
with American Musicological Society)
Host institution:
Program Chair:
1960 Annual Meeting (5th): Berkeley, California, December 27-30,
1960 (joint meeting with American Musicological Society)
Host institution: University of California-Berkeley and Stanford University
PC Chair: Mantle Hood
1961 Annual Meeting (6th): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November
17-18, 1961 (joint meeting with American Anthropological Association)
1962 Annual Meeting (7th): Bloomington, Indiana, November
29-December 2, 1962
Location: Indiana Memorial Union
Host institution: Indiana University
PC Chair: David P. McAllester
LAC Chair: George List
1963 Annual Meeting (8th): Middletown, Connecticut, October
31-November 2, 1963
Host institution: Wesleyan University
PC Chair: Nicholas England
LAC Chair: David P. McAllester
1964 Annual Meeting (9th): Detroit, Michigan, November 19-21, 1964
(in semi-conjunction with American Anthropological Association)
Host institution: Wayne State University
PC Chair: Theordore Grame
LAC Chair: Bruno Nettl
1965 Annual Meeting (10th): Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 11-14,
Host institution: University of New Mexico
PC Chair: Robert A. Black
LAC Chair: Donald Roberts
1966 Annual Meeting (11th): New Orleans, Louisiana, December 27-30,
1966 (joint meeting with American Musicological Society and College
Music Society)
Host institution: Tulane University
PC Chair: Gilbert Chase
LAC Chair: Robert Preston
1967 Annual Meeting (12th): New Haven, Connecticut, November 17-19,
Host institution: Yale University
Program Chair: Robert Garfias
1968 Annual Meeting (13th): Santa Monica, California, November
21-24, 1968
Location: Miramar Hotel
Host institution: UCLA
Program Chair: Barbara B. Smith
1969 Annual Meeting (14th): Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 13-16,
Host institution: University of Michigan
PC Chair: Bruno Nettl
LAC Chair: William Malm
1970 Annual Meeting (15th): Seattle, Washington, October 30-November
1, 1970
Host institution: University of Washington
PC Chair: David P. McAllester
LAC Chair: Robert Garfias
1971 Annual Meeting (16th):
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November 12-14, 1971 (joint meeting with
Location: Durham Hotel
Host institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
PC Chair: Barbara Krader
LAC Chair:
Topics: 1) urban popular music; 2) the changes in indigenous art music or
traditional music brought about by Islamic invasion, contiguity, or conversion
to Islam; 3) methods of approach of Western-oriented musicologists and
ethnomusicologists to a common subject (e.g. ornamentation, vocal performance
style, etc.); 4) music and iconography
1972 Annual Meeting (17th): Toronto, Canada, November 30-December 3,
Host institution: University of Toronto
PC Chair: Robert A. Kauffman
LAC Chair: Mieczyslaw Kolinski
Topics: 1) Methodology and fieldwork; 2) Music in Canada and the United States
(including Indian and Black music); 3) Current influences upon ethnomusicology
(including music education and contemporary composition)
1973 Annual Meeting (18th): Urbana, Illinois, November 1-4, 1973
Location: Ramada Inn
Host institution: University of Illinois
PC Chair: Lois Anderson
LAC Chair: Bruno Nettl
1974 Annual Meeting (19th): San Francisco, California, October
24-27, 1974 (joint meeting with Committee on Research in Dance;
sponsored by American Society for Eastern Arts)
Host institution: American Society for Eastern Arts
PC Chair: Fredric Lieberman
LAC Chair: Robert Black
Topics: 1) Theoretical problems; 2) American Indian music; 3) Urban music and
1975 Annual Meeting (20th): Middletown, Connecticut, October 16-19,
Host institution: Wesleyan University
PC Chair: Judith Becker
LAC Chair: David P. McAllester
1976 Annual Meeting (21st): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November
10-14, 1976 (joint meeting with the American Folklore Society)
Location: Benjamin Franklin Hotel
Host institution:
PC Chair: Frank Gillis
LAC Chair: Nadia Nahumck and Pandora Hopkins
Distinguished Lecturer: Charles Seeger
Theme: "Contributions of Various Ethnic Groups to our National Musical
1977 Annual Meeting (22nd): Austin, Texas, November 3-6, 1977
Location: Thompson Conference Center (sessions) and Villa Capri Hotel (rooms)
Host institution: University of Texas
PC Chair: Charlotte Heth
LAC Chair: Gerard Behague and Marcia Herndon
Distinguished Lecturer: Mieczyslaw Kolinski
1978 Annual Meeting (23rd): Saint Louis, Missouri, October 26-29,
1978 (joint meeting with the College Music Society)
Location: Chase-Park Plaza Hotel
Host institution:
PC Chair: Charlotte Frisbie
LAC Chair: Arnold Perris
Theme: "Broad Awareness and World Musics"
Topics: 1) Musical change; 2) Application of ethnomusicology in diverse
settings; 3) Current issues and future directions in ethnomusicology; 4) Urban
ethnomusicology; 5) Analytical aspects of the social context of musics
Distinguished Lecturer: David P. McAllester
1979 Annual Meeting (24th): Montreal, Canada, October 11-14, 1979
Host institution: University of Montreal
PC Chair: Tim Rice
LAC Chair: Charles Boiles
Topics: 1) Music in Canada; 2) Circumpolar music; 3) Sign and symbol in music
and musical occasions
Distinguished Lecturer: Gilbert Rouget (scheduled, but had to cancel)
1980 Annual Meeting (25th): Bloomington, Indiana, November 20-23,
Location: Indiana University Memorial Union
Host institution: Indiana University
PC Chair: Ruth M. Stone
LAC Chair: Frank Gillis
Theme: "Twenty-five Years: Coming of Age"
Topics: 1) Toward a philosophy of theory in ethnomusicology; 2) Area studies in
ethnomusicology; 3) Extensions of ethnomusicology: psychophysiology, technology,
history, and mass media
No Distinguished Lecturer; memoriam to Alan P. Merriam conducted by Stephen
Wild and Bruno Nettl
1981 Annual Meeting (26th): Honolulu, Hawaii, October 15-18, 1981
Location: Ala Moana Americana Hotel, Waikiki
Host institution: University of Hawaii
PC Chair: Barbara B. Smith
LAC Chair: Ricardo Trimillos
Topics: 1) Folk and folk-derived (and other traditional) music in contemporary
tourism; 2) Music in the integration and adjustment of newly-arrived immigrant
groups; 3) What ethnomusicologists can do; 4) Linguistics and ethnomusicology;
5) Extensions of ethnomusicology; 6) Theoretical issues; 7) Western art music
and ethnomusicology; 8) Trance, music and dance; 9) Audiovisual instructional
Distinguished Lecturer: Klaus Wachsmann
1982 Annual Meeting (27th): College Park, Maryland, November 11-14,
Location: University College Center of Adult Education (sessions);
Host institution: University of Maryland
PC Chair: Bonnie C. Wade
LAC Chair: Carol Robertson
Theme: "Counterpoints of Perspectives: Unsung Views in
Topics: 1) Individuals and individuality in music; 2) The field at home; 3) Continuity
in musical tradition
Distinguished Lecturer: George List
1983 Annual Meeting (28th): Tallahassee, Florida, October 20-23,
Location: Florida State Conference Center (sessions); Tallahassee Hilton
Host institution: Florida State University
Pre-Conference Symposium: "Music and the Interplay of Senses"
PC Chair: Kay K. Shelemay
LAC Chair: Dale Olsen
Topics: 1) Inter-ethnic contact; 2) The etic/emic dilemma; 3) Contemporary
musical revivalism; 4) Music in the context of performance; 5) Ethnomusicology
in the public sector
Charles Seeger Lecturer: Bruno Nettl
1984 Annual Meeting (29th): Los Angeles, California, October 19-21,
Location: Bayview Plaza Holiday Inn, Santa Monica
Host institution: UCLA
Pre-Conference Symposium: Asian music in America
PC Chair: Anthony Seeger
LAC Chair: James Porter
Theme: "The Applications and Implications of the New Technologies"
Charles Seeger Lecturer: Jose Maceda, "A Concept of Time in a Music of
Southeast Asia"
1985 Annual Meeting (30th): Vancouver, Canada, November 7-10, 1985
(joint meeting with American Musicological Society, College Music Society, and
Society for Music Theory)
Location: Hyatt Regency
Host institution: University of British Columbia
PC Chair: Mantle Hood
LAC Chair: Alan Thrasher
Topics: 1) The perception of music; 2) Bi-musicality and musicianship; 3)
Improvisation and the performer-composer in courts, temples, and brothels; 4) Dance
as a determinant of music
Seeger Lecturer: Barbara Krader, "Slavic Folk Music: Forms of Singing and
1986 Annual Meeting (31st): Rochester, New York, October 16-19, 1986
Location: Eastman School (sessions) and East Avenue Inn (rooms)
Host institution: Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
Pre-Conference Symposium: "New Contexts for the Performance of Native
American Music"
PC Chair: Stephen Blum
LAC Chair: Ellen Koskoff
Topics: 1) Musical learning and musical training; 2) The current state of area
Seeger Lecturer: Barbara B. Smith, "Some Interrelationships of
Variability, Change, and the Learning of Music"
1987 Annual Meeting (32nd): Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 4-8, 1987
Location: Rackham School for Graduate Studies (sessions); Bell Tower Hotel
Host institution: University of Michigan
Pre-Conference Seminar: The Writing of History
PC Chair: Arnold Perris
LAC Chair: Judith Becker and Judith Vander
Topics: 1) The anthropology of musical instruments; 2) Drama and theater as
determinants of musical form; 3) Music and gender; 4) Music of stratified
societies; 5) New technologies; 6) Internal and external challenges to
tradition; 7) Music and the state; 8) Ethical issues
Seeger Lecturer: Hugo Zemp, "Filming Music and Looking at Music
1988 Annual Meeting (33rd): Tempe, Arizona, October 20-23, 1988
Location: Sheraton Tempe Mission Palms Hotel
Host institution: Arizona State University and Heard Museum of Phoenix
Pre-Conference Symposium: Native American Dance Groups: Discourse,
Demonstration, Discussion
PC Chair: R. Anderson Sutton
LAC Chair: J. Richard Haefer
Topics: 1) Popular music; 2) Music and borderlands; 3) Music and the world
soundscape; 4) Historical continuity and redefinition; 5) Museums and
ethnomusicology; 6) Musical iconography; 7) Music of the southwestern United
Seeger Lecturer: Howard Becker, "Sociology and Ethnomusicology"
1989 Annual Meeting (34th): Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 8-12,
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel
Host institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University
Pre-Conference Symposium: Music and Cognition
PC Chair: Jeff Todd Titon
LAC Chair: Stephen Erdely
Theme: "Assessing Ethnomusicology Today: Where We¹ve Been, Where We Are,
and Where We¹re Going"
Topics: 1) Comparative studies; 2) Applied and public sector ethnomusicology;
3) Competing paradigms: analysis vs. interpretation; 4) Fieldwork, documentation,
and representation
Seeger Lecturer: J.H. Kwabena Nketia, "Contextual Strategies of Enquiry
and Systemization"
1990 Annual Meeting (35th): Oakland, California, November 8-11, 1990
(joint meeting with American Musicological Society and Society for Music
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel and Oakland Convention Center
Host institution: University of California-Berkeley, Stanford University, and
University of California-Davis
PC Chair: Gerard Behague
LAC Chair: Bonnie C. Wade
Topics: 1) Music and power relations; 2) Music in immigrant communities; 3)
Music industry appropriation; 4) Feminist scholarship in ethnomusicology; 5)
Music as construct of identity; 6) Ethnoaesthetics and music
Seeger Lecturer: Edward T. Hall, "Improvisation, Play, and Culture"
1991 Annual Meeting (36th): Chicago, Illinois, October 10-13, 1991
(joint meeting with Center for Black Music Research, College Music Society,
International Association for the Study of Popular Music-US Branch)
Location: Palmer House Hotel
Host institution: University of Chicago
Pre-Conference Symposium: Asian Popular Music
PC Chair: Mellonee Burnim and Lester Monts
LAC Chair: Don L. Roberts
Theme: "Cross-Cultural Musical Relationships"
Topics: 1) Bridging the gap: terminology, methodology and theoretical
approaches; 2) Music and media: production and consumption; 3) Tradition and
innovation in contemporary society; 4) Training the music professional:
approaches, objectives, goals
Seeger Lecturer: Krister Malm, "Music on the Move: Traditions and Mass
1992 Annual Meeting (37th): Seattle, Washington, October 22-25, 1992
Location: Hyatt Regency Bellevue
Host institution: University of Washington
Pre-Conference Symposium: Musical Repercussions of 1492
PC Chair: Regula Qureshi
LAC Chair: Laurel Sercombe and Christopher Waterman
Topics: 1) Circumpacific music; 2) Music, dance, and sexuality; 3) Critical
theory and fieldwork; 4) New perspectives on textual analysis; 5) Europe without
Seeger Lecturer: James Clifford, "Sites of Crossing: Borders and Diasporas
in Expressive Culture"
1993 Annual Meeting (38th): Oxford, Mississippi, October 27-31, 1993
Location: Holiday Inn
Host institution: University of Mississippi
PC Chair: Chris Goertzen
LAC Chair: Warren Steel
Topics: 1) Music and public policy; 2) Defining global/local music cultures; 3)
Issues in ethnomusicologists¹ training today; 4) Music, sport and ritual
Seeger Lecturer: Bess Lomax Hawes
1994 Annual Meeting (39th): Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 20-23,
1994 (joint meeting American Folklore Society)
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel
Host institution: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Pre-Conference Symposium: Gender Trouble in Music Research: Theoretical Challenges,
Problems, and Approaches
PC Chair: James Porter
LAC Chair: Jane Bowers
Topics: 1) The ethnomusicologist as (transregional) performer; 2) Synaesthesia
as a goal in performing and representing traditional music; 3) Discourse and
dialogism as analytical strategies in ethnomusicology; 4) The hermeneutics and
practice of non-hum an musics (i.e., that of Gods or animals)
Seeger Lecturer: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
1995 Annual Meeting (40th): Los Angeles, California, October 19-22,
Location: Biltmore Hotel
Host institution: UCLA
Pre-Conference Symposia: "Bartok in Retrospect" and "Music and
PC Chair: Victoria Levine
LAC Chair: Steve Loza
Topics: 1)Musical bonds, boundaries, and borders in the Americas; 2) The music
industry; 3) Redefining musical cultures in a changing Eastern Europe; 4) The
place of postmodernism in ethnomusicology; 5) Body, mind, and spirit in theory
and performance
Seeger Lecturer: Nazir Jairazbhoy, multimedia presentation
1996 Annual Meeting (41st): Toronto, Canada, October 31-November 3,
1996 (in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Canadian Society
for Traditional Music)
Location: Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel
Host institution: York University
Pre-Conference: Experience Toronto Day
PC Chair: Beverley Diamond
LAC Chair: Robert Witmer
Topics: 1) Remapping the musical: integrating approaches to
music/dance/gesture/image; 2) Collection mania; 3) Multiculturalism and music
education; 4) Issues of diaspora and nationalisms within; 5) From "world
beat" to new concert musics: issues of borrowing and appropriation; 6)
Intercultural musicality and musicianship
Seeger Lecturer: Jean-Jacques Nattiez
1997 Annual Meeting (42nd): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October
23-October 26, 1997 (joint meeting International Association for the
Study of Popular Music)
Location: Sheraton Station Square
Host institution: University of Pittsburgh
Pre-Conference Symposium: The Future of Ethnomusicology
PC Chair: Ellen Koskoff
LAC Chair: Carl Rahkonen
Topics: 1) Music and industrialization; 2) Issues of identity in popular music;
3) Music on the move: systems of circulation; 4) Queer theory; 5) The
ethnomusicology of immigration; 6) Music in cyberspace
Seeger Lecturer: Adelaida Reyes
1998 Annual Meeting (43rd): Bloomington, Indiana, October 22-25,
Location: Indiana University Memorial Union
Host institution: Indiana University
Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Futures: Issues in Documentation and
PC Chair: Mellonee Burnim and Ruth M. Stone
LAC Chair: Gloria Gibson and Portia Maultsby
Theme: "Communities of Collaboration"
Topics: 1) Artists and ethnographers in the academy and beyond; 2) Music and
work; 3) Music and technologies in context; 4) Performers, songwriters and the
recording industry; 5) Music and healing; 6) Ethnomusicologists in the field;
7) Brain, body, and culture; 8) Performance in transnational contexts
Seeger Lecturer: Gerhard Kubik
1999 Annual Meeting (44th): Austin, Texas, November 18-21, 1999
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel
Host institution: University of Texas at Austin
PC Chair: Tom Turino
LAC Chair: Stephen Slawek
Topics: 1) Theories of music and emotion; 2) Music, race, and culture; 3)
Historical ethnomusicology--the interface of ethnographic and historical topics
and method; 4) Research cultures--the regional, cultural, disciplinary, and
pragmatic considerations influencing ethnomusicological approaches,
collaboration, and communication; 5) The effects of capitalism on indigenous
music making, is grey-out no longer an issue?; 6) Copyright
Seeger Lecturer: Ki Mantle Hood
Conference photos: http://www.arts.ucla.edu/dneuman/sem99/index.html
2000 Annual Meeting (45th): Toronto, Canada, November 1-5, 2000
(joint meeting with American Musical Instrument Society; Association for
Technology in Music Instruction; Canadian Association of Music Libraries,
Archives, and Documentation Centres; Canadian Society for Traditional Music;
College Music Society; Historic Brass Society; Canadian and US chapters of the
International Association for the Study of Popular Music; Lyrica Society for
Word-Music Relationships; Society for Music Perception and Cognition; Society
for Music Theory; Society for American Music)
Location: Sheraton Centre Hotel and Hilton Hotel
Host institution: University of Toronto
PC Chair: Stephen Blum & Virginia Danielson
LAC Chair: Suzanne Meyers-Sawa
Theme: "Toronto 2000: Musical Intersections"
Topics: 1) Music by and for children; 2) Turn-of-the-century perspectives on
musical hybridization; 3) Ethnomusicology as genre and practice at the turn of
the century; 4) Music makers and audiences in the internet age
Seeger Lecturer: Arjun Appadurai, "Remake, Recall, Remix: Globalization and
the Aesthetics of Repetition"
2001 Annual Meeting (46th): Detroit, Michigan, October 25-28, 2001
Location: Marriott Renaissance Center
Host institution: University of Michigan
Pre-Conference Symposium: Transcription and its Futures
PC Chair: Michael Largey
LAC Co-Chairs: Amy Stillman and Mark Clague
Theme: "Teaching and Learning in the Twenty-First Century"
Topics: 1) Ethnomusicologies outside of North America; 2) New synergies in
world musics; 3) Power and legitimacy from the margins; 4) www.ethnocyber.com;
5) Centers of African American cultural production; 5) Music of Detroit and the
Great Lakes; 6) Ethnomusicology as a profession: practical concerns
Seeger Lecturer: William Malm
2002 Annual Meeting (47th): Estes Park Center, Colorado, October
24-27, 2002
Location: YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park Center
Host institution: University of Colorado, Boulder
Pre-Conference Workshop: Academic Ethno' Ensembles
PC Chair: Su Zheng
LAC Chair: Brenda Romero
Theme: "Ethnomusicological Vistas"
Topics: 1) Applying ethnomusicology 2) Diversifying ethnomusicology 3) Music in
mountain cultures 4) Popular music and sexuality 5) Music in times of crisis 6)
Circuits of music production and consumption
Seeger Lecturer: William Ferris
2003 Annual Meeting (48th): Miami, Florida, October 2-5, 2003
(joint meeting with the College Music Society and the Association for Technology
in Music Instruction)
Location: Hotel Intercontinental
Host institution: Florida State University
Pre-Conference Symposium: None
PC Chair: Gage Averill
LAC Chair: Dale Olsen; Associate Chairs: Alan Burdette, Tod Trimble, and Lara
Theme: "Cultural Crossroads" (subtheme: "Miami's Cultural Crossroads:
The Latin/Caribbean City")
Topics: 1) Music, memory, and nostalgia 2) Historical methods in
ethnomusicology/ethnographic methods in historical musicology 3) The
relationship of research to teaching 4) Teaching music theory from a
cross-cultural perspective. And the two SEM-specific topics are: 5) Performance
theory 6) Authenticity and the politics of representation.
Seeger Lecturer: Judith Becker
2004 Annual Meeting (49th): Tucson, Arizona, November 3-7, 2004
Location: Radisson
Host Institution: The University of Arizona
Pre-conference symposium: Dance
PC Chair: Larry Witzleben
LAC Chair: Janet Sturman
Theme: Contemplating Boundaries
Topics: 1) Displaying Music 2) Ethnomusicologies: Global Perspectives 3)
Ethnomusicology and Western Classical Music 4) Music and Dance of the American
Southwest 5) Taking a Stand? Ethnomusicology and Advocacy.
Seeger Lecturer: Rayna Green
2005 Annual Meeting (50th): Atlanta, Georgia, November 17-20, 2005
Location: Sheraton, Midtown
Host Institution: Emory University
Pre-conference symposium: Race and Place: Invoking New Musical Identities
PC Co-Chairs: Bruno Nettl and Judith McCulloh
LAC Chair: Tong Soon Lee
Theme: SEM at 50
Topics: 1) The history of ethnomusicology 2) The history of SEM 3) Areas
neglected by SEM and ethnomusicology 4) Contemplations on our future 5) African
American music 6) Musical cultures of Georgia and the Southeast 7) Advocacy and
cultural democracy 8) Diverse voices
Seeger Lecturer: Anthony Seeger
Conference website: http://www.indiana.edu/~semhome/2005/
2006 Annual Meeting (51st): Honolulu, Hawaii, November 16-19, 2006
Location: Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
Host Institution: The University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pre-conference symposium: "'Whose
Asia-Pacific?': Representation and Presentation in Ethnomusicology."
PC Chair: Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
LAC Chair: Frederick Lau
Theme: Decolonizing Ethnomusicology (Program,
Topics: 1) Music, sexuality and the body, 2) Migration and movement, with
special reference to Asia and the Pacific, 3) Diaspora studies, 4) Confluences
of music and dance, 5) Asian and Pacific music masters: An ethnomusicology of the
individual, 6) Music and Islam, 7) Music and indigenous politics
Seeger Lecturer: Adrienne Kaeppler
2007 Annual Meeting (52nd): Columbus, Ohio, October 25-28, 2007
Location: Hyatt on Capital Square
Host Institution: The Ohio State University
Pre-conference symposium: "'New Directions in Cognitive Ethnomusicology."
PC Chair: Margaret Kartomi
LAC Chair: Margarita Mazo
Theme: Music, War, and Reconcilliation (Program,
Topics: 1) Music, place, and environment; 2) Interactions between musicians in
ensemble playing; 3) Digital communities and musical experiences; 4) Musical
ontologies; 5) Ethnomusicologies: Shifting perspectives on the field (including
cognitive ethnomusicology)
Seeger Lecturer: Bill Ivey
2008 Annual Meeting (53rd): Middletown, Connecticut, October 25-28,
(*Please note that these dates indicate a day-pattern change from Th-Sun to
Location: Wesleyan University Campus
Host Institution: Wesleyan University
PC Chair: Jeffrey A. Summit
LAC Chair: Eric Charry
Theme: Ethnomusicology Beyond Disciplines (Program, Abstracts)
Topics: Ethnomusicology and Advocacy, Musical Innovation and Experimentation,
De-Centering the Western Art Music Canon, The Ethnomusicology of Film, Music
and Spirituality, Overlooked Musical Traditions
Seeger Lecturer: Robert Garfias
Preconference: "Toward a 21st Century Ethnomusicology." October 24,
2009 Annual Meeting (54th): Mexico City, Mexico, November 19-22,
Main Location: Meliã México Reforma
Primary Host Institutions: Escuela Nacional de Música and Centro Nacional de
Investigación, Documentación e Información Musical
PC Chair: Brenda M. Romero
LAC Chair: Guillermo Contreras Arias
Theme: Borderless Ethnomusicologies (Program, Abstracts)
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I have been arguing with myself which Clan is the best for me. What clans are you wondering?
They're, the magnificent Fang Pi Clang and Vortex. Now some of you people may thing, those are okay clans. But for me I think they're right for me. But I don't know which one is the best for me. Now right now I have a Vortex deck, 8 characters of course. Those characters are, whom you may are wondering are id_perso:796, id_perso:767, id_perso:758, id_perso:788, id_perso:1036, id_perso:764, d_perso=900, and id_perso:933
Now you may be wondering,"Wow, this noob has good cards?!". Don't worry, I know how to use these cards at their full potential, and I think through in a game. Now what I need help is deciding which clan should I use. I, myself, use pills quite much. So with a Vortex help I can regain quite a lot of pills if I screw up or lose to a match. But I still always tend to aim for a K.O. Which is what I always do. Now since Fang Pi Clang has some reasonably amazing characters, and their clan bonus is pretty beast. I was deciding to go with them. But I don't know what to do while I still have my Vortex.
So yeah in a short summary, which clan is perfect/best for me?!
ghelas - Sunday 02/12/2012, 00:24
Titan - E X C A L I B U R
First bit of advice: calm down. Calm people win more games.
Second bit of advice: When you are building an ELO deck, try to build a deck that doesn't have a lot of huge weaknesses. Mono Vortex is regarded as bad because almost all Vortex cards are painfully weak vs SoA clans, which are prominent in ELO. SoA takes the "Beast" right out of C Beast. Naele becomes an unimpressive 8/5. (By the way, all you have to do to link to a character is type their name...)
Mono Fang Pi Clang are regarded as shaky, because they have relatively little in the way of mitigating cards. Kusuri's defeat ability is the closest they have to an ELO-playable DR, and the only SoA is the painfully outdated Kati. That means winning games with mono FPC calls for knocking out your opponent's strongest cards while landing at least one of your own -- doable, but no easy feat...
Consider building a dual-deck that doesn't get auto-countered by a particular clan or setup. Experiment a lot. But, for a super easy starter deck, try a mono Jungo this week and see where that gets you. Askai, Troompah, and Buba are obvious choices. Their abilities will help pull you through in a match where you overpill a little. If you have trouble with SoA clans, consider throwing in a good Stop card.
maki_mUR - Sunday 02/12/2012, 00:42
Novice - Dragons Cro Clan
Why don't you just use a half-Vortex, half-FPC deck?
btw, you don't have to link the characters, just type their name and they're automatically linked.
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Titan - Harbingers of Ares
Yah dual decks good but look at good synergy for bonus. fpc are quite solid works quite well with anything.


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Fly frequently and find noise canceling headphones give me a headache for some reason. In ear monitors sounds better and blck more noise, but make my ears itch on longer flights. Prefer cans and these look fabulous!
Sounds interesting. Hopefully it will sound good.
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I love misic and I hate noise !
I travel daily by coach 130+130 km and I fly often 5-6 hrs destinations for work , so I neeeeeeed these headphones ! ;-D . Bye
I can always use another set of phones.
Gobble Gobble would be nice Thanksgiving day win!
uh ... i never win anything :(
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....then again....
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Dual diaphragm, very cool blue color (my favorite), comfy earpads. All of these features sound very interesting. I would really like to see a review of these in the near future.
New headphones to try is always fun.
Very nice. I could have more people listening all at once, if I had these-
If I won these, I wouldn't have to kill my neighbor's dog.
I've got a huge head and little ears. Got IEM's but I'm a little old school and prefer feel of over and on ears. Would love to see if these fit.
So winning would be nice =)
I have been looking forword to getting a pair of EOps NOISEZERO O2+ before they even came out. I wanted to hear a sample before I ordered them but unfortunately they are only available at a few locations all the way in New York. It would be awsome to win a pair though, I would review them at my site. I even wrote about them earlier this year here on my site, check it out:
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They look absolutely gorgeous! Would love to win them.
…of buying my Senn Momentums?! Aw Man.
The opportunity for the pun was too great to ignore.
Always looking to improve my current headphones.
I have often read of multiple-drive IEMs, but a two-way closed headphone is very unusual. It would be interesting to hear if EOps managed to integrate the two drivers.
These look great and I would love to try them. Thank you
Have no on-ears right now. These would be great.
Lol I've been checkign your site every now and again looking to hear your review of the LCD X. Exciting times for the headphone, lookign forward to hearing about the k812.
Lol I've been checkign your site every now and again looking to hear the review of the LCD X. Exciting times for the headphone, lookign forward to the k812 as well.
That dual driver headphones with comply-pads would be the ultimate listening pleasure....it's MINE!
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Dual diaphragm? Wonder how they stack up against the 1350s and M80s.
I ended up buying three headphones because of this website. Damn you great product reviews and wall of fame :) (HE400/Sennheiser Momentum/VsonicGR07)
Would be nice to have portable headphones like these!
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So much new features in such a small can !
Even if I don't win I want to thank you for what you do for this community and being such a great resource of information. Keep up the great work!
I have been reading and following this website for over a year now. Even picked up 2 headphones from the market after learning more about them. This site have alot of interesting info and now free prize?! COOL. Must give it a shot. Good luck to everyone else and myself included
I hope they sound great too one I win them :-)
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I think it's about time for a new pair
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if i win, i would like a pair in black or red color. thanks for this opportunity.
These would be great for my daughter.
They're blue. Who doesn't like blue? Not me... I like blue.
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comfort and noise isolation great combination :)
Would love to give these babies a test run.
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Will I win? I don't know. :(
If I win.....I will do the can can, wearing some bright blue can cans.
I've found the quality of ear pads really makes a large difference in what the listener experiences. These seem like they would make great office headphones.


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REUTERS - ESPN is hoping that a U.S. audience will warm up to another sport that uses a bat and a ball to score runs in innings but that isn't baseball: cricket.
The No. 1 sports cable network, which is controlled by Walt Disney Co (DIS.N), has decided to air live cricket for the first time on one of its fully-distributed cable networks, ESPN2, which reaches a U.S. audience of 96 million homes. This Sunday at 9 am EST, the channel will show the finals of the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh pitting Sri Lanka against India.
ESPN is experimenting to see if the sport can gain traction in the United States, where professional and college football are king while cricket, with its loyal but small fan base, is viewed as being on the fringe.
ESPN, which is the main earnings driver of Disney, faces increased U.S. competition bidding for sports rights and for viewers with new entrants such as Fox Sports 1 (FOXA.O), so it is casting a wider eye on other sports.
After learning that the 10 most highly viewed Internet streams on its Internet-only network ESPN3, were of cricket matches, regularly beating out college football and basketball, executives considered putting it on TV. On March 30, 100,000 viewers tuned into the ESPN3 stream of an India-Australia match at one time, which is more than an average audience, the network said.
"We think cricket has the chance to get out to a broader audience and be on a bigger platform," said Russell Wolff, executive vice president and managing director of ESPN International.
While it might take some educating to make U.S. viewers more familiar with wickets and hitting a sixer, ESPN said the average U.S. cricket fan is young, highly educated and has a median household income of $75,000, which should appeal to advertisers.
About 30 million people in the U.S. identify themselves as cricket fans, Wolff said. While this is tiny compared to the sport's popularity in India, Australia, England and countries in the West Indies, more people moving to the U.S. from cricket crazed parts of the world can only boost its growth.
"You have a growing cricket interested population through straight population growth and through immigration patterns. You have a big and growing universe of people," Wolff said.
Cricket is available to watch on networks such as Willow TV, but that's a specialty channel that costs subscribers $15 a month. ESPN's first big push into cricket came in 2007 when executives identified it as a global sport it wanted more exposure to and it bought Cricinfo - a cricket news website. Last year, Cricinfo was the second most googled website in India, trailing only the national train service, according to ESPN.
While ESPN has shown all three versions of cricket online, including the format that lasts five days, it has made bets on the rights for the newer, faster growing formats. The T-20 format that will be shown on ESPN2, introduced about 10 years ago, lasts about three hours. The 2015 ICC World Cup, for which ESPN has locked up the U.S. rights, is the one day international format.
ESPN has been trying to woo Madison Avenue by hosting events such as a viewing party for the India-Pakistan match at Hearst Tower in Manhattan attended by ESPN president John Skipper. But it still faces an uphill battle with advertisers like Hyundai, which said it has to do more research before investing.
Selling the sport will be a challenge in a crowded U.S. marketplace where there's a major sport being played 12 months a year, said Jason Maltby, director of national broadcast TV at media buying firm MindShare.
Still, Wells Fargo, which has done U.S. ads for cricket for six years and has previously placed ads on cricket on ESPN3, said it has increased its U.S. cricket budget this year, according to Michael Lacorazza, head of the company's integrated marketing.
"Cricket may not be ready for prime time but with the world getting smaller, there's a realization that sports like these that are huge outside the U.S. can grow here," Lacorazza said.
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Police used a Taser to stun a 25-year-old Longmont man as he reportedly was resisting arrest at about 2 a.m. Thursday at South Bross Street and South Pratt Parkway, police said. A woman called police after she saw the man exit the driver's side of a car, fall down and get back in the car, police said. Police arrested the man on suspicion of drunken driving and resisting arrest, and ticketed him for parking on the wrong side of the street and parking more than 12 inches away from the curb, according to the arrest report.
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Engine4.0L V8 biturbo
Horsepower/Torque463 hp @ 5,250-5,500 rpm 516 lb-ft @ 2,000-4,000 rpm
Transmission9G-TRONIC 9-speed
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S 560 4MATIC LWB Sedan
EngineS 560 4MATIC LWB Sedan
Horsepower/Torque463 hp @ 5,250-5,500 rpm 516 lb-ft @ 2,000-4,000 rpm
Transmission9G-TRONIC 9-speed
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AMG S 63 4MATIC+ Sedan
EngineHandcrafted 4.0L AMG V8 biturbo
Horsepower/Torque603 hp @ 5,500-6,000 rpm 664 lb-ft @ 2,750-4,500 rpm
TransmissionAMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 9-speed
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AMG S 65 Sedan
EngineHandcrafted 6.0L AMG V12 biturbo
Horsepower/Torque621 hp @ 4,800-5,400 rpm 738 lb-ft @ 2,300-4,300 rpm
TransmissionAMG SPEEDSHIFT PLUS 7G-TRONIC
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Every mountain range has its pinnacle. Every sport, its champion. Every breakthrough, its inventor. In the history of the automobile, one car makes history time and again, not just by raising the standard, but advancing it in ways you never imagined possible.
Anticipates the road ahead. And paves it for other cars.
Today's S-Class previews the future of driving. It can change lanes with a tap of your finger. Slow itself for a tollboth or exit. Turn a traffic jam into easy street. And watch out for danger ahead, even when it's coming from behind.[1]
Beacon of inspiration. Beams of intelligence.
The car that pioneered 100% LED lighting throughout the vehicle adapts its brilliant active LED headlamps to curves and vehicles ahead of you. Their Ultra Wide Beam technology helps the high beams illuminate the roadsides better, too.[1]
In tune with your desires. And your devices.
Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto offer new choices in entertainment and navigation. Their unique interfaces work like your phone because they integrate with it, even its voice controls. Wireless charging is also available, front and rear.[2]
To set the benchmark for luxury sedans, the S-Class cabin is sculpted, sewn, appointed and equipped not just to provide unmatched comfort and convenience, but to stimulate and soothe your senses. Especially your sense of contentment.
Distinctive new body lines. A bloodline of distinction.
Majestic in presence, poised on the move, the S-Class is at once athletic and elegant. From its double-bar grille to its new "Stardust" taillamps, every detail advances two deep traditions: groundbreaking innovation wrapped in trendsetting style.
The state of the art. For a new state of mind.
Industry-first ENERGIZING Comfort Control can rejuvenate your senses with a symphony of climate comfort, fragrance, massage, lighting and music. Enhanced ambient cabin lighting lets you choose from 64 colours in a variety of themes and zones.[3]
A wide world of information. In a panoramic panel.
Dual 12.3-inch widescreens are set side-by-side in a seamless floating frame. Each screen, a reconfigurable instrument panel and a central screen for entertainment, navigation and more, delivers a wealth of knowledge with instant clarity.[4]
Touch Control Buttons: "All thumbs" will never mean the same thing again.
Two smartphone-like pads access nearly all the car's features directly from the steering wheel. Scroll, swipe and select from the central screen with your right thumb, and the screen between the gauges with your left.
The S-Class is more than motivated, it's motivational. Biturbo powerplants raise efficiency, and your pulse. And its advanced, adaptive and highly adept chassis and drivetrains are engineered for an ideal balance of composure and confidence.
A powerful pair of engines, each with a pair of turbos.
Advanced engines respond with millisecond speed and molecular precision to keep performance and efficiency at their peak. A 3.0L biturbo V6 endows the S 450 with 362 hp. The S 560 models are roused by a 463-hp 4.0L biturbo V8.
Rides on air, corners more like it's on rails.
Standard AIRMATIC air suspension balances pure comfort with cornering precision. It can self-level for changing loads, adapt to challenging roads, and let you select modes to coddle your passengers or indulge your sporting desires.[4]
Turns slip into grip, and grip into go.
Standard on every S 450 and S 560 Sedan, 4MATIC all-wheel drive continually sends torque to the wheels that can use it best. Lightweight, nimble and efficient, 4MATIC enhances handling and performance in any season.[5]
[1] Some systems are optional. Even the most advanced safety systems may not be sufficient to avoid an accident. It is the driver's responsibility at all times to be attentive to traffic and road conditions, and to provide the steering, braking and other driving inputs necessary to retain control of the vehicle. Drivers are cautioned not to wait for system alerts before braking or taking evasive action, as that may not afford sufficient time and distance. See Operator's Manual for system's operating speeds and additional information and warnings.
[2] Apple CarPlay™ is a product of Apple Inc. Android Auto is a product of Google Inc. Device and app providers' terms and privacy statements apply. Requires connected compatible device and data plan. Apps, content and features are selected solely by their providers. Connection to apps and streaming services may be limited by the device's network connection. Data usage is routed through device and subject to fees, charges and restrictions in user's wireless plan. Vehicle's factory audio/information interface, including COMAND navigation and the apps of Mercedes-Benz mbrace,® may not be used simultaneously with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. When Apple CarPlay or Android Auto is in use, the steering-wheel voice control button accesses Siri® or Google voice recognition software for voice commands. Wireless charging available only for devices with compatible technology and size. See Operator's Manual for more information. Devices sold separately.
[3] Some features of Energizing Comfort Control may be optional.
[4] While the navigation system provides directional assistance, the driver must remain focused on safe driving behavior, including paying attention to traffic and street signs. The driver should utilize the system's audio cues while driving and should only consult the map or visual displays once the vehicle has been stopped in a safe place. Maps do not cover all areas or all routes within an area.
[5] No system, regardless of how advanced, can overcome the laws of physics or correct careless driving. Please always wear your seat belt. Performance is limited by available traction, which snow, ice and other conditions can affect. Always drive carefully, consistent with conditions. Best performance in snow is obtained with winter tires.recognition software for voice commands.


text: Admin Icon - Give Admins a better way to identify themselves Подписаться Nelly 03/11/2018 10:36 The idea is that admins could have a small bubble (an icon) added to their profile picture (or name, for the compact view) to quickly display that this user is an admin, withing the actual chat without looking at the member list. The bubble could be either a custom picture in a very small resolution (hence it being an icon) or a preset (colors, forms, e.t.c.) which can be activated or deactivated for the server. It could be displayed either at the top left, top right, bottom left or bottom right of the profile picture. I ever felt like it could be easier to quickly identify who has admin rights and who not, especially on big servers where, if you are in a hurry, you may or not may be able to instantly see exactly that. It is just a small addition, the fact that it could be activated or deactivated within the server settings also means that it is no forced change. So a pure addition ^^ 11106


text: The renovated Crowne Plaza Fairfield, a suburban hotel in Essex County, features 204 guest rooms and more than 16,000 sq ft of banquet and meeting facilities. Whether you're in the area visiting loved ones or tending to business, you'll enjoy staying at one of the best hotels near Meadowlands Sports Complex, Rutgers University, Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and New York City. Attending meetings at Bayer Healthcare, RICOH Corp., Covanta Energy, Konica Minolta, BAE Systems and Chilton Memorial Hospital is easy when you stay at the Crowne Plaza Fairfield. If you need to host a meeting, our 16,000 square feet of event space is a great option, and perks like a 2-hour RFP response guarantee and a Crowne Meetings Director make us "the Place to Meet." There is no shortage of entertainment when you stay at our hotel near NYC. The city is only 20 miles away and is home to Broadway shows, Times Square and Central Park. If you'd like to stay close to our hotel's location, we're near Meadowlands Sports Complex, home to the Jets Stadium, Izod Center and Meadowlands Racetrack. Willowbrook Mall is also nearby and features Bloomingdale's, Sephora and BEBE. Our professional staff strives to make your stay enjoyable with great service and an indoor pool and Techno Gym fitness center. Dine with us at Chives, then enjoy our Sleep Advantage Program perks.


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Arlington, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - The Texas Rangers scored 12 runs on 18 hits to back Martin Perez's first career shutout. Perez (3-0) allowed just three hits in the Rangers' 12-0 rout of the Chicago White Sox on Friday. The left-hander struck out eight and walked one for Texas, which has won four in a row. "He's just consistent, he's keeping the ball down," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. Leonys Martin went 3-for-5 with four RBI and finished a double short of the cycle for the Rangers, who went 6-for-13 with runners in scoring position. Robinson Chirinos added a two-run homer. Felipe Paulino (0-2) gave up 10 runs on 13 hits with three walks over 3 2/3 innings for the White Sox, who have dropped three straight. "Pretty bad game for me tonight," Paulino said. "I've been bad the last couple of starts." The Rangers' offense got going in the first inning. Elvis Andrus started things with a one-out walk and went to third on a single by Alex Rios. Prince Fielder was intentionally walked to load the bases for Kevin Kouzmanoff, whose infield single plated a run. Jim Adduci's RBI groundout made it 2-0. Texas tacked on seven more runs in the third to blow the game open. With runners on second and third and two outs, Martin cleared the bases with a triple to right. Chirinos followed with a two-run homer. The Rangers kept it going. After Shin-Soo Choo doubled and Andrus walked, Texas plated three more runs on Rios' single and Fielder's double. Martin added a solo homer in the fourth and hit an RBI single in the sixth. Kouzmanoff's run-scoring single in the seventh made it 12-0. Kouzmanoff has now hit safely in his first nine games in a Texas uniform. Game Notes The White Sox went 4-2 against the Rangers in 2013 ... It was the second complete game of Perez's career ... Chicago's Alexei Ramirez extended his franchise-record hitting streak to 17 to start the season ... The White Sox started a seven-game road trip on Friday ... Texas placed pitcher Tanner Scheppers on the 15-day disabled list, purchased the contract of pitcher Aaron Poreda from Triple-A Round Rock and designated infielder Andy Parrino for assignment ... Chirinos and Adduci set career highs with three hits apiece.
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Picked up 3 new shirts that I'm considering wearing to the beach. Actually everything I'm buying lately I'm considering for the beach. *lol* I'm so exhausted to be totally honest. I need a break from working so much. I finally have a 3 day weekend, but that only entitles moving into our new apartment, so not much of a weekend off, but my fiance and I finally get to spend some quality time together, something we haven't done ALL summer. :( Anyway, here's some shirts I picked up!
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(L-R) Meredith Mistretta, Katie Russo and Chelsea Page ran as part of Liberty's lead women's pack on Friday.
The Liberty men's and women's cross country teams both went 1-1 at the low-key 2013 season-opening UVa Duals, Friday afternoon at Panorama Farms. On the men's side, the Flames defeated Big South rival Radford, 15-40, and lost to the host Cavaliers by a 20-35 count. Meanwhile, the Lady Flames posted a 20-35 victory over Radford and a 15-40 setback against Virginia. Liberty only entered five runners in the men's race, and the quintet completed the rolling 4K course together on a warm, sunny day. The Flames' finishers took places five through nine in the field of 17 entrants. Sophomore Sam Hibbs led the way, clocking a time of 12:57. Redshirt junior Josh MacDonald and senior Caleb Edmonds also crossed the line in 12:57, while redshirt sophomore Ngetich Kipchirchir and sophomore Jeremie Bourget were both timed in 12:58. Virginia's Kyle King was the top collegiate finisher, covering his home course in a time of 12:46. Junior Jacy Christiansen paced a group of 10 Lady Flames who finished consecutively in eighth through 17th places among 30 entrants in the women's 4K. Five of the 10 Liberty harriers in that span were freshmen. Christiansen was clocked in 16:25, while freshman Jessie Proehl and redshirt freshman Chelsea Page followed in 16:26. Junior Meredith Mistretta and senior Katie Russo closed out Liberty's top five placers, each finishing in 16:27. Freshman Alexis Taylor (16:28) opened the Lady Flames' next five, followed by junior Stephanie Buda (16:32), freshman Kat Bouton (16:36), senior Jessica Gass (16:43) and freshman Lindsey Bray (16:48). The first six women's runners to finish the race were Virginia Cavaliers, paced by Barbara Streheler's 14:17 effort. The Flames and Lady Flames will return to Panorama Farms two more times in 2013, including the Sept. 28 Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational and the Nov. 15 NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships. Liberty will now take three weeks off from competition before the VMI Invitational on Sept. 21. The meet will be contested at the Vista Links Golf Course in Buena Vista, Va., which will be the venue for the 2013 Big South Cross Country Championships. The men's 8K will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the women's 5K at 10:45.


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Venezuela, opposition revive talks amid unrest
CARACAS, Venezuela — Foreign ministers from three South American countries will meet with Venezuela's opposition group Sunday in a bid to revive stalled talks with the government and end more than three months of protests that have left at least 41 dead.
A month after dialogue began with embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) — a coalition group of opposition parties — suspended talks last week after government officials denied statements from Ramon Guillermo Aveledo, MUD secretary general, that the two sides were nearing an agreement on releasing prisoners.
Aveledo also faulted the government for creating a "truth commission" under National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, a Maduro partisan, to investigate the demonstrations, which erupted in early February as a protest against soaring crime.
Foreign ministers from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, as well as an envoy from the Vatican, have been mediating the meetings, which have yet to produce any concrete accords.
This weekend's meetings are crucial in forecasting whether the two sides will continue dialogue, says David Smilde, a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America.
"I am sure that Maduro and the government would like for talks to continue without having to make any concessions,'' he says. "MUD's conversations with the ministers are aimed at pressuring the government to give some ground."
This talks are taking place against an uptick in violence, with fresh clashes in Caracas and other major cities. The government arrested more than 250 university students last week when they took over "tent cities" throughout Caracas. That action led to fresh protests in middle-class neighborhoods in Caracas, with 80 being arrested on Wednesday alone. Since protests began, more than 3,000 have been arrested, including members of the country's security forces.
Maduro claims the students, who aren't represented in the talks, are being financed and encouraged by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and the U.S.
Meanwhile, Venezuela's renewed unrest is starting to alarm its neighbors. Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, who has steadfastly backed Maduro since protests began, said in an interview Wednesday with CNN en Espanol that the country was in danger of becoming ungovernable because of heightened tensions.
"No one is going to be able to govern in that climate of confrontation that Venezuela has,'' Mujica said.
While the two sides bicker, Venezuela's economic crisis deepens. The country, which has the world's largest oil reserves but has struggled to develop them, faces widespread shortages of basic foodstuffs, medicines and spare parts.
Many companies have been forced to suspend operations because of a lack of raw materials and claim the government isn't making enough dollars available to them to import goods from abroad.
Venezuela imports about 70% of the goods it consumes, and dollars are strictly allocated by the government. Venezuelan companies owe overseas providers about $14 billion and many have seen their credit lines frozen.
Foreign companies are also closing up shop. Alitalia, Italy's flagship carrier, said Thursday it would suspend flights to Venezuela as of June 2 because of an ongoing dispute over remittances. Alitalia is the second major international carrier to suspend operations in Venezuela, following Air Canada.
The airlines say they are owed $3.8 billion by the government from their sale of tickets in local currency and that the government hasn't made dollars available to them at the previously agreed upon exchange rate.
Meanwhile, Maduro increased the minimum wage by 30% on May 1, hard on the heels of a 10% increase in January.
However, even his backers argue that the increase isn't enough given the country's inflation rate, which is nearly 60%. In addition, the government is now raising controlled prices of various foodstuffs.
Hikes in the prices of rice, sugar and poultry were all significantly above the 30% wage increase meted out to workers.
"How can we survive?'' says Tamara Hernandez, a 36-year-old housewife in the central industrial city of La Victoria. "As soon as they raise wages, they increase the food prices. When will we ever catch up?"


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The "Truth to Power" title of the current Chicago Symphony Orchestra series showcasing Britten, Shostakovich and Prokofiev music is a bit puzzling. "Truth to Power" might conjure a tea party convention to some or Eric Snowden to others, or perhaps that memorable time when Stephen Colbert held court at a National Press dinner expressing his views of the war in Iraq in no uncertain terms. The three pieces played in this concert, like other nights in this series, were not direct protest songs or symphonies. That said, the three pieces we heard the Chicago Symphony Orchestra play under the baton of Jaap van Zweden the other night were all created or significantly shaped by the political surrounds they were born in. That music thrived in such harsh political contexts is where the truth lies, perhaps.
If it were not for excesses of Stalin's censorship of the arts Shostakovich's "Five Fragments, Op. 42" might not have come into existence. The pre-history of this piece was an editorial in Pravda (translation: Truth) condemning Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth opera, forcing the composer to switch gears to symphonic compositions instead. Much of the "Five Fragments" is reported to have been slated for other operas, or perhaps symphonies.
At times just a soft and slow singing of strings, others a duet between bassoon and clarinet, and with an opening rich with oboe and flutes, and also a brass-drive march like interlude-- it was overall a piece that seemed soft and gentle, especially compared to the repertoire that followed. We were acutely aware with this piece, as with those that followed, that van Zweden was conducting the important silences as much as the full notes.
Britten, a pacifist, responded to a commission to honor the 2600 anniversary of the Japanese Imperial dynasty in 1940, a year of tension in the buildup to World War II with his "Sinfonia da requiem, Op. 20". The program notes say that Britten took on the commission with the proviso that "no form of musical jingoism" was required. Actually, it's easy to imagine that Britten went out of his way to ensure that his work would not please the political powers of Japan, who did in fact reject it. This is a work steeped in Christian liturgy, written for a country without that religious tradition. It is about war, not celebration of an Imperial dynasty.
Several other musicians' works were accepted by the Japanese government with only Britten's work being rejected. If you are curious, here is what Richard Strauss produced, "Japanese Festival Music", for his commission--- a far more triumphal work that seems to be saluting a dynasty--
This history of Britten's piece makes it all the more intriguing. It opens with timpani and closed with van Zweden seeming to hold our attention to the last harp chord fading into silence.
Prokofiev's "Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100", with its memorable melodic line in the second and fourth movement, certainly deserves the fame and plaudits it received at its premiere. Ironically, it was the coincidence with a Soviet army victory that allowed this work to be perceived by the powers that be as a triumphant military victory salute. That wasn't Prokofiev's aim. Rather, Prokofiev wanted to salute the human spirit, but here too the political power structure determined the music's fate above and beyond its own musical merits.
Whether it was the oboe and flute in a duet rendering this theme, or the clarinet giving us a rendition full of whimsy, or the larger orchestra playing its chords, it is certainly a theme that lingers in your head for days.
At the conclusion of this piece during three rounds of a standing ovation, a happy van Zweden asked the various soloists from the orchestra to take their bows followed by the entire orchestra. It seemed as if the orchestra members themselves were also clapping too with more than usual enthusiasm. We weren't celebrating van Zweden's conducting or Prokofiev's score, but both.
A note to all CSO concert-goers--- do check out the pre-concert lectures. Before this performance there was a presentation by Dr. Laura Pritchard on Prokofiev's film scores with video examples from Eisenstein's "Alexander Nevsky" and "Ivan the Terrible" and another film called "Tanya". Pondering how Prokofiev mastered such assignments where he was in a relative girdle created by the film maker to how he unleashed in his symphonic works made it all the richer an experience.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will soon start its summer season at Ravinia. For information on the CSO lineup at Ravinia and the entire summer season visit the Ravinia website.
For information and tickets to next year's concerts at Symphony Center in the Loop call the CSO box office at 312 294 3000 or visit the CSO website.


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The Raweekanlaya Bangkok was originally built in the late 1800's as the residence of the royal governess of
His Majesty King Vajiravudh or Rama VI, the sixth monarch of Siam under the house of Chakri, considered the father of Thai nationalism.
The residence is also remnant of Thewet Palace, which used to be located in the area.
The Raweekanlaya Bangkok features 38 guest rooms carefully designed to reflect the heritage of Old-Siam with contemporary touches. It is a true urban resort with over 900 square meters of lush greenery, highlighted by a 120 years old Banyan tree.
|Guest rooms at the resort reflect a sophisticated interplay between modern comforts and traditional Thai décor of the Rama VI era with artistic elements. The rooms have been carefully decorated to make you feel at home, with their individuality and ambience of warmth. Your stay would be personal with a unique Thai poem dedicated to each guest room.
Montha Room
Room Size: 19-23 sqm. | Bed Type: King or Twin bedStay pleasantly in this well-appointed room in the City Wing with a King bed or Twin Single beds. Montha Rooms offer Old-Siam living ambiance with modern amenities, detailed decoration ideal for both leisure and business travelers who love discovering hotels with history and storytelling.
Mattanee Superior
Room Size: 24-33 sqm. | Bed Type: King or Twin bedElegantly appointed, Mattanee Superior Rooms located on the City Wing. The bedroom is colored in clean white to highlight the natural light. Room furniture and amenities reflect that of an Old-Siam with hints of a tropical resort. En-suite bathroom includes shower cubicle, clean minimalist decoration, and full amenity set.
Mattana Deluxe
Room Size: 20-28 sqm. | Bed Type: King or Twin bedNestled within Garden Wing where the main house is located. Overlooking the vast resort parklands, Mattana Deluxe Rooms offer the perfect combination of scenic view of lush landscape and serenity. The rooms feature a King or Twin beds depending on your preference with en-suite bathrooms and are finished with natural fabrics of calming hues.
Mattana Suite
Room Size: 30 sqm. | Bed Type: King or Twin bedWith only two of this exclusive category available, Mattana Suite rooms are located at a prime spot of the resort in the Garden Wing with a direct view of the lush greenery. One is on the ground floor conveniently connected to natural landscape, and with another on the second floor, overlooking the whole scenic view of the resort.
Governess Suite
Room Size: 45 sqm. | Bed Type: King bedOur spacious and unique 45 square meters Governess Suite, offers a 180˚ city view in the City Wing that can be enjoyed from the comfort of luxurious King bed with a separate living area. This beautifully appointed Suite Room was thoughtfully designed for maximum comfort and relaxation.
Taywet Suite
Room Size: 31 sqm. | Bed Type: King bedLocated on the first floor, this one and only exclusive suite was designed especially for our guests seeking a full resort style experience with discreetness. Taywet Suite features a King bed with an en-suite bathtub. It transforms into a private sanctuary with a private outdoor Jacuzzi.
|:: Wellness ::
Wellness is the key to longevity and is the prime feature of the resort. The guest can bust their stress with a holistic and rejuvenating experience. Large areas of resort have been dedicated to greenery with an organic garden, where guests can pick their food ingredients for a bespoke meal. The pool bar serves healthy drinks throughout the day. You can rest in the canopy of trees during the day with a gushes of fresh air, right in the middle of densely populated Bangkok city.
Imperial Spa
Amidst the resort is The Imperial Spa, which offers traditional Thai massage therapies which have been carried down across generations. The therapists have been trained at Phothalai of Wat Po descent.
:: Cuisine ::
Given its strategic location, Thailand (or the Kingdom of Siam as it was once known) had become an essential link in international trade during the reign of King Rama VI and maintained an active and diverse relationship with many countries. In line with the internationalization, the Thai cuisine evolved under the reigns of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and King Vajiravudh (Rama VI), with influx of western elements into the cuisine of the era. The Raweekanlaya Bangkok, being the house of the royal governess of King Rama VI, reminiscences into the transitional cuisines of the time and brings alive best of both western as well as Thai culinary experiences.
The Raweekanlaya Dining
The preparations at Raweekanlaya have been blissfully crafted, while placing a high emphasis on health and sustainability. The ingredients include healthy and natural ingredients like organic brown rice, sea salt and seasonal organic produce from small scale-farmers, thereby also supporting the local community. A number of products are sourced from international artisan producers, including the ones from Thailand.
The Raweekanlaya Dining strives to make your experience at Raweekanlaya truly personal and memorable. Guests are invited to pick the major ingredients from our organic garden, guided by our Chef and a special dish is prepared from the pick.
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ST. CROIX, N.S. — The B.C. Loggers advanced to their second playoff game late Saturday night against the Newfoundland Galway-Hitmen, and despite losing 7-0, were involved in two bench clearing incidents.
A brawl erupted early in the first inning when Newfoundland runner Mathieu Roy took exception to the Loggers' catcher Kyle Cowick's positioning at the plate to tag him out.
As the ball slid from Cowick's glove following the slide, the Newfoundland bench emptied and punches were thrown.
Former Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams, the team owner of the Galway Hitmen, was on the field during the first altercation, something that the Loggers' manager, John Bishop, said "he had no business doing because he was not a coach or manager and was not in uniform."
Bishop added, "I will be looking into that and see if Softball Canada officials had taken note of it."
In the first round of ejections, Roy and another Newfoundland player were ejected while Cowick was the lone B.C. player tossed.
This all transpired in the first inning.
Then in the third inning, Stephen Lieph, of the Loggers, threw an inside pitch to Newfoundland player Ryan Boland, who took objection and traveled to the mound with bat in hand, but the players were quickly separated.
Lieph was the only player ejected during this incident.
During the second confrontation, despite another clearing of the benches, no punches were thrown.
"It was a game that had everything, but (I) couldn't understand why Lieph was ejected and Boland (was) allowed to stay as a result of the second altercation," Bishop said. "Lieph was throwing an inside pitch but certainly not attempting to injure anyone whatsoever."
Bishop suggested that Newfoundland instigated the brawling but said, "the Loggers were not going to turtle from anyone."
Softball Canada officials were behind closed doors after midnight Atlantic time and throughout the wee morning hours to determine whether supplemental discipline would be required prior to the Loggers-Elmira game.
In earlier action Saturday, the Loggers blanked the host East Hants Mastodons 2-0 while allowing the Mastodons a single hit as Scott Lieph dominated, striking out 14.
The B.C. Sooke Loggers will take on the Newfoundland Galway Hitmen at 4 p.m. on Sept. 2.


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Placido Domingo closing act at London festival
LONDON (AP) — Placido Domingo will be the closing act at this year's iTunes Festival in London.
The famed Spanish tenor will perform Sept. 30 at the Roundhouse — the last performance of a month-long, starry line-up, festival organizers announced.
Deadmau5 kicks off the concerts on Monday night, followed by headline sets from pop names like Pharrell Williams, Calvin Harris, The Script and Ed Sheeran.
Kylie Minogue, Kasabian, Mary J. Blige, Blondie, Maroon 5 and Robert Plant are also playing the festival.
The organizers quoted Domingo as saying he was thrilled to appear and for "the recognition that this brings to the unique and magnificent world of opera and of classical music."
Tickets are for competition winners, but gigs can be streamed live in more than 100 countries or watched on-demand.


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The second substantive session of the Conference met from 14-31 March 1994 at UN Headquarters in New York. The delegates continued debate left unresolved at the end of the previous session and their review of the Chair's negotiating text contained in document A/CONF.164/13*.
The first day of the Conference consisted of general statements and the Conference then convened in informals until the end of the second week when informal-informals were held in an attempt to prepare a new "clean" version of the text. These sessions, which were closed to NGOs, were held until the middle of the third week. Consequently, five out of fourteen days of negotiation were carried out behind closed doors. On the final day of the Conference, the Chair issued his Revised Negotiating Text (RNT) contained in document A/CONF.164/13/Rev.1.


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I'm try to make a small 4x game for my own educational purposes.
Currently I have interfaces like
IStarSystem which contains a list of
IPlanets. My next step was to make classes implementing those interfaces. Is it better to make classes like
GasPlanet, et cetera or is it better to make a single
Planet class and define the different types in a XML file?


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On this date in 1980, a ragtag US men's Olympic hockey team stunned the world by wrapping up the gold medal. Serious surprises are rare in the hypercalcuated spheres of both sports and automaking, but occasionally something amazing comes out of nowhere. What car was the biggest, ballsiest surprise?
These days it seems that the Japanese can do whatever they want, but in the late Eighties they were just starting to really stretch for the higher realms — and no one stretched farther or more daringly than Honda with the NSX. A Japanese exotic just did not make any sense to the very traditionalist sports-car world until what was then named the NS-X showed up in Chicago in February 1989 and promptly blew away everyone. People openly wondered if a Japanese company could pull something like this off; it didn't take long for the answer to become perfectly clear.
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