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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Week 9: The Woman in White
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Week 8: The schools we need and why we don't have them
It took me forever to read this book by the Cultural Literacy guy, E. D. Hirsch. His main theme here is that the US needs a common core curriculum in all public schools, and that anyone looking to further "progressive" goals like social justice and equality is going to have to adopt educational philosophies that are usually considered conservative.
I do agree with quite a few of his ideas--he's got me convinced that we should have a common curriculum in the US (good luck getting that one passed), and that the American insistence that we are unique and can't learn from other countries' successes is wrong. But I disagree with his position that nearly all children will learn at approximately the same pace if you give them solid, slow-and-steady instruction. In my experience, some kids are just not going to learn to read by age 6--and as long as they're getting plenty of oral instruction and aren't made to hate the whole idea of reading, that will work out just fine.
Hirsch wrote this book in about 1999. Since then, we've seen a lot more of what he was protesting in public schools. It doesn't look like he'll get his way anytime soon.
Monday, February 15, 2010
The History of the Medieval World
The History of the Medieval World: from the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade, by Susan Wise Bauer. W. W. Norton & Company (February 22, 2010), 768 pages.
I have been looking forward to seeing this second volume of Susan Wise Bauer's history of the world project. I enjoyed the first installment, The History of the Ancient World, and I was happy to get this opportunity to read The History of the Medieval World. Chronicling the entire history of the world is such an insanely ambitious project that I both admire Bauer for taking it on, and wonder how she's going to pull it off. I'm looking forward to seeing the results over the next few years.
This series concentrates on the history of nations: rulers, wars, and religion. Bauer connects them together and shows how they influenced one another. In particular, she concentrates on the twining of religion and political ambition--how rulers used religious identity to consolidate power, and how religious authorities exerted political influence. For the most part, you will not read about how common people lived; this is a "big picture" project that will give you a solid foundation for further study.
Bauer covers most parts of the world for which there is history available. This means that there is quite a lot of information about China and Byzantium, but only a couple of chapters on native American civilizations; there just isn't much material to work with there and we know very little about rulers and events during this period. Likewise, there is almost nothing about Africa except where Islamic empires were established, because there is so little written history about the peoples of Africa during this time. I think some smaller groups could have used more time, but the book can only hold so much.
Explaining 800 years or so of world history is not a simple task, but Bauer draws coherent threads of narrative through centuries of events with insight and humor, as in this observation about life in the large city of Kannauj in north India:
"...all three kings coveted it. Already the city had passed back and forth between the Pala and Pratihara kings, much to the dismay of the citizens, who had to flee for cover whenever a new army stormed through the gates. It was extremely uncomfortable to live in a symbol of dominance." (p. 437)
As the book progresses and more history becomes available, it's quite interesting to watch new kingdoms pop into existence in places like Russia, Scandinavia, and Ireland. They follow similar patterns all over the world. As new leaders gather power, they need legitimacy: a history and equal recognition by other kingdoms. A good history can be made up--just ask Geoffrey of Monmouth--but recognition as an equal from other rulers is hard to come by, and often requires force. All these nations constantly jostle for power and land; one lesson to take from the book is that the story of the world is the story of war, and the imperialistic impulse is part of human nature. A medieval kingdom that didn't expand would shrink.
Medieval history and literature is a favorite subject of mine, so it was a bit dismaying to realize how ignorant I am about nearly all of it. I particularly appreciated the chapters on Korean history, which is probably not very well-known to most people outside Korea--certainly not to me. The history of the Chinese empires and the great influence they exercised over so much of the east is fascinating. The many ever-changing kingdoms of India are terribly complex and difficult to follow, and I admire the effort that must have gone into making them comprehensible. However, I don't know enough about any of these societies to be able to judge the accuracy of the information.
I am not sure that I would end the medieval period at the First Crusade, just before 1200 AD; I felt that was a bit early. Bauer makes a case for the "marriage of spiritual gain and political power" starting a new era after centuries of tug-of-war between secular and religious rulers, and I see her point (p. 666). I may have to wait for the next volume to be able to form a full opinion about her judgment in ending there, but after all, the line had to be somewhere. At the moment, I'm wondering how she'll get the next 800+ years, with all their new nations and developments, into just two books. So far Bauer has done an excellent job with this enormous project, and I would certainly recommend this volume to anyone wishing to study medieval history.
Medieval Historical Fiction: The Holy Sinner
The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann
Mann's novel is based on the medieval Gregorius legends. I did not look Gregorius up carefully enough beforehand, so I didn't realize that the legends are sort of what V. C. Andrews would have come up with, had she been a medieval storyteller. The legend is itself based on the story of Oedipus and is meant to show the infinite goodness and forgiveness of God. No matter how awful your sins may be, if you repent you can be forgiven--though your penance may involve living on a rock and turning into a hedgehog for a while.
Mann writes as if he is a medieval chronicler, which can be a little tiring and repetitive, but it's suited to the story. Every so often, characters fall into rhymed verse as they describe some dramatic incident.
I have never read Thomas Mann before, and always kind of meant to, so when my brother Tom suggested this title for the historical fiction category I thought I'd give it a try. Yeah, thanks a lot Tom. It was better written than most popular historical fiction, though, and I didn't have the problem where the protagonist is really a modern person who will rebel and live as she pleases while saving the ignorant masses. I plan on trying The Magic Mountain next, but I don't think I'll read this one again.
Week 7: Sky Coyote
This is the second novel in the Company series, and thanks so much to the Bookshelves of Doom blog for telling me about Kage Baker! The series setup is that Dr. Zeus, Inc., based in the 24th century, has agents working throughout history. Sky Coyote centers on Joseph, whose last role was a Spanish priest of the Inquisition--now he's playing Coyote to the Chumash of Point Conception in 1700, just before the Spanish show up to take over. The first Company book is In the Garden of Iden, so start there.
Kage Baker turns out to have been a Central Coast resident; she lived in Pismo Beach. So why didn't we all know about her?? Baker just passed away a couple of weeks ago, and she will be missed.
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
I read about this YA title in another 52 weeks blog--thanks Amira!--and thought it sounded like a fun read. Amal is an Australian teenager at a preppy private school, and she's also a faithful Muslim--the only one at the school. Over break, she decides to start wearing the hijab full-time. How she copes with friends, boys, and misconceptions about Muslims makes for a fun and pretty realistic story, though some of the minor characters are a bit cardboardy. I think most girls would enjoy the book.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Week 6: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the prisoner's dilemma, by Trenton Lee Stewart
Our favorite clever foursome is back in the third Mysterious Benedict Society book. This one is just about as much fun and hard to put down as the other two. My 9-year-old daughter loves these books and this has been at our house for a month or so, so it's high time I picked it up.
I also got this great sewing reference book: A to Z of Sewing. The A to Z series has wonderful photography and directions. This is a general guide to elements of sewing like seams, gathering, ruffles, zippers, and so on. Much of it was familiar, but it's nice to have techniques I've learned from many different sources collected in one spot, and I also learned several new things. This will be a very good book to have around as the girls learn to sew, and I'd recommend it for a beginner. Sewing patterns from the big companies generally illustrate a quick-and-dirty style that works, but that does not give a superior result--so when you learn the better techniques described here, your work will be much better. It takes a little more time to do things like French seams, but the results are worth it.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Week 5: Lessons from Little Rock
Lessons from Little Rock, by Terrence Roberts
This memoir is hard to put down. It's by one of the group of nine black students who first entered Little Rock's Central High school to end segregation in Arkansas. The book is not very long; Roberts talks about his early life and family, how he decided to be one of the Nine and what it was like that year. (This was in 1957-58, and all of the area high schools were actually closed for the next year in an attempt to stop desegregation. Roberts finished high school in Los Angeles.)
As a Gen-X California girl, I don't know a lot about the South and legal segregation--it probably doesn't help that US history is my worst subject. So while I knew the general outlines, the details were mostly news to me. I particularly enjoyed Roberts' descriptions of his family life and community; he had some excellent teachers and mentors who helped him on his way.
This title has led me to Warriors Don't Cry, by Melba Pattillo Beals, another member of the Little Rock Nine. I'm looking forward to reading her book as well.


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COVER- On the download: Can our indie stores survive?
After 20 years as a commercial pilot, Cal Glattfelder chose to brave a new kind of turbulence when he entered a music industry buffeted by illegal downloads. Glattfelder purchased a music store that he named Sidetracks from Spencer Lathrop, who had founded the place as "Spencer's 206" 10 years earlier.
"I was tired of the corporate world," Glattfelder explains. "I love music and wanted to be my own boss. I initially looked at the place back in 2001 and decided not to do it for a while. But two years later, I decided to make the jump."
During that time, Glattfelder determined that even the dire predictions of the imminent demise of music retail couldn't derail the John-Cusack-in-High Fidelity coolness of owning a record shop in a happening little arts haven.
"It was before the iPod," he sighs.
That adorable little white gadget was actually released in 2001, but it didn't start having an impact on traditional music sellers until a 2003 revision lowered the price and brought its iTunes software to the dominant Windows computing platform. All of a sudden, the iPod was within reach of most music lovers.
And with the iPod came a surge in illegal downloads. Although destined to be played on perfectly legal devices, those downloads created panic in some corners of the music industry. The Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, began issuing ominous predictions about the future– and suing teenagers, even pre-teenagers.
A university pastime
Approximately a mile west of Sidetracks, in the heart of the UVA Corner district stands Plan 9, Charlottesville's biggest indie music store. When recent commerce school graduate Julia Thies was in school, she was a Plan 9 regular.
"They have the listening stations," says Thies. "One time I went in and spotted the new Ziggy Marley album after I'd heard him perform on Conan. I listened to the CD, got hooked, and bought it."
More frugal music fans, however, do not shell out $18 for an album. Instead, they spring for a few nickels for a blank CD and either pay about $10 to download the album legally or snag it free from an illegal site.
Despite the controversies and lawsuits, downloading and CD-burning continue as University pasttimes, and Kelly Wilkes, manager of Plan 9, believes that all retailers have felt the hit.
"Free" Wilkes says, "is just not going to be legal." To be sure it stays that way, in 2003 the RIAA unleashed a barrage of lawsuits– including one against a Princeton University student and one targeting a 12-year-old in New York. "The way the RIAA went about it," says Wilkes, "was short-term and vigilante."
In the latest round of lawsuits, Texas teenager David Gruebel finds himself a target. Fortunately for Gruebel, the Nettwerk Music Group (the same small conglomerate that signed Charlottesville's own Hackensaw Boys last year) is funding his defense through their Save The Music Fan foundation, a non-profit group based in Canada.
"Music is ubiquitous; it's a utility like water. It's not a pair of pants," says Nettwerk president Terry McBride on the organization's website. "Litigation is destructive. We're a creative community, so this approach makes no sense at all."
It's a bold step. Countless outspoken artists have stepped up on both the pro- and anti-peer-to-peer camps over the years, but this is the most dramatic example yet of a music industry figure fighting the trade group that was created to represent him.
Hackensaw accordion/harmonica player Jesse Fiske is happy with his label's stance. "I think this is a very noble thing," he says. "I'm glad to be affiliated with someone who's looking out for people."
Dr. Moreno goes to Washington
One powerful person concerned about the music industry's tactics is Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), chair of the Senate's permanent subcommittee of investigations. Back in 1970, a longhaired Coleman was a Hofstra University activist whose protests led to a campus shutdown in response to the Kent State shootings. Perhaps memories of his carefree days as a roadie for Ten Years After (the band best known for their performance at Woodstock and the hippie anthem "I'd Love To Change The World") provoked Coleman's sympathetic feelings for music fans threatened with fines of as much as $150,000 per downloaded song.
When Coleman took the issue to his subcommittee's hearings on Capitol Hill two years ago– with rapper Chuck D by his side– he questioned the industry's alleged privacy invasions and subpoena authority. He also called in an old Hofstra buddy, Dr. Jonathan Moreno, director of UVA's center for bioethics.
"These file sharers are people who wouldn't think of stealing from a mom and pop music store," Moreno says. "The industry needs to put a face on itself– the people behind the scenes."
Could Glattfelder be that face?
"Indie" store strategies
Glattfelder's passion for music goes back to his years as a DJ on WUVT in Blacksburg. Hand-painted shelves featuring Glattfelder's favorites– the Allman Brothers Band, Jimi Hendrix, the Who– soar toward exposed ceiling ducts in this former auto repair bay. Signs highlight emerging local artists, and toward the back stands an assortment of used CDs, cassette tapes, and vinyl records.
"Business has been hard," he says, turning serious, "especially since CD prices are high."
Sidetracks, though, does offer a used CD selection that Glattfelder says draws university students and money-challenged downtowners. For around $6, Glattfelder will ring up classics such as Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits.
"They have a great selection of used CDs– not rejects, but actually good CDs," says record patron Thies.
Over at Plan 9, the albums might run slightly more than at Sidetracks, but Plan 9 has a larger stash of used CDs.
"We hire people who truly love music, want to dialogue with the customer, and can turn people onto music," says Wilkes. "If a customer can't find an obscure title, Plan 9 and Sidetracks will seek out and special order the album."
"Plan 9 has the stuff that Best Buy, Sam Goody, etc. don't have," says music patron Thies. "They have all the random stuff I'm into: Bela Fleck, Ziggy, old, obscure Rolling Stones albums, live Widespread albums, lots of folk rock and unheard-of artists." She adds, "But they still have the mainstream stuff if you just need a little Britney."
Wilkes sees diversity as the key to Plan 9's survival and success. The regional chain headquartered in Richmond has recreated itself at least once already. From a scruffy storefront across from the Byrd Theater in the Carydown district, Plan 9 introduced many Virginians to the ideas of a used album store in 1981. Now operating five stores across the state, including the two in Charlottesville, Plan 9 management believes it's fighting just as noble a battle as Sidetracks.
"I think the CD prices that have been mandated through distributors have undercut our ability to be successful," says Plan 9 manager and current Satellite Ballroom booking agent Danny Shea. "When you see an $18.99 CD, it's overpriced. It's not worth that much. Plan 9 has done a lot to aggressively try to keep CD prices down over the years."
Plan 9's solution appears to be cutting its margins and the cultivation of a certain cultural atmosphere, one defined as much by goofy trinkets and smart-aleck refrigerator magnets as by CDs, t-shirts, and posters.
"Now we have a coffee shop and a lounge type area, and the Ballroom ties into this too," adds Shea. "We're moving into a scenario where we have kinetic things that are tied in together.
"The big issue with me is seeing the death of the hangout," he continues. "If people are migrating toward doing it on a computer, they're not interacting with a human being."
Ironically enough, guess what Plan 9's planning for the next big reincarnation?
"Clearly digital downloads and sales are here to stay, and we know that," says Wilkes. "We're working on our own download store."
As Wilkes explains the system they'll use, it becomes clear that it parallels a host of others that have played lukewarm second banana to the billion-plus songs sold via the Apple-sanctioned iTunes Music Store: BuyMusic.com, RealNetworks Rhapsody, AOL Music Now, Musicmatch, Napster 2.0, Puretracks.
Even Wal-Mart is getting into the business, selling country singles at a lowball $0.88 per song. And in the online music world's most hilariously absurd fit of shark-jumping, Coca Cola introduced MyCokeMusic.com as one of the few download services available overseas.
Shea sees one major difference: Plan 9's downloads will launch into an already dedicated customer base. "There's the brand Plan 9, which has been going on for a quarter century now, and that has value within the region," he says.
What Plan 9 intends to offer is a universal system that will work with whatever hardware people have. "It should be accessible to the iPod environment and the Windows environment as well," Shea says. "There's an extra step to get it on your iPod, but that's okay."
But is it? The system Wilkes outlines would have an iPod owner copy and then create new files out of those purchases, a process called "transcoding," that critics claim degrades the already-compromised audio clarity of the files. But it's necessary because the store will rely on a format not supported by iPod: Windows Media Audio [WMA].
WMA has become a popular choice among online music sellers because of the ease with which copy protection can be added to the files, making them useless the moment a buyer sends them to a friend on a file-sharing network– or, more importantly, to 30 million friends.
And in a 20-year overdue fit of payback, Apple has refused to open its now-dominant musical systems to the Microsoft-championed WMA. The other online retailers all use Windows Media, and none of them are doing particularly well.
After three years in business, Apple now sells more music than Tower Records and holds about 80 percent of the legal downloading market with its iTunes Music Store. Still, the Store began turning a profit only in the final quarter of 2005. Before that, it had existed for the sole purpose of serving as a link in Apple's emusic monopoly.
Steve Jobs and company have aggressively locked users into its trinity: iPod, iTunes, and Apple's 99-cents-a-track Store. Each begets the next, and eventually buyers find themselves back at the beginning, buying or downloading whichever product started the cycle.
Late last year, label executives and industry lobbyists demanded– backed by their threat to withdraw rights to their music– that Apple allow tiered pricing. Apple stood firm, and eventually the labels caved, choosing to renew their loathed 99-cent contracts rather than risk alienating 80 percent of the download market.
At the height of the standoff, albums distributed by EMI and Sony/BMG began trickling out with embedded copy protection designed to prevent the music from being transferred to computers in any format playable by the iPod. Among these were several albums by artists affiliated with Charlottesville-based ATO Records and Red Light Management– including Dave Matthews Band, the North-Mississippi Allstars, My Morning Jacket, and David Gray.
By October, news broke that some of these discs– specifically those distributed through Sony/BMG– installed a nefarious virus-like bit of digital nastiness called a "rootkit" which posed a grave threat to the computer's security. PCs began crashing, CDs were recalled worldwide, and Sony/BMG lost a class action lawsuit. Trey Anastasio's album release was hastily scaled back because of the defective discs.
"Neither we nor our artists ever gave permission for the use of this technology," reads a tersely worded message on the ATO website. "Wherever it is our decision, we will forego use of copy-protection, just as we have in the past." Farther on, that same message includes instructions about how to defeat the copy protection. And there's an apology to customers.
Novelty item?
UVA ethicist Moreno has long been saying that online music sales are the wave of the music industry's future. "The album," he says, "will be a novelty item."
That's just what recent UVA graduate Ben Martin fears. "My computer crashed one summer," he says, "so I'm really paranoid about spending a lot of money downloading songs for a dollar apiece, and then losing them a few months later when my computer crashes again."
Even before his crash, Martin considered himself a fan of the liner notes and solid plastic of compact discs and found his iPod daunting.
"Do the math," Apple once bragged of its larger-capacity iPod. "That's four weeks of music– played continuously, 24/7– or one new song a day for the next 27 years."
"It can be overwhelming when you have thousands of songs in your hand and can't decide what to listen to," Martin says.
Clearly, not everyone is thrilled with the new music technology.
"It's a shame," says recent UVA graduate Jim Warnock. "Creating mixes from iTunes makes the rest of the artist's repertoire unimportant. That's what file sharing has done to people's mentality– created fans of only top hits."
Martin, however, disagrees. "Top 40 radio isn't all that bad," he says. "In some instances, the top hits are genuinely good songs, such as Outkast's 'Hey Ya!' iTunes is just another way of spreading good music, just like the old Napster and Kazaa were."
Although Napster– shut down by court order not so long ago– has rebuilt itself as a subscription-based download center that the RIAA now embraces, Martin sees problems for the industry.
"There are a lot of other alternative file-sharing programs that are totally free, and those are gaining popularity because they're a lot harder for the RIAA to track," he says. "Computer whizzes are geniuses when it comes to staying ahead of big companies like Apple and the RIAA, so there will always be free options out there."
Other suspects
It's not just legal and illegal downloading that have affected the music business. Albemarle-based musician Peter Griesar identifies video games as a major culprit.
"Music downloads," says Griesar, "have nothing to do with the industry woes– that's a lie perpetrated by the industry."
Griesar notes that video games, now a $10 billion a year business, have stolen much of the potential growth from music and movies.
"What's driving people to copy music is that it's too expensive," says Griesar. "They have a limited amount of money to spend on entertainment."
UVA alum Martin thinks downloading may ultimately help the industry and artists– if the downloader is an avid CD collector.
"I'm a perfect example of this," he continues. "I've discovered dozens of bands and bought their CDs simply through file sharing. And there's no way I would have spent money on those bands had it not been for Kazaa."
So what does all this mean for Cal Glattfelder and his little musical alcove on Water Street? Well, there are some who would say that shoppers should get there while they still can... the irony being, of course, that if enough people do, Sidetracks won't be going anywhere.
Shifting gears: Nielsen SoundScan figures released July 7 indicate that U.S. album sales fell 4.2 percent in the first half of the year, while legal downloads– with sales primarily from the iTunes Music Store– soared 77 percent. In April, "Crazy," a song by UK duo Gnarls Barkley, spent nine weeks at Britain's #1 single, the first chart-topper released solely as a download.
"The big issue with me is seeing the death of the hangout," says Plan 9's Danny Shea. "If people are migrating toward doing it on a computer, they're not interacting with a human being."
"Independent music retail is a low-margin business," says Cal Glattfelder, "but it can work here. There are a lot of people in this town who enjoy and are involved in music."
SIDEBAR- Apple bites: How local bands get rolling online
Since iTunes is rapidly establishing itself as über distributor with a blanket policy against dealing directly with artists, one has to wonder how smaller, breaking artists will be able to keep up. A cross-reference between the iTunes library and the Hook's directory of local musicians turns up a number of matches.
Devon Sproule and Clare Quilty got in through their record labels, but All of Fifteen, Sparky's Flaw, and several others have been able to get into the iTunes rotation through independent brokers like CDBaby and Tunecore.
These companies shave a little off the top in exchange for their services as intermediary. CDBaby takes 9 percent after Apple takes its bite, leaving artists with about 55 cents on the dollar; Tunecore charges a dollar for each song's delivery to each download store and an $8 yearly maintenance fee, after which 100 percent of the proceeds go to the artist.
Mike Meadows, lead singer and songwriter for the now-defunct Small Town Workers, offered that band's catalog for sale on iTunes by way of TheOrchard.com. "You pay them a small fee to license your music, and they put you everywhere: iTunes, eMusic, MusicNow, and all these other places," says Meadows, listing a few more of those second-banana sites. "It was very worthwhile."
King Wilkie is another local band dabbling in downloads. They were excited when their former label, Rebel Records, finally managed to get into iTunes with an older release, but the band soon found that download sales weren't ending up in their pocket– their contract allowed the label to keep the proceeds in order to recoup the costs of the album.
"We haven't seen a dime of it yet," says King Wilkie manager Rick Easton. "iTunes on a per-track basis ends up going through record labels and middlemen, and everyone takes a cut along the way. By the time it gets back to the band, we're talking pennies on the dollar."
Seeking an alternative, King Wilkie discovered the independent download services provided by MusicToday, the Crozet-based company owned by Dave Matthews Band manager Coran Capshaw. MusicToday treats download sales much like merchandise: proceeds can be routed to the artist instead of through a label if contracts allow it. Easton reports that 70 percent of the purchase price now reaches the band.
"MusicToday is a much more favorable deal to us," says Easton. And, it would seem, for customers, who seem to be biting. "MusicToday has been about 30 percent higher than through iTunes," he continues. "The only problem with the service that they provide– allowing us to sell direct– is that because of the nature of charging, we can't sell individual tracks. We have to sell the whole thing."
As the director of merchandise at MusicToday, Jim Kingdon oversees the sale of music downloads and can shed some light into that.
"The greatest cost in the single song download space is the transaction cost in executing the order, the credit card transaction fees," says Kingdon."When you factor in the record label and the processing cost, there's nothing left. If a meaningful solution can be implemented to solve the credit card transaction problem, you'll see a lot more download providers."
There's one last problem. In order to make the files iPod-compatible, MusicToday's method has to forego all copy protection. But that's okay with Easton. "If somebody wants it, there's always a way to get around it," he says. "It's kind of like closing the barn door after the horse already got out."
Kingdon sees a pattern developing. "The content that the artists have control over is generally sold as an unrestricted MP3, and the content that the record labels have control of is sold as a controlled file," he says. "In our case, it's very clear-cut that the artists we work with have chosen to offer their music up in an open format."
Plan 9 manager Kelly Wilkes sees the same trend and says that the Plan 9 store will offer unprotected MP3s in addition to the protected WMA files. But the former will most likely be limited to releases by independent artists and smaller labels.
"The ultimate goal here is to make sure that fans have the ability to buy music as readily as possible, so that they can act on impulse and their interest in the artist," Kingdon says. "The better Apple and MusicToday are at making sure that fans can act on that impulse, the better off everyone is, because more music will get purchased."
In all, downloads are really a hot-button issue for King Wilkie, who are currently between record contracts. "That's been a factor in our current negotiations– we're trying to get with a label that has been up to date and is doing some exciting things digitally," says band manager Easton.
It would appear, then, that King Wilkie is the local king of progressive music distribution.
But wait! Miljenko Matijevic, who is currently gearing up for the second revival of his 1980s rock band Steelheart in as many decades, can do them one better: he sells the MP3s himself, with no middleman whatsoever.
"Most artists can do this," he says. "It just takes a lot of time and energy– you have to get an e-commerce account and a credit card account." It's a feature built into his web hosting package, which is provided by GoDaddy.com, the most popular domain name registrar in the world, and involves the familiar "shopping cart" analogy so prevalent in online retail.
Go, Steelheart!
Mike Meadows' Small Town Workers may be gone, but iTunes keeps the music alive and the checks rolling in.
"The ultimate goal here," says MusicToday's Jim Kingdon, "is to make sure that fans have the ability to buy music as readily as possible, so that they can act on impulse and their interest in the artist."


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Dalfampridine is used to help improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis. This medicine is a potassium channel blocker.
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For the second time in three years, John Macken, who just stepped down as president of Ivanhoe Mines, is the province's top earner, bringing in $23.358 million in salary, bonus and options to purchase shares.
Macken was the top earner in 2009, when he took home almost $10 million US.
The top three earners in The Vancouver Sun's 2011 top 100 executive pay summary are all former Ivanhoe executives. Along with Macken, former deputy chairman Peter Meredith ($14.041 million) and former CEO Robert Friedland ($12.574 million) round out the top three. Among them, they earned $50 million.
All three executives, along with former chief financial officer Tony Giardini (No. 11 at $6.598 million), resigned April 17 as part of the realignment of Ivanhoe management with new controlling shareholder Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto became the majority shareholder January 24 when it increased its holdings in Ivanhoe to 51 per cent. Rio Tinto's interest in Ivanhoe is over Ivanhoe's Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia, reputed to be one of the richest copper/gold properties in the world.
The Top 100 compensation list was compiled by data company Equilar, based in Redwood, Calif., from 346 publicly traded companies with head offices in Vancouver. From the initial list of 346 companies, Equilar looked for executives whose compensation package was $1 million or more. That pared the list down to 2,290 executives from 103 companies. Equilar tracks executive compensation from public documents primarily to assist client companies in benchmarking the amount of compensation executives receive. The data are then used by corporate boards to determine what they want to pay their own executive teams.
Mining companies dominated executive pay in 2011, with eight of the top 10 executive compensation packages being in the mining sector. Only Telus president Darren Entwistle (No. 5 at $10.191 million) and Lions Gate Entertainment CEO Jon Feltheimer (No. 9 at $8.036 million) broke mining's grip on the top 10. Of the 100 executives in the survey, 64 were from mining companies.
Further, there was no requirement for a company to be profitable for its top executives to bring home hefty pay packages. Six of the top ten earners came from companies that lost money in 2011: Ivanhoe Mines, Levon Resources, Lions Gate Entertainment and Eastern Platinum. Forty of the Top 100 executives on the survey were with companies that lost money.
The capital-intensive nature of mining — high exploration and development costs before the mine come into production — accounts for high compensation packages for executives in mining companies that are losing money.
The top 100 survey also shows that most of the top-paid executives, 98 per cent of them to be exact — are men. Only two women made the list: Lululemon Athletica CEO Christine Day, No. 36 with $3.575 million, and Eldorado Gold administrative vice-president Dawn Moss, No. 80 at $1.995 million.
In 2011, overall executive compensation was on the rise. In 2009, Telus's Entwistle, for example, earned $6.85 million; in 2010 $9.9 million and $10.191 million in 2011.
Macken's $23-million package represents a huge jump over last year's top earner, Fortress Paper CEO Chadwick Wasilenkoff, who earned $16 million.
In 2011, the threshold to make the top 100 also went up to $1.7 million — the amount earned by No. 100, Sandy Fulton of International Forest Products. In 2010 the threshold was $1.4 million. In 2009 it was $1.2 million.
The method of setting executive compensation is behind the ratcheting up of pay packages year-over-year, said Laura O'Neill, director of law and policy at the Shareholder Association for Research and Education, an advocate of shareholder issues.
Pay is benchmarked by compensation committees looking at the pay of peers, she said.
"Nobody is going to suggest that they have bottom-rung executives," she said.
"So they will at least go for the middle ground of the peers. So in year one, you target the middle and all the peers target the middle and then the next year the middle is suddenly the bottom."
It results in "a relentless climb upwards," she said.
Compensation is also based on performance targets, she said, particularly share-based and option-based awards.
For example, of the $10.191 million Entwistle earned in 2011, most of it, almost $7 million, was share-based awards, a better form of incentive for top executives than options-based awards, which was the standard a decade ago, said O'Neill.
Share-based awards, when they become vested, are an actual share; "skin in the game," according to O'Neill and a much better incentive than options. Option-based awards are an option to purchase shares once they are vested and are generally exercisable over a long period of time. They can be windfalls, depending on how the stock performs. If the stock falls, they do not need to be exercised. She said they tend to encourage long tenure at a company rather than performance.
But, she said, even through they are not cash in hand, options are real benefits. "The chances are they are going to be worth a pretty penny."
The salary component of compensation packages is generally smaller than the share and option awards, she said.
"Most companies will say 'We have a small salary component and most of the pay is incentive pay because we are not paying these people just to show up. We are paying them to really work hard and make this company really do well.'"
O'Neill described option-based awards as "The monster that has been created."
"It's up to us to understand it and to try to tame it. One of the ways to do that is to move away from options that simply vest as time goes by and move toward stock-based compensation; real shares, real skin in the game, but you have to meet more hurdles, like total shareholder return, revenue goals, bringing down the operational costs, whatever it might be."
O'Neill said she would prefer to see compensation also tied to environmental and social accomplishments as well as financial metrics.


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A southerly frontier - on the cusp of wild nature and extraordinary adventures - the excitement in Ushuaia is palpable. Prepare for memorable exploits amid the extremes of this southerly location - as you adventure into the colossal scenery of the fractured Tierra del Fuego and beyond. Known as the 'End of the World' Ushuaia looks out across the Beagle Channel, and is surrounded by the Martial Mountains to the north. Despite its remote location, Ushuaia is a surprisingly busy and lively resort, with lots to keep its visitors entertained. For many people, Ushuaia is their last glimpse of anything resembling a city, before they jump off the map into the wilderness, to answer the call of immense national parks or Antarctic expeditions. One of the most dramatic landscapes on the planet - Argentina's land of fire, National Park Tierra del Fuego, is a place of titanic natural forces and limitless beauty. Snow-covered mountains poke the sky, while glaciers spill down between peaks, and gaping fjords open up. With incredible wildlife - from penguins to whales - the park offers some of South America's most amazing hiking opportunities and panoramas. When it comes to food in Ushuaia, locals cook up fierce flavours using the freshest ingredients. King crab is one of the most popular dishes, while sea bass - hauled freshly from the waters - and mounds of meaty mussels - known as cholgas - are also on the menu here.
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Black Swan
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Sailing back from Maine, Sam Acquillo, his girlfriend, Amanda Anselma, and screwball mutt Eddie Van Halen get blown off course by a dangerous gale. With damaged boat and frayed nerves, they limp into the closest harbor, which happens to be on Fishers Island, New York, a distant and altogether disassociated scrap of Long Island.
A summer preserve for the oldest old money in America, it is defended by year-round denizens who safeguard their island's insularity with xenophobic fervor. Sam and Amanda are hardly welcomed with open arms, unless they're the arms of the young and beautiful Anika Fey, daughter of the owner of the Black Swan, the island's only hotel, who's only too eager to fold Sam into her embrace.
But feminine wiles aren't the only hazard faced by Sam and Amanda. They're soon swept up in big-money intrigue, dark conspiracy, brutality, murder, and the machinations of high-tech millionaires, to say nothing of the autumn storms that lash the island with wind and wave.
In the years since losing everything, Sam has fought his way back to an existence that even he believes is worth preserving. And now, bad timing and a broken rudder could result in the greatest loss of all - his life.
Chris Knopf's four Sam Acquillo mysteries have received exceptional accolades, with critics likening Sam to Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, and Robert Parker's Spenser, while repeatedly comparing Knopf to Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald, and Ross Macdonald. A sailor, cabinet maker, and advertising executive in Connecticut, he and his wife also spend a lot of time at their Southampton home.
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- Grant
- 07/02/2016
A clever tale
There's a lot to like about this story by Chris Knopf. There's the "locals versus wash-ashores" conflict. A good dose of steamy sexual tension. The mysteries of brilliant minds. Man versus nature on a few levels. And a good old-fashioned mystery to unravel. One of his most satisfying reads to date.
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- Ruth
- 14/05/2011
narrator or story? or both?
i haven't yet met a chris knopf book that i didn't like. this story - which is definitely reminiscent of Key Largo - starts out with a nautical nightmare. but it never really is explained why Sam Acquillo is drawn into to this mystery. even as it plays out, Sam himself questions his motives, but never explains the why. i've been drawn to all previous Knopf's books as his main characters and the quirky buddies that accompany him along the way are entwined at some point with the "mystery".
further, Keith Szarabajka's voice sounds to me too much like Richard Ferrone's voice (narrator of two of the more recent Acquillo audio books) so it became distracting to me as the performance sounded like Ferrone's but was not quite the same, and seemed rushed and flat. i will read/listen to it again down the road as i would prefer to give this wonderful writer a higher rating. it could just be that it was the combination of the story and the narrator made it difficult for me to engage entirely. if you are a fan, definitely don't pass this one by. if you are a first time Acquillo reader definitely start with the earlier books. And don't pass up the Jackie Swaitkowski Hamptons books. I'm listening to Bad Bird right now and it is definitely a 4 star listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03/05/2018
A very engaging story
If you have a computer background, you will be even more interested. However, that is not necessary to the enjoyment of the book.
- Nancy
- 22/09/2011
Not my Favorite
The change again of the reader was distracting, why 3 different readers for 5 books? Also the story line was weak. There was no background of why he was sailing the boat just a brief aside. The whole story left me flat.


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PTSD: Not Just for Soldiers Anymore
A new study finds that one in four stroke patients are developing post traumatic stress disorder within a year of the stroke. And the odds of a psychological recovery are worse for younger patients. Sumathi Reddy and the study's lead author Dr. Donald Edmondson have details. Photo: Getty Images.
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FRISCO, Texas - After practice on Monday morning, FCDallas.com caught up with one of the new additions in 2014, Brian "Cobi" Span, for a quick Q&A in an effort to get to know the 21-year-old a little better. Span joins FC Dallas after spending the last two years with Swedish Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF.
First off, the question we all want to know. Brian or Cobi?
Tell us a little bit about the origin of that nickname.
When I was younger, I would play with a lot of the older kids and my coach used to think I played like Cobi Jones because I was smaller than everyone else and Cobi was always a smaller, quicker player so he would say 'Cobi Jones, Cobi Jones' and all my teammates started calling me Cobi. It stuck with me and even my friends at school started calling me Cobi.
Do your parents call you Cobi?
No, my parents don't call me Cobi but my brother does. Everyone I know has always called me Cobi since then.
Tell us a little bit about where you grew up.
I was born in the Bronx but I moved out when I was young and lived in Westchester County and went to a school called North Salem. I played for a club called FC Westchester.
What got you into soccer?
My brother started playing before me. He's a couple years older than me and I'd always watch him play, but I was too young. I always wanted to do what he did so when I started playing with him I fell in love with the game.
You're from the New York area, are you a fan of the typical NYC teams?
It's hard to say. I always liked the Knicks but I'm kind of a Lakers fan mainly because of Kobe. I like the Jets, too.
You took a little bit of a different path with your soccer, leaving Virginia early to go play in Sweden. That's a huge step, what all went into that decision?
The team was following me for a while and I think I was at a point in my career where it was a big step developmentally to become a much better player, faster. At 19 years old, it was one of the most important times for me as a player and I think going there it really helped develop myself as a player on and off the field.
From a living standpoint, what's the biggest difference between Sweden and America?
Everything is much different. A different type of people and then the weather, it's really cold and it's a long winter. I haven't even felt much warm weather since I've gotten back here.
What's the biggest difference between Swedish and American soccer?
It's just really technical there. Everything is really focused on tactics and where you're supposed to be, when you're supposed to be there. If you don't get into the system, then they're not really going to give you the chance because they want everyone in the right place at the right time.
What did you learn most about your soccer while you were there?
Really, I learned how to be a professional. Going from college to the professional game, you really can't act the same way. It's more of a job. Guys are trying to take your job every day and you only train for two hours, but those two hours you have to be totally focused and take care of yourself both on and off the field.
What was your favorite thing about living in Sweden?
I lived in Stockholm, so it was a beautiful city. I got to meet a lot of nice people and really learning a new culture was the best thing.
What was the worst thing about it?
Aww man, the weather. The weather in the winter.
What was the American thing you missed the most?
Getting food late at night. All the stores close at 11 o' clock in Sweden. You can't get food later than that. Say if you get home late from a game you have to cook and it was annoying because you're just too tired.
So you're a guy from the northeast, you've lived in Sweden for the past couple years. What's going through your head when you get allocated to Dallas? Quite the change.
The first thing I thought was wow, I'd never been to Dallas in my life. I've never had the chance to come out here, so I just thought of open spaces. I got here though and it's nice. I love the facilities, everything is a really relaxed culture, so I like it already. The people are great.
So we see you're a guy that's active on Twitter, talking with other guys around the league. Who are some of your main friends within MLS?
Within MLS, I know Amobi Okugo, Ethan White and Gale Agbossoumonde. I played with them in national teams and we've played each other in club.
Did you talk to any of those guys before making the decision to come back to MLS?
Yeah, I did. I've always kept in touch with them and they gave me their advice for sure.
Did you know anyone on FC Dallas?
Yeah, I know Matt Hedges. We played together on [PDL side] Reading United.
Who's the best Twitter follow in the league?
*As Kellyn walks by in the hallway* Kellyn Acosta, I'll have to say.
Who's your go to team on FIFA?
I usually use Arsenal or Real Madrid.
Favorite Musician?
There's so many. An old favorite is 50 Cent. New stuff, I like Kendrick Lamar.
Favorite soccer team outside of FC Dallas?
Arsenal. I used to always watch Henry when I was younger.
Favorite Movie?
Happy Gilmore.
What kinds of things do you do in your free time?
I'm a pretty chill guy. When I was in Sweden, I'd just go into town and go to coffee shops, get food and hang out with friends. Nothing crazy, FIFA is about it.
That was the next question. You say on Twitter you have a good FIFA game, any message to the rest of the league about FIFA?
I'm ready for anyone. All I need is a challenge and I'm ready to play, call me out.


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'Rag Mountain' rations: Chefs show off for Beard
Chef Angelo Vangelopoulos of The Ivy Inn is the newest member of an elite group: local restaurateurs, who've been invited to sauté, poach, roast, sear, and pour for diners at the esteemed James Beard House in New York City.
Along with Tony Champ of White Hall Vineyards, Vangelopoulos and his four-cook team will bring the flavors of Virginia to this historic West 12th Street residence on December 21 in a seasonal meal appropriately labeled "A Shenandoah Christmas."
"The James Beard House is the best forum I know where chefs, both young and old, both well-known and not so well-known, can test their imagination and technical prowess," says Chicago's Charlie Trotter.
For Vangelopoulos, following in the footsteps of other "Bearded" locals like Alex Montiel (The Boar's Head and Cocina del Sol) and Tim Burgess and Vincent Derquenne (Bizou and Bang!), this won't be his first Beard House gig.
Though only 34 years old, he has quite a culinary pedigree. Not only does he come from a family of restaurateurs, but before purchasing the Ivy Inn from Barbara Shifflett 10 years ago, Vangelopoulos worked under two of our nation's most celebrated chefs: Roberto Donna of Galileo and Robert Greault of La Colline (both in D.C.). Angelo also went to culinary school with James Beard Award-winner Todd Gray of Equinox fame (D.C.). Having worked with these chefs on Beard House events in the past, Vangelopoulos knows exactly how tiny the celebrated kitchen is. "We'll do most of the prep work here and finish things up in New York," he says.
The December 21 dinner– which takes advantage of relationships with local farmers that the Ivy Inn has cultivated over the years– includes dishes like "Rag Mountain" smoked trout, pan-seared wild Chesapeake rockfish, sausage-wrapped Virginia lamb (from Nelson County), and a warm tartelette of Virginia apples (Henley Orchard) and quince. A different White Hall vintage accompanies each of the six courses. Tickets are $115 all-inclusive but there's a special discount available for locals through The Ivy Inn.
Those of us who can't make it to New York for this festive event, needn't despair. Vangelopoulos has already begun incorporating some of the Beard House dinner courses into the Ivy Inn's seasonal menu.
So what single word best defines Virginia cuisine, in Vangelopoulos' opinion? "Simplicity," he answers. Lord knows, we could all use a bit more of that this holiday season!
One of Charlottesville's iconic restaurants, Tokyo Rose, will soon be changing hands. Owner and regular performer Atsushi Miura tells Dish he expects the deal to be completed by December 30.
For readers unfamiliar with the rich history of this unique sushi bar (our town's first) and underground music club, Miura was lured to Charlottesville from Japan 15 years ago by the Rose's original owner-creator, Ken Mori. If Charlottesville had a restaurant "hall of fame," Mori'd be one of the first inductees.
New arrivals in town will have a hard time believing that as recently as the late '80s there were only a handful of innovative restaurants hereabouts. Mori owned three of them– including Tokyo Rose (daringly named after the Japanese treason-tried WWII radio announcer), Tennessee Waltz (Southern comfort food with a nifty modern aesthetic in the current Carmello's location on Emmet) and the still-familiar (as Escafé) Eastern Standard.
Will Tokyo Rose keep Mori's torch aflame even after it changes hands? We'll keep our fingers crossed, but a note on the Rose's website (announcing no more live acts after December 18 due to a change in ownership) sounds sadly swan-songish: "We thank you for helping and coming to Tokyo Rose. We hope you can find somewhere else to enjoy your life with live music."
Angelo Vangelopoulos of The Ivy Inn


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The Winning of La Mesa
Directed by: Allan Dwan, Gilbert P. Hamilton, Lorimer Johnston, USA, 1912USA, 1912
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Escape to the mountains for two full days of hiking, sightseeing and exploring in the amazing natural wilderness of Yosemite National Park! You may choose from two hotel options, depending on your budget and preferences. This is an experiential tour where you'll see not just the Valley Floor, but the outlying areas of the park that many tourists miss (by not having transportation or time). In the valley, you'll have the opportunity to visit and photograph such famous highlights as Yosemite Falls (the tallest waterfall in North America), El Capitan, Half Dome, Bridalveil Fall, and Inspiration Point.
Beyond the valley, you will take a trip to the awe-inspiring Glacier Point* and enjoy a hike among the Giant Sequoias*. You will have two days to explore, giving you more time and flexibility to see all the sights. Your guide stays with the group throughout the tour, providing valuable knowledge of the history of Yosemite and a more personal experience of the park during your trip. Slip away to Yosemite Park with us for two full days of fun and exploration!
Complimentary pick-up/drop-off from your San Francisco hotel; Full-time professional, knowledgeable guide; Transportation to/from Yosemite in biodiesel mini-coach; Yosemite Park entrance fee; Narrated guided tour; Accommodations at Cedar Lodge along the Merced River; Breakfast on day 2.
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PR Dummies: Over Davy Jones' Dead Body
The public relations industry is a heartless machine that cares not about a human's life or death, unless it can be used to sell a product. Your soul is only worth a poorly written press release. This is PR Dummies. The worst of the worst, every week.
Davy Jones, former member of The Monkees, died on February 29. He was instantly memorialized, in press release form.
From: [PR Dummy]
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:45 AM
Subject: AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS: He doesn't "MONKEE" around ... 'KING OF POP CULTURE' from 'ANTIQUES ROADSHOW' Knows ALL @ NY PIER ANTIQUES SHOW
In the wake of Davy Jones' sudden passing yesterday, one way to remember and cherish his memory is to look back at the abundance of MONKEES collectibles and recall just how huge this pop culture phenomenon really was.
And the guy who knows all about them is the "King of Pop Culture" – Gary Sohmers, very colorful and flamboyant longtime appraiser on "Antiques Roadshow," the show that started the collectibles craze on TV. (You'll instantly recognize him with his loud Hawaiian shirt and silver/gray ponytail).
"In fact," says Gary, "there was more Monkees memorabilia made than Beatles memorabilia. The questions is, are they worth more than the Beatles? "
He's central to the spirit of all the reality shows from Storage Wars to American Pickers to Pawn Stars and Hardcore Pawn, that are flooding TV based on the premise of discovering what people's stashes are worth.
Gary is going to be giving appraisals of pop culture items for charity (American Cancer Society) at the upcoming NY Pier Antiques Show - New York's largest antique, art, style and collecting event - on March 17 & 18 at Pier 94.
He is available for phone interviews and guest bookings!
Gary knows the values and stories behind 100,000 useless items from Mark Twain to the Simpsons & The Family Guy. He's funny, engaging, compelling and eminently quotable.
And he KNOWS HIS MONKEES. And has plenty of Monkees collectibles to showcase.
I would love to see if you can interview and/or spotlight him as a preview to the NY Pier show. He'll tell you (and your audience) the value of any pop culture collectible sight unseen!!
Thanks for your consideration.
I'd love to know your thoughts!
Randy Alexander
Randex Communications
This one came out the same day he died:
From: [PR Dummy]
Subject: Information regarding Davy Jones
To whom it may concern:
This email is in reference to the passing of Davy Jones, a local resident in Martin county. Mr. Jones recently became known as a spokesperson for our Company, GorillaTrades.com, a stock-picking newsletter based in Palm Beach County.
I have attached a recent commercial Mr. Jones was featured in, and give you full permission to use it. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the number below.
Michele Romano
GorillaTrades, Inc.
Davy Jones would have appreciated knowing that, in death, he helped such worthy causes.
Thank you to everyone who submitted press releases. Please send your own PR Dummies nominations here.


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This report provides an in-depth examination of the limitations of the existing E-Verify system. Alongside recommendations for strengthening E-Verify and mitigating its unintended consequences, the report offers proposals for three next-generation verification pilot concepts that would tap new technologies and practices to overcome the core weaknesses of the system.
In order to rectify the shortcomings of a rigid and outdated U.S. visa system set in place by the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), this report recommends creating a new visa stream called provisional visas which would sync visa policies with the way in which labor markets work in practice, and bridge temporary and permanent employment-based admissions to the United States in a predictable and transparent way.
This report examines the funding formula used to distribute Workforce Investment Act Title II federal funds for adult education, literacy, and English as a Second Language instruction, and argues that the formula fails to account for the size and needs of adults with limited English proficiency.
Report examines the findings of a survey conducted by The Integration of the European Second Generation (TIES), which compares data for second-generation Turks with parents of comparable backgrounds across contextual factors in seven European countries to explore why educational outcomes vary within the target group.
This book reflects the effort of the Transatlantic Council on Migration to map how profound demographic change is likely to affect the size and character of global migration flows; and how governments can shape immigration policy in a world increasingly attuned to the hunt for talent.
This policy paper proposes creation of a permanent, independent executive-branch agency that would make regular recommendations to the president and Congress for adjusting employment-based immigration levels.The Standing Commission concept, first articulated by the MPI-convened Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future in its 2006 final report, would provide nonpartisan, timely, evidence-based, and impartial analysis that is vital for informed policymaking.
Immigration flows to the United States have noticeably slowed in the last year, raising fundamental questions for policymakers and analysts about the effect the economic crisis is having on inflows and return migration. MPI's Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Aaron Terrazas assess the potential impacts by examining recent data, the likely behavior of immigrants, and immigration history.


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I recently acquired the Messianic Renewed Covenant (MRC) New Testament on CD. It had instructions for using the Version Database Compiler to put it into BW version 5. On the CD there was a mrc.ddf file and a mrc.txt file that contained the compilable text.
I am using BW 6.0.008s - not version 5. I followed these instructions to the T - everything seemed to be "kosher" on the VDC page. But each time I went through the process, when I clicked the "Compile" button, BW6 immediately aborted with the message that a log file had been created and the program needed to be restarted. This happened 3 times before I gave up.
I can't locate a log file for these failures.
Has anyone been successful in compiling the MRC in BW6?
Are there any tricks for BW version 6 that are different than the instructions for BW version 5?
Any assistance will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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You've got the 411 on Fall's top looks; now it's time to make them your own. From a chunky knit cardigan to a pair of bootcut skinny jeans, a modern saddle bag to a vintage workwear dress, which on-trend pieces can be tailored to fit your signature style and feminine charm? Show us with a Pinterest inspiration board, and you could win an incredible Levi's® shopping excursion!
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Nearly two years ago, Leigh wrote a great column on a dating game called Katawa Shoujo being made by members of a 4chan group. What made it stand out were two things: one, it's been on the drawing board for over a decade, and two, it was a dating game based on girls at a school for disabled teenagers.
Regardless of what you think of the game's content, the fact it came from a messageboard story, took that long to complete and involved over 20 developers working around the world is pretty damn interesting.
Those interested (and over 18, as it's an erotic dating game) know that it's now been finished and is available to play on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. If you're under 18, or at work? Don't sweat, you can turn the erotic stuff off and just enjoy the chit-chat.
Katawa Shoujo Released [Katawa Shoujo]
Romance With Disabled Girls: How (And Maybe Why) An Unusual Video Game Came To Be [Kotaku]