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In today's day and age photographers are a dime a dozen. Technology has allowed several people who don't take the art of it seriously a way in. To my eyes, the difference between the good and bad ones is easily discernible. Some may say it's a keen eye, others may say it's a pricey camera that cost a few thousand dollars and some may even go so far as to say you have to shoot solely on film. All of the above come into play and are essential ingredients to being a terrific photographer, but as Bill Hale has proven yet again, it's sometimes merely being yourself and forging a relationship with the person on the other side of the lens that allows the art of photography to truly flourish. Back in the early 1980s photographer Bill Hale was in the right place at the right time and captured much of the burgeoning metal scene taking place in the Bay Area. The fruit of his labor first came to light a few years ago with the book Metallica: The Club Dayz 1982-1984. In my review of the book I famously said "Bill Hale is to Metallica as Astrid Kirchherr was to the Beatles". I stand by that quote because as Hale showcased in his Metallica book and his new Megadeth book, he was able to not just capture these acts in their infancy, but take us behind the curtain before the roars of stadiums beckoned them. Hale is fully able to capture the onstage essence of these bands, but what sets his pictures apart from your typical Facebook photo gallery is his ability to get these musicians to let their guard down in front of the lens. Anyone can snap a shot of someone playing the guitar, but can you forge a relationship with an artist so that when they take a picture of you, you're not posing for them but allowing them to see your soul? Hale's new 132-page book Megadeth: Another Time, A Different Place is an all-absorbing look back at the birth and rise of Megadeth.
Hale's first picture of Dave Mustaine is from 1982 when he was the guitarist in Young Metal Attack while the next picture was taken six months later when he was the lead guitarist for Metallica. From there, the book encompasses mostly pictures from 1985 and 1986 as Megadeth began their ascent to the metal throne. The majority of the pictures feature the band out in support of their first two (and most influential) albums Killing Is My Business…and Business Is Good! and Peace Sells---but Who's Buying. About half of the photographs in Megadeth: Another Time, A Different Place are backstage capturing the band either in a laid back or playful metal manner. In a day and age where a pr person would never allow pictures of this intimate nature to be taken let alone published, these are eye opening and most welcomed. What I find so endearing about Hale's books is his ability to truly show us what it was like in Northern California during the ascent of thrash metal. We see the cramped quarters of the backstage areas and even the gaping holes in the ceilings of the concert halls. Some of these pictures find the members of Megadeth not posing but simply in the moment while others show us their youthful and innocent side. My favorite pictures are of drummer Gar Samuelson (to whom the book is dedicated). Gar isn't at all as I had imagined him. While the picture isn't living or breathing, he's different from how I imagined him from Behind the Music stories and other assorted books I've read. We've become so accustomed to seeing bands onstage in their element and posing against mountains in lush black and white pictures that we forget they're human just like us. I personally relish the behind-the-scenes pictures more than the concert ones as these are pictures rarely seen and offer us a better look at their offstage personalities than any book written today could ever do justice. These pictures make the music more tangible.
Guitarists in Megadeth have always had a colorful history and in this book, three of them are featured. Marty Friedman is possibly Megadeth's best known guitarist as he played on their best selling records Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction. His shots are from a 1990 photo shoot Hale did for the guitarist and these are the pictures the band asked to see because while they knew he had the professional chops to make it, they had previously felt his image was too glam on the Cacophony album cover. One look at Hale's shots and Megadeth knew they had their guitarist. The other fascinating pictures are of Mike Albert who filled in for Chris Poland briefly before the release of Peace Sells in 1985. I had not seen images of Mike before this book. Lastly, Chris Poland, whose work on Peace Sells is still studied by guitar aficionados to this day is covered extensively throughout the book. In virtually ever picture, Poland has a steely intensity as he rarely looks the camera in the eye. He's focusing his mind on the task at hand which was playing some blazing guitar. As someone who wasn't old enough to witness this legendary lineup of Megadeth in the flesh, this book serves as a wonderful time capsule to a time many talk about but few have seen.
The book has three extensive essays. The forward is by Dave Mustaine and despite everything one may think about him, I found his forward warm, affectionate and thankful someone cared enough to capture the band during this stage. Dave Ellefson looks back at the band's beginnings and their ambitions. He also reminisces about Samuelson and Poland and how their divergent backgrounds helped provide an underpinning for the "scary" riffs Mustaine had concocted. The last of the written pieces belongs to metal journalist Tom Trakas. I'll confess I consider Tom a friend, but he puts you in the mosh pit with his words which far eclipse this review you are now reading. I'd recommend the book for Trakas' poignant prose alone. Trakas was the editor of Midwest Metal and is now on the web at "None But My Own" (here). He provides a voice for all of us along with a front row seat to the festivities and more significantly, brilliantly expresses why this form of music has transformed his life.
We're living in the golden age of metal books and there have been dozens of magnificent books released in recent years with Hale's historical pictorial documents being among the best in not just metal but all of music. Considering that Metallica and Megadeth are half of the "Big Four", Bill Hale's books offer an unfiltered view of these bands before they prowled stadiums around the world. Hale's books are the pictorial equivalent of Almost Famous for the headbanging Bay Area metal movement. As one pages through the books, we're transported to another time and a different place where we discovered this music that was unlike any other. It spoke to us in a way little else could and above all else, it validated the desperation in our veins. Hale does more than capture Megadeth in their infancy, he captures them onstage and off stage in an informal manner thus making many of the pictures in Megadeth: Another Time, A Different Place truly enduring.
Anthony Kuzminski is a Chicago based writer and Special Features Editor for the antiMusic Network. His daily writings can be read at The Screen Door. He can be contacted at thescreendoor AT gmail DOT com and can be followed on Twitter
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A new e-book by Michigan Chief Security Officer Dan Lohrmann addresses issues and solutions surrounding bring your own device (BYOD) in any enterprise environment.
Do you use a personal device on your organization's network? If so, what are the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies within your enterprise or organization?
If you're unsure, a new e-book, BYOD for You: The Guide to Bring Your Own Device to Work, just might help you. In it, author Dan Lohrmann, who is the chief security officer and deputy director for cybersecurity and infrastructure protection for the state of Michigan, addresses the concept of BYOD and how both the public and private sectors can properly carry out BYOD practices in a beneficial and secure way.
The book, now available on Amazon, outlines the do's and don'ts of bringing your smartphone or tablet to work, and was written specifically for employees bringing their own device to their workplace, Lohrmann said.
BYOD for You
The new e-book is available for download on Amazon for $4.99, but for a limited time only -- on Tuesday, April 16, and Wednesday, April 17 -- the book can be downloaded for only $2.99.
According to a study from readwrite.com and Intel, 38 percent of U.S. CIOs were expected to support BYOD by the end of 2012. In 2013, 82 percent of surveyed companies allow some or all employees to use personal devices.
In a study released last year by Gartner, results showed that BYOD was a top concern for enterprise mobile security.
But Lohrmann, who also is a blogger for Government Technology magazine, said one of the big problems enterprises face with BYOD is that employees use personal devices for work-related purposes without the consent of an official policy developed by the enterprise.
"It could be anybody who doesn't have a [BYOD] policy, but they're still doing it," Lohrmann said. "So what do they need to know?"
To help readers, or the end-users, understand at what level their enterprise embraces a BYOD environment and defines BYOD policies, Lohrmann outlines three levels in his book: bronze, silver and gold.
The following are some examples, but don't necessarily reflect all concerns or situations regarding BYOD uses and policies:
Bronze: An end user is using a personal device for work purposes, but his/her enterprise has no official BYOD policy. Therefore this end user is not reimbursed for any costs incurred from using the device. Privacy of personal data and company security policies may present concerns.
Silver: An enterprise does have a BYOD policy outlining the access of data, security and policy, however the enterprise does not reimburse its employees for using their own devices. The enterprise may provide smartphones with all expenses paid, but users may not want to be locked into a work smartphone contract.
Gold: The enterprise has clearly laid out BYOD policies and fully reimburses the employee for all of his/her device's costs. Although the enterprise may include mobile device management (MDM) software, these employees may become concerned about having their personal data monitored.
Lohrmann said ethical concerns may arise when employees who work at a company that lacks a BYOD policy inadvertently violate other company policies when they're on a personal mobile device. For example, a company may have a strict "no Facebook" policy, but employees, although on a personal device, could be using the popular social media site during work time and therefore breaking company rules.
"There are policies already that you need to be aware of that affect workplace behavior in general for employees: state employees, for government or for business employees," Lohrmann said. "Your ethical behavior is impacted by how you use your mobile equipment."


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The Central Connecticut women's cross country and outdoor track and field teams were honored with the NCAA APR Public Recognition Award on Wednesday afternoon in an announcement made by the NCAA. The NCAA annually honors teams earning multiyear Academic Progress Rates in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport.
The awards are based off the most recent available data and both the women's cross country and outdoor track and field teams had a perfect multiyear APR score of 1,000 at the conclusion of the 2011-12 academic year. The perfect score placed both squads in the top-10 percent of Division I teams in their sport.
Each year, the NCAA honors selected Division I sports teams by publicly recognizing their latest multiyear NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR). This announcement is part of the overall Division I academic reform effort and is intended to highlight teams that demonstrate a commitment to academic progress and retention of student-athletes by achieving the top APRs within their respective sports. Specifically, these teams posted multiyear APRs in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.


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Pairings Pictured: Oregon Pinot Blanc
Wine artist Hawk Wakawaka explores food and wine pairings, visually.
Note from the Artist: Wine and food are opportunities for pleasure and sharing. But wine can often be seen as daunting, making pairing it with food feel difficult. I draw illustrations about wine to express the fun and love for the experience that can also be found. In this series (which runs every other week) I want to share a quick insight into wines that are great for the season and the foods they love to spend time with. Enjoy!
Ever the lady, Pinot Blanc from Oregon's Willamette Valley presents sophisticated poise. Her cultivation, and good behavior are designed to set you at ease, while her wealth of experience keeps her intriguing. With vine cuttings originating directly from Alsace, Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc offers graceful elegance—as delicious alongside a humble egg as it is with high class cuisine.
The climate of Willamette Valley gives this variety crisp precision alongside fresh juiciness. The grape offers a range of flavors including refreshing greenery notes from evergreen to fennel, alongside yellow apple and lemon accents. The cool harvest temperatures of the region also help with great aging potential. Last month I was lucky enough to enjoy a 1996 Eyrie Pinot Blanc with pasta that was still youthful and full of fruit.
The brightness of Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc means it goes well alongside shellfish, or grilled swordfish, but the rich flavors mean it's great with egg dishes and pasta with a little lemon or grated parmesan. Fall weather means mussels are in season—enjoy them buttered with garlic alongside this wine.
Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc producers to seek out: Look to Adelsheim for an ultra lean focus with an apple-pear and lemon profile. Bethel Heights gives that refreshing fennel lift alongside lemon zest. For a slightly broader palate showing beautiful evergreen, yellow apple, and citrus, go for Eyrie Vineyards.
About the Artist: Hawk Wakawaka is a wine drawing philosopher with a heart of gold. She also writes the website Hawk Wakawaka Wine Reviews.
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Re: My Star Wars creations
Darth Maul Clone wrote:Devil Girl wrote:
Thank you very much
Valthonin, he is made out of material. I have got bags full of material that I cut up and use for my collages, toys etc.
If I am going to sell them then I have to speed up the production as that one took a long time to make. I think though as the more of them I make then the easier it will get. I will start the Darth Vader for my son soon and I have decided which ones I will make for my other children.
Well?Aren't you going to tell us which ones you have decided to make for your children?
I will be making a toy of Mirta and Mara for my daughter (her second name is Jade so I think that is appropriate)
I will also be making a Darth Malak for my second son (whose name is Malach) and as it has worked out I will now be making two toys for them I will have to think of the second toy for him…I will have a think about what I can make for him (no doubt by the time I will have got to that point I will have decided as that lot will keep me very busy)
wow, can't wait to see the Malak one either. Think you could make Yoda?


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1. Your magazine came in freakin' MAY! There's no way my awesome office staff would have left it out there until December to read, anyway.
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3. I'm kind of sorry now that I did toss them, as I'd like to know what sort of "advertiser error" would lead you to recall it 6 months after the fact. Please feel free to comment if it's something juicy.
4. (MOST IMPORTANT). There is a DAMN good reason your magazine should have been recalled (or never published in the first place). The issue in question is the one I already featured on this blog because of the wild-eyed, Haldol-deprived, migraine patient you had on the cover!!!
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The colors are even brighter in person than in the photos, believe it or not. The cloth feels very strong and well-stitched, and while I havent had the opportunity to travel with it yet, its very compact, so its perfect for saving space even by just sitting on my dresser.
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The association prides itself on protecting and preserving the very long-standing tradition of weaving using a floor loom. The women have all learned this technique from their mothers or grandmothers, and plan to teach their daughters as well.
Unfortunately many women in this area have been affected by miscarriages and the loss of newborns. This can cause a woman to go into a deep depression. Together they overcome these tragic events and provide constant support for one another.
Thanks to the work of these women, their children have the opportunity to study and have a better future. As an association, part of their income is donated to school infrastructure.
The association has been able to grow and increase their sales, which is then passed along to the women and their families.
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"My hope is that we can live in a better world where women are always respected and loved (...) because one day she may stop producing, but she'll never cease to be what she is, a Woman."
"The Yama part of our name is actually 'Maya' spelt backwards, and we did it to stand out from most groups featuring Maya in their name," says Mirian Otzin, who heads the group.
"I grew up in Comalapa, just like most of the women in the group. It is a village of humble means where families are large, on average seven members per family. Women start teaching their daughters how to weave when they are 10 years old. As we grow up and have daughters ourselves, we teach them too so the tradition never ends. This is also we ensure that the weaving techniques of Comalapa are preserved.
"When I realized that people did indeed like what I wove, I ventured out looking for a place to sell my creations. That's when I changed from using the back strap loom to the pedal loom to save on costs. It was a challenge for me to make this switch because the pedal loom is usually only used by men, and women are expected to use only the back strap loom.
"As a women's group we have received different training courses in order to improve our quality so that our products are valued as more than a piece of cloth. We have purchased sewing machines so we can offer a better finish for our bags, purses, and other items.
"My dream is to be able to help other women, be able to guide them and tell them that life is always filled with ups and downs. But that no matter how complicated problems can be, there is always a tomorrow to fix them.
"My hope is that we can live in a better world where women are always respected and loved, not because of what she produces, but for what she is, because one day she may stop producing, but she'll never cease to be what she is, a Woman.
"I remember the first time I went to a building in Guatemala City – it was the first time I had used an elevator and when it started to move I screamed so loud! All the people in the elevator looked at me and started to laugh, which made me feel so embarrassed but the only thing I could do at that moment was to laugh too.
"To me, in order to become successful, it is very important to be able to help one another. That's why we are part of a group. For example, once one of the women was struggling with a particular weaving technique and was disappointed that she couldn't do it on her own. Another member of the group offered to help and taught her how to do it in a way that was easier for her to understand. She was patient with her, and now this woman has become experienced in so many different techniques! She now teaches others, understanding first-hand how frustrating it could be when learning something new. To share what we know so that we can help each other out is one of the greatest gifts we can give if we set our minds to it.
"We are a group of women from a Kaqchiquel community in search of our own social and economic empowerment, so that we may break the cycle of poverty that has been affecting us for several generations. Thanks to the art we share, we can have more benefits and sow seeds for our children to reap."


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Ever since the existence of the Wii U was leaked just prior to E3 2011, game developers, publishers, those in the gaming press, just about everyone but Nintendo have called the console's new controller "a tablet." Every time someone does this, they drag their collective fingernails across the chalkboard of my soul.
Anyone who has used the Wii U GamePad should be able to tell you that it's not a tablet device. A tablet features multi-touch screen controls, and does not rely on multiple buttons and control sticks/pads. The Wii U GamePad does not feature a multi-touch screen controls, and it does have dedicated buttons and control sticks (and one control pad).
If you are going to call the Wii U GamePad a "tablet," then you're going to have to call the 3DS, the PS Vita, ATM machines, The Real Touch anus simulator, and everything else on the planet with touch controls a "tablet" as well. Personally, I'd prefer for us to use the word for devices that are actually are tablets, and not mindlessly tack it on to every new touch-controlled device that hits the market just so we can sound trendy. It's cool when words mean something, isn't it?
That's not for me to decide though. In the long run, tech and gaming culture will determine what the word "tablet" means as it relates to interfacing with technology. Depend on how the future unfolds, this post may look really dumb in a few years, when everyone calls any old fashioned touch controlled device a "tablet" while the world has moved on to telekinetically controlled cars and jetpacks internet brain implant chips in our hamburgers.
In the meantime, I'll tell those of you who haven't played the Wii U that you should not expect it to deliver an tablet-style gaming experience. The Wii U GamePad is essentially the bottom half of a 3DS XL, but with two analog sticks, some NFC functionality, and a slightly larger screen. It's not that different than using a standard dual analog stick controller. There just happens to be a big touch screen in the middle of the thing which you may or may not end up using. It feels nothing like an iPad or other tablet devices.
I've played a good amount of Wii U games (Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros. U, Rayman Legends, Assassin's Creed 3, Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition, Project P-100, Panorama View, Pikmin 3, Game and Wario, Trine 2, and many more). Most of them did not require you to use the touch screen, and those that did went about it in a way that was almost exactly like something you'd find in a 3DS game. Take Takamuru's Castle for example. The game is all about flinging throwing stars off the GamePad screen and onto the TV screen. You couldn do that with a 3DS. The only difference is, it wouldn't be as fun to throw a star from one screen to another screen that's less than two inches away. Regardless, it's nothing like playing a game on the iPad. It was more like playing a PS Move/Wii Remote pointer controlled game, except the pointer control also had a touch screen.
In closing, anyone who has led you to think that the Wii U GamePad is anything like an iPad is being a jerk and you should tell them so.


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This exercise plays a short harmonic progression with the bass line slightly louder than the upper voices. On staff paper, users should write out the solfege of the bass line under a staff first, then write the corresponding notes on the staff. You might add the solfege for the top voice above the staff next. Finally, determine the possible choices for chords given the two notes that you already have and your understanding of chord progression what would be most expected, and write the best choice. After clicking "show answer" listen again to hear the correct answer.
This exercise should be done very quickly. If you have trouble doing it in one or two listenings, then you should go to scale degree ear training, and set the instrument to cello or piano bass and practice listening to low instruments and immediately recognizing the scale degrees played. You will also need a strong understanding of the theory of chord progressions found in the lessons.


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What is 21-20?
The score in which the Sals Gals were beaten by their rivals, the st. Marks Spartans. A constant reminder that we are better than the four year sausage fest known as sallies.
Last night St Marks football celebrated 21-20 by throwing an epic party, while sallies were beaten and then raped by their coaches and fathers.


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Books That Inspired Great TV
December 7th, 2011
When I read a book, I dont really see much. Characters are just vague outlines in my imagination, like people seen at a distance without my glasses. Their words are spoken in my voice, making some scenarios a little awkward. Descriptions of beautiful vistas? Consider them instantly forgotten. Perish the thought of having to imagine what a fantastical creature looks like, even with a long string of adjectives to guide me.
This problem makes Fantasy an untouchable genre. Science Fiction is a considerable struggle as well. Remove the setting descriptions in Westerns and its just a bunch of faceless cowboys with nondescript guns and war cries that sound a lot like my ack! a spider! shriek.
I dont like being confined to a few genres, particularly because I help people find their next favorite book. So I cheat a little. Watching movies and TV shows based on books helps me see the scenery, hear the characters, and experience the story more fully before I read the book. This ruins things for people with a rich visual mindscape. (You can easily pick them out of a crowd because they say things like, I cant believe they casted so-in-so in that movie. He doesnt look at ALL how hes supposed to look.) To them, I tip my hat.
Check out this list of TV shows based on books and make your own comparisons!
Bones (FOX): Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs
Christy (CBS): Christy by Catherine Marshall
Dexter (Showtime): Dexter Morgan series by Jeffry Lindsay
The Dresden Files (Syfy): The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
Flashforward (ABC): Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer
Game of Thrones (HBO): A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
Friday Night Lights (NBC): Friday Night Lights: a Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger
Gossip Girl (The CW): Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC): Inspector Lynley series by Elizabeth George
Rizzoli & Isles (TNT): Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series by Tess Gerritsen
Kitchen Confidential (FOX): Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family): Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard
True Blood (HBO): Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries by Charlaine Harris
The Vampire Diaries (The CW): Vampire Diaries series by L.J. Smith
The Walking Dead (AMC): The Walking Dead graphic novel series by Robert Kirkman
For a list of books that inspired movies, click here.
When you read, do you see anything? Whats your favorite book/film/TV show adaptation?
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Donna Britt, writing for the Washington, profiles Marjuan Canady, whose new play, Callaloo: A Jazz Folktale (with music by Etienne Charles) just opened. [Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.]
Have you ever met someone you're certain will be famous?
Listening to D.C.-born actress Marjuan Canady discuss "Callaloo", her new play celebrating folklore from Trinidad and Tobago that debuts Saturday at the Ellington Theater, I can't help thinking: "This girl's gonna be huge."
She's beautiful but seems largely unaware of it, ambitious without being obnoxious and smart without parading her intellect. Unlike other young actresses who can't stop talking about themselves, Canady's passionate discourse concerns her Caribbean ancestors' culture and traditions, and commemorating them with her work.
Canady, who performed her last play, the one-woman showGirls! Girls? Girls. off-Broadway and at more than 50 colleges and community centers around the country, named her play "Callaloo" for the popular, collards-like dish. Originating in West Africa, callaloo–a staple of many Caribbean cuisines—is prepared differently in different regions, reflecting the diverse influences of the African, Indian, European peoples who traditionally prepared it. Caribbean folklore, Canady insists, is the much the same.
"Folkloric stories are part of our history, our culture, our oral traditions," says Canady, 26. So a dish that mixes different cultures' culinary traditions to create something new seemed like the perfect inspiration for a play celebrating the ghosts, demons and deities that evolved from the traditions of the African slaves, Indian indentured servants and European immigrants who populated her ancestral homeland. Canady, too, is a mix. "My mom is Trinidadian and my dad African-American," Canady explains. "So my approach is to remember and honor their different memories through storytelling."
The notion of creating a two-woman, 45-minute play examining ancient Caribbean folkloric characters hit Canady at a concert by Etienne Charles, the Trinidad-born jazz trumpeter, in New York. Listening to songs inspired by his native land's folklore, Canady suddenly saw characters she'd learned about in childhood coming to life through the story of an American-born boy haunted by images of his parents' native Trinidad. Visiting his grandmother on the island, the boy falls asleep and dreams of the funny, flamboyant and frightening spirits populating the island.
Last summer, I saw a snippet from "Callaloo" at a fundraiser at the 876 Cafe in Northwest Washington and was blown away. Playing the boy, Canady, wearing a leotard under jeans and a hair-hiding baseball cap, slipped into feigned sleep. As if in a trance, she rose–slithering out of her boyish attire and insinuating her curves into a lacy white dress, a huge black hat and the dangerously sexy persona of La Diablesse, the seductive demon that puts spells on drunken men with her beauty and then kills them as revenge for mistreating women. La Diablesse is one of six folkloric characters introduced by "Callaloo"; five are played by Canady, and two by her co-star Vanessa Evans, who also plays the boy's grandmother.
"The more research I did on these folkloric characters, the more important I saw they were to all Caribbean people, and to everyone in the African diaspora," Canady explains. "I saw how important it is to preserve these stories and traditions. In African-American culture, storytelling is part of everyday life–but we don't necessarily recognize it as art form. Our folk tales are art, and they deserve recognition."
"Callaloo: A Jazz Folktale," is written by Marjuan Canady. Music is by Etienne Charles and is directed by Natalie Carter. Performance is at The Ellington Theater, 3500 R Street, NW, Washington DC. General Admission: $20. Students: $15. To purchase tickets go to www.callalootheplay.com
For the original report go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/celebrating-the-folklore-of-trinidad-and-tobago-on-stage/2013/01/11/a3af3f00-5c3c-11e2-beee-6e38f5215402_blog.html
For more about the Marjuan Canady's 'Callaloo: A Jazz Folktale', see:
- http://thecaribbeancurrent.com/world-premiere-of-trinidadian-playwright-marjuan-canadys-callaloo-a-jazz-folktale
- http://www.callalootheplay.com
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K0CuA3vPCc
For more about Marjuan Canady, visit http://www.marjuancanady.com or catch her on http://vimeo.com/mcanady.


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After battling a debilitating viral infection for more than six weeks, Florida tailback Matt Jones gave every indication Saturday night that he is all the way back with his 28-carry, 176-yard rushing performance against Kentucky.
But is the tailback position back to where it was in the spring, when Jones distanced himself from the competition early and established himself as the Gators' every-down back?
The answer would seem to be yes, that Jones is The Guy again at tailback based on his performance (and how many carries he got) in Florida's 24-7 victory.
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"It seems like now we're all trying to create the controversy of the running back deal," UF offensive coordinator Brent Pease said Tuesday. "I'll say this: Matt did a very good job. I think when Mack (Brown) was in there, he ran the ball well. He obviously did not get the number of touches. I don't know if it's a hot hand, because I think they're both capable.
"I think if Mack Brown had those carries, I think Mack Brown's doing the same thing, and that's not to take anything away from Matt. I think the kids up front did an outstanding job. And, you know, Matt was a guy that got the carries, and sometimes we look back and say, 'can we balance it out?'
"Yeah, maybe we can do a little bit better job of that because I think some wear and tear is on you. But Matt obviously had led up to probably needing that game. I don't know if it's a hot-hand situation because I think they're both capable of doing it."
Going into the UK game, the strategy was to stick with the tailback who happened to have the hot hand. It's the same approach that has been taken since Jones returned in the second game of the season against Miami.
It sounds like that strategy may be altered after the way things played out in the UK game.
Jones appears to be the clear No. 1 tailback again, the every-down back. But it also sounds like Brown is going to have a chance to share some of that playing time as the Gators move forward.
And don't forget about true freshman Kelvin Taylor. Surprisingly, he did not get any carries last week after Pease and UF coach Will Muschamp had indicated he would earlier in the week. But Taylor, who appeared dejected coming off the field after Saturday night's game, is still very much in the mix, Pease said.
"We want to get him in there," Pease said. "I think coach (Brian) White has a good feel on how he controls those guys and how the game flow is going and where we've got to pick our spots. It's hard with one ball, three players. They're all capable.
"They're all very good. A couple of them have experience. We spot guys in certain packages to use at certain times. We've got to continue to do that. The good thing about it is they've all been very unselfish and they've all grown and continued to practice real well."
Even though Jones says he's still not quite 100 percent, he said he's ready to compete for playing time and carries. He showed that in the Kentucky game.
Jones said he was motivated by the coaches' hot-hand approach at the tailback position.
"It was definitely a lot of pressure with coach saying hot hand, knowing that the position was kind of open," Jones said. "But we feel very confident with all our backs. Everybody's a good SEC back. It was definitely a lot of pressure on me, but I just took it upon myself to go out there and do what I had to do.
"It still does (fire me up), but like I said, we feel confident with all our backs. I feel that whoever gets in can do the job. I've still got a little pressure on me, but it's OK."
For the first time this season, Jones played like the dominant back the Gators thought they had heading into the season before he was knocked down by the viral infection in late July.
After struggling to make anything happen in the UM and Tennessee games, Jones was called into Will Muschamp's office last Monday, where Muschamp told him to relax, stop worrying about making mistakes and turn it loose and run with confidence like he did at the end of last season.
"I came in and he was just like, 'Just cut it loose, just let the Matt Jones I know let it loose Saturday, stop being timid, stop waiting,' " Jones said. "He just told me stuff to do and cut it loose."
Taylor probably would like to have the opportunity to turn it loose, too. Even though that opportunity has not come through the first four games, Taylor continues to compete hard in practice, Jones said.
"He has a great work ethic," Jones said. "Sometimes when you don't get in as a freshman it is kind of hard, like it was for me last year. I was kind of the same way, like why wasn't I getting in?
"But sometimes, you're not ready for the SEC. I think he's ready. It's not my decision. But his demeanor is great in practice."
Gators' Jones makes statement with breakout game
After battling a debilitating viral infection for more than six weeks, Florida tailback Matt Jones gave every indication Saturday night that he is all the way back with his 28-carry, 176-yard rushing performance against Kentucky.


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LANSING (AP) - State officials have awarded nearly $33,000 in grants to pay for river, stream and creek cleanups around Michigan.
The program provides grants of $500 to $5,000 to local governments for the projects, which typically involve removing trash and other debris from streams and stream banks. Nonprofit organizations or other groups often take part.
The cleanup grant program began in 1998 and is funded by sale of the state's water quality protection license plates.
Grants are administered by the Great Lakes Commission, under contract with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
Sixteen local government units were awarded grants. Many went to watershed councils or conservation districts.


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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri forward Laurence Bowers has a sprained MCL in his right knee and is expected to miss at least two games.
An MRI confirmed the extent of the injury, which occurred Tuesday night during a collision under the basket with teammate Phil Pressey. The school said Wednesday that the MRI revealed no damage to the ACL or bone.
Bowers missed all last season with a torn ligament in his left knee and wears a brace on that leg.
Bowers, who leads the 10th-ranked Tigers with a 17-point average and is second with seven rebounds per game, will miss games against Mississippi on Saturday and Georgia on Jan. 16. The injury will be reevaluated at the end of next week.


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Five-State Lesser Prairie-chicken Conservation Plan Submitted
Range-wide lesser prairie-chicken conservation plan submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in hopes of precluding a listing under the Endangered Species Act
The lesser prairie-chicken is a grassland grouse species native and once common to parts of
Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas and . However, declining lesser prairie-chicken populations have brought state and federal agencies together in an attempt to better manage this iconic prairie species and its habitats. The result is a comprehensive range-wide lesser prairie-chicken management draft plan. Oklahoma
Through a multi-state collaborative effort, with funding provided by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) grant and support from the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the five state wildlife agencies completed the draft plan and submitted it to the USFWS. The federal agency is currently deliberating its proposal to list the lesser prairie-chicken as threatened and states hope the conservation plan will influence the final decision and preclude listing, according to the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) Grassland Initiative.
The lesser prairie-chicken has been considered a candidate under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) since 1998, and USFWS proposed it for listing as threatened in December 2012. A final rule for the lesser prairie-chicken is scheduled to be issued September 30, 2013.
The WAFWA Grassland Initiative collaborated with the Lesser Prairie-chicken Interstate Working Group, which is composed of biologists from the five state fish and wildlife departments within the species' range, and other partners to develop the range-wide conservation plan. This management plan describes population and habitat goals to secure the species into the future and identifies voluntary conservation programs and practices to be applied to accomplish these goals throughout the lesser prairie-chicken's range (http://kars.ku.edu/geodata/maps/sgpchat/).
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service commends the Lesser Prairie-chicken Interstate Working Group and the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies for their tireless efforts to develop a range-wide conservation plan for the lesser prairie-chicken." said Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, regional director for the USFWS's Southwest Region. "In the next few weeks, the Service will reopen the comment period in order to allow the public the opportunity to provide additional comments on the lesser prairie-chicken listing proposal and the range-wide conservation plan as it relates to the USFWS's listing proposal."
"While we do not need a chicken on every acre, we do need to have the right acres to conserve the species," says Bill Van Pelt, WAFWA's Grassland Coordinator. "We feel we have created a plan under which we can partner with landowners and industry to incentivize good land management practices."
Throughout the planning process, which started in April 2012, the state wildlife agencies have reached out to the public. The states have received feedback about two previous draft plans and are encouraged to hear the support for a state-led effort to conserve this species. Prior to finalizing the management plan, the state agencies are requesting additional public input. TheRange-wide Conservation Plan for the Lesser Prairie-chicken is found onhttp://www.wafwa.org/html/rangewide_lpc_conservation_plan.shtml and the states will be accepting written comments on this third draft of the plan. Please send comments via email to [email protected] or by mail to Jan Caulfield Consulting,
114 S. Franklin St., Ste. 205, Juneau, AK 99801
. The states are also exploring the use of webinars to reach the public. These webinars and the closing period on the comments will be announced on the WAFWA website and other media outlets.
"Historically, we saw habitat conditions like the ones we are observing now back in the 1930s, and we thought the species went extinct," Van Pelt added. "However, it is our opinion that with existing habitat conservation programs being implemented through various Farm Bill programs and enrollments in existing conservation agreements, we are seeing lesser prairie-chickens maintaining themselves on the landscape and even expanding into new areas in some parts of their range. By coordinating these existing efforts and others proposed under this range-wide plan, we are confident we will be able to conserve this species into the future. This plan is written broadly enough to allow anyone interested in conserving the lesser prairie-chicken to assist the states with conserving this grassland icon."
For more information, contact WAFWA Grassland Coordinator Bill Van Pelt at (602) 717-5066.


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I drank a coffee in the movie last night. Well, actually, before the movie, because we had to get there at 8pm to ensure good seats for the 9:30pm show.
I never drink coffee at night anymore, and I never go to a 9:30 show. Both of these are because I'm old. So going to see the Veronica Mars Movie made me worried that I was too old to be doing it.
I'm not. You're not. Veronica has aged, too. Not as much as you might expect, given that it's been 7 years since we saw her last, but enough. There's a more adult sheen over all the Neptune shenanigans. It's less caper and much more stark reality that some things change and some people graduate, but the trappings of a dark place are there forever.
I really struggled with how to write this review, because some parts of the movie are awesome and finished the story for me and I was happy to see them. Some, while they didn't fall flat, were a bit glazed over in the interests of doing all things to all people.
So I'll say that the best part of the movie is the part I wanted more of, and that's a new Veronica who spends a lot of time wondering whether or not she's any different than the high school girl we used to know. The Iron Marshmallow returns to Neptune and proceeds to give varying degrees of side-eye to her friends who have grown up and see the world slightly differently. But like I said, we're all a lot older than the last time we saw Veronica. The question isn't "Why have they changed?", but has she? And if she hasn't, why not?
All these questions actually have resonance in the movie, even if they sometimes make way for the plot to be all plotty. At the end of the movie, Lainey and I gabbled about Veronica, and who she is or isn't, and whether or not the movie changed her, and whether she was who we expected now, and who she expected, more importantly.
By contrast, we did not spend a lot of time on the mechanics of the plot. And that's fine, although after you've seen it maybe we'll talk about exactly why, and a key role (well, two actually) that kind of made the mystery plot more about plot than character.
I know, I know. I'm trying not to be spoilery, but maybe some of you won't see it because it isn't even playing in your town (in which case, you can download it now on Amazon, what's the matter?).
I will say this about what everyone really cares about. LoVe, to me, didn't feel completely authentic. It was a little strained and a little artificial. You know, kind of like two people trying to recapture a romance they'd had years ago. Parts feel exactly right. Parts feel awkward and strained. I'm not sorry about that, though – it would actually be more weird if it was seamless and flawless, right? The years have been a lot kinder to Veronica than to Logan, who wears them right out where we can see them – but it's not hard to imagine the reasons why.
It is still a really, really fun ride. The theatre was raucous and we laughed through a lot of it so I'm looking forward to watching the download more closely (while wearing a Go Pirates T-shirt), but of note:
-Lainey and I both burst out laughing at one point early on, then in our post-movie analysis in the cab, realized we were laughing about two different jokes in the same shot. That's pretty good.
-My biggest "squee" over an appearance wasn't a cast member, but Ira Glass and the rest of This American Life! I think I bruised Lainey's arm punching her in excitement.
-At one point she turned to me and said "I think Piz is growing on me". You know where to send your hate mail.
-The High School Reunion plotline is kind of annoying at times, but I will say that everyone who shows up shows up for a reason and that one of the players is totally an MVP.
-There were a lot of Kickstarter appearances, of course, but for the most part, they're not glaringly "HEY I DON'T BELONG HERE!" In fact, I barely thought about them at all, except for one scene that probably got a bigger cheer in our theatre than anywhere else.
-I didn't know it was possible to love Enrico Colantoni more. I continue to want him to be both my dad and my boyfriend. Which, I know. But honestly!
The one thing that the movie makes clear is something I saw written this week that refers to Veronica as "the role of a lifetime" for Kristen Bell, and that's completely and totally true. Lots of differing opinions on Bell the actress or Bell the celebrity, but there is no doubt that Veronica is hers and hers alone – more so now, I think, that we've had time to miss her.
I know Veronica was in the opening today, but I also know that, unlike me, Lainey's gone back to thinking about "where is the plane???" instead of the movie. I'd really like to let it marinate over the weekend (possibly with a second viewing) and then, maybe after a few days and more screenings, get into what we really think about whether the movie made for the fans gave them what they wanted, or what they needed.
P.S. Every "A Long Time Ago We Used To Be Friends" headline is officially tired.


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Voter Registration
- Go to this link at ChicagoElections.com
- Skip step #1 and go right to this link for "Register to Vote"
- Skip both of those steps and go right to this link, which is a .pdf document you just print out, fill out, fold, stamp and mail.
We really don't know how they could make it any simpler. 05 October is the deadline.
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Advancing the Arts in the Next Administration
Washington, D.C. – In anticipation of the new Obama Administration, the League has been working with the broader arts community to develop a slate of recommended actions that the White House and agency officials can take to strengthen support for the arts in communities nationwide. In addition to covering traditional arts funding areas, including the National Endowment for the Arts and U.S. Department of Education, the slate of recommendations covers federal policies addressing:
- International Cultural Exchange
- National Service and the Arts (i.e. AmeriCorps)
- Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (NCLB)
- Nonprofit Tax Policy and Oversight
- A Senior Administrative Position on Cultural Policy
The complete unified statement, signed to-date by 25 national arts organizations, has been presented to President-Elect Obama's transition team and is available below. The League will work in partnership with orchestras to advance the recommendations in the months to come.
Read the Unified Arts Transition Recommendations


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Usually the weekly Kotaku 'Shop Contest begins with a funny image or dramatic idea. This week's is based on a single sentence, delivered passionately by one of today's most beloved actors.
Maybe passionately is stretching it a bit, but Peter Dinklage is certainly one of today's most beloved actors, whether he's being pushed around as the Lannister's unwanted son in Game of Thrones or brought back from death via fantasy metal to battle demons as Knights of Badassdom's Hung.
So his turn as a robotic companion in Bungie's upcoming shooter Destiny has critics cringing — he's not exactly been given a lot to work with. Skip to 1:05 or so for the topical line.
Fine. When life gives us lemons, Bungie makes t-shirts and I make a 'shop contest.
"That wizard came from the moon." That's the subject. All you need is a wizard — any wizard — and a moon — any moon. You don't even need a moon, really. Just an indication of some sort that the wizard came from there. A t-shirt, maybe, or a ticket stub.
The power is in your hands.
HOW TO UPLOAD IMAGES — A Primer.
1. Create your 'Shop and save it to your desktop. Images must be at least 636 pixels wide. If they aren't, you will be shot.
2. Go to the bottom of this post
3. This brings up a comment window. Click
4. This brings up Click "Choose file" if you're uploading your 'shop from your desktop
5. Alternatively, you can upload the 'Shop to a free image hosting service. I suggest imgur. Then paste the image's URL into the field that says "Image URL." Note: this must be the URL of the image itself, not the page where it is displayed. That means the URL ends in .jpg, .gif, .png, whatever.
6. Add editorial commentary and hit submit and your image will load. If it doesn't, upload the image to imgur and paste the image URL as a comment. I promise I will look at it.
7. Large-size images may not upload properly, though we have seen some big-ass animated .gifs upwards of 5 MB. If you're still having trouble uploading the image, try to keep its longest dimension (horizontal or vertical) under 1000 pixels, or the whole thing under 2 MB.
'Shop smart. 'Shop moon mart.
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Season 1
In 1944, the world lives in fear of unidentified flying objects that even the military can't thwart! Humanity turns its desperate eyes to the girls of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, better known as the Strike Witches. These dolls blast aliens to bits in the bat of an eyelash, and with a little magic and a whole lot of leg, the girls of the 501st are winning the war on pants – and aliens!


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Mexico: From Empire to Revolution Part II Opens February 24
Los Angeles--Mexico: From Empire to Revolution, a two-part Getty Research Institute exhibition, continues this month with the opening of Part II on February 24, 2001. Spanning the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, the exhibition includes hundreds of photographs and albums exploring Mexico's legacy of empires, intervention, and revolution. Images range from portraits of indigenous people to scenes of violent civil war and the legendary figures of Porfirio Díaz, Francisco Madero, Emiliano Zapata, and Pancho Villa. Mexico: From Empire to Revolution illustrates how early photographers captured not only momentous political struggles, but also the intimate details of everyday life. Part I, which closed in January, included photographs from the 1850s to the 1890s and focused on the French intervention, Maximilian's short-lived empire, and pre-Hispanic ruins.
Now, Part II of Mexico: From Empire to Revolution, on view through May 20, 2001, moves forward from the end of the French intervention in 1867 to trace the emergence of Mexico as a modern nation over the next 50 years. It concludes with the extraordinary upheaval caused by the 1910 revolution that submerged the country in civil war for over a decade. Drawn from the Getty Research Institute's collection, with an additional loan from the Getty Museum, the exhibition includes cartes-de-visites albums, postcards, and photographs--images that were employed to attract tourists, enlist political support, and chronicle daily life.
"Building the Nation," the first section of Part II, includes photographs by Abel Briquet who, along with William Henry Jackson, was commissioned to document the new railways at the start of Porfirio Díaz's long presidency. Such photographs were used to promote tourism and investment in the country. Other images show the creation of collections of pre-Hispanic artifacts and the building of new monuments along the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City. There are also rare photographs of the city of Veracruz by the French marine photographer Paul-Émile Miot, photographs by Charles Burlingame Waite, and startling portraits by Juan de Dios Machain documenting child mortality. The photographs by Briquet and Guillermo Kahlo depict the character and growth of cities and country towns throughout these years, while others show the increasing poverty that many Mexicans endured.
"Nation Undone and Revolution," the second section, focuses on the period between 1910 and 1915 when the tensions and disparities of industrialization helped spark the Mexican Revolution and the ensuing civil war. These images document significant moments of Mexican history and leaders including Francisco Madero, Emiliano Zapata, and Pancho Villa. Photographers whose work is highlighted in this portion of the exhibition are Agustín Víctor Casasola, Manuel Rámos, Antonio Garduño, Hugo Brehme, and Walter H. Horne, who all created images that were used to shape political and public opinion in Mexico and the United States.
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution looks at the importance of photographs as both historical documents and instruments used to shape popular perception. Often working with unwieldy equipment under extreme conditions, the photographers whose work is shown here left behind an extraordinary visual legacy that provides a portrait of daily life, a chronicle of political events, and a record of the transformation of cities and countryside. Many times, the photographs demonstrate opposing viewpoints of the Mexican people or offer differing depictions of events that occurred during this period of rapid transition. Together, these photographs helped create a historical memory of events that dramatically shaped the larger history of Mexico.
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Barack Obama supporters celebrate as CNN predicts the Illinois Senator a winner in Ohio on election night on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 at Abe and Jake's Landing.
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Opinion: Susan Rice Under Fire
Assistant features editor David Feith on GOP's lingering questions about Susan Rice's statements on Sunday morning talk shows about the Benghazi terrorist attack. Photos: Associated Press
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Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, at 15:14 CEST (13:14 UT) today. Discovery returned with one crewmember less than at the start of the STS-121 mission – ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter will remain on board the International Space Station (ISS) for six months for the Astrolab Mission.
After undocking from the Space Station on Saturday, Discovery was cleared for landing after a last inspection revealed no signs of damage to the spacecraft. A three minute de-orbit burn at 14:07 CEST (12:07 UT) started the Shuttle's descent to Florida.
The touchdown at KSC marks the end of a successful 13-day mission to the ISS – and confirms the return-to-flight of the Space Shuttle, after more than three years of uncertainty following the loss of Columbia in February 2003.
During the mission, the STS-121 crew delivered supplies, scientific experiments and spare parts, as well as a third crewmember to the International Space Station. Shortly after arrival at the Station, ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter officially joined the Expedition 13 crew as Flight Engineer 2 when his Soyuz seatliner was installed in the Soyuz TMA-8 at 21:13 CEST (19:13 UT) on 6 July, marking the start of ESA's first long-duration mission to the ISS.
Thomas Reiter becomes the first non-US, non-Russian astronaut to join an Expedition crew on orbit. As Flight Engineer, he will be in charge of vital tasks regarding ISS guidance and control, environmental control and life support systems, power control and communications, crew health & safety and extra-vehicular activities.
On 3 August, Reiter is due to become the first ESA astronaut to perform a spacewalk from the International Space Station. In addition, he will operate research facilities on board to support the ongoing international science programme.
Among his science activities, he will conduct a series of experiments devised by European scientists for ESA's Astrolab Mission. These will include investigations in the field of human physiology and psychology, microbiology, plasma physics and radiation dosimetry. He will also perform technology demonstrations and conduct industrial and educational experiments for universities and primary/secondary schools.


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CMU will tap advanced computer methods to help doctors make sense of their patients' DNA
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University say advanced computational tools will be the key to a new research project that, if successful, could enable doctors to routinely use information extracted from a patient's DNA to diagnose and guide treatment of diseases.
Ion Torrent, a unit of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), is sponsoring the project during its first year, and more funding is expected to come through federal grants and other sources. Robert F. Murphy, director of the Lane Center for Computational Biology in Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science, will lead a multidisciplinary team of researchers that will collaborate with scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine and Yale University.
The ultimate dream, Murphy said, is to develop what Ion Torrent Founder and CEO Jonathan M. Rothberg dubbed "doctor in a box" software. Doctor-in-a-box would take a patient's DNA sequence and use it to diagnose disease, identify a patient's susceptibility to disease, and predict which therapies might be most effective or cause the fewest side effects. The size and complexity of the human genome, which was first sequenced in its entirety in 2003, has stymied efforts to date to create such software.
"There's just way too much information for doctors to make sense of it all," Murphy said. But new machine learning tools statistically driven software that can detect associations within mountains of data may soon be able to translate the genetic and other hereditary information encoded in the human genome in a way that is clinically relevant to doctors and patients, he added. His team isn't the first to use machine learning to analyze whole genomes, however it will employ some unique software developed at Carnegie Mellon.
The Lane Center includes a number of faculty who are leaders in aspects of the problem, including Eric Xing, Ziv Bar-Joseph, Kathryn Roeder, Russell Schwartz and Seyoung Kim.
The team's software will be trained specifically to analyze the type of whole-genome sequence data produced by Ion Torrent's unique sequencing technology, which is ideal for clinical applications because it is designed to sequence the entire human genome in a day for just $1,000. Up to now, routine clinical use of whole genome sequencing has been impractical because it's taken weeks to complete at a cost of about $10,000. Now that Ion Torrent can reduce the time and expense, the next step is creating a tool to enable doctors to easily integrate whole genome sequencing into medical practice, Rothberg said.
"The promise of 'doctor-in-a-box' is that by using artificial intelligence, like we've seen with IBM's 'Watson' computer, we will be able to associate the variations in the human genome with the vast amount of information we have about human health," said Rothberg (E'85). "The work the Carnegie Mellon team is undertaking opens up the possibility that practicing physicians will be able to diagnose disease, identify disease susceptibility and guide therapy selection as easily as they can now use Apple's Siri on the iPhone."
"It's an enormous undertaking," Murphy agreed, "but we are creating a framework that will allow us to tackle this problem one piece at a time and to do so at a scale that makes sense when all of those pieces are put together."
The sheer size of the problem necessitates collaboration with other groups trying to understand the genome, so Murphy said the team intends to make its software available as open source.
During the first year, researchers will focus on identifying the genomic features associated with a single disease or patient population, which has yet to be selected. Researchers at Baylor's Human Genome Sequencing Center and Yale's Center for Genome Analysis will perform the whole genome sequencing of patients and provide longitudinal medical records, such as disease treatments and outcomes and results of clinical tests.
This information, scrubbed of patient identity information, will be analyzed by the Carnegie Mellon researchers, who include biologists, statisticians and computational biologists, as well as other computer scientists. Machine learning programs will tease out the relationships between the genomic data and the clinical outcomes for each of the anonymous patients, while incorporating information from biomedical literature regarding gene and protein expression and disease pathways.
This analysis will yield models based on personal genome sequences that can be used to predict disease susceptibility and treatment responsiveness, as well as choose preventive therapies.
To provide impetus to the research program, Rothberg will sponsor an "Analyzing the $1,000 Genome" Conference to be held at Carnegie Mellon sometime in the summer or fall of 2012. The scientific conference will highlight outstanding work on computational analysis of genome sequences and foster discussion of new directions and strategies for extending this research.
In addition to Murphy, the research program leadership includes Jaime Carbonell, director of CMU's Language Technologies Institute; Tom Mitchell, director of CMU's Machine Learning Department; Richard Gibbs, director of Baylor's sequencing center; and Shrikant Mane, director of Yale's genome center.
Rothberg also established the Rothberg Research Awards in Human Brain Imaging at Carnegie Mellon to support the university's faculty and students in creatively pushing research boundaries in how the brain thinks, learns and ages.


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Even as the school year at Hope College draws to a close, the campus will stay active with hundreds of former students returning for Alumni Weekend activities running Friday-Sunday, May 4-6.
In addition to events geared toward reunion classes, the weekend will feature a variety of activities open to the general public and other alumni of the college. Highlights will include the presentation of two Distinguished Alumni Awards during the annual Alumni Banquet on Saturday, May 5.
The weekend will begin with a presentation on "Banking in West Michigan" on Friday, May 4, at 3 p.m. in the Freedom Village Retirement Community Auditorium by Dr. Steve VanderVeen, professor of management at Hope. VanderVeen will review the role of the banking industry in the history of Holland and Zeeland and the outlook for the future. The public is invited, and admission is free.
Driving and walking tours of campus are scheduled for Saturday, May 5, at 11:15 a.m. and 3 p.m. The tours will begin at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center and will each run for an hour. The public is invited, and admission is free.
A performance and presentation featuring the college's historic Skinner pipe organ will take place on Saturday, May 5, at 1:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. Originally installed in 1929, the organ recently underwent a two-year restoration project that was completed earlier during the school year.
Also on Saturday, May 5, at 1:30 p.m., there will be an open house at the college's President's Home. Running until 3:30 p.m., the event will feature an opportunity to meet this year's recipients of Distinguished Alumni Awards: Dr. Larry Siedentop, who is a 1957 graduate from Oxford, England, and Carl Ver Beek, who is a 1959 graduate from Grand Rapids. The public is invited, and admission is free.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards will be presented during the annual Alumni Banquet, which will take place on Saturday, May 5, at 6 p.m. at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center. Tickets are $25, and advance registration is requested although a limited number of tickets will also be sold at the door.
The weekend will also feature reunion activities for every fifth class from 1942 through 1982. In addition, the college will hold a special ceremony on Saturday, May 5, at 4 p.m. inducting members of the Class of 1957 into the "Fifty-Year Circle," which consists of all alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago. The Class of '57 will also be honored during the banquet Saturday evening.
The weekend's alumni activities will conclude with a brunch on Sunday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Phelps Dining Hall and Maas Center auditorium. Tickets are $8 for regular admission, $4 for children ages six-12 and free for children under five, and will be available at the door.
Alumni Weekend coincides with the college's graduation weekend. Baccalaureate and Commencement at Hope will be held on Sunday, May 6, with nearly 720 graduating seniors participating.
Baccalaureate will be held on Sunday, May 6, at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia of Geneva, Switzerland, who is general secretary of the World Council of Churches. Admission is by ticket only, distributed in advance.
Commencement will be held on Sunday, May 6, at 3 p.m. at Holland Municipal Stadium. Dr. Dianne Portfleet, adjunct associate professor of English, will be the speaker. In the event of rain, Commencement will be held at the DeVos Fieldhouse. Tickets, distributed in advance, will be required only if the ceremony is held indoors.
The weekend also includes a dance concert and two exhibitions.
"dANCEpROjECt," formerly known as Aerial Dance Theater, will present "MEN DANCE MICHIGAN," a new forum for male choreographers who live, work, and create in the state of Michigan, on Thursday and Friday, May 3-4, at 8 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre. The concert will showcase works by emerging young choreographer Matthew Farmer, who is a 2004 Hope graduate, and established choreographers Steven Iannacone and Ray Tadio of the Hope faculty. Tickets for the concerts are $7 for regular admission, $5 for senior citizens and students, and free to children 12 and under, and may be purchased in advance at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and may be called at (616) 395-7890. Tickets will also be sold at the door.
The college's annual senior art show, titled "ARTSEE," an exhibition of work by graduating seniors majoring in art and art history at Hope, is on display in the gallery of the De Pree Art Center through Sunday, May 6. The gallery is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
An orchid show is being featured through Tuesday, May 15, in the greenhouse of the A. Paul Schaap Science Center. The show will be open from 8 a.m. to dusk daily. Admission is free.
The De Pree Art Center is on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street. The DeVos Fieldhouse faces Fairbanks Avenue between Ninth and 11th streets. Dimnent Memorial Chapel is on College Avenue at 12th Street. Freedom Village is at 145 Columbia Ave. The Haworth Inn and Conference Center faces College Avenue between Ninth and 10th streets. Holland Municipal Stadium is on Lincoln Avenue at 13th Street. The Knickerbocker Theatre is in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St. The Maas Center is on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street. Phelps Hall is on Columbia Avenue at 10th Street. The President's Home is on 10th Street east of College Avenue. The A. Paul Schaap Science Center is on College Avenue at 12th Street.
More information about Alumni Weekend may be obtained by calling the college's Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at (616) 395-7250.


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Somalia: United Nations declares famine in two regions
TitleSomalia: United Nations declares famine in two regions
On 20 July, at a press conference in Nairobi, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, declared that famine exists in two regions of southern Somalia: southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle. Across the country, nearly half of the Somali population – 3.7 million people – are now in crisis, of whom an estimated 2.8 million people are in the south.
In the last few months, tens of thousands of Somalis have died as a result of causes related to malnutrition, the majority of whom were children. Affected by consecutive droughts and ongoing conflict, malnutrition rates are currently the highest in the world, with peaks of 50 per cent in certain areas of southern Somalia. Famine is declared when acute malnutrition rates among children exceed 30 per cent; more than 2 people per 10,000 die per day; and people are not able to access food and other basic necessities.
"If we don't act now, famine will spread to all eight regions of southern Somalia within two months, due to poor harvests and infectious disease outbreaks," stressed HC Bowden. Noting that the lack of resources is alarming, Bowden continued, "Every day of delay in assistance is literally a matter of life or death for children and their families in the famine affected areas".
While UN humanitarian agencies have welcomed the recent statement by Al Shabaab requesting international assistance in southern Somalia, the inability of food agencies to work in the region since early 2010 has prevented the UN from reaching the very hungry – especially children – and has contributed to the current crisis.
Despite challenges, humanitarian agencies are working hard to respond. In an effort to reach more children with life-saving interventions, the UN and its partners have scaled up emergency nutrition, water and sanitation, and immunization efforts to combat malnutrition and reduce disease. To expedite the delivery of supplies into the worst-affected areas, the UN has started airlifting urgently needed medical, nutrition and water supplies.
The most affected areas of Somalia are in the south, particularly the region of Lower Shabelle, Middle and Lower Juba, Bay, Bakool, Benadir, Gedo and Hiraan, which host an estimated 310,000 acutely malnourished children. In southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle today, acute malnutrition rates exceed 30 per cent, with under-five deaths exceeding 6 per 10,000 per day in some areas.
Nearly half of the population in Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis and is in urgent need of assistance. The number of people in crisis has increased by over one million in the last six months. Over 166,000 Somalis have fled the country to seek assistance and refuge in neighbouring countries since the start of the year, with over 100,000 of those fleeing since May. So far in July alone, almost 40,000 new Somali arrivals have been registered in refugee camps in the region.
"More than ever, Somali people need and deserve our full attention. At this time of crisis, we must make exceptional efforts to support Somalis wherever they are in need and expect that all parties will do the same" said Bowden.


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All those sensors on AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) which prevent collisions (with people, equipment, or building structures) are collecting data. Until recently, no AGV manufacturer has found a way to concretize these data and make them actionable, predictive, and fundamentally useful. Without IIoT monitoring, plant managers, operations managers, logistics coordinators throughout manufacturing and distribution sectors lack the data collected offering real-time continuous vehicle status and health information of the vehicle.
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The inclusion of IIoT monitoring ensures increases in operational efficiency. Eliminating the ripple effect caused by stopped vehicles is a metric of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The widely utilize data point, OEE, evaluates how effectively a manufacturing operation is utilized. The results are best used to identify scope for process performance improvement, and how to get the improvement.
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The European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is scarcely two decades old, yet a considerable and diverse body of literature has emerged during this time. CSDP can best be thought of as the functional crisis management end of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), of which it is an integral part. It covers both the military and civilian aspects of crisis management, with the majority of overseas missions being civilian in nature. Yet, it is the growth of the military dimension that has spurred extensive debate about the nature of the EU's actorness and whether it can still be thought of as a civilian power par excellence. Much of the research has been driven by the application of the main theoretical approaches in international relations to CSDP. The result is an extensive, but occasionally cacophonous, body of literature. Given the relative youth of CSDP there are inevitably gaps in the literature, especially the question of how CSDP relates to other policy fields in the external relations of the EU and whether the "D" in CSDP will remain indefinitely silent.
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