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Recap: Top Chef DC, Episode 11, Ballpark Challenge
This week on Top Chef, the top six tried to impress seafood-master Rick Moonen, and whipped up some high end concession food at the brand new Washington Nationals Stadium. Who struck out, who hit it out of the park, and what the heck is up with Angelo's mysterious Russian bride? It's all ahead in this week's recap!
[Warning: Spoilers ahead!]
The episode opened as my nightmares so often do: with Ed running around the Top Chef house wearing Tiffany's bright yellow dress. Personally, I thought Ed made one hell of an ugly woman, but Kevin didn't seem to have any complaints whatsoever.
While getting dressed, Kelly pondered why the heck Amanda was still in the game. Angelo, on the other hand, revealed that when he was young, he used to spend all his free time in a creepy room filled with candles and cut-out photos of chefs. Gosh, what a fun kid! I bet he was the hit of every birthday party. Or, you know, NOT.
The Quickfire
The guest judge this week was seafood master, Rick Moonen. He joined Padma in the Top Chef kitchen just in time to hear her drop every corny food idiom known to man. The challenge was to create a dish based on one of those corny idioms, and as an added bonus, the winner would get their meal included in Schwan's home delivery service. Ah, yes. Every chef's dream!
Ed picked "hot potato," Kelly chose "sour grapes," and Angelo chose "bigger fish to fry." I was shocked, because I really expected him to pick "hide the salami." Oh, wait, I forgot. He has that fiancée back in Russia. My bad.
After tasting all the food, Rick Moonen said he absolutely hated Amanda's mac, cheese, and pork chop dish. He hilariously referred to it as a "sledgehammer to the gut." Poor Amanda composed herself just enough to utter the following rebuttal:
Kevin and Ed had the top dishes of the night, but the win ultimately went to Ed. He made a hot potato herb & roasted garlic gnocchi with spring vegetables and mushroom fricassee that Rick loved—and, he did it in one hour. Way to go, Mr. Ed! Maybe as a reward, Tiffany will let you run around the house in her underwear next.
Elimination Challenge
For this week's elimination challenge, the final six had to cook high-end concession stand food at the National's park during their pre-game. They once again worked as one unified team, and each person was responsible for one dish. They had 15 minutes to plan, and only three stressful hours to cook. So how did they spend that precious time? Amanda stupidly consulted Angelo for advice about her tuna tartar, and Ed ran around the kitchen like a maniac. Tiffany, on the other hand, wisely chose to take out her frustrations on an unsuspecting bowl of sausage.
Once they got to the stadium, things got even more tense. An argument broke out over who was going to take orders from the customers, and sadly, poor timing caused Amanda's tuna to start turning gray from oxidization. Angelo gloated to the cameras that he was "too busy" to help her fix the dish, but in reality, he was too busy "entertaining" the baseball players walking through their kitchen. Ohhhhhhh, wait. He has that fiancée in Russia. I forgot again.
Once service began, all you heard was Angelo barking orders to the cooks. "Crabs! More crabs! Four crabs all day," he screamed. I didn't know if he was asking Kelly for her food, or complaining about the nagging itch in his genitals like he did back in episode 5. Ewww.
Before judging, we were treated to what sounded like an 8th grade schoolyard conversation between Angelo and his infamous Russian
mailorder bride. He explained that they've "only seen each other a few times," and that he's eager to get some money to "work out all the issues with her Visa." What in the name of Tom Colicchio's bald head is going on here? Guys, something smells rotten in the land of Top Chef, and I know it's definitely not hippie John because he was eliminated in week one.
The Judging
The crowd favorite of the evening was Tiffany's meatball sub with fennel, basil pesto, and fresh mozzarella. The judges liked it as well, and said it had great flavors and was just fun to eat. However, the win went to Ed for his shrimp and corn risotto fritters. Eric Ripert loved the spiciness of the sauce, and was impressed that the center stayed creamy. As a reward, Ed won a copy of Rick Moonen's book, and a sweet trip to Australia. The two were then dismissed back to that tiny cement broom closet to celebrate.
And now, for the awful dishes. Angelo's pork sandwich was a disaster—and as a guy who owns a sandwich shop, he should have known better. The bun was too big, and the bun-meat ratio was way off. Even worse, the bun was soggy and nasty from the pork juices. In the end, though, the judges simply could not look past that unappetizing gray tuna tartar. Only a complete loon would serve tuna tartar on a hot day at a baseball stadium (hello, foodborne illness much?) and as a result, Amanda was sent home. Buh-bye, Amanda. It was definitely your time to go.
What did you think of the episode, Serious Eaters? Was the right person sent home? Are you enjoying the show more now that it's getting down to the wire?
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Friday, September 18, 2009
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Nick wrote:I had faith, but Jim disappoints me very much, especially this year
Jim Carrey 85 wrote:You see that's what i was talking about people think like that about Jim and thats the reason why people hate him a loot or love himm aa lott there is no middle and this is just one example how many people on the planet and fans Jim lost and dissapoint this year..he cant do this you see Steve Carell has i dont know like 5-6 upcoming movies for next year and he is doing it all buut when Jim had opportunity to make like 3 movies for upcoming year he screw that up and now what just one movie, he have no confidence anymore like he had before
Especially this year? Why?
We all know that sometimes movies don't get to be done by reasons that we don't get to know.
So the fact that there's a chance for this to happen, the fact that he - who has always made a decision about his work by himself without getting into "what's popular" but instead following what he likes and believes in - is willing to do something we all know he never liked to do, I think it's a blessing we have to be thankful for.
I wish I could a movie from Jim every year, hell, every month, but I rather see a good movie once a year than a bad one every month.
He has been in the industry for long enough to deserve our faith. And for all the characters they he gave life to that touched our hearts and also for who he is that he always showed us, I really think he deserve more respect than that.
Blaming Jim is not fair when we don't know what the hell happen.
It's seems to me that the problem is that there's no studio yet interested in make the movie which is both stupid and a problem. How many movies are not done every year because of that? We don't know.
Jim, Jeff and the Farrelly brothers want to do it and considering the world state, we definitely could use a laugh which is the reason why we all want it done.
I'm pretty sure that if there was a way that we could make or help the movie get done, all of us here and around the world would participate but unfortunately there isn't it.
Regarding Steve Carrel there's something we have to have in mind. Steve started his movie career late in life (Sorry Steve ^^), after Bruce Almighty so he has a lot to catch up and it doesn't surprise me that. But Jim has always done a movie per year (note that that doesn't always mean we see one per year) and occasionally going to a hiatus.
Also to be complety honest it seems to me that lately there aren't that much good movies being done in general... Maybe that just my perception.
So, if I was an actor I would be very selective.
No artist loses fans. If you are a fan you like both the work and the artist unconditionally.
We just have to believe that the movie will be done and keep the faith, and until then we can always see him talking out of his ass at least until he finds his dumbness…
Nick and Jim Carrey 85 Please don't get me wrong, ok? I'm not trying to offend you in anyway, ok? This is just my opinion so, let's all keep on with the Boing.
Are we cool guys?
Nick wrote:I have a bad feeling that in 3, 4 or 5 years he will retire. I don't know, seems bored. It's just a guess, i hope not happen , but ...
Don't worry... He still loves acting but he's entitle to do something else too. Look at Jeff Daniels? He sings! He goes on tour. Or Robin Williams, with his stand up comedy act and touring with it... We won't lose our Jim! You'll see Nick! Cheer up!


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By: Claire Atkinson, Broadcasting & Cable
Media stocks recorded big gains March 5 as Wall Street finished the day up on news that jobless claims have declined. News Corp and Disney both closed on 52-week highs, while CBS also recorded a new high before falling back just slightly at the close.
The big gains come as Wall Street digested some positive news, consumers are borrowing more than expected and jobless claims declined. News Corp. rose 3.7% to close at $16.81 a new high, as did Disney which closed at $33.22 up 2% on the previous day's finish. CBS meanwhile recorded a 2.46% jump to $14.57; its high is just slightly higher at $14.71. Shares in Scripps Networks Interactive was one of the biggest gains of the day, rising 3.53% to $40.82.
CBS, News Corp., and Disney are all expected to be big beneficiaries of new cash rolling in from cable operators which are being asked to pay retransmission fees for the right to carry the broadcast signals of each of the separate companies.
The battle between Cablevision and Walt Disney Co. over retransmission dollars is having little negative affect on their respective stock prices. David Joyce, media analyst at Miller Tabak + Co., reiterated his buy rating on Cablevision today and said in a note: "We continue to like CVC shares due to the high penetration of advanced services in its network that can generate various incremental revenue streams (VOD, HD, DVR.)"
Barclays Capital entertainment analyst, Anthony DiClemente, thinks that the retransmission brawls will do little to increase the possibility of a la carte programming options in cable, a potential threat to the cable operator's existing economic model. "While such public disputes appear troubling, we are of the view that "the bundle" is not at heightened risk," he wrote in a note out March 5. DiClemente argues that unbundling would be fought by cable network owners and that the simplicity of the bundle appeals to the consumer. He also suggests that unbundling cable content is of low priority to the current Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski.
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Publication Acceptance Date: 11/13/2003
Publication Date: 3/24/2004
Citation: Smith, A.D., Madden, K., Zhao, A., Auyeung, K., Levander, O.A., Finkelman, F., Urban Jr, J.F., Shea Donohue, P.T. 2004. Selenium (se) and vitamin E (ve) deficiencies impair intestinal function and result in persistent infection with heligmosomoides polygyrus [abstract]. Federation of American Society of Experimental Biology Journal. 18(4):A9.
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Technical Abstract: Intestinal nematode parasites are responsible for significant morbidity world-wide especially in malnourished populations that express limited immunity and poor worm clearance. Selenium (Se) and vitamin E (VE) deficiencies are likely in the malnourished and contribute to increased pathogenesis following infection with coxsackie- or influenza virus and the protozoan Trypanasoma cruzi, but have not been studied following a nematode infection. Mice infected with the intestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Hp) exhibit a chronic infection that when drug-cleared induces a memory response to a challenge infection characterized by enhanced immune clearance associated with decreased intestinal epithelial cell glucose absorption, increased mucosal permeability, and enhanced smooth muscle contractility. Both Se and/or VE deficiencies resulted in increased worm persistence and egg production during a memory response compared to mice fed an adequate diet. The characteristic increase in serum IL-4 levels was observed in all Hp-infected mice regardless of diet; however, the pattern of decreased glucose absorption and increased smooth muscle contractility was impaired in VE but not Se deficient mice in spite of diet-independent changes in Hp-induced mucosal permeability and Cl- secretion. These results suggest that Se and VE deficiencies impair the host intestinal memory response to Hp infection via two different mechanisms.


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My dog Milo and I just so happen to be such big fans of Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story, we couldn't resist kicking off The Super Happy Bookloving Dogs Contest ourselves! Of course, as a Random House employee, I'm not eligible to compete in the photo contest—but alas, a girl (and her pup) can dream.
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NFL: Cowboys' Josh Brent, facing manslaughter, retires from football
DALLAS -- Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent retired from football Thursday, saying "doing the right things in life" is more important as he prepares to defend himself against a manslaughter charge in the drunken-driving crash that killed a teammate.
Brent said he had "given a lot of thought" to his decision. His football career has been on hold since the Dec. 8 crash that killed Jerry Brown, a practice squad player, college teammate and close friend.
"I am at a point where my main focus is all about getting the priorities in my life in order," Brent said in a statement provided by the team. "Those priorities are more important than football. Doing the right things in life are more important than football. I love the game very much. I love my teammates, but this is the right thing for me to do."
Brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, though he could also get probation. Suburban Dallas police accused Brent of driving with a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit the night of the crash.
He has also tested positive twice for marijuana while out on bond, and was briefly jailed after the second test. He is again out on bond, but under stricter conditions that include monitoring for drugs and alcohol, and is banned from driving.
Owner Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett both said they supported Brent's decision to focus on life outside of football instead of the game. Jones told reporters that Brent's recent failed drug tests didn't affect his support of the player.
"I promised Jerry's mother that we would support Josh in every way we could," Jones said. "That's been our only thought since the accident is to support him and support our team in their support of him."
The Cowboys at the end of last season put Brent on the reserve non-football injury list. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello indicated the league would not punish Brent now that he was stepping away from football.
"With his retirement, there is no action for us to take at this point," Aiello said.
One of Brent's attorneys, George Milner, said the retirement has no effect on the criminal case. Prosecutors declined to comment.
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Childrens Environments
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AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
ACTION: Final Rule.
SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) is issuing final guidelines to provide additional guidance to the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation in establishing alternate specifications for building elements designed for use by children. These specifications are based on children's dimensions and anthropometrics and apply to building elements designed specifically for use by children ages 12 and younger. This rule ensures that newly constructed and altered facilities covered by titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 are readily accessible to and usable by children with disabilities. The standards established by the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation must be consistent with these guidelines.
DATES: Effective date: April 13, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Yanchulis, Office of Technical and Information Services, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111. Telephone number (202) 272-0026 (voice) or (800) 872-2253 ext. 0026 (voice); (202) 272-0082 (TTY) or (800) 993-2822 (TTY).
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Single copies of this publication may be obtained at no cost by calling the Access Board's automated publications order line (202) 272-5434 or (800) 872-2253, by pressing 1 on the telephone keypad, then 1 again and requesting publication S-30, Building Elements Designed for Children's Use Final Rule. Persons using a TTY should call (202) 272-5449 or (800) 993-2822. Please record a name, address, telephone number and request this publication. Persons who want a copy in an alternate format should specify the type of format (audio cassette tape, Braille, large print, or computer disk).


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I never did receive a response to my original letter to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman regarding the registration and licensure of tax preparers sent back in June - although I did receive a brief note acknowledging receipt of the letter and telling me that it was not being directed to the Commissioner but to some lacky in the Small Business section.
However, today I did receive the following letter today in response to my more recent letter discussed in the post "Dear IRS" -
"Dear Mr Flach:
Thank you for your recent comments concerning Notice 2009-60. We appreciate the time and effort you spent preparing these comments.
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At least it is something. Note that the description of the letter's author was longer than the actual content of the letter!


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Now that progress is as predictable as an automatic software update or higher resolution in a camera phone, the idea that technological advancement holds the key to a better future -- and the fear that it could be abused as a tool of world domination -- seem like quaint relics of the 1950s and '60s. Lisi Raskin's exaggeratedly ragged, hand-crafted reconstructions of military command centers evoke the thrall such spaces held over the public imagination during the Cold War even as they reinforce the contemporary viewer's distance from that feeling of awe. Over the past year, Raskin's installations on this topic have surfaced in several locations as stages of an ongoing project titled Mobile Observation. This year's incarnations began with Command and Control, an installation at the Park Avenue Armory in February, and continued with Mobile Observation (Transmitting and Receiving) Station at Bard College's Hessel Museum of Art, for which she embarked on a road trip to military sites across the United States and sent back materials to be exhibited. Mobile Observation will peak this Friday with Tipping Point, a performance at the opening of "Soft Manipulation" at Casino Luxembourg, where the resulting debris will remain on view through the exhibition's run. Here Raskin, who works at studios in Brooklyn and Oakland, California, discusses her newest work and how it represents a change in her perception of Cold War mythology. - Brian Droitcour
Could you describe Tipping Point and how it continues Mobile Observation?
The event relies heavily on the contributions of Nina Hoffmann and Jens Lind. Jens will play a security guard or border patrolman before the speech begins. His presence at Casino's entrance is meant to present an immediate psychic obstacle to those entering the space. Once Nina begins her lecture, Jens will assume the position of her bodyguard, acting like a secret service agent while a government VIP is on stage. Nina's character started her career as someone who was just doing what she was told, but soon became entranced and seduced by the ideas and the power she could access. Her text started out as a straightforward lecture that I compiled from various internet sources and has evolved into a long poem about game theory, which explains in wiki-depth some of the theoretical aspects of nuclear strategy like Mutual Assured Destruction. In the performance, Nina will use tropes like former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's hand gestures to evoke his essence during her reading, the way one might evoke a spirit during a séance. I imagine the extreme range of Nina's character to span a fervent enthusiasm for American military might, sexual fetish of some of the more phallic components of the arsenal, like missiles and submarines, and then this quasi-mystical and trance-like relationship with the Cold War application of game theory. I will also perform as a member of the fringe element -- a character who may cause a disruption or erupt into cheers of reverence in response to the more intense moments of Nina's reading. My character may even get on stage at some point.
I don't feel that a description of the performance would be complete without a description of the surrounding architecture, drawings and sculptures as these elements play an important part in the overall ethos of the work. Imagine the structure as a barbed-wire and chain-link fence about 15 feet tall, the likes of which one might find at a maximum security penitentiary, a structure suggesting something wrong is bound to happen or anticipating a disruption or imminent violence. But my structure will be made from found and collaged wood, which refers to the way I have used that material throughout Mobile Observation. I will hang two large, handmade American-flag collages stretching about 15 feet across the structure, as a symbol capable of summoning the power of the state. In an effort to provide some sort of weapon for the viewer, I will scatter papier-mâché sticks about the space. While these sculptures take the form of sticks, they function like inverted piñatas; if one were to actually use them to strike another, denser object, they would rupture. I will also install a speakeasy at the back of the structure, where we will wantonly provide social lubrication. So these are the variables of the experiment. I am looking forward to seeing how they will function in real time.
When Mobile Observation (Transmitting and Receiving) Station was shown at CCS Bard earlier this year, the work was produced remotely and transmitted to the exhibition site. Now the action all happens in one place, in an installation designed to accommodate both a performance and its audience. What informed your reconceptualization of space?
I think that the most startling difference in the way that I am conceptualizing the space of this artwork has to do with both the nature of the narrative and the fact it is going to be enacted in front of a live audience. See, during my research trip to the Titan Missile Museum in Tucson I interviewed three missileers about their experiences on crew duty in the silo, and their responses to my questions pretty much blew my mind. In the earlier work, I had been absorbed in the process of creating and projecting a fairly romantic narrative onto the works. The same was true for how I constructed Command and Control, the installation at the Park Avenue Armory that preceded the road trip component of Mobile Observation. This installation relied heavily on the romance of the secret chamber and how it functioned specifically during the Cold War. But my actual visit to the Titan silo revealed several things that I hadn't previously considered. For example, there were women working in the silo as commanders of the alert crews. And as the interviews wore on, I began to realize that what was actually going on in the missile silo and command center had more to do with bureaucracy than romance. The crew on alert was inundated with tasks and checklists; they were under pressure to perform their duties to the fullest, or else they risked being severely reprimanded or relieved of duty. What I hadn't understood prior to my trip was that the local pressure that Strategic Air Command was putting on each individual actually loomed larger than the overall pressure of the Cold War and nuclear annihilation.
As I moved forward in my thoughts about bureaucratic time, I began to really think about how this power relationship might have functioned and how the architecture I make could be informed by this discovery even further. For the last several months I have been playing these discoveries over and over in my mind, and the other day I had one of those strange and infrequent moments when everything comes together in the studio. Earlier in the day, I had a conversation with my partner, Allison Smith, and she asked me why I was doing this particular performance at this particular historical moment. I didn't have a very good answer for her. So I thought, Who can I ask about this? Immediately I thought, I need Foucault, but quickly realized that I had sent my Foucault to California. Then I thought, OK, how about Bataille? But then realized that the Bataille book was on its way to California as well. In a frustrated moment I began to scan the theory section of my bookshelves and found myself staring directly at Michael Taussig's book, The Magic of the State. I opened the book to a chapter called "Art Adrift in the Crowd" and found a quote about defacement of monuments and the quasi-religious power of the state, how these ideas get exorcised. I thought, Holy shit, that's it! There was even a small black-and-white rendering of a town square with a military memorial in it, which was just another way of conceiving of the space that I had been drawing for weeks. So thanks Allison and Michael, I owe you both one...
Why do you think the mythology of the Cold War remains so potent today?
We are living the sordid legacy of the Atomic Age. We have no idea who our enemies are or how they might strike, and, unfortunately, we also have loose nukes -- unsecure elements of the former Soviet nuclear arsenal. Elder statesmen like Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn are calling for nuclear disarmament. And you know that the global security situation has gone from bad to worse when the hawks are scared. It is frightening to hear those who know the intimate details of the state of global security confess that they long for the Cold War, but I have heard the confessions, the longing for a simpler time. They long for the days of the one-front wars, the polemic of them against us, of good and evil.
I think that today it is no longer possible to make these kinds of distinctions because, just as the nature of the conflict has changed, so has the theoretical framework we use to analyze the conflict. By this I mean that maybe now the political elite can interpret how the Cold War has influenced the growth of radical fundamentalism both inside and outside of the United States. I think this type of self-awareness and the possibility that it might influence policy is really a recent development, which of course only complicates things further.
On another level, it is important to understand that the Cold War was a global condition for over 60 years. With respect to the individuals who experienced the Cold War firsthand, I could hardly reduce the residual potency of the Cold War solely to its mythology. Collectively, we have internalized the Cold War. It lives within us, and it has shaped the thinking of many adults on the planet. I do think that there are behavioral cycles and governmental tactics that started during the Cold War and still resonate today. For example, one can draw a fairly apt analogy between the McCarthy era's witch hunts for communists and the Bush administration's witch hunt for terrorists here in the United States. Would this type of manipulation be so successful if we had not internalized McCarthyism?
Also, it is no coincidence that the Department of Defense and various other governmental agencies are still lying to the general public about the health risks associated with radioactivity. It is also true that the military-industrial complex has been running the show ever since Ronald Reagan's tenure in office, and most importantly, there are more than 60,000 nuclear weapons in the world of various yields and in various forms, still ready to be used at a moments notice. Regarding the nuclear arms security situation, whatever stasis existed during the Cold War has swung off the (real or perceived) binary into an untenable situation. Russia and NATO have both explicitly stated that they would use nuclear weapons preemptively. If the Cold War was good for anything, it was the promise and struggle for no first use of atomic weapons.
How did you arrive at your decision to recreate high-tech equipment in a do-it-yourself, handcrafted aesthetic?
Well, my aesthetic explorations over the last 10 years have evolved mostly through a process of trial and error, punctuated by two prominent incidents that I have understood as definite readings of my objects in the "real world," as opposed to an "art world" context. One of these events happened while I was a grad student at Columbia. I was part of a group show with a provocative title, something like "Power and Violence," and I had lent an assemblage called Bomb. Its components consisted of a safety can for oily rags (as is customarily used in painting class) and some soda bottles with blue colored water in them. I had glued these soda bottles to the can and run a set of wires through some crayons, also glued to the soda bottles. The wires were ultimately attached to some modeling clay on the top of the can. This modeling clay was meant to resemble a C-4 explosive. At the time, I was exploring the connection between the aesthetics of bricolage and the aesthetics of terrorism, and I found that certain kinds of art objects and certain improvised explosive devices had a lot in common once both objects were removed from their intended contexts. I lent the object to the show with this in mind. However, when the university's weekend security guard came by on his usual rounds and saw the sculpture through the gallery window, when he was alone with it in the dark, it scared him so badly that he called the NYPD bomb squad.
I found out about the incident because a classmate of mine was attending a makeup printmaking workshop when the entire building had to be evacuated because of the bomb scare. Keep in mind that this was the fall of 2002, so everyone was still a bit on edge. It was also after normal business hours so none of the usual individuals who work at the university were present. There were no administrative assistants to reassure this fellow.
As students of art and art theory, we are taught that if something like the aforementioned scenario transpires and art "shocks" the viewer, the piece in question is successfully "avant-garde." But for me there were some serious questions that came up after the incident. For example, did the weekend security guard actually fall into the category of the viewer? This question spiraled into larger questions about the way that the aesthetics of simulation actually function during a moment when an object passes for its "real-world" counterpart. In the mind of the security guard, my sculpture caused a response that could be attributed to a much larger and more ubiquitous fear campaign being waged on the American people by the Bush administration. The weekend security guard was not on a leisurely stroll around town deciding that he might look at some art. He was not having a flaneur moment. He had not entered a consensual situation where he was suspending his disbelief upon entering an art installation. In fact, he had confused my sculpture for the real thing. I could empathize with the mechanics of his experience and response because I often mistake someone's momentarily abandoned shopping bags on the subway platform for some packages that could contain explosives. So why did this happen? What had I taken for granted? Had my gesture been reckless?
Probably the most important guide for me through this dilemma was my best friend, the painter Marc Handelman. We would have these great conversations about fiction in sculpture and the difficulties implicit in engaging the space that the real world also inhabits, which is the predicament of sculpture. How could I make objects that would lure you in because you think they are fakes? Was this also a way to intelligently contribute to the existing discourse of critique that had employed simulation as an aesthetic device? Could this new strategy work? Marc kept saying that drawing and painting always signal a more fictive space to the viewer, and a representation of Bomb would not have incited the same questions of fear, violence, and terrorism. The problem for me became how to collapse the space of sculpture into a space that would immediately signal fiction to the viewer, and maybe even bring the initial level of anxiety down a notch so that a more prolonged relationship with the object could be possible.


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The Stade de France is located in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis. The stadium itself is massive. It's the fifth largest stadium in Europe and holds about 80,000 crazy fans. It's also home to France's national rugby team.
I have to be honest, I am not a huge fan of football (American or European) or any sport for that matter. So, it took a little nudge from my friends to get me to go to a game. Is it a game or a match? Anyway, I felt this was an authentic cultural experience.
The crowd applauded when the team almost made a goal--I guess for trying. I even got up and made some noise when they made two goals in the last 5 minutes of the game and won. Before that the game was tied 0-0. I'll be back.
- Stade de France is located in St. Denis. Take RER (express train) at Gare de Nord metro station to La Plaine-Stade de France.
- You can also take the metro: Line 13, St. Denis-Porte de Paris.
- Bus 256 to Avenue du Pt. Wilson.
- Details: A football game is 90 minutes with one 10 minute break.
- Don't take any large water bottles or containers to Stade de France. Security will make you toss it.
- The cheapest tickets cost about $25. You can buy them online or at the stadium.
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text: It is perhaps time to look back at what once was. In Part 1 of the 4 part History Channel series, a new war begins as out of the turmoil of the Civil War, America enters an age of enlightenment that will change the landscape of the country forever. The growth is driven by five insightful men who will change the world forever. John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan rose from obscurity and in the process built modern America. Their names hang on street signs, are etched into buildings and are a part of the fabric of history. These men created the American Dream and were the engine of capitalism as they transformed everything they touched in building the oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobile and finance industries. Their paths crossed repeatedly as they elected presidents, set economic policies and influenced major events of the 50 most formative years this country has ever known. From the Civil War to the Great Depression and World War I, for better or worse, they led the way.


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Richard Whately (1787-1863), Archbishop of Dublin and Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford following Nassau Senior, brought logical clarity to the previously murky relationship between morals and the underpinnings of economics. Whately was a prodigious writer who was active in political, economic, and ecclesiastical reforms, especially the education of children and poverty in Ireland. His broad interests ranged beyond religion and economics into logic, politics, social rights, and literary reviews. He was succeeded at Oxford by J. E. Cairnes.


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April 30, 2013 -- Crime Stoppers
Authorities asked the public for help finding two fugitives.
In the first case, police said they are looking for Knephra Amunaba, 38.
Authorities said Amunaba is wanted on a Platte County, Mo., warrant on a charge of sodomy.
Amunaba is black, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 150 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.
Investigators said his last known address was in the area of Gregory Boulevard and Askew Avenue in Kansas City, Mo. Police said he sometimes uses the aliases Ken Almond and Troy Davis.
Police said he should be considered dangerous.
In the second case, police said they are looking for Kenneth Nightengale, 31.
Nightengale is wanted on an Independence, Mo., warrant on a charge of amphetamine possession and a Cass County, Mo., probation violation warrant on a charge of check forgery.
Nightengale is white, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 170 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. Police said he has tattoos on his chest and arms.
His last known address was in Olathe, Kan. Police said he sometimes uses the aliases Robert Crowl and Kenneth Rice.
Anyone with information on either case is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.


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In 2004, 65 percent of the frozen broiler chickens for sale in Mozambique were imported from Brazil. To get to Mozambique, the chickens were frozen and shipped through the Middle East. By the time they arrived, they were often past their sell-by date, in violation of Mozambican import restrictions. Incredibly, the Brazilian product was cheaper than the Mozambican one. Why? Brazil's agribusiness productivity and efficiency are certainly the envy of the world. But if the Mozambican poultry sector were at all competitive, it would surely be able to sell home-raised chicken more cheaply into a growing domestic market than the Brazilians can.
Such situations are not limited to Mozambique. There are significant possibilities in Africa to unlock value in different industry sectors, and these possibilities will grow over time. Success, however, will require the government and business to adopt a strategy based on an analytical and market-oriented approach, customized for the sector and focused on helping enterprises and people make money. While ultimately reliant on commercial incentives and viability, this strategy will probably require up-front, subsidized investments to seed the market, as well the coordination of stakeholders and interventions across the value chain.
In the case of Mozambique's poultry sector, our nonprofit organization, TechnoServe, with a mandate and funding from the US government, undertook a comprehensive value chain analysis starting with demand and working through the supply of feed, to layer and egg production, the feeding and growing of chicks, processing, marketing, and, ultimately, retail consumption. Our team interviewed hundreds of participants in the poultry and feed sectors and eventually assembled a strategic plan that identified and quantified potential demand, the major constraints along the value chain, the high-leverage (and other) points of intervention, and a specific industry-development program.
As is so often the case, the constraints were multiple and interrelated—a lack of locally available feed, poor models for "outgrower schemes" to contract with small-scale local farmers to raise chicks, few successful entrepreneurs operating hatcheries or abattoirs, few standards to ensure high quality and sanitary compliance, no industry organization, no retail marketing, and ineffective enforcement of tariff and import regulations. Moreover, while the overall economic returns were very attractive if the hurdles could be overcome, gaining these returns required an up-front investment and cross-sector coordination that no single commercial actor could undertake. But TechnoServe was able to help the sector move forward with an approach that emphasized pilots, learning, and expanding at multiple points along the value chain, as well as coordinating the involvement and integration of multiple stakeholders.
That effort, involving thousands of soy and maize farmers, took place in the feed grains sector, which has grown into a $60 million business, from $15 million, in five years. Work was undertaken to provide business and technical training for smallholder poultry farmers so that they could improve their production practices and to help 11 commercial poultry businesses upgrade processing machinery, expand production capacity, improve the quality of broilers, and strengthen links to smallholders. A trade group, the Mozambican Aviculture Association (AMA), was organized to represent the industry's interests and to launch a multimedia campaign throughout the country promoting the consumption of locally produced poultry. Producers increasingly use the AMA seal on their products, as consumers associate it with a quality, standardized product. Mozambique's government played an extensive role in the enforcement of import regulations. Along with Cargill, Michigan State University, and the University of Minnesota, the government also helped introduce bio-security measures and contingency planning for food safety in response to the threat of avian influenza.
Between 2004 and 2009, the Mozambican poultry industry grew more than fourfold, with annual production reaching upward of 23,000 tons of chicken meat in 2009 and consumption of locally produced chicken rising to 76 percent of the total market. More than 1,200 poultry jobs have been created. More than 2,500 small-scale farmers were trained and began participating in outgrower production operations, leading to two- to tenfold increases in these farmers' household incomes. Poultry processors' annual revenues have increased to $80 million, from $20 million. And the industry continues to grow. TechnoServe's focus in Mozambique is now upstream (on a host of opportunities for the broader commercialization of the soy sector) and downstream (on the potential for retail chicken franchise stores).
In the past ten years, TechnoServe has similarly engaged with the cashew, fruit, forestry, and tourism sectors. Each of those interventions was different—customized for the particular opportunities and constraints of the individual sector. Yet all looked to apply donor funding to a rigorous analysis of the sector and to targeted, time-limited, and integrated interventions across the value chain to catalyze longer-term industry growth. The overall impact for Mozambique was substantial: an estimated GDP boost of 5 percent, more than 8,000 new jobs, the integration of nearly 100,000 farmers into commercially viable value chains, and more than $50 million in capital mobilized in support of new opportunities.
Mozambique is just one example. This is not easy work. But it is important and if done right can catalyze vibrant, substantial, and poverty-reducing economic growth.
This article was updated on July 7 to address an incorrect figure: a previous version inaccurately listed the production of poultry in Mozambique in 2009 as 23 tons. The correct figure is 23,000 tons.


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Earthquake information : A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Sikkim, India 12:40:48 UT (10:48 PM at epicenter) The depth of the hypocenter was at 20.7 km. The earthquake caused victims and huge damage in Sikkim (India), India and Nepal. It was also well felt in Bangladesh.
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Tectonic explanation of what happened
The September 18, 2011 Sikkim, India earthquake occurred near the boundary between the India and Eurasia plates, in the mountainous region of northeast India near the Nepalese border.
Initial analysis suggest the earthquake was complex, likely a result of two events occurring close together in time at depths of approximately 20 km beneath the Earth's surface.
At the latitude of the September 18 earthquake, the India plate converges with Eurasia at a rate of approximately 46 mm/yr towards the north-northeast. The broad convergence between these two plates has resulted in the uplift of the Himalayas, the world's tallest mountain range. The preliminary focal mechanism of the earthquake suggests strike slip faulting, and thus an intraplate source within the upper Eurasian plate or the underlying India plate, rather than occurring on the thrust interface plate boundary between the two.
This region has experienced relatively moderate seismicity in the past, with 18 earthquakes of M 5 or greater over the past 35 years within 100 km of the epicenter of the September 18 event.
The largest of these was a M 6.1 earthquake in November of 1980, 75 km to the southeast.
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Florida State football coach Jimbo Fisher has no problem talking about his undefeated football team. The record is perfect for the No. 8-ranked team in FBS, but there's room for improvement.
The topic of redshirt kicker Roberto Aguayo, however, is another story.
"Dadgumit, don't jinx it," Fisher said with a chuckle.
Aguayo is 26-for-26 on extra points and 7-for-7 on field goals in his first four collegiate games. His 47 points are on pace to surpass Dustin Hopkins' Florida State single-season scoring record of 140 set in 2012. Hopkins accomplished the feat as a senior who also set the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring mark. He also set the NCAA career scoring record by a kicker at 466 points.
"Everybody kept talking about Dustin and all that, he's just doing a great job of being Roberto," Fisher said, "which is a guy that's extremely talented, has good leg strength and practices with great intensity and great consistency.
"Being able to watch Dustin perform and prepare has really helped him. He's got a great head on his shoulders and has just been very consistent for us."
Life seems fairly simple for Aguayo — the football part, at least. The Seminoles have yet to trail in the second half and Aguayo's long of 45-yards came in the first quarter of a 54-6 rout of Bethune-Cookman. There haven't been any pressure-packed kicks.
Such is life as the kicker on the No. 4 scoring offense in FBS that averages 51.3 points per game. His 33 consecutive kicks made to start a career is a school record.
He might get his shot Saturday when Florida State plays No. 25 Maryland.
"My position is more of a (mental one) — 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical," Aguayo said. "Once you get into your head, once you're nervous and stuff, you're done. That's what I feel I control much better coming into the season.
"Like Jimbo once said, it's like preparing for a test. If you don't prepare right, you're obviously going to be nervous. But as you prepare right during the week, during the offseason, during the summer, when you come in you feel confident. You don't feel that burden of pressure. I prepared good. That's why the feeling of pressure and nervousness is not there. All these games I haven't been as nervous as I thought I was going to be. It is what it is. I do this for a living."
Hopkins (2009-12) isn't the only shadow that Aguayo resides in. Florida State is a program known to produce pro-caliber kickers . Hopkins is on the Buffalo Bills roster. Graham Gano (2005-2008) plays for the Carolina Panthers. Sebastian Janikowski (1997-99) is in his 14th NFL season after being a first-round pick by the Oakland Raiders in 2000.
"He knows that people have kicked here before," Fisher said. "I think he feels a responsibility to try to perform well. At the same time, I tell him don't worry about that. You can't be Sebastian Janikowski, or Graham Gano or Dustin Hopkins.
"You just have to be yourself and do what Roberto does, which is plenty good enough and that's why we recruited you here."
Aguayo is on pace for a single-season record 141 points during the 12-game regular season. That doesn't include a possible ACC title game or bowl game. His current rate puts him on track to break the Hopkins's career record during Aguayo's senior year.
"I surprised myself. ... Take it week by week and eventually that legacy starts growing," Aguayo said. "It's exciting. I think about it, wow, 35 points. ... So, I've just got to do my job and by the end of the season it'll be there.
"But all the stats and all that type of stuff, I'm not really worried about. It's just doing what I have to do for my team and getting the points for them. In the end if the stats are there and I break the record, I break the record. For the most part I just want to help my team. The points will be there."
No. 8 Seminoles' kicker on pace to set school mark
Florida State football coach Jimbo Fisher has no problem talking about his undefeated football team. The record is perfect for the No. 8-ranked team in FBS, but there's room for improvement.


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Are you interested in learning one of the official languages of the Olympics, the United Nations, and the International Red Cross? Would you like to pursue the second-most widely taught second language, besides English? Is your goal to achieve fluency in a language that's used worldwide? As a French major at Ithaca College, you'll be encouraged not only to approach the technical aspects of language such as phonetics, pronunciation, grammar, and composition, but also to address the real-world applications of language usage through coursework that ranges from elementary through advanced levels and can also include our master of arts degree in teaching.
Ithaca professors will share with you the value of practical experience, and you will be able to take advantage of the numerous resources on campus and worldwide.
- Tune in online to music and news from Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Guyana.
- View hundreds of French films in the Gannet Center's multimedia collection, from classics like Au revoir les enfants or Les Parapluies de Cherbourg to recent releases such as Long dimanche de fiancailles or l'Auberge espagnole.
- Hone your skills at the language center; meet with your professors one on one for ideas, help, or chatting in French; become a teaching assistant for one of the elementary courses where you'll lead drills and practice using the language.
- Spend a semester abroad in Aix-en-Provence or Avignon through the Institute for American Universities or in Paris, Nantes, or Arles through the Institute for the International Education of Students.
- Live in Quartier Français, the French-language residential learning community, where you can improve your language skills; participate in cultural events such as lectures, music, and art performances; sample traditional cooking; and learn more about the life and culture of the people who speak French.
You may also practice your French with friends and fellow students in the French Club. Celebrate Mardi Gras, take a weekend trip to Montreal, or try your hand at making crepes -- all while speaking French, of course!
Several recent graduates from the French program have taken jobs teaching English in French schools through a program with the French embassy. Other graduates teach French in K-12 schools in the United States. Still others use their French-language skills as lawyers, businesspeople, or media experts.


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ESA mission name for astronaut Tim Peake: Principia
When ESA astronaut Tim Peake sets off for his six-month space journey next year, he will be flying under the mission name of Principia.
More than 4000 people replied to the call for a mission name earlier this year and Principia was suggested 20 times. The name refers to Isaac Newton's world-changing three-part text on physics, Naturalis Principia Mathematica, describing the principal laws of motion and gravity.
Famously pondering why apples fall from trees, Newton wrote down the laws of gravity and laid the basis for working with it, a requirement for spaceflight. Tim Peake will spend six months living in weightlessness, the first time a British–ESA astronaut will visit the International Space Station.
"I am delighted with this name that honours one of Britain's most famous scientists," Tim says. "I hope it will also encourage people to observe the world as if for the first time – just as Isaac Newton did.
"Our planet Earth is a precious and beautiful place and we all need to safeguard it."
Tim will be launched from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in November 2015 – and will be able to enjoy Newton's favourite fruit as supply ships arrive at the international space laboratory. One of his aims is to inspire children during his stay in space, in particular by promoting healthy eating.
The International Space Station is first and foremost a place of science, and the six astronauts there spend much of their time working on experiments that cannot be done anywhere on Earth.
It's a busy time in space for ESA astronauts, with Alexander Gerst currently working in the Station, Samantha Cristoforetti leaving for it in November this year, and Andreas Mogensen being launched shortly before Tim's mission for a 10-day stay on the Station.


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Studio courses present different challenges in regard to plagiarism and academic honesty. Evaluation practices that include an ongoing process through active participation, in-class critiquing, and collaboration can help discourage plagiarism. Some specific examples include:
- Rather than evaluating only the final product, evaluate the ongoing process of the students. If the goal is a completed work, in-class showings with regular critiquing encourage the submission of original work. Regular attendance expectations ensure that the development of a student's idea is observed. Their progress can then be acknowledged in the grading scheme.
- In courses focusing on creative work or the acquisition of technical skills, journals and process reports can be used as a means through which to learn about an individual's personal experience and perceived progress throughout a course. To prevent the possibility of students writing a full term of journal entries the night before the due date, a series of dates throughout the term can be identified as due dates, with random collection of journals occurring on each date.
- When collaboration is desired, request individual submissions to supplement any group report. Ask individuals in the group to report on various aspects of the project or to report on their personal experience of the project.
- In discussions about assignments that involve quantitative data, remind students that using someone else's numbers is no different than using someone else's words. If the source of the numbers is not properly acknowledged, then plagiarism has occurred.
- When students are expected to comment on the work of others, they can be asked to submit their research notes. Using two columns, one headed with "this scholar/professor/peer says" and the other with "I think", can help students to identify their own ideas in response to the work of others.
- Asking students to attach the ticket stub to their submission of a performance review will encourage the desired attendance. Identifying specific works/ performances to be seen helps by restricting the options and therefore the opportunities to engage in practices of academic dishonesty.


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Apple and Cisco show investors the moneyAugust 16, 2012: 1:14 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Who needs to own a boring U.S. Treasury bond when you can buy an exciting tech stock and get a similar -- or in many cases, higher -- yield in the process?
Cisco Systems (CSCO) announced Wednesday that it is raising its dividend by 75%. The move is a response to calls from shareholders who wanted the company to put more of its nearly $50 billion in cash (or "caysh" if you talk like Cisco CEO John Chambers) to productive use. Once that dividend hike takes effect, the yield on Cisco's stock will be more than 3%. By comparison, the 10-year Treasury yields just 1.8%.
Related: Cisco joins the tech rally
Cisco, whose shares surged nearly 8% Thursday, is not the only tech titan offering yields that rival Uncle Sam's. Shares of IBM (IBM) yield 1.7%. Texas Instruments (TXN) has a dividend that yields 2.3%. Microsoft's (MSFT) stock yields 2.6%. Intel (INTC) pays a dividend that yields 3.4%.
And while Apple's (AAPL) newly issued dividend yields 1.7% -- slightly less than the 10-year Treasury bond-- Apple should be in a position to keep increasing that dividend for many years to come, thanks to its more than $110 billion in cash on hand.
At this point, many of these blue chip tech stocks offer the best of all worlds to investors: growth, income and value. With many consumers worried about the health of the economy, a top tech seems like a much safer bet than U.S. Treasury bonds.
Related: Investors still view U.S. debt as AAA for now
Wouldn't you rather own a company like Apple, which continues to generate solid sales and profits from just about iEverything, or Microsoft, which seems poised to hit it big with the upcoming Windows 8 launch, than the debt of a country that's faced with soaring budget deficits and a looming fiscal cliff?
What's more, none of the top techs trade at nosebleed valuations. They are all considerably cheaper than Facebook (FB), which is still valued at 40 times 2012 earnings forecasts, even though the company's stock price has been cut in half since its IPO.
Sure, some tech stocks have high dividend yields simply because their stock price has plunged, thanks to concerns about their long-term health. Remember that the yield is calculated by dividing the dividend by the stock price. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has an impressive-looking yield of 2.7%, but the stock is down 25% this year following a nearly 40% drop in 2011.
As HP struggles to find its way in the new mobile world, the company's dividend may not be as secure as Apple's or Microsoft's. And even if HP doesn't wind up cutting its dividend, you still shouldn't be buying a stock just because it issues quarterly checks.
After all, many investors prefer to take the dividends and automatically reinvest in stock of the parent company. So a dividend from a tech stock should be an added bonus from a healthy company, not a consolation prize to soften the blow of a sinking share price.
Fortunately, HP is the exception, not the rule. Just about every top tech with a pristine balance sheet is now paying a dividend, and the shares of all those companies are up this year.
There is one major holdout in the club: Google (GOOG).
Come on, Larry, Sergey and Eric. What are you waiting for? Don't be evil. Start using some of that more than $48 billion in cash on a dividend. You don't need it all for acquisitions and research and development. A dividend doesn't have to mean you're throwing in the towel on innovation.
Tech companies are no longer being penalized for paying a dividend. In fact, investors seem to be rewarding tech companies for doing the mature thing of returning cash to shareholders instead of wasting it on silly deals of little strategic value. (Can you say Cisco and Flip Video?)


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Alert: Contact Congress on Tuesday, 4/13! - (April 13, 2010)
Arts Advocacy Day is April 13!
Tuesday, April 13 is National Arts Advocacy Day, a unique opportunity for you to join with arts advocates across the country as they speak up in support of the arts.
The League is a national co-sponsor of Arts Advocacy Day and participates in the legislative planning committee that constructs the messages carried by arts advocates in the nation's capital and nationwide. Joining in this national day of advocacy from home is easy and only takes minutes!
Speak Up Nationally on Arts Policy Issues
1) Contact your members of Congress on April 13 by taking part in one of the easy-to-use advocacy issue areas we have set up for you. Your elected officials are most motivated by real stories and examples from home, so remember to personalize the sample letters!
Click here to see the full range of issues areas impacting orchestras and choose one or two that matter the most to you.
2) Engage with your representatives at home. The most effective advocacy begins in your own community, by building relationships throughout the year. View our 2010 Calendar of Advocacy Opportunities to determine when your representatives will be home, schedule a meeting, and continue communicating with them throughout the spring and summer. When Congress takes a recess from D.C., it is the perfect occasion to invite your elected officials to attend your orchestra's concerts and encourage them to see community programs in action.
Act Locally to Support Music Education
With state and local budgets in crisis, music education in our schools is facing new threats, and local advocacy is more essential than ever. See the League's Music Education Advocacy Tools for tips orchestras can use in taking action to rally support in and for their community. The toolkit includes:
- the League's Statement of Common Cause Supporting In-School Music Education,
- tips for launching your music education advocacy effort,
- sample actions your orchestra might take, and
- research supporting the benefits of arts education.
Please share your advocacy stories with us and feel welcome to contact League Government Affairs staff with any questions. Thank you for joining advocates nationwide in support of the arts!
The League is a member of the Performing Arts Alliance, a coalition of national performing arts service organizations dedicated to advocating for national policies that recognize, enhance, and foster the contributions the performing arts make to America


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The attorney for fired Oakland University women's basketball coach Beckie Francis has reviewed the internal review the school went to court to protect and said the record is as meaningless to her client's termination as previously thought.
"(The report) contains a lot of vague, unspecified comments people are making (about Francis)," attorney Deborah Gordon said. "It doesn't appear there was any investigation into anything people are saying.
"It was what I anticipated."
Gordon, who successfully represented Francis in a recent lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court under the Employee Right to Know Act seeking a more comprehensive version of the internal review of Francis and her program, was unsure about the next course of action for her client.
Circuit Court Judge Martha Anderson last week ordered the school to turn over an unredacted version of the report for her review and she blacked out students' personally-identifiable information the school sought to protect before releasing the documents to Francis.
Francis has only until Nov. 30 to file further litigation against the Rochester-area school due to a statute of limitations in her employment contract. She was fired June 12 after 13 seasons at the school, the same day her husband, longtime university president Gary Russi, announced his resignation, effective Aug. 1.
A June 21 statement by the school announced Francis had been fired with cause and indications of misconduct had come to the attention of an administrator, provoking the school to launch an internal investigation into the former coach and the program.
"I'm assuming what I have (in the report) is the justification for just-cause termination," Gordon said. "In my opinion, it's not enough for (that)."
Oakland University has spent nearly $100,000 in the past two months for the review, conducted by a Detroit law firm, according to documents obtained by The Oakland Press through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Had she been fired without cause, Francis would have been eligible to receive a full year of her base salary of slightly more than $125,000.
Oakland University said in a Friday statement it was pleased with Anderson's decision to redact half of the report due to various provisions, but is exploring the possibility of appealing her ruling in regards to protecting student privacy. The school has claimed the parts it had stricken from the report were subject to the Family Educational Rights Protection Act, among other protections.
Francis filed the suit Nov. 1, seeking an emergency hearing after she says the school refused on multiple occasions to give her an unredacted version of its review. The report implies Francis was fired for emotionally abusing players. In one instance where the report was uncensored, an interviewee called Francis a "master manipulator."
Francis had an exemplary record and performance reviews prior to her termination, which was announced with the school saying simply: "Beckie Francis has been relieved of her duties."


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A mixture of contrasting vibrations could mean that Konstancja is herself rather contradictory and can be known to change her mood as often as her mind, which she can do suddenly and without warning. This phenomena can also be observed in the company of Fallon and Eugeneia . All three have something aloof and resolute about them, due to the combination of the numbers 1 and 8, and the letter A. Very active, extremely independent and determined, they are bold, forthright and also rather bossy, in an attempt to conceal and protect the highly sensitive and vulnerable souls that they really are... With such fragility, they can be known to disappear inside their shells for a time when life becomes too difficult or painful, having quite a low tolerance. They can be self-conscious, narcissistic and even a little selfish, as well as proud and arrogant at times. However, if you ever need them, you can be sure that you can count on them to be there. This dichotomy of altruism and egoism, strength and fragility, team spirit and individuality is reflected in their personalities and can be absolutely baffling at first. On the same note, they are capable of taking part in voluntary, humanitarian work whilst also appearing preoccupied with material wealth. They can be generous, intuitive, receptive and genuinely concerned by others, then all of a sudden they become distant, irritable and blunt, angry and possibly aggressive. This is why as children it is so good for them to take part in group activities because this will enable them to develop a sense of solidarity and allow them to experience autonomy and responsibility all at the same time. They probably prefer playing with their brothers´ toys than their own, and aren´t afraid of physical exercise or adventure, far from it in fact...
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Editor's note: So where were you 20 years ago today, Aug. 8, 2012? Axl Rose and his band, Guns 'N Roses were at the Big O with a few friends and a short set and ... Well the rest is histsory, which Mark Lepage wrote about a few days later (and which you can read about here). On the 20th anniversary of the GNR riot at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, here's Mark Lepage's lookback on that event, Mr. Rose and the band, originally published in 2010 in advance of Guns N' Roses return to Montreal with a January 2010 date at the Bell Centre (a review of which you can read here). Enjoy.
MONTREAL - Do you know where you are?!?!
You are in early 2010. Ready for the longest-delayed makeup gig in rock.
Guns N' Roses have backstory everywhere, but they have a ... special history in Montreal. Plenty of Guns, no Roses. But take the long view: the Big O events of August 1992 were presaged years earlier, and confirmed every step of the way, with every release, every tour, every spittle-flecked pronouncement from singer, leader, Last Man Standing and GNR President for Life W. Axl Rose.
Hey, you knew what he was like when you married him.
Flashback: You are in the Verdun Auditorium in 1987, where headliners the Cult relax backstage while shirtless, sweat-gleaming hellions race from end to end of the stage. Slash races one way, brandishing a Les Paul like a weapon while Rose shrieks "They're out ta get me!!" into the echobox of a venue. Sweet Child O' Mine is still just an evil twinkle in the eye of the mass audience, but these unknown miscreants are not your parents' metalheads. The review is somewhere in cyberspace, something on the order of "this band will be huge if they survive."
That night, Guns N' Roses announced the arrival of hard-rock modernism in Montreal, and the end of metal romanticism. No more dragons, demons and damsels. The Hollywood street rats injected the real - a seedy punk docu-dramedy detailing the victimization of the young by urban predators, drugs, violence, streetwalking succubi and the city itself - screeched with schadenfreude glee by a strawberry-blonde hayseed-turned-antihero. "Watch it bring you to your knees / I wanna watch you bleed!"
Who was this guy? He had a voice like a cobra that seemed to coil within it every warped, furtive, livid sentiment. Here, we would have the herald of the new heartland dysfunction, announcing the revenge of the children. And with Appetite for Destruction, we had a glimpse at justification for his future megalomania. Rose was a mini rock revolutionary, as singular in his way as Cobain was in his. In all the ugly, overamped realism, Rose was the FX.
Of course, with the real came the volatile. Rose may have been the latest offender to believe there was no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity, but as the years unfolded, he proved not to be acting, but acting out. These were genuine psycho-emotional wounds, and the press was eager to give them ink.
Endearingly, we still had the capacity for shock and outrage in 1988 when One In A Million delivered a catalogue of right-wing resentments, not only against cops but "immigrants," "faggots" and "niggers." Youtube is scattered with videos of an agitated Rose delivering onstage diatribes against the hustlers and pervs who abused him as a runaway, and he would frame the song as a personal plaint rather than manifesto ... which altered not at all the fact that he was enacting a classic victim-on-victim dogfight to the secret glee of the true oppressors.
And before Marilyn Manson, there was the real one, Charles, who finally landed that "record deal" in a sense when Rose covered his song Look At Your Game, Girl on The Spaghetti Incident in 1993.
And so, instead of a saviour rising from the streets, an avenger - or rather, a scourge. In the zany early '90s, Rose was the perceived rival/opposite of Kurt Cobain, a conflict spurred in no small measure by the Widder Cobain, Courtney Love. In actuality, his opposite was Bono. One here to redeem, one with a heart full of hate intent on making you feel his pain.
And you would.
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Do you know where you are?!?!
Flashback: You are in the Big O on August 8, 1992, 53,000 of you, anticipating a seven-hour riffathon. And seven hours you would get.
At the time, a friendly Slash had told The Gazette that neither medical issues - Rose had a hole in a vocal cord - nor the band's "typhoon of chaos" could derail GNR's first-ever headline gig here.
"It's very much like that. It's great for variety, hunh?" he'd laughed.
Boom! Metallica's James Hetfield is headed to hospital with second-and-third-degree burns to his hands and face after a pyrotechnics misfire. And speaking of misfires ...
Rose and Guns N' Roses take the stage 135 minutes later, far too long after the abbreviated Metallica set. Rose is visibly disturbed, radiating his disorder vibe. The following day's review ran:
Rose seemed agitated after the first few songs of the set, perhaps at a crowd that received the music enthusiastically but did not go ballistic.
Whatever the reasons, Rose followed a doper's blues version of Bad Obsession with a speech about how the band had honed its act on a seven-week tour of Europe just to have it all fall apart last night.
"In case anybody here is interested," Rose said, "this will be our last show for a long time."
Cue the self-destruction as fans bonfire their own souvenir T-shirts, and the real destruction that follows, spilling into the cavernous corridors and out into the east end streets:
They overturned garbage containers, smashed concession stands, tables and a car in a glass display case.
One young girl was injured when she was slammed through a glass display case by the departing crowd. She was later taken away on a stretcher.
About 200 security guards cordoned off the crowd, extinguishing flames, forming a line and shepherding the fans toward the exits.
Olympic Stadium's screens flashed the message: "The show is cancelled. Please check the media for news."
The trouble spilled out on to the street where midnight ramblers overturned a police cruiser, lit trash can fires, smashed car windshields and slashed tires.
A phalanx of riot-equipped police took up positions on Pierre de Coubertin St. on the south side of the stadium.
In the post-show recriminations, it was important to remember, as I wrote at the time, that "Some (most of whom were not there) saw scary TV news footage of kids throwing rocks and jousting with police, heard tales of teens trashing concession stands and stealing Expos caps. Others saw a reaffirmation, albeit a twisted one, of the very power that makes rock 'n' roll music our truest, realest art form."
Mainly, after the ugliness, lack of apology and $400,000 in Big O damage, the OIB banned the group for life.
Scant weeks later, U2 is in the Big O, four songs into the set. "What time is it?" Bono asks the crowd. "We gotta go ..." The crowd gets it - haha, a GNR reference. And as the band opens into One, Bono head-shakingly mutters "Axl ..." So there's another twist in their "relationship": Bono as dad, ruefully watching the angry teen blow up his life.
And then - where does the time go? 14 Years that are gone forever / and I'll never have again. Who knew that in the GNR lexicon, that wasn't just a song but a time frame? Fourteen-odd years between Use Your Illusion and Chinese Democracy. In a preface to its release, I noted the cultural touchstones we had welcomed in that span: Pentium processors, MacBook, iPod, Blackberry, Segway, Viagra, Google, Yahoo, Youtube - hell, the Internet.
But perhaps to his credit, Rose once again needed to make an album that was bigger than hard rock or genre itself. When he could have made Welcome Back, Jungle in two years and wallpapered every Hollywood whorehouse with Benjamin Franklins, he went through half a lifetime, zillions of studio dollars, half that in whiz-bang guitarists and a dozen false release dates to release an album that bears forth a few great songs (Better, IRS) and the unavoidable bombast of something so delayed and overcooked it had to be Who's Next Calling The Stairway to justify the wait and hype.
And to his discredit, he cannot simply have been motivated by some sublime Joycean artistic fire. The thing he needed the album to be bigger than was his ego.
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It's been awhile since the real Rose had to smell spicy buffalo wings in the air as he took the stage. But here we are in Times Square, in BB King's Blues Club, anticipating November Rain in mid-January.
Why not ease into Wednesday's real GNR gig with a little artifice? Here in BB King's supper-club venue, cover bands are a staple: Black Dog, Tramps Like Us, Bobby and the Jets ... Tonight, featuring a fat Slash and a doughy rest of the band, November Rain pays tribute to GNR.
"Good evening New York City. Hey, we're New York City boys arselves" says not-Axl, using a southern accent for some secret tribute-band reason. And it soon becomes apparent which members of a rock tour they resemble: they look like roadies.
Their version of Mr. Brownstone is respectable. Paradise City is lugubrious and missing the high, frenzied edge. During Live and Let Die, some guy at the bar asks me if they're lip-synching.
But then, after Don't Cry, something remarkable. November Rain is cranking through the incred-ugly riff of Welcome to the Jungle to a solid response when a girl's friends somehow compel her onstage. Awkward and in braces, she's up there with no moves whatsoever, beaming with a tremulous confusion of over-adrenalin and please-let-me-hide. She waves her arms nerdishly behind fat Slash in a parody of rock 'n' roll ecstacy ... but then begins to open to the moment, to feel her place on the stage, to enjoy, and suddenly we have a cover-band revelation.
All the glamour and pretense dissolve as a band of non-Guns crunch through their long-lapsed dream of stardom while a girl has her gawky epiphany onstage, stripping away the veneer of cool to reveal the need and desire that power the rock 'n' roll lust-dream. It may be a beautiful accident. But this is no illusion. These Xeroxes are delivering the real thing.
Back on Earth, what will Rose do? Some fans from their last Montreal headline gig have their own teenage kids (and second mortgages) now. What they never had was their GNR moment. Reviews of this latest leg of the real GNR tour, which opened in Winnipeg, have been positive. A thorough, expansive, professional performance, ending with explosions and Rose's "We love you." Equal parts Guns, and Roses. And 17 years after the interruption, Montreal deserves at least that.
Guns N' Roses, with opening acts Danko Jones and Sebastian Bach, perform Wednesday at the Bell Centre. Tickets are $49.50 to $84.50 (plus service charges) and are available via geg.ca or by calling 514-790-1245


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I know perfectly well
I'm not where I should be
I've been very aware
You've been patient with me
Every time we break up
You bring back your love to me
And after all I've done to you
How can it be
You still believe in me
I try hard to be more
What you want me to be
But I can't help how I act
When you're not here with me
I try hard to be strong
But sometimes I fail myself
And after all I've promised you
So faithfully
You still believe in me
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There are persons who shape their lives by the fear of death, and persons who shape their lives by the joy and satisfaction of life. The former live dying; the latter die living. I know that fate may stop me tomorrow, but death is an irrelevant contingency. Whenever it comes, I intend to die living.
— Horace Kallen
This is the end. How great a ride, an experience it was. Four years in Ithaca felt like one, and if it were any different feeling I wouldn't have been as happy. As my friend who graduated last year pointed out, it's a good feeling to not want to leave because the opposite, wanting to get out of Cornell as soon as possible, would mean that you made the wrong decision in coming here.
The diploma I just packed with extra care (as my mom says it's worth $100,000), the tassel I lost then found twice today, the honor cords from CIVR, they all tell me it is time to go even if I want to stay. I will be on my way out tomorrow. It will be hard to leave. I depart, however, with the next three years of my life laid out for me (Teach for America then Master Public Administration at the Maxwell School at Syracuse U.) and hundreds of doors of opportunity open to me during a time in this world when certainty and security is a luxury. For that I can only be thankful.
As seems to always be the case, I tend to come away with different points, but never the main concept, from commencement speeches given to me. From high school it is the quote at the beginning of this blog, from David Plouffe: success means hard work, long hours, and dedication. But it is ok to turn away from work to pay attention to your family even though your family are the ones who will still be there when you forget about them, from David Skorton, Cornell President: though many people dismiss liberal arts because of its limited utilitarian value, the liberal arts are precisely what gives us the foundation to understand the world. Ethics as a basis for education is too often overlooked, and what one reads says volumes about who one really is. Want to know a person, ask them what they're reading.
Thank you to my family, friends, faculty and staff at Cornell, Delbarton, and Far Hills who educated me, and those for whom I worked at the handful of internships I held.
Thank you Lisa for giving me the opportunity to write this blog. Thank you to those who read it once or a handful of times. Thank you to those who have consistently read each entry. Congratulations to the Class of 2013.
I guess this is it. If this entry were Dean Mathios' address to the students of the College of Human Ecology, I would say I have just completed chapter 22 of the Book of Life. May the next scores of chapters be just as enriching, entertaining, educational, and edifying as the first 22 (may the use of my alliteration continue to impress me as well). And may I finish them with as much excitement, nostalgia, and reluctance as I have finished these chapters today.
I will miss these "good ole days on the hill." To my Alma Mater: farewell.


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Alexander Calder, Calder's Circus, 1926–31
Narrator: Actor Bill Irwin.
Bill Irwin: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, mes dames et messieurs, to the circus. Beginning in 1926, Calder combined his fascination with movement, animals, and caricature into Le Cirque Calder.
What you see here are a number of acts, each consisting of different characters—acrobats, a bearded lady, a lion tamer and his lion. When performed, Calder would manipulate the parts and figures before you—in one ring, one act at a time.
He would make bleachers from wood crates and planks; erect two tall poles for the high wire and trapeze; hand out cymbals and other noisemakers; cue up records on his gramophone and give his guests a full evening's entertainment. It was what could be described as the first instance of performance art.
Through the Circus, Calder became good friends with an impressive list of artists, including Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miró, Fernand Léger, Edgar Varèse, Le Corbusier, and Piet Mondrian. These members of the Parisian avant-garde appreciated Calder's love of play and spectacle—a performance of the Circus meant a very good time. But the artists were also drawn to the serious side of the Circus. Fun mixed with death and danger: the knife thrower aiming to hit a target perilously close to his favorite assistant sometimes missed—with tragic results. But Calder would use the same female figure in the next act, a clever touch his audiences appreciated.
In the first decades of the twentieth century, modernist artists across Europe were searching for ways to merge art and life, technology and design. As playful as Calder's performance may seem, it beautifully exemplifies these avant-garde impulses. The fact that he put his objects in motion, the characteristic state of modernity, wouldn't have been lost on any of his observers. And the individual acts were engineered with a great deal of technical skill.


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The University of Tennessee's efforts in the GrADS (Grid Application Deployment Software) projects are mainly related to the seamless deployment of numerical libraries over the grid. This consists of the following subtasks.
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