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A LOCAL author is encouraging people to turn to wood as a main source of fuel.
Ed Mills, author of Coppicing and Coppice Crafts: A Comprehensive Guide, also spoke about his new book, his full-time job with Cumbria Woodlands and helping to promote sustainable development across Cumbria.
Mr Mills, a resident of Ulverston, works closely with Cumbria Action for Sustainability as part of his job. He believes that wood is the best form of sustainable fuel and that people are not making the best use of it.
Coppicing and Coppice Crafts: A Comprehensive Guide is all about things that you can make from repetitive felling of a tree stump. A coppice is an area of woodland that is managed. Trees are felled and the stump is repetitively cut back to produce new shoots.
The wood which is felled can be woven and used to make things such as sheep hurdles and baskets. The more often a stump is felled the more new shoots grow. Mr Mills said: "You can do this (coppicing) on a regular cycle. You can do this with most of the trees in our area – oak, ash and hazel all grow back.
In winter it can look like you've killed everything – there's just a bare, muddy mess. But wait until spring when the shoots come through and it looks good. It's one of Britain's wonders."
Mr Mills, who is originally from Essex, has travelled the country coppicing for a living. He discovered that, despite it being a strong tradition in the South East, it is disappearing in the Midlands.
He said: "We are very close to losing this tradition. I wrote the book so it would encourage people to coppice."
Mr Mills co-wrote the literature with Rebecca Oaks, who has been in the coppice business for 20 years. She also makes pieces from the wood.
The book gives handy hints on how to find a piece of wood that is perfect for coppicing, benefits of coppicing, items to make from the wood and how to run your own coppicing business.
Mr Mills has a new book, which will be released later this year, entitled Greenwood Crafts.
Not only does he have a green-fingered hobby, Mr Mills has a job description to match.
Heading a small team of five, Mr Mills is the director of Cumbria Woodlands. Their aim is to 'give free advice on managing woodland, help woodland businesses, offer skills training and encourage the use of wood as a fuel.'
He said: "We are strongly pushing it as the ultimate sustainable fuel. It is by and large pretty sustainable. It gives good heating. A huge amount of it in Cumbria is unused, but people can't just go and chop it down."
Cumbria Woodlands hopes to help people find felling licenses, take part in chainsaw or wood management courses and discover whether a wood burning boiler would be right for them.
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As Martin moves in and meets the locals, he realizes that adjusting to village life is not going to be smooth sailing. In his sharp suits and flashy car, he's a fish out of water. His first patient is Sir Gilbert Spencer, a retired lieutenant colonel, with an embarrassing
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Episode 1: Laura Timmins says goodbye to her friends and family in Lark Rise to start her first job at the Post Office in the nearby town of Candleford. Postmistress Dorcas Lane gives her a warm welcome, but her loyalties are soon divided over a dispute at Lark Rise about payment for the delivery of telegrams.
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It's springtime and even though Southern California really doesn't have a winter (compared to the rest of the country, anyway), we still look forward to this time of year because it's the start of the summer competition driving season. Sure, there are car shows, but we would rather optimize tire pressures than rub our cars with microfiber towels. The main problem for us West Coasters is that many of the super-cool driving events are too far east, making them geographically undesirable to attend. Luckily, a group of Tennessee gearheads took pity on us and organized the inaugural Run to the Coast event in 2010. It combined a full-blown road course, autocross, and speed-stop competition into two days and guaranteed to satiate the needs of those wanting to haul ass in their hot rods.
Since then, driving events have only gained in popularity to the point where Bill Howell, Yancy Johns, and Brian Finch formed a new association called American Street Car Series (ASCS). ASCS's sole mission is to organize driving events around the country geared towards American muscle cars. So, how popular has this event become? Well, this year the whole grid of 70-plus spots sold out the day after registration opened online. Pent up demand? Maybe. All we know is that it warms our collective hearts to see so much classic muscle getting used the way God intended. Of course, nearly half of the cars in attendance were Camaros, and that was fine by us.
We're not going to pretend that this isn't a competition, but the organizers really stress that the main goal is for people to have fun driving their cars. As such, many of the rules incorporate the spirit of the event rather than specific nit-picky rules that racers can try to contort their way around. Sure, there are some serious cars with some really serious drivers in attendance, but that doesn't mean the organizers and veteran racers aren't friendly towards those with less—or no—track experience. After all, even a wheelman like DSE's Kyle Tucker was a newbie at some point.
Like previous years, the main event featured a 1.8-mile road course set up by Orange County Race Craft on the now-defunct El Toro Marine Corps runways. The autocross was designed to test driver reaction times and the car's ability to stick in very fast turns and transitions. The ASCS also inserted a new event called speed-stop-squared (SS2) in place of the old speed-stop competition. In this competition, two cars stage at a real Christmas tree, just like at the dragstrip. On the green light, both cars launch down a 1,000-ish-foot straightaway. At the end, the left car turns left while the right car goes right and into a 180-degree turn and back through a slalom course. The run then culminates in a stop box.
It's a blast to watch, and even harder than it looks, since red-lighting at the tree, hitting a slalom cone, or failing to stop in the rather diminutive stop box results in a DNF. The overall event rules were simple: cars had to pass a technical safety inspection, be street legal, and have tires with a treadwear rating of 200 or higher. Cars running on softer compound tires could run, but their times wouldn't be posted in the final results. There was also a contingency program sponsored by BFGoodrich with lots of prize money up for grabs.
Aside from all the driving events, there was a Saturday night taco party sponsored by Doug Renner and JCG Customs. Sunday featured a cruise to the NHRA museum in Pomona. The driving events get sort of hectic, so it's nice to have these more relaxed activities to hang out with fellow gearheads and enjoy what this sport is all about: making friends and talking cars.


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NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida State College President Ty Handy is a finalist for the presidency of a community college in Kentucky.
Handy is one of three candidates named earlier this month by Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College to take over after the current president retires June 30.
Handy could not be reached for comment Thursday.
In a cover letter that accompanied his resume to the college in Cumberland, Ky., Handy cited his ties to the state as one reason for his interest.
"As a graduate of Western Kentucky University and as chief academic officer of Elizabethtown Community College in the early 1990s, I have lived and worked in the great state of Kentucky (my wife, Kimberly, is a native Kentuckian) and would love to return to a state that has been so important in my development and success as a leader," Handy wrote in the letter dated March 1.
Handy also outlines his experience, and says he would provide references from people tied to NWF State if he is selected as a finalist for the president's job.
"When a college president seeks a new position, the process can be demoralizing to the campus he or she may leave," Handy wrote. "I want to protect NWFSC from this feeling unless I am under very serious consideration."
Handy took over as president of NWF State in June 2010 after signing a three-year contract. His contract was recently renewed.
Members of the board of trustees expressed surprise at the news. Several of them said Thursday that Handy has performed well.
"I have and continue to enjoy the relationship I have with Ty Handy as the board chair, and I think he's done an outstanding job," Brian Pennington said.
Trustees Paul Foster, Rachel Gillis and Marijo Strauss also said they were sad to hear Handy was considering leaving.
"I love Ty Handy," Foster said. "I think he's good for the community. I think he's good for the college."
Foster said that while he was disappointed with the potential loss, he wasn't surprised, given the politically charged atmosphere in recent months.
"I think there's something else in the background," Foster said.
For at least two months, rumors have circulated that Handy was on his way out.
Handy himself acknowledged the issue more than once, including in a written update to the trustees in March.
In a section called "Rumors, and Rumors of Rumors," Handy wrote that he had heard Gov. Rick Scott was considering appointing at least three new trustees, and that if that came to pass his job likely was in jeopardy.
"I was informed specifically that one of those interviewed has, at the forefront of his agenda, terminating my contract," Handy wrote.
Handy said in the update that he had confronted the person who had spoken of ousting him and confirmed that "he would see me replaced if he got on the board."
The potential trustee's rationale, Handy wrote, was based on what he perceived as financial missteps made by the Handy — which Handy refuted — and last fall's data breach incident that exposed the personal information of about 280,000 people.
Handy didn't name the person who wanted him fired, but Scott did select four new trustees March 21. Three of the four new members — Patrick Byrne, Brad Drake and Michael Flynt — were appointed to terms ending May 31, 2014. C. Wayne Ansley was appointed to serve to May 31, 2015.
Byrne declined to comment on Handy's potential departure. Flynt, Ansley and Drake wished him well if he chose to leave.
Pennington, the longest-serving trustee, said he was unaware of the college ever having a board member appointed for anything less than a four- year term.
"I thought it was very unusual that the governor would appoint someone for a one-year term," Pennington said.
Under Florida's appointment process, board members serve even after their terms expire unless they are "unable or unwilling" to do so, Pennington said.
In the case of the newly replaced trustees, three had terms that ended in May 2010 and one had a term that ended in May 2011.
The terms of the three remaining trustees expire May 31.
The four new trustees were selected after submitting applications, according to John Tupps, a spokesman for Scott's office.
"Gov. Scott chooses to appoint the people who he thinks will best serve the students of the college," Tupps wrote in an email to the Daily News.
Anyone can apply for a board appointment, he added.
News of Handy's possible departure also comes when the trustees are conducting his annual performance review. Each trustee will turn in his or her notes to Pennington today. Pennington said he will compile the results using an evaluation system agreed upon with Handy. Pennington will present the findings to the board before he passes it along to the chancellor of the Florida Division of Colleges.
Pennington said the review would be discussed at the next board meeting May 21.
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Posted by: ge0ffr0 on Nov 13, 2009
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Greetings Magis
A mysterious Indian man approached me in the street and began foretelling my future.
This is of course a great way of getting someone's attention!
As he explained the good and not so good things that were to befallme he wrote something on a small piece of paper, screwed it up and then handed it to me and asked me to put in in my pocket.
As we talked further he then asked me for my mothers name, my age and my wife's age.
He was very particular about the spelling and wrote these things on a piece of paper in front of me.
He then asked me to reach into my pocket and retrieve the screwed up piece of paper.
He asked me to blow on it three times, place it against my "third eye" and pray over it.
I then unravelled the piece of paper and magically there were the 3 things listed .....
This seems to be a wonderful street trick, write something down and then psychically predict the person's response.
He "seemed" a very wise and humble yogi. He patiently explained to me the virtues of morality, vegeterianism and other secrets of a long and happy life.
As we talked and he prayed for my family he proceeded to repeat this trick, magically predicting my wife's name, my favourite colour and number.
This time I was more wary,ensuring he definitely couldn't reach into my pocket or get some other opppurtinity to swap the pieces of paper.
At no stage did I let the piece of paper go until I unravelled it.
I would love to fathom how he did this, I gave him a small donation and he went on his way, to bless the next poor dumbfounded soul
Any thoughts on how this was done......???
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I just happened to met this indian yogi earlier today
This Happened to Me Last Month
He asked me to tear a piece of pink paper, then I held it in my hand, he never touched it, when he asked me to open it, it was in ONE piece. I'm still trying to understand how this is done. Can't get over it.
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this trick is very foolish trick, anybody can do it, same kind of piece of paper he will keep (hide) between his fingers, and he will instruct us to roll it on some idol, immediately he collects your bit, and release his hiding piece of paper, he will readout u r scribbling and fold as it is, and do the same trick again,
I have recently had a similar experience


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Music may be defined according to various criteria including organization, pleasantness, intent, social construction, perceptual processes and engagement, universal aspects or family resemblances, and through contrast or negative definition.
Musica universalis or musica mundana referred to the order of the universe, as God had created it in "measure, number and weight". The proportions of the spheres of the planets and stars (which at the time were still thought to revolve around the earth) were perceived as a form of music, without necessarily implying that any sound would be heard—music refers strictly to the mathematical proportions. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea of a music of the spheres.
Musica humana, designated the proportions of the human body. These were thought to reflect the proportions of the Heavens and as such, to be an expression of God's greatness. To Medieval thinking, all things were connected with each other—a mode of thought that finds its traces today in the occult sciences or esoteric thought—ranging from astrology to believing certain minerals have certain beneficiary effects.
Musica instrumentalis, finally, was the lowliest of the three disciplines and referred to the manifestation of those same mathematical proportions in sound—be it sung or played on instruments. The polyphonic organization of different melodies to sound at the same time was still a relatively new invention then, and it is understandable that the mathematical or physical relationships in frequency that give rise to the musical intervals as we hear them, should be foremost among the preoccupations of Medieval musicians.
In Africa there is no term for music in Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Birom, Hausa, Idoma, Eggon or Jarawa. Many other languages have terms which only partly cover what Europeans mean by the term music (Schafer). The Mapuche of Argentina do not have a word for music, but they do have words for instrumental versus improvised forms (kantun), European and non-Mapuche music (kantun winka), ceremonial songs (öl), and tayil (Robertson 1976, 39).
In Czech, hudba is instrumental music and only by implication vocal music. Some languages in West Africa have no term for music but the speakers do have the concept (Nettl 1989,).
Musiqi is the Persian word for the science and art of music, muzik being the sound and performance of music (Sakata 1983, ), though some things European influenced listeners would include, such as Quran chanting, are excluded. Actually, there are varying degrees of "musicness"; Quran chanting and Adhan is not considered music, but classical improvised song, classical instrumental metric composition, and popular dance music are. However, from a European influenced musicological analysis, or from the standpoint of an untrained European influenced listener, Quran chanting is structurally similar to classical singing (Nettl 1989, ).
"Organization" also seems necessary because it implies purposeful and thus human organization. This human organizing element seems crucial to the common understanding of music. Sounds produced by non-human agents, such as waterfalls or birds, are often described as "musical", but rarely as "music". See zoomusicology.
This definition determines music according to the poetic and the neutral levels (it must be composed sonorities), or more aesthetically, 'the artful or pleasing organization of sound and silence', which determines music according to the esthesic. This definition is widely held to from the late 19th century forward, which began to scientifically analyze the relationship between sound and perception.
Additionally, Schaeffer (1968, 284) describes that the sound of classical music "has decays; it is granular; it has attacks; it fluctuates, swollen with impurities—and all this creates a musicality that comes before any 'cultural' musicality." Yet the definition according to the esthesic level does not allow that the sounds of classical music are complex, are noises, rather they are regular, periodic, even, musical sounds. Nattiez (1990, 47—48): "My own position can be summarized in the following terms: just as music is whatever people choose to recognize as such, noise is whatever is recognized as disturbing, unpleasant, or both." (see "music as social construct" below)'
Because of its ability to communicate, music is sometimes described as the "universal language". Yet the "meaning" of music is obviously culturally mediated. For example, in Western society, minor chords are often perceived as "sad", an understanding other cultures rarely share.
There is significant complexity in the structural elements of music which warrant the perception of music as a language. For example, genres of music can be characterized by the manner in which sound and silence are articulated, organized, and disseminated. The composition of these elements gives rise to a system which is on par with the complexities and subtleties of 'language'.
This view of music is most heavily criticized by proponents of the view that music is a social construction (directly below), defined in opposition to "unpleasant" "noise", though this view may be subsumed in the one below in that a listener's idea of pleasant sounds may be considered socially constructed.
A subjective definition of music need not, however, be limited to traditional ideas of music as pleasant or melodious. Luciano Berio defined music as, "everything one listens to with the intention of listening to music." This approach to the definition focuses not on the construction but on the experience of music. Thus, music could include "found" sound structures—produced by natural phenomena or algorithms—as long as they are interpreted by means of the aesthetic cognitive processes involved in music appreciation. This approach permits the boundary between music and noise to change over time as the conventions of musical interpretation evolve within a culture, to be different in different cultures at any given moment, and to vary from person to person according to their experience and proclivities. It is further consistent with the subjective reality that even what would commonly be considered music is experienced as nonmusic if the mind is concentrating on other matters and thus not perceiving the sound's essence as music (Clifton 1983, 9).
Cultural background is a factor in determining music from noise or unpleasant experiences. The experience of only being exposed to a particular type of music influences perception of any music. Cultures of European descent are largely influenced by music making use of the Diatonic scale. Most modern music still uses this scale and due to constant exposure, the music of other cultures is not held with the same regard. What would be accepted as music in Indonesia may be dismissed by many westerners as just "a din."
It might be added that as well as cultural background, historical era is also a determining factor in what is regarded as music. What would today be accepted as music in the west without the blinking of an eye, would have been ridiculed in the 17th century. And what would be music to The Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious, who is said to have commented, "you just pick a chord, go twang, and you've got music," would almost certainly not have been music to William Congreve, who wrote that, "Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Beast" (The Mourning Bride, 1697). All of which is to say that there can be no absolute definition of music that will be accepted by everybody.
Many people do, however, share a general idea of music. The Websters definition of music is a typical example: "the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity" (Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, online edition). There are a number of potential objections to such a definition.
While some may find this definition too restrictive, arguing that "unity" and "continuity" are unnecessary, it is likely that more will find it too broad, thinking of music as being made of pitched sounds, and containing melody, harmony and rhythm. The idea that music must contain these elements is widespread, but there are several examples of what would be widely regarded as music, which lack one or more of them. Plainsong for instance, or monophonic music in general, has no harmony. Much percussion music lacks both harmony and melody; it is true that drums are tuned, but their pitches are indefinite, and they cannot be said to produce a melody in the traditional sense. If one takes rhythm to mean a regular pulse underpinning music, then many kinds of modern electronic music can be said to lack rhythm.
Some attempts to define music concentrate on the method of producing it. Even though some of the first "instruments" in prehistory must have been rocks and bits of wood, it is only in the past one hundred years or so that the idea that music could only be produced by a singer or a traditional musical instrument (such as a violin in Europe, a sitar in India or a koto in Japan) has been challenged. Erik Satie challenged what constituted a musical instrument, and therefore a musical sound, when he wrote the ballet Parade which included a part for a typewriter. His justification was that since the typewriter made a noise, it was a musical instrument. In a lighter vein, Leroy Anderson also wrote music that included a manual typewriter, played with strict rhythm.
The composer John Cage challenged traditional ideas about music in his 4' 33", which is notated as three movements, each marked Tacet (that is, "do not play"). The implication, as expanded upon by Cage himself, is that the background noises which are normally a distraction from the music (the humming of the lights, the shuffling of the audience, the sound of traffic outside) are to be regarded as the actual music in this case.
This is contrary to the usual view that music is, if nothing else, deliberate. Furthermore, Cage does not state the length of the piece — the duration of the first performance (given by David Tudor seated at a piano) was arrived at by consulting the I Ching, but it is not stated in the score (although whenever the piece is performed nowadays, the original duration is usually maintained). Some people deal with the challenges posed by 4' 33" by simply refusing to consider it as music.
Of course, even in conventional music, the "silent" gaps between notes are part of the music. The pianist Artur Schnabel, when asked what made him a great pianist, said "The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes? Ah, that is where the art resides!" In Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 45, Farewell, the entire composition anticipates the silence at the end as the musicians one by one stop playing and walk from the stage.
The American composer La Monte Young took this line of thought to an extreme by suggesting that even sound itself was not necessary for a piece of music to exist. In Composition 1960 #5, one of a series of similar pieces, he instructed the performer to "Turn a butterfly (or any number of butterflies) loose in the performance area," the piece being considered complete when the butterflies have flown away. The choice of a butterfly is significant in that it is perceived as a silent animal. During the performance, there will be background noises, just as there are in a performance of 4' 33", but this is not the thrust of the piece. Rather, Young is interested in the theatrical element of music.
The categorization of what is and isn't music through definition or universal aspects dates back to Aristotle. Anything up for consideration as music is compared to the category definition of music through analysis of and comparison of their properties. Ludwig Wittgenstein however questioned this hypothesis for category formation by noting that for any universal aspect proposed for the category "game" an example which does not share that aspect may be found. He proposed that categorization is by family resemblance and not definition. Turned, by Wittgenstein, from philosophy to cognitive psychiatry Eleanor Rosch proposes that categories are not clean cut but that something may be more or less a member of a category. As such the search for musical universals would fail and would not provide one with a valid definition (Levitin 2006, 136–39).
Clifton accordingly differentiates music from nonmusic on the basis of the human behavior involved, rather than on either the nature of compositional technique or of sounds as purely physical objects. Consequently, the distinction becomes a question of what is meant by musical behavior: "a musically behaving person is one whose very being is absorbed in the significance of the sounds being experienced." However, "It is not altogether accurate to say that this person is listening to the sounds. First, the person is doing more than listening: he is perceiving, interpreting, judging, and feeling. Second, the preposition 'to' puts too much stress on the sounds as such. Thus, the musically behaving person experiences musical significance by means of, or through, the sounds" (Clifton 1983, 2).
In this framework, Clifton finds that there are two things that separate music from nonmusic: (1) musical meaning is presentative, and (2) music and nonmusic are distinguished in the idea of personal involvement. "It is the notion of personal involvement which lends significance to the word ordered in this definition of music" (Clifton 1983, 3–4).
This is not to be understood, however, as a sanctification of extreme relativism, since "it is precisely the 'subjective' aspect of experience which lured many writers earlier in this century down the path of sheer opinion-mongering. Later on this trend was reversed by a renewed interest in 'objective,' scientific, or otherwise nonintrospective musical analysis. But we have good reason to believe that a musical experience is not a purely private thing, like seeing pink elephants, and that reporting about such an experience need not be subjective in the sense of it being a mere matter of opinion" (Clifton 1983, 8–9).
Clifton's task, then, is to describe musical experience and the objects of this experience which, together, are called "phenomena," and the activity of describing phenomena is called "phenomenology" (Clifton 1983, 9).
It is important to stress that this definition of music says nothing about aesthetic standards.
Music is not a fact or a thing in the world, but a meaning constituted by human beings. . . . To talk about such experience in a meaningful way demands several things. First, we have to be willing to let the composition speak to us, to let it reveal its own order and significance. . . . Second, we have to be willing to question our assumptions about the nature and role of musical materials. . . . Last, and perhaps most important, we have to be ready to admit that describing a meaningful experience is itself meaningful. (Clifton 1983, 5–6)
Given the above demonstration that "there is no limit to the number or the genre of variables that might intervene in a definition of the musical," (Molino, 1987, 42) an organization of definitions and elements is necessary.
Nattiez (1990, 17; see sign (semiotics)) describes definitions according to a tripartite semiological scheme similar to the following:
|Poietic Process
|Esthesic Process
|Composer (Producer)
|Sound (Trace)
|Listener (Receiver)
There are three levels of description, the poietic, the neutral, and the esthesic:
Table describing types of definitions of music (Nattiez 1990, 46):
| poietic level
(choice of the composer)
| neutral level
(physical definition)
| esthesic level
(perceptive judgment)
|musical sound
| sound of the
|agreeable sound
| noise
| noise
(complex sound)
| disagreeable
Because of this range of definitions, the study of music comes in a wide variety of forms. There is the study of sound and vibration or acoustics, the cognitive study of music, the study of music theory and performance practice or music theory and ethnomusicology and the study of the reception and history of music, generally called musicology.
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The story begins in 1962. On a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline, a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and spies an apparition: a tall, thin woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an actress, he soon learns, an American starlet, and she is dying.
And the story begins again today, half a world away, when an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio's back lot - searching for the mysterious woman he last saw at his hotel decades earlier.
What unfolds is a dazzling, yet deeply human, roller coaster of a novel, spanning 50 years and nearly as many lives. From the lavish set of Cleopatra to the shabby revelry of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Walter introduces us to the tangled lives of a dozen unforgettable characters: the starstruck Italian innkeeper and his long-lost love; the heroically preserved producer who once brought them together and his idealistic young assistant; the army veteran turned fledgling novelist, and the rakish Richard Burton himself, whose appetites set the whole story in motion - along with the husbands and wives, lovers and dreamers, superstars and losers, who populate their world in the decades that follow.
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I know this won't be a popular review but I have to be honest. I picked this one up because of the endless five star ratings. Unfortunately I cannot join that club. I found the book choppy and the characters shallow. I didn't connect emotionally to any of them, not even Pasquale and Dee Moray. Sure there were parts that I enjoyed, especially the scenes in 1962 Italy. The descriptions of Porto Vergogna were enchanting. It was the change to the present day Hollywood storyline that I found rather dull. Even the addition of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor didn't manage to light my fire. I found my mind wondering often and that's never a good sign. Too many characters, too many storylines, none of which were terribly compelling. I did force myself to finish the book, but it was a chore. I guess it wasn't my cup of tea.
Edoardo Ballerini did a good job narrating. His knowledge of Italian added authenticity to Pasquale and helped bring me into the beautiful setting.
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I have listened to over 550 books, some more than once. I can spend hours searching for the best books worthy of my cherished credits. Then, two nights ago, when I opened the home page to shop, Beautiful Ruins was one of the featured books, however I actually thought I had clicked the book next to it. As I said, BEST mistake I've ever made. Soo much detail and development. I never knew I could love a book where all the characters seem so flawed. Needless to say, no hours spent shopping for use of my next credit... another Jess Walter book. Then I'll shop Edoardo Ballerini books! You should too!
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"Beautiful Ruins" is set in Italy, in Hollywood, in Edinburgh, Portland, Idaho and Seattle, but mostly it is set in summer -- even the darker passages are warm and lit by humor. A nimble series of interlocking plots is set in motion during the filming of "Cleopatra" in Rome, which plays out into the present. Since there are so many colliding (or colluding) stories, it is a pleasure to note that there are no stock characters, no CGI extras on hand: even minor characters assert their individuality. In particular, Richard Burton has an extended cameo that is both hilarious and irresistible -- the reader gets a real sense of the actor's intense charisma, as well as a cool assessment of the damage left in a narcissist's wake. Of the major characters, my very favorite is the wily, amoral puppet-master Michael Deane: he is so entirely shameless, so entirely and unconflictedly himself, that all is bulldozed before him. He makes the mess that starts the story, and more or less cleans it up eventually.
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The structure is ideal. The craftsmanship is wonderful -the novel was constructed and finished like some complex engineering creation, say a high rise or, perhaps a tennis court, cantilevered over the sea. This is not a slight -great art often depends on great craftsmanship. The language shines though for me, Edoardo Ballerini's reading may have taken it farther than reading it myself.
I rarely laugh out loud listening to novels, particularly since I might be listening with my wife or the three year old asleep next to me. BUT, this made me laugh out loud twice. Once at dialogue and once at a plot twist. Naturally, Beautiful Ruins makes me want to visit Liguria AND perhaps rent Cleopatra.
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I can not tell you how much I enjoyed this book. It is really several stories in one starting with Pasquel a small hotel owner in a very small Italian coastal village to present day Hollywood with Chair a young disillusioned development assistant.
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Until Beautiful Ruins, I had never read any of Jess Walter's work, nor listened to any of Edoardo Ballerini's performances. But when I started listening to their masterful collaboration I got the same feeling I did when listening to Water for Elephants and The Help for the first time. There's something special here, without a doubt. Ballerini caught my attention right away, as the novel starts out with a description of the Cinque Terre along Italy's coast and is made even more beautiful by his impeccable Italian. Walter speaks of intersecting lives and flips back and forth between present-day Hollywood and the Italian Riviera of the 1960s, telling a captivating story of love, disillusionment, friendship, and the realities of responsibility that I won't soon forget (and won't stop recommending until everyone I know has a similar soft spot in their heart for Pasquale Tursi!).
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Friends raved about this one and reviewers gave it 5 stars so I took a chance. Beautiful Ruins was not for me. Good premise adding a backstory to the Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor firestorm making Cleopatra, with new characters. Parts were entertaining, but overall, the different points of view were disjointed, not flowing back together and characters were not developed beyond surface aspects. The ideas were present yet not explored with enough detail, creating real people you cared about. The ending was rushed.
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A few weeks ago Brian Hoyer was throwing passes to kids at his former school, St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio.
Today, he was at practice throwing to his new Steelers' teammates.
"It's a step up in talent level, but they were good players," said Hoyer. "They just lost their regional finals. It worked out for me, not them, because I wasn't going to have anyone to throw to this week besides my dad and father-in-law. I am glad to be here."
Hoyer spent the last three seasons as a back-up quarterback with the New England Patriots, before being waived in August. He signed with the Steelers on Tuesday, happy to be back playing again.
"It's something I have been waiting 11 weeks for," said Hoyer. "When I knew I had the opportunity to come out here and work I wanted to take advantage of it. Now that I am here I want to submerse myself in the system and learn as much as I can before Sunday and just go from there."
Hoyer isn't being asked to learn the entire playbook overnight, instead he is being given this week's game plan so he is prepared as Charlie Batch's back-up this week against the Browns.
"I am trying to get as much knowledge as I can with the limited time I have," said Hoyer. "At this time it's game-planning. I am not trying to learn stuff that is not in the game plan, which would be a waste of time. I have the game plan and am going to go from there and learn what is going to be called on Sunday."
Hoyer, who played in 13 games in three seasons, said that despite the different terminology it's basically the same thing he has been doing since he started playing football.
"I am going to be as ready as I can," said Hoyer. "There is limited time and reps, you have to study as much as you can and be ready to do whatever I can. I am concerned with learning as much as I can and be ready to step in if needed."
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By Jason C on Nov 21, 2012 | Reply
I think it would be great to have him as 2nd or 3rd string and maybe get rid of Leftwich at the end of this year. I like Leftwich but hes very prone to injury just look at his career. Batch even with his age has had a lot more success than Leftwich. Offensive line didnt really help him to much. Mike Adams really needs to step up and learn to handle things on his own instead of having to have help from Heath Miller all the time.
By Brian on Nov 22, 2012 | Reply
This is a great opportunity for you Brian. Good Luck and Do Steeler's Nation proud!
By levi lichtman on Nov 22, 2012 | Reply
glad to have you brian.Be ready,smart and have the ability to run to make them think twice about you.
By Terry Wallace on Nov 22, 2012 | Reply
Welcome Brian and do us proud for the black and gold, you got to be better then Leftwich and glad the front office made this move
By TROY A TRUE STEELER on Nov 22, 2012 | Reply
Welcome to the STEELERS Brian we definatley need a good backup QB for BIG BEN now and in the future so hopefully your that guy. Look forward to seeing what you can bring to this offence. "GO STEELERS"
By Will on Nov 22, 2012 | Reply
Welcome to the Steeler's Brian, I wish you all the best.
By Sherman A. Johnson on Nov 22, 2012 | Reply
no disrespect to batch but I think brian will be the starter very soon study hard prayer harder go steeler nation.
By Steven Vincent on Nov 22, 2012 | Reply
We need someone with a spark and something to prove at the helm. Brian should get some live game reps against the Browns and then should start against the Ravens. Conservative ain't gonna cut it. This guy is looking for a chance to prove himself, so let him have it.
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3 Themes That Shouldn't Inspire Your Wedding!
Sure, pop culture influences the masses — but a Hunger Games-themed wedding? That's where we draw the line. Here's what would happen if our favorite movies and TV series inspired a wedding.
Hunger Games Wedding CakeChannel the Hunger Games with a "May the odds be ever in your favor" calligraphy cake, crafted with sugar-made flames and a gold mockingjay.
Hunger Games Cake TopperA thin necklace, inscribed with "real, not real," tops off the Hunger Games wedding cake.
Hunger Games Wedding InvitationSet the tone for the wedding day with a rustic brown-and-gray invitation suite, featuring Hunger Games arrows.
Hunger Games Bridal BouquetOf course the ultimate accessory for the bride is her bouquet. This dark-purple and green calla lily and succulent bouquet is perfect for a Hunger Games forest wedding.
Hunger Games Necklace
Game of Thrones Wedding CakeA silver sword-bedecked wedding cake is a nice finishing touch for a Game of Thrones wedding reception.
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Game of Thrones Wedding InvitationA Game of Thrones wedding wouldn't be complete without an old English calligraphy invitation.
Game of Thrones CenterpieceThorny red rose centerpieces make for fitting Game of Thrones floral arrangements.
True Blood Rose BouquetA white rose bridesmaid bouquet (dipped in fake blood droplets) has just the right amount of drama for a True Blood-inspired wedding.
True Blood Wedding InvitationA black-and-white patterned invite with blood-red type is the obvious choice for a True Blood wedding invitation.
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And receive Christ into their bodies: as Scott Hahn says: "into their bellies as well as their hearts."
thereby sustaining and confirming their faith: stirring themselves up to sing the praises of God, and proclaim his goodness; cherishing and testifying towards each other that mutual charity, the bond of which they see in the unity of the body of Christ. As often as we communicate in the symbol of our Saviour's body, as if a pledge were given and received, we mutually bind ourselves to all the offices of love, that none of us may do anything to offend his brother, or omit anything by which he can assist him when necessity demands, and opportunity occurs.
Good, except for the reduction to "symbol" and "pledge."
That such was the practice of the Apostolic Church, we are informed by Luke in the Acts, when he says, that "they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers" (Acts 2:42). Thus we ought always to provide that no meeting of the Church is held without the word, prayer, the dispensation of the Supper, and alms.
That's why the Mass is constructed that way, but the many Protestant services are not: many having no communion at all.
We may gather from Paul that this was the order observed by the Corinthians, and it is certain that this was the practice many ages after. Hence, by the ancient canons, which are attributed to Anacletus and Calixtus, after the consecration was made, all were to communicate who did not wish to be without the pale of the Church. And in those ancient canons, which bear the name of Apostolical, it is said that those who continue not to the end, and partake not of the sacred communion, are to be corrected, as causing disquiet to the Church. In the Council of Antioch it was decreed, that those who enter the Church, hear the Scriptures, and abstain from communion, are to be removed from the Church until they amend their fault. And although, in the first Council of Tholouse, this was mitigated, or at least stated in milder terms, yet there also it was decreed, that those who after hearing the sermon, never communicated, were to be admonished, and if they still abstained after admonition, were to be excluded.
We agree. At some periods of Church history this was poorly understood.
Note Augustine's casual realism. Calvin simply interprets his references to "body and blood" as symbolic only, not literal. But this won't do. It is a dishonest reading of St. Augustine's overall eucharistic doctrine.
But since, as we have said, the people were sometimes remiss, holy men urged them with severe rebukes, that they might not seem to connive at their sluggishness. Of this we have an example in Chrysostom, on the Epistle to the Ephesians (Hom. 26). "It was not said to him who dishonoured the feast, Why have you not taken your seat? 'But how camest thou in?' (Mt. 22:12). Whoever partakes not of the sacred rites is wicked and impudent in being present: should any one who was invited to a feast come in, wash his hands, take his seat, and seem to prepare to eat, and thereafter taste nothing, would he not, I ask, insult both the feast and the entertainer? So you, standing among those who prepare themselves by prayer to take the sacred food, profess to be one of the number by the mere fact of your not going away, and yet you do not partake,—would it not have been better not to have made your appearance? I am unworthy, you say. Then neither were you worthy of the communion of prayer, which is the preparation for taking the sacred mystery."
I think the saint was stressing the importance of being right with God, and not taking halfway measures. To be totally right is to partake of Holy Communion.
Again, we agree with frequent communion. It is Protestantism that now has many services without it at all: not even in the watered-down, gutted sense of the rite. So Calvin is, in effect, preaching to his fellow Protestants here. Catholics offer Holy Communion at every single Mass. And we have daily Mass. Very few Protestants have daily services.
The consequence is, that almost all, when they have once communicated, as if they were discharged as to all the rest of the year, sleep on secure. It ought to have been far otherwise. Each week, at least, the table of the Lord ought to have been spread for the company of Christians, and the promises declared on which we might then spiritually feed. No one, indeed, ought to be forced, but all ought to be exhorted and stimulated; the torpor of the sluggish, also, ought to be rebuked, that all, like persons famishing, should come to the feast. It was not without cause, therefore, I complained, at the outset, that this practice had been introduced by the wile of the devil; a practice which, in prescribing one day in the year, makes the whole year one of sloth.
I think he is right.
We see, indeed, that this perverse abuse had already crept in in the time of Chrysostom; but we, also, at the same time, see how much it displeased him. For he complains in bitter terms, in the passage which I lately quoted, that there is so great an inequality in this matter, that they did not approach often, at other times of the year, even when prepared, but only at Easter, though unprepared. Then he exclaims: "O custom! O presumption! In vain, then, is the daily oblation made: in vain do we stand at the altar. There is none who partakes along with us." So far is he from having approved the practice by interposing his authority to it.
It would be nice if Calvin would accept the advice of the fathers in areas where he disagrees with him (the entire number of Catholic doctrines and practices that he rejects). But he only quotes them where they agree with him, or highly selectively sophistically, as if they agree with him, when they really don't.
There are dangers of spilling and of hygiene. For Calvin, it is no matter of importance at all if the consecrated wine spills, because he denies that Jesus is physically present in it, anyway, so it is easy for him to disdain the practice, since his disbelief takes away the very reason for concern from the outset. But as usual, he projects his belief-system onto us, rather than understanding the Catholic system in and of itself.
Then they reason acutely, forsooth, that the one is sufficient for the two. For if the body is, as they say, the whole Christ, who cannot be separated from his body, then the blood includes the body by concomitance.
This is true. Christ cannot be divided. He is whole and entire in both elements.
Here we see how far our sense accords with God, when to any extent whatever it begins to rage and wanton with loosened reins. The Lord, pointing to the bread, says, "This is my body." Then pointing to the cup, he calls it his blood. The audacity of human reason objects and says, The bread is the blood, the wine is the body, as if the Lord had without reason distinguished his body from his blood, both by words and signs; and it had ever been heard that the body of Christ or the blood is called God and man. Certainly, if he had meant to designate himself wholly, he might have said, It is I, according to the Scriptural mode of expression, and not, "This is my body," "This is my blood." But wishing to succour the weakness of our faith, he placed the cup apart from the bread, to show that he suffices not less for drink than for food. Now, if one part be taken away, we can only find the half of the elements in what remains. Therefore, though it were true, as they pretend, that the blood is in the bread, and, on the other hand, the body in the cup, by concomitance, yet they deprive the pious of that confirmation of faith which Christ delivered as necessary. Bidding adieu, therefore, to their subtleties, let us retain the advantage which, by the ordinance of Christ, is obtained by a double pledge.
The Catholic Church now emphasizes the importance of the availability of the cup to the laity at Mass, and so in that sense we agree with Calvin (and Luther). It doesn't follow, however, that the traditional reasons given for withholding the cup are invalid. Calvin is wrong that both must be given. Again, since he denies the Real Presence, it is irrelevant to him the understanding we have of the matter, anyway. For him it is, in effect, like saying, "we have to have the cake and the ice cream at a birthday party, in order to honor a person's birthday." There is no theological consideration. It is all merely symbolic.
I provided the basic Catholic theological rationale for this practice from Scripture, in a past installment:
There can be a symbolic distinction without entailing a metaphysical equation. St. Paul shows that both the body and blood are included in what was formerly bread and wine:
1 Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.
The "or" proves that Paul believed that both the cup or what was formerly bread (considered individually) contain both the Body and Blood of Christ after consecration. This was one of the reasons that withholding the cup from the laity was justified, under Catholic presuppositions.
For more on this question, see:
Biblical Evidence for the Distribution of One Species in Holy Communion
The Cup of Holy Communion: Reverential and Hygienic Considerations (Fr. Paul Ward)
I'm the one who has provided Scripture to justify the practice, not Calvin. Throughout my reply to his Institutes I have provided probably at least five times more biblical justification than Calvin ever does. Calvin often offers his own opinion with little or no biblical backing, whereas I almost invariably provide Scripture for any argument I make. It's easy to do because the Bible is so thoroughly Catholic and "unProtestant." This is one of the Great Protestant Myths: that Protestants are so supposedly "biblical" and have no traditions of men, whereas Catholics are allegedly the opposite.
First, they allege that from a simple fact we are not to draw a rule which is to be perpetually obligatory on the Church. But they state an untruth when they call it a simple fact. For Christ not only gave the cup, but appointed that the apostles should do so in future. For his words contain the command, "Drink ye all of it." And Paul relates, that it was so done, and recommends it as a fixed institution.
We can agree that reception of both kinds is a good thing, without agreeing that it is absolutely necessary at all times.
Another subterfuge is, that the apostles alone were admitted by Christ to partake of this sacred Supper, because he had already selected and chosen them to the priesthood. I wish they would answer the five following questions, which they cannot evade, and which easily refute them and their lies. First, By what oracle was this solution so much at variance with the word of God revealed to them? Scripture mentions twelve who sat down with Jesus, but it does not so derogate from the dignity of Christ as to call them priests. Of this appellation we shall afterwards speak in its own place.
I have written in my own "place" about it too:
The Biblical Evidence for Priests
Biblical Evidence For the Sacrament of Holy Orders (Ordination)
The Visible, Hierarchical, Apostolic Church
Dialogue With a Presbyterian Pastor Regarding Ordination, Priests, and Vocations For Everyone
Although he then gave to twelve, he commanded them to "do this;" in other words, to distribute thus among themselves. Secondly, Why during that purer age, from the days of the apostles downward for a thousand years, did all, without exception, partake of both symbols? Did the primitive Church not know who the guests were whom Christ would have admitted to his Supper? It were the most shameless impudence to carp and quibble here. We have extant ecclesiastical histories, we have the writings of the Fathers, which furnish clear proofs of this fact. "The flesh," says Tertullian, "feeds on the body and blood of Christ, that the soul may be satiated by God" (Tertull. de Resurr. Carnis.). "How," says Ambrose to Theodosius, "will you receive the sacred body of the Lord with such hands? how will you have the boldness to put the cup of precious blood to your lips?" Jerome speaks of "the priests who perform the Eucharist and distribute the Lord's blood to the people" (Hieron. in Malach. cap. 2). Chrysostom says, "Not as under the ancient law the priest ate a part and the people a part, but one body and one cup is set before all. All the things which belong to the Eucharist are common to the priest and the people" (Chrysost. in Cor. cap. 8, Hom. 18). The same thing is attested by Augustine in numerous passages.
We largely agree, which is why the practice was greatly urged by the Second Vatican Council. Again, it is Protestants now who violate the spirit of Calvin's opinions here, by having infrequent communion of either kind.
Calvin has a good case, in terms of both elements traditionally being offered to the laity in the early centuries. Catholics would not disagree with that.
Catholics today can agree that perhaps the withholding of the cup (all things considered) went too far in the Middle Ages, even if it was for reasons that in and of themselves were legitimate. Things are different now, but it is still not required to partake of both. I myself rarely do, mainly for hygienic reasons: knowing that I receive the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ in what was formerly bread alone.


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He died today in Tampa, Fla., where he lived in retirement, a U.S. official told the Associated Press.
Schwarzkopf, called "Stormin' Norman" because of his reportedly explosive temper, actually led Republican administrations to two military victories: a small one in Grenada in the 1980s and a big one as de facto commander of allied forces in the Gulf War in 1991.
"'Stormin' Norman' led the coalition forces to victory, ejecting the Iraqi Army from Kuwait and restoring the rightful government," read a statement by former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War. "His leadership not only inspired his troops, but also inspired the nation."


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How do you make a Magnetic Red Metallic C5 even more attention-getting?
In Reginald Baker's case, it meant adding artwork that pays homage to the United States Marine Corps, for what it did for him, during and after his eight years on active duty.
Baker's story with his '99 convertible starts in 2006. "I [bought] it as a gift to myself and for the wife," he says. "I started to do some things with it, and once I put the Marine Corps emblem on the front, out of the love for the Corps, it just expanded from that point on."
When he showed the car, he got good reviews from fellow Vette lovers--and fellow Marines. "As I started to go around to shows, I started to see the reaction from older and younger Marines," Baker says. "The reactions were so great that I started showing it for the recruitment offices up here in Maryland. As my ideas started getting a little larger, I started to put them on the car. I tried to do it in a respectful manner, in regards to the war efforts and everything."
That included the mural under the hood, the biggest part of the engine-bay upgrades that also include carbon-look accents on and around the '99's LS1, plus a K&N cold-air intake and filter. Baker originally asked painter Josh Smith in Mechanicsville, Maryland, to paint a mural of a 21-gun salute, but it grew from there.
"I'm a police officer here in Maryland, and I do the escorts for the Blue Angels when they come to town," says Baker. "I always talk to the sole Marine Corps pilot that flies for the Navy [in the Angels], and I wanted to put his jet on there. My aspiration was to do something that only counts for Marines. As I got talking to Josh, he asked me how I felt about the Bell/Boeing MV-22 Osprey, which is designated only for the Marines. We went through the ideas and put the mural together, and I think it came out wonderful."
Another idea that went on the mural: A Marine in his Dress Blues, intended to represent the Americans who step forward for their country when they join the Corps--but not any one Marine in particular. "I was real specific about where the medals, rank insignia, and everything go," Baker says. "Josh asked me to send him a picture of a Marine, and I sent him my picture, in my Blues. I didn't know that he was going to put my actual picture on the car! He said, 'I put a Marine on there--I did what you asked, and I hope that you like it.' I said, 'OK, not a problem. I trust you.'"
When Baker saw the completed mural, he realized right away that it was more than just an attention-getter. "When I went down there and looked at the hood, I almost passed out!" he recalls. "I didn't want it to look like I was trying to be flamboyant, or that I just wanted a picture of me on the car. It was supposed to be a Marine, with the face blurred out. But honestly, I've got nothing but rave reviews for it."
Also garnering rave reviews are the other mods to the drop-top C5, which include ACP wide-body rear quarters, Lamborghini-style "scissor doors," SLP's "Loud Mouth" exhaust system, carbon-fiber-look trim by American Hydrocarbon, and a set of fenderwell-filling Forgiato Vizzio billet wheels wearing Nittos in front, and Pirellis in back.


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- PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 2001
- MA in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, 1997
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Pamela lives in Anderson Township with her husband and 3 dogs. They enjoy traveling to Central Europe. She knits, reads, and walks in her spare time. She also teaches German full time at Scott High School in Kenton County.
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