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Did Merck's Gardasil Vaccine Kill a 3 Year-Old Toddler?
By Cassandra Anderson
July 17, 2012
In June 2012 Chace Topperwein, an adorable 3 year-old boy from New Zealand, lost his battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Chace was accidentally given Merck's Gardasil HPV vaccine that is intended to prevent cervical cancer from genital wart infection, when he was 6 weeks old. A nurse mistakenly used the wrong syringe filled with Gardasil when she had meant to give the baby a meningitis vaccine.
Chace was diagnosed with myeloid leukemia at age 2 and died just last month. His devastated parents suspected that the Gardasil vaccine was to blame for his illness.
Merck does not list leukemia as a possible side effect of the Gardasil vaccine. However, Merck has failed to test its vaccine for links to cancer.
Carcinogenicity is the ability or tendency to produce cancer.
Merck admits in their Prescribing Information for Gardasil that they perform zero tests for carcinogenicity.
In addition, Merck's clinical studies were skewed because they compared Gardasil against an aluminum adjuvant additive, instead of a plain water and saline/salt placebo. Merck's Prescribing Information (section 13) document shows that they ran 7 safety studies on the vaccine; 5 of those tests compared Gardasil results against an aluminum vaccine additive (Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxyphosphate Sulfate or AAHS) instead of a harmless saline placebo.
In other words, Gardasil was deemed "safe" when it was compared to an aluminum additive that is neuro-toxic. The true risks of the vaccine are unknown because both substances showed adverse reactions.
The remaining 2 studies included an impure saline solution with other additives as the placebo while the other one had no placebo control group.
Genotoxicity is the ability to damage DNA which can then cause cancer or other mutations.
Merck admits in their literature that they skip testing for genotoxic mutations. This is odd because Gardasil is a recombinant vaccine, which means that it is genetically engineered (GE) in a lab. GE materials embedded into host cells are notorious for producing unintended mutations.
The vaccine industry claims that the Gardasil recombinant vaccine uses isolated proteins that don't contain genetic material from the virus.
However, SaneVax tested Gardasil samples from around the world in 2011 and all of the samples were contaminated with recombinant HPV virus and residue, even though it was supposed to have been purified to remove the DNA. Both the virus and residue were found firmly attached to the aluminum additive.
This is important because it means that either mutations ARE occurring or Merck is producing a contaminated product. Either way, the impact of the contamination on humans is unknown, which is very disturbing.
Gardasil Does Increase Cancer Risk
An FDA document from May 2006 shows that girls and women previously exposed to the HPV viruses that are the same as the ones contained in the Gardasil vaccine increase their risk of developing precancerous lesions by 44.6% if they take the Gardasil vaccine. Merck fails to warn about this risk.
Gardasil Deaths
In addition to causing death, thousands have reported severe side effects from Gardasil that include paralysis, Guilliane-Barre Syndrome, seizures, blindness, and more.
No one knows the exact number of deaths and serious side effects caused by the Gardasil vaccine because the data is ignored, hidden, unreported or written off as a coincidence. The reported Gardasil-linked death toll in the US appears to be 75 people.
This figure includes Judicial Watch's discovery of 26 unreported deaths linked to the vaccine. Judicial Watch had to resort to filing a Freedom of Information Act request in 2011 to get this information from the FDA.
Gardasil Profits
The medical establishment's bottom line is greed and drug companies receive heavy profits from vaccines. Merck raked in over $48 billion in sales in 2011; Gardasil sales alone were $1.2 billion worldwide, a 22% increase from 2010.
The FDA is complicit with the pharmaceutical industry in neglecting safety because the FDA receives as much as one third of their funding from "user fees", with a majority being paid by big drug companies. Most user fees are collected for pre-market drug trials. In other words, FDA paychecks are underwritten to great degree by the drug companies that the FDA is supposed to be policing.
Merck's Cancer Causing Vaccines
According to a video featuring Dr. Maurice Hilleman, Merck has a history of pushing dangerous cancer-causing vaccines.
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Six Hallowed Indians Who Could be Lynched by a Billion of India's Poor if They Knew Simple Economics.
"They that have done this deed are honourable: What private griefs they have, alas, I know not, That made them do it: they are wise and honourable, And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you."
Who are they? They are all honourable leaders of modern India who collectively brought down the Indian GDP growth from 9% to 5% in a couple of years, sabotaging any chance a billion of its poor had to come out of poverty and a miserable life. There are even Harvard educated among them, but the plight of the poor and down trodden was not their concern and the need for GDP growth was not their business.
The damage and the back stabbing they have collectively done to India is nothing short of the treachery and guile in the Shakespearian drama, because as highly educated they are, they can't pretend not to know the damage they have caused to the plight of a billion poor Indians who earn barely a dollar a day, in their own quest for glory.
These pretentious leaders, each one of them with a hidden agenda, pretend to uphold morality in life and politics and fight for it, in various forms, as if it is the only thing India needs. Disregarding the damage they will cause to the country's image and growth, they have latched on to every opportunity, every accusation of impropriety to obstruct the functioning of the government inside and outside the parliament, bringing total paralysis.
In a short span of two years they have managed to sabotage every attempt of the minority government of Dr Man Mohan Singh and all reform measures he has tried to bring to maintain the high growth trajectory his reforms and governance has brought for India.
On the top of this list of these self serving Indians who have appropriated morality for themselves is India's CAG, Vinod Rai, himself a Harvard educated government servant, who has dealt the first and heaviest of blows, with accusations of ludicrous amounts of loss to the government. Though the hollowness of his accusations have since been exposed by an auction and revelation by a subordinate, it too late as enormous damage has been done to investor confidence.
Arvind Kejriwal, the "Indian Romney" who claim that the direct disbursement of income benefit to the poorest people of India amounts to bribing, can claim a prominent position. Kejriwal, who shot himself to fame by training his guns on the popular Gandhian Anna Hazare to appropriate some popularity for himself has since been exposed by declaring his own political party, of all things to fight corruption, of course.
Mamta Banerjee, the main coalition partner of Dr Man Mohan Singh who has vetoed every one of his reform measures should be honoured as the Nero of modern India as she spends her time in art and writing poetry as India's GDP had been tumbling down the drain and her own state of West Bengal had been sinking more and more in to the Bay of Bengal with debt burden of over populist governance.
If the Indian parliament had been totally dysfunctional since the last election, the credit almost entirely is that of Sushma Swaraj, the leader of the opposition, in title and action. Sushma Swaraj, who would like to be a future Prime Minister of India, has almost single headedly destroyed the biggest democracy in the world by instigating and leading sheer unruly and disgusting behaviour of elected representatives in parliament.
Dr Subramanian Swamy, an ex professor at Harverd must be credited with finding a life time occupation in filing cases against the Indian Government he can never win. But this doesn't preventSwamy in filing a new case every time he finds an old sheet of news paper with some ludicrous mention of corruption.
Dr Mulrali Manohar Joshi, a leader of the BJP has long since proven his penchant to erase and rewrite history when, as the Human resources Minister, he meddled with school text books, to remove and absolve the cold blooded assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, by Hindu fundamentalists. He has now been exposed as the main instigator of fictitious losses to the government by corrupt practices, which is no surprise at all.
There are of course a bigger list of supporters and collaborators, who the mob may search out on a second wave, for reprimand.
Fortunately, the Indian masses probably have never read Shakespeare, especially Julius Creaser. The chances are they will never ever grasp the importance of GDP or the rating agencies.
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A UC Irvine researcher has helped uncover a link between a certain genetic variation and longer life.
People who live past 90 are significantly more likely to have a dopamine-receptor gene variation named the DRD4 7R allele, according to a UCI and Brookhaven National Laboratory study, the campus announced Thursday.
By analyzing genetic samples from 310 people older than 90 and thousands of members of a control group younger than 46, UCI professor Robert Moyzis found there was a 66% increase of the allele, or alternative form of the gene, in the seniors.
People with this gene variation are more motivated to pursue social, intellectual and physical activities, Moyzis said, and because the variation encourages more activity, it indirectly produces longer life.
"While the genetic variant may not directly influence longevity, it is associated with personality traits that have been shown to be important for living a longer, healthier life," he said in a prepared statement. "It's been well documented that the more you're involved with social and physical activities, the more likely you'll live longer. It could be as simple as that."
But that's not the whole story of DRD4 7R. While simultaneously correlated with longevity, the variant is also linked to potentially risky or addictive behaviors and hyperactivity disorders like ADD or ADHD, according to the study.
That duplicity isn't uncommon though, Moyzis said: "There's probably few genes or gene variants that are just good or bad. It's probably context-dependent."
An 8-year-old squirming in class because he's bored by the subject may be unwanted behavior, but a highly motivated, multi-tasking entrepreneur is exhibiting similar — but acceptable — behavior, the professor said.
In fact, a desire to roam and explore associated with DRD4 7R may be responsible for humanity's spread across Earth.
UCI psychology and social behavior professor Chuansheng Chen believes this gene variation was evolutionarily selected more than 30,000 years ago during the out-of-Africa human exodus.
"It's pretty easy to speculate that this kind of personality trait to explore new areas must have been a critical thing. Otherwise why would you walk all the way across the planet?" Moyzis said.
In fact, he added, the gene is becoming even more prevalent.
Moyzis, who studies biological chemistry, partnered with Dr. Nora Volkow, a researcher at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, on this project.
She backed up his results when she found the lifespan of mice with the gene variation increased 7% to 9.7% compared to mice without it.
Moyzis said it's clear the allele can contribute to longer life but said further study is needed to see if it has clinical use.
The group of seniors he studied are mostly deceased, but their cell lines have been recorded and immortalized, Moyzis said.
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We've all played the "Wait, who is that guy again?" or "What song is that?" while watching a movie. Now, with the latest update to the Play Movies app, if you want to get the answer to that question, all you have to do is press pause. Info cards will then pop up with face recognition of actors on screen, what other movies they're in, and what music you're hearing.
The feature only works on "supported movies" and it's a little unclear which ones those are (there doesn't seem to be any icon or indicator that shows whether any given movie in your library can show cards).Read More


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Memorial Day, a patriotic holiday set aside to honor our armed forces, can be described with the colors in these photo's:
Two silver jets flying majestically through fluffy white clouds in a sky of blue represents freedom.
The bold red trumpet vine represents courage.
The white bridal wreath also called baby's breath represents peace and the brilliant color of the eastern bluebird represents honor.
So now when we take notice of these simple pictures showing red, white and blue, (colors of our American flag), along with the peaceful colors of the sky and clouds we can only hope for peace for our nation as we celebrate this Memorial Day.


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A Critical Election
Tomorrow, Americans have the privilege to go to the polls and cast ballots for the candidates they prefer to represent them in Washington for the next two or more years. I trust you will be one of those voters.
All elections are important. This one is critical. Over the past few years, Washington has taken a sharp turn in the wrong direction on many issues. We are now at a crossroads on life, marriage, religious liberty, and many other issues that should concern Christians. We cannot afford to sit this one out and continue down our present dangerous path.
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Before you vote, please urge your family and friends to likewise drop by their voting precinct to vote for the candidates who are most committed to upholding and restoring the Judeo-Christian values that have made our nation great.
Every vote counts.
Thank you for doing your part. May God bless you, your family, and this grand experiment called America.


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Packet Radio Related Links
Informational Topics
Packet Radio Primer
- Packet Radio FAQ
What is Amateur Spread Spectrum ?
What is Amateur APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) ?
APRS Virtual Meeting Page
- "Introduction to Packet Radio" by Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ
Further Information
Bibliography: Packet Radio Topics in Professional Journals
Radio-TNC Wiring Diagrams Index
Abstracts: ARRL
Digital Communication Conferences
- TAPR Packet Status Register Vol 1-52 Index (Articles/Authors)
BBS and Gateways
BBS Hierarchical Addressing Protocol (from TAPR BBS Special Interest Group)
AA4RE BBS Software
& Users Group
PACTOR MBO's & GATEWAYS
F6FBB BBS Software
W0RLI BBS Software
- W2XO Amateur Packet Radio Internet E-Mail Gateway and WWW BBS
Packet to Internet Gateways Bob Nielsen - January 31, 1997
There are several methods that amateurs can use to access the Internet
via packet radio or persons (not necessarily amateurs) can use to access
some amateur stations from the Internet.
PBBS mail to an Internet address or Internet e-mail to an amateur
having access to a PBBS:
To send mail from a packet bulletin board station (PBBS) to an Internet e-mail address, or to receive a package message at your local PBBS from someone sending e-mail from the Internet, please check the web page of W2XO .
Direct Internet access from packet radio gateways
If you are operating a packet radio station running the tcp/ip protocol, and have routing to a gateway in your area, you can set your default routing to that gateway station. If the gateway allows it, you can route Internet email or even access Internet sites via that station (contact your gateway sysop for details and obtaining the required permission). If you are set up for this through your local gateway, you can receive e-mail from the internet by placing an MX record in the master ampr.org domain nameserver database at ucsd.edu. To find out how to place an entry for your tcp/ip station in this database send a message to the database server email@example.com, including the word HELP in the body of your message.
For more information on amateur tcp/ip operation, or to obtain MS-DOS tcp/ip software, see the TAPR software library.
TCP/IP, Linux, and UNIX
- AMPRNet information
Authoritative data for ampr.org domain
Linux AX25-HOWTO, Amateur Radio
Linux HAM HOWTO, Amateur Radio
DxNet : Cluster software for Linux and DOS
TNOS Page
The Internet Protocol
The Internet Control Message Protocol
Requirements for IP Version 4 routers
N8UR's General Linux and TCP/IP Amateur Web
CLX DX Packet Cluster Server Software for Linux
- Development of DX cluster protocols and cluster software
Protocol Related
AX.25 Amateur Packet-Radio Link-Layer Protocol, Ver 2.2, Nov 1997
AX.25 Amateur Packet-Radio Link-Layer Protocol, Ver 2.0, Oct 1984
YAPP(tm) protocol for Packet Radio binary file transfer.
Toward New Link-Layer Protocols for Amateur Packet Radio & SS.
Phil Karn KA9Q
AX.25 Extensions for Q Bit Support
- AX.29 Protocol Specification (Q Bit Data)
Spread Spectrum
Spread Spectrum Pages
Biblography of Spread Spectrum Communications
Ham Radio Spread Spectrum Page
SS Web sites of interest on Related Technologies
- TAPR FHSS Radio Project Status
Radio Related Links
- 1200 - 9600
- TAPR 9600 baud Land Mobile Modifications
- TAPR 9600 band modem kit
- 9600 Baud Packet Handbook by Mike Curtis, WD6WHR
- 9600 Baud Modifications for ALINCO, ICOM, KENWOOD, MOTOROLA, and YEASU radios
- 9600bps modem in a single FPGA
- 9600
Baud Packet Radio Modem Design
- Other G3RUH compatible DF9IC, DK9RR, PAR96, NEW PICPAR modems
- Equipment options for medium to high-speed packet radio by Barry McLarnon, VE3JF
WA4DSY 56K RF modem
Ottawa pi-2 Syncronous Interface Card for PC
- Beyond 56K
Glenn N6GN's High Speed Packet Page
- Fast (1.2Mb) Packet Radio Net in Slovenia
10GHz Data Link Project
- Computer Science of Cesena Packet Radio Project, 2-34Mb University of Bologna
- TAPR FHSS Radio Project Status
General Digital Communications
PC APRS Documentation
APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System)
GPS System Standard Positioning Service Signal Spec (pdf 3.0, 1.2Meg, 51 pages)
Annex A, B, & C of GPS Standard Positioning Service Signal Specification (pdf 3.0, 1.3Meg, 57 pages)
NAVSTAR GPS User Equipment Introductionn (pdf 3.0, 2.4Meg, 215 pages)
Various Motorola Oncore Information
TAPR GPS Page
NMEA-0183 and GPS Information by Peter Bennett
- N8UR's GPS and NTP Stuff
Digital Signal Processing
Amateur Digital Signal Processing
DSP and Spectral Analysis by SETI League
- DSP, PSA sound card, DH6HP converter for RTTY, Amtor, Pactor-I.
HF Related
- Proper tuning of the radio is critical for copying HF digital modes.
Digital Communications Home PagesOrganizations
Regional Digital Organization Home Page
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) Home Page
Amateur Satellite Corp. (AMSAT) Home Page
Amateur Spread Spectrum Page
American Radio Relay League
(Japan) Packet Radio User's Group (PRUG)
Montreal/Western Quebec Packet Radio Web Page
Ottawa ARC (Canada) Packet Radio Home Page
Amiga Amateur Radio User Group
Radio Amateur Telecommunications Society (RATS) Home Page
Texas Packet Radio Society, Inc (& TexNet)
University of Surrey's Satellite Page
Small Satellite Home Page
NORD*LINK Home Page (TheNet)
BayCom Users Page (by Bavarian Packet Radio Group)
FlexNet Group in Darmstadt, Germany
FPAC is a PC program written by F6DWJ and colaboraded on with F6ABJ
Southeastern Emergency Digital Association Networks.
VARPA - Victoria Amateur Packet Radio Association.
Vancouver Area Packet Organisation.
Jean-Paul ROUBELAT, F6FBB BBS Software Page
Brian KO4KS's TNOS Page
Glenn N6GN's
High Speed Packet Page
Keith Sproul's MacAPRS Page
NB6Z's HF Digital Web Page
Phil Sussman - N8PS PACTOR NEWS (HF Digital Newsletter)
George Rossopoulos - SV2AGW Windows 95 Packet Software
AEA and Timewave
"InterFlex Systems - PkGOLD and KaGOLD
PacComm Company
SCS (Special Communications Systems) inventors of PACTOR
MFJ Enterprises, Inc.
Harper Technologies. Has a display for GPS units.
These sites allow you to connect and download all kinds of packet
related materials
The FlexNet FTP Site .
European Packet FTP area .
Vector Board BBS. Extensive collection of files. (fixed hours of operation)
Software, listserver information, and more at
TAPR's own
ftp.tapr.org site
Amateur Radio archive with packet material at ftp.cs.buffalo.edu
Brian ko4ks's archives (ROSE, TNOS) at ftp.lantz.com
Many packet files of the ftp.ucsd.edu site. Protocols, papers, software, etc.
Many of the rec.ham* and rec.radio.amateur* newsgroups are mirrored by a listserver and available in digest form. To receive a list of the gated groups, send a message to firstname.lastname@example.com with a blank subject and a one word message INDEX.
The Boston ARC maintains a majordomo-supervised list welcoming ham packet materials. To subscribe, send a message to email@example.com with a blank subject and the text subscribe ham-tech
Related Topics
Amateur Radio on the Internet
Welcome to Colorado Amateur Radio: Packet/Digital Radio Section
Amateur Radio Web Server at
NORAD Two-Line Element Sets on Celestial BBS
John Langner, WB2OSZ's Slow Scan TV (SSTV) Web Page
Chris Smolenski's Home Page - MAC, numbers station, neat links
Southwestern Louisiana ARC Home Page
Texas ARC Home Page
Engineering and Computer Science Web Sites
Packet Radio Topics in Professional JournalsS. R. Bible, N7HPR - March 26, 1995
Thanks to Steven R. Bible, N7HPR for compiling this bibliography, and for graciously allowing TAPR to publish it on the web. If you have additional references that should be added, please contact Steve.
*** 1975
L. Kleinrock and F. A. Tobagi, "Packet Switching in Radio Channels: Part I -- Carrier Sense Multiple-Access Modes and Their Throughput-Delay Characteristics," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. COM-23, No. 12, pp. 1400-1416, Dec. 1975.
F. A. Tobagi and L. Kleinrock, "Packet Switching in Radio Channels: Part II -- The Hidden Terminal Problem in Carrier Sense Multiple-Access and the Busy-Tone Solution," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. COM-23, No. 12, pp. 1417-1433, Dec. 1975.
*** 1977
R. E. Kahn, "The Organization of Computer Resources into a Packet Radio Network," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. COM-25, No. 1, pp. 169-178, Jan. 1977.
*** 1978
______ , "Special Issue on Packet Communication Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 66, No. 11, Nov. 1978.
L. G. Roberts, "The Evolution of Packet Switching," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 1307-1313, Nov. 1978.
L. Kleinrock, "Principles and Lessons in Packet Communications," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 1320-1329, Nov. 1978.
L. Pouzin and H. Zimmermann, "A Tutorial on Protocols," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 1346-1370, Nov. 1978.
F. A. Tobagi, et. al., "Modeling and Measurements Techniques in Packet Communication Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 1423-1447, Nov. 1978.
R. E. Kahn, et. al., "Advances in Packet Radio Technology," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 1468-1496, Nov. 1978.
*** 1980
J. M. McQuillan, et. al., "The New Routing Algorithm for the ARPANET," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. COM-28, No. 5, pp. 711-719 , May 1980.
*** 1985
P. R. Karn, et. al., "Packet Radio in the Amateur Service," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. SAC-3, No. 3, pp. 431-439, May 1985.
*** 1986
T. C. Hou and V. O. K. Li, "Transmission Range Control in Multihop Packet Radio Networks," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. COM-34, No. 1, pp. 38-44, Oct. 1986.
*** 1987
______ , "Special Issue on Packet Radio Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 75, No. 1, Jan. 1987.
B. M. Leiner, et. al, "Issues in Packet Radio Network Design," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 6-20, Jan. 1987.
J. Jubin and J. D. Tornow, "The DARPA Packet Radio Network Protocols," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 21-32, Jan. 1987.
N. Shacham and J. Westcott, "Future Directions in Packet Radio Architectures and Protocols." Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 83-98, Jan. 1987.
F. A. Tobagi, "Modeling and Performance Analysis of Multihop Packet Radio Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 135-155, Jan. 1987.
L. Kleinrock and John Silvester, "Spatial Reuse in Multihop Packet Radio Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 156-166, Jan. 1987.
*** 1989
W. T. Chen and N. F. Huang, "The Strongly Connecting Problem on Multihop Packet Radio Networks," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 293-295, Oct. 1989.
*** 1990
P. E. Bausbacher and J. L. Kearns, "Transmission Parameter Selection in an Adaptive Packet-Radio Network," Proceedings of the Tactical Communications Conference, Vol. 1, Tactical Communications, Challenges of the 1990's, pp.51-68, Apr. 1990.
S. V. Vitalpur, "Evaluation of Adaptive Routing Protocols for Packet Radio Networks," Proceedings of the Tactical Communications Conference, Vol. 1, Tactical Communications, Challenges of the 1990's, pp. 105-115, Apr. 1990.
J. R. Yee and F. M. Shiao, "On Calculating High Throughputs in Multi-Hop Slotted ALOHA Packet Radio Networks," Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM '90, pp. 382-388, Jun. 1990.
R. L. Hamilton and H. C. Yu, "Optimal Routing in Multihop Packet Radio Networks," Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM '90, pp. 389-396, Jun. 1990.
S. Adams, et. al., "A Unified Network approach to the Control of Survivable Multimedia Communication Networks," MILCOM 90, pp. 323-329, Sep./Oct. 1990.
*** 1991
I. M. Ross, "Wireless Network Directions," IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 40-42, Feb. 1991.
D. Hubner, et. al., "A Multihop Protocol for Contacting a Stationary Infrastructure," 41st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, pp. 414-419, May 1991.
J. R. Yee and F. M. Shiao, "An Algorithm to find Global Optimal Routing Assignments for a Class of PRNS," ICC 91 - International Conference on Communications, pp. 1604-1608, Jun. 1991.
D. Buchholz, et. al., "Wireless In-Building Network Architecture and Protocols," IEEE Network, pp. 31-38, Nov. 1991.
*** 1992
D. Duchamp, "Issues in Wireless Mobile Computing," Proceedings Third Workshop on Workstation Operating Systems, pp. 2-10, Apr. 1992.
M. El-Tanany, et. al., "Performance Analysis and Design Guidelines of a Mobitex Modem at 8 kb/s," Vehicular Technology Society 42nd VTS Conference, pp. 110-113, May 1992.
R. Esmailzadeh, et. al., "Power Control in Packet Switched Time Division Duplex Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Communications," Vehicular Technology Society 42nd VTS Conference, pp. 989-992, May 1992.
D. Cohe, et. al., "IP Addressing and Routing in a Local Wireless Network," IEEE INFOCOM '92, pp. 626-632, May 1992.
V. C. M. Leung, "Internetworking Wireless Terminals to Local Area Networks via Radio Bridges," 1992 IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics in Wireless Communications, pp. 126-129, Jun. 1992.
Y. R. Tsai and J. F. Chang, "Using Spread Spectrum Techniques to Combat Multipath Interence in Mobile Random Accessed Networks," 1992 IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics in Wireless Communications, pp. 429-432, Jun. 1992.
C. E. Perkins, "Simplified Routing for Mobile Computers Using TCP/IP," Proceedings IEEE Conference on Wireless LAN Implementation, pp. 7-13, Sep.= 1992.
J. Y. C. Cheah, "A Proposed Access Method for the Wireless LAN Standard," The Third IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Proceedings, pp. 145-148, Oct. 1992.
L. Van Der Jagt, "A Framework for Specifying a Physical Layer and Medium for Wireless Local Area Networks," The Third IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Proceedings, pp. 149-152, Oct. 1992.
G. Vannucci and R. S. Roman, "Measurement Results On Indoor Radio Frequency Re-use at 900 Mhz and 18 Ghz," The Third IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Proceedings, pp. 308-314, Oct. 1992.
R. Khayata and C. C. Huang, "Characterizing Wireless Indoor Communications: Measurements in the ISM Bands with a Directional Antenna," The Third IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Proceedings, pp. 315-319, Oct. 1992.
T. S. Yum and K. W. Hung, "Design Algorithms for Multihop Packet Radio Networks with Multiple Directional Antennas Stations," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 40, No. 11, pp. 1716-1724, Nov. 1992.
T. Suzuki and S. Tasaka, "A Performance Comparison of ALOHA-Reservation and PRMA in Integrated Voice and Data Wireless Local Area Networks," TENCON '92 - Technology Enabling Tomorrow, pp. 754-758, Nov. 1992.
T. C. Kwok, "Wireless Networking Requirements of Multimedia Applications," 1st International Conference in Universal Personal Communiations, pp. 15.01.1-15.01.5, Sep./Oct. 1992.
*** 1993
J. L. Wang and J. A. Silvester, "Maximum Number of Independent Paths and Radio Connectivity," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 1482-1493, Oct. 1993.=7F
J. Ward and R. T. Compton, "High Throughput Slotted ALOHA Packet Radio with Adaptive Arrays," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 460-469, Mar. 1993.
R. O. LaMaire, et. al., "Analysis of a wireless MAC protocol with Client-Server Traffic," IEEE INFOCOM '93, pp. 429-438, Mar./Apr. 1993.
Z. F. Lansdowne, "A Stopping Rule for Link Failure Detection," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 528-530, Apr. 1993.
L. Hu, "Topology Control for Multihop Packet Radio Networks," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 1482-1493, Oct. 1993.
M. Weiser, "Some Computer Science Issues in Ubiquitous Computing," Communications of the ACM, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 75-84, Jul. 1993.
R. Tanaka and M. Tsukamoto, "A CLNP-based Protocol for Mobile End Systems within an Area," Proceedings 1993 International Conference on Networking Protocols, pp 64-71, Oct. 1993.
M. Chase and K. Pahlavan, "Performance of DS-CDMA Over Measured Indoor Radio Channels Using Random Orthogonal Codes," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 617-624, Nov. 1993.
G. J. Foschini and Z. Miljanic, "A Simple Distributed Autonomous Power Control Algorithm and its Convergence," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp.. 641-646, Nov. 1993.
A. DeSimone, et. al., "Throughput Performance of Transport-Layer Protocols over Wireless LANs," GLOBECOM '93 - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, pp. 542-549, Nov./Dec. 1993.
J. L. Sobrinho and J. M. Brazio, "D-MCMA: A New Multiple Access Protocol for Distributed Wireless Local Networks," GLOBECOM '93 - IEEE Global Telecommuniations Conference, pp 70-75, Nov./Dec. 1993.
K. C. Chen and C. H. Lee, "RAP -- A Novel Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Data Networks," GLOBECOM '93 - IEEE Global Telecommuniations Conference, pp. 1713-1717, Nov./Dec. 1993.
*** 1994
R. H. Katz, "Adaption and Mobility in Wireless Information Systems," IEEE Personal Communications, pp. 6-17, First Quarter 1994.
C. E. Perkins and P. Bhagwat, "A Mobile Networking System based on Internet Protocol," IEEE Personal Communications, pp. 32-41, First Quarter 1994.
R. Steele, "The Evolution of Personal Comunications," IEEE Personal Communications, pp. 6-11, Second Quarter 1994.
I. Chlamtac and A. Farago, "Making Transmission Schedules Immune to Topology Changes in Multi-Hop Packet Radio Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 23- 29, Feb. 1994.
D. Hendricks, "Wireless Off-Ramps from the Information Highways," Spring COMPCOM 94, pp. 182-184, Feb./Mar. 1994.
S. Jangi and L. F. Merakos, "Performance Analysis of Reservation Random Access Protocols for Wireless Access Networks," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 2/3/4, pp. 1223-1234, Feb./Mar./Apr. 1994.
K. S. Meier-Hellstern, et. al., "Network Protocols for the Cellular Packet Switch," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 2/3/4, pp. 1235-1244, Feb./Mar./Apr. 1994.
D. F. Bantz and F. J. Bauchot, "Wireless LAN Design Alternatives," IEEE Network, pp. 43-53, Mar./Apr. 1994.
D. T. Magill, et. al., "Spread-Spectrum Technology for Commercial Applications," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 82, No. 4, pp. 572-584, Apr.= 1994.
R. Caceres and L. Iftode, "The effects of Mobility on Reliable Transport Protocols," Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, pp. 12-20, Jun. 1994.
B. D. Bradley, et. al., "Simulation Issues for Future Wireless Modems," IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 42-53, Jul. 1994.
H. Hashemi, et. al., "Measurements and Modeling of Temporal Variations of the Indoor Radio Propagation Channel," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 733-737, Aug. 1994.
A. Demers, et. al., "MACAW: A Media Access Protocol for Wireless LAN's," SIGCOMM 94, pp. 212-225
N. Abramson, "Multiple Access in Wireless Digital Networks," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 82, No. 9, pp. 1360-1370, Sep. 1994.
H. L. Bertoni, et. al., "UHF Propagation Prediction for Wireless Personal Communications," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 82, No. 9, pp. 1333-1359, Sep. 1994.
K. Pahlavan and A. H. Levesque, "Wireless Data Communications," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 82, No. 9, pp. 1398-1430, Sep. 1994.
K. C. Chen, "Medium Access Control of Wireless LANs for Mobile Computing," IEEE Network, pp. 50-63, Sep./Oct. 1994.
S. Nanda, et. al., "A Retransmission Scheme for Circuit-Mode Data on Wireless Links," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 1338-1352, Oct. 1994.
D. B. Johnson, "Routing in Ad Hoc Networks of Mobile Host," 1994 Workshop on Mobile Computing Systesm and Applications, ???. 1994.
*** Some I have not found yet...
A. Myles and D. Skellern, "Comparing Four IP-based Mobile Host Protocols," Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 349-355, Nov. 1993.
______ , IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 11, No. 6, Aug. 1993.
______ , IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 11, No. 7, Sep. 1993.
M. K. Liu, "Base Station Netowrking in Personal Communications," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 932-939, Jun. 1993.
A. S. Acampora and Z. Zhensheng, "A Throughput/Delay Comparison: Narrowband verse Broadband Wireless LAN's," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 266-274, Aug. 1993.
J. J. C. Chang, et. al., "Wireless Systems and Technologies: An Overview," AT&T Technical Journal, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 11-19, Jul./Aug. 1993.
N. Seshadri, et. al., "Advanced Techniques for Modulation, Error Correction, Channel Equalization, and Diversity," AT&T Technical Journal, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 48-64, Jul./Aug. 1993.


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Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has tendered his resignation in the wake of the country's elimination from the World Cup in Brazil.
Italy's 1-0 defeat to Uruguay in Natal meant they missed out on progression to the knockout stages from Group D.
Prandelli announced at his post-match press conference: "I talked to the president of the federation.. and gave my resignation.
"The technical set-up didn't work, and I take all responsibility for that.
"Something has changed since my contract was renewed. I don't know why. I chose a certain technical plan and that's why I'm resigning - because it did not work."
Prandelli, the former Roma and Fiorentina coach, replaced Marcello Lippi as national team manager in the wake of the 2010 World Cup.
He steered Italy to the final of Euro 2012 where he was widely praised for his coaching methods despite an eventual 4-0 final defeat to Spain.
Italy made a strong start to the 2014 World Cup with victory over England but were left with all to play for in their final group game after an unexpected loss to Costa Rica.
Despite a solid defensive performance Italy were put under increasingly pressure following the sending-off of Claudio Marchisio, and an 81st-minute goal from Diego Godin ensured Uruguay advanced to the knockout stages at the Italians' expense.
Prandelli added: "A second European Championship, third at the Confederations [Cup] and the qualification obtained in advance should not be under-estimated.
"The match was well-balanced in equal numbers, but the sending-off changed it all."
Prandelli was not the only man to fall on his sword with president Giancarlo Abete also stepping down.
He said he would recommend that Prandelli changes his mind, but that he himself was going.
"I will go to the board and offer my irrevocable resignation too. I had already made this decision before the World Cup," he said.
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Sheryl Crow's 'Diner' Musical Pushed Back
Sheryl Crow's musical, 'Diner,' was originally scheduled to premiere on April 10. Unfortunately, after a workshop in New York, the show has been pushed back to start this fall instead. But fear not! It sounds like the production is still going forward as planned.
According to Country Music Tattle Tale, producers Scott Zeiger and Brian Becker of BASE Entertainment made the announcement of the date change.
"We presented a four-week fully staged workshop of Diner in New York last November at which we received positive feedback from investors and theater owners," Zeiger said in a statement. "We are excited about our progress and it has become very clear the direction in which we need to continue to take this new American musical."
Crow penned the song lyrics and music for the upcoming musical, which is set in Baltimore on Christmas in 1959. The musical tells the story of a group of friends in their early 20s by tapping into doo-wop and rock n' roll music.
'Diner' was originally released as a movie starring Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser, Daniel Stern and other noteworthy actors and actresses in 1982. Barry Levinson, who wrote the script, adapted it into a musical.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, 'Diner' had previously scheduled a pre-Broadway tryout at San Francisco's Curran Theatre last fall, but changed plans when the creative team decided to scale back the production and make it more intimate.
Luckily, for Crow -- and everyone else involved -- 'Diner' is still on the books for later this year.


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2012 AL and NL Cy Young Award Winners
Thursday November 15th, 2012
Bernie Olshansky: Both Cy Young awards were announced yesterday. R.A. Dickey won in the National League and David Price won in the American League. Dickey won by a large margin; he had 209 points by 27 first place votes and five second place votes. This race was not even close. Price on the other hand, won by four points. He received just one more first place vote than Justin Verlander, who finished second. Here's my take on how the voting went down.
National League: R.A. Dickey
Dickey completely deserved this award. He was consistent all year going 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA with 230 strikeouts. Although he was not on the best team, he made the most of what he had. What makes this year extra special for Dickey is the fact that it was such a surprise. The knuckleballer came off a year in which he went 8-13. He did have a 3.28 ERA which is very good, but to win 12 more games and lose seven less than the year before is phenomenal. Dickey had some competition, but in the end it was not close. Gio Gonzalez finished in third place with 93 points (behind Clayton Kershaw with 96 points—I will get to him). Gonzalez went 21-8 this season with a 2.89 ERA and 207 strikeouts. These numbers are good, but Dickey edges him out in every category besides wins. The only slight advantage that Gonzalez could have had on Dickey was the fact that he played for a contender. Gonzalez was supported by strong pitching in Jordan Zimmermann and Stephen Strasburg, so the two other aces could have taken away a bit. Finishing second was Kershaw. Kershaw could not defend his title from last year, but put up a strong fight. He went 14-9 with a 2.53 ERA and 229 strikeouts. If Kershaw could have gotten a few more wins, we might have seen a different outcome. But, Dickey was too strong and deservedly gets the 2012 NL Cy Young.
American League: David Price
Wow. What a tight race. Price ended up prevailing over Verlander mainly because, in my opinion, he lead the league in wins (20) and ERA (2.56). Unlike the National League, the American league had three very strong candidates in Price, Verlander, and Jered Weaver. In the end it came down to Price and Verlander. Weaver had a great year and had the same record as Price (20-5), but fell out of the race with his amount of innings pitched. Price and Verlander both had over 200 innings pitched (211 and 238.1 respectively) while Weaver had only 188.2. Price and Verlander both had the same amount of quality starts (25), but Price edged Verlander out in every other category besides strikeouts (Verlander had 239 while Price had 205). Both pitchers were very reliable and valuable to their team, and whoever won really came down to the flip of a coin in my mind. Price had 14 first place votes to Verlander's 13, and each pitcher had 13 second place votes. Verlander was on a contender, but some could say that he was supported by a much more powerful lineup with the Triple Crown winner in Miguel Cabrera and huge offseason signing Prince Fielder. Fernando Rodney actually received a first place vote from Drew Davidson of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Personally, I don't think relievers should win the Cy Young. As important as they are, they only pitch a fraction of what starters do. This Cy Young will probably be the first of many for the young Price.
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There are infinitely many whole numbers, clearly: If you have a finite list of them, take the biggest one and add one to get a new one. There are also infinitely many real numbers in bigger than or equal to 0, but less than or equal to 1: any positive decimal number less than one is in there, for instance, along with an infinity of numbers that can't be written as finite or repeating decimals (e, pi, the square root of two, etc.).
There are more real numbers than there are whole numbers, in the sense that the real numbers cannot be put into one-to-one correspondence with the whole numbers. Any way in which you assign one real number to one whole number cannot help but leave a real number without an assignment. This is a thing that pisses off fundamentalist Christian textbook authors. You should read that article, because it's nuts. Apparently, certain fundamentalists reject modern math; that is, they reject any system of mathematics which allows for different "sizes" of infinity, since that is an affront to God, who is the one and only infinity. I've written about this sort of thing before; right now I want to prove to you that there are more real numbers than there are whole numbers, in a very clear sense. There is more than one infinity, for sure, and it's not even very difficult to prove, and it's downright embarrassing to insist otherwise, and those dudes are total morons.
We will demonstrate that there cannot even be a one-to-one association of whole numbers to decimal numbers less than one that include only the digits 0 and 1 (so-called binary decimals), and we will do that by showing that no matter how you choose to associate whole numbers to binary decimals, there is always a binary decimal without a whole number partner. In this sense, there are more binary decimals than there are whole numbers, and thus it is possible for two infinite sets to be of different sizes. There is more than one infinity.
Suppose we create such an association: For each whole number, there is a corresponding binary decimal number. Construct a new binary decimal as follows: The nth digit of it is the opposite of the nth digit of the binary decimal associated to the whole number n.
For example: Consider the number 5. We're assuming that the number 5 has been associated to a certain binary decimal. The 5th digit of this binary decimal is either 0 or 1; if it's 0, the 5th digit of this new number we're constructing will be 1, and vice-versa.
Therefore, the binary decimal we've constructed is not equal to the binary decimal associated to 5; it differs in its 5th digit, at least. Similarly, it can't be equal to the binary decimal associated to any whole number; it will differ from the number associated to n in its nth digit. This new binary decimal has no whole number associated to it! Quite literally, the binary decimal numbers are uncountable; any attempt to do so will miss one, as we've demonstrated. The infinity of whole numbers is not enough to account for all the binary decimals.
QED: There are infinities of different sizes, and fundamentalist Christianity is for idiots.


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Industry gathers for ESA/EC global monitoring programme
Representatives from 10 industry consortia met recently to plan the next phase of the ESA's contribution to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme.
The consortia were selected following an evaluation of proposals received last year for the GMES Services Elements (GSE), the initial stage of ESA's five-year, €83 million commitment to the GMES programme.
GMES is an initiative co-sponsored by ESA and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring capability for Europe's policymakers and other end users. Total GMES funding is expected to reach €400 million to develop and implement the programme by 2008.
The GSE consortia include more than 125 companies, university and other research firms, consultancies and end-user organisations that include international, national and other government agencies. Each consortium is headed by a prime contractor and consists of up to 20 organisations with an ESA-mandated mix of operational service providers, strategy consultants, system developers, R&D partners and end users.
The groups will focus on developing capabilities and identifying the needs of end users under two-phase, 20-month contracts totalling €15 million. Funding will be split evenly among the 10 consortia.
The exact composition of the consortia will be announced as the contracts are finalised and signed over the next few months. A week-long meeting in mid-March at ESA's ESRIN facility outside of Rome brought the groups together for the first time to outline end-user requirements and define which existing and future Earth observation services to include in the GMES Service Elements, explained Stephen Briggs, head of ESA's Earth observation applications.
"The real winners in GMES will be the end-users," Briggs said. "ESA has tasked the 10 GSE consortia over the next 20 months to convert the high-level GMES strategy into a concrete portfolio of reliable environmental information services, and there will be plenty more to come in the future"
Each of the 10 groups will start delivering services immediately, and will back this up with a blueprint for delivering long-term monitoring for themes including:
- forests
- water resources
- disaster risk assessment and relief
- agriculture
- polar regions
- urban areas.
GMES background
GMES is a decision-support system for use by the public and public policymakers, with the capability of acquiring, processing, interpreting and distributing useful information related to the environment, risk management and natural resources.
At a global level, GMES will provide new verification tools to contribute to the precise monitoring of compliance with international agreements, such as the Kyoto protocol on climate change, as well as security and international aid agreements. At the EU regional level, GMES will provide objective data to support a broad range of public policies, including regional development, transportation, agriculture and foreign policy. GMES also will help local authorities pinpoint environmental problems and minimize the risks and consequences of environmental changes on local populations.
GMES is a cornerstone of the unified European space strategy developed by EC and ESA. Along with the Galileo global satellite navigation system, GMES is key to the realisation of a unified space policy emerging from the ever-closer partnership between the two organisations.


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Our Athletic Training program focuses on the unique healthcare needs of youth athletes suffering from sport-related injuries (SRI). According to estimates, more than 12 million adolescent athletes suffer sport-related musculoskeletal injuries, and between 1.4 and 3.9 million suffer from sport-related concussions.
Left untreated, SRI can interfere with or prevent participation in athletics and physical activity, both of which have significant physical and mental health benefits. The lack of physical activity decreases the likelihood of exercise as an adult, leading to obesity.
ATSU's Athletic Training program addresses this social need through a solid curriculum that targets health conditions suffered by this patient population. Established in 1997, the Master of Science degree program in Athletic Training is an accredited, two-year residential curriculum designed for the post-professional preparation of advanced practice athletic training clinicians. This is the only program of its kind in Arizona and one of just 16 nationwide.
Three distinct areas characterize our approach to athletic training education:
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Our students are immersed in our local community and beyond, providing athletic training services to secondary schools, community colleges, and universities. They serve in places facing significant deficiencies in the delivery of athletic healthcare services. Thanks to their efforts, thousands of Arizona high school students receive access to athletic training services.
ATSU is also conducting pioneering research in this area. Dr. Tamara McLeod has cultivated a well-established line of research into the diagnosis and management of pediatric sport-related concussions in youth athletes. She and her team have provided baseline neurocognitive testing for more than 10,000 high school athletes across the Greater Phoenix area.
Our Athletic Training program is the first and only secondary school practice-based research network in the country, accredited by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Through this network, the Athletic Training program provides free electronic medical records to secondary school trainers across the country, while collecting data on the clinical practice of athletic training that will lead to improved patient care.
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She is very thankful for the scholarship and urges ATSU alumni to support this initiative.
"If alumni support this scholarship, I think it would help current students with financial comfort. I know most current students are paying their own way through graduate school by taking out loans.
The scholarship has helped me financially with some expenses for graduate school. I am paying my way, so a little help from this scholarship added a lift of weight off my shoulders. I would recommend ATSU to many other students. It is a well-rounded program and offers a lot."


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Greensboro Arts Alliance — a well kept secret
by Joseph Gresser
GREENSBORO — Secrets are notoriously hard to keep in small towns. But Greensboro has managed to keep a thriving arts organization quiet for eight years.
With its tent theater set up on the green in front of the Town Hall in the middle of town, the Greensboro Arts Alliance's days of flying under the radar have likely come to an end though.
That suits director Sabra Jones just fine. The New York actor and acting teacher said in one of her increasingly rare free moments Sunday that her organization has been so busy trying to get its shows together that it's had little time left for publicity.
Ms. Jones said she hopes this year is different.
She has been putting on staged readings and fully staged shows in Greensboro over the past eight years, she said. In previous years the company performed in a barn near Caspian Lake and in a tent behind the Lakeview Inn on Breezy Avenue.
By moving to the lawn in front of the Town Hall the group is nearing its ultimate goal — renovating the building's existing stage so it can be a permanent home for the company. Greensboro selectmen have appointed a committee to study the idea.
With a new space and a pair of shows running the last two weeks of July into the first week of August, the arts alliance is looking to build its audience, she said.
At a recent rehearsal of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town, Ms. Jones told her cast that even for professional actors repertory theater is challenging. (The company will perform Meredith Wilson's The Music Man on alternating nights.) Her group has an advantage, Ms. Jones told them in that "our company is the whole town of Greensboro."
If that's an exaggeration, it's not much of one. While one group of actors worked on their lines at the Fellowship Hall of the Greensboro United Church of Christ, crews were working on turning an ordinary tent into a space for theater in the round.
The designer of the ingenious stage, Richard Alexander, is also a leading actor in The Music Man, playing an anvil salesman with a grudge against the hero, Harold Hill. His son Elye, who was also a force in the construction of the temporary theater, performs in Our Town.
Wardrobe mistress Sonia Dunbar is also in the musical's chorus. On the Friday before the show's opening, she received a delivery of band uniforms for the show's final scene.
The man who brought them cautioned her that they were not to be altered. Ms. Dunbar smiled serenely.
"No problem. The stage directions describes them as 'ill fitting.'" she said.
Ms. Jones has gotten some serious help in running the enterprise. She is sharing directing chores with her son Charles McAteer, who is at the helm of Our Town, and local theater eminence Rosann Hickey Cook, who earlier in the season directed a reading of Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology.
In addition, the casts of the two fully staged shows include professional actors. Marla Schaffel, who plays Marion the town librarian in Music Man, created the role of Jane Eyre in the Broadway musical of the same name and was rewarded for her performance with a Tony nomination. Harold Hill is played by Anthony Wills Jr., whose long list of credits includes serving as artistic director of Artistic Pride Productions and an award-winning production of Master Harold… and the boys.
David Beck plays George Gibbs in Our Town. He starred with Ms. Schaffel last year in the arts alliance's production of The Sound Of Music. In New York his credits include The More Loving One, a New York Fringe Festival award winning play, and The Long Ride Home, performed at the Cherry Lane Theater.
Ms. Jones considered more than just acting ability in choosing her guest performers. In rehearsals she stresses the need for performers to "love each other." Watching the professionals work with the local performers, one can see that ethos in action.
One afternoon music director Justin Jacobs worked with Andrew King, one of two actors who will play the role of Winthrop Paroo, the lisping brother of Marion in Music Man. The ten-year-old performer was having trouble with a difficult song, which was at the top of his singing range.
Mr. Jacobs explained what needed to be done and encouraged Andrew as he struggled to figure out how to hit the notes in the passage. Mr. Jacobs' patience brought forth a super human effort from the young singer, and the two shared an evident sense of triumph when Andrew mastered the song.
Similarly, Ms. Schaffel showed real tenderness while rehearsing a scene with Abigail Demers, who plays Amaryllis and yearns to be Winthrop's love interest.
Ms. Jones said she believes that "everybody is famous, everybody has talent." She laughed delightedly when Krissie Ohlrogge, whose talent has hitherto been largely confined to her vast literary output, improvised a pratfall in Music Man.
After making sure she hadn't hurt herself, Ms. Jones whooped with laughter.
"This is so brilliant, we've got to keep it. We have to practice it, but we're certainly going to keep it," Ms. Jones said.
The choice of plays was also clearly well thought out. All three of the alliance's main offerings are examinations of small town life. Even though the smallest of the fictional communities depicted in the shows — Grover's Corners, New Hampshire — is quite a bit bigger than Greensboro, aspects of the town's life still ring true.
Ms. Jones has helped to bind the townspeople together in a common effort as much as Harold Hill in Music Man does with his boy's band.
And the arts alliance makes much sweeter music.
Our Town opens on July 23 with performances on July 26, 28, and 30, and August 2 and 4.
The Music Man premieres on July 24 with shows on July 25, 27, and 31, and August 1 and 3.
contact Joseph Gresser at [email protected]
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The relationship between music and comic books stretches back to the '70s when Marvel Comics released first issues devoted to Alice Cooper and Kiss. Within the last few years an increasing number of comic-loving music artists have actually written comics for major companies such as DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics, becoming auteurs in a different medium that has been gaining increasing attention in light of recent comic-related blockbuster movie franchises such as Iron Man, X-Men and Batman. Some artists are expanding their creative horizons even further into the world of visual animation, evidenced by GRAMMY-winning R&B artist Ne-Yo finalizing a deal this past week with Cartoon Network to produce his own cartoon show, "I Heart Tuesdays."
The list of musicians who have delved into writing comics include Rob Zombie, Kiss' Gene Simmons, Canadian rock artist Melissa Auf der Maur, and dark cabaret artist Voltaire. Newer artists have also been getting into the act recently, tying in their titles with albums. One example is the Kill Corps, who released an expanded 48-page comic bearing the title of the band on March 16. Along with the issue, fans also receive a download code for the group's four-track self-titled EP, prior to their Virgin Records debut this summer.
"I think a lot of people are seeing comics as a new frontier for ways to tell the same kind of stories as [they] are in their songs," says Shawna Gore, editor at Dark Horse Comics. "This kind of project works best when the people who are attempting to do it take it seriously, get to know the format and the medium of comics and want to make the best comic book or graphic novel that they can."
Another musician who has made a splash is My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. His surrealist fantasy series The Umbrella Academy won the prestigious Eisner Award for Best Limited Series, an honor recognizing the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels, at Comic-Con 2008. Way attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, interned at DC Comics and worked in toy design prior to joining My Chemical Romance. Missing his first love, he sought out a home for his comic series, and he and artist Gabriel Bá landed at Dark Horse.
"[Being an established musician] made it easy to try to get my foot in the door, and then it made it harder to prove that I could do it," explains Way. "But I was up to the challenge, and I think Dark Horse realized really early that I've always done comics and wanted to start doing them again. A lot of people in the comic community and the readership wouldn't know that, so I had that obstacle. It was fine once the first issue came out. Everybody realized this was a real comic."
Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez utilized the comic medium to create the story of the characters bearing his band's name, and their saga has spanned all six of the group's albums and several graphic novels, with the latter collectively titled The Amory Wars.
"I wrote these songs but had a hard time conveying myself in the lyrics," says Sanchez. "I thought, 'What a cool way to create a piece of fiction that I can essentially hide my story behind.' That's how I created [the characters] Coheed and Cambria. [This has] allowed me to create a world that I'm going to put my life in."
Dresden Dolls frontwoman Amanda Palmer has co-authored a graphic novel inspired by her side project Evelyn Evelyn, which is titled after real-life conjoined twins. Written by Palmer with bandmate Jason Webley and featuring art from Cynthia von Buhler, Evelyn Evelyn: A Terrible Tale In Two Tomes is inspired by the songs on Evelyn Evelyn's debut album.
"I like the idea of a graphic novel because I see it as a picture book for adults with adult subject matter," says von Buhler, who is also a painter and children's book author. "This is all hand-drawn, smudgy and dirty. It's definitely along the lines of the album."
Pop/R&B artist V.V. Brown released a fantasy graphic novel called The City Of Abacus in 2010, detailing a young woman named Freeda trying to find her way in a repressed society riddled with conspiracy.
"I think that the art is a projection of life and values and the things that are in the world," says Brown. "Different forms of art are ways to express those thoughts. My comic book was a way to express my feelings on how creativity is being stifled by a monopolized culture of reality TV shows and talent contests that take away the true validity and journey of the musician. I think the comic book gives a great way to be political through illustrations and have a visual concept that can be powerful."
Taking a different approach by working with other people's material, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian penned a two-issue Lobo series for DC Comics last year. The character was originally created by comic writers Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen in the '80s. Ian will next be writing The Demon, a classic DC character that first appeared in the '70s.
"If it wasn't for me being [in] a successful band, there was no way I was getting a call from DC," admits Ian. "I very easily could've written a crappy book that nobody would've liked, and maybe the relationship would've ended there. But DC was happy with my work, the public was happy with my work and the book actually sold. It was kind of a win-win for me. I opened the door for myself, and now I'm able to keep it open with other projects."
Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation is embracing the comic medium with their forthcoming concept album The Unforgiving, due out March 29. The album is based on a story written by Steven O'Connell with art drawn by Romano Molenaar and commissioned by the band.
Lifelong comic fans, the group was excited to take this new approach in creating The Unforgiving, with the songs mirroring the comic's themes of mystery, murder and guilt. "A comic is almost like a movie that you can watch at your own pace, "says Within Temptation guitarist Robert Westerholt. "I really like that. If you have a good comic artist, which is crucial, the possibilities are limitless."
(Bryan Reesman is a New York-based freelance writer.)