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ECE in the Media
Boppart's device spots bacteria behind eardrum (Science 360 News Service)
July 22, 2014 -- This video explains technology developed by Professor Stephen Boppart that detects bacteria behind the eardrum. Go to article
Nanotech Taught To Area Teachers (WICD)
July 19, 2014 -- Local high-school science teachers are learning about nanotechnology on the Illinois campus this summer, with help from several ECE faculty members. Go to article
Big projects on pace on campus (The News-Gazette)
July 18, 2014 -- Story about construction on campus mentions the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building. Go to article
University of Illinois researchers demonstrate novel, tunable nanoantennas (Science Codex)
July 16, 2014 -- An ECE alumnus, student, and post-doc are involved in an Illinois research team that developed a novel, tunable nanoantenna that paves the way for new kinds of plasmonic-based optomechanical systems. Go to article
Stephen Boppart: Developing new optical imaging techniques for clinical use (SPIE)
July 15, 2014 -- Professor Stephen Boppart and his work are featured in this SPIE video. Go to article
The Hacker (Elle)
July 9, 2014 -- ECE Associate Professor Nikita Borisov describes his student, Google's top hacker Parisa Tabriz, as "highly motivated and driven," as well as someone who can connect with others. Go to article
IBM's Watson Is Out With Its Own Barbecue Sauce (NPR)
July 1, 2014 -- ECE Assistant Professor Lav Varshney is mentioned in a story on NPR's website, about IBM Watson's barbecue sauce. Go to article
Top of the Morning: Beckman Institute (The News-Gazette)
June 30, 2014 -- ECE Professor Stephen E. Levinson and Associate Professor Gabriel Popescu were mentioned in The News-Gazette for their innovative work at The Beckman Institute. Go to article
Construction's in high gear on campus (The News-Gazette)
June 23, 2014 -- The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building is mentioned as one of several on-campus construction projects this summer. Go to article
Professor Sanjay Patel quoted in story about Amazon's Fire Phone (CBS)
June 19, 2014 -- How does (Amazon's Fire Phone) work? "Amazon is doing two things that are different," Sanjay Patel, professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CEO at Personify, an immersive video technology company, told CBS News. Go to article


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By Katie Dahlstrom Assistant Editor
The Clinton Herald
---- — CLINTON — Although it might appear that progress has stalled on the Wilson Building, officials with the historic renovation company Frantz-Hobart say they are diligently working to procure the Clinton landmark.
Cedar Rapids-based Frantz-Hobart told members of the Clinton City Council on Tuesday the reason the public hasn't seen any of the progress on the $7 million renovation project is because of issues with the building's title.
The building was sold through a tax sale to Taxl Partnerhsip #4 out of Davenport in 2009. The deed to the property was transferred to Taxl from Bill Twyford last September. Frantz-Hobart financial partner John Bradley said tax certificates are often complicated, but he estimates Frantz-Hobart will own the building at 217 Fifth Ave. South within 30 to 60 days.
The delay in purchasing the building will push back the time Frantz-Hobart has slated to have tenants in the building to July or August of next year.
Despite the seeming lack of movement on the project, Frantz-Hobart is actively engaged in securing the building, CEO Mike Frantz reiterated in an interview with the Herald. Frantz said his company has already invested $50,000 in the Wilson Building in title searches, environmental investigations and other processes.
"We've never not gotten it done from this point," Frantz said. "We are so committed to this building and this city and we will continue to work within the guidelines that we can. Patience is a virtue here. "
Frantz-Hobart plans to turn the building into 30 market-rate apartments with street-level retail space. In order to complete the renovations, the company uses state and federal historic tax credits, which Frantz said the company has locked down.
"It's a little bit more painful with all the title issues and securing the historic tax credit funding, but it's worth it," Frantz said. "The advantages of what we do is revitalizing downtown. Historic renovations are much more complicated, but the results are palpable."
The council in February conditionally approved a 95 percent tax increment finance rebate not to exceed $1.26 million over a decade. Frantz-Hobart would need to prove it has paid taxes in order for the taxes to be rebated. This rebate would leave the city with $19,000 in property taxes annually.
Rather than an upfront cash incentive, the city will provide a "backstop" cash incentive to be used only if the development was not rented at 100 percent. The city would be responsible for up to six units for 10 years at $800 per month per unit. The maximum risk for the city in providing the backstop would be $576,000 over the course of a decade.
These incentives will not officially be approved until Frantz-Hobart has purchased the building and cannot be approved until the urban renewal plan for the area that encompasses the Wilson Building is amended. On June 11, the council set a public hearing to amend the central business area urban renewal district to include the Wilson Building.
Following the public hearing, the amendment will come before the council on July 9 for adoption.

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I like the first, not sure if its compression doing it or the camera, but the blacks look blotchy, no biggie though....The 2nd bothers me that the horizon is slanted (maybe thats what you were going for).
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the second is slanted, it's not what I was going for but i took it on the fender of my girlfriend's car with the camera propped up on a rock to hold it still while swatting away a swarm of mosquitoes. So no, it was not intentional :D I did fix it in Picasa when I got home though so that the horizon is level. As for the blotchiness of the blacks in the top picture i think that has more to do with the compression of photobucket because it shows up clear in the original file. I really do want to get an SLR camera though...and a tripod, cuz ghetto tripods (i.e. rocks on cars) just aren't cutting it.
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shoot alot more. maybe 50 images of the moon over 1/2 hr. I just got back from Wyoming and our campsite overlooked a small gorge w/ mountains in the distance. I have over 100 sunset shots from one night.
Then, weed them out until you have 2 or 3 of the best ones. You will be surprised how much a landscape changes as you study it over a period of time.
Dont worry about getting a better camera. The one you have will allow you to produce some beautiful photography. Just use it. Wear it out. A camera is no different than a paint brush. It's the talent behind the camera that makes the shot, not the camera itself.
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Nice shots.
Although cjric is totally right about it not being the camera, the Nikon D40 is really affordable and will do amazing things. I have one and love it. The advantage to a DSLR is interchangeable lenses, wireless shutter triggers, and a huge array of possible adjustments to create cool effects.
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Derry News
---- — Check out 'Christmas in the Village'
CHESTER — Chester Congregational Church hosts its annual "Christmas in the Village" fair on Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The church is located at the corner of Chester Street and Route 102. The fair features handmade crafts, holiday gifts, baked goods, music and wassail.
A loaf and ladle luncheon will be served at Stevens Hall across the street from the church from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information, visit the church at chesternhchurch.org.
Interfaith Choir performs next month
The Derry-based community Interfaith Choir presents two holiday concerts: Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at Hampstead Congregational Church, 61 Main St., Hampstead, and again Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 471 Main St., Haverhill, Mass.
Admission is free, but a freewill offering will be collected at each performance. The choir includes singers from all over the Greater Derry and surrounding areas.
Blue Christmas service offers help
LONDONDERRY — Christmas is not a joyous time for everyone. It can be a lonely, depressing time due to loss of a job, loved one, relationship or health.
Londonderry United Methodist Church, 258 Mammoth Road, hosts a Blue Christmas service on Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. The service offers a time to acknowledge sadness or concerns during the Advent season and offers a time for support.
During the service, four white candles will be lighted, representing grief, courage, memories and love. The congregation is then welcome to come forward to light a candle for their own concerns and wishes.
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The Douglas County Courthouse is turning 100. On Saturday, residents and officials gathered at the courthouse to celebrate.
Along with birthday cake and clowns, there were also displays inside the courthouse of the building's history.
"I think people need to recognize the beautiful historic buildings, you don't find those around anymore," said District 2 Commissioner Pam Tusa. "We use this every single day and it's still beautiful as ever and I think people need to recognize that."
The courthouse opened October 1, 1912.


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The Meridian Star
Graveside services for Robert Lee Sumrall will be held Saturday, at 1 p.m., at Stinson Cemetery, with Rev. Dennis Kennedy officiating. Burial will also be in Stinson Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Sumrall, 81 of Meridian, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 7, 1931 in Meridian. Mr. Sumrall was the son of Edwin Leavell and India Anna (Taylor) Sumrall. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran. Mr. Sumrall retired from Hooper's Electronics where he worked for several years. He owned Sumrall Electronics in Gulfport for several years with his brother, William Sumrall.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Betty Louise (Grammer) Sumrall; daughters: Teresa Roberts (Rodney) of Pass Christian, and Robin Richardson (Ray) of Meridian; sister, Dorothy Cooley of Gulfport; grandchildren: April Ocker, Christopher Richardson, and Jessica Richardson; great-grandchildren: Taylor Roberts, Noah Ocker and Breanna Ocker; and great-great-grandson, Antonio Roberts.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers: James Edwin, John Franklin and Rufus Sumrall; sisters: Mildred India Young and Lena May DeArman; son, Alan Lynn Sumrall; and grandson, John Leonard Roberts.
Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com.
Visitation will be Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the funeral home.


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Skull on the brain
No need to build a Halloween playlist this year.
So you may have heard that The Flaming Lips recently recorded a 24-hour song. Per Wayne Coyne's promise of a Halloween release date, that song is now available for listening (assuming you are the lucky 999th listener) at
. I can tell you right now that the first six or so minutes are pretty wobbling and eerie, and also that I intend to live-blog this thing, titled "7 Skies H3," all Halloween workday long.
Check back throughout the day as I attempt to at least carve out a third or so of this thing. Feel free to tweet me your thoughts at
, and we can get a little discussion going.
Also, for those of great fortune looking to blow an extra $5,000 on a collector's item, you can purchase — via PayPal — The Flaming Lips 24-Hour Song Skull™, which is encased in an ACTUAL HUMAN SKULL, thanks to the services of Oklahoma City's own
Skulls Unlimited
. Wayne Coyne has assured the public that this is perfectly legal, and also pretty bizarre.
Also, Wayne recently
told Pitchfork
that the Lips have a laundry list of artists they're currently either recording with (via email) or talking about recording with that includes Deerhoof, No Age (No Age!), Stars, Death Cab for Cutie, and Nick Cave (Nick Cave!). I think a No Age-Lips EP would absolutely just split my brains out all over the floor.
Anyhoo, live-blogging begins now:
9:40 a.m.: The track begins with a gentle keyboard and short-circuiting guitar ambling around an overhanging haze of synth aura, with little, muted drums plodding along behind.
10:39 a.m.: It was much of the same for the first hour, each instrument growing steadily louder in volume.
11:11 a.m.: Aaaand my Internet connection was interrupted. I am currently listener #1,000. Balls.
by Matt Carney
10.31.2011 2 years ago
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VOTD: Me, myself and JT
Timberlake + Fallon = another hilarious hip-hop medley.
From here on out, it's a pretty safe bet that a Justin Timberlake late-night appearance equates to another installment in the "History of Rap" series, which, as of last night, is now up to three. I think "Part I" will always remain the best just because:
1. it was completely unexpected,
2. that two white guys slipped from Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" straight into Missy Elliot's "Work It," each with its little nonsense-isms, and
3. they capped it with the crowd spontaneously singing the chorus to Jay-Z's love letter to New York.
De La Soul, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Young MC, House of Pain, Coolio, The Fugees, OutKast, Snoop, Kanye, Nicki Minaj and "H.O.R." mainstays Beastie Boys all get the treatment here. Decide which one you like best:
by Matt Carney
11.01.2011 2 years ago
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VOTD: Girls aplenty
Watch eight beautiful, grainy videos of Girls' Christopher Owens at an SF gallery.
Stereogum pointed out late Tuesday that a bunch of videos of mushy-gushy bedroom songwriter Christopher Owens of Girls performing songs both released and unheard showed up on the
openingceremony.us blog
this weekend.
"I wrote this song a coupla days ago, hadn't played it for anybody yet," he said before dedicating "Key to My Heart" to his girlfriend. The song (and several others here) didn't appear on last year's "Broken Dreams Club" EP, nor on this year's fantastic "Father, Son, Holy Ghost," suggesting he's probably got a wealth of scribbled-in notebooks full of lyrics stashed away somewhere.
The filters on the video (it's almost exclusively black-and-white, except for "Cold Again," with splices of sepia color), Owens' jean jacket and the folkie setup make these performances seem really timeless. Watch for yourself:
"Mr. Blue"
"Saying I Love You"
"Nobody's Business"
"Keys to My Heart"
"End of the World"
"Cold Again"
"Back to London"
by Matt Carney
11.03.2011 2 years ago
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Master Folds
Miss Ben Folds's ACM@UCO master class last night?
Worry not, for OKSee was there taking notes for you.
The quick hits: ACM@UCO head honcho Scott Booker tossed open-ended questions Folds' way for about an hour, which he spent detailing his start and several of the early business decisions he made. About 500+ sat in rapt attention, cheering and occasionally even gently heckling the two men on stage. Wayne Coyne sat front row, which Folds acknowledged during the interview.
Booker ended his bit, opening the floor to questions from the audience. The line formed long quickly, and OKSee took off for the Ra Ra Riot show a few questions in. However, it was more than enough time to hear some great, enlightening banter from Booker and Folds, particularly the nature and function of the artist within the modern music business. Also, he made a buncha
I've gone through my notes and assembled a highlight reel of sound bites that are below. Enjoy.
On growing up singing in the South, where the stereotype that musically minded boys were all homosexuals:
"My father said I had a terrible voice."
On breaking his hand while defending his roommate from bullies at the University of Miami, and subsequently flunking a test and losing his music scholarship:
"I threw my drums in the lake."
On his experience working on a music publishing deal in Nashville:
"I enjoyed it, sort of. I didn't get any royalty money for three or four years because of the bad contract. ... Ben Folds Five happened because I got so scared of the Nashville thing."
On the transfer from working on a Nashville hit-making assembly line to his own solo project:
"Suddenly I realized all the things that were getting me rejected were suddenly valued. ... Then I heard Liz Phair's 'Exile in Guyville' ... and that set me off. I knew about The Replacements, but I didn't really know about indie stuff."
On the piano he lugged around during those earlier BF5 years:
"I borrowed a lot of money to pay for that first piano. It was in constant danger of getting repossessed."
On the business end:
"We got a business manager who explained we needed to borrow money to pay taxes."
On 550 Music's (a division of Sony Music Entertainment) promotion of the single "Brick":
"They treated 'Brick' like 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn': Release two rockers, then a power ballad. And it worked."
On signing to a major label:
"It was a relief. It meant I didn't have to move my piano anymore."
On working as a producer:
"I like being the producer when I'm brining to life something that wouldn't be music otherwise. The Nick Hornby collaboration, for instance."
On certain of his works being considered "novelty" or a joke:
"My biggest frustration is the words 'novelty song.' I don't know what that means."
On Elliott Smith, with whom he toured (and whom Booker briefly managed):
"He's such a great songwriter technically. He was trying to write Beatles songs, and people heard him for what he was, which was desperate."
Odds and ends:
"I was writing waltzes about Howard Cosell and stuff."
"We got a tour manager who'd worked for Slayer."
"We spent money on a producer; we liked his name, Stiff Johnson."
"After 'Brick,' I started pulling favors. Like, 'OK, I want to make a spoken-word record with William Shatner.'"
"Rivers [Cuomo, of Weezer] was off on an island somewhere, laying in the sun. I think that's where he got the song."
"['Weird Al' Yankovic] is the most not-weird man I've ever met."
"One of my best friends is Bob Saget."
Folds performs tonight with the OKC Philharmonic at the Civic Center. Tickets are still available at the box office and online at
. "
The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective
" is out now.
by Matt Carney
11.03.2011 2 years ago
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OKS Chatter: Future Islands
The indie-lit popsters' singer talks songwriting, Wye Oak and pent-up aggression.
In case it isn't clear from Future Islands singer Sam Herring's unabashedly outward and dramatic performances, he recently underlined the fact that his band is all about applying their art-school convictions to infectious music over the phone.
"We're a synth-pop band," he said. "And yet we're trying to add our own voice to the conversation. What do we as artists have to put into this?"
While there's nothing in contemporary pop music that can claim similarity to Herring's guttural, direct register, Gerrit Welmer's keyboard melodies float high and clear above the guitars and drum machine sounds, just the way you'd expect from a great New Wave band that pours emotive, literary lyrics over pulsing, Joy Division rhythms (see "
Vireo's Eye
They're playing at Opolis tonight, but OKSee caught up with Herring last week to discuss fellow Baltimoreans Wye Oak, songwriting and just why they sound so aggressive.
Where are you guys on the road right now?
We're just leaving Pittsburgh right now on our way to Cleveland. It's a short drive, so we got an amazing breakfast and we just actually got out of the Warhol Museum.
Tell me about the music scene in Baltimore right now, because it seems to be teeming with experimentation in a whole lot of different styles, not just one or two. There are guys like you,
Wye Oak
and band I happened across a couple of months ago called
Small Sur
that are all just wonderful and fearless and different.
One of the things that's beautiful about the scene there is the variation in the music people are making. In our group of friends, it's not like people are making music that's comparable to us necessarily. The thing that unifies everybody the most is the want to play and support each other, to see what others are doing, and to get inspired off of that. We've been told that by a lot of musicians and friends.
That's the beauty of the community. There's a lot of genuine curiosity. In some scenes they're known for a certain sound, but in Baltimore ... if you look at the band's coming out of there, it's all very different and I think what runs common through them is their hard work.
I don't know if it's because it's a small enough city that there's a collective consciousness-type thing — like in New York where you've got 10 bands doing this sound, 10 bands doing that sound, and 10 bands doing another sound — maybe there is a bit of that art-school mentality where people are adding to the conversation instead of canning things. It's a healthy competition. Everybody's very supportive. It makes us a stronger scene.
I saw Jenn Wasner from Wye Oak contributed vocals to your album. She's played here in the OKC area like three times in the last five or six months, and I still wish I could see them more.
They're amazing. They play real hard.
Agreed. What'd she bring to "The Great Fire" that you can't hear on the track?
The song was written and then, after playing it live a few times, we decided that it might be nice to bring in a female vocal as a new dynamic. I got the guys' blessing to ask Jenn if she was up for it. She was really excited.
I sent her the song and said, "I want you to sing the second verse and then follow me on the choruses. Do you want to rewrite the second verse? What works for you?" and she said, "No, I like the verse, I like the words." It was her idea to intertwine the vocals so it'd sound like they were shadowing each other, which I think was beautiful. She brings a softer side to what I think people imagine we're like. I toned down my vocals to let her be the strong character.
She lifted that song with her vocals. We went into the studio, she sang it a couple times and I asked if she could do a sonic scale at the end and she just blew it away. I think she did five or six takes and me and Chester, our producer, were sitting in the other room just jumping up and down, high-fiving each other like "This is gonna be awesome!"
Now I kinda sing the lines the way she sings them, 'cause I like the way she does it better. It was a lot of fun.
It doesn't sound too much to me like you guys write lyrics while strumming a guitar or playing a piano. Walk me through your process.
Some songs come along easier than others. Right now, we're working on a new song and I'm workshopping it and playing with melodies, but that's only one out of three songs where I take a couple days on it to try to figure out what I'm trying to say.
Oftentimes, it is pretty much just us sitting in a room, with Gerrit playing keyboard or piano or organ, and William plucking a bass, with me just sitting back and seeing if anything happens, seeing what words pop up. Sometimes Gerrit will come up with a really strong song structure and then William and I will work on our respective parts to go with it.
I enjoy writing like that because I feel like it's a really solid process. It's however they pop up, and they yield different results. I think it's good to have variations in writing styles and seeing what happens.
Usually, I'll feel out the music for myself, see where it takes me and freely write fine melodies that speak to me. And like I said, sometimes they come really easy — I'm like, "How did I write that?" — and then there's other songs where I'm like, "I know exactly how I wrote that: I fought over those two lines for days and days and days trying to decide if it was bullshit or not. Or if it was worth it, or if I was taking a chance, or if I was taking too much of a chance, those kinds of things."
You have to be a critic as well as an artist. You have to trust it when you're right on point, questioning if you're doing something new, or if you're using a cliché for yourself or against yourself. I think there's a lot to be said for talking about clichés. I love to flip a cliché. Like, "I'm going to make this mine."
All these songs on "In Evening Air" sound really tense in that all the aggression and drama seems subterranean. It's not always easily evident, and it's not angry either. Why is that?
In telling a good story and allowing a buildup of tension, then breaking that ... the punk aesthetic's a big part of us, from way back. We've always made music with whatever means were possible, and we've done it hard, done it sweaty and done it dirty.
There is that force, but I'd chalk it up to building tension within a song, because it's gripping. I really want to grab people onstage. Not physically, but I want the performance to be gripping and to affect. We want to move people physically and emotionally. If we can get one of those it's great, and if we can get both, it's amazing. Having that catharsis is the goal.
Long Flight
" is the perfect example of that, where it's just kinda smooth, there's this repetition, then the second verse which is a little bit heavier, some repetition, then the third verse and the last chorus just breaks everything — it's all out. While it builds to this climax of force and anger, we're also letting go of it all. That's what it's like in writing — especially for me — writing a song so you can understand certain aspects of myself, so I can put it out, I can perform that song and build to that release.
Or I don't know, maybe Gerrit and William have a lot of rage inside of them that I don't know about.
Future Islands play Opolis Friday, supported by fellow Baltimoreites Ed Schrader's Music Beat and Mike and Mike. Their third full-length album, "
In Evening Air
," is out now.
by Matt Carney
11.04.2011 2 years ago
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VOTD: Ida-who?
Watch meek-voiced Idahoan Trevor Powers (aka Youth Lagoon) give a powerful in-studio performance.
Pitchfork's often criticized for its enormous sway on consumers, which — from time to time, whether intentionally or without intention — it wields to blow bands up (see: Broken Social Scene) or completely and viciously implode them.
Having nabbed Pitchfork's "Best New Music" accolade on its recent debut, "
The Year of Hibernation
barely legal Youth Lagoon most definitely qualifies as the latter, and deservedly so. Watch this beautifully lit video for the song "July," where Powers draws you in with his airy mumbles and plinky piano playing before ratcheting up the drama into a kick-drum-powered funeral march.
I've been listening to this guy's album for a few weeks now and can verify that several songs on it go from frail to triumphant in mere, wonderful moments. "Posters" and "Afternoon" both get capped by welcome dance beats, the production all fuzzed out and swirling around them. It's a great record about growing up, and I'm excited to say I'll be seeing him in Denton, Texas, next week.
Watch "July" over at Pitchfork
by Matt Carney
11.04.2011 2 years ago
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OKS Chatter: Boris
Turning Japanese? Do you really think so? Then head over to ACM@UCO tonight for Boris!
Boris — whose repertoire includes everything from heavy metal to pop to art punk — may hail from Tokyo, but its roaring sound is rarely lost in translation. The Japanese trio has been churning out solid tunes for nearly 20 years, at first through their own label (the hilariously named Fangs Anal Satan) and more recently on stoner-metal label Southern Lord.
The band made its first big splash stateside with the release of 2005's critically acclaimed "Pink" and carried that momentum forward with four studio albums from 2006 to 2008 and an eruption of new material in 2011 that made its way onto three full records: "New Album," "Heavy Rocks" and "Attention Please."
Boris has steadily toured the U.S. for well over a decade — including a major gig supporting Nine Inch Nails in 2008 — and it's right in the midst of its latest run of dates, which included an appearance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin on Sunday.
The band makes a stop tonight at the ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan, the site of the former Green Door. Through an interpreter, drummer Atsuo took the time to talk about being workaholics, mixtapes and Boris' label as a Japanese heavy-metal act.
You guys have been playing together for almost 20 years now. How have you evolved and improved the most over that time?
We've just been learning who we are and how big we are in terms of what our capacity is. Who you are and who you think you are. We've learned a lot, but at the end, we just realize who we are.
You released three studio albums this year. What led you guys to wanting to cram that much new music into a single year rather than spreading it out?
We are just being total workaholics. After tours, we always just want to get back to the studio and start recording. We had a tour before this big American tour, and we've already made 20 songs between them. It's just how we roll.
What about each of these albums are you most proud of? What do you think you did best on each one?
There was an unreleased album, in our minds, that was meant for 2009. That album led to the two albums — "Attention Please" and "Heavy Rocks" — and "New Album" was a sort of combination of those two. We wanted the audience to hear between the lines or albums or songs the different arrangements. If the audience can enjoy the difference and decide what they like better and ask questions about that to themselves, that was our goal.
Music doesn't have answers. The industry has always been trying to give answers, like we are trying to do this or trying to do that. Listening to bootlegs and mixtapes or different sources of the same song, the definition of the song expands between the takes. Everybody should open their mind to realize that sometimes there is no answer and the searching itself is the fun thing, not knowing the answer. That's what we were trying to express through those albums.
You are probably best known for your heavier, metal stuff, but you play a lot of different of styles of music. What keeps you from committing to any one genre and what makes you want to explore those different sounds?
To us, the genre, the word itself, it's whatever. We don't care. It's just a word. Every time we come to America, we are described as a Japanese heavy-metal band, and we're like, "We don't care." It's whatever they want to call us. Putting someone into a genre is the easiest thing you can do.
How are the crowds in Japan and the U.S. different?
We strongly feel that American culture is nothing like what we have in Japan. There are not that much support systems to do touring there, and the venues are just completely different. It's a club where you go listen to the music, but no one hangs out or drinks or socialize in the club at all. That difference is making touring in America much better.
What sort of plans do you have for the near future in terms of new music?
We're confused with how the industry is taking us. These days, people think music is free. Maybe that has to change or there's no more physical records or anything like that. We'll just have to see.
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by Joshua Boydston
11.07.2011 2 years ago
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VOTD: Sigur rush
Watch seven and a half gorgeous minutes of Sigur Rós' soon-to-screen concert film, 'Inni.'
If this black-and-white beauty is any indication of the artistry of Vincent Morisset's upcoming concert documentary about Iceland's best-known post-rock band, Sigur Rós, then I may just sell everything I own and buy a one-way plane ticket to Reykjavík after finally seeing this thing.
The song is "Festival" from the album "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust." The film, "Inni," shows tomorrow at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, and focuses exclusively on the band's performance, according to
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/28814716">Sigur Rós: Festival (Live)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/sigurros">Sigur Rós</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> </body></html>
For more about Morisset, who identifies himself as a "web-friendly director," watch this interview with him in Barcelona from earlier this year.
by Matt Carney
11.08.2011 2 years ago
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OKS Chatter: Reptar
Oddball five-piece Reptar rawrs its way into your heart.
an early day set at this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival
, I caught the Athens, Ga.-based Reptar hosting a big party at one of the smaller stages, plopping synth melodies and jumping around onstage while encouraging the audience — that really didn't need the prompting — to join them.
I later caught up with synth player Ryan Engleberger and multi-instrumentalist Graham Ulicny to talk about the band's hometown, extroversion and why its debut EP is named "Oblange Fizz Y'all."
What's the music scene in Athens like right now?
Athens is really interesting, because there's this constant tension between people like Graham and I, who are townies who moved there because there's a lot to offer that isn't related to the University of Georgia. Then there's the U of Georgia side that's Andrew and William. We actually represent a pretty good merger of townies and school kids.
Sometimes people who write for publications take sides and create divisions when there aren't really any. But we all play with each other. It's hard not to be influenced by one side, if you're the other.
What's each side specifically known for?
I think the stereotype is that the townies are a little weirder. Then the UGA side is frattier.
Explain the title of your EP. Because I don't know how to pronounce or what the hell it means.
The title is actually a combination of a couple of ancient, now-defunct languages. And also English. You can find "fizz" in the Oxford English Dictionary. To fizz. To have fizzed. Having been fizzed.
Graham Ulicny:
Desperately want to fizz. To fizz oblangley.
Right. "Oblangle" is a combination of words from ancient languages. There's a symbol from a Mayan word, a Latin word and not Czech, but a precursor to Czech. There's a combination of that, the deep linguistic studies we all do. I think mostly, it's just from the sonic, train-of-thought conversations we have that don't always make sense, but have to do with us making sounds and reciting things that we maybe have half-learned before. It just kinda came up.
Did you guys study linguistics in school?
I totally made that up. I studied Latin for a bit, I guess.
Why do you guys go full steam ahead into synthesizer-driven melodies?
I think the melody-heavy part is because of pop songs. Pop songs are all about melody. We wanted experimental elements, but mostly we want to record songs that people will listen to and enjoy, you know? We want to mess with them and take them out of their comfort zone, but in order for them to get into it, there has to be a good melody. Graham studied jazz, and it's all about melody. A lot of really complicated stuff spins out of that, but that's the basis.
It's about a communal experience. There's a lot of ways to enjoy music in a crowd, but we're always looking to encourage people to be extroverted. And the best way to do that is to have something relatable, like a melody. And energy onstage.
And you guys are nothing if not extroverted, onstage.
We try.
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by Matt Carney
11.09.2011 2 years ago
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VOTD: Road trip!
Watch Milagres put on a mobile show before their date with Opolis last month.
Probably the single thing I regret most from the month of October was going home for the night instead of sticking around Opolis to hear
' harmonic indie goodness. So far, this month's biggest regret is virtually the same: I ditched out on the
Future Islands
show, again, to catch up on my Zs.
As much as I love hearing live music, not being a zombie is also very important to me.
Getting to reprise my role as a sound guy and ride around in Jonathan Fowler's "VDub Sessions" Vanagon with Milagres and the namesake of
Peter Wolf Crier
was a more-than-nice consolation prize, however, and the song "Halfway" even managed to latch its irresistible hooks into my brain, which has since been unable to dislodge them.
As always, Nathan Poppe's "VDub Sessions" work is terrific. We even managed not to crash the van, although some poor freshman — admit it, you did it the first month you lived in Norman, too — drove the wrong way down Gray Street mid-performance. Almost everybody in the band noticed, including the singer for Milagres, which earns them all bonus points for performing under duress. Watch:
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No input, but was thinking the same thing.
A lot of stocks I was thinking of buying have just kept going down...gigm comes to mind. HK has been very friendly to me though.
Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
I throw out Motorola at $8 or so, just not sure many are low but some are just dogs.
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GM might go out of Bussiness, they are in Trouble.
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Im no stock wizard by any stretch of the imagination but if I were in the market I wouldnt hesitate to buy some GM stock. GM is a monster company and has been around for a loooong time. I have a real hard time thinking they will go quietly into the night. News out for last quarter - even tho they lost money, they lost less than Toyota. I think theyll pull it together and get things fixed and while they may not ever be back on top, I dont doubt theyll be a major player again.
So I think that for a LONG TERM investment, a bunch of $10 GM shares would be a good idea.
Ford not so much. Theyre losing money hand over fist yet show no signs of doing anything to fix it. Theyre cars are still boring and theyre trucks are still falling apart. I dont see this with GM or even Chrysler for that matter.
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At a total stock value of 6-7 Billion, a similar output to Toyota (160 Billion), long term and well known marks and branding, it's a dog, but an attractive one. If it goes to $8 there's little room to fall, and any talks of buyout/bailout would give you the get-out-bump. Long term it could be very interesting. The Volt might not suck.
When you think about how cheap the dollar is...$8.00-10.00 a share doesn't sound like a bad buy.
My uncle,who is 83 years old right now,retired from GM several years ago...He was a lead design engineer...worked on the Lemans and the GTO projects.
He had aquired a huge amount of stock in his 30+years,worth $80-90 bucks a share at one time...he always called the Co. "Generous Motors"
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"It was the scariest thing that's ever happened," Nellie Gail Ranch resident Kim Crane said Tuesday night.
She was recalling her encounter with a squad of student runners on the exclusive community's horse trails.
"Last season, a large group of runners caused our horse to rear and nearly kick a student in the head," Crane said. When Crane then told the students about the dangers of running on horse trails and asked them to use a nearby sidewalk, they declined, she added.
On Tuesday, Crane asked the Saddleback Valley Unified school board to ban cross-country team training on Nellie Gail Ranch horse trails, which are marked as private property.
A marathon runner herself, Crane said there are many other options for cross-country practice.
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Susan Jann won the quiz show Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Her three-day winnings total $53,800.
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Summary: Some traditional songs from Mexico that should appeal to young children of all cultures.
Children love to sing silly songs. Here are three traditional songs from Mexico with catchy tunes and silly lyrics that should appeal to young children. All three songs appear in Florence Botsford's 1922 book Folk Songs of Many Peoples (Volume 2), and so are considered to be in the public domain in the U.S.


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Prior to Sundays breakout performance, it was beginning to look like Dexter McCluster might be headed toward another long, frustrating season.
Through three games, the Chiefs undeniably speedy return man/slot receiver a former second-round pick who only scored five total during his first three years in the league had caught a grand total of six passes for 58 yards. That put him on pace to finish well behind his underwhelming 2012 numbers (52 catches for 452 yards).
Whats more, aside from a 36-yard punt return in the season opener against Jacksonville, hed also failed to make much of an impact on special teams, even muffing a kick return attempt against Philadelphia.
Still, special teams coach Dave Toub never lost faith. He mentioned to reporters last Thursday that McCluster had been close to breaking a few big ones, something he apparently told Chiefs coach Andy Reid as well.
Dave will tell ya, we're like one block or one step away from getting one, Reid said Monday. I've heard that the last couple weeks.
But on Sunday, McCluster made Toub look like a prophet. His darting, dynamic, 89-yard punt return which featured a spin move and more jukes than a vintage Barry Sanders run not only turned the tide in the Chiefs 31-7 victory, it also thrilled the Arrowhead Stadium crowd, wowed teammates and coaches and instantly became McClusters single greatest highlight since 2010, when he returned a punt 94 yards for a touchdown as a rookie.
Dex took that thing to the crib, tight end Sean McGrath said. You could feel the swing.
Not a bad achievement for a guy who returned only two punts last season.
He hit it like he hit it in practice, receiver Dwayne Bowe said. We told him once he hits like that, nobody can stop him.
Bowe essentially said the return reminded him of something Dante Hall famously nicknamed the Human Joystick might have done during his heyday with the Chiefs.
Human Joystick part 2, Bowe said. We were actually on the sideline moving with him as he was juking and making defenders miss. Hes a heck of a player. He did his thing out there today.
Reid was also impressed with the return, saying his moves were phenomenal and something special. However, he was just as happy with McClusters production on offense, where he was targeted five times and caught a season-high five passes for 48 yards, including three third-down conversions.
The ones that jump out at you are the third-down catches, Reid said. Those were all reads that he and the quarterback had to be on the same page with.
Quarterback Alex Smith said he never has to worry about McCluster bringing juice to the offense.
Hes the guy that brings so much energy, not just to special teams but offense for us. Hes a difference-maker and the guy thats got a really unique toolset. He really helped us; he moved the chains.
The Chiefs hope hes also primed to deliver on all the promise hes shown in spurts, and if he does, perhaps his punt-return touchdown will be remembered as the jumping-off point.
But in the aftermath of Sundays game, no one was really thinking about all that, least of all McCluster. He grinned in the locker room while speaking to reporters, happy to do his part in helping the Chiefs go 4-0 thanks to a highlight-reel return that speaks not only to his talent but his potential.
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Suddenly there's a third, and a fourth, bar on the once-forlorn 400 block of Gay. Things are looking up for that problematic block; 20 years ago it seemed too big and woebegone to revive.
The bad news is that the 400 block's most unusual destination is closing this week. The extremely unusual print shop known as Yee-Haw—famous for its flagrantly droll posters and T-shirts, many of them made with 19th-century equipment—played a role in downtown's redevelopment over the last 15 years.
Back during the debates about what to do with Market Square, when some were proposing reorienting downtown mainly for tourists and suburban shoppers, theme-park style, the word "organic" kept popping up as an alternative. Organic described businesses that are attracted to downtown without artificial inducement. Yee-Haw, a beautiful weed sprouting on an otherwise desolate block, was the handiest example. Yee-Haw made its own way as an organic development, and, to some, suggested a model for what downtown Knoxville in the 21st century should look like.
I wish my friend Kevin Bradley well in California. We'll miss his clashing plaids and quart-jar kimchi. It's a lot more fun, I've been told, to be a Southerner when you're not in the actual South. I hope his Cas Walker riffs gain a whole new audience in Los Angeles.
Back on the 400 block, the gods are intervening, doing their best to be compensate for the loss. As Yee-Haw closes, two distinctive new bars are opening a few steps down the sidewalk on either side.
One's called the Sky Bar & Grill, a two-level place said to specialize in whiskey and vodka. The other, maybe Knoxville's first bar specializing in high-gravity beer, is called Suttree's.
Over the years, we've seen vague gestures toward naming something for the title character of Cormac McCarthy's 1979 Knoxville novel, the disaffected young man who turned his back on family and class to live in a leftover houseboat moored to a riverfront shantytown. A Suttree Park was provisionally approved for the slow-growing south-side development. This is the closest any homage has ever come to fruition.
"I just liked the name," says proprietor Matt Pacetti. "I loved the book, and it seemed appropriate." One of the most familiar staffers at Downtown Wine + Spirits next door, he'll be running the place with his wife, Anne Ford. It'll be a simple beer-oriented bar, he says, the only bar downtown that concentrates mainly on quality beer, especially the high-gravity (and high-alcohol) beer of the sort they sell at the liquor store next door. It's beer for sipping, not guzzling. (They'll offer "low-grav," too. Matt explains that low-grav beer is what you can buy at Kroger.)
Word has reportedly gotten back to the former Knoxvillian author who, at 78, is enjoying his non-retirement outside of Santa Fe. We're told he wishes them well.
Of course, in the novel, the beer of choice in every downtown dive is Red Top Ale, the Cincinnati beer to which many Knoxville men were loyal in the 1940s and '50s. Alas, that brewery went out of business long ago, and even Matt can't get it anymore. Harold's Deli used to display a can of it behind the counter. But high-gravity stuff seems like the sort of thing Suttree characters would appreciate. Despite its reputation as the funniest of McCarthy's novels, Suttree is kind of a high-gravity book.
Meanwhile, Random House's new edition of Suttree is out, and its cover doesn't sit well with some of the book's biggest fans. The 1979 book, considered by some to be Cormac McCarthy's darkly comic masterpiece, is the most densely Knoxvillian of all novels. Other novels have Knoxville settings, but Suttree is intimately about Knoxville, its sidewalks and alleys, shantytowns and jumbled architecture. We don't look to it for flattery. Suttree is a literary colonoscopy, an unblinking investigation of Knoxville's nether regions. More than three quarters of the novel is set in the downtown area, under bridges, on sidewalks, in bars. It's not a favorable picture, unless you're a reporter: McCarthy makes the old town sound as fascinating as Bangkok.
Different publishers around the world have struggled with that particular cover image. Suttree's previous U.S. cover shows the silhouette of a railroad bridge over a river. A Spanish version shows dead trees by a shore. An old Vintage paperback shows a surrealistic scene, a rowboat floating above the surface of a swampy river, with factories and bridges in the background. My favorite may be a French edition, a hyperrealistic photograph of two rough noir characters in black and white, like sleepy hit men in an old nouvelle vague film.
At first, this locally controversial new edition's cover art looks like an abstract design. But look closer. It's a wheat field. Flat land, golden grain, no trees or buildings in sight. Maybe, in the background, a twister a-brewin'.
A wheat field! Suttree includes lots of unusual and visually striking scenes: sleazy old hotels, grilled-cheese diners, subterranean sewers, a tavern boat, a bar with fishbowls for beer glasses, a voodoo queen's hutch, and, more than once, old Market Square. No wheat fields. There's a brief scene in a watermelon patch. It doesn't concern the title character. Granted, it's one scene folks do like to talk about. But watermelon patches don't look much like wheat fields.
If the artist had ever visited Knoxville, he might have gleaned that billowing wheat is a rarity here. It might also have profited him to read the book. But a lot of artists, I've found, don't much like to read, and that's a big part of why they went into art. Often they're perfectly nice people.
But as weird as it seems, it's too easy to imagine his thought processes. Knoxville, hmm. Tennessee, hmm. That old Tennessee country-comedy TV show, Hee-Haw, hmm. Wheat fields: Sa-Lute! There's our idea.
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Hmmm…perhaps the "Suttree" cover designer confused Knoxville, Tennessee with Knoxville, Iowa.
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Somewhere in the gray wood by the river is the cover art critic and in the brooming corn and the casttelated press of cities. His critique lies all wheres and his criticisms tire not. I have seen them in a dream, slaverous and wild and their eyes crazed with ravening for readership to this rag. Fly them.
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by Sarah Einselen
LOGANSPORT — To untrained eyes, "A Portrait of Oscar Wilde" looks like a world atlas with a purple cover and a matching box.
But the rare book, currently on loan to The Learning Center south of Logansport, is one of only a few known facsimile editions of a set of Oscar Wilde's manuscripts and jottings.
It will be the featured piece in an upcoming reception at The Learning Center, along with 25 to 30 other exemplars of rare books.
The June 9 reception will kick off a summer gallery showing titled "Rare, unique and deluxe books: An introduction to book collecting."
The show will run through July 7. Those interested in attending the show, open during the center's normal Monday through Saturday hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., should call 574-753-5783 for an appointment and directions to the center.
Besides holding an annual educational event, the center also hosts
10 to 25 students and researchers per week.
"Portrait" is scheduled to remain at the center for six weeks. Then it will go to one location on the West Coast and another on the East Coast before its owner, Pamela Ferland, sells it.
Charles Ferland, Pamela's husband and fellow book collector from Danielson, Conn., admits the couple won't keep the book because they "can't afford to. The insurance will be quite high."
Neither he nor Sam Combs, director of the educational library and digital archive on the old Anoka Road south of Logansport, would disclose the book's value.
Despite never having met Combs in person, Charles described him as a trusted friend. The Ferlands have donated rare books to Combs' learning center in the past, but they weren't as valuable as this one.
This time, the Ferlands shipped the book to Combs only to discover exactly what it was.
Combs spent about a month doing "provenance" work on "Portrait"
— researching the history of that particular volume. He determined that it is a facsimile of several of Wilde's manuscripts and letters, some in his wife Constance's handwriting, that once belonged to a wealthy Brazilian woman.
"I've seen nine Gutenberg Bibles," Combs said. "That's the one experience that thrilled me more than this."
The original compilation of manuscripts and letters is owned by the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.
The Brazilian-born philanthropist, Lucia Moreira Salles, donated the originals to the Morgan in the fall of 2008, according to the website for the library and museum. But before doing so, Combs said, she had several copies made and inserted into volumes alongside transcriptions so Wilde's handwriting could be deciphered.
She gave those volumes to friends and libraries, as was customary among wealthy book collectors. The purple book that the Ferlands sent Combs appears to be one of them.
Combs thinks around five of the books are in private hands, including Pamela Ferland's, but he doesn't know for sure who else has copies. He's aware of no more than 30 copies.
According to the international WorldCat library database, 20 libraries in the United States, England and Germany hold identical facsimiles of the Wilde letters. The catalog entry for the book states that 525 copies were printed, signed and numbered by Moreira Salles and Wilde scholar Merlin Holland, who wrote the book's introduction.
The books were printed privately in Verona, Italy, and bound in Milan.
They were finished just before Moreira Salles died in January 2009.
Ferland and his wife, Pamela, noticed the volume at a charity fundraiser in Connecticut last fall. It was on a table set aside for rare books. The Ferlands had to wear white gloves to handle the books there.
"I was attracted by the binding more than anything else," Charles said. The royal purple fabric covering the hardback book is a rare marker of fine bookbinding. Other indicators of quality — the personalized copyright page and the matching clamshell box it came in — gave him and Pamela clues that the book was more than an interesting find.
"As soon as I saw it, I said, 'we've got to get that book,'" he recalled.
"Pam looked at it, and she knows more about Oscar Wilde than I do, and she said, 'This is special.'"
• Sarah Einselen is a staff reporter for the Pharos-Tribune. She can be reached at 574-732-5151 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Super Mario Galaxy 2
The Star Festival is in full flow as falling stars shower down on the Mushroom Kingdom once again. Princess Peach invites Mario to watch the festival at her castle, but en route he comes across a Luma who takes a shine to him and dives into his hat to hide, giving him the Spin move powers. Before he reaches the castle, Mario is concerned to see that a gigantic Bowser, super-sized from harnessing the power from the stars, is attacking and capturing Peach. As Bowser escapes, Mario launches into outer space in pursuit. Cue an incredible mission in outer space – to save the Princess and bring peace back to the Mushroom Kingdom!
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is jam-packed with new features, including new ways to travel around the galaxies, brand new Mario suits, an enhanced co-operative mode, a Cosmic Guide – and a hungrier-than-ever Yoshi.


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Glasgow High School tied for a ranking of 15 out of the 231 high schools in Kentucky for the 2012-13 academic year, according to state statistics.
"We're extremely proud of that," Principal Keith Hale said.
The Unbridled Learning accountability results have the high schools ranked according to an overall score that takes a handful of factors into consideration.
From the Daily Times' coverage area, the next highest ranking was Monroe County at 42nd, and from all surrounding counties, South Warren and Greenwood were at 18th and 36th, respectively.
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Americans are deeply immersed in what I think of as "heroic consciousness." Whether it takes the popular forms of John Wayne and Rambo or their female equivalents in the movies, there is a deeply held cultural embrace of conquering difficulties, solving problems, succeeding against all odds.
I think this is wonderful. It has been partially responsible for the U.S. being at the lead in innovations and entrepreneurship, and made possible marvelous achievements in technology, sports, culture, business and about every realm of human activity. And still....it is a partial truth.
The fuller truth, I believe, is that we never fully succeed in anything, we never completely conquer anything, we never completely master anything. John Gottman, a couples researcher who has tracked some couples over 30 years, found that 69% of all problems in a marriage remain unresolved, no matter how diligently the couple works at them. This jives with my personal and professional experience, which suggests that no one person ever finishes with an issue that bedevils him or her. It is true it will be improved, it is true it will bother the person less, it is true it won't cause the same level of problems as before. But it will not go away, no matter how many years of therapy, how many weekend workshops, or how many self help books are consumed.
Kind of depressing, no? Well, only if you view life solely through the lens of heroic consciousness, whereby there would be something wrong with us for not being more successful in succeeding in something we work so hard at.
So how can we see this in a way which is not a cause for depression? I think we can if we re-frame our field of vision along a few parameters.
The first re-frame, and one which I've spoken of with regards to marriage as well, is that our goal in life should not be happiness, but wholeness. Wholeness includes brokenness, imperfection, frustrations, the whole gamut of being human. If we strive for some mental conception of happiness based on what we perceive we need to change about ourselves, a form of "nip and tuck" to our psyches, we will be on a treadmill of exhausting self improvement, and the faster we run to achieve the more tired we will get without really getting anywhere.
The second re-frame, and again this is just my opinion, is that we need to think of ourselves as souls living in bodies, rather than personalities we get to air brush into beauty. Thinking of ourselves as souls living in bodies, which is fully consonant with living lives of wholeness, shifts the perspective in both breadth and depth.
In terms of breadth, it means we think in terms of lifetimes rather than years or months or days. We are here to learn lessons, we do our best to learn them, and we maintain a stance of humility that only so much is within our control and only so much is possible in the time allotted to us.
In terms of depth, the notion of a soul in a body gives primacy to something deeper than the material and the surface, deeper than the body and deeper than material definitions of success. In sickness and in health, in life and -- yes, in death, we are much more than our bodies and much more than our paychecks, square feet of housing, style of car, or whiteness of teeth.
From this vantage point, our struggles can be thought of as something one of my teachers refers to as our "spiritual curriculum" rather than the bad luck or mistakes we need to get away from. So make friends with your baggage and your issues. They're here to stay. It's more about developing a relationship with them than it is trying to eliminate them.
Next week: "Beauty and the Beast" as a psychological lesson.
Do you have a question about struggles with your partner or within yourself? Is there a particular topic on relationships or individual psychological issues you would like addressed in this blog? Ask Josh in the comments below or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Pets in Wills and Trusts
October 26, 2011 by Kyle Courtney
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Mahatma Gandhi said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." In today's society, our pets are treated more and more like true members of the family.
Pet owners will spend about $10 billion for veterinary care in 2008. In 2001, $28.5 billion was spent providing for companion animals. All this expenditure comes from the love and care that people have for the pet family member. And much like any important member of the family, many pet owners are planning for the eventualities regarding the future care of their beloved pet.
Pet Caregivers
In the legal field there has been a movement towards estate planning devices designed specifically to address the care of a pet in the case of the caregiver's incapacity and death. According to some sources, between 12% and 27% of pet owners include their pets in their estate planning, including wills.
Under the current law, you cannot leave money to your pet in your will. A pet is considered property under the law, and you can't leave property to property. If you do, a court may find the pet clause to be void, and the money will go to another beneficiary in the will. The pet's status may be left in limbo.
However, you still may be able to provide for your pet after you are gone. You can always formally bequeath you're your pet to a family member or trusted friend that has agreed to take on the responsibility. This would be introduced as a valid pet clause in your will. Furthermore, you should always name a replacement caretaker for your pet in case there has been a change in circumstances.
Pet Trusts
Another method of providing for your pet is the pet trust. Trusts are considered by some experts as the most predictable and reliable method to provide for a pet animal. A pet trust names a caretaker, or trustee, to manage money specifically for the pet's care. Many high-profile individuals have died with significant provisions in their trusts for the benefit of their pets. For example, last winter Trouble, the fluffy white Maltese of "The Queen of Mean" Leona Helmsley, passed away after years of being the world's richest dog. Mrs. Helmsley, who died in 2007, left the dog $12 million in a trust for its care. After Mrs. Helmsley's death, the dog was cared for by Carl Lekic, the general manager of the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel.
Singer Dusty Springfield made provisions in favor of her cat, Nicholas to be fed imported baby food. Also, Doris Duke, the sole heir to Baron Buck Duke who built Duke University and started the American Tobacco Company, left $100,000 in trust for the benefit of her pet poodle, Minnie. However, not every state allows pet trusts. You should carefully check the laws of your state, or consult with an attorney.
For over a century, U.S. pet owners have tried to provide for a wide variety of animals, including dogs, cats, parrots, horses, burros, and chimpanzees. The law has acknowledged that a decedent's pets may be her closest friends, companions, and even "sole immediate family." Let's make sure to provide properly for their future.
About The Contributor: Kyle Courtney, a lawyer, works at Harvard law School, and has two cats and two rabbits.


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(Update) Breaking: Obama campaign pushes the panic button in Pennsylvania
"On Monday November 5, President Clinton will campaign in Pittsburgh and Scranton as well as hold two events in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
This is OFA's top surrogate. Four stops in Pennsylvania the day before the election.
Any questions who's winning?
Romney up 4 in Pennsylvania in release of new poll tonight. Susquehanna is the pollster that nailed Toomey winning his Senate victory on the nose and predicted Tom Corbett's win within two points.
Correction: The link that I got to that poll was through Twitchy which linked to the Erie County Pennsylvania GOP office citing this poll. I thought this was odd because I had seen an article on Hot Air stating that Susquehanna would release its final poll in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on Sunday. The pollster's director, Jim Lee, informed that this was inaccurate and related to the poll that was released about 3 weeks go. The final poll will indeed come out on Sunday in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review which the director hinted that shows a tighter race, probably indicating a smaller Romney lead. Susquehanna has come out with its final poll of the PA Senate race today showing Bob Casey Jr. up 1, 46-45.
Interesting tweet to Jay Cost cited in that Battleground Watch post.
@jaycosttws I am in Bucks Cty and got a call from OFA looking for volunteers to help Obama in the district.Playing catch up last minute
— Mary Sue (@RubySlipperblog)
Oh my. It looks like the Obama campaign has been caught flat-footed. If Organizing For America is just starting to rustle up volunteers, it is already too late. The momentum is already beyond their control. Romney is already booked to outspend Obama on the airwaves by a 4 to 1 margin in all the PA markets, including Philadelphia, and will be doing a campaign event in Bucks County which is a crucial portion of the Philadelphia suburbs. According to ground reports in Pennsylvania, the Romney ground game and volunteers are off the charts enthusiastic and are definitely believing they will win Pennsylvania. Obama has no time to buy ad time and very little money left with the lion's share of resources devoted to trying to hang on to Ohio. The New York Times and Ed Rendell are openly very worried about Pennsylvania. I remember a bolt out of the blue whiplash like this happening in the Coakley-Brown Massachusett's Senate race in 2010.


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Artwork filled the Macon Middle School hallway and art room on Monday evening. Creations from middle schoolers and some fifth graders were on display at an Art Show held prior to the middle school choir concert.
First, second and third place ribbons were awarded in both 2-D and 3-D projects for 6th, 7th and 8th grades. The 5th grade was not judged.
Art instructor Julie Smith said that a giraffe created by eighth graders Keitlin LaFaver was selected Best of Show.
Some of the mediums used by the students included: mixed media, gel pens, word art, print making, drawing, markers, water color, tempera paint, colored pencils and scratch boards.
Winners were:
6th grade 2-D - 1st, Hunter Propst; 2nd, Allison Roberts; 3rd, Case Murr.
6th grade 3-D - 1st, Dalton Fields; 2nd, Brenden Welch; 3rd, Carlee Wilt.
7th grade 2-D - 1st, Mikayla Arnold; 2nd, Spritea Beard; 3rd, Brayden Morgan.
7th grade 3-D - 1st, Hallie Wilt; 2nd, Mikayla Arnold; 3rd, Megan Cashatt.
8th grade 2-D - 1st, Keitlin LaFaver; 2nd, Haleigh Nerini; 3rd, Kallysta Frey.
8th grade 3-D - 1st, Louis Smith; 2nd, Hailey Nerini; 3rd, Zach Peterman.


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Even with power out and some roads still closed, many Rockland residents spent the early portion of their Tuesday heading to the polls.
Anne Lepori, of Piermont, had to take a detour to get to her polling place, at St. John's Church in Piermont, with portions of Piermont Ave. still closed due to the storm.
"I had to go up and around on Hudson Terrance to get here," she said. "It took a bit longer to get here than it normally would otherwise, but that's okay."
She added she felt it was important to come out and vote Tuesday since she votes every election.
Another Piermont resident, who did not want to give her name, said taking a little longer to get to the polling station was a "very tiny issue," especially when considering the devastation caused by the storm.
Making it easier for voters, Orange & Rockland restored power to five polling stations Monday night around midnight. The five locations without power prior to Monday night were Link Elementary School, Upper Nyack Elementary School, Liberty Elementary School, The Esplanade Palisades and New Square LP3 Community Room.
The only polling location that was closed on Tuesday was Woodglen Elementary School in New City. Voters scheduled to go there were told to vote at New City Elementary School.
Kim Jacobs, of New City, was originally supposed to vote at Woodglen, but found out via email two days ago the polling location was changed.
"It's no big deal," she said, adding she didn't consider even slightly not voting due to the change.
Will Winfrey, of Nyack, voted Tuesday at Living Christ Church and said things are getting back to normal after last week's storm. He said power at his house went back on Wednesday night and he didn't have any trouble at all getting to the polls on Tuesday.
"You've got to vote," he said. "The country's still in crisis and somebody's got to make something happen."