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The disappearing-message app Snapchat has been quietly structuring its business for a major new investment. Reports this week say that Snapchat is preparing to sell part of itself to soon-to-be public e-commerce giant Alibaba.
VC Experts, which researches private companies, reports that Snapchat made a regulatory filing Monday authorizing the sale of 17.4 million of its shares. That's somewhere between three and five percent of Snapchat, according to VC Experts analyst Justin Byers.
The most interesting part about the Snapchat filing is that it lists the price of its shares as $0.001. It's likely that Snapchat dialed down the price because it expects to be paid for its shares in Alibaba stock, not cash, after the Alibaba IPO, which is expected in September or later.
The big picture here is that Snapchat has seen its valuation rise dramatically in the past year. The rocket ride likely began around the time that Mark Zuckerberg made an unsuccessful $3 billion offer for the company last year. Analysts say that Snapchat is probably worth around $10 billion today.
Nor has Snapchat had any problem raising money. Just six months after its $60 million Series B round, raised another $55 million in December 2013. At the time, Snapchat's valuation was roughly $2 billion. How quickly opinions can change.
Snapchat is used primarily by people 25 years old and younger. Advertisers are hot for this demographic and have had a very hard time finding ways to reach it consistently.
The company, which has zero revenues today, also has indicated that it wants to get into the mobile payments business. Tying financial transactions to mobile messaging platforms seems to be a subject of intense interest for companies like Facebook, PayPal, and others.
Snapchat says that as of May, users were viewing more than a billion stories a day and sending more than 700 million "snaps" every day — twice the number of snaps that were being sent just last October.


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We had a lazy day yesterday, doing laundry, surfing the net and enjoying being in one spot for two days. Sweet.
And the day got even better when we met Norm and Harriet for a fab dinner. We met them through motorhoming and have become fast friends. We were glad they could squeeze us in before hitting the road themselves. Love you guys! See y'all in Florida in January for sure.
We hit the road today as well, driving about 300 miles to somewhere in Michigan. I am not being evasive…we just are not definite about where we will wind up. With it being a holiday weekend coming up, campgrounds may be pretty full. Our intent is to stay put and just do day trips in the 'toad.'
Can you believe this is the last day in June? Happy birthday to Dick's sister Carolyn, BTW! This year is flying by entirely too fast. Or maybe we are just too busy. Or something.
More miles and smiles!


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I met an old man in my wanderings,
with thin grey hair and pale aged eyes,
who smiled at me as we passed
through the kissing gate at the end
of the path down from the high town.
By his side a dog of indiscriminate
parentage, brown inquisitive face,
ragged ears, eyes as dark and deep
as waves which caress the old jetty.
His nose pushed into my hand, he
bestowed wet kisses on my fingers.
"Privileged creatures dogs - further
than a mere man would dare go
with a stranger." his master said.
He blew me a kiss and went away
whistling a sad haunting tune,
but his step was brisk and the set
of his head that of a happy man.
On a bank at the edge of a field
newly greened beneath the wall
of the old town, two hares boxed
on the March snow dusted turf.
They circled, hind legs erect,
feet en demi point, long ears
akimbo, front legs curved high
into the sky, two peasant dancers
in a dizzy rural pas de deux
whirling, bobbing, wheeling,
then subdued he bowed to her,
and docile followed after her.
I watched them, two brown
snowflakes, Eostre's children
who melted away invisible
among the old trees, their once
exuberant presence marked
only by faint tracks in the snow.
I stood at the open graveside
where the old man lay in his coffin,
his small brown dog beside me
long nose resting on brown paws.
'Eternal rest grant unto him
Light perpetual shine upon him'
The dog, sighing, licked my hand.
Together we walked the path
down from the old high town,
past the old dark forest where
young leverets sleep and play
and white wood anemones bloom.
On to the beach amongst the
blue sea holly and grey leafed kale
are two new March Hares running
headlong into the new spring sun.
Brown Dog barks, and chases
a flock of teetering sandpipers,
while I hold up my arms to
radiant Phoebus, dazzling symbolof Love and Light come again.


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|Frank Messina - by W. Murphy
In October, 2001, I was on tour in Europe, performing a string of spoken-word gigs in the U.K. including the London International Poetry and Song Festival, aka "The Lips Festival." It was just six weeks after the attacks of 9/11 and nerves were frayed. Although mostly sympathetic people greeted us in London, there were enough detractors to raise some eyebrows. A few antagonists clamored at the Hackney Empire Theater the night of our first show. And at least one clandestine and sinister individual pushed the envelope beyond a mere heckle from the audience.
Hmm, gee thanks.
And there it was: someone incensed by words enough to commit a crime. An unsettling experience, and perhaps more disturbing, I never heard back from authorities with a follow-up. But then again, poets and writers have a long history of being targeted for violence, intimidation and blackmail. Federico Garcia Lorca was killed by a fascist squad. And what about Salman Rushdie? Is he still in hiding? Well, I'm no Lorca and certainly no Rushdie.
However, being a poet means putting yourself out there, taking risks and being fearless. Even being the "Mets poet" has its dangers (thank you, Philly fans). After all, this is serious stuff. This is writing. This is our first amendment right in our beloved, imperfect and precious United States Constitution, something writers, and particularly journalists, arm themselves with in an attempt to grab a story and run with it, without fear.
A college English professor of mine told us a writer should make a fearless attempt at each genre: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, literary criticism, play writing and (gulp!) journalism.
So I wrote a few articles for an Italian newspaper, interviewing former New York governor Mario Cuomo and poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. It was fascinating work, making acquaintances with some amazing people. But as my career as a poet and performer became a primary focus, my attention toward journalism waned.
Now, after being the subject of many interviews over the years with the New York Times, BBC, PBS and the like, I thought about turning the tables. What if I became the interviewer? What if I attempted "investigative journalism," on my own time, just to see what I can come up with?
First, I began interviewing people I know: artists, poets, musicians, and art connoisseurs. Having a diverse range of acquaintances and friends, it wasn't hard to roll the tape. Soon, I amassed an enormous archive of interviews with some of the most intriguing minds of our time. But, a problem: these subjects all knew me. They were affable, accessible and willing to talk. They were too comfortable.
|Frank Messina - by Christian Hansen, NY Times
So, there he was, "Michael Wilson," an innocent enough sounding name, picked from a character in a story I wrote in high school. A pen name, like Mark Twain is to Samuel Clemens. And how many pen names did Ben Franklin have? At least eight, according to the Smithsonian Institution. Not bad company, I thought.
A bit challenging, "Wilson" had to pick a relevant subject. "Current," said my New York journalist friend.
"How about the art world?" said my soul-mate, a profoundly talented writer herself. Why? Because if you're from New York, the art market has an enormous presence: money, power, social commentary, intrigue and scandal, a tightly bound world that unsettles, aggravates and provokes. An almost picture-perfect world that's ripe for writing.
But as "Wilson" branched out to people outside his field, the world became colder and less friendly. Doors were shut, emails ignored, phone calls avoided. People were paranoid, and disturbed by this invasion. Wow, what happened to agents, press people and sports figures who took my calls on the second ring? I was no longer Frank Messina, the poet. I was now "Michael Wilson." A nobody.
And for a moment, it was liberating.
"Wilson's" first bite came in the form of a very diligent and somewhat controversial art dealer—the founder of a website that, in part, offers a tagging system for art collectors and artists. She also pens articles that target major businesses in the art world that she believes are unscrupulous. And as a member of her site and a past customer of her products, I was able to get a closer look into her company and offer an "inside out" approach to my article. With almost two hours of telephone interview time with her, I had something to run with. Queries to corroborating sources became easier. Suddenly, some of the most powerful people in the art world were talking: dealers, lawyers, and at least one former FBI agent—hours and hours of phone interviews all on my spare time.
Then, "Wilson's" first article was born.
And one of the subjects was not pleased. Before long, "Michael Wilson" was outed by a presumably tech-savvy individual. So, it should serve as no surprise when it was not "Wilson" who received a "Cease and Desist" letter from a subject of the article, but alas, Frank Messina. As such, I've decided to out myself as "Wilson", the author of these articles which I fully stand by as accurate and fair. If someone thinks not, they are welcome to send a list of requested corrections and I would gladly make changes.
But so far, nothing. Well, except for a call from an anonymous (but since identified) man attempting to blackmail me, and threatening my well-being...again.
In the coming days and weeks, as time allows, I'll be publishing stories, both here on the blog and in the media including an interview with an eccentric and unlikely billionaire art collector, an artist who uses unusual materials in his paintings, and a woman who paints herself in public for charity. And of course, selected interviews with artistic legends from my personal archive.
Thanks for your time.
Frank Messina
poet, artist, journalist
ps: Media inquiries, "hate-mail", "love letters", fan-mail or blackmail can be sent to my representative:
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Smith Cotton was born January 27, 1767 in Prince George County, Virginia to William and Lucy Smith. Smith Cotton was an Ensign (color bearer) in the 3rd South Carolina Militia. He was a very young boy at this time. He married Martha Gary (1733-1835) daughter of William and Boyce Gary in 1789. Smith and Martha had 9 children: Wm Gee (11-1-1790), Lucy H., Margaret, Luray, Stephen, Pleasant, Betsy, Martha, James Gee (Rev.). After the death of Martha, Smith married Elizabeth Moseley also known as Miss Hamilton.
Smith Cotton is first registered in Putnam Co., Georgia on the 1824 Tax List. According to census records he lived in Putnam County in 1820 and 1830, and Harris County in 1840 and 1850.
Smith was a Methodist Minister from 1800 to 1856. He worked in Putnam County, Georgia, Hancock County, Georgia, and in Whitesville, Harris County, Georgia. Many records are written about him and his son James G., who was also a minister in Harris County, Georgia. Smith established the first Methodist Church in Hancock County, Georgia.
Smith died when he fell from his horse at age 89 while out hunting game. He is buried in the Rehoboth Methodist Cemetery, about two miles southwest of Whitesville, GA. His grave is marked with a marble slab. Wife and son are also buried there.Will of Smith Cotton
Written by Angie Collier December 2005
Sources: History of Harris County written by Louise Barfield: pp744 Rev. Smith Cotton; a Bible record by Mrs. Bessie Love of Opelika AL; page 745 in the Will of Rev. Smith Cotton; Page 746 Rehoboth Cemetery; page 726 church record;p. 280 article on the Military service of Smith Cotton; pg 110 mention in early Wills; page 202 1850 census; Harris Co GA page 275 of the Georgia Interstate Records Grants Pass Public Library book 3 Ref 929.3758;Birth dates are from the book the History of Harris County Georgia by Louise Barfield pages 280, 744, 746, and 745; pp 280 Military records of Smith Cotton: South Carolina Record; Will Book "A" 2pp. 73-74, Hamilton, Harris Co GA., 6-12-54;1824 Tax List; United States Census Records; Methodist Preachers in Georgia 1783-1900 Edited and Compiled by Harold Lawrence, Member, North Georgia Conference, The United Methodist Church 1984; Conference Minutes; Marriages and Death Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate (Southern Historical Press, 1979, 1980); Wesleyan Christian Advocate newspapers through 1915; Methodist periodicals.


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I'd heard about graphene before, but as a particle physicist it's not something I'm an expert on. Although I have reservations about prizes in general, it is always good to see great physics and outstanding physicists in the news, and it's a good excuse to educate myself about neighbouring subfields. So here you go ...
Graphene is a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. Actually, graphite is made of many such layers stacked on top of each other, very tightly bound within the layer, but with the layers loosely bound to each other. This is why graphite has such a curious mixture of properties: it's hard and slippery, but good for drawing on pavements with.
Geim and Novoselov successfully isolated single layers of graphite – graphene – large enough for its properties to be studied. Graphene is transparent, electrically conducting, flexible, stretchable and, weight for weight, much stronger than steel. According to the summary on the Nobel website a hypothetical graphene hammock would be strong enough to hold a cat, but would weigh about the same as one of its whiskers. It's not too hard to imagine a lot of more lucrative applications.
Understanding the physics of a real two-dimensional crystal solid both uses and potentially demonstrates some very interesting quantum mechanics and relativity.
For example, there is an effect called the Klein paradox where fast-moving electrons can penetrate a super-high-energy barrier because they create matter-antimatter pairs. In some ways, electrons in graphene behave as though they are massless, and so pairs can be very easily produced and the relativistic effect can perhaps be demonstrated even with slow electrons and lower energy barriers.
As a Mancunian by upbringing I'm very pleased that Geim and Novoselov work there. The fact that we have such brilliant scientists in UK universities is testament to the high quality of our research environment, and the long-term investment it has received. I can't resist the opportunity to yet again urge that we don't throw it all away in a series of misguided cuts.
Geim is also well known (or as his web page puts it "notorious") for levitating frogs. This is a demonstration of the peculiar fact that all materials have some magnetism, albeit very weak in most cases, and that if you put them in a high enough magnetic field you can see the effects – and make them fly.
Why frogs? Well, no frogs were harmed in the experiments. But also, magnetism is a hugely important topic in physics that can seem a little dry to students, and as the physicists put it:
... the frog picture will probably help students studying magnetism to get less easily bored.
Anyway, it's an unrelated example of how cool condensed matter physics can be. The serious business is graphene. Well deserved congratulations to them both.


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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Babylon Revisited
The Lost Decade
Two F. Scott Fitzgerald stories—"Babylon Revisited" and "The Lost Decade"—have always been favorites of mine, and I think it is, partially, because they make me think about the grandfather I never knew, and some of the "what-ifs" in my family history.
These stories focus on damaged men, hard drinkers with Social Register credentials, men struggling with the consequences of their fractured pasts. My grandfather, Carl Stanley Flanders, could have been one of Fitzgerald's damaged men. A larger-than-life figure who played football for Walter Camp at Yale, Carl Flanders coached at the Carlisle Indian School just prior to Jim Thorpe's arrival, and made a fortune as a lawyer and investor—but Carl was a binge alcoholic who squandered his gifts with his drinking. His immune system ravaged, the "Big Swede," as he was nicknamed, died of pneumonia in March, 1936.
Over the years I have wondered about the "boom-and-bust" arc of my grandfather's life; unlike the upper-class protagonists in Fitzgerald's stories, Louis Trimble and Charlie Wales, my grandfather missed his chance at setting things right.
In "The Lost Decade," Fitzgerald introduces us to Louis Trimble, a man who wanders around New York City, entranced by its simple wonders. "I simply want to see how people walk and what their clothes and shoes and hats are made of," he explains. Trimble is no stranger to the city; a native, he hasn't left its environs in ten years—in fact, he has designed one of its premier buildings. But Trimble has been oblivious to its sights and sounds because he's been "every-which-way drunk" for a "Lost Decade," and has now only just emerged from his alcoholic stupor to begin to appreciate New York anew, aware of what he has lost and eager to reexperience life.
In "Babylon Revisited," the setting is foreign, Paris (a Babylon of sorts during the Roaring Twenties), but the themes are similar. Charlie Wales visits the City of Light in hopes of gaining custody of his nine-year-old daughter, Honoria, and bringing her back with him to Prague. It has been three years since his wife Helen's death (from "heart trouble"), and his own institutionalization for alcoholism, following a wild period of Jazz Age partying and dissipation with the American expats in Paris, and Wales is filled with remorse: "…he suddenly realized the meaning of the word "dissipate"–to dissipate into thin air; to make nothing out of something." Like Trimble, he understands what has been lost can never be fully regained:
"I spoiled this city for myself. I didn't realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone."
Honoria lives with her guardian, Wales' sister-in-law, Marion, and her husband, Lincoln Peters. Marion holds Wales responsible for Helen's death; she questions whether he has conquered his need to drink. Wales tries to soften her hostility and bitterness by acknowledging the hurt he has caused.
"Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds; they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material…"
In the end, when some of Charlie's friends from the past surface, drunk and careless, it is too much for Marion; she cannot bring herself to forgive Wales and allow Honoria to go with him to Prague. Yet, we are left with the hope that Charlie and his daughter may be reunited at some point in the future ("He will come back some day; they couldn't make him pay forever.") We root for Wales to stay sober—he refuses a second drink at the Ritz bar—and we worry that Wales will backslide, even as he recognizes the stakes involved ("He wasn't young any more, with a lot of nice thoughts and dreams to have by himself."). There is a telling moment when the barman, Alix, questions him about the past.
"I heard that you lost a lot in the crash."
"I did," and he added grimly, "but I lost everything I wanted in the boom."
"Selling short."
"Something like that."
There is an appealing authenticity to this conversation—it is the way people talk—but Fitzgerald gives us more. Alix thinks Charlie Wales has lost financially in the boom, but it is the loss of his family that is "everything," and we appreciate the difference. Fitzgerald writes from personal experience: he understands the nastiness in a failing marriage ("…they had senselessly begun to abuse each other's love, tear it into shreds"); he knows what it is to squander large amounts of money during the "lavish times"; and he has fought the demons of the bottle. Further, Fitzgerald understands, and regrets, the cost of "something like that," even as he struggles (unsuccessfully in the end) to change his ways.
Whether my grandfather regretted his behavior remains unknowable. His drinking was intermittent: stretches of sobriety (and brilliance and prosperity) interrupted by binges. Those binges led to the end of his first marriage (a cause for scandal in the 1920s) and "splits in the skin" in the fabric of the family. I'm not sure my grandmother ever recovered. Carl Flanders entered into a brief second marriage and had another daughter, a half-sister who my father and his sister never met. He left very little money for his survivors, a rude awakening in the middle of the Great Depression; my father's college plans were shelved (he landed a spot at the New York Herald-Tribune as a copy-boy through Ogden Reid, a friend of his father's from college) and his sister, my aunt, quickly married a rich socialite.
What if, like Charlie Wales or Louis Trimble, my grandfather had been able to seek sobriety? What if he had sought to repair the damage from his past? To change? Such questions can not be answered, of course; alcohol addiction remains a difficult disease to manage, let alone master, and it appears that my grandfather was firmly in the grip of the disease. So the "what ifs" remain "what ifs."
Fitzgerald lost his own battle with alcohol; dying at the age of 44 from a heart attack, the result of years of abuse. At some level, Fitzgerald must have fantasized about becoming a Charlie Wales or a Louis Trimble; it is a case of wishful thinking. Fitzgerald was attracted to the idea of redemption, of making amends, of somehow setting the past right. As a writer, he knew how appealing a story of redemption could be, and he relished telling good stories, even if he couldn't make reality conform to his imagination.
Never a favorite of literary critics (who are often suspicious of storytellers with a popular touch), Fitzgerald has slowly been winning more respect as a writer: The Great Gatsby has found its way onto several best novels of the 20th century lists. Readers have continued to respond—Fitzgerald's novels and stories have stayed in print. And other novelists, often the toughest critics, admired Fitzgerald's smooth economical prose; John O'Hara once wrote to John Steinbeck: "Fitzgerald was a better just plain writer than all of us put together. Just words writing."
This is the first in a series of Summer Reading: Short Fictions essays for Summer 2006. I've chosen to write about a number of my favorite short stories and their authors.
(You can find some of my own short fiction here).
The Amazon.com link for the reviewed stories: F. Scott Fitzgerald: "Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald"
Copyright © 2006 Jefferson Flanders
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BreakQuest Extra Evolution
Beatshapers continues to impress us here at Family Friendly Gaming. I was cynical when they told me BreakQuest Extra Evolution was the next step in brick breaking games. Ya'll know how I feel about evolution. I do not believe in it, and find it to be highly divisive and controversial. This game is more of a complete make over and revolution of brick breaking games.
First thing ya'll need to know about BreakQuest Extra Evolution is you will rarely find bricks. The first level is flowers. We have to knock off the pedals, and then the main part to complete the level. This may sound strange at first, but it allowed the developer some major freedom in level design.
Level design is what helps BreakQuest Extra Evolution stand out. Our paddle is a half circle up, but there are power ups that can invert it so it dips inwards. We can launch items like rockets, or shoot guns to take out the objects in BreakQuest Extra Evolution. I use that word carefully because there are a variety of objects in BreakQuest Extra Evolution.
The one downside to all of the creativity in BreakQuest Extra Evolution is it can be difficult to know where the objects are. I would throw the ball out there trying to figure out what was breakable, and what had to stay. Strategy is also required in certain levels. As multiple switches have to be turned on to remove an object.
The music fits the themes of the levels. They are just as quirky as the graphics. Which are very bright and colorful. BreakQuest Extra Evolution is a game that screams: "LOOK AT ME!" I am glad we were provided a download code for this review, and checked this game out.
BreakQuest Extra Evolution is one of the most unique and fascinating
games I have played all year long. Sony has a wonderful partnership
going with Beatshapers. I am sure Nintendo and Microsoft are jealous.
Because I can think of nothing like this on the other systems.
- Paul
Graphics: 88%
Sound: 92%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 88%
Family Friendly Factor: 84%
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Publisher: Beatshapers
Rating: 'E' - Everyone
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Erica Berry
Erica Berry _"Beasts Among Us"_October 2017 issue of Creative Nonfiction's TRUE STORY magazine
Erica Berry is a 2018 graduate of the University of Minnesota's MFA program in creative nonfiction, where she was a College of Liberal Arts Fellow. She is the winner of a 2018 AWP Intro Journal Award, a 2018 Minnesota State Arts Board Initiative Grant, the 2017 Kurt Brown Prize in Creative Nonfiction, the 2017 Southeast Review Narrative Nonfiction Award, and the 2016 and 2017 Gesell Awards in Creative Nonfiction. Her journalism and essays have been published in True Story, The Southeast Review, Literary Hub, Guernica, Pacific Standard, The Atlantic, and others, and is forthcoming in Colorado Review. She is currently working on a collection of essays about fear.


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Healthy Gluten-free Eating
In Association with Coeliac UK
Price 14.99
Format Paperback
Published 18th June 2009
Size 220 x 210 mm
Pages 160
Excluding foods such as wheat, rye and barley need not lead to a boring and restrictive diet. Healthy Gluten-Free Eating contains over 100 completely gluten-free recipes that have been created to tempt your tastebuds whilst managing the symptoms of coeliac disease.
Why not try Apple and Hazelnut Muesli for breakfast, Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with Shrimps and Fresh Herbs for lunch or an Italian Beef Stew for supper? Foods that were previously off-limits are now back on the menu with tempting gluten-free recipes for breads, pizzas, cakes and puddings.
Renowned chef Darina Allen has worked with Rosemary Kearney who is a coeliac herself, to prove that gluten-free eating is manageable can be enjoyable for you, your family and friends.
Author Information
Darina Allen is Ireland's favourite food ambassador. She runs the world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland which she founded in 1983, and holds cookery demonstrations for coeliacs at the school. Coeliac UK is a national charity that supports coeliacs and other patients whose quality of life can be improved by following a gluten-free diet.


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Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) - Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received Mr. Brett McGurk, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS and his accompanying delegation.
They discussed the role of the Kurdistan Region and its participation in the Iraqi political process and the formation of the new government in Baghdad.
The two sides hoped that the recent attempts will lead to the formation, in a near future, of a new government that will take into account the interests of all Iraqi communities.
They also discussed the current political situation in the Kurdistan Region and the preparations for the Kurdistan parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on 30 September.
Mr. McGurk welcomed the holding of the elections on time and hoped that the process will be successful.


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a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 11, 2013 at 4:21 pm
Hopefully all the candidates learn from the short-sightedness of their predecessors who years ago sold valuable properties -- the San Carlos and Ravenswood High sites -- to developers in the interest of short term funding. More recently board members won what I consider an extravagant parcel assessment, much of which was wasted on unnecessary "improvements" that do little to improve core education. Example: What does the "architecturally significant" performing arts center do to support the core function of our schools? That money is now gone, and they, like their counterparts in the Los Lomitas and Menlo Park School Districts are coming back to the well yet again.
And let's hear it for the Coomon Core. Coomon sense in education. Reasoning and thinking translate a lot more easily across language barriers than rote memorization.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Oct 11, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Why do we have 3 school districts in Menlo Park? The students from Bellehaven and East Palo Alto could flow better into Menlo Atherton if they had a school more comparable to the other schools that flow into M-A. Since schools are funded largely by property taxes, drawing the school districts the way they are seems to ensure subpar schools for those on the other side of 101. What would it take to change this?
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 11, 2013 at 5:53 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
What would it take to change this?
Appropriate public outrage.
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Oct 14, 2013 at 5:58 pm
@Patti, Peter,
I don't think it's as simple as meets the eye. Thanks to California's complex funding formulas, the 3 districts all get more funding per pupil separately than they would as a combined district. MPCSD and LLSD are basic aid districts, while Ravenswood is a revenue limit district that actually brings in higher per pupil funding than either of the other two.
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A combined district would be a basic aid district with significantly lower per pupil funding.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 14, 2013 at 11:10 pm
Thanks, stats. I get so tired of the ignorant comments from people who seem to think that the current district boundaries result from local racism or a desire to protect property values.
School funding is incredibly complex, which is why the LLESD and MPCSD, both basic aid, can't merge. Not unless the CTA allows it, which it wouldn't.
The funding formulas are largely determined by the state. If you want to spend all your time, energy, and money for the next ten years in a futile effort to fight the CTA and get the funding changed, be my guest. One thing I can guarantee you: you won't help Ravenswood one iota.
Ravenswood gets plenty of money for each student. Their problem is not about funding. More money doesn't always fix everything.
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The wind was howling in my ear and the light rain drops splatters upon my face. I walked away as the sound of laughter and chatter fade. My steps slowed- I walked away, wondering if anybody would stop me any minute now to say goodbye; I walked away, wondering how long it would take for people to notice my absence. Eventually, I gave up on the fantasy of someone calling me in a heart-stopping hollywood moment and quicken my steps, wondering when it began to go wrong.
Thoughts came and went with the wind, a mash-up of worry, excitement, acceptance, disappointment; such a myriad that I no longer know what I was feeling anymore. My gaze fixed upon the creases of my umbrella- a result of my untidiness. It hit me hard that I am a wreck because of my own doing, my untidiness with relationships, my continual avoidance of difficult talks, my tendency to flee from confrontation, my escapist nature, my refusal to let people in at all. Hanging on to that thought, the memory of my conversation with my sister broke through, as I paused at the junction.
"I am socially awkward", I admitted.
"Really?" She was bewildered by my confession but followed up with an assurance. "Me too. I wish I was a people person."
I talked about how I hated being around people. Strangers, especially. The utterance surprised not just her, but myself, because I knew too, that I loved being surrounded by people, or I used to. I tried to trace back my steps to where I had gone wrong, but to no avail. The trail died off somewhere along in adolescence with perpetual struggles of acceptance and belonging. I tried to bring myself back to moment, to listen intently, and to speak up fearlessly. But it would only translate to small nods, occasionally a smile, short answers, and a whole mash up of thoughts in my head that I myself couldn't decipher.
People say they cannot read my mind. Truth is, neither can I.
I knew there was no going back for me now. I've chosen to withdraw myself from various large groups, in exchange for a one-to-one, heartfelt exchanges. Unknowingly (and now knowingly), being in large group scares the shit out of me- I grow a little more claustrophobic and it's almost like I'm scratching the imaginary walls around me for an escape. People think that it's so "meaningful", that they'd like heart-to-heart exchanges too, but they are so hypocritical about it that it disgusts me. Choosing this path is not easy, it's a helluva fear, rejection (self-inflicted or otherwise), and heartache; it's not being sure who'd be patient enough to sit you through your bullshit to realise there is more to your cool interior shells of a few words. Simply put and short of an even better way to put it, it's just not as "Awwww" as people think it is.
The first time people pointed me out as an introvert in a stupid, lame orientation game called "First Impressions", I was taken aback. I think to some extent, I was insulted.
How could it be? Haven't I been spontaneous enough? Didn't I talk a lot around people?
But I took it back with me, to my bed. As I laid there thinking about the conversation, where I sat there, stunned, with the sudden spotlight upon me. It then became clear that the feelings that washed over me was perhaps, shame and embarrassment of being an introvert.
Introversion seems like it's been given the label it being "bad" thing- as is taking vices or homosexuality. People like the friendly people, the ones that can babble on about everything and anything, making every single thing from the weather to his/her lunch two days ago a topic. It's almost like they have some gene mutation in their mother's womb that I didn't, and never fail to amaze me because I, struggle even to answer a question. Afterall, why would people wanna talk to someone who thwarts their every attempt to engage in a conversation and make them feel like they are talking to a wall? (I don't even know why I'm trying to make this a point when it's so starkly obvious.)
And for the longest time, I thought it was a bad thing too.
But it isn't. For now I know that despite who or what, if you may say so, I am- I guess I still have friends, and I come to realize that if people love you despite your introversion, I swear that they really love you, because nothing is more frustrating that talking to a wall nor trying to phantom what goes on in our brains. And more importantly, I know I'm not alone. Meeting other introverts is kinda exciting because there are no spoken words, nor actual looks. Just weird nudges, the same repetitive actions, and the iconic staring into space. The best part is stealing that glance that says, "I know."


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Even though Homer's The Odyssey has been performed, filmed, edited and adapted several times and it's been on many a high school reading list, it's still a work that falls into the "I was supposed to read it, but never did" realm. Most of us know the general outline of the story because we've been able to piece it together via all the various versions and retellings.
Georgia Shakespeare is doing an update of the story in October titled The Odyssey: A Journey Home that juxtaposes "Odysseus' 10-year journey home against the kaleidoscope of our modern soldiers returning home." So how do you convey what this updated take is going to look and feel like?
Not only are you battling what little bits people know of the original story, the moment you say "modern soldiers" the ever lasting specter of post-Vietnam malaise can't help but find its way into the minds of ticket buyers.
So I'm assuming that, besides helping to sell tickets, the below promo exists to make audiences aware that the focus will remain, as a big chunk of the original story does, on the journey, as well as the reasons why soldiers for millenniums have fought their way home. Odysseus' main drive is to get back to his wife and kid after all and for many solider during a tour that's a universal truth.
My only critique is that I do wish there had been bits of the actual production (even if it had to be restaged in the "real" world) in the promo. Although, that's probably not the fault of the folks doing this, since it's difficult to get around the current rules about what can and can't be filmed and posted/broadcast of a stage production before you run a foul of Actor's Equity. And exactly how much you can do outside of the production will always meet with time and resource constraints.
Having not seen the adaptation itself though, I would still consider this a successful preview in that it lets audiences know that if they bleed blue, red or some shade of purple, they most likely won't have to worry about being preached to.
Personally, I'm liberal as they come, yet, I've never been a fan of the politicization of the folks in uniforms by either side, in any form. Even more than that, I'm rarely a fan of didactic art. It's rarely informative and outside of the moment of its creation, dates quickly.
As one final thought, I do wonder what kind of additional story could have been told in this promo. It would have been interesting to see what bit of new story could have been created to play into the larger narrative, yet would stand on its own. As a town that has a lot overlap in the film and theater worlds, and does some very innovative work, I hope theater companies try to push beyond just the promos and to think bigger.
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Celine Dion has given birth to twin boys after years of trying to become a mother again. The renowned singer has welcomed two baby boys into her family, who join their nine-year-old brother Rene Charles.
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I saw two contracdictory columns - one in the first page and the other in the last page of Economic Times today.
1. Rags to Riches Artist Subodh Gupta purchased a home in New Delhi worth Rs. 100 crore
2. Oppulent artists... Rabindranath Tagore, Virginia Wolf, Satyajit Ray and Bimal Roy couldn't have made it this big had they not been born into rich families.
The debate seems natural and quite interesting. The million dollar question being, You need to be rich to excel in art or is it that your potential artistic traits can't be suppressed under penury?
There is no way of evidence though. You cannot travel back in time and alter situations to see what would have Rabindranath Tagore generated had his bandwidth shrunk in earning his daily bread. Nor can you make Subodh Gupta emerge from opulent parents and then monitor his artistic pusuit!
Artistic endeavours do need time... and money... and lots of them simultaneously! Dead time, when an artist sits back, lies down, analyses, thinks and plans his brush strokes is of utmost importance. Time when nothing seems to be moving forward... to the normal eye. Then a sudden stroke of imagination sets things forward in a gush and an artistic accomplishment is born. Also an artist needs lots of money to explore the world, go to places, travel and wander into the woods or sea beaches and pursue his art with absolute freedom and without any worry to earn money.
Therefore coming from a rich family is a boon so long as the individual concerned is not carried away by a silly and immatured attachment with worldy objects and also when he uses his time in engaging with philosophy, meditation and a higher purpose in life.
On the other hand poverty has its own benefit. It is this period of struggle that one realizes the importance of both money and time, learns to use them frugally and focusses only on the job at hand. This single minded devotion takes him on a long journey of establishing his career, building a solid platform from where further accomplishments become easier. There is no greater satisfaction amd fulfillment than building your own opulence from scratch.
History is proof that we have famous artists from both categories - the rich as well as the poor. Famous artist or a wasted talent... it is more subjective and less circumstancial. That would be my take!
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This present volume has been compiled from the most recent writings of a member of the Order of Nine Angles. It serves as a pointer towards the future - of Magick, and of Western evolution. The author is well aware that written works such as this are merely shadows of what cannot, at present, be adequately expressed. And yet, via these writings the real motives of Satanists in the world may begin to be discerned. Perhaps then another nameless insight will be presenced, and one more nexion shall start its slow opening.
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Robert Maki
Ph.D., Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1991
M.D., Cornell University Medical College, 1992
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With joint appointments at CSHL and Northwell Health, I am working to expand clinical cancer research at our institutions to provide new treatments for patients as well as greater insight into the biology of this complex set of diseases. In my own research, I am collaborating on research in soft-tissue and bone sarcomas to better understand the cancer microenvironment and epigenetics, targeting molecular weaknesses to halt cancer growth.
Robert Maki is interested in applying basic research discoveries in the clinic to treat patients with sarcomas and other neoplasms of soft-tissue and bone. Pathologists recognize more than 70 types of sarcoma, but using molecular characteristics (changes in DNA sequence like translocations or mutations), there is even greater heterogeneity. Nonetheless, commonalities of this cell lineage provide some entry points for investigational therapies. Dr. Maki is working to exploit these molecular changes to inhibit growth and proliferation of sarcoma.
Dr. Maki also maintains a particular interest in angiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma and desmoid tumors as manifestations of the interplay of the microenvironment with cancer. He is also exploring the common pathways in metabolism and epigenetics in the hope that they may provide useful tools to circumvent the well-appreciated genetic heterogeneity of most cancers.
In developing the Center for New Cancer Therapies (CNCT) at Northwell Health Cancer Institute, Dr. Maki facilitates the translation of basic research at CSHL into the clinics of partner institutions, in particular Northwell Health's Monter Cancer Center. Dr. Maki brings significant expertise in the interplay between clinical and basic research: he has written and conducted phase I-II-III trials in soft tissue and bone tumors at his home institutions and via collaborative efforts such as SARC (Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration), and will apply that knowledge as CSHL and Northwell Health expand their clinical trials.
2014 Fellow, American College of Physicians
2013 Nobility in Science Award, Sarcoma Foundation of America
2009 NCI Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award
2007 Byrne Fund Award, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Research profile: Robert Maki
April 2, 2018
Straddling CSHL and Northwell Health gives Dr. Maki the perspective he needs to bring cancer research closer to the practice of treating patients
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory sarcoma research update
January 4, 2017
CSHL has applied its excellence in basic research and innovative technology development to understanding the rare but intractable sarcoma cancers.
Dr. Robert Maki joins Northwell Health Cancer Institute and CSHL to direct Center for New Cancer Therapies
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Dr. Robert G. Maki an internationally-renowned sarcoma cancer physician and researcher, joins the leadership of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute.
Heinrich, M. and Rankin, C. and Blanke, C. D. and Demetri, G. D. and Borden, E. C. and Ryan, C. W. and von Mehren, M. and Blackstein, M. E. and Priebat, D. A. and Tap, W. D. and Maki, R. G. and Corless, C. L. and Fletcher, J. A. and Owzar, K. and Crowley, J. J. and Benjamin, R. S. and Baker, L. H. (2017) Correlation of Long-term Results of Imatinib in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors With Next-Generation Sequencing Results: Analysis of Phase 3 SWOG Intergroup Trial S0033. JAMA Oncol, 3(7) pp. 944-952.
Pappo, A. S. and Vassal, G. and Crowley, J. J. and Bolejack, V. and Hogendoorn, P. C. and Chugh, R. and Ladanyi, M. and Grippo, J. F. and Dall, G. and Staddon, A. P. and Chawla, S. P. and Maki, R. G. and Araujo, D. M. and Geoerger, B. and Ganjoo, K. and Marina, N. and Blay, J. Y. and Schuetze, S. M. and Chow, W. A. and Helman, L. J. (2014) A phase 2 trial of R1507, a monoclonal antibody to the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R), in patients with recurrent or refractory rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, and other soft tissue sarcomas: results of a Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration study. Cancer, 120(16) pp. 2448-56.
Farid, M. and Ahn, L. and Brohl, A. and Cioffi, A. and Maki, R. G. (2014) Consumptive coagulopathy in angiosarcoma: a recurrent phenomenon?. Sarcoma, 2014 pp. 617102.
Maki, R. G. and Moraco, N. and Antonescu, C. R. and Hameed, M. and Pinkhasik, A. and Singer, S. and Brennan, M. F. (2013) Toward better soft tissue sarcoma staging: building on american joint committee on cancer staging systems versions 6 and 7. Ann Surg Oncol, 20(11) pp. 3377-83.Additional materials of the author at
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NIRS data analysis (GLM and visualization)
[last updated: 2019/02/01]
Also check out NIRS data analysis (time series)
Environment requirement
- MatLab
- SPM 5 or 8
- xjView 8
xjview can be downloaded for free from http://www.alivelearn.net/xjview/
(If you are inside CIBSR, xjview is located in
Add xjview to path by
nirs2imgfunction in this article can be obtained in the page http://www.alivelearn.net/?p=1574. It is located in the nirs folder.
- NFRI toolbox [Link updated on 2013/08/13] (for standard brain registration)
Download from http://www.jichi.ac.jp/brainlab/tools.html and save it in a directory whose name contains no space (e.g. not in something like c:\program files\…).
- convert NIRS data file to csv format using ETG4000 program.
- copy the 3D positioning data (00X.pos). If you didn't measure 3D positioning data, jump to step 5
- use NFRI toolbox (Pepe Dan, Japan. http://www.jichi.ac.jp/brainlab/tools.html) to get the MNI coordinates of each probe. Detailed information on how to use this toolbox can be found in its manual. [Update 2015-07-13. A video tutorial: http://www.alivelearn.net/?p=1726]
- Convert 00?.pos file to csv file using
- Convert the 3D positioning data into MNI space coordinate using
- You will get a xls file containing the positions. There are several sheets in that file and you should use the sheet called "WShatC", which contains the positions of cortical surface.
- Convert 00?.pos file to csv file using
- Find channel positions based on probe positions using
probe2channel(probe, config)
- If you don't have 3D positioning data, you may use the template channel positions located in
. (Please note, this file was created by Xu based on a single subject's data. It's useful for quick data review but it will be inaccurate to your own subjects. So you should create your own file in formal analysis. [update 2019-02-01])
load xjview/nirs_data_sample/templateMNI.mat
You will find 6 variables in MatLab workspace. They are
channelMNI3x11 channelMNI3x5 channelMNI4x4 probeMNI3x11 probeMNI3x5 probeMNI4x4. They are all Nx3 matrix.
Read data and do GLM
- use
readHitachData.mto read the data file (csv format). Type
help readHitachDatato see how to use it. Note if your input is two files (for 4×4 and 3×5 configurations), this script will automatically concatenate the data.
[hbo,hbr,mark] = readHitachData({'XC_tap_MES_Probe1.csv','XC_tap_MES_Probe2.csv'});
- Prepare event onset timing, duration etc from the mark data, or external data you have, for later GLM analysis (step 3). The format is:
- onset: onset timing of every event. a cell array. Each element is a numeric vector for one event type. Unit: second
- duration: duration of every event. same with onset, except the meaning of numbers are duration. If the event is punctuated event, use 0 as duration. Unit: second
- modulation (optional): modulation of event. For the same type of event you may have different intensities. For example, your event is flash of 5 levels of intensities. You can use modulation to modulate the intensity. Format is exactly same with onset.
- GLM analysis using glm. Type help glm for more info.
[beta, T, pvalue] = glm(hbdata, onset, duration, modulation);
- You may want to save the data for future use.
- (if you want to view the result in a standard brain) Convert the values (T or beta or contrasts) to an image file by
nirs2img. Try
help nirs2imgto get more information.
nirs2img(imgFileName, mni, value, doInterp, doXjview)
plotTopoMapwill plot data on a plane. The data can be T or beta or other values. Type
help plotTopoMapfor more info. Here is an example (note the data is smoothed by spline):
plotTopoMap(randn(24,1), '4x4');
nirs2imgwill convert your data to an image file which can be visuzlied by many fMRI functional image programs (such as xjview). Here is an example of visualizing the image by xjview. Note, after xjview window launches, you need to check "render view", and then you may choose between new or old style.
nirs2img('nirs_test.img', mni, value, 1, 1);
- You can also visualize the result with NFRI's
nfri_mni_plot(in NFRI toolbox). You need to prepare the the plot data in excel format beforehand. More information can be found in Readme.doc in NFRI toolbox.
Group analysis
- For each individual subject, perform GLM and save the beta values for each condition and subject.
- Do contrast on each subject. Contrasts are simply difference of beta values. For example, contrast between 1st condition and 2nd condition is simply
c = beta(:,1) - beta(:,2);Then save the contrast in an image file using
nirs2imgfor each subject. You get a bunch of contrast images (one for each subject)
- Perform T test on the contrast images using
onesampleT.m, or you can use SPM to do one sample T test if you prefer. You will get a T test image file.
- Visualize the T test image with xjview (or SPM)
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Over the past 10 months I've been working to perfect my makeup routine. I'm so proud of my progress. When I officially learn how to snatch this face , I'll post pictures of just how much progress I've made. Despite my improvements I still have a long way to go before I'm really sculpting this face and winging out this eye like the pros.
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The trailer for Into Enternity which will make its Canadian Premiere at the 2010 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Captivating and extremely frightening, Into Eternity takes us on a journey 100,000 years into the future to anticipate the effects of today's nuclear waste. Currently, radioactive waste created by nuclear plants all over the world is placed in interim storage facilities. These facilities are vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters that could render them unsafe. But Finland has a solution: Onkalo is a series of permanent underground storage units hewn out of solid rock. Here nuclear waste must remain sealed and untouched for 100,000 years in order to neutralize its radioactivity. The science is sound, but how does one anticipate the human folly of future civilizations? How is it possible to warn our descendants of the deadly waste when we might not speak their language? These questions and more are put to the fascinating scientific minds behind Onkalo as they attempt to solve the crucially important nuclear waste issue.
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We tend to write off premarital doubts as jitters and assume they'll subside after vows are exchanged.
A study of 464 married people — 232 couples — conducted by psychology researchers at UCLA and published in the American Psychological Association's Journal of Family Psychology found that more men (47 percent) than women (38 percent) had premarital doubts. Among women who reported having had such doubts, 19 percent were divorced within four years after tying the knot, compared to 8 percent of women who didn't report such doubts. For men with premarital doubts, 14 percent divorced within four years, compared to 9 percent of men without doubts.
Researchers interviewed each participant within six months after marriage (the average age at marriage was 27 for men and 25 for women) and then every six months for four years. At the initial interview, they asked not only about whether the participant had experienced premarital doubts but also what the general tone and feel of their relationship had been during the time preceding the marriage. Later interviews asked about partners' satisfaction with the marriage.
They also gathered information about other circumstances that could affect the likelihood of a marriage's success such as whether the participant's parents had divorced during the participant's childhood and whether the participant had lived with his or her spouse before they married. Each participant's personality was assessed to determine whether he or she counted as neurotic, another factor that can influence success or failure in marriage.
After controlling for those other circumstances, the researchers found that in almost two thirds of all couples, at least one partner had reported premarital uncertainty. Of the 36 percent of marriages in which neither the husband nor the wife had experienced doubts, 6 percent divorced within four years. In marriages in which only the husband had had doubts, 10 percent got divorced. But among marriages in which only the wife had been unsure, 18 percent got divorced. Among marriages in which both partners had experienced doubts, 20 percent got divorced.
The authors suggest that their research doesn't imply that pre-marriage doubt is always a deal killer. But, they note, it's important for people planning to get married to acknowledge any doubts they may have and see if they can work through them before taking the plunge.


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Britain set to be at centre of basketball expansion battleground
The first stage in a European basketball expansion plan starts this week when tickets go on sale for the Euroleague's play-off final in London next year.
The Final Four comes to the O2 Arena in May with organisers hoping that they can convert British fans familiar with the NBA to their brand of basketball to the point where a British team might thrive in Europe.
The two-year deal with AEG, the owner of the London venue, is part of a plan by Euroleague officials to make Juan Carlos Navarro and Dimitris Diamantidis as identifiable as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. It is a tall order given how basketball has struggled for attention in the UK while funding is due to be cut at both elite…


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At a news conference on Tuesday, officials said Karadzic had been working in Belgrade as a doctor of alternative medicine.
Serbian officials said he had been walking freely around town and had earned money from practising medicine.
Nick Clark, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Belgrade, said: "He evaded capture with a number of disguises ... in the real coup de grace, he came to Belgrade and spent the last five years here."
A picture revealed at the conference showed an unrecognisable Karadzic, markedly thin, with a long white beard, glasses and flowing hair.
Officials gave no further details, saying it might jeopardise efforts to arrest two other war crime suspects on the run.
Rasim Ljajic, chairman of the national committee for co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal, said: "Radovan Karadzic was using false documents and identity under the name of Dragan Dabic, who is not citizen of Serbia."
Speaking about the arrest, Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said: "Well, it's very positive... it shows you can hide for a long time but ultimately what you've done catches up with you.
Lawyer's denial
Sveta Vujacic, Karadzic's lawyer, has disputed the official story of the war crimes suspect's arrest, saying he was captured as early as July 18 while on a public bus and had been held in secret until he was brought to the court on Monday.
Vujacic said: "[Karadzic] just said that these people showed him a police badge and then he was taken to some place and kept in the room. And that is absolutely against the law what they did."
US offered a $5m reward for information leading to his capture.
He said the incident was to be investigated.
European Union ministers on Tuesday heralded Serbia's capture of Karadzic, calling it a milestone in Belgrade's bid to join the EU.
Javier Solana, the EU foreign policy chief, said the arrest of Karadzic showed Belgrade was willing to co-operate with the UN war crimes court in The Hague - a precondition for implementing a deal on closer ties with Serbia.
Karadzic, who has been accused of masterminding the 1995 massacre of more than 7,500 Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian war, was captured by Serb forces late on Monday.
He was indicted on genocide charges in 1995 by the UN tribunal, and he topped its most-wanted list for more than a decade.
The UN tribunal for the former Yugoslavia confirmed his arrest.
Olga Kravan, of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, told Al Jazeera that Karadzic's initial appearance in front of the judges should occur in the "near future".
He will have to answer to all the charges against him, "including genocide, complicity in genocide, exterminations, murders, and many other crimes", she said.
Serbia has been under heavy pressure from the EU to turn over those suspected of involvement in war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war to the UN tribunal in The Hague.
Ratko Mladic, Karadzic military leader during the Balkans war from 1992 to 1995, is still at large.
"The hope must be for those who are seeking justice that Mladic will soon join Karadzic," Mark Seddon, Al Jazeera's correspondent in The Hague, said.


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The most famous tornado scene in American literature comes from L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . Yes, that is the correct title of the original work inspiring the legendary film The Wizard of Oz.
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Veteran trade unionist Sir Roy Trotman has reiterated a call for constant dialogue between workers and employers, particularly when businesses are looking to reduce their workforce.
The retired General Secretary of the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) led discussions on behalf of the union with the Massy Group over the retrenchment of staff.
Massy intended to sever 190 employees but agreed during the talks to cut this number to 70, saving 120 jobs.
Sir Roy Trotman, now a consultant with the BWU, chaired a two-hour meeting yesterday with over 100 Massy workers at the union's Solidarity House headquarters at Harmony Hall, St Michael.
"The reduction in the number of workers targeted for severance has been done not purely by the skills of the workers alone, but also by the goodwill of the employer as well. This was achieved by the employers' willingness to entertain suggestions for some new initiatives which could be taken to effect a different approach to the level of workers being placed on the breadline. This new approach was adopted at a time when the country could ill afford to have more people going off on unemployment and being unable to help their families," Sir Roy said.
"It was the biggest concern of the BWU and we have been trying here and elsewhere to see the extent to which by consultation and by dialogue we might be able to affect the employment levels for the better. The company has responded favourably, I am pleased to say."
The union has in the recent past claimed that some employers had been unwilling to engage in meaningful talks with the workers' representative in the lead up to the retrenchment of staff.
Last year the BWU became embroiled in a row with the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P) over the dismissal of 68 workers in a US$14 million cost saving programme.
BWU General Secretary Toni Moore warned then that the power company would not be allowed to send home workers before discussing the matter with the Social Partnership.
Following yesterday's meeting, Sir Roy compared the BL&P's approach to Massy, which he said had accepted the tradition established by Barbados Shipping & Trading (BS&T) to commit to dialogue and conciliation.
"Good industrial relations have existed overtime between BS&T and now Massy and the BWU. We have had an exemplary relationship with BS&T. They have been always willing to have consultations; to have dialogue and have been open and transparent in the way they have dealt with workers' problems.
"I believe it is that approach that should be copied by other companies. If we had only had something like that at Barbados Light & Power last year, Barbados would have been much the prouder for it. I would like to see the BS&T example copied by other companies," the trade unionist said.
The two sides met again today for another round of talks, but following the near three-hour meeting both sides declined comment.


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