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Rice, after wheat, is the world's most consumed food grain, with global consumption reaching 444 million metric tons in 2011. While most rice is consumed in the countries where it is produced, rice trade has been growing. The world's largest source of rice exports is Southeast Asia (especially Thailand and Vietnam), where production exceeds consumption. According to the USDA Baseline, this trend is projected to continue.
Growth in global rice consumption has been slowing, as consumers in much of Asia increasingly diversify their diets and turn to other foods. A simultaneous slowdown in production growth raises concerns about the ability to meet future demand. Throughout the world, consumers, especially in low-income households, face financial stress when rice prices rise, while most producers benefit from higher prices.
Despite slow growth in production, Southeast Asia has a large rice surplus and is likely to continue to supply needs in the rest of the world. Southeast Asia contains the world's largest rice-exporting countries (called "Peninsular" in the map) and major rice-importing countries (called "Island"). The Peninsular countries supply the Island countries but have additional rice to send outside the region. Rice demand is likely to grow slowly across all of Southeast Asia over the next decade, which could free up more supplies to send to countries outside the region.
Globally, rice production grew at a slower rate in the last two decades than in the 1970s and 1980s. This also applies to rice production in Southeast Asia. Production growth is dependent on yield growth and growth in area harvested. Southeast Asia has little potential for expanding rice fields. Most rice area is in paddies in which crops grow in standing water for part of a crop season. Paddy land needs to be flat and accessible to water sources. Most land of this type is already in use by rice farmers, and it will be difficult to find more in most countries of Southeast Asia.
Area harvested can also be increased by growing more than one crop of rice per year on the same land. Double- and triple-cropping are possible in tropical areas, where water, rather than temperature, is the limiting factor. In addition to putting greater pressure on water and labor, multiple rice crops on the same land are associated with greater incidence of pests and diseases. In southern Vietnam, the risk of disease has prompted the government to strongly discourage triple-cropping. Nevertheless, if prices are favorable and the water supply is sufficient, multiple cropping of rice can increase production. In recent years, double cropping has expanded the rice harvest area in Thailand. Further increases in multiple cropping are anticipated. The rate of increase, however, is expected to be slower than in the past, unless higher rice prices encourage producers to expand the area allocated to rice.
Yield growth in the region has also slowed in recent years (see box, "The Green Revolution"). Yields depend on soil, climate, and weather conditions, but management choices can have an effect as well. Greater use of fertilizer and chemical inputs can increase yields, up to a point. Yields can be increased through careful management, including timing of the planting and harvest, and weed control. But management choices such as these often involve higher costs or more time and expertise.
Another way to increase yields is through crop breeding, but hybrid rice programs illustrate
some of the barriers to adoption of new varieties. Hybrid seeds greatly boost yields for crops like
corn and rice. Rice, however, is a self-pollinated plant, unlike corn, which is cross-pollinated.
This makes rice breeding and seed propagation using hybrid techniques more difficult and
time-consuming, and seed costs are high. Reports from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Burma
indicate that some farmers find hybrid seed prices too high, and that hybrid yields are lower
than anticipated because of problems with inputs, water, or extreme conditions. Market prices
for hybrid rice are reportedly lower than for traditional varieties because consumers prefer the
taste of the traditional varieties. Unlike in China, where hybrid rice seeds dominate the longgrain
rice sector, hybrid seeds have not taken off commercially in most of Southeast Asia.
Average rice yields in most of the rice-exporting Peninsular countries (Burma, Thailand,
Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos) are below the world average. This is partly attributed to farmer
behavior in Thailand, normally the largest rice-exporting country. Thai farmers have typically
planted low-yielding varieties that take a long time to mature but whose aroma, taste, and
appearance command a premium in the world market. These varieties are grown in rainfed
conditions without full irrigation systems and with relatively little fertilizer. Low input costs
and high output prices make these rice types profitable.
Post-harvest losses--in the field, as well as in transport, processing, and storage--remain high
in most Southeast Asian rice economies. Milling separates the rice husk and bran from the
polished grain. A low milling rate means that less polished rice is available from a given amount
of harvested paddy rice. Cambodia, in particular, suffers from inefficient milling.
Some of the rice losses currently incurred in Southeast Asia can be avoided. Several countries
are aiming to improve drying and storage and to make milling more efficient. The success of
any such effort would increase the rice supply.
Rice is used primarily as a staple food grain. Table rice, served at meals in homes and restaurants,
is a basic part of most Asian food systems. Table rice use in Southeast Asia appears to be
growing very slowly. Other uses for rice--including feed for livestock and processing--appear
to be growing more quickly, although data on other uses are scarce.
Table use can be calculated as rice eaten per person times the number of people. Population
growth has slowed markedly in Southeast Asia. Families there increasingly aim for having just
one or two children, especially in urban areas, because children are expensive to educate and
house. Population growth rates in the coming decade are expected to be below 2 percent per
year throughout most of Southeast Asia.
Meanwhile, table use of rice per person is steady or declining. Southeast Asian consumers eat
large amounts of rice. When their incomes rise, they choose to buy other foods, diversifying
their diets. For example, broiler consumption in Southeast Asia increased by over 40 percent in
the last decade--much faster than rice (16 percent). Household surveys indicate declining rice
consumption per person in Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam, especially in urban areas, which
are increasingly where people live. With population growth slowing, total table use of rice in
the region is expected to fall eventually.
Processed foods and beverages made from rice include traditional alcoholic drinks and rice
noodles, as well as many new products using rice as ingredients. Broken rice kernels are often
used as an animal feed and are an important part of feed rations for pigs and chickens in Thailand
and Vietnam (data limitations make it difficult to estimate the size and consumer trend of the
processing and feed markets for rice). Although such uses are much smaller than table rice use,
anecdotal evidence suggests that they account for current growth in rice consumption. This is
expected to continue to be the case, particularly if prices for corn, which competes with rice
as a feed, and for wheat, which competes in noodle and baking uses, are high relative to rice
According to 2012 USDA Baseline projections, Southeast Asia will continue to ship large rice
exports over the next decade. Island country imports are projected to increase, but less than
Peninsular country exports. Regional production is projected to increase about 1 percent per
year, more slowly than in the past decade, because area harvested is expected to increase
(0.3 percent per year) more slowly in all countries. Yields are projected to rise throughout
the region at about the same rate (0.9 percent per year) as in the last decade. The projections
assume normal weather and a continuation of current government policies.
Government policies have changed in recent years. Thailand's paddy pledging program has
intensified support for rice production by committing the government to buying most rice at
prices well above historical levels. Thus, the Thai Government, not the market, is the primary
buyer. This is likely to encourage farmers to increase production without as much regard to
quality characteristics as in the past, and Thai yields are likely to rise.
Indonesian and Philippine officials have announced their intention to achieve self-sufficiency
in rice. The USDA Baseline projections show some production growth in both countries in
the next decade, but not enough to achieve self-sufficiency. If through some combination
of increased production and decreased consumption the Philippines or Indonesia do move
toward self-sufficiency, the region's net rice exports would be higher than currently projected.
This could lead to lower prices in the world market where U.S. rice competes with Southeast
Asia's rice.
El Niño weather events reduce normal monsoon rainfall, especially in the Island countries, and
can reduce Southeast Asia's exports to the rest of the world for a year or two. Because there is
no firm pattern to the occurrence of El Niño events, they are not reflected in USDA's Baseline
projections. However, they present a downside risk to Southeast Asia's exports.
Although these and other uncertainties could lead to a range of outcomes different from USDA's
2012 projections, rice consumption in Southeast Asia (and in the rest of Asia) is likely to grow
more slowly than in the past. This reduces upward pressure on prices, which in turn lowers the
incentive for the region's farmers to increase production. The USDA Baseline projects growing
demand for Southeast Asian rice in Africa, the Middle East, and other areas. Production growth
in Southeast Asia, though slower than in the past, is projected to continue to satisfy the added
demand in the rest of the world. The region's rice surplus is likely to meet global needs because
of the fundamental factor that demand for rice in Southeast Asia itself is weakening.
Although these and other uncertainties could lead to a range of outcomes different from USDA's 2012 projections, rice consumption in
Southeast Asia (and in the rest of Asia) is likely to grow more slowly than in the past. This reduces upward pressure on prices, which in
turn lowers the incentive for the region's farmers to increase production. The USDA Baseline projects growing demand for Southeast
Asian rice in Africa, the Middle East, and other areas. Production growth in Southeast Asia, though slower than in the past, is projected
to continue to satisfy the added demand in the rest of the world. The region's rice surplus is likely to meet global needs because of the
fundamental factor that demand for rice in Southeast Asia itself is weakening.
In the Green Revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, rice yields were raised primarily by the introduction of new varieties and the use of more inputs. Investments in infrastructure to supply irrigation water and provide drainage raised both area and yields. Yields in Southeast Asia rose by 60 percent over 1965-85. Partly due to the growing supply, rice prices tended to be stable or to fall in inflation-adjusted terms. Fears of large-scale famine or rice shortages were largely allayed in most of
Asia, although poorer households' inability to buy food remained a concern.
Yield growth subsequently slowed. Southeast Asia's yields rose by 25 percent over 1985-2005, adding 0.5 ton/hectare as opposed to 0.7 ton/hectare in the preceding 20 years (milled basis). Some gains of the Green Revolution are difficult to extend indefinitely. Most of Asia's low-lying plains areas are already covered by rice or cities and often already produce two crops annually. Resistance to dam
construction on environmental and social grounds has risen over time, and large-scale irrigation systems are costly. Rather than investing in new irrigation works, governments are trying to maintain and rehabilitate existing systems. Bringing irrigation systems back to their original capacity would allow a boost to harvested area (partly through increased double cropping) and to yield growth.
Throughout much of Asia, fertilizer use is at levels that agronomists think are too high--wasteful or even detrimental to yields. Thus, a linchpin of the Green Revolution--higher fertilizer application--is not likely to be useful again in major producing areas such as Vietnam and Indonesia. Similarly, use of pesticide and herbicide chemicals has swelled to wasteful levels in some countries, such as
Vietnam, where the government is now seeking to reduce chemical application for environmental reasons. Greater fertilizer and chemical use could still increase yields in some areas, but the scope for yield increase is less than it was before the Green Revolution.
Southeast Asia's Rice Surplus, by Katherine Baldwin, Nathan Childs, John Dyck, and James Hansen, USDA, Economic Research Service, December 2012
International Baseline Data, by James Hansen, USDA, Economic Research Service, March 2016
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Canon PowerShot NMonday January 14 2013 Mobile Preview
Canon has announced its new PowerShot N model. In this competitive market a product needs some particular advantage and the PowerShot N is marketed as a very 'connected' camera, its built in Wi-fi should connect easily to your smartphone, making it easy to geotag your images or to share pictures or video while on the go. The question is, is it a good enough camera to outweigh the fact that your smartphone probably does most of the same things?
The convergence of the compact camera market and the smartphone market means that a connected camera really needs to be very good to survive. The Canon PowerShot N is well specified, it has a 12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor backed up by Canon's Digic 5 image processor, it does full HD Video, image stabilization and everything else that you would expect from a decent compact digital camera. However, you would now be able to have the same functionality from a smartphone.
What makes the PowerShot N so much better is the lens. The Canon is fitted with a 5mm – 40mm optical zoom lens (equivalent to 28mm – 224mm). It also has a digital zoom, which is all that the smartphones have, so the image quality you will get when the PowerShot N is used 'telephoto' will be based on the full sensor resolution rather than simply a tiny crop from the middle of the sensor.
Based on the specifications, if you are interested in photography and want a small camera with straightforward connectivity then the PowerShot N looks very promising, but is it just a matter of time before smartphones start to sport zoom lenses to compete with it?


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ASCLA Awards & Scholarships
The ASCLA awards and scholarships program recognizes outstanding achievement by members of the library profession. These awards honor librarians and libraries for significant current or past achievements such as publications, program development, and leadership in the profession. Awards may include a citation and a cash award, and may be made to individuals or groups. Depending on the terms of the award, recipients need not necessarily be members of ASCLA. All ASCLA awards must conform to the guidelines contained in the Awards Manual of the American Library Association.
The deadline for submissions for the 2017 awards is February 10, 2017.
Click on the award names below to access more information about each award and a link to the nomination requirements, nomination form and submission instructions. Questions? Contact ASCLA Executive Director Susan Hornung at email@example.com or (312) 280-4395. We look forward to receiving your submission!
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National Organization on Disability (NOD) Award
A $1,000 award and certificate for a library organization that has provided services for people with disabilities. The award recognizes an innovative and well-organized project which successfully developed or expanded services for people with disabilities. The award can be for a specific service(s) program or for a library that has made their total services more accessible through changing physical and/or attitudinal barriers.
Francis Joseph Campbell Award
A citation and a medal presented to a person or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of library service for the blind and physically handicapped. This contribution may take the form of an imaginative and constructive program in a particular library; a recognized contribution to the national library program for blind persons; creative participation in library associations or organizations that advance reading for the blind; a significant publication or writing in the field; imaginative contribution to library administration, reference, circulation, selection, acquisitions, or technical services; or any activity of recognized importance.
ASCLA Exceptional Service Award
A citation presented to recognize exceptional service to patients, to the homebound, to people of all ages who live in group homes or residences, and to inmates, as well as to recognize professional leadership, effective interpretation of programs, pioneering activity, and significant research of experimental projects.
ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award
This prestigious award is presented to one or more ASCLA members (personal or organizational) exemplifying leadership and achievement in one or more of the following areas: consulting, library cooperation, networking, statewide services and programs and state library development.
Cathleen Bourdon Service Award
This citation is presented to an ASCLA personal member for outstanding service and leadership to the division. The award recognizes sustained leadership and exceptional service through participation in activities which have enhanced the stature, reputation, and overall strength of ASCLA; and representation of ASCLA to other appropriate organizations, institutions, or governmental agencies.
Century Scholarship
An annual scholarship of up to $2,500 that funds services or accommodation for a library school student(s) with disabilities admitted to an ALA-accredited library school. The scholarship will fund services or accommodations that are either not provided by law or otherwise by the university that will enable the student or students to successfully complete the course of study for a Master's or Doctorate in Library Science and become a library or information studies professional.


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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
Thomas Octave, assistant professor of fine arts and chair of the music division of the department of fine arts in the Saint Vincent College School of Humanities and Fine Arts, gave an Evensong Recital to the St. Andrew's Music Guild on October 5 at the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Highland Park. This recital was the inaugural recital for the Saint Andrew Music Guild Recital Series. Mr. Octave performed sacred music that ranged from Handel, to "Sing God A Simple Song" from Leonard Bernstein's Mass to movements from a Bach solo cantata. He was accompanied by Josie Merlino. The recital concluded with a standing ovation, encore and a meet the artist reception.


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Brady... I love the Idea... Would be perfect too if they could manage it so our picks were "hidden". Invite the Winners from all the Races Past...
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So, does anybody else like the "All-Star Race" Idea? I Love it... I'm already done for this Race (7th) and I already want to get another Race going
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5 Things in Life You're Never Really Prepared For
On the Internet, you can find preparation instructions for just about any emergency you can think of. That's good, since we're entering tornado season here in the Midwest. But I've discovered that in everyday life, there are so many more predictable, unavoidable things that nobody is ever prepared for. Fortunately, the only thing you'd need to pack into your emergency kit is awareness. And, according to your mom, some extra underwear. But mostly awareness. For example, most people are woefully unprepared to handle things like ...
#5. Someone Else's Illness
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Most of us are prepared for our own impending illness because we know our bodies and what we can handle when we turn into human petri dishes. We know how much work we can handle, how much time we can afford to miss, how long we can go without performing professional wrestling moves on our unsuspecting pets. We can make those financial and physical adjustments on the fly and go on living after it's passed. But when our kids, parents, or spouses get sick, it's a whole other awful universe.
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"I tried telling her to man up, but it didn't seem to work. At this point, I'm out of options."
In her younger years, my daughter had huge problems with dehydration when she got sick. She wouldn't drink anything -- we couldn't even force feed her. Not even those Popsicle things that all parents say do the trick. She was hospitalized three times from it, and every time, our world stopped. When you're in that situation, your entire life becomes focused on that moment, making sure that your child gets through it safely. Everything else can wait.
When it happens to a parent, the kids now have to take over their own meals, getting their own homework and chores finished with minimal or nonexistent guidance ... which usually means it doesn't get done. It's the same with business. How many times have you arrived at work and seen a manager bouncing around in chaos as she tries to lure some poor sucker in to cover someone else's shift? Yes, getting sick yourself shuts down your week, but it's hard to remember that it does the same to the worker who has to cancel all of his plans on his only day off in order to make sure your shift gets covered. Or the single mom who now has to skip work in order to take care of her kids. Or the magician who has to find another assistant for tonight's show because the mosquito trick gave his last one malaria.
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"This is what I like to call the 'handful of rattlesnakes' trick."
It always comes out of the blue, because how insane would you have to be to constantly monitor someone else's chances of catching a virus? But when it does happen, it sends out a shockwave of disruption that can travel a pretty impressive distance. You will undoubtedly be one of the affected people, and if you're not prepared for it, it will blindside you like your grandma's left hook when you try to turn off her Oprah.
#4. Fine Print
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At my wife's job, she has to look at people's bank statements. I don't know why -- I just always assumed her job was "money thief." Regardless of what she actually does or steals, one of the most common things she finds in financially troubled cases is a $500 cellphone bill. And we're not talking about families with three or four phones -- these are single college students in their early 20s working part-time jobs. Part of the reason is that we live in a weird area where we don't have much selection in companies and coverage is spotty. So going to the neighboring town often puts you into roaming. But even more damning is that the fine print for seemingly cheaper plans often goes ignored.
On my wife's cellphone, she once went over a certain bandwidth on her "unlimited" plan, and they throttled her download speeds so much that it was virtually unusable. Again, it was all spelled out in the fine print, but the problem is that it's almost always a mile long and filled with indecipherable legal jargon. So much so, in fact, that the people selling you the product may not even be trying to trick you into a sale when they answer your questions incorrectly. They just can't decode the lingo because they don't have a legal degree.
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"Yes, as far as I know, you never have to pay for it as long as you live. I think that's what 0 percent financing means."
It's why TV and radio commercials have that ridiculously fast, quietly spoken jumble of nonsense at the end. And when we slow those down (by law), they become ridiculous parodies of themselves. Even Googling the terms "medication commercials side effects" gives you page after page of comedy sites making fun of them.
But without forcing companies to make things like the terms of car leases painfully clear and honest, they simply wouldn't. And since no one wants to find out at the end of a lease that you can't paint your car to look like the bus from The Partridge Family, we insist that they make good with the fine print. And you always have to be on the lookout for the less obvious things so you don't get taken advantage of. That's where we get comedy goldmines like Macy's infamous "Worst Coupon Ever Made."
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Seriously, click that link and be prepared to laugh yourself into a coma.
#3. Losing Communication
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When I was a kid, I (and many people I grew up with) didn't have a phone. Not just a cellphone -- those hadn't quite become mainstream yet -- but a house phone. The Internet didn't exist, at least not in a way that was accessible to anyone outside of the military or criminally nerdy computer geeks. If you wanted to visit friends, you talked to them at school or work, wrote them a letter, or just showed up at their house and hoped that their father wasn't in an "answer the door in his Blue Man Group costume" sort of mood. We were off the grid pretty much permanently. Now understand that this is not a bitter old man pointing his cane and yelling, "When I was a kid, things were different!" It's about dependency. You can see a real-life example of our dependency on electronic communication by the complete and steady collapse of the U.S. Postal Service.
Right now, if I lost my Internet for a day, I'd be screwed. All of my work requires communication and immediate response, because like many people, time is a precious commodity for me. Even the simplest things require me to have solid communication. If I need something from the store, I don't have the cushion to show up and just hope that they have what I'm looking for. A wasted trip cannot be justified because it means I just spent time doing something unproductive. It's time that I could have used toward work or my family or constructing my special glitter cape. If I'm looking for a questionable item, I have to call the store first to make sure they have it.
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Finally. I didn't think I'd ever find one.
Even if you're not working a high-pressure, time-consuming job, losing cellphone access or email can just wipe out your entire day. Because when that happens, it's exactly when everyone you've ever met suddenly needs to get a hold of you right now. And when you don't respond, they're not thinking, "Hmmmm ... he must have a problem with his connection." They're thinking, "That jerk won't answer his phone because he obviously hates me!" Your boss thinks you're ditching work. Your mom thinks you're screening her out of your calls. Your kids assume that the answer to the horrifying request they were about to ask is "Yes."
And the worst part is that there's nothing you can do about it but sit there and wait for it to come back on, passing the minutes with solitaire because all of your other games now have online DRM that prevents you from playing them unless you're connected to the Internet.
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"All I want to do is melt the skin off of the undead with my inferno spell! Is that seriously too much to ask?"
But it's going to happen, and all we can do is expect it and not drive ourselves into a flame-thrower-wielding panic when it does.


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Pathway to Financial Success
Discover is making a five year, $10 milion investment in financial education to ensure that students get the information they need to manage money and achieve brighter financial futures. Through its financial education program, Pathway to Financial Success, the company is providing grants to qualifying high schools to cover the cost of implementing or enhancing a personal finance course, giving them access to standards-based curriculum and offering teachers the training they need to deliver it.
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So you want to check out today�s big race?
Here�s a rundown on how to make the most of race day in Durango, the start of the seven-day USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
First, and foremost, the race starts at 10 a.m. at Main Avenue and Eighth Street with two �parade laps� through downtown. After that, racers will hammer up the Front Hill to Fort Lewis College, ride along the scenic Rim Drive, fly down North College Drive and sprint on Florida Road back to the downtown.
One hundred twenty-six world-class racers will ride through town for about 26 minutes before departing on County Road 210 � the road that leads to Lake Nighthorse, said City Manager Ron Le-Blanc.
He encourages residents to show up, make a lot of noise and, if possible, wear a costume.
�Do Durango proud,� he said. �You can recycle all your Snowdown costumes.�
Popular viewing spots will include:
Buckley Park, 1250 Main Ave., where an all-day festival is planned with food, music and exhibits. A Jumbotron will broadcast the race.
Main Avenue and 12th Street, where bleachers will be set up for a Fort Lewis College cycling fundraisers at Guido�s Favorite Foods..
The start line at Main Avenue and Eighth Street, where dignitaries and luminaries such as Gov. John Hickenlooper and former Olympians will speak.
Along the Front Hill, the first heart-pounding climb of the 683-mile race.
Along Rim Drive, where spectators can see two passes, once up close and again about 100 feet below on Florida Road.
Much of downtown will be closed to vehicular traffic, making parking tricky, if not impossible.
Residents and visitors are encouraged to walk, ride a bicycle, or park and ride a free shuttle.
Free parking will be available at four locations: Durango Mall, Durango High School/La Plata County Fairgrounds, Twin Buttes and Fort Lewis College. A free shuttle will operate from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and take spectators from those four lots to the downtown Transit Center.
�We are hoping you will take transit and ride your bike; stay out of the car,� LeBlanc said.
Events get started early with a pancake breakfast at 7 a.m. in Buckley Park and opening ceremonies at 8 a.m. on Main Avenue.
Highlights from the first day, including live coverage of the finish, will be shown starting at 2 p.m. on the NBC Sports Network. A helicopter will be overhead filming the start and motorcycles will closely track the cyclists.
NBC and NBC Sports Network have agreed to show 29 cumulative hours of televised coverage during the seven-day race. Coverage in one form or another will reach more than 200 countries, LeBlanc said.
�The town has never looked so good,� he said. �We have put down hundreds of gallons of paint, we�ve trimmed trees, we�ve fixed streets, we�ve hung banners.�
The Pro Cycling Challenge is the biggest event Durango has ever hosted, LeBlanc said.
�There�s nothing comparable to what this is,� he said.
The city budgeted about $560,000 for the event. It will recoup much of those expenses from sponsors, fundraisers, special events and the race itself.
Today was going to be the first day of school for Durango School District 9-R students, but the start was postponed a day to accommodate the race.
LeBlanc encouraged as many residents as possible to attend today�s event.
�It�s a way to show your appreciation and support for the city by going out and supporting the race,� he said.
The race course itself is closed to the public, which means people are prohibited from running onto the course � at least in town. The city also asks residents to keep their dogs at home.
�It�s a great opportunity to show the pride in Durango,� said Mary Monroe, with Trails 2000. �This isn�t just a bike race, this is a full-on tourism opportunity. The more people that we can get to come out and cheer for Durango � and of course, we�re cheering for the racers, too � that would be fabulous.�
City officials were anticipating 25,000 visitors in town today. Twelve city employees equipped with clickers will be assigned to specific areas to count every person they see, LeBlanc said. The city will then inquire with local motels and hotels about their occupancy rates and try to gauge how many people were camping on public lands, he said.
More than 650 volunteers will assist with crowd control and directing traffic.
Local law enforcement is operating under the direction of the Southwest Incident Command Team, a consolidation of emergency responders set up to help coordinate law-enforcement efforts.
Officers will be stationed along the race route, said Jim Spratlen, chief of Durango Police Department.
�Anyone that wants to disrupt it, we�ll have an immediate action group that will come out and stop it,� he said. �There�s a lot of stuff that can go on with large crowds, especially a large crowd that is going to watch an international event.�
Durango Mayor Doug Lyon thanked local volunteers and organizers who have worked night and day for several months preparing for today�s event.
�Durango has a long and storied tradition with cycling,� he said. �I�m sure there will be great enthusiasm for the overall start of America�s greatest stage race.�
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the 3DS was originally designed for the Nintendo 64 system and proved to be extremely popular. This new version is a completely overhauled and updated presentation of that game and brings all the benefits of the hanheld 3DS system.
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The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time for the 3DS follows the character Link through the world of Hyrule. Link lives in the outskirts of the Hyrule Field in a small village referred to as the Kokiri Forest. It is here that Link is met by his very own fairy, Navi for the first time. Link's new fairy Navi warns Link that the Kokiri Forest's Guardian the Great Deku Tree has summoned him. Upon finding a sword and shield, Link goes to meet the Great Deku Tree who informs him of his destiny to find the princess Zelda and eradicate the evil that has shrouded the world of Hyrule.
Link's journey will take him across many different areas of the Hyrule world as well as a number of dungeons, ruins and temples. There Link will uncover the story behind Hyrule, it's inhabitants and the true power behind the Triforce. On the journey, the player will also come across many items, important gameplay weapons, artifacts and other information that pertains to the story.
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time for the 3DS is exactly the same game as the original Ocarina of Time except the graphics, textures and animations of characters have been redefined and improved. There are also other gameplay features that are unique to the 3DS as well. For example, players may use the bottom portion of the screen on their 3DS to assign items to the quick access buttons in the player's HUD. The bottom screen may also be used to browse items in the player's inventory while still engaged in the main gameplay on the screen above.
The Legend of Zelda also has other features embedded such as the Master Quest with tweaked dungeon layouts and also a Boss Gauntlet Mode. The Boss Gauntlet Mode allows players to battle against previously defeated bosses in the game. One of the most notable additions to the 3DS version of Ocarina of Time are Sheikah Stones. These Sheikah Stones will give players hints throughout the level if the player gets stumped and needs some advice.
When it comes down to it, this version of the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is exactly the same as the original version with upgraded character models, cut scenes, remodeled character animations and improved textures in the environment such as the bricks in the castle wall, wall textures, ground textures and more. The addition of the quick access inventory option via the bottom screen of the 3DS is a user friendly way to quickly equip a weapon, object or other item the player needs immediate access to.
The updates included in this game version make it a game to collect and only expands on the Zelda universe. For anyone who has never experienced the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, it is never a better time to pick up the newly remodeled version for the 3DS. The 3DS version will allow first time players to experience Ocarina of Time as it was meant to originally be played along with added benefits from the new game version.
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Discover four roasting methods for hearty weeknight meals and flawless holiday feasts! Confidently roast without a recipe as you follow James Beard Award-winner Molly Stevens through nine of her favorite dishes. Learn how to prep, truss and season a variety of meats, and use high-heat roasting for tender and juicy chicken. Unlock the secret to a perfectly browned turkey with combination-heat roasting, and pick up the tips to carve it like a pro! Explore sear-roasting for the ultimate steakhouse steak and five-star fish, and make a mouthwatering pork rack with slow and steady roasting. Plus, learn how to turn everyday vegetables into side dishes that might just steal the show!
Meet your instructor, Molly Stevens, and learn more about the definition, history and science of roasting.
Get comfortable with high-heat roasting by preparing a simple but delicious roast chicken with a crisp, golden skin. Molly shows you how to prepare your bird and pan to minimize scorching, check the bird for doneness, then turn the pan juices into a flavorful sauce while the chicken is resting. This quick roasting method is perfect for a weeknight dinner.
A larger roast, such as turkey or beef, benefits from initial high heat for browning, then a low and slow roast for even cooking all the way through. Molly takes the guesswork out of your holiday dinner by demonstrating step-by-step how to choose and prepare a turkey, roast it and carve it. Even seasoned cooks will learn some new tricks! Roast beef is also on Molly's menu. See how to achieve an ideal, even pink across every slice. Make it on the weekend and you'll have enough for a week of sandwiches!
Another form of combination roasting, sear roasting gives you the greatest control over both stages of cooking. You'll start by searing the meat on the stovetop, then continue roasting it in the oven. Practice with a thick, juicy steak or two. If you prefer fish, try this method with salmon. You can even prepare multiple fillets in advance for a dinner party using Molly's techniques.
Your grandmother's roasting method may be just your speed! Slow and steady results in a reliably moist and tender roast, whether it's beef tenderloin, roast beef with vegetables or even a large chicken. Molly demonstrates the technique with a show-stopping maple-glazed rack of pork.
Roasting vegetables brings out their natural sweetness and makes them a delightful addition to any dinner. Start with herb-roasted potatoes and move on to a medley of root vegetables. If you have kids who are fussy about eating green vegetables (or maybe you are, too!), Molly's "Blasted Broccoli" demonstrates how you can turn greens into a dish that even picky eaters will love.
Now that you understand all the basic roasting techniques, Molly's got a bonus lesson to share. Stuffing a roast, especially a leaner cut of meat, adds both flavor and moisture. And if you're planning a dinner party, a stuffed roast has terrific visual appeal. With a pork roast and beef tenderloin, Molly shows you her techniques to make your roast the star of the table.
"I really enjoyed this course and can't wait to try EVERY recipe Molly shows. Great information, well stated and entertaining to watch. I especially loved the bonus dishes. Thanks so much, Craftsy and Molly!"
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It took him 10 minutes to start actually demonstrating the tips and tricks. And most of those 10 minutes he was complaining that he had only 45 minutes...
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Even with Prop 37 defeated, California may see lawsuits seeking to end the labeling of products containing GMOs as "natural." [© Monkey Business - Fotolia.com]
Industry arguments about additional consumer and business costs resonated with California voters, who on Tuesday defeated a ballot measure that would have forced the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to a standard stricter than in Europe.
Proposition 37 would have required that manufacturers using 0.5% GMO material as of 2014—and any quantity as of 2019—in raw agricultural commodities and processed foods label their products "in clear and conspicuous language," with the phrase "Partially Produced with Genetic Engineering" or "May be Partially Produced with Genetic Engineering." California's threshold would have been smaller than the 0.9% GMO material used by the European Union (EU).
Supporters of the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act—a coalition of environmental, consumer, and public health groups, plus smaller food retailers, and even food manufacturers (many of "natural" or "organic" foods) named "Yes on 37"—insisted any increases would be minimal and an affordable trade-off for learning just what is in those genetically-modified soybeans or corn.
But in their campaign against the measure, opponents of the measure—a coalition of GMO seed companies, farmers, chain retailers and larger food producers named "No on 37"—successfully spent $46 million to warn that Right-to-Know will cost California households up to $400 annually, as producers pass on costs whether they try to substitute with organic or non-GMO ingredients, according to a report issued for GMO supporters by Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants.
[For more on Proposition 37, see "Weighing the Costs of GMO Labeling".]
"The cost to consumers would be reflected equally in the cost to businesses. Not only do businesses have the costs that they have to pass on to consumers, but they would also have whatever additional costs they would have for liability as a result of this law," Mark C. Goodman, a partner in the San Francisco office of the law firm Hogan Lovells, told GEN.
"If you're the manufacturer, you'd obviously have labeling costs to change the labeling on all of your products and make sure that the labels are accurate and complying with the law. As a retailer, because you would have liability, you'd have to make sure any products that you sold complied with the law," Goodman said. "You'd have to have somebody dedicated to figuring out that what you were selling on your shelves was properly labeled, whether by the product itself or by having the retailer put a label out like a sign telling whether something was genetically modified or not."
As for the safety of GMOs, Goodman said, "I just don't think there's enough science out there to know whether something like Prop 37 is really worthwhile."
The issue of safety was amplified on Oct. 20, when the American Association for the Advancement of Science issued a statement opposing the labeling of GMO foods: "Legally mandating such a label can only serve to mislead and falsely alarm consumers," AAAS concluded.
Without citing Proposition 37 or the California controversy, AAAS noted that FDA doesn't require GMO labeling unless the absence of such information poses a special health or environmental risk—critics counter that FDA's testing is voluntary—and that studies by the European Union, World Health Organization, American Medical Association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the British Royal Society concluded that no additional danger was posed by consuming food with GMO ingredients.
Proposition 37 supporters cited a study by researchers at France's University of Caen, published in Food and Chemical Toxicology, in which half the male rats, and 70% of female rats, died prematurely after consuming Monsanto's genetically-modified corn seed NK603 and Roundup herbicide, compared with just 30% and 20% in a control group.
Critics note the Caen study tracked the health of the rats throughout their life span rather than stop at 90 days; tumors and organ damage suffered by the rats became evident only after four months. But the study drew fire from several scientists, who went public with complaints the study had not disclosed how much the rats were given to eat, and that the strain of rats studied was prone to mammary tumors following unrestricted food intake.
The AAAS statement was challenged quickly by Patricia Hunt of Washington State University and 20 other scientists, who noted that some consumers choose foods based on sustainability, including potential health effects on farmworkers and the environment due to intense chemical use, while others wish to support reduced-chemical farming, or want food that approximates what past generations ate.
"This powerful instinct will always exist among certain groups regardless of scientific advances and safety analyses," the group of 21 scientists wrote. "Thus, the [AAAS] Board's paternalistic assertion that labeling of GM foods 'can only serve to mislead and falsely alarm consumers' is an Orwellian argument that violates the right of consumers to make informed decisions."
Even with Prop 37 defeated, Goodman expects California will see lawsuits seeking to end the labeling of products containing GMOs as "natural." With no legal definition of natural to use, he said, plaintiffs would likely urge courts to apply the popular understanding of "natural" as something that is unmodified.
"The problem for plaintiffs' lawyers is that it is difficult to certify a class for these cases, as not all consumers buy products because they claim to be 'natural.' That is why Prop 37 was going to be such a boon for plaintiffs' lawyers—they would not have to show that all consumers bought the products for the same reason, which is very difficult," Goodman said.
Had Proposition 37 passed, Goodman said, it could have been challenged in court on grounds of violating the U.S. and state constitutions.
"There would obviously be First Amendment grounds to challenge something like this," namely that Prop 37 required a speech regulation without rational relationship to a public interest, Goodman said. "The law has to have some rational relationship to a public interest. The question is whether this GMO issue is really a significant public interest that requires imposing a law."
The restriction is somewhat similar, he said, to graphic anti-smoking warnings that tobacco companies were able to overturn in August in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit through a First Amendment challenge.
Proposition 37 failed by 54% to 46%, according to unofficial results, with 82% of California precincts reporting.
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East Penn School Board Monday became the first of three local governing bodies to approve a tax increment financing plan for construction of the proposed Hamilton Crossings shopping center in Lower Macungie Twp., Lehigh Co.
The school board also gave initial approval for a proposed no-tax increase school district budget for 2013-14, with final adoption scheduled for June 24. School board members weren't sure, but they believe this will be the first time school taxes won't increase in at least a decade.
While the $130-million budget was approved unanimously, the vote for the Hamilton Crossings TIF passed 6-2, with one abstention.
Dissenting voters Lynn Donches and Julian Stolz unsuccessfully tried to table, then postpone, the TIF vote before voting no.
Board member Michael Policano abstained, saying he was still on the fence. Policano also voted to table or defer the TIF vote.
Developers of the $140-million Hamilton Crossings project, which will be anchored by a Target and the Lehigh Valley's first and only Costco, maintain they cannot do the project unless they get TIF financing to help pay for public infrastructure improvements.
The TIF financing plan won't happen unless all three local taxing bodies agree to it.
Lehigh County commissioners are scheduled to vote on the plan on May 22. If they approve it, Lower Macungie commissioners will vote on June 6.
The school district, township and county must all agree to give up 50 percent of increased property taxes from the shopping center for up to 20 years.
If Hamilton Crossings is built, East Penn will get almost $600,000 a year in increased property tax revenues for up to 20 years and $1.2 million annually after that, explained school board member Ken Bacher.
The tax revenue the three municipalities would agree to give up for 20 years will be used to help finance road, storm water and other improvements at the 63-acre shopping center site, located on both sides of Krocks Road between Route 222 and Hamilton Boulevard.
Hamilton Crossings developers plan to begin construction before the end of summer and have their upscale shopping center completed by the autumn of 2014.
At Monday night's school board meeting, a lawyer representing owners of the nearby Trexler Mall and Trexlertown Plaza shopping centers along Hamilton Boulevard threatened a lawsuit against East Penn if it made the "arbitrary and unfair decision" to support the Hamilton Crossings TIF.
"The school board has no authority to pick winners and losers in the local economy," argued Atty. Jonathan Hugg, who represents Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. "This market is simply not big enough to support both Cedar's shopping centers and the proposed Hamilton Crossings."
By approving the TIF, Hugg told the board: "You will be financing with public funds the destruction of Cedar's shopping centers that Cedar recently renovated with private funds."
Hugg said Cedar invested more than $30 million to redevelop its two shopping centers in the last three years. He said the company made that investment for the community without any government subsidy or handout. "This investment measurably increased tax revenues. By providing TIF assistance to the developers of Hamilton Crossings, the school board will effectively penalize Cedar for not coming hat in hand to ask the school district to fund Cedar's private development."
Hugg also accused Hamilton Crossings' developers of raiding his client's shopping centers, saying they have approached businesses leasing space in Trexler Mall and Trexlertown Plaza about moving to Hamilton Crossings.
TIF helps taxpayers?
"I don't believe this is the best deal for the taxpayer—I'm not going to support this," said Donches of the TIF.
But board vice president Alan Earnshaw said increased tax revenue from the new shopping center will minimize or even eliminate future tax increases in East Penn. He said there could even be a tax decrease because of the TIF.
"I can't guarantee it will stop tax increases, but it sure as heck will slow them down," said board president Charles Ballard.
Earnshaw also pointed out: "We are not destroying farmland for development."
Because the property has poor soil containing iron ore mining waste, it is not used for farming, said developer Tim Harrison.
While board member Samuel Rhodes said he is not a big fan of shopping center development, and he believes the state's TIF program is intended more for generating urban redevelopment, he added: "My fiduciary responsibility is to the school district. This is going to help taxpayers and the school district. I would be remiss if I missed this opportunity to help us fund our public schools in East Penn."
Stolz said his colleagues on the board "are all dazzled by this found bag of money."


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on February 13, 2013 - 1:00 AM
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Memo to the governor: This isn't going away.
In a nation founded with guns to oppose government tyranny, it shouldn't surprise anyone that shooters won't let Gov. Andrew Cuomo's gun-control power play fade from the spotlight. Tuesday's rally in Albany and another slated for Feb. 28 prove that the issue has legs.
So does his drop in a poll after the law was rammed through using emergency provisions to prevent debate.
Put aside for a moment the irony of the governor now saying a law passed in secret will become more popular once people know more about it.
With other bills, that might be true. But in this case, the more the public learns what a semiautomatic gun is – and what it isn't – I'm betting the less likely they are to think Cuomo made a reasoned decision, rather than a political one. Take the bill's centerpiece, its ban on future sales of "assault weapons." Are the guns more dangerous because they're more compact, maneuverable and easily concealable? Perhaps. Except that they're not.
The Browning BAR ShortTrac semiautomatic, which looks like a traditional hunting rifle, is 41� inches long and weighs 6.1 pounds. Yet the Armalite AR-10 A2, which looks like an "assault weapon" with its external magazine and pistol grip, is actually longer and heavier. This means that if Cuomo was concerned about a rifle being smaller, more maneuverable and easier to hide, he banned the wrong one.
In fact, any argument based on size is as fatuous as one based on functionality, since all semiautomatics function essentially the same – each trigger pull fires one round.
Pressed on what makes the targeted guns more dangerous, the law's backers point to collapsible stocks – which could aid concealability, but which also make the size adjustable when teaching a son or daughter to shoot – and the pistol grip, which they say aids stability and accuracy when firing multiple rounds quickly. That's why, they say, most military rifles have pistol grips.
"Oh, for crying out loud!" retorts Lancaster's Harold "Budd" Schroeder, chairman of the Shooters Committee on Political Education, or SCOPE.
Stability and accuracy come mostly from bracing a rifle against your shoulder, as competitive shooters do. As for a crazed killer, "he's going to pray and spray, anyway," Schroeder notes.
But even if you acknowledge the gun-banners' point, it's the kind of debate we should have had openly, with opponents able to make their case and even demonstrate it on the range. The fact that the Cuomo administration didn't want that debate undermines its credibility and makes me think it was banking on the one point that's not debatable: "Assault weapons" look scarier.
Maybe that's a reason to ban them. Maybe looks are why crazed mass shooters gravitate toward those weapons, even though they account for a tiny fraction of gun deaths.
But if that's the case, it's a stronger argument for banning Hollywood's glamorization of such weapons than for banning the guns themselves.
That's why the protest rallies and lawsuits will continue, and why support will continue to erode the more the public learns about parts of the law.
Cuomo is smart enough to know that; the stealth tactic used to pass the bill proves it. That alone is reason enough to scrap it and start over.
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a combination of the words slut, whore, and bitch. Used in situations where you find the person extremely annoying.
"That girl was a major sloritch for flirting with your boyfriend."
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A slut, whore, bitch all together.
That sloritch is tryna take my man!
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Howard, 29, is in the final year of a two-year, $4.5 million contract. An all-star last season, Howard has won at least 35 games in three straight seasons. He is 16-12-4 with a 2.41 goals-against average and .917 save percentage this season.


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quote: Science completely allows for the concept that there are simply things that just "are". Like perhaps the fundamental particles that allow for the creation of matter simply always just "have been".
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We had a feast of cannon bear cheese, a huge loaf of bread, [...] for dinner! [...] We awoke after a lovely sleep in, ate our museli and cannon bear and vegemite sandwich which we also made for lunch
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Oaka cheese was a great addition but i'm sure Parmesian would work fine too.
(http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/ … ash-108890)
I guess Parmesian might be an English translation
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It is very good for party's or snakes. Ingredients – Take a 1 to 2 lbs. Block of Sharp Chatter Cheese
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Nice combination of pears, Rockford cheese, walnuts and iceberg lettuce.
(http://mealsofmine.blogspot.com/2009/02 … salad.html)
I buy Racket cheese by the half rounds on occasions, as we use a lot of that
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Trop drôle. My taste runs to "goody" and "half hearty."
Here's a cheese you don't usually see on a cheese plate:
Workout forum: "college cheese i love this stuff and lowfat milk maybe"
Bulletin board post: "I thought that "cottage cheese" was " college " cheese—and only college students were supposed to eat it…I also thought that all TV shows took place in the same universe, so that the Cleavers were neighbors of Rob and Laura Petrie, and that the Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents took place in the same area, so to speak…and I had the oddest delusion, that stayed with me until I was 14"
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I love "cannon bear" cheese. I think it's pushed the acorn right out of my lexicon.
Ken's "fetid cheese" should probably be added to the platter: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=534
Plenty of hits of "ricottage cheese." And ditto "limpburger"—which sounds even less appetizing than the original. I was disappointed however to find that "manta ray jack cheese" was a nopecorn.
Bummer (about the manta ray Jack). This is a great collection.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
Flour tortilla filled with mantaray jack cheese & your choice of meat: topped with sour cream & guacamole
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Sorry I missed the wedding, I had to pass a globlett in my little sisters bathroom.
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Jim James
Regions of Light and Sound of God
3½ stars (Out of four)
As leader of My Morning Jacket, Jim James grabbed hold of the alt-country movement and dragged it kicking and screaming into the world of arena-rock guitar solos and grandiloquent gestures. The band could, and still can, go from a whisper to a full roar with grace and ease. As a result, James helped to bring an indie-rock sensibility to the jam-band world, and vice versa.
For his full-bore collection outside the embrace of MMJ, James offers a genuine solo effort. He made the album, the enticingly titled "Regions of Light and Sound of God," by himself, handling the instrumentation, the writing, and the sonic imprint. That makes the collection a more intimate affair, but don't be misled – this is no ruminative strummer-bummer singer/songwriter fare. These are arresting songs, completed pieces with significant attention paid to detail, arrangement and dramatic arc.
What's immediately apparent here, as it has been on some of MMJ's most arresting tunes – "Golden," "Librarian," "Thank You Too" – is the warm soulfulness of James' singing. It's impossible to miss the gospel influence throughout "Regions of Light …," from the opening supple piano chords welcoming "State of the Art," through the outer space disco of "Know Til Now," and even lurking within the ambient beauty of the truly tripped out "Of the Mother Again."
Regardless of the instrumentation – be it synthesizers and drum loops, or a creaky old upright piano and a rudimentary acoustic drum figure – James brings a sense of the American South to the proceedings, even if his take on "church music" might not have any conventional connotations. The album's lyrical themes – the cycle of death and rebirth, the need to push perceived limitations in the interest of new discovery, and the inevitability of having to do all of it all over again, repeatedly – are lent grandeur by the implied mysticism of the sounds themselves. The voice – otherworldly, yearning-infused, capable of summoning serious emotional heft – is equally affecting whether delivered as breathy whisper or wailing falsetto.
The danger with solo albums involves the tendency toward unrewarding self-indulgence. Anyone who has ever crafted a recording solely on their own knows well the temptation to satisfy every imaginative whim, taking full advantage of the fact that no one is hanging around waiting to tell you "No." Happily, James treated "Regions of Light …" much as he's treated MMJ albums – as an opportunity to craft beautifully idiosyncratic music that is at the same time eminently capable of forming a deep emotional connection with the listener. That's a tough gig. James makes it sound easy.
– Jeff Miers
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Without a Net
[Blue Note]
4 stars
Miles Davis Quintet
Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
4 stars
The very best is always worth waiting for.
There will be few more-awaited jazz discs in the entire rest of 2013 than these two have been already for months – the three-disc (plus DVD) box set of searing live performances by a truly great Miles Davis Quintet that never recorded in the studio and the new disc of live performances by the 79-year-old jazz titan who is the other featured frontline soloist with Davis. Both are jazz history milestones.
So extraordinary a player does saxophonist Wayne Shorter remain at his advanced age that they are already planning his late summer 80th birthday celebration at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Absolutely nothing on "Without a Net" reveals any late-life failing or musical vulnerability from Shorter. What you're hearing, quite simply, is an exceptional jazz quartet in a string of live performances that has been together for nearly 12 years playing jazz of the highest invention and virtuosity in current jazz. If there are times with earphones if the sound mix seems oddly light on its premier solo voice Shorter, when you're talking about a group with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Pattitucci and drummer Brian Blade, you're dealing with musicians playing at a uniformly Olympian level (Perez and Blade are particularly powerful here). And with a conventional disc player, all sound deficiencies are rectified five times over.
Nor is it all small combo music. The 23-minute track "Pegasus" is a larger composition played by the quartet with the Imani Winds that was recorded in Disney Hall in Los Angeles. Says Shorter "if your goal is to play an instrument, what comes out can be pretty boring. But if you think in broader terms about what you feel needs to be heard of what you wish for the human condition, that can change things."
The title of the disc came from a conversation with Shorter and his old friend, the late actress Vonetta McGee, whom he'd known since they were teenagers. "You know what?" she told this quartet. "You guys are playing without a net." And so they do.
No one in postmodern jazz history explored the art of playing without a net more thrillingly than Davis in his "Bitches Brew" period. "Live in Europe in 1969" is a singular, glorious and electrifying contribution to that very jazz history – a string of live European performances by an amazing Davis quintet: Shorter, electric pianist Chick Corea, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette playing some of the most astonishing music of his entire life. As if all that weren't enough, this is some of Davis' most robust live performance on disc from any era.
It is a box set that is everything that could have been hoped from those who have long waited for it.
These are official reasons for the jazz audience to celebrate for months to come.
– Jeff Simon
I Do: The Wedding Album
3 stars
Lots of classical musicians try to kick back and do something just as a joke. Few do it well. Violinist Lara St. John and a group of friends, including soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, outdo themselves, and anyone else I have heard, with this klezmer/polka/slow drag group, Polkestra. Their previous album, "Apolkalypse Now," was also released on St. John's private label, Ancalagon (and was praised in The Buffalo News).
You have to laugh hearing a subsonic, burping contrabassoon accompanying a veering take on Jeremiah Clarke's "Trumpet Voluntary," with the melody played on a trumpet/flugelhorn hybrid. Wagner's "Lohengrin" March played on a sassy trombone, accompanied by a growling bassoon, then bursts into happy klezmer chatter, ending with a horse whinny. "J.S. Bach Bachelor Party" is a wacky take of "Wachet Auf," with the musicians bopping happily away at the obbligato and the trombone taking the chorale melody. It morphs into "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," with accordion and dotted rhythms. And all those numbers are just in "The Ceremony."
"The Party" includes "Kosher Chicken Dance," "O Sole Mio" and other things you might not want to know about.
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DbEnableReplication utility from the BDB JE jar.
DbEnableReplication converts a non HA store into an HA store and can be used as follows:
Example 13.7. Enabling replication
In the examples above, je jar of version 5.0.97 is used to convert store at /path/to/store into HA store having replication group name MyReplicationGroup, node name MyNode1 and running on host localhost and port 5001.
After running DbEnableReplication and updating the virtual host store to configuration to be an HA message store, like in example below, on broker start up the store schema will be upgraded to the most recent version and the broker can be used as normal.
Example 13.8. Example of XML configuration for HA message store
<store> <class>org.apache.qpid.server.store.berkeleydb.BDBHAMessageStore</class> <environment-path>/path/to/store</environment-path> <highAvailability> <groupName>MyReplicationGroup</groupName> <nodeName>MyNode1</nodeName> <nodeHostPort>localhost:5001</nodeHostPort> <helperHostPort>localhost:5001</helperHostPort> </highAvailability> </store>
The Replica nodes can be started with empty stores. The data will be automatically copied from Master to Replica on Replica start-up. This will take a period of time determined by the size of the Masters store and the network bandwidth between the nodes.
Due to existing caveats in Berkeley JE with copying of data from Master into Replica it is recommended to restart the Master node after store schema upgrade is finished before starting the Replica nodes.
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