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Monthly Archives: September 2008
how i feel about facing up to my responsibilities right now:
weekly roundup: my amazing life
yes, my life is amazing, it could even be compared to that of an international glamour model – one who likes to hide her hot body from everyone in case her friends got jealous and stabbbed her with their cuticle sticks. last friday the Jupiter drinks were themed Never Gonna Give Quirky Mexi Up (actually was something like Cinco Amigas) and we had a Pinata named Jason (after the highly respected Jason Yankelowitz):
great for releasing Friday frustrations built up by being in a recording studio for the whole of thursday. I generally love recording but this must be the longest project i've worked on – a good 5 minutes long, whereas i'm more used to 30 second radio ads. anyhow i hooked up with Herman from Milestone who is an absolute dream to work with, so it wasn't too bad. plus the new Milestone studios are looking so super cool.
then renee had a drinks thing at her iPod flat ( it really does look like an iPod, it's so white it's impossible to get a photo that isn't blurred – what follows is one of the few). We drank JWBL and climbed into the SingStar, until the boys monopolised it and the girls had to sit around chatting in the kitchen.
spent the rest of the weekend relaxing, taking it eeeeeeeaaaaaaassssssaaaaaayyy. did a fair bit of running and we even attempted a spring clean. Rei moved his whole room around, I unpacked 2 boxes, which isn't really springcleaning. but i tried. saturday was the most amazing sunny weather so i attempted to sit by the pool and even dived in but got a severe ice-cream-headache. here is a pic of Rei being King of the Kitchen <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Sunday marked my ONE MONTH SMOKE FREE anniversary ********bigachievement*********. That means i don't smell like ash the whole time and I won't end up looking like the Chupacabra —> NY Times described 'pox on humanity' (such a great article, worth reading).
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Tagged brand ambassador, brand slut, chupacabra, drinks, glamour model, iPod flat, jason yankelowitz, jupiter drawing room, milestone studios, mybrandedlife, pinata, quitting smoking, rachel zoe, raisin face, recording studio, reijer van der vlugt, renee van reenen, shoes, smoking sucks, smoking wrinkles, sponsor baby, spring cleaning, weekly roundup
attention cool people with taste everywhere
yes, yes, YES. shall i compare these to an interior design orgasm? introducing tetris tiles. need.i.say.more.
when i look at these, something warm comes over me. it spreads through my body and makes me think about settling down and building a home of my own. moving swiftly along.
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Tagged accessories, bathroom, blog, cool, design, gaming, geek, home makers, inspired, interesting, interior, retro, south africa, tetris tiles, tiles, young couples
Q&A Tuesday: What is liberal? What is cool?
Occasionally my readers write in with some seriously existential questions that make me look long and hard at myself in the mirror that is my blog. Such an exchange occurred today when I received an email from Jabu, who wanted to know what the trendwatching company I used to work for measured its scouts against in order for them to be "cool enough". The following exchange ensued, and I feel its educational worth transcends my inbox:
On 9/16/08 11:46 AM, "Jabulani" wrote:
Hey, how's it going Alexandra? I trust life is going alright that side of the world and stuff. Just a quick question I wanted to ask you… What was the mechanism and criteria you used when recruiting trendscouts? I mean, how did you decide who was cooler then whom?
From: Alex [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: 16 September 2008 12:08 PM
To: Jabulani
Subject: Re: Heita hola
Because it's market research, it's a question of covering all demographic / genre bases. Often we'd meet amazing people but we'd already know similar people, and it would be a question of – we have so MANY young interesting black peeps who dig Manga from Langa, we need more Black peeps who drink whisky from Soweto – or – we have tons of Tiger Tiger chicks and we need more Melrose Arch preppies. That's all. Eventually everyone gets their turn, you know? Just a question of timing and keeping a fairly balanced spread of different types of young people from around the country.
When it comes to the individual, 'cool' was largely determined by who our clients are at the time, and whether that person would feed in relevant info on a regular proactive schedule.
Lastly, apart from the word 'liberal', 'cool' is the most misunderstood and misused descriptor out there – ESPECIALLY by trendwatching companies and their clients.
What they mean is something more like 'early adopters'.
There is no such thing as 'cool', nor criteria for such.
'Cool' kids look the same in every part of the world.
It's just another life phase, to be remembered by most as 'That time I convinced myself that skinny jeans are actually "cool". Shame.'
Hope it answers your question,
On 9/16/08 12:47 PM, "Jabulani" wrote:
Thanks, that helps quite a bit.
So… how is the word "liberal" misunderstood and misused? What is a liberal exactly? Would you consider yourself a liberal? Am I a liberal – or am I counter-revolutionary?
From: Alex [email@example.com]
Sent: 16 September 2008 12:08 PM
To: Jabulani
Subject: Re: Heita hola
Ways people misinterpret and misuse the word 'liberal':
1. Describe yourself as having a 'liberal nature' when the truth is that you just have a drinking problem
2. Put your 'liberal nature' down to your parents being 'liberals', who were really only people with drinking problems
3. Describe yourself as a 'liberal' to excuse your sexually promiscuous behaviour with most of your friends (and pretty much anyone, since you have a drinking problem)
4. Describing your political point of view as being 'liberal' because you believe in equality (reality check: being liberal means believing in communism, in not having to work for what you get, in endless government handouts and in being okay with other people taking your stuff).
If I were to pick a side I'd probably say that I am conservative, that I am educated and believe in educated leaders, that I value intellect over popularity, that I will support someone DOING good as opposed to someone who's DONE good, that I will fucking kill you if you touch my Merc, that if you want a Merc, you should work as hard as me to get it and not expect it to fall into your lap. Okay, I drive a Yaris, but it will be a Merc one day, since I believe in work. Do you think it's some sort of a coincidence that Merc rhymes with work?
You, however, strike me as being a bit of a fence-sitter, which is probably a smart place for a young emerging market Dark Carbon Allotrope (c) (BlAcK DiAmOnD) like yourself.
Aligning your personal brand with the ANC at this point isn't very sexy, since they keep kicking each other in the bum like battery chickens.
You could be described as a "Revolutionary Counter", because it's a smart twist on your question without being too blatant a dodge of the issue.
I hope this answers your question, young D.C.A.
P.S. I'm blogging this, FYI
P.P.S. Props for the K.D. reference, though I know you think I missed it. Peace.
This is all very deep for a Tuesday.
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a spot of tennis on Sunday
even though the weather was nothing like Paradise Island Saturday, we got up at 9 and munched down some oats with apple and syrup and almonds, and got ourselves off to the Gardens Lawn Tennis Club. we go there because they have a general attitude best embodied by this sign:
of course, Rei and I are not actually members. this is not on purpose – every time we arrive someone official-looking just buzzes us in and never asks us for money. who are we to make conversation with someone we don't know, let alone make conversation about tennis club payments?
after a few games and some rallies and a lot of chilly cloudy air blowing on our sweaty hocks, we thought we'd better go home and get changed so we could go shopping. this was to be a big shop since our cupboards have been bare for quite some time. this is due to the fact that there's a recession so the money we'd normally spend on food has been cut out of our budget, which now looks something like this:
Wallpaper Magazine ********** R5 000
Monocle Magazine************R4 000
iPhone 3G x 2****************R10 000 (we have both broken the ones we got free from Apple – hey who knew touch-screen Mario could be so addictive)
Medium broadband connection****R15 000 (South African internet prices tsk tsk)
3rd World Ambient Trauma Counselling (it's the latest thing, helps you stop worrying about crime and getting hijacked or diseased or when Horlicks will finally become affordable here)************R20 000
Parking Retainer outside The Waiting Room on Long Street (a new thing, so we don't have to drive around the Long Street block over and over on a Saturday night) *******R2 000
Flickr Pro Accounts*********$50 (don't know how much that is in Rands)
So that pretty much uses up our disposable income, which is why this shop had to be good and last us at least a week or so until we can sell some art on Etsy or sell our friends taste in fashion and music out to some market research company in order to earn some extra monies.
Shopping took a lot out of us, so we napped a large part of the afternoon away. Then Rei got down to making dinner while I took photos of him, and then me and him.
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Afrika's in fashion – tell your marketing friends
are you ready? now that American Apparel's gone Authentic African (they should change their name) on America, you can bet there's going to be a backlash. when i look at this i wonder what kind of person will buy and wear these clothes. maybe The Cobra Snake since he has been on a mission to print T-shirts for kids in Africa so they can be cool, too. maybe Paris Hilton would buy the boob tube for her trip down here when her Madden brother played in Africa, except that has already happened. Maybe all the rich Nigerian kids will buy their own patterns in another country when they do their yearly shop overseas and bring back stuff for their friends to buy (see how i slipped in that free nugget of market research info in there? i do that a lot, if you're observant you should see loads of free 'research', like free love, on my site).
i was just thinking it would be really cool to bring out a Jacob Zuma range which is the same as what you see here except they throw in a really short skirt that shows your knees (American Apparel fans will be pleased to know that in AfriCa, if you show your knees, it means you're a dirty slut who'll have sex in exchange for money – which is a LOT easier than the American equivalent where you actually have to flash your hoo-hoo when you're getting out of your limo).
i was also thinking they should make a print of the AIDS virus because that is very much in fashion in AfriCa (seriously, almost every 3rd person has it. How far will you really go to be cool, American Apparel fans? only those who have REAL COOL AMBITION will make it to this level. you have to really WANT it.).
Anyway, it's actually awesome to have some of our indigenous stuff getting respect in mainstream retail outlets world wide. big up to AA.
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quote of the day: Let the poop flinging begin
"Felix Laband is a smack-head who gets little innocent girls addicted to smack then fucks off onto the next innocent little girl."
– Cape Town Professional Local Celebrity / Singer / Rapper Max Normal, from his interview on facebook. Felix vs. Watkin Tudor Jones – IT'S ON.
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Tagged Cape Town, celebrity, cool kids, electro DJ, felix laband, heroine addict, interview, little girls, max normal, music industry, smoking crack, street, waddy jones, war, watkin tudor jones
want: magazine-friendly coffee table
by designer Sara Huston
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Tagged coffee table, cool, design, designer, industrial design, interior, love, sara huston, space for magazine, wallpaper magazine
the glamour of poverty
everyone's a buzzing about this right now – Vogue's shoot in India where they used really poor (and by poor I mean impoverished) normal people to model ridiculously overpriced pieces of couture. i guess they've been doing this for years by using real life crackheads like Kate Moss to convey a sense of irony via heroine chic – let's face it, when you look like that you generally spend all your money on drugs, not clothes. um, what money, for starters.
i'm not sure how i would feel if they did that here. in one way, i think it would be great for some of the street kids to be exposed to some of the finer things in life (following that theory of giving your kids a taste of the good life so they covet and aspire to it and work harder at school to get it and do hugs not drugs etc etc) but on the other hand i think it might make some really pretty clothes very smelly and covered in sticky glue residue. ew.
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Kathi, Paige and I did the Virgin Active Indoor Triathlon last weekend. This is the first triathlon I have ever done, which is why I am impressed by my 25 min 41 second timing for 2km running, 5km cycling and 125m swimming. The event was really well put together and loads of fun – I'll definitely be doing the next one.
Last Friday's drinks at the agency was themed 'Cool as Ice' and featured Vanilla Ice being blared over the loudspeaker, as well as the carving of a giant penis. The penis was carved live in front of everyone in about 30 minutes, and a clear hole runs through the middle of it so you can pour tequila down the top and put your mouth at the bottom. It kind of made everyone look like hamsters licking at their water bottle. I stress 'kind of'.
childhood friend of mine, Sam King, stopped over to spend the weekend with me before she headed back to Korea where she is teaching English. she brought me this Polaroid One600 and 2 packs of film to get me going – which made me so excited I basically couldn't blog for a week. she also got me some other cool things, namely:
then we bade a sad farewell to longtime designer here and dear friend of mine, Carla Kreuser, who heads off to Coley Porter Bell (the S. African branch, still very new). we went to Col'Caccio and ate pizza and drank tequila in the sunshine.
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Psychological Meaning: Friends of the same sex can represent your shadow self- the aspects of your personality that you have rejected. However its friendly nature suggests that you are prepared to integrate this neglected part of yourself.
Mystical Meaning: To dream that you have a friend who is always true, is a promise of good news. If you dream that a friend is in trouble there will be worrying news.
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Lincoln Park is a popular neighborhood on Chicago's north side that is rich with culture, nature, shopping, and, well, rich people. But don't let that keep you from exploring its impressive cultural institutions, memorable restaurants, and tree-lined streets.
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The Chicago Hyde Park neighborhood has an intelligent tempo all its own, which is largely, but not entirely, shaped by the presence of the University of Chicago. Even the local barber shop was once called Hair PhD. Add to that its new status as the hometown neighborhood of President Barack Obama and a long stretch of beautiful lakefront, and it's easy to understand why this neighborhood is so popular. Learn more and get great tips for planning your visit.
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SELKIRK, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 02: Salmon attempt to leap up the fish ladder in the river Etterick on November 2, 2010 in Selkirk, Scotland. The salmon are returning upstream from the sea where they have spent between two and four winters feeding with many covering huge distances to return to the fresh waters to spawn. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
After years of dwindling salmon populations, the federal government has taken steps to clean up poisoned rivers in California, according to the Gate.
The EPA has approved a state plan that will pursue pollution at its source: farmers, foresters, and utility plants along the federally protected Klamath River, where the water quality is so bad it exceeds World Health Organization standards.
Predictably, agricultural polluters like PacifiCorp are opposed, claiming that the plan is unachievable and based on faulty data. They may be on to something: a recent plan for fish restoration around the California Delta was recently rejected for using suspect data.
But everyone can agree that California's water needs to be cleaner. The Delta was recently named one of the country's 10 areas most vulnerable to climate change. A few degrees' difference could completely destroy the region, where nearly half of the native fish have been declared endangered or extinct.
The new plan seeks to reduce phosphorus and nitrogen runoff from farms and reservoirs.
At one time, the Klamath was one of the country's most significant sources of salmon. But a century ago, new dams blocked spawning and warmed the water, allowing toxins to build up.
The salmon decline has meant big trouble for everyone. Not only are the fish crucial parts of the ecosystem, but their disappearance has dealt a heavy blow to the fishing industry. Even worse, it's spelled disaster for Indian tribes like the Yurok for which fishing plays a major cultural role.


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It always feels good to donate to a worthy cause. It's even better when a cause is easy to participate in, and it doesn't get much simpler than the Stamp Out Hunger! food drive. The annual food drive of the National Association of Letter Carriers is in its twentieth year, and May 12 provides anyone with a mailbox the chance to give back and fight hunger in the United States.
The Stamp Out Hunger! website explains the complicated steps for participating in the food drive:
1. Collect and bag non-perishable food items
2. Place by mailbox for letter carrier to deliver to a local food bank or pantry
Non-perishables are described as any canned product – meat, fish, vegetables, and of course soup – plus dried goods like pasta, cereal, and rice. In short, nothing that requires refrigeration or is in a breakable glass bottle. (And nothing expired, naturally.)
And that's it! Doing a good deed is that simple, and it's vitally important. The issue of hunger in the United States is still a huge one – millions of people rely on assistance programs like food banks, WIC, and SNAP, and it always seems like there's another budget cut looming on the horizon for every advancement. The Stamp Out Hunger! Facebook page notes that, while the program raised 70.2 million pounds of food last year alone (and has raised more than a billion pounds of food overall since the drive was started twenty years ago), the need for donations is as great as ever.
"According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual study measuring food security in the United States," the site states, "nearly 50 million Americans are living in food insecure homes." So grab some cans and boxes, look out for your friendly neighborhood postal worker, and help drive those numbers down.
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Meade Canine Rescue Foundation recently received donations totaling nearly $31,000 for improving the welfare of senior and special needs dogs. Dr. Philip Rahbany, Charlestown, NH, donated $20,000 and Ida Fabrizio, Sacramento, CA, donated $10,000 for the new caretaker's cottage and attached cageless kennel nearing completion at the site. Author Val Silver, a resident of upstate New York donated proceeds of her new book "Rescue Me" to purchase a Williams Direct Vent Furnace being installed in the dog area.
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Jan. 20, 2009: President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle dance on stage during MTV & ServiceNation: Live From The Youth Inaugural Ball at the Hilton.
Finally, Barack Obama has a nomination he doesn't need to push through Congress.
The president and First Lady Michelle have been nominated in the category of "Cutest Couple" for the 2010 Nickeloden's Kids' Choice Awards.
The Obamas are up against some pop culture juggernauts: Twilight's Edward and Bella, Bella and Jacob and Avatar's Neytiri and Jake.
Kevin James is hosting the show, which will be presented at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on March 27.
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04/16/2009 at 12:00 AM
Last week, our own Courtney Cahill participated in a symposium on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's jurisprudence, held at the Ohio State University. The program drew legal luminaries from across the country, including Cynthia Estlund (NYU), Pam Karlan (Stanford), Kenneth Karst (UCLA), Martha Nussbaum (Chicago), Reva Siegel (Yale), Chris Slobogin (Vanderbilt), Wendy Williams (Georgetown), and Tobias Wolff (Penn). What made this a unique experience was the rare opportunity to join in a discussion of a sitting justice's jurisprudence with the justice in attendance. The symposium brochure provides...
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04/13/2009 at 12:00 AM
One of the leading online tools for tax research is the BNA Tax and Accounting Center, available through the Law Library. The researcher can access the text of the tax code and court cases, text of IRS proposed and finalized regulations, Treasury Decisions, and other IRS materials. To make clear what can be confusing, expert commentary is provided. The BNA Tax and Accounting Center is frequently updated with news about the latest developments in federal and state taxation. A signature feature of the BNA Tax and Accounting Center is the U.S. Income Portfolios and the Estates...
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04/06/2009 at 12:00 AM
For all you fans of the Internal Revenue Code and movies, here is a noteworthy posting to the ABA Journal website authored by Debra Cassens Weiss: Few movies involve taxes as a central plot element, but that hasn't stopped members of the TaxProf Listserv from offering their tax film recommendations for law students. Robert Nassau, a Rochester, N.Y., tax lawyer and adjunct law professor at Syracuse, is assembling the list, TaxProf Blog reports. Nassau noted the law school's tax society has screened three tax movies and asked the law professors for additional recommendations. The screened and...
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04/03/2009 at 12:00 AM
Looks like I've been remiss in my blogging duties. I looked back and saw that I haven't posted anything since February, and so much has happened since then. The Public Interest Auction, Barrister's Ball, Spring Break, and just last weekend, a trip to DC to hear arguments in front of the Supreme Court and meet Justice Alito and Senator Whitehouse. Those who read this blog with any frequency will know that I love DC, and would like one day to live there. If I could get a job, that would be great too. DC has a great energy, and I think it's an energy that any law student would vibe on. Everyone...
Posted by Regina Curran
04/03/2009 at 12:00 AM
This past weekend a group of 2L honors students had the opportunity to take a trip to Washington DC. As part of the US Supreme Court Cases class we attended arguments at the Supreme Court, met with Justice Alito and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and toured the Capital building. We prepared for the trip by reading the briefs for Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey and then hearing about the finer points of this bankruptcy case from Professor Chung. It was very interesting to see the Justices who's opinions we have read listen and react to the arguments presented. It was also great to see the...
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03/30/2009 at 12:00 AM
The Uniform Commercial Code is the basis for several courses taught here at the law school. To help demystify UCC Article 2 Sales and UCC Article 9 Secured Transactions, here are some study aids available in the Law Library's collection. UCC Article 2 Sales study aids are Sales and Leases: Examples and Explanations (4th ed. on Reserve, KF915 .Z9 B76 2006), Sales and Leases of Goods in a Nutshell (4th ed. Reserve, KF915 .Z9 S7 2003) and Understanding Sales and Leases of Goods (Reserve, KF915 .L395 1996 and Reserve, KF915 .L395 1999). Study aids for UCC Article 9 Secured Transactions are...
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03/23/2009 at 12:00 AM
In addition to the resources of the Office of Career Services, the Law Library's Career collection located on the shelves adjacent to Training Lab 2 has publications on cover letters and resumes. You can check out these publications in addition to the other publications in the Career collection for three weeks. Best Resumes and CVs for International Jobs: Your Passport to the Global Job Market (HF5383 .K685 2002) by Ronald L. Krannich and Wendy S. Enelow offers advice for those desiring to employment outside the U.S. Federal Resume Guide: Write a Winning Federal Resume to Get in, Get...


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Far West Regional weekend at Rochester's Sahlen's Stadium kicks off tonight.
We'll have play-by-play from all of the regional games, starting with tonight's 5 p.m. Class D contest between Randolph and V-Red Jacket. We'll also have scoring and end-of-quarter updates via Twitter (with the hashtag #RANDvMGCL on #PrepTalkLive).
Check out our Class D gameday capsule; here's Keith McShea's Prep Talk column on the weekend -- and here's PrepTalkTV's take on how this weekend will unfold.
We encourage you to tweet observations and updates from this game -- or any other playoff contest, no matter what sport -- with the hashtag #preptalklive included. That's the quickest way for us to share the information through the live chat (tweets with that hashtag will automatically show up -- our old friend #preptalkscores will work as well).
Our high school scoreboard page has today's full high school sports schedule, and it will have the final scores and details as soon as they are reported to us.
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We will have separate blogs for each Section VI final. The Class A blog will be posted at about 7:45 p.m. in advance of the 8 p.m. kickoff for Williamsville North and V-Eastridge.
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Welcome to The King's Academy
The King's opened as an 11-18 school of 1,200 students in September 2003, with its Sixth Form provision starting a year later in September 2004. During the last ten years, we have enjoyed a tremendous rise in our GCSE exam results from 34% 5+ A* – C in 2004 to 89% in 2013. Improvements in Sixth Form results have been equally impressive.
In January 2009, the Department of Education identified The King's as one of the top 100 most improved schools in the country and the most improved school in the North East region.
Perhaps the Academy's greatest pleasure, however, is to see the inclusive environment in which its students operate, with 100 students having Statements of Special Educational Need. Inspired by our Christian ethos, which values everyone as equal in the sight of God, we are 'humbly proud' of what happens in our school and are delighted to welcome you to this website introduction of what The King's is all about.
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"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law (Galatians 5:22)"
"Understanding of our fellow human beings...becomes fruitful only when it is sustained by sympathetic feelings in joy and sorrow."
"We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action"
"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."
"Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible."
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Hollis Ann Hands, age 58, died Dec. 3, 2013, in Amarillo, Texas, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 7, at Polk Street United Methodist Church at 11 a.m., with Dr. Burt Palmer officiating. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Valley View Cemetery in Garden City, Kan., at noon. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas.
Hollis Ann was born Oct. 13, 1955, in Wichita, Kan., to Sebel Hands and Marjorie Landgraf Hands. She grew up with her brother, Victor, who still practices medicine in Amarillo. The siblings enjoyed many of the same activities including tennis, hunting and shooting sports, both in their younger years and throughout their life.
Hollis Ann graduated from the University of Texas in Austin and received her master's degree from Texas A&M College Station in Bryan. She worked for Boone Pickens at Mesa Petroleum for about five years before beginning her teaching career with AISD. She taught history and science for more than 20 years at Palo Duro High School. During that time, she also completed three marathons and won various trophies for trap shooting competitions. She loved to travel and visited more than 60 countries and 49 states with family and friends.
Hollis Ann was active in the Amarillo Opera and DAR. She was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church.
A quote the family grew up on and by which Hollis Ann tried to live her life:
"Your life lies before you, like drifts of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show." — Author unknown
The family will receive visitors at the funeral home on Friday evening from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m.
Hollis Ann was preceded in death by her parents and her grandparents. Survivors include her brother, Victor Hands and his wife Caroline and their daughters, Hollis Ann's precious nieces, Amber and Sara, whom she loved and adored. She is also survived by many loving family members and friends.
The family requests contributions be made to the Sebel V. Hands Nursing Scholarship at Amarillo College Foundation, P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178; Amarillo Opera, 2223 S. Van Buren, Amarillo, TX 79109; or to a favorite charity of your choice.
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At LShift, we tend to be big fans of functional programming, and in particular I've found ideas from languages like Clojure and Haskell do influence how I use more mainstream languages such as Ruby.
One technology that's been useful to us on a current project is QuickCheck-alike for Ruby, Rantly. Briefly, rather than testing a module in your code by taking a set of (hopefully representative) examples of use and demonstrating that they produce the correct (usually pre-calculated) output, you can have the library generate input data and compare the results to a model.
So a fairly simple (and useful) example would be checking message serialisation. One problem we've had to solve is encode commands and responses to communicate with a remote service. Rather than just using Marshal or YAML to do this, we want to ensure that we can version messages correctly, and check that if say, the remote service changes it's data model, then we can still interoperate with earlier versions of the client.
So, for our basic example, we'll be encoding messages as JSON and checking two properties:
The example code is up on github, as cstorey/rantly-example. Our first example is:
let (:message) { # 1 lambda { |r| DoSomething.new id: r.uuid, name: r.string } # 2 } it "should be usefully representable as JSON" do property_of(&message).check do |msg| # 3 json = msg.as_json JSON.parse(JSON.unparse(json)).should == json # 4 end end
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So, you might well be thinking that these tests are trivial, and in a sense they are, but there is definitely value in them. For example, in the case of schema versioning, then you can define generators for different versions of the DoSomething message, and validate that say, we can parse them into an object that is meaningful within our domain model, and that they do still accurately reflect the original intent of the sender.
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This weekend, for many needy families, the Vienna Presbyterian Church will transform into a Christmas Store, filled with donated toys, bikes, clothes, gift cards for teams and cards loaded with money to use at local grocery stores.
The event is one the Committee for Helping Others (CHO) puts together every year.
In the beginning, CHO began just giving out meals to families that needed them during the holidays. But the event has grown to include bikes, toys and other Christmas gifts to kids and their families who need them, from Vienna and other parts of Fairfax County.
: A total of 419 kids, 80 of whom were teenagers, were given bikes, helmets, toys, gift cards, clothing and food. In all, 125 families came to the church throughout the day for assistance.
This year, local elementary schools which will be part of the "Christmas Store" at this weekend's event.
But the real magic is in how volunteers pull it all together. As the event approaches, the organization still needs some help tying loose ends to make the weekend a success, CHO's Dan Larkins said.
If you're in the giving spirit, of money or of time, there are a few ways to help out, Larkins said:
1. Volunteer to help with Christmas "Store" setup, 9:30 p.m. Friday
2. Volunteers to escort families through the Christmas "Store," 8:30 a.m. Saturday
3. Donations of new toys, ages 1-12, and gift cards for teens.
4. Donations of food cards for families and coats and jackets.
Donors or volunteers should call Carolyn Mysel with questions or to sign up at 703-938-7213.


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SHORT GAP, W.Va. — Bridgeport used a 21-6 third quarter run to win 65-39 in the West Virginia Class AA, Region II playoffs at Frankfort High School Friday evening.
The Indians came in 23-2 overall and 19-0 in the region. They extended a four-point first quarter lead to 10 at halftime.
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Sweet Stitching with Erin: Bandana Cowl
Working at Purl Soho, I have a front row seat to the parade of effortlessly chic people that give our neighborhood its renowned style. From here I can report that, for men and women alike, this season's prevailing trend in neckwear is the bandana. Jauntily tied around the neck, it tops off everything from Sunday's T-shirt and jeans to Friday's night-on-the-town dress! The bandana is a sassy, casual touch that suggests that the wearer possesses an innate stylishness. It's the perfect accessory for those cool mornings when you've hit snooze a few too many times and need to turn "thrown-together-in-a-rush" into "casually glamourous"!
My Bandana Cowl is inspired by my desire to make "effortlessly chic" even more effortless. I was so excited to create something with the same freshness as the tied bandana but without the fiddly aspect of actually having to tie anything!
I chose to make my Cowl out of Swan's Island Bulky, a brand new yarn made from a beautiful blend of undyed merino and alpaca that feels wonderfully soft against the skin. The yarn creates a dense, rich fabric that's cuddly perfection for the chilly days of fall!


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I have been super busy the last several months....and been on a bit of a computer hiatus....but that doesn't mean I haven't been creating. Here is a 40 x 40 mixed media canvas project I created for my oldest sister's birthday. Eventually I plan on updating my blog with the details :) I used the gloriously colorful papers from DCWV
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurologic disease in which the nerves that connect to and control skeletal muscle prematurely die, resulting in muscle atrophy and weakness that steals away the ability to walk, stand, sit without support, speak, swallow, and breathe independently. ALS is inevitably fatal with no curative and only one disease-slowing treatment. Although the exact cause of ALS is unknown, the earliest abnormalities have been observed where the motor nerve attaches to and communicates with muscle, also known as the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). An intact NMJ is essential for normal muscle function and movement. Early in ALS, the NMJ begins to pull away and disconnect from muscle leading to paralysis. Currently, there are no medications known to prevent these changes. We are developing a therapy for ALS targeted to treat the NMJ, using mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) that over-secrete insulin-like growth factor I (IGF). IGF is a potent growth hormone with properties known to stabilize the NMJ and protect the motor nerve from death. MSC are adult stem cells found within bone marrow. These cells can be expanded, engineered to over-secrete IGF, and injected into skeletal muscle where increased levels of IGF can improve the health and promote retention of the NMJ. If effective, this therapy has the potential to slow disease progression, maintain muscle strength and function, and improve the quality-of-life for those living with ALS.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes severe disability, as those diagnosed with ALS inevitably lose muscle function and will transition from independent to dependent living. In California, approximately 2000 people live with ALS at any one time; however, ALS does not just affect patients. Due to the relentless course of ALS, family, friends and the greater community will necessarily provide essential basic daily care for their loved ones, making it a costly disease both in terms of patient life-years lost and caregiver burden. In addition, there are no effective treatments available to slow the functional losses suffered from ALS and many dollars are spent annually on unproven therapies by those hoping and searching for a cure. Our proposed therapy, aimed at maintaining the connection between muscle and motor neurons, has the potential to slow the functional decline of ALS. It is a novel therapy combining the healing properties of mesenchymal stem cells with insulin-like growth factor 1, a potent neurotrophic agent that has been shown to slow disease in animal models of ALS. California will benefit directly from the research and development of this stem cell therapy not only by providing a treatment for ALS where one does not exist, but socioeconomically by creating valuable jobs and training for scientists and students, and by becoming a treatment destination for those around the world fighting ALS.
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Executive Summary A key feature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is disruption of the neuromuscular junctions (NMJ), the subcellular structures where motor neurons attach to and communicate with skeletal muscles. The research proposal focuses on developing a therapy for ALS that will protect the NMJ and prevent motor neuron death. The approach will involve the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) that secrete insulin-like growth factor I (IGF); injection of these cells into skeletal muscle is proposed to stabilize NMJs and prevent disease progression. Proposed experiments will test the efficacy and safety of the approach in model systems and support preclinical and IND-enabling studies. Research Plan - The proposal is focused on a serious medical need, the development of an effective treatment for ALS. - Reviewers differed on their assessment of the project's rationale; while one reviewer considered it logical and compelling, others found the rationale unconvincing and seriously questioned the feasibility of the approach. - The approach was poorly justified by either published or preliminary data. - There is little evidence that injected cells would migrate to and persist or survive at the NMJs. - Reviewers viewed the preclinical experiments as premature, poorly designed and insufficiently justified. - The proposal did not address potential difficulties or alternative strategies. Principal Investigator - The PI is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with expertise in neuromuscular medicine. - The applicant has very limited experience with basic research and has produced very few research publications. - The PI's career development plan is particularly clear, detailed and well designed. - Proposed mentors have substantial experience in translational medicine and neuromuscular disease. Institutional Commitment - Reviewers noted a substantial institutional commitment to the PI's career development but expressed concern that the candidate was not assured a tenure-track appointment. - The institution appears to be strongly committed to promoting and supporting translational stem cell research programs; much infrastructure and appropriate collaborators are available at the applicant institution. Responsiveness - Reviewers found the proposal to be responsive to the RFA.


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In addition to appearing in the preseason National Fastpitch Coaches Association Preseason poll, Michigan and Northwestern also received votes in the first ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings, released on Tuesday. The Wolverines appear at No. 13 after ending the 2012 campaign as the 15th ranked team in the nation, while the Wildcats are among other squads also receiving votes. Michigan appears at No. 15 in the NFCA rankings, while Northwestern is receiving votes from the coaches.
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Transgender Appointee Amanda Simpson Excites Everyone by Going to Work
Yesterday a woman named Amanda Simpson showed up to work as a senior technical adviser to the Department of Commerce, where she will advise people about technical things in a senior-type fashion.
Anyway, this event made the news for obvious reasons…
"As one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds," Simpson said in a statement.
Simpson, 49, underwent a sex change about a decade ago while working in Tuscon for Raytheon Missile Systems, where she rose to the job of deputy director.
President Obama named Simpson to the Commerce post.
This truly is a landmark moment. For the first time in our nation's history, the people of America have acknowledged the existence of a senior technical adviser to the Department of Commerce.
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Avernum is the Empire's underground penal colony. There, those who are uncomfortable for the ruling Regime are thrown in via magical portal to never be heard from again. You have been exiled to the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, filled with foul monsters, constant warfare, and thousands upon thousands of your fellow prisoners. This is your punishment for not fitting in, for daring to speak your mind against the powers that be. You have a choice: accept your fate and die in this cold, dank underworld or take up arms against the tyrant who stripped you of your life, your status, your freedom. Will you be the first to escape Avernum?
Avernum: The Complete Saga features six complete dungeon crawling RPGs designed for anyone who longs for an epic quest, enjoys a fascinating and engaging tale, or misses the classic days of role playing games. Included in the set is Blades of Avernum, a collection of smaller adventure modules, such as A Small Rebellion, The Valley of Dying Things, The Za-Khazi Run, and Diplomacy With the Dead, and gives you the complete freedom to create your own adventures and cunning characters to share with your friends.
Minimum system requirements: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7, 1.6 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM (512 MBB recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), 300 MB HDD, Mouse, Keyboard.
Minimum system requirements (Mac): OS X 10.6.8 or later. Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+ Memory: 1GB of RAM Graphics: 64MB of video memory Recommended two-button mouse, or Apple mouse with Secondary Button / Secondary Click enabled. Compatibility notice(Mac): Avernum 4, 5, 6, and Blades of Avernum are NOT supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive) and 32-bit Intel Core Duo processors.
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Having played PC games since the late 80s, there is always one thing that keeps bringing me back: content. I'm sure other long-time PC gamers will be able to mention one (or two, or ten) games that have lasted them hundreds of hours. That isn't unusual for PC games. A lot of them were built to last. Whether it is a long list of playable races, a ton of expansion packs, or a tonread more of quests, there are THOSE PC games that never seem to run short of new things to discover.
Avernum is such a game. It's ALL about delivering you a huge amount of content, so much content that you'll always have something new to discover. The graphics are simplistic, the menus can be a bit clunky (but not compared to other 90s-style PC games), and the game could use a bit more organization when it comes to quests. However, the immense amount of content found in this game is more than enough to last you for dozens, if not hundreds, of hours.
And I'm only talking about the first game.
Avernum Complete Saga includes all six games in the series. The first three take place primarily underground in dungeon environments, whereas the final three games are mostly above ground with a few dungeons thrown in for good measure. The combat itself is simple to understand. However, that does not mean combat is simple. There is a wide variety of different enemies, and you'll have to use actual tactics to bring them down. Also, there are a lot of different magical abilities to play around with.
I completed the 6th Avernum in early 2012. I can't even begin to calculate how many hours I spent in the series. Each game will last the average player about 30 hours. What do I mean by "average player"? I mean, if you go through the main storyline, do the occasional side-quest, explore a few extra areas, and fight a few extra battles, it will take you about 30 hours. If you explore a lot more, it will take double the time. If you try to find every secret and complete every quest...goodness, I cannot imagine how long it would take you to beat one of these games, let alone all six. Avernum 3 is especially chock-full of secrets and hidden areas.
A downside of the Avernum series for the modern gamer is the exclusive use of text. There is a LOT of text. Even if you just breeze through the main storyline, there will be a lot of text to read. Seeking out secrets and reading the fluff lore scattered around increases the amount of text exponentially. A game designer (not of this series) named Brian Fargo once lamented that modern RPGs have lost their "literary sense". Old RPGs like Ultima, Wizardry, and Baldur's Gate use to have well-written text that really made you feel like you were digging into a novel. Avernum is the same way, but expect to be bored if you don't want to read.
I rate this game 4 instead of 5 stars for two main reasons. One, the games lack direction. There is a difference between "lacking direction" and "freedom", and I believe Avernum falls into the former camp. The mediocre journal and map system makes it difficult to keep track of your progress if you're hunting down a lot of side-quests, especially in the early games (the later games are improved in this aspect). My second reason is the menu and graphical design. I understand that the budget for this series was tiny, but there are some design choices - especially with the menu - that could've been changed in later games, but weren't.
As mentioned before, Avernum is all about content. The graphics won't wow you. The menus might frustrate you. The "same"ness of the dungeons, especially in the first three games, might bore you. But if you want a massive realm of content to explore, Avernum should be #1 on your list of games to play.
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Posted on 2013-01-15 07:48:08 byrob.liefeld:
So Avernum is finally here.
The whole series.
After the Geneforge series, I guess it was just a metter of time.
For starters: this is one of the longest running sagas when it comes to CRPGs. The original Exile I (which have later been remade into Avernum) came out in the mid '90s!
This is the series that put Spiderweb software on the map, and ever since this is considered theirread more definitive work.
So what it is exactly? Avernum takes place in the underground land of... well Avernum, where your party of (fully customizible) characters had been casted away (thus the original title Exile). And it takes three whole games to get back on the surface.
One might think, that this must be the most epic dungeondrawler ever, but it's as far from a rougelike as possible. You see, there are established towns cities raised by the generations of banished folks, so the game is much closer to the Bioware AD&D classics.
Almost everyone has a word or two to say to you which makes the games pretty immersive. There are also a lot of things to do besides quests. Secrets a scattered all around the place, and you can even set up a market, as far as I remember. The game is also extremely openended, you can basically ignore the main quest for as long as you want to, and you're free to do whatever you want...
...which bring me to my first problems with the game. It is VERY easy to get lost in all this stuff. The journal and map system are a bit vague, and I often found problematic to get back to some people after I've completed their errands. They stay put, I just forget who they are and where they are. This takes away from the immersion as well as two other aspects. These later two has to do with the budget of the games. Which are obviously very low.
There is no voicework to speak of. I got used to read immense paragraphs of texts, but a little "hello" or some battlecries and such would've been a huge improvement.
Also, the graphis are butt-ugly. They are functional, but they have no personality whatsoever. I have to say, these are the dullest looking games I've ever come across. This made me remove one whole pont from the maximum five.
I'd be really happy to see another remake :)
In the end, I'd strongly suggest this series for a try to all RPG fans, just keep in mind, they might need some time grow on you.
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Posted on 2013-01-16 17:39:15 byFonsia:
I've been playing Spiderweb games since I discovered Nethergate. Their games, all of 'em, are made by one guy: Jeff Vogel, working out of his basement in Seattle. The game play tends toward quite simple, but don't let that make you think these games are easy. Despite the simple graphics, they will challenge you and keep you addicted for literally hundreds of hours with all sixread more games--making this the best buy on GOS.
The main thing Jeff has going for him is his writing skills, which tend toward humorous irony. The little NPGs in his games have actual personalities. For example, there's Tor, who'll give you supplies when you first arrive in Avernum. Tor is depressed. Even the dragons have personalities. These characters inject a level of humor into the games that you just don't find elsewhere.
The quests are endless, the worlds are open, the battles will keep you busy, and there are even a few actual puzzles here and there.
Those of us who play Spiderweb games tend to be loyal and completely addicted. It's no accident that Vogel has been making a living for more than 15 years of these games. They're more than worth the money.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The first reported human-to-human transmission of the deadly H7N9 bird flu has occurred in eastern China.
The illness first killed a 60-year-old man exposed to live poultry and then his previously healthy 32-year-old daughter who had been caring for him.
But dozens of other people exposed to the two flu victims did not fall ill, according to a new report published Aug. 6 in the journal BMJ, leading epidemiologists to conclude that the virus's ability to transmit itself between humans is limited at this point.
"To date, it hasn't been sustainable. It's only been one jump, from chickens to humans," said Dr. Marc-Alain Widdowson, who leads the international epidemiology and research team in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Influenza Division. "It hasn't gone from chicken to human to human to human to human. That's the concern. That's when we have a pandemic on our hands."
The virus, which was first identified in February, has killed one-third of the people who have contracted it. By the end of June, 133 cases had been reported, resulting in 43 deaths.
New cases have slowed to a trickle since May, World Health Organization spokesman Gregory Hartl said. This is likely due to warmer weather in China and the closure of some live bird markets in the affected provinces.
H7N9 has raised concerns among epidemiologists because it can bind to both human and bird cells, unlike the earlier H5N1 bird flu. This increases the possibility that the virus can more easily jump from birds to humans.
"This virus, contrary to H5N1, does seem to have a better affinity to human receptors, so there is a chance that this virus may affect humans more easily," Widdowson said.
The virus attaches itself to cells in the windpipe and lungs, infecting even cells lodged deep in the respiratory system.
A handful of suspected human-to-human transmissions have been noted by epidemiologists since the virus was identified, but this is the first to be published, Hartl said.
The affected father regularly visited a live poultry market and became ill five to six days after his last exposure to poultry, according to the Chinese epidemiologists who wrote the BMJ report.
He was hospitalized on March 11 and transferred to the intensive-care unit on March 15 when his symptoms became worse. He died of multiple organ failure on May 4.
His adult daughter had no known exposure to live poultry but remained by her father's bedside for days after he fell ill, the researchers said. The report noted that she managed his oral hygiene and gave other care without using any personal protective equipment.
She developed symptoms six days after her final contact with her father and was hospitalized on March 24.
Doctors transferred her to the ICU on March 28, and she died of multiple organ failure on April 24.
Researchers found two almost genetically identical virus strains in each patient, suggesting transmission from father to daughter.
Public health officials tracked down 43 close contacts of both the father and daughter, but all tested negative for H7N9 infection.
"This paper is reassuring because many of the other people in contact with the cases did not contract the virus," said Dr. Jeff Duchin, a spokesman for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. "Also, the researchers did not find any genetic changes that would suggest that the virus that did transmit from human to human had adapted or displayed changes that would suggest it would be more likely to cause a human pandemic."
Duchin concluded that the report "doesn't change the threat level."
"This confirms what a lot of people already believed, that there are rare cases of human-to-human transmission," said Duchin, a professor of allergy and infectious disease and an adjunct professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington's School of Public Health, in Seattle.
Nonetheless, the CDC and WHO will continue to monitor the virus's progress, Widdowson and Hartl said.
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Kendra Kassebaum and Joe Cassidy co-star in the Arizona Theatre Company-San Jose Repertory Theatre co-production of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, which begins performances Sept. 15 in Arizona.
Next to Normal has a Tony Award-winning score by Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics). The nearly sung-through rock musical examines a woman struggling with bipolar disorder and depression as her family hangs in the balance.
David Ira Goldstein stages the production that will play Tucson through Oct. 6, followed by a Phoenix run Oct. 11-28. Next to Normal will then play San Jose Repertory Theatre Jan. 10-Feb. 3, 2013. Christopher McGovern serves as musical director/accompanist.
Kassebaum (Wicked, Rent), who was most recently seen in the Broadway production of Leap of Faith, portrays Diana, opposite Cassidy (Catch Me If You Can, 1776) as her husband Dan.
The cast also features Jonathan Shew (Voca People) as Gabe, Andrea Ross (Whistle Down the Wind) as Natalie, A.J. Holmes (Young Frankenstein tour) as Henry and Mark Farrell (Loaded) as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine.
Next to Normal has scenic design by John Ezell, costume design by Kish Finnegan, lighting and projection design by David Lee Cuthbert and sound design by Abe Jacobs.
Tucson performances take place at the Temple of Music and Art (330 S. Scott Avenue); call the box office at (520) 622-2823. Phoenix performances take place at the Herberger Theater Center (222 E. Monroe Street); call the box office at (602) 256-6995.
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February 2011 Reading Wrap-Up
Another month over, and things have remained slow on the reading front. Still focusing on the TBR books (as discussed here) and still reading some gems!
Books Read: 12
Pages Read: 1940
Hours Listened To: 8.5
Again, good compared to many but slow compared to my 2010 numbers. This month I finished (links go to my reviews):
- Faith and Politics in Nigeria: Nigeria as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World by John N. Paden
- Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
- Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
- The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill
- The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe (on audio and ebook)
- Treachery in the Yard by Adimchinma Ibe
- Negative Ethnicity: From Bias to Genocide by Koigi wa Wamwere
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed my Life by Stephanie Staal
- Cracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers
- Lucky by Alice Sebold
Seven of the twelve were non-fiction so I've branched out a little bit from last month where I read almost all non-fiction. I also read two young adult books this month. And managed to fall behind on reviews. I really must try to catch up! And only one additional country from last month (Kenya) bringing my total up to eight for the year.
Another five Nigerian titles read this month. With falling behind on everything else I tend to read primarily the Nigerian lit I need to keep up my Friday posts. As I mentioned last month I'm trying to do Nigerian lit each Friday. I will try to keep it up – at the moment I have enough titles to last me until about mid August if I can keep it up! Some of the books are much longer though, so we shall see if I can do it. I will create a page for this project in the near future where I will explain the project and the books that I have on my shelf still to read – I would certainly welcome suggestions for further reading once I run out in mid August :)
As to the TBR Dare, ten of the twelve books that I read were on my shelf as of January 1st, 2011. The remaining two books were ones that arrived in early January from Christmas swaps. I'm still holding strong on avoiding purchasing new books. Two months down, one more to go!
This month I also posted about the Independent Literary Award winners, about reading slumps, about where you keep track of your wish list if you have one, and also had a bit of friendly debate about online library systems such as LibraryThing and GoodReads. Also, I made some changes to my blog this month!
March 1, 2011 10:15 am
You are still getting a lot more read than I am, and I totally applaud you for it! I will be interested in hearing how you do in March, seeing as it's a longer month!
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Wow Amy, some heavy going material for February. Very impressive, but it was not my cup of tea this month. All too serious. The one that did catch my eye though, was Paden´s "Faith and Politics in Nigeria". I think I need to read this one. I know all about the religious and political issues in Nigeria from experience but don´t know enough of the WHY this country is in the horrendous state it is in!! Also, thanks for the link about the rigging of the elections!!! Fantastic. My poor parents are already bracing themselves knowing the county will come to standstill and undergo riots for a few weeks during the upcoming elections.
Also, congratulations on having stuck to you TBR pile!!! Really. It must be tough. 3o days to go!!
March 1, 2011 11:39 am
Wow – what a great reading month for you!!! You should get extra points because it was a short month too. For some reason, I didn't read nearly as much as I wanted to in the month of February! I'm hoping that March brings on a new attitude and I'll jump right back into reading as many books as you did in February!!! :)
March 1, 2011 3:18 pm
Looks like a great reading month for you! I wish I had your will to stop acquiring books for 3 months. You're doing great so far!
March 1, 2011 9:24 pm
I love that you think 12 books is a slow month! I totally bombed with acquiring books this past week. I bought like eight… Bad me. I haven't read them yet, but I am pretty darn sure I will be reading them during Spring Break next week.
March 2, 2011 6:06 am
Three times mine! no need to complain… lol. You are doing well. If all could read 12 in a year it would be a great world, don't you think so? More reading in March.
March 2, 2011 7:20 am
On my part, you are doing well and I am glad you're reading more Achebe. I wish you the very best this month.


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A project to boost orchards around North East Wales is gathering pace.
Once a common sight in the British countryside, orchards have now become rare and have been listed as a priority habitat for conservation.
Late last year, Flintshire County Council and the North Wales Wildlife Trust bid for, and received funding from the Welsh Government to plant and restore orchards in North East Wales. Over the winter we have been busy identifying new orchard sites and surveying and restoring existing orchards, working with Denbighshire and Wrexham County Councils on public and private land.
The North Wales Wildlife Trust and Plas Derw Forest School are visiting schools in the next few weeks, talking to the schools about orchards and planting fruit trees with the children.
As part of the project we have produced a booklet which provides an introduction to orchard management. The booklet will be launched and given to attendees of our practical workshop on orchard management which we will be running on Saturday 10 March at Highfield Hall, Northop Hall between 10am and 3pm.
The practical workshop day on 10 March is aimed at anyone who wants to learn how to establish and manage an orchard; workshops on planting, pruning, grafting and pressing will be running all day. So why not drop in and have a go? The day will give you a chance to get hands-on practice of orchard management techniques and get advice from our experts.
Traditional orchards are assumed to be over 60 years old and have often grown on the same area of land for hundreds of years; they are planted at low densities and avoid the use of pesticides and herbicides in favour of grazing and natural pest control. The orchards traditionally associated with North East Wales are dominated by apple varieties and range from formal orchards to a selection of trees distributed evenly throughout hedgerows. In addition to apples; pears and plums, damsons, walnuts and cherries also have significance in North East Wales. An orchard can provide a refuge for wildlife in our landscape. The combination of fruit trees and grassland that have often been undisturbed for hundreds of years and avoided any agricultural improvement results in an environment that is immensely rich in biodiversity.
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Ned Barnett, a veteran writer and editor, is The News & Observers new editorial-page editor.
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As executive editor, I supervise news, business, sports, features, the online report and the visual journalists (photographers and a graphic artist) who work across the newsroom.
I am not involved with the editorial pages. Barnett, who recently took over for the retired Steve Ford, reports to Publisher Orage Quarles III, as do I. As publisher, Quarles oversees all aspects of The News & Observer Publishing Co., including advertising, circulation and production.
Many metropolitan newspapers are structured this way, with a top newsroom editor and an editorial-page editor reporting separately to a publisher. We think its wise to keep news and commentary separate.
Reporters should report the news independently, free of pressure and entanglements from various community institutions, including their own editorial page. And the person who directs the news coverage (in this case, thats me) shouldnt be opinionated on partisan issues, as an editorial-page editor should be.
Barnett doesnt tell me what to do, and I dont tell him what to do. The news staff and the editorial-page staff are on different floors of the building and operate separately. In five years as executive editor, I never suggested an editorial to Ford. Not once.
Barnett writes editorials and supervises two editorial writers (Jim Jenkins and Burgetta Eplin Wheeler). Some people call them the editorial board. Quarles is a member of that board. I am not and dont participate in their discussions, such as which candidates should be endorsed on the editorial page.
Commentary is an important part of what newspapers do. This region is blessed with an unusually high number of intelligent, talented people. The smartest public-policy debates in this community occur in The N&Os letters column and on its op-ed page, where people with different ideas and philosophies state their case, often with great effectiveness.
I am grateful for the diversity of opinion on our editorial pages. But our job in the newsroom is to generate reporting on this region that keeps people informed.
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This is a challenging era for newsrooms. Our business model is changing. Historically, about 80 percent of newspaper revenues came from advertising. But companies arent advertising nearly as much as they used to. Newspapers are seeking new sources of revenue so their newsrooms can continue to report the news.
This year, for the first time in its modern history, The New York Times will get more revenue from its readers than from advertisers. Led by the example set by The Times, many U.S. papers, including The N&O, are beginning to charge to read content online.
This corrects a mistake made by newspaper publishers in the mid-1990s when the Internet emerged into widespread public use. Most newspapers, including this one, put all of their content online for free. Not surprisingly, many readers dropped the print paper, which they had to pay for, and read us online for free.
About 2 million people read newsobserver.com each month. Were glad to have them as readers. But giving away your content is not a sustainable business model. It doesnt make sense it never did for some to read our content for free while other readers pay for it.
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We are experimenting with new ways to pay for journalism. Last month we launched Shop Talk, two pages of coverage about small business that run Tuesdays in the Triangle & Co. section. The coverage is sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, which gets an exclusive advertising strip at the bottom of the pages. The content is determined by the newsroom staff.
Id like to add more new content and have some ideas I hope will come to fruition in 2013. Ill spend my time overseeing the newsroom and trying to generate new features. Ill leave the commentary pages to Ned Barnett, an able and fine chap.
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At midnight Tuesday, funding for the National Park Service ran out. By 10:00 a.m., rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park were erecting barricades and telling campers and hikers to go home. More than 300 park service employees were sent home shortly thereafter. Tuesday afternoon, WUOT's Christine Jessel and Brandon Hollingsworth went to the park to hear from the people the federal shutdown is affecting right in our own backyard.
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