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- Release Date: Nov 13, 2012
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American Mensa Academy is a brain training game that will give player's minds the ultimate cerebral workout. Created in direct collaboration with Mensa, American Mensa Academy is packed with 100+ replayable levels of fun and stimulating mini-games and challenges for everyone, plus for those really looking to test their grey matter, there is a rigorous test designed to calculate your Mensa score, directly inspired by questions faced by those attempting to join the renowned global high IQ society.
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Official Site: | http://americanmensaacademy.com/ |
Developer: | Silverball Studios, Barnstorm Games |
Genre(s): | Puzzle |
Number of Players: | 1 Player |
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Deveney Wells-Gibson totaled 12 kills to lead Sam Houston to a three-set victory over Houston Baptist in a quick hour and 11 minute volleyball match at Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum Tuesday night.
Haley Neisler and Kendall Cleveland added 11 and 10 kills, respectively, as Sam Houston out-pointed the Huskies 59 to 33.
Madeline Gaffney led Houston Baptist with nine kills.
The victory extended Sam Houston's volleyball winning streak to six matches as the Bearkats now stand 11-9 for the year. HBU dropped to 12-10.
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Purging Forest Landscapes
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Enter the hallows,
Where the ground is but fallow,
And give unto the air
nothing, but let it take from you everything.
Thus is the way. The way it has always been
the way it will always be.
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KNOXVILLE -- Austin Johnson will be in the middle of doubled-up history Saturday evening.
For the first time since freshman eligibility was reinstated in 1972, the University of Tennessee will start a true freshman at linebacker in a season opener when the Volunteers host Montana at Neyland Stadium. In fact, the Vols will start two: outside 'backers Curt Maggitt and A.J. Johnson flanking the senior.
"That is surprising," the middle linebacker said after Monday morning's practice.
"If you see these two guys play, they don't act like freshmen and they don't play like freshmen," the senior added. "They're going to come out here and they're going to show people what they've got, and I'm excited to see what they're going to bring."
He isn't alone in wanting to see the dreadlocked duo in action. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Maggitt and the 6-2, 245-pound younger Johnson were the story of preseason camp and asserted themselves into starting roles after just a little more than a week.
UT's coaches have struggled to hide their excitement about the two freshmen, and public rave reviews have been consistent about their size, speed, athleticism, instincts and ability to learn the system rather quickly.
But when Maggitt and A.J. Johnson step on the field, they'll face the Grizzlies' hurry-up spread-option offense -- one similar to what the Vols saw against Oregon in a 48-13 loss last season -- in their first collegiate game.
"It's going to be a challenge for them because it will be their first game," coach Derek Dooley said. "There's going to be a lot of anxiety, and then you add the component that, when they're out there, stuff's going to be moving.
"We didn't handle it very well against Oregon. It's having that mental stamina. When the play's over, we've got to move on to the next one, and you're out of that routine that you're normally in. It will be a challenge for them."
The immediate adjustment for the freshmen will be transitioning from camp practices and focusing on the Vols' own system to scouting another offense and learning its tendencies.
"It's a huge adjustment," Austin Johnson said. "I think the biggest test for them is going to be when we get into the game and dealing with the tempo. They're going to get tired, and they just have to fall back mentally on the basics. I think that's going to be their biggest challenge, but I think they're ready for it."
Maggitt and A.J. Johnson will have a veteran presence to look to for help. Austin Johnson played behind Nick Reveiz at middle linebacker last season and switched to an outside spot when Herman Lathers missed spring practice with shoulder surgery.
With Lathers still sidelined from a June ankle injury and Maggitt and A.J. Johnson playing well, Austin Johnson went back to the middle, where he fits what the Vols want from a physical, experience and knowledge standpoint. It's a role he prefers, even though the two history-makers at his side may not need his help as much as typical freshmen.
He said they "don't necessarily come to me about everything, but when we're on the field, I'm supposed to be there helping them and guiding them. I take that responsibility and ... I definitely embrace it. I like being the vocal guy and the guy to lead the group. That's what I keep on doing."
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Those young linebackers are among the most exciting aspects of the 2011 Vols. I really hope they are able to make an immediate impact. It's almost Football Time In Tennessee!!!
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Joyce Shirley Briddell, 83, of Duluth died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 at Aftenro Home.
Joyce Shirley Briddell, 83, of Duluth died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 at Aftenro Home.
She was born Oct. 30, 1929 in Duluth to Roy and Edith (Larson) Briddell.
Joyce worked for Goodwill and attended Chum Church. She was a resident at Midtown for many years and attended Benedictine Day Activity Center.
She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Dorothy Brown and Evelyn Nelson and brother, Donald Briddell.
Joyce is survived by her sister, Marlis Cran; nieces, Linda Jablonski, Barbara Sweet, Loni Cran-Hovis, Darlene Schroedel, and Bessie Nacey; nephews, Michael Briddell, Stewart, Douglas, and Darrell Cran, and Howard Nelson. She is further survived by great and great-great nieces and nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
The family would like to offer a special thanks to the caregivers and staff at Aftenro.
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C'mon, when you're drinking with your buddy and you want to yell out things like SEE YOU IN VALHALLA and ON THE MORROW WE DINE IN STO'VO'KOR you do NOT want to be drinking PBR. And that, dear friends, is why the world invented mead.
Mead is so good it even took over the name of the time frame when it was popular. What, you never heard of Mead-evil times? Yeah, see, we're forcing you to rethink all SORTS of things now! But don't, because thinking isn't what mead it all about.
Mead says "I live in the now!" Mead says "I'm not scared!" Mead says "I sure know how to commit and I also enjoy honey and sometimes I might break the bookcase but I always apologize for it the next day and make sure I cover the damages in cash." Because mead isn't the drink of tyrants and fools. Mead is the drink of people who just like to have a good time.
Which is why we're offering two three packs. What, you don't think you can drink mead ALONE, do you? That's crazy! Go get some pals and raise your glasses to your friendship. And if you accidentally slay a dragon before the night's over ... hey, that's just part of the traditional mead experience, right?
Chaucer's Mead 750ml 3-Pack
- Serve warm with spices or cold for a summer sipper
- Enjoy with dried fruits and nuts
- Serve alongside a pear tart or desserts prepared with nuts
- Enjoy with some cheeses having a strong taste (blue or aged cheeses)
- 92 Points, National Champion Dessert Wine. Best Buy. Wine Enthusiast Magazine
- Gold Medal at North American Beer Competition 2009
- Best of Class, Traditional Mead, Mazer Cup International, 2009
- Gold Medal, 95 points at California State Fair 2000, 2001, 2011
- Gold Medal, 92 points, Beverage Tasting Institute
- Featured on the Food Network's television program "The Secret Life of Honey" in 2005
Chaucer's Raspberry Mead 500ml 3-Pack
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- Gold Medal, California State Fair 2012
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Chaucer's Mead 750ml 3-Pack
- Honey Sources: Sierra Nevada Mountains, Mountain Wildflower and Sage; Southern California,
- Alfalfa and Orange Blossom
- Harvest Season: May 15 – July 15
- Total Acidity in Wine: 8.3 g/100 mls
- Residual Sugar: 10% by weight
- Alcohol: 11%
- Cases Produced: 14,000
Made from fresh honey without the addition of artificial flavorings, concentrates or artificial colorings. The honey for this specialty dessert–style wine is produced in hives throughout the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is composed of a blend of four types of honey: orange blossom, mountain wildflower and sage and cotton–alfalfa. Each brings a unique quality to the blend and contributes to the overall complexity of the Mead.
Chaucer's Raspberry Mead 500ml 3-Pack
- Honey Sources: Sierras Nevada Mountains, Mountain Wildflower & Sage; Southern California,
- Alfalfa, Orange Blossom
- Raspberry Source: Driscoll's, Watsonville, CA
- Blend: 85% Honey, 15% Raspberry Wine
- Harvest Season: May 15 – July 15
- Total Acidity in Wine: .79 grams/100mls
- Residual Sugar: 11.2% by weight
- Alcohol: 10%
The raspberries for this wine are from Driscoll's berry growers in the Watsonville, CA area. The honey used to make the Mead is a blend of alfalfa, orange blossom, sage and mountain wildflower collected from our local bee keepers in Northern California.
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CHAUCER'S CELLARS, part of BARGETTO WINERY, has produced gold medal winning dessert-style wines since 1964. These elegant wines are produced from 100% pure fruit or natural honey without the addition of artificial flavors. At CHAUCER'S CELLARS we believe that these delightful wines are as tasty to the palate as Chaucer's poetry is music to the ears. BARGETTO WINERY has produced hand crafted wines in Santa Cruz Mountains since 1933. We are dedicated to enriching the quality of life through the enjoyment of wine as it compliments meals, contributes to well-being and celebrates life.
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LONDON (AP) — Prince William and Kate Middleton's aggressive legal strategy over topless photos of Britain's likely future queen is the first salvo in what could be a decades-long tug-of-war over their family's privacy.
A French court ruled in favor of the royal couple on Tuesday in their fight over the photos, but the scope of that ruling will be limited.
The unauthorized topless photos of Kate have already been widely published in France, Italy, Ireland and on the Internet — lessening the impact of Tuesday's court injunction against future publication inside France.
The royals' strong stance also included a bid to persuade French prosecutors to launch a criminal inquiry to target the offending photographer.
The wealthy royal couple did not gain much on paper — the court-imposed fine was about $2,500 — but legal experts and royal watchers say the action was designed to demonstrate their willingness to use all legal means to prevent future press intrusion.
That will become even more important when the couple have a child, who would become third in the line of succession to the British throne, said Joe Little, the managing editor of Majesty magazine.
''This was done because they want to set a benchmark for the future,'' he said.
''They want to send a warning to anybody who might think of doing something similar in the future.''
The fast legal intervention, which developed within hours of the publication of the photos Friday in a French gossip magazine, represents a break from Queen Elizabeth II's traditional policy of using legal action only as a means of last resort. It also reflects William's determination not to let the press harass Kate as it did his late mother, Princess Diana, Little said.
Still, the case shows the unlikelihood of controlling photos through legal means once they have been published.
Closer magazine was ordered to turn over all of its digital copies of the photos, but that has little meaning in a world where millions of copies can be made and distributed in the blink of an eye.
The revealing pictures will follow Middleton for the rest of her life — not unlike the snapshots of her appearance in a charity fashion show wearing black lingerie and a sheer dress during her university days.
''Clearly, the harm has been done,'' said Christopher Mesnooh, an American lawyer working in France for Field Fisher Waterhouse. ''Thousands, now tens of thousands of copies, are now in public circulation. A legal decision is a wonderful thing to obtain and the royal couple did exactly what they should have done. But you know the magazine is out there and I suspect most of you have already seen copies of that magazine, so the basic, the initial harm, has been done.''
He said magazine executives had concluded in advance they had little to fear from an adverse court ruling when they decided to print the photographs, obtained by a photographer who trained a long lens on the royal couple as they sunbathed on a private estate in southern France.
''Closer magazine has done a very sophisticated cost-benefit analysis,'' Mesnooh said. ''Whatever the amount of damages that a French court will award, it will be a fraction of the publicity that the magazine will have gained, as well as the number of issues of this particular issue of Closer magazine which will be sold.''
Tuesday's ruling only affects the French magazine branch of Mondadori, Closer's publisher. A French court ordered it to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge within 24 hours and blocked further publication of what it called a ''brutal display'' of William and Kate's private moments.
The court also stopped the magazine from republishing the pictures — including on its website and its tablet app — as well as re-selling them.
Mondadori faces a daily fine of €10,000 ($13,100) if it fails to do so.
''These snapshots which showed the intimacy of a couple, partially naked on the terrace of a private home, surrounded by a park several hundred meters from a public road, and being able to legitimately assume that they are protected from passers-by, are by nature particularly intrusive,'' the French ruling decreed. ''(They) were thus subjected to this brutal display the moment the cover appeared.''
The photos showed Kate relaxing at a private villa in Provence, in southern France, sometimes without her bikini top and, in one case, her bikini bottom partially pulled down to apply sunscreen.
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The groups, represented by the public interest law firm Earthjustice, were fighting a regulation adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that has allowed refineries, chemical plants, and other industrial facilities to ignore pollution limits whenever equipment malfunctions, and whenever they start up or shut down operations. During these periods, toxic emissions can skyrocket, severely degrading air quality. And some facilities evade clean air protections by claiming that they are in startup, shutdown, or malfunction mode during much of their operating time.
In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington, a Southern California oil-refining hub, report seeing the tell-tale signs of refinery malfunctions -- gas flares and billowing smoke -- at the area's four refineries on a nearly weekly basis.
The plaintiffs in the case were Environmental Integrity Project along with Sierra Club, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Coalition for a Safe Environment, and Friends of Hudson -- groups in affected communities in the Gulf Coast, southern California, and upstate New York.
"For more than a decade polluters have relied on this loophole at the expense of neighboring communities," said Earthjustice attorney Jim Pew. "Today's victory is a big win for the people in these communities, who can now breathe easier."
Excess emissions occur routinely at industrial facilities throughout the country, according to a comprehensive report by the Environmental Integrity Project titled "Gaming the System: How the Off-the-Books Industrial Upset Emissions Cheat the Public Out of Clear Air."
"Under this notorious EPA exemption, industrial facilities have been allowed to operate like a fleet of junk cars parked in neighborhoods while spewing blue smoke, misfiring, backfiring, stalling, and chugging," said Marti Sinclair, Chair of Sierra Club's Clean Air Team. "This court ruling provides a ray of hope for those neighborhood who have been rendered helpless as dark angry clouds of uncontrolled toxic pollution have rolled over their homes from poorly maintained and poorly operated facilities."
Citizens of the state of Texas stand to benefit from today's ruling. With more than 250 industrial sites, Texas is home to the nation's largest number of refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants in the nation. The state is also one of a few that tracks pollutants released during startup, shutdown, and malfunction periods: according to state records, thirty facilities emitted more than forty-five million pounds of toxins in just one year during these off-the-books periods. A chart documenting recent major malfunctions at refineries in Texas is below.
"Citizens will be able to breathe cleaner air with greatly reduced levels of toxic chemicals released, especially people living in the fence line neighborhoods near Texas' refineries and chemical plants where start-up, shutdown and maintenance emissions have been a huge pollution problem for decades," said Neil Carman, clean air director for the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter and a former Texas state refinery inspector.
In nearby Louisiana, where some 20 million pounds of air toxics are pumped into the air each year, groups also applauded the victory.
"When the big flares at one of the local facilities go off signaling a malfunction, it can cause significant air quality problems in the surrounding communities," said Marylee Orr, executive director of Louisiana Environmental Action Network. "This court win will make a big difference for people in these neighborhoods."
The loophole's potential for abuse was on full display in September 2005, when a power outage caused pollution and safety controls to fail at three major southern California oil refineries. For more than eight hours, the refineries belched black and yellow smoke. Last October, power to the refineries failed again, once more blanketing the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles in pollution.
"This is just the latest example of a court striking down yet another attempt by the Bush EPA to gut the Clean Air Act," said Sierra Club Senior Attorney David Bookbinder. "It's a good thing that inauguration is right around the corner, because we're beginning to lose track of the number of such decisions."
Additional resources:
Read the decision (PDF)
Read the Environmental Integrity Project report, "Gaming the System: How the Off-the-Books Industrial Upset Emissions Cheat the Public Out of Clear Air"
Emissions Reported During Recent Malfunctions At Select Refineries in Texas:
Refinery |
Location |
Date of Release |
Pollutant |
Amount Released (lbs) |
Point of Release |
Atofina Total Petrochemicals |
Port Arthur |
7/22/06 to 7/23/06 |
Sulfur Dioxide |
200,958 |
North, South Flare, Tail Gas Thermal Oxidizer |
Atofina Total Petrochemicals |
Port Arthur |
8/30/06 to 11/27/06 |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
568,883 |
FPM Cooling Tower |
Motiva |
Port Arthur |
7/13/06 to 10/28/06 |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
972,988 |
FCCU Cooling Tower |
Valero |
Port Arthur |
11/26/06 to 12/05/06 |
Sulfur Dioxide |
243,343 |
Multiple Units & Flares |
Exxon Mobil |
Beaumont |
5/23/08 to 7/19/08 |
Sulfur Dioxide |
313,953 |
FCCU Flare |
Source: Emissions data reported by facilities to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.


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May 19, 2004
COLUMBUS, OH - More than 31,000 trees, covering a total of 76 acres, were planted this spring in eight Ohio counties through the Northwest Ohio Field Windbreak Program, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
"Since 1977, state foresters have coordinated the planting of nearly 1,000 row miles of windbreaks in northwestern Ohio," said John Dorka, chief of the ODNR Division of Forestry, which coordinates the program. "Planting windbreaks reduces soil erosion, protects crops from wind damage and enhances wildlife habitat."
A total of 30 new field windbreaks were planted in Crawford, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and Wood counties. Windbreaks are rows of trees and other vegetation that slow wind, reducing soil erosion on farm fields.
The seedlings planted included arborvitae, white pine, Norway spruce, Austrian pine, baldcypress, eastern red cedar, pin oak, silky dogwood, black chokeberry, American plum, American cranberrybush, European Black alder and Sargent crabapple.
The Northwest Ohio Field Windbreak Program is a voluntary program open to landowners in 17 Ohio counties where soil erosion from wind is a problem.
Agencies cooperating in the program include local soil and water conservation districts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency, Pheasants Forever, and ODNR' s divisions of forestry, soil & water conservation and wildlife.
Dorka said that most of this spring's planting was due to participation in the Lake Erie Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, an initiative designed to improve water quality along Lake Erie's tributary streams in northwest Ohio.
For more information on the Northwest Ohio Field Windbreak Program, contact Gregg Maxfield, ODNR Division of Forestry at 419-424-5004; or check the ODNR web site at ohiodnr.com
The ODNR Division of Forestry manages 20 state forests on more than 185,000 acres, spanning parts of 21 counties. Using Best Management Practices, state foresters demonstrate proper timber management within these forests and assist private landowners with sustainable forest management on their woodlands. Benefits of these properly managed forests include timber, improved forest health, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, aesthetics and recreational opportunities.
For additional news online, check out the ODNR Press Room at Ohiodnr.com
For Further Information Contact: Gregg Maxfield, ODNR Division of Forestry (419) 424-5004 -or- Jane Beathard ODNR Media Relations (614) 265-6860


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Feb 7 2013 by Liam Murphy, Liverpool Echo
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COMPANIES can start booking hospitality for The Open golf championship when it returns to Merseyside in 18 months.
A top-class field including the likes of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are set to return to the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake from July 13-20 next year.
Reservations for The Open's official hospitality programme have now opened online.
According to organiser the Royal & Ancient (R&A) the decision to accept reservations so early was "prompted by customer demand, with North West golf fans eager to secure official hospitality packages".
R&A marketing director Robin Bell said: "Our official hospitality programme gives our corporate customers the location they want, on course, close to the action.
"They have the additional comfort of knowing their advance purchase is secured by us and tailored to meet the highest standards of customer service."
The Open was last held at Royal Liverpool in 2006 when Woods secured his third championship victory in near-record high temperatures for the North West.


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This is a discussion on Another Mayor and SAF says NO to BLOOMBERG within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; http://www.packing.org/community/general/listview/21724...
Is this the start of an epidemic of common sense????
"If we loose Freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the Last Place on Earth!" Ronald Reagan
"That I cannot do."
"Give this to, uh, Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. After all we're not murderers in spite of what this undertaker thinks."
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Good for Mayor Wolf. Sounds like she really did go into it for the stated cause, then was smart and brave enough to back out when saw its true colors.
eschew obfuscation
The only thing that stops bad guys with guns is good guys with guns. SgtD
When the messenger arrives and says 'Don't shoot the messenger,' it's a good idea to be prepared to shoot the messenger, just in case.
At least Mayor Wolf has a mind of her own and does not want to be led around like the rest of Bloombergs herd of cattle The people who can think for themselves are comming out.


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Someone mentioned somewhere that this reminds them of Avatar - it really does! - Would love to see that world through your eyes Ryan! But... I can dream and wish I suppose ; ) |
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Editor's MessageBy Audrey Shore Instead of offering a meaningful, thought-provoking message in this issue, I'd like instead to share the absolute best story of Purim ever told, which will thus explain why it's my very favorite holiday. Growing up in the bustling metropolis (read: small, sketchy town) of Randolph, Massachusetts for the first eighteen years of my life, I was lucky to belong to Temple Beth Am, which has to be the warmest, friendliest shul in the universe. Each Purim, Rabbi Weiss dons the craziest Purim costume possible, from Bart Simpson to the Joker from the Batman series...he's done it all. (And it's always a surprise; it's not possible to find out in advance... believe me, I've tried!) So, the whole congregation gathers in the sanctuary to hear the Megillah, but before the reading there's a gala Purim parade where all the little kids (ahh... nee me!) walk across the bimah. The little boys say "I'm Mordekhai!" and have cotton-ball beards, and the little girls say "I'm Esther!" and wear tu-tus, et al. Except for one little girl. Precious Audrey was wearing the outfit that her mother forced her to wear each and every year, a costume that Natalie (the said ima) had constructed in her high school glory days. This wonderful garment was created out of navy blue felt with other colors of felt as accents. What was it, you may ask? Renuzit Air Freshener. The precursor to Glade. Yes, you read it right; I was an air deodorizer for Purim. So when all of my friends said "I'm Esther!" or "I'm Vashti!" (those little girls had parents with questionable morals anyway), I got to say, "I'm Renuzit Air Freshener." And they wonder why I needed therapy... : ) So on Purim, enjoy the holiday, and remember -- your costume cannot possibly be weirder than that of little Audrey Shore from Temple Beth Am. With love and hamentashen, Audrey [Posted 2/20/02] |


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'Flawless, superbly disciplined performances of Beethoven's two string quintets … This new disc from Hyperion has to be warmly welcomed for its first-rate sound and immaculate performances' (Gramophone)
'I can't envisage a more satisfying account of these works' (BBC Music Magazine)
[Op 29] 'A work of conspicuous originality, power and wit, as The Nash Ensemble demonstrate in their eloquent, sprightly performance … [Op 4] The Nash also give a lively account of an even greater rarity, the early E flat Quintet … Something genuinely worthwhile' (The Sunday Times)
'The rich-toned violas of Lawrence Power and Philip Dukes lend an almost orchestral sonority to the superb playing of The Nash Ensemble, beautifully caught by producer Andrew Keener' (Classic FM Magazine)
'Two less-often-heard works by a great composer make a tuneful programme, well played by the Nash Ensemble' (Daily Mail)
'Throughout the Nash musicians are superb, and in particular the central viola parts come through well. The performers bring a commendable sense of purpose and togetherness that gives these works a youthful vigour, and in the case of Opus 29, shows how Beethoven was really starting to flex his compositional muscles. The recorded sound is excellent, too' (ClassicalSource.com)
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Britain's most versatile chamber ensemble turns its attention to two works from seminal moments in Beethoven's career. Beethoven's String Quintet in E flat major Op 4 is a radical rethinking and expansion of an Octet for pairs of wind instruments which was written in Vienna in 1793 where there was an insatiable demand for jolly alfresco wind band music. In 1795 Beethoven transformed the work by setting it for strings, making it suaver and more sophisticated. Throughout the Quintet, and especially in the first movement, the textures are at once lighter and more flexible than those of the Octet, full of the free, informal contrapuntal interplay that is among the glories of the Viennese classical style. With Beethoven's String Quintet in C major Op 29, his sole work conceived for the medium, we move to 1801 and the final phase of his so-called 'first period'. This strangely neglected masterpiece is Janus-headed, at once retrospective and prophetic. He never wrote a more voluptuously Mozartian slow movement than the Adagio molto espressivo. On the other hand, the tranquil expansiveness and harmonic breadth of the quintet's first movement prefigure masterpieces like the first 'Razumovsky' String Quartet, Op 59 No 1, and the 'Archduke' Piano Trio. |
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Like Haydn, Mozart and countless lesser composers before him, the young Beethoven satisfied the eighteenth-century taste for Harmoniemusik (i.e. music for wind band) with several cheerful, divertimento-like works for assorted instrumental combinations. The most substantial of these was the Octet for pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns begun in Bonn in 1792 and completed some time early in 1793, shortly after his arrival in Vienna, where there was an insatiable demand for alfresco wind-band music. Two years later, Beethoven returned to the still unpublished Octet (it would appear in print, as Op 103, only after his death) and recast it as a string quintet with two violas, as Mozart had done with his own Octet, the Serenade in C minor K388. But there is a crucial difference: whereas Mozarts quintet is a more or less strict transcription, Beethovens String Quintet in E flat major Op 4 is a radical rethinking and expansion of the Octet original. He had matured rapidly as a composer between 1792 and 1795, not least because of his intensive contact with Haydns latest symphonies and string quartets (and we should take with several pinches of salt Beethovens much-quoted remark that he had learnt nothing from his lessons with Haydn during 1793). In every respect the String Quintet is a more mature piece of work than the Octet: suaver, more sophisticated, and far more intricately crafted.
It was typical of Beethoven by 1795 that thematic work should pervade the whole musical fabric, with routine accompanying figuration kept to a minimum. Throughout the Quintet, and especially in the first movement, the textures are at once lighter and more flexible than those of the Octet, full of the free, informal contrapuntal interplay that is among the glories of the Viennese classical style as perfected by Haydn and Mozart. No one could guess that this musicor large tracts of itwas not originally conceived for strings. The development, vastly expanded from the Octet original, is particularly characteristic, both in its exhilarating range of modulation and in the way the main themes wriggling semiquaver motif dominates virtually every stage of the musical argument. After heralding the recapitulation at length with the cellos pedal B flat, Beethoven delays its arrival for a few bars by slipping to the remote, Neapolitan key of E majoran exquisite moment of harmonic deception. The Andante second movement, in B flat major, is a relaxed serenade written against the background of a siciliano, though here too there are harmonic surprises, of a kind that Beethoven surely learnt from Haydn. In the brief central development the music immediately dips from F major to a dusky D flat major, and then proceeds to modulate, astonishingly, as far afield as A minor. Although marked, rather curiously, Menuetto più Allegretto, the third movement is an early example of a Beethoven scherzo, with a touch of cussed humour in his treatment of a ubiquitous rising staccato scale figure that distantly pre-echoes the scherzo of the Ninth Symphony. Here Beethoven enlarged the Octet original not only by expanding the phrase structure but also by adding a second trio section: marked sempre dolce e piano, this reduces the quintet to a quartet (with the second viola silent throughout) and, perhaps in homage to the minuet and trio of Mozarts C minor Octet/Quintet, features stretches of sinuous canonic imitation. The poetic deflection to E major in the trios second half echoes the similar harmonic move at the end of the first movements development. The sonata-rondo finale also represents a drastic rethinking and enlargement of the Octet, with the frolicking main theme now expanded from twelve to twenty-eight bars, and a new first episode that exploits the themes comic potential and then keeps us guessing, à la Haydn, as to exact moment of its return. With Beethovens String Quintet in C major Op 29, his sole work originally conceived for the medium, we move to 1801 and the final phase of his so-called first period. This strangely neglected masterpiece is Janus-headed, at once retrospective and prophetic. Although Beethoven did not model the work directly on any of Mozarts string quintets, he never wrote a more voluptuously Mozartian slow movement than the Adagio molto espressivo. On the other hand, the tranquil expansiveness and harmonic breadth of the quintets first movement prefigure later masterpieces like the first Razumovsky String Quartet, Op 59 No 1, and the Archduke Piano Trio. This opening Allegro moderato is the most spaciously conceived piece Beethoven had written to date, the enlargement of scale prompted, as in Mozarts quintets, by the added richness and variety of texture created by the second viola. The movements tonal scheme, too, looks ahead to later Beethoven. The second theme, calm and lyrical, like the first, is set not in the expected dominant, G, but in the more remote submediant, A major, reached via A minor. Beethoven then turns poetically to F majoranother modulation by thirdsbefore a reprise of the skittering triplet transition theme and the opening melody, now equivocating between A major and A minor. Consistent with the harmonic range of the exposition, the development, moving in unhurried sequences, is perhaps the most tonally far-reaching in early Beethoven, and contains a magnificently sonorous, quasi-orchestral statement of the main theme in a rich, exotic D flat major. The recapitulation is regular in outline but full of inventive new detail. In keeping with the scale of the whole movement, there is a grandly spacious coda which combines the main theme, the triplet figure and a new syncopated figure to produce a resplendent climax. The sonata-form Adagio molto espressivo, in F major, has a similar lyric breadth. With its ornate Italianate lines and luxuriant richness of colour it is also one of the most sheerly sensuous movements that Beethoven ever wrote: listen, for instance, to the gorgeous rescoring of the main theme in the recapitulation. As in many Mozart slow movements, the development largely ignores the material of the exposition in favour of a new, impassioned cantilena, which is later recalled, with an added urgency, in the coda. For all its bounding energy, the Scherzo has an air of genial relaxation, making humorous capital out of the insistent three-note arpeggio figure first heard in the very opening bar. The trio begins in F major (the key of the Adagio), but then sinks to D flat as Beethoven works the same three-note figure in a massively sonorous passage over a rustic drone in the second viola. With its explosive pianissimo tremolos (a foretaste here of Schuberts C minor Quartettsatz), and fragmentary, combustible main theme, enhanced by lightning flashes on its restatement by the cello, the 6/8 finale has been nicknamed The Storm in German-speaking countries. A childlike contrasting theme, almost a nursery tune, appears in A flat, a key as unorthodox as the A major of the first movement. In the development the storm atmosphere returns with a vengeance, with snatches of the main theme contrapuntally combined with a pair of new ideas in 2/4 time. Then, with the tension barely dispelled, the tempo changes to Andante con moto e scherzoso, the key, significantly, to A major (the main secondary key of the first movement), for an exaggeratedly courtly minuet, its mincing gait comically punctuated by sudden forte chords. The storm then returns, leading quickly to a more-or-less orthodox recapitulation. But Beethoven has two more surprises up his sleeve: a repeat of the Andante, now in C major (and with the forte interruptions exaggerated to fortissimo), and a coda that plunges into A flat, the key of the innocent second subject, confirming yet again that the relationship of keys a third apart is a prime preoccupation of this marvellously inventive work. Richard Wigmore © 2009 |


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Automation Basics
Fieldbus for steam-drain control
Combining simple devices and fieldbus devices in a common system
By John Petzen and Larry O'Brien
As intelligent field devices are applied with more frequency throughout plant design, design cases occur where native bus-technology devices and simple field devices exist in the same control system. This article illustrates one specific case, steam-drain control, which can benefit from intelligent diagnostics on the control valves, but also works quite effectively with simple level switches. It is possible for users to combine more advanced Foundation Fieldbus devices with simple devices, such as level switches, to create a truly effective control solution.
Systemic thinking
Many instrumentation and control engineers think of the field device as an instrument, and the distributed control system cabinet as the control system. With Foundation Fieldbus technology, however, the net effect of deploying configurable field devices is to extend the boundary of what we traditionally think of as the control system into the field devices. This change in philosophy is most frequently discussed as the opportunity to deploy control strategies into the field devices themselves, labeled "control in the field." While there are undoubtedly control applications where control in the field offers advantages, using only fieldbus-enabled devices in a field-control strategy limits the overall possibilities for using intelligent devices as an extension of the control system.
A case study: Steam-drain control
Steam lines are typically fitted with low-point drains, which are implemented using a piping device called a drain pot. This is basically a section of pipe about the same diameter as the main line, connected via a tee connection and extending downwards from the main line. Liquid is formed when heat loss through the wall of the pipe causes steam to condense. Large amounts of liquid are formed during startup, when the bulk metal temperature of the piping components is below the saturation temperature for the steam flowing through the piping system. If this liquid is not removed from the piping system, the water can be entrained with the steam moving at high velocity down the pipe, causing mechanical damage termed "water hammer." To alleviate this problem, liquid water is trapped in the drain pots located throughout the piping system and drained through remotely operated valves.
One traditional control strategy for drain-pot-valve control involves a pair of level switches in the steam line drain pot. When the high switch detects liquid water, the control system sees the change in the switch signal and sends a command to open the valve. Depending on the line pressure, this may cause a partial open command or a full open command. When the high switch and the low switch both detect no liquid present, the control system commands the drain valve to close.
The fieldbus design
Typically, applying fieldbus technology to this control system function would involve replacing the valve with a fieldbus-enabled valve controller and replacing the level switches with a fieldbus-enabled transmitter. This would usually be implemented with a Foundation Fieldbus analog output block for the valve control, with position feedback derived from the BKCAL_OUT of the block, with the "Use PV for BKCAL_OUT" parameter. PV is the process variable. BKCAL_OUT is the value and status sent to an upstream block to prevent reset windup and to provide bumpless transfer to closed-loop control. An analog input block for the transmitter would be added, with logic in the control system to switch the valve to either the partially or fully open (depending on pressure) position when the level exceeds the set point.
Control in the field is not appropriate for this application since the algorithm involves signals from transmitters on different segments. What brings this approach into question is that the level switches are relatively inexpensive and can take the system operating temperature (1100 °F) and pressure (2400 pounds per square inch, gauge) without requiring additional piping components. Most continuous level technology would require additional piping components to protect the transmitter from the process conditions, which would mean added expense. The end user in this case also determined that the level switches possessed sufficient reliability and would benefit only incrementally from the additional diagnostics that fieldbus would provide.
The intelligent field device solution
Fieldbus-enabled valves are available that have extended capability, including the capability to interrogate external switches. While these were intended for use with external limit switches for valve position, these valve capabilities provide an interesting solution to the drain-valve control problem laid out above. The level switches can be wired to the valve controller, and switch position can be reported back to the control system using discrete input blocks. While this allows the wiring reduction typically associated with digital device installation, it avoids the higher device and installation cost of level transmitters.
This approach requires a large number of function blocks, which in other control applications could create performance issues. Because the speed required for system response for this application is relatively slow (approximately 1 second), a sufficient number of devices can still be connected on the same segment to make the digital field device wiring cost benefit easily apparent.
The horizon
Today direct integration of simple devices like the limit switches into the local fieldbus valve is a cost-effective solution and a great example of how you can combine conventional sensors and switches with a fieldbus control solution. Even more direct integration of simple devices is coming in the near future as the valve suppliers add higher density discrete blocks. Some intelligent valve suppliers have already begun using the bitwise capabilities of the discrete data type described in the Fieldbus Foundation standards to reduce the number of blocks required to transmit a number of valve conditions. Ultimately, when you minimize signals, you improve the overall efficiency and performance of the network. The Foundation Fieldbus technical specification defines different ways for valves of all types, including actuators and positioners, to communicate more than just open/close data.
John Petzen (firstname.lastname@example.com), a senior systems engineer at GE, began his career in 1983 as a reactor operator in the U.S. Navy. In 1991, he moved to quality assurance in the operations department at the Department of Energy Rocky Flats weapons complex near Denver, Colo. Starting in 1996, he led instrumentation-and-control design efforts for combined cycle, fossil-fired energy, and oil and gas projects at the power plant engineering firm Harris Group, Inc. based in Denver. He moved to Greenville, S.C. in 2002 to pursue safety-system engineering with AE Solutions, LLC, becoming a certified functional safety expert. He is currently engaged in power island instrumentation and control integration for GE Power and Water.
Larry O'Brien (email@example.com) is global marketing manager at the Fieldbus Foundation. Before his job at the Foundation, he was research director for process automation at ARC Advisory Group, covering the topics of process fieldbus, distributed control systems, process safety, the automation services business, and intelligent field instruments. He has a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
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One of the last men to step onto the moon took part in a celebration in Huntsville on Tuesday night.
Dr. Jack Schmitt visited the U.S. Space and Rocket Center as part of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 17 celebration.
He spoke under the Saturn V rocket - the vehicle that took him to the moon.
Schmitt said this event is important because it brings a community together that was involved in the Apollo 17 program.
"The Saturn V Rocket that's hanging over our head here was really the fundamentally and enabling technology that allowed us to meet President Eisenhower and President Kennedy's goal of getting to the moon," said Schmitt.
Earlier Tuesday, Mayor Tommy Battle proclaimed it Apollo 17 Day in honor of the final lunar landing.
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Having hit peak form, Ji-sung Park is frustrated that international commitments will force him to miss seven games for United at the turn of the year.
The Korean winger has been one of United's star performers so far this season and already has six goals to his name – his highest tally for the Reds.
But after the game against Sunderland on Boxing Day, he's jetting off to captain South Korea in the prestigious Asian Cup.
Park will miss the games against Birmingham (home and away), Stoke, West Brom, Liverpool in the FA Cup, Tottenham and Blackpool, but is confident he'll return to a Reds side very much in contention at the top of the table.
"Playing for the national team is an honour, but I am also very happy to play for United, so missing several games is disappointing," he said.
"But United have a big enough squad to be very strong and they will do well without me. Hopefully I will leave with a decent performance and three points [against Sunderland]. I have to put everything into the game.
"I will keep an eye on United's schedule and results when I am away – I will focus on the team. And I totally believe we will still be top when I come back. I have no doubts we will be in the same position as we are at the moment."
With Arsenal facing Chelsea on Monday, at least one of United's title rivals will drop points – and that arguably increases the significance of the Reds' clash against the Black Cats.


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Gone are the days of having only two e-mail accounts: one from your boss for work and another from your ISP for everything else. Now you're likely to have a Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, or other free Webmail account--and maybe two, three, or more such addresses--in addition to or in place of your work and ISP accounts.
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Students who are interested in health science majors are encouraged to attend a Health Science Day information session and presentation. To learn more about this opportunity, please visit the Office of Admissions web site.
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Similar immigration laws have been enacted across the country. In April, the Georgia General Assembly approved a bill requiring police to check the immigration status [JURIST report] of anyone they have probable cause to believe has committed a criminal offense and requiring businesses to use E-Verify to check the immigration status of potential employees. Similar legislation has also been approved in Alabama, Virginia, South Carolina, Utah and Oklahoma [JURIST reports]. Arizona's law is also currently enjoined, and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) has pledged to appeal to the US Supreme Court [JURIST reports]. In May, the US Supreme Court [official website] upheld an Arizona law [JURIST report] requiring employers to utilize the E-Verify system, finding that it was not preempted by federal law and thus not a violation of the Supremacy Clause [Cornell LII backgrounder]. This decision could have an impact on lawsuits challenging legislation in other states.
Ratifying this founding document of the International Criminal Court has become a symbol of a country's commitment to the rule of law and the fight against impunity. I am very pleased to see that Tunisia has decided to send this strong message as an expression of a future on the basis of the rule of law. This is especially true for the most serious crimes under international law: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression. Tunisia's accession to the Rome Statute is also a testament of the profound changes brought about by the "Arab Spring," which started in Tunisia. It fulfills a central demand of peoples everywhere for societies guided by clear rules and the principle of equality before the law.
The ICC has been one vehicle through which the international community has attempted to hold accountable leaders in the Middle East and North Africa who have used violent means to quell protests during the Arab Spring [JURIST news archive]. In February, the UN Security Council referred the situation in Libya to the ICC [JURIST report], following allegations of violence against protesters by the government of Muammar Gaddafi. Earlier this week, the ICC said it will decide whether to issue arrest warrants for Gaddafi [JURIST report] and two high-ranking officials on allegations of war crimes. Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo [official website] said his office has gathered "direct evidence" that the men committed crimes against humanity in connection with efforts to quell the three-month old Libyan revolt. Libya has said it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC and will ignore the warrants if issued.
New York has finally torn down the barrier that has prevented same-sex couples from exercising the freedom to marry and from receiving the fundamental protections that so many couples and families take for granted. With the world watching, the Legislature, by a bipartisan vote, has said that all New Yorkers are equal under the law. With this vote, marriage equality will become a reality in our state, delivering long overdue fairness and legal security to thousands of New Yorkers.
The New York State Assembly had passed same-sex marriage bills before in 2007 and in 2009, but the bills were unable to pass the Senate [JURIST reports]. Before the passage of the Marriage Equality Act, New York recognized such marriages performed in other states. Earlier this year, the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department upheld a lower court decision [JURIST reports] allowing the surviving spouse of a same-sex marriage legally performed in Canada to inherit the deceased spouse's estate. With the legislation, New York becomes the seventh US jurisdiction to allow same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage is also legal in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire and the District of Columbia [JURIST reports].
[Croatia] has turned the fundamentals of the State inside out to be fully aligned with European standards. It performed impressively through the past monthseven up until the last weeks and days. Moreover, we are confident that you will continue to pursue the necessary reforms with the same vigor until the accession date, and beyond. Croatia's achievement serves as an inspiring example for the other countries of the Western Balkans. Croatia demonstrates that with political will, a strong national consensus and dedicated work, it is possible to overcome the shadows of the past and to move towards membership of the European Union.
Croatia has been increasing efforts to reform their judiciary in order to gain accession to the EU. Earlier this month, Croatian authorities charged [JURIST report] former military commander and senior interior minister Tomislav Mercep [official profile, in Croatian] for war crimes committed against Serbians during the 1990s conflict in the Balkans. Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] released a report [text, PDF] calling for the prosecution of individuals responsible for war crimes a day prior to Mercep's arrest. In 2008, AI called on the EU to use Croatia's status as a candidate country to ensure that the Croatian government actively investigates and prosecutes [JURIST report] suspected war criminals. AI criticized the slow pace of war crimes investigations, and noted that Croatian courts have mostly focused on crimes allegedly committed by ethnic Serbs even though Croats have also been accused of ethnic-based war crimes. In March 2005, the EU suspended entry talks [JURIST report] on the grounds that Croatia was failing to fully cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] investigating war crimes in the area. The entry talks resumed in October of that year after the ICTY declared that Croatia was fully cooperating [JURIST report].
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I'm so glad you are enjoying NM. I agree with the person who said eating at Tomasita's is a must. I love the Chapel of Loretto. If you are a history buff, spend some time at The Palace of the Governors. Fascinating!
I hope you have time to see some things in Albuqueruqe as well.
Yes, it is dry in NM right now. We are in a pretty bad drought.