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There was something particularly revealing about Javier Solana's comments (recorded in this Blog) that "the US must treat the European Union as a full partner in an effective and balanced partnership", and "The European Union has to show the US that it is worthy of that title."
This yet again illustrates a mindset in the EU – despite its inherent anti-Americanism –the intense jealousy of the US. And the outward manifestation is an almost child-like determination to prove that "Europe" is at least as good as, if not better than, the US, in every possible way.
It is that ethos, as much as anything, that has driven the EU to commit £3 billion or more to the Galileo satellite navigation and positioning system – despite the provision by the US of their "free-to-all" GPS system. Much the same thinking drives the determination of the EU to maintain its own space programme, and to fund Airbus with such generous subsidies.
But this thinking is also driving the EU military procurement programme, to the extent that anything the US has, the EU must have too. This is most obvious in the pursuit of the A400M large military transport aircraft, despite the availability of proven US designs, which are undoubtedly cheaper and in many respects better.
However, this drive to match the US now seems to be pushing the EU – and the UK in particular - into making another blunder in military procurement, of Eurofighter proportions in expenditure terms, and drive UK defence up a cul-de-sac from which it may never recover. That "blunder" is called FRES, standing for "Future Rapid Effects System".
Nevertheless, although it seems to have formed the centrepiece of defence minister Geoff Hoon's recently announced Strategic Defence Review, very few people know anything about FRES. All we know is that Hoon is relying on it as the technological fix that will enable him to cut back on human resources – like soldiers. By this means, he thinks he will have bundles of cash left to give Gordon, to spend on the bureaucrats running schools 'n' hospitals, to say nothing of the 3,500 office chairs in the Department of Defence, at a cool £1,000 each.
That so few people are aware of what FRES actually is can hardly be surprising. Two years ago, Gregory Fetter, a senior land-warfare analyst at Forecast International/DMS, observed that it was "too early to try to figure out what FRES will look like …It's like trying to grab a cloud of smoke."
And, as late as March of this year, Nicholas Soames, shadow defence secretary – in a debate in the Commons on defence policy - noted that defence contractors had been "anxiously awaiting a decision from the Government on the future rapid effects system battlefield vehicle that the Chief of the General Staff requires to be in service by 2009, but for which there is not yet even a drawing".
Small wonder that, in the report of the defence select committee published today, the committee expressed concern that the proposed in-service date of 2009 "will not be met".
So what is FRES?
The quote from Soames actually give some clue. He calls it a "battlefield vehicle", but it is more than that. It is a whole family of vehicles which are intended for the Army of the 21st Century, equipping it for its role as a rapid reaction force. It will enable it to deal quickly and effectively with trouble spots around the world, with maximum efficiency and the minimum expenditure of manpower. At least, that is how the propaganda goes.
For that, the government is preparing to sink around £6 billion into buying 900 vehicles, with an estimated budget for the total costs of ownership over the expected 30-year service life of almost £50 billion. That is a staggering £6.7 million average cost to buy each vehicle and an unbelievable life-time cost per vehicle – yes, each vehicle - of £55.5 million. To say that it would be cheaper to drive our troops into battle in a fleet of top-of-the-range Rolls-Royces hardly begins to illustrate the extravagance.
Whatever the merits of the vehicles – and these will be discussed shortly – the point is that FRES is not a British, or even European idea. It is copied from a US military programme known as FCS, or "Future Combat System". This is an armoured vehicle family designed as a "system of systems", operating in a network, fully equipped with the latest in electronics, combat systems and weapons, all inter-linked through satellite communications. And because the Americans are having it, "Europe" must have it as well.
Furthermore, although Hoon is highlighting it in his own defence review, FRES has very much become a "European" project. Such are the vast development costs that no single European nation can afford them, so it has become another of those joint programmes of which the Eurofighter project is the model.
Already, the European skills at designing just what is needed are coming to the fore. A fore-runner of FRES was the tri-nation programme to develop what was known as the MRAV – the " multi-role armoured vehicle", funded by the UK, German and Dutch governments and managed by the European armaments agency, OCCAR (Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation).
In a mirror image of the Eurofighter project, the French were also originally involved, but they pulled out to produce their own vehicle called the VBCI. Perhaps this was just as well for, after the expenditure of untold millions, the tri-nation consortium produced a prototype which they named the Boxer, only to find that at 33 tons, it was too heavy for airborne rapid deployment.
But the European involvement has not yet ended – not by any means. Despite honeyed words from the DoD to UK manufacturers, the leading contender for building FRES is a German firm, Rheinmetall DeTec. Should its designs be accepted, the outcome will undoubtedly be the formation of another European consortium to build it, as national sensibilities would not allow British forces to be equipped with German-built machines. And, with costs already escalating, we have another Eurofighter in the making.
So where does this leave us?
Here the political element comes in. Effectively, we are committing ourselves to enormous expenditure to buy "state of the art" but wholly unproven equipment, primarily to allow British armed forces to take part in what will almost certainly be an EU "rapid reaction force". The bulk of our new spending on procurement for the Army is being designated to that end. Effectively, to play a leading role in this force, we must have FRES. That is solely because FRES is what the US "rapid reaction force" will have and if the Americans have it, we (the Europeans) must have it too.
However, no one seems to be addressing the question as to whether FRES is actually a good idea – or necessary. Certainly, it may be suitable for the US, which is wealthier and can afford both new technology and maintain its existing force levels. Here, if we have to cut back out forces, in order to buy the technology – as Hoon is doing – we may have the worst end of the deal.
But even in the US, there are serious voices being raised, warning against the over-reliance on military technology in battle zones, noting that doctrine and tactics are equally important, if not more so, and that the human element is the vital factor.
On the UK front, we are getting into an even more serious situation where the costs of military "assets" is now so huge that we cannot afford to use them in combat zones where their loss might be threatened. Where an Iraqi insurgent can buy an RPG7 in a Baghdad bazaar for $20, it is a brave military commander that will risk a machine worth nearly £8 million, when it can be taken out with one round loosed off by a teenager.
Not for nothing, it should be noted, are US forces now patrolling the streets of Baghdad in Vietnam-era M113 armoured personnel carriers. They might not afford as good protection as the proposed FRES – or its US-equivalent – (although neither will protect from an RPG7) but at least they are affordable, and available.
Whether the Europeans will learn this lesson is debatable, and unlikely. Certainly, it looks like Hoon has bought into the European dream – that anything the US has, we must have too. Furthermore, he seems willing to bankrupt our forces to pay for it. There seems nothing now that can stop us lurching into another blunder of Eurofighter proportions.
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There was something particularly revealing about Javier Solana's comments (recorded in this Blog) that "the US must treat the European Union as a full partner in an effective and balanced partnership", and "The European Union has to show the US that it is worthy of that title."


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In 1315, an army under the command of Duke Leopold I of Austria narrowly survived a Swiss ambush in the Morgarten Pass.
Ambush at the Morgarten PassThe architect of the clandestine attack was Werner Stauffacher. He had mobilized a a Swiss Confederation force of 1,500 infantry archers to regain their local autonomy within the Habsburg Empire.
The dispute had arisen despite the Swiss holding imperial letters of guarantee signed by former Emperors. And after a raid on the Habsburg-protected monastery of Einsiedeln, Duke Leopold I had set out to crush the rebellious Confederates. And his ultimate victory was the end of hopes to restore the Old Swiss Confederacy.
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In 1705, at a decisive moment in Rákóczi's War of Independence, the invading force of Austrian-Danish-Serbian Corps under the command of Field Marshal Ludwig Herbeville were defeated in Transylvania.
Glorious Kuruc Victory at ZsibóIn a struggle that would change the balance of power in central Europe, a group of noblemen, wealthy and high-ranking progressives under his leadership were bidding to topple the rule of Habsburg Austria over Hungary. Because relations between the court and the nobility had deteriorated so badly and the new Habsburg rulers treated the peasants so poorly that eventually some people wished for a return to Turkish rule.
The outcome of the battle secured Transylvania, marking the beginning of the end for the Hungarian nobility in their quest to defend the Hungarian interest.
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In 1395, in a desperate battle fought on the banks of the Terek River in the North Caucasus, the forces of Tokhtamysh khan of the Blue Horde prevailed, saving the capital city, Sarai from falling to Timur's invading army.
Golden Horde triumph at the Terek RiverHaving briefly united the White Horde and Blue Horde subdivisions of the Golden Horde into a single state, it had taken all of his guile and diplomacy to prevent some of the the emirs going over to Timur on the eve of battle. Of course Tokhtamysh himself was no stranger to making war on a former ally, that was in fact the cause of the entire conflict.
Mistakenly believing he could defeat the Ilkhanate Chobanids and capture the disputed territories of the Caucasus since the days of Berke Khan, he had, in 1385 Tokhtamysh, with an army of 50,000 (or five tumens), invaded Persia and taken Tabriz. Returning north they took 200,000 slaves from Caucasus, including tens of thousands of Azeri Turks from the districts of Shirvan, Mugan, and Daghestan. This proved to be a fatal error for, who Tokhtamysh moved north from the Caucasus, thus allowing his Ilkhanate rivals to side with Timur, who annexed Persia to his own expanding kingdom. Furious, Tokhtamysh turned back and made war on his former ally. Eventually, Tokhtamysh conceded defeat and withdrew to the steppe. However, in 1387 he suddenly invaded Transoxiana, the heart of Timur's realm. Unfortunately for Tokhtamysh, heavy snow forced him back to the steppe.There he made his stand, and was fortunate to recover sufficiently in order to overcome Timur the Conqueror.
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In 1388, at the Battle of Näfels, the Habsburgs crushed a heavily out-numbered force of the Glarus and their allies, the Old Swiss Confederation.
Habsburg Victory at the Battle of NafelsThe victory, which established Habsburg Control over the Central Alpine region, was won by a force of about five thousand men under the command of the Graf Donat von Toggenburg and the Knight Peter von Thorberg. A second column, with about fifteen hundred men under the command of Graf Hans von Werdenberg-Sargans, had also marched over the Kerenzerberg Pass.
Whereas the opposition was a force of only four hundred Glarner troops and a few dozen men from both Schwyz and Uri. But following up the easy victory was much more difficult and the Empire struggled to create an Austrian Puppet State. Within a century, they were forced to place a Habsburg Swiss monarch on the throne, creating a Kingdom of Switzerland.
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"Deep ruby-purple. Aromas of smoky plum, blackberry syrup, cinnamon and canele (a Bordeaux specialty made from a caramelized batter containing rum and vanilla) are very ripe but not exaggerated, and nicely lifted by floral and mineral topnotes. Very fresh in the mouth, with almost delicate but very deep flavors of dark berries, cedar and minerals. Finishes long and pure, with noticeable saline and grapey nuances. This highly successful wine manages a tricky balancing act between superripeness and just the right amount of freshness; in fact, this seems almost understated to me even though it boasts a extremely high IPT of 100 and possesses outstanding depth and substance. It also relies much less on oak for weight and structure than a couple of recent vintages, and therein lies a good measure of its success. Should be one of the red wine stars of '09.
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http://www.deploystudio.com/ is a reliable way to deliver images to new workstations, and is suitable for mass-deployment jobs etc.
You'll have to set it up, but I believe you'll be able to drop the image you already have straight into it and use that.
Otherwise, copy the image you have onto an external hard drive of suitable capacity, put the OSX restore CD into your machine and restart the mac from that (press C while the apple logo displays at boot) and when it loads (you'll see an OS X installer program load), instead of doing a full installation, go to the Utilities menu and you can use disk utility to restore the image to the local hard drive.


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Kroger, eInfochips showcase 'Retail Site Intelligence' solution at ISC West
Platform combines video surveillance with other aspects of store operations
At ISC West, the companies will be demonstrating RSI products and applications including a new handheld barcode scanner used by shoppers and a loss prevention application using the world's first video camera, which serves as both a camera and ZigBee access point. The camera is easily integrated into a store's IP backbone for better network scalability and support.
According to Shah, the ZigBee wireless communications protocol acts as an "information medium" for everything on the store floor that generates data.
Commercial versions of the RSI solutions being piloted by Kroger will be available later in 2014 with support and customization services delivered globally. Shah said that the RSI architecture will be taken to market by Wincor Nixdorf, a provider of IT solutions and services to the retail industry.
"Retail Site Intelligence in an exciting new frontier for retail business solutions," Brian Baker, vice president, professional services at Wincor Nixdorf said in a statement. "As always, our solutions will represent world-class customization, integration, deployment and support services."
The companies will be demonstrating the RSI video management solution in booth #6141 at this week's show. Retailers who want to conduct a pilot run of an RSI solution can register at www.retail-site-intelligence.com.
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The Big 162 returns today. It's impossible to write anything this AM that is not a roaring, flaming cliche. Let's just say that life returns to certifiable Good, and by the end of the week, the Reds will be 5 games in and the temps will be close to 60. The belief is that both will rise.
The Morning Man is the worst predictor of anything sporting. Witness the husk that is his bracket. (Thanks a lot, IU, you skirt-boys.) Nevertheless, let's open the day with a few forecasts:
Reds wins: 94. No Astros, no complete rotation health.
Homer's wins: 17. The mule man becomes every bit as vital as Cueto and Latos.
Wins from the Big Five: 69.
Chappy's saves: 44. Yawn.
Votto's hits: 197. Homers: 27. RBI (thank you, Choo)… 118
NL Division Winners: Giants, Reds, Nationals
NL Wild Card: Braves
NL Pennant winner: Nationals
That was tough and will bring hate posts. I hope I'm wrong. I am, generally. Starting pitching wins in October. On paper, at this moment, I think DC's Big Three is slightly better than Cincinnati's. The Everyday Eight isnt quite there, but close enough, especially if B. Harper avoids a sophomore slump. It's a close enough race that injuries could swing it. But right now, I like the Nationals a little more. Let me have it.
THINGS TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT IF YOU ROOT RED... Well, just about everything. More consistency at the plate from Bruce, I spoze, though I believe at this point, what you see is what you get, and it's pretty good. A better season from Mesoraco, a repeat of 2012 from Frazier and Ludwick, the uptick in Bailey's game that I foresee. Dusty between now and October.
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT... Choo's D, though I think that's overblown. Not enough of 2012 from Frazier and Ludwick, which I think is a legit fret. The health of the rotation, because w/o Chappy in the Big Five, the depth isn't there. (Yet another reason sending him back to the 9th inning was the wrong move. But we digress.) Dusty in October.
Feel free to add your own predictions, feelgoods and worries. I could rhapsodize more about the return of Ball. But I don't want to give youse early onset diabetes.
TRUTH, PLEASE: How many of you attend Opening Day, and no other games? How many of you would admit to going just for the party and to be seen? How many of you know people like that?
Now, then. . .
* THE MADNESS GOES SAD. Kevin Ware's broken leg was in the Theismann, Posey, McCallum, Krumrie photo. And it was plain to see. There were no helmets hiding raw emotion. And it involved people mostly under the age of 21. Anything more I'd add would be obvious. Nantz and Kellogg handled it well, other than Nantz saying he'd never seen anything like it. No kidding, Jimbo. The storyline instantly became how both teams would react, especially Ville. The answer was self explanatory. After a few minutes of understandable stumbling, basketball resumed and Louisville was spectacular.
Yahoo's Pat Forde describes the scene:
The stoic, soft-spoken sophomore from outside Atlanta told coach Rick Pitino over and over, "Just win the game. I'm OK. Just win the game."
Pitino urgently called his grief-stricken players over to listen to Ware. As they closed in around him, the coach placed a hand on Ware's right arm. Peyton Siva held Ware's right hand. Wayne Blackshear held his left.
Ware looked up at his teammates and said it five more times.
"Just win the game. I'm OK. Just win the game."
The theme of this year's tournament has been speed and quickness. Who has it, who handles it. Fla. Gulf Coast made that obvious during the first weekend. Ville reinforced it yesterday. Duke got beaten off the dribble so many times, the Blue Devils resembled a saloon door in the Old West. Siva and Smith were unstoppable.
The exception to the rule was the awful Syracuse-Marquette region final. What is it about Big East teams that makes their games unwatchable? Great couple of weeks, filled with athletic, balletic, high-wire games. Then you had Saturday, when Cuse played that always thrilling 2-3 zone and Marquette couldnt hit the ocean from the boat.
Props to Boeheim and all that. And there's no question the zone is a game-changer, especially when you recruit long, lean kids with arms the size of redwood branches. But Marquette had plenty of open shots, and missed 99 percent of them. A lumbering, slumbering region final, from tip to buzzer. The quality of the opponents UC plays next winter won't be the same, though the top half of the league — Ville, UC, UConn, Memphis, Temple — will be formidable. But here's hopjng that some remnant of basketball beauty returns. Because it left the erstwhile Big East building a long time ago.
* THAT SAID, WHEN HE WANTS TO BE, which is more often than you might think, Boeheim is an engaging guy. I've never not had a call returned from him, and he owes me nothing. He talked at length after the win, about when he might retire. He's 68 now. From the NY Times:
"The one thing I've always wanted to be careful about is not to get out when you don't want to. I don't want to get out and then say, 'I wish I didn't get out.' Let's face it: when you're doing something you really like to do, there's no reason to get out if you don't feel like you should."
Not a lot of folks these days get to call their own shot. Regardless, I liked that piece of wisdom. I hope I get to employ it someday.
* WHAT A FARCE. That'd be Steve Alford, signing a 10-year extension at New Mexico (which flopped in the tournament) then, hours later, moving on to UCLA. This guy makes Butch Jones look like a UC lifer. There must be something the NCAA can do.
If you are a media member working at the Madness, and you attempt to take a drink to your seat, and it is not in an NCAA-approved cup, you will be surrounded like you are Bonnie and Clyde robbing a bank. That's vitally important. If you are Steve Alford, you can sign a decade extension one place, obviously knowing that in the next 24 hours, it will be worthless. That's OK with the NCAA. The cups, though. Gotta watch the cups.
* THE MAN READS! My guy Kevin Cook, who told the hilarious, real-life tale of the gambler Titanic Thompson, has turned his sharp eye to the anything-goes world of the NFL in the 1970s. The Last Headbangers centers around the best teams of that decade, Pittsburgh and Oakland mostly. Every page tells me something I didn't know, and does it in supremely entertaining fashion. It was a decade of excess in The League, especially at the medicine cabinet. Cook quotes a former Raiders team physician named Rob Huizenga:
"It was the ape-human stage of sports medicine in football. Horse testosterone: Why not? As for dosage, they figured if one was good, three was better."
The Raiders were especially profligate. They drugged when they were playing; they drugged more when they werent. Former Bengal Reggie Williams is quoted at length about how dirty Oakland was. And he was talking about the illegal things they did when refs weren't looking, not their drug intake. (Actually, juicing was perfectly legal in the NFL of the 70s.)
John Matuszak was a one-man pharmacy. Kenny Stabler should have owned stock in Johnny Walker Red. Jim Otto, the center, was a human car wreck. He broke every bone in body twice, or so it seemed. George Atkinson, the DB, delivered shots that today would get him suspended. Jack Tatum made Atkinson look like a bocce ball player. And so on.
I'm not big on sports books, especially as-told-to bios. I get enough sports without reading more. But I'd read anything by Kevin Cook. The Headbangers. TML sez ck it out.
* A NEW BEER! On the recommendation of my son, the erstwhile Kid Down The Hall, I headed to Jungle Jim's Eastgate to purchase an IPA made by Southern Tier. I raised the young man well. Excellent advice. It wasnt quite as good as Dogfish Head 60 Minute. But nothing is. It was close, though, and a couple bucks a six less expensive.
* AND THANKS TO THE MOBSTER who recommended the Oliva Series G for a good mid-range smoke. A nice cigar, for $4.
* SPEAKING OK KELLY, THE ERSTWHILE KID... He got a job last week, in Manhattan, at a publishing house. Given the impossibilities associated with the job market these days, it was a very impressive feat. Congrats, my son. Only 40 years until you retire.
* THE BEST STUFF IS FREE... Spent Friday out at the home place in Adams County, cleaning gutters and sitting in the field out front, with the sun in my face. The o-o-o-nly good thing about winter is how good spring feels, when it finally arrives.
* IF YOU READ ONE THING. . . I couldnt agree more with Riley, re Woods and his arrogant new ad, crafted by Evil Sneaker Empire:
Ask Lance Armstrong if winning takes care of everything. Ask Pete Rose. Ask Joe Paterno's family. If winning took care of everything, why is the winning prison softball team still in prison?
I have one rule on Tiger Woods: Admire the game, not the man. The game is the greatest I've ever seen. But the man is rude and vulgar and has a screw-you-I'm-Tiger-Woods policy that's not the least bit becoming. The arrogance it takes to allow this ad to run is Reason No. 7,393.
Remember, Nike's done this before. They're the people that brought you Charles Barkley's "I am Not a Role Model" and the 1996 Olympic anthem "You Don't Win Silver, You Lose Gold." They are nothing if not provocateurs. The more you squirm, the better they like it.
It's easy to watch Woods on the golf course. It has never been more difficult to root for him.
* ROMO MAKES $17 MIL A YEAR FOR 6 YEARS. And he's still as overrated as the team he plays for.
* AND FINALLY... I get buy with a little help from my money. AP:
A copy of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album autographed by all four band members has shattered expectations at auction.
The iconic album was sold Saturday for $290,500 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. It had been listed at $30,000 before the sale.
* TUNE O' THE DAY. Todd Frazier told me in AwesomeYear he planned to break out a new Frank Sinatra tune to accompany Fly Me To The Moon. He wouldnt tell me what it was. I gave him this suggestion. We'll see.
Love was just a glance away/
A warm, embracing dance away.
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Antique Turquoise Diamond Hand Pendant
Over the eons humans have sought protection from danger or harm. Whether labeled as magical or religious, we are all familiar with objects such as a four-leaf clover, a rabbit's foot or the Egyptian scarab.
Different forms of the hand motif have been discovered in early Etruscan tombs dating back to 800 BCE. The particular configuration presented here shows the hand closed using the second and third fingers with the thumb and to hold the hand pointing downward with the first and fourth fingers extended, a form which is known in present day Italy.
Known as a "mano comuto" or horned hand, this is simply the finest example which The Three Graces has ever seen. Petite in size yet powerful in symbolism and in its beauty, the silver hand is lifelike and perfectly modeled. The hand itself is entirely paved with seventy-five (75) cabochons of natural turquoise. This feat in and of itself in such a small area is extraordinary. The hand is capped with an engraved cuff of silver and set with nine (9) petite rose cut diamonds. Please note that the tips of the extended fingers are also each set with a tiny diamond representing the fingernails! A round open bale at the top can be used to suspend from a chain or to attach the amulet to a fob or bracelet.
Date: Circa 1870.
Measurements: 1 inch (2.5 cm) in length including bale by 3/8 of an inch (1.0 cm) in width. Weight of 3.8 grams (2.5 dwt).
Condition: Excellent.
Origin: Italian.
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People love movies. History's the greatest movie ever.
People love movies. History's the greatest movie ever.
Reinforcing a brand and communicating an institutional mission can sometimes be an arduous slog through a lot of big talk, but when you're working for a place like MNHS, it's no problem at all.
This video was a great pleasure to edit and I'm proud to work for this society and to promote all that we do.
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Always fun to have a small-town newspaper do a little write-up about work you're doing—IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL PRINT! No digital edition for this paper. The Dassel History Center has a beautiful building and I'd love to get back there to install a few more immersive media installations.
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When I started working on this project, I had no idea precisely how little I actually knew in specifics about the Civil War. My prior knowledge can basically be summed up as follows: North v. South, slavery, Lincoln, Lee, Gettysburg, Gettysburg address &c.
So once I was thrust neck-deep into this specific battle, I was in awe of the wealth of history and depth of narrative that was available. The Civil War was the first nation-wide event in U.S. History to have first-person narratives paired with rich photographic imagery. We took full advantage of that while putting this together, and it was fascinating to do so.
This is the first of several 'episodes' we'll be putting together on Minnesota's involvement with the war, so I'll have a lot more learning and discovering to do…
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The Sports Show opens tonight at the MIA. It's been a lot of fun to work on, being the first major install I've worked on at the Institute. It's also proving to be one of the most media-heavy shows they've ever exhibited.
Although the bulk of the pieces on display are photographs, there are some really astounding media works that it has been a privilege to work around and with. From Buster Keaton to Zinedine Zidane, the range of work selected by curator David Little really touches on pretty much every aspect dealing with the intersection of sport and art culture.
Above are stills from some of the featured media pieces:
This exhibition has been one of the most exciting and challenging events I've ever worked on and I'm really looking forward to seeing what visitors make of it. So if you're in the MSP area in the near future, make sure to swing by and see The Sports Show. I promise you won't be disappointed.
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I have followed Kevin Yank's instructions for setting up mySQL/PHP/Apache on a W2K server.
Everything works great as long as I am online, but I don't want to stay online while scripting and testing.
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Great little article about a great little building. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577305582556521916.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Great little article about a great little building. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577305582556521916.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
It's hard to make something translucent, solid, or linear look like something other than it is - but they did it here. Image by The Wandering Angel @ flickr.
Rockin profile. Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga, Sydney Australia, 1951.
Architects are artists. Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga, Sydney Australia, 1951.
These arches look like they ate too much! Entrance, Ransom R. Cable House 1886.
How do architects turn ideas into architecture? How to design like an architect? Could you be an architect & What should I do with my life? My live webcam courses @ http://www.powhow.com/classes/how-to-architect
Just the essentials.
Now that's what architecture is for.
Architects love glasses. Glasses are architectural accessories for the human head. Especially bald heads like mine. Shadows aren't material but they are architectural.
Back when making 'good' buildings was about keeping people out. Conway castle, Wales.
This guys work is awesome! 'Habitat Machines' by David Trautrimas. Image by Cea. @ flickr.
It looks like what it is (with a little imagination). One of my favorite paintings. Nude Descending a Staircase, No2. Marcel Duchamp.
From this to Snooki in 500 years.
Talk about bucolic. Irvine River Scotland.
That ceiling is something else! Arsta Castle, Sodermanland, Sweden.
Sorry. I'm a simple man. Image by hugo971 flickr.
Gustave Eiffel and his tower. He was a civil engineer and architect. If you haven't been to the top - do so. Image by wlappe @ flickr.
Brutalist architecture flourished in the 70's as an inexpensive building technique. However it failed as a cold, inhuman aesthetic. Architects like Le Corbusier had progressive intentions with this new style. However the architecture, by sheer mass, form, color and material properties, promoted the opposite of what was hoped. This is Brutalist housing, São Paulo, Brazil, 1974. Image by seier+seier @ flickr.
Always breathtaking. Basilica Saint Denis, Paris. France. Image by seier+seier @ flickr.
This isn't architecture.
If you design one thing this amazing in a lifetime, you're lucky (and gifted). Image by FritsM @ flickr.
This is the visitor center in New Harmony, Indiana by Richard Meier. I loved his work as a student. Particularly his Douglas House in Michigan. His work is a great example of how architects have predilections they impart in their work.
Apart from having the right degrees, experience and license (here in the United States) there are ten things an architect can do to encourage success.
1. At any stage of a career, exceptional work is key to success. Good work transcends barriers to entry. This does not mean you've got to be a great designer. One may be an exceptional designer but a poor manager. Another may be an exceptional manager but poor designer. You don't have to be an amazing designer to be a successful architect. You've got to be exceptional at something clients desire, i.e. management, interpersonal skills, business, design, etc…
2. A good portfolio and resume will get your foot in the door. Create something that's uniquely you, not like everyone else. If you do make sure it's well made. Otherwise it's gonna fall flat. When you go out on a limb make it's sturdy.
3. Make the right contacts (NETWORK) to get into an office you can thrive. Networking means, be nice. Stay in touch. Follow up. Meet in person. Have lunch. Call. Email. Be a friend. It will pay off. It may not mean a job, but it will mean a contact, friendship, learning relationship, mentor and maybe something more valuable long term - a person that will recommend you for the best job you could ever imagine.! You never know. Network through friends. Friends of friends. Teachers. Find emails online. Linked in. Twitter. facebook, etc…
4. Be persistent.
5. Get through the early years of drudgery. From stair details and schedules to endless hours of drafting. Interns pay their dues.
6. Be patient. The architect does drafting, visualization, project management, office management, design, specifications, contracts, client relations, marketing, and construction. If you're meant to be an architect, you'll find something you enjoy in that list.
7. Find a good boss. If you work for an architect that values diligence they'll trust you with more, more quickly.
8. The harsh reality about architecture (I never wanted to believe this is true) is that some successful architects start out with wealth or make wealthy friends – they simply get interesting opportunity sooner or more often. If you're not rich, make wealthy friends.
9. Word of mouth is important and reputation matters. Get a job, do it well and you'll get more.
10. Take on as much responsibility as you can. Trial by fire is painful, but it makes for a better architect.
Image by seier+seier @ flickr.
Only in the last century buildings began not to look like buildings. Great blue color. The Selfridges store by Future Systems at the Bullring Shopping Centre. Image by UggBoy♥UggGirl [ PHOTO // WORLD // TRAVEL ] @ flickr.
Almost dripping. Louis Sullivan. Image by Proxy Indian @ flickr.
I love this picture. Texture by Louis Sullivan. Image by whitewall buick @ flickr.
Ornate. Sullivan. Chicago. Image by get directly down @ flickr.
This is a stair tower and yes, those bricks are running in every direction you can imagine. The architect is Andre Bloc. Image by seier+seier @ flickr.
This guy came before Gehry! Andre Bloc. Image by the always amazing seier+seier @ flickr. Bellevue, Meudon, Ile-de-France, FR
When something is what it isn't. Parking deck in Marylebone, London. Super cool. Image by traceyp3031 @ flickr.
Marina City Towers designed by Bertrand Goldberg in Chicago. This picture has it all. Color, shape, repetition, line, curve, dark, light. Love it! Pic by o palsson @ flickr.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey house screened-in porch. Image by cliff1066™ @ flickr.
I've been getting a lot of questions about presentations and how to make them better. 7 words said many ways. Proper Prior Planning (or Persistent Planning and Preparation) Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Image by kevin dooley @ flickr. Said another way, PRACTICE!
Wingspread chimney, Frank Lloyd Wright. Image by puroticorico @ flickr.
That's what I'm talkin about. Sweet cantilever. Wingspread, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1939, Wind Point, Wisconsin. Image by Payton Chung @ flickr.
This is the iconic image of the golden rectangle and as evidenced in the sunflower. Sunflower by whitepebbles @ flickr. Rectangle of the whirling squares overly by me.
Notice. The hand fits relatively well into the golden rectangle as do individual fingers on the divisions. Some of the divisions and spiraling axis also fall at joints and fingertips. Pretty cool.
It was worth a try.
Sometimes the stuff that goes on architecture is way cooler than the building. Image by ell brown @ flickr.
Traditional window juxtaposed with non-traditional fenestration. Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect. Image by seier+seier @ flickr.
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Will The Real Terrell Owens Please Stand Up!
Long before Terrell Owens became a Cowboy, we all heard about his mouth being bigger than his heart, and his penchant for getting into trouble being greater than his talent.
I never really knew anything about Terrell Owens except for what I heard on ESPN and read in Sports Illustrated. It got to the point where I actually hated the guy, and yet I really knew nothing about the man. Shame on me.
I have now observed Terrell Owens first hand for almost two years. He is everything that I hoped he would be, and nothing like the derelict he was portrayed as by the media. For years they have maligned his heart, his desire and his character, and yet I've never seen that Terrell Owens.
The Terrell Owens I've seen is a natural born leader. In 2006 I saw him go out there and play hurt for almost an entire season. I would see him cringe with pain everytime he caught a rocket from Tony Romo. Yes, he dropped some of those passes, but even still he was among the leaders in receiving with another 1000 yard campaign, 13 touchdowns and 85 receptions. Incredible…
Those numbers don't even tell the story of how he took a young unproven quarterback who had no NFL experience under his belt, and helped him become the star he is today. It doesn't tell the story of a man who played hurt everyday and showed his teammates that playing in the NFL is a privilege not a birthright. Terrell Owens found a home in Dallas, and in Owens, Dallas found an inspirational leader.
Now we are only five games away from the end of the regular season. Owens is on the verge of his greatest season ever. He already has 1,100 yards and 13 touchdowns. He is 300 yards, and 3 touchdowns away from his career highs with five games left to play. He has been Romo's go to guy all season long. He leads the team in TD's and in fact, he has more touchdowns then the entire receiving corps combined.
Despite all of Owens heroics and his outstanding production, you don't hear anything about it from the media. Those same sportscasters and sports writers that were so willing to tarnish Terrell Owens even at the beginning of the season, have all suddenly gone quiet. They have nothing else to say. They are all a disgrace to their profession.
When Brett Favre and Jeremy Shockey scream and holler, or curse out their teammates when they do wrong, or celebrate after a game winning score, they are called gutsy and fiery. When Terrell Owens did those same things in his past, he was called a clubhouse cancer, and a showboat, and an arrogant player.
I am so grateful that Terrell Owens chose to play out his career with the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas is where all shining stars belong. I am glad that I got to see the real Terrell Owens have his finest season now in 2007.
Today, I went and purchased a Christmas gift for a little boy and decided on a Dallas Cowboys Jersey. They had every jersey that I could have possibly wanted, but I picked out the one that said "Owens" on the back. It made me feel good inside, and I know it will bring a warm smile to his face on Christmas morning.
I can't ever take back all the bad things I've thought about Terrell Owens before he became a Cowboy. But I can make up for it by making sure I never get swayed by the media again, and by letting people know that if they want to see the real Terrell Owens, they should tune into a Dallas Cowboys football game and watch T.O. do his magic.
That is the best blog I've read all season long.
Most people don't know that I've been a Terrell Owens Fan longer than I've been a Dallas Cowboys Fan.
You're describing what I've always known to be True.
I've just never heard anyone else, especially the media, say it.
Thank you for putting your thoughts out there.
Terrell Owens has a heart of gold and always has.
He is a bright shiny star and is truly gifted with mad talent.
No one wants to WIN more than he does.
He makes me very happy.
I can't even wait for the playoffs.
Thank you Joe.
Joe this was so well written. It made me cry. But I tend to be very emotional about the Cowboys anyway. These are the words I have not been able to find. I share your sentiment about T.O. 100%. He's been a real blessing to the team and an inspiration to the players and the fans. I hope every other Dallas fan feels the same way. Bravo for such a great piece. It's going to be a hard act to follow. Kudos to Joe!
This is award-winning writing. Not only is it a great read but it speaks nothing but the 'honest to God' truth. I believe alot of Cowboys fans have accepted T.O. and support him 100% now. Yeah that's easy to do when we are winning, but I think it goes deeper than that.
The Stars at Night are BIG and BRIGHT… Deep in the HEART of TEXAS!
Thanks Joe, you're an amazingly talented writer.
Thanks to all three of you. You all are such great and passionate Cowboys fans! I appreciate the comments from my peers the most. Thanks again!
Farve is 0-5 at TX Stadium.. Soon it will be 0-6..
I secretly wanted him to come to Texas. There's a certain kindness and respect for passion that you can only get in Texas. It seems to have spread to Cowboys fans in other states as well, but it originates in Texas. Your blog took the words right out of my heart!
AMEN Joe D. That was a very well put together, and thought out piece of literature. And i agree. Terrel just needed some luv, trust, and appreciation. Thats all any player wants. T.O. just finally found these things in Dallas. And the media don't like it because they're feeding frenzy on Terrel Owens has been blocked by his true colors that are finally shining. Shame on them.
omg this actually brought tears to my eyes….the only reason i ever disliked t.o. was when he played against the boys, and always posed a huge threat. (not to mention the dance on the star ;))
this was very well written, and i'm so proud of t.o. for the way he is leading this team to possibly their best year ever…. go cowboys!!
Extremely well written and true. Outstanding read and I've turned into a TO Fan. It took 2 years, but I'm glad I came around. What impressed me last year is that he played with a broken hand all year and never used it as an excuse. I'm glad he's now wearing the Star.


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Cron comes from a strong baseball family. His brother C.J. currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and his father is the D-backs' minor league hitting coordinator. Cron was selected in the third round of the 2011 draft by the Seattle Mariners, but chose to attend TCU before going in the 14th round this year.
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Tupac's famously protective mother Afeni Shakur agrees with the rest of the planet -- the rapper's resurrection at Coachella this weekend ... in the form of an incredibly lifelike hologram ... was mind-blowingly awesome.
A rep for Afeni tells TMZ, she was absolutely positively THRILLED with Tupac's virtual performance -- when he appeared alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg during the headlining show at Coachella last night ... walking back and forth across the stage like he was actually present.
Afeni didn't attend the performance -- but we're told she watched it unfold live on the Internet ... but while it was thrilling, the entire experience was bittersweet.
The rep says Dr. Dre asked Afeni for approval to incorporate Pac into his performance -- and she said yes. As a thank you, we're told Dre made a donation to the rapper's charity ... The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.
TMZ also spoke with Dre's crewmate Daz Dillinger -- who tells us, Nate Dogg was originally supposed to appear as a hologram as well, but the decision was made at the last minute not to use him. Nate got a video tribute instead.
All of you dumb a** people who got something negative to say about Tupac go to he**!!! The man holds a very special place in time and his presence was definately needed to prove a point! He had plenty of songs that spoke about women should keep thier heads up when men want to treat them and thier babies like **** keep your head up! go to school be on welfare if need be but make it temporary be successful that's the greatest success. Dear mama, how many mothers out there sruggled to make ends meet for thier children rather the babies were sick, school, not the best meals, wonderful christmas's your mother always seems to manage. listen to the words in which he had spoke before you judge. obviously those who speak against him are racist or fifthy f**king rich and never went through real life. think about the goverment and the crap we as american go through. How is it that in Asia they can rebuild thier country after a bomb but here in american detroit , new orleans we can't get out stuff together to make it happen. Wake up folks it's the truth!!! Period Yeah somethings aren't so good but he do have plenty good and the truth in his words. Also, most of his rap was from his younger years of the rebel but the end was older Tupac talking check out the movie for instance there's no telling what hieghts this man could have gone...he had the ability to. As far as his mother is concern what mother stop loving thier child???? Of course she has mix feelings but maybe that was good for her to lay eyes on her baby on stage living out his dreams and after 15 years people still mourn him and haven't forgot him! R. I.P I Love You "He without sin cast the first stone" "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" Get it? Now Kepp it!
i love all these RACIST white people on these comments. Congratulations, You guys are wasting your life proudly..smh
There is something inherently creepy about resurrecting the dead for "live" concert performances.
Tupac is still alive. And it's a fact. In Las Vegas you can fake your death, if 3 murder attempts were made. And he has been seen in various places, incl. Philadelphia. Where he was seen on the corner drinking a soda, smoking a cigarette and kicking it with his homies. Tupac is Tu determined to not let nobody kill him, even if it means checking in. And that's what he did.
Amazing Tupac was one of the GREATEST Rappers, it is awesome how they made it look so real. I met him and he was the kindest gentleman I never thought he would have been such a gentleman.
RIP you are truly missed
Tupac was one of the first homosexual rappers.
Much love and respect to Afeni and Tupac. I loved the Hologram!!!!!!!!!!!!
The hologram was so realistic that concert attendee Lindsay Lohan actually thought it was the mid-90s and that she had a career ahead of her.
So that's why there was no Nate Dogg. Why couldn't he be there as well?
His new name is CAPUT ,tupac spelt backwards
I think Tupac just got his crown back: Best Rapper Alive.
so I hate be THAT person but...he said coachella.....PAC lives!!!!!
She was protective of his paychecks, not her rapist thug son.
Why is everyone hating? No one is holding him to be a GOD a hero or anything. We are just stating that this concert was amazing. Oh and Caucasian people don't judge a book by it's cover. Tupac was very intelligent. And so what if his mother was a black panther. What about the KKK, Aryan group, Skin heads out here. Black Panthers were'nt killing Women and children, and lynching men, burning crosses or any of that type of thugged out ****. Oh but Tupac's a Thug, and a gangsta form the hood? Come on really. People love to talk **** without looking at themselves. Has he killed anyone? No can some of you please comment without having something negative to say about anything. Oh i forgot misery loves company. I'm pretty sure the ones commenting negatively probably hate their lives. I hope you all find GOD before you die.
How miserable are some of you that you cant even appreciate an amazing piece of technology that was shown to us? You don't like Tupac? Fine. No need to bash the dead. We know how he was in media before he died and we know how he died.
No need to go into the Tupac autobiography. This is about the HOLOGRAM.


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Group of the Czech parliamentarians visited Azerbaijan
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Members of the Committee for European affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic led by vice-speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Jan Hamáček and Chairman of the Committee Jan Bauer paid a visit to Azerbaijan from April 15 till April 17, 2013.
The Czech parliamentarians held meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Speaker of Milli Majlis (Parliament) Oktay Asadov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov.
Inter-parliamentarian cooperation was the main topic of discussion between Czech guests and their colleagues from Azerbaijani Parliament, members of the friendshipgroup with the Czech Republic and members of the International and Inter-parliamentary Relations Committee.
Both sides highly appreciated development and strengthening of the Czech-Azerbaijani relationship, important role of inter-parliamentary cooperation and the collaboration of both countries within the international organizations. The Czech delegation stressed importance of further development of cooperation in the field of science, education, culture and tourism.
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic also visited Baku Slavic University and discussed the Czech-Azerbaijan relations and cooperation with the students and pedagogues of the University. They also saw over the Center of the Czech language and culture in Baku Slavic University.
The two days program gave to Czech guests the opportunity to see historical part of Baku (Icheri Sheher), Azerbaijan National Museum of History and State Flag Square.


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