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Earl Hines Antibes 1979 (1) Medley
The Power of Black Music
Samuel A. Floyd Jr.
The Negro Renaissance: Harlem and Chicago (Part 4)
Duke Ellington Cab Calloway
New York's large dance halls required larger bands than the honkey-tonks, nightclubs, and smaller halls that employed small jazz and society units. So Henderson devised a way to accommodate eleven pieces, initially, to handle the expanding requirements of the genre in its new setting. Henderson and his arranger, Don Redman, began making arrangements that would exploit the instrumental resources of a big band yet retain some of the flexibility and spontaneity of the small jazz ensemble.They accomplished this by placing the winds and brasses in contrast to each other, by employing composed riffs to create continuity and generate propulsive force, and by setting occasional solos against all of this. This process and structure started a new line of development that was to become and remain the standard in big-band jazz.
Henderson's innovations had far-reaching influence. His 1926 recording of his composition "Stampede" contains riffs and responsorial constructions, a clarinet trio, banjo accompaniment, carefully and effectively arranged section passages, and solos by tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and trumpeters Rex Stewart and Joe Smith. By the late 1920s, Henderson had expanded his instrumentation to include five brasses, four reeds, and four rhythm instruments while continuing his riff-oriented, section-organized arranging structure. Nearly every active big band began to copy Henderson's successful formula, and by 1932 his work had launched the Swing Era. Henderson, the college-educated, polished, urban bandleader, became New Negro material, since some of the leadership, most notably Du Bois, had by the Mid-1920s begun to recognixe the legitimacy of jazz.
While Henderson eschewed the heterogeneous sound ideal as a primary organizing principle, Duke Ellington fully embraced it in an unsurpassed orchestral palette, with not only the instruments themselves providing timbral contrasts, but each ot lthe musicians providing even more such contrast within the confines of his individual instrument. It is well known that Ellington selected his sidemen for stylistic and tonal difference. He surely recognized that signifyin(g) difference powerfully enhances the heterogeneous effect. Timbre nad rhythm, for Ellington, were inextricaly bound, as Olly Wilson (1991a) perceptively notes in presenting an example of the heterogeneous sound ideal:
When Ellington followed the line "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing" with the line "do-wah, do-wah, do-wah, do- wah," he illustrated the principle of swing by setting up the implied metrical contrast [that produces swing] and by tying this metrical contast to a contrast in timbre. The line was not do-ooo, do-ooo, etc.; but do-wah, do-wah, which accents the affect of timbral contrast working in conjunction with a cross rhythm.
It was during the Harlem Renaissance that Ellinton recorded the works that established him as a composer of first rank----works such as "Creole Love Call," "Black and Tan Fantasy," and "East St. Louis Toodle-oo. " In the 1927 recording, "East St. Louis Toodle-oo" is structured in a song-form section and a secondary theme: A A B A C C A' A" C A. It is a rondo-like structure with the opening succession of chords serving simultaneously as a returning theme over which improvisations take place. The intermittent intervening sections, B and C, provide melodic and harmonic relief from the repeating A section. The trumpet takes A, B, the repeat of the variation on C, and the final A; the baritone sax takes C; the clarinet, A'; the final C section is devoted to a trumpet trio in which the theme of that section is stated for the first time (having been improvised on in its first incarnation). Several things are notable about this perfromance. First, it is influenced by New Orleans-style jazz, containing as it does the growls, elisions, and manner of soloing that are characteristic of , or derived from, that style. .
Jean Toomer Wrote the novel Cane Walter White wrote Flight (1926)
Langston Hughes wrote Not Without Laughter Zora Neal hurston wrote "Sweat" (1926)
Alain Locke edited the New Negro Aaron Douglas painted allegorical
(1925) scenes
Archibald Motley painted Syncopation(1925) Palmer Hayden painted Schooner(1926)
Stomp(1926) & Spell of Voodoo(1928) & Quai at Concarneu (1929)
Eubie Blake Noble Sissle
Both wrote the musical Shuffle Along (1921)
James P. Johnson wrote Runnin' Wild he and Fats Waller wrote Keep Shufflin (1928)
Donald Haywook wrote the operetta Africana Paul Robeson acted in Simon the Cyrenian
(1933) (1920), All Gods's Chillum Got Wings (1923). The Emperor Jones(1925) and
Showboat (1928)
The Duke Ellington Orchestra was followed in the Cotton Club by Cab Calloway's band. The Calloway band was considered to be on of the best of the big bands during the period 1939 to 1943, in spite of the prowess of those of Hines, Billy Eckstine, Ellington, and Basie. This sizxteen-piece, exceptionally talented big band was in demand everywhere; through its radio broadcasts from the Cotton Club, it generated an appreciation for jazz among many segments of American society, ensuring the continuation of the tradition. In his performances, Calloway always made use of African-derived performance practices.Aside from having a freat instrumental aggregation, Calloway vcontinued the scat-singing tradition introduced by Louis Armstrong in the 1920s. Armstrong and Calloway made calls and cries contemporary, to be picked up, enhanced, developed, and carried forth by the jazz singers of later years. The Calloway band was an experimental laboratory in which new musical techniques, devices, and procedures were explored; it had a profound impact on the future of jazz and, conbsequently, American music in general.
All across the land, young black jazz musicians were listening to these bands over lthe radio, on records, and -- the lucky ones---in live performances, inspired by their musicianship and Signifyin(g) prowess. These young aspirants used the performances of the musicians in these bands as measures of their own prowess, "woodshedding" constantly to gain control of their art; making efforts to be heard by top musicians and to become known in local, regional, and national jazz circles; hoping to be "sent for" by Basie, Calloway, Jimmy Lunceford, Chick Webb, or Ellington: "Being sent for was recognition and status. Usually it meant New York with a nationally known outfit.
Count Basie Orchestra - CornerPocket (1962)
Milwaukee barber Frank Gay doubled as jazz musician
Journal Sentinel files
Hubert Humphrey visited with Frank Gay in 1972 as Gay worked on a customer's hair at his Grand Barbershop on Milwaukee's north side.
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Frank Gay was a north side barber who played jazz trumpet as a young man and whose King Drive shop was known for its camaraderie and a great jukebox.
He grew up in a generation of Milwaukee musicians who went on to jazz careers, some of them gaining regional and national reputations. And as a trumpeter and member of the musicians union, he played with some of the greats who visited town - including Lena Horne, Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday, his daughter said.
Gay died Jan. 13 of bone cancer. He was 83.
Gay's kids described his King Drive barbershop, which he opened in 1965 and operated 30 years, as a Milwaukee institution, full of talk, laughter and music from a jukebox loaded with jazz music.
"It was like going to a club, being at that barbershop," said his daughter, Christina Gay.
Gay grew up in Milwaukee and graduated in 1948 from Lincoln High School, where he played in the marching and concert bands.
Many others came out of Lincoln playing jazz and made names for themselves in Milwaukee or even nationally - including Willie Pickens, Frank Morgan and Bunky Green. Singer Al Jarreau graduated from Lincoln about 10 years later, but his brother Alphaeus was a year behind Gay and remembers the future barber as an excellent musical interpreter.
Gay was also a good reader of music, and he joined the musicians union in his teens because of that ability - a connection that got him gigs with the stars then and later.
Pickens, a jazz pianist who moved to Chicago in 1958 and made a national name for himself, said there were two musicians unions in those days - one for black performers and one for whites.
John Schneider, who wrote a fact-based play in 1999 for the old Theater X company called "Jazz: A Milwaukee History," relied for a large part of the play on an interview with Gay.
In the interview, Gay listed some of the north side clubs where jazz could be heard when he was playing in the 1940s, '50s and '60s - the Pelican, the Celebrity Club, Thelma's Back Door, the Jam Room. He bemoaned the loss of those clubs, and the old Bronzeville neighborhood around W. Walnut St., to urban renewal and freeway construction.
After high school, Gay served in the Army, where he played in an Army band at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana, his daughter said. When he came back to Milwaukee he worked at construction jobs but continued to play music.
He got a master barber's license and a certificate in business administration in 1960 from what's now the Milwaukee Area Technical College. He opened a barbershop at 2543 N. 3rd St. in 1965 and named it Grand Barbershop, after a Detroit jazz venue, Club 20 Grand.
Like many barbershops in the black community, his became a major social gathering place. One of his former customers, Journal Sentinel columnist Eugene Kane, remembers him saying slugger Hank Aaron was once a regular patron - though Kane quoted Gay as saying he didn't like baseball because of how black pioneer Jackie Robinson was treated.
His longtime companion, Mary Jo Avery, said Milwaukee Bucks and Green Bay Packers players were also among his customers, and politicians often stopped in, including Hubert Humphrey, the Minnesota senator and vice president who ran for president as a Democrat in 1968 and competed for the nomination in 1972.
After his retirement in the mid-1990s, his daughter said, he was an avid golfer. "I bet he played four days a week," Christina said.
Gay's three-decade marriage to the former Mary Jane Wiley ended in divorce in the mid-1990s. Beside his ex-wife and his daughter, he is survived by sons Monty Shadd and Glenn Gay, five grandchildren and Avery.
A service is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Northwest Funeral Chapel, 6630 W. Hampton Ave.
The 2011 Musical Obituaries
Compiled by George Graham
Jan. 1 Charles Fambrough, jazz bassist, composer, 60
Jan. 4 Gerry Rafferty, singer-songwriter, Stealer's Wheel, 63
Jan. 10 Margaret Whiting, pop singer, 86
Jan. 17 Don Kirshner, rock producer, 76
Jan. 26 Gladys Horton, member of Marvelettes, 65
Jan. 26 Charlie Louvin, country artist, Louvin Brothers, 83
Jan. 31 Mark Ryan, member of Adam and the Ants, 51
Feb. 6 Gary Moore, rock guitarist, singer, Thin Lizzy, 58
Feb. 14 George Shearing, jazz pianist, composer, 91
Mar. 11 Jack Hardy, folk singer-songwriter, Homegrown Music artist, 63
Mar. 12 Joe Morello, jazz drummer w/Dave Brubeck, 82
Mar. 14 Big Jack Johnson, blues guitarist, singer, 70
Mar. 16 Melvin Sparks, jazz and soul guitarist, 64
Mar. 17 Ferlin Husky, country singer, 85
Mar. 21 Pinetop Perkins, blues pianist, 97
Mar. 22 Zoogz Rift, iconoclastic musician, wrestler, 57
Apr. 5 Gil Robbins, folksinger, The Highwaymen, 80
Apr. 9 Roger Nichols, recording engineer, Steely Dan, 66
Apr. 11 Billy Bang, jazz violinist, 63
Apr. 22 Hazel Dickens, folk singer, 75
Apr. 26 Phobe Snow, popular singer, 60
May 8 Cornell Dupree, jazz and blues guitarist, 68
May 11 Snooky Young, jazz trumpeter, 92
May 15 Bob Flanigan, jazz singer, Four Freshmen, 84
May 27 Gil Scott-Heron, musician, poet, composer 62
June 2 Ray Bryant, jazz pianist, 79
June 3 Andrew Gold, singer-songwriter, 59
June 8 Alan Rubin, trumpeter, Blues Brothers, 68
June 12 Carl Gardner, singer with the Coasters, 83
June 18 Clarence Clemons, saxophonist E-Street Band, 69
July 8 Kenny Baker, country and bluegrass fiddler, 85
July 9 Michael Burston, a/k/a Wurzel, guitarist with Motorhead, 61
July 11 Rob Grill, singer-songwriter, founder of The Grass Roots, 67
July 23 Fran Landesman, composer, lyricist, wrote with Bob Dorough, 83
July 23 Bill Morrissey, singer-songwriter, 59
July 23 Amy Winehouse, singer-songwriter, 27
July 24 Dan Peek, singer-songwriter, member of America, 60
July 26 Frank Foster, jazz saxophonist, 82
July 29 Gene McDaniels, singer-songwriter "Compared to What", 76
Aug. 11 Jani Lane, vocalist with band Warrant, 47
Aug. 20 Ross Barbour, jazz singer, Four Freshmen, 82
Aug. 22 Nickolas Ashford, R&B singer, composer, Ashford & Simpson, 70
Aug. 29 David "Honeyboy" Edwards, blues pioneer, 96
Sep. 7 Eddie Marshall, jazz drummer 73
Sep. 13 Wilma Lee Cooper, country singer, 90
Sep. 16 Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, blues drummer and harmonica player, 75
Sep. 22 Vesta Williams, R&B singer, 53
Sep. 26 Jesse Dixon, Gospel musician, 73
Oct. 1 Butch Ballard, jazz drummer, 92
Oct. 1 David Bedford, British composer and musician, 74
Oct. 5 Bert Jansch, guitarist, vocalist, founder of Pentangle, 67
Oct. 16 Pete Rugolo, jazz and film composer, 95
Oct. 18 Bob Bruning, original bassist in Fleetwood Mac, 68
Oct. 28 Walter Norris, jazz pianist, 79
Oct. 31 Liz Anderson, country singer-songwriter, 81
Nov. 12 Doyle Bramhall, blues and rock singer-songwriter, 62
Nov. 22 Paul Motian, jazz drummer, 80
Nov. 22 Kristian Schultze, German keyboard man, Passport, 66
Nov. 27 Keef Hartley, drummer, band played at Woodstock, 67
Dec. 2 Howard Tate, soul singer, 72
Dec. 2 Al Vega, jazz pianist, 90
Dec. 4 Hubert Sumlin, blues guitarist, 80
Dec. 6 Dobie Gray, soul singer, "The In Crowd", 71
Dec. 14 Billie Jo Spears, country singer, "Blanket on the Ground", 74
Dec. 16 Bob Brookmeyer, jazz trombonist, composer/arranger, 81
Dec. 17 Cesaria Evora, Cape Verdean singer, 70
Dec. 26 Sam Rivers, jazz composer and multinstru
Re/Birth of a Nation
Black Like Me
Rest at pale evening,
A tall, slim tree,
Night coming tenderly
Black like me. Langston Hughes 1925
by artist Winold Reiss
Langson Hughes
Although first conceived cira 1920, Ethiopia Awakening (cat.24) by the New England-based, rodin-trained sculptor Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was art for the future. In spite of the sculpture's roots in early-twentieth-century Pan-Africanist thought, and in the part classical, part allegorical forms of Antoine-Louis Bayre and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Fuller's vision of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman, aroused and emerging from the cloth and papyrus wrappings of the dead, was a spirited message of rebirth and self-realization: an artistic statement articulated by many african-Americans in the aftermath of slavery and the post-Reconstruction period, and one that clearly resounded with black modernists in the 1920s and 1930s.
This figure, looming from a cocoon-like sculptural base, gave concrete form and signification to the uprooting and resettlement process experienced by blacks in the early twentieth century, whether African-Americans migrating in droves from the rutral South to the urban North or blacks from the Caribbean and Africa moving in ever increasing numbers to Paris, London and other European cities. This diaspora-wide arousal, akin to a reawakening, was the rediscovery of an African identity that had been submerged under decades of peonage, servitude and stultifying tradition, but was now freed from a chrysalis-like state in order to explore and interact with an inductrialized world and to see the self and other peoples of African ancestry in a new light.
In a 1925 essay entitled 'The New Negro', Howard University Professor of Philosophy Alain Locke described this transformation as not relying on older, time-worn models but, rather, embracing a 'new psychology' and 'new spirit'. Central to Locke's preescription was the mandate that the 'New Negro' had to 'smash' all of the racial, social and psychological impediments that had long obstructed black achievement. six years prior to Locke's essay, the pioneering black film-maker Oscar Micheaux called for similar changes. In his 1919 film Within our Gates, Micheaux presented a virtual cornucopia of 'New Negro' types:from the educated and entrepreneurial 'race' man and woman to the incorrigible Negro hustler, from the liberal white philanthropist to the hard-core white racist. Micheaux created a complex, melodramatic narrative, around these types in order to develop a morality tale of pride, prejudice, misanthropy and progressivism that would be revisited by Locke and others.
Los Angeles's black community was thriving in the summer of 1915. The city's Central Avenue section boasted a Booker Y. Washington Building, a pair of hotels, two newspapers, and so many other enterprises that the black weekly California Eagle headlined: "Central Avenue Assumes Gigantic Proportion as Business Section for Colored Men." The community also had its share of movie houses, but the films were largely made by whites for whites; blacks, when they appeared, were mostly portrayed as menials or dimwitted comedy characters.
That would start to change the very same year, when African American actor Noble Johnson and several partners founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company to make films about blacks, directed and acted by blacks, for blacks. Lincoln was one of many small companies throughout the country to make films with black casts in the years that followed. Tall, good-looking Noble Johnson was already a bit player in the movies. Brought up around horses in Colorado, the young man was working on a ranch in 1914 when a Philadelphia moviemaker on location needed someone to substitute for an injuired performer. Johnson did so well--in one scene driving a runaway four-horse stagecoach--that the company signed him up for further films, usually portraying Indian or Mexican characters. As the film industry moved west, he soon was in Hollywood playing minor roles for Universal Studios.
But Johnson had stronger ambitions. With a few backers, including black actor Clarence Brooks, and a white camerman named Harry Gant, Johnson started Lincoln Motion Pictures to create pioneering films in which blacks came across as real people. The company's first film was ready in 1916. A short two-reeler entitled The Realization of a Negro's Ambition, it cast Noble Johnson in the role of a Tuskegee graduate, a civil engineer, who overcomes prejudice by saving the life of a wealthy white oilman's daughter. Rewarded with a job, he strikes oil in California, then, realizing that the same oil-rich conditions exist on his father's Alabama farm, brings in a gusher there, marries his childhood sweetheart, and lives happly ever after.
Trite and simplistic by modern standards. Ambition nonetheless spoke strongly to black yearnings for acceptance and offered an new type of protagonist, a middle-class hero who believed as strongly as anybody else in the American work ethic. Produced on a shoestring budget and distributed to black theaters via friendly black newspaper editors who served as booking agents, Ambition struck a responsive chord with audiences. "Our patrons were surprised and delighted, " declared a Chicago theater owner.
From the autobiography of- RUTH BROWN - Miss Rhythm
Chapter 9 "Oh, What a Dream"
Chuck Willis and I were discussing material at Atlantic one day in the spring of '54. "When are you going to write a song for me?" I asked him, half-joking. "Are you kidding?" he replied. "Do you really want a song from me?"
"Of course I do. I've never been more serious about anything. " I was simply staggered at his modesty. "Well," he said, "I may have something that could be perfect for you. It's not finished yet, but i'll show it to you when it is.
A few weeks later he produced a set of lyrics written out on yellow legal pad paper, and proceeded to hum the tune for me. In view of what I was going through with Willis, "Oh, What a Dream" was a killer title, but I fell in love right away with the wonderful slow, bluesy mood he'd created in his combination of words and music. All we needed was for Jesse Stone to come up with an arrangement to match, and we were home free--well, almost. The record was barely on the streets when the inevitable happened. You guessed it, a Patti Page duplicate on Mercury. Patti page make Billboard's mainstream Top Forty; I settled as usual for the upper reaches of the R-and-B chart. It would be nice to report that my original had crossed over to the white chart. Instead, the reverse happened. "The Singing Rage" crossed over to the black R-and-B list! Later that same year I hit again with the topical "Mambo Baby." Mercury, not to be outdone, hit back with a Georgia Gibbs duplicate. Same result, the bulk of the sales creamed off. Never mind, the tunes kept the name of Ruth Brown hot, hot, hot in the same year that Atlantic, with its black orginals, was declared the "most-covered label" in the U.S. Personally i think "most-covered" was a misnomer; I would have termed it "most-duplicated." (to be continued
Bessie Smith 1936 by photographer Carl Van Vechten
Reading Music
Though a musician needs a good ear to play jazz well, it is possible to be musically illiterate and still excel in jazz. Erroll Garner was the most shining example. Erroll had such a quick ear as a child that he never bothered to learn to read. One hearing was usually enough for him to learn any piece of music. When someone mentioned his not being able to read music. Garner said, "Hell, man, nobody can hear you read."In the early days, a jazz musician who could read music was usually called "Professor." Written notes were viewed with suspicion by the unschooled and were considered to be devoid of soul. But men like Eubie Blake could read and write music very well. He said:
In those days Negro musicians weren't even supposed to read music. We had to pretend we coouldn't read; then they'd marvel at the way we could play shows, thinking we'd learned the parts by ear.
Nowadays most jazz players can read, but they still may run into situations they aren't prepared for. Saxophonist Jack Nimitz, a Stan Kenton alumnus, had no problem with reading or improvising, but when he took a job with a club date band that faked harmony to standard tunes, he had trouble. Club date fake bands play long medleys, one chorus of each song. The trumpet or the lead alto will play the melody, and the rest of the horns find harmony parts by ear.
Jack was doing all right with the harmony lines until the band began to play a tune he didn't know. He tried to catch it by ear, but in the process he played a few wrong notes. The leader shouted over the music, "if you don't know the tune, just play the melody!
Saturday Night Street Scene by artist, Archibald J. Motley Jr.
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis took a pragmatic approach to becoming a jazz player:
I didn't buy an instrument for the sake of the music. It's different if someone says he likes music and wants to get an instrument to try to be a musician. In my case I wanted the instrument for what it represented.
By watching musicians I saw that they drank, they smoked, they got all the broads and they didn't get up early in the morning. That attracted me. My next move was to see who got the most attention, so it was between the tenor saxophonist and the drummer. The drums looked like too much work, so I said I'll get one of those tenor saxophones. That's the truth.
Nat Cole's wife Maria discussed the legend that Nat's singing career had begun when a drunk had insisted he sing "Sweet Lorraine" until he finally gave in and sang it:
The incident of the insistent barroom customer, a guy who often spent as much as "three bucks a night" in the Swanee Inn, did happen. As Nat explained it, "This particular customer kept insisting on a certain song, and I told him I didn't know that one but I would sing something different, and that was "Sweet Lorraine."
The trio was tipped fifteen cents-a nickel apiece-for that performance, and the customer requested a second tune. Again, Nat didn't know it but asked, "Is there something else you would like?"
"Yeah," the customer said, " I'd lkie my fifteen cents back."
Wynton Marsalis had a trumpet long before he developed an interest in being a trumpet player. He said:
I was about five or six, and Miles (Davis), Clark Terry, Al Hirt, and my father were all sitting around a table in Al's club in New Orleans-this was when my father was still working in Al's band. My father, just joking around because there were so many trumpet players sitting there, said,
"I better buy Wynton a Trumpet," And Al said,
"Ellis, let me give your boy one of mine." It's ironic looking back on it, because Miles said, "Don't give it to him. Trumpet's too difficult an instrument for him to learn." Ha!
Jockey Club, 1929 by artist, Archibald J. Motley Jr.
August 2, 1847 - William A. Leidesdroff launches first steamboatin San Francisco Bay.
August 5, 1936 - Track and field stars Evelyn Ashford and Edwin Moses win gold medals in the L.A. Olympic Games.
August 7, 1932 - Abebe Bikila of Ethiopiam who later wins the 1960 Olympic marathon (runningbarefoot), born.
August 8, 1865 - Matthew A. Henson, explorer and first to reach the North Pole, born in Charles City, Md.
August 10, 1880 - Clarence C. White, composer and violinist, born in Clarksville, Tn.
August 12, 1890 - Madame Lillian Evanti, opera singer who made her debut in France, born in Washington, D.C.
Happiness is the greatest paradox in Nature. It can grow in any soil, live under any conditions. It defies environment. It comes from within; it is the revelation of the depths of the inner life as light and heat proclaim the sun from which they radiate. Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself. A martyr at the stake may have happiness that a king on his throne might envy. Man is the creator of his own happiness; it is the aroma of a life lived in harmony with high ideals.
For what a man has, he may be dependent on others; what he is, rests with him alone. What he obtains in life is but acquistion; what he attains, is growth. Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible. Absolute, perfect, continuous happiness in life, is impossible for the human. It would mean the consummation of attainments, the individual consciousness of a perfectly fufilled destiny. Happiness is paradoxic because it may coexist with trial, sorrow and poverty. It is the gladness of the heart, --rising superior to all conditions.
It is necessary to understand this: Jazz has to do with quality. For musicians the music has to be first and foremost "good" to be perceived as jazz. All other criteria play a secondary role, however important that may be.
...James "the jazzi" Harber
"This we know, all things are connected, like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected.
Teach your children that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth.
Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself."
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Ends 12/31/15. \'About Your Father.\' (Series Finale) In the aftermath of the battle of Actium, Mark Antony returns to Alexandria, settling into numbing debauchery with Cleopatra. Meanwhile, Octavian turns to Pullo to try to convince Vorenus to give up Cleopatra\'s palace. Predictably, Vorenus refuses, but Cleopatra seems all too willing to dupe Mark Antony in order to save her life.

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France 1977-1978: Renault 5 stays on top, Peugeot 104 strong
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No change atop the French models ranking: the Renault 5 confirms its domination: it holds 10.1% of the market in 1977 and 10% in 1978. I don't have any detailed sales ranking for these years in France so if you do please make sure to get in touch by commenting on this post.
Other successful models over the period include the Peugeot 104 at 6.3% in 1977 and 5.9% in 1978, the Citroen 2CV at 5.2% then 4.1% and the Renault 4 at 4.7% and 4.1%.
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Rosencrantz: (dramatically) It was urgent — a matter of extreme urgency, a royal summons, his very words: official business and no questions asked — lights in the stable-yard; saddle up and off headlong and hotfoot across the land, our guides outstripped in breakneck pursuit of our duty! Fearful lest we come too late.The first step on The Hero's Journey: the Hero learns that he must leave the known world behind and venture to unknown regions. How the Hero reacts to the call to adventure varies, but Heroes who initially reject the call are usually significantly worse off than if they had accepted. The Call to Adventure may be carried to the hero by one or more Heralds. Not to be confused with The Call, a 2013 film, nor with Regina Spektor's song from the movie Prince Caspian.
Guildenstern: Too late for what?
Rosencrantz: How do I know? We haven't got there yet.
*Phone Rings*
I'll get it! Hello, this is Report Siht, can I help you?
Hello. This is Mr. Herald. I am looking for someone named Zenwan? D. Cho Zenwan?
Oh, he's not here right now.
Can I leave a message?
Well, he's a bit busy right now and I don't want to bother him. Perhaps I can help?
Hmmmm, I'll have to think about it. Please hold.
Congratulations! You've won a free trip to another world! You'll get to see forests, mountains, bustling cities, ancient ruins, a Floating Continent, all culminating in a tour of a majestic castle. You'll be joined by a bunch of fellow tourists as well, who'll be like a second family to you. You'll all encounter love, hate, rivalry, personal challenges, tests of character, monsters, death-
Monsters? Death?! That doesn't sound very enjoyable!
Just relax, it'll be the time of your life. Besides, you'll meet a lot worse than that on this trip! Oh, and you'll also get to learn a whole lot of useful life skills, such as magic spells, sword fighting, Kung Fu Fighting, gunfighting, running away-
You know, a lot of these 'skills' seem to revolve around violence. Are you sure that I'll be safe?
I guarantee it! So, what do you say? We're all counting on you!
Thanks, but that doesn't really sound like my kind of thing. I'll pass.
But I'm telling you, you have to do this!
Hey, screw you.
Dude, don't mess with me. I can keep calling again and again. I know where you live! I'll destroy your home, and I'll kill your little sister and your favorite pet! Then what are you going to do? Mope around in the charred ruins of your house?
Is that a threat? Well give me your best shot, bitch! What's the worst you could do to me?...


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It's not the situation itself, it's how you deal with it that matters most. The glass is either half full, or half empty. But wait, no – technically the glass just is always full!
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Portrait Lighting
Portrait lighting is a subject that many photographers neglect to learn. There are many techniques and everyone needs to have their own style, but you need to learn good lighting skills too. I took this simple one light portrait of my brother and I think it is one of the best pictures I have of him. I used my Nikon D3 with a 24-85mm Nikon lens and a SB-900 Nikon speedlight. I used a technique I learned from Neil Van Niekirk using his invention BFT the black foamie thing. Basically you are blocking the light hitting your subject from your camera position while you are bouncing your flash off a nearby wall. This particular image utilizes a 3/4 lighting pattern know as Rembrandt lighting. It gives great modeling to the face and adds depth to your image. You can see more examples of this light here: The Portrait Gallery Niagara
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Nelson Mandela with one of the supporters of South Africa's bid. (AP)
Other sources on World Cup 2010
FIFA has posted its inspection group report on the five bidding groups (link opens PDF file), in which South Africa is rated highest. The report is not binding on the 24-member executive committee that, on 15 May, will decide who hosts the event. The International Herald Tribune calls the decision "one of the most significant votes in the history of sports." The body of FIFA's report is worth perusing, if only for small insights into the bidding process. The suits from FIFA, for example, attended a match in Morocco between Raja and WAC, both of Casablanca. "Even though this match was hotly disputed with some excessively aggressive play at times . . . , the crowd displayed remarkable compusure, and not a single object was thrown onto the pitch" (p. 48).
When football and Africa come together, race is central, nowhere more so than in South Africa. Curiously, part of the strength of South Africa's bid is its ability to represent black Africa, though its reacceptance into FIFA in 1992 followed some 30 years of exclusion for a refusal to field mixed-race international sides. Now the nation serves as a touchstone for forward-thinking conversations about race issues: "Many whites, I wouldn't say all, have a particular stereotype of black people," Mbeki told Johannesburg's Mail and Guardian in 2001. "They would deny it, but it's true. They see black people as lazy, basically dishonest, thieving, corrupt. 'They can't really govern any country. Look at what's happened in the rest of Africa.' That would be the argument" (quoted in Sharon LaFraniere, "After Reconciliation, Steering South Africa to a Reckoning," New York Times).
Interesting is to trace football's development through the apartheid era and its consistent importance to black communities. Football grounds were homes for political rallies; even on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela, prisoner 466/64, was held for 18 years, football was played on Saturdays. "Football is one of those sports which used to sustain us," said inmate Patrick Mathanjana in History of Football: The Beautiful Game,
in terms of not thinking about home, not thinking about your sentence. . . . On [Saturday] each and every section must come with its own best team. Everybody is determined, he's ready. You know, he goes all out. They must win, these guys. And then we even go to the extent of buying books, so that we must know when they say a man is offside, how do they say so? We buy all those books, but only to find out when we buy that book, another one is going to tell us, "No, no! That book is an old book." So we've got to get a new book. It's quite a struggle. Days and days, months and months, discussing about this.
Mandela, although officially uncommitted, is believed to support Orlando Pirates, a Soweto side that includes on its website an account of the 1976 uprising and the Orlando township's involvement. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, along with Mandela, will be lobbying CONCACAF at its congress this weekend in Grenada. Archbishop Tutu also used the pulpit at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, to implore parishioners: "You can help us if you can make these people who decide the soccer venue. Tell them there is no other country really but South Africa to be the host of the World Soccer Cup" (Rob Hughes, "South Africa's World Cup Bid Gains Official Blessing," International Herald Tribune, 6 May). (For much more background on South Africa, the recent elections and race relations, see the BBC election site, National Public Radio's "Mandela: An Audio History," and chapter 14 of Simon Kuper's Football against the Enemy, "Mandela at Helderfontein.") | back to top
Players hold hands at a Monday press conference to pay tribute to Jenna Cooper. (Daily Nebraskan)
Cooper's death confounds for its inexplicability, for the senseless violence. A late-night party to celebrate the end of spring soccer. A dispute over drinking glasses. A warning shot, misdirected. Some hours later, Cooper, with a damaged carotid artery and a bullet lodged in her lung, is dead at a Lincoln hospital (see Aaron Sanderford, "Shooter Charged in Soccer Player's Death," Lincoln Journal Star). The alleged assailant, Lucky Iromuanya, acknowledged on a state website for his participation in an anti-violence program, is charged with second-degree murder and held in lieu of $500,000 bail. According to crime statistics available online through the Lincoln Police Department, Cooper's death would be the first Lincoln homicide of 2004.
Since coach John Walker started the Nebraska women's program in 1994, he has attracted the elite, including accomplished internationals and professionals—many with Canadian connections—such as Jenny Benson, Sharolta Nonen, Christine Latham, Breanna Boyd, Karina LeBlanc and current team member Brittany Timko. Cooper, as team captain, was working her way into those ranks. Said teammate Iman Haynes: "I feel like I can't do her justice by saying anything" (John Swartzlander, "Teammates, Coaches Remember Cooper," Daily Nebraskan). Memorial contributions may be sent to the Jenna Cooper Soccer Memorial Fund, University of Nebraska Athletic Development Office, #117 South Stadium, Lincoln, NE 68588-0154.
Update: On 24 February 2005, Iromuanya was sentenced to life in prison without parole. One year after the crime—on 25 April 2005—the Lincoln Journal-Star profiled Iromuanya and his life in prison (Brian Christopherson, "Iromuanya Learns a Lesson of a Lifetime"). The newspaper also published an account of how Cooper's friends and family dealt with the tragedy (John Mabry, "Family, Friends Remember Jenna Cooper").
In Naples, where Maradona played for Serie A side Napoli, admirers leave Post-Its®.
English-language assessments range from condemnation of Maradona's lifestyle to appreciation of his iconic status. Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune sketches Maradona's archetypal rise from Villa Florito as the fifth of eight children, labeling him the "male Eva Perón" ("The Past Takes Its Toll on Maradona"). In Maradona, to Hughes, we have a troubled man at struggle to find the youth within: "Maradona a week ago indulged in an impromptu game with university students, and looked again a child at play. May he still be doing that when he is 60, and beyond; and may those bystanders who catch a glimpse of it remember that inside this bloated little man is the very essence of the game." To others, of course, Maradona represents the reverse: a boy who needs to grow up. Andrew Cawthorne, former Reuters correspondent in Havana, recalls other kickabouts as Maradona recuperated, at Fidel Castro's invitation, from cocaine addiction. He also recalls Maradona watching Boca Juniors matches via satellite and diving, fully clothed, into a friend's swimming pool in raucous goal celebrations ("My Kick-Arounds with Maradona in Cuba," Reuters, 20 April).
There is no doubt, however, that Maradona's return to Argentina—to contest a legal matter against a former associate—has demonstrated the bonds between man and country. Supporters outside the clinic have created a worship environment, and in their 3–0 Copa Libertadores victory over Bolívar today, Boca Juniors dedicated each goal to "El Diez," Maradona (Mariano Dayan, "De Diez," Olé, 22 April; registration required). "His possession of the human gift of producing and giving joy," writes Eduardo Archetti, "lies behind his incomparable cult" (" 'And Give Joy to My Heart': Ideology and Emotions in the Argentinian Cult of Maradona," in Entering the Field: New Perspectives on World Football, ed. Gary Armstrong and Richard Giulianotti [Oxford: Berg, 1997], 44). (See also the gleanings entry from 9 February 2004.) | back to top
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For an England fan like me, it was bad, but, for a dramatist, it was better than winning—the fans' reaction to defeat was very aggressive and very theatrical. . . . I was enjoying myself in the pub, and then all these drunk guys came barging in, chanting En-ger-land and shouting racist obscenities. And the most appalling things about [David] Beckham's wife. It was uncomfortable but, at the same time, I realised it was a great stage set.
Williams had already written a play about sport: The No Boys Cricket Club, about a Jamaican woman all-rounder. Williams's mother is from Jamaica, although Williams himself was born in Fulham, west London. In an earlier National production of Lads, staged in 2002, Guardian reviewer Michael Billington writes that Williams reaches a sobering assessment in his latest work: "Examine British society at almost any level, implies Williams, and you will find a measure of racism." Says Williams: "Whenever we talk about race, we dismiss it too easily with wishy-washy liberal clichés. If we're going to talk about race, let's get ugly here." | back to top
Nelson Acosta publicly apologized for the loss to Chile, but it wasn't enough. (AP photo)
The anterior cruciate ligament goes from the back of the thigh bone, or femur, to the front of the shin bone, or tibia.
but she did have to work hard to keep up with her studies. For weeks after her September surgery, she had an hour of physical therapy every day before school. "It was tough staying awake at school," she said. A striker on the Concorde Fire soccer club and also for her school team, Mallory tore her ACL after colliding with a goalie during a match in New York. She landed flat on her back, with her right knee twisted behind her. . . . As she lay on the field, she worried most about what most competitive athletes worry about when they are injured: missed playing time. "I was thinking, 'Please don't let it be serious,' " she said. "I wanted to play so bad."
More-technical data about ACL injuries are available through the Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanics Research at Boise State University in Idaho ("Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Athletics"), and extensive links through the National Institutes of Health online reference page. | back to top
Zidane and Guti embrace on Tuesday. The Real Madrid advantage was short-lived. (AP photo)
The first thing I notice about Zidane is that for a player of such commanding elegance on the field, he is, in person, rather awkward, even gawky. He even sits delicately, like a girl, legs together, hands folded in his lap. My second thought is that he probably is genuinely shy.
A number of cultural scholars and poets have taken their stabs at Zidane, enough that "Zidane lit" is becoming almost a subgenre. See also the New York Times Magazine profile from 1999 (John Vinocur, "Just a Soccer Star, After All," 14 March 1999), where Zidane's Berber heritage and talismanic status for a "new France" were well exegeted, and Mounsi's 20-page prose poem ("Zizou Zidane—The World's Best Player," in Le Foot: The Legends of French Football, ed. Christov Rühn [London: Abacus, 2000], 94–113): "In the stands, on the terraces, everywhere the crowd yells this exclamation: / 'Zizou! Zizou!' / The diminutive makes a circuit of the stadium. / Your comrades clasp you to them. /You kiss Emmanuel Petit." | back to top
Archbishop Rowan in cope and mitre.
living in "flesh" is living by the standards of a world enslaved by rivalry, fear and self-seeking: the "works of the flesh" are almost all to do with different kinds of selfish behaviour, behaviour that is destructive of other people's welfare or safety or reputation. "The works of the flesh" are what you see on "Footballers' Wives" on television and what you read on lots of websites (including Christian ones . . .)—a world in which charity and fairness, generosity, a sense of perspective about yourself are all swept aside.
That is the extent of his comment. Goaded by the press, however, the show's executive producer felt called to launch a spirited defense, noting viewers' ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy and then, in a parting salvo: "There are probably more people watching Footballers' Wives than attending Anglican services." It sounds to us like Williams has good taste—a fan of the Simpsons rather than the Wives' mythical Earls Park FC. We have not seen Wives, but the Guardian's David Liddiment may be on to something when he calls the program "a drama of its time" ("Footballers' Wives—A Morality Tale").
Last week's episode was a case in point. Its big set piece was the annual team party (echoes for Dallas fans of the annual Ewing barbecue). This provided the stage for the whole cast of characters to come together for a particularly tawdry story climax: closeted gay footballer is caught on camera in flagrante with a male prostitute, watched by all the team. The drama of the moment, the humiliation felt by the gay character, the homophobic reaction of many of his team-mates, were all undercut by the fact that the entire cast were in outrageous 70s fancy dress. The joke was on the characters, perpetrated by the producers, and the audience was in on it. | back to top
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Magnum Hunter Loses Control of Gas WellDecember 15, 2014 4:40 pm | by Associated Press | Comments
Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. says that it lost control of a natural gas well in Ohio over the weekend. The well located in Monroe County had been temporarily plugged while work was being done elsewhere onsite. But when workers tried to resume production operations Saturday afternoon, the well began to flow uncontrollably.
Factory Output Eclipses Pre-Recession HighDecember 15, 2014 4:34 pm | by JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer | Comments
U.S. manufacturing output in November surpassed its pre-recession peak, as auto production kicked into a higher gear. Additional gains came from food and wood, plastics and rubber-based products. Manufacturing output has risen 4.8 percent over the past 12 months.
Congress Clears Way For Copper Mine in ArizonaDecember 15, 2014 10:38 am | by Associated Press | Comments
A trade of public and private lands needed to allow the development of a massive copper mine 70 miles southeast of Phoenix is on its way to President Barack Obama's desk as part of the nation's annual defense funding bill. The annual defense authorization bill passed by the Senate Friday includes the trade that will allow Resolution Copper Mining Co. to develop the mine near Superior, touted as the largest in North America.
UN Climate Talks DeadlockedDecember 15, 2014 10:16 am | by KARL RITTER, Associated Press | Comments
The main goal for the two-week session in Lima was relatively modest: Reach agreement on what information should go into the pledges that countries submit for a global climate pact expected to be adopted next year in Paris. But even that became complicated as several developing nations rebelled against a draft decision they said blurred the distinction between what rich and poor countries can be expected to do.
13 Workers Killed at Power Plant in EcuadorDecember 15, 2014 9:19 am | by Associated Press | Comments
A sudden collapse at the site of Ecuador's largest-ever infrastructure project killed 13 people and injured a dozen more, officials said Sunday. The Chinese embassy in Quito confirmed that 10 Ecuadorean and three Chinese workers were killed over the weekend at the construction site of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric power plant. The Chinese firm Sinohydro is building the $2 billion 1,500-megawatt power plant.
Water Leak Found at Pennsylvania Nuclear PlantDecember 15, 2014 9:13 am | by Associated Press | Comments
Operators of the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania say they have disconnected Unit One from the regional power grid after finding a small water leak inside the containment structure. PPL officials said Saturday that the leak was "well within the plants limits for continued safe operation."
Woman Who Drank Toxic Tea Reaches Deal With RestaurantDecember 15, 2014 9:09 am | by BRADY McCOMBS, Associated Pre | Comments
A Utah woman has reached a settlement with a barbecue chain restaurant where she unknowingly drank iced tea mixed with chemicals and nearly died. Dickey's Barbecue and Jan Harding issued a joint statement this week announcing they came to terms on an agreement that will lead to extensive changes at the business to ensure such an incident never happens again.
Central European Presidents Want Energy Sources DiversifiedDecember 12, 2014 11:30 am | by Ceska Tiskova Kancelar, Prague | Comments
The presidents of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries, or Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and of Austria and Slovenia agreed at their summit in Prague on the need to diversify energy sources and distribution channels, they said in their joint declaration today. The declaration was presented at the close of the two-day summit.
Cheaper Gas And Food Lower U.S. Producer PricesDecember 12, 2014 10:43 am | by Associated Press | Comments
Falling gas and food costs pushed down overall U.S. wholesale prices last month, evidence that cheaper oil worldwide is limiting inflation. The Labor Department says the producer price index fell 0.2 percent in November, after rising by the same amount in October. In the past 12 months, producer prices have risen just 1.4 percent, the smallest yearly increase since February.
Calif. Nuclear Waste Goes UndergroundDecember 12, 2014 10:39 am | by Morgan Lee, U-T San Diego | Comments
Spent nuclear fuel from the retired San Onofre nuclear plant will be stored underground in casks designed by New Jersey-based Holtec International, plant manager Southern California Edison announced Thursday. The selection of a cask supplier allows Edison to move forward with transferring used fuel from cooling pools to so-called dry storage in thick stainless steel casks, which rest inside thick concrete bunkers.
Offering a Case Against FrackingDecember 12, 2014 10:35 am | by BRIAN NEARING, NY Times Syndication | Comments
There were 32 fracking health studies in 2011, 66 more in 2012, and 139 more in 2013, when the state Health Department was ordered to conduct its health fracking study. Of health-related papers, 96 percent cited potential health risks from fracking, according to the study.
Putin, Modi Look to Bolster Trade Agreements in Diamonds, Oil And MoreDecember 11, 2014 5:07 pm | by Press Trust of India | Comments
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today assured industry leaders from the two countries of measures to enhance bilateral trade and investments. Putin, who is on a visit to India, was accompanied by a high-level delegation that includes business tycoons. Representatives of India Inc. raised various issues to increase trade flows in sectors like pharmaceuticals, banking, energy and infrastructure.
Shale Gas Industry "Ripe For Noncompliance" With Wage LawDecember 11, 2014 11:37 am | by Associated Press | Comments
The "fissured landscape" of the shale gas industry is drawing regulators' eyes as they seek to enforce labor laws, U.S. Department of Labor officials said. The department announced an agreement with roughly 145 oil and gas employers to pay a combined $4.5 million in back wages to 5,300 workers.
How Your Carton of Milk Could be ChangingDecember 11, 2014 11:31 am | by Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Comments
The dairy industry is eyeing package innovations to boost slumping sales. Changes could include products such as milk cartons that don't require refrigeration until they're opened. Shifting consumer habits, more drink choices and a lack of dairy product innovation are behind the steady decline in milk sales.
Little Support For Power Line in Amish CountryDecember 11, 2014 11:24 am | by Chris Hubbuch, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. | Comments
Wisconsin's top utility regulator heard dozens of people explain why they don't want or need high-voltage power lines running through a community that is home to the state's largest Amish population and wind turbines that more than meet its energy demands.


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In 2005, the Virginia DOT signed such an agree- A summary of all of the best practices and the ment with Fluor Enterprises, Inc., and Transurban, suggestions discussed here is presented in Table 17. Inc., to construct high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on the Capital Beltway--I-495 in Northern Virginia. The agreement was enabled by the Virginia Public- CHAPTER 4 SUGGESTED RESEARCH Private Transportation Act (PPTA). When fully built, This research effort identifies several program construction of four HOT lanes is estimated to cost management techniques and methods that may as- $900 million, paid for primarily by HOT lane tolls. sist state managers in the successful implementation Final design of the project is expected to include of their park and ride/intermodal commuter facility park and ride facilities. The joint venture's investment programs. The research also identifies other topics in the project is estimated to be at least 15 percent of suggested for future NCHRP research. These topics the cost. The commonwealth would bear little or no are described here. financial risk. 1. Developing a best practices guidebook for 3. C.5.e Performance-Based Maintenance Contract park and ride/intermodal commuter pro- (PBMC). Performance-based maintenance contracts grams that builds upon the best practices and (PBMC) are used by state DOTs as one method for management recommendations outlined in meeting their maintenance responsibilities. While Chapters 2 and 3. The current literature lacks there are variations, generally the department pre- information about efficient and measureable pares performance-based requirements for mainte- methods for managing and maintaining these nance tasks and bundles them into a scope of work programs and facilities. to be performed by a private contractor. While some 2. Testing alternative finance strategies described departments have procured PBMCs with the low-bid in Chapter 3 with emphasis on the Design process, an alternative is to bid the work as a negoti- Build Finance Operate model and the ated, best-value contract. Performance-Based Maintenance Contract The District of Columbia Division of Transporta- model described in Chapter 3, Section C.5, tion and the U.S. DOT's Federal Highway Admin- Innovative Financing Techniques. These rep- istration entered into a $69.6 million, 5-year contract resent innovations that involve leveraging of with a private highway asset management firm for public funds, private capital, or both to up- the maintenance of city streets, tunnels, pavements, grade, expand, and maintain public transporta- bridges, guardrails, barriers, and signs. The contract tion infrastructure. The initial findings from also includes snow and ice control. It is performance- the Virginia Public-Private Partnership initia- based and requires the contractor to use asset man- tives are currently emerging. It would be ben- agement practices. eficial if national research on the applicability Table 17 Summary of best practices and additional report options. Best Practices of Surveyed Programs 1 Parking fee program balancing demand and generating program revenue Efficient inventory; enhanced security and enforcement; advanced technology in fee collection, 2 security, and user amenities 3 Comprehensive program planning, policy methods, and procedures Dedicated fund sources for planning and development and funding and support of dedicated bus 4 and educational programs 5 Creative user amenities and a well devised capital improvement program 6 Efficient staffing and result-oriented regional interagency process and planning Additional Options 1 Establish uniform program goal and purpose statements Develop program management plan providing guidance and instruction on staffing levels, staff 2 training, asset inventory, maintenance, customer amenities, lot utilization, and pricing methods Establish program operating budgets and involve program staff in capital planning and 3 budgeting 4 Broaden funding sources and apply alternative finance techniques 42


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The Deal: Avago Acquires LSI for $6.6B
NEW YORK (TheDeal) -- Chipmaker Avago Technologies (AVGO) said Monday it would acquire LSI Corp. (LSI) in a $6.6 billion cash deal that would expand the buyer's reach into the storage chip market.
Terms call for Singapore-based Avago to pay $11.15 per share for LSI, a premium of 41% to the target's Friday close. Avago said it would fund the deal in part via a $1 billion investment from private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, which is buying a seven-year convertible note in the company.
LSI, of San Jose, Calif., is a maker of storage chips used in data centers, flash drives and hard disks. Avago, which specializes in wired infrastructure, wireless and industrial chips, said that the purchase would leave it well positioned to benefit from growth in mobile data and data centers. The deal "positions Avago as a leader in the enterprise storage market and expands our offerings and capabilities in wired infrastructure, particularly system-level expertise," company CEO Hock Tan said in a statement. "This combination will increase the company's scale and diversify our revenue and customer base."
The purchase was billed as the largest cash deal yet between two strategics in the semiconductor sector, and the biggest semiconductor deal since the 2006 leveraged buyout of Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) for $17.6 billion. Avago said it expects the deal to contribute to non-GAAP free cash flow and earnings per share immediately, with the company estimating $200 million in annual operating synergies by the end of fiscal 2015. The deal will be funded with $1 billion in cash on hand as well as the new Silver Lake capital and a $4.6 billion term loan from a banking consortium.Silver Lake has been involved with Avago since 2005, when it partnered with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. to buy the company from Agilent Technologies A for $2.7 billion. Avago went public in 2011. LSI chief executive Abhi Talwalkar said the deal "provides immediate value to our stockholders, and offers new growth opportunities for our employees to develop a wider range of leading-edge solutions for customers." Chris Colpitts, David Locala and Mark Keene of Deutsche Bank AG are advising Avago. -- Written by Lou Whiteman
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Kyrgyzstan: promoting peace by improving access to water
Today, Kyrgyzstan is a relatively peaceful country, but this has not always been the case. As recently as 2010, political turmoil and simmering ethnic tension between Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities erupted into widespread violence, leaving more than 400 people dead, almost 2,000 injured and displacing more than 80,000 people from their homes.
- A UNDP project is helping to ease tensions among ethnic communities in Kyrgyzstan while providing access to water.
- The programme involved cleaning canals and working with communities of 10,000 members to ease the potential for conflict and violence.
- Water loss has been reduced by 40 to 50 percent and a canal helps irrigate larger areas of land for more than 3,000 people.
Across the country, UNDP has been working to ease these tensions by supporting efforts to manage conflicts. This has included helping local peace committees to resolve issues related to the management of scarce resources.
Zhapa-Saldy and Kyzyl-Ata, in the south of Kyrgyzstan, not far from where riots broke out in 2010, are two such communities. There, cross-border and multi-ethnic tensions are nothing new, with the approximately 10,000 residents scattered among small villages being a mixture of both Uzbek and Kyrgyz farmers. In recent years, one major bone of contention has been a shortage of both land and water, and the fight for control of this scarce resource is often fought along ethnic lines.
One particular irrigation canal, which served many different villages, had become clogged with reeds and trees, which greatly reduced its flow. Over the years, tensions surrounding the use of water had escalated and the canal, like many others in the region, had become difficult to manage and maintain as a result.
To help address the issue and provide a practical solution to the conflict, UNDP bought construction material and hired locals to place a concrete cover over the canal. Not only did this prevent water from evaporating, but it also prevented trees and other vegetation from clogging the water flow. For two months in 2013, about 70 locals helped renovate the canal, receiving food in return. Today, in these two villages, water loss has been reduced by 40 to 50 percent and the canal helps irrigate larger areas of land for more than 3,000 people.
The programme encourages communities that would normally lead separate lives to work together to agree on common challenges, achieve a common goal and share resources peacefully.
"This work was a good experience to resolve common issues for residents of the Ak-Tam village district," says Mirzapar Mambetov, a UN volunteer who managed the work in the field. "This experience will help the villagers in the future to constructively negotiate and resolve problems peacefully. All of these events give us hope that all problems will be resolved peacefully."
The canal, which was completed in 2013, is already making a difference in the lives of many farmers in the area. "The water now moves faster and can irrigate much larger areas of our farmland," says Artykbaev Rahmatilla the mayor of Zhapa Saldy. "It helps us avoid disputes because of a lack of water."


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It's a long way from Wisteria Lane to "Transamerica," but Felicity Huffman has made the most of the journey.
The Emmy winner, who plays harried mother of four Lynette Scavo in "Desperate Housewives," is still desperate in the comedy-drama "Transamerica" — only this time she's desperate to become a woman.
In the film, Huffman stars as Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne, a strait-laced transgender woman who learns a week before her surgery that she fathered a son (Kevin Zegers) 18 years earlier.
Huffman's brave, sensitive and funny performance garnered her a best lead actress nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards and a best actress win at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the consensus seems to be that more nominations are on the way. ("Transamerica" writer-di{rector Duncan Tucker received the best screenplay award at the Deauville Film Festival and two Spirit noms.)
The actress, who is married to Emmy Award-winning actor William H. Macy and is the mother of two young daughters, recently chatted on her day off from "Desperate Housewives" to discuss "Transamerica" and "Housewives" and red carpet confidence.
Q: It's been quite a year — actually quite a year-and-a-half — for you with "Desperate Housewives" and "Transamerica."
A: It really has. I was asked last night that for the holiday season — Christmas and New Year's — what do you hope for next year? I said, well I wouldn't mind if next year looked a lot like this year.
Q: Didn't you make "Transamerica" before "Desperate Housewives" premiered?
A: We made the pilot for "Desperate Housewives" and then I had about six weeks off before I went off to rehearsal in New York for two weeks [for "Transamerica"]. The tight end was after I finished the movie I had about six days before I started "Desperate Housewives." When I look back at the first bunch of episodes I wasn't quite in "Desperate Housewives" land. Why am I bad in the first five episodes? Ah, because Bree was still around.
Q: It's perfect timing for the release of "Transamerica" because of your fan base with "Desperate Housewives," as well as your Emmy win for the series.
A: "Transamerica" must have done something right to have "Desperate Housewives" on its side.
Q: Is Bree still a part of you?
A: She is not a part of me anymore. But I had to do so much work to find her and develop her, she is still at my fingertips. I don't know if I could do her anymore, but I certainly can talk about her.
Q: Do you think winning the Emmy for "Desperate Housewives" has prepared you for the craziness of the movie awards' season?
A: Am I prepared for it? Sure. The costume designer on "Desperate Housewives" finally turned to me last season after we had gone through a couple of awards. She's English and she said "Darling, when you are on the red carpet you look very, very uncomfortable and then very quickly it looks like anger or you being cranky." I said, "I'm not cranky. I just don't think I deserve to be there. Someone is going to go, 'You're not pretty. Get out of here. Why are you wearing a fancy dress?.'" And I said I don't really know how to do it. She said, "Look, darling. It's just a play you're doing." She gave me that great advice and so it has sort of given me a context to hold it in. Now I have a good time on the red carpet and the awards' season. It's a different skill and now I know how to do it.
Q: Did you realize you have the opportunity to be nominated in both the movie and TV categories in this year's Golden Globes?
A: Yeah. It could rain beer too!
Q: Usually male actors are cast as transgender females in movies. Did director Duncan Tucker initially plan for Bree to be played by a man?
A: He always wanted a woman. After I got the part, I called up Duncan and said, "Thank you so much, my God, I'm so honored, but I don't think you should cast me. It's such a brilliant part and I'm just going to screw it up, so you should cast a man. Everyone knows what's under my skirt" — which is Versace lace thongs, but that's beside the point! And he said the movie is not about what is under your skirt, the movie is about what's in your heart. We are not making "The Crying Game II." More importantly, I want to honor who transgender women really are, which are women. It's as if they did your life story and Paul Bettany played you and you would go, he's a great actor, but he's not a woman!
Q: And he's a little too tall to play me.
A: So Duncan wanted a woman. So that was a huge challenge.
Q: Was it that challenge that drew you to the part?
A: What drew me at first was the story. I so appreciated that Duncan didn't make an issue movie. And then the character: She's a transgender woman but she's Republican and uptight, strait-laced and proper. The character felt like a dream come true.
Q: What did you learn from "Transamerica?"
A: I started the movie thinking they were an odd minority at best — some troubled minority to be perfectly honest. But as I got to know them and went to transgender conventions and talked to a lot of transgender women, I realized that we are all the same.
Q: I have to bring up "Desperate Housewives" and the second season backlash swirling around the series, especially the complaint the housewives are rarely seen together onscreen. Have you been happy with how the series is progressing?
A: I thought it was going great. I know there is a lot of press out there going, "Freshman slump." But I never felt that. I loved the episodes that I read. I certainly understand that we came out of the box really high, but it's more interesting to write [in the press], "Don't you hate her?" instead of "Isn't she great?" It is more interesting to have bad gossip than good gossip. The mystery had to solve itself and we are exploring new things. I love watching it every Sunday, but everybody has their opinions.


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Subtracting fiber adds more calories?
I was reading through some old posts about fiber and I had a thought. This could be totally stupid but I'll share anyway.
There were many people who said they did not subtract fiber from their carb counts and had no problems with weight loss
There were some who did subtract fiber and were having trouble losing.
Maybe the difference is caloric intake. For example:
Let's say I want to eat 10g carbs for dinner because that is how many carbs I have left for the day. I choose frozen broccoli florets.
A 10oz bag has 100 calories with 13.4g carbs and 6.7g fiber
If I count fiber I will have to eat another 50 calories worth to get to 10gcarbs
OR let's say I want a 5g carb snack and I choose almonds.
1 oz has 164 calorie, 5.6g carbs with 3.3g of fiber
If I subtract fiber I will eat another 164 calories to get my 5g for a snack
Does this make sense?
(I used Calorieking to get my numbers. I am sure they vary with other databases)
It is close enough and for me calories do count. For the longest while I had no clue how much I was eating from a calorie perspective. Once I keyed it into a tracker, it showed me I was over by about 400 calories or 1700 cal/day. As I changed my protein selections from red meat to fish or chicken or soy, I started to lose because it shaved off that 400 a day or 1/2 lb a week. I eat the same quantity but different types of calories.
Right, MaryMary
I am thinking of people who don't track calories so they are unaware of how much they take in because they just use carb counts (and I'm not saying that is bad)
Using carbs worked for me for the first 100 lbs but then I had to look at calories to. Not so much that I tracked it everyday but enough so that if I ate the things I looked up, I knew how much I was getting. I do measure my portions even today
I think NOT subtracting fiber causes people to make different food choices. you would be right if someone was eating the same thing, just less of it!
if you get your carbs from low calorie vegetables, I think it will tend to give you lower calorie count overall. the fiber tends to fill you up, etc.
but if you are counting total carbs, those vegetables seem very "expensive" carb wise and you are more likely to choose something else that gives you more calories for your carb budget.
I keep track of everything in an online tracker, and you are right, the days my calories are lower I can assure you that my carbs are also much lower. My Net Carbs end up at 15-20gms a day and my Gross is under 30. If someone is really doing this properly, it kind of shouldn't matter which one they count. But I do agree with what you are saying. If you are simply counting carbs and not paying attention to anything else then you could be eating a huge number of calories which can keep you from losing. I can maintain that way forever! I never gain weight when I keep the carbs low. However, I don't really lose weight and lose fast unless the calories are low as well.
The other neat thing about tracking all your food is that you get to see the proportions of food you are eating. I am eating very clean right now. Just meat and veg with every meal and butter, mayo or any low carb fat to make it taste good. I wind up with 65% fat, 30% protein and 5% carbs give or take a percentage or two pretty much all the time. If I feel I need to shift these a bit I can b/c I know what they are. There is a lot to be said for being accountable. I kind of feel like just counting carbs is a better idea for maintenance. I want to have a better understanding of what I'm doing.
Maybe I am getting this thread wrong but fiber in not digestible and therefore has no calories. I don't understand how subtracting fiber can affect a calorie count by doing this or not....???
As I understand it the op is saying that by counting net carbs instead of total carbs you inadvertently consume more calories because you can eat more food. lets say if you eat a cup of blueberries it has 81calorie 21carbs 4fiber...if you are counting net carbs that is 81 calories and 17 net carbs...leaving you another food choice that would contain 3 net cabs...like hwc 3ounces at 100 calories an ounce...this is 300 more calories if you are counting net carbs as opposed to counting total carbs. Which, had you counted total carbs for the blueberries you would have only consume 81 calories for 21 total carbs.
just How I understood it.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – July 24, 2014 – The Oklahoma School Security Institute (OSSI) recently launched www.tipline.ok.gov where reports of activity that may compromise school security can be submitted and then disseminated to appropriate parties for additional investigation.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) today filed a request with the U.S. Department of Education for a one-year extension of the flexibility waiver from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind).
One condition of the waiver, first granted to Oklahoma in 2012, stipulates that academic standards for English and math must be college- and career-ready.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi recently approved awarding almost $3.1 million in 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) grants to 13 recipients for a five-year period beginning with the 2014-15 school year.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 28, 2014) — In an abundance of caution, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi announced today the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) will withhold fifth- and eighth-grade writing scores from the calculation for the overall grade of this year's A-F school report cards.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) will host professional development sessions statewide this fall regarding Priority Academic Student Skills, or PASS. Under recently signed legislation, Oklahoma's PreK-12 teachers must use PASS standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics through 2016. The state will develop new and stronger academic standards to go into effect in 2016.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is offering free two-day regional workshops to support science teachers and school district administrators as they transition to new Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) for Science.
The new standards were adopted by the State Board of Education and signed into rule by Gov. Fallin this summer. They replace Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) science standards. State science assessments will not be aligned to these new standards, however, until 2016-2017 so that districts and teachers have time to transition.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 12, 2014) – Shelena Thomas discovered a problem shortly after she stepped into the old laboratory at Tishomingo High School five years ago. She was just starting her new job teaching chemistry in a newly constructed classroom, but the old lab it replaced still contained vials of old, sometimes unstable chemicals that had been collected over several decades.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 16, 2014) – Jason Scott Proctor, 35, a Tahlequah high school math teacher, has been named the 2015 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi made the announcement today during a ceremony at the Oklahoma State Fair.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) today released the 2014 A-F Report Card for public schools statewide. In this third year of A-F, more than one-third of Oklahoma schools improved their overall score, with 289 receiving A's. Unfortunately, this year also saw a rise in F schools with 200, or 11 percent, as compared to 163 in 2013.
The 2014 grades are available at http://afreportcards.ok.gov.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 16, 2014) — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi recognized six Rising Star Teachers from across the state during today's state Teacher of the Year ceremony at the Oklahoma State Fair. Rising Stars are teachers who show an amazing amount of promise in their profession. They are selected in addition to the 12 finalists for the state Teacher of the Year.


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Alcatel Pops on Earnings, Qualcomm Investment
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Alcatel Lucent (ALU) shares rose following a better-than-expected earnings report and on news that Qualcomm (QCOM) would be investing in a joint venture to enhance wireless connectivity in both residential and enterprise environments.
The Paris-based company on Tuesday said it lost €885 million during the quarter, as impairment and restructuring charges weighed on earnings. For the quarter, Alcatel-Lucent had sales of €3.61 billion, which were better than expected. "Alcatel-Lucent reported Q2 results that were better than expected on the back of very strong North American results," said Jefferies analyst George Notter in a research note following the results.
New CEO Michel Combes has announced a plan to return the company to cut costs, having announced a plan to save €1 billion in costs, and sell €1 billion or more in assets from 2013 to 2015, as part of "The Shift" plan unveiled last month.
Part of that plan is the announcement between Qualcomm and Alcatel, as the companies develop the next generation of Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadi Small Cell products, using Qualcomm chips."This initiative perfectly illustrates The Shift Plan we announced last month, which will see Alcatel-Lucent focus on growth technologies, including those facilitating ultra-broadband access," Combes said in the press release, discussing the deal. "We also said we would actively seek collaboration with key industry players. In working together with Qualcomm Technologies -- a world leader in advanced wireless platform solutions such as its small cell chipsets -- Alcatel-Lucent will continue to be positioned at the forefront of innovation in the small cells market." Shares of Alcatel-Lucent were higher in premarket trading Tuesday, up 8.2% to $2.38, while Qualcomm shares tacked on 0.6% to trade at $64.62. -- Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York >Contact by Email. Follow @Chris_Ciaccia George C. Notter We expect to have additional commentary following the formal EPS call later today.
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After staying on the sidelines for most of the mayor's race, Governor Andrew Cuomo weighed in Wednesday, as well as addressing other key issues in his first talk with reporters in Albany in four months. NY1's Zack Fink filed the following report.
One of Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio's signature policy proposals is to tax wealthier New Yorkers to fund universal pre-kindergarten.
It's an idea that would need to go through Albany, and many have speculated on how willing Governor Andrew Cuomo would be to go along with it, particularly when he's up for re-election in 2014.
The issue came up again in Tuesday night's debate. "He was crystal clear. This is dead on arrival," Lhota said at the debate. "The reality is, Bill de Blasio makes promises over and over that he can't keep."
"I never said that," Cuomo said Wednesday. "You know my position on taxes generally, and you know what I've said over the last three years."
You'd have to go back to July for the last time Cuomo held a press conference with members of the state house press corps.
There were a number of topics covered, including his Moreland Commission to investigate public corruption. The legislature has hired outside lawyers to fight the commission's subpoenas targeting outside income of legislators.
"I think they're making a mistake," Cuomo said. "I think they're compounding the public sense that they've got something to hide."
The commission is looking at ways to clean up money in politics. The governor confirmed that if the legislature fails to act on campaign finance reform, he would consider pushing a constitutional amendment.
"That would be an option to consider, sure," Cuomo said. "They'd have to pass that, though, too, right?"
Next month, voters are being asked to approve a different amendment, which would raise the retirement age of certain judges from 70 to 80.
Last month, the governor told us he was against it.
"I don't support a referendum that would raise the limit," he said at the time.
On Wednesday, he changed his tune slightly.
"It's not my referendum. I wasn't involved in it," he said. "I understand the issue. I think there are serious questions raised by it, but I haven't taken a position." There has also been speculation that Cuomo would replace Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy with a new running mate for the 2014 campaign. Cuomo would only say that he is waiting until next year to have that conversation with Duffy.
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