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"It was absolutely wonderful! The dining room was beautiful - very warm, inviting, and festive, the dinner was delicious, and the service was perfect! The Boar's Head was such a great hotel for our guests, too. The newly renovated rooms were so fresh and comfortable. We have always loved the character of the inn, and had so many comments from our guests about how much they liked the Boar's Head!"
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30th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Focuses on the Next Generation of Rural Westerners
Elko, Nevada—The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is turning 30 in 2014, and the nation's greatest celebration of the American West, its people, culture and traditions, will turn its focus to the future of the region. Between January 27 and February 1, in Elko, Nevada, the Gathering will present poetry, music, fine western gear, films, workshops, dances and discussions with a clear focus on encouraging the next generation and working together to ensure the sustainability of the occupational and artistic traditions of the rural West.
Brigid Reedy and Glenn Ohrlin at the 29th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Photo by Charlie Ekburg.
The theme of the 30th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is Expressing the Rural West—Into the Future! Through performances of poetry and music, thought-provoking films and fruitful discourse, artists and audiences of all ages will share their art and their opinions on meeting the challenges of rural life in the modern West. In particular, the next generation of cowboy artists will present their work and discuss their brand of ranch life—with one hand on the reins and the other on the cell phone.
More than 50 poets, musicians and musical groups from the U.S. and Canada will perform on seven stages at four different venues. The 30th Gathering line-up includes cowboy poets Baxter Black, Paul Zarzyski, Waddie Mitchell, Yvonne Hollenbeck, Joel Nelson, Doris Daley, Pat Richardson, Randy Rieman and many others. Music is as integral to the Gathering as poetry; the musical line-up includes Ian Tyson, Michael Martin Murphey, Riders In The Sky, Don Edwards, Dave Stamey, Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, Caleb Klauder Country Band, Martha Scanlan and more. Scroll down for a full list of participating artists and their hometowns. Visit
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Special guests this year include renowned animal welfare advocate, professor and author Temple Grandin, who will deliver the keynote address, and Stephanie Davis and her Trail's End Ranch Radio Show, broadcasting poetry, humor and wisdom from a fictitious radio station on the range. A special exhibition will celebrate the new renaissance of western artistry among young gearmakers and visual artists.
The Gathering also features hands-on workshops in traditional western arts such as rawhide braiding, cinch-making, hat-making, silverwork, Dutch-oven cooking and more. It also offers three western dances, film screenings, panel discussions and open-mic poetry and music sessions. Tickets to the 30th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering can be purchased at
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The 30th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is produced by the Western Folklife Center and supported by NV Energy, Barrick Gold of North America, Nevada Humanities, Nevada Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Elko Convention and Visitors Authority, the City of Elko, The Bretzlaff Foundation, WESTAF, The Reno Rodeo Foundation, and many more foundations, businesses and individuals.
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Bass Reeves
- Bass Reeves (July 1838 – 12 January 1910) was one of the first African Americans (possibly the first) to receive a commission as a Deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River. -
Reeves was born a slave in 1838 in Crawford County, Arkansas, and was given the surname of his owner, George Reeves, a farmer and politician. He moved to Paris, Texas with George Reeves. During the American Civil War, Bass parted company with George Reeves: "some say because Bass beat up George after a dispute in a card game. Others believe that Bass heard too much about the 'freeing of slaves' and simply ran away." Bass Reeves fled north into the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and lived with the Seminole and Creek Indians.
Reeves became a crack shot with a pistol. Later Reeves moved to Arkansas and homesteaded near Van Buren. Once he got his farm going, he married Nellie Jennie from Texas. They had ten children – five boys and five girls. Reeves and his family farmed until 1875 when the legendary Isaac Parker was appointed federal judge for the Indian Territory. Judge Parker appointed James F. Fagan as U.S. Marshal, and directed him to hire 200 deputy U.S. Marshals. Fagan heard about Bass Reeves, who knew the Indian Territory and could speak several Indian languages, and recruited him as a deputy U.S. Marshal.
Reeves worked a total of thirty-two years as a Federal peace officer in the Indian Territory. He was one of Judge Parker's most valued deputies. He arrested some of the most dangerous criminals of the time, but was never shot (despite having his hat and belt shot off on separate occasions). He had to arrest his own son for murder.
Reeves was an expert with rifle and pistol. During his long career he developed superior detective skills. When he retired from Federal service in 1907, Reeves had arrested over 3,000 felons. Reeves admitted having to shoot and kill fourteen outlaws in defending his life while making arrests.When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, Reeves, then 68, became an officer of the Muskogee, Oklahoma police department.
Reeves was himself once charged with murdering a posse cook. At his trial (before Judge Parker), Reeves was represented by former United States Attorney W. H. H. Clayton, who had been his colleague and good friend, and was acquitted. Reeves' health failed in 1910, and he died of Bright's disease on 12 January. He was the uncle of Paul L. Brady, the first African-American appointed a Federal Administrative Law Judge (in 1972).
In 2007, the U.S. Route 62 bridge crossing the Arkansas River between Muskogee and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was named the Bass Reeves Memorial Bridge in Reeves' honor. On May 16, 2012 a bronze statue of Reeves by sculptor Harold Holden, of Enid, Oklahoma, was cast at a foundry in Norman, Oklahoma, and then transported to its permanent location at Pendergraft Park in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
In popular culture
Reeves figures prominently in an episode of How It's Made in which a Bass Reeves limited edition collectors' figurine is shown in various stages of the production process. Bass Reeves, a fictionalized film of his life and career was released by Ponderous Productions of San Antonio in 2010. Bass Reeves is also mentioned in passing in episode 2 of season 3 of Justified (TV series), along with other US Marshals of distinction Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp. Morgan Freeman has expressed interest in playing Reeves in a motion picture about his life. Reeves' story has also been presented to kids. Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson won the 2010 Coretta Scott King Award for best author.
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African-American Cowboys
By Dr. Richard W. Slatta, Professor of History, North Carolina State University.
A Hotlist on Black Cowboys
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Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo
The Cowboys and Cowgirls participate in one or more events. The exitement, skills, talent and nerves from these participants represents the spirit of the west and the rich heritage of Black Americans.
Black Cowboys - Part 1
Excerpt from the book, "Negro on the American Frontier".
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Black Cowboys also worked on the ranches and rode the cattle trails.
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We all tend to think of cowboys from black and white television series as only white guys. This museum has photos and artwork that shows that life on the frontier was more diverse than TV or even text books show us.
Handbook of Texas Online: Black Cowboys
Learn how Black cowboys have been part of Texas history since the early nineteenth century, when they first worked on ranches throughout the state.
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson, Country Music's No.1 Black Yodeler, will be 62 years old this year. Johnson has been performing since the mid-1960s, was inducted into the Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002, and his Yodel Song Archives 114 yodeling songs written & composed by him] were included in the Recorded Sound Reference Center's permanent music collection at the Library of Congress in March 2007.
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North Carolina's new Lt. Governor, Dan Forest, held forth in a rambling talk at a John Locke Foundation "Shaftsbury Society luncheon" earlier this week and in watching the 41 minute video one gets a real taste of the strange brew of ill-conceived and contradictory policy positions that now dominates on the modern American-Fox News-Tea Partying right.
As is often the case with many of his ideological allies, much of Forest's talk is friendly and non-threatening. Whether he is lamenting the lousy Internet service he inherited in the Lt. Governor's mansion or preaching that North Carolina ought to strive to be number one in the nation in K-12 education, Forest gives voice to many noncontroversial positions.
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KVT in rural mood
It should have been a rural market performance on middle Island just about under Long Bien Saturday morning. However, because officialdom on the island was a little tough about their football pitch being crowded out with a lot of invaders from the suburbs,the performers decided to take a risk and have their happening on the main path leading into the banana fields.
We missed out on seeing Nguyen Than unfold his 180m x 2m Rural Market painting- which I hope can be accomodated in the near future- but we got a really nice performance art piece by Dao Anh Khanh and Doan Minh Hoan…nicely intimate.
Being in a rural setting with banana palms on one side and a fallow field on the other, I was ready to read all sorts of rural fecundity into the dance piece and I wasn't let down. At times it was very sensual. It was the type of contemporary dance piece I'd have liked to sit back and relax into and let the various interpretations wash over me.
The one my imagination kept pushing to the fore for was of a mating ritual between two storks, those wonderful white birds that used to flock onto rice paddies. Perhaps, with the species becoming more and more endangered, the anguish that was often apparent in the dance, made it almost seem to be a mating ritual between the last of the flock.. There was submission, enticement, enforcement, appeasement, flirtation, shyness, boldness and above all a sense of alienation and aloneness.
I'd like to see the performance again, in a similar rural setting…this time as part of an audience without cameras.
The music accompanying the dance was very apt and really quite beautiful. Two percussionists played a variety of rural themed instruments and a saxophonist encircled the performers with soul searching bluesy improvisations.
Put the performance on the edge or in the middle of green paddies as the sun was reflecting orange at the end of the day, or as misty mua xuan shrouded the edges of the scene in early morning, it would have been perfection
As it was the performance unfolded with motor bikes piled high with produce revving past, farmers circumnavigating it all with studied indifference, a couple of policemen eddying on the perimeter. The ending was beautifully dramatic, and just at the right time, with two local officials bearing down to force a closure and a packing up and off.
If it had been scripted it couldn't have been better.
A lovely morning that was followed by a peaceful, lone and reflective bike ride for a hour through the market gardens and the tranquility that makes you hope that private enterprise doesn't get the chance to eye it all off and contain it with highrises and marinas and resorts for the have it alls. Perhaps, like my imagined storks, the writing is already on the wall.
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Take Two for January 3, 2013
The 113th Congress to be sworn in today
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The U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 2, 2013, on the day after a compromise bill passed the U.S. Congress, avoiding the 'fiscal cliff.' The agreement raises taxes on the rich and puts off automatic $109 billion federal budget cuts for two months.
Today is moving day in Congress. Whatever you thought of the old Congress — that would be number 112 — you'll now have a new class to blame for fiscal cliffs and the like.
And there's a lot of activity in the California delegation with 14 members leaving, either because they retired, or failed to be re-elected.
That means 14 new faces taking the oath of office as the 113th Congress is sworn in. KPCC's Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde joins us from the Capitol.


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Palm Beach Piazza Aparthotel Apart Hotel Hurghada
Official Contact Details - Palm Beach Piazza AparthotelPhone: 01480 465000 Fax: 01480 465111
New apartment complex on its own private beach in the stunning new resort of Sahl Hasheesh
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The Apart-Hotel "Palm Beach Piazza" emerges within the premium resort Sahl Hasheesh, a "world of its own" on the highest level. Sahl Hasheesh holidays have to be experienced as a world class resort is born. These Luxury apartments are fully furnished with a generous living area and open plan kitchen, 1 or 2 bedrooms, as well as bathroom, corridor and balcony are available for guests enjoyment
"Palm Beach Piazza" was completed and opened in July 2007 and the complex includes:
• 100 apartments, all beach front with use of an exclusive beach area.
• Use of free sun beds & umbrellas by the pool and on the beach.
• Swimming-Pool
• Hotel laundry service
• Reception with spacious Lounge.
• Fine cuisine Italian Restaurant offering a choice of al a carte or set menu and free room, pool & beach service to all Palm Beach Piazza guests.
• Satellite TV
• Shop for daily needs.
• Fitness-Club (There is a charge to use this facility).
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• Meet & Greet return transfer from airport to hotel for 200 EGP for up to 4 people.
• Meet and Greet at the apartment. (There will be an extra charge for this if the airport transfer is not taken).
• Guests will be offered a 24 hour telephone answering service.
• Guests will be offered a 24 hour call out service, which is charged at 150 EGP.
• Welcome Booklet giving all general information about the apartments & general area.
• Option of a Welcome Pack for 150 EGP (tea, coffee, water, milk, sugar, toilet rolls, biscuits & crisps). Any other products can be requested and will be delivered with the Welcome Pack and paid for on arrival.
• Option for excursions, including Quad biking, Boat trips, Snorkelling, Diving, visits to El Gouna, Hurghada & Luxor.
• Option to use the 5* all-inclusive facilities and amenities of The Old Palace Hotel next door from 7.00 a.m. till midnight for 26 euros adult, 13½ euros for children..
• Guests will be able to rent extra beds, fold up or cots.
• Food shopping trips to the new 'Senso Mall' can be arranged for 200 EGP return.
• The 'Pirates' diving school is only a short walk away and dives are made around the 'sunken city' in Sahl Haseesh bay.
• There is 'The Old Palace' Water Sports Centre next door to the Palm Beach Piazza Apart-Hotel, which has kayaking, sailing, speed boats etc.
• Calls in Egypt from UK mobiles are very expensive and you will be offered the use of a free Egyptian mobile phone. Credit from 100 EGP can be bought on arrival. The phone is to be returned on departure.
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The conveyor industry actually started about 80 years ago [1900] in
the Minneapolis-St. Paul area by a group of men unloading wood
shingles from rail cars. The idea worked so well that part of the
group decided to relocate to a steel tube mill location and selected
Ellwood City Pennsylvania, the home of National Tube. This relocated
group called itself Mathews Gravity Conveyer Company with Rufus P.
Mathews as president.
The group that remained in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area also started
a conveyor company named Standard Conveyor Company.
A Mr. Offutt was superintendent of National Tube in Ellwood City,
Pennsylvania. At times, Mathews got into financial difficulty, and Mr.
Offutt bailed them out and received stock in the company. He also
secured employment for his son John in the Mathews engineering
department. Also, Mr. Offutt's daughter was married to the Ellwood
city bank president. Upon Mr. Offutt's death, John, his son, inherited
all of the Mathews stock his father owned.
After Rufus P. Mathews, F.E. Moore became president. Then came Bill
Dean, then Odd McLeary.
F.E. Moore set up Mailer-Searles in San Francisco as the west coast
manufacturer of Mathews Conveyors and built a new plant in Port Hope,
Ontario, Canada. Mailer-Searles sold the area west of the Mississippi
River and maintained offices in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Portland Oregon, and Seattle.
Mathews Chief Engineer, Norton Meyer, and Chief Draftsman, John Offutt
took Harry Harlick under their wings and taught him all about the
application of conveyors to industry.
In addition to Mathews, Mailer-Searles also acquired the
Standard-Knapp line of packaging machines.
Bill Dean was jealous of Bill Jaenicke, president of Mailer-Searles
because Jaenicke was offered the presidency of Mathews before Bill
Dean, but, Jaenicke refused, saying he had been born and raised in San
Francisco and did not care to relocate to Ellwood City.
Bill Dean decided to build a Mathews Plant in San Carlos and take the
Mathews line back. He also appointed P.W. (Joie) Brown as President of
Mathews-West Coast. The new plant had only 2 acres and quickly outgrew
the San Carlos facility. They purchased 80 acres in Chico and built a
new plant. P.W. Brown ultimately died of a heart attack and Bill
Peppard was appointed Vice-President and General Manager.
When Mathews took the line from Mailer-Searles, Bill Jaenicke obtained
the Alvey Conveyer line from Jack Alvey of St. Louis.
The Alvey Conveyor Company had started in the north barn of Anhuser-Busch
in St. Louis, furnishing all the conveyor for the brewery. When Alvey
solicited more work from other St. Louis breweries, he was politely
told to move.
Alvey eventually passed away and Jack Alvey and Bob Mayer bought the
company from his uncle's widow. Both Jack and Bob were standard
Conveyor sales people in New York and specialized in brewery
Meanwhile, Hartford-Empire, manufacturers of automatic blowmold glass
making equipment bought Standard-Knapp. It was suggested that Mailer-Searles
also sell to Hartford-Empire, later known as Emhart.
Bill Jaenicke later was told that Emhart was going to dissolve Mailer-Searles.
Emhart formed a separate Standard-Knapp office in San Mateo and Harry
Harlick was retained to finish up all outstanding Alvey business,
after which he went to work for FMC corporation in Riverside, CA.
Now, Odd McLeary was President of Mathews and arranged a sale of
Mathews to Rex-Chainbelt of Milwaukee Wisconsin. Rex also bought
Nordberg a rock crushing equipment manufacturer and changed their name
to Rexnord. The cost of Mathews to Rex was $9M with $25k per year
retirement to Odd for a period of 5 years. Mathews had $9M in the
bank, so the actual cost to Rex as zero.
FMC set aside $10M for the Riverside Division to get into the conveyor
business. Since they were furnishing practically all conveyor to the
citrus industry, they had a good start. The Riverside Division could
purchase a conveyor company or start one from scratch. The Riverside
Division also manufactured about 7 different product lines; the bulk
feed trucks which deliver cattle and chicken feed, egg machines which
automatically grade and package eggs for producers, along with juicers
and other equipment for citrus growers.
Also FMC purchased some Palletizer patents from an inventor in Los
Angeles. The rest of the patents were purchased by Lamson Corporation,
of Syracuse, New York. This caused a legal battle between FMC and
Lamson which nearly bankrupted Lamson. Both companies manufactured
FMC head office in San Jose discovered the Riverside Division was
diverting conveyor funds to other product lines and fired all product
managers and demoted the division manager Mr. Sid Boucher, the
conveyor sales manager Don Derricott was allowed to retire.
About the time Tom Loberg (Hytrol) designed the bale conveyor, Bill
Jaenicke also designed a variable speed bale conveyor to elevate bales
of hay to truck beds. E.W. Buschman (Buschman) was a Rapistan salesman
in Cincinnati when he decided to go into business for himself.
There was a wheel conveyor manufacturer in, I believe, Buffalo, New
York, who hired local housewives to assemble wheel conveyors at hours
they chose and paid minimum wages. Their profits were rock-bottom.
Mathews also used women to assemble wheel conveyors. They did a very
good job in Chico.
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US-China Trade in the News 1-2-12 Update: Trade Updates
After a week of primarily negative economic news from China, the World Bank's chief economist is embarking on a campaign to reverse negative perceptions about China. "China has the potential to achieve another 20 years of 8% growth,' said Justin Yifu Lin in a speech. Moreover, he also has stated in "various venues that in two decades the Chinese economy could, in purchasing power parity terms, end up twice the size of the American one." However, Stephen S. Roach is not as optimistic. He writes, "fears are growing that China and India are about to be the next victims of the ongoing global economic carnage. This would have enormous consequences. If China and India are next to fall, Asia would be at risk, and it would be hard to avoid a global recession."
This week the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its annual review of U.S. trade. Ambassador Kirk reports "the Obama Administration achieved unprecedented results on trade…and we've used every available enforcement tool to hold China accountable for its commitments to play by the rules, provide a level playing field, and protect intellectual property, supporting opportunities for American exporters." All this and more in this US-China Trade Update.
Global Relations
Commentary – Ivan Krastev : When China Rules
Project Syndicate, December 28, 2011
"For a European these days, thinking about the future is disturbing. America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized, and financially indebted. The European Union seems on the brink of collapse, and many non-Europeans view the old continent as a retired power that can still impress the world with its good manners, but not with nerve or ambition." Read more
Commentary – Doug Bandow : US' empire state of mind
China Military Online, December 27, 2011
"Recently, the PLA Daily interviewed Lin Zhiyuan, an expert on U.S. issues from Department of World Military Research under Academy of Military Sciences on the U.S. strategy to 'return to Asia.'..Reporter: While talking about Asia recently, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, 'The United States is back,' making it clear that the United States has paid more attention to the Asian-Pacific region than ever, and it will shift its strategic focus to Asia in the future. What do you think of the move?" Read more
Commentary – Stephen S. Roach : Why India is Riskier than China
Project Syndicate, December 27, 2011
"Today, fears are growing that China and India are about to be the next victims of the ongoing global economic carnage. This would have enormous consequences. Asia's developing and newly industrialized economies grew at an 8.5% average annual rate over 2010-11 – nearly triple the 3% growth elsewhere in the world. If China and India are next to fall, Asia would be at risk, and it would be hard to avoid a global recession." Read more
Commentary – Keith Bredsher : In China, Power in Nascent Electric Car Industry
New York Times, December 26, 2011
"Three years ago, as part of its green-energy policy, the Chinese government set an ambitious goal: by the end of 2011, the nation would be able to produce at least 500,000 hybrid or all-electric cars and buses a year...With only about a week to go, it is clear China will fall far short of that target. Despite dozens of electric-vehicle demonstration projects around the country, analysts put China's actual annual production capacity at only several thousand hybrid and all-electric cars and buses." Read more
Commentary– Gordon G. Chang: Don't Worry About China: World Bank Chief Economist
Forbes, December 25, 2011
"As the Chinese economy tumbles into recession, the World Bank's chief economist is embarking on a campaign to reverse negative perceptions about his home country's prospects. 'China has the potential to achieve another 20 years of 8% growth,' said Justin Yifu Lin in a speech sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco late last month. Moreover, he also has stated in various venues that in two decades the Chinese economy could, in purchasing power parity terms, end up twice the size of the American one." Read more
Commentary – Michael A. Cohen : The World According to Ron Paul
Foreign Policy, December 23, 2011
"In this year's GOP presidential track meet it seems that everyone gets a turn in front -- and this week Ron Paul is the lucky candidate. While still trailing in the national race numbers, recent poll results from Iowa suggest that, two weeks until caucus day, Paul has jumped into the lead there ahead of the water-treading Mitt Romney and the sinking Newt Gingrich. " Read more
Commentary – Henry Mintzberg : Who Will Fix the US Economy?
Project Syndicate, December 22, 2011
"Much commentary about the American economy nowadays leaves the impression that economists should fix its problems. But Washington is teeming with smart economists, and the problems remain...An economy is like a cloud: only when inside does one realize how diffuse it is – and that what matters are the particles of vapor that it comprises." Read more
Commentary – Justin Yifu Lin : Demystifying the Chinese Economy
Project Syndicate, December 22, 2011
"China had an advanced and prosperous civilization for millennia until the eighteenth century, but then degenerated into a very poor country for 150 years. Now it has resurged to become the world's most dynamic economy since launching its transition to a market economy in 1979. What drove these fateful changes?" Read more
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In the News – US investigation into assets abroad affects overseas Chinese
Beijing Daily, December 28, 2011
"Foreign media reported on Dec. 26 that the U.S. government is stepping up the investigation into U.S. citizens' overseas accounts and assets. Once assets are found hiding abroad, the owner will be severely punished. Experts said that this move of U.S. administration will greatly affect overseas Chinese." Read more
Commentary– Stephen Harner: Japan-China Relations--PM Noda's 21 Hours in Beijing
Forbes, December 27, 2011
"Former U.S. ambassador to China and current U.S. presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is boringly repetitive in claiming that 'the U.S. and China relationship is the most important and complex relationship in the world today.' " Read more
Analysis – BJÖRN-SÖREN Gigler: Can Technology be transformational? Opening up Development through Technology
World Bank , December 23, 2011
"Twitter, Facebook, SMS, and Crowdsourcing—2011 has certainly been the year in which the use of social media and technology has captured the world's attention. From Tahrir Square in Egypt to the Anna Hazare movement in India, citizens have demonstrated that they want voice and accountability. Innovations in social media, mobile phones and inter-active mapping are powerful tools to mobilize citizens and to provide people with a voice—thus broadening the political debate." Read more
Analysis – Ignacio Mas: Triggering Disruptive Innovation in Retail Banking in the Digital Age
In the news– Chinese Hackers Attack U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Forbes, December 22, 2011
"Chinese hackers infiltrated the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, heightening tensions between Beijing and Washington, and underscoring the emergence of cyber-warfare in international relations...Before its discovery, the breach exposed information about the Chamber's three million corporate members, accessed 300 Internet addresses and stole six weeks' worth of email from four Asian policy specialists." Read more
In the News – China: Stricter Air Pollution Monitoring Standards to Start Next Year, With Results Made Public in 2016
New York Times, December 22, 2011
"China will introduce stricter air pollution standards next year to monitor tiny particles of pollution in Beijing and other cities, but it may not start releasing the results to the public until 2016, state news media reported Thursday. Chinese cities do not measure data on the smaller particles, 2.5 microns in diameter or less, from smokestacks and exhaust pipes that shroud many cities in acrid smog, and many Chinese have complained that official statistics vastly understate the problem. Environment Minister Zhou Shengxian was quoted as saying in People's Daily that China would start measuring those particles, first in large cities and then nationally by 2015. Starting in 2016, cities will have to make the numbers public, the report said. Mr. Zhou said that the results should be publicized 'at an appropriate time.'" Read more
In the News – China dismisses US cyber attack reports
People's Daily Online, December 22, 2011
"China dismissed the recent reports that the attack against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce originated in China, saying the report is groundless...The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that hackers in China broke through the computer defenses of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year and were able to access information about its operations and its 3 million members." Read more
Commentary – Kenneth Lieberthal : The American Pivot to Asia
Foreign Policy, December 21, 2011
"The sudden death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il drives home the importance of being able to work not only with U.S. allies but also with China in managing Asia's key threats. This is what makes striking the right balance in America's overall strategy toward Asia so vital." Read more
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In the News – U.S. Treasury declines to name China as currency manipulator
Xinhua, December 28, 2011
"The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday declined to name China as a currency manipulator, saying that it would closely monitor the pace of RMB appreciation...The latest Semi-Annual Report to the Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies released on Tuesday highlighted the need for greater exchange rate flexibility, most notably by China, but also in other major economies." Read more
In the News – U.S. Declines to Say China Manipulates Its Currency
The Associated Press, December 27, 2011
"The Obama administration on Tuesday declined to label China a currency manipulator after seeing recent increases in the value of the renminbi compared with the dollar...The decision angered some manufacturing groups, which have accused China of artificially holding down the value of its currency, the renminbi, to gain trade advantages. A cheaper renminbi makes Chinese goods less expensive when they are shipped to the United States. It also makes American goods more expensive in China. Both could increase America's trade deficit with China, which is on pace to reach a record high this year." Read more
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In the News – Weekly Trade Spotlight: USTR 2011 Year in Review
From the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, December 22, 2011
"In 2011, the Obama Administration continued to advance an ambitious trade agenda that is helping to keep the United States on track to meet President Obama's goal of doubling U.S. exports by the end of 2014, in support of up to two million additional American jobs." Read more
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- MD: University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1982
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I'd like to comment on those ridiculous remarks made by a person in your Vent column last Wednesday about the old "Leave It To Beaver" TV program. Where in the heck do they get the idea that it was racist and sexist and that the kids were constantly misbehaving? That show never had anyone smoking pot, sniffing cocaine and using swear words as today's TV programs do. They also never promoted the idea of people living together and making babies BEFORE marriage — that's if they would get married at all as in today's TV programs. We need more programs today to show that at one time, we had a decent family oriented society in America.
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Google: More Issuers to Integrate with Wallet; Could Pose Threat to Telco Business Case
Google Wallet product manager Robin Dua said the company expects more payment card issuers to soon announce support for the wallet–enabling their customers to easily add their cards to the NFC-enabled cloud-based wallet.
If true, the issuers would follow Discover Financial Services, which earlier this month announced "simple click-and-add" support for the wallet on Discover's Web site. Like Discover presumably did, the other issuers would use one or more application-programming interfaces Google said it has introduced for the new version of its wallet, which it unveiled Aug. 1.
"We have a bunch of other card issuer partners that are going to be announcing the support for those APIs very soon," said Dua, speaking at a Google developers meeting Aug. 23. "So users will be able to go into their Internet and mobile-banking applications to store cards into 'Wallet'."
The integration by card issuers with the wallet makes it easier to add the cards, but with Google's new cloud-based approach, consumers could add any of their Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover cards to the Google Wallet app or through their Google accounts online. They wouldn't need their issuers or the card brands to support the wallet.
If successful, the new version of the Google Wallet would pose a threat to the NFC business models of mobile operators, in particular, which plan to charge fees to banks and other service providers to store their secure applications on the telcos' SIM cards or other secure elements.
Google's business model, on the other hand, is to deliver targeted promotions and offers, based on the shopping and other customer data it collects. It would charge advertisers for delivering the promotions. It has said it doesn't charge payment issuers to be part of the wallet.
Trusted service managers also wouldn't fare well if the new Google Wallet approach catches on, since the cloud-based credit and debit card accounts don't require over-the-air provisioning and management of applications on the secure element.
UPDATE: But Olivier Piou, CEO of France-based smart card company and TSM Gemalto, said he doubted the company's TSM business would suffer from Google Wallet 2.0.
"Now it tends to disintermediate the banks, so I don't think the banks will let it happen that way," said Piou, in response to a question from a financial analyst Thursday. "And also, the banks, when you are in their shoes, the banks don't want to address only the customer with Google with mobile phones. For them, you are a customer, and they don't want to have to ask you, 'do you prefer a Samsung, an Apple, a Nokia?' "They want to be able to download the service whatever is your device. So they probably will each have a TSM." END UPDATE.
There are questions about how Google's cloud-based wallet approach, which continues to use NFC on the front end, would work with EMV applications common outside of the U.S., however. Also, Google still needs access to secure elements in NFC phones for its wallet, and telcos could continue to try to make that access difficult.
Under Google's cloud-based wallet approach, sometimes referred to as Google Wallet 2.0, the card accounts are stored on Google's servers. For in-store purchases, Google links these credit and debit accounts to a virtual MasterCard card number stored on the secure element in NFC phones that support the wallet.
Google calls this virtual card number the "Google Wallet ID." The virtual prepaid card, which supports MasterCard PayPass, is used for the transaction at a contactless point-of-sale terminal and this prepaid account is, essentially, funded by the cloud-based credit and debit card accounts.
That funding apparently takes place immediately and would be for the amount of the purchase. Issuers could continue to offer their rewards programs based on purchases, and that is what Discover is doing.
Enabling Nonpayment Applications
Dua said Google also plans to introduce cloud-based loyalty and couponing applications for merchants and intends to open up its wallet platform.
What we're trying to do is make it easy for airlines, transit providers, other types of issuers of credentials–make it super simple for them to get their credentials stored in the wallet," he said. "And this is where we envision kind of an open platform, where we will allow all sorts of partners to be able to issue their credentials into the wallet and allow the users to use them, not only with the phone but online."
The Web giant would continue to promote its SingleTap feature to enable consumers to pay and redeem their offers and rewards with one tap of the NFC phone, Dua said, although few merchant locations have terminals that can support the SingleTap technology, at present, even at merchant locations that can accept contactless payment.
Scaling Questions
The cloud-based approach overcomes one of Google's problems with the first version of its wallet, which it launched last September.
Google in the past has tried to recruit banks to offer their payment applications in the wallet, but had managed to sign up just one issuer, Citigroup, for the first version of the wallet, which launched last September.
It has also offered a Google Prepaid Card, which could be funded by other cards. Google's trusted service manager has downloaded and provisioned the applications over the air.
"Under the old model, we were actually integrating with each card issuer and this integration from the time of negotiation to integration would take anywhere from six months to a year, and under this model the cards were stored in the secure element in the NFC device," Dua said. "We just didn't feel that this model was very scalable. It would literally take a lifetime or so to get through the 8,500 issuers that were in the U.S."
In response to a question, Dua contended the planned Isis wallet, which will soon be piloted in two U.S. cities by the Isis telco-owned joint venture, will have trouble scaling up, since it follows the same model as Google's first wallet version did.
"There are a lot of wallet providers out there who are stuck on this approach of, 'let's integrate with every issuer and let's enable this over-the-air provisioning of cards to the secure element,' and it's just not a scalable approach," he said. "I talked about the difference between our cloud-based approach and a number of other wallet providers, Isis included. (They) are working on direct provisioning of cards from an issuer to secure element, in their case, the SIM. We just don't think that model is scalable, for the simple reason that there are 8,500 issuers in the U.S."
Of course, while there are thousands of payment card issuers in the U.S., purchase volume is highly concentrated–with the top 10 issuers of credit and debit cards accounting for more than 75% of purchase volume, according to one estimate. So wallet providers don't have to sign up lots of issuers to cover a large proportion of consumers.
And, in fact, one of Google's major problems with its ability to scale remains: It still needs access to secure elements in NFC phones to anchor its wallet.
In the past, the two largest U.S. telcos, both part of Isis, Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility, have tried to block access to embedded chips in Android phones, in some subtle and not so subtle ways. European telcos also have given Google the cold shoulder when it comes to using their SIM cards or embedded chips as secure elements.
Google now is available on six devices, noted Dua, all sold by Google's main telco partner, Sprint, and some of them, more recently, by Sprint-owned Virgin Mobile USA, a mobile virtual network operator. Google also put an unlocked version of its Galaxy Nexus Android phone on sale for GSM networks, which would open up the Google Wallet to customers of AT&T and T-Mobile.
Dua said Google is in "discussions today with a number of other carriers," but he declined to elaborate. Dua also said the company is "actively pushing" to get the Google Wallet into markets outside of the U.S., but he also refused to predict when the Web giant would launch overseas.
The Isis telcos will not have a problem with access to secure elements, since they issue SIM cards and also control most of the distribution of phones in the U.S.–giving them a strong claim to ownership of embedded secure elements in NFC-enabled smartphones hitting the market.


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- This is Arizona. You just committed career suicide, and probably put your personal safety at risk, as well. There are some places in America where the only people who are "moved" by a person's courageous act, are those who are moved to take action against that person because of their own bigotry and …
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- Some serious legal actions and a little jail time just might reach this young man, and save his life. If he just coasts his way through these self-inflicted problems because of his fame and money, he is a strong candidate for not surviving it. Unless something gets his attention and makes clear that …


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Devils Elbow, Aug 29, 2008
I walk Gloria
Remembering Heidi Johnson
I knew her first by her photos of Building 50. We met years ago when she was setting up a showing at Borders in TC. We met again a year later at Building 50. She escorted us on a brief photo tour of the basements and upper floors of the building. Over the next couple of years, I enjoyed meeting up with her and chatting about Building 50, etc.
I am glad to have taken a photo of her on one of the tours, capturing the "Angels in the Architecture" she so loved:
And she snapped this of me on that first tour:
My condolences go out to her family and friends. I will treasure the digital photos I have, her book and the memories she captured in her work.
Heidi Johnson, Third Floor, Men's Ward
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Hello to all you fabulous Bon Bon Rose readers! It's Jackie from Jackie Fogartie Events and I'm back with a post that's dripping with pink, red and sprinkles - a Valentines Day cookie and cupcake decorating party for kids! If your kids are stir-crazy … [Read more...]
Valentines Made Easy
You may remember me mentioning that the hubs and I don't make a big to do out of Valentine's Day for each other. We usually enjoy a nice evening at home that, more often than not, involves a bottle of wine and a flick or DVR fest. It's a rare … [Read more...]
Fun Valentine's Day Photos
Happy Valentine's Day from Jake! Valentine's Day is the perfect excuse to take some silly, cheesy photos and you know I can't resist a good photo shoot. Last year I got these great photos of Jake when he was one and turned them into postcards for the … [Read more...]
Valentine's Day Gift Guide
So, we're less than two weeks away from Valentine's Day. Can you believe it? I'm pretty sure it was just Christmas like a second ago! And now it's Valentine's Day gift guide time...I can't believe how fast this winter is flying by. I swear once you … [Read more...]
Wearing White in Winter
I mentioned I was obsessed with pastel pink and Valentine's Day right? Well, here's another look featuring one of my favorite spring trends. I added a touch of metallics and white denim to my pastel pink this time. As you can see, I don't like to … [Read more...]
A Valentine's Day Card Roundup
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Hey-o! It's November! Which means a check in about our monthly goals, riiiiiiight?
In case you missed it, in October, I set three sort-of-easy-ish goals to complete the second half of the month. Well, since I like to lower the bar, I accomplished 1 of 3 (read that book, chose photos for the tryptich but didn't get them printed yet, blogged 8 times). But that's okay! I made progress toward each of them, and what's that quote about life and the journey and the destination? Right.
So, here's what's up for November.
1. Read two books (I'm in a book club so one of them is mandatory. The other is for funsies. Any recommendations?)
2. Do 10 pushups, full feet, nose touching the ground (T-Rex arms, for the win!)
3. Create an enormous vision board around "My Ideal Year" (I just got, like, 8,000 magazines so this is one way to make them a little more useful)
This month, I'll likely spend a lot of time inside due to the weather being generally yucky and the sun shining less long each day. When I have lots of inside time, I typically spend a lot of time on Facebook, reading blogs, and doing things that don't generally contribute to my overall happiness. I'd like to be more proactive and motivated, because it is the month of the year that I generally don't want to do ANYTHING (ski hills aren't open yet + trails are all covered with snow = lots of short walks + wanting to snuggle in my bed eating Nutella)
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The group have already left Colombo with almost 35 doctors to some of the effected areas and have also sent lorry loads of clothes and provisions to some of the effected areas.
They have found that the aftermath is going to be worse than what it is because of the diarrhoea situation and health hazards that are going to arise in the near future and have requested contributions of the following medicines : Paracetamol, Amoxycillin Capsule / Syrup, And Jeevani.
In Most of the areas people are heavily injured and hence they also require bandages, plasters, gauze, betadine, soframicin cream, detol and cotton wool.
Apart from the medicines you could also contribute whatever you can in the form of clothing, blankets and grocery supplies.
The club is collecting these items at:
The PAVILION restaurant
next to SLFI & Royal Sports Complex
100/10 Independence avenue
Colombo 7
Or Contact Kishore Reddy on 0714563333.
If you could organise relief supplies in your area we will send in a vehicle and pick up the goods.
>From 11:00 am onwards till 12:00 Midnight
Members of the public are advise to drop in at their convenience and contribute whatever they can.
" STRICTLY NO CASH DONATIONS PLEASE " we are not collecting cash donations and those wishing to contribute in the form of cash may do so directly with the relief fund set up by the government.
You can for sure save someones life by forwarding this mail to all your friends and requesting them to contribute whatever they can.


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Can Vogue Make Kate Upton a Poster Girl for Healthy Models?
They're certainly trying.
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Skip to content, or skip to search.
They're certainly trying.
In fact, research shows women are more likely to buy clothes modeled by someone closer to their own size.
Whether or not it's a good thing, it's certainly unusual.
"I think that spandex is made to accommodate people who are overweight."
But apparently, they do this all the time.
Neither side can really remember what they were fighting about.
Plus a Q&A with star Tiffany Bank.
The spread is titled 'Belle Curve.' Get it?
Also, here's Andrej Pejic on the new cover of 'L'Officiel' Ukraine, and the newsstand sales of 'Glamour' have dropped.


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John Womack to Be CEO of Arvest in Central Arkansas
Posted 6/21/2010 10:45 am
Updated 2 years ago
Arvest Bank says John Womack, currently president of its banking operations in Fort Smith, will become chairman and CEO of Arvest's Central Arkansas operations effective Tuesday, July 6.
Womack replaces Larry Choate, who resigned from the post earlier this month.
"I can't wait to hit the ground running in Little Rock next week," Womack said in a prepared statement.
Arvest has not named a successor for Womack in Fort Smith.
Womack is a graduate of Pine Bluff High School, Arkansas Tech University in Russellville and the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
He began his banking career in 1974 at City National Bank in Fort Smith and moved to Fourth National Bank in Tulsa in 1983, where he rose to senior vice president. In 1992, Womack was named president and chief operating officer of Citizens' Bank in Lawton, Okla., where he remained until joining Arvest Bank as president of the Fort Smith market in 1999.
Womack, president-elect of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University, serves on boards with the Arkansas Tech University Foundation, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Foundation, St. Edward Mercy Health System and the U.S. Marshal's Museum Foundation.
He was chairman of the Arkansas Bankers Association in 2007. Womack and his wife of 34 years, Becky, have two adult daughters.


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First, shut off the water lines and disconnect the supply lines to the sink. Use a bucket to catch water from the supply line and p-trap. Loosen and remove the p-trap (the center part of the curved pipe).
Use a utility knife to loosen the caulk between the vanity and the wall. Rock the vanity carefully to loosen and remove it without risking damage to the surrounding wall.
Use a cordless screwdriver to carefully remove screws that attach the vanity to the wall. Remove the old vanity and move it out of the way.
Tip: When replacing vanity, replace the sink and countertop to match the new.
Locate the wall studs that will be used to anchor the new vanity and mark the studs with pencil. Make the marks slightly higher than the new vanity top.
Position the vanity and make sure it is flush against both walls. Use shims and a carpenter's level to assist with placement and make sure the vanity is even.
Locate the wall studs and drive 2-1/2" wall board screws to anchor the vanity to the wall.
Tip: If you haven't been able to locate a wall stud, be sure to use wall anchors.
Note: You might consider adding a new faucet to match the new vanity, sink and countertop. If you decide on a new style, be sure to install the new faucet before installing the new vanity top.
Apply tub and tile caulk to secure the vanity top to the vanity. Position the countertop on the vanity.
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What's in a Name?
|Some past displays from the Ramseyer collection
What's in a Name?
|Some past displays from the Ramseyer collection
|400th Anniversary of the King James Bible
|From Ojibwe To Oromo: The Languages Of The People Of Minnesota
|Writing Systems of the World
|Bible Illustration Through the Centuries
|Scriptures in the languages of the immigrants to and residents of Minnesota
|Twentieth Century Translations
|Rare and Unusual Items in the Collection
|Fifteen translations of the story of the Good Samaritan
|Christmas & Hanukkah with Illustrations from Bibles in the Collection
|Gustave Doré as a Bible Illustrator
|The Problems of Bible Translation
|Early Printed Books in the Ramseyer Collection
|The Scriptures in Unusual Languages
|Native American Languages of Canada and the United States
|Work of Bible Societies
|Original Manuscripts of the Bible
|History of the Translation of the Bible into English
|In Celebration of Hanukkah and Christmas


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Michael Buble knows exactly who would make a good duet partner, and he wasn't afraid to ask. The Canadian crooner has reached out to actress Reese Witherspoon, and she's agreed to record a song with him.
News of a possible collaboration between the two first broke in October, and now Buble has confirmed the news to the UK television show Daybreak.
"By all accounts it would be true," the "Save the Last Dance for Me" singer, 37, said of working with Witherspoon, 36, on his next album. "I just really am a big fan and so myself and my camp, we wanted to do this with her and we were thrilled that she was excited about it, too."
Witherspoon took voice lessons and impressed critics with her unforgettable Walk the Line role as June Carter Cash, the performance that earned her an Academy Award.
Although the movie came out seven years ago, Witherspoon's singing on such Carter classics as "Wildwood Flower" and "Juke Box Blues" for the film's soundtrack made audiences wonder when she would follow in Gwyneth Paltrow's footsteps with more musical performances. Buble must have had similar thoughts to ask the mother of three to duet with him.
Buble's upcoming studio, his sixth to date, is scheduled for release some time in 2013.


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Recipient Of The 2013 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence Award. Please Note - This is a 100 Percent Non Smoking Hotel. At Wingate by Wyndham, we know you mean business. Our hotel is proud to offer a host of valuable amenities at no extra cost to you. Our all-inclusive pricing model gives you access to services and benefits you would not find at other hotel chains, all FREE of charge. The Wingate by Wyndham Tinley Park is a great destination for both business and leisure travelers. Conveniently located near many area businesses. 20 minutes from downtown Chicago. Easy access from both Midway and OHare Airports. Great area shopping, dining, and recreation like fishing and golf. In Room Microwave and Refrigerators. Must be 21 to Check In.
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The Hershey Theatre, conceived in 1933 by noted philanthropist and chocolatier Milton S. Hershey, stands as an opulent tribute to the performing arts. Taking architectural cues from Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, the foyer's towering arches gleam with golden paint and crystal chandeliers. The blue-and-gold mosaic that leads to the main seating area is the masterwork of two German artists who spent two years on its construction. Once inside the theater, audiences might think they've stepped onto the streets of Venice thanks to the atmospheric ceiling, stonework facades, and gondoliers paddling them to their seats. ####Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Music has permeated the 800 manicured acres where the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has stood since 1969, when farmer Max Yasgur agreed to let love, peace, and harmony grow wild at the very first Woodstock festival. These days, the renowned outdoor venue and cultural center continues to attract the biggest acts in music to its pavilion stage. The open-air design ensures ample ventilation on the natural sloping lawn, and a roof protects up to 15,000 fans from inclement weather and the prying eyes of Cessna pilots.
Fly solo to witness the aerial circus feats, or buy multiple Groupons and sit with friends, loved ones, or casual acquaintances. If you do want to sit with a group, you must buy all of your Groupons in the same transaction.
Ranked among Ticketmaster's Top 25 Most Requested Family Events for five consecutive years, UniverSoul Circus grants an interactive spectacle of acrobatic stunts, dance, and comedy set to popular urban sounds. With its swirling lights and pulsing beats, the circus's resemblance to a blowout concert tour is no accident: production designer Tom Marzullo has created internationally touring stage shows for Justin Bieber, Jay-Z, and Prince.
As hosts, a troupe of improv comics slip laughs in between the gasps and draw the crowd even closer into the action. Meanwhile, the production makes jaws drop farther with trained elephants, illusions featuring a live tiger, a head-balancing act from Vietnam, and female contortionists from Ethiopia. These make up just a few of the globally sourced performers, others of whom hail from locales as diverse as Colombia, South Africa, Russia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Snakes slither in glass display cases, and lizards wriggle in the hands of trained handlers as they're held up in full view of a curious crowd. This is the scene as one of Repticon's presenters educates attendees on the biology, behavior, and typing speeds of exotic cold-blooded creatures at one of the year-round shows held in cities across the country. Reptile and amphibian breeders, scholars, and handlers engage audiences in lectures and demonstrations in the midst of live reptile exhibits, family activities, and displays for exotic-pet supplies. Presentations may focus on the genetics of large snake species, the specifics of exotic-pet care, and the effect that tiny hats have on the image of arachnids such as tarantulas, scorpions, and spiders.
The seasoned performers of Piccadilly Circus dazzle audiences of all ages with 90 minutes of acrobatics, comedic high jinks, and trained animals beneath the big top. Audiences gasp at high-flying trapeze artists swooping through the air with the confidence of a kite in a wind tunnel, as well as contortionists able to bend themselves into human bonsai trees. Death-defying motorcyclists roar into a caged globe to perform a 360-degree display of vehicular mastery. Gaggles of clowns coax out chuckles, and a trained elephant parades around the ring, occasionally stopping to memorize an audience member's phone number. General-admission seating surrounds the ring, allowing ample viewpoints from which to observe the boisterous spectacle.


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Jan 4, 2012
Best meals in Rome 2011
category: all'oro, best in 2011, guest post, metamorfosi, Rome
I was recently asked by friend and food guru Katie Parla to share thoughts on my best meals, dishes, and food experiences from Rome this year. I was honored by Katie's invitation to reflect along with notable cooks, fellow food writers and historians, on Rome's best bites of 2011.
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Uncovering Surprising Blooms in the Arctic
Last summer I had the amazing opportunity to be on board the U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy, in partnership with N.A.S.A.'s ICESCAPE mission to study the effects of ocean acidification on phytoplankton communities in the Arctic Ocean. We collected thousands of water samples and ice cores in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
While in the northern reaches of the Chukchi Sea, we discovered large "blooms" of phytoplankton under the ice. It had previously been assumed that sea ice blocked the sunlight necessary for the growth of marine plants. But the ice acts like a greenhouse roof and magnifies the light under the ice, creating a perfect breeding ground for the microscopic creatures. Phytoplankton play an important role in the ocean, without which our world would be drastically different.
Phytoplankton take CO2 out of the water and release oxygen, almost as much as terrestrial plants do. The ecological consequences of the bloom are not yet fully understood, but because they are the base of the entire food chain in the oceans, this was a monumental discovery that will shape our understanding of the Arctic ecosystem in the coming years.
The Arctic is one of the last truly wild places on our planet, where walruses, polar bears, and seals out-number humans, and raised their heads in wonderment as we walked along the ice and trespassed into their domain. However, their undeveloped home is currently in grave danger. The sea ice that they depend on is rapidly disappearing as the Arctic is dramatically altered by global warming.
Some predictions are as grave as a seasonally ice-free Arctic by 2050. Drilling for oil in the Arctic presents its own host of problems, most dangerous of which is that there is no proven way to clean up spilled oil in icy conditions. An oil spill in the Arctic could be devastating to the phytoplankton and thereby disrupt the entire ecosystem. The full effects of such a catastrophe cannot be fully evaluated without better information about the ocean, and we should not be so hasty to drill until we have that basic understanding.
Unless we take drastic action to curb our emissions of CO2 and prevent drilling in the absence of basic science and preparedness, we may see not only an ice-free Arctic in our lifetimes, but also an Arctic ecosystem that is drastically altered.
'Frozen Planet' Raises Climate Questions
Sunday night, Discovery Channel aired the final episode of the Frozen Planet series that aired on the BBC last year.
This episode featured Sir David Attenborough visiting both poles – huddled by a sedated polar bear in the Arctic, hollering over the extreme winds at his Antarctic campsite – reminding the audience of a cold reality regarding any species' survival: it's adapt or die.
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'To The Arctic': Sneak Peek
We're excited to be a partner of "To the Arctic," a new IMAX film by MacGillivray Freeman coming out April 20.
The film, narrated by Meryl Streep, follows a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Extraordinary footage brings you up close and personal with this family's struggle to survive.
Check out the trailer, share it and spread the word!
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How Climate Change Affects Sea Turtles
Each of the six sea turtle species found in the United States are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Every day, sea turtles face a number of threats including pollution, boat strikes, hunting, accidental capture by fisheries, as well as the development of many coastal beaches that female sea turtles use for nesting sites.
But a growing threat to sea turtles is climate change. Rising sea levels and increased numbers of storms will likely limit the number of beaches that are suitable for nesting, and warmer temperatures could have a significant effect on sea turtle reproduction since the sex of sea turtle eggs is determined by the nest temperature. Warmer sands will result in more females, while cooler sands favor males. The magic temperature seems to be about 82°F, but this can vary depending on the species.
Temperatures are predicted to rise by 2.5-10°F in the next century, which could alter hatchling sex ratios especially in areas that are already warm like the Caribbean. In Florida, loggerhead nests are already producing more than 90% females, and further warming could mean that no males hatch from these nests at all.
In a new study, however, a group of researchers used screens to shade nests, and they found that it effectively reduced nest temperatures and produced a higher proportion of male hatchlings. By protecting beaches where males are more common and by applying artificial shading, if necessary, a healthy ratio of male and female sea turtles will be born.
Although shading may provide some relief to sea turtle populations already threatened with extinction, it is only a temporary solution to a much larger problem. To help take action against climate change, here are a few steps you can take at home and in your community.
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New Climate Report: Hot, Sour & Breathless
Matt Huelsenbeck is a marine scientist at Oceana.
Oceana has teamed up with several top scientific institutions in creating a report called "Hot, Sour & Breathless – Ocean Under Stress" which has been released this week at the United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa.
The collaborative report explains how the oceans are becoming more acidic, warmer, and have less oxygen due to our current fossil fuel emissions. Although it's hard to visualize the connection between a coal-fired power plant in the Midwest United States and a coral reef in Australia, everyone around the world is bound by widespread changes in the oceans triggered by carbon emissions.
The ocean's chemistry and its physical properties are changing dramatically fast from the burning of fossil fuels, and when one of the world's top marine scientists leaves her hard work in the lab to communicate this issue to the international community, pay attention -- it's probably important. I'm talking about Dr. Carol Turley, senior scientist and executive board member of the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA), who will be at the climate conference in Durban.
She will be speaking at a side event entitled "Ocean Acidification: The Other Half of the CO2 Problem" which discusses how carbon dioxide emissions are making the oceans more acidic and posing threats to marine life, fisheries and livelihoods around the world.
Recently Dr. Turley received a prestigious award called the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to science granted by the Queen of England. Oceana, Dr. Turley and other leading marine scientists have been working to raise international awareness about ocean acidification and climate change threats to marine life and ocean resources during the last two climate negotiations, COP-15 and COP-16, and again this year.
The continued burning of fossil fuels poses serious threats to many creatures we know and love from plankton, corals, crabs and oysters all the way up to whales. Our report explains how there are big unknowns and massive risks with multiple stressors caused by emissions which could combine to completely alter many marine habitats and food webs.
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New Study: Climate Change Threatens Global Fisheries
As world leaders prepare for international climate change negotiations next week in Durban, South Africa, a new study out this week depicts the widespread threats that climate change presents for marine fisheries.
The bottom line? Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are presenting very long-term if not irreversible threats for the oceans.
Economists and top fisheries scientists at the University of British Columbia published a paper on Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change that outlines the many challenges fisheries face from climate change, and how this can impact the global economy and hundreds of millions of lives.
Global marine fisheries are underperforming, mainly from rampant overfishing, but climate change also creates several serious threats to the future productivity of fisheries. These chemical and physical changes linked to climate change such as decreased oxygen levels, changes in plankton communities and plant growth, altered ocean circulation and increased acidity can disrupt the basic functioning of marine ecosystems and thwart any potential recovery of global fish stocks.
The study outlines how impacts can scale up from changing ocean conditions to the global economy, but the authors note that the true scope of impacts to employment are hard to predict.
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Melting Ice Beckons Ships, Oil Drills to Arctic
The Arctic's Northeast Passage is home to walruses, beluga whales, narwhals, and many other marine animals, most of whom have probably never seen an oil tanker or shipping vessel. Unfortunately, thanks to global climate change, that could soon change.
As the planet continues to warm, the coveted Northeast Passage has become ice-free and thus open to cargo ships, oil drillers, and fishing vessels for the first time.
There's huge incentive for commerce and industry to use the Northeast Passage. The New York Times writes that the opening of the Passage shortens the travel time and reduces costs for shipping between Northern Europe and Asian markets. Companies like Exxon Mobil are attracted to the potential of oil and minerals in the Arctic seabed. And the elusive Arctic "Donut Hole," a patch of international and unregulated waters in the center of the Ocean, is full of valuable fish including overfished Atlantic cod stocks.
Offshore drilling, increased shipping traffic, and fishing vessels in the Northeast Passage threatens one of the great patches of marine wilderness in the world. Drilling in the Arctic could mean a spill in a place as remote as Northern Russia, which would make the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup look like a cinch, primarily because cleanup mechanisms such as booms don't work properly in icy waters.
We've been campaigning against offshore oil drilling to protect vulnerable Arctic habitats. We'll continue working with local native communities to ensure that future generations will see a healthy and vibrant Arctic. You can help by supporting our work to fight oil drilling in the Arctic.
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Arctic Sea Ice at Second Lowest on Record
The latest sea ice data are out, and they aren't pretty. Here's the latest:
- Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center believe that Arctic sea ice reached its smallest extent for this year on September 9, at 4.33 million square kilometers. If this is the case, the only year since 1979 with less ice was 2007, but they note that if wind conditions change, the area covered by ice may still shrink.
- The University of Washington's Polar Science Center Arctic ice estimates, which measure volume of ice rather than area, find that this year's minimum extent is the smallest on record (since 1979), with August sea ice volume at less than half the recorded average.
- NOAA's National Climatic Data Center has announced that globally this August was the eighth hottest since 1880—and when measuring only land temperatures, August 2011 was the second hottest on record.
The sea ice data in particular are drawing a lot of attention because sea ice maintenance affects weather patterns around the globe, melting ice contributes to warmer oceans and rising sea levels, and unusual ice patterns can wreak havoc on the lives of native humans and animals, particularly polar bears, which can drown, and walruses, which can starve.
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Ocean Hero Finalists: McKenzy Haber
This is the eighth in a series of posts about this year's Ocean Hero finalists.
Today's featured junior ocean hero finalist is Homer, Alaska native McKenzy Haber, who hosted the first ever TEDxHomer Teen conference in 2010, with a theme of sustainability.
McKenzy and several other teens adapted the TED model to get the word out about ocean conservation to 140 teens and adults in Homer, Alaska and 1,800 livestreaming online. The conference included talks about the oceans, climate change in the Arctic and Antarctica, and ecological economics.
At the 9th World Wilderness Congress, also known as WILD9, he gave a plenary speech called "Dear Developed Earth," to world leaders about teen leadership and protecting wild Alaskan waters. "Many delegates came up to me afterward crying and saying how moving it was," McKenzy wrote via e-mail. Watch it and see why McKenzy is such an inspiration:
WILD9 - McKenzy Haber (English) from The WILD Foundation on Vimeo.
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The Climate Crisis, Digitized
In Al Gore's "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis", published in November 2009, the former Vice President describes the changes we need to make in technology, business and politics to avert climate catastrophe.
This week, the book got a dramatic digital makeover through the Our Choice App, essentially the first full-length interactive book for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
The new app allows you to scroll through all nineteen chapters, zoom into any page, and pick up and pop open any item, including more than 250 photos and 30 interactive infographics and animations.
Anything that makes climate change more visually – and tangibly -- accessible is a great thing in our book (no pun intended.)
Watch the mesmerizing demo below and download it at the iTunes store.
Al Gore's Our Choice from Push Pop Press on Vimeo.
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