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Eisler: Complete Edition (HEGA)
Serie IX (Schriften) Bd. 4.1: Briefe 1907 - 1943 - ed. by Jürgen Schebera und Maren Köster
Letters to Berg, Brecht, Piscator, Schoenberg a.o.
The search for letters by Hanns Eisler has led to the unearthing of more than a thousand previously unknown letters, postcards, telegrams a. o. Volume 1 of the Correspondence in the collection of Eisler Writings which, in its turn, constitutes Series IX within the Hannes Eisler Complete Edition (HEGA), comprises altogether 37 years of correspondence. However, the transmission from this period is extraordinarily patchy, so that several phases of his life – such as the five turbulent years of exile in Europe between 1933 and 1937 – are hardly documented at all. Among the main recipients of the letters are such illustrious names as Alban Berg, Bertolt Brecht, Rudolf Kolisch, Erwin Piscator and Arnold Schoenberg. Eisler's most important female correspondent during his American exile (which began in 1938), is his second wife Louise, née Gosztony. The publication of the many previously unknown, meticulously analyzed documents allow deep insights into the biographical stations and personal relationships of the politically minded and politically active composer.

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Film Review: 'Rio 2'
A rather misleading title is just one reason to be slightly suspicious of "Rio 2" an eye-popping, ear-tickling animated sequel that labors to fold a cheeky family sitcom, an earnest environmental primer, an exotic jungle tour, a broad survey of popular music and an avian remake of "Meet the Parents" into one bright and noisy package. Mining an unwieldy number of domestic and ecological dramas from the continuing saga of a rare Brazilian blue macaw, here venturing with his new family into the perilous Amazon rainforest, this hyperactive toon extravaganza has color, flair and energy to burn. But it's the sort of relentless juggling act that finally proves more exhausting than exhilarating as it lectures you about respecting Mother Nature one minute, knocks you over with a Gloria Gaynor cover the next, and squeezes in a lot of questionable comic relief in between.
For those not inclined to resist this over-insistent brand of educational entertainment, Fox's latest collaboration with Blue Sky Studios should deliver still more of the winning formula that made the moderately charming "Rio" a surprise 2011 hit, grossing $486 million worldwide. Of that amount, about $341 million came from overseas, and "Rio 2" is already off to a similarly sunny start internationally, having grossed more than $10 million in a few territories (it opens March 27 in Brazil and April 11 in the U.S.). What may lend the film an extra commercial boost is an aggressively pre-marketed soundtrack that offers a vigorous fusion of hip-hop beats, samba riffs and Broadway-style showstoppers (once again overseen by composer John Powell, executive music producer Sergio Mendes and songwriter Carlinhos Brown).
As a result, "Rio 2" plays even more like a full-blown musical than its predecessor did, reflecting a general spirit of inflation that's evident from the opening scenes: more jubilant revelry in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, more fireworks exploding over Christ the Redeemer, and more town-vs.-country lifestyle angst for Blu (again appealingly voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) and Jewel (the sweet-toned Anne Hathaway), the extremely rare blue macaws who were united at the end of the first film. Now they've got three cute, spirited chicks (Rachel Crow, Pierce Gagnon and Amandla Stenberg) and are living more or less happily ever after, although the Minnesota-raised Blu still exasperates the jungle-born Jewel with his reliance on man-made gadgets and amenities; instead of fetching fresh Brazil nuts for breakfast, the way she does, he'll cook the kids pancakes instead.
Part of Jewel longs for the family to return to nature, and she gets her wish when Blu's former owner, Linda (Leslie Mann), and her wildlife-enthusiast husband, Tulio (Rodrigo Santoro), discover evidence that the blue macaws may be not be quite so endangered a species as initially feared. Eager to reunite with others of their own kind, Jewel convinces Blu and the kids to embark with her on a 2,000-mile journey into the rainforest where the macaws were spotted, braving such dangers as boa constrictors, tarantulas and piranhas. Also along for the trip, naturally, are party-hearty toucan Rafael (George Lopez) and that rap-happy duo of cardinal Pedro (will.i.am) and canary Nico (Jamie Foxx), there to ensure that not a single moment passes unsullied by rat-a-tat banter or random beatboxing. (Mercifully, Luiz, the slobbering bulldog voiced by Tracy Morgan, is left behind in Rio for most of the pic's duration.)
The screenplay (by returning scribe Don Rhymer and three new writers), fleshed out from a story by Brazilian-born director Carlos Saldanha (taking the helming reins once more), does a shrewd enough job of building on the central tension of the first film: Blu may have left the pleasures of human captivity behind in "Rio," but this nerd-bird has yet to give up his creature comforts entirely. He's reminded of this when the macaw tribe they stumble upon turns out to be Jewel's long-lost, presumed-dead family, ruled over by her proud, authoritarian father, Eduardo (Andy Garcia), who is delighted by his daughter's return but is rather less taken with her former housepet (er, "companion") of a husband. Not helping matters is the presence of Jewel's childhood playmate Roberto (Bruno Mars), now a soft-crooning Rico Suave type who understandably brings out Blu's jealous side.
That's more than enough dramatic conflict to sustain a 101-minute kids' movie, especially when almost every plot turn is signaled by some sort of musical performance or interlude. "O vida," sung in both Portuguese and English, accompanies Blu and his family's journey from Rio to the rainforest, while "Beautiful Creatures," performed by the Brazilian body-percussion group Barbatuques, is a lovely tribute to the macaws' natural way of life, illustrated in synchronized flying routines that grant full expression to the film's vibrant colors and exquisite textures (which looks particularly striking and tactile in 3D). Elsewhere, Hathaway gets to show off her superb singing voice in the lovely lullaby "Don't Go Away," while other cast members, including will.i.am, Foxx, Crow, Garcia and Rita Moreno (cast here as Jewel's aunt), strut their stuff in "Batucada Familia," a climactic number set during an Amazon version of Carnaval.
The music is lovely, if rarely memorable (there's nothing here to give the "Frozen" soundtrack a run for its money). But "Rio 2" begins to feel like a narrative blender gone berserk as subplot after subplot takes the stage. First, the eco-conscious Linda and Tulio run afoul of some shady deforesters encroaching on the macaws' habitat; then, in an unrelated and ultimately unnecessary strand, Blu and Jewel's old nemesis, the malevolent cockatoo Nigel (Jemaine Clement), hatches a deranged revenge scheme that for some reason necessitates a hammy rendition of "I Will Survive." His accomplice is Gabi (Kristin Chenoweth), a strikingly visualized pink dart frog who's madly in love with Nigel, but whose venomous flesh makes it impossible for her to act on her cross-species desires; their nutty Mrs. Lovett-Sweeney Todd dynamic reaches an amusingly demented peak in Gabi's solo number, "Poisonous Love," performed with showtune-style verve by the very game Chenoweth.
Sounds fun, no? Sometimes it is. But it's typical of the competing agendas in "Rio 2" that the experience of watching it is sometimes like attending a block party at a wildlife preserve where someone barks orders at you every five minutes: Don't cut down that tree! Put away that GPS/smartphone/iPod! Happy wife, happy life! Look out for that cockatoo! As Saldanha and his collaborators orchestrate a reconciliation between domesticated Blu and his more rugged relatives, leading to an epic men-vs.-macaws battle that's just a few bodies shy of Hitchcock's "The Birds," the final lessons of this silly, overstuffed story -- protect your family and protect the environment, all while dancing the night away -- feel by turns inarguable, well-meaning, and a bit harder to swallow than they should be.
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[491] Role of Foxp3+ T Lymphocytes in Lymph Nodes with Mycosis Fungoides Involvement
R Bhat, B Khandpur, JS Hou, E Vonderheid. Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Background: The objective of our study was to elucidate the role of DNA mismatch repair defects and microsatellite instability markers and Foxp3+ CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) in lymph node involvement with mycosis fungoides and correlate them with clinical data and flow analysis.
Design: Archived paraffin blocks with lymph nodes from 30 patients with Mycosis Fungoides (1991-2001) were used to construct a tissue microarray (2 cores/case) using an adhesive tape embedding system. Nine benign lymph nodes were used as control. Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining using antibodies to FOXP3, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, CD3 and CD4 was performed. Foxp3+ CD4+ cells in the interfollicular zone were semi-quantitatively estimated as <10%, 10-50% and >50%. Microsatellite instability (MSI) markers were graded as absent/reduced or present with absence of any single marker classified as MSI present. Scanscope XT (Aperio, Vista, CA) was used to evaluate the microarray slides. SPSS software was used for analysis.
Results: 25/30 patients had skin involvement data available (Patch – 4/25; Plaque - 2/25; Tumor - 4/25 tumor; Erythroderma - 8/25; Sezary Syndrome - 7/25). 30 MF patients had either a diagnosis of dermatopathic lymphadenitis (DL ; 17/30) or cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL; 13/30). Patients with CTCL in lymph nodes were more likely to have Sezary Syndrome (6/13), when compared to patients with DL (p<.05). National Cancer Institute-Veterans Administration (NCI-VA) staging on 29/30 cases showed 13 CTCL cases graded as either LN3or LN4; while DL cases graded LN1or LN2. Flow data was available in 31 cases (22 MF and 9 benign). 3/17 patients with DL and 8/13 with CTCL had abnormal flow cytometry results. A significant number of cases with CTCL had Foxp3 levels of less than 10%, when compared to DL (p<0.05). There was significant correlation with Foxp3+ levels on immunohistochemistry and CD25 percentage by flow analysis (21/30). All cases with FOX P3 results of <10% by IHC (3/19) had <2.0% CD25 positive cells. No difference was seen between benign controls and lymph nodes involved by MF in MSI markers.
Conclusions: Decrease in Foxp3+ Tregs correlates with lymph node involvement in patients with Mycosis Fungoides and possibly plays a role in disease progression. Larger studies with additional T cell lymphomas are underway to further elucidate the role of Foxp3+ Tregs and their contribution in disease progression.
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Monday, March 22, 2010 9:30 AM
Poster Session I Stowell-Orbison/Surgical Pathology/Autopsy Awards Poster Session # 60, Monday Morning


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I'm looking for suggestions for improvements to this overgrown western WA forest landscape in need of a makeover. I couldn't resize the photos small enough to upload here, but the link should take you to a few photos. The wood foundation 1985 manufactured home front faces south with right front corner directly east & back left corner west. The lawn area is weedy, compacted, rocky, mossy, acidic, and poorly drained, so we will reduce it and improve what lawn area we retain. We will build up, but not close to the house to make sure there is an area planting free for maintenance access as well as keep the wood foundation dry. We plan to keep enough lawn to enjoy croquet, bocce ball, & toss balls with a small child, but don't need a baseball field or a putting green. The foundation beds appear to contain better soil with less rocks, but lack mulch & organic matter. My ideas so far: We've already cut down dozens of saplings, dug out an English holly 12" from the downspout (& the stump) as well as a sickly cherry tree that was right next to the driveway casting lots of shade on the blueberries. More brush and weeds will be continue to be removed such as blackberry & stinging nettles. We've lived nearby for the past 25 years, so are familiar with the ways of the forest. -Relocate mature shrubbery off to the west side at least 15' from the detached garage where the forest is now (keep some native like salal, fern, mahonia, vine maples). If they survive transplant we will attempt to renewal prune after 4 years of malpruning by a tenant. If rhododendrons bloom before we get them moved we will finish in the fall along with moving the blueberries that were topped at 3' by previous tenant. Shrubbery includes camellia, pyracantha, David's viburnum, dwarf Alberta spruce & a dwarf pine. If we can make them fit we'll keep the spruce & pine, but spider mites & shade have distorted their growth. -Improve path to front door to be level, wider, & a curve from driveway to door following path worn in grass now -Possibly include a paver patio between garage & front door to include seating area, pondless fountain, and walking room instead of merging paths (driveway, garage, front door). The garage casts enough shade that grassy paths aren't going to work, but paths & evergreen groundcovers would though I don't want to create cover for rodents. -Create curved planting beds in scale with the house and allowing maintenance access to windows & gutters, so not planting so close to the house or front landing deck. I plan to anchor each end with a small tree 10' away from the corners surrounded by 3 medium mounding shrubs and 5-7 small evergreen shrubs less than 2'. Will attempt to create a balanced varied informal bed on each side including year round interest plants, but won't be identical. I plan to fill in with perennials & annuals the first few years then move them out as shrubs grow. We've been anticipating this move for several years, so have quite a collection of plants ready for transplanting. Specific plant suggestions are welcomed especially if they've done well for you. Yes, we have deer, but are considering fencing options. -repair front landing footings & steps as sinking to the left side & needs a handrail -replace front windows with double pane vinyl (currently 2 have broken seals & 1 has a broken pane) -repaint the metal front door a dark plum raisin (not purple or red) over our dry summer, eventually repaint house a light neutral green if I can't get used to the brown & brown look. What else would you suggest? |
Here is a link that might be useful: photos
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I'd make the album public. |
I'm new at doing google plus, so hopefully this link will work: https://plus.google.com/photos/105511665722017451564/albums/5872635491562936017?authkey=CLPprPzGspGpqAE |
Here is a link that might be useful: yard photos
I went green with white trim - much better. Took some time to get just the right shade identified. |
i just had a house painted navy blue with white trim and i love it. might look a bit dated in 10 years... its a very 2010s color, but still. fresh looking. and very easy to contrast with plants. i used a lot of yellow foliage plants along with bright greens along the foundation with some blues mixed in farther away to echo the house. came out well. |
That's great! Planned color harmonies and other associations offer so much more than random combinations - unless these happen to produce successful visual interactions, a phenomenon that has its own particular appeal. |
- Posted by bluewillow09 8 (My Page) on Wed, May 1, 13 at 21:30
Your link didn't work for me, but one suggestion I have, a lot of the paint manufacturers have an app on their site where you can try their different colors on a sample house and see how they look. For instance, behr.com, glidden.com, etc. If they have a picture that is relatively similar to what you have, you can narrow it down to the color families you like.When you get it narrowed down, buy the sample containers of paint and try it on the wall. It's really difficult to pick a color successfully from a little chip. |
That's what we did, we painted sections of wall and let them dry for awhile. It took longer to identify just the right one than might be expected. |
I've done a new post with photos since my son switched me back to regular google not google +. In case you're thinking of upgrading -- google + made it impossible to post photos on GW. I appreciate all the suggestions for paint colors. After we get the front yard landscaped I'll ponder it again. |
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In Nicaragua, land reform was first introduced in the western part of the nation. This was considered to be the preliminary measure on zonal level, immediately after the zones got liberation from the Sandinista guerrillas. In fact, the Nicaraguan agrarian reform programs could be regarded as the core of the development model prepared by the government of Sandinista. The initiation of the land reform process was aimed at broadening and strengthening the relationship existing between agricultural workers and the farmers. In fact, the mutual bond which the Nicaraguan peasants and workers shared acted as a strong and significant force driving the agrarian sector of the country towards necessary renovations.
As far as the formulation and implementation of the Nicaraguan land reform programs were concerned, the initial initiatives came from the sides of the agrarian workers and the farmers of Nicaragua. The formation of the Nicaraguan agrarian reform law boosted up the restructuring process of the agricultural sector. This law authorized the confiscation of farmland which were remaining uncultivated and were owned by large landlords.
By 1979 September, the Nicaraguan government gained complete control over invasion of agricultural lands. The government was compelled to formulate laws which were necessary for putting the uncultivated land of the large landowners on rent to the landless farmers.


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Time released their Top 10 Gadgets list. If you've got the slightest bit of geekiness flowing through your blood you'll want to put these on your Holiday Wishlist.
#10- Belkin N1 Vision Wi-Fi Router
The Belkin N1 Vision beauty stands tall and lets you peek at online activity through network reporting. That means if your rugrat is downloading things he or she shouldn't be you'll be able to find out right away. It's also super-speedy. "N" in the name means it's kicking "G" butt and that soon what we think of super fast now will go the way of the 56k connection.
#9- Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive
Need a lot of extra storage? The Iomega eGo holds 160GB of information. That's 640,000 digital images. It can be connected with either USB or Firewall and has a shock absorbant cover. Now you don't have to worry about all those pictures of Junior and his new puppy slowing down your machine- or losing those pictures if Junior decides to send the hard drive flying.
#8- FlyTech Dragonfly
If you like radio-controlled bugs, you'll love the FlyTech Dragonfly. With it's crash-resistant design, this toy can take a lot of punishment. Getting bored looking at blogs all day? Pick up the controller and let the bug fly because it's designed for indoor, as well as outdoor, play. I don't advise letting it crash haphazardly into the ceiling fans, but if it happens accidentally your Dragonfly should survive the impact.
#7- Toshiba Portégé R500-S5004
The Toshiba Portégé R500-S5004 is an ultra-light notebook that runs on an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It has a built-in DVD burner, graphics card, and wireless capability. This is especially handy for travelers and students, because the thin design means less weight and less weight means less backaches from carrying that and everything else.
#6- Samsung P2
The P2 is a handy little player that has a 3-in. LCD screen so you can watch videos as well as listen to mp3 and WMA files. It also comes with a subscription to either Rhapsody or Yahoo! Music. If you'd rather, you can carry around your digital photos on this bad boy and when it comes time to show off your newest pics of Sally you're ready. Soon you'll be able to use P2 for calls too. Oh yes, finally an alternative to the iPhone.
#5- Sony Handycam HDR-CX7
The HDR-CX7 takes high-definition footage that goes straight to the memory card. No need for film or DVDS. It's small and compact, so it won't cause arm strain while you capture every shot your little basketball player makes. Want to record a young diva singing her heart out? This camera stabilizes your shaky hands while you get every verse on record. Then when you're ready, connect it to your t.v. and have a show.
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#2- Nikon Coolpix S51c
The Coolpix S51c lets you upload your photos from the camera straight to your Flickr account, so you never run out of camera space when on vacation. All you need is somewhere to connect to the Internet and you can upload your photos safely and move on to taking even more. If you don't have a Flickr account (why?) then you can use the Nikon photo bank to store them.
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Who didn't see this one coming? The iPhone is your own little computer to go. Listen to your music, check your email, read the Times, takes some pictures, send the pictures and make some calls. You have the world in the palm of your hand. You can connect via Wi-Fi if you're close to one, but otherwise you have to use AT&T's connection. That's the only limitation. Here's hoping we'll get to choose our own provider of iPhone service soon.
With the holidays around the corner, you might want to check out prices for these fun toys. You could make a geek very happy this year.


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And all these religions were promising the people, "If you die in a religious war, your heaven is absolutely certain. Killing in war is not sin; being killed in war is a great virtue." This is sheer stupidity! But ten thousand years of conditioning has seeped deep into the blood, into the bones, in the very marrow of humanity.
Each religion, each country, each race was claiming, "We are the chosen people of God. We are the highest; everyone is lower than us." This is insanity, and everybody has suffered because of it. Jews have suffered immensely for one single folly that they committed: the idea that "We are the chosen people of God." Once you have the idea that you are the chosen people of God, then you cannot be forgiven by others because they are also the chosen people of God, and how to decide it? No argument can be conclusive, and nobody knows where God is hiding so you cannot ask him either; he cannot be brought in the court to be a witness. Then only the sword is going to decide. Whosoever is mighty is going to be right. Might has been right.
Jews really suffered for centuries, but the suffering has not changed them. In fact it has strengthened the idea that they are the chosen people of God. The same people who tell them, "You are the chosen people," also tell them that the chosen people have to go through many tests, many fires to prove their mettle.
I have heard about an old rabbi - he must have been a very sane man - praying to God. He was praying for years and years and never asking for anything - and you know, prayer is a kind of nagging: you go on nagging God every day, morning, afternoon, evening, night, five times every day. God must be getting tired, utterly bored..
And the rabbi was not asking for anything; otherwise there was a way out. If he had been asking for something it would have been given and the rabbi would have been told, "Get lost!" But he was not asking for anything, just praying.
Finally God asked him, "Why do you go on torturing me? What do you want?"
And the old rabbi said, "Just one thing. Is it not time for you to choose some other people? Please, make some other people your chosen people. We have suffered enough!"
But this is not only so with the Christians, Jews, Mohammedans and Hindus; it is exactly the same with all the people that have existed up to now. The racial ego, the religious ego, the spiritual ego is far more dangerous than the individual ego, because the individual ego is gross. You can see it - everybody can see it, it is so visible on the surface. But when the ego becomes racial - "Hinduism is great" - you don't think you are claiming anything for yourself. Indirectly you are claiming, "I am great because I am a Hindu, and Hinduism is great." This is an indirect way, a subtle, cunning way: "I am great because I am a Japanese, because Japanese are the direct descendants of the sun God"; or, "I am a Chinese and the Chinese are the most civilized people, the most cultured."


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Projected Two Start Pitchers for this Week:
Chad Billingsley (LAN) @STL, @SF
Ryan Dempster (CHN) HOU, STL
Matt Garza (TB) CLE, @ SEA - pitching well.
Roy Halladay (TOR) OAK, CLE
Dan Haren (ARI) PIT, ATL - soft opponents
Mike Pelfrey (NYN) SD, FLA
Joe Saunders (LAA) BAL, NYA Edinson Volquez (CIN) MIL, HOU
Brandon Webb (ARI) PIT, ATL
You Make the Call:
Matt Cain (SF) ATL, LAN
Chris Carpenter (STL) LAN, @CHN - coming off serious injury.
Joba Chamberlain (NYA) @TEX, @LAA - tough challenges
Gavin Floyd (CHA) DET, BOS Edwin Jackson (TB) CLE, @SEA
Josh Johnson (FLA) @PHI, @NYN
Jair Jurrjens (ATL) @SF, @ ARI John Lannan (WAS) @COL, @MIL - pitching well but this is a reach.
Cliff Lee (CLE) @TB, @TOR - looks like he's running out of gas.
Jamie Moyer (PHI) FLA, PIT - ugly numbers, but wins somehow.
Vincente Padilla (TEX) NYA, @BAL - tough opponents
Manny Parra (MIL) @CIN, WAS - weak teams.
Andy Pettitte (NYA) @TEX, @LAA Wandy Rodriguez (HOU) @CHN, @CIN Greg Smith (OAK) @TOR, @DET Chris Young (SD) @NYN, @COL - Might be more than he can handle
Other Two Start Pitchers:
Bronson Arroyo (CIN) MIL, HOU
Miguel Batista (SEA) MIN, TB
Clay Buchholz (BOS) @KC, @CHA - scares me. Aaron Cook (COL) WAS, SD
R.A. Dickey (SEA) MIN, TB
Jeff Francis (COL) WAS, SD - both games at Coors
Sean Gallagher (OAK) @TOR, @DET
Mike Hampton (ATL) @SF, @ARI - Weak opposition, but Hampton is iffy
Matt Harrison (TEX) NYA, @BAL
Yosian Herrera (PIT) @ARI, @PHI
Gil Meche (SEA) BOS, MIN
Brian Moehler (HOU) @CHN, @CIN Tim Redding (WAS) @COL, @MIL
Scott Richmond (TOR) OAK, CLE
Nate Robertson (DET) @CHA, OAK Dennis Sarfate (BAL) @LAA, TEX - not good match ups
At the top three hitters parks
Citizens Bank Park (Phillies): 3 v Marlins, 3 v. Pirates
Great American Ballpark (Reds): 3 v. Brewers, 4 v. Astros
Coors Field (Rockies): 4 v. Nationals, 3 v. Padres
At the top three pitchers parks
PETCO park (Padres): No Games.
Metrodome (Twins): No Games.
AT & T Park (Giants): 3 v. Brave, 3 v. Dodgers
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Francisco Liriano (SP, Twins): Has finally been recalled to the Twins. He's been tearing up the minors and could be a force to be reckoned with.
Jason Bay (OF, Red Sox): Bay's value has never been higher, he'll actually hit in an order where he's likely to have runners on base and someone behind him to drive him in. Expect increased production down the stretch.
Frank Thomas (DH, A's): Returned from the DL, but he's not swinging at full strength.
Mark Teixeira (1B, Angels): Should benefit from playing in LA with slightly better RBI and runs scored numbers and the inspiration of a playoff hunt.
Jason Isringhausen (CL, Cardinals): Has reclaimed the closer's role.
Rocco Baldelli (OF, Rays): The uber talented Baldelli is expected to come back to the majors in next few days. He'll likely fill a DH role.
Brian McCann (C, Braves): Should be ready for full time action again after suffering a concussion.
Jerry Hairston Jr (2B/SS/OF, Reds): Returned from the DL - he's got speed and average if you need them.
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Khalil Greene (SS, Padres): Broke his hand punching a wall on Wednesday. He'll miss at least 2-3 weeks, but some reports say he is done for the season.
John Maine (SP, Mets): Will miss a start this week to rest his ailing shoulder.
Nomar Garciaparra (3B, Dodgers): Was placed on the 15 day DL AGAIN! This time with a ligament sprain in his knee.
Mike Lowell (3B, Red Sox): Has a right hip strain, which could limit his action this week.
Jose Guillen (OF, Royals): Has a hip flexor issue which could limit his ability to play, and to hit the ball for power over the next week.
Milton Bradley (OF, Rangers): Is battling a strained quadriceps muscle and could miss time next week.
Alexi Casilla (2B, Twins): Has a torn tendon in his right thumb and is probably done for the year.
Scott Podsednik (OF, Rockies): Was placed on the DL with a fractured finger.
Adam LaRoche (1B, Pirates): Was placed on the DL with a strained ribcage.
Paul LoDuca (C, Nationals): Was released by the team.
Johnny Estrada (C, Nationals): Was released by the team.
Felipe Lopez (2B, Nationals): Was released by the team.
Pedro Feliz (3B, Phillies): Was placed on the 15 day DL due to back problems.
Michael Young (SS, Rangers): Has a fractured ring finger. He's trying to play through it, but expecting a fall off of his ability to hit would be natural.
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- 4 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Chop the basil, garlic, and pine nuts in a food processor. With the motor running, drizzle in the oil. Blend in the cheese, salt and pepper. Refrigerate, covered, for up to 3 days.
Per 1/4 cup: 200 calories, 4g carbohydrates, 4g protein, 19g fat, no cholesterol.
Nutritional analysis provided by New Wellness, Richmond, Va.
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type: Quick & Easy, Sauce, Condiment/Spread
main ingredients: Nut, Parmesan, Basil, Pine Nut, Garlic
cuisine: Italian
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One of these items that many may remember was, "Who you gonna call?" While not containing proper English, this portion of a song from a popular movie will probably be recalled to your memory for days now. I'm sorry, but the idea is relevant to today's column.
In the same time period as that phrase caught on, another system was beginning to take hold and become a part of our society — and a very important part for that matter. It is the 911 phone number for emergencies.
This one small group of numbers could be used across the nation to summon help in a time of medical, safety or disaster emergency. Once dialed, the professionally trained operators who received the phone call had at their disposal the ability to direct or dispatch multiple different professionals and equipment to provide assistance in an emergency.
This same concept has also been at the heart of one of our community's newest services, the 211 phone number.
United Way of Bradley County, with the support and help of many concerned citizens and other professionals, is bringing this wonderful new service to all in our community. If you have Internet service and would be interested in a brief You Tube description video, one is available for viewing at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jijN1qMlU_o&feature=youtu.be.
If not, our local United Way Community Action Network group has brochures and information available for the public at its offices on Ocoee Street, or by calling 423-479-2020. You may also send questions to them by email at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information as well.
Our community has been, is and hopefully will always be blessed with many different agencies that seek to help and assist those individuals and families in need. This new approach to connecting the programs and assistance to those in need has been a focus of our region for years. But without a single source of information, the efforts of many were not reaching those they were intended to serve.
One of the goals of the Mayors Coalition was to present a network of opportunity in such a way as to avoid duplication of efforts, while also streamlining the entire process to increase the ability for those in need to find the assistance they needed. The 211 phone number should take this concept to an entirely new level.
Not only do those in need have to remember only one number, but those who have a heart, and a ministry of service to offer, have only one number to remember to be added to the list of available providers. A thorough screening process has been adopted to ensure the best possible outcome for both the provider and the recipient. Add to this the availability of 24-hour coverage by professionally trained American operators who have access to many languages, and the formula for success becomes even more complete.
Please join with me in thanking ALL involved for financing as well as providing this service.
If you have been looking for a place to volunteer or just want to make sure that your existing group or ministry are listed in this directory of available services, please make sure to become involved today.
These are exciting times and I am proud to welcome the addition of 211 services to our area.
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Our new kitchen will be about 20x19 ft. We always have wanted a very big island and planned for one that measured about 6x9 or 6x10 ft. A designer we met with today suggested that this is too big because the middle of the island is inaccessible and because we would like a pot rack and one to fit over that large an island would simply be massive. Instead, she suggested doing two parallel islands and actually thought she could fit two 3x8 ft islands. It's not what we had ever thought we'd want but does seem to offer certain advantages like improved flow and easier pot rack placement. Any thoughts on the island or the kitchen in general? |
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- Posted by AlexandraElizabeth (My Page) on Mon, Feb 6, 12 at 22:26
I think you should definitely do two. I love dual islands - check HGTV's 2009 dream home for some inspiration. I've linked a picture, but it doesn't do it justice. The first island has the sink, and the second has a wine cooler, etc. |
Here is a link that might be useful: HGTV Dream Home Kitchen 2009
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How is "Murder in the Cathedral" a poetic drama different from other plays?
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Murder in the Cathedral is a poetic drama, true. It was written by Thomas Stearns Eliot in 1935 and is regarded as one his major works, a testament to his skill as a poet and a dramatist. Eliot composed the play for the Canterbury festival to be held the same year and revitalised verse drama - a form that had not been widely employed for almost three hundred years. Critics praised Eliot's use of poetry or verse and his ability to invest a past historical event with modern issues and themes, such as the ways in which a common person react to intrusion of the supernatural in their daily lives.
The Play as a poetic drama-
A poetic drama is one in which poetry and drama are fused. Since the dialogue between the characters is in verse, the play becomes a combination of music, imagery, and ritual. These factors create high intensity and dramatic effect.
English poetic drama in the twentieth century arose as a reaction to the deteriorating naturalistic prose plays of Ibsen, Shaw and Galsworthy. Stephen Phillips perhaps initiated the revival of poetic drama with Herod (1901), with great Irish writers like Yeats, Synge and O'Casey later reinforcing the movement.
"The craving for poetic drama is permanent in human nature", Eliot once remarked. He placed a high ideal of poetic plays before his age, beginning with Murder in the Cathedral, for which he did a lot of experimentation. He asserted that "no play should be written in verse for which prose is dramatically adequate." Clearly, the poetic drama needed to symbolise the emotional realities, in contrary to the socioeconomic issues that constituted the naturalistic plays. In Murder in the Cathedral, he chose to retell the inner conflict of Becket to win over temptations and be a martyr by losing "his will in the will of God". The play demonstrate religion as the ultimate meaning of human existence, leading people "to think in Christian categories."
Poetry in the Play-
The language of Murder in the Cathedral combines the metre of Morality Plays. Some of the best poetry comes with the Chorus, as in Part I:
"Here is no continuing city, here is no abiding stay.
Ill the wind, ill the time, uncertain the profit, certain the danger.
O late late late, late is the time, late too late, and rotten the year;
Evil the wind, and bitter the sea, and grey the sky, grey grey grey."
In Part II the Chorus cries:
"Clean the air! Clean the sky! wash the wind! Take stone from stone and wash them.
The land is foul, the water is foul, our beasts and ourselves defiled with blood.
A rain of blood has blinded my eyes."
Poetry in the play is merely decorative. It helps in revealing the personae of the characters as the objective co-relative of their minds, while its symbolism works out the thematic implications.
Eliot regarded poetry as the most apt form of expression in theatre.He stated that the subject matter of the Murder in the Cathedral was well suited for verse drama and justified that the two prose sections by saying that Beckett's sermon would not be convincing if it had been in verse.
Murder in the Cathedral enjoys a wide range of possibilities and unquestionably a testament to the writer's poetic skills.
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About twenty years ago, judging from the growth rings of its stump, the tree sprouted at a curve in the road where drivers get their first glimpse of what the day will be like in Denver. That the tree lived at all was as much by chance as anything else. If the highway department had made the road a yard wider, it would have been swept away with the other debris and never missed. But eight years ago a simple tradition began at that spot in the road.
It was two days before Christmas 1986. Evergreen resident Minetta Bishard was making preparations to cook a traditional Italian dinner for forty relatives and friends when her mother called from Denver to say that her father refused to come for the gathering.
Bishard's feelings for her father had always been one-sided. An "oops" child born twelve years after her siblings, she felt he had ignored her for most of her childhood; he never told her that he loved her. Hurt, she decided that the old man could cut her out of his life, but she wouldn't just let him go. With her eleven-year-old daughter, Deanna, in tow, she went in search of a tree she could decorate for a man who would never see it.
She had just about given up on finding the perfect tree--not the tallest or most beautiful--when she spotted the little conifer by the side of the road. Its imperfections reminded her of her relationship with her father. Mother and daughter decorated the little tree, vowing to return every year.
No one except her family and closest friends knew who had decorated the little tree. But the idea quickly spread.
Other people began to secretly visit the tree. On Valentine's Day its branches blossomed with small hearts and ribbons. On Easter cardboard bunnies and eggs appeared among its boughs and lilies were laid at its base. On the Fourth of July small American flags fluttered from its branches. Halloween, Thanksgiving--it was a much-anticipated mystery to see what would appear next.
The day before Christmas 1987, Bishard drove to the tree with her decorations. It had been a rough year. Her father had died, leaving their differences unresolved. It was a struggle to go back to the tree.
But when she arrived, she saw that someone else already had draped it with ornaments and tinsel. Bishard considered it the most wonderful Christmas present she had ever received. She recalls sobbing for hours before driving home to tell her husband and daughter about it.
The tree became a sort of living diary for the community. At various times, its branches held best wishes for the birth of a baby and yearly congratulations to the graduating seniors of Evergreen High School. After the Gulf War ignited, there were yellow ribbons, and when it was over, welcome-home signs for local veterans. When fourteen firefighters died battling a fire near Glenwood Springs on July 6, a small purple ribbon for each was tied to the tree already bedecked with its traditional U.S. flags.
Then, on the weekend of August 6, someone cut the tree down. That Monday, Evergreen's local weekly, the Canyon Courier, received dozens of calls from outraged residents. The town was just getting over a bitter dispute about a proposed giant Wal-Mart--the beginning of the end for Evergreen, some argued. In the past year students had been caught with LSD in the junior high school, and there had even been a hint of pollution in the air.
"People felt violated," says Tony Messenger, the executive editor of the Courier. "The tree was a tie to the way things used to be up here--a reminder of a less hectic time. It made people slow down a little bit, to see what was going to be on the tree, and that's getting to be a rare thing."
People wanted to know what to do. If the culprit had been caught, there might have been a lynching. Someone hung one final adornment on the tree as it lay on its side: black crepe paper for mourning.
Over the next couple of weeks, letters poured in to the newspaper. Some argued that the tree could never be replaced; others thought that another tree should be planted at the same spot as a statement of defiance to the vandals. Still others agreed that another tree should be planted, but in some well-lighted, public spot to keep it safe.
While the debate continued, one of Bishard's neighbors erected a green cross on the spot. Within days the cross was festooned with flowers and ribbons; objects began to appear as though at the site of a shrine. A Santa Claus doll. A red yo-yo. A Valentine that read, "I love you." Someone had tacked a cardboard butterfly to the cross on which was written, "We want you back."


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The songs Richie Lawrence has written for Water are deceptively simple, composed of rippling melodies full of shadow and light, lyrics brimming with poetry and plainspoken truth and an invitation to join in a dance of love, laughter and compassion. Their complexity delights with the first listen, slowly unfolding to reveal an unexpected intensity of color and flavor as they linger on the emotional palette.
Lawrence has been immersed in music ever since he can remember. He taught himself to play the family's 1917 Steinway Grand and he's been a working musician for most of his life. Lawrence's dedication to the craft of songwriting is obvious on Water, a collection that distills a lifetime of knowledge into 12 songs filled with innocence and experience. "The songs use water as a metaphor for consciousness, imagination, love, wonder, playfulness and humor, as well as implying the importance of water both politically and environmentally," Lawrence explains. "Water nurtures the body as love nurtures the soul; both are essential to life."
Water retains the buoyant, good time feel of Lawrence's work with the Loose Acoustic Trio, but adds another layer of emotion to songs that explore life's ups and downs, with a touch of dark humor and much empathy. "Pirate Kitty" has the sound of a Brecht/Weill opus, with a hint of German tango in the rhythm. Lawrence plays moody accordion and sings with a touch of wry wit. Lawrence rocks "Call Me Back" with a sly two-chord vamp and some sparkling Jerry Lee Lewis meets Ray Charles piano work and tasty guitar fills by Paul Lacques (I See Hawks in LA, Double Naught Spy Car, Rotondi). "Fields Where They Lay" is a Celtic inspired protest song featuring sparse piano, a somber vocal and the subdued fiddling of Andy Lentz (Rita Hosking, Loose Acoustic Trio). "The people who have the least, often suffer the most," Lawrence says. "Man About Town," an oldie by The Easy Riders, gets a dark reading that with a solemn vocal by Lawrence complimented by Craig Ventresco's (Crumb and Ghost World soundtracks) bluesy acoustic guitar fills.
"Tracks of Time," the album's most compelling track, also deals with loss and mortality. Dave Zirbel (I See Hawks, Commander Cody) adds mournful pedal steel and Katie Thomas supplies the desolate harmonies. "My sister and my wife Katie's brother both took their own lives and I found myself riding a train that ran over someone who had lain down on the tracks. The lyrics came quickly, trying to make sense of my emotions." The song uses a descending G minor scale that intensifies the song's distressful mood. Other standouts include "Rooster," a tongue-twisting jolt of high jinks, "Poet's Prayer" a nod to the power of words and music to lift the spirit that references Shakespeare, Monk, Ellington, Holiday and Dylan and the Lacques penned Cajun rave-up "Marry Me," given an exuberant feel by Lawrence's accordion, Keith Cary's (Cheap Suit Serenaders, builder of bedpandolins) mandolin accents and Thomas's playful harmonies.
Lawrence produced the record with the help of engineer Scott McChane at The Hangar in Sacramento, a large open studio space with vintage equipment that can capture the warmth of a live performance. Most of the basic tracks were cut live, with Lawrence playing piano and accordion and his new band, The Yolos – bassist Scott Prawalsky, drummer Bart Van Der Zeeuw and vocalist Katie Thomas. "We laid down the basic tracks playing together in the same room. That lends a lot of honesty and emotion to the music and lets the songs breath. It's a stripped down sound and leaves room for improvisation when we play the tunes live in the studio."
Lawrence was born in Tulsa and spent summers working as a cowboy on his grandfather's ranch in Northeastern Oklahoma. (The ranch is now part of the Nature Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.) "My mom's father came up from Texas in a covered wagon and my grandmother was from Arkansas," Lawrence says. "My father's parents were from Ireland and Germany. I'm a real American, a blend of immigrants and Midwesterners.
"My dad played stride style piano on a 1917 Steinway Grand that my mother's father gave him. I learned to play it by ear when I was a kid and I still play it today." Richie's father loved big band music and Ray Charles. Lawrence soaked up Professor Longhair, Otis Spann, and Jerry Lee Lewis and Garth Hudson playing along with their records. In college, he was in cover bands, looking for players who would challenge him. "A lot of pianists don't know how to support guitar players by playing rhythms and chords. I became adept at blending in with the rest of the band."
While working toward a BFA in Art History at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Lawrence got serious about performing. By the time he graduated, he was making a living playing music. "As I got better, the gigs got better and I wound up playing with Tim Goodman. When he got a record deal with Columbia, he asked me to move to LA and contribute to his album. I had to decide between going to grad school or playing music."
Music won out. In LA, Lawrence wrote songs, did session work and played on a Little Richard album, but he was more interested in making original music. In 1982, he met Paul Lacques who was putting together Rotondi, an avant garde polka band that went about demolishing the boundaries between polka, rock, blues, pop and world music. "This was the beginning of the accordion revival," Lawrence notes. "Paul asked me if I could get an accordion sound from my synthesizer. I told him I had an accordion. We took it from there. Since I came from a piano, rock and blues background, I wasn't familiar with polka. I was able to tap into the energy of the music without copying the style."
Rotondi put out three CDs, did a lot of local TV, including the Joan Rivers Show and Michael Mann's Crime Story, toured nationally and almost appeared on Saturday Night Live. "The TV writer's strike happened just before we were set to tape the show, so our shot at the big time never happened." When Rotondi unspooled in 1990, Lacques put together I See Hawks in LA. Lawrence moved to Sacramento to be with his then girlfriend, now wife, Katie Thomas. In Sacramento, he joined Justin Bishop in Horse Sense, a duo that performed traditional cowboy folk music. "I'd always been a band member, not a front man, but with Justin I was at the edge of the stage singing and telling jokes."
Horse Sense toured the globe, but Lawrence wanted an outlet for the songs he'd been writing. When he met bedpandolin (an instrument made from spare parts of other instruments, including an actual bedpan) player and songwriter Ken Cooper, the result was the Loose Acoustic Trio, a bluesy, folky, Cajun, old-time country, ragtime jug band. Lawrence started his own label, Big Book Records, to release the band's records.
The Loose Acoustic Trio lived up to their name with a happy-go-lucky sound and exuberant performing style. Their infectious rhythms won them a fervid following and generated national and international airplay, TV appearances and festival dates. "LAT is a happy, crowd pleasing band, but I was also writing dark songs about death and disaster and sad piano music. I decided to record them and put out my first solo album, Melancholy Waltz, which I recorded mostly at home, just piano, voice and accordion. Paul, my wife and the guys in I See Hawks added vocal harmonies."
Lawrence continued touring with the Loose Acoustic Trio while he was writing the songs for Water, his new solo effort. He'll be touring to support the album, showing fans his serious, singer/songwriter side with the help of the Yolos. "I know it's crazy to start a solo career at 60," Lawrence admits philosophically, "but these songs are important to me. I want people to hear them."