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Planted a Gold Rush tree from Adams County in spring 2009, after having tasted the variety and loved it. This year we got 4 apples... I've been watching them very closely, they are not really ripe yet, but one had a hole developing in it, so we made the big move and picked it.
Well, our tree's very first unripe apple was so delicious we fought over who got to gnaw on the core. I love this apple. Under-ripe it is super crisp and tart, but still sweet enough to really enjoy. I am very happy we planted it! Thanks to forum members who've helped me with advice on pruning, Immunox use, etc. I appreciate it! |
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jayco: I just ate my first of four yesterday for the same reason...well because a coon beat me to the first bite. After trimming off the affected parts it was a good apple, not great but good. Anyway I dug up the potted tree and moved it inside the greenhouse to protect the remaining 3 apples. It was buried outside for protection from overheating and wind while I figure out where to plant. |
Fruitnut, what brix did your GR measure? I picked my first couple 3 weeks ago, as they had cracked and I saw a yellow jacket working on one. They had brown/black seeds and were at 13.5 brix. I picked one a week later and it was just under 14. The flavor was OK, but not as good as the ones I remember picking in an orchard 2 years ago. I've still got 6 on the tree, so I should be able to see how the brix changes by letting them hang longer. |
Didn't measure the brix but they weren't as sweet as the 18 brix Golden Delicious of a few weeks back. This is probably too early for GoldRush to be at it's best. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 12 at 7:33
I've read that a ripe Goldrush is on the highest level for apples in terms of brix- equal to Fuji but with much more acid in the balance. I think 18 is more in line of what a ripe Goldrush should attain. |
- Posted by windfall_rob vt4 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 12 at 7:50
I am surprised t6o hear you guys eating them off the tree. I thought GR needed a bit of storage to balance out? |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 12 at 8:30
I prefer my GR fully tree-ripened, they have real zing and some interesting clove flavor. They are also very good out of storage but have a different more mellow profile. I should go look at my tree, they were getting nearly ripe last I looked. The wasps have been all over them unfortunately. Scott |
A well-ripened Goldrush can be very good off the tree. I suspect that you only need to age them to make them more fit for general consumption (not too flavorful). 18 Sounds real good for an apple. The best I've had from the farmer's market is some 14-16 Jonathans (a bit softer than I remember, but very good flavor). I got some Suncrisps yesterday which measured just under 14. They are much better than the ones I got there (same place as the Jonathans)last year. Maybe the early season allowed them to be riper when he picked... The only thing I've had at the FM which beats 18 is some European plumbs, which have ranged from 19-23. I picked some Bosc pears (PYO) which were close, in the 15-17 range. |
bob: Thanks for that information. Gives me more of an idea where I stand. Apples and pears are harder to measure than stone fruit. I just tried to measure brix on an Olympic pear and gave up. It was over ripe and soft and I couldn't get any juice. |
Fruitnut, I've actually found it easier to measure apples and pears than stonefruit, especially those which aren't drippy (dryish ones give me a squishy smear, instead of drops). With apples and pears, I just cut a small (maybe 4-5mm wide at most) sliver from the calyx (tail) end and squeeze. When I take samples from other parts of the apple, they can be up to 1.5% points lower, so it's important to check the same spot each time for comparison purposes. I'm not sure how the various figures I see quoted online are procured. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 12 at 13:28
I agree that when Goldrush turns gold with a red blush it is best off the tree even though it's a great storage apple- just the acid seems to disappear after a couple of months, although it could just be hidden by the extra starch to sugar conversion. However there's no apples around in March that I consider better than a stored Goldrush. It can get to the point by mid-winter where it tastes a lot like a Golden Delicious with some extra crunch. It is much denser fleshed than GD. Most Americans aren't accustomed to eating acidic apples so they might not always sell well as they taste off the tree unless they were marketed as an improved Granny Smith. You could call them Grannie's Crunch or Golden Grannie. |
I just managed to squeeze three good samples out of a wonderfully crisp Olympic pear. This one didn't have a rotten spot like the one I tried earlier. Brix ran 17-18. That's about as sweet as I'd want in a pear or apple. I just picked the Olympic. Think I picked too soon other years. I'll test my next Gold Rush. They have turned golden but we don't get a reddish blush here. Is it time for GR to be ripe? I was expecting more like Nov 1. |
Here in the northeast apples are ripe earlier than usual this year. That being said the apple was not fully ripe, and we wouldn't have picked it except for the hole. I expect the other 3 (if nothing happens) should be truly ripe in a few more weeks. I am a huge fan of very acidic apples, and greatly prefer GoldRush right off the tree, before it's had time to "mellow" in storage. The stored apples are much sweeter, though still very nice and crisp. I agree with Harvestman -- they are the best stored apple I've ever had; yet inferior to the explosion of flavor provided by the fresh ones. But I have encountered few people who share my tastes for so much acid in the apple. |
jayco: I like lots of acid in an apple as well but it has to have enough sweetness to balance it out. The best I've ever grown were Pink Lady in Amarillo, TX. The apple and season length seemed just right to give a super apple about early November. The first bite seemed too tart. But after one apple I wanted another. |
Proof that taste is totally subjective. We get Pink Lady here, too (they're from California), but I find them too sweet. Don't get me wrong, they're good and all, but for my taste they need more acid! |
jayco: The store bought Pink Lady don't taste anything like the ones I grew. The store bought are much bigger and aren't as tart or as sweet. I think they are over watered and over fertilized. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 5, 12 at 7:19
Jayco, I've found that fruit fanatics tend to like more acid fruit but I think that America's obsession with fructose saturated soft drinks has moved tastes to lower acid fruit (and American body shapes to a decidedly rounder form). Low acid has been the mantra of much of recent breeding in stone fruit. Many of Zaiger's creations reflect this, and although I expect plums to be mostly sugar Zaiger's peaches and nectarines sometimes leave me flat. I assume some of the acid in apples is citric and tarter apples are often higher in vitamin C. I don't know if this applies to Goldrush, however. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 5, 12 at 7:20
should have said absorbic acid |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 5, 12 at 7:33
ascorbic! http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_fruit_vitamin_c_apple.htm Here's a list of a few varieties. Maybe it is the vitamin C that gives apples a lot of their tartness. Apparently it often declines in storage. I have got to get a Calville Blanc apple tree- their apples have an incredible amount of vitamin C. |
Yeah, I'm sure store-bought Pink Lady are nothing like what you grow, Fruitnut. Now you've got me hankering to try a "real" Pink Lady. I do find the vast majority of commercially grown fruit too sweet, and lacking in much flavor. Luckily we have many small farms still in business in my area, and many who grow good flavorful varieties. |
While checking on the Goldrush this morning, I noticed a small crack in one and used it as excuse to pick it. It was a small apple (smallest of the remaining 6), but was far better than the ones I had a few weeks ago and roughly how I remember from the PYO. I measured in 3 spots: Interestingly, I thought that area #2 tasted best, followed by #1. #3 was sweeter, but didn't have the same lemony kick. I'll keep an eye on that when I pick the others, to see if it continues. |
bob: Nectarines are the one fruit where there are consistent differences in brix in different areas of the fruit. Part of this is that the tip ripens before the stem end. But even after the whole nectarine is soft the tip is maybe 5 points sweeter than the stem area. Your results could just reflect the extent of starch conversion to sugars. Or it could be like the nectarines. Harvestman: I think Zaigers low acid nectarines have a lot of flavor. My customers and friends seem to agree. In fact properly water stressed, yellow-fleshed, low-acid nectarines are the best flavored fruit I grow. But they are hard to get right. High brix low acid Arctic Star, a white fleshed nectarine is superb. I've never heard anything but rave reviews on that fruit. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 5, 12 at 20:57
FN, I was thinking more about peaches- White Lady in particular but other low-acid whites as well. This tough fruit year I've actually bought some nectarines, and while store bought are usually good but not great, I got a batch of low-acid ones that were terrible. I realize this has nothing to do with the fruit coming out of your set-up, but you don't ship. |
After seeing Fruitnut's brix reading, I got a couple Golden Delicious this weekend at the farmer's market. I just had the first one and it was incredible. It was like Goldrush in intensity, but sweeter. I measured 15 brix at the bottom and just over 18 brix from near the skin in the middle of a large red blush. It had some watercore marbling, with good density and crunch. Next week, I'll ask the orchardist which type (Gibson, Mullins, etc) of GD it is, as I want to grow more apples like that. I would guess Mullins, as one of them has a bit of russet at the stem end. After I wrote the above paragraph, I decided to eat the 2nd apple. This one was golden and had the slightest hint of a blush in one spot (the first apple had a much larger blush over maybe 1/4 of the apple). This 2nd apple was very ordinary both in flavor and brix. It even seemed less dense. At 13-14 brix (3 measures), it was reasonably good, but nowhere close to the first. Next time, it looks like I'll need to paw through the bin looking for red Golden Delicious... :) |
Bob: Interesting report. I'm one of those who paws through the fruit bin looking for the most colorful fruit. My thinking is the more highly colored fruit was probably better exposed to light and therefore sweeter. Your results would indicate I might be right. |
You guys are making me jones for my other 3 GoldRushes. About the white peaches, I find them generally flavorless. However, when I was a kid there were some people up the street who had two white nectarine trees. The fruit was smallish, with a dark red, almost maroon skin, a hint of pink, and they were amazing. Wish I would've known to get some wood off those trees. |
I just ate a 21.4 brix Gold Rush. It was good but no better than the earlier 18-19 brix Golden Delicious. It does have a harder texture but the GD is just as crisp and has as good flavor. I'd not rate either great but they are very nice eating fruit. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 13, 12 at 14:13
FN, I don't even care for Golden Delicious and in no way compare it to Goldrush here. Here GD is a low acid highly perfumed apple, and GR very high acid without bouquet and it is much denser and crunchier than GD. Much better texture to my tastes. Sounds like other "tarts" may be better for growing as far south as you as your Goldrush seems a different apple. Sounds like an all sweet given your comparison to GD. How does Granny Smith do where you are? |
- Posted by johnthecook none (My Page) on Sat, Oct 13, 12 at 15:06
I have eaten my first Gold rush apple and It's one of the nicest apples I've eaten. Acid with a little sweet! I'm not a fan of store bought Golden Delicious. they allways seem different sometime soft, sometimes crunchy, flavors can be good to bad. I wish I had enough Gold rush to store just to see how long they will last. |
harvestman: GD has some tartness here but Gold Rush really isn't all that tart. I don't remember it being all that tart in Amarillo either. Now Granny Smith is an acid machine. Those things are way too tart for my taste even left on the tree into December. I've heard that they may get enough sweetness by mid winter in CA. I haven't grown a good Pink Lady here but in Amarillo they were both very tart and very sweet, that good sweet/tart flavor. John: I don't know of anyone who likes store bought Golden Delicious. They are usually soft and flavorless. But they are good here for a month or more. Had a customer yesterday ask if I had any left. |
Just a point about Golden Delicious. They are one of the best baking apples with excellent flavor and texture in a pie as an example. I do bake my own pies so I know a thing or two about that. Pink Lady I would like to note takes a few years to develop the flavor. Mine is producing for the second year and the flavor is much improved from last year but still short of a good apple. |
- Posted by johnthecook none (My Page) on Sat, Oct 13, 12 at 19:41
I agree with you, I picked my first golden delicious off my tree I planted a year ago and I actually stood there a moment and was surprised at the flavor. I think I tasted a little honey dew melon. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 14, 12 at 9:55
Apple eating for me starts in Oct. and ends in mid-Spring. Tell me what you think of GD by about mid-Dec. I never eat more than a couple of YD in a season and those are off a tree. I don't care for newer strains at all and prefer earlier strains which usually ripen a couple weeks later and have some russet- they tend to be higher brix according to my taste buds. That is based on only trying a couple of the newer strains as I don't grow them in my nursery. I don't think YD does so well when nature provides the irrigation and is probably a different apple with deficit irrigation. |
I find Harvestman's desription of Goldrush very accurate for the GR that I grow here - no confusion with Golden Delicious other than the appearance. I prefer a well ripened (December) Granny Smith which is adequately sweet but more tart than GR with the overall impression of being more flavorful. |
Jayco, I just also picked my first Goldrush. I planted apples for the first time in spring 2010 and I now have a grand total of 3 Goldrushes. This one looked like something had started to eat at it so I picked it while still slightly green with a little red blush, and cut out the bad parts. Hopefully the remaining apples will be able to finish ripenhing without pest damage. To all forum regulars (experts?): I had always heard that Goldrush is supposed to ripen in October, but since mine are still a light green I assume they need more time? Regardless, it was very good. Not much sweetness at this stage but nice crisp tartness which I enjoy. I don't know how to measure the brix :(. If I let them stay on the tree another month or two will they get to maximum sweetness? Should I pick them when they turn yellow? What is the advantage of storing them? Sorry for all the questions, can you tell I'm a newb? |
- Posted by jhoss_2009 5b (My Page) on Mon, Oct 15, 12 at 10:00
I'm glad to see all the reports on Goldrush! I too planted in the spring of 2010 and had a nice bloom going this spring before 3 nights of low 20 degree knocked the blooms dead...ah the joys of SouthEast Michigan. Next year, God willing.... Thanks for posting everybody. |
I just bought a handful of Goldrush apples locally. I was surprised that they were still light green, not yellow and certainly no red blush. Any chance these will be any good either now or once stored? I haven't tried one yet. |
girlbug: I'd wait to pick still green GR if you can. They will sweeten up if allowed to ripen on the tree. Some seem to need to store them in order to allow excessive tartness to mellow out. But they are ready to eat whenever you like them. Mine have never been tart enough to need storage. But I haven't had many for 20 years. Just a few each year and they aren't that tart here. |
We buy a few bushels each year from a local orchard. They come in green, green with yellow blush, green with orange blush, mostly yellow, and yellow with orange blush. To me they are all good, and how sweet or tart they are is not necessarily directly related to size or color. But, I haven't figured out what it is related to! I sort of think each tree is different, and different years produce more or less flavorful apples. This year our 4 apples were smaller than the ones we buy, and two of them were completely green, the two in the most sun got a hint of reddish blush. |
You know, it's is a wonderful thing to be able to eat apples that ripen longer on a tree at different stages of it growing life then what we buy at a store. Each year I always leave some apples on each tree to eat as the apple ripens and over ripens. I am amazed on the different flavors that come out of a apple well beyond there description. I really enjoy a apple that just about freezes or the inside looks like it did(can't remember what that's called)? If you haven't try one I highly recommend it. MD |
Forgot to say, regarding HGFzone8's comment re: Golden Delicious being a good baking apple, I am aware that many French pastry chefs prefer GD for baking apple desserts, tarte tatin and the like. I personally always have found them too sweet for this application, but then again I've only ever gotten the bland store-bought GDs, and I almost always find store-bought apple desserts too sweet. Gold Rush, on the other hand, is also a terrific baking apple! Yes, a terrific eating apple that is great for pies, tarts, etc. It has an excellent cooked flavor and, since it is so dense, holds its shape extremely well and does not get mushy. In fact you have to slice it pretty thin to get it to cook through enough. Give it a whirl next time you make a pie if you have access (though it's hard not to eat them all raw.) |
mjmarco, I think the term you are looking for is watercore. I don't think it is the result of freezing, but just a very ripe apple. And I agree- they are yummy. He's a photo of a Orleans Reinette from a high end (pricey- I just get fruit there...) grocery store. It was from Heirloom Orchards and had 15-16 brix and was very good. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 16, 12 at 6:24
I've read that the Japanese are fans of water core apples- they do tend to be the sweetest. Tompkins King has a strong tendency towards this. |
But they don't keep as well. Some water-cored Fujis are about the best grocery store apples I've had. |
Seems like Fuji tends to watercore, and I agree, they can be excellent. |
bob z6, thanks for the right name...I had my apples look just like your link of watercore. One year the best for me was the Red D. I always thought it was the frost that made it core...thanks again. |
My young Goldrush had only one apple that survived the raccoons and squirrels, so I picked it today. It had some red blush, and released from the branch fairly easily. I was disappointed that it had a strong anise flavor--I am not a fan of anise. It had plenty of acid. Last year I picked four apples from this tree, and I do not remember the anise. Does anyone else have this flavor in their Goldrush? Marc |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 6:15
No anise from Goldrush and I've been growing it for over 20 years. Now Sweet 16 has anise. |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 20:47
Thats one reason I like GoldRush, the best fruits have an anise flavor. Different strokes for different folks and all that. They need to be left on the tree a very long time, and eaten very soon after picking, to get the anise flavor. If you don't like it, let them age for a bit and it will be gone. Scott |
I haven't noticed anise flavor in any yet. But I did have a well-ripened one earlier this week (10/23). It was one of the few apples I didn't bag. There were no bug bites, but it had some skin problems, bordering on ugly. It sized pretty well and tasted great. The brix ranged from 16.3 to 19.7, the highest I've seen this year from my Goldrush by quite a bit (next highest topped out at just under 16, 11 days earlier). There were definately 2 different flavors at work. The darker yellow/gold was sweeter and while interesting, didn't have the strong lemony flavor that the paler part had. Though they were different, I liked both parts quite a bit. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 28, 12 at 6:25
Goldrush is a leading sooty blotch magnet. You can always use a nylon pad and water to pretty them up. |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Sun, Oct 28, 12 at 13:50
That looks about like my GoldRush. I do the nylon pad on the ones for my family. GoldRush sooty blotch sticks extra hard, I can't get it all off. The anise flavor is not in every apple and requires a bit more ripening than it looks like that one has - they get more dark yellow. I use the bottom color as the guide, the top color can differ a lot based on the sun. I have been greatly enjoying my GoldRush as of late, what an amazing variety. One of the nice things about it is every apple tastes a bit different. I picked most of them now in preparation for Sandy's visit. The only apple I am hoping will ride it out is Pink Lady. Scott |
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Rosendo "Sir Kong" Santa Cruz, nicknamed crew indicted in Weld County gang roundup
The Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (COCCA) hadn't been used in Weld County for a gang-related case until last week, when five men were indicted by a grand jury on a multitude of charges, including assault, witness intimidation and racketeering.Big pics below.
As a bonus, all of them, as well as many associates, boast bad-ass nicknames.
The quintet, who are scheduled to be making their first court appearance at this writing, include Rosendo Santa Cruz, aka "Kong," "Sir Kong" or "Malo;" Ramon Acevedo, aka "Ace;" Joseph Perez, aka "Abel;" Jeremiam Guajardo, aka "Reeper;" and Christopher Cox, who probably preferred the moniker "Crook" over the Caucasian-designating "Vanilla."
They're accused of associating with other members of the 18th Street Gang, which Greeley Police detectives boast of having investigated for fourteen years. Nicknames from this alleged gaggle of goons are equally memorable -- among them Psycho, Lucifer, Sun Bun, Wino, Biscuit, Sicko, Silencio, Creamy, Wicked, Little Boxer, Toro and two handles favored by a couple of well-known dwarfs, Dopey and Bashful.
As for the specific acts, they date back to 1994. On December 2, 1997, for instance, Sir Kong and Ace are said to have committed second-degree assault by using their hands and feet to abuse one Hector Gonzales while he was dying from a gunshot wound.
Look below to see booking photos of the men, followed by a Weld County DA's office press release outlining the case and the complete indictment.
Christopher Cox, aka "Crook" or "Vanilla."
Jeremiah Guajardo, aka "Reeper."
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The family tree of Jewish music has its roots sunk deep in liturgical music. The tree spreads branches in many different directions and the fruit it bears comes in many flavors: folksongs based on Slavic melodies, modes and melodies with a Gypsy sound, oriental- and Moorish-sounding scales and vocal effects, wordless Hassidic chants... and to crown it all, Western-type classical compositions.
Jewish Musical Instruments
The shofar, predecessor of the modern trumpet, is the quintessential Jewish instrument. Reaching directly into the soul, this common ram's horn is sounded in times of our greatest joy and our darkest despair. Filled with, and amplifying, the horn player's breath, the sound of the shofar has strength and powers beyond that of common instruments. It was the trumpets' blasts that brought down the walls of Jericho. Even during the countless religious bans on instrumental music in the synagogue, the shofar has blasted loud and true.
The association of wind instruments with profound mystical spirituality should come as no surprise, as it is implicit in the word itself! Trumpet (Hebrew: khatzotz'ra) come from "two little words:" khatzu (broken) and tzarot (troubles.) Rabbi Mattityah Glazerson, a leading kabbalist, writes that "the trumpet has the power to break all troubles." Moreover, it is breath that fills the brass instrument, and the word for wind/breath (Hebrew: ruach, Latin: spiritus) also means spirit. Is it mere coincidence that alcohol, which lubricates the gates to the soul, is also called spirits?
Given the almost instinctive, ancestral attraction towards wind-blown instruments, is it surprising that Jews longed for their sound, especially when it was proscribed? As historical Yiddish music specialist Josh Horowitz reveals, "for Jews in the 18th and early 19th century Ukraine, instrumentation was divided into two legal categories, which were stubbornly enforced by the authorities: "loud" and "soft." The instruments in the category of "loud" music were horns and drums. Jews were only allowed to play "soft" music. If a Jew broke one of these laws, he (or she) could be prohibited from playing another event for up to a year." After the legal emancipation of the "loud" klezmer brass band, fans flocked to this formerly forbidden fruit.
Two other instruments that seem to be particularly popular with Jewish musicians are the violin (Chagall's depictions of the Shtetl fiddler are only too well-known!) and the clarinet. Why this should be so, no one really knows, though there's a joke that says: "Have you already seen someone running away from a pogrom with a piano under his arm?" Maybe that's the answer!
Jewish Musical History
So: in the beginning was the Bible…
Scholars have found several dozen references to music and musical instruments in the Torah and in fact, in chapter 4 of Genesis, we are told that Jubal is "the father of all such as handle the harp and the organ"! This "organ" of the King James version of the Bible, "ugav" in Hebrew, is thought to be a woodwind, a distant ancestor of our flute or clarinet.
Indeed, music played an important part in the life of the ancient Jews. King David himself - referred to as "the sweet psalmist of Israel" (2 Sam. 23) - not only authored the "lyrics and music" of Psalms, but was also a performer and is often represented strumming on his harp, or lyre.
Part and parcel of the religious ceremonies at the Temple of Jerusalem, rebuilt by the Jews after their return from Babylonian deportation, was a rich offering of sacred music, impressive in its splendor: no less than twenty-four choral groups raising their voices in song, accompanied by musicians on more than a dozen different types of instruments, including a variety of strings, reeds, and percussion - drums, cymbals and tambourines.
After the destruction of the Temple by the Roman legions ca.70 C.E., many Jews fled and sought refuge in various lands around the Mediterranean.
This marked the beginning of a new era in Diaspora Jewish worship: the sacrificial ceremonies of the Temple were now a thing of the past. In their various countries of exile, Jews now gathered in small groups to pray and to study and meditate upon the sacred texts in a "House of Assembly", or synagogue. Instrumental music was proscribed from these meetings of worship as a sign of mourning for the destruction of the Temple and for the loss of their country. This overall lack of instrumental music during services still remains to this day among orthodox synagogues, except for the sounding of the Shofar - a ram's horn trumpet - on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and at Rosh Hashana, the New Year. Conservative and Reformed Jews have slowly added instrumental music back into the liturgy, including Piano, Organ, Guitar and other instruments.
Thus, the only "music" at early Jewish services was vocal, and included the cantillated reading of texts from the Torah and the chanting of Psalms.
Cantillation refers to the vocal inflections used for emphasis while reading texts aloud, inflections which were handed down by oral tradition until the 10th century, when they were codified. After that, this standardized recitation was adopted by Jewish communities everywhere, with variations determined by local influences. Christian Gregorian chanting is actually a descendant of Jewish chanting of the Torah via cantillation.
A significant musical innovation was introduced in the synagogue ritual at the start of the 6th century C.E.: they began to employ a cantor, or "chazan", whose function it was to compose hymns based on the sacred texts and to sing them, as a soloist, during the religious service.
Other congregations worldwide soon adopted the custom, and there is hardly a synagogue today that doesn't have its cantor or cantorial soloist. Cantors or cantorial soloists are often professionally-trained singers whose virtuoso, richly ornamented performances add both dramatic power and emotional impact to their congregation's service.
Though banned during worship, instrumental music was nevertheless ever-present in the day-to-day life of the Jews. No wedding party, no family festivity could take place without music. The instruments were those typically used in the country concerned at that particular time.
Ironically, Jewish orchestras found a fertile ground for their art at one time in Moslem countries - Morocco, Persia, and Turkey for example -where Moslem musicians were prohibited from performing there due to a strict application of Islamic law.
In Europe during the Middle Ages, itinerant Jewish minstrels, dancers and jugglers traveled from place to place along with their Provençal counterparts, and performed in the market places of small towns and villages. Quite naturally, wherever they happened to settle, Jews incorporated certain features from the surrounding culture into their music, vocal and instrumental music, as well as preserving ancient instruments from Israel.
Having to seek new havens of safety time and time again, the Jews took their musical heritage with them, thus transporting melodies and modes, for example, from 15th century Spain eastward to Greece and the Balkans, and bringing Slavic and Gypsy tunes to the western parts of Europe. The musical "archaeologist" can thus find embedded in certain strains of Jewish music precious leads to forms of language and music no longer extant in their culture of origin.
The Sephardic repertoire, for instance, has preserved the folksongs of the Iberian peninsula in the Castillian language of the 15th century; the tunes of eastern Europe are now very popular in their rendition as "Klezmer" music, songs sung in Yiddish and accompanied by a few instruments: usually fiddle, clarinet, accordion and bass.
Klezmer is a style of music fused with the heart and soul of Ashkenazic Jewish music - it is the sound of the Hora at weddings, it is music of uncontrollable joy fused with irrevocable pathos. Echoing the sounds of its long-lost homeland of Eastern Europe, it mirrors and interweaves with the musical kaleidoscope of its new home in America.
The Yiddish word klezmer referred to professional Jewish musicians. Besides entertaining for the gentile public, these klezmorim commonly played at weddings in the shtetls, close-knit Jewish communities that speckled the Eastern European landscape up until the World War II. The language of these Jews was Yiddish, and today Yiddish songs comprise a large part of klezmer repertoire. The word klezmer comes from the Hebrew words kle, vessel or instrument, and zemer which means song. Klezmer music made an appearance in the United States in the wave of immigration in the early 1900s. However, it did not take on the new soil, as younger generations of musicians and listeners rejected their roots, turning to more "American" musical styles. Klezmer music in America was thus quickly disappearing, only occasionally surfacing in the mainstream in the form of "Jewified" jazz. As the war wiped out the remnants of Yiddish life in Europe, the prospects for klezmer music seemed bleak.
To hear the classic Hava Negila tune, click here. Note you will need to install QuickTime to hear this streaming audio.
For an example of Jazz-influenced Klezmer music from the Minnesota Klezmer Band, click here. Note you will need to install QuickTime to hear this streaming audio.
In 1970s, a new generation of Jewish musicians set the stage for a klezmer revival. Long established in the United States and eagerly searching for their lost roots, they feverishly sought out to uncover old scores and records, anxious to capture the disappearing tradition. Several major bands, some of which are still actively recording today, brought new life to the style, making recordings and attracting a new generation of listeners. Today klezmer music is at the peak of its revival, with bands numbering in thousands all over the world. Despite its inherent roots in tradition, klezmer is evolving. It's being infused with jazz, ragtime, blues, bluegrass, new age and many other musical traditions.
Jewish Classical Music
The classical composers of Jewish origin such as Mahler, Mendelssohn, Milhaud and others are too well-known to need mention here; actually, with some few exceptions, they didn't really draw upon Jewish sources for their music at all, while, on the other hand, non-Jewish composers sometimes did: Shostakovich, for one, and Ravel, and Max Bruch, to mention only these three.
In this particular context it may be appropriate to draw attention, and pay tribute to, some of the 20th century Jewish composers who were killed by the Nazis in the camps of Terezin and Auschwitz: the music of Gideon Klein, Hans Krasa, Pavel Haas, and Viktor Ullmann, among others, deserve a wider audience.
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Re: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
I often refer to your movie reviews and have a great deal of respect for your opinion. I recently read an article called "The Occultic Wizard of Oz" and was wondering what your thoughts were on The Wizard of Oz in light of this perspective. Could you please read the article and give me your opinion?
Among the scads of tortured and arbitrary interpretations of Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz out there, the one you cite seems as unconvincing as any.
The author relies on John Algeo, former president of the Theosophical Society, who naturally gives a Theosophical reading, just as economic, political and historical readings have been given by economic, political and historical theorists. (Would the author quote a Theosophist as an authoritative interpreter in any other connection?)
Algeo's interpretation is a bit like some medieval Christian allegorical biblical interpretation in its lack of critical rigor. He simply takes generic symbols — a road, witches, home — and arbitrarily imposes specific associations with no argument for why these associations work better or explain more than other available options.
The triumvirate of brain/intellect, heart/emotion and courage/will represented by the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion are fundamental human categories that crop up throughout fiction (other examples include Gandalf, Frodo and Aragorn as well as Spock, Bones and Kirk). I see no critical basis to connect these characters to specific writings of Petrovna Blavatsky (or even any grounds for supposing that whatever Blavatsky wrote on the subject was necessarily wrong and harmful in toto).
Baum himself declared that his story "was written solely to pleasure children of today." I see no reason not to take him at his word.
Incidentally, the author of this essay appears to be a conspiracy theorist loon. (Edit: I have to eat my words, though, about the doubtfulness of his doctorate coming from an accredited institution. It seems he earned his PhD in American History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Thanks to a friend who caught this.)


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In comments to the SEC, the ICBA has urged both the NASDAQ and the NYSE to adopt more flexible corporate governance standards for small-cap companies (such as community banks) to ensure that these companies have access to the public markets and can continue to attract qualified individuals as directors.
The ICBA is particularly concerned about the proposed requirement that the majority of the board of a NYSE or NASDAQ-listed company be "independent." While generally supporting the requirement that listed-company boards include independent directors, the ICBA suggested that some accommodation be made for smaller companies (e.g. those with public floats of less than $75 million) so that those companies would only be required to have a specified percentage (but less than a majority) of their directors meet all the requirements of the proposed definition of independence. This would give some relief to smaller companies while helping to restore investor confidence.
The ICBA also urged the exchanges to modify the definition of independence so that banks and their directors (as well as the companies they are affiliated with) can continue to engage in ordinary banking activities without the concern that director independence would be impaired. Community banks frequently have difficulty finding qualified directors willing to serve on boards and committees of boards, ICBA told the SEC. Without an exemption in the definition of independence for credit transactions that comply with Regulation O or for other ordinary banking activities between a bank and a director, the number of qualified individuals available to serve on bank boards will be significantly reduced.
The ICBA also expressed concern about the NYSE requirement for regular non-management executive sessions suggesting that boards may become more divisive as a result. The ICBA also objected to cooling-off periods in situations involving family members. The rules should not presume that because a family member of a director had a relationship with the listed company two or three years ago, the director cannot act independently.


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I tell ya, that monkey didn't want to go. But I think, he is getting tired of hanging out in the house, to keep kinda cool. The AC has been running non stop since I got home over 4 hours ago. It barely keeps up... at least, the indoor temp isn't rising. It is sooo darn hot out. Bongo kept looking back as I was leaving. and when I stopped at Rolfs house, he jumped right on his back. :) |
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BioShock: Infinite on PS3 will include the original BioShock
One of Blu-Ray's advantages.
PlayStation 3 gamers have the right to feel a little special, again. In an effort to fill the mighty big space available on a Blu-Ray disc, a free copy of critically acclaimed FPS BioShock will be included with the PlayStation 3 version of BioShock Infinite, the forthcoming installment in the franchise.
BioShock was originally released for PC and Xbox 360 back in 2007. Later in 2008, 2K Marin took the duty of porting the franchise's debut title to Sony's home console.
On the PlayStation Blog, Irrartional did reiterate that Infinite would feature support for Sony's motion control peripheral the PlayStation Move. Details on how you will handle the game via Move will be disclosed soon.
2K confirmed yesterday the release date for BioShock Infinite. It's out on October 19.


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What a difference a(n almost) year makes!
Just to ensure we didn't go an entire year without updating our website here we are to inform you that we have a new Kickstarter campaign live for Her Majesty's SPIFFING!
We've been a bit quiet on our website here, however we are quite active over on our Facebook page so do nip by there and say hi.
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"Every cloud has a silver lining, and one of the benefits of the exclusion of women from most professions was that we had wonderful teachers, especially the women who today would probably be CEOs."
– This is Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia reflecting on his childhood in New York City for New York magazine's "Childhood In New York" issue, which was apparently quite lovely because of sexism. Might I remind you this person sits on our nation's highest court in the land? Wonder how many times Justice Elena Kagan has to stop herself from rolling her eyes. [NYMag.com]


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Hi, hope I'm posting in the right place. Has anyone used the Valspar Brushed Pearl tecnique on their walls? I was wondering if I could do a different tecnique instead, but still using the "Brushed Pearl" paint. My walls are being spray textured, so I wanted to do the "base" color, but then instead of brushing on the "brushed pearl" glaze, I wanted to sponge it on either with a sponge or a paper towel. What do you all think? Please help me. And if you've done this, would you mind posting some pictures?
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There are two other forums where you are more likely to get an answer - Home Decorating and Paint. I think Home Decorating is probably your best bet. You can look toward the top of this page for "Forums" and go to "Home Forums" and find links to both. Good luck |
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Noah Covers LMFAO's 'Sexy And I Know It' Like You've Never Heard Before [VIDEO]
At first glance, nothing about 18-year-old Noah says that he is "sexy" or that he "knows it." He's a kid from South Carolina who rocks a mean pair of specs and posts cover songs to his YouTube channel for his subscribers. Noah recently uploaded a cover of LMFAO's 'Sexy and I Know It' that has gone viral, making it his best cover to date while simultaneously blowing open the doors to some serious opportunities for the young musician. Is he starting to sound sexier now?
Lil Wayne Launches Online Show 'Weezy's Sports Corner'
Lil Wayne's love for all-things sports is no secret. He blogs about sports for ESPN, he's an avid bowler and he loves skateboarding. Over the Christmas holiday, the rap mogul launched his web video series called 'Weezy's Sports Corner.'
Justin Bieber Sets The Record Straight On Rumors He Fathered A Kid [VIDEO]
Pop Icon, Justin Bieber, was on the "Today Show" and took some time to address the rumors that he fathered a kid with a female name Mariah Yeater. While in front of thousand of screaming fans and the nation, Bieber made it quiet clear that the rumors we are hearing are NOT true. He insisted that he did NOT have an encounter with Yeater, and even went on the record to state that he has never even met her.
Kanye West Cancels 'Today' Show Performance
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The N4510U is Thecus' entry-level rackmount NAS server for small business use. The system includes Thecus' award winning OS 5 software stack that ensures you have access to every software package in the Thecus library.
The N4510U actually has two different versions. The first is the model we're looking at today, model number N4510U-S with a single PSU. Thecus also sells a dual PSU model, N4510U-R. Our model also uses the current front face plate. Thecus will soon have a new face plate for the N4510 model name, but we're not sure what changes Thecus made.
Thecus' rackmount products are all all-inclusive unlike many other rackmount NAS. The unit ships with drive rails for 4-post racks. Nothing irritates me more than getting in a new NAS and finding that I can't properly install the NAS in a rack. Making matters worse, some rack rail systems cost as much as $200! Thecus includes rails with all of their rackmount NAS and we applaud them for doing so.
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My husband picked some ornamental grass in winter, from outside a building in Toronto...He would like to plant the seeds so we can have it grow here in zone 5a..Do you start the seeds indoors in soiless mix like other seeds? Do they need light? dark? Do you just sow outside now? after frost? any info would help..thanks Martha / zucchini |
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Martha, 1. Surface sow the seeds. I don't know what kind of grass you have seed for, but most of them require light for germination. 2. I'd winter sow them, that is, make little greenhouses out of recycled containers like milk jugs, fill them with ~4" of good premium potting soil, thoroughly soaked, and sprinkle the seeds on top. Pat them down to ensure contact with the soil. Then just stick the jugs outside. Full instructions on winter sowing can be found in the FAQ at the Winter Sowing Forum, linked below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Winter Sowing FAQ
There is a good chance that your ornamental grass seeds may be sterile, e.g., will not germinate. I would do a small test experiment 1st to see if the seeds are viable. Plant some of the grass seeds in a small pot or flat, in potting soil, which is sterile and contains no weed seeds. If you use regular soil, the weed seed which sprout may mask any grass seed germination you get, assuming you get the grass seeds to germinate. Give the grass seeds up to 3 weeks time to germinate before determining success or failure. Ed |
thanks for the tips...will try the surface sowing...in a homemade mini greenhouse...and put it in the sun for a few days...may do half outside to see the difference...either way that will tell us if the seeds are viable...thanks Martha/zucchini |
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Pop Goes the Homo
By Matthew Breen
Mondo Homo (Alyson, $17.95), edited by Richard Andreoli, is a queer guide to popular culture featuring essays from various queer authors on music, gym culture, porn, sex in the big city, TV, and interviews from gay luminaries. Out.com sat down with Andreoli to discuss why we need such a book and what to expect inside.
You write that the film In & Out pisses you off. Was this a book born out of hate?
Ha! No, this book was not born out of hate. It was born out of a frustration that what I found important to queer culture, and what my friends and I talked about and loved in queer culture, wasn't represented by any sort of media. The only things we saw were references to Judy and Barbra'things we could respect, but that we couldn't relate to.
Yet you love Wonder Woman. You're clearly obsessed with her. Did she make you gay?
Wonder Woman protected me! I almost think that Wonder Woman helped me to become gay because in the TV series, the comic books, and in the SuperFriends cartoons, I really identified with this powerful female figure. Also, here was this woman who had this secret life, just like I did. She knew there was something about her that made her different, and I really identified with that. I also identified with'somewhat subconsciously, I think'the notion that when she opened herself up to her real self, the superhero inside, that she was very, very powerful. As a young gay person I understood that for me that once I opened up to that side of myself, I'd find an inner power'without trying to sound too frou-frou-spiritual-Iron-John-drumming-in-the-woods-naked'that once we come out, we find a strength within. Wonder Woman helped me see that.
Address this rumor: Writing a book gets you lots of offers' for sex.
Here's the thing'I didn't get laid at all from this book! I mean, I've got a boyfriend and we're monogamous, but I didn't even get offers! I took that Village People publicity picture, and when I saw myself in it, I was thinking, Shit, I'd screw four out of six of these guys, but nobody is sending offers to my Web site. Dave White, on the other hand, who is this big, burly bruiser of a guy who wrote the sex chapter for the book, he has been getting nude photos from snackalicious guys. David Ciminelli wrote the porn and gym chapters, and he's a smoking hot guy with a body to die for. I get e-mails asking if he's single and how to get in touch with him. Nobody gives a damn about me. A) I didn't get paid a lot, and B) I ain't got no offers for sex. So I just want to say that anyone who thinks writing is a glamorous life is totally high.


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Lubin School of Business
There are approximately 2,000 undergraduate students in the Lubin School of Business: 2,000 at the New York City campus and 1,800 on the Westchester campus at Pleasantville/Briarcliff. There are about 1,100 -graduate students in the Lubin School of Business, with 900 at the New York City campus and 200 at the Graduate Center in White Plains. The school is committed to student achievement through faithful adherence to the traditions and values of Pace University, beginning with its founding as a school of accounting.
The mission of the Lubin School is to educate students in a personalized academic environment for success in business by applying contemporary theory to professional practice. With bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs on campuses in New York city and Westchester County, the Lubin School provides a distinctive and personalized educational experience that reflects the traditions upon which Pace University was founded in 1906 to prepare students for careers in business. Today, the faculty, staff, students and alumni share these values and priorities.
- Teaching and learning in small classes that motivate students to achieve their full potential and offering practical experiences in which students apply business principles and methods within and outside the classroom.
- Conducting research that advances classroom teaching, professional practice, and development of theory.
- Creating innovative, market-centered programs for students and professionals in various stages of their careers, and employing technology to enhance learning.
- Encouraging faculty and student interaction within professional, academic and community organizations, building business and academic partnerships that promote educational relevance and drawing on the New York business community's rich professional resources.
- Developing the global perspectives and managerial skills characteristic of career success, and inculcating a sense of business ethics and social responsibility.
- Fostering supportive administrative systems and a personalized environment among faculty, staff and students.
- Providing opportunitas to qualified students of diverse talents and backgrounds from the region and the world and placing graduates in rrewarding careers related to their disciplines.
The school's undergraduate bachelor's degree programs include majors in accounting, international management, finance, management, marketing, information systems, business studies, and management science. In addition, for students with excellent records, there is a combined program in public accounting leading to BBA and MBA degrees.
Graduate programs in the Lubin School of Business lead to the MBA, MS, and DPS (Doctor of Professional Studies) degrees. Students who already have a master's degree may earn an Advanced Graduate Program Certificate. In the MBA program, career concentrations are available in accounting, international economics, financial management, information systems, international business, management, management science, marketing management, and taxation. In addition, some of the concentrations have specialization tracks such as strategic management and investment management.
Academic Advisement: Students who wish to learn more about the school and its programs and policies should talk to their faculty adviser or call the Office of Academic Advisement on either campus. Lubin School students will be assigned an academic adviser and are required to see their adviser prior to registering for each semester.
Undergraduate Advisement Offices
New York City Campus One Pace Plaza, 4th floor, West (212) 618-6550
Westchester Campus Goldstein Center, 1st floor, Pleasantville (914) 773-3531
Graduate Advisement Offices
New York City Campus One Pace Plaza, 4th floor, West (212) 346-1984
White Plains Graduate Center One Martine Avenue, 5th floor (914) 422-4188
- Welcome
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- Campus Addresses
- Campus Directory
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2 He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness. | 2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. |
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Restaurants in The Mantua Area
Whether it's a classic culinary temple or a local haunt, these The Mantua Area restaurants are destinations in and of themselves. Read on to discover Travel + Leisure's picks for the best The Mantua Area restaurants and dining experiences. Browse our travel guides for insider information on food trucks, bakeries, cafés, coffeehouses, farm-to-table restaurants, diners, trattorias, bistros, pizzerias, ice cream parlors, tapas bars, noodle houses, sushi counters, fine dining establishments, and more.
Our global network of editors and writers selects the best restaurants in The Mantua Area to help travelers soak up the local scene and find authentic dishes. Whether highlighting an insider hot spot, a celebrity chef's newest restaurant, a hip coffeehouse, or the best place for cheap eats, Travel + Leisure takes you there, serving up the best The Mantua Area restaurant listings. Below find T+L's top picks for where to eat in The Mantua Area.
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Some recent science highlights
May 2005
Scientific achievements arising from BBSRC-funded research are reported regularly in BBSRC's quarterly magazine: BBSRC Business, in media releases, and in the BBSRC Annual Report and Accounts.
Recent examples include:
Stem cells
Identification of a key protein that is central to the unique property of embryonic stem cells to be able to replicate limitlessly, whilst retaining the potential to specialise into many different cell types. This, together with the identification of key elements in signalling pathways of stem cells, means that it is becoming more and more feasible to control stem cells in predictable ways, thus making it more realistic to be able to use them in cell replacement therapies for conditions such as Parkinson's Disease.
Jointly funded with MRC, University of Edinburgh
(Business July 2003 page 3)
Exercise benefits ageing muscles
Research on age-related changes in the structure of muscles and tendons has shown that physical exercise in later life can partly reverse the changes and boost muscle performance, helping elderly people to keep their mobility and independence.
Manchester Metropolitan University.
(Business July 2004 page 6)
Photosynthesis and renewable energy
The process by which green plants and some bacteria convert energy from sunlight into chemical energy is one of the most basic biological processes on earth, and one on which we ultimately depend. Understanding how energy from sunlight is captured could help us develop a new type of solar panel. In addition, looking at the way in which energy is converted from sunlight into chemical energy could identify other sources of renewable energy. Scientists have a high resolution model of Photosystem II, which is responsible for splitting water in photosynthesis. It suggest a mechanisms by which hydrogen and oxygen are separated ( a reaction that cannot be mimicked chemically in the laboratory). Its architecture could provide a blueprint for industrial scale hydrogen fuel cells as renewable sources of energy.
Imperial College.
(BBSRC Business April 2004 page 16)
Natural insect repellents
Studies into the natural message-bearing chemicals that influence how insects are attracted or repelled by their host (plant or animal) has led to the identification of several compounds within human odour that arouse responses in mosquitoes. Significantly, proportions of these compounds vary between individuals that are bitten more or less by the flies. The information could from the basis for developing novel and benign control systems for a range of insect pests.
Rothamsted Research and the University of Aberdeen.
(Business January 2005 page 14)
Award-winning ryegrass
A programme that brings together basic strategic and applied research in plant genetics and breeding technologies (funded by BBSRC, Defra and industry) has led to a new perennial ryegrass with high digestibility and water-soluble carbohydrate content, high dry matter yield and good persistency. It won the NIAB Variety Cup at Cereals 2003.
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research
(BBSRC Business October 2003 page 5)
Increasing understanding of the structure and mechanisms of ribozymes (RNA molecules with catalytic properties) holds the potential of developing them as novel catalysts fro industry and as "molecular scalpels" for use in reagents and perhaps even therapeutics.
Cancer Research UK Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group, University of Dundee.
(Business January 2004, page 21)
Distinguishing between maternal and paternal genes
Scientists have discovered a mechanism which they believe helps explain how, for some genes, cells can selectively silence the copy of a gene from one parent, while leaving the copy from the other parent active. Defects in this 'imprinting' are associated with hereditary disorders, including some that increase predisposition to childhood cancers.
Babraham Institute.
Understanding how flowers grow
Genetically marked cells in the petals of real plants have been used to develop computer simulations of plant growth and development. These models ("virtual plants")indicate that a long-range signal provides a frame of reference during petal development, enabling cells to orientate their growth in relation to the rest of the developing flower.
John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia.
(BBSRC Annual Report 2002-03 page 9)
Light, alertness and the body clock
Research into light-detecting systems in the eye, has revealed that a recently identified protein, melanopsin, plays a critical role in regulating pupil size, and is probably responsible for indicating daylight to the brain to regulate a range of physiological responses to light including helping us to stay alert and fine tune our body clocks.
Imperial College in collaboration with scientists in the USA.
(BBSRC Annual Report 2002-03 page 15)
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Pregnant Style In A Nutshell: Tight on the bottom, loose on top.
Must-Have Pieces: Leggings, leggings, leggings. Also slouchy sweaters, fuzzy boots, and oversized blouses.
Is It Working? Jessica always looks happy and comfortable, so I don't want to rag on her too much, but some of her looks do err on the side of sloppy.
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8 He will come in flames of fire to take vengeance on those who have no knowledge of God, and do not obey the Good News as to Jesus, our Lord. | 8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. |
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Watching a line of grey counters jostle a line of green counters for hours on end has never been my idea of fun. I like my wargames more fluid and more fractious - more like this lively turnless naval number from veteran Aussie strategy studio SSG.
In Carriers at War the tides of war wash around like the bilge water inside a typhoon-tossed freighter. One minute you're congratulating yourself for finding and clobbering a Japanese invasion fleet, the next you're looking on ashen-faced as wave after wave of Vals and Kates, launched from God-knows-where, turn your finest floating aerodromes into oil-oozing artificial reefs.
The deadly Catalina-and-mouse game played by Allied and Axis navies on, under, and over the Pacific Ocean in WWII has been recreated with unusual care and lightness of touch. Table-turning ingredients such as storms, dodgy intel, and green pilots are modelled, but you aren't made to manage the minutiae. Stuff like steering your flat-tops into the wind, resting fatigued crews, and setting search-plane altitudes are sensibly left out. Result? Where Uncommon Valour and War in the Pacific (two similarly themed Matrix stablemates) took weeks to learn and play, CaW delivers excitement and tactical tension inside the first hour.
That excitement peaks during the strike animations. When a bomber swarm reaches its destination, the strat map is whisked away and replaced with a 1942-style top-down view of the targeted fleet. Wing by wing tiny flocks of warbirds dash across this screen loosing eels, dropping eggs, and generally being bothersome. Usually few - very few - score hits, and some unfortunates fall to fighters and flak bursts.
Surface combat is depicted in a similar manner, although there's more interaction. When two taskforces get close enough to trade shells, you're presented with a stylised aerial view from which you can assign individual targets and give basic manoeuvre orders. It's not Distant Guns but it's better than a flying-fish in the face. Talking of which...
SSG haven't exactly been generous with the scenarios. Earlier versions of the game (the original CaW first appeared way back in 1984) came with fictional 'Plan Orange' missions and Royal Navy Indian Ocean action. This one offers a handful of famous Pacific battles only - no campaigns or linked ops.
Even with variants, and a robust, responsive AI, you'll probably be scouring fan sites for new user-made challenges within a fortnight. Hopefully a few map mods will also emerge over the coming months. While much of CaW's art - the hand-illustrated plane and ship pics in particular - has a nostalgic DOS-age charm, the strat screen where you spend most of your time is just too blue and blurry to be pleasing.
Not pretty, plump, or progressive, CaW succeeds in spite of itself. The gripping subject matter, the refreshing absence of turns, and the fact that victory and defeat are often just a couple of bomb or torpedo hits away, combine to produce pace and levels of excitement you don't often find in hardcore wargames.
History brought alive