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EL PASO — A two year investigation revealed that the owner and employees of Rock Inn located on Dyer were selling large amounts of cocaine from the bar, according to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
According to the report, the owner of the Rock Inn, located on Dyer, Myong Suk Kim, and her husband were arrested Bruce Rankhorn were arrested in addition to three patrons and employees.
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Aug 19, 2013 3:13 PM, By Cynthia Wisehart
Live sound meets live streaming at Fenix
Technically speaking, the first thing you notice about Fenix is the control room. Perched above the stage and reaching into the 25ft. ceilings, it's a small, acoustically isolated space that is a broadcast booth, a recording studio, and probably one of the quietest nightclub offices in the world.
The control room says a lot about what owner Laura van Galen intended Fenix to be. She wanted her online patrons to be just as important as her inhouse guests. And she wanted the artists to be supported with quality infrastructure for both their live and virtual audiences.
For the San-Francisco area club, streaming was not an afterthought; it was a core part of the Fenix business and musical plan from the moment van Galen envisioned it five years ago. The systems had to be built as production-level infrastructure and carefully integrated with the front of house so that multiple people, including guest engineers, could work together; alternatively a single operator can control the house mix, recording, cameras, and the streamed audio and video. Merl Saunders Jr., executive director of the Fenix Entertainment Group, headed the build and technical design with a viewpoint honed in production and in the Grateful Dead family. During the two-year design/build, a unique system evolved that didn't follow the usual playbook and which prioritized acoustics equally to electronics.
Both Saunders and acoustic designer John Storyk think they got the room right. Grammy-wining record producer and recording engineer Leslie Ann Jones agrees. "I have never heard a small room sound so good—very intimate and hardly anything coming off the stage. I could mix at a good listening level, and I know the audience felt they were in someone's living room." That quality, Saunders says, set the recording part of the business up for success. "I didn't quite realize how important the quality of the room was going to be to the online experience until we were done. It really is pristine and out of that we got a great room for recording."
It was an unlikely space. A former clothing store, it's high asymmetrical ceilings had to stay, and Saunders and Storyk agree that was ultimately a good thing. "Laura liked the oddball geometry," Storyk says, "and the room had great bones. The more we studied the ceiling, we saw a nice scattering and we just used a little treatment to control the low frequencies."
The acoustics exploration started early on. Charles Salter took the first pass for permits, establishing the lay of the land and some of its quirks. Then Saunders' pal John Meyer rang in, and evaluated the space for a Constellation system—out of reach of the budget as it happens, but Saunders says the process and Meyer's assessment and detailed technical information was "invaluable."
When a local Bay-area consultant was unavailable, Saunders called the opposite coast—Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG) in New York. John Storyk was flying out for a kid's soccer game in Larkspur, Calif., and planning a detour to Point Reyes for oysters. Fenix—in San Rafael—was on the way.
"There were a lot of challenges on this project," Storyk remembers. "They're not the first club to want to record performances. But in this case it was truly an imperative, and really core to Laura's overarching vision. To the front-of-house engineer, it's a jazz club; to the streaming engineer, it's a webcasting project; to the chef, it's a restaurant; to the video guy, it's a television station. It depends on what side of the board you're on and what side of the business plan you're on. This was not my first rodeo, so to speak. But the more I realized what was going on there, the more exciting it got. It had to be a lot of things to a lot of people. You sometimes risk the possibility of being mediocre for all of them. That was not the outcome anyone wanted.
"For me, the first thing is we had to get the room to sound good. If that doesn't work, everything doesn't work. It's small and it had to work for acoustic instruments and reinforced instruments. It had to sound good for all the chairs and had to record well. Sometimes those characteristics are in conflict. Acoustic information in small clubs really wants to be bright. I think we were successful in getting a balance. So what does that mean? Adequate separation on the stage, yet you still hear the room, and you get the room in the mix.
"And we wanted people to be able to talk, because it is a supper club," Saunders adds, "so we had to attack every reflective surface, and even the HVAC. John was very thorough."
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Eagle Young (far right) stars in a Dancing Earth production. Photo credit Paulo Tavares.
For Eagle Young, coming back to perform at the Fort Lewis Community Concert Hall will be "about giving back to Fort Lewis and Durango," he says. "The Fort Lewis Theatre Department made me grow as an artist, and the arts community in Durango is very well rounded for a small town. I want to show them all that you can follow your dreams and be a success in this industry."
Young (Theatre, 2004) is currently performing with Dancing Earth Creations, a Santa Fe-based non-profit dance company supporting indigenous dance and related arts. Dancing Earth received the 2010 National Museum of the American Indian Expressive Arts award, and the company was noted as "One of the Top 25 To Watch" by Dance Magazine. As part of the Fort Lewis Centennial, Dancing Earth will be performing at the Community Concert Hall on November 11, celebrating the school's long-time role in Native American education. Young, a Hopi tribal member, was born in Durango to parents who are both FLC alumni. He moved to California as a child, returning to Durango to complete a Bachelor's degree in psychology. But in his first week at FLC, Young tried out for and was cast in a play. "It grew from there," he explains. "I started taking Theatre classes, and I just kind of fell in love with it. Then I fell in love with Durango, and the school in general." He ended up staying for four years, earning a degree in Theatre, instead.
"I learned a lot being there," he says. "I'd never gotten the chance to be a lead in a play before. I'd never experienced the responsibility and the work ethic it takes to be a lead in a play. It made me grow as an artist, and that has paid off a lot for me since then."
Since then, Young has worked with the Los Angeles and South Coast Repertory, in Orange County, California, and performed professionally in New York at the renowned La Mama Theatre. As well as performing with Dancing Earth, he also now works producing television shows, and recently made his feature film debut in "Montana Amazon," starring Haley Joel Osment and Olympia Dukakis. While at FLC, in additional to traditional acting Young says he also got to do a lot of "non-Western theatre," which helped expand his understanding of theatre. He also got involved in the Durango arts community by performing with 3rd Avenue Dance Center, where he got to explore and expand his dancing and choreography. "All those experiences opened my eyes to something totally different and really helped me grow as an artist," he says. "They shaped me into a professional person who was prepared when I went out into the professional world." "That's why I'm really glad to bring Dancing Earth to Durango, because I know the whole community will appreciate it," Young adds. "We're bringing together different indigenous tribes to put their tribe's stories into forms of dance that incorporate music and multimedia, and Dancing Earth is on the cutting edge of this art. And since the professors in the Theatre Department taught me how to go out there and be a prepared professional, I'm very proud to give back, and so happy to come back and perform."
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- AnonymousAugust 30, 2011 at 11:51 AM
The area under these graphs is a measure of the riskiness of the retirement that takes account of both the probability of failure and the magnitude of failure. You could now optimise the asset allocation, for a given WR, such that this area is minimised. The calculation could be repeated for different retirements (male/female/couple, ages) thus providing advice on asset allocation for retirees for their situation and chosen initial WR.
ReplyDelete Thank you for this good idea! When I tried this out, it does tend to shift toward 10 or 20 percentage points of less stocks, the asset allocations that minimize this measure. That is compared, to the asset allocations that minimize just the probability of failure. I might use this at some point. If you'd like to send me your name via email, I'd like to acknowledge you should I end up using it in a paper. Thanks!


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Monday, October 6, 2008
Chilli Bread
This is a simple bread and let me tell you first hand, if you've never baked bread before, try this one and be amazed at the results!
Chilli Bread
4 cups All-Purpose Flour + extra for dusting
1 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp Olive Oil
2 tbsp Crushed Red Pepper/ Red Chilli Flakes
1/2 cup shredded Cheese (I used grated Parmesan, but use whatever cheese you like best)
1 tsp Active Dry Yeast
400 ml Water
Combine all the ingredients, except the water, in a large bowl. Gradually add the water, bringing the mixture together to form a ball. Turn the ball out onto a floured surface and knead for about 10 minutes. The dough will begin to feel smooth and springy to touch. Put the ball into a lightly oiled bowl (I used the same bowl that I started with - less cleaning!). Cover with a muslin cloth.
Let it rise to double its size (approximately 1 hour).
Turn the dough out again and press to slowly release air bubbles that may have formed. Gently knead for about 2 minutes.
Form the dough into any desired shape. Here I've just tried to get an artisan feel with a round loaf, but you could use a loaf pan as well. Cover again with the muslin and leave it to rest until it rises again to about 1 1/2 times its size (approximately 45 mts - 1 hour). Preheat oven to 225 deg C.
Make slits with a sharp knife on the surface of the dough to release steam. I made slits that were quite deep - the slits should be of about 1" depth.
Transfer the dough into the oven in the middle rack. On the bottom rack, put a tray filled with 1 cup water. Close and leave alone for 10 minutes. Now take out the water tray. Close again and leave for 30-35 minutes. The bread is done when it sounds hollow if you tap on the bottom of the loaf.
You'll love the smell of freshly baked bread in your house! Its addictive!
This bread goes to Susan @ Wild Yeast for YeastSpotting.
35 comments:
- arundati said...
i am always in awe of anyone who can turn out loaves of bread...this one looks excellent....i hope i have the courage soon to try....adding chilli and cheese must give this a lovely flavour
- October 6, 2008 at 10:00 PM
- Curry Leaf said...
Looks delicious.I will try with whole wheat/corn .Thanks for the recipe.
- October 6, 2008 at 10:23 PM
- Divya Vikram said...
Looks too good Anu..I am going to try this recipe replacing the chilli flakes with jalapeno.Thanks for the idea..
- October 6, 2008 at 11:02 PM
- mitr_bayarea said...
Great recipe for chilli bread, since I am new to baking, can you tell me where to get the active dry yeast for this bread.
- October 6, 2008 at 11:21 PM
- Bhags said...
the bread in the pic looks wonderful Anu......cheese and chillies combo is a winner
- October 6, 2008 at 11:41 PM
- raaji said...
looks too good for my breakfast!!!!!
- October 7, 2008 at 12:36 AM
- Sujatha said...
looks beautiful in the picture.. I am sure it will taste great too.. Savory bread is something new to me.. thanks for sharing :)
- October 7, 2008 at 1:03 AM
- Priya said...
Looks Delicious..am drooling on ur chilly bread..its really new to me..sure will give a try..
- October 7, 2008 at 1:04 AM
- Priyanka said...
the bread looks delicious...have never tried baking one at home:(
- October 7, 2008 at 1:35 AM
- Bhavani said...
wow! real nice. So glad I'll soon be able to sample your cooking ;)
- October 7, 2008 at 1:58 AM
- Susan/Wild Yeast said...
Thank you for this beautiful and spicy contribution to YeastSpotting! I can imagine this smelled amazing while baking and tasted just as good.
- October 7, 2008 at 7:10 AM
- Bharti said...
Oh my..you really are in to breads! Love this spicy one and crust looks beautiful.
- October 7, 2008 at 8:10 AM
- Pearlsofeast said...
Lovely loaf,it must tasting great with cheese and chilli flakes.
- October 7, 2008 at 8:53 AM
- Nirmala said...
chilli ? Cheese ? I am fallen dear! Have bought a new pack of active dry yeast. Will try it out soon!
- October 7, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- Nags said...
the slits make the bread look really pretty! u have such easy bread baking recipes in your blog that i am very tempted to try them all! :D
- October 7, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- Raaga said...
I made something very similar... not as crusty though... I love this loaf... send some over?
http://chefatwork.blogspot.com/2007/09/cheesy-wheat-bread.html - October 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- GEORGE ALAN FRAMPTON said...
The weather is getting cooler; time to bake some bread. I've never thought of chili bread, but this sounds absolutely delicious. Will definitely give it a try. Thanks.
- October 8, 2008 at 1:12 AM
- Syrie said...
Wow! Well done. It looks amazingly soft and so professional!
- October 8, 2008 at 2:49 AM
- Curry Leaf said...
Can you please clarify about the water tray?Can we do without it?Is it needed if you are trying with green chilli or making cornmeal/wheat chilli bread.Hop u do not mind me asking this.
- October 8, 2008 at 9:38 PM
- Arundathi said...
Arundati - Do try it soon!
Curry Leaf - Sounds like a good idea. Btw, the water tray is to make the bread softer - u can leave it out. You can also just mist the inside of the oven with a water spray.
Divya Vikram - What a great idea - jalapeno bread! mmm.
Mitr_bayarea - Depends on where you live. It should be available in most large grocery stores.
Bhags - Thanks dear!
Raaji - :) Great idea.
Sujatha - Sure - I love savory breads.
Priya - Thanks
Priyanka - Do try it
Bhavani - :) Can't wait!
Susan - You are welcome! I love Yeast Spotting - esp the round-ups! :) Happy to contribute!
Bharti - Thank you!
Pearlsofeast - Yup it did - thanks.
Nirmala - Glad you found it. Let me know how it works for you.
Nags - Yeah I think the slits really added to the look. Do try it.
Raaga - Yours looks lovely. Sure - let me know next time you're in town!
George Alan Frampton - Do let me know if you enjoyed it. Thanks.
Syrie - Thank you so much.
Curry Leaf - I've answered your question above. - October 8, 2008 at 11:49 PM
- Curry Leaf said...
Thanks a lot.
- October 9, 2008 at 12:10 AM
- jayasree said...
Delicious savoury bread. I am sure going to try it soon. Thanks for sharing.
- October 9, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Arundathi said...
Curry Leaf - no problem
Jayasree - Sure, anytime! - October 10, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Aparna said...
This definitely sounds like my kind of bread.
The slashes on your braed look really good. - October 11, 2008 at 1:06 PM
- Passionate About Baking said...
Made this yesterday Arundathi...with some roasted garlic in it too. Fab loaf & so well behaved! Thanks for a lovely recipe. Lov Deeba
- October 11, 2008 at 9:10 PM
- Arundathi said...
Aparna - Thanks so much! :-)
Passionate About Baking - I'm so glad you liked it - and the roasted garlic is a great idea! You are very welcome. - October 12, 2008 at 7:56 AM
- Jude said...
Ooh chili flakes and cheese -- I like it already.
- October 12, 2008 at 11:55 PM
- Arundathi said...
Thanks Jude
- October 13, 2008 at 11:46 AM
- bee said...
i have some dough rising right now. i'm gonna knead some chilli in.
- October 14, 2008 at 8:28 AM
- Arundathi said...
bee - mmm do post photos!
- October 14, 2008 at 10:45 AM
It is very interesting for me to read that post. Thanx for it. I like such topics and everything that is connected to them. I would like to read a bit more soon.
- November 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM
It was certainly interesting for me to read the blog. Thanks for it. I like such themes and anything that is connected to them. I would like to read more soon.
- November 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM
You know what, buy Wifi jammer to block all spy devices in your home or office.
- January 22, 2010 at 12:33 PM
yum. this bread is really good. I put dried flaked red chillis, birdseye chillis, and dried spannish red peppers roughly chopped through it too. yum yum yum...
- August 11, 2011 at 7:48 AM
i think the temp is too high and i used fresh chillis and it made the bread way too spicy!
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BoM v.42: Side 7
April 11, 2011 in World 042 News, World News, Worlds 41-50 News
TW, robot, tomatoes, sleep, TW, blog, homework, colleges, strawberries, blog… Hm, I need to just write this and stay coherent in the process.
KTA vs. the World?
Congratulations to KTA for being the tribe at war with the most other major tribes. I won't go into their war with TROUT because the latter is on its way out as any sort of world force and the history of this conflict is already documented.
Nyuk is the second tribe KTA is at war with. Both KTA and Nyuk have been recruiting from the pool of ex-IDS.F, ex-LYCANS, and ex-TROUT members, which has brought them very close together. KTA has sided with their allies Dos X in fighting Nyuk.
A little history… Any players who have been around since the middle of last year will remember that Nyuk declared on KTA back in August. At the time, KTA was confined to the northeast section of the world. They recruited a large portion of T~S in the lower northwest. Nyuk considered these players food, and so they declared for the purpose of removing KTA from their area. BigT's uncustomarily un-poetic declaration can be found here giving more detail for anyone interested.
Since 2010-08-16
KTA vs. Nyuk
81 – 443
Past month
KTA vs. Nyuk
62 – 77
After some heckling, I managed to track down leaders of each tribe for mild interrogation.
"I proposed the recruitment of the ex-IDS players because I feel they could become an asset to my tribe one way or another. We were never really at "war" with KTA — but I guess you could consider it a continuation from it, as I don't think we'd ever stop attacking them as long as we had a village to attack.
KTA got the first strike on us and considering their close proximity, with the split of IDS, we may drop behind momentarily. If that does happen, I have full confidence in my tribe to be able to regain lost territory and continue to push forward. We may not be able to give our full focus to Dos X, but I don't feel that it will have any major effect on the war. We will handle things as we always have."
-Arith, Duke of Nyuk
KTA leadership responded in a different format. I know it looks like an interview. It's not.
Why did you recruit from IDS.F/LYCANS/TROUT?
Why not? NYUK tried to as well but failed, in the end we realized that the past is just that – the past, here where some good people and some good players as well – why not recruit! NYUK were always going to get it – we were just patient.Do you consider this a continuation of the old "war" from back when KTA recruited from T~S, or do you see it as a new war (and if it's a new war, why)?
No, this is a new war. The recruitment of T~S members last year served i's purpose very nicely. It actually achieved what it was designed to do wonderfully – what you may ask? Well, have a think about the time it took NYUK to take them, how distracted did they get, blowing their own trumpet, their leader prancing around declaring this and declaring that. While his ego (BigT) was calling the shots, we and our allies worked on more important things. At best we would hold an area and maybe a few new players, at worst we distracted and upset NYUK, either way it was a win for us and our allies. Funny thing is that they were never able to eliminate us from that small area of K31 – still can't…How do you expect this war to go?
We will see but it should be bloody which is how we like it here at KTA. I don't know that NYUK in its current form will be around for much longer anyway, I hear there are a few 'issues' over there.
I also heard ModWar are trying to recruit a few of them to help the process of 'waste elimination'.Why did you choose to fight with Dos X instead of against them (which would probably have been easier, at least in the short term)?
Well where I come from you stand by your mates, you live up to your agreements, something many here scoff at because they don't understand the concept.
We have always been allied with these guys, why the heck would we betray our friends for the likes of NYUK and/or ModWar! I mean it is only a matter of time before ModWar hits NYUK as well, I hope NYUK wake up and see whats coming their way.
Then again ModWar haven't shown anything excitingly wonderful with their style of warfare either thus far – they just got their timing right, not hard given what was going on in the world.-mikeptm2, Duke of KTA
The third tribe is ModWar. Similarly to the situation with Nyuk, this war is a result of KTA siding with Dos X. I will not be covering the war at this time because it has yet to reach a point where the tribes have enough of a front for an exciting war.
YAY is the final tribe. This war has yet to be publicly declared or acknowledged, but it is definitely going on. It is a result of KTA's recruitment policy with regard to certain ex-IDS.F/LYCANS/TROUT players who were under attack by YAY at the time of their recruitment.
And for Comparison…
ModWar – 2 wars (Dos X, KTA)
Dos X – 3 wars (ModWar, Nyuk, TROUT)
Nyuk – 3 wars (Dos X, KTA, YAY)
YAY – 3 wars (Nyuk, KTA, TROUT)
TROUT – 3 wars (Dos X, KTA, YAY)
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Apparently I'm supposed to write about TROUT's unorthodox leadership system… If anyone has an issue with this subject, feel free to blame BaronCunedda and QueenAngel for making me do it.


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2 From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing. | 2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful have a craving for violence. |
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5 The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}. | 5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace. |
6 Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin. | 6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. |
7 There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth. | 7 One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. |
8 The ransom of the life of a man [is] his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat. | 8 A man's riches may ransom his life, but a poor man hears no threat. |
9 The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out. | 9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. |
10 Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice. | 10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice. |
11 Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it. | 11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow. |
12 Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life. | 12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. |
13 He who despises a word will bring destruction on himself, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded. | 13 He who scorns instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command is rewarded. |
14 The teaching of the wise [is] a fountain of life, [in order] to avoid the snares of death. | 14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death. |
15 Good sense grants favor, but the way of the faithless is coarse. | 15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. |
16 Anyone who is clever will act with intelligence, but the fool will display folly. | 16 Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly. |
17 A messenger of wickedness will fall into trouble, but an envoy of the faithful [brings] healing. | 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing. |
18 Poverty and disgrace [belong to] him who ignores instruction, but he who guards reproof will be honored. | 18 He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. |
19 A desire {fulfilled} will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil. | 19 A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. |
20 Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm. | 20 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. |
21 Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous {will be rewarded with prosperity}. | 21 Misfortune pursues the sinner, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous. |
22 He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner. | 22 A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous. |
23 [There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}. | 23 A poor man's field may produce abundant food, but injustice sweeps it away. |
24 He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him} discipline. | 24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. |
25 The righteous eats to satisfy his life, but the belly of the wicked will lack. | 25 The righteous eat to their hearts' content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry. |
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Calling all friends and neighbors who attended Clybourne Park the first week of the run: we though this show would have real resonance with area residents. Some community bloggers have already reflected back their thoughts. (See Georgetown Metropolitan, Life in the Village, and In Shaw)
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A.E.B Coldiron (NEH Fellow)
Printers Without Borders: Translation and Transnationalism in Tudor Literature
Printers without Borders studies translation, printing, and transnationalism in the first phases of the Renaissance media revolution. This book project builds on the work of such scholars as Helgerson, Hadfield, and MacEachern, who establish the centrality of early modern nationalism and nation-building in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is widely accepted that printing and translation helped develop English literary nationhood, enriching English letters and shaping English identity and power. But by studying the preceding century—the first crucial century after Caxton brought the press to England in 1476—and by focusing on two allied processes of textual transformation (printing and translation), this project reveals foundational transnational impulses developing alongside that better-known story of literary nationhood. Earlier printer-translators such as Caxton, DeWorde, Pynson, or Wyer, and later ones, such as Richard Field or John Wolfe, reached ever-broadening readerships by Englishing works that nevertheless remained visibly, vividly foreign. (The projects shows that "Englishing" comes to include e.g. transmediation, hybridity, cultural polysystems accommodations; thus that "English" literature comes to include considerable, essential alterity.) Among topics treated: the Arabic and multi-vernacular origins of Caxton's Dictes (1477); Chartier's anti-court critiques, deracinated and recontextualized during English rebellions; Beza's octolingual broadside celebrating the Armada victory (Bishop/Newberie, 1588; extant copies on vellum & paper); Castiglione in bilingual-trilingual editions (Cloquemin, 1580; Huguetan, 1585; Wolfe, 1588); macaronic poems. These printer-translators' work retained residual foreignness and connected readerships across emergent national boundaries. Their negotiations with alterity were fundamental; their transmediations/translations helped new English readers understand themselves as part of a wider world.
Claudia T. Kairoff (NEH Fellow)
Jennifer Keith (NEH Fellow)
The Works of Anne Finch: A Critical Edition
In an era known for the public and political poetry of Dryden, Swift, and Pope, the poet Ann Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661-1720), articulated a different literary and political authority. From her position as a female aristocrat, once at the center of the court and then political internal exile, Finch explored the individual's spiritual condition as inextricable from social and political phenomena. Her interest in affairs of state frequently informed her exposure of patriarchy's constraints on women and men. Finch's work is crucial to grounding historically our continuing questions in the humanities, including, how to articulate and connect the domains of governmental politics, personal desires, spiritual ideals, and women's artistry and experience. Despite her importance, there is no complete scholarly edition of Finch's work.
To respond to the value of Finch's works and calls for a scholarly edition, Jeniffer Keith and Claudia Kairoff are editing a critical edition of Finch's complete works—her poems, plays, and correspondence. This two-volume edition will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. Of the approximately 230 poems and two plays known to be Finch's, 112 poems (two of them addressed to her) and both plays appear in the folio manuscript "Miscellany Poems with Two Plays by Ardelia," housed at the Folger Shakespeare Library (shelf no. N.b. 3).
Jeremy Lopez (NEH Fellow)
Anticanons for Early Modern Drama
This book undertakes to describe, historicize, and effect a large-scale reconsideration of the canon of "non-Shakespearean" early modern drama. During the term of my fellowship I will write two chapters for the this book.
In "Canon by Exclusion: Collecting Early Modern Drama from Dodsley to Norton," I will write the history of the non-Shakespearean canon as it currently exists in modern anthologies, and as it has evolved since Dodsley's Select Collection of Old Plays (1744). Analyzing these anthologies within a theoretical framework informed by contemporary scholarship and debate on canon-formation, this chapter will anatomize the editorial, aesthetic, and institutional stakes of that canon in such a way as to demonstrate that its wholesale reconsideration is timely and necessary.
In "The Heywood Problem: Texts vs. Canon" I will write a history of Heywood's textual and (non-) canonical identity in order to examine two questions near the heart of modern scholarship's attempt to comprehend early modern dramatic literature within the form of the canonical anthology: first, what is it about Heywood's play-texts which has made them resistant not only to reproductions as an authorial canon, but also to inclusion within the early modern dramatic canon? And second, how is it possible to use the resistant quality in these texts as a means of revising the Shakespearean aesthetic upon which re-presentations of early modern dramatic literature are based?
Jean-Christophe Mayer (Mellon Fellow)
Reading Shakespeare's Early Modern Readers (1590-1720)
Shakespeare's early modern readers—those who not only bought, borrowed and circulated, but also marked and appropriated the text of his first editions—were arguably as essential to the growing status of Shakespeare's works as those who acted, directed or went to see his plays (and indeed sometimes they were the same people). This project will focus in particular on actual readers (or "empirical" readers) and try to reconstruct their reading experience, their practices and their relation to Shakespeare's works. It will examine the ways in which readers transformed their books and how their sense of self and their relation to the work was altered not only by the book's physical, material space (its size, layout, etc.), but also by its symbolic value.
I will study the marginalia and other marks of use left by readers in early editions of Shakespeare. I also intend to focus on a number of significant manuscript miscellanies and commonplace books and compare them to those available on the print market, in order to explore the differences between the private practices of individuals and the techniques of established scholars, editors or academics. The variety of practices described will no doubt redefine our sometimes austere or overly intellectualized image of early modern commonplacing. More broadly, the project should help us understand how some of our most familiar reading practices were born out of the interaction between those thousands of early modern readers and the printed text of such widely read authors as Shakespeare.
Marc D. Schachter
The Uses of Desire: Philology, Epistemology, Politics
The book's central hypothesis is that there is a history of sexuality to be told that focuses on how theories and representations of desire were linked to questions of social utility and knowledge production. The first two chapters address questions of philology and the reception of classical texts. The third and fourth chapters consider classical and early modern materials that use sex to instigate or reflect on the desire for knowledge. The final two chapters explore how Renaissance literary and historical texts engage with classical discussions of the role of certain kinds of desire in the founding of empires, the making of tyrants, and the assassination of bad rulers. My approach in the book seeks to contribute to our understanding of humanist, literary, and political reflections on desire particularly in Renaissance Italy and France. While it complements projects that mine literary texts for exemplary social types or for information about sex acts in the past and their social meaning, it seeks to advance the broader project of sexuality studies further by refocusing attention on transformation in the organization of knowledge and by re-imagining the history of sexuality as a genealogy of the uses of desire.


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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Villagers are housed in temporary shelters as they camped out at a stadium to flee the fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels Saturday Sept. 14, 2013 in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines. The standoff began Monday when about 200 fighters from a Moro National Liberation Front rebel faction stormed several coastal communities in the city and seized residents.
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text: NEWSTART cooking instructors Linda Thompson and Kelly Peden, prepare "Super Foods Stir-fry" for guests to taste during the recent "Cancer-Proof Your Life" Seminar and Cooking Class at the Ladd Springs Adventist Church. On May 19, cooking class will feature foods that prevent or improve diabetes, lower cholesterol, and help to control weight naturally. Registration is required by May 15. To reserve food and materials, call 423-615-9580 or email email@example.com by May 15.


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Vertrees has 20 years produce marketing experience. In early April, he signed on as marketing manager for another Miami-based tropicals grower-shipper, M&M Farm Inc.
Vertrees said many companies could do more to boost their marketing efforts.
"A lot think of marketing as having their coolers cleaned out by the end of the week and expect to go to the (Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit) and Southeast Produce Council (conference) and to have instantaneous results, but it doesn't work that way," he said. "Marketing is more like investing. The more you invest, the more return you'll have on that investment in the long term."
Earlier this year, Vertrees introduced a Web site for his business, www.tfmintl.us.
Vertrees has been a retail promotions manager for Sunkist Growers Inc., Sherman Oaks, Calif., and a citrus retail promotions specialist for the Florida Department of Citrus. He also has worked in advertising for Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., and for HLB Tropical Food USA Inc., Plantation, Fla.


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The Royal Hawaiian Presents a New Live Musical Dinner Show "Honu by the Sea" | Arts & Culture
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The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort introduces a new Broadway-inspired musical "Honu By The Sea" in the famed Monarch Room. The live show will have weekly scheduled performances from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Sundays from July 4 through September 30. This musical production will feature a cast of 14 talented members directed by local theatre legend Ronald Bright with original music and lyrics written by Johnson Enos.
"Honu by the Sea" invites guests to journey under the ocean with the show's lead character "Kainoa," a Waikiki Beach Boy who loves the ocean and dreams of living under the sea. Upon finding a starfish along the beach, his wish is granted to spend an entire day under water. As he descends into the ocean, he meets "Malia the Honu" and her amazing ocean friends who are on journey to rescue Malia's mother honu Lehua from the Northern Hawaiian Islands. Joining his new friends, Kainoa learns the value of friendship and caring for the ocean environment.
Ticket pricing for the Premium Dinner Show is $125 for adults and $85 for children (4-12 years old), Dinner Show Package is $95 for adults and $65 for children (4-12 years old), and Show-only tickets are $49 for adults and $35 for children (4-12 years old). Prices do not include taxes and other fees.
Also known as the "Carnegie Hall of the Pacific," the Monarch Ballroom continues to celebrate the rich musical legacy of The Royal Hawaiian, and this live musical will be a part of an on-going effort to pay tribute to the islands' rich Hawaiian culture as part of the "re-culturalization" of Waikiki through music. Over the last 30 years, local artists such as Emma Veary, Ed Kenney, Maunalua, Na Leo, Makana, Cecilio & Kapono, and Marlene Sai, as well as hula soloists Beverly Noa and Manu Bentley, have performed on the Monarch's popular stage.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Johnson Enos and Ron Bright," said Kelly Hoen, general manager of The Royal Hawaiian. "With seven years in the making, they have designed a magnificent multi-faceted show for the Monarch Room, which has played a significant role in the history of Hawaiian music and culture in Waikiki. Legendary musicians—both local and from the mainland—have performed in the Monarch Room for more than 65 years. With Honu by the Sea, we hope to share our enthusiasm for preserving the legacy of the resort's storied musical tradition and teach our keiki to help preserve ocean life."
Seven years ago, Johnson Enos wanted to take his musical talent and share with his local family and friends the lessons that he had learned growing up on the windward side of Oahu. Johnson has worked and recorded with many notable performers including the "Divine Miss M" (Bette Midler) and Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth on their respective Christmas albums as both an arranger and vocalist. He was also a featured singer in Disney's animated movie, "Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch" and recently worked on the new Disney Aulani Resort's national commercials and movie trailers as a musical producer. Johnson has recently completed his new album, "Lehua" and is thrilled to debut his new live musical "Honu by the Sea" at The Royal Hawaiian.
Tickets are available by calling 808-921-4600. For more information, please visit www.royal-hawaiian.com or www.honubythesea.com. Complimentary self-parking with validation is available at the Sheraton Waikiki/The Royal Hawaiian parking structure.


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According to Cleveland Police Department detective Walter Mitchell, the video security system at Taco Bell located on APD 40 captured video of the male suspect taking the envelope from the counter and placing it in his pocket.
Officer Matt Brinkman filed the initial offense report.
Brinkman's report indicated the suspect then went to the restroom. He then exited the restroom and left the store.
Burlon Hayworth had put down the envelope in the process of paying for a food order.
According to the report, the debit card was cancelled after the discovery of the theft.
Anyone who can provide information or can identify the suspects is asked to contact CPD's Criminal Investigations Division at 476-1125.
n Bradley County Fire-Rescue officials are in charge of a fire investigation after a blaze heavily damaged a home during the weekend.
Donnie Sullivan, fire and arson investigator for BCFR, said firefighters responded to 410 Farmway Drive.
A neighbor had reportedly seen flames at the home and attempted to alert the homeowner, who was in bed asleep.
Sullivan said the home did have working smoke alarms, but the occupant was not awakened by the alarms.
Sullivan said the neighbor was able to get the owner of the home out of bed and to safety.
Fire had climbed into the attic of the home as firefighters arrived on the scene. The fire had started on the rear deck of the home.
According to Sullivan, the homeowner had been using charcoal to grill with and had left the charcoal to burn out. Strong winds were believed to have fueled the hot coals, igniting the home.
Sullivan did not provide an estimate but did say the home was "heavily damaged."


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The Business Secretary, Vince Cable has triggered a mixed reaction after saying that university students will "almost certainly" have to pay more towards their education, in contrast to the Liberal Democrats' previous approach.
Ministers are facing a strong challenge to their plans to privatise student loans, with academics and student campaigners criticising the proposals. The policy is part of a wider government plan to sell off around £3 billion worth of assets.
Most people in Britain want an end to tax-breaks for fee-paying schools, with the money raised used for education more widely, according to a poll published today. 56% support the change with only 23% against.
If there's anything more disheartening than this week's report on social mobility, it's the government's response to it. Their timid proposals for higher education are unlikely to do anything to challenge the way that the education system functions to maintain privilege and inequality.
Students across Britain yesterday joined protests against universities' links with the arms trade. They called for an end to university arms investments and to the involvement of arms companies in academic research.
A report published today (Tuesday) has revealed that 26 top UK universities have received contracts for at least £725 million over six years in sponsorship by arms companies and public military bodies with over 1,900 projects funded in this way
US civil rights leader the Rev Jesse Jackson, speaking at the launch in Oxford of a programme aimed at increasing the number of black students in higher education, has challenged universities to reflect the diversity of society.
Universities with Church of England foundations have been told to emphasise their Christian credentials to make it easier to dismiss staff who don't share those values, reports The Times Higher Education Supplement.
Students from across the UK will gather together this coming weekend at the Student Christian Movement's annual conference to explore the theme of Reading the Bible - against a backdrop where there is increasing public concern aout the way religious texts are often abused by extreme and fundamentalist movements.


text: An Abita Springs man faces federal charges of operating a massive online child pornography ring. Federal prosecutors say Jonathan Johnson ran two websites with more than 27,000 members worldwide, that distributed images and videos of child pornography, and also offered tutorials on how to lure underage boys into sexually compromising situations. According to the government, agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service learned Johnson's websites contained roughly 2,000 videos depicting sexual exploitation of young boys. The websites requires subscribers obtain a username and password. Some members were able to upload sexually explicit material. Ten other individuals have been arrested, including a New Orleans man, and men in Georgia, Ohio, California, Minnesota, Indiana, Washington, New Jersey and Arizona.


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Mr Dufois, a sculptor, also works as an usher at the French Ministry of Finance.
Various shots Dufois in his studio working on a bust of Guillon, Under Secretary of State to the Ministry of Finance, other busts ornament the room. Various CU's of his work. MS putting the finishing touches to a bust.
Various shots of him at work as an usher, he is seen receiving Daniel Lacoste and showing him into the office of Mr Becuwe, an official at the Ministry. Various shots as Dufois works on bust.


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Trae tha Truth Releases Video Featuring Kevin Gates, 'Dark Angel' [NSFW]
Trae tha Truth is back with 'Dark Angel,' featuring Kevin Gates. The veteran MC paints a tale of struggling to keep a level head with all of the problems life brings.
Trae tha Truth is back with 'Dark Angel,' featuring Kevin Gates. The veteran MC paints a tale of struggling to keep a level head with all of the problems life brings.
Rapper Trae Tha Truth and cartoonist Jay Sugarman have signed on with WTF Studios to produce ten episodes of their animated series Trae.
Houston rap veteran, Trae tha Truth, stopped into chat with 'The Breakfast Club,' about his new mixtape, 'I Am King,' released today (Nov. 25th), via Live Mixtapes. Trae also talked about how after four years he's still banned from radio in his hometown of Houston
Rapper and now radio host Trae Tha Truth sat down with his fellow Hustle Gang member T.I. and comedian Lil Duval for Banned Radio, where they all discussed how they felt about the "Big Tymers" reunion without Mannie Fresh. Duval even cracked jokes on Birdman and said no one wants to hear Baby rap, he even went as far to say, "that's when you go get yourself a drink at the club".
Houston Rap OG Trae Tha Truth celebrated his birthday with a concert at The House Of Blues in his hometown, and he brought out a few of his friends. Find out who the Hustle Gang member brought out on stage!
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Tupac's mother and estate have sent the so called "unnamed" owner of the alleged Pac sex tape a strong message. Afeni released a statement in regard to the alleged tape owner's intentions to sell it, that they better be prepared for war and "Get the legal team ready because we will not allow someone to put it out".


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Welcome to this website about my hobby of amateur astronomy. My main interest is astrophotography from my suburban backyard in central NC. I hope you enjoy exploring my site, and please feel free to contact me with questions or comments.
08/18/2012 Wow 41 months since my last update! I've been away from imaging for awhile now. Mostly due to the lack of a good, easily accessible dark site. I still like to talk with other people about imaging and sharing ideas and techniques. Things have changed alot in the 9 years since I started imaging - these days you can get a nice Sony based camera from Starlight Xpress with a chip 3 times larger than my SXV-H9 (1st camera) for the same amount of money! And so many reasonably priced refractors and fast Newtonians compared to when I got my Epsilon 180ED and Sky-90. I've been thinking of trying to get active again using a modified Canon camera and an Astro-Tech 6 inch f/4 Newtonian.
03/10/2009 Wow 7 months since my last update! I haven't been idle however. I went to two star parties (MASP in NC and WSP in the Florida Keys). Here are some pictures from MASP and WSP. Also be sure to check out all the NEW images I've been working on. I've been imaging mostly with my Canon 200mm f/2.8 lens and a GSO 200mm f/4 Newtonian. The Takahashi NJP mount has been a very good performer.
08/10/2008 I was able to goto Doughton Park in the NC mountains last weekend and meet up with some fellow NC imagers. We had a great first night and I have a good quantity of data to process.
07/10/2008 Its been a wet Spring and Summer so I haven't had much time to image. I did recently aquire a one shot camera called a SXV-H9C. Its similar to my SXV-H9 but it uses a RGB Bayer pattern of the same chip so you can shoot color images with it instead of making color images from separate RGB images. My first image is of M20, taken with my Epsilon 180ED.
03/10/2008 I recently added a Takahashi NJP to the collection of mounts and I've started taking galaxy images with the DBA 10 inch Newtonian. Here is one of M104.
01/28/2008 I started to play with a SkyWatcher 200mm Newtonian I picked up for cheap on Astromart. Here is a shot of the Moon and M42. So far I'm pleased, especially for the money (less than a nice Pentax eyepiece!).
12/24/2007 Happy Holidays! I've added several new images of Mars and Comet Holmes. Be sure to check out my animation of Mars and an image of a conjunction of the Moon and Mars.
12/2/2007 Despite some clouds I was able to shoot my first grazing encounter of the Moon and a star. Here is a link to the video.
11/15/2007 Added another image of 17P/Holmes I was able to take last night during a break in clouds. I also created an animation showing how the comet has grown in the past week.
11/14/2007 I have written up a overview of the setup I use to image with a Canon SLR lens.
11/14/2007 Just joined the Raleigh Astronomy Club. This is a growing group of entusiasts in the area. Looking forwards to some imaging from several of the dark sites they frequent.
11/10/2007 I have written up a howto for converting a finder scope to a guide scope.
11/08/2007 I added a new image
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of 17P/Holmes I took with a Canon 200mm f/2.8 lens.
11/02/2007 Uploaded a new image of 17P/Holmes I took Halloween night. Using wavelets I find the same sort of core structure as other observers have reported.
10/30/2007 I took a deep image of the comet 17P/Holmes and I think I resolved some tail-like structures. Its been a fun project to image this comet as I've never tried to image a comet before.
10/29/2007 I took a quick image of 17P/Holmes last night.
10/21/2007 I've been busy imaging at a dark spot in NC called Doughton Park in the mountains. I've collected enough data to keep me busy processing for several weeks. Hopefully I can start getting some images up on the website soon.
08/04/2007 I wrote a quick summary of my experiences imaging the same objects with my GSO 200mm f/4 Newtonian and TEC 140 APO refractor. I love both scopes and I was pleased with how both performed.
08/04/2007 I made a quick first pass at my first deep sky mosaic: NGC 6992. This is a set of 3 frames taken with a Canon 200mm f/2.8L lens using an Astronomik 13nm H-alpha filter. Each frame is approximately 2 hours of data.
08/02/2007 I had a chance to try out the Canon 200mm f/2.8L lens with my SXV-H9. I am very happy with the results: M13 and M8. Conditions were hazy with a bright Moon. I was mostly interested in seeing how well the stars in the corners looked with the lens wide open.
07/18/2007 My review of the GSO 200mm f/4 Newtonian appeared on Cloudy Nights.
07/17/2007 Despite the clouds I took two test shots (Vega and Altair) with a Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens on my modified Canon Rebel Xt. I stopped down the lens to f/3.5. I removed the clouds as much as possible. I mainly wanted to see how the stars looked in the corner. Focus is very sensitive - if you are off you get bad coma in the corners. Overall looks like a good lens for wide shots.
07/11/2007 I added an article about noise reduction using Pixinsight.
06/30/2007 I added several images to the Image Gallery, as well as a page comparing images of the globular cluster M3 imaged by two different Newtonians.
06/27/2007 I've put a writeup about the GSO 200mm f/4.
06/26/2007 I've spent June working with my GSO 200mm f/4 Newtonian. Its worked great with a Baader MPCC to reduce coma, and I even took some shots with a 1.5x Barlow to extend its focal length. So far its shaping up to be a nice imaging scope!
Here are some sample images: M3 M8 M16 M11.
06/03/2007 After 4 years I decided to redesign my website using CSS instead of a hammer, chisel, and stone! It will be a work in progress as I decide on colors and layout. Please email me any glitches you may see.


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TrackMania is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker can establish a connection to the TrackMania game server listening on TCP port 2350 and send specially-crafted data to cause the server to crash.
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No remedy available as of September 1, 2014.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Feb 08 2004 - 10:06:20 CST: TrackMania Demo Denial of Service .
- TrackMania Web site: www.trackmania.com.
- BID-9604: Nadeo Game Engine Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-2077: Nadeo Game Engine for Nadeo TrackMania and Nadeo Virtual Skipper 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via malformed data to TCP port 2350, possibly due to long values or incorrect size fields.
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forces from Afghanistan means that the United States and Pakistan need to
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militant non-state actors allied with al-Qaeda are trying to act as
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al-Qaeda and its South Asian allies, disrupting the American strategy is
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western forces pullout from Afghanistan. Even though it is unclear that
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Islamist militants, the global jihadist network knows that the best way
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- Zero-click Info. There are red boxes above links on some searches with info you can get without clicking, i.e. on-site. We have a lot of info that is specific to programming topics. Of course we have Wikipedia, e.g. Dijkstra's algorithm. But I've also added software sources, i.e. github, freshmeat, download.com, versiontracker, and sourceforge.
- Category pages. I've mined sources to create to useful topic lists for browsing/learning, e.g. Search Algorithms.
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- Crowd-sourced links. I also mine links from crowd-sources sites, e.g. coroutine.
- Wikipedia paragraphs. I've deep-indexed Wikipedia at the paragraph level. You don't have to match a topic nearly exactly anymore to get some Zero-click Info, e.g. python switch statement. This is way more than a regular search index, as it is sub-section/section/title aware and uses some NLP for relevancy. I hope to make that matching algorithm even more sophisticated over time.
- Bang. There are a few hundred !x shortcuts that can be used, e.g. !cpan Net::DNS.
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White Key to Have West Coast Premiere
The poem by USC Dornsife's Carol Muske-Dukes about "leaning up into love" will be performed in a musical composition by Reena Esmail.
"White Key," a poem by California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes of USC Dornsife, has been set to music by Yale composer Reena Esmail and will be performed by the famous Volti voice ensemble of 20 professional chorale singers in San Francisco March 2, 3 and 4.
During the program, which includes five compositions, Volti explores the border between the poetry of words and pure musical sounds. In White Key, a West Coast premiere, Esmail captures the raw emotion of Muske-Dukes' poem about new love's expectations.
"Carol's poem evokes the feeling of suspension," Esmail said. "As she is suspended in the air between two cities, she is also suspended between two lives."
Muske-Dukes originally wrote "White Key" for David Dukes shortly after the two met in Italy and fell in love. She lived in New York City at the time and Dukes in Los Angeles. The poem describes how she felt after flying to meet him at their relationship's threshold.
"The poem is meant to convey that intoxicating, uncertain, 'revelatory' time of the beginning of love," Muske-Dukes said. "I wrote it on the plane from L.A. to N.Y.C. as I returned from my first 'cross country' visit to David."
The poem begins:
The mountains shut their doors,
Once, twice, in the shadow of the jet
Turning east over the continent,
As it widens like the light on the bed
In the blue room where I last held you.
The couple married and had daughter Annie before Dukes, a Tony-nominated stage, big screen and television actor, died of a heart attack in 2000. After his death, Muske-Dukes rewrote the poem and read it at her husband's funeral. Esmail, Annie's childhood friend who knew David Dukes well and attended his funeral, heard the poem and was inspired.
"It is an intimate and powerful thing to be able to peer into her thoughts as she begins to parse the enormity of what has come to pass," Esmail said of the poem.
Muske-Dukes has had her poems put to music before.
"But this is a special one," said Muske-Dukes, professor of English and creative writing. "I'm so moved that these words I read at David's funeral were 'heard' so deeply by Reena — and that her great gift turned my words into exquisite haunting music. What a gift, even in grief, what a gift."
The program includes music from four Pacific Rim composers and Esmail, an East Coast Indian American composer who recently earned her master's of music degree in composition from the Yale School of Music. White Key was previously performed by the Yale Camerata.
For information on times and locations of the Volti program that includes White Key, visit voltisf.org.
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This plant appeared about 3 months ago and it sprouted very tall. I had thrown wild flower seeds out over a year ago so I assumed it was a wild flower... It's about 9-10' tall now and it seems to have started to growing little bunches at the ends that I hope to maybe sprout as flowers. Does anyone know what this might be? |
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Our Sussex apple orchards have been recognized as a National Collection by Plant Heritage. We planted over 2000 trees last winter in school and community orchards across Sussex.
Brighton Permaculture Trust is completely reliant on volunteer support. We're always looking for help with scrumping, gardening, course support & more, so join us today.
Give the gift of permaculture! Gift vouchers are available towards the cost of any course or event run by Brighton Permaculture Trust. Learn more.
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