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Cause undetermined for a Milton fire this week
MILTON – Due to extensive damage, the cause of a fire at a home at 668 Mahoning Street in Milton could not be determined. Firefighters were called to the home of Michael and Traci Messinger around 2 p.m. on Tuesday and found heavy smoke and fire. The home's walls and roof eventually collapsed.
After an investigation this week, Milton Fire Chief Sam Shaffer says the cause of the fire will be listed as undetermined. One firefighter was treated at Evangelical Community Hospital for a minor injury and a dog was killed in the fire. (Ali Stevens)
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Every Dasara, Ravana dies spectacularly, in a blaze of flames and fireworks, only to die again the year after. Revisit the Ramayana to rediscover Ravana, not as an all-black anti-hero but a character with shades of grey — a warrior king who grabbed life with his 20 arms and drank the nectar of pleasure with his 10 mouths, a great vedic scholar who lived by his own code of ethics
Dasara is all about celebrating the victory of Dharma over Adharma. It is on this day that the evil demon Ravana was slain by Sri Rama, the avatar of Lord Vishnu.
Rama is considered as the epitome of virtue — the Maryada Purushottama, whereas Ravana is often portrayed as the devil incarnate. Ravana's death is the most celebrated death in the history of mankind. Year after year, Ravana keeps dying spectacularly in every nook and corner of India during Dussehra.
Sri Rama represents an idea of how to lead a life. Most saints have called it an ideal way of living and most Indians do believe it to be so. The unapologetic spiritual quest of Indian philosophy, which sees everything materialistic with derision, has not always gone unchallenged. In Ramayana itself we can find thinkers who have put materialistic pleasures over abstract ideals.
Valmiki Ramayana speaks about a materialistic philosopher Jabali, who tried to stop Lord Rama from going to his 14 years of exile, with his rational arguments. Jabali was a pioneer in the philosophy of "Lokayata Darshana", which gave importance to man's materialistic pursuit over vague concepts of spiritualism.
Different Ramayanas give varying versions of how Rama had reacted to these arguments. But most agree that Lord Rama lost his cool and a terrified Jabali meekly withdrew fearing for his life.
Ravana lived his life according to the tenets of Jabali. Though a devout Shiva Bhakta, he never tried to imitate the ascetic lifestyle of his favourite God. He grabbed life with his 20 arms and drank the nectar of pleasure with his 10 mouths. Ravana was someone who lived life fully. Unlike Sri Rama, he had no reverence for his parents. Though a Brahmin, he did not offer any special privileges for Brahmins in his kingdom.
He was considered the greatest Vedic scholar of his times, yet his followers were always disrupting yajnas and it fell upon Sri Rama to protect such religious sacrifices. While Rama was willing to forgo his kingship for the sake of his half-brother Bharata, Ravana grabbed Lanka from his half-brother Kubera through deceit and cunning.
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It will be interesting to ask this simple question. Had Ravana won the final war instead of Rama, would our concept of right and wrong have undergone any change?
Maybe, the poets would have told us that Ravana followed the Dharma to the last word. History is always written by the victors. His abduction of Sita might have been justified as a revenge for mutilation of his sister by Lakshmana. When Rama could not accept his wife without a test of purity by fire, Ravana had stood by his wife in a much more serious circumstance.
Valmiki Ramayana speaks about an incident when Angada and other vanaras entered Ravana's harem and molested Mandodari. This was done as a war strategy to prevent Ravana from completing his prayer that might have made him invincible. However, Ravana accepted his wife even after the incident and was not worried about what the world would think about her. There was no Agnipariksha for Mandodari.
This may earn him lots of fans from the modern day feminists, but a deeper reading of the epic will make them understand that while Ravana could charm any number of ladies to his bed, he was not above using force whenever he felt necessary.
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Are you stuck in the closet – afraid to come out and act like you really want to? I bet you are. In fact – I bet about 90% of you are. You are lurking in the dark, afraid to declare your secret desires, but willing to watch; from a safe place.
You are in the career break closet.
Research shows that about 90% of the people who read online media do not actually participate in the conversation; consumption vs. production. That's fine, I understand, communicating online isn't for everyone.
However I'm willing to believe that a percentage of that 90% are not lurking because they want to, but because they feel like they have to. They are staying in the closet because they can't yet let people know about their career break plans. They must stay in the closet in order to remain at their jobs and while they quietly plan their getaway.
Keith and Amy Sutter from Green Around the Globe share their time in the career break closet:
In January of 2009 Amy and I made the big decision, to travel the world for a year. And with all of the excitement and anxiety that comes with such a big decision there was one unpleasant aspect that regularly kept us up at night. We now had a huge secret to keep from everyone we knew. There are practical elements to keeping your decision a secret initially. What if you decide not to do it? What happens if something comes up? A family member gets ill, you get ill. There are any number of potential events that could change your plans. So Amy and I went into the "traveler closet" for 6 months. This meant that as we were doing our initial research, reading books, blogs and anything else we could get our hands on, we had to be sure to keep it all under wraps. When friends came over for dinner we had to spend 10 minutes scanning the condo to make sure an incriminating book was not left laying out.
When we did start telling people, starting with close family we had to bring them into our "circle of trust". We had to make sure we controlled who knew when. Practically it was to make sure we handled giving notice at our respective workplaces on our terms and in a professional manner. We could not afford, either financially or professional, for word of our plans to leak back to our companies before we were ready. The other reason to control the information is so that we would be the ones to personally tell every one of our family and friends. That reason was selfish, we wanted to be there to see or hear their unfiltered initial reactions. One of the best parts of planning the trip is telling the people you are closest to and getting their reactions.


text: Marshall County now qualifies as a Kansas Rural Enterprise Zone. If adopted by commissioners, the program allows a Kansas income tax waiver and student loan repayment assistance for individuals moving to the county. Fifty counties initially qualified for the program, with Marshall County among 23 additional that were added during the recent legislative session. Commissioners Monday heard a presentation from Lyle Peterson with the Kansas Department of Commerce. No action was taken Monday; the issue is scheduled to be discussed at the next meeting.


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The crowd at Kaye Auditorium at Florida Atlantic University was in a frenzy waiting for Kendrick Lamar after 5 & A Dime's bass-filled DJ set. Once Lamar hit the stage, the crowd knew all of his lyrics and they made sure to let him know it.
See also: Kendrick Lamar at Karmaloop Verge Campus Tour, Florida Atlantic University, April 4 (Review)
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The Leaflet - National School Choice Week A Big Success
Another successful National School Choice Week is in the books, and what a success it was. |
The Leaflet - The State of the States
This week was President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, and in many states the governors' State of the S |
The Leaflet - National School Choice Week
On Saturday, January 21, National School Choice Week 2012 will kickoff in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
The Leaflet - Happy Holidays
Happy holidays to everyone! As we get ready to ring in 2012 it gives us a chance to reflect upon 2011. |
The Leaflet - The Parent Trigger Two Years Later
In August of 2010 The Heartland Institute began getting involved in a revolutionary education reform issue known as |
The Leaflet: Heartland Uncovers Shocking Medicare Wasteful Spending
As you may already know, The Heartland Institute produces and sends out six monthly newspapers addressing the major domestic public policy issues to every national and state elected official in the
The Leaflet - The Amazon tax goes to Congress
I hope everyone had a fun- and food-filled Thanksgiving!
The Leaflet - Thanksgiving & Capitalism
Before free markets were established, the colonists had nothing for which to be thankful. ...
The Leaflet - U.S. Supreme Court Will Review 3 PPACA Cases
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order granting review in three cases regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
The Leaflet - Governor Walker's Act 10
It has been a year since Wisconsin's Act 10, which limited collective bargaining rights for most public employees, went into effect.


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Research and Implementation Teams
Regional researchers, preK-16 educators, and community-based organizers formed interdisciplinary teams to accomplish the six broad research and practice goals outlined on the Principles and Mission page. These interdisciplinary teams are guided by the NRRC's Advisory Board, and they will convene both face-to-face and via this website to communicate goals, share resources, and disseminate research findings. Teams will include:
- Faculty across academic disciplines from several IHE partners who are expert in research methodologies and experienced with research in schools;
- District personnel experienced with using data to drive decisions;
- Community-based organizers who can contribute data on factors external to school that may have an impact on student learning.
Below are descriptions of each team's initial goals and efforts:
- Communities of Practice/New Educator Support
- Science, Technology/Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Team
- College Readiness and Workforce Team
- Early Childhood Education
- Out-of-School-Time Services
- pK-12 Curriculum and Instruction (inlcuding educator preperation college level instruction and resources)
Communities of Practice/New Educator Support
To use the principles and practices of communities of practice to support and retain new teachers and school leaders in the early years of their work.
Why is this of Critical Importance?
In the context of "communities of practice" (COPs), new teachers can engage in collaborative mentoring and reflective practice focused on student learning. The school becomes a site for teacher learning, from a new teacher's introduction to the school 'culture' to his or her ability to assess his/her own practice. Instead of separating teacher induction from mentoring and professional development, school leaders can encourage the development of COPs that introduce and sustain strong cultures of professional learning throughout teachers' careers.
Initial Actions:
The Communities of Practice Team will:
- Examine recent research and effective models of mentoring, induction, and retention initiatives within communities of practice.
- Assist regional schools and districts in forming and maintaining COPs for new teachers guided by the principles of adult learning and development.
- Help initiate and sustain cross-district COPs for groups of new school leaders (e.g., principals, directors, superintendents), to create a cadre of leaders trained in facilitative mentoring.
- Offer training to teacher-leaders/mentors identified by partner districts.
Related Resources:
The School Reform Initiative
To strengthen students' knowledge and interest in science, technology/engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by improving teachers' STEM knowledge
base and their ability to teach STEM content in meaningful ways.
Why is this of Critical Importance?
Fewer students graduating from Massachusetts high schools express an interest in a college major in a STEM field than high school graduates across the nation, and the number is declining. Jobs that are vacant in Massachusetts now are in management, computer technology, mathematics, engineering, health care, and technology, as well as some community and social services. Today's workforce requires strong math and science skills; communication, critical thinking, and teamwork abilities; and post-secondary education. Computer skills are now 'basic' skills.
We in the Northeast must strengthen students' knowledge of and interest in STEM fields. This effort includes:
- Strengthening teachers' knowledge of the concepts, principles, and modes of inquiry in STEM fields;
- Strengthening the mathematics- and science-literacy of both new and experienced teachers;
- Helping teachers' translate STEM content into instruction that is meaningful and important to students;
- Broadening STEM teachers' awareness of how what they teach connects to real-world environments and economic trends.
Initial Actions:
The STEM Team will draw on the resources and initiatives undertaken by the existing K-16 network of the Northeast Region STEM Pipeline led by the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) to extend the network to other districts and organizations and expand the scope of its activities. Initial activities will include:
- Providing middle and high school teachers with professional development through STEM content workshops, hands-on applications, and information regarding current and future STEM career paths;
- Identifying "STEM teacher-leaders" in some districts who will offer workshops and demonstrations to teachers in the region;
- Providing students with STEM enrichment and STEM career programs and engaging them in community projects;
- Providing a teacher externship program in STEM industries in partnership with Workforce Investment Boards.
Related Resources:
UMass Lowell STEM Initiatives
NSTA Legislative Update (Jan., 2011)
College Readiness and Workforce Team
To contribute to the development of a workforce possessing the knowledge and skills needed for the 21st century by assisting districts with preparing students for college.
Why is this of Critical Importance?
From the Massachusetts School-to-College Report: A report on the MA high school class of 2005, released in February 2008, (Massachusetts Dept. of Education, 2008), revealed that 37 percent of public high school graduates who attended a public college or university in Massachusetts enrolled in at least one remedial course in their first semester in college. The figure for some high schools reached more than 70 percent. Secondary and postsecondary leaders alike recognize this as a problem that costs everyone money—families, schools, and taxpayers—takes up valuable time, and often prevents students from ever completing a college degree. High schools and colleges need to work together to better understand entry requirements, how curriculum is (or is not) aligned, and which students are in need of additional preparation before they arrive at college.
Initial Actions:
The College Readiness and Workforce Team will:
- Address the sequencing of curriculum and alignment of expectations from middle school to college in several important subject/skill areas, including mathematics and writing.
- Help NRRC partners expand early placement testing, provide regular reports to high schools on the college readiness of their students, and develop a system of intervention strategies that will better prepare students at participating high schools for the transition to college.
Related Resources:
www.collegesuccess.salemcyberspace.org (parent, student and educator resource page with wonderful student materials on college admissions process. 2012)
Amesbury and Northern Essex Community Colleage (NECC) Collaboration
To improve the quality of early education by strengthening the preparation and support of providers, articulating career pathways for those committed to young children's education and care.
Why is this of Critical Importance?
The responsibility for student learning rests not only with K-12 schools but also with the institutions and organizations that care for children before they enter school and during out-of-school time. Extra-school organizations have had important influences on children's knowledge and visions for the future. Many offer 'wrap-around services' to children and their families in need of support.
- The NRRC recognizes the need to showcase, replicate, and connect excellent early childhood programs
- Through collaboration, the NRRC team will work to establish professional development opportunities that link certificate, associates and bachelor degree options.
Initial Actions:
The Early Childhood Team will share successful regional models and generate ideas for new programs to reach more students. Specifically, the team will:
- Examine current regional offerings and suggest ways to replicate successful models and expand services, as well as tackle the long-standing problem of articulation and transfer within Massachusetts' institutions of higher education.
- Ensure that the EEC 'Core Competencies' and 'Preschool Standards and Guidelines,' DESE's 'Curriculum Frameworks,' the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) standards, and the National Afterschool Association (NAA) standards are infused into college coursework and understood within the workforce.
- Work closely with community providers to offer education and training to family and center-based providers.
Related Resources:
Early Childhood Workers May Benefit From State Grant
The EEC office has new publications available: Physical Health and Well Being Brochure, Cognitive Development Brochure, Social Emotional Development Brochure and Approaches to Learning Brochure (10/11)
R3P - Professional Development Initiative for Early Educators (10/11)
Massachusetts Deptartment of Early Education and Care: Professional Development Calendar
Wellesley College & NIOST
To improve the quality of out-of-school time services by strengthening the preparation and support of providers of services to youth outside of the traditional school environment.
Why is this of Critical Importance?
There are too few out-of-school-time programs for teens. In the northeast region, organizations provide teens, including English language learners, with safe, interesting learning activities after school; however, these programs serve a very small percentage of all who could benefit from academic enrichment, personal development, and college/career assistance.
- The NRRC recognizes the need to showcase, replicate, and connect excellent out-of-school time programs with school districts, postsecondary institutions and peer programs.
- Through collaboration, NRRC will expand opportunities for professional development for out-of-school time program staff .
Initial Actions:
The out-of-school time Team will share successful regional models and generate ideas for new programs to reach more students. Specifically, the team will:
- Help to expand out-of-school programs for older children and teens, disseminating models and information on funding sources, and working with districts, agencies, and other NRRC Teams who might assist in providing programs.
- Disiminate information to educational instutions regarding opportunities for youth, families and educators through our out-of-school time partners.
Individual Reports:
Building Community Partnerships: Tips for Out-of-School Time Programs
Helping Youth Succeed Through Out-of-School Time Programs
IES Practice Guide: Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement
Strengthening Partnerships and Building Public Will for Out-of-School Time Programs
Thinking about Summer Learning: Three Perspectives
National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
Wallace Foundation: Out-of-School Time Reports
Pk-12 Curriculum Instruction (including preservice teacher educator programs)
To support the development and implementation of proven instructional practices geared at improving student learning across the continuum.
Why is this of Critical Importance?
Massachusetts, as part of the national Race to the Top effort, has implemented new curriculum frameworks for mathematics and ELA understanding the need to continue our efforts to improve academic acheivements and college and career readiness for all students in the commonwealth. The new frameworks will roll out in 2011-2012 with assessments linked to the standards in all areas by 2014.
- The NRRC recognizes the need to provide quality professional development on the curriculum frameworks at the regional level.
- NRRC also understands the importance of teacher preparation programs encorporating the frameworks and related materials into our higher education delivery system.
- NRRC notes that collaboration on multiple aspects of curriculum and instruction can provide the regional districts with economical and effective ways to support professional development.
Initial Actions:
- Provide workshops and collaborative events for higher education faculty and staff to promote the inclusion of curriculum framework materials in college level course work for future educators.
- Disseminate information to educational materials regarding implementing the 2011 curriculum frameworks.
- Provide workshops, seminars and/or courses that will engage educators in quality activities incorporating new standards, as well as other proven strategies for teaching across the discipline areas.


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"I don't run for time or place or anything, I just run because I love it, and I'm glad I can share my love of running with Chloe now," says Sami, a junior at Lexington High School who's on the junior varsity cross country team. "I love having Chloe. She's helped me so much." Now in her fourth year running cross country, Sami won a waiver from the state high school athletic association that allows her to compete with a dog. "There is still a little element of being terrified you're going to fall flat on your face," Sami says. "She's given me a lot more confidence in my running."
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Bily Konicek (White Horse) has modern furnishings, with an emphasis on glass and dark woods; creatively blended into an array of alcoves and open spaces, and spread over several levels.
The restaurant serves mainly international cuisine, but has some nice traditional Czech food on the menu as well. Meals are prepared from high quality ingredients with an emphasis on seasonal products.
The wine list includes a few Czech bottles, along with wines from France, Germany, Italy and Spain. If wish to try out the Czech house wines, which are good, it can work out better value to order by the glass.
Bily Konicek is informal and will suit all types of diner, with contemporary background music adding atmosphere, but kept low to allow for conversation.
Most nights of the week things get livelier from 8.30pm onwards as a live band takes to the stage. Music varies from day to day, ranging from Latin music to Jazz & Blues.
A further feature is a separate club area, which can be opened by prior arrangement for large parties once the main dining has finished. The DJ stocks a mix of 80s/90s/00s/10s tunes and dancing can go on until morning.
Bily Konicek has enough areas and the right ambience to suit everyone from romantic couples to large parties. It is a relaxed restaurant, but has an air of the special occasion about it.Bily Konicek is suitable for groups of all ages. The live music is popular with groups, plus a separate club area at the rear of the restaurant can be pre-booked by large parties, making Bily Konicek an ideal all-in-one party venue to eat, drink and dance in. Advance reservations are essential.


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Symphony No. 9 in D major
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Gustav MahlerUpcoming Performances
National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor: Mahler's Symphony No. 9 - Mar. 19 - 21, 2015
Eschenbach's multi-season exploration of Gustav Mahler--whom the NSO Music Director has called "the greatest symphonist ever"--begins with the composer's powerful Symphony No. 9, written following Mahler's struggle with several life challenges.
Past Performances
WPAS: Kirov Orchestra - Sat., Dec. 8, 2001, 4:00 PM
WPAS: Kirov Orchestra - Tue., Mar. 18, 2003, 8:00 PM
National Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin, conductor/Mahler Symphony - Apr. 21 - 24, 2005
About the Work
Mahler made the initial sketches for his Ninth Symphony in the summer of 1908 at Toblach, composed the work there the following summer, and completed the orchestration early in 1910. He did not live to hear the first performance of the work, given in Vienna under Bruno Walter on June 26, 1912. Prior to the present concerts, the National Symphony Orchestra has performed the Mahler Ninth in only three seasons: on November 11 and 12, 1975, conducted by Antal Doráti; October 13, 15, 16 and 18, 1981, Carlos Paita conducting; and May 4, 6 and 9, 1989, under James Conlon.The large orchestra specified in the score comprises a piccolo, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, E-flat clarinet, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, 3 large bells, chimes, cymbals, tam tam, triangle, glockenspiel, 2 harps, and strings. Duration, 85 minutes.
Back in the days when the symphonies of both Mahler and Bruckner were "novelties" in our concert halls, the two composers tended to be bracketed together in the minds of many musicians and their audiences, on fairly superficial grounds: both composers wrote unusually long symphonies which took a long time to work their way into the so-called standard repertory, their creative lives overlapped for a dozen years or so, and in many instances they were championed by the same conductors—such as Bruno Walter and Otto Klemperer, both of whom had actually been assistants to Mahler. Mahler, in his student years, had some lessons from Bruckner, and prepared a piano reduction of that master's Third Symphony; later in his life he sometimes performed Bruckner's works, and on one famous occasion, when he conducted the Te Deum , he crossed out the words "for chorus, soli and orchestra, organ ad libitum" on the title page, and wrote in their stead, "For the tongues of angels, heaven-blessed, chastened hearts, and souls purified in fire!" For the most part, though, parallels between Bruckner and Mahler are to be found more in the way of background statistics than in the substance of their works. We find, for instance, that while each of these composers is credited with nine symphonies each actually wrote eleven, and that each ended his cycle of symphonies with a conscious farewell to life which he did not live to complete.
In Bruckner's case the two supplemental symphonies are early works: the so-called "No. 0" in D minor and the "Youth" Symphony in F minor, both written before his "official" Symphony No. 1. In his own Ninth Bruckner wrote a section which he labeled "Farewell to Life"; he dedicated the work to God, and prayed that he would live to provide the work with a finale. We might say it was the Dedicatee's unerring judgment that the composer's prayer was denied and the sublime Adagio stands as his final symphonic word. For Mahler, whose Ninth ends with an Adagio according to his own fully realized design, both of the "extra" symphonies came at the end of his life and were in fact components of his tripartite leave-taking. His decision to withhold a number from the earliest part of his farewell triptych was in part a consequence of Bruckner's having died without finishing his Ninth.
In the summer of 1907, by which time Mahler had completed eight of his symphonies and performed six of them, his life was shattered by the "three blows of fate" which he had predicted in the final movement of his Sixth. Both of his young daughters caught scarlet fever that summer: Anna, the younger one, recovered, but the five-year-old Maria contracted diphtheria and died after much suffering. Then Mahler's wife, barely recovered from surgery herself, collapsed from "extreme exhaustion of the heart"; in an attempt to cheer her, Mahler invited her physician to examine him, too, and his own fatal heart disease was diagnosed.
Mahler was not at all prepared for what the doctor told him, and that diagnosis came at a critical time in his professional life as well as a tragic one for his family. In that same year, 1907, Mahler concluded his brilliant but stormy tenure as director of the Vienna Opera and took up a new one with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. At that critical time his life had to be changed, all his physical activities curtailed; at the age of 47, he concentrated his creative energies on achieving as much as he could under what he himself referred to as a "death sentence." In her memoirs, many years later, Alma Mahler would describe 1907 as a year "so blackly underlined in the calendar of our life," and the summer of the following year as
the saddest we had ever spent or were to spend together. Every excursion, every attempt at distraction, was a failure. Grief and anxiety pursued us wherever we went. Work was his one resource. He slaved at Das Lied von der Erde and the first drafts of the Ninth.
It is understandable that under such circumstances even a man as driven as Mahler would indulge himself in superstition in respect to affixing the number Nine to a symphony. The idea of a Ninth Symphony had taken on a certain mystique and portentousness. A Ninth had ended Beethoven's output of symphonies. Bruckner had died without completing his Ninth . Mahler was not only concerned, but extremely apprehensive about producing a Ninth Symphony of his own, and it was for that reason alone that he decided, upon completing Das Lied von der Erde in 1908, not to call that work "Symphony No. 9" as he had originally intended (though he did label it "a symphony for alto, tenor and orchestra"). According to Alma,
When later he was writing his next symphony, which he called the Ninth, he said to me: "Actually, of course, it's the Tenth, because Das Lied von der Erde was really the Ninth." Finally, when he was composing the Tenth he said, "Now the danger is past." And thus he thought to give God the slip . . . yet he did not live to see the Ninth performed, or to finish the Tenth.
Those three final works, according to Mahler's plan, were to constitute his valediction, and none of them was performed in his lifetime. Each in its way addresses ideas of death and forewell; the score of the uncompleted Tenth is strewn with personal notations of heart-rending urgency. Bruno Walter conducted the premiere of Das Lied von der Erde in Munich eight months before he presided over that of the Ninth in Vienna; no part of the Tenth was heard until 1924, when Franz Schalk conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the two movements Mahler himself had compmleted and orchestrated, material having been copied and prepared for that occasion by Ernst Krenek with the assistance of Alban Berg. (Krenek had married Mahler's daughter Anna the previous year; they were divorced in 1925 and Anna subsequently married the conductor Anatole Fistoulari. Alma had by then married the architect Walter Gropius and borne him a daughter, whose early death at decade later was to inspire Berg's Violin Concerto.)
In 1938 Henry Boys wrote that the predominant mood of both Das Lied von der Erde and the Ninth Symphony "is one of consuming nostalgia and world-weariness," and that the drama of the Ninth "might be thought of as expressing the conflict of final reconciliation of Mahler's personal world with some more peaceful world towards which he had always aspired." Mahler himself, who once declared that "all music since Beethoven has been program music," said of his own Ninth (and specifically of its final Adagio ), "There is no more irony, no sarcasm, no resentment whatever; there is only the majesty of death."
In this work Mahler reverted to the four-movement layout which he had used in only three of his earlier symphonies (Nos. 1, 4 and 6), but there is a very striking difference between the format here and that of the traditional four-movement symphony. Instead of fast outer movements framing a slow movement and a scherzo, Mahler gave his Ninth two vast slow movements for beginning and end, separating them with two shorter (but hardly "short") quick movements. This arrangement was not entirely without precedent—even Haydn had experimented with something similar—but the very obviousness of the truly close precedent has perhaps caused it to be overlooked or dismissed in most discussions, and, without making too much of it, it is worth noting.
In 1893, some 15 years before Mahler began working on his Ninth, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who had met him in Hamburg the previous year, ended his own series of symphonies with the now famous and much beloved Pathétique, another work filled with "the majesty of death." Tchaikovsky, who cited actual chants for the dead in his final symphony, did live to hear it performed, under his own direction, but died nine days after the premiere, under somewhat curious conditions. The Pathétique is a good deal shorter than Mahler's Ninth, but its layout is more or less the same, certainly close enough to have provided a pattern. Even the respective inner movements seem to underscore the correspondence: Tchaikovsky's second movement is a "limping waltz," in 3/4 time, Mahler's is in the tempo of a Ländler, the rustic antecedent of the waltz; Tchaikovskys' third movement is a bizarre march, Mahler's is a more extended and still more bizarre Rondo-Burleske with echoes of the barracks and parade ground.
Mahler, one of the most eminent conductors of his time, definitely knew the Pathétique : he conducted the work both in Europe and in New York, and complained that his American audiences demanded it too frequently. It is doubtful, however, that he consciously copied Tchaikovsky's innovative outline. Both his symphony and Tchaikovsky's are remarkably original works, each utterly characteristic of its composer, and in each the format is more or less dictated by the work's overall emotional burden. The two finales, moreover, are quite different from each other, beyond the matter of length. Although Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony proved to be his farewell gesture, there is every evidence that it was not so intended: its conclusion is brooding and mournful in accordance with the conventional view of death observed, rather than that of death experienced or anticipated. Maher's extraordinary finale, which in its own right is quite without precedent, is not mournful, but exalted: in this valedictory utterance "the majesty of death" is illumined by a glow of serenity and confident affirmation.
Bruno Walter, who conducted the posthumous premieres of both Das Lied von der Erde and the Ninth Symphony, was Mahler's closest associate and disciple; he left us a book on Mahler in which he wrote that the Ninth
in design, movement, technique, and polyphony . . . continues the line of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh symphonies. It is, however, inspired by an intense spiritual agitation: the sense of departure. And, although it is also purely orchestral music, it differs from the middle group, is nearer to the earlier symphonies in its deeply subjective and emotional mood.
Walter observed also the "Der Abschied" ("The Farewell"), the title of the concluding section of Das Lied von der Erde , "might serve as rubric for the Ninth Symphony. Its first movement is derived from the mood of Das Lied , though in no sense musically related to it." Others have found some of the roots of the first movement in the opening song of the Kindertotenlieder , the song-cycle Mahler composed between 1901 and 1904, wherein the same specific tonalities—D major and D minor—may be observed in similar alternation. And, while one hesitates to dispute Bruno Walter on any point regarding Mahler, it would appear that a musical link with Das Lied von der Erde does exist, for a thematic fragment in the middle of the first movement all but echoes the words "Du, aber, Mensch," sung by the tenor in the opening song of Das Lied , called "Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde" ("Drinking Song of the Earth's Sorrow"). The line in full is: "Du aber, Mensch, wie lange lebst denn du?" ("But thou, o man, how long is thy lifespan?") The reference is a most poignant one, fully in accord with the emotional thrust of the movement, and the listener familiar with Das Lied von der Erde may be struck by various other resemblances—never actual themes, but rather fragments of themes and sub-motifs.
The first movement as a whole represents one of Mahler's characteristically personal construction plans, wherein sonata form is only vaguely acknowledged, more or less passed over in favor of a loose variation form. The entire movement is a series of metamorphoses of the three-note figure introduced at the outset by harp and horns, an Urmotiv apparently based on the opening of Beethoven's Op. 81a Piano Sonata, Les Adieux , which Beethoven designed to fit the words "Lebe wohl" ("Farewell"). Theodor W. Adorno, one of the earliest and most sympathetic commentators on Mahler's music, described this long and complex movement as a discourse in which the music takes on an
avid expressiveness and similarity to speech. The themes are neither active nor passive, but gush forth as though the music received the impulse to continue only during the discourse itself.
Toward the end of the movement are a duet for flute and horn and further passages for solo flute which are reminiscent of the flute solo over fading trumpets just prior to the choral section in the finale of the Second Symphony (the Resurrection ), an episode which in that work represents the hovering "Bird of Death." The end, reached with an air of weariness, is almost childlike in its simple sweetness. Alban Berg summed it up in a letter to his wife just after the work's premiere in 1912:
The entire movement is based on a premonition of death which constantly recurs. All earthly dreams lead to it; that is why the tenderest passages are followed by tremendous climaxes, like new eruptions of a volcaono. This, of course, is most obvious of all in the place where the premonition of death becomes certain knowledge, where, in the most profound and anguished love of life, death announces itself with utmost power . . . Against that, there is no more resistance to be offered, and I see what follows as a sort of resignation.
Mundane images are evoked and distorted in both of the inner movements. The second movement, headed "In the tempo of an easy-going Ländler," begins with a tune that fits that description. It is succeeded by a smoother and faster section, actually a waltz, and then by a much slower Ländler. These materials (plus a fleeing reminiscence of the Symphony's opening motif) are brought to a rhythmic boil, and then float away in fragments in muted brasses. At the end there is a final grotesque appearance of the original Ländler phrase, with a pithy comment from the piccolo and contrabassoon projecting an image of hollowness and the feeling that, as Bruno Walter put it, "the dance is over."
Shostakovich, a profound admirer of Mahler, expanded on Mahler juxtaposition of piccolo and contrabassoon in some of his own works, and the Ninth's third movement may well have served as prototype for some of the Russian composer's similarly demonic scherzos. Mahler offered a sardonic dedication of this Rondo-Burleske, "To my brothers in Apollo"—at once a reminder of how misunderstood his music had been and a defiant assertion of his confidence in having chosen the path he chose. "Mahler seems to revel in his contrapuntal mastery," Henry Boys wrote, adding, "The music seems to alternate between a terrific, often frenzied agitation and an attitude of devil-may-care." By way of trio to this fantastic scherzo is a contrasting middle section marked Mit grosser Empfindung ("With great feeling"), which affords a glimpse ahead to the rarefied atmosphere of the finale.
A gesture of sobriety and resignation, stated by the violins, opens the Adagio , and after a few bars the aural fabric is enriched by the addition of the lower strings. This unique finale is both an instrumental sequel to the "Abschied" in Das Lied von der Erde and a conspicuous contrast to Mahler's earlier symphonic offering on the subject of death, the Second Symphony, composed some 15 years earlier. In the finale of the Second Mahler had deployed a huge apparatus—chorus, two solo singers, organ and offstage band in addition to the large orchestra—in a ringing, proclamative statement. In the finale of the Ninth the large orchestra, without those supplemental forces, is used sparingly and delicately to achieve a chamber-music intimacy, and the intensity that grows so uncontrivedly is a wholly "interior" phenomenon, in contrast to the relatively "public" manner of the earlier choral finale. Here Mahler serenely accepts the actuality of transfiguration, even as motifs from the earlier movements are subtly transfigured in passing. In the one grand climax—an episode marked Fliessender, doch durchaus nicht eilend ("Flowing, but unrushed throughout"), a little more than halfway through the movement—the clouds roll back, the heavens open, and for a blinding instant the pilgrim stares into the radiant fulfillment of his spiritual journey. The aftermath of this stunning episode is a gradual dying-away interrupted by a second fortissimo; the violins climb higher and higher, ever more softly, until only they and the cellos are left playing. The coda, assigned to the strings alone, is made up of fragmented echoes and poignant silences; the final bar is marked erstebend, the German equivalent of the Italian morendo: "dying away."
Looking back on the rich and varied character of music in the last century, several commentators have suggested that it was this last completed symphony of Mahler's, and not The Rite of Spring or any work of the so-called Second Viennese School, that marked that century's real beginning. What is beyond argument is that this Ninth marked a new and altogether exceptional level in illuminating the collective and contradictory phenomena we have come to call "the human condition." Mahler may not have known that phrase, but he was confident that his time would come, as it indeed did when the need for this particular kind of illumination was most deeply felt, and today it seems more pertinent than ever.


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CDC students represent indigent persons accused of committing misdemeanor and other minor offenses. Students are assigned to work in either Kings County under the supervision of Brooklyn Defender Services ("BDS") or in Queens County under the supervision of The Legal Aid Society Queens Criminal Defense Trial Office ("LASQns")
Students selected for the CDC carry their own caseload of clients pursuant to a Student Practice Order that allows them to represent individuals in Criminal Court under the supervision of a designated mentor-attorney. CDC students assume all the duties of a criminal defense lawyer and handle all aspects of their clients' cases from arraignment to disposition of the case. This includes the initial client interview, representing the client at the arraignment in Criminal Court, bail applications and hearings, case investigations, discovery, writing, filing and arguing motions on behalf of the client, conducting pre-trial hearings, plea negotiations and representing the client at all court appearances, including any trial on the charges.
The CDC is available to up to fourteen full-time and part-time students who have completed 4 semesters at the Law School, are in good academic standing, and meet the course requirements.
CDC Students must work at least 13 hours a week at their defender organization and must also participate in the 2- hour weekly seminar each semester. CDC Students receive 4 letter-graded credits each semester. Grades are based on student performance in both aspects of the clinic.
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One Direction 2012: 1D boys bring Rays Of Sunshine to seriously ill kids
Yesterday, the band members of One Direction, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, paid a visit to some of the seriously ill children who benefit from having their wishes come true thanks to Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity.
And for one little girl, Niamh, her wish to meet 1D's Niall Horan came true as he posed for a picture with the little fan.
He posted the pic on Twitter, commenting, "Met this amazing girl this morning,niamh! Great morning @RaysofSunshine ,brave girl"
After the visit, the charity's rep tweeted, "Thanks to @onedirection for a fantastic @raysofsunshine wish morning today! Lots of wishes granted!"
The 1D boys – as well as numerous other celebrities, including JLS – are also contributing their favourite recipes for a cookery book that the charity is to be releasing soon, the proceeds of which will all go to Rays of Sunshine…
The One Direction boys have supported the charity ever since they shot to fame on The X Factor, and last year, they made one little girl's wish come true by meeting with her and her family.
Brogan, who has kidney disease, met with the lads along with her sister Paige and their mum and dad, and were treated to an all expenses paid weekend in London.
At the time, Brogan's dad John said, "The wish was absolutely brilliant. The whole day was wonderful, superb!
"We all had such a great time and were both over the moon to meet One Direction."
Aww boys, good on you for doing such good work for the charity. It's what makes you beautiful.


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The Pacific Southwest Regional Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has worked with architects, designers, engineers, healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals to identify the "Top 5 Green Building Strategies for Healthcare" that support the Joint Commission's Environment of Care objectives. The strategies combine enhanced community reputation, benefits to the environment, patients and staff, and cost competitiveness.The overview summarizes the benefits and case-study results for each of the five green building strategies. Following are the descriptions and case studies for each strategy. To view all files, go to http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/p2/greenbldg.html.
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Easter in Prague: Easter Traditions and Music in Prague
Easter is a special time in Prague and visitors to Prague at Easter can look forward to enjoying its special Easter traditions and atmosphere.
At the Prague Easter markets in the Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square, market stalls are full of brightly coloured, hand-painted Easter eggs, embroidery, crystal ware, handcrafted products and Easter whips, not to mention the many Easter treats and enticing snacks that are on sale.
Other Easter experiences include Easter egg painting by the girls and women. Easter caroling are performed by the boys who, with their braided whips, call on homes and whip the legs of girls and women of the homes. The boys recite Easter carols as they go about their whipping. In return, they are given one of the colourful Easter eggs.
Easter is also the time to attend a mass in one of Prague's ancient churches and many of these churches are also venues for regular Prague classical concerts.
Some Easter concerts and music in Prague churches to enjoy include:
Dvorak Requiem at the Municipal House (Obecni Dum)
The Prague Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir present Dvorak's Requiem with vocal soloists under the baton of Jiří Kout.
Easter Festival at St. Nicholas Church
St Nicholas hosts a special Easter Festival concert series with the music of Bach, Mozart, Hadyn, and Vivaldi performed by the Vivaldi Orchestra Praga. Sacred music will be performed by members of the National Theater and State Opera Prague.
Easter Concert in Old Prague
Enjoy sacred classical music in beautiful surroundings at the Klementinium. The concert features baroque organ, violin and flute and the Choir Adalbert.
Concerts at St George's Basilica – Prague Castle
Prague Castle is the most important historic location in the city and at St. George's Basilica you can enjoy works by Smetana, Schubert, Dvořák, Franck, Pachelbel, Bizet, Vivaldi, Händel, and many other composers.
Mozart's Requiem at the Estates Theatre
The Czech Collegium Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Mixed Choir and international soloists present Mozart's "Requiem" under the baton of conductor Jaroslav Brych at The Estates Theatre, one of the most beautiful historical theatres in Europe.
Puccini & Dvorak at the Municipal HouseEnjoy selected works by Puccini and Dvorak which will be performed at the Municipal House, Smetana Hall.
Organ Concerts at St Francis of Assisi Church
The St. Francis of Assisi Church, houses a unique baroque organ which was built in 1702. It is the second oldest organ in Prague and many famous names such as W.A. Mozart, A. Dvorák, J. F. N. Seger and others played this historic musical instrument.
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Dr. Kenneth N. Daniels is a Professor of Finance at Virginia Commonwealth University and specializes in the areas of financial services and community development. He has been an invited speaker at conferences such as the Institutional Investors Americas Government Funds Roundtable. Dr. Daniels received the Sydney Futures Exchange Prize for the outstanding paper on derivatives and the outstanding paper on investments from the Eastern Finance Association. Dr. Daniels has published over 20 refereed articles in journals such as The Journal of Money, Credit and Banking and, The Journal of Corporate Finance. His research on municipal bonds and financial advisors has been cited in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that was signed into federal law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010. Dr. Daniels is a also board member for the Richmond Retirement System, Virginia Community Development Corporation (VCDC) and Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness (VCEH). Currently, he is chairman of the board for the Richmond Retirement System while also serving as chairman of the finance committee for the Richmond Retirement System. Dr. Daniels served on the Treasury Board for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2002 to 2010. Dr. Daniels also serves as a board member of the Eastern Finance Association and the Midwest Finance Association.
Mr. Gilliam has been a banker for over 40 years. He has served the profession and his community with directorships for numerous organizations. Mr. Gilliam was the President and CEO of Pinnacle Bankshares and its wholly-owned subsidiary First National Bank from 1980 until 2011. Prior to taking the helm, he served for ten years as a Vice President. He is a former President of the Virginia Bankers Association and served on numerous committees and groups for this organization as well as the Virginia Association of Community Banks and the American Bankers Association. He served on the Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Gilliam has also presided over the Altavista Chamber of Commerce and the Altavista Lions Club. He has been a member of the Altavista Economic Development Authority, a director of the Altavista Life Saving & First Aid Crew, and a member of the Avoca Museum and Historical Society. Mr. Gilliam completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Business Administration at Guilford College. He received a Diploma of Graduation from the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management at the University of Virginia.
Mr. Hanna, retired, was Associate Provost for Academic Planning, Resources and Space in the Office of the University Provost for Virginia Tech. He joined Virginia Tech's faculty in 1972 and has served in a number of roles, including Assistant and Associate Dean for Administration in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Executive Director for Finance and Administration for Public Service, and Interim Vice Provost for Outreach and Economic Development. During his tenure at Virginia Tech, Mr. Hanna served on numerous non-profit boards, most notably as a long time member and chair of Community Housing Partners and the United Way of the New River Valley. Mr. Hanna received his Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors from North Carolina State University and his Master's in Urban and Public Affairs from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Mr. Harkness is formerly the President and CEO of Shrewsbury State Bank, Shrewsbury, New Jersey where for eight years managed the $425 million bank. His 33 years in banking has included Chairman and Consultant for Tredegar Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia; Executive Vice President of Investor Services and Capital Markets with Dominion Bankshares (which merged into Wachovia); President & CEO of Dominion Trust Company; Chairman, Investment Banking Services for Dominion; and Executive Vice President of Administrative Services with Dominion Bankshares. Additionally, he held Executive positions with Roanoke College and Wheat First Securities. Mr. Harkness holds a B.A. from Roanoke College and a J.D. from American University School of Law.
Ms. Henderson is the former Community Development Executive for Wachovia Corporation where for ten years she managed all aspects of Community Development Operations, Lending and Compliance (a $2 billion loan portfolio) for the $350 billion Corporation. Her banking career spanned over 24 years, including service as a Senior Product Manager for Consumer Credit and Operations Manager. Ms. Henderson currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Partners for the Common Good, a non-profit community development loan fund promoting community development. She is a member of the Appalachian Regional Commission's Capital Advisory Group, and RUPRI Rural Advisory Group. Ms. Henderson served, for 8 years, as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Community Investment Council. She is the former Chairman of the Board for Community Housing Partners Corporation, a regional affordable housing non-profit corporation. She was a member of the Consumer Bankers Associations CRA Committee and a board member of Community Development Trust. Ms. Henderson is a graduate of the Consumer Bankers Associations' Graduate School of Retail Bank Management and holds a Certified Risk Management Certification from the American Bankers Association. She graduated from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania and holds a Masters in Finance from St. Joseph's University.
Florence Kingston was selected as Director for the Department of Development for the City of Newport News in January of 2003 after being appointed Acting Director in August of 2002. Mrs. Kingston also serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Economic/Industrial Development Authority of the City of Newport News. She has worked in economic development and small business development for 32 years. She has been with the City's Department of Development for 30 years and with the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority for two years prior to that. Florence received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. She is a member of the International Economic Development Council, the Southern Economic Development Council, the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate, the Council of Development Finance Agencies, the Virginia Economic Developers Association, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Tidewater Small Business Financing Authority. Her civic activities include past Vice President and Treasurer of Girls, Inc. of the Greater Peninsula and she serves on the Boards of People-to-People, Visionarias, First United Methodist Church Foundation and Board of Trustees, The Newport News Green Foundation, and the Christopher Newport University's Joseph W. Luter, III College of Business & Leadership Board of Advisors.
Chuck Mills is founder and CEO of Salera Employee Benefits Solutions. Since its inception in 1998, Salera has successfully provided asset based lending to the government contracting industry. Mills and his company have received numerous awards to include the Small Business Administration's 2002 Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year award. During 1994-98, Mills was with Bear Stearns & Company on Wall Street, first as a trader for a $300 million portfolio of US government bonds and then as Vice-President within the company's Emerging Markets unit. Mills is a speaker for the US State Department. In this international diplomacy role he has provided presentations throughout Argentina, Brazil, S. Africa, Indonesia U.A.E. (Dubai), Syria and Qatar on business, economic, and strategic development and public policies relating to these issues. Mills is a graduate of the US Naval Academy. He served nine years in the US Marine Corps as a Cobra helicopter pilot and in the first Iraq conflict of 1990 - 91. During 1992-94 he was selected as a "Marine One" helicopter pilot for Presidents George H. W. Bush and William Clinton. He has served on numerous boards and currently serves on George Mason University's Board of Visitors, and is Chair of the University's Finance and Resource Development Committee, and sits on the Executive Committee.
Ms. Pembroke spent 28 years as a professional advocate in Washington, DC, and most recently served as Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff for the Council on Foundations, the largest membership organization serving philanthropy. Previously, she served as a state and federal government relations professional for Fortune 50 financial services corporations such as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and Citibank, FSB. During her tenure on Capitol Hill, Ms. Pembroke was counsel to the Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee of the United States Senate Banking Committee. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Chicago Community Ventures nfp. Ms. Pembroke is the Chair for the International Women's Democracy Center and a former board member of First Voice International. She is a member and past president of Women in Housing and Finance in Washington, DC. Ms. Pembroke was an inaugural independent director on the board of New York Mortgage Trust, a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust. Ms. Pembroke obtained a BA degree in history, political science and French and a JD degree from Marquette University and is licensed to practice before the Wisconsin and Federal bars.
Mr. Schewel is a partner in the Richmond, Virginia law firm McGuire Woods LLP. He also was Virginia's Secretary of Commerce and Trade from 2002-2006. His public board involvements include the Virginia Economic Development partnership, the Center for Innovative Technology, the Governor's Biotechnology Commission, the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission, the Virginia Biotechnology Park Authority, the Council on Virginia's Future and the Southern Growth Policies Board. Mr. Schewel received an A.B. from Princeton University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Mr. Shelton is the Director of the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. He is responsible for the management and policy oversight of the agency, which provides community development and housing program support to communities across the Commonwealth. The Department has 110 employees and an annual budget of $120 million. He serves as President of the Council of State Community Development Agencies, a national organization advocating for the role of states in housing and community development. Mr. Shelton graduated from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics degree and received a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Mr. Smuzynski resides in Fairfax Station, Virginia and is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wesley Housing Development Corporation. He has been actively involved in affordable housing issues in Northern Virginia for some 28 years, including service as a commissioner of the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Mr. Smuzynski currently serves as the Director of the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance which advocates for regional affordable housing policies, programs and funding. He also serves as an Advisory Committee Member of the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness. Prior to becoming CEO of WHDC, Mr. Smuzynski for 29 years was a career regulator with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the Office of Thrift Supervision. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Elon College.


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RUCH, Ore. – More details have emerged about a federal raid on a medical marijuana grow site last week. James Bowman, the owner of the High Hopes Farm in Ruch, explained that federal agents took away all of the marijuana from the grow site during a raid Sept. 18. Those plants were being grown for … Continue reading »
Medical Marijuana Restaurant Closes
ASHLAND, Ore. — An Ashland business that made headlines earlier this year is now closing its doors. Earth Dragon Edibles opened in April as a Mongolian Barbecue restaurant that used medical marijuana in its cooking oils. The restaurant initially was only for medical marijuana card holders, but that later changed. "We should have just reminded … Continue reading »
New Ashland Restaurant Offering Marijuana-Laced Food
ASHLAND, Ore. — A new Ashland restaurant is offering up a lot more than just barbeque – the dish can come with medical marijuana. It's set to open up Friday morning, but Ashland Police are saying, 'not so fast.' The Earth Dragon Edibles Restaurant and Lounge is the first of its kind in Southern Oregon, … Continue reading »
Inside A Medical Marijuana Farm
October 11, 2011 By Steven Sandberg NEAR RUCH, Ore. — Medical marijuana growers say they are constantly operating with the fear that federal agents may raid them, and two recent raids in Southern Oregon are reinforcing that fear. The High Hopes Farm, located outside Ruch, grows about 200 plants for its patients. They say they … Continue reading »
DEA Raids Fourth Pot Farm In Southern Oregon
October 21, 2011 By Sharon Ko CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — The Drug Enforcement Administration's enforcement campaign is in full swing, busting another medical marijuana grow. DEA agents took away 17 plants at the home and are seeking a warrant to search the homeowner's business. With all of the other pot raids, Sonorml says patients don't … Continue reading »
DEA Marijuana Bust In White City
October 5, 2011 By Yessenia Anderson WHITE CITY, Ore. — Hundreds of plants have been pulled from the ground in White City as the DEA raids a medical marijuana grow site. Local growers say this bust is incredibly similar to a bust one week ago. At the cannabis-growing co-op called Brian's Green Thumb Farm, three … Continue reading »


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"Not in Keeping with the Modern World": Nuclear Weapons, Defense and Deficits
Debate has flared anew this week over whether and how military spending figures into deficit reduction, with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor working to renegotiate the terms of the Budget Control Act and delay reductions to the Pentagon's budget. House members are arguing over the inflated cost of our nuclear weapons complex, as the U.S. plans to replace the three delivery platforms for our nuclear arsenal, the cost of which has grown 25 percent over the past year. Experts in and out of government have called for reexamining the weapons' deterrent value and ballooning costs – just one of many examples of why lawmakers from both sides of the aisle continue to support smart, strategic reductions in military spending.
The Pentagon has indicated that it is reexamining the size of our nuclear arsenal. "Our top priority is maintaining a nuclear deterrent, but the arsenal may not need to be as large as it is," said Pentagon press secretary George Little. Walter Pincus writes for the Washington Post, "The Pentagon discussions are mainly about whether savings can be made in the $213 billion or more that the Defense and Energy departments require over the next 10 years to modernize the current triad of strategic intercontinental-ballistic-missile-launching submarines, land-based ICBMs and long-range bombers, and to upgrade the aging industrial complex that builds and maintains the nuclear warheads and bombs in the stockpile… The Pentagon review is looking at 'strategic needs,' which means threats that could or should be deterred by the U.S. nuclear forces. Based on that, it will study the existing U.S. nuclear 'force structure,' which means numbers and types of delivery systems and warheads. And, finally, it will look at U.S. 'force posture,' or how many U.S. warheads need to be deployed on sub- or land-based ICBMs or bombers, and whether they should be on alert or in reserve stockpiles. Cost estimates for replacing these three delivery systems have already grown 25 percent over the past year." [George Little via AFP, 11/11/11. Walter Pincus, 11/14/11]
Nuclear facilities' ballooning costs, lack of clarity, and questionable strategic value draw concern from both sides of the aisle. Yesterday, the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler highlighted a numbers debate that has broken out: "The U.S. government has never officially disclosed the exact cost [of nuclear programs], and whether one should include environmental clean-up costs, missile defense and other programs related to nuclear weapons is a legitimate topic of debate." It appears that those costs are not just undisclosed but unknown. Adam Weinstein reports in Mother Jones, "In just the past year, the Government Accountability Office has issued four reports criticizing [the National Nuclear Security Administration's] ability to keep control of its operations and costs. 'NNSA cannot accurately identify the total costs to operate and maintain weapons facilities and infrastructure,' one states… At a time when federal programs are being scrutinized for fat, the NNSA's 2012 budget is increasing by 19 percent to $7.6 billion." This is an issue that experts from both sides of the aisle have taken up. Kelley Beaucar Vlahos writes for the American Conservative, "Despite a deficit reduction plan to cut $1.2 trillion in federal spending over 10 years and ongoing negotiations by the so-called supercommittee to identify cuts of $1.5 trillion more, members of Congress are pushing an expanded plutonium storage and production assistance facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Critics say the facility is unnecessary, poorly designed, and dangerous-there are fault lines throughout the Los Alamos property-and its cost has ballooned from $375 million in 2001 to an estimated $5.5 billion today."
The weapons' strategic value is also coming into question. In Foreign Policy, David Hoffman asks, "What's the value of a nuclear warhead today? … the deterrent value of the arsenals isn't what it used to be. Both the U.S. and Russia face new threats — terrorism, proliferation, economic competition, pandemics — for which these long-range or strategic nuclear weapons are of little value." Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) further notes, "The amount of money we're spending on maintaining nuclear weapons, modernizing nuclear weapons, is not in keeping with the modern world," Levin said. "It's much more a Cold War remnant." [Washington Post, 11/30/11. Mother Jones, 11/9/11. American Conservative, 11/29/11. David Hoffman, 11/29/11. Carl Levin via BusinessWeek, 11/16/11]
"Resources are always part of strategy, and you can't figure out your strategy without knowing how much you spend and where." Taxpayers for Common Sense explains, "No President or Congress has ever attempted to create a unified, comprehensive nuclear weapons budget, however. The closest we have is the annual budget for NNSA and what the Defense Department calls a 'major force program,' which neglects many overhead, support, and research costs plus all costs for tactical nuclear weapons. Whether or not you think we need nuclear weapons, you do need to know how much they cost." [Taxpayers for Common Sense, 11/10/11]
Bipartisan support for reducing defense spending. As the New York Times reported after the failure of the supercommittee, conservative leaders of Congress support — or at least don't oppose — reducing military spending as part of broader deficit reduction efforts. "'The House will forge ahead with the commitments we have made to reducing government spending,' said the House speaker, John A. Boehner, who earlier this month said he was 'morally bound' to honor the statute and who has previously indicated a willingness to entertain Pentagon cuts. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, was noncommittal, citing Mr. Obama as the person responsible for making sure that military cuts did not harm national security." Support extends beyond leadership into the rank-and-file as well. The Times notes, "And while Republican lawmakers with strong ties to the Pentagon and the defense industry will be aggressive in asserting that the automatic cuts will harm the military, many newer conservative lawmakers are more devoted to cutting spending than to bolstering the Pentagon budget, potentially diluting the party's support for restoring the money. 'If the plan is to exempt only defense spending from sequestration,' said Will Adams, a spokesman for Representative Justin Amash, a freshman Republican from Michigan, 'he does not support it.'" Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) also tells POLITICO today, "Every military base I go to, and everybody that works in the military that I've talked to, says, 'We can save 10 [percent] to 15 percent anywhere.'" [NY Times, 11/22/11. Sen. Coburn via POLITICO, 12/1/11]
What We're Reading
Vice President Biden hailed what he described as a "new phase" in the relationship between the United States and Iraq at the launch of talks with the Iraqi government on ways to restructure ties after U.S. troops have departed.
Britain shut its Tehran embassy, expelled Iran's diplomats, and said the attacks on its diplomatic compounds in Tehran could not have taken place without a degree of consent from elements within Iran's leadership.
The top U.S. military officer denied allegations by a senior army official in Islamabad that a NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers was a deliberate act of aggression.
Islamists claimed a decisive victory as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypt's first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered Myanmar the first rewards for reform, saying the United States would back more aid for the reclusive country and consider returning an ambassador after an absence of some two decades.
European finance ministers said that they were counting on an agreement next week on stronger fiscal union to restore investor confidence in the euro zone and persuade the European Central Bank or the International Monetary Fund to intervene to restore calm in debt markets.
The Nigerian Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram poses an "emerging threat" to the United States and is set to join other al Qaeda affiliates in plotting attacks against the U.S. homeland, a congressional panel said.
Radioactive debris from melted fuel rods may have seeped deeper into the floor of a Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactor than previously thought, to within a foot from breaching the crucial steel barrier.
America's military pact with Australia is a figment of "Cold War thinking" that will destabilize the Asia-Pacific region, China's Defense Ministry said.
The most elaborate cross-border tunnel ever found linking Mexico and United States – a passageway complete with electric rail cars, hydraulic doors and an elevator – was uncovered in a San Diego warehouse this week, along with a record haul of 32 tons of marijuana.
Commentary of the Day
On World AIDS Day, Alana Shaikh contrasts tremendous progress on the science of fighting AIDS with disappointing fallback in global commitment to the policy.
Christopher Hill welcomes the shift in strategy from the Middle East to the Pacific and states that it is long overdue.
Victor Davis Hanson examines the differences between the two surges in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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Hadaka Shitsuji Fandisk Site Open
Might as well blog news again.
The previously announced Hadaka Shitsuji Fandisk (more like sequel) has an official site up finally.
The contents of the site are pretty much identical to the initial announcement in B's Log a while ago, but here's what it says anyway:
Take it all off!
A tale of an outrageously cruel master and masochistic butlers.
The protagonist, Tomoaki Maeda is a totally normal college student.
When he was really hurting for cash, he jumped at the opportunity to take a strange job as a 'substitute master.'
Spending every day in a luxurious mansion, indulging in the good life while ordering butlers around.
And once Tomoaki gets used to it all, his orders take an unthinkable turn…
––To everyone who loves Hadaka Shitsuji,
In response to your passionate cheers, we've decided to make a fandisk!
It'll be one volume that won't pale in comparison to the original in terms of density:
Take it all off again and enjoy your lascivious life the Master on the "Yarashitsuji" Side {pun: lewd+butler} or, indulge in the nice and sweet, "Yasashitsuji" Side {pun: nice + butler} in which the master and former butler's relationship does a 180.
Naturally, the protagonist (the master) is exclusively seme!
*It is possible to clear the game without having played the original Hadaka Shitsuji.
However, it's probably more fun if you've played the original first.
What are the Yarashitsuji and Yasashitsuji sides?
The master is in perfect form once again!
"Yarashitsuji" Side
Somehow, Tomoaki's become the master for real. Perhaps you could call it progress, because he spends his days performing his duties in a most dignified manner.
Amidst his busy schedule, he finally gets a well earned week off.
How and with whom will he spend it?
A return to the do-anything-and-everything-you-want master's life!!
A sweeeeet? life with a former butler
"Yasashitsuji" Side
When his job as substitute master was over, he thought he'd return to his former life, but the time he spent as master changed both their destinies dramatically. A bitter-sweet 'what if' future scenario between the former master and one of his former butlers who are in a more-than-friends-but-not-quite-lovers relationship.
A sequel to each of the "love" endings.
Includes: "Sakuma Chapter" "Ichinose Chapter" "Komine Chapter" "Arisato Chapter" and the "Toudou Chapter."
There's nothing new in the character profiles. Release date is still TBA!