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Many states are working to develop new teacher-evaluation systems amid a push by the Obama administration for those that factor in both student test scores and classroom observations. The debate over the use of test scores in teacher evaluations is highlighted in New York City, where officials recently released to the public ratings based solely on the scores.
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The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China: A Nonparametric Approach
Author/Editor: Bulent Unel, Harm Zebregs
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China's growth record since the start of its economic reforms in 1978 has been extraordinary. Yet, this impressive performance has been associated with an increasing regional income disparity. We use a recently developed nonparametric approach to analyze the variation in labor productivity growth across China's provinces. This approach imposes less structure on the data than the standard growth accounting framework and allows for a breakdown of labor productivity into capital deepening, efficiency gains, and technological progress. Like other studies before us, we do not find strong evidence of convergence in labor productivity across China's provinces during 1978-98. However, our results show that provinces converged in efficiency levels, while they diverged in capital deepening and technological progress.
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The wife would like a 20 gauge semi auto shotgun for clay bird shooting and bird hunting. She looked at a Remington 11-87 Premeir and a Browning Gold, which one do you think is the better gun? Overall. Iam not familliar with semi autos only pumps.
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deffinately a Remington!
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There's a good reason you see very few Remington 1100s on the used market. Nobody wants to let go of them. The 1100 is darn near indestructible,and shoots well. This includes the 20 ga, of course.
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I just bought and shot for the first time my used Remington 1100 20ga I picked up used. I paid about $300 for (1977 with Modified 28" barrel). I think the 11-87 allows you to shoot 2-3/4" and 3" shells, but the 1100 only 2-3/4" so I was told the action is a little different (but will your wife want to shoot 3" shells?). The only think I wouldn't mind would be to have the abiltiy to change the choke with the tubes, like the newer ones have, and maybe a recoil pad. The 1100 I got is in excellent shape and shoots great. I shot clays off a Hoppe mechanical thrower for the first time last Friday. I enjoyed it thoroughly and plan to do it again soon. I hit maybe 35-40% with my new (to me) Rem 1100, and I state again first time with clays (and doubles no less). I was happy with that percentage. The second clay was the difficult one for me. But with multiple shooters if I didn't get it someone else usally would pick it off, so we didn't waste too many clays.
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I have owned a 12 guage 11-87 for the past 2 years. I used it while working as a guide in training hunting snow geese in Texas where it was exposed to very harsh conditions such as mud (and I mean lots of it!) and salt water. I have also used it extensively in Michigan hunting ducks in very cold temperatures. Over the past 2 years this gun has digested over 10,000 rounds with only 1 malfunction that was easily fixed by cycling the action and putting a fresh round into battery. I have cleaned it once. I have never fired the browning, so I cant say how good of a gun it is. BTW, the recoil of even the heaviest loads in this gun is virtualy non existant. Hope this helps. e-mail me if ya have any questions. good gunnin Rutgers |
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Thanks for the comments gentlemen.The Remington it will be. Sounds like their autos are just as good as their pumps. Thanks again.
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The thing to keep in mind with Brownings of all sorts. They shoot every bit as good as they look. Remingtons always seem to shoot better than they look.
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Lollapalooza, love it or leave it. This year, the public seems to have opted for the latter. Despite ostensibly having the biggest-drawing duo ever (Metallica and Soundgarden) at the top of the card. In Seattle, home to Soundgarden, the entire show was postponed due to poor sales.
Considering that the top acts are riding on their most popular discs ever, and that both are hyping new product, something must be amiss. Can't just be the support acts, either: the Ramones and Rancid are good for about 2,000 people a night apiece as headliners, and with acts like Devo, Cheap Trick, Screaming Trees and the Cocteau Twins tagging along, why on earth can't this package bring in at least 20,000 folks a city?
Admittedly, the idea of playing out-of-the-way locales--like, say, Bakersfield instead of L.A.--isn't helping. Who the hell wants to add 100 miles of driving after nine hours of cochlea ripping? But given the average ticket price of around 30 ducats per, this show is a bargain, and I for one can't imagine that there aren't a zillion heshers out there salivating at the prospect of a Metallica plus Soundgarden thing.
Leads me to believe that the scourge of the decade--reverse hype--is the significant reason. Lollapalooza, for some reason unbeknownst to this writer (or unfathomable to be mo' precise), is still thought of as some altie showcase and a place to prove to the world that you know a little more than the glued-to-the-MTV mallrat. Pigeon droppings.
Not since the tour's debut with Jane's plus Siouxsie plus Buttholes plus NIN and Rollins has this been the case. Every year has brought the festival closer to the middle. The anger at Metallica is nonsense. Better them, a truly original, earth-shattering ensemble (like their bill-mates the Ramones), than some weenie shoe-gaze whinefest, but methinks that when the Great Unwashed demands a hipfest, there can be no gearhead nod in that direction. Proof of this is that Lolla pop Perry "Godfather" Farrell has backed out of his brainchild this year. Kinda like buying a ticket to Cats and ending up at the roller derby.
Or it could be that Metallica and Soundgarden are working lukewarm follow-ups to blockbusters and the world is sick of them. Or with Pistols and KISS and H.O.R.D.E. and Enit sniffing around our wallets, there are just too many paws out for concert dollerage. One monkey don't stop a show, but a dozen traveling chimp-a-thons disperses the general public's ready cash to the point where no package makes bank.
To me, Lollapalooza is a good deal for the price, some great bands doing compact sets all in one place. Don't buy the fallacy that it isn't cool anymore. What isn't cool is spending a ton on this year's hot shit that becomes next year's cold turd. Right?
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Chakraborty, S and Dutta, P (1999) A scaling analysis for transport phenomena during alloy solidification in a rectangular cavity. In: Journal Of Materials Processing & Manufacturing Science, 7 (3). pp. 236-250.
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A scale analysis of the equivalent single phase continuum conservation equations for mass, momentum, heat and species transport is performed for flow inside the mushy zone for the freezing of a binary mixture in a rectangular cavity, which isothermally cooled from one vertical side. Certain terms in the full momentum equations turn out Co be relatively insignificant, and an analysis of the remaining terms leads to the establishment of an advection velocity scale. The energy equation is then analysed, resulting in an estimation of the solid layer thickness. Different regimes corresponding to different dominant modes of transport are simultaneously identified. Stale analysis of the species conservation equation reveals how a non-equilibrium solidification model affects solute segregation and species distribution. It is shown that non-equilibrium effects result in a more severe macro-segregation than that dictated by the rules of equilibrium solidification. It is also observed that, in spite of low velocities, solute transport is driven primarily by advection and less significantly by species diffusion. To test the validity of the scale analysis, numerical calculations using CFD techniques are performed, which confirm. the trends suggested by the sealing analysis.
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Guys - I figured I would get this going with the filename static to mount an ISO, then figure the best way to pass a variable as the filename ... but actually hit a snag and have tried this every which way but down.
So the 2 steps would be have DAEMON mount the ISO, then have MPLAYERC play it as a DVD... First step was getting the button syntax to pass with a standard .ISO as a static..
This is the command that works via XP/RUN:
"C:\Program Files\D-Tools\daemon.exe" -mount 0,"c:\pirates.iso"
I've tried this several ways in RR and believe (although the requires second quotes snag me but are required) would be:
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THIS NO LUCK? any ideas on that syntax folks... I've tried several different ways and am thinking perhaps the second set of quotes is the issue?
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Well I verified we could do without the quotes also, but RR still sends and I get a command line mount issue?
The following will work as an XP/RUN also, which should not need the quotes in RR:
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When done as a BUTTON RUN within RR, and I've tried subtle spacing changes, it fails on the syntax when sent but looks like this:
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I know there used to be an issue with commas not being recognised when in quotes, but I thought this had been fixed.
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Please call me LT, not XX or whatever. Thanks.
Overall, I'd have to say the gym leader that ever gave me the most grief was Whitney, Goldenrod Gym, Gen II. Freakin Miltank, man. You pretty much have to go get a machop or something for that fight, unless you want to spend another two hours just grinding to beat her with your other pokemon. Granted fighting types are very good, I never used them when I was a kid playing Silver version so I got very angry with Whitney every time I started a new game.
Johto. When you say Jotho, you mean Whitney. And when you say Whitney, you mean Whitney's Miltank. One of the reasons for this is how early Whitney appears in the game, and sometimes you even don't get a fighting type to deal with Miltank. Other tough gyms are, as you say, Norman in R/S, his second Slaking is badass, and the two first from Unova, they have pretty high level pokemons for being the first gyms, however, you get the monkey before the first gym, and near Lenora is plenty of nice fighting types which are really helpful, Timburr is a good choice for a permanent team member.
My Safari: Psychic, with Abra, Espurr & Gothorita
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Probably Johto for me because I often had trouble with Whitney, Morty and Clair back in the GSC days. Clair can still be pretty tough in the remakes actually.
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I never have troubles with gym leaders anymore, but I guess I would say Norman is the hardest gym leader.
Sinnoh for me. Their strongest Pokemon are often very powerful for the stage of the game and are a nightmare for a team that are still developing to stand up to. The last three (Byron, Candice and Volkner) are pretty easy, though Candice also turns into a pain in Platinum. (For the wrong reasons. Damn evasion boosting techniques)
Who is this git?
Hoenn has by far the toughest Gym Leaders. I lost three times to Brawly (stupid Vital Throw), very nearly lost to Norman even though I had the type advantage with my Blaziken, and Tate and Liza were a royal pain in the ass (fucking Psychic attacks).
Ranma ½, Maison Ikkoku and now TORADORA! fan.
For me, Johto. It took me over 20 tries to beat Morty (the funny thing was, I went out and caught a Stantler and beat him immediatly...) and I still haven't got past Clair. Falkner was quite hard, considering I had absolutely nothing on my team that was very effective on his Pokémon. But I actually found Whitney's Milktank easy. Strange.
Kanto: Brock, because I always chose the Fire starter and you had nothing to go against them with.
Johto: Whitney/Clair. Again I chose the Fire starter and had to train up a Dratini and a Magneton to beat her and everyone knows how hard she was.
Hoenn: Winnona. Norman was easy because I had a Pelipper with Protect: (i.e. Protect, Slack Off, Protect etc)
Sinnoh: Crasher Wake as I had no electric types
Unova: Lenora/Elesa: Elesa I just got a Boldore and Sandile but she was still tricky.
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If I renember rightly, Whitney's Miltank was hell getting past, think it took 5 attempts... :\
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For me it was both Unova and Johto. I didn't really had a problem with Whitney and her Miltank mostly because soon I figured I'd just paralize it. Now Morty and Clair on the other hand gave me a lot of trouble. Morty swept through my whole team just by using a single shadow ball, eventually I had to give my Nidorina a quick claw and teach it shadow claw. Clair was annoying with her Kingdra since I couldn't find a Dratini and Ice attacks did normal damage. As for Unova it will always be Elesa and her god damn Emolga's. Even Sandile had trouble taking care of them.
Totally not into ponies...or am I?
Ask me anything about fire type pokemon. I can assure you I know the answer.
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Am I the only one trying to use singletons with clustering ? It seems to be something which should have been done many times before, but detailed information on how it works does not seem to be readily available. I have posted two messages to the JBoss/Clustering forum (see
but I have yet to receive any more information on how to get this to work. Does anyone have any experience with this ?
This is my first attempt to use
Clustering, and aside from the singletons it appears to be simple to setup and run a JBoss cluster. The only article on how this works for singletons,
which outlines creating a MBean to run as a singleton using the HASingletonController, isn't complete (no code for the MBean interface, no real direction on which cluster-service.xml to include the singleton and controller entries -- is it cluster-service.xml or cluster-examples-service.xml ?, do you package the SingletonMBean with other Mbeans in a SAR or in the EAR file ?, etc.), and I am having troubles not mentioned in the article.
The JBoss Clustering documentation I have shows that there are no clustering features available for Message-Drive
-- so does this mean that running a singleton MDB, which runs fine in single JVM, as a singleton in the cluster is impossible ? If not then what else is required other than marking the MDB as <clustered> in the joss.xml ?
I am running JBoss 3.2.5. Any suggestions or information will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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At first you need to be completly sure about the needs to use a singleton. It should *NOT* be used on a multi-classloader enviroment since it's unique gaim (a single instance of a class on whole application) it's not garanteed on a multi-VM (multi-classloader) enviroment.
The only approach that can be used to emulate a singleton on a App. Server is exposing it on the JNDI context(wich can be done or not by JMX Mbeans). This way, your app has a unique point for acquiring a reference to a object(even across clustered app servers) in transparent way, and you can garantee that you factory exposed in JNDI context will only let one object copy exist.
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So is it really not possible to have true singletons in a multi-VM (clustered) environment ? It seems that this is in fact possible, even though I have yet to get it to work for my application. There is a JBOSS/server/all/deploy-hasingleton directory for deploying singleton MBeans, and the previously mentioned article explains (though not completely) that it can be done. As far as using the cluster-wide HANamingService, I am doing this (I think) by removing the
environment.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "localhost:1099");
from the
properties, and this makes the Context use port 1100, which is the HANamingService (cluster-wide JNDI). Is this not the case, or are there other things I should do as well ?
Thanks in advacnce for any further suggestions, as I am right near stumped on this.
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On Friday in an unprecedented move with the USDA, the Department of Justice will launch an investigation into the farm business. The investigation begins a 7-state probe into how Monsanto treats its customers, our nation's farmers.
I recently had the honor of presenting for our nation's top producing farmers in Chicago at the Top Producer Seminar, sponsored by Cargill and Pioneer. I was scheduled to present with Monsanto's VP of Sustainable Yield, but a few days before the presentation was told that he had moved to China and that there was no one to take his place. I then had the privilege of spending the afternoon in an incredibly insightful discussion with the farmers, many of whom are Monsanto's customers, who are remarkable fathers, grandfathers and businessmen.
As I walked into the room for that presentation, I was greeted with "Welcome to the Lions' Den." As I found the courage to take the stage, I shared that according to the USDA, farm income was down 35% in 2009. I then shared that Monsanto is reporting, in forward looking statements to Wall Street analysts based on projected sales that they have asked for from the farmers, that they are expecting gross margins in Q2 2010 of 62% and that they are expecting to drive up the price mix of their products, corn and soy, by 8-10%. I also shared that according to these forward looking statements, Monsanto expects to expand their glyphosate revenue to an estimated $1 billion in gross profit by 2012, further enabling Monsanto to drive R&D into seeds and to price those seeds at a premium – further driving price increases on the farm.
And then I listened.
What I learned from these remarkable men and women is simply jaw dropping.
Due to Monsanto's contracts with seed companies, farmers are now bound by the threat of a lawsuit if they speak out regarding farm practices. As third and fourth generation farmers, inheriting their grandfathers' lands, their corn crops are no longer regulated by the FDA but by the EPA due to the insecticidal proteins they now contain, and they are subject to rising, unregulated costs never beforeseen in farming – contractual fees, trait fees, licensing fees and royalty fees and germ plasm fees associated with a technology that has been engineered into seeds designed to enhance Monsanto's bottom line.
As I listened to the farmers and learned about their trade practices, I could not help but think of AT&T and the Bell System which for years functioned as a regulated monopoly until an antitrust investigation resulted in its break-up, as the practices employed by Monsanto on the farm, rival the fee structure that the phone company once had in place.
As our dialogue grew, we learned that together, we could affect remarkable change.
So in collaboration with our nation's leading farmers to address the patents, licenses and royalties fees now being engineered into our food supply designed to enhance the profitability of the world's largest agrichemical corporation , here are 8 steps that the USDA and the Department of Justice could take to address the financial impact that these practices are having on the farm:
- As was done with AT&T, re-establish Monsanto and its subsidiaries into separate companies; separating the germ plasm and technology divisions into independent entities
- Establish precedence that these newly established entities do not collect trait fees, royalty fees, licensing fees or other forms of income from each other, then they should not be allowed to collect these tech fees from the independent companies
- Have Monsanto refund the money collected from the independent seed companies as retribution for the fact that the same fees were not charged to their partners and subsidiaries.
- Require that all companies (Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta etc.) supply genetically treated and untreated seeds and technology to the public in order to give the farmers a free market from which to choose how much the farmer wants to spend on a bag of corn or beans given that the current practice involves the blending of the best genetics into melting stock corns, so the companies can harvest more profit.
- Establish an oversight committee with one term limits made up of independent seed companies and with multi nationals in an effort to prevent monopolistic price increases in the cost of corn and soy production that will impact food price inflation at the retail level.
- Structure federal subsidies so that taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize and provide marketing and insurance programs for the growth of commodities (corn and soybean crops) that are grown without the use of synthetically engineered chemical ingredients
- Reduce the fees charged to farmers growing crops without synthetic, chemical and genetically engineered ingredients that they must pay in order to certify that their crops are free of these ingredients (fees are paid to certifiers, not to the USDA National Organic Program).
- Provide the same level of marketing assistance and crop insurance programs to farmers growing crops free of synthetic and chemical ingredients.
In a world in which food security is as much of an issue as nutrition, the establishment of a level playing field on the farm is vital to the health of our food system. And while the lack of federal oversight and regulation of trade practices on the farm have enhanced Monsanto's profitability and driven shareholder value, its costs are being externalized not only onto our nation's farmers but also onto the 300 million American eaters.
We are all stakeholders in our food supply and together, we can affect remarkable change for farmers, families and food.
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Step 9. Require that all foods be completely labeled as to provenance, genetic modification. etc.
From a post on my blog at http://amidthemaddingcrowd.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/more-industrial-infrastructure-problems-cradle-to-cradle-pt-4/
Super weeds
Here's a link to the ABC News story on pigweed, "Super Weed Can't Be Killed" (Oct. 6, 2009):
(The pesticide industry's basic reaction: "You dumb farmers! You need to use additional herbicides and not just Roundup.")
Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds: Can We Close the Barn Door? (Weed Science Society of America)
Researchers say cost-competitive management techniques can slow weed resistance to the herbicide and improve crop yieldsAnd Monsanto's take on this – http://www.monsanto.com/pdf/science/weed_management.pdf
And now there are reports that Monsanto's genetically engineered Bt cotton (Bacillus thuringiensis) is failing because pink bollworms in India are developing Bt resistance as well.
Hmm, maybe if Monsanto hadn't bred glyphosate-resistant plants (Roundup Ready!), thereby encouraging farmers to use more Roundup, we wouldn't have this problem. It kind of infuriates me that they're now saying, "We knew this would happen! We tried to warn people!" If they knew that, why did they go ahead and develop genetically-modified (GM) plants in the first place?
And of course there are all the detrimental effects of fructose which is found not only in high fructose corn syrup, but as part of refined table sugar (aka sucrose).
See http://amidthemaddingcrowd.wordpress.com/tag/fructose/ for more info.
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The village of Ciconia is 3,13 kilometers far from the same town of Orvieto to whom it belongs.
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Ok so I re-uploaded the song finally. It's now a proper loop so you guys can stop yelling at me about the ending that got chopped :P just kidding, but that seriously was weird I have no idea what happened with soundcloud to screw up that audio file. anyway, it's fixed so hope it works better :D
Hi newgrounds friends! I wanted to work on some more dubstep to share with you guys but after getting home from producing all day at work my head is killing me and Im just gonna chill and watch the new episode of Archer I missed last week. :D
In it's place I bring you something completely different. entirely haha. It's more video game music. I feel like I'm just gonna keep flipping back in forth between these two genres lol. anyway about the track:
This song came about in january, in which I just felt like making tons of theme music. Its slow, has a lot of percussion, including one of my favorite percussion instruments ever, the hang drum! it's beautiful check it out if you havent seen one before. Also it was kind of inspired by some of the music from Klonoa 2 if any of you played that game, I always enjoyed the more down tempo songs of that score.
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This song is pretty calming. I've never really heard a song that was this calm. Seems like it belongs in old school Final Fantasy's and stuff. Overall, pretty good.


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Elio Villafranca on "Cinque Suite": Listen Now
February 19, 2015. Posted by Tim Wilkins.
Add new comment | Filed under: Cuba, Interviews, jazz at lincoln center, michael bournePianist Elio Villafranca talks with Michael Bourne about "Cinqué - Suite of the Caribbean," a new work he premieres at Jazz At Lincoln Center Feb. 20 and 21. The suite explores the legacy of rhythms from the Congo in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Enjoy!
Marcus Roberts And The Modern Jazz Generation At Jazz At Lincoln Center
February 19, 2015
Add new comment | Filed under: A Blog Supreme, Jazz Night In America VideosThe pianist Marcus Roberts rose to prominence as a gifted performer — first with the Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center bands for years, then with his own trio and as a classical soloist. Along the way, he's become a mentor to many younger musicians, training many on the bandstand and from his professorship at Florida State University. That's given rise to a new group called The Modern Jazz Generation, which recently released a suite of original work called Romance, Swing, and the Blues. The band combines his working trio with horn proteges from throughout his career — a dozen musicians in all.
Marcus Roberts recently returned to Jazz at Lincoln Center with The Modern Jazz Generation for a five-night run at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Jazz Night In America presents a set of selections from the Romance suite along with arrangements of standards and early jazz classics.
Christian McBride On 'A Love Supreme' And Its Descendants
February 18, 2015
Add new comment | Filed under: A Blog Supreme, Jazz Night In AmericaJohn Coltrane during the recording of A Love Supreme in December 1964. (Image Credit: Chuck Stewart/Courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History)Christian McBride remembers very well the first time he heard A Love Supreme, the John Coltrane classic that turns 50 this month. The bassist, composer and host of NPR's Jazz Night in America was in high school in Philadelphia, and had grown friendly with the staff at record store he passed on his daily commute. One day he pulled the album from the bins and asked a clerk if he should buy it — to which the clerk replied, "I'm not quite sure you're ready for this yet."
"That made me want it more," McBride says. "I was familiar with sound of the quartet, the legendary quartet with McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums — but when I heard A Love Supreme, I got it. Not because the music was any more challenging than I had heard on records like Live at Birdland or Crescent. You could just tell that this was the quartet at its apex — that they were at a peak, and that coupled with Coltrane's spiritual discovery, music being put to that. It's a gospel album in many ways."
Speaking with NPR's Audie Cornish, McBride invoked the names of two contemporary pianists, Eric Reed and Marcus Roberts, and explained how their work demonstrates a similar connection to gospel and reverence for music history. Hear the full conversation at the audio link.
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Helicopter Showdown – Nobody Loves No One
It's another mystery how I am following Helicopter Showdown (on SoundCloud) and yet, I haven't featured them yet. Either I wrote about them before the crash (which is what I'm leaning towards) or I liked their stuff and it didn't fit with what I was writing about at the time. Regardless, it's Wobble Wednesday and I better feature them already! Helicopter Showdown is a four person Bay Area production force who've built a reputation in the underground bass music culture as the "Wu Tang" of Dubstep. Another way they stand out, is through their loyalty and dedication to their fans. We hear a lot about free downloads from up and comers, but we don't hear it from the bigger producers. Helicopter Showdown gives away their signature sounds and production templates, for free, for their fans, on a regular basis. Most recently, they dropped their Happy Heli Daze Mix 2012 with 53 tracks adding up to just under 90 minutes of high impact, high energy hits.
Speaking of the free releases, I thought it only fitting to start with one of their free downloads. Nobody Loves No One is a song, as they say, worthy of losing your virginity to (haha). That is an aggressive and passionate first time! It builds up nicely and gets heavy-handed under a minute in. After a few pelvic thrusts it slows down just enough for you to catch your breath and starts throwing wild punches again. One more swift drop leading up to the final climax and you're done. Yup, sounds like someone just had sex to me. As you smoke that cigarette, enjoy No Return with Kezwik featuring LaMeduza. Kezwik is a young producer known for his Drum & Bass, and Drumstep abilities. LaMeduza (of Geneva, Switzerland), is the female vocalist that you recognize on this track, her voice fits so well on a Dubstep song – I look forward to hearing more from her soon.
One final Dubstep number to talk about, almost as a victory lap to seal the deal. Burn is from their first EP under their new label (as of 3 months ago) Anemnesis. For me, it's the 'hair band' styled guitar that comes in during the middle. Totally 80′s rock mixed within the Dubstep production. It was far from expected, but well received. Guitar solo ends and we're finished off with chaos. If you can't appreciate what they did on this track, then I will agree with you, Dubstep is not a genre for you.
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Second visit to South America: Argentina, Paraguay, Chile (Ingrid and me)
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Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago and the coast of Chile: a blog, a diary, humor, and photos. A long blog designed for the traveler yet see these locales. Pick a part of which you might have an interest rather than read it all.
Second time to South America (Brazil in 2000)for me; first time for Ingrid.
I am looking for donations for my trips. But NOT cash. I want the donation of critique and 'rating'. Tell me what you think, how you feel, what you got or didn't get out of my diary and photos or even how I set it up: its flow or non-flow :-D That is the kind of donation I seek. At least sign my guest book as a personal touch for my own memories of whom I have shared this with.
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Top Stories January 01 12:00 AM Man chases down drunk driver after he takes out mailboxes Mailbox was still stuck in headlight when deputies arrest him By Chris Redford Bossier deputies say he smashed into four mailboxes and kept driving with one of the mailboxes and part of a wooden post still stuck on the front of his truck.
Top Stories December 31 12:00 AM Bus passengers hauled away by ambulance following minor bump No obvious damage to vehicles By Danny Lawler, Chris Redford Shortly after noon today a SporTran bus was involved in a minor accident which sent nearly half a dozen passengers to the hospital, claiming they were injured.Shreveport Fire Chief Fred Sanders said there appeared to be no obvious damage to the bus or the El Camino that it bumped today around noon in the 500 block of Travis Street, however that did not stop five of the 17 passengers from claiming that they were injured.Fire Department personnel and several ambulances were tied up for more than an hour dealing with the situation along with members of the City of Shreveport's Risk Management team that pointed out that none fo the passengers had obvious signs of serious injuries and no blood was seen on around the bus.Both the driver of the bus and the El Camino were not injured and both vehicles were driven away from the scene. Sanders said the bus barely "bumped" the El Camino before the claims of injuries were reported.
Top Stories December 31 12:00 AM Law Enforcement Out In Full Force Looking For Drunk Drivers By Chris Redford Forget quitting smoking or losing weight. For some people in the area, their only resolution for the new year is posting bail.Local law enforcement officers spent the end of 2012 and the beginni


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by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2011 Apple has for the first time held talks with environmental campaigners who accuse the company's Chinese manufacturers of widespread pollution, participants said Wednesday. The maker of the iPad and iPhone agreed to meet five Chinese environmental groups after they issued a report in August that alleged rampant pollution at dozens of factories believed to be producing products for Apple. One of the campaigners, Ma Jun, praised the talks as a "step forward" but criticised Apple for refusing to identify its suppliers in China -- a policy pressure groups say enables the electronics giant to evade scrutiny. "This was the first time that they sat down with all five of us to discuss the report, so this was a step forward," said Ma, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs. "Despite this they consider that the pollution from these 15 companies is a commercial secret. So we don't know the names of the 15 companies and we can't verify the steps they are making to curb pollution." In the report, the environmental groups alleged that companies they believed to be supplying Apple were discharging toxic substances that were harming workers and local residents. Apple, whose iPhones and iPads are hugely popular among China's growing middle class, declined to comment on the meeting directly. Apple has in the past confirmed that two Chinese factories, one owned by Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn and the other by WinTek, also a Taiwanese company, were making its products. It acknowledged the FoxConn plant after a series of worker suicides there and has said that last year 137 workers at the WinTek plant suffered "adverse health effects" when exposed to a chemical substance called N-hexane, used to clean screens. "We require that our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes wherever Apple products are made," said company spokeswoman Carolyn Wu. Our Polluted World and Cleaning It Up
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Joint Forces Command in Norfolk is oneof10 major military commands to be cutas Defense Secretary Robert Gates tries to pare billions from the Pentagon budget.
Gates wants to eliminate the Joint Forces Command, long a presumed target for belt-tightening, andannounced Monday that he wants to cut the Pentagon's use of outside contractors by 10 percent next year The Norfolk-based command trains troops from different services to fight together.
Joint Forces Command, with more than 6,300 employees and annual salaries of more than $200 million, is the largest single cut to be announced Monday. Savings will be offset by the cost of shifting some jobs and roles elsewhere.
In a statement Monday evening, Joint Forces Command said, 'We all will work to carry out the Secretary's decision to disestablish Joint Forces Command. ... While this decision will understandably cause concern among our work force, we will be diligent to make sure we keep distractions to a minimum and continue to provide the best possible support to the warfighter.'
Sec. Gatesacknowledged tough times for JFCOM workers and said the department would help those affected by the closing.
However, he said Virginia could gain in the end.
'In Virginia, for example, if as a result of these efforts, I am able to add a billion or two billion to Navy shipbuilding of record, Virginia may well come out with a lot more jobs than it loses,' Gates noted.
In response, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA)announced the creation of Virginia's Commission on Military and National Security Facilities. It willbe proactive in identifying the appropriate strategies to retain the military and national security facilities located in the Commonwealth and to identify operations and facilities that can be located within Virginia.
Joint Forces Command, or JFCOM, is one of 10 full combatant commands. Most correspond to regions of the world, such as Pacific Command, but others are organized around a concept or mission rather than geography.
JFCOM lists its mission as training troops from all services to work together for specific missions. It tries to make sure equipment used by different services works together, and looks for gaps in capabilities within military services that could be filled by a specially trained joint force.
JFCOMsays its current operating budget is$703,954,000. There are a total of 6,324 workers.Military workers -1491, Civilian workers - 1533 and contractors - 3,300.The command leases more thanamillion square feet in Norfolk and Suffolk, more than 642,000 of it in Suffolk at a cost of $16 million.
The command is headed by a four-star military officer, the highest grade currently in use. Marine Gen. James Mattis was its commander until named last month to replace Army Gen. David Petraeus as head of U.S. Central Command. His replacement will be Gen. Ray Odierno, now the war commander in Iraq. Odierno's job will be to eliminate his own office, officials said.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)said he saw 'no rational basis' for dismantling Joint Forces Command because its mission was to impose 'greater cooperation and savings among the military services.'
'One thing I learned in the business world is you sometimes have to spend money to save money,' Warner said. 'It's a no-brainer that JFCOM is one of the commands that could use more resources.'
'Joint Forces Command was created in part tocompel jointness,'Gates said. 'It was understood at the time it would create an extra layer but the benefits would outweigh'that.
'Training and generating joint forces still is important, as is developing and testing joint doctrine. But it does not 'require a separate four-star combatant command, which, in the case of [Joint Forces Command] entails about 2,800 military and civilian positions and roughly 3,000 contractors of all kinds at an annual cost of at least $240 million to operate,' Gates said.
Gates said the U.S. military is now largely working jointly in practice.
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA)
'I am deeply disappointed by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' proposal to close the United States Joint Forces Command. We are at war abroad in multiple countries and closing the command where components from multiple branches of the military come together to provide intelligence and protection is the wrong decision. We live in a high-tech, interconnected world where collaboration and communication is key the Joint Forces Command is vital to keep our homeland safe. The multiple joint operations and the modeling and simulations programs conducted by the Joint Forces Command is a long-term key to America's national security and saves tremendous resources by using technology in lieu of expensive field exercise. Most experts acknowledge that the concepts of inter-operability and jointness are absolutely key to victory in modern warfare.'
'The Joint Forces Command has been in operation since 1947 and continues to serve as a major employer of Virginians.As one of 10 full combatant commands, the Joint Forces Command employs nearly 5000 civilians and service members. This decision will cost good quality, high paying jobs for thousands of Virginians and could not come at a worse time. This decision appears to have been made in private with no recommendation or support in the recent Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and completed outside of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) process. It appears as though this administration is cutting investments in national defense in order to pay for massive new social programs. I will continue to work with members of Virginia's Congressional delegationto do all that we can to keep the Joint Forces Command open in Norfolk and Suffolk.'
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-4th District)
'For the past two years I have sounded the alarm that this Administration has allowed their uncontrolled fervor for social spending and the resulting budgetary pressure to drive our national defense strategy. We are now seeing the piecemeal auctioning off of the greatest military the world has ever known. Unfortunately, it is a silent auction because the voice of the American people is not being heard. ]
'Today's announcement to close our nation's premier joint operations and efficiency command is the outcome of fiscal coercion resulting from reckless and dangerous spending decisions, not from well-placed and much-needed efforts to root out waste in government. It exhibits an arrogant lack of leadership and lack of concern for the welfare of our nation and for the men and women in uniform.
'Under the cover of night, this Administration is selling off our military at auction to pay for its social programs. It has withheld our nation's shipbuilding plan - required of them by law - while the Chinese navy aggressively bypassed us in number of ships. It has withheld our aviation plan, while our Navy struggles from a lack of aircraft needed to perform current and future missions. It has issued gag orders preventing any Pentagon officials, military and civilian, from speaking with Congress about budgets cuts and the risks to our national defense. This Administration has brought blatant partisan politics into the annual defense policy bill by attaching controversial social agendas. They have shown more regard for the rights of terrorists than for justice for those lost on September 11th and the safety of those currently fighting to protect our nation from the next radical terrorist attack. And this week, they and Congressional Democrat leadership have called the House back into session to vote on a package that includes $2.8 billion in defense spending cuts in order to pay for more social bailouts.
'The American people will see this decision for what it is: a first step in a long string of national defense cuts that will systematically and intentionally gut the institutions that protect and defend the freedoms and liberties upon which our nation was founded - and they will not stand for it.'
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-1st District)
'I have deep concerns about the strategic implications of Secretary Gates' decision to close Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). Until I am convinced that it is the right decision for our national security, I cannot support the closure of this Command. One of the greatest successes of the U.S. military unlike any other in the world is its ability to function jointly, and this decision could hinder the tremendous progress we've made.
'I question why a change in structure of this magnitude was not included in the Quadrennial Defense Review. This is just one more example of budgetary pressures, rather than strategic need, driving defense decisions.In this announcement, the Executive Branch has clearly side-stepped the Legislative Branch without deliberation on the way forward with what's best with our nation's defense policy. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Armed Services Committee to conduct oversight and execute our funding authority to the fullest extent. Furthermore, I look forward to hearing from Secretary Gates how the current, critical missions of JFCOM, such as joint training efforts, will be carried out under this new plan.'
Rep. Glenn Nye (D-2nd District)
'The proposal by the Defense Department to close JFCOM is short-sighted and without merit,' Nye said following Gates' announcement. 'I appreciate the Department's attempt to rein in spending, but I have yet to see any substantive analysis to support the assertion that closing JFCOM will yield large savings.'
'JFCOM exercises combatant command over 1.1 million U.S. forces, and performs critical functions and training necessary to maintain our warfighters' supremacy in overseas operations,' Nye continued. 'Eliminating the Command does not eliminate the demand for these critical missions; it only redistributes the responsibilities elsewhere. I look forward to receiving the Secretary's official proposal and his analysis for reorganization.'
Rep. Bobby Scott (D- 3rd District)
'Joint Forces Command is a critical command element of our nation's military. JFCOM is the Defense Department's premiere joint force trainer and has improved and expanded military readiness for decades. JFCOM helps ensure that DoD civilian personnel and members of all the branches of the armed services are working together towards one common goal the defense of the United States.
'Since its creation, JFCOM has led the way in joint training concept development and experimentation, which includes heavy use of modeling and simulation technology. Hampton Roads is the nation's hub for modeling and simulation technology, and our military has benefited tremendously from effective utilization of this cost-saving technology thanks in part to the efforts at JFCOM.
'These critical functions provide continued American military superiority and many of JFCOM's components will need to continue in some form regardless of this decision. It makes little sense to outright eliminate JFCOM, transfer the personnel dedicated to JFCOM's mission, and create redundant missions elsewhere. In fact, many positions will not be eliminated at all but just reassigned elsewhere; and to the extent that positions are actually eliminated, there will be less coordination within the U.S. military and that's not how you save money.
'As a member of the Budget Committee, I completely understand and appreciate the Secretary's motivation to weed out wasteful spending at the Defense Department. If there are inefficiencies at JFCOM, as I am sure there are in the nine other commands, then those should and must be addressed appropriately. The issue of employing and becoming overly reliant on expensive private contractors is a problem not just at JFCOM but across the Defense Department and the rest of the federal government, and this is certainly an issue I would be interested in discussing solutions to. However, I do not believe completely eliminating a command responsible for ensuring better coordination amongst the military is the best way to reach the Secretary's goal.
'The Secretary's office provided very little information on this decision prior to his announcement this afternoon. The decision did not go through the normal, thoughtful process that is used when bases are closed, nor was there any mention of this in the Quadrennial Defense Review, which outlines the Defense challenges for the next four years. With that in mind, I look forward to a full briefing by the Secretary's office justifying this decision. I will work with my colleagues in the Hampton Roads congressional delegation to ensure that this decision is heavily scrutinized.'
Senator Jim Webb (D-VA)
'It goes without saying that we should achieve efficiency in our nation's defense budget, however doing so at the expense of the command that is leading the charge for the future of our military doctrine and training would be a step backward and could be harmful to the capabilities of the finest military in the world.
'I will carefully examine the justifications for this decision as well as its implications for the greater Norfolk community.'
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)
'I can see no rational basis for dismantling JFCOM since its sole mission is to look for efficiencies and greater cost-savings by forcing more cooperation among sometimes competing military services.
'JFCOM also has served an important role as the anchor for Virginia's investments and increasing profile in the modeling and simulation industry.
'In the business world, you sometimes have to spend money in order to save money.
'We will work together as a congressional delegation to see what we can do to maintain as many of these JFCOM jobs as possible in southeastern Virginia.'
'We will continue to examine the information received and the implications it has for the City of Suffolk.'
She noted that the contributions that USJFCOM and the Modeling, Simulation and Analysis industry have made in Suffolk, and the region, are important to our economy and have numerous positive impacts throughout the Commonwealth and our nation.
Adm. Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman
'I fully support the Department-wide initiatives Secretary Gates has announced today. In fact, having been intimately involved in their development from the very start, I welcome them as real opportunities to improve not only our efficiency as an institution, but also our combat readiness.
'These measures, each and every one, are geared to that end. I appreciate the Secretary's methodical, comprehensive approach in deriving them. They will streamline our use of contractors; sharpen the rolls of our senior ranks; eliminate costly and redundant reports; and deliver sound doctrine, training and force management functions to a Joint Force now ready to assume these vital tasks.
'We all will work to carry out the Secretary's decision to disestablish Joint Forces Command. There will be much hard work and analysis in the time ahead and we will do the best we can to provide solid data on which to base decisions.
'We have been assured that our work force will receive the best professional career advice and placement assistance available. This assistance begins with tomorrow's visit of Dr. Clifford Stanley, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, to talk with our leadership about the way ahead.
'While this decision will understandably cause concern among our work force, we will be diligent to make sure we keep distractions to a minimum and continue to provide the best possible support to the warfighter.'


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Posted on Friday, May 4, 2012 - 10:09am by admin6754
The shocking and unacceptable treatment of Chen Guangcheng, a well-known legal advocate, and his family by Chinese authorities reflects the broader problem of harassment of dozens of lawyers in China who represent unpopular clients and causes disfavored by the government.< Continue reading →
Posted on Thursday, Mar 17, 2011 - 9:48am by admin6754
The New York City Bar Association has sent a letter to China's Ministry of Justice expressing its "grave concern with respect to reports over the past several weeks that lawyers in various parts of China have been harassed, beaten, and detained at the hands of agents of the government." < Continue reading →
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 9, 2010 - 4:29pm by admin6754
In blocking Mo Shaoping and He Weifang from attending the International Bar Association meeting in London today, the Chinese government continues an unworthy pattern of harassment of Chinese lawyers who have the courage to provide representation to disfavored clients. Mo Shaoping has been targeted in the past, as noted in a City Bar Association report issued in May 2010 that describes in detail the treatment of lawyers in China. The world's largest country must have a justice system that the … Continue reading →