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THERE'S AN UNDENIABLE allure to a supercharger. The debate over whether to go normally aspirated or forced induction in building power is a worthy one, but the academic reasons often fall to the simple fact that a blower is cool.
Blowers look cool, and they certainly sound cool, and with the benefits of modern tuning-and the fact that modern Corvettes have never been better equipped to handle them-they're relatively efficient tools for making big horsepower in an otherwise stock vehicle.
We've seen plenty of Roots-type blower systems on C5 and C6 Corvettes, most of them versions of MagnaCharger kits, but comparatively few centrifugal blowers. So when we had the opportunity to follow the installation of a Vortech-based, intercooled system from Oxnard, California's A&A Corvette, we loaded up our camera gear and camped out at Detroit-area tuning shop Stenod Performance for the wrench-turning session.
"We were impressed with the kit," says Stenod's Joe Borschke. "From our experience installing and tuning it, it seems like a good value for our customers."
Although Vortech offers a specific, intercooled kit for the C6, A&A's system is priced approximately $1,800 lower. Differences between the two include things like fuel injectors and A&A's inclusion of a Kenne Bell Boost-A-Pump for the fuel system, but the biggest differentiator is tuning software. Vortech's C6 kit includes a plug-in programmer, while the A&A kit does not.
"We don't believe in a pre-programmed tune," says A&A's Steve Padfield. "Each project is unique, so we believe it's best to have a custom tune performed at the time of installation."
Of course, that presupposes a qualified tuner is available in a customer's area. But assuming one is, it's definitely the method that ensures optimal performance. In the case of our project, additional engine modifications necessitated a custom tune that would have rendered a pre-programmed calibration unusable anyway.
The test vehicle for this story was an '05 automatic with a mere 4,000 miles on the odometer. Like all '05 models, it features a 6.0L LS2 rated at 400 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque.
As with any intercooled system for a late-model Corvette, the installation involved removing the front bumper cover to provide room for the heat exchanger and related plumbing. Generally speaking, the kit was well engineered and used first-class materials. Kevin Gluski, the installer at Stenod Performance, found some of the instructions in the downloadable assembly manual to be a bit vague, but the overall impression on the fit and finish was one of admirable quality.
That's not to say the project wasn't without its difficulties. Regardless of whose kit is used, stuffing an intercooled supercharger system into the tight confines of a Corvette's nose isn't easy. Care must be taken to ensure adequate clearance for a variety of hoses, tubes, electrical lines, and more. There are a few other details worth mentioning:
Like all late-model, LS-engine vehicles, the precaution of "pinning" the crankshaft is necessary, because the balancer is press-fitted to the crank hub. Pinning the crank involves drilling a hole or two between the balancer and crank, and inserting a dowel-type pin to provide a simple lock between them. This prevents unwanted slippage that could occur under the greater load imposed by the supercharger.
Pinning the crankshaft requires the removal of the steering rack, which includes holding the steering wheel in place to ensure it aligns perfectly when the rack is re-installed. Otherwise, driveability will suffer, and the rack will likely need to be removed again to correct the problem. Reinstallation of the steering rack automatically means a trip to the alignment shop, too.


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The remaining Doolittle Raiders completed their final mission Saturday night.
Lt. Col. Dick Cole, 98, Lt. Col. Ed Saylor, 93, and Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, 92, gathered for a final toast at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Lt. Col. Robert Hite, 93, was unable to attend because of health concerns. He reportedly joined others throughout the world in watching the ceremony online.
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About 1,000 people, many family members of a Raider, were invited to attend. Several Emerald Coast residents were there, including Ted Corcoran, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce.
The toast was decades in the making, Corcoran said.
"This final toast will carry the legacy on," he said.
On April 18, 1942, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and his 80 men took off from an aircraft carrier to bomb Japan, having trained for the mission at Eglin Air Force Base.
Doolittle promised his boys a large party upon the successful completion of the mission.
Although the physical damage to Japan was minimal, the raid boosted morale not only in the United States but also for its allies.
"These guys changed the direction of the world by helping to change the outcome of World War II," Corcoran said. "It was just unbelievable to be in the presence of that."
After the war, Doolittle invited the remaining Raiders for a reunion, which has occurred nearly every year since.
During the reunion, they toast before a set of 80 goblets engraved with each Raider's name. They then overturn the goblet of any Raider who passed that year.
Until Saturday, no one besides a Raider had watched that toast.
Corcoran described the ceremony as very military-like.
"It was very quiet for 1,000 people," Corcoran said. "They were listening to every word by the guest speakers and generals, and the Raiders themselves."
A roll call of the Raiders was read. Members of the audience silently stood as their Raider's name was called.
Cole, Saylor, Thatcher and representatives for Hite called 'Here' when their names were called.
Once roll was completed, Cole stood to open the famed 117-year-old bottle of Hennessy Very Special cognac. He struggled for a minute or so with the wax on top.
"This is a tough one," Cole said, looking up and smiling at the master of ceremonies.
With some extra help, the bottle was opened and the drink poured out to the Raiders.
"Gentlemen, I propose a toast to those we lost during the mission and those who passed since," Cole said, holding his sterling goblet high. "Thank you very much and may they rest in peace."
With a sip, a tradition was ended.
Few cried after the event, Corcoran said. Instead, a euphoric atmosphere descended on those gathered.
"Everyone is just caught up in the honor of being here," Corcoran said.
During the festivities, Fort Walton Beach was mentioned many times, as both the place the Raiders started and the location of the final reunion earlier this year.
"It brought a great swell of pride from us from Fort Walton Beach, knowing that it was our community, our region where this all started," Corcoran said.


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And it's available in three different editions. Two guesses as to which one I'm getting...
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PANAMA CITY BEACH — After a summer defined by deluge, Panama City Beach tourism officials and industry workers are crossing their fingers for a dry Labor Day weekend.
"I think you've got some pent-up demand because of all the rain this summer," said Paul Wohlford, vice president of sales and marketing for the Resort Collection. "We are absolutely going to have a great Labor Day."
Wohlford said he expects visitors to flock to the beaches in droves this weekend if the weather is nice, as vacation planning becomes increasingly last-minute.
The Resort Collection manages 900 vacation rental units spread over nine properties in Panama City Beach, and Wohlford expects to be at least 90 percent at capacity for the holiday weekend.
"When they know there's availability, they wait so they can watch that 10-day weather forecast to see if they're going to go to the Atlantic or the Gulf," he said. "When you're sitting up in Atlanta, you've got a lot of options. They watch that weather and plan accordingly."
Jack Bishop, owner of Panama City Beach restaurants Capt. Jack's Seafood Buffet and Bishop's Family Buffet, agreed vacationers have become bigger procrastinators.
"Our visitor is very conscious of the 24-hour news cycle," Bishop said. "They check on the Internet, find a good price and then they make a phone call and head down."
Despite heavy rain this summer, Bishop and Wohlford both reported steady revenues.
"My experience this summer with my two buffets was the rain didn't really hurt us a lot," said Bishop, who even cited record-breaking numbers over the Fourth of July weekend. "I had a very good summer."
Wohlford said the Resort Collection numbers held steady over last year, with lost revenues only at the Hombre Golf Club properties and in food and beverage sales on the resort pool decks.
Bishop said early school start dates have shortened the destination's summer season over the years, with August previously poised as the second biggest revenue month of the year.
After Labor Day, Bishop said, the beach becomes more of a weekend destination, driven by festivals and other special events.
"The real key to fall business is it's all weekend business and weather is the driving force," he said.
Bishop plans to keep his two restaurants open through Oct. 20, with October's Panama City Beach Seafood and Music Festival serving as the culmination of the season.
But for now, the focus remains on the upcoming holiday weekend.
"This is an important holiday for us; it's the cream on the coffee, the icing on the cake," Bishop said. "I'm looking forward to Labor Day because I see blue sky and the weather looks great."


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Why "Knowing How the Economy Works" Is Not Enough
This week will see the release of The 4% Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs, a collection of essays from the George W. Bush Institute with a forward by the former president himself. It's true that annual GDP growth never actually reached 4 percent during Bush's two terms in office and averaged only 2.4 percent even if we generously exclude the disastrous year of 2008. But look at it this way: Who knows more about what the president ought to do about the economy than Dubya does? After all, there's only one living American (Bill Clinton) with as much experience being president, so Bush must have the answers we need.
A ridiculous argument? Of course. That's because experience only gets you so far. It's obviously a good thing, all else being equal, for the president to know a lot about the economy, just as it's a good thing for him to know a lot about foreign affairs or domestic policy. But the truth is that although the government has to solve many practical problems, and it's important to have smart, knowledgeable people in government to work on them, the presidency is not a technocratic position.
For a long time, Republicans grasped this much better than their opponents. It was the Democrats who seemed to prize experience and knowledge, looking admiringly at candidates who understood how government works and could be counted on to manage the problem-solving efforts that would be required, while Republicans favored candidates like Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, who argued that vision was more important than skills. Yet this year, Republicans have nominated a candidate with no discernible vision whose candidacy is based almost entirely on the knowledge and management experience he supposedly gained in business.
It's odd that for someone whose argument is so much about his preparation and experience, Mitt Romney barely ever mentions the one job he held that actually resembles being president—the governorship of Massachusetts. But we've had former governors who made excellent presidents and former governors who made terrible ones. And the brevity of Barack Obama's tenure in the Senate didn't stop him from amassing what was arguably the most impressive string of legislative victories in half a century during his first two years in office.
Mitt Romney barely bothers to persuade the voters that he will be able to get things done in Congress or that he understands foreign policy. Instead, the phrase he repeats over and over on the campaign trail is "I know how the economy works." The current arguments over Bain Capital notwithstanding, this has been the basic rationale for Romney's candidacy, that during his time in business he gained a body of knowledge and a unique insight that will allow him, as president, to make dramatic improvements in the economy. During the primaries he argued that this experience would make him a better president than his Republican opponents, and today he argues that it would make him a better president than Barack Obama.
But if there were a magic key to unlock spectacular growth and widely shared prosperity, you'd think we would have found it by now. There hasn't been a president in decades, the current one included, who didn't have lots of businesspeople working in his administration. And Barack Obama talks to corporate leaders all the time. If Romney knows something they don't, he hasn't told us what it is. If you read through his economic plan, you'll find that it contains the same things Republicans always advocate: lower taxes, reduced regulations, free trade, and so on. You've certainly heard Romney say that his business experience helps him understand the economy. But have you ever heard him say what exactly he learned that no one else knows?
Perhaps he plans to unveil this remarkable insight once the election is over; if so, one can hope that as a patriotic American he'll share it with the country even if he loses. Because even if it involved some policies that conservatives like, you can bet that President Obama would be happy to take the bargain if it would deliver something like the sustained 4 percent growth George W. Bush promises. If you really could create a humming economy just by cutting taxes for the wealthy and creating some "Reagan Economic Zones" (yes, that's something Romney proposes, though he doesn't say much about what it means), Obama would do it. The reason he doesn't isn't that he's a socialist; it's that the argument isn't all that persuasive.
So no, Mitt Romney is not in possession of a secret that can deliver us to economic nirvana. We can try to determine whether anything less than admirable happened at Bain Capital during Romney's time there, and if so how much responsibility he bears. But even if all those questions are answered in Romney's favor, it wouldn't change the fact that the policies he advocates are derived not from his experience but from his politics and his moral perspective, just as Barack Obama's are.
I'm not sure if Romney actually believes that keeping taxes for the wealthy as low as possible and scaling back regulations really does bring prosperity for all. But if he does, it isn't because he concluded that after a careful examination of the evidence (if that were the case, the last decade would have been the most prosperous in American history). He favors those policies because that's what his party believes and because they reflect his values. Romney may "know how the economy works" in certain ways. But that knowledge isn't enough.
Tue, 2012-07-17 15:26
Of course it takes more than knowledge of any subject to successfully implement it principles. Certainly having participated in taking poorly run and failing companies and fixing them (even though they were diverse and unique) says something about being able to organize a recovery effort. Is he a leader that can get the right information and then guide the implementation?
Romney was also a Governor and ran a large scale effort in the Olympics, so he has a broad experience at organizing big projects. All of this is far more than our current President had in 2008, and using GWB as you have, then clearly Obama does not know how to fix it, So far even GWB's performance would be better than what we have now, so why give Obama more time, when he had not articulated any plan, just more hyperbolic rhetoric about how important the group he has screwed (middle class) are.
Tue, 2012-07-17 15:34
Knowing how the economy works may not be sufficient, but it is necessary. What is clear after 3.5 years is that Obama doesn't have a clue about how the economy works - his latest rant in Roanoke proves that beyond a doubt.
And when did Mitt Romney ever say or propose that his plan would be to keep taxes as low as possible for the wealthy? If anything, he has implied that he would keep taxes as low as possible for ALL Americans - and what's wrong with that?
Personally, I prefer "I know how the economy works" to "hope and change." Hope isn't a plan obviously, but it works for the gullible and naive. And with a nation that pays more attention to American Idol than to politics, it just might work again. Lord help us.
Tue, 2012-07-17 15:56
Tue, 2012-07-17 16:31
Tue, 2012-07-17 16:53
The problem is not the "economy", it is unemployment. We are consuming less than we are producing. We've been unsuccessfully trying to fix this by raising our consumption, but perhaps the solution is simpler? Perhaps we simply don't need to work quite as much? What if we had more professional-grade jobs at less than 40hrs per week? What if we had more access to affordable education, so that fewer of us actually needed "jobs" to do something creative?
Tue, 2012-07-17 19:32
You must be a work at home member of Obama's Economics Staff. Where is the heck do you come up with the "We're consuming less than we produce??? Have you seen the $16 T deficit? Do you think that that comes from consuming less than we produce? How about the trade deficit? Have you seen that? Does that come from "producing"more than we consume? ... I swear, all you Obama Supporters need to take the next yellow brick road to Oz and buy yourself a brain.
Tue, 2012-07-17 20:01
I have not fully decided if I will vote for Obama, don't be so fast to assume things.
So, let's say, as you suggest, that we are in fact consuming more than we are producing. In order for something to be consumed, it must be first produced; if not by us, then somewhere, by somebody. So, have we been living on free gifts from foreign countries? If not, where is it coming from?
Tue, 2012-07-17 20:28
I am sorry for being flipant Mark... I am just saying that you don't borrowmoney at a rate of $16T dollars unless we are consuming more tha we produce... You ask where is it coming from? The answer, first China ( at over a Trillion Dollars) and most recently from the Fed who have actively kept the printing presses rolling to cover our ever growing appetite for more entitlements and more government spending... These presses have been running under the banner of a "loan" which will probably never be paid back and ultimately written off causing a tidal wave of monetary dilution and inflation that will attack every American's savings, probably just in time for retirement.
Obama is a Lawyer who wants to think that he knows about Business and Economics, but he has had no training or experience in it and unfortunately for an unsuspecting nation, we will be paying for it dearly in the coming years.
Wed, 2012-07-18 08:30
Definitely not the Fed - because, the Fed does not produce what we consume. Money is not production, but only a medium of exchange. It does not magically turn into a car you drive, a hamburger you eat, or a house you live in. Someone has to produce these things, and if it's not us, someone is else is doing it for us. When you said China, that rings true. Also, other countries, who are buying our government and personal debt (such as home loan bundles bought by foreign governments and investors). We can say that China and others are producing things for us and giving them to us on credit. And, at some future point, we are expected to produce more than they, and give the difference back.
My equation needs to be corrected - we are not "consuming less than we produce". We are "consuming less than what we produce plus what we get on foreign credit".
So, it seems that either we (1) take less credit, so that we produce more of what we consume, reducing domestic unemployment; or (2) use credit in a better way, so that instead of it creating chaos through unemployment, it actually improves the state of things. I like option 2 better, but if that's too complicated, we should do option 1.
There is one other very interesting topic here. The countries that are giving us this huge credit, for example China, they are certainly taking a big risk that the only way we could repay our government debts is by printing the money, and repaying them in a currency of much lesser value. Why would they take such a huge risk?
Tue, 2012-07-17 20:09
I am sorry for being flipant Mark... I am just saying that you don't borrowmoney at a rate of $16T dollars unless we are consuming more tha we produce... You ask where is it coming from? The answer, first China ( at over a Trillion Dollars) and most recently from the Fed who have actively kept the printing presses rolling to cover our ever growing appetite for more entitlements and more government spending... These presses have been running under the banner of a "loan" which will probably never be paid back and ultimately written off causing a tidal wave of monetary dilution and inflation that will attack every American's savings, probably just in time for retirement.
Obama is a Lawyer who wants to think that he knows about Business and Economics, but he has had no training or experience in it and unfortunately for an unsuspecting nation, we will be paying for it dearly in the coming years.
Tue, 2012-07-17 19:36
You must be a work at home member of Obama's Economics Staff. Where in the heck do you come up with the "We're consuming less than we produce??? Have you seen the $16 T deficit? Do you think that that comes from consuming less than we produce? How about the trade deficit? Have you seen that? Does that come from "producing" more than we consume? ... I swear, all you Obama Supporters need to take the next yellow brick road to Oz and buy yourself a brain with your next public assistance check.
Tue, 2012-07-17 21:57
No shortage of "Obama Haters" today, and you seem to be the king of the hill. All of you that distort the president's record on economics seem to completely disregard the absolutely inane opposition encountered by this man. When you have a political party that, on the night of the inauguration determine that their best course of action is to simply oppose everything the president proposes.... Well, how is that supposed to work? The number one priority of this same party is to prevent the reelection of the incumbent? There is ample evidence to deduce that the Republicans are willing to allow the economy to stagnant/fail, if it can cause Obama to lose the election. As for that sixteen trillion dollar deficit - only a true Obama hater would ascribe that totally to him. Funny, when the economy crashed and tax revenues declined, the military expected to be paid, Congressmen expected their salaries and insurance, Social Security obligations were still in place, Medicare/Medicaid requirements were all there, etc. And, how does this deficit effect consumer consumption? Your insulting "yellow brick road...." comment simply exposes you as another simplistic right wing shill, an expert at invective, but a zero at actual solutions.
Tue, 2012-07-17 22:21
You really should stop with the kneejerk fallback of obstructionist congress. Really, only 1/2 of congress which is 1/3 of government has been opposition held for 1/2 of Mr. Obama's 1 term. Further, do you really expect everyone to believe that prior to Mr. Obama the opposition party happily went along with all that the previous presidents had to say? Is it your position that Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi were constant supporters of Mr. Bush? Is it your belief that said Reid and Pelosi were actively campaigning for Mr. Bush's reelection in 2004, or do you believe that the democrat party were hoping for Mr. Bush's defeat in 2004? If you believe democrats campaigned against Mr. Bush prior to his reelection in 2004, then explain how anything has changed.
Wed, 2012-07-18 09:07
Oh dbtexas, you give Republicans far too much credit... Obama's problems with the Economy aren't the Republicans, it's his own failed policies and his absolute complete lack of knowledge in what makes an Economy work... He's a lawyer by training who probably doesn't know what a P&L is let alone having ever been responsible for one... Yet he supposes that he can effectively manage the world's largest Economy?
He acts and talks as though he has a great new plan for resurrecting his failing economy, but it's always the same thing..."Incur more Debt"... Entrust the Government to infuse all capital in the market... The truth is that he could not even get enough Democrats to support his policies even when he controlled both houses of congress for two full years and for two full congressional sessions (2008-2010).
He was however, able to shove a $3T unpopular Entitlement down our collective throats which helped to insure that the Dems couldn't and wouldn't be able to control both Legislative Houses going forward.
No dbtexas, America has had enough of lies and financial failure... They are ready to show this President and his supporters that Government is the product of the people and their entreprenuerial spirit and not vice- versa.The people will vote to have Politicians allow them to once again create the demand needed to revitalize this Economy by the spending their own money from unspent taxes... They will not vote to have this President take our money and our jobs and decide themselves where they will create demand.
You're right, I don't support the Obama Policies, they have proven to be non-starters and in some cases miserable failures...Hope and Change from this President has turned into more of the same.
Tue, 2012-07-17 17:31
Tue, 2012-07-17 19:18
"Knowing how the economy works" might not be enough, in and of itself, but it's certainly a good start and ought to be a job requirement for the presidency.
It most definitely beats not having a clue how the economy works outside the DC beltway, which accurately describes the current occupant of the White House.
Tue, 2012-07-17 20:16
Tue, 2012-07-17 22:28
Unfortunately for your anthem here, Mr. Obama has proven time and again he would most certainly forego 4% per annum growth if it meant accomplishing his agenda. If you don't recognise this, it is your rose tinted glasses, not that Mr. Romney "needs" to more than understand business.
Wed, 2012-07-18 01:04
This is not just about the president, no one in the whole administration has any private sector experience, he can not turn any technical problem over to a technocrat which is a garbage word if i ever heard one. Romney is a problem solver not a technocrat. You seem to be making an argument that real ability is a handicap for a president.
Wed, 2012-07-18 00:46
This is not just about the president, no one in the whole administration has any private sector experience, he can not turn any technical problem over to a technocrat which is a garbage word if i ever heard one. Romney is a problem solver not a technocrat. You seem to be making an argument that real ability is a handicap for a president.
Sun, 2012-07-22 15:39
I'm a conservative and agree with the heart of your analysis. Romney has no fundamental solution, unless he was to become a die-hard protectionist overnight. On the other hand, allow me to suggest that none of the parties have an understanding of economics, nor do the technocratics, because since its inception with Adam Smith there has not been a sound theory of economics upon which to run this nation (only sound industrial policy which evaporated in the 1960s). It is precisely why we are in decline, there is no functional alternative. Why would I say something like this? Consider the following: Karl Marx suggested free trade as the fastest means to destroying capitalism, while Daniel Webster claimed the primary reason we have our US Constitution was to stop the economic chaos unleashed by free trade with Britain under the Articles of Confederation. Yet, astonishingly we have three political parties which have adopted unwittingly Karl Marx's advice, while the Chinese have adopted Webster's advice. The Tea Party seems to be oblivious to Webster's claim, and the average Republican has no idea that Lincoln was a protectionist, and that his party remained protectionist until the 1960s when it became an economic mirror image of the Democrats who have historically been free traders. The dangerous error therefore the modern politician makes is the failure to make a critical distinction between free international markets and free domestic markets. The reason for this, as the new website rescuingeconomics.wordpress.com suggests, is that there has never been a sound theory of economics to make sense of the success of protectionism. Explaining the intricacies of this failed dynamic is the goal of the sites' associated book, The Un-Republican, by Geldstone. In spite of its conservative tone (written for the Christian market), I strongly urge you to take a look and consider bringing Geldstone's proposition to the attention of the American people. I'd like to believe that the courageous reporter who does so will change the course of this country's economic fate. I'm convinced anything short of a new theory of economics will fall short of a solution. The electorate is oscillating between parties for this reason and unable to make sense of the heart of the problem.. Take a chance and take a look.
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This is the eyesore building that residents of a Workington conservation area say is an embarrassment to its owner, Cumbria County Council.
Residents of Elizabeth Street say they are disgusted by the run-down state of the former Fieldside House, which was left vacant by the council for two years.
Allerdale councillor Michael Heaslip, who has lived on the street for over 20 years, branded the building "a disgrace".
He said: "It is gross anti-social behaviour by the county council and is verging on criminal negligence.
"I will be asking Allerdale to take enforcement action as it is in a conservation area and it is neglected, in disrepair and there is the problem of a health risk given the sightings of rats.
"Residents have about had enough of the county council."
The building has been owned by the county council for five years. It was mainly used for storage and was boarded up 12 months ago after windows were smashed.
Resident Harry Eilbeck, 70, said: "It is all red tape for the residents and not for the council. We have had excuse after excuse and they have done nothing about it."
Maxine Wintrup, 72, who has lived on the street for 20 years, said: "We have just about given up hope. We try to make our houses look nice and the council don't seem to care."
Mark Scott, 41, said: "When housing is at such a premium it is a scandal that the council holds on to ownership of such a building and lets it go to ruin. It will cost us ultimately through our council tax."
Lisa Taylor, said: "It is a conservation area and they are letting it go to rack and ruin."
A Cumbria County Council spokesman said: "Cumbria County Council does own Fieldside House and while there are no finalised plans regarding the future of the building, its status is under review and decisions about longer term plans will be taken at the appropriate time.
"Given the wide range of properties owned by the county council we have to prioritise spending across our properties accordingly.
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As this house used to be used as housing for adults with learning disabilities it would only be right and proper if Cumbria County Council returned it to the Minimum Homes Standard before they put it up fore sale as they have left it to devolve into disrepair. If this was owned by a private individual that person would have been on the sharp end of an enforcement action by now. The Council will no doubt plead poverty but they are the legal owners hence it is their duty to have kept on top of the maintenance required for this building.
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Vail Ski Resort is world renowned for providing guests with an experience that truly is "Like nothing on Earth." The resort is home to seven legendary back bowls spanning seven miles across the backside of the resort. The ski area is enormous with over 5,289 acres to explore and four distinct base areas connected by free buses and heated walkways.
The resort has great terrain options, excellent ski schools, and a large assortment of shopping and dining options. The two main base areas are Vail Village and Lionshead. Vail Village located at the base of Gondola One is the original base area and is home to Vail's iconic covered bridge that crosses Gore Creek. Lionshead Village, located just west of Vail Village is serviced by its own gondola and is home to luxury resorts such as the Arrabelle and Ritz Carlton.
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Vail is arguably one of the most well-known ski areas in the world and the main reason for that is its sheer size. Boasting 5,289 acres of skiable terrain, seven back bowls and Blue Sky Basin, the mountain offers something for every ability level. The front side of the mountain is ideal for beginner and intermediate skiers looking to cruise perfect corduroy while more advanced skiers can head to the Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin for a backcountry ski experience inbounds.
On a powder day, there is no better place in the world than Vail's Back Bowls. Chair 5, also known as High Noon Express, which services Sun Up and Sun Down Bowls is a great place to start. Take a pristine run down a classic like Forever or Ricky's Ridge before working your way east. From the top of Chair 5, take a run in the Sun Up Bowl and head up Chair 17 (Sun Up Lift), which will put you in position to ski into Tea Cup Bowl.
From here you have three options: ski down and over to Chair 21(Orient Express Lift) which will give you access to China Bowl and Inner and Outer Mongolia Bowls, ski to Chair 37 (Skyline Express Lift) which takes you to Blue Sky Basin or ski to Chair 36 (Tea Cup Express) for more runs in Tea Cup and China Bowl. A good way to make this decision is to check the lift boards or talk to a patroller. On powder days, there is often a delayed opening for Chairs 21 and 37 to give ski patrol time to do avalanche mitigation. If this is the case, enjoy the powder off of Chair 36 until one of the other lifts open. At this point ski until the snow gets tracked out or your legs give in then start making your way back to the front of the mountain and your après destination.
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Vail's world-class grooming is a little slice of heaven for skiers of all ability levels. More advanced skiers will enjoy black diamond cruising on Vail's longest run, Riva Ridge which gives you four miles of thigh-burning excitement. Northwoods, accessed from Chair 11 (Northwoods Express) is a great option for intermediate skiers as are all the runs off of Chair 2 (Avanti Express). Beginners should head to friendly slopes like Flap Jack and Sourdough off of Chair 14 (Sourdough Express) on the East side of the mountain, Lost Boy in Game Creek Bowl or the myriad of green runs at the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola. For first timers, Eagle's Nest is the place to be. Easily accessible from the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola, a practice area with magic carpets and a non-intimidating beginner lift make this the perfect setting to find your ski or snowboard legs.
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If you don't want to waste time skiing the seven miles to the base from the Back Bowls for lunch, pop into Two Elk Lodge at the top of Chairs 14 and 36. If the famous buffalo chili doesn't inspire you for the second half of your day, the views will.
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After skiing powder all morning, nothing hits the spot like Moe's Alabama-style BBQ in Lionshead Village. Pork, chicken and turkey are smoked daily along with 8-10 southern-inspired sides. The mac n' cheese is always a favorite along with the banana puddin' but if you're lucky enough to go on a day they have sweet potato casserole, it's a must try.
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Named for acclaimed Chef/Owner Kelly Liken, a finalist on both Top Chef and Iron Chef America, the restaurant that bares her name is an adventure in seasonal American cuisine. A destination for foodies, Kelly Liken does not disappoint with a frequently changing menu focused on locally-grown and cultivated ingredients. Not to be overlooked, the bar menu is as inspired as the food, featuring seasonal cocktails like the Clementine Kicker, a combination of Svedka Clementine Vodka, agave nectar, lime juice, fresh ginger and jalapeno.
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Larkspur Restaurant
Named the "most dynamic restaurant in Vail" by Wine Spectator Magazine, Chef/Owner Thomas Salamunovich's Larkspur Restaurant brings fine dining to new levels with his contemporary American cuisine. Featuring an open kitchen, giant fireplace and floor-to-ceiling glass wine room, Larkspur is a treat for your senses. Located at the Golden Peak base area, Larkspur features an extensive bar menu and dinner options that change weekly based on the selection and seasonality of ingredients.
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Located in Vail Village at Solaris Square, this is not your neighborhood bowling alley. Complete with a full service dining room, a sixty-foot bar and ten bowling lanes, Bōl is a one-stop shop for an evening of entertainment. Featuring a modern but relaxed atmosphere and a surprisingly creative menu, Bōl is a perfect spot for a date, large groups and families.
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Vendetta's Restaurant and Pizza Bar
A favorite spot for Vail Mountain Ski Patrollers, Vendetta's has been serving some of the best pizza and Italian food in the Vail Valley for 28 years. For a quieter meal, sit in the main dining room, but for local color and excitement, opt for the pizza bar.
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Los Amigos
Situated at the base of the Vista Bahn lift in Vail Village, Los Amigos' deck is the perfect spot to end your ski day. Views of the black diamond runs like Pepi's Face and Head First will provide entertainment while margaritas and queso dip will do the rest.
400 Bridge Street
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The Fitz
One of Vail's best kept secrets, The Fitz is tucked away in the Manor Vail Lodge adjacent to the Golden Peak base area, making it a popular destination for Vail Ski School instructors and significantly less crowded than the après spots in Vail Village. The atmosphere is casual and the menu features sliders, truffle fries and more.
595 East Vail Valley Drive
Vail, CO 81657
Samana Lounge
Samana is the place for late night and live music in Vail. Located just past the Covered Bridge in Vail Village, Samana brings world-class musicians and DJs from a variety of musical genres to their intimate setting every night of the week.
228 Bridge Street
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The Club
The party starts early here with Steve Meyers, The Good Times Guy, and his infamous après show and goes late into the night with live music seven nights a week. It's not uncommon to see people still in ski boots at The Club at last call.
304 Bridge St.
Vail, CO 81657
While many other ski resorts in the western United States started as mining towns, Vail was built from the ground up to be a ski resort. During World War II the U.S. Army established a training center at Camp Hale located just 14 miles south of what would later become Vail Mountain. The U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division trained at Camp Hale and consisted of excellent skiers and mountaineers that fought in the mountains of northern Italy during WWII. Upon their return from the war they quickly became major players in the burgeoning ski industry.
A veteran of the 10th Mountain Division, Pete Seibert returned to Colorado after the war to search for a perfect location to build a ski area in the Rocky Mountain region. Pete teamed up with friend Earl Eaton who led Pete on a seven-hour climb up a no-name mountain where they crested the summit to discover the now legendary back bowls.
Vail is a great destination for many skiers but the resort can get crowded on the weekends, so check the chair lift status signs at strategic intersections on the mountain to avoid backups. A yellow light means the lift maze is full, so choose an alternative route if possible. A green light means you are good to go.
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A stipend of approximately $600 per week will be provided for living expenses. Travel to Atlanta will be the intern's responsibility. Potential housing options will be provided on the housing page (/nceh/cleh/housing_transportation.htm) ; however interns will be expected to make their own arrangements.
The application period for the 2013 Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health internship will open in mid-November. Note: Seniors graduating in Spring 2013 will not be accepted to this program.
Diversity Summer Internship Program for Undergraduates
(Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Field(s): Public Health and related fields
Specific Majors / Candidate Profile: Students from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented minority students and students from economically disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds
Description: The goal of the Diversity Summer Internship Program (DSIP) is to provide experience in research settings to students from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented minority students and students from economically disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds, in order to encourage the students to consider careers in science, medicine and public health. The undergraduate students spend 10 weeks working with mentors on projects ranging from examining maternal-fetal calcium homeostasis to characterizing trauma patients and hospitals to surveying community-based organizations in Baltimore, MD. Native American scholars accepted into the DSIP program will be given the opportunity to work on Center-affiliated research projects.
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2013
Future Public Health Leaders Program (FPHLP)
University of Michigan
Specific Majors / Candidate Profile: Individuals interested in health care policy
The University of Michigan Future Public Health Leaders Program (FPHLP) is a 10-week summer program at the University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM-SPH) whose goal is to increase the diversity of the public health workforce. Participants receive leadership training, orientation to the public health disciplines, and real world work experience. The program is designed to foster knowledge of, excitement about, and commitment to the elimination of health inequalities.
The FPHLP is a CDC funded program, designed to encourage underrepresented college students to consider careers in public health. The program is a 10-week residential summer program that begins in late May and runs through early August 2013.
• Students who have completed at least two years of college at the beginning of the program.
• Recent college graduates (by April 2013) who have not been accepted in a graduate program (including medical school).
• African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, people with disabilities, and economically-disadvantaged individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Online application available in December
Globalization and Community Health: Combining Social Science and Engineering
This NSF funded program offers undergraduate students a unique cross cultural field experience focusing on intensive interdisciplinary methodology, ethics training and mentorship. Students will gain practical experience while conducting community-based health research that brings together the social sciences with civil and environmental engineering (CEE). The program is a 10 week course conducted in Monteverde, Costa Rica and consists of six weeks of interdisciplinary methods training and four weeks of intensive research on health-related issues. Students' cultural experience will be enriched by staying with local host family's during the program.
The program is open to upper-level undergraduates in fields such as anthropology, civil and environmental engineering, and public health. Spanish proficiency is required.
Students can opt. to enroll in six academic credits (tuition not covered by grant)
Deadline to apply is Feb 25, 2013
Health Management & Policy Summer Enrichment Program
University of Michigan
Link: http://www.sph.umich.edu/sep/index.html
Each student in the Summer Enrichment Program is assigned to an 8-week, pre-professional internship in a health care or public health organization in Southeast Michigan (including Flint, Michigan). The student is assigned to a "preceptor" in the organization, who is then responsible for assigning projects to the student, helping to train the student, and supervising the student's activities. Students conduct projects during the internship and are also exposed to a variety of people and activities in the organization.
The program is designed to help undergraduate students identify health care administration as a sound career choice by familiarizing them with the field through a structured summer work experience in a health care setting.
All students are provided a tax-free stipend of $3000 for the 8-week program. The stipend is paid in three parts: one at the beginning of the program, another three weeks later, and the final payment is made just prior to the end of the summer.
Deadline: February 8, 2013
Maternal Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement - Undergraduate Program (MCHC/RISE-UP)
The Maternal and Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement (MCHC/RISE-UP) Program provides opportunities for enhanced public health and related training to eliminate health disparities and promote health equity. This program's ultimate goal is to promote a more diversified and equal health system by introducing highly qualified undergraduate students (junior sand, seniors with a GPA 2.5 or better on a 4.0 scale; and students who received their baccalaureate degree within 12 months of MCHC/RISE-UP program orientation) from underrepresented groups to the field of public health. All students interested in addressing health disparities are encouraged to apply.
A $3,500 stipend is provided to all program participants. Housing and round-trip travel for out-of-state students are also available. All program activities are contingent on CDC funding.
Deadline: Thursday, February 14, 2013.
National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)
Description: Various paid summer research opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines - for a searchable list of the summer opportunities consult the website
Deadline: Varies
Occupational Health Internship Program
OHIP is a full time, paid summer internship designed to link the skills and interests of students with the needs of workers employed in an under-served or high hazard job. Teams of two interns are assigned to a particular local union or worker organization where they receive supervision from a designated staff member and an academic mentor (Site Coordinator) at one of the OHIP training centers.
Students are matched with projects based on specific language or technical skills, as well as their experience or interest in working with social justice organizations or unions. Typically a graduate student in medicine, nursing, public health (health education, environmental and occupational health) or a related field is paired with an undergraduate student. Most teams include students from different disciplines.
Each team project is designed to maximize contact between workers and interns to learn about the hazards and other realities of work. As part of the process of researching hazards, interns interview workers, conduct focus groups, attend union/worker organization meetings or other activities and observe workers on the job. As a result, students gain an understanding of the complexity of the work environment and learn about the importance of health and safety in relation to work.
Ultimately teams identify and document health and safety problems and recommend ways to reduce or eliminate hazards. In return, interns provide workers and unions/worker organizations with concrete information about hazards or health and safety concerns that they can use to build and strengthen their efforts to prevent job injury and illness.
Graduate and undergraduate students can apply; some stipends are restricted to US citizens. Non-US citizens must supply documentation of permission to work in the US. Undergraduates must have completed two years, preferably in a field related to public health, environmental studies or public policy. Graduate students in public health, medicine, nursing or a related field are encouraged to apply.
OHIP seeks students with experience or interest in working with unions or social justice organizations, are organized and self-starting, have good team skills and ideally speak a second language of new immigrant workers: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, etc. We encourage students from minority and recent immigrant groups to apply.
Undergraduate students receive a $4,000 stipend and graduate students receive a $5,200 stipend.
Deadline: March 18, 2013
Summer Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP)
The Summer Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP) is designed for undergraduate students to increase interest in and knowledge of public health and biomedical science careers. A partnership between Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University School of Nursing, and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the SPHS program is designed for undergraduates in their Sophomore or Junior year and recent baccalaureate degree students who are undecided about their career goals and who have a minimum GPA of 2.7. This is a rigorous program which includes Public Health course work at Columbia University; hands-on field experience and immersion in a diverse, economically disadvantaged urban environment; seminars and lectures with public health leaders; and mentoring by faculty members, ensuring students' exposure to the breadth and importance of public health as a career option.
Summer Undergraduate Minority Research
(University of Pennsylvania)
Specific Majors / Candidate Profile: Individuals interested in health care research
Description: The SUMR program provides underrepresented minority undergraduate students an opportunity to explore the exciting field of health services research. Program participants will be expected to have an interest in health care and strong quantitative skills. Candidates from minority groups that are underrepresented in the field of health services research (African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander) are particularly encouraged to apply. Prospective participants do not have to make a commitment in advance to attend graduate school in order to be accepted into the program, but an academic or research career should be something they might consider. A committee of Penn faculty selects each year's SUMR scholars from the highly competitive applicant pool.
What Do SUMR Scholars Do?
SUMR scholars earn a stipend of $1200 per month during the summer months for a time commitment of 20 hours per week. The students work with their mentors to devise a schedule that can be flexible to work around other employment.
Deadline: February 1, 2013
Undergraduate Scholarships
Boren Scholarship for International Study
Field(s): Critical Languages
Description: The Boren Scholarship provides up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Deadline: Feb.
DAAD Scholarships
Field(s): All fields
Description: Highly qualified undergraduate students are invited to apply for scholarships funding study, senior thesis research and/or internships in Germany. The goal of this program is to support study abroad in Germany and at German universities. Preference will be given to students whose projects or programs are based at and organized by a German university. Scholarships are available either as part of an organized study abroad program or as part of an individual, student-designed study abroad semester or year. Scholarships may be granted for a minimum of four months (one semester) and a maximum of 10 months (one academic year). Recipients will be awarded a monthly stipend of approximately € 650, plus additional funds to help defray travel and research expenses as well as health insurance.
Deadline: Varies
Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad
Description: The Gilman Scholarship Program provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs worldwide. Scholarships of up to $5,000 are for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being approximately $4,000. Students who apply for and receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad are then eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Scholarship Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000.
Deadline: Fall & Summer: March 1; Spring: Oct. 4
National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program
Field(s): STEM disciplines
Specific Majors / Candidate Profile: Students from disadvantaged backgrounds interested in biomedical, behavioral or social science health-related research
Description: The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program provides up to $20,000/year (renewable) for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are interested in careers in biomedical, behavioral, or social science health-related research.
Deadline: Feb. 1
Post-Graduate Research/Study Opportunities
CDC/APHL Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship
Field(s): STEM disciplines / Bio-medical Research
Description: The training fellowship is a one-year program for candidates with bachelor's or master's degrees. The fellowship program offers a wide variety of training and research experiences. Examples of projects include research in molecular genetics, pathogenesis, epidemiology and cell biology. Fellows may be trained in specific laboratory techniques such as real-time PCR, DNA sequencing and mass spectrometry. Fellows may receive specialized training and experience with a specific pathogen, or generalized training in influenza or STD surveillance, newborn screening or chemical and biological warfare agents. Other work may include diagnostic virology, bioanalytical chemistry, foodborne disease research including Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE), clinical and environmental diagnostics and epidemiologic studies of disease outbreaks. The annual stipend (2011) is $32,722 for fellows with a bachelor's degree; $36,475 for fellows with a master's degree; and $44,890 for fellows with a postdoctoral degree. Fellows are also provided with comprehensive medical insurance, travel to the interviews, orientation, and host laboratory and a professional development allowance.
Deadline: Feb. 8, 2013
The HSHPS Graduate Fellowship Training Program
Graduate Fellowship Training Program Overview
The HSHPS Graduate Fellowship Training Program provides paid training opportunities for graduate and doctoral students and recent graduates interested in working on Hispanic health research.
Fellows are placed throughout the United States and Latin America within government agencies and academic institutions. All HSHPS fellows work alongside a mentor, an experienced researcher or senior staff member; assist with a research project as it relates to minority health issues; and participate in a series of professional development seminars.
Though programs are geared towards graduate or recent graduate students, we encourage fourth year undergraduate students to apply as well. Please note that programs are for individuals who would like to gain research experience and are committed to improving the health of Hispanics.
Applicant does not have to be Hispanic to apply.
Deadline: Application deadline will be end of February 2013 for the summer 2013
NIH Bioethics Fellowship
Field(s): Primarily medicine, law, public health, health policy, and sociology
Description: Pre-doc applicants should have an undergraduate degree and should be planning postgraduate work. Post-doc applicants should have a PhD, MD, JD, or other advanced degree in a relevant field. Fellows are selected on the basis of their previous academic achievements, commitment to scholarship, and the contribution they are likely to make in the field of bioethics. No bioethics experience is required or expected.
Deadline: Jan. 15
Post-Graduate Scholarships
DAAD Scholarships
Field(s): All fields
Description: Study Scholarships provide highly qualified individuals with an opportunity to do independent study in Germany or to complete a full Master's degree program at a German university. Sample Master's Programs:
Recipients will be awarded a monthly stipend of approximately €750, plus additional funds to help defray travel and research expenses as well as health insurance.
Mabelle Arole International Fellowship
Specific Majors / Candidate Profile: Senior Pre-meds
Description: The Mabelle Arole Fellowship provides support for a graduating pre-med student who has been accepted into medical school and willing to defer admission for one year in order to experience community-based primary health care while living, working, and learning in Jamkhed, India, for one year. During that time, s/he will have experience in the hospital (in-patient and out-patient and in the field) and work on a project, depending on current CRHP activities and needs and your interest. The year begins with a 2-month course on community-based primary health care, with about 20 participants from India and other countries, most of whom are working in health and development programs. The fellow will be paid a stipend of $8000 in quarterly payments. This covers housing, living expenses, and travel, including airfare to and from India. In order to adapt to living at CRHP, you should be flexible, open, able to adapt appropriately to other cultures (including food), and interested in learning from others, especially village people.
Deadline: Jan. 18
Tylenol Future Care Scholarship
Specific Majors / Candidate Profile: Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Public Health, Occupational Therapy
Description: The TYLENOL Future Care Scholars Programs makes ten $10,000 and thirty $5,000 awards to students pursuing an education in healthcare.
Deadline: Spring 2013
Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice
Specific Majors / Candidate Profile: Individuals with a commitment to social and health care justice advocacy following their year of hands-on experience as a fellow
Description: The Villers Fellow works as a full-time policy analyst in Families USA's Health Policy Department. The Fellowship is based in the Families USA office in Washington, D.C. and is designed to provide the Fellow with a national perspective on health care justice work and the opportunity to learn about a range of health care justice issues. The Fellow's principal responsibilities include conducting primary and secondary research on a range of health care issues and health reform topics-such as Medicaid, Medicare, the state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the private insurance market-as well as writing and contributing to publications that are relevant to current health reform issues. Fellows will receive a compensatory package that includes an annual salary of approximately $38,000 and excellent health care benefits. One Villers Fellow is selected each year. Deadline: Jan. 14


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Claire Chase co-founded the International Contemporary Ensemble, which has premiered more than 500 pieces of new music
Even the MacArthur Foundation seemed to have difficulty deciding what Claire Chase was when it awarded her a $500,000 "genius grant" last year.
A flutist? An arts administrator? An impresario? An innovator?
So they called the San Diego-born, Brooklyn-based musician an "arts entrepreneur" and credited her with "forging a new model for the commissioning, recording, and live performance of contemporary classical music."
But what, exactly, is an arts entrepreneur?
"It's a function of our time, the early 21st century," said Chase, who is in San Diego this week with other members of ICE, the International Contemporary Ensemble. They are working at UC San Diego with Calit2 composer-in-residence Rand Steiger and will perform a free concert Friday of Steiger's work-in-progress, the "Coalescence Cycle."
"An arts entrepreneur is an artist who is also a producer, and an organizer, and an activist, and an inventor," Chase said. "It encompasses all of those things, and I don't think I'm alone in this movement."
Chase acknowledges that another definition of arts entrepreneur could be unemployed music school graduate — which she was when she finished her undergraduate degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 2001, the same year she co-founded ICE.
"Put simply, a generation of musicians my age graduated from school with very few job prospects," Chase said. "We have managed through sheer force of will and also very much working together to create this movement and create this role for an artist in society.
"If the 20th century was the century of the symphony orchestra in America, I think the 21st century, in many ways, could be the century of the new business model — the new music band in our case — the modular, adaptive, artist-driven performing arts organization."
Alternative aspirations
Chase doesn't just have the MacArthur Fellowship to back up her assertions; she has a decade of success during which ICE premiered more than 500 new works and worked its way up from Chicago bars to New York's Lincoln Center, even if it still relishes opportunities to perform in alternative venues.
"In the beginning, when we had absolutely no money, I started organizing these crazy festivals in Chicago," Chase said. "What we'd do is completely knock down any walls, any barriers, to any person's experience of contemporary music. We staged concerts in warehouses, we did one on the back of a pickup truck, we did them in public spaces, we did performances in subways. …
"It was just a preposterous concept at the time. We did pretty much everything that we could do over the course of a week. And Chicago couldn't ignore us, even if they wanted to. We created a scene and we created it not just by doing a series of concerts and staging a festival, but by staging experiences for people and inviting them into different types of listening environments."
As part of ICE's model, the ensemble didn't just play and commission new music; it worked with the composers it invested in, just as it is working with Steiger in developing his cycle of pieces for various instruments and instrumental combinations with real-time signal processing.


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SINGING schoolchildren joined thousands of flag-waving revellers as the Olympic Torch's Cumbrian odyssey reached Ambleside.
Crowds began gathering from mid-afternoon as anticipation mounted ahead of the historic moment.
Greeted by cheers and applause, torch bearer Tom Wright, 15, of St Bees, passed the Olympic flame onto Windermere's Stephanie Booth as it reached Borrans Park at around 6.20pm.
The beaming 14-year-old Lakes School pupil, nominated by her head teacher, told the Gazette it was the 'best moment' of her life.
"I was quite nervous but very excited," she said.
"Everyone was really friendly and happy.
"It's been the best experience."
Sports-mad Stephanie is a keen swimmer and participant of triathlon and cross-country events and will compete alongside her sister in this weekend's Great North Swim.
Her proud mother Christine said: "I didn't sleep last night, I was so excited for her.
"I'm just really unbelieveably proud of her.
"The last week has been a little bit overwhelming.
"She was determined to be involved in the Olympics and this could be the closest she gets."
Spectators Gordon Allatt and Norma Pearson made the trip from Northampton especially to see the torch.
And Mr Allatt was thrilled when he got to touch it.
"I'll never wash this hand again," said an emotional Mr Allatt.
"The Olympics is one of those things that brings the country together and makes us feel good."
Mrs Pearson added: "I think it's absolutely great and I shall be watching the Games every day while they're on."
Children from Ambleside, Hawkshead, Langdale and Coniston primary schools performed a song especially-assembled for the occasion as the torch made its way to Waterhead to board the Bowness-bound vessel, the Tern.
It was helped on its way by a flotilla, christened Brathay's 'whalers', as other boats sounded their horns in tribute.
Marj Waddecar, of Ambleside, who was looking on, said: "I was born in the year Britain last held the Olympics so I thought I ought to come down and see the torch this time.
"It's good we have got the Olympics and let's just hope there's a bit of a spin-off for tourism in areas like this."
Visitor Julianne Harlow, of Brighton, added: "It's a really big event that we won't be seeing in this country again and, rightly or wrongly, a lot of money has been invested in it."
People were invited to write goodwill messages about the Games for inclusion in an eye-catching yellow 'balloon tree'.
The Kendal Windows on Art project was led by Pam Williamson, who said: "I have worked with older people, schoolchildren and members of the public, asking them to send their messages to welcome the torch from Ambleside to London and the rest of the world."
The balloons were given to children after the torch passed through and the messages will now go on display at Ambleside Library before featuring in a special opening ceremony at this year's Ambleside Sports.
The Borrans Park festivities were organised in part by Barry Porter, of Rufty Tufty's, Ambleside.
Mr Porter said: "I thought it would be a really positive thing for Ambleside - it really profiles the area.
"Anything that builds up Ambleside is great for local businesses and local people. The kids are really enjoying it."
An Olympic Torch relay celebration, titled On the Night Shift, presented by Kendal Arts International, takes place on The Glebe, Bowness, tonight.
THE Bassenthwaite Ospreys have moved home to live in marshes nearer to Bassenthwaite Lake.
After successfully nesting at their treetop summer home at Dodd Wood since 2008, the pair decided it was time for a change and have been gradually building a new nest since returning from their wintering grounds in West Africa.
Fortunately, the new site is visible from the Dodd Wood viewpoint so visitors can still enjoy watching the birds of prey this season.
Ospreys are normally faithful to successful nest sites, so the move was a bit of a shock for staff at the Lake District Osprey Project (LDOP). This is only the second time staff have seen the ospreys change nest in the project's 11-year history.
Nathan Fox of the RSPB's Lake District Osprey Project, said: 'It has been an interesting and exciting start to the season, with the birds deciding to move. We have been working closely with local landowners and farmers to make sure that the birds are fully protected and therefore have a good chance of raising their chicks."
A PAIR of ospreys have returned to their nesting site in the Lake District. The birds are back at Bassenthwaite Lake - 10 years after the first male osprey chose the area for a nesting site.The bird, known as No Ring, was the first to nest in the Lakes for 150 years. Experts say he has returned with the female he paired up with for the first time in 2007.
It is hoped the birds will rear an 11th generation of young after two male chicks were produced last year.
Graeme Prest of the Lake District Osprey Project said: "It is wonderful news that the ospreys have returned for another season and have already mated. With a bit of luck, the female will be laying her eggs soon."
Almost 100 people are part of a volunteer project to provide 24-hour observation on the nest. They also engage with the public about ospreys at the Dodd Wood viewpoint and Whinlatter Visitor Centre.
The public Osprey Viewpoint at Dodd Wood, near Keswick, has been opened and telescopes are being provided to see the birds.
Live images from the nest are also being beamed to a big screen at the nearby Whinlatter visitor centre. The osprey project is managed by a partnership of the Forestry Commission, Lake District National Park Authority and the RSPB.