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Democratic Rep. Brian Baird, PhD, only the second clinical psychologist ever elected to Congress, leaves the House next month after six terms representing a sprawling section of southwestern Washington state.
First elected to Congress in 1998, Baird, 54, is known for his independent streak and strong commitment to applying social and behavioral science to the nation's health care, national security and energy challenges. Before coming to Washington, D.C., Baird was an associate professor and chair of the psychology department at Pacific Lutheran University and a licensed practitioner in Washington and Oregon. He has worked in state and Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, community mental health clinics, substance abuse treatment programs, juvenile facilities and head injury rehabilitation programs.
Baird has a reputation as a politician who isn't afraid to go against the tide. In 2002, he voted against authorizing the use of force against Iraq, but in 2007, he called for more time for the surge of additional troops to work. His position drew 600 angry constituents — many of whom vehemently criticized his stance — during a nearly four-hour town hall meeting.
Over the years, Baird has championed several successes for psychology, including in 2007 when he co-sponsored the America COMPETES Act, which significantly increased authorized funding levels for social and behavioral science research at the National Science Foundation. In late 2009, he was one of a small number of Democrats who initially voted against the health-care reform bill, saying the legislation didn't include reliable estimates on health-insurance premiums, among other concerns. In March, he voted for the final health-care reform bill, saying it was much improved over the original legislation.
Baird says he's leaving to devote more time to his wife, Rachel Nugent, and their 5-year-old twin boys, William Washington and Walter Franklin. The Monitor met with Baird to discuss his political career and future plans.
Why did you decide against trying for a seventh term?
It sounds cliché, but I don't know of any more valid reason than to spend more time with your family. That's my reason. My wife does international development work as an economist, and she travels a lot and I travel a lot. It's one thing when it's just the two of us and we say, "OK, you're in Rwanda this week, and I'm in Iraq next week." But when you have children and you're saying yet again that you have to leave your family, it sort of wears you down. That's what I found happening increasingly.
What's next for you?
I hope to do some teaching in the Pacific Northwest and to consult on politics and communications. I've got a couple of book projects in the works, one, hopefully, that will be published very soon.
What's it about?
It's called "Character, Politics and Responsibility: Restarting the Heart of the American Republic," and it's a very frank look at some of the major policy challenges facing the country and what I think we ought to do about them. It's written regardless of any concern about political consequence. We've got a $1.5 trillion deficit and $13 trillion-plus debt, and $52 trillion in present value long-term entitlement commitments, and we just can't get there without raising revenue, growing the economy and cutting expenses. If somebody's got better solutions, I'm happy to hear them, but I've not.
What did you learn from your first race?
Your readers will appreciate this: One of the surprising lessons of running for public office is that one becomes, effectively, a human version of a Rorschach card. By that I mean you are an item onto which much is projected, both good and bad. Remembering who you are, in spite of the projections of others, is a very interesting experience. People will project more positive qualities on you than you deserve, and more negative qualities than you deserve. You have to not be too depressed by the negative, nor too seduced by the overly flattering.
A colleague of mine once said the goal of all politicians is to be loved, and I profoundly disagree with that. My goal is to do the right thing, and if a whole lot of people hate you for doing the right thing, that's the price you have to pay.
What did you learn about integrity from your father?
He was a high school teacher of civics and American government, and so he passionately believed in the American system. He also believed in personal responsibility and public service and integrity, and he embodied those values in the way he lived his life. I once saw him turn around and drive back 15 miles when he realized someone had given him an extra $5 in change.
After I left for college, he was mayor of our small town [Fruita, Colo.], and he oversaw the rebuilding of most of the town's basic infrastructure — water, sewer, roads, which were in a terrible state of decay prior to his being mayor. Those improvements led to some revenue increases and torn-up streets — and to his defeat. But at the end of the day, the town got an awesome rebuild, which allowed it to expand and attract new businesses.
How have you tried to balance your constituents' interests with national and international issues?
I've always believed in [former U.S. House Speaker] Tip O'Neill's dictum that all politics is local. I've held well over 300 town hall meetings, visited every port, every hospital, every high school multiple times. I have a very good district team working on constituent service, and I fly out every weekend. So if there was something happening, I've tried to be there.
You can find ways to work on national issues with local relevance. On the global issues, I've tried to focus on perspectives that get neglected or places that get neglected. I've tried to focus on things that are central to current or future potential conflicts. That has relevance at the end of the day because if I'm going to vote on whether or not to send Americans to die overseas, I want to know everything I can about what those conflicts are and what the options are.
Since 2004, you have advocated for and pushed through legislation for better psychological services for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families. Have you seen any improvement since then?
Well, we're doing better than we were at the start of the conflicts. But we need more human resources, we need more professionals, especially in the field and theater. We need more non-Department of Defense, non-VA practitioners to understand deployment issues.
And I think we need to dramatically re-evaluate the whole concept of post-traumatic stress disorder and its linkage to disability compensation [provided to veterans diagnosed with PTSD from the Department of Veterans Affairs]. It's politically unacceptable to say so, but everybody in the field knows it. We ought to focus much more on the accurate assessment of what the person has experienced and on implementing effective treatments and interventions so they can get on with their lives, rather than diagnosing them with a disorder that leads to compensation as long as the diagnosis is maintained.
How important was the achievement of parity in 2008 for mental health and substance abuse treatment?
Tremendously important. I participated in a number of hearings about this around the country. We heard heartbreaking stories about people who try to get care for their family members, only to be denied by insurance companies for life-threatening illnesses, anorexia, clinical depression, bipolar disorder — difficult, potentially costly, but treatable conditions.
Will parity improve Americans' quality of life?
We don't know the answer to that yet, because we're not sure exactly how [the mandated implementation of parity for mental health treatment in health insurance plans] is going to play out in a number of ways. For example, how will insurers implement it? Will they find covert ways to block people from using services? In some cases, we'll have to go through some rounds of enforcement.
How can psychology's insights help the nation address its challenges?
As chair of the House Research and Science Education Subcommittee four years ago, I made a personal effort to make social science front and center to our activities, particularly how we approach what I call the grand challenges facing our country. Health care is one. National security is another, and energy is a third. A significant portion of those three challenges is related to social and behavioral science, and a significant portion of the solutions is to be found in the social and behavioral sciences. On the energy and environment front, for example, I'm absolutely convinced we could cut our energy consumption by 20 percent in 20 weeks — not by 2020 — if we just made behavior changes. Our profession ought to be able to help us understand those changes.
Should more psychologists run for political office?
Absolutely. If they're in it for the right reasons, if they appreciate the complexity of the task, absolutely. There are a number of things in terms of methodology, scientific reasoning, respect for empirical data and dealing with people that psychologists should be well trained for. Clearly, a number of major public policy issues impact our profession, and can be impacted by our professional knowledge and training.
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18th November 2009
Austria allows civil partnerships but gay adoption ban stays 9
5:39 PM — Austria's government has agreed to legalise civil partnerships for gay couples. The law will come into force on January 1st 2010 if it is approved by parliament. Bans on adoption and fertility treatment will remain.
Washington Blade successor could be launched this week 1
5:22 PM — A new gay newspaper and website to replace the Washington Blade could hit the streets as soon as Friday. Former editor Kevin Naff said staff hoped to release the first edition under a new name.
Gay priests 'no more likely to abuse children than heterosexuals' 19
4:35 PM — A study commissioned by the US Roman Catholic Church has found no evidence that gay priests are more likely to sexually abuse children than heterosexual clergy.
Scottish presbytery 'broke gay moratorium' by accepting gay man for training 4
3:56 PM — A Church of Scotland court has upheld a complaint that a presbytery broke the moratorium on gay clergy by nominating a gay man for training as a minister. It said no new gay candidates would be taken on.
Thief robs gay men in Brighton 4
3:25 PM — Police have appealed for information to help catch a thief who befriends gay men in order to steal from them. Two men have reported having their possessions stolen by him after they invited him home.
Exclusive: Stonewall to fight for civil partnerships to be held in churches 63
1:17 PM — Gay rights charity Stonewall said last night it will seek to add an amendment to the Equality Bill to allow religious buildings such as churches to hold civil partnership ceremonies.
Ben Elton makes gay joke about Prince Edward 29
1:06 PM — Comedian Ben Elton was accused of poor taste last night after making a remark about Prince Edward's sexuality and calling the Queen "a sad old lady".
Exclusive: HIV film 'dangerous and misleading' 468
12:32 PM — A film about HIV and what causes AIDS has been attacked for being misleading and even dangerous. HIV charities and health experts have told PinkNews.co.uk that the ideas the film promotes are "pseudo-science" and could damage the public health.
Gay man killed by sparring partner he paid to fight him
11:10 AM — A gay businessman died after being beaten by a man he paid to fight for sexual thrills, a court heard yesterday. Colin Butler, 49, suffered fractures to his head, neck and ribs.
17th November 2009
Follow PinkNews.co.uk on Twitter, Facebook and MyPinkNews 3
11:52 PM — Sometimes we admit we're a little behind the times. Yes PinkNews.co.uk has had a Facebook application since they were invented but we haven't helped you easily follow us on Facebook or indeed Twitter or even MyPinkNews until now.
Georgia teacher 'threatened to have gay student killed'
5:53 PM — A teacher in the US state of Georgia is accused of trying to "put a hit" on a student he thought was gay Randolph Forde, a teacher at Mundy's Mill High School in Clayton County, has been suspended with pay after being arrested last month.
Lesbian mayor candidate in Houston 'targeted by conservatives' 3
5:12 PM — Annise Parker, the frontrunning candidate for Houston's mayor, is the subject of a campaign by a conservative group to discourage residents from voting from her. They fear a "gay takeover" of City Hall.
Adam Lambert: 'People are freaked out by male sexuality' 9
4:46 PM — American Idol star Adam Lambert has said that people find his expressions of his sexuality offensive because he is gay. The star also said that promiscuity was not for him.
Peter Tatchell to speak with former Bishop of Edinburgh tonight 5
3:59 PM — Peter Tatchell will appear in conversation with Richard Holloway, the former Bishop of Edinburgh, tonight. Holloway has supported Tatchell in the past, even defending him when he appeared in court in 1998 for storming the Archbishop of Canterbury's Easter sermon.
Gay policeman James Parkes expected to return to work soon 2
3:10 PM — James Parkes, the gay trainee policeman who was beaten in a homophobic attack, is expected to return to work in a matter of weeks. He has been recovering from his injuries.
Gay marriage campaign kicks off in California 3
12:57 PM — The fight to win back gay marriage has begun in California. Yesterday, gay rights group Love Honor Cherish launched its campaign to get one million signatures in favour of repealing the ban.
Gay superheroes star in new comic 8
12:29 PM — A comic book featuring an all-LGBT team has gone on sale. Spandex is set in Brighton and features trans crime fighter Liberty and Diva, a lesbian equivalent of Wonder Woman, as they take on various villains.
Elton John says young people are 'complacent' about HIV 3
11:45 AM — Elton John has said that young people are putting themselves at risk of HIV infection by not having safe sex. Speaking at a charity gala for his AIDS charity last night, he warned that the latest generation are "complacent" about the dangers.
Updated: Gay teenager murdered in Puerto Rico 16
11:20 AM — A gay teenager has been found burned and decapitated on the island of Puerto Rico. The body of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado was found on Saturday (November 14th) in Cayey, a city several miles away from his hometown of Caguas.
16th November 2009
Buenos Aires issues first gay marriage licence following last week's court ruling 6
11:57 PM — Following the ruling by a judge in Buenos Aires last week, an Argentinian gay couple were today granted a same sex marriage licence. Jose Maria Di Bello and partner Alex Freyre argued that a ban on gay marriage violated the constitution of Argentina.

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Bronagh Kennedy took 100 hours to hand-draw this map of inner London. The work is based on 1914 Ordnance Survey maps and depicts London before the destruction of WWII and the redevelopments of 60s and 70s. Devoid of street names and other labels, the chart lets the street patterns do the talking.
The map is available to buy in the following sizes:
A3 – Limited edition of 100 – £50
A2 – Limited edition of 100 – £75
A1 – Limited edition of 100 – £125
More details on the map, and Bronagh's other impressive London prints, can be found on her website.


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Country Whuppin' – Chase Bryant Vs. Veronica Ballestrini
Chase Bryant has two big wins and is looking for more. The Country Whuppin' is on as Chase is going to "Take It On Back" into battle once again. This time he'll face my in-studio guest from today's show, Veronica Ballestrini with "Cookies and Cream."


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The Advent Of God's Promises
Filed Under: Christian, Lifestyle | Posted: 12/10/2012 at 8:43AM
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JEREMIAH:33:6-9; "Behold I will bring it health, and cure, and I will cure them, and reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. And I will cause the captivity of Judah, and the captivity of Israel to return and will build them as at the first. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me, and I will pardon their iniquities whereby they have sinned and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all nations of the earth which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
Through these verses in Jeremiah we learn that there will come a time when God will bring around good health and cures for many illnesses and at that time the people will be witness to an abundance of peace and truth brought around by God.
We are further told that through God's holy grace and mercy that for those who believe, God will cleanse his people of all of their sinful transgressions and iniquity and that God's people will experience goodness and prosperity, and that news of this will spread to all the nations of the earth as they witness God's awesome power and love for his people.
The beginning of these promises begins with the birth of Jesus, for none of it can take place until God himself takes on human form.
We ask ourselves, could God not accomplish all of these things he promises without Jesus taking on flesh and becoming man.
The obvious answer is yes, yes of course he could, but then how would the people recognize that this is the power of God being made manifest.
What would prevent some high ranking person like a Herod, or, a Caesar laying claim to being God claiming to perform all of this.
When Jesus begins his ministry, 30 years after his birth, he begins with healings, healings both physical and spiritual.
When Jesus is later crucified, we become through belief, faith, dedication and love for Jesus eternally cleansed of our sin and iniquity, sealed by the seal of God and through the time from the crucifixion to present we are witness to God's generosity which is not simply a financial generosity, but his compassion, his love, his gentleness, and yes even financial generosity as God works through each of our lives providing that which is needed in our lives.
This is especially evident when one looks at countries like the USA. or Canada, or Western Europe, even in China and Japan where God demonstrates his generosity, his love and compassion in so many differet ways, for all the world to see.


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Source: British trade mag MCV.
What we heard: Last month, federal documents surfaced that revealed Sony had tested a 250GB version of the PlayStation 3 Slim. This month, reports out of Europe have indicated that the supersized console could go on sale as early as October via a variety of game bundles costing £299.99 ($500) or €350 ($510).
Now, yet another report from across the Atlantic is claiming to known exactly why Sony would put out a PS3 with over twice the memory of the 120GB Slim so close to the latter's launch. Citing sources at a "leading entertainment retailer," MCV claims that the 250GB PS3 will be unveiled at the Tokyo Game Show (Sept. 24-27). Furthermore, one configuration of the 250GB console is reportedly already being referred to as a "movie bundle" internally and will come with a Blu-ray movie and Bluetooth remote control.
The magazine then adds some of its own speculation, saying the bundle might "possibly [have] Sony's PlayTV attachment which turns [the] PS3 into a fully-functional Freeview TV recorder." (Emphasis added.) Available only in the EU, the PlayTV peripheral attaches a tuner to the PS3 and installs software that adds TiVo-like digital video recording (DVR) functionality to the console.
The official story: "We've never announced a 250GB PS3, so there is nothing I can say about this rumour." -- Sony Europe rep.
Bogus or not bogus?: While too thin for a firm call, a 250GB PS3 would have the exact same memory capacity HD TiVos currently come with. Another factor to consider is Sony's proclivity for experimenting with multimedia technology like PlayTV in the UK--while leaving other territories high and dry.


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THE world's newest and heaviest element flashed briefly into existence at 10.37 pm on 9 February, according to nuclear physicists at the GSI heavy ion research centre at Darmstadt in Germany.
Element 112, which has an atomic mass of 277, is the sixth super-heavy atom discovered at the centre since 1981 and the third in the past two years (This Week, 7 January 1995, p 6).
A multinational team led by German scientists fired 5 billion billion (5 × 1018) zinc ions at a speed of 30 000 kilometres per second over a three-week period at a target made of lead. They created a single atom of element 112. After existing for just a third of a millisecond, it decayed first to element 110, which itself was only discovered in 1994, and then through four other short-lived elements to fermium (element 100), where the scientists lost its trail.
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Abd Aljalil Albedoui, the General coordinator of the Tunisian Labour Party, gives feedback on Tunisia's current state.
The Situation in the country is characterized by the existence of many problems that give rise to fear and predict continued instability.
The government has not yet shown indicators of the existence of a consistent will to prosecute those who were involved in tyranny and corruption. Compared to the Egyptian government's reaction towards the symbols of the Mubarak regime, the Tunisian government seems to be reluctant. As a result, the situation has caused a lack of confidence between citizens and existing institutions.
Furthermore, violent episodes witnessed lately in Metlaoui are signs of those who a dreaming to seethe return of a tyranny. These groups stand in many cases behind the movements aimed at  demanding the impossible, more than aiming to achieve the demands of legitimacy.
In all cases, do not forget that we are in a delicate stage characterized by a transition from a state of suppression of freedoms,  absence of dialogue , and weakness of political culture,which would complicate the process of democratic transition and make it risky.
But in such circumstances, the elite should fully assume its political, social and cultural to build a better Tunisia for tomorrow.


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When you are a native Detroiter (if you have any musical sense at all), Motown is a larger-than-life phenomenon. Everyone knows about the studio in the big house with the blue front and sign, "Hitsville U.S.A.", on West Grand Boulevard, not far from the old headquarters building for General Motors, and only a stone's throw from the center of the Riots in 1967 (12th Street). But, like so many who live near a famous landmark, I had never taken a tour of the studio until quite recently. I made a delivery there in the early-90s and stepped inside, but that was it. I read about the efforts to make it a first-class museum and waited until it was renovated to take a full tour. That was about four years ago. I went a second time two years ago.
It's difficult to describe the feeling of someone who grew up in Detroit in the 1960s -- as I did -- walking through this building, which has such a rich musical legacy. Entering the actual studio is almost like a religious pilgrimage: the "Holy of Holies" of 60s pop and R & B music, where Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and Diana Ross and the Supremes cut all their records. The only thing that could approach it in the "local heritage" category was when my whole family got to walk onto the field of Tiger Stadium in 1999: the last year that old ballpark hosted major league baseball.
My late brother Gerry was in a "white soul"-type band in 1966-1968. They made a record and appeared on a local rock and roll TV show, called Swingin' Time (with host Robin Seymour). A few years later a "scout" from Motown actually came to the house to listen to him and a friend play and sing. Nothing came of it, of course, but it was great to even have that slight association with Motown.
The greatest and most influential individual talent in the "Funk Brothers" was the bass player, James Jamerson (1936-1983). I would like to cite three articles about this extraordinary musician, and then I'll provide a list of what I consider his greatest performances on record, and several related links. I'm proud to play some small part in making him more known to the public:
From the article: "Enigmatic bassist James Jamerson, anchor of the Motown sound, will get his due at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," by Brian McCollum, 2-27-00, in The Detroit Free Press:
. . . James Jamerson . . . dramatically, forever, altered the sound of contemporary music.
. . . Mysterious as his persona might have been, there was nothing vague about Jamerson's playing. As bassist for the fabled Funk Brothers, he was the bedrock of the Motown sound. When you dance to "Heat Wave," your hips aren't moving because of Martha or her Vandellas. They're being seduced into motion by Jamerson and his fat, vibrant grooves underneath.
Enigmatic in life, overlooked in death, Jamerson is about to get his due. On March 6, he'll be among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's first round of inductees for session musicians -- the unheralded players behind the scenes.
Like his bandmates in the Funk Brothers, the crack studio band that played on nearly every Motown hit that mattered, Jamerson was rarely credited in public for his prolific work. It wasn't until 1971, when he was acknowledged as "the incomparable James Jamerson" on the sleeve of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," that his name even showed up on a major Motown release.
His induction will be the first high-profile recognition of his vast body of work . . . In all, he performed on nearly 30 No. 1 pop hits -- toppling the record commonly attributed to the Beatles. On the R&B charts, nearly 70 of his performances went to the top.
. . . Today's bass players owe an overwhelming debt to his innovations in the tiny studio on West Grand.
. . . sometime in the late '50s, he made his first visit to Motown's Studio A. Somewhere amid it all, he picked up the electric bass. Legend says he mastered the instrument in two weeks.
By the early '60s, Motown's A-team of musicians had come together: Earl Van Dyke, Robert White, Benny Benjamin, Joe Messina and Jamerson. The Funk Brothers, as they came to be known, molded one of the most distinct sounds in pop music history. Under the leadership of Van Dyke, the group also became a fixture on Detroit's club scene.
Allan Slutsky, a Philadelphia musician and writer, became intrigued by Jamerson in the mid-'80s and dove into Motown's past for answers. The resulting book, Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson (Hal Leonard, $32.95), was published in 1989. This summer, Slutsky will head a crew to begin production on a $3-million documentary about the Funk Brothers.
"You have to remember the state of the electric bass at that time -- it had only been around since the early '50s," says Slutsky. "People didn't know what to do with it. Nobody blew you away. Then Jamerson comes along. He was the first virtuoso of the electric bass, the first to give the instrument a voice." In musical terms, what Jamerson introduced was syncopation. In layman's terms, just call it funk.
Rather than merely outlining a song's chords in primitive, arpeggio patterns like most pop and R&B bassists -- dum, dum, dum, dum -- Jamerson developed lines of increasing complexity. His jazz background allowed him to toy with unusual harmonic flourishes. He widened the palette.
Tales of Jamerson in the studio are legendary. He'd concoct his parts in mere seconds, they say, then fool around as the band rehearsed, stomping his foot in odd meters or humming an alternate melody to throw off the players.
. . . He was, by any definition, a genius. "Jamerson terrified bassists all over the world," says Slutsky. "Still does." With Motown archivist Harry Weinger, Slutsky got a chance to hear Jamerson parts isolated from the other tracks. It was a breathtaking event. "I was floored . . . It was the funkiest, grungiest thing I had ever heard in my life. It was like every single note was ready to explode."
But it was more than just the bass lines -- whether the familiar stutter of "Bernadette" or the one many call his best, Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made to Love Her."
"The thing laymen have to understand is that music is built from the bottom up," says Slutsky. "James was the bottom. When he changed the way the bottom functioned and sounded, it changed everything up the line." "Play it like the guy from Motown" became a standard call from producers everywhere.
. . . Since childhood, James had revealed a two-pronged personality: angel and devil. He was a class clown and a loner. Gregarious and mean. Sweet and flammable. Like so many great artists, there was something in his personality that evoked traces of bipolar disorder.
"He wanted to live the good life, to be a religious, God-fearing guy," says Slutsky. "But he was the sheepish little good-kid-gone-bad. He had a lot of demons. It's a Vincent Van Gogh story."
. . . "In hindsight, 'What's Going On' was the swan song for Jamerson," says [Bob] Lee, the Los Angeles bassist. "He always thought that was his best work." Marvin Gaye's seminal 1971 record was among the last Motown albums recorded in Detroit.
. . . Since Slutsky's book was published, he's received more than 10,000 letters looking for insight into the mysterious legend. "If James knew the fuss, he'd be floored," says Slutsky. "This was a guy who died in agony. He figured he was forgotten."
. . . "Very few people have a chance to impact the world on a large scale. But that's what he did," says Slutsky. "People don't know him like they should. But when you think about it, the impact pop culture has had all over the world ...he's right there at the foundation."
From Marshall Crenshaw's article in Rolling Stone, 9-29-83:
James Jamerson, the pioneering Motown bassist who died of pneumonia in Los Angeles on August 2nd at the age of forty-five, was not famous like Sting of the Police, or John Entwistle of the Who. But Jamerson was one of the greatest and most influential musicians of our time, and it's safe to say that his sound and soul will always be with us, because the great Motown records of the Sixties will be listened to and appreciated for as long as there is a vibrant American musical culture.
Jamerson's bass playing almost defined the Motown sound. He was with the company from 1959 until 1973, and during the peak years of Motown's incredible golden era, from 1963 to 1966, he played on virtually every Motown, Tamla, Gordy, Soul and VIP release. On these records - backing the Supremes, Steve Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas, the Miracles, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye and many others - Jamerson created a sound, a feel and an impact that make him one of the three or four most important innovators in the last twenty years of American music.
. . . It's hard for me to think of words to adequately describe his beautiful sound and the deftness and sensitivity of his playing. Fortunately most people have heard "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Dancing in the Street" to cite only two of Jamerson's classic performances. But Jamerson also had a profound influence on the state of the recording art. During the Fifties, electric basses were not considered legitimate instruments by most producers and studio players; the most common approach was to record an acoustic bass to anchor the bottom of the sound, then have someone, usually a guitarist, add electric bass-string lines for percussive and melodic supplementation. When Jamerson came along, he totally blew away such prejudices - and by making the bottom jump and pop the way he did, he completely changed the way people heard and played R&B and rock & roll. He was the first electric bass player that you might call a virtuoso.
From: Chuck Rainey's Jamerson Page:
Ever wonder what the specific ingredient of a hit record was or is? If you are a producer, writer, arranger, artist, an avid fan of the artist or a listener - you might consider first - the groove, sound and feel of the bass instrument and who is playing it. True, The 4 Tops, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations and Jr. Walker were indeed very special and talented artists, but consider three things; (1) all the songs were good songs, (2) all the horn and string arrangements were great and (3) all songs and arrangements were led by the bass part. All but a few bass parts were played by my hero James Jamerson.
. . . Once any bassist heard or hears Jamerson play the electric bass instrument, an immediate respect for him and the instrument occurs . . . Although James was an acoustic bass player first, he opened the career door for the rest of us electric players basically by being heard so many times on radio hits produced by Detroit Motown. When I heard Bernadette by the 4 Tops in the 60's, my heart throbbed for a week. I Was Made To Love Her by Stevie Wonder during that same time period caused another week of sheer electric bass ecstasy.
My Compilation of 32 of James Jamerson's Greatest Hits, on a 90-Minute Cassette
The songs were chosen for their inventiveness, originality, key role in the structure of the songs, and memorable nature. Reference is made to the date of release, and disk and number of selection on the disk, from the CD Box Set: Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection: 1959-1971. The songwriters will be indicated by a code, referring to the writers listed below.
Side A
Mickey's Monkey * (7/63 | I, 16), Miracles
Pride and Joy ^ (4/63 | I, 13), Marvin Gaye
How Sweet It Is * (11/64 | I, 28), Marvin Gaye
My Girl # (12/64 | II, 1), Temptations
This Old Heart of Mine * (1/66 | II, 17), Isley Brothers
You Can't Hurry Love * (7/66 | II, 25), Supremes
I Can't Help Myself * (4/65 | II, 8), Four Tops
Ain't no Mountain High Enough < (4/67 | III, 8), Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
I Heard it Through the Grapevine > (9/67 | III, 10), Gladys Knight & the Pips
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing < (3/68 | III, 15), Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
My Whole World Ended ~ (1/69 | III, 22), David Ruffin
I Was Made to Love Her + (5/67), Stevie Wonder
Ain't Too Proud to Beg (*) (5/66 | II, 21), Temptations
You Keep me Hangin' On * (10/66), Supremes
It's the Same Old Song * (7/65 | II, 11), Four Tops
Ain't That Peculiar # (9/65), Marvin Gaye
I Know I'm Losing You (*) (11/66 | III, 2), Temptations
Side B
A Place in the Sun ::: (10/66), Stevie Wonder
Reach Out, I'll be There * (8/66 | III, 1), Four Tops
Reflections * (7/67), Supremes
What's Going On? = (1/71 | IV, 17), Marvin Gaye
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me & (11/68), Temptations & Supremes
Bernadette * (2/67), Four Tops
I'm Wondering + (9/67), Stevie Wonder
Cloud Nine > (10/68 | III, 18), Temptations
If I Were Your Woman % (10/70 | IV, 15), Gladys Knight & the Pips
Standing in the Shadows of Love * (11/66 | III, 3), Four Tops
For Once in My Life (::) (10/68 | III, 17), Stevie Wonder
The Happening * (3/67), Supremes
I Can't Get Next to You > (7/69 | III, 24), Temptations
Ain't No Mountain High Enough < (7/70 | IV, 10), Diana Ross
Higher and Higher, Jackie Wilson (not a Motown song, but the Funk Brothers played on it, helping to make it one of the all-time great R & B records)
Songwriter's code:
* Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, & Eddie Holland
(*) Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield
# Smokey Robinson
+ Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, & Henry Cosby
^ Norman Whitfield, Marvin Gaye, & William "Mickey" Stevenson
> Norman Whitfeld & Barrett Strong
< Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
= Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, & Renaldo Benson
~ Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol. Pam Sawyer, & James Roach
::: Ron Miller & Bryan Wells
(::) Ron Miller & Orlando Murden
& Kenneth Gamble & Jerry Ross
% Laverne Ware, Pam Sawyer, & Clay McMurray
Further Reading about James Jamerson, Motown, and the Funk Brothers:
(Many thanks to Bob Lee: the first site below)
Bob Lee's loving tribute page, James Jamerson, Bassist (with a great photograph of Jamerson on top)
Detroit News article about the film, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.
Article on the Funk Brothers, "From Motown to our Town," by Jonathan Takiff (Philadephia Daily News, 4-11-03)
Dozens of articles about Motown in the online archives of The Detroit Free Press.
Funk Brothers interview on NPR radio
USA Today review of Standing in the Shadows of Motown (SITSOM)
Detroit Metro Times review of SITSOM
Fender tribute to Jamerson
Standing In The Shadows Of Motown.com
Who's Who of the Funk Brothers
List of some of Jamerson's greatest performances
Section on the Funk Brothers from The History of Rock and Roll site.
Soul Man (French site about Motown and the Funk Brothers)
Amazon.Com page for Standing In The Shadows Of Motown


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1. Stir the water and molasses together in a large bowl until the molasses is dissolved. Sprinkle the yeast over the water, and let stand in a warm place until foamy, about 10 minutes.
2. Stir the salt into the yeast mixture; then stir in the 1 3/4 cups flour until the dough starts to come together. Scrape this rough dough out onto a work surface that has been sprinkled lightly with flour. Knead the dough until it becomes smooth and pulls back when you stretch it, about 5 minutes. If necessary, add just enough flour as you knead to keep the dough from sticking to your hands and the work surface. Make a neat round out of the dough and place it in a large bowl that has been sprayed with the olive oil spray. Cover the bowl loosely with a clean kitchen towel. Let the dough sit in a warm place until it has doubled in size, about 1 hour.
3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide it into 6 equal wedges. Form each wedge into a tight ball by rolling it in the palm of your hand until the edges have rounded. Spray a baking sheet with olive oil spray. Arrange the dough balls a few inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. Cover them with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes.
4. With a rack in the center position, preheat the oven to 500°F or its highest setting. (Remove any other racks or position them below the center rack. This will make it easier to slide the pizzas onto the stone and remove them once they're cooked.) Place a pizza stone on the rack and let it heat for 20 minutes.
Dust a wooden pizza peel with the cornmeal. If you don't have a pizza peel, dust a cookie sheet (Flatno rims) with cornmeal. Lightly flour the work surface and roll one ball of the dough out with a rolling pin until it will not stretch any further. Drape the circle of dough over both of your fists so the edges of the dough barely overhand your knuckles and gently pull the edges outward while rotating the crust. Keep stretching and rotating the dough gently until the dough is about 9 inches in diameter. Don't worry about a few small tears, they can be repaired once the dough is on the peel. Place the dough on the prepared peel. Prick the dough in about 8 places with a fork. Pinch together any little tears.
SLide the dough onto the hot pizza stone in the oven, and bake until the dough is puffed and the underside is lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the dough and flip it bottom (browned) side up on your work surface. Repeat with the remaining balls of dough. When you've had some practice, you should be able to roll out and stretchi n one piece of dough while another is baking on the stone.
Spread about 2 tablespoons of the marinara sauce onto each crust, leaving a 1/2 inch border. Scatter the basil over the sauce. Scatter the mushrooms, cooked sausage, and peperoncini evenly over the sauce. Mix the cheeses together in a bowl, and sprinkle 1/4 cup of the mixture over each pizza. One at a time, slide the pizzas back onto the pizza stone. Bake until the cheese is golden brown and bubbling and the crust is brown and crispy, 3 to 4 minutes. If your pizza stone is large enough, you may be able to bake the topped pizzas two at a time.
Cut the pizzas into wedges, if desired, and serve.
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25 Mar 1997 - Just 2 weeks after his murder, his second album, 'Life After Death' is released.
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - A major budget cutting decision, made months ago, is playing out. Both the UNI Museum and Price Lab School Buildings are closing for good.
Drea and Ari spent the afternoon with their Grandma Kathy Behnke at the UNI Museum. They came because they knew it would be their last opportunity. Staff members locked up the building at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
"It is a nice charming place. I wish more people would have a chance to come in the future," Behnke said.
Many filtered in to see the exhibits before workers locked the doors for good. Some signed the guest book with notes like, 'sorry you're closing.' Museum staff members put up a final display filled with photographs and newspaper clippings before the building closes. It takes a look back at 120 years.
On the last day, workers are proud of the museum's history and said, by now, they though they'd be growing instead of condensing their collection and closing their building.
"For months we've had lots and lots of people coming through being very upset this museum is being closed, this building is being closed ... this is an important cultural resource," said UNI Museum Director Sue Grosboll.
While many said their goodbyes to the museum building, the Price Lab School scene was much different. It was quiet with doors boarded up. A UNI spokesperson said Friday was the final work day for the staff. Only a handful remained, working behind locked doors.
"People are wrapping things up and getting everything prepared, tomorrow will be it," said UNI Spokesperson Lindsay Cunningham.
The building officially closes Saturday, June 30. Some say the closings have a bigger meaning.
"It's the end of an era," Grosboll said.
The museum said their next step is to move some of its collection to a building on campus for students to enjoy. They'll also start the long process of finding new homes for items in their exhibits at other museums.
Many have voiced their opposition to the closing of the two buildings. The university maintains these budget cutting measures will create a better future for the school.
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Rosa gives Max some of her pea soup and stands beside him with a look of triumph. Liesel believes that this look has less to do with saving another human being's life and more to do with pride in her soup, which Liesel and Hans often scoff about. Max then vomits in the sink, saying that his stomach must not have been ready for food.
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Tom and Andi Bernstein Human Rights Fellowship
Tom and Andi Bernstein Human Rights Fellows spend time meeting and working with students, giving lectures and workshops, bringing others to the law school to participate in panels and conferences, and otherwise enriching the Law School with their human rights expertise. For younger practitioners and scholars, the Fellowship can be a time to think and study before starting new phases of their careers.
Members of the Yale Law School community may nominate candidates for the Tom and Andi Bernstein Fellowships. The Schell Center does not accept unsolicited applications.
Current Fellow
Kajal Bhardwaj (Fall 2014) is a global leader in the access-to-medicines movement. She is a lawyer who has been working on health and human rights for more than a decade. She has worked particularly closely with the Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit, Medecins Sans Frontieres (India office), and the Delhi Network of Positive People. Kajal's engagement with health and HIV started in 2002 with her involvement in the drafting of India's HIV/AIDS Bill, including intensive research and consultations on the Bill's drafting, capacity building related to the Bill, and advocacy with law and policy makers. Since 2005, she has been working extensively on developing legal and advocacy approaches to improve HIV/AIDS treatment access in light of India's new patent law. Since 2009, she has also been working regionally in South Asia, including on capacity building for government officials and civil society groups in Nepal, Myannmar and Cambodia. In 2012, she designed and coordinated an eight-country U.N. capacity-building workshop on the use and adoption of TRIPS flexibilities.
Past Tom and Andi Bernstein Human Rights Fellows
Michael Posner (Spring 2009) is currently a Professor of Business and Society at NYU's Stern School of Business, working to launch the first center on business and human rights at a business school. Prior to joining NYU Stern, he served from 2009 to 2013 as Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. From 1978 to 2009, he led Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights), a New York-based human rights advocacy organization. He played a key role in proposing and campaigning for the first U.S. law providing for political asylum, which became part of the Refugee Act of 1980, as well as the Torture Victim Protection Act, which was adopted in 1992. He also led the Human Rights First delegation to the 1992 Rome conference, at which the statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted.
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PARKERSBURG (AP) - An Iowa high school football coach who was shot to death this summer is to be honored with a special helmet decal this season.
The Iowa Football Coaches Association and the Iowa High School Athletic Association announced the decals would be available on Monday, the same day as the first practice for football players at Aplington-Parkersburg High School.
Coach Ed Thomas was slain in June in the weight room at Aplington-Parkersburg High School, where he coached for 34 years in the rural community of 1,800 residents 80 miles northeast of Des Moines.
The new helmet decal will read "FFF" for faith, family and football.
Former player, 24-year-old Mark Becker, has been charged with first-degree murder in the coach's death.
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The Cathaoirleach of Sligo County, Councillor Veronica Cawley hosted a reception to honour Thomas Nelson and his contribution to the promotion of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann abroad.
In 2007 a group of 30 musicians and dancers, some of whom are descendants of Irish emigrants, visited Sligo. During this trip the first South American branch of Comhaltas was formed in the Coleman Centre, Gurteen.
Mr. Thomas Nelson, a third generation descendent of Irish emigrants to South America was appointed Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann co-ordinator for the South America branch and reports to the Coleman Heritage Centre in Gurteen, Sligo.
The Cathaoirleach, Councillor Cawley welcomed Mr Nelson and members of Comhaltas to County Hall and was delighted to have the opportunity to acknowledge the work of Mr Nelson and his colleagues in Argentina and Chile.
She pointed out that Sligo Local Authorities have worked very hard to foster a global network of contacts, encompassing a broad spectrum of endeavour, from arts, to music, to culture and sport and "the Comhaltas branches in Argentina represent about half a million descendants of Irish people who emigrated to South America in the mid and late 19th century, people who now express their pride in their Irish roots."
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In a word, this week was electric. This is evident in the way that students have found the energy to study long and late for midterms over the last two weeks. Being enrolled in an anatomy class, I can describe a very intense study battle indeed! But my classmates and I don't fight those battles alone. Electricity flows through connection. The students at PUC are connected and continuously growing closer. Whether working together with my lab partners in anatomy or helping my fellow theology majors to bake Communion bread in Pastoral Ministry class, I experience a connectedness with my fellow students that energizes me and makes me excited about learning.
And it is not just students who are connected. Faculty and staff are connected as well. Over the past weekend when the New York Giants took on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, Grainger Hall's Dean Halverson hosted staff members like chaplain Laffit Cortes and campus center director Doug Wilson for a great time of fellowship. Students from all over campus had a great time too, packing into the campus center to enjoy the game and each other's company. However, this past week I have observed students and faculty coming together not just to promote academics and fellowship for their own sake, but also to promote excellence as a community. We come together to define why we want to be academically excellent and why we continue to fellowship.
Thursday's Colloquy was the highlight of this week in that regard. This has been campaign week for Student Association elections (among which I am a candidate for the position of Religious Vice President). It was at this week's Colloquy that students, staff, and candidates came together to say, "Community is what we are all about." It is true that we are all different, but one thing that I have observed over the three years that I have been at PUC and this past week especially is that we have much more that connects us than divides us. Those connections are what produces the electricity on our campus. Many of our candidates are running unopposed for their offices, but even the competitive races have been characterized by a spirit of good will and cohesiveness. I feel very strongly that this is the result of a deepening understanding of community. We value community because Christ, our Savior, is all about community.
I defined this week as electric. As such, it is truly a snapshot of the very best of PUC, where the whole community comes together—where we make connections that have the power to illuminate the world.
Cameron Haley
Junior, Theology
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The end of the road is apparently at center Strop.
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(That's the closest we'll ever get to laying down any kind of cool harmony. Or especially cooleyhighharmony.)
So Boyz II Men are following up on the promise of their holiday residency at The Flamingo in 2010 and will set up shop at The Mirage starting March 1 (without the classic lineup's Michael McCary) for 78 shows through Dec. 29.
Tickets will run $39.99 to $59.99 and are on sale now. And, along with the Guns 'n' Roses residency signals the beginning of a questionable state of affairs for popular bands from our junior high years. It's only going to get worse. Our money is on a TLC reunion with Hologram Lisa "Lifet-Eye" Lopes headlining the Luxor sometime before 2014.


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President Obama begins his transition period to a second term by receiving some adorable but thoughtless advice from the New York Times editorial board: "Close Guantanamo Prison," the editors declare. The advice is adorable because it seems frozen in time four years ago, when it was slightly conceivable that Obama would do anything other than concretize and expand executive power and privilege he railed against when it was in the hands of his predecessor. It is thoughtless because Obama doesn't need Gitmo: rather than send prisoners to Gitmo, where they receive three squares a day (and reportedly get to keep pets), he is sending them to a Somali hell on earth, where skin disease runs rampant in the overcrowded, sun-scorched cells.
The editorial also suggests he veto the National Defense Authorization Act. Readers might recall that the NDAA, which Obama signed in late 2011, was the moment civil libertarians fully understood that Obama would, contrary to his campaign promises, spend his time in office accruing as much power as he could. The ACLU, with a heavy heart and the scales fallen from their eyes, released a statement: "President Obama's action today is a blight on his legacy because he will forever be known as the president who signed indefinite detention without charge or trial into law," pronounced ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero. "The statute is particularly dangerous because it has no temporal or geographic limitations, and can be used by this and future presidents to militarily detain people captured far from any battlefield."
But of course by that time, Obama had ordered military action against Libya without bothering to go to Congress about it and rested his national security strategy on its most secretive element: the drone war. The use of drones to target anyone the Obama administration decides poses a threat has been effective, though it comes at the cost of the deaths of civilians the administration considers collateral damage. And it is in this aspect of Obama's national security policy that he appears to believe that what he is doing is problematic but doesn't particularly care. The New York Times reports on a cartoonishly cynical approach to targeted assassination coming from the White House:
The attempt to write a formal rule book for targeted killing began last summer after news reports on the drone program, started under President George W. Bush and expanded by Mr. Obama, revealed some details of the president's role in the shifting procedures for compiling "kill lists" and approving strikes. Though national security officials insist that the process is meticulous and lawful, the president and top aides believe it should be institutionalized, a course of action that seemed particularly urgent when it appeared that Mitt Romney might win the presidency.
"There was concern that the levers might no longer be in our hands," said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. With a continuing debate about the proper limits of drone strikes, Mr. Obama did not want to leave an "amorphous" program to his successor, the official said. The effort, which would have been rushed to completion by January had Mr. Romney won, will now be finished at a more leisurely pace, the official said.
Obama wants to curtail the power he has accumulated for future presidents, believing as he does in accountability for everyone but him. When it looked like Romney might win the election, the White House feverishly undertook efforts to constrain his power. Now that Obama gets four more years, that effort "will now be finished at a more leisurely pace"–a phrase one hopes was typed out with a modicum of shame.
Will there be a liberal outcry? No, there won't. What differentiates the antiwar movement of the Vietnam era and the left-wing Democrats of today is that the former believed what they said. Today's left is an operational arm of the Democratic Party, and thus opposition to national security projects like Somali hell-prisons or drone warfare is simply a matter of partisan politics.
None of this is to suggest that what Obama is doing is unlawful–indeed, I highly doubt he is operating without legal advice and input every step of the way. But let's remember that George W. Bush did as well, and this did nothing to quell his critics. Additionally, just because a program is secret doesn't mean it's nefarious; our national security depends on a great many classified and secret programs. Furthermore, Obama may be making the best of a difficult choice: drone warfare is quite probably a better option than either sending more troops into more countries or allowing a lapse in the vigilant defense of the homeland.
It's just worth noting that Obama has made it fairly clear that he would be uncomfortable with this power in anyone's hands but his own, yet continues wielding it. And it's also worth noting that he will do so without any major challenge from his base.


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(From a recent blog post on Catherine Kauffmann-Saint-Martin's "Scoop.it!" blog)
Visit the Folle de Musique (Catherine Kauffmann-Saint-Martin) Blog to view the video.Also visit the "Les Passions" website for more information of the orchestra and of its concert listings.
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Les Passions - Montauban - Vivaldi - Concerto in d minor for 2 violins, cello and strings
Visit Catherine Kauffmann-Saint-Martin's blog site "Scoop.it!" where you can view a recent video produced by Nicolas Kauffmann of a recent performance by Les Passions of the Vivaldi Concerto in d minor for 2 violins, cello and strings.
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Dirty Laundry: Lady Gaga kiss-dissed by Alexander Skarsgard, Jamie Lynn Spears dumps Casey Aldridge
And they said it wouldn't last
Jamie Lynn Spears has reportedly split from boyfriend/baby daddy Casey Aldridge.
Some sources say she dumped Aldridge for business man James Watson, 28, who lives near the Spears family estate. They started dating in December 2009.
Well heck, give these kids credit. Casey and Jamie definitely lasted longer than those other unwed parents, Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston.


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FANCY living in the village of the future? Construction of the first home in a new "televillage" should be complete nex month, and the remaining 33 homes wil be finished by the end of 1996.
Claimed to be the first purpose-built televillage in the world, the 4.5 acre complex nestles in the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, at Crickhowell about 20 miles north of Cardiff. Unlike the rest of the British housing market there is no shortage of potential buyers. The backers say more than 300 people have already inquired about moving in.
The idea for the televillage came from Ashley Dobbs, chairman of the UK Telecottage Association, who believes many people who work with computers (whether employees or self-employed) will live next to their place of work in the 21st century.
On the Welsh site, all the home owners will be able to either rent or buy ...
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The House of Representatives has commenced deliberations on a Bill to establish an Agricultural College in the Federal Capital Territory.
The bill titled; A Bill for an Act to establish the Federal Capital Territory College of Agriculture was unanimously supported on the floor of the House when debate on its general principles opened.
Most members said the Bill in addition to encouraging many people to pursue various careers in the agricultural sector would also ensure large production of food thereby reducing over dependence on the importation of food items into Nigeria.
The sponsor of the Bill Hon. Emmanuel Jime (Benue state) remarked that the Bill would serve as a morale booster to the indigenous populace of the FCT whom are mostly farmers and the teeming Nigerians relocating to the territory.
"This is a territory where most Nigerians in their thousands are trooping into. The fact of the matter is that most of those Nigerians that are coming here are very equipped to be able to do agriculture only in a subsistence manner. But a college of Agriculture would provide the enabling environment and the teachings that enable people to be equipped and able to do agriculture in commercial sense."


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Managing the Extreme Impacts of Climate Change
18 Nov
This is a guest post by Sabrina McCormick, a lead author on the IPCC report released today: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)
Almost 24 months ago, I boarded a plane to Panama City, Panama to attend a meeting of over a hundred people I had never met. Unfortunately, I had gotten a haircut the day before. I walked into the salon with shoulder-length mousey-brown hair, and walked out with bright red pin curls. I don't know what happened in there, but when I met the new Lead Authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for a Special Assessment on Managing the Extreme Impacts of Climate Change, I was a tiny bit embarrassed. Lucky for me, none of them had ever seen me before and some even thought it was real.
The group was from all over the world, a body balanced across the developed and developing nation divide reflected in every color and style of dress. Between that November, 2009 and today, many became friends. Maybe more importantly, we brought together our collective knowledge on climate change, disasters and adaptation to assess how the world should accommodate the impending changes.
We met in four different countries around the world over the last two years and developed a report that is bound to have a tremendous ripple effect. I mostly worked on the chapter focused on local impacts of climate change. This is a topic close to my heart as I have seen how extreme events and disasters related to climate have rocked many lives. In my studies, I met a woman in Louisiana who got West Nile Virus – a disease fostered by increased rainfall and warming temperatures. She is still unable to walk seven years later (go to www.evidencebasedmedia.net to see her story). I have spent endless days with a couple in Los Angeles shooting a new documentary. They lost their home and memories to a wildfire, a disaster expected to get much worse with drought. I've been to inner city Philadelphia to interview older adults where heat waves have already killed hundreds.
The other people I met writing the report have studied disasters around the world. Some of them have devoted their lives to accurately reporting how the climate will change in the future. Together, we spent time missing our families and sitting in a room for endless hours, writing not to get paid, but to do scientific service. Yet, despite the dedication by this group and other IPCC authors, these scientists have been attacked constantly. Last week, Fox News published an article calling them "a slapdash, rule-breaking, not-to-be-trusted teenager." This was not the first criticism of these authors, nor will it be the last. Little does Fox, or these other critics know, how to address the 18,784 review comments sent by reviewers all over the world. That is where our expertise comes in, and where their lack of it becomes apparent.
Maybe if the rest of the world understood a bit more about our experience authoring this report, they'd stop blaming us for trying to give warning to a warming world. Maybe then, they'd join in educating themselves about their own risks and prevent the worst.
Sabrina McCormick, PhD is Assistant Research Professor at George Washington University and Senior Fellow at the Wharton Risk Center. She is also President of Evidence Based Media www.evidencebasedmedia.net.


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Cheap Home Improvement Plans: How Can You Improve Your Home?
Home improvement business has unquestionably grown, branching itself into various new classes. This makes it simpler for people to design and carry out home improvement plans. However, most of the home improvement plans are much costlier than what people can really afford. There are a large number of people who wish to restore their houses and have excellent thoughts regarding that but do not have sufficient funds to proceed with their ambitions. Nevertheless, there are a few quite inexpensive home improvement plans which can certainly provide a pristine look to your home and appreciate its market price, as well. They would not cost you a lot.
Some of the inexpensive home improvement plans do not charge you any money in any way. In contrast, there are some cost-effective home improvement plans that necessitate a small investment. All you have to do is to snap up one of those economical home improvement plans, make things happen and get a brand-new look to your home. For those people who urgently require economical home improvement plans for modernising their houses without spending a substantial amount of money, they may carry it out by improving the appearance of their residences through painting walls with innovative colours, horticulture and changing furniture covers. On certain occasions, you can bring a new look to your drawing room by taking away needless items.
More significantly, through going by these cost-effective home improvement plans, you can upgrade your kitchen, pavements and bathrooms and this plays a quite important role in increasing the market price of your house. This can be done quite simply by paying attention to minor things instead of designing very costly plans that may cost hundreds of dollars only for purchasing the necessary equipments. Giving attention to minor things refers to "polishing" and others.
For example, hanging new attractive paintings on the wall, switching covers of your toilet seats and fixing some new cupboards in your kitchen are popular features of economical home improvement plans. Each of these certainly contributes and leaves a lifelong feeling in the mind of every viewer. This article gives you some suggestions about how to perform economical home improvement plans and how to upgrade your home by applying your mind instead of your money. You can take them into consideration regarding your own home and preference. What is beneficial for you is that you are not required to spend a huge amount of money and yet you find a hike in the real estate market.
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Luce Visible Storage/Study Center: Metamorphic Furniture: Folding Chair
- Dates: April 23, 2008 through date unknown
- Collections: American Art
Augustus Eliaers in Boston
Eliaers was born in Paris and became a fully trained cabinetmaker before immigrating to Boston. He is first recorded there in 1849, in partnership with Augustus Gassiot in a drawing school. By the next year he is recorded as an independent cabinetmaker. The Boston retailer James G. Blake, of Kittredge & Blake, became his agent and helped establish him in his new city. Eliaers showed his patented library step-chair, patented lounge chair, and patented port-folio at various mechanical fairs, or trade shows, in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia and received medals for his innovative designs.
In 1853 he exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York, the first international world's fair held in America. Eliaers returned to Paris for a year in 1854 and showed four pieces of furniture there at the 1855 Exposition Universelle.
In 1863 Eliaers formed a partnership with Felix Gendrot and then a two-year partnership with J. Philip Rinn. After fourteen successful years in Boston, he returned to Paris in 1866. He worked as a cabinetmaker there with his son for more than thirty years. The firm patented metamorphic furniture and showed at international expositions in Paris (1867), Vienna (1873), and Philadelphia (1876).
United States Patents
In addition to his library step-chair, Eliaers patented four other pieces of furniture and a suspended staircase.
The United States Patent Office issues two types of patents: utility (technical) patents and design patents. The latter type is for two-dimensional inventions such as carpet and textile designs. The former, more common type is for all other inventions, both mechanical and scientific, including Eliaers's patent for his library step-chair.
The patent process in Eliaers's time required three elements: a scaled, fully functional model not more than one foot square; detailed line drawings; and a letter describing the innovation. Professional model makers and draftsmen usually rendered the detailed models and drawings. Once approved, the patent was in effect for up to seventeen years. The government then placed the patent models on display in the United States Patent Office Building in Washington, D.C.
Late in the 1880s, the requirement for the model was abandoned, and in the early twentieth century, the government sold off the vast majority of the models. By great luck the patent model for Eliaers's chair, only seven inches high, survives at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Earlier Library Furniture
Interest in furniture with concealed library steps dates to the late eighteenth century, as private libraries grew in size, especially in England. Built-in shelving became more common, and steps were needed to reach the upper shelves. Robert Campbell's 1774 English patent drawing was perhaps the first chair design to incorporate steps, which were revealed when the seat was flipped up. It is not known if Campbell's design was put into production. Benjamin Franklin claims to have invented the form at about the same moment, however. The prototype of his chair closely resembles Campbell's patent, which Franklin may well have seen in London at the time.
Two decades later, in 1793, Thomas Sheraton designed a conventional table that conceals an elaborate library ladder. The scheme was realized by Francis Hervé about the same time. Sheraton returned to the idea in his library stool of 1803, which hides steps below the top of an upholstered ottoman.


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|Open Source 102: No Geeks Required - Public Workstations (Live Online)
Event Type: ISL Workshop
Date: 3/11/2009
Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Some libraries are saving money and meeting customer needs by putting open source software on their public workstations instead of Windows and Microsoft Office. What is it about open source software that makes it attractive? Are Linux and OpenOffice adequate replacements? This workshop will identify libraries that have adopted open source solutions, talk about their experiences, address common questions about open source software, and explain some options for implementation.Library: Indiana State Library
Registrations for this class must be received at least one week before the class date. Registrants should receive an email offering detailed login and setup instructions. Please call the Educational Services Department at 1.800.999.8558 if you do not receive this email at least three days before the class. This course is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.
This class is worth 2 Technology LEUs
Location: Live Online
Registration Ends: 2/18/2009 at 5:00 PM
Link: Please see the Technical Requirements.
Status: Waiting List
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By JOEL COLEMAN
From the professional ranks to youth baseball, plenty of titles have been won through the years based on pitching, speed and defense.
Second-year Starkville Academy head baseball coach Neal Henry hopes those time-tested cornerstones once again prove to be the foundation of a championship run as the Volunteers begin their regular season today at 6 p.m. against Brookhaven on the campus of Copiah-Lincoln Community College.
"Hitting will come," said Henry. "But speed, defense and pitching, that could be our strength this year. Any of our pitchers could be a strength of this team."
Henry has good reason to have faith in his arms. The Vols have a solid unit of pitching staff returnees, anchored by senior Ian Tharp and junior Alex Holtcamp.
"They've been pitching since they were little and pitched all last year in conference play so we're looking for some dominance out of them this year," said Henry.
Tharp and Holtcamp will have plenty of backup when needed.
Henry cited sophomores Hunter Bolin, Drew Pellum and Stephen Robertson as individuals who could all see time on the pitching rubber this year, as well as junior Ryan Mann, who will enter the season as SA's closer.
Junior Ryan McKell, who is currently recovering from labrum surgery on his glove arm, will also be in the mound mix once he returns.
Regardless of who is on the mound, Henry believes the glove work behind the pitcher will be solid.
"We've got a returning shortstop (senior Kyle Henson), all our outfielders played last year, Mann made a switch over to first base and could see some action at third, but our corner spots are basically the same," said Henry. "Holtcamp and Adam Crittenden, they both split duty behind the plate last year and they'll be back."
Perhaps the X-factor to Henry's squad will be the potency of their offensive attack. Aside from veterans like Henson, who'll likely be atop the Vols batting order, and Mann, who'll likely bat in the three-hole, SA will rely heavily upon a pair of sophomores in the form of Bolin and Starkville High transfer Colby Runnels.
"(Bolin) had to play as a freshman last year and was thrown into the mix and responded very well," said Henry. "(Runnels) has come over here and just had an excellent transition."
Whatever turns out to be SA's strongest asset, there is one certainty – everyone comes into the 2011 season with another year's worth of experience under their collective belts.
Leading that charge is Henry, who was officially named the Vols new leader virtually as last season began.
While he says it is beneficial to have spent the last year with his club, Henry admits not much will change in his second year at the helm.
"Nothing really is going to be different," said Henry. "Last year, I was kind of thrown into the mix, but God has a plan for everything and I was in the right spot at the right time.
"I'm doing what I tell my team to do. Just take everything day by day and try to get better. I try to preach to our guys to get better at something everyday. Whether it be fielding a ground ball, hitting, bunting, catching a pop fly or whatever it may be. Just try to get better at something every day."
In limited game time, it seems Henry's team has responded to his plea. After a 14-16 season a year ago, the Vols faced Canton Academy on Saturday in a preseason exhibition. In seven total innings, broken up into a three-inning session and a four-inning session, SA outscored Canton 11-4.
Henry hopes Saturday's performance was an indication of things to come, but knows anything can happen in baseball.
"The ball can hit a rock and bounce one way or bounce the other," said Henry. "I'm hoping things bounce our way this year."


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Computers with x86-based processors that report support for CMPXCHG8B in the response from the CPUID instruction may cause the following blue-screen error message during startup:
STOP 0x0000003e
NOTE: This problem can occur on uniprocessor systems and only occurs on non- Intel and non-AMD x86-based processors.
During the boot process, Windows NT queries the processor for its type and uses that information to adjust its initialization to take advantage of the features that the processor should support. Later, it makes calls to the processor to verify that it does support these specific features. One of the calls is to note the maker of the processor. If the maker is not Intel or AMD, the return value causes Windows NT to assume that the features are not supported by the processor, even through they may be.
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/152734/EN-US/ )How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.
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