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Beyond Mechanical Markets: Asset Price Swings, Risk, and the Role of the State. Roman Frydman and Michael D. Goldberg. Princeton University Press 2011, pp.285, $35.00. In assessing the financial crisis of 2007-2008, it is important to have a conceptual framework to understand not only what went wrong, but also why it went wrong. Was the [...]
Beyond Mechanical Markets: Asset Price Swings, Risk, and the Role of the State. Roman Frydman and Michael D. Goldberg. Princeton University Press 2011, pp.285, $35.00.
In assessing the financial crisis of 2007-2008, it is important to have a conceptual framework to understand not only what went wrong, but also why it went wrong. Was the crisis a result of a liquidity shock, a herd mentality by investors and speculators overly optimistic about ever rising housing values, or the deregulation of the financial services industry? One's policy and regulatory recommendations will depend to a large extent on how one views the causes of the crisis. If the crisis was the inevitable result of deregulation, more and better regulation is the logical response. If government intervention, however, prolonged and worsened the crisis, then the rational response is for the federal government to do less when the next, similar crisis comes around.
But what if, instead, economists have been thinking about the financial crisis from the wrong perspective? Indeed, what if the very assumptions underlying contemporary macroeconomics have made it difficult to properly understand what went wrong? In Beyond Mechanical Markets, Roman Frydman (New York University) and Michael D. Goldberg (University of New Hampshire) make the case that "the conceptual framework underpinning the debate triggered by the global financial crisis is grossly inadequate for understanding what went wrong with our economies and what should be done to reform them. The reason is simple: contemporary macroeconomic and finance theory attempts to account for risk and swings in asset prices with models that suppose nonroutine change is irrelevant, as if nothing genuinely new can ever happen."
Frydman and Goldberg argue that, "by ruling out novelty, contemporary macroeconomic and finance models assume away financial markets' raison d'être—namely, to help allocate society's capital in the face of nonroutine change and the imperfect knowledge that it engenders in modern economics." The authors want to place the concept of imperfect knowledge back at the conceptual foundation of macroeconomics. Indeed, they write approvingly of not only John Maynard Keynes and Frank Knight, but also of Friedrich A. Hayek for understanding the limits of knowledge and predetermination when it comes to market prices and risk. The authors, in their Acknowledgements, maintain that they "have likewise been stimulated and sustained over the years by George Soros's ideas about the role of imperfect knowledge and reflexivity in the workings of financial markets and historical change." It should be noted that earlier this year Soros wrote an op-ed in which he praised Hayek for the Nobel Prize winner's belief that imperfect knowledge leads to unintended consequences.
With the premise that economic knowledge is imperfect, the authors propose a different macroeconomic framework – Imperfect Knowledge Economics (IKE). In their view, IKE both incorporates the notion of imperfect knowledge and rejects the notion that knowledge of the (economic and market) future can be fully captured and predicted by rigid mechanistic rules. Their approach should be contrasted with variations of the widely accepted Rational Expectations Hypothesis (REH) framework. Frydman and Goldberg contend that "[r]egardless of their informational assumptions, Rational Expectations models assume away the importance of nonroutine change and the imperfect knowledge that it engenders."
Given the authors' emphasis on imperfect information and nonroutine change, it is not surprising that their policy prescriptions would be somewhat different from that of other economists. While they are very critical of the Soviet experiment in central planning and make the case that "the ultimate reason that central planning was impossible is that it supposed that a group of individuals – the planners – could predict and shape the future," Frydman and Goldberg do not accept a purely laissez-faire approach to the economy either.
Their primary concern is with excessive upswings in asset prices that are followed by prolonged downturns and provide an alternative approach for state intervention. "Because price swings are inherent to how markets help society search for worthy investments, IKE-inspired policy reform suggests that so long as swings in broader market indexes or in key sectors remain within a guidance range of reasonable values, the state should limit its involvement to setting and enforcing the basic institutional framework for market transactions." They propose that central banks could announce a range of non-excessive values in certain markets as "[a] first step in dampening excessive asset-prince swings."
Frydman and Goldberg's contention is that "[t]he need for state intervention in key asset markets arises not because policy officials have superior knowledge about asset values, but because the profit-seeking market participants do not internalize the huge social costs associated with excessive upswings and downswings in these markets." This certainly merits further consideration. They are certainly correct that policy makers do not have, in their words, "superior knowledge." Indeed, the assumption that a centralized government agency can have such knowledge belies the conceit of central planning that they criticize earlier in their book. With regard to their view that market participants do not internalize the social costs associated with upswings and downswings, one must question whether it is the appropriate role of the state to protect the wider public from these costs.
While on the one hand, the bidding up of stock prices and the subsequent downswing in a market will have a great social cost to the American public (i.e., the unemployment that followed the dot-com boom and bust), the question of how far (and for some readers, if) the state should go to protect the public from market participants is not easily answered. That said, those concerned that Frydman and Goldberg are merely seeking excessively intrusive state intervention into the financial markets would be heartened to know that their "policy measures based on Imperfect Knowledge Economics are not designed to prevent excessive price swings in key asset markets but to reduce their frequency and dampen their magnitude."
Although Beyond Mechanical Markets is not an easily accessible work for the non-specialist, the authors utilize a clear writing style. This makes it possible for readers to better understand the complex philosophical notions about the role of (imperfect) knowledge underlying contemporary macroeconomic thought. For policy makers and those concerned with the recent dismal news about lagging growth, Frydman and Goldberg's approach provides a different way of thinking about not only asset prices and markets, but the role of the state in the economy. Even if one does not necessarily subscribe to the authors' thesis or their policy recommendations, their argument should remind us that there is a different way to look at markets than from the prevailing REH approach.
In conclusion, Beyond Mechanical Markets is a thought-provoking philosophical critique of much of contemporary macroeconomic thought. Those readers interested not only in economics, but also in the history of economic thought will find much of interest in the work.
Jon Lewis (c) 2011


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Courses in Spatial Data in Design
This page describes the opportunities for learning about spatial represenation and analysis embedded in the GSD studio environment and curriculum. This range of opportuities can be arranged in ascending scale of formality, from: simple exposure to an exemplary information infrastructure, to specific tutorials integrated into courses and studios, or full term, for-credit courses.
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An Exemplary Infrastructure for Understanding Places
The Graduate School of Design provides many opportunites to use and create spatial information for understanding and designing places and their context. These opportunities range from simply being exposed to a state-of the art infrastructure for using spatial data that is exemplary of most advanced public agencies and firms. Our environment features easy-to use resources for beginning a basic GIS database for anyplace in the world; a schoolwide license for four decades of the complete decennial census of the US; very detailed planimetric data for scores of international cities; and detailed three dimensional models of the Boston and NYC that evolve based on continuing collaboration of students and local firms. The keystone of this infrastructure is the GIS Manual which can be browsed by clicking on the links to the left of this page. GSD Students, who are without exception under pressure to gather and create information about places and context, make good use of this infrastructure and are continually contributing to its richness through their questions and contributions. We know that exposure to this infrastructure makes our students more productive and effective, and we hope that it raises their awareness and expectations for how knowledge-based organizations should manage and leverage information assets.
Design-Centric Introductory GIS Workshops
Several times a year we hold informal no-credit workshops focused on the issues surrouding compiling site information for design projects. This year's version. We also offer a pre-semester GIS campMaster of Landscape Architecture students.
Incidental Incorporation of GIS Tutorials in Non-GIS Courses
Many tasks that once incorporated basic map reading skills now require some literacy in the use and interpretation of spatial data. It is therefore expected that there will be some need to prepare geographic datasets and demonstrate their application in a variety of courses and studios. We are happy to prepare such a dataset and tutrial demonstration for any studio or course if data exists and if we are given enough advance notice (a few weeks.) The following are courses and studios that make use of some of these specialized datasets and demonstrations:
GSD5204: Real Estate Finance and Development
Instructor, Richard Peiser
The Real Estate Analysis Tutorial begis with a student-gathered spreadsheet containing the addresses and other data about comparable properties. We augment this comp data by associating each property with neighborhood characteristics such as the distance to the nearest school, shopping areas and the demographic and housing characteristics of the surrounding neighborhood.
Integration of Introduction to GIS Curriculum in Core Studios
Basic GIS literacy is a must for professionals in Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture. Even Architecture students are often interested in understanding the cultural and physical conteext of their sites. The GSD GIS specialist is happy to assist core studio coordinators in developing GIS datasets for their studios (provided that the project is initiated with enough time before the studio begins! In 2009/2010 we have worked with the 1st Year Core Urban Design, and MUP studio and the 3rd and 4th Semestr Landscape Architecture Studios.
Courses Focused on Spatial Data and Modeling
The learning opportunities presented above are geared toward assuring that our graduates have a basic literacy in the use of spatial data in day to day work. Students who see themselves becoming leaders in information-based organizations should have a structured course that provides an uunderstanding of how spatial data are gathered and documented for sharing and scholarship, how the logic of information systems is used to create new information, and how these new information should be evaluated.
GSD6322: Fundamentals of GIS -- Theory and Applications
Instructor: Paul Cote
This course explores Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications. GIS serves as a framework for organizing knowledge about places and for developing logical models of the ways places operate under existing and proposed conditions. The course surveys the various forms and sources of spatially referenced information, how these originate, are obtained, and how they are organized as an infrastructure for administration and scholarship. Students will gain experience building logical models that transform source data and simulate place-based relationships and processes. Lectures will review the evolution and theory of the primary types of GIS and applications in urban planning, urban design, and environmental modeling. Hands-on workshops will provide experience in the creation of models. Emphasis is placed on developing best practices for organizing resources for collaborative research, and on establishing appropriate levels of confidence in the information obtained from maps and GIS models.
- GeoWeb: Public Infrastructure for Virtual Cities
Instructor: Paul Cote
This course explores technologies, applications, and the societal context of broad-scale city modeling. Development of standards for interoperability across disciplines created a revolution in manufacturing during the machine age. The same process continues today: bringing about unprecedented integration of information and knowledge about our environment. The world wide web and its explosion of content has emerged through a cross-disciplinary collaboration in information modeling and exchange. A similar process has also brought about industry standards for organizing and exchanging semantically rich models of buildings (BIM) that are subject to a wide variety of analytic and administrative tools. This process continues as we see web-based three-dimensional models of cities that integrate representations of buildings, detailed and scalable terrain, and vegetation; contributed by limitless numbers of diverse collaborators. As communities of scholars and professionals work toward specification semantically coherent, shared models for urban landscapes, we will see emerging a shared laboratory for experimentation with alternative futures and for recording historic changes -- especially as these unfold in the current epoch. The development of multi-purpose information models is crucial for making the most of the information that is generated in administration and scholarly research. Students will learn how to participate in the process of defining and evaluating standards and tools for city models. Hands-on workshops will develop technical skills in building and using city model infrastructure for design-related applications.

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Cuts to have massive impact on response times, say Barrow firefighters
Last updated at 16:03, Thursday, 16 January 2014
BARROW firefighters say they seriously fear someone could die if services are slashed any further.
In an unprecedented step two firemen say they have broken ranks because they say staff moral is at an all time low and they seriously fear the worst.
They have decided to speak out because they want the people of Barrow, Ulverston and Dalton to know that they want to be there to protect them but are scared they won't be left with the resources they need.
Fire Brigades Union representatives Tony Callister, a firefighter of 24 years, and Ben Jones, who has served for 17 years, said planned cuts are just not workable and they are already struggling.
Mr Callister, who is also a Cumbria county councillor, said under a new proposal there would be just one engine at Barrow and another moved to Ulverston, which would also have a part-time retained engine.
He said that would leave one engine in Barrow covering a population of 56,000 and 14,000 in Dalton if that station closes. Ulverston's would also cover Dalton and their own population of 14,000 as well as attending incidents in Barrow and up to Newby Bridge, if needed.
Mr Callister added: "Basically, this means if we were called to a house fire on Abbey Road there would be four of us on one engine. When we arrived we would not be able to enter the property until back-up arrived. That could mean someone was in the house who needed rescuing but we couldn't go in. They could be hanging out of the window but we couldn't go in until there were eight of us. If the engine in Ulverston was at another incident we would have to wait until one of the retained fire engines arrived if there weren't out on other jobs, and how long could that take?"
He said on Christmas Eve they were dealing with storm damage on Roa Island when they were needed at a house fire in Barrow. Dalton and the two in Ulverston were not available and engines had to be brought in from Broughton and Grange. "This took time and if we had needed to go in we couldn't until they arrived," he said.
Mr Callister added that planned cutbacks would have a massive impact on response times in a time when they were already struggling. He said firefighters were already sat there on shift worried about being able to respond adequately.
Mr Jones added: "We just can't work effectively anymore and people's lives are being put at risk.
"This is a big cry for help from us. We are at tipping point and we just can't take it on the chin anymore.
"We are extremely concerned and have limited resources and are struggling."
Mr Callister said: "I have a sheer fear for the residents, as a firefighter and an elected councillor, that we simply can't deliver the service they deserve and something is going to happen and someone could lose their lives as a result."
A Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Targeting our resources at fire prevention activity has brought about a major reduction in the number of incidents across Cumbria in the last six years so our proposals are about better reflecting current risk patterns and shaping the service to the dangers that actually exist.
"In Barrow we've seen a 39 per cent reduction in the number of fire incidents over the last three years alone as a direct result of us putting prevention before cure when it comes to dealing with fires.
"While a full-time fire engine would be removed from Barrow, it would be relocated to Ulverston, thereby giving a wider full-time fire and rescue footprint across the area and, of course, Barrow's fire engine would arrive at incidents in the same time as it does now.
"Where second pumps were removed from four fire stations in 2007, it did not affect the service's ability to respond to incidents effectively and the number of fires in those locations continued to fall."
First published at 15:04, Thursday, 16 January 2014
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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CCC Cumbria County Council.Should read Cut Councillors Costs.
I know the County Council has to make cuts, but please leave the emergency services alone. This is a vital service that will be stretched too far, the whole of Furness and surrounding areas will be affected by this.
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David Andersen, Valley City fire and building inspector, said Thursday the task force is needed in western North Dakota because of an incredible amount of construction work in the western part of the state due to the oil patch and economic growth.
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The climate and vegetation patterns of the middle Holocene (6000 years ago; 6 ka) over Northern Africa are simulated using a fully-synchronous climate and dynamical vegetation model. The coupled model predicts a northward shift in tropical rainforest and tropical deciduous forest vegetation by about 5 degrees of latitude, and an increase in grassland at the present-day simulated Saharan boundaries. The northward expansion of vegetation over North Africa at 6 ka is initiated by an orbitally-induced amplification of the summer monsoon, and enhanced by feedback effects induced by the vegetation. These combined processes lead to a major reduction in Saharan desert area at 6 ka relative to present-day of about 50%. However, as shown in previous asynchronous modelling studies, the coupled climate/vegetation model does not fully reproduce the vegetation patterns inferred from palaeoenvironmental records, which suggest that steppe vegetation may have existed across most of Northern Africa. Orbital changes produce an intensification of monsoonal precipitation during the peak rainy season (July to September), whilst vegetation feedbacks, in addition to producing further increases in the peak intensity, play an important role in extending the rainy season from May/June through to November. The orbitally induced increases in precipitation are relatively uniform from west to east, in contrast to vegetation feedback-induced increases in precipitation which are concentrated in western North Africa. Annual-average precipitation increases caused by vegetation feedbacks are simulated to be of similar importance to orbital effects in the west, whilst they are relatively unimportant farther to the east. The orbital, vegetation and combined orbital and vegetation-induced changes in climate, from the simulations presented in this study, have been compared with results from previous modelling studies over the appropriate North African domain. Consequently, the important role of vegetation parametrizations in determining the magnitude of vegetation feedbacks has been illustrated. Further modelling studies which include the effects of changes in ocean temperature and changes in soil properties may be needed, along with additional observations, to resolve the discrepancy between model predictions of vegetation and palaeorecords for North Africa.
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Climate Dynamics
Volume 16, Issue 8 , pp 561-573
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On Friday, May 2, Lyric Opera of Chicago's Women's Board hosted what has become an annual tradition: a gala dinner in honor of Lyric's American Musical Theater Initiative."An Evening of Austrian Elegance" celebrated the culture and cuisine of Austria. And event co-chairs Alison McNally and Eileen Murphy took the theme and ran with it.
On Friday, May 2, Lyric Opera of Chicago's Women's Board hosted what has become an annual tradition: a gala dinner in honor of Lyric's American Musical Theater Initiative.
"An Evening of Austrian Elegance" celebrated the culture and cuisine of Austria. Guests embraced the gala's theme by wearing dirndls and lederhosen and enjoyed traditional Austrian music and delicious Austrian fare. Naturally, event co-chairs Alison McNally and Eileen Murphy took the theme and ran with it.
One of The Sound of Music's most famous moments is when Maria makes play clothes for the von Trapp children out of the old curtains in her bedroom. Before the beginning of the 2013-14 season, the William B. and Catherine Graham Room was renovated with the support of Lyric's Women's Board. As luck would have it, during the renovation process, the curtains were saved.
When planning began in earnest for this year's Women's Board bash, Alison and Eileen joked that they should make dresses out of the old Graham Room curtains. What began as a joke was eventually, with the help of dressmakers Mimi Papavasiliou and Kelly Abrams, turned into reality. The elegant dark green fabric was turned into chic cocktail dresses for Alison and Eileen. There was even enough fabric to make dresses for their daughters and ties for their husbands!
The custom-made outfits were the talk of the party. And, as Alison says, now they have beautiful, one-of-a-kind dresses for Christmas and St. Patrick's Day!
Here's a look at curtains in the Graham Room before renovation:
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How do you solve a problem like acoustics? There are no easy answers—especially when dealing with a hall designed for operatic singing! The expert sound designer and composer Mark Grey takes us inside the delicate process of balancing singing, spoken dialogue, sound effects, and orchestral music in The Sound of Music.
How do you solve a problem like acoustics? There are no easy answers—especially when dealing with a hall designed for operatic singing! The expert sound designer and composer Mark Grey takes us inside the delicate process of balancing singing, spoken dialogue, sound effects, and orchestral music in The Sound of Music. How is checking sound like getting your car fixed? Why is he praying for a spring cold snap and the extra layers of clothing that come with it? Read on!
For those who aren't familiar with the term, what is "sound design"?
Sound design is actually a very broad term and used in many fields such as film, recording arts, architecture, live theater, concert music, and opera. Within the sphere of musical theater, most applicable here for The Sound of Music, there are two significant variations:
1.) Designing sound effects, say thunder or gunshot cues, to fit the atmosphere of a specific staging moment
2.) The design and usability of a sound reinforcement system for a theatrical production.
Sometimes the two cross-pollinate. Here, I designed a sound system to broadcast the voices and music to clearly cover the Civic Opera Building's 3500-seat capacity while also developing sound effects such as abbey bells, period doorbells, various thunders, and a car driving away. The craft then becomes how you "tune and mix" all the sound system elements to fully represent the quality of cast, musicians, and production. As a sound designer, I have crossed paths with countless performers, venues, styles of production, and composers—most significantly my 25-year tenure with the American composer John Adams—where we work mostly in opera and classical concert music.
What are some of the challenges (both expected and unexpected) of creating sound design for Lyric's space?
The most significant challenge is creating as natural a sound from the stage and pit as possible, for such a large and cavernous-sounding venue. This is an opera house originally meant for the singing voice, and an amazing one at that, but with musical theater you have a great deal of spoken dialogue, often 60% or more within a production. Most theatrical sound designers work in venues maybe half the size where the natural reverb time of the hall is much shorter and can be controlled. When the seating capacity is so large, and you are dealing with spoken word, this long unwanted reverb can easily mask the voices coming the stage. Thus, the challenge begins…
The expected challenge is knowing you must broadcast the spoken voice to be clearly heard over a length of, say a city block. The unexpected is actually doing it! There are so many variables and the playing field is fluid. For example, the acoustics in a venue drastically change from rehearsals with no audience to a sold-out performance with warm bodies in all the seats. Especially nice are the times during a Chicago winter or spring when jackets are plenty, as we love anything to absorb the venue's ambient reverb. Theorizing a sound design on paper is one thing, but creating and troubleshooting various situations with a living and breathing production is much more wild.
How is the sound for The Sound of Music different from Oklahoma!? Audience members might notice those three huge speakers suspended in front of the proscenium, for example.
Yes, very large speaker arrays indeed! Simply put, to gain intimate vocal intelligibility and nuance from the stage and pit means the need for large speaker arrays covering large seating areas. Long gone are the days of putting up a couple speakers on the side of the stage and calling it a day. Our contemporary ears have changed with the development of the digital age. We hear things now we never could have before—from super high-definition surround sound systems, earbuds stuffed with MP3 mixes, cars pushing subwoofers, and globally scouring the internet capturing nearly all sights and sounds on earth.
The difference in time between Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music is only a year, but audio technology is changing leaps and bounds every day. When we experience, say a Metropolitan Opera or National Theatre simulcast in a movie theater, the sound is more transparent and cleaner than ever. Our expectations then change when we go to experience live theater. We are all expecting greater things these days—the sound being one of many components. With modern audio technology, we can gain that clarity in live theater. One the great sound designers in the field of theater (and a hero of mine) is Jonathan Deans. He continues to push the boundaries of what old sound was and what the new sound experience will be for the future—all with staggering results and sensitivity. To the point, the difference between the two productions (actually three if you count Show Boat) are significant differences in the clarity of both music and voice presentation. I am always pushing for new technology to help explore facets and relationships between the human voice and music and to serve audiences in the best way we have to offer in our field. To come full circle, we must tip our hats towards the generous support of John and Helen Meyer of Meyer Sound Labs in Berkeley, CA. Without their innovation in the future of audio technology the suspended speakers we see at the proscenium would not exist.
In the rehearsal process, how do you go about tweaking the sound to perfect it from every seat?
Again with the aid of modern technology, I can walk around the venue with a wireless tablet and re-balance the sound system on the fly, as the production is on stage, moving forward in a rehearsal. Think of when you take your car into the shop for servicing. Years past, mechanics would poke and prod and drop a wench or two. Now, they tap into the car's mainframe with a remote computer and diagnose where the direct conflict is. There is no difference with a modern sound system. I can tap into all sound system components wirelessly, at any time, from any seat, and tweak until last call.
How do you approach musical theater differently than you would an opera, say Doctor Atomic, which you designed here at Lyric a few years ago? Is it easier or harder to design a show that is all amplified (like The Sound of Music) vs. opera, which is more subtle?
Surprisingly, I approach both musical theater and opera the exact same way. In both genres I reinforce the cast and chorus with wireless microphones and place wired microphones in the orchestra pit. However, the means to an end are very different. It really comes down to singing vs. spoken voice. In opera, as in say Doctor Atomic, the cast and chorus sing in full voice so the body of their sound is already pushing air. I use wireless microphone technology to help create transparency in the language they sing. The result is that you hear the clarity of the words and the natural beauty of the operatic voice all joined together harmoniously. In musicals, the spoken voice does not carry very far into a large venue, especially when there is music underscoring in the pit. Here, I use wireless microphones to help project the body of the voice and then rebalance when they move into a singing voice.
As far as the orchestra, I always follow the conductor's step. The goal is not to traditionally reinforce the musicians but to help add a blending agent so the stage and pit sound do not feel disjointed. To achieve this, I use a high-quality reverb to generate a "glow" on the orchestra, which also helps widen the string orchestra sound when they are fewer in numbers, as they are in The Sound of Music, as compared to the typical orchestra size for an opera.
Overall it's a tricky act, but this is where the art of mixing comes into play. Fortunately, we have one of the best sound engineers in the business behind the mixing console for The Sound of Music, Lilly West. She is balancing all of the 40 wireless microphones and orchestra in real time. This is a hands-on operation. Nothing is ever "set and forget." Again, everything in the venue is changing due to climate, audience body count / garments, as well as the temperaments of stage and pit action—which comes fast and quick. Lilly has the sharpest intuition, reaction time, and quickest hands that I have worked with. An integral part of making these productions technically seamless is the Lyric's own sound department, headed by Paul Christopher. This team is the magic behind the curtain, and they are the ones who ensure a smooth ride every day.
How did you become sound designer? What first interested you in the profession?
I first became interested in sound design during my BA and MA in composition studies. To realize my own music I often had to design and mix my own concerts, in addition to writing the actual music. Having been trained by a pioneer in electro-acoustic music, Allen Strange, I was given the tools to experiment—sometimes subtle but most often extreme design and mixing situations in both theater and concert music. Also during my studies, while I was teaching music composition at CalArts in the summers, I met John Adams and we hit it off immediately. He had a wild sound world up in his head and was looking for someone to help get it out. I soon became his right hand with everything technical. With him I was fortunate to forge new ground on being the first sound designer in history to formally work in many of the world's finest traditional concert halls and opera houses, including Lyric and the Metropolitan Opera.
You're also a prolific composer. How would you say your experience as a sound designer/engineer influences your compositional style?
For me, approaching a specific music composition is all about the sound world I wish to create in that work, for a specific moment in time. Many of my large orchestra works have absolutely no sound technology woven into the fabric. It's very refreshing to be able to move between the seemingly opposing worlds of technology and the traditional. I am currently writing an opera for La Monnaie, the Royal Opera House in Brussels, to premiere in Spring 2016. The subject of the work is a modern adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Here, we plan to infuse various technologies, both audio and video, to create a 21st century journey through this profound novel. My experiences as a sound designer are already playing greatly into the compositional process of this opera, helping to fuse the two worlds together.
To learn more about Mark's work, visit markgreymusic.com.
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Broadway star Jenn Gambatese and Hollywood hunk Billy Zane are anchoring Lyric's critically acclaimed production of The Sound of Music as Maria and Captain von Trapp. However, they are just the latest in a long line of talented actors to fill these iconic roles. Here are a few of the other famous (and unexpected!) actors who have taken on the challenge.
Broadway star Jenn Gambatese and Hollywood hunk Billy Zane are anchoring Lyric's critically acclaimed production of The Sound of Music as Maria and Captain von Trapp. However, they are just the latest in a long line of talented actors to fill these iconic roles. Everyone knows about Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel (who created the roles on Broadway), Julie Andrew and Christopher Plummer (who starred in the film), and Carrie Underwood, and Stephen Moyer (who were the headliners in NBC's recent live broadcast). But here are a few of the other famous (and unexpected!) actors who have taken on The Sound of Music on Broadway, for recordings, and even in high school musicals.
Florence Henderson - This future Brady Bunch star was Maria in the national touring production of The Sound of Music in 1961-1962. Here she is performing the title song at the 1971 Tony Awards:
And in this interview, she talks about her experience with the touring company and how she idolized Mary Martin:
Shirley Jones - Not just another TV mom, Shirley Jones is a Rodgers and Hammerstein stalwart, having starred in the screen adaptations of both Oklahoma! and Carousel. She took on Maria in 1966 for the Westbury Music Fair. Here she is singing the title song from The Bell Telephone Hour series:
Laura Benanti and Richard Chamberlain - You might have seen her as Elsa Schraeder in NBC's recent live production, but Tony winner Laura Benanti already had a long history with the musical. She was the understudy for Rebecca Luker's Maria in the original cast of the 1998 Broadway revival. She would take over the role at age 19 with legendary actor Richard Chamberlain as Captain von Trapp, who was 65 going on 66 at the time.
Mare Winningham and Kevin Spacey - She played Maria to Kevin Spacey's Captain von Trapp in a production at Chatsworth High School in California's San Fernando Valley during Spacey's senior year (1976-77). Here the two of them are in the production, and Spacey recently mentioned the role during an interview on Sunday Morning on CBS.
Petula Clark - Best known as the voice of swinging London with such hits as "Downtown" and "I Know a Place," Petula Clark starred in the 1981 West End revival. Here she is singing "Do Re Mi" with the von Trapp children during a rehearsal:
Debby Boone - This Grammy winner lit up the stage (and our lives!) as Maria in Lincoln Center's 30th anniversary revival of the show in 1990.
Frederica von Stade - She took on Maria for a recorded version released by Telarc in 1987 with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. And playing the Mother Abbess? Eileen Farrell!
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Raise a glass to the most beloved musical of all time! These recipes will help you channel your favorite characters from The Sound of Music—and there's even a kid-friendly mocktail so the whole family can get into the spirit.
Raise a glass to the most beloved musical of all time! These recipes will help you channel your favorite characters from The Sound of Music—and there's even a kid-friendly mocktail so the whole family can get into the spirit.
Drinking is probably frowned upon at the abbey, but you just know the Mother Abbess likes to spend the occasional evening sipping a nice hot toddy while singing "My Favorite Things."
Add the honey and bourbon to a heat-proof snifter or mug. Top with the tea, squeeze the lemon, and drop it in. Add the lavender bitters and stir until the honey is melted. (Recipe courtesy TheKitchn.com)
Sometimes it's just too hard to whip up a batch of pastries after a long day of teaching children to sing. But no self-respecting governess is going to let that stop her from enjoying a crisp apple strudel.
Shake the first five ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. Carefully float the heavy cream by pouring over the back of a spoon. (Recipe courtesy DiffordsGuide.com)
The first rule of the von Trapp house is discipline…and the second rule is to celebrate Austria in as many ways as possible. Captain von Trapp likes to enjoy the classic Austrian beer Stiegl with some extra ingredients when he's entertaining.
Pour grapefruit juice, vanilla liqueur, and Chambord into a beer flute. Top with beer. Float raspberries on top. (Recipe courtesy Chatelaine.com)
Even Captain von Trapp couldn't disapprove of this faux-champagne mocktail that's perfect for all of the von Trapp children.
Combine ginger ale and juices in a champagne glass. Garnish with frozen grapes and a curly straw. (Recipe courtesy Parenting.com)
Actor Edward Hibbert's favorite cocktail is the negroni. He plays impresario Max Detweiler to the hilt in Lyric's production of The Sound of Music, and this drink is a lot like Max. It's an acquired taste, but you can't hate it—it's much too lovable.
Stir with ice; rim a chilled rocks glass with orange, add ice, and pour the chilled mix. Flame the orange garnish and add to the glass. (Recipe courtesy ColdGlass.com)
Sure, the Captain might have thrown her over for Maria (and because she was a little too willing to compromise her Austrian values). But at least Elsa can nurse her broken heart with this sweet and vibrant concoction.
Place all of the ingredients, except for the strawberry, into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Vigorously shake the mixture for 35 seconds and then strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish the drink with strawberry and serve immediately. (Recipe courtesy SheKnows.com)
This cocktail will always be happy to meet you at the end of a day or even during a lazy Saturday afternoon. It's clean and bright, with notes of elderflower and citrus.
Pour all ingredients over ice in a cocktail glass. Squeeze in two lemon wedges. Fill with soda water, garnish with lemon wedge or peel. (Recipe courtesy Janelle Mead from Pitch.com)
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Fans of the action series Drakengard (or Drag-on Dragoon in Japan) for the PlayStation 2 can look forward to a sequel on the PlayStation 3.
A recent issue of weekly Japanese game magazine Famitsu has revealed that Square Enix will be publishing Drakengard 3 locally for the PS3. The developer working on the sequel is Access Games (Deadly Premonition, Lord of Arcana).
Square Enix also revealed that some of the original members of the Drakengard development team (who also worked on Nier) will be reunited to complete the sequel. Yoko Taro will be the creative director, while Kimihiko Fujisaka will be in charge of character designs. Taking helm as music director is Keiichi Okabe, while the producer is Takamasa Shiba.
The game's main characters are two sisters called Zero and One, who can wield magic through song. The former has an outrageous temper and is free-spirited, while the latter is serious and studious. Staying true to the past games, the series will feature both air combat using dragons and ground combat. The more blood the sisters spill from enemy kills, the more powerful they get during combat.
Square Enix has not set a release date for Drakengard 3.


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The mother of bongo flava musician Khalid Mohammed, alias TID, has been taken ill after her son was jailed for assault on Wednesday.
Relatives said yesterday that TID's mother was in "deep shock" after the Kionondoni District Court handed the singer a one-year sentence on Wednesday.
But journalists were prevented from seeing and interviewing her at the family home in Kinondoni by a man who introduced himself as TID's elder brother.
"I'm TID's elder brother I can't allow anyone to talk to my mother because she is still in shock she's depressed and is in no condition to grant interviews," he said.
He added that family members were still trying to come to terms with the jailing of TID, who is one of Tanzania's foremost bongo flava musicians.
"It never crossed our minds that the boy would be sent to jail. We thought that he would have been fined and ordered to pay compensation to the complainant. Any way, this is something that we have to learn to live with," he said.
TIC was convicted of assault and battery and handed a custodial sentence by Kinondoni resident magistrate Hamisa Kalombola.
TID, best known for his 'Zeze' and 'Siamini' songs, hit Ben Mashimba over the head with a tray on July 2 at Slipway Hotel.
The musician pleaded for leniency, saying he was drunk and when he committed the offence, adding that he was taking care of several dependants, including his mother.
The magistrate, however, rejected the pleas, saying the musician had acted inhumanely, and that prison was the best place for him to learn to be a law-abiding citizen.


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I am just using the path as suggested in your examples…
I now used the full URL and it works…
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Thanks for quick reply. Also, I want to change some headings, like
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Ofcourse, email me through my user page if you need support.
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Is there a limit to how many images on the portfolio page? I would like no text too (just images) I'm a photographer.
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Overly Hysterical Obama Jumps Into Michigan Right To Work Fight
And, as usual, the Campaigner in Chief was equal parts class warrior, divisive, and full of mule fritters
(The Hill) President Obama on Monday injected himself into an escalating fight over changing Michigan into a right-to-work state, saying the state Legislature's move to ban the required paying of union dues was all about politics.
The quick entry into the fight by Obama suggests the White House could be more aggressively involved in the Michigan fight than in a similar battle in Wisconsin in 2011.
It also signaled an alliance between Obama and labor amid fiscal talks in which Obama will be under pressure to offer Republicans entitlement reforms opposed by unions.
Once again (NMP) Obama is showing that he is the president of only a segment of America, taking sides against others.
"I've just got to say this," Obama said at the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Michigan before a small crowd of workers. "What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working conditions. We shouldn't be doing that.
Except, that is not what right to work laws do. They simply mean that people cannot be forced to pay union dues and/or join a union in order to get a job and work. Outrageous, eh?. The Michigan law doesn't touch union bargaining in the least. One shouldn't expect Obama to know the actual facts when there is a sympathetic crowd in attendance, should we? One which will give him the adulation he desires right before heading off to his 1%er vacation in Hawaii.
"You know, these so-called right-to-work laws, they don't have to do with economics, they have everything to do with politics," Obama added to applause and cheers from the crowd. "What they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money."
That's weird: he held his recent convention here in North Carolina, a right to work state. But, he is sort of correct: people who work and are paid union dues do bring home less than their non-dues paying co-workers, since the unions yank money out of their paychecks. Why does Obama want people to make less?
"What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages," Obama told a small crowd at the plant. "We don't want a race to the bottom. We want a race to the top."
In the Obamaeconomy, that race apparently involves snails, based on how well the economy has recovered. And, if you want to see the results of long term Democrat policies, which include over the top unionization, just take a look at these before and after pictures of Detroit. That's the view of America after Obama.
Anyhow, God forbid that workers have the right to choose. Obama doesn't like that.
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Latest fashion pants for women 2013
Pants for women, once women have borrowed pants for men. Now none of modern ladies wardrobe is complete without this handy and functional garment. To date, designers offer many different models of trousers that fit them considered truly feminine article of clothing.
We offers understand the fashion trends of the year, and to choose for themselves the most appropriate model.
This year, designers immediately identified "fashion front" work. Actual pants for women have a comfortable fit exactly on the waist and feminine form.
A timeless classic
Classic trousers with arrows, not only universal, but also very fashionable thing. More precisely, such a cut trousers and shapes – out of fashion. To a large extent they are present in almost all the collections of fashion designers. This model is suitable trousers for everyone. They hide excessive fullness and not too straight legs. In addition, the vertical lines of arrows on his trousers further create the illusion of slender legs. Bright colored pants for women Arrow offers brand Gucci. His pants- a powerful color therapy. Bright shades of salmon, turquoise, pink, raise their spirits even in the chilly day!
Designers of the brand Bottega Veneta presented a new collection of straight cut pants for women, which are ideal for the office everyday. In addition to a concise style and the absence of unnecessary decorative details, pants brand differ restrained color palette – muted sand and cream shades.
What combine classic trousers
You can wear these pants for women with anything – they are equally as fit harmoniously into the everyday, and in solemn manner. Office fit strict blouses and shirts and cardigans and pullovers. For evening pick up a stylish top or blouse with sequins from small and weightless fabric.
Narrow and tight
Skinny pants for women, a favorite of fashionistas, and this season will be at its peak.
Fashion designer offers to choose either on models up to the ankle, called Capri, or the ultra long trousers that cover the shoes. First perfectly suited long-legged girl, the second visually make up miniature.
Flirty cropped trousers with cuts in front of the Alexander McQueen advantageous to look at the young ladies with long legs. Such a model will be a harmonious evening ensemble with a top made of the same fabric or a concise top or jacket.
Brand Balmain offers to choose leggings with various prints (geometric, floral) and decorative details (zipper, pockets). These pants for women – a successful investment for the coming summer season.
From what to wear tight pants for women
In general, it is recommended to wear tight-fitting pants for women with long jackets, short trench coats and cloaks. Fashion trend – combined with tight trousers skirts and dresses so that legs could be seen from under the hem.
Originally from the 70′s, they have taken a worthy place in the fashion niche trends of the coming season. The main signs of fashionable wide trousers – slightly higher waist and loose, sometimes even excessively, cut. Very wide pants for women, more like a skirt, also called palace.
Slacks enjoy particularly women, full-bodied – free cutting perfectly camouflages figure flaws.
Flowing pants for women are cut free from the brand Celine. Translucent white fabrics combined with bright contrasting details will make the right impression – hide excessive fullness of hips and accentuate the figure.
Wide trousers with arrows of gold fabric from Michael Kors will be a stylish piece of evening attire.
What combine slacks
Wear slacks rather narrow and tight top. Adjacent knitted cardigan, a fitted jacket, blouse or shirt made of thick cloth – perfect trouser cut free.
Banana pants, trousers, leather and prints
Pants for women with pockets at the waist and tapering to be relevant and this year, however, as always. These pants for women are not so vain loved women of fashion. They are incredibly slim legs and make them infinitely long, despite a few awkward appearances.
Pants bananas from Diane von Furstenberg have high waist and a shorter length. Original parts as the Basques or unusual belt will add to the image of femininity and charm.
"Bananas" from Lanvin – discreet and stylish solution for every day of the noble tone beige.
And the pants for women from the brand Chloe of gold brocade or dark blue satin – great for an evening out.
What to put on bananas
Wear bananas this year, designers are advised to flying fitting blouses and jackets and evening wear such pants for women sexy open top. And be sure to heels!
Eastern women's traditional model of trousers to the taste and European ladies. Free cutting, good hiding completeness and cuffs at the ankles, making them elegant – obvious advantages trousers.
In addition, the trousers are very comfortable and does not hamper your movements. The only negative – the inability to walk in them all year round, as the trousers sewn mainly of light and flowing fabrics. Bloomers "promise" to become an absolute hit of the coming summer. Choose those that are slightly pulled down to the hips – that this model will be the trend.
Christophe Lemaire – creative director of the fashion house Hermes, presented a colorful collection of dresses, as if designed to travel to the most exotic places of our planet. It includes a comfortable and functional things, including, and bloomers. Shortened in length just above the ankles, these trousers are made from flowing silk with fine geometric pattern. These pants Christophe Lemaire suggests wearing a shirt with a free cut and similar print. And always with elegant shoes with heels or wedges.
Diane von Furstenberg has to wear trousers in the summer and in the city. Flowing silk trousers in ocher fit perfectly in office style, though, if the dress code is not too strict. Outside the office designer offers oriental feel beautiful and put on loose tunics to match the pants for women.
Leather pants back on the fashion wave. But this time the designers choose not to call coarse and brutal options, and prefer more feminine models.
What will cut leather pants, you decide. The main thing with which to combine them in order not to become like the girlfriend of a rock star.
Yves Saint Laurent, for example, suggests wearing tight leather pants combined with a white blouse with lace trim. Will be a very feminine and image.
At Ralph Lauren can peek current retro images. Fortunately, the entire spring collection is based on them. Wide cropped leather trousers in a retro bow complemented by a shorter jacket in red. As accessories have been chosen taking concise and scarf. It turned out very French – elegant and discreet.
Pants with prints found an absolute must have the upcoming summer. Considered the most fashionable floral print. The correct size of the flowers on the fabric – not too big that you can see the basic color background image. Almost all designers suggest wearing colorful tunics and trousers with a loose shirt with the same floral pattern.
In addition, the ideal solution for each day will be a combination of flowered pants with thin fitting sweaters. Welcome and the presence of various drapery on tops and scarves as a belt with pants – so the designer can now fashionable eastern theme. Mark Hermes suggests wearing red pants with a pattern of white exotic flowers combined with an unusual top, as if hastily made of a handkerchief.
At Gucci can find elegant pants with delicate peony on tissues that carry brand offers a tunic.
Geometric print was smaller than in previous seasons. Also, not so bright. Balmain and Prabal Gurung fully demonstrated this trend. Fancy pants these brands adorns discreet design as diamonds and fancy geometric patterns.
Wear these pants should be a top, having either a picture or a neutral color or a contrasting color without print.
Choose the model of fashion pants that will suit your figure. Fortunately, the designers of this year, offers a wide range of current models.
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Chelsea finished 14 points behind Premier League champions Manchester United last season but are now 15 points ahead of the Red Devils.
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Roanoke Alumnus Congressman Rick Boucher Addresses Graduates
SALEM, Va. —Congressman Rick Boucher (D-Va.), a leader in federal policy for information technology and the Internet, served as Roanoke College's commencement speaker. Boucher was recognized with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College. Dr. Munsey Wheby, of Charlottesville, a member of Roanoke's class of 1951, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree. The Class of 2006 is comprised of 387 graduates from 26 states and 10 foreign countries.
In his speech, Boucher encouraged graduates to get involved in public service and to resist cynicism and doubt in the nation's public institutions.
"I think this is a time of special national challenge," Boucher said. "With public approval of our executive and legislative leaders near their all time lows, there probably could not be a more difficult time to challenge you to public service. Given the actions of some in high positions, I can readily understand the public cynicism that is prevalent today. People in large numbers are turning from the political process. But for the benefit of all of us, that cynicism must be overcome. It leads to low voter turnouts which weaken the foundation of our government. It encourages less respect for the American democratic experience which to this time has endured so well and become the example so many other nations have followed so successfully."
"In spite of the cynicism and the problems that attend it, our nation remains the leading example of what people united in purpose with a shared resolve and participating in an open representative government can achieve," Boucher said. "Whether the measure is economic success, the presence of personal freedoms or the extent to which our model is adopted elsewhere, no other nation is our match."
"Our challenge today is to overcome the cynicism that threatens this very success," Boucher said. "See personal shortcomings, even of those in high places, for what they are—the failings of a few—not the common practice of many. Our system is responding properly to those public officials who have abused the public trust. I hope you will not let the daily news reports of their being held to account lead you to doubt our public institutions. Don't be cynical about the power of a single individual guided by principle and committed to serving others to achieve truly great things."
"My personal belief is that serving others is the most noble use of one's talent and one's time," he said. "And so share with your community, our nation and the world your special talents. In so doing, you will best serve yourself."
Rebekah Elaine Halsey Hellkamp, a history major from Roanoke, earned the top honor and will present the Valedictory address and Linda Ann Harris, an English and theology double major also from Roanoke, was recognized as the Salutatorian.
Rev. Paul Henrickson, Dean of the Chapel, served as the baccalaureate speaker. His sermon was titled "Listen. Up."
Boucher, a native of Abingdon, Va. and a 1968 graduate of Roanoke College, is currently serving in his 12th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 9th Congressional District. Boucher is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and serves on two subcommittees through it: Telecommunications and the Internet and Energy and Air Quality, of which he is a ranking member. He also sits on the House Judiciary Committee and its Internet and Intellectual Property subcommittee.
In his student years, Boucher majored in political science, was a member of the national fraternity Kappa Alpha and served as president of the Honors Council. He was named to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. After graduation, Boucher earned his law degree from the University of Virginia. He practiced law on Wall Street in New York and in Virginia. Prior to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Boucher served as a member of the Virginia State Senate for seven years.
Wheby lives in Charlottesville and serves as the Professor of Internal Medicine and Senior Associate Dean Emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. A distinguished scientist and clinician, Dr. Wheby holds membership in many renowned scientific societies and professional organizations, and has held Visiting Professorships in China, Beirut, Lebanon, and at the University of California. A Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP) since 1967, he served as President of this important group in 2003. Roanoke College honored Wheby as a Distinguished Alumnus in 1992 and as the Roanoke College Medalist in 2000. In 1999, he received the Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award, which is the highest award given by the U.Va. Medical School Alumni Association.
Roanoke College, the country's second oldest Lutheran-related college, is an independent, co-educational, four-year liberal arts college. Roanoke is one of just 270 colleges nationwide with a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious honor society. The Princeton Review names Roanoke as one of the "best in the Southeast." Roanoke's 1,900 students represent 41 states across the U.S. and 25 foreign countries.
For additional information, call the Roanoke College Public Relations Office at (540) 375-2282.


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THE British government is facing a legal challenge over a decision to impose VAT on a blood clotting factor for haemophiliacs that minimises the risk of transmitting dangerous viruses.
Haemophiliacs are unable to produce factor 8, a protein needed for blood clotting. They have traditionally been treated with injections of factor 8 purified from donated blood. But in the late 1970s and early 1980s, this practice led to many haemophiliacs becoming infected with HIV or deadly forms of hepatitis.
Factor 8 can now be made in animal cells carrying the human gene for the protein, which should remove the risk of transmitting dangerous viruses. But it costs almost twice as much to make this "recombinant" factor 8 as to purify the protein from blood plasma. And last November the government pushed the price still higher by imposing VAT at a rate of 17.5 per cent.
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With four children under the age of seven, Christmas is a fun time at the Mississippi State University President's home.
Dr. Mark and Rhonda Keenum will be celebrating their second "real Mississippi Christmas" with their family at MSU this year.
The Keenums have been married 26 years, and Rhonda describes Christmas' past as non-traditional on the path to a traditional Mississippi Christmas.
She said for the first 20 years, it was just the two of them, travelling home to Mississippi from Washington D.C., where Mark served as undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rhonda worked at the White House for President George W. Bush.
They would spend time with family, then Mark would go to a hunting camp in the Delta with his family, while she continued her Christmas vacation at home.
Then came the triplets.
The Keenums began dreaming of making their home in Mississippi. As they were starting to get used to the idea of triplets, they were delightfully surprised by the arrival of Torie.
Rhonda said the opportunity to come to their alma mater, Mississippi State University, was the opportunity to bring their family to live in Mississippi, and have a "traditional" Mississippi family Christmas.
One of Mark's favorite room's in their new home is the den where the "family" tree is located. Books and art line the shelves and the deep leather seats are a great place to relax. He is at home at a university that holds a meaningful place in his heart.
"The first thing every morning, I see Mississippi State University," Mark said. "That's special. It is hard to describe, but it is a very special feeling."
Christmas of 2009 was the family's first Christmas at MSU. Rhonda describes last Christmas as their first "real Mississippi" Christmas with their family.
"Last (Christmas,) every day was so special, more thoughtful," Rhonda said. "But months of shopping and preparing was over in two minutes. With three five-year-olds and a three year old, it was a shocking display! They were like pirates going through loot! It was something! It's a sugar high all day long! It was wonderful!"
This year, the house is buzzing with excitement! Santa's coming soon and there's lots to do! The "Elf on the Shelf" may show up in any room, and everyone is watching for him! And as far as any gifts arriving early ... everyone wants to know, can that present be opened NOW?!
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Three Little Words
Reviewed by Chris Hager
A memoir can be a difficult thing to write. The author wonders which events to include and which to leave out. When it's all done, will the reader care? In the case of Three Little Words, by Ashley Rhodes Courter the reader does.
The memoir begins with Ashley at the blissful age of three. She is reflecting on her life so far and the new life she plans with her family in Florida. The story suddenly changes, putting her mother and stepfather under arrest and leaving Ashley, along with her infant brother Luke, in the hands of the state. They live through out traumatizing years of foster homes and despair. Three Little Words is truly is an incredible story of Ashley's hopes and perseverance.
For the most part I enjoyed this book. The story is written in a very real and personal account written in a style that both younger and more sophisticated readers will enjoy. The author fully describes all key characters in the story. It was also a fast read and held my interest.
Three Little Words provides a thoroughly accurate account of life and tragedy in foster home life. I felt it was a window into a world most people do no know. I would strongly recommend it.
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The dictionary describes a hobo as a vagrant. Some people described them as "bums," "tramps" or just plain "drifters." Whatever they were called, they were a world apart from the so called "homeless" people of today.
Hoboes traveled from place to place by "hopping" a train, generally a freight train. You could see them standing in the open doors of box cars, between the cars on the small platforms, looking out of the short sided cars, or out of the gondolas as the trains rumbled past day or night.
Hoboes sometimes got themselves locked inside of cars, and there were many Hoboes that died either by suffocation, starvation or being frozen inside reefers (similar to refrigerated cars of today).
I lived alongside the railroad track in Pompano, and we were not unaccustomed to seeing Hoboes daily with many of them coming to our door and offering to do chores for a food hand-out. My mother never refused a Hobo a meal and never had them do any chores to "earn" food.
Years ago rail cars that were used to ship produce from the Farmers Market were parked on the side tracks bordering North Flagler Ave, which was a rock road, and terminated at a sand road that is now N.E. 10th St.
One day I walked alongside the row of cars that were waiting to be iced. These cars had bunkers at each end. The ice company would use a truck with an elevated conveyor to lift the hundred-pound blocks of ice up onto the top of the car and into the bunkers. This kept cool the produce that was being shipped. As I walked. I heard a very faint sound.
Finally I realized it was coming from one of the refrigerated cars. I opened it up and there lying inside the door, which was six inches thick with insulation, lay a man, more dead than alive. He told me later he had been locked up in this cold car for about a week.
He had nothing to eat but bell peppers that had spilled out of the crates when they were being unloaded up north. He had just about given up any hope of getting out alive when he heard the noise I made letting the compressed air out of the car.
He yelled and pounded on the door. I got him out and took him to our house. We fed him and he went on his way, weak and grateful.
There were several "Hobo Jungles" around Pompano. The biggest and most active one was roughly some ten or more acres of pine, palmetto and scrub oak land. It was located just west of the Seaboard Railroad tracks and north of the Pompano Canal. It could only be reached by driving a car alongside the canal from Old Dixie Highway to the railroad tracks, parking and walking into the jungle. This was home to dozens of hoboes.
Robert Mitchell, a patrolman on the Pompano police force, always worked the midnight to 8 a.m. shift on the west side of town. On many nights, he would swing by my house and pick me up to ride with him and keep him company.
Sometime during his shift, especially in the winter time when it was cold, we would head out to the Hobo Jungle. We would park the car at the tracks and walk into the camp of hoboes. Robert was known to them and he was welcome in their camp. They would bring a cup and bowl and pour us coffee and dip us a bowl of "soup," or whatever it was, out of the pot that never seemed to empty. Someone was continually adding to it, and most times Robert would bring his contribution to add to it.
Some of the hoboes stayed around for weeks or months, depending on the time of the year and the weather. Some only came in for a night or two. There was a never-ending procession of men, and stories were always being told. That was one of the reasons we visited their camp.
Some of them were a little leery of having a policeman sitting around their campfire. This fire never burned out. It was maintained day and night, as were individual fires scattered throughout the camp. A piece of tin, folded in the middle served as a cover over the pot during rainy weather.
Stories were told over and over. Some of the stories were hard to believe, but then again, you could listen. You didn't have to believe. The hoboes could tell you the names, and sometimes the names of the families of certain railroad or police officers in cities all over the country. They had a network that was continually updated with reports of the good guys and the bad guys. Wherever a hobo might go, someone knew of these people and their treatment of the hoboes.
Hoboes had a language of symbols that only they could understand. Whenever a 'bo' entered a new town or city, the first thing he would do was 'read-up' on the place: where to go, where not to go, where to get a good meal, where to stay away from, how he might be treated, and what to expect.
One of their "customs," if it could be called that, was very strange. I really didn't believe it when I first heard about it, but it was confirmed by a distant relative of ours. He had been a hobo, and stayed with us in the later years of his life.
He told me many things about hoboes, this included: After being in a "good" town for a few days, they would be sitting around their fire talking about food. It seems this was always one of their main concerns. One would speak up and say, "I think I will have fried chicken with rice tonight for supper." Another would say, "I had chicken last night, think I'll have pork chops tonight." Another might say, "I think I will have meat loaf," and on down the line.
Now, one might wonder how these men could get a handout meal at someone's back door and "order" their choice of food as if they were handed a menu. Not so! The Bo that was looking for chicken would accept whatever was handed him, give his thanks and depart. When he was away from that house, he would peek under the napkin. If it was chicken he would find a place, sit down and eat. If it wasn't chicken he would pitch it into the weeds and go to the next house. On and on he would go until he got the chicken he wanted.
The same with the rest of the group who had decided on their evening meal. Sometimes it might take a couple of hours to get what they wanted. Later there would be much conversation, about how they had accomplished their desires. Most of the night would be spent going over their successes. This wasn't something they did every night, just whenever they were complacent.
Hoboes were not thieves or violent men. Quite the contrary. They would help their fellow man in any way they could. I was never afraid of them, and I guess I saw as many or more of them than most people ever did. They bothered no one and kept pretty much to themselves.
I have never seen a hobo in the Old Pompano jail or even being "transported" by the police. Some towns would not allow them. They would pick them up and dump them at the city or county line and be told not to return. That is why most hoboes would jump off trains as they slowed down in some towns and would walk around town and catch another on the way out. Some of the railroad detectives were really hard on them, but once they were in a "jungle" they were safe.
Robert and I spent many hours in the Hobo Jungles of Pompano many years ago-- listening to their stories, drinking their coffee, eating their stew. Civilization finally destroyed the "jungle" we knew. Times changed, they moved on, we moved on. I suppose there are still true hoboes around. Occasionally as a freight train goes by I get a glimpse of someone standing straddle-legged between those swaying box cars and I get a feeling that's hard to describe.
The life they led could turn tragic. One night at a late hour, we were awakened by someone screaming. We went outside, and there alongside the tracks lay a Hobo that had missed his hand-hold trying to hop a train. He fell on the tracks and the train ran over him and cut off both of his legs. There were no telephones near. There was no 911 number to get help. The nearest hospital was in Ft. Lauderdale, nine miles away. There were no ambulances. There was no trained help available. The hobo died.
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Widely recognised as the ultimate adventure, the PADI Advanced Open Water Course is your ticket to getting the most out of your undersea shenanigans. Though they say that not even being allowed to hold the stop-sign at road-works or drinking an ice cold glass of water right after eating ice-cream is more exciting than your first time underwater, the Advanced Open Water Course doesn't include that particular excitement – if you're trying for an advanced course, you should have the basics covered already. If the need the basics covered then try the Discover Scuba course, sure to feeling less like a fish out of water, in the water.
The advanced course fine-tunes your diving skills and allows you to explore some of the more exciting bits of diving by giving you a structured program to gain additional experience and skills under the direct guidance of a PADI professional. To receive your certification and be eligible to move on to even more advanced diving, the in-water performance-based program requires a total of five dives, ranging from Altitude Diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy and Search and Recovery Diving. In fact, there are a grocery list of dives that you can choose from to indulge your sense of adventure.
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Georgia's takeover scheduled for July 3 on the SEC Network
SEC Network Takeover (#SECNTakeover) continues Friday, July 3, with the Georgia Bulldogs taking over the national television network for 24 hours. With the help of D.J. Shockley, the Bulldogs have selected eight marquee television events from the vault.
St. Mary's, GRU/UGA Medical Partnership welcome first residents
Rumors of southern pine deaths have been exaggerated, UGA researchers say
Georgia Museum of Art to celebrate Mexico in free film series
New study reveals mechanism regulating methane emissions in freshwater wetlands
Getting rid of bad vibrations: UGA engineers help NASA fine-tune new Space Launch System
UGA researcher leads comprehensive international study on folate
Skidaway Institute participates in worldwide ocean snapshot
Developing disease-resistant poultry may be solution for multiple virus issues
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Chrissie Brady is earning two seemingly unrelated degrees — in wildlife and fisheries and mechanical engineering — but has her sights set on integrating robotics into environmental education and wildlife management as well as educating others about the environment.READ MORE
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Associate professor Vanessa Ezenwa, who has a joint appointment in the Odum School of Ecology and the College of Veterinary Medicine, says one of the highlights of her career is taking undergraduate and graduate students to Africa to conduct field research.READ MORE
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Curator to discuss new exhibition
The Georgia Museum of Art will have an Artful Conversation July 8 at 2 p.m. Participants will join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion about selected prints in the exhibition "El Taller de Gráfica Popular: Vida y Arte."
Legion Pool offers summer fun
Legion Pool offers water recreation for students, faculty, staff and guests. Hours of operation are 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through July 31 and 3-7 p.m. Aug. 1-13. Admission is $3 for students, $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for children ages 3-15 (who must be accompanied by an adult) and $5 for guests and members of Friends of Campus Life.
UGA to close for Fourth of July
University of Georgia offices will be closed and there will be no classes on Friday, July 3, for the Independence Day celebration. Normal operations will resume July 6.
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