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Concert to benefit musician Claude BlackWritten by Brigitta Burks | News Editor | firstname.lastname@example.com
University of Toledo Jazz is banding together to play a benefit concert for local legend, jazz pianist Claude Black.
Black, who has been with UT for about four years, was hospitalized before Christmas because of failing kidneys, high blood pressure and the return of cancer. The Jan. 31 concert's proceeds will go toward covering Black's medical bills.
UT Jazz, a group for the UT jazz community and its supporters, hopes to raise "as much as possible. I know [Black's] hurting. He has quite a few bills that go quite a ways back," said Gunnar Mossblad, director of jazz studies at UT.
"I feel very humbled that [UT Jazz] would do something like that. That's pretty special. I think it's a wonderful thing," Black said of the department's decision to play a benefit concert.
Black, a Detroit native, began his career as a teenager. He played at the legendary Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit as the pianist five days a week and at Murphy's Place in Toledo.
"He's been a staple in the greater Detroit/Toledo area for his whole life practically," Mossblad said.
The jazz pianist specializes in bebop.
"It was a particular form of music and it took a particular mind to catch on it and Claude was the bebop player in the Detroit area," said renowned jazz singer and lyricist Jon Hendricks, Black's longtime friend and colleague.
Black went on to play with Aretha Franklin in the 1960s when she joined Martin Luther King, Jr. in the civil rights movement.
"It was really great, nice, excellent," Black said of playing with Franklin, getting to talk to King and meeting Harry Belafonte, who also toured with King and Franklin.
Black, who is on hiatus from teaching, counts playing during that time as a career highlight. He also names teaching at UT as another career peak.
"Coming to UT has been one of the highlights of my career. I now can share my experiences with the students," he said.
The faculty and students love him, too. "Claude is probably one of the kindest, most giving people I've ever met," Mossblad said. "We lovingly joke that we know when he's in the building, because we always recognize his warm-up exercises on the piano."
Black was upgraded to rehabilitation in mid January and is slated to begin radiation treatments soon. "It seems like I'm doing a little better each day," Black said.
Hendricks and Mossblad plan to play at the benefit concert, in addition to Jeff Halsey, Ron Brooks and George Davidson. Mossblad said concert selections and other artists are being finalized.
Tickets are $3 for students and seniors and $5 for general admission; additional donations are welcome. The concert is 8 p.m. Jan. 31 at in the UT Center of Performing Arts' Recital Hall. Donations can also be mailed to Gunnar Mossblad at 2801 W. Bancroft St., MS 605, Toledo 43606.
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"Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged just like people."
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By now, most of us know what we should be eating—fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and fish, among other foods. But anyone heading off to the supermarket with a shopping list of the best recommendations for a healthy diet is in for a bit of sticker shock. Over a two-year period, a recent University of Washington study tracked the costs of "nutrient-dense" foods (foods high in vitamins and minerals and low in calories) and "energy-dense" foods (foods high in calories and low in vitamins and minerals—aka junk).* The nutrient-dense foods rose in cost by almost 20 percent while the cost of junk food declined. The study found that getting your average day's worth of 2,000 calories from the junk side cost $3.52 while getting your 2,000-calories worth from nutrient-dense cuisine would cost $36.32. Since the average American spends about $7.00 a day on food, you can see where the rise in obesity might come from.
Other studies have shown similar findings. While the income percentage that Americans spend on food has decreased dramatically over the last few years, the obesity rate has risen even more dramatically, as has the incidence of type-2 diabetes, an obesity-related disease. And the obesity rate has grown the most in the most impoverished sectors of society, further emphasizing the connection between the rising costs of nutrient-dense foods, declining junk food costs, and rising obesity rates. If you've priced out what a nice piece of Chilean sea bass with a side of asparagus costs compared to the latest offering from your local fast food joint's dollar menu, it's easy to be tempted to go to the dark side—especially if your budget is shrinking more than your waistline.
It is possible, however, to eat healthily and still have some money left over. Even on the tightest budget, you can do a little legwork and research to make the most nutritious choices for you and your family. And even if you're fortunate enough to have the cash to eat whatever you want, whenever you want, as my grandfather would say, "There's no point putting your paycheck through your stomach." (And he lived to be almost 100 . . . but that was before the advent of dollar menus.) Here are nine tips for getting the most nutritional bang for your buck.
* Don't confuse "nutrient-dense" foods with "high-density" foods, which is a common term for "energy-dense" foods. High density foods aren't always unhealthy but your diet should consist of mainly "low-density" foods which have few calories per volume, generally due to the presence of fiber. Foods in their natural state tend to be low volume. Processed foods tend to be high volume.
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If you're like most Americans, you're probably eating only three servings of fruits and vegetables a day, if that. Big mistake. Research shows that the more veggies you consume daily, the better off you'll be, in terms of overall health and body weight. Aim for five to nine or even 13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Here are six reasons why.
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You work out practically every day and you're feeling good because you've lost some weight. Until a week or so passes and you can't get the scale to budge. It's like an invisible wrench has been thrown into the works. Now what?
You start second-guessing everything you're doing:
So you restrategize. You slash calories and step up the intensity of your workouts. Unfortunately, after another week, you're still not losing. Now you want to give up altogether. But before you throw in the towel, ask yourself this:
Contrary to popular belief, sometimes you have to eat more to lose weight. While that may sound counterintuitive, it often does the trick. Here's why:
And remember this:
Figuring out to what to eat, how much to eat, and when to eat isn't easy. That's why people often refer to losing weight as a journey. It takes a few different paths to get there. Sometimes you have to adjust your ratio of protein, fat, and carbs to start losing again. Or adjust your calorie level, which can include eating more to lose weight.
Tip: Use the Team Beachbody® Meal Planner. It can make figuring out your calories much, much easier. You can personalize an eating plan that takes your workouts into consideration.
Finally, if you're still on the fence about needing to eat more to lose weight. You might be thinking, "How come I know some really skinny people who barely eat?"
The answer is this: You can eventually lose weight by not eating. It's called starving. Reduce calories enough and your body will start breaking down its muscle tissue, and this will result in weight loss. However, it makes your body increase its emergency hormonal responses, which also causes your body to be stressed and hang onto fat, making it.very easy to gain the weight back again.
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Face it. The deck is stacked against your waistline during the holidays. And there are scientific reasons for that. But the good news is, knowing why you crave those delicious holiday cookies can help you resist them. So what's behind the cravings?
Produced by your brain, serotonin is the "feel-good" hormone. When your brain produces enough of it, serotonin can help you feel calm, confident, and relaxed. Several factors encourage its production. A primary driver is sunlight. In the bright days of spring and summer, sunshine stimulates our brains to produce plenty of serotonin. But during the short days of fall and winter, our brains need extra stimulation to produce enough serotonin. Now here's the bad news, and you can probably guess what it is.
We crave sugar and carbs because they stimulate serotonin production.
It's not enough that grandma's decadent holiday calorie-bombs are insanely delicious. No. At this time of year, our impulses drive us to attack holiday desserts like brain-dead cookie monsters, just to get our serotonin fixes.
Not necessarily. That's because we can spur serotonin production in other ways. For example, did you know that exercise supports serotonin production? It's true.
When you look at the big picture, most of the steps we take to avoid gaining weight happen in our head, not our stomach. That's why we can think our way out of weight gain, regardless of how our brains encourage us to be bad around fattening foods.
Remember that a holiday is just a day. Even if you give in for 24 hours, it's not the end of the world. Also, take a breath and think when you're within striking distance of holiday goodies. You don't really want to undo weeks of sensible eating with a day of crazed eating, do you? Try these helpful tips and you will be able to keep a leash on your inner cookie monster. Happy Holidays!
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The NS Interview: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"Islam is exempted from scrutiny – and spreading fast"
"Islam is exempted from scrutiny – and spreading fast"
by Sophie Elmhirst Published
You grew up in Africa and then moved to the Netherlands. How did that affect you?
It was my first gateway to western life as it is lived, not the way I read in novels in Kenya.
You have written of your traumatic childhood. Is there anything that you owe your family?
I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English. And that my mother has always been a very strong woman.
Your family still lives within Islam. How do they feel about your atheist life in America?
My brother thinks it is very, very bad that I left Islam. My half-sister wants to convert me back; I want to convert her to western values. My mum is terrified that when I die, and we all go to God, I will be burned.
Do you feel that you belong in America?
I'm finally at home. I feel welcome, I feel free.
Which thinkers have shaped your ideas?
Many: John Locke and John Stuart Mill, Friedrich Hayek, people like Karl Popper. Defenders of individualism.
You defend free speech, yet you're under guard because you criticise Islam publicly. How do you deal with this contradiction?
I'm willing to face the continuous stream of threats. It's not the same as my freedoms being taken away. If I'd gone with the man my father chose, I wouldn't be living the way I want to.
Did you intend to become known for your outspokenness on Islam?
I don't define myself by this subject, I just publish and debate other participants' involvement.
In your book Nomad, you talk about the west's superiority as an objective truth.
Freedom, women's rights, prosperity, stability - by all these indicators, the west is superior. That's not opinion, it's basic fact.
What do you want your work to achieve?
I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.
Is there anything you like about Islam?
There are things I don't mind - people praying and fasting because it makes them feel good. But there are all these rules governing men and women. And the political dimension: jihad.
What ideology does appeal to you?
Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other isms it's far superior.
Do you ever worry that your ideas contribute to mistrust or intolerance of Muslims?
I don't think so. What I do is not create division, but expose the reasoning and the activity, and how persistently it violates human rights.
When you talk about a clash of civilisations, are you trying to be provocative?
To provoke debate, yes. Islam is spreading very fast. Westerners exempt Islam from scrutiny.
You are sympathetic towards Christianity, but doesn't it also have its unpleasant extremes?
Christianity has gone through a process of reformation. Islam has not.
Isn't that an idealised view, given the recent abuse scandals and so on?
If I idealised it, I would be a Christian. Are all religions equally bad? Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins say so. I beg to differ. It doesn't blind me to Christianity's imperfections.
You say western feminists are soft on Islam. Can't Muslim women fight their own battles?
Some Muslim women will say, "You're patronising," but the ones who are locked up, who are forced to wear the burqa, they will be grateful.
Do you support Europe's moves to ban the veil?
No. I'm against the veil because of the idea that a woman is responsible not only for her sexuality but also for that of men.
How do you view the recent events around the aid flotilla sent to Gaza?
Turkey provoked Israel. It is moving away from the west and slowly Islamising.
What are your hopes for Britain's government?
I really hope it will be strong on national security and push back the Islamisation of the UK.
Is there anything you regret?
I regret that Theo van Gogh was killed.
Do you vote?
I just voted in Holland, for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy [VVD]. Their philosophy is comparable to David Cameron's.
Do you have a plan?
When I took the train from Germany in 1992, I didn't know where my life would lead me, but I'm really glad that I did it.
Are we all doomed?
No. Things can always be improved - and it's worth trying.
Defining Moments
1969 Born in Mogadishu, Somalia
1976 Settles with family in Kenya, having lived in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia
1992 Political asylum in the Netherlands
2000 MA in politics, Leiden University
2002 First book, The Son Factory, published
2003 Enters Dutch House of Representatives
2004 Receives death threats after broadcast of Submission, her film with Theo van Gogh
2007 Becomes a permanent US resident
2010 Nomad is published


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A healthy rise in visitors to Mount Airy has been logged in recent months, and the Autumn Leaves Festival — the city's biggest event, to be held this weekend — isn't even here yet.
Increases in tourist numbers, including a 19 percent jump in September from the previous year, are credited partly to visitors responding to the death of Andy Griffith, as well as ongoing marketing efforts.
"Many visitors are coming to pay their respects to Andy Griffith after his passing, including the months of July, August and September," according to Jessica Icenhour Roberts, director of tourism for the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce. Roberts is also involved with the city Tourism Development Authority.
For many, it's been a kind of pilgrimage to soak up Mayberry atmosphere and places linked to Griffith, who died in Manteo on July 3.
"We have received several cards and voice mails from people all over the world sending their condolences and saying they want to come visit Andy's hometown because it will make them feel closer to him, and they want to visit where he grew up," Roberts explained.
She presented a quarterly tourism report to the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners last week which detailed how traffic at the Mount Airy Visitors Center downtown has increased since the summer.
In July, the month of Griffith's death, 7,970 visitors were greeted by the center's staff, which was up nearly 10 percent from July 2011.
That trend continued in August, when 7,002 people visited — 12 percent higher than the corresponding month the year before.
But the largest gain in tourism numbers came in September with 7,672 people greeted, representing a 19 percent hike from September 2011 totals. The annual Mayberry Days celebration was held at the end of the month.
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Aside from the Andy Griffith factor, Roberts attributes the recent tourism gains to various promotional programs that seem to be paying dividends.
"Our marketing efforts are very important in luring more visitors to Mount Airy and bringing back return visitors as well," she added.
"We have hosted over 50-plus travel writers over the past year and have participated in several marketing media missions by the N.C. Division of Tourism, and continue to participate in the cooperative opportunities provided by the N.C. Division of Tourism as well."
While Roberts mentioned increased use of social media websites, old-fashioned word of mouth has been the biggest visitation medium, based on comments from tourists arriving at the visitors center, who are tracked as to their places of origin.
During the August-September period, people came here from 47 states, with only New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming not represented.
In September, international visitors were noted from such locations as Australia, Germany, South Africa and Scotland.
Surry County has seen tourism growth as well as Mount Airy, which Roberts said is a result of a continued partnership between the Mount Airy Tourism Development Authority and Tourism Partnership of Surry County. It involves officials of all the county's municipalities working to bring in more people to experience local wineries, outdoor recreation and other activities in addition to Mayberry attractions.
The emphasis has been on tourists spending more money and staying longer, according to Roberts.
The Andy "Connection"
Interest in the Andy Griffith part of the tourism equation remains strong, judging by the latest visitor center numbers as well as heavy attendance at Mayberry Days events.
And Roberts sees no reason why that might change.
"We will continue to see an influx of visitors," she predicted, "those who will be coming to pay homage to Andy and visit such places as the Andy Griffith Museum and Andy Griffith Homeplace.
"All of these visitors mention on a weekly basis that they continue to watch 'The Andy Griffith Show' and feel a connection to the show."
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- Historical Poetics : Chronotopes in "Leucippe and Clitophon" and "Tom Jones" (2010)
- This paper forms part of a larger, ongoing project, to investigate how certain narrative possibilities that seem to have crystallized for the first time in the ancient Greek novel have proved persistent and productive over time, undergoing subtle transformations during formative later periods in the history of the genre, notably the twelfth century (simultaneously in Old French and in Byzantine Greek) and the eighteenth (the time when, according to a narrower definition, the novel is said to originate). For the present, my more limited aim is to revisit the two main essays in which Bakhtin's theory of the chronotope (and of the "historical poetics" of the novel) are developed, and to extrapolate what seem to me to the most significant and productive lines of his approach, both in general, and with specific reference to the ancient Greek novel. I will then attempt simultaneously to apply and to modify Bakhtin's model, in the light of a reading of Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon and with reference to previous critiques. The final part of the paper examines how this approach can be productive for a reading of a much later text, often regarded as "foundational" for the modern development of the genre, especially in English, Fielding's Tom Jones (1749).
- Internal Chronotopic Genre Structures : The Nineteenth-Century Historical Novel in the Context of the Belgian Literary Polysystem (2010)
- One of the most fundamental problems of systemic approaches to literature is the question of how systemic principles might be translated into a manageable methodological framework. This contribution proposes that a combination of functionalistsystemic theories (in casu Itamar Even-Zohar's Polysystem theory – especially the textually oriented versions – and the prototypical genre approach proposed by Dirk De Geest and Hendrik Van Gorp 1999) with Mikhail Bakhtin's chronotope theory shows great promise in this respect. Since I am primarily interested in literary genres, the prototypical genre approach assumes a central position in my theoretical framework. My main argument is that Bakhtin's chronotope concept offers interesting perspectives as a heuristic tool within a functionalist-systemic approach to genre studies, enabling the study not only of the constitutive elements of genre systems, but also of their mutual relations. Bakhtin's own vague definitions of the concept somewhat hamper the process of putting it into practice for this purpose, but with the aid of the distinction between generic and motivic chronotopes, that problem can be solved. A detailed, comprehensive account of the theoretical premises underlying my proposal can be found in Bemong (under review); here I restrict myself to the basics.
- Bakhtin's Theory of the Literary Chronotope : Reflections, Applications, Perspectives (2010)
- The aim of this introductory article [to the volume of the same title], firstly, is to recapitulate the basic principles of Bakhtin's initial theory as formulated in "Forms of Time and of the Chronotope in the Novel: Notes toward a Historical Poetics" (henceforth FTC) and "The Bildungsroman and its Significance in the History of Realism (Toward a Historic Typology of the Novel)" (henceforth BSHR). Subsequently, we present some relevant elaborations of Bakhtin's initial concept and a number of applications of chronotopic analysis, closing our state of the art by outlining two perspectives for further investigation. Some of the issues which we touch upon receive more detailed treatment in other contributions to this volume. Others may offer perspectives for future Bakhtin scholarship.
- Eulogizing Realism : Documentary Chronotopes in Nineteenth-Century Prose Fiction (2010)
- In this contribution we try to probe the generic chronotope of realism, which, judging from its astonishing productivity in the nineteenth century and the profound impact it has had on literary evolution and theory ever since, can be designated nothing less than a hallmark in the general history of narrative. Although we are primarily concerned with the description of the principles of construction underlying the realistic, "documentary", chronotope, we would also like to touch upon some of its rather evident, but still somewhat under-discussed similarities with the genre of historiography. For, despite an abundance of what could be called "touches of realism" in a plethora of literary texts and genres (both narrative and poetic) since the very beginnings of literary history itself, the direct germs of realism as it developed into a particular narrative genre or generic chronotope during the nineteenth century may well be situated in "prescientific" historiographical works such as those of Gibbon or Michelet.
- The Chronotope and the Study of Literary Adaptation : The Case of Robinson Crusoe (2010)
- This paper proposes a reflection on the potential of the chronotope as a heuristic tool in the field of adaptation studies. My goal is to situate the chronotope in the context of adaptation studies, specifically with regard to perhaps the most central treatise in the field of literary adaptation, Gérard Genette's "Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree", and to draw attention to perhaps one of the most overlooked works in the field of adaptation studies, Caryl Emerson's chronotope-inspired "Boris Godunov: Transpositions of a Russian Theme". I will demonstrate how the chronotope might be used in the study of literary adaptation by examining the relationships between Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe", its historical sources, and Michel Tournier's twentieth-century adaptation of the Robinson story, "Friday". My analysis draws upon three of the semantic levels of the chronotope presented in the introduction to this volume: (1) chronotopic motifs linked to two opposing themes: enthusiasm for European colonial expansionism and skepticism regarding the supremacy of European culture; (2) major chronotopes that determine the narrative structure of a text; and (3) the way in which such major chronotopes may be linked to broader questions of genre.
- Heterochronic Representations of the Fall : Bakhtin, Milton, DeLillo (2010)
- Bakhtin argues that each literary genre codifies a particular world-view which is defined, in part, by its chronotope. That is, the spatial and temporal configurations of each genre determine in large part the kinds of action a fictional character may undertake in that given world (without being iconoclastic, a realist hero cannot slay mythical beasts, and a questing knight cannot philosophize over drinks in a café). Recent extensions of Bakhtin's theory have sought to define the chronotopes of new and emergent genres such as the road movie, the graphic novel, and hypertext fiction. Others have challenged Bakhtin's characterization of certain chronotopes, such as those of epic and lyric poetry, arguing that these genres (and their chronotopes) are far more dynamic and dialogic than Bakhtin's analysis seems at first glance to allow. Rather than taking issue with Bakhtin's characterization of particular genres here, however, I wish to argue that we should pay closer attention to the heterochrony, or interplay of different chronotopes, in individual texts and their genres. As Bakhtin's own essay demonstrates, what makes any literary chronotope dynamic is its conflict and interplay with alternative chronotopes and world-views. Heterochrony (raznovremennost) is the spatiotemporal equivalent of linguistic heteroglossia, and if we examine any of Bakhtin's readings of particular chronotopes closely enough, we will find evidence of heterochronic conflict. This clash of spatiotemporal configurations within a text, or family of texts, provides the ground for the dialogic inter-illumination of opposing world-views.
- The Fugue of Chronotope (2010)
- As the survey by Nele Bemong and Pieter Borghart introducing this volume makes clear, the term chronotope has devolved into a veritable carnival of orismology. For all the good work that has been done by an ever-growing number of intelligent critics, chronotope remains a Gordian knot of ambiguities with no Alexander in sight. The term has metastasized across the whole spectrum of the human and social sciences since the publication of FTC in Russian in 1975, and (especially) after its translation into English in 1981. As others have pointed out, one of the more striking features of the chronotope is the plethora of meanings that have been read into the term: that its popularity is a function of its opacity has become a cliché. In the current state of chronotopic heteroglossia, then, how are we to proceed? The argument of this essay is that many of the difficulties faced by Bakhtin's critics derive from ambiguities with which Bakhtin never ceased to struggle. That is, instead of advancing yet another definition of my own, I will investigate some of the attempts made by Bakhtin himself to give the term greater precision throughout his long life. In so doing, I will also hope to cast some light on the foundational role of time-space in Bakhtin's philosophy of dialog as it, too, took on different meanings at various points in his thinking.
- The Chronotopic Imagination in Literature and Film (2010)
- In this contribution, I would like to examine the way in which Bakhtin, in the two essays dedicated to the chronotope, lays the foundations for a theory of literary imagination. […] His concept of the chronotope may be interpreted as a contribution to a tradition in which Henri Bergson, William James, Charles Sander Peirce and Gilles Deleuze have been key figures. Like these four authors, Bakhtin is a philosopher in the school of pragmatism. His predilection for what Gary Saul Morson and Caryl Emerson have called "prosaics" puts him right at the heart of a philosophical family that calls forth multiplicity against metaphysical essentialism, and prefers the mundane to the universal. It seems wise to proceed carefully in the attempt to reconstruct Bakhtin's theory of imagination. In this contribution to the debate, I choose to develop a philosophical dialogue between Bakhtin and the above-mentioned philosophical family. More specifically, it seems to me that the ideal point of departure for examining the way in which Bakhtin attempts to get to the bottom of the mysteries of literary imagination is Gilles Deleuze's synthesis of Bergson's epistemological view on knowledge as "the perception of images", as well as Peirce's theory of experience based on a typology of images. In the following, I show that Bakhtin's view of the temporal-spatial constellations in literature demonstrates a strong affinity to the Bergsonian view that perception of the spatial world is colored by the lived time experienced by the observer. Based on this observation, I then develop a typology of images which places the concept of the chronotope in a more systematic framework.
- "It was not Death" : The Poetic Career of the Chronotope (2010)
- As Bakhtin noted, chronotopes arise from the density and fusion of temporal and spatial indicators. In prose narrative, the density of temporal and spatial indicators arises as a natural consequence of setting scenes and explaining action, and those indicators are fused by the centripetal forces of plot, character and so on that encourage us to read the various elements of the text as aspects of a coherent story and world. In non-narrative poetry, however, there is no story to drive the setting of scene or generation of character; there may not even be scene or character. As a result, temporal and spatial indicators can be quite sparse, and there may be little centripetal force to encourage their fusion. In a textual environment bereft of character, plot, scene, in which even the centripetal forces of syntax are frayed by linebreaks and other poetic devices, how can chronotopes form and function? [...] In the centripetal environment afforded by most prose narratives, the stable chronotopes and the relationships among them define consciousness, world and values. In the centrifugal environment of non-narrative poetry, chronotopes flicker and flow in a series of hints, glimpses, dissolves, defining consciousness, world and values via evanescence rather than stability. However, as I hope to show below, the evanescence of chronotopes in non-narrative poetry can be as central to the vitality and meaning of those texts as the stability of chronotopes is to the vitality and meaning of prose narratives.
- The Chronotope of Humanness : Bakhtin and Dostoevsky (2010)
- Bakhtin and Dostoevsky shared the conviction that human life must be understood in terms of temporality. Both thinkers were obsessed with time's relation to life as people experience it. For each, a rich sense of humanity demanded a chronotope of open time. In many respects, the views of Bakhtin and Dostoevsky coincide. Theologically speaking, one could fairly call them both heretics, as we shall see. Their differences reflect their different starting points. Bakhtin began with ethics, whereas Dostoevsky thought about life first and foremost in terms of psychology. For Bakhtin, any viable view of the world had first of all to give a rich meaning to moral responsibility. Dostoevsky could accept no view that was false to his sense of how the human mind thought and felt.


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Trevor Pedersen won the seventh installment of this year's Player of the Week contest sponsored by Tony Pope State Farm Insurance of Mount Pleasant between Bishop England, Wando and Palmetto Christian football players.
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Pedersen has 448 total yards this season and has done it all on offense. He is averaging nearly six yards per carry with 34 attempts for 202 yards. Pedersen also has 24 receptions for 240 yards. And, he's even aired it out on occasion, gaining 46 yards on 5-of-7 passing.
With the win, Wando tied Palmetto Christian with three wins apiece in this friendly rivalry contest. Bishop England has one win during this series this season. Bishop England kicker Matthew Mellin came in second with Battling Bishops teammate Boo Baird grabbing third in the past week's voting totals.
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Nick Shiver: The senior running back had 162 yards on just 12 carries and two touchdowns against Garrett.
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Will Tuchfarber: The senior wide receiver caught eight passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
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Ryan Roe: The senior running back ran for 235 yards and two touchdowns against Northwood Academy.
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I don't totally agree with Simms, but I definitely understand why someone would say that. Outside of the 2 Super Bowl runs Eli hasn't been great when it comes to production. "But but but Eli is great in the 4th quarter"....that's the niche Eli has had to keep his name in the debate along with the 2 Super Bowl MVPs. What about all the issues though? Throughout the Coughlin era Eli and KG are the biggest constants on offense. Eli has to share a lot of the blame for the teams redzone issues. Elite QB's put up a lot of touchdowns. There's no debating that. So it's difficult to make strong arguments for Eli when he struggles in that department.
"They come to the line of scrimmage and the first thing they do is start looking for me....I know, and they know. When theyd find me theyd start screaming: 56 left ! 56 left!....So theres this thing I did. After the play was over Id come up behind them and whisper: dont worry where I am. Ill tell you when I get there."
- Lawrence Taylor
I don't even care anymore... I wouldn't trade Eli for anyone. He doesn't need to prove anything to Phil Simms. He will go down as the Giants greatest quarterback of all time and that's fine with me. Yes he will be better then Simms when all is said and done.
If you take Eli Manning and put him in the system that Phil Simms was in, Eli would have dominated that era. The system Phil Simms was in was painless and seamless. Eli would have thrived with that O line and run game. Heck, if Eli Manning were the QB back then, Mark Bavarro may have put up Gronkowski numbers. Our O line and run game was so great that when Hoss, a guy that ran a 4.28 40 took over, he rarely had to run.
I think Phil Simms would have had issues with this system under Gillbride. I am not saying that he would not have gotten it but it would have taken him longer than Eli. Heck, it took Phil awhile to get the system he was in down and that one was simple as it gets.
I am not spewing angst at Phil but in my opinion, Eli is a better QB.
Their defense is horrible. That factors into that 4 game skid to start as well. He still got his though.


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- Microsoft Azure, Server teams form new cloud division
"In a much anticipated move, Microsoft announced the combination of the Windows Azure group with the Windows Server and Solutions group into a new organization, titled the Server and Cloud Division. The new division, headed by Senior Vice President Amitabh Srivastava, will be a part of the Servers and Tools Business, headed by Bob Muglia." (source: cnet – the Wisdom of Clouds)
- Commentary: As always, James Urquhart breaks the news on his great blog, the Wisdom of Clouds. While it seems that this announcement has been some time in the making, it is good to see it materialize. It only makes sense to me that Microsoft blend the Server/Cloud environments. It's important that synergies exist from the get-go since many of the features can be leveraged cross-departmentally and should be views as a "single solution." I've mentioned this numerous times before but this is why we at GoGrid developed Cloud Connect which is a Hybrid Hosting solution of physical and cloud servers all connected via private dedicated physical connections. Buried in James' article is the mention that CTO Ray Ozzie is no longer in charge of the Azure team which signifies Microsoft's move toward making Azure an important part of their business offerings.
- Microsoft, Cisco, IBM and Others Form Cloud Computing Group
"A group of companies is starting up an Enterprise Cloud Buyers Council in hopes of removing barriers to enterprise use of hosted cloud computing. Initial members include companies that offer hosted cloud computing as well as enterprises that use such services, including Microsoft, IBM, HP, Cisco, AT&T, BT, EMC, Deutsche Bank, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, CA, Nokia Siemens Networks, Telecom Italia and Telstra. Two industry organizations, Distributed Management Task Force and the IT Service Management Forum, are also involved. The TM Forum, an industry association that helps information and communications companies create profitable services, came up with the idea of the council." (source: PCWorld)
- Commentary: It's great to see so many big names joining together to form a "Council." My only fear is that egos within each of the organizations will come into play as each company tries to promote their own agenda. I can only hope that this (and other similar organizations that have been set up) will actually do something constructive with their efforts. Working on avoiding "vendor lock-in" and "standards-based solutions" is great and all, but these are overly hyped buzz-words that have been discussed throughout 2009 (and back some). Perhaps by throwing some big names behind a council will help to mitigate the fear that so many enterprises have about the cloud (e.g., security, reliability, compliance, standards, etc.) Time will tell if this new organization will produce any effects or results whatsoever. I'm a bit skeptical myself.
- Top 5 cloud computing predictions for 2010
"Cloud computing standards and major cloud computing outages top Linthicum's list. Evidently it's a requirement that all of those in the cloud computing world must chime in with their cloud computing predictions for 2010, so here are mine…" (source: InfoWorld)
- Commentary: Oh boy, I'm already behind on my predictions. Guess I need to start on that really soon! David's Linthicum's top 5 is a pretty sensical list actually, although numbers 4 and 5 might indirectly go hand-in-hand. Hint, if you are thinking about a successful new-business to start, do a cloud computing startup since you will be snapped up by a large player once you are mildly successful. Well, that is a dramatic oversimplification of #'s 4 and 5. Read through his list though as they are distinct and good thoughts.
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anybody worked up an AK up in 45 win mag yet?
anybody worked up an AK up in 45 win mag yet?
Hmm... That sounds like it would be tough to do. 45 Winchester Magnum is powerful enough that it's going to need a locked action. Trying to feed a pistol-type cartridge through the AK action will be a real trick. That's not to say that it's impossible or anything, but I think it would require a single-feed magazine, possible narrowing of the feed lug on the bolt to clear the magazine feed lips, and the feed ramp would probably have to be removed from the trunnion to ensure enough clearance for reliable feeding. The mouth of the chamber will probably need a generous taper to accept the round reliably.
Double-feed magazines might work, but would have to be very carefully placed to allow for reliable feeding. Too close and the guide/locking lugs on the trunnion will deflect the front of the round too much to get to the chamber. Too far and the bullet will be free of the magazine before it begins entering the chamber. Getting a fat, stubby bullet to guide into the chamber is much trickier than guiding a long, slender bullet to do the same thing. A single-feed magazine would solve the problem of deflecting the round to the left or right during feeding, since a single-feed magazine by its very nature would have the round centered.
For the ak I think I will just use grizzly mags since I will have the pistol with me when hunting. Def going to need to retain the rotating bolt. I know from past projects that 30 carbine mags will work
So what's your plan? A rotating bolt gas-feed system or a single shot "California-style" pump action? Trying to picture this in my mind.
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my thought is rotating bolt gas operated semi. I dont think feeding from a single stack grizzly or wildey mag is gonna be any problem, pretty much a straight shot into the chamber with the grizzly mag. I am pretty sure the ak bolt can be opened up enough, I have seen an ak in .458x2 with the bolt face opened up larger than needed for the winmag , it was throwing 500gr fmj at 1000 fps
M1 carbines mags would work nicely!
Why would the action need to be locked? Not following... seems like it would be less powerful than that Tromix .458 build, but in a smaller cartridge? If he can build that in Semi config, then why not this one? How long of a barrel would you do?
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I don't know anything about these -- I had to look the 45 win mag up; the ballistics seem about the same -- 230 gr @ 1400 -- as the 44 mag.
Why not use the more common 44?
Well, I may answer my own question. Being a revolver cartridge with a raised base it may be interesting getting it to feed.
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I think what he is reffering to by locked is via the standard rotating bolt verses the staright blowback system used in the 9mm and 45 ak builds, locked at moment of firing via the rotating bolt, unlocked when the gas piston moves the carrier rearward. The std ak is considered a locked breach firearm, uzi unlockedOriginally Posted by hcpookie
I am planning on it bieng a semi auto gas operated rifle just like the std ak with rotating bolt , I am not familiar with the 458 tromex but at 1200 ft lbs of energy out of my pistol the 45 winmag is just to stout to be a straight blowback so tech it will be a locked breach via rotating bolt.
My reason for using the 45 winmag in this build is I already have an AR15, rebareled deerfield carbine and m1 carbine in the caliber as well as an lar grizzly pistol and wildey hunter in 45 winmag also. Once you slam 230 gr fmj out of a rifle at 1700 fps it gets adictive. The 45 winmag can safely be handloaded to far exceed the 44 magnum and Since I already have dies brass etc it seems like a natural choice (for me). I would work with the 50 beowolf but both my alexander ARs had cracked lowers and one the upper as well as multiple cracked bolts so I think it might be a little to much but maybe the ak action could handle it, lack of bullet choices also kicks the 50 beo out of the running.
Please post a link or more info to the .458 tromex as I might give it some consideration, If it uses .458 diam bullets so I could use the 500gr fmj if brass is easily formed that might be exciting, never have to many big bores
OK that makes more sense now. Personally I would consider the AK action much stronger than the AR, so even if they are cracking things on an AR, I wouldn't worry about an AK. But that's IMO. Meeper converted one to .50 Beowulf before.
Look at the other links in this section for additional .458 info... bunch of .458 caliber options it would seem. It was 1biggun that was looking into it...
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- University Assistantships: : Susquehanna's most prestigious academic scholarships, these $15,000 awards include a professional work experience (ten hours a week on average) with a member of the university faculty or administrative staff. Renewable annually for a total award of $60,000 over four years.
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- The following three scholarships are valued at up to $12,000 annually:
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- Scholarships for Distinguished Achievement in Science and Mathematics: These annual awards go to students planning majors in the sciences, computer science or mathematics. Recipients are chosen on the basis of outstanding academic achievement.
- Presidential Scholarships: These scholarships, renewable annually, are awarded on a competitive basis to new students who have demonstrated superior academic achievement and personal promise.
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- Alumni Scholarships: Five awards of $2,500 annually are available each year to first-time enrolling children, stepchildren or grandchildren of alumni of the university. Recipients are selected by the Alumni Association Executive Board. Renewable for a total of eight semesters.
- Richard R. Green Memorial Scholarships: Awarded to academically talented students to create a more diverse student body, these scholarships range from $5,000 to $15,000 depending on academic ability and financial need. Renewable annually.
- The Lawrence M. and Louise Kresge Isaacs Endowment for Music: This endowment provides a $10,000 award to an outstanding music major on the basis of an audition with the music faculty and demonstrated academic achievement. Renewable.
- Susquehanna Scholars: These scholarships, renewable annually, are awarded to new students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and personal promise. Awards are up to $10,000 annually.
- Music Scholarships: These $1,000 to $5,000 scholarships, renewable annually, are awarded to new students on the basis of competitive music scholarship auditions. They are awarded in three categories - keyboard, voice and band/orchestral instruments - to music majors and selected non-majors.
- Dean's Scholarships: Awarded in recognition of strong academic achievement combined with outstanding extracurricular achievement, leadership or volunteer service. These $5,000-$7,500 awards are renewable annually.
- Transfer Student Scholarships: Awarded to students transferring to Susquehanna. These renewable awards range from $5,000 to $6,500 annually. Recipients are chosen on the basis of outstanding academic achievement.
- Susquehanna International Student Scholarships: Awarded to international students on the basis of academic ability and potential for contribution to campus life, these scholarships are renewable on an annual basis.
- Tuition Exchange: Susquehanna participates in this program along with more than 400 other private colleges and universities. Through Tuition Exchange, children of employees at participating institutions may be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver at Susquehanna. If either parent is a full-time faculty or staff member at a four-year college or university, the student should contact the school's personnel office for further information about eligibility. Five new scholarships are available each year.
- Ministerial Grants: Dependent children of ordained Lutheran clergy are awarded $1,000 per year regardless of need. Those who demonstrate need are also considered for other types of financial aid.
- Other Endowed and Restricted Awards: Interest income from the university's endowment provides other grants and loans for Susquehanna students. These funds are thoughtfully and generously provided by alumni and other friends of the university. Unless otherwise indicated, all awards are based on demonstrated need, in combination with other criteria as listed, and are awarded through the Office of Financial Aid. A complete list appears in the Endowment section of this catalog.
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Campus Employment
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- Stipends: All students in the last two years of the Army ROTC receive either a $350 per month (junior year) or $450 per month (senior year) stipend during the academic year.
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There is many history books that written and stated the appearance of lions. That is the time factor and also the record on human made lion. Even in ancient music books also stated there is appearance of lion. Any how through all the evidence that is founded, the history will be conclude in a way.
The Animal
The animal, Lions, were not originated from China. It was belief to appears and be brought in from India Buddhism Culture. According to the history record, Lion dance was founded in the Han Dynasty. The Han emperor opens the Silk Road for trading and culture exchange.
During the famous silk road period, the Han Emperor entertain and serve quest from other countries with music and dance show. Dancer at that time wore bird looking mask, and also a few animal looking mask to perform its dance. Then the emperor's respected guest notice that lion was out group of these animal form of dancing. Finally his guest found out that, at that time, In China, there is no sign or appearance of lions. Later then, through the business connection of Western Silk Road, Rulers in what is todays Iran and Afghanistan's sent lions and also a lion trainer to china to perform a lion show. This is similar with what we see today in command circus show. That is how the Lion show from the countries of Western Silk Road came in to China.
The Art of Lion Dancing spread. According to the legend in the human civilizations, it has been there a few hundred years of history. In one of the history stated, a normal person in the society is not easily expose to the look of a lion, and won't have a clear image of how lions look like. Only Royals know and seen how does lion looks like. That also earns a respect from the human towards the lions. Because of these respect, and not clear of how lion look like, they could only imagine its look, and claim his imagination is true and tell it to others who don't know about lion.Through the modernized of the civilizations, activities of civilization and moral ethics of civilization, founded a special piece of culture art.The Lion Dance. After many development in history and civilization, The Art Lion Dance spread into two category.
Back to earlier history it states , there is music book named "qiu tang shu ying yue zhi" (The Ancient Tang Music Dream) there is a many style of melody and music influence. One of them is the Taiping Rhythm. In the Taiping Rhythm, there is a "Five Style Of Lions Dance".It explains that the lions has a furry body and 2 human is hiding inside the furry body puppet. The looks is pretty much similar with a real lion. The 2 human under the puppet is trying to imitate the movement of a lion. Later then, each and every style went solo and set up its very own unique style of dancing. When the perform of these dance take place, the environment is normally really grand, those lions were elegantly dancing to the music. There is also a Chinese poem describe the environment of lion dancing. (You can refer to the attach video below.) According to some related written records, Dance that imitating the Lion had already appear in early Tang Dynasty and its look and movement is already very professional and it look very similar to todays Northern Lion. In history books also stated, the animal, lions are originated from India. Lions are describe as Buddhist Guardian in Buddhist books. From India, lions was brought into china.
From these related history evidence, it can be conclude in one conclusion which is, in between the Han Dynasty, Wei Dynasty and the Chun Dynasty, The image of lions and the Buddhism culture in Han Dynasty was brought into China. In the Wei Dynasty, when the art went from the Royals to the moderate society, Lion Dance was a popular trend in the Northern Part Of China. Wei Emperor name then as Northern Wei Auspicious Lion. Then it went to Nan Sung and the name was changed to Northern Lion because it looks like the Peking dog where is whole body is redish gold in colour and long fur.
THE Cantonese LION
The Lion Dance was then brought down to the Tang, Sung, Yuen, Ming and Ching Dynasty. Many occasions later then will have Lion Dance to spice up the celebrations. Because of difference culture in the Chinese society, there is then many similar dance to the Lion Dance. The revolution of Lion Dance went from North to South. The story of the way of the Southern Lion gets popular has many versions and the looks of these Southern Lions also has many different versions. Eg: the Hakka Lions, Chi Ling, and Pai Yao. These Southern Lions was stated in history that it was founded during the end of Ming Dynasty and the Start of Ching Dynasty. It was name as "Cantonese Lions"
During the Ching Dynasty, Lion dance has been misuse as a politic rebelling props. Government is ruled by the Manchurians, the Chinese are called Han's. The Chinese never like the Manchu government. So, during that time many people form rebellious group gather to fight the government, but they can't obviously do it because if they do so, they will get caught and be sentence to death, so one way to do it is to secretly do it and secretly send message. Ended out, many wushu and non wushu people uses lion dance to actually secretly delivers the message and runs rebellious activity. That also explains why today lion dance have this practice of "Chai Ching" picking the green. During the Ching Dynasty, "chai ching" meant something else to most of the lion dancers. To show their dissatisfaction against the government, that's why they "chai ching" another meaning but same pronunciation of "chai" is actually step and "ching" is obviously the Ching Dynasty, so they are simply sending a message of stepping the ching government. But today in the modern, every thing has been looked at the positive side. Todays "chai Ching" means good luck bringing to every individual.
Before year 1928 people named the Cantonese Lion as the "Auspicious Lion" but In Cantonese, the pronunciations of auspicious is pronounce as "Sleeping". In the incident of 3rd May 1928, many people of Jinnan was torture and kill by the Japanese soldier and the Chinese was name as "The Sick Asians". Because of this incident, the Chinese get angry and united and fight their enemies. To show their strength and the love for their country, the Auspicious Lion also later then change its name to the "Awaken Lion".
In Canton, Futshan and Hoksan, the Auspicious/Awaken Lion's founded ground, The wushu society later then combine Lion Dance and wushu "Horse Stance" as it work very well with the strength of waist and horse stance. The art then interest many people and it was well accept by the society. So more people started to learn lion dance.
From China, the art later then spread across the world.
Source and related images/video @ http://lionarts.blogspot.com
Edited by General_Zhaoyun, 20 August 2008 - 12:16 AM.