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Fifteen years ago, Zao Wou-ki's paintings could be found in Parisian galleries for $50,000 or less.
Now they fetch more than $1 million at auction, with the strongest works going for as much as $8 million.
"Back in the 1990s, I was so picky. I'd go to Paris and find the big masterpieces," said Victor Ma, a Taiwanese financier and collector whose 100-plus Zao works adorn the walls of his office and home. "No more. The Taiwanese and Chinese, they've bought it all."
Mr. Zao, 92 years old and cared for in a town outside Geneva by his third wife, is too frail to paint anymore. (His wife, Francoise Marquet, said he was not available to comment because of his poor health.) But he is experiencing greater fame than ever before, the result of nearly 10 years of growing interest among Chinese collectors. Last year, according to Artprice , he was the top-selling, living Chinese artist at auction, generating $90 million for his work and outpacing contemporaries such as Zeng Fanzhi and Zhang Xiaogang.
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Commemoration weekend features re-enactments, music and moreWritten by Brigitta Burks | News Editor | email@example.com
Historical re-enactors and musicians will help eventgoers travel through time Jan. 19 and 20 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of the River Raisin in Monroe.
From Jan. 18-23, 1813, the United States and Great Britain fought for control of Michigan and the lower Great Lakes in the Battle of the River Raisin. The battle was part of the War of 1812, which lasted from June 1812 to February 1815.
"[The 200th anniversary is a] very busy time for a lot of people. All of Monroe is kind of wrapped up in this. It's not just the park, it's not just the city and it's not just the college," said Dan Downing, chief of education, interpretation and operations for River Raisin Battlefield Park.
The commemorative weekend kicks off at 10 a.m. Jan. 19 with a re-enactment of Gen. James Winchester's march. Winchester commanded the United States forces during the Battle of the River Raisin.
Re-enactors will march from the Sawyer Homestead, 320 E. Front St., to the River Raisin National Battlefield Park Visitor Center, 1403 E. Elm Ave.
"Actually [Winchester] rode a horse, but we're marching," said Ralph Naveaux, who will serve as narrator of the tactical demonstration later that day.
At 10:30 a.m. Jan. 19, after the group has arrived at the visitor center, there will be a flag and wreath laying ceremony. The family of Alma Moore-Egen will be honored in addition to other families whose ancestors served during the War of 1812. Moore-Egen is a descendent of Joseph Navarre, who had 30 family members serve.
A commemoration ceremony honoring soldiers from Kentucky who fought in the Battle of the River Raisin is set for 2:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at Memorial Place, 620 S. Monroe St. At noon Jan. 20, there will be a "Salute to the Fallen" at the visitor center.
The tactical demonstration is set to occur around 11 a.m. Jan. 19 at the Monroe Multi-Sports Complex, 33 N. Dixie Hwy. A portion of the Battle of the River Raisin will be re-created using cannons, muskets and rifles.
"There's no way to rehearse this thing. We're going to try to re-create what happened," Naveaux said. The weapons use black powder, he added.
"So there will be lots of noise and smoke and everybody will be in uniform," he said.
Nearly 300 people will be in historical costumes during the commemoration weekend. The re-enactors come from around the region, including Indiana, Pennsylvania, Canada and Western Ohio.
"The people that put on these demonstrations are very interested in history, in the War of 1812 in particular. And not just reading about it or studying it, but trying to replicate some of the lifestyle," Naveaux said.
Naveaux became interested in
re-enacting during the bicentennial of the Revolutionary War while serving as a history teacher.
"It's very fascinating to me because I've always been interested in local history and early culture in Monroe," he said. "For me, it's a way of connecting back to my historical and genealogical roots."
Eventgoers also will have the chance to experience music of the times during the "Musical Remembrances" concerts set for 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 19 at Monroe County Community College, 1555 S. Raisinville Road.
"This period of time was an extraordinarily enlightening period," said Bill Saul, the concerts' facilitator. "All of the music that we're listening to today, like the Beethovens and the Bachs, all of them were alive during that period."
The two-hour concerts were arranged by musician Michael Mohn and Agora Chorale Director Catherine Brodie. The shows will feature about 115 performers and include an intermission.
The concerts will feature unique acts like the Leh Nah Weh Drum group, which will perform a Native American chant accompanied by drums, and the Branch 28 Royal Canadian Legion Pipe Band, a bagpipe group coming in from Ontario accompanied by the 1st Michigan Colonial Fife and Drum Corps. The group Fiddlesix, featuring six family members ranging in age from about 8 to 20, is also set to perform historical music.
The Agora Chorale will showcase a "beautiful" song based on an 1813 poem by Brandon Ulrich, Saul added.
William McCloskey, a professor at Monroe County Community College, will narrate the concerts. Other featured groups include the Inside Out Dance Ensemble, the All Star Community Band and the Monroe County Community College Bicentennial Band, which includes area high school and college students.
"We're bringing our youth to let them be part of this because these will be memories they have the rest of their lives," Saul said.
Tickets to the concerts are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors 60 and older and $5 for children younger than 10. Tickets are available at
monroenews.com/1812concert. All other weekend events are free.
Several educational lectures are also set for Jan. 19. At noon, "Michigan at War," a documentary aired on public broadcast channels, will screen at the visitor center.
"I found it interesting. I'm probably one of the more critical viewers in that I wished it had all been about the Battle of River Raisin," Downing said with a chuckle.
After the documentary, Eddie Price will present on the historical novel "Widder's Landing" at 1 p.m. Jan. 19 at the visitor center.
Brian Dunnigan will talk about the use of alcohol and spirits during the war at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Monroe Museum, 126 S. Monroe St. At 4 p.m. at the museum, L. Nelson will present "Northwest Campaigns," an overview of the Great Lakes.
Downing said he recommends dressing appropriately for the weather and arriving early to get a parking spot during the weekend's events. He added that eventgoers should bring extra camera batteries because, "You're going to be taking a lot of pictures."
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How to Use Visualization to Achieve Your Goals
How many of you saw skier Lindsay Vonn doing what appeared to be a hula dance with her eyes closed, just before winning the gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics? As you probably know, she was visualizing the bumps and turns of the race course. In fact, visualization is an integral part of her training.
And she keeps really good company.
Muhammad Ali was known to visualize knocking out George Foreman, and Michael Jordan used to visualize hitting the last shot in basketball games.
But why should we let Olympians and World Champions reap all the benefits of visualization? You and I can use it to help achieve our own daily or long-term goals.
What is visualization?
Visualization, in a nutshell, is creating a mental picture of a desired outcome. That outcome might be anything from performing well in a sporting event to achieving a business goal to losing weight and eating well. I was skeptical about visualization until I tried it recently, and found it to be a very worthwhile exercise. My next post on Wednesday, the 14th, will break down the method I followed.
It is believed by many that visualization is a powerful tool in making lifestyle changes and achieving goals. By developing a mental image of achieving a goal and subsequently transferring this image to your subconscious mind, your physical body or presence starts to assume that which is visualized.
Does it really work?
Recent developments in brain scanning technology suggest that the brain cannot differentiate between an imagined action and a real one. By imagining an activity, physiological changes happen in much the same way as actually doing them. For example, neural pathways are stimulated and strengthened whether a person is racing down a slalom course or envisioning it.
Depending on which expert you ask, this neural strengthening might result in increased confidence, a belief in self and/or the ability to think outside of the box for ways to earn money or accomplish other goals. What I like about it is that it's free, portable and universally accessible – you don't have much to lose by giving it a go.
Four Ways to Use Visualization
1. Well-being and health: Visualization allows the imagination to create a sense of well-being. By relaxing and calming your mind, you can fill yourself with positive thoughts that boost your body's natural healing powers. In fact, cancer patients often integrate visualization into their treatment.
2. Sleeping better: This list of tips on getting better sleep from Zen to Fitness includes a great one for visualizing the next day:
"This takes just 10 minutes and can set things up for your next day. Try just laying down closing your eyes and focusing on your breath. Then move into visualising key points and things you want to achieve the following day or even that week, make sure your visualizations are positive and make them play out to be ideal. Of course this guarantees nothing but it certainly helps. This is a tip from one of my favourite books PshycoCybernetics."
3. Pain Management: Chronic pain sufferers can use visualization to help cope, suggests the doctor behind How to Cope With Pain. This post suggests sending your mind to a relaxing setting, such as the beach. You could also try envisioning a relaxing scene from your most recent vacation.
4. Weight Loss: Those trying to lose weight may want to try applying visualization techniques along the way. Some promote the idea of envisioning yourself at your healthy weight, suggesting that it will help reinforce the lifestyle changes you're making to reach your goal.
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Gov. Rick Perry said Friday it's "certainly possible" that he'll add legislation to fix the troubled Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to the special-session agenda. But on that and other potential additions, said he first would like to see lawmakers approaching agreement on a bill. "We're not going to be adding things to the call just […] [Read More]
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, expressing frustration that Democrats have blocked bills including anti-abortion and gun measures, said he has asked Gov. Rick Perry to include them among a laundry list of topics for a potential special session. Besides giving a fresh push to pro-gun and anti-abortion efforts, Dewhurst said he has told Perry that he […] [Read More]
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On this day — the House and Senate send a flurry of legislation to the Governor's desk as the clock winds down on the special session; meanwhile the drama surrounding the anti-groping bill continues to play out as the 'sanctuary cities' ban appears to be dead; Rick O'Donnell and the UT System come to a […] [Read More]
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On this day — the House and the Senate gear up for a showdown over TWIA; more news on Gov. Rick Perry's non-campaign-campaign for the Presidency; the 'sanctuary cities' ban may not be flying through the House as quickly as previously thought; and Nick Anderson cartoons on Perry's veto of the texting-while-driving ban. [Read More]
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Brunswick developer purchases former Navy commissary in Topsham
TOPSHAM — The town manager, planner and economic development director are praising last week's sale of a former Navy commissary to a Brunswick developer.
The Midcoast Regional Development Authority closed Nov. 15 on the sale of the building and 5.6 acres of land at the Topsham Commerce Park to JHR Development.
The sale marks the first land purchase for commercial redevelopment at the former Topsham Annex of the Brunswick Naval Air Station, according to a town press release.
"It's always a privilege to welcome a quality company, especially one, like JHR, that has shown a strong commitment to working with the community," Town Manager Cornell Knight said in the release. "The broad public support for this project was demonstrated by lopsided Town Meeting votes, both in May and September, in favor of ordinance changes that would facilitate redevelopment of the Topsham Commerce Park."
Voters authorized Community Development Block Grant applications on behalf of Maine Harvest Co. in May, and Wicked Joe Coffee Roasting Co. in September.
Maine Harvest's specialty will be lightly processing and freezing locally grown produce.
"This will have a positive impact on local farmers by creating greater value for growers by increasing product shelf life, enabling producers to increase and stabilize their income by selling in the off-season to new and existing markets," the town release said.
Wicked Joe roasts premium coffees from around the world, emphasizing on sustainable and environmentally sound manufacturing and agricultural practices, according to the town. The business sells wholesale to specialty stores and grocery chains.
A MRRA news release said the two businesses will fully lease the building, and create more than 50 new jobs.
JHR is developer of the Brunswick Station complex, including the Inn at Brunswick Station. Project Manager Mike Lyne would not disclose the purchase price of the Commissary on Wednesday.
"It has been a privilege to work with the Town of Topsham and MRRA to make this very worthwhile project a reality," JHR owner J. Hilary Rockett Jr. said in a company press release. "I am excited by the prospects of creating a food hub in Topsham and look forward to the future success of both Maine Harvest Company and Wicked Joe Coffee."
John Shattuck, Topsham's economic and community development director, said it is "very exciting to have JHR leading the redevelopment of the Commissary and, we hope, the entire commercial portion of the old Annex, formerly called
the Military Triangle.
"This project wouldn't have been possible without both JHR's vision and commitment to redeveloping this unique property and the hard work and creativity of (MRRA Executive Director) Steve Levesque and his MRRA team in putting this transaction together."
Town Planner Rich Roedner echoed those sentiments.
"It's been a pleasure to work with JHR throughout the planning and permitting process, as they've shown consistent good will and flexibility in addressing the requirements of our ordinances," he said.


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Indianapolis Colts fans must ask themselves today whether they see the glass as 15/16ths empty or 1/16th full.
The season is lost. You don't start 0-4, as the Colts stand now after their 24-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night in Tampa, and end up in the playoffs. You especially don't do it with Peyton Manning in the coaches' box and offensive and defensive linemen taking three seasons' worth of hits in one month. Right now, I'm a 15/16ths empty kind of guy.
Watching the Colts from here on out will be much like watching defensive tackle Eric Foster's ankle injury. You'll look. You'll wince. You'll make this visceral sound of empathy over the pain. Then you'll look away in search of more pleasant images.
Here's what I saw Monday night from my home a good thousand miles north of Tampa, after learning that Hank Williams Jr. had committed theme-song suicide:
I saw Colts whipping boy Curtis Painter play more than halfway respectable at quarterback. He moved the offense with a lot more vigor, urgency and control than Kerry Collins. He looked like he knew what he was doing, even if his fleeting accuracy didn't always let him finish.
Painter threw two big touchdown passes to Pierre Garcon and some well-placed passes to Reggie Wayne (one phenomenal catch illustrating the art of concentration) and Austin Collie (one great diving catch illustrating a great diving catch).
Painter is no Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay's 6-foot-6 mega-quarterback who can pass or run and never lose his cool while appearing to be the prototype for future NFL quarterbacks. He's big, strong and fearless under pressure. He threw for 287 yards and a score, and ran for a score.
But Painter played well enough. He fumbled again when hit unexpectedly (unsolicited tip to Painter: start expecting it) but later held onto the ball when Tampa Bay starting bringing what seemed like a dozen defenders through the Colts leaky offensive line.
"I like what Painter's done," ESPN analyst Jon Gruden said from the broadcast booth. "He's reading the defense, he's changing protection, he's changing patterns."
By all means, keep Painter in there. His first touchdown pass to Garcon was 87 yards, longer by a yard than Manning's career longest. Painter deserves a shot at home against the Kansas City Chiefs this week, too, even if Collins returns to the active roster.
Painter's numbers (13-of-30 passing for 281 yards, a pair of scores and a 99.4 passer rating) won't make him an adopted Manning, but it's a good start.
I saw the Colts offensive line take a major blow when left tackle Anthony Castonzo went out with an ankle injury and his replacement Ben Ijalana also got banged up. Ryan Diem was already out and Jeff Saturday was left wondering why he spent the summer saving football if this is the luck it brought him.
Colts offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen, presumably with coach Jim Caldwell's blessing, called one particularly baffling play. Faced with a third-and-one near midfield, the Colts went with a play fake and an attempted pass. That's the time you exert your testosterone and power for the first down. Tampa had no trouble with that approach.
I saw the Colts' defense, other than ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis and middle maniac linebacker Pat Angerer, play way too soft in way too many situations. I'm far from an expert at dissecting defenses, but Gruden is and it seemed as if he could not understand Colts defensive coordinator Larry Coyer's plan on embracing what looked like a game-long prevent defense.
I saw a pickup truck driving through the Colts defense. It said "Blount" on the back.
I saw Freeman engineer the game-winning drive, sacrificing his body before ultimately sending LeGarrette Blount into the heart of the Colts defense for a powerful score.
I saw the Colts secondary, and most of those times they were coming up short with their touch tackles. David Caldwell will not want to watch his almost-interception in the end zone very often. I know I don't.
Finally, I saw Foster get trapped awkwardly under another Colts player and watched as his foot appeared to be spun around backward. The official diagnosis was "dislocated ankle." The unofficial diagnosis, for those of us old enough to remember, was "Joe Theismann flashback." Foster grimaced but still showed enthusiasm in exhorting his teammates as he was carted off the field. This is a team with good chemistry, if a poor record.
Watching the Foster injury – which ESPN refrained from repeatedly showing -- made me wince, groan and look away. I'm fairly certain that sequence will be repeated on a broader scale for approximately 12 more weeks of Colts games.
This is going to be a season of baby steps for the Colts. By late this coming Sunday afternoon, if they perform well against the Chiefs, I just might see the glass as 1/8th full.


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Hi there everyone. I have a bit of a dilemma that a long internet search could not answer. I work for a place that offers pony rides to children. There's always two people per pony, one to lead and one to help the kid mount and to hold the kid while the horse is walked around a track.
The problem: We have one mare that finds this work boring and will refuse to walk or will stop at the same part of the track with the kid on her and start kicking at the sidewalker. She's learned now that this will get the kid off of her if she puts up enough of a fight. This was due to staff becoming scared and putting her away instead of working her through (Or parents yelling to get their child off the demon pony). This continued for a while with the sidewalker just dodging the kicks while the walker tried to get her to continue.
However now she's taken to kicking while at the mounting block, presumably at the sidewalker, but the child is now inadvertently put in harms way when she does this. If we do get the child on her when she's in that state of refusal, she will violently back her butt up into the perimeter fence. Any of the forms of correction we use on her are met with resistance. Being yelled at, or tugged sharply, or tapped, she will still refuse. She hates to be bullied into obeying.
A little history: She is a Palomino mare about 23 years old. We got her about two years ago when I first started working for this facility. The only history I know of her is that she was in a trailer accident before we got her and she used to be used for breeding/riding. She's always had a problem since day one with us, but we've slowly worked through some of them (kicking while picking hooves, kicking while putting a saddle on). On the track she would rarely kick at first, but exhibited that same stalling out behavior at the same part of the track. At the time a light pat on the butt got her to continue the ride. At the time we also had a more expirenced person to work with her, but she has since left. When we first introduced her to our herd, she quickly took the lead. A year ago we acquired an Arabian mare who usurped her and dropped her to the bottom of the herd. Outside of having to do work, she leads very nicely. Although she can be pushy and sometimes bitey. We've had our vet look at her multiple times for pain or back issues, but the result is always negative.
Most of the people we have working on the rides do not have previous horse experience. Even I have learned everything I know about horses in the two years I have been working here. Usually this is not an issue. We have three geldings and the Arabian mare who behave very well for newbies to work with them. Our supervisors are well aware of this pony's issues, but we are simply told to continue working with her. Hiring an experienced trainer is not an option due to money, even though that's the option I would prefer. So I have taken to researching everything I can on training techniques, watching videos, and the like. I'm basically taking this mare back to stage one to build her back up.
Solution?: I've watched many videos on pressure and release training methods. As in, put pressure on the horse until you get the result then release. I put her on the track and began walking her around with no sidewalker and no child. She put up some resistance of course, so I asked her twice to do what I asked, then made her do tight turns while going
After her butt with the lead rope (no hitting) or backing up until we peacefully walked down the track with no pressure. Basically, "I will make you do more work and make you feel uncomfortable until you do the easier thing I asked." One of the sidewalkers walked by too closely while I was working with her and the pony kicked out. I quickly turned her in circles, then released and we walked quietly down the track with no other words. When I ask her to stop, if she continues too far past me, I ask her to back up by placing my arm against her nose and pushing slightly for a step or two. When I ask her to stop at the mounting block I hold the rope out in front of her and wiggle it slightly. During the tight circles, I hold out the rope and point in the direction while I spin the rope behind her if she doesn't move right away. I'm trying to be as consistence as possible.
The next step I wanted to do was try with a sidewalker. I can do these circle corrections when she kicks again. After she relaxes with the walker, I wanted to then have the walker place a light sandbag on her. Again I can correct easily. I figure if she can peacefully walk with a sandbag, she will walk with a child.
So finally the question: Am I going about this the right way? Is this a feasible training solution? Are there any other better ways? Thanks for the help and sorry for the length! With only two years under my belt working alongside with easy ponies, I'm definitely no expert. Any advice is appreciated, especially if I have analyzed anything incorrectly. Thank you again!


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Tabi finally gets around to some visuals for what is easily my favorite of his songs. Not only is Tabi a hip-hop artist but he also directs videos and has his own clothing line and I am always interested to see how he visualizes his own material. The video show Tabi biking around LA (with a guest shot of Murs) and him looking like Clark Kent on a bike while a kid in a field pretends to be a superhero. His videos are well shot and I like the fading in between shots and the originality behind the song and visuals. A Place Called Stardom, his first mixtape, has been out for a while so grab it by clicking on its name.
Tabi hits us with his first mixtape which features one of my favorite songs of his called "Nuthin But A Hero" and also contains the quote which the tape name is based on.
Grab the tracklist of previously released and unreleased material below the break.
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I am going to make up for missing "Killer People" on Friday by being one of the first to post "Bonafide". "Bonafide" sounds more finished than "Killer People" and seems like it would be more appealing to the general public. It isn't bad it just sounds a lower quality with the mix (which is probably a leak anyways) and also the trippier vocals on the chorus. A Place Called Stardom will supposedly be out today and is the first mixtape ever from Tabi so look keep looking out for it. "Bonafide" was premiered by Prefix and only has the soundcloud with no download available for now but you can grab "Killer People" below the break.
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category: Car and Driving
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I've had the same battery in my car since I bought it, so I knew that some day soon my luck would run out. Well, last month it did! I walked outside to go to work one morning, and my car wouldn't start. I had never placed a call before, so I didn't know what to expect. I called AAA for...
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Home of the third oldest operating roller coaster in the country, Seabreeze is a family-friendly park offering more than 70 attractions, which include thrilling rides, classic family rides and fun kiddie rides, too. That's where we started our day: the little swings, cars, tea cups and...
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Event Details: Save the Children Information Session
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Malem sets the tone as Stags breed confidence
Posted: February 12, 2013|
Dan Malem's points proved the difference for Huntingdon as they won 12-10 at Wellingborough in Midlands 2E (S).
The conditions were not conducive to running rugby, but Stags started brightly and were up inside 10 minutes when quick ruck ball was finished off by Tad Chapman in the corner.
Malem intercepted an inside ball from his opposite number and cantered in from 40m. He also added the conversion. Welling¬borough reduced the arrears with a converted try before half time and moved to within two points at the start of the second half, but that was the only score after the break.
"A 12-10 away win at Wellingborough, would I have taken that? Of course I would have," said coach Damien Whales.
"We are playing with confidence, self-belief and maybe a hint of arrogance and even though we are not quite at 100 per cent, we are still winning.
"We are still top of the league and have every right to feel like this as success breeds success."
Lewis Hall, Luke Warburton and Rob Turner touched down two tries apiece as St Neots defeated Aylestone Athletic 54-5 in Midlands 4E (S).
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The next two tries were individual efforts as Dan Glover dummied on halfway to run in from 50m and the returning Warburton stole the ball deep in his own half and raced clear out wide before cutting back inside to touch down. Woodgate ran in from 40m before Warburton got a second and Turner added two more.
Howcroft said "It is always nice to get a big win against a side that has had some good results this season.
"We played some outstanding, team-orientated rugby and I thought our back-line were particularly effective, which is what my forwards want to see as a result of their hard work."


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Dissonance in Music
To the Editor:
Samuel Lipman's adieu to Rosina Lhevinne ["Confessions of a Prodigy," May] pictures her in 1965, in her eighties, listening in "rapt attention" as a student plays the Opus 119 Klavierstücke of Brahms. When the student is finished, and Rosina finally speaks, it is to say "Listen to the dissonances!" Mr. Lipman at first wonders "What dissonances?" And he continues: "Then I realized: the pieces had appeared in 1892, when she was twelve years old. Those were her dissonances, and for me to have lived and played in her world, I would have had to hear them as mine. That I could not, I suppose, meant that at long last I was on my own."
Allow me simply to suggest that the dissonances belonged not to Rosina Lhevinne, not to 1892, but rather to Brahms, to Opus 119, and to all listeners—and performers—who can respond to the music.
Robert K. Wallace
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky
Samuel Lipman writes:
For Robert K. Wallace—the authorized biographer of Rosina Lhevinne—both history and experience would seem to be irrelevant. Brahms is graven in stone, as is Mme. Lhevinne; the teacher's remarks no less than the composer's music are givens, to be experienced and worshipped unchangingly through the centuries. Notwithstanding the comfort such a position no doubt brings its holders, times change, and with the change come altered perceptions of both artistic content and styles. One period's dissonance may be another's consonance; the conventions of yesterday are often the peculiarities of today. To deny the role of flux in aesthetics bespeaks a lucky innocence, a state of affairs which the uncharitable might even call naiveté.


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Can someone help me complete the last co-op mission on easy? Why the hell they don't patch in a chat system is beyond me.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) announced today that senior management is scheduled to present at the 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 12, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time).
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Michigan Political Leader Sentenced to Prison
Posted: 09/13/2007 - The former chairman of Michigan Young Republicans was convicted of a sexual assault on a woman in Cleveland.
Posted: 09/13/2007 - The former chairman of Michigan Young Republicans was convicted of a sexual assault on a woman in Cleveland.
Posted: 09/13/2007 - GM is now a potential strike target as contract talks continue.
Updated: 09/13/2007 - The Governor talked to high school students across the state, telling them of a state scholarship to attend school in Michigan.
Posted: 09/13/2007 - Areas hard hit by tornadoes weren't hit had enough to qualify for state aid.
Posted: 09/13/2007 - Body parts found in trash can.
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Updated: 09/13/2007 - Your sales and income taxes could go up to fill the budget deficit.
Updated: 09/13/2007 - A Lansing teen visiting her father in Libya has been told she can't leave.
Updated: 09/12/2007 - One Michigan lawmaker says districts should have the option to arm their teachers.
Updated: 09/12/2007 - An electrical current is the latest weapon one Mid-Michigan hospital is using in the fight against cancer.
Updated: 09/12/2007 - Dog was swept off a pier into the waves.
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Posted: 09/12/2007 - Budget needs to be in place several days before deadline in order to make payments.
Updated: 09/12/2007 - MSU Board of Trustees gives its vote of approval.
Updated: 09/12/2007 - But the former husband of murdered professor Carolyn Kronenberg says he's still comfortable with the jury's verdict.
Updated: 09/11/2007 - All over Mid-Michigan, communities take the time to remember September 11th.
Posted: 09/11/2007 - Senator Stabenow has passed on the $4,200 given by a Democratic fundraiser accused of violating election laws.
Posted: 09/11/2007 - BWL says dam inspections are complete.
Updated: 09/11/2007 - Republicans are looking for cuts, but some admit more revenue is needed.
Updated: 09/11/2007 - Students across Mid-Michigan are bringing home $1 million checks.
Updated: 09/11/2007 - The city of Lansing is moving toward taking out a loan to pay for the surveillance cameras.


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Dec. 7, 2010
Lobo TV: Senior Video
Complete AVCA All-Region Teams
One of the benefits of three straight winning seasons and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances is honors. Today, the Lobos picked up three pretty big honors as Lisa Meeter and Jade Michaelsen were named to the 14-person All-West Region team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, and Taylor Hadfield earned honorable mention honors. Only nationally ranked Hawai'i, which also had three players on the squad, equaled New Mexico's three honorees on the All-West team.
For Meeter, the honor is one in a host she has received this season. Meeter was a three-time Mountain West Conference Player of the Week, and she also was named to the All-MWC team. Meeter during the season became the third Lobo, and the third player in Mountain West history to record 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs, and 100 career aces. Meeter also earned Collegiate Volleyball Update's National Player of the Week after her performance in UNM's sweep of #13 Colorado State in November.
"I fell very honored to be named on this team," said Meeter. "I can't thank enough the coaching staff and team for believing in me and being there 100% of the time. Without them awards like this aren't possible."
Meeter added, "I just want to give them credit for all the amazing things that happened this year."
Some of those amazing things including a Mountain West era record 12-conference wins and a second place finish, a third straight 20-win season, and of course a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Most of Meeter's 1,161 career kills came from her four-year teammate Michaelsen, who became the first Lobo to break the 4,000-career assist mark with 4,174. Michaelsen was the conference's Setter of the Year and an All-MWC selection, as well as a semifinalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS award. In true setter fashion, Michaelsen gave a big assist to her coaches and teammates.
"It's an honor to be placed with such elite players but mainly I attribute that to all my teammates," she said. "I can't set well enough unless I received great passes and I can't get assist unless ball is put down, so this is a tribute to teammates and coaches who helped make me what I am. I'm also extremely proud of Lisa and Taylor for their honors as well."
Hadfield, who was a repeat All-MWC selection this year, was one of five players to be named Honorable Mention. On a team full of big hitters, it was Hadfield who consistently ranked among the conference's elite in kills and attack percentage, and she led the club with a .279 hitting mark.
Said Hadfield, "I'm super excited about (the honor) but I really have team to think for it. They, and our coaches, have helped me improve game so much over the last four years." Hadfield added, "I'm really proud of Jade and Lisa as well, they deserve the recognition. It really is a team effort, because without our success it would be hard to get these awards."
The triumvirate was three of six Mountain West Conference student-athletes on the All-West team. Colorado State's Megan Plourde and Danielle Minch were also All-West, and Utah's Karolina Bartkowiak was honorable mention. All three Lobos will now have a chance to advance to the national ballot for AVCA All-America honors.


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Hull thrashed Birmingham 5-2 to climb back into an automatic promotion place in the npower Championship.
George Boyd and Mohamed Gedo both scored twice for the Tigers with Robert Koren also weighing in with a goal for Steve Bruce's side as they bounced back from last weekend's 4-1 defeat by Bolton in style.
Hull were two goals to the good after just 11 minutes with Boyd scoring after just 46 seconds and Gedo firing home from 12 yards in a blistering start.
Boyd added his second just before the half-hour mark as Hull secured a three-goal cushion before Koren struck after the break with Gedo beating Jack Butland again in the 76th minute.
Peter Lovenkrands and Christopher Burke scored late goals for Birmingham but it was never going to be enough, as Hull made the most of Watford's 1-1 draw against Wolves on Friday night to leapfrog them and move back into second place.
Leaders Cardiff saw their margin at the top cut to five points following Hull's win and their 2-1 defeat by Middlesbrough.
Kieron Dyer's first league goal since 2007 helped Boro spring a surprise on Malky Mackay's side when he put the hosts ahead before debutant Sammy Ameobi doubled their advantage.
Aron Gunnarsson's seventh goal of the campaign reduced the deficit after the break but there was no way back for Cardiff.
Brighton continued their own promotion push with a comfortable 4-1 win over Huddersfield.
Leonardo Ulloa grabbed a sparkling hat-trick before David Lopez wrapped up Brighton's third straight win from the penalty spot.
James Vaughan had levelled the score at half-time but Brighton were too strong, with their Argentinian striker seemingly unstoppable.
Leicester slipped up in their promotion bid as they lost 1-0 to Ipswich.
Substitute David McGoldrick claimed an 85th-minute winner for Mick McCarthy's side to leave Leicester four points adrift of fourth-placed Crystal Palace.
Nottingham Forest's unbeaten start to manager Billy Davies' second reign stretched to four games after an impressive 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday.
Forest were in control for much of the game and Radoslaw Majewski's 27th-minute goal did the damage, with the midfielder applying the simple finish after a fine run by Simon Cox.
Blackburn were blown away by a first-half Dwight Gayle hat-trick before Peterborough withstood a second-half fightback to climb off the bottom of the table with a 3-2 win at Ewood Park.
Gayle completed his hat-trick in the 27th minute before Jordan Rhodes and on-loan Wigan midfielder David Jones fired a stoppage-time score.
Leeds completed a 1-0 win over Millwall at Elland Road thanks to Stephen Warnock's penalty after Ross McCormack saw his earlier shot saved from the spot.
The win leaves Neil Warnock's side six points adrift of Brighton.
Meanwhile, Craig Dawson struck the decisive goal for Bolton in the 3-2 win over Barnsley as they stepped up their play-off push by extending their unbeaten run to six matches.
David Ngog and Jay Spearing scored for Bolton before Tomasz Cywka and Chris O'Grady levelled the scores. Dawson then fired the winner in the 59th minute.
Elsewhere, Burnley beat Charlton 1-0 thanks to Charlie Austin's first-half goal while Blackpool drew 0-0 against Bristol City.
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Jenson Button starts his fifteenth season as a grand prix driver when he climbs into his McLaren for the start of the first free practice session of the Australian Grand Prix weekend, and is adamant he will return to the top step of the podium this year.
Speaking to media on the eve of the season opener in Melbourne, Button said, "There were two teams that were really fast in testing – and we weren't one of them. But we have brought upgrades to Australia that hopefully will take us close to the front. We are definitely expecting to win races this year."
Button endured a well below par season in 2013, one fo the worst in McLaren's illustrious history and the 2009 World Champion admits that a repeat of last year will not go down well.
"I would be very disappointed if we find out we are in the same situation as last year. There is a much better feeling in the team and the car itself feels like a pretty good race car, so things look promising."
"Whether we are quick enough to win here [in Melbourne] I don't know," added Button who has twice won the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. (GP247)


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The press' snide comments about Wolfe's supposed undoing have died down over the months since McDermott received the NBA, but the manufactured controversy has made her reflect on the shallow way in which literature is considered by the mass media. During a recent stop in St. Louis for a tour promoting the paperback edition of Charming Billy, McDermott emphasizes, "I assure you that I didn't think about Tom Wolfe once during the three years it took me to write my book, and I'm positive that he didn't think about me in the 13 years it took to write his."
She's pleased to find that, at readings now, she's being asked not about the vanquishing of Tom Wolfe but instead about Charming Billy. One group of readers has been especially interested. "I've met a lot of older men who come to readings -- a sort of whole new set of readers for me, that World War II generation -- they almost always ask, 'How did you know so much about a generation you're not a part of?' And not so much the details of that history but the emotions of their generation."
Charming Billy is the story of sad, lovable Billy Lynch, who drinks himself to death. The novel begins at Billy's wake with stories told about him. As his tireless, grieving widow sits barely out of earshot, clusters of family and friends discuss another woman, the Irish beauty Billy fell in love with one magical summer on Long Island after the war, and how, after she'd returned home, he saved and sent money for her to come back to America and marry. But like a tale told in an Irish ballad, this was not to be; Billy learned from his best friend, Dennis, that the girl had died.
It's a story told to explain the tragedy of a life, how one so sweet and loved and capable could lose himself to drink.
It's also a lie, and through the revelation of that lie McDermott enters into the sensibility of a generation of Irish-Americans who would make up such a lie and live it as truth. McDermott explores the emotional need for the lie and for the stories created to make sense of Billy's life.
McDermott is herself a baby boomer, daughter of the generation she writes about in Charming Billy. "All my life I have been in the company of men of that generation in one way or the other: father, uncles, fathers of friends, professors, teachers, priests -- that's the male generation that preceded mine. I realized I could fill volumes with World War II anecdotes that I've only overheard, or heard related through my friends talking about their parents."
As a novelist, the knowledge she has of that generation is of less importance than what she doesn't know: the shadows and silences that have provided the spark for the fiction. "There's a great benefit in having that shadow, so you enter the fiction and discover things through the fiction rather than knowing it so perfectly and then bringing it to the fiction. I wasn't aware of how much I knew and understood that generation until I was made to think about how I did know and understand that generation. It's that shadow that makes it intriguing for fiction. I couldn't write about things that I've actually lived. I couldn't write honestly about anything I've actually experienced."
McDermott agrees with a dictum of the novelist John Irving's: "Just because it happened to you is the worst reason to write about it."
"That's part of my dissatisfaction with memoir," she concurs. "It bores me. So what, it happened to you. Fiction does other things with experience. But at least for a certain kind of fiction -- mine included, where language is primary -- if you're writing through your first language, you've acquired that language through experience, not through research. So even the means, the tools, the use of language is based on your experience of life."
This may explain why on reading Charming Billy there is often a soft Irish lilt present in the speech, remnants of McDermott's first language of experience. Through the voice of the narrator, McDermott says, she is trying to create the effect of a story told. "One thing I did want in the book was the sense of a story told in a conversational, storytelling tone; a sense of a retold story, twice told, three times told. I wanted there to be the kinds of asides that language has, occasional bits of self-awareness."
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What has the girls abuzz?
Why, it's a buzzer, of course. Duh. And it's also the subject of our first superlative:
Most Likely To Be Used as a Sex Toy –
Just to reiterate: it's the buzzer, not Steve (although, you could do much worse in either case). The immediate joke came from Arian, who asked, "Where are you gonna put that?" when Steve told the girls he'd be buzzing them whenever they messed up on their dates. It was so obvious that Taylor reiterated it when she came back in the house (she was still at the hospital during this dating challenge…thing).
When notified of the challenge, Taylor asked, "Did you slide it over your vajayjay?" What was previously implied was made explicit, thanks to Taylor. And that is why we love her.
Second Most Likely To Be Used as a Sex Toy –
This guy.
Most Likely To Hide the Can Opener – Jody
When the episode opened and Taylor had just left the house because she was feeling sick or whatever, Jody seemed particularly glad. She made it clear that she wouldn't be hanging around feeding Taylor chicken soup upon her homecoming.
Least Likley to Launch a Career as This Decade's Answer To Susan Powter – Jessa
Before she could work out, Jessa got all worked up. She argued with Stasha about Stasha's prescribed "boot camp," saying that she might throw up after an intense workout. She also cried when she found out they'd be working out as part of a challenge. "You don't understand, like, I can't do anything," she moaned. Heed the words of infomercial master Tony Little: you can do it!
Most Likely To Lift Up her Band-Aid To Give You A Good Look at Her Scabs – Arian
She's been hurt so she has trust issues and she tends to push guys away after dating them for two weeks…that's if she hasn't already pushed them away by airing her dirty laundry within minutes of meeting them, as she did here, in a discussion with her trainer.
Most Likely To Be At One With Drafts – Stasha
Defending her right to bare breasts, Stasha explained that she comes from a long line of nudists: "My parents are nudists and so is my aunts and uncles and everybody that I know." You wonder how it took this long for her to make it on reality TV.
Least Likely To Be Friends, Part 2 - Stasha
"You don't have to be my friend after this journey," she interviewed on naysayers like Jody who weren't so into the boobs-out thing. Again, you wonder how it took this long for her to make it on reality TV.
Most Likely to Stay Holed up on the Weekend - Jessa
She outed herself has a Halo enthusiast. Luckily, that was a major score for her date, who's also into the video game…
Staying holed up is fine as long as you're doing it with someone! For her confidence, Jessa also gets the distinction of being this week's Most Improved. We'd give it to Abiola but she seems pretty much on her way to relationship perfection anyway.
Most Likley To Say "No, No, No" to Rehab – Taylor
Just call her "Amy Whine-house."
Most Likely To Renege on the Whole Tough Love Thing - Steve
"Give me a hug," he told Jody after meeting with her about her relationship problems. That seems more like love-love than tough love, but whatever. He's the expert.
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I'm so happy for her!! She was adopted last week after being there for almost a year. Here is what the humane society posted last week on their facebook page (along with the pic of her sticking her tongue out.. ;-) )
"Ok! Everyone, are you ready! MURIEL goes home! Long time resident, boss of all -young and old- has got herself a home of her very own. I'm thinking that secretly she is going to miss all of us. We will miss you Muriel and wish you the very best."
I'm so happy for her!!!! She was adopted from Petsmart by a lady who I guess always comes there to spoil the kitties who are up for adoption, and she fell in love with Muri.
And Stewie and Tucker's mom (previously Artie and Wiley) posted this picture of Stewie on Facebook...
LOL!!!!! That belly! Remember Artie is Muriel's son. He will be turning one this month! He always was the chunkiest of that litter... ;-)
So (finally) all of my past foster kitties have found loving homes. SCORE!
And what that means to me??.... I think I need another mama cat! :-D :-D :-D
Stay tuned!
Monday, March 4, 2013
Muriel was adopted!
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This is wonderful - so glad - can't wait for new adventures. Me thinks though that Artie is overeating just a bit lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM
Yay for forever homes!ReplyDelete
Am staying tuned, too.
Thank you for this blog! I just got my first pregnant foster kitty and am anxiously awaiting the kittens and this gave me a glimpse of what to expect! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Muriel's photo caught my eye on a google search, because she bears a striking resemblance to our dearly departed Zippy (1997-2011), and the photos elsewhere of Muriel with her kittens really touched my heart, as Zippy was spayed and never had kittens. Glad that Muriel has a loving new home!ReplyDelete
Hey keep posting such good and meaningful articles.ReplyDelete
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Friday Feedback: Illegal immigration is the enemy of all workers, regardless of color. An open border and an endlessly enlarging pool of labor brings the value of all labor down. One of the many problems facing the state of California is the LOW WAGES enforced here by an open border. Supply and demand always works in the labor market. Increase the supply and the demand lowers.
Righting the Moral Wrongs of Immigration Reform
David A. Love: The Tea Party movement, a twenty-first-century incarnation of the angry white mob—with corporate backing no less—exploits the fear of the foreigner. They and their cohorts in the anti-immigrant movement stoke the fires of hatred and resentment, among a population hit by recession and searching for the enemy.


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EcuTek are proud to announce the release of RaceROM Phase 2 for 370Z. It's been two years since the initial release of our 370Z software and there has been a huge amount of work put in by the development and testing team to create a class leading product in our latest RaceROM Phase 2 release.
EcuTek design and produce comprehensive ECU tuning, programming and diagnostics software, primarily for Subaru, Mitsubishi, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles. EcuTek's tuning software allows a true and clean recalibration of a vehicle's standard engine management system, providing the most effective way to tune modern vehicles. Some of the largest names in the tuning industry choose EcuTek.