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Rome Notes: Egging On the Pope; a Rococo Rarity
Artist Natalia Tsarkova's Creative Gift
By Elizabeth Lev
ROME, JULY 23, 2004 (Zenit) - As one can well imagine, the Holy Father receives numerous gifts throughout the year, everything from baseball caps to antique manuscripts. The Swiss Guards even speak of an elderly woman who brought the Pope a home-cooked meal every day. So when his birthday rolls around, one really has to ask, what do you give the man who has everything?
Artist Natalia Tsarkova came up with an innovative answer to this dilemma. This young, highly talented Russian painter who has already executed the official portraits of John Paul I and John Paul II, as well as several other works for the Holy See, decided to offer the Pope another painting, but this time not on a panel or canvas, but on an egg -- a foot-high painted wooden egg.
Tsarkova delivered the egg to the Holy Father on June 20, a month after the Pope's birth date of May 18, in a private audience.
I went to Tsarkova's tiny studio above the noisy, bustling Piazza Barberini where artists such as Bernini, Borromini and Pietro da Cortona would have been spotted 400 years ago, to ask her about it.
Tsarkova said the idea of the egg had been percolating for about two years. "I was thinking about how I could do something special for this Pope who has been so good to me," she said. "I wanted to make something unique for him."
She hit upon the idea of an egg. "The egg is a symbol of life, creation and resurrection," she explained. But in Tsarkova's case, the symbolism was more personal. "I am Russian and Russia is famous for its beautiful, jeweled eggs designed by Faberg�," she said. "I wanted to create an artistic link between Eastern and Western Europe."
Tsarkova showed me photographs of her egg, which is covered with scenes from the life of the Pope, as well as portraits of the people who are closest to him and paintings that she has executed for the Holy See. The events of 2004 were particularly emphasized. Tsarkova, who is Russian Orthodox, sees 2004 as a special year, as Easter fell on the same date in both the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.
Above the miniature replica of Tsarkova's painting of the "Last Supper" she pointed out two entwined branches. "One is the olive, symbol of Catholic Easter. The other, flecked with tiny yellow flowers, is pussy willow, the first tree to blossom in the spring and the symbol of Orthodox Easter," she explained.
The symbolism of nature is present throughout the work. Poppies freckle the space under the "Last Supper" to represent the drops of blood Christ shed for mankind. Sheep are arrayed next to the image of St. Peter's Square as a reminder of Jesus' words to St. Peter, written in both Greek and Latin over the apse of St. Peter's Basilica, "Feed my sheep and lambs."
Cardinals Edmund Szoka, Angelo Sodano and Paul Poupard figure in the work, as do Archbishop Piero Marini, papal master of ceremonies, and Archbishop James Harvey, prefect of the Pontifical Household. A special place is reserved for John Paul II's personal secretary and dear friend Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, who is borne through the air to the Pope by an angel. Tsarkova smiled warmly as she showed me that detail. "He was sent by the Pope's guardian angel," she explained, "to protect and watch over the Holy Father."
The petite, blond artist herself is portrayed swathed in black, kneeling as she presents her paintings to John Paul II.
What did the Pope think of it? "He looked at it for a long time, smiling at some of the details and studying some parts very intently," she answered. He was particularly surprised and pleased by one detail. "There are baby angels in many parts of the work, but I put one sitting behind the Holy Father writing in a book," Tsarkova said. The title of the book? "Arise, Let Us Be Going!" which was released this year on the Pope's birthday.
At the moment, this beautiful gift sits in the Pope's apartments. Someday it will likely join Tsarkova's other works in the Vatican Museums.
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A Monument to the Other Mary
Speaking of eggs, today is the feast of Mary Magdalene.
A little-known legend has it that Mary Magdalene spent several years in Rome and actually met Emperor Tiberius. She proclaimed to him about Christ's resurrection, showing him an egg as a symbol of new life with the words: "Christ is Risen!" Tiberias scoffed that it was impossible to rise from the dead, any more than the egg in her hand could turn red. The egg immediately turned scarlet.
According to some, such would be the origin of coloring Easter eggs.
Despite her great importance both as "apostle to the apostles" and in the history of art, surprisingly little is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene in Rome, with one noteworthy exception. ...
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WORCESTER, Mass., April 25, 2012 – Sam's Club is contributing $20,000 to the Worcester County Food Bank to help eradicate hunger in the community, along with making a long-term commitment to provide food donations to the service organization.
Relocating next month in Worcester, Sam's Club will serve the community at 35 Tobias Boland Way between I-90 and I-290, making regular product donations to the Worcester County Food Bank as part of a nationwide collaboration between Sam's Club and Feeding America. Sam's Club has donated more than 13 million pounds of food nationwide to Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger-relief charity.
Sam's Club celebrates its relocation in Worcester with a special Grand Opening Celebration at 8 a.m., Thursday, May 3. The Worcester Food Bank will receive special recognition during the ceremony.
"The Worcester County Food Bank is an extremely important organization in the eyes and hearts of our associates, and we are humbled to contribute to this organization in a meaningful way," said Worcester Sam's Club Manager David Bennett.
The Worcester County Food Bank, established in 1982, collects, inspects, and stores donated food and grocery product and distributes it through a network of 150 partner agencies to help feed hungry people living in 60 cities and towns in Central Massachusetts. The Food Bank serves as an advocate for agencies providing hunger-relief services. The Food Bank also offers resources such as nutrition education and safe food handling and maintenance information.
"Each day, the Worcester County Food Bank community comes together to provide help and hope to our neighbors during their time of economic and emotional hardship," said Jean McMurray, executive director, Worcester County Food Bank. "We are grateful to Sam's Club for their very generous support as part of our community that cares about ending hunger."
Sam's Club is also donating 100 trees to the Worcester Tree Initiative, a collaborative effort to "rebuild Worcester's urban forest." The Worcester Tree Initiative was initiated in 2009 following a devastating Asian beetle infestation, with the intent of planting 30,000 trees in Worcester and surrounding towns in the next five years.
The Worcester Tree Initiative regularly hosts "tree giveaways" in which residents are encouraged to come out, get a free tree, and learn how to properly plant and care for the tree. Tentatively scheduled for early June, Sam's Club will host a tree giveaway donating 100 trees to Worcester residents.
Additionally, Worcester Sam's Club associates have selected several local organizations to receive a total of $10,000 in grants from the Walmart Foundation. Grant recipients include: Children's Hospital Boston, South High School, Vernon Hill School, and the Worcester Fire Department.
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Libyas Gaddafi: Is there method in the madness?
Gregg Reese | 3/16/2011, 5 p.m.
On Saturday, March 12, an American naval battle group anchored around the aircraft carrier Enterprise gathered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of civil-war-torn Libya, ready to provide either humanitarian aid or military intervention as the drama in that polarizing nation unfolds.
This staging of military force is reminiscent of another assembly that occurred in the same region on a March day in 1986 as the United States faced off against Muammar Gaddafi (alternately spelled Gadhafi, Khaddafy, or Kaddafi, etc.) who at 41 years in office is the longest ruling non-royal head of state.
By virtue of his garish wardrobe, his act of granting asylum to notorious Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, his elite force of 40 virgin bodyguards (known unofficially as the Amazonian Guard), his voluptuous blonde Ukrainian nurse, his provocative proclamations, rumors of his complicity in terrorist violence, his verbal provocations to the West and overall eccentricity, he has never remained out of the media spotlight.
Gaddafi first came to power when he and a cadre of junior officers overthrew King Idris I in 1969. In staging this coup, they emulated Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egyptian Revolution of 1952, which is viewed as a pivotal point in both Arab history and Third World politics because it inspired the subsequent overthrow of several governments in the Middle East. Gaddafi quickly adopted a policy of opposition to the West, and to America especially, earning the enmity of no less than President Ronald Reagan, who dubbed him "the mad dog of the Middle East." Throughout his reign, questions have been raised about his sanity, but he is undoubtedly a wily manipulator and a master of political presentation, alternately adopting the causes of Pan-Africanism, Pan-Arabism, and pro-socialism, as the needs fit the situation to achieve his own ends.
Islamic socialism
The production of oil in the 1960s transformed this traditionally impoverished nation into one of the most affluent in the region, and Gaddafi used this jackpot to finance such radical military outfits as the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and any group considered oppositional to imperialism. He also earned American loathing, because of his suspected culpability in a rash of 1981 terrorist bombings in France and Italy.
Allegations of Libyan involvement in a series of airport firefights and hijackings spurred the U.S. deployment of warships off Libya's coast, leading to a series of armed engagements between aircraft and ships from both forces on March 23, 1986. Libya suffered the loss of several vessels and dozens of personnel. Additionally, on April 5, a 2-kilogram bomb exploded in "La Belle," a West Berlin discotheque frequented by off-duty African American servicemen, which prompted a U.S. airstrike in which several Libyans died and one American aircraft was shot down.
In the years following, a number international incidents further strained international relations, especially the 1989 detonation of a bomb on a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all its passengers and crew, along with 11 townspeople hit by debris as the plane plunged to the earth. The bomb contained Semtex, a Czechoslovakia-manufactured plastic explosive heavily exported to Libya, raising suspicions that Gaddafi was behind the attacks, although the Libyan government has always denied responsibility.


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Palazzo della Torre has a particular structure and aromatic qualities, combined with an elegant and harmonious personality. A complex wine with pleasant raisined nuances and a lengthy, lingering finish. This wine has an aging potential of 8-10 years.
It pairs well with a wide range of Italian cuisine, such as pasta and risottos made with full-flavoured, spicy sauces and white and red meats, roasted or grilled. Also perfect with cold cuts and mediummatured cheeses.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Phoenix Coyotes will play in front of a rare full house tonight at Jobing.com Arena. Too bad they can't say the same thing about their roster.
Goalie Mike Smith and centers Boyd Gordon and Martin Hanzal remain out of the lineup as the Coyotes face the red-hot, defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins before a standing-room-only crowd that's expected to carry a northeastern accent.
Smith is back on the ice but has not taken part in practice since suffering a groin injury a week ago in Florida. Backup Jason LaBarbera, who has given up 10 goals on 76 shots in the three starts he's made in Smith's absence, will make a fourth straight start and face the Bruins for the first time in his eight-year NHL career.
Gordon (lower body) was placed on injured reserve as the Coyotes recalled 2011 Hobey Baker Award winner Andy Miele from Portland of the American Hockey League. Miele is expected to play in his sixth NHL game. Hanzal hasn't been seen since taking a David Backes stick to the head on Saturday night; he's out with an upper body injury.
The Coyotes will also be without veteran defenseman Adrian Aucoin, who will miss his fifth straight game with a lower-body injury. Aucoin took part in the optional skate Wednesday morning and was expected to dress, but was a late scratch. Derek Morris will play in his stead.
Tuukka Rask, who comes into the game with back-to-back shutouts and a 152-minute shutout streak, will make his third straight start as the Bruins go for their seventh straight win. Boston has won nine of its last 10 road games.


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Comparison Between Pioglitazone and SES With type2 DM
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Drug-eluting stents have been shown to decrease restenosis, but were associated with an increased rate of death, as compared with bare-metal stents. Recently, thiazolidinediones effectively reduced restenosis and the risk of repeat target vessel revascularization. We conducted a study to compare the performance of a drug-eluting stent with that of a bare-metal stent with pioglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetic mellitus.
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Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
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|Comparison of Bare Metal Stent With Pioglitazone Versus Sirolimus-Eluting Stent for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
- The primary angiographic end point is in-stent luminal late loss, as determined by quantitative angiography. [ Time Frame: Within 12minths after the procedure ]
- Secondary end points include the percentage of in-stent stenosis of luminal diameter, the rate of restenosis. [ Time Frame: 6 months after procedure ]
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|June 2007
The study is a prospective cohort trial involving 38 type 2 diabetic patients referred for coronary stenting who were assigned to either the sirolimus-eluting stent group or the pioglitazone group. Quantitative coronary angiography will be performed at study entry and at six months follow-up to evaluate in-stent late luminal loss and the percentage of the luminal diameter and the rate of restenosis. We also analyze major adverse cardiac events at 12 months.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had received coronary stenting were eligible for the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- spastic angina pectoris
- congestive heart failure
- hepatic dysfunction
- chronic renal disease
- recent stroke
- impaired glucose tolerance
- insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
- familial hypercholesterolemia
- thyroid dysfunction
- adrenal dysfunction
- an intolerance of aspirin, ticlopidine, heparin, pioglitazone, stainless steel, or contrast material.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00482183
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|Youichi Kobayashi, Professor
|Showa University
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|Study First Received:
|June 4, 2007
|Last Updated:
|June 4, 2007
|Health Authority:
|Japan: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Showa University:
Bare metal stent
Major adverse cardiac events
Sirolimus eluting stent
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Disease
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Myocardial Ischemia
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Heart Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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Simple Yahoo! News Reader
My last few blogs have been on using web services in Swing. This time I've created a simple Yahoo! News RSS reader JavaBean you can use in your own apps. And yes, this time I went all the way and wrote a JNLP. But beware, it is only running on 1.6 for now. I didn't even know I was developing on 1.6 until I tested the deploy, and now I'm headed out on vacation.
Here's a screenshot, for those you can't or won't run the demo:
It is a very ugly demo. Again, vacation and all that. But, here's basically what it does. You enter the name of the feed you'd like to see in the combo box on the top. Or you can pick one of the predefined ones, its up to you. Then click the "Refresh" button. On a background thread (there ya go, vtech!) I get the feed results, parse them, and then back on the UI thread I load them into the JTextArea. The results are raw output from the ROME RSS reader which I use to do all the heavy lifting.
The point here isn't to show off some slick looking application -- its the work that went into creating it. Or the lack thereof. Read the source code yourself. You can also download the sources and rebuild the project (but good luck getting it to load up in NetBeans. Sorry no time to make it pretty, vacation calls).
For the impatient, here's the source code boiled down. First, I created a YahooNews bean (well, after creating the UI). I then created a BackgroundWorker bean called "worker". I then filled in the BackgroundWorker's event handlers, and wrote an action listener for the "Refresh" button. Here's all the magic:
private void workerStarted(org.jdesktop.swingx.event.BackgroundEvent evt) {
private void workerProcess(org.jdesktop.swingx.event.BackgroundEvent evt) {
textArea.setText("" + evt.getData()[0]);
private void workerDone(org.jdesktop.swingx.event.BackgroundEvent evt) {
private void workerDoInBackground(org.jdesktop.swingx.event.BackgroundEvent evt) {
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JOptionPane.showInternalMessageDialog(this, e, "Failed to show feed", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
private void executeButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
yahooNews.setFeedName("" + feedNameBox.getSelectedItem());
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Gail from Clay and Limestone is on the left and Frances (our surprise guest) of Faire Garden is on the right. No that's not Gail's baby, she's holding my almost 9 month old daughter.
Here is a shot of DP of Square Foot gardening in Nashville looking intently into the conversation.
Here is Tina of In the Garden, the instigator of the meeting!
Have you ever met Mother Nature? She walked into the restaurant and and had dinner with us!
Here's Frances again with my wife and daughter, who was bouncing around. Tina brought these very nice garden plaques for each of us. I had a good time and hope to meet with you all again. I also want to thank Gail, Frances, and Tina for the plants!
The Thrifty Garden Tips will continue next Thursday. I was unable to get the post finished since I spent most of my day working on the patio. The end of that project is in sight!


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The Impossible Knife of Memory, Laurie Halse Anderson's latest teen novel, tells the story of Hayley Kincain and her father. Hayley's mother died when she was a baby, and ever since it's just been Hayley and her dad. When Hayley's father returns from war with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, her life gets turned upside down. In order to deal with the memories that haunt him, he becomes a truck driver, driving all over the country trying to outrun his memories. After years of homeschooling Hayley on the road, he decides they should move back to his hometown. Since they set out on the road years before, Hayley has had to be the responsible one, taking care of herself and her father. She hopes that moving home will mean that their life will settle down. Her father isn't getting better at home either. He continues to self-medicate his PTSD with drugs and alcohol, forcing Hayley to run the house and keep her teachers and friends from noticing.
At school, Hayley struggles to deal with her zombie-like classmates and teachers who don't accept her unorthodox education. Her only friend is Gracie, a friend from elementary school who barely remembers her. Finn, another classmate, has made it his mission to get Hayley to write for the school newspaper in order to become closer to her. As she begins to fall for Finn, her father takes a turn for the worse and her life falls to pieces.
Much like Anderson's earlier novel Speak, The Impossible Knife of Memory deals with many heavy themes. Hayley's distinct voice and vibrant personality make her a character readers will identify with and remember long after they finish the book.
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The Kings County District Attorney's office investigation into mortgage fraud may not have hit your home, but it may have hit your neighbors'.
Prosecutors said that homes in East Flatbush and Canarsie were among seven addresses at the heart of over a half−dozen indictments filed by the D.A.'s new Mortgage Fraud and Real Estate Crimes Unit.
Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes hailed the success of the unit Monday with Brooklyn U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, who had secured the $875,000 in funding to create the new unit.
"This Mortgage Fraud and Real Estate Crimes Unit at the Brooklyn DA's Office has proved to be the perfect tool to prevent scam artists from preying on Brooklyn residents during the ongoing economic and housing crises," Schumer said. "For years, these criminals have taken advantage of New Yorkers and escaped undetected and unscathed."
Hynes said that since it's opening in March, Assistant District Attorney's assigned to the unit have indicted eight people on a slew of charges ranging from grand larceny to filing a false instrument. An additional 80 investigations have been opened, Hynes said, adding that the unit was instrumental in the arrest of Thomas Prusik−Parkin, who was accused of impersonating his deceased mother in a hare−brained scam to pull his Park Slope home out of foreclosure, as well as collect Social Security benefits and rent subsidies.
"Factors have created a perfect storm for mortgage fraud and real estate crime," Hynes explained. "The pool of potential victims is huge in this densely populated borough, and the desperation of homeowners facing default and foreclosure has made them easy targets for real estate scammers."
"The new Mortgage Fraud and Real Estate Crimes Unit in my office has made a full time job of fighting this crime," he said.
Those indicted include Chandra Myers, who was accused of stealing a property on Lenox Road near East 46th Street.
Myers allegedly forged the deed to the property and then filed the deed, officials allege. She then forged paperwork that would give her the power of attorney over the property and used the documents to steal an additional $25,000 from the true owner of the home.
Myers was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of forged instruments.
Also indicted was Eli Manor, who tricked a Canarsie homeowner into deeding an East 85th Street home near Avenue J to his holding company while pretending to work out a loan modification for him.
Other mortgage fraud cases were found in Williamsburg, Bushwick and Sunset Park, officials said.
Anyone wishing to report real estate or mortgage fraud can call the D.A.'s office at (718) 250−2311.
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A shipment of illegally imported coral seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents has found a new home and purpose.
CPB officials donated that corals seized last March at the port in Tampa, Fla., to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, where they are being used as educational tools as part of the Aquarium's Blacktip Reef exhibit and as part of outreach efforts.
Officials said the corals, 20 pieces of Seriatopora hystrix (known as "birds nest coral") and 22 pieces of Pocillopora damicornis, were cut from the reefs off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.
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Killer Instinct Xbox One Releasing In Three Different Packs
The Killer Instinct new game developed by Double Helix will be released on Xbox One in the near future. It's a shame that Rare is not the team working on the game but it's still nice for fans to get a new Killer Instinct game after so many years since the original release.
The game will be released as a free to play title and today more details have emerged on how the game will be available for purchase.
Killer Instinct will come in three different packs. The first one is offered for free and it will only include one playable character. All the other characters will have to be bought, with each character costing 4.99$.
The second pack is called the Combo Breaker pack. Priced at 19.99$ it will include the first eight characters: six of these will be available at launch. Players buying the Combo Breaker pack will also have early access to the other two characters once they're closer to release.
The Killer Instinct Ultra Edition will be priced at 39.99$, including the eight characters of the Combo Breaker as well character accessory packs, character costumes and the original Killer Instinct game. This will be the ultimate pack for all the true Killer Instinct fans.
Killer Instinct will launch exclusively on Xbox One on a yet to be revealed date. You can check out some new screenshots by going here.


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2011 Act Now: New Voices In Black Cinema Film Festival Wrap-Up
And so it all comes to an end… the inaugural Act Now: New Voices In Black Cinema Film Festival. An auspicious start for the Act Now Foundation family, enabled by the hard work of its eclectic staff.
The challenge – putting together a worthwhile 5-day film festival, with virtually no budget, and little time – was met with aplomb. Aaron Ingram and his team came through triumphantly. The programming, like the ActNow staff, was diverse, bold, demanding, and showed good aesthetic judgment – leaving the chaff out of the festival.
5 days in the cold and frigid temperatures of a New York winter, snow and crowded ice-covered streets and sidewalks, didn't seem to prevent friends, family, neighbors, collaborators and more from the Act Now Film Festival experience. Sold-out or near sold-out screenings weren't uncommon. We all reveled in the excitement of the moment; the movies of the moment.
The reason why this team and its new festival continues to grow and thrive and enjoy the overwhelming support of the community it lives in, and for which it exists, is because it doesn't just discover and showcase films; it discovers and showcases filmmakers. Hence the tagline, "New Voices In Black Cinema," most we hope will go on to long and vast careers.
As the party rages elsewhere, Act Now mostly stays away, preferring to, you know, show movies. This is a film festival after all. It was a meat and potatoes kind of effort. No gimmicks, no tricks, nothing flashy. Just good old fashioned filmmaking, from the opening night selection, Tanya Hamilton's Night Catches Us, to Ava DuVernay's I Will Follow, to latter day screenings of British racial drama SUS, starring Clint Dyer, and the closing night film, the festival's throwback classic selection, Wendell B. Harris Jr's critically-acclaimed, and woefully under-seen feature debut, Chameleon Street.
Giving equal weight to documentaries and fictional narratives, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention compelling documentaries on Sly Stone (Coming Back For More) and Dream Hampton's hip-hop project, Black August; Also, fledgling Brooklyn filmmakers were feted during an 80-minute shorts program that explored a variety of themes.
As someone who's spent the last 7 years active within the independent film community, it's become clear to me that each and every film made is its own distinct creation unto itself; and you can be assured that every time a film was presented to an audience at this particular festival, it was met with an untainted enthusiasm, with eagerness and hope that the experience they were about to have would be an unforgettable one.
And they were!
Efficient in coordinating and moving its mass of attendees in and out of Bam Rose Cinema theaters, there was a workman-like spirit that animated the festival from the start – an establishing shot, claiming its place as an up-and-comer to be reckoned with.
Throughout the closing night activities, the ActNow posse made the rounds, congratulating and thanking each other for all of their hard work. The energy was so genuine that it was hard not to be affected. I couldn't help but feel grateful and inspired.
Aaron Ingram delivered a speech, reminding the team and audience of the organization's roots and its vision, how much work still needs to be done to see that vision come to fruition, but assured that it was a battle worth fighting. He was and still is right! By sticking to what has worked for a number of years, while also pushing forward with new complementary ideas, especially in a climate when many voices have called attention to the danger and risk of the task at hand, by expressing ourselves as honestly as possible, and by acting now (pun obviously intended) on all those things, rather than talking about acting, we will succeed.
It was a genuine pleasure – one that won't soon be forgotten. And I look forward with anticipation to what happens next!
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Work says "Beam Ashok to Pune" and here I am. Apart from eating unhealthily large numbers of Vada Paav at Rohit Vadewale in Aundh, I haven't been doing anything particularly interesting. At least, nothing worth blogging about.
Have you reached that stage yet? When you start doing things simply so you can blog about it? Come let's watch Saawariya. It ought to be good blogging material. Tandoori? Naah. Let's try Keralite Vegan. Haven't blogged about that one yet. Hey Hey. Here's a hilarious poster. Take a snap and blog about it. Etc.
But we did meet some Palakkadians at Rohit Vadewale though. And 10 minutes of conversation later, I realized that science textbooks have been misinforming me and the average public about the definition of the Decibel scale. I am sure all of us remember "Rustling leaves" at close to 0 dB and Jet take-off at 140 dB. But the real truth has been hidden from us.
All of you remember the famous Black or White Michael Jackson video? Especially the intro part where Macaulay Culkin turns the volume knob from loud -> louder -> loudest -> Are you nuts? Well..the camera missed out one more level beyond that on that knob – Palakkad Iyer.
So, in the interest of promoting accuracy in science education,
It would be an understatement to say that they are, on an average, slightly loud. I would strongly urge the author of the wikipedia article on Palakkad Iyers to update it to indicate this fact.
Note to Palakkad Iyers: No offense is meant, only mild malice is hinted. Let's just say that this one more on the list of Great Indian Stereotypes, that includes 'Noon Sardarjis, Garish Gults, Miserly Madrasis and Unctuous Keralites among others.
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Eyyy… Ippadi ellam pesha pdadhu kettela? Avaalukku kovam verum!!
FYI, I am a certified Tamizh Iyengar, no palakkad business for me!! :P
Day Krishna, NO-kku chut-tham kay-ttu
buddhi-muttu acchu-na konjum tooram poyee okandu irun-dur-kanam.
Pinnay, chat-ham po-ttu peshi-naa dhaan aal galuku manasa-lagum, teriyumo?
Hey, decibel ellam oru pakkam, the sing-song is itself enough to put talam!
Ok, I have to stop commenting! :)
How exactly do Puneri Palacadias talk?
Yenna kondhey, kai zhala?
Aye, onnum illai maami. Zhevan chaapittelaa?
Agga bai, ithra cheekram aaru chaapiduvaa. Innaikku ungaathula yenna koottaan?
Special onnum illai kettela. Chaadham, zhunkha, amti – ambudu thaan. VareLaa?
Ai goh. Dho kiLambeetain.
One major stereotype of Tamils among Telugus is exactly the same – that they are too loud.
In fact, in Telugu, Tamil is "Arawam" (like Telugu is Telangu in Tamil?). And Tamilians are "Arawam vaLLu". "Arawam" can be split into two words –
"A" + "Rawam" = That which doesn't sound good/too jarring.
And a silly joke that keeps running when Telugus run into Tamilians is "Arey, veeLLu arawam arawam antoone arustaaru raa". (Hey, these guys yell even while saying they don't yell). "Arawam" in a weird irony also translates to "we do not yell" in Telugu :))
Very funny! Seriously.
Hey, we carried on 'blog of the week' column on our mag – JAM…chk it out, Krish
I mean we carried YOU on….
TN Seshan said clerks, cooks and crooks.
Palakkadukku ippidi oru perumaya?? Govinda and Koundamani are also not spared..
Nice blog Krish ashok..Compels me to read your other psots too.
Ha ha, funny!
Nice Blog.
The way they say Oooh'
at top of their voice
is their speciality.
can you guess what is
KHUSHNAM' in PIs language.
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Well i can give a brief history of the word "arawam". Its a PJ^2
When lord Rama was returning from Lanka on "Air Lanka" of that time, borrowed under GNU/GPL from Ravana.He had a quartret of monkeys. { mesa thinks its chatter of monkeys} mostly war veterans along on the flight.
Bored of the standard inflight entertainment, and even lousy air-host ;-) . They began a discussion about the Gulf or Palk Strait War and making too much noise.
The co-passenger comprising hitchhikers and crazy brit passengers ,complained to the host.When Came flight marshal L.Hanuman who asked the monkeys to keep quite and maintain restraint.
The monkeys being what they are did not listen,the flight control of Chennaipattinam decided to land the flight and carry them for further investigation.
On landing the flight was surrounded by agents of namma Chennai CRPF and they were escorted out.
While going out all the monkeys shouted "memu arawam" { We wont shout"} and so the name stuck to the localites.
Ps: I do agree the story is confusing at whom it takes a Dig at.but neverthless
Biker dude really nice :
Yenna kondhey, kai zhala?
aana what's amuttu than doing here…
That strictly madurai maan..
jillu (if I may, KA): ambudum (pronounced like emmmbidum) is used often in trivandrum tamil. Not sure about Palakkadian.
A PI here…hilarious post!
Hilarious write-up :) I'm a PI and I completely agree with you!! I'll let you in on a secret – PIs are much louder over the phone :-)
дааа это очень громко !!!!
когда МИГ уходит в форсаж окна на дома вылетают
Super, bonne article, j'ai appris quelque chose. Vous avez une très belle plume, bravo ! Amicalement,


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Can't make it down for Fantasy Fest this year? You can check in on whats happening on the event webcams on there website here. It should be a great party!
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FoxP2 throws us back to the '80s in this new Property24 campaign which follows 2011's "Find Your Perfect Home"; the campaign that resulted in Property24.com becoming SA's number one property website.
Best of 2012: TV ads
The TV category has always been highly debated on 10and5 and it's not often that everyone agrees on a favourite, but, these are the ads that we think got it right.
Coca-Cola 'Shakes Palmz'
A new series of webisodes by DraftFCB Johannesburg for Coca-Cola features the character Shakes Palmz.
Better Ads For All | Loeries TVCs
A fresh perspective is shared through these ads made by Bouffant and The Jupiter Drawing Room for the Loerie Awards SABC highlight show which aired last month.
DStv 'Javas' by Ogilvy JHB & Bouffant
Javas captivates the people of a strange, questionably-dressed tribe, with his seemingly wise words and prophetic ability in this TV commercial for DStv by Ogilvy Johannesburg and directed by Bouffant's Marc Sidelsky.
Toya Delazy "Heart" Music Video by Jeana Theron
Toya Delazy's brand new music video for her latest single 'Heart' was directed by Bouffant's Jeana Theron.
Ster-Kinekor TVC by FoxP2
This TVC for Ster-Kinekor launched on the 10th of September but we'll have to wait until this Friday to see the (literally) explosive ending.
Pieman's – SA's No.1 Pie TVC
This TV ad for Pieman's, SA's no.1 pie, is by Joe Public and was directed by Marc Sidelksy of Bouffant.
Disprin – The Siphiwe Tshabalala Story
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What Do The IDSA MRSA Guidelines Recommend For Bone And Joint Infections?
For part two of this posting on the new Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) guidelines, I would like to comment on some of the executive summary points made about MRSA bone and joint infections. I will use a similar format as before with posting the actual text and then adding my comments in italics.
Unlike the previous post (http://bit.ly/e4bsdr ), I have decided to keep in the guideline's evidence gradings so you can determine for yourself whether you feel the recommendations are of a high enough level of medical evidence. I have also left the numbering intact so you can compare it to the original document found at http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/01/04/cid.ciq146.abstract ).
V. What is the management of MRSA bone and joint infections?
36. Surgical debridement and drainage of associated soft tissue abscesses is the mainstay of therapy and should be performed (whenever feasible) (A-II). This is a recommendation made with a high level of evidence, which supports the common thinking that surgery is important when practical. I added the "when feasible" because of the increasingly strong body of evidence that supports "medical" or non-surgical therapy of osteomyelitis. That being said, those studies have not specifically looked at MRSA. Whether surgery is any more important in MRSA osteomyelitis in comparison to other organisms has not been established.
37. The optimal route of administration of antibiotic therapy has not been established. Parenteral, oral or initial parenteral therapy followed by oral therapy may be used depending on individual patient circumstances (A-III). Much like I have lectured and written on in the past, the whole "six weeks of IV therapy" thing has never been based in any good human evidence. In fact, newer and stronger evidence points to alternative regimens like oral therapy alone or a short course of parenteral therapy followed by oral antibiotic therapy as effective. I am pleased to see this recognized in this document.
38. Antibiotics available for parenteral administration include IV vancomycin (B-II) and daptomycin 6 mg/kg/dose IV once daily (B-II). Some antibiotic options with parenteral and oral routes of administration include the following: TMP-SMX 4 mg/kg/dose (TMP component) twice daily in combination with rifampin 600 mg once daily (B-II), linezolid 600 mg twice daily (B-II) and clindamycin 600 mg every 8 h (B-III).
39. Some experts recommend the addition of rifampin 600 mg daily or 300–450 mg PO twice daily to the antibiotic chosen above (B-III). For patients with concurrent bacteremia, rifampin should be added after clearance of bacteremia. This is where it gets interesting. Yes, I have known about the concept of adding rifampin to other antibiotics to treat MRSA (never use it single agent as resistance develops rapidly) but I have never used it nor felt it was all that necessary. I am surprised to see it mentioned numerous times in this document. It is listed not only here but also in the "osteoarticular device" related infection section.
Notice the level B-III rating. This means a "moderate level of evidence and a recommendation based on expert opinion, clinical experience … ," not randomized controlled trials. In fact, if you look at the "evidence summary" section that covers rifampin, I still am not terribly convinced. I will have to see if I start incorporating it into my treatment.
40. The optimal duration of therapy for MRSA osteomyelitis is unknown. A minimum eight-week course is recommended (A-II). Some experts suggest an additional one to three months (and possibly longer for chronic infection or if debridement is not performed) of oral rifampin-based combination therapy with TMP-SMX, doxycycline-minocycline, clindamycin, or a fluoroquinolone, chosen on the basis of susceptibilities (C-III). Again, add rifampin to oral regimens. This recommendation contains even a lower evidence rating of "C," meaning "poor evidence to support a recommendation."
41. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium is the imaging modality of choice, particularly for detection of early osteomyelitis and associated soft-tissue disease (A-II). Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and/or C-reactive protein (CRP) level may be helpful to guide response to therapy. There is nothing particularly remarkable here. I left it in for the sake of completeness.
In the next blog, I will discuss what the IDSA MRSA guidelines recommend on vancomycin dosing. I welcome your comments about these blogs on the new IDSA MRSA guidelines.
Editor's note: This blog was originally published at http://www.leinfections.com/category/antibiotics/ and has been adapted with permission from Warren Joseph, DPM, FIDSA, and Data Trace Publishing Company. For more information about the Handbook of Lower Extremity Infections, visit www.leinfections.com/ .


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Head back to the area with all the really tall pipes towards the beginning of the Underwhere section, the bit where you had to 3d flip and jump over pits/spikes, all that.
At the beginning of that area (by the door or pipe to get in, I honestly don't remember which it is) there are two very very tall pipes to the far left, use Luigi and his super jump (hold the down button) to jump up on those pipes. From there jump up to the next floor and continue right.
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BOB DYLAN is the rare musician who's late career output remains undiminished with some of his best albums of his oeuvre having been released in the last 10 years. We can't quite extend that accolade to his fine art career, however, which makes the transition from drawings on paper (his "Drawn Blank" series) to formal paintings with the opening of his show, "BOB DYLAN ON CANVAS," currently on display at London's upscale tourist art gallery HALCYON. Ranging in price from $150,000–100,000 USD, the canvases depict everyday subject matter with titles like "Two Sisters," "Staircase," and "Motel Pool," and illustrate the rock legend's naive style that teeters somewhere in the netherworld between Impressionism and Expressionism. In spite of the heady pricetags, however, Dylan doesn't seem to be taking his own work too seriously: "I just draw what's interesting to me, and then I paint it. Rows of houses, orchard acres, lines of tree trunks, could be anything. I can take a bowl of fruit and turn it into a life and death drama. Women are power figures, so I depict them that way. I can find people to paint in mobile home communities. I could paint bourgeois people too. I'm not trying to make social comment or fulfill somebody's vision and I can find subject matter anywhere. I guess in some way that comes out of the folk world that I came up in." We at ST prefer to think of these paintings as sort of the visual equivalent of Jakob Dylan's musical output. HAVE A LOOK:
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A LAWMAKER said Tuesday that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca) between the Philippines and the United States will be declared constitutional after two groups questioned the deal before the Supreme Court (SC).
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The two retired legislators want the SC to nullify Edca, which was signed before the arrival of US President Barack Obama on April 28. The deal gives access to US troops to some AFP camps.
Militant groups Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan) also questioned the deal, saying the Philippine government waived the country's sovereignty.
They said Edca was replete with provisions that are contrary to national interest including the rent-free provision for agreed locations, tax exemptions for American forces and their contractors, as well as the "unlimited term" of the Edca which will go beyond 10 years.
"No amount of dressing up can hide the embarrassing reality of premeditated perpetual dependency on the US as a supposed ally, with the umbilical cord of empty promises serving as a yoke in our necks," the petition read.
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May want to test out that system a bit . . . .
This system sounds like it will be a lot like a traditional mukluk. Mukluks were used in some steep-snow contexts in Alaskan Mountaineering as I recall, with limited success. Reading some of the stories of early ascents in Alaska might be very instructive. I suspect you might have a problem with the crampon straps squeezing so tightly as to constrict your circulation. This was an often-reported problem in the days when all crampons were strap-on, and was one of the motivations for developing step-in crampons. If this problem can be resolved I'd imagine it would work well for keeping your feet warm. If you can afford to play around with it I'd be quite interested to hear your experience.I've not much experience with barefoot, although I've played around with it a bit. I have spent a lot of time climbing snow, ice, and rock in the mountains, and used a variety of footwear to do so. I don't know what "mountaineering" routs you have in mind for this set-up, but I'll comment on how I'm guessing it would work. If your feet are strong enough, I'd say that you can probably climb any terrain where you can use pure French technique, although I'm also guessing that it will be slower and more energy-consuming than if you had a stiffer boot and could use your feet less carefully. It will be critical to gain much experience with the system because if it is slower and needs more energy you will need to plan your mountaineering objectives around your pace and how much you can do in a day, and find partners who are willing to go along with it. I'd imagine that the harder the ice the more delicate the footwork required. Without a rigid connection from your foot through a boot sole to the crampon, kicking will be much less effective. So you probably won't be able to make a little step in hard conditions like you can with a stiff boot sole, or kick through a hard crust as well. Climbing without crampons on in anything but really soft snow will probably be impossible. Without the stiffness of a boot you will probably not be able to safely and efficiently use only a few of your points. Front pointing for any length of time will probably be impossible, ass will resting on one side of your crampon, as is commonly done when front-pointing. I'd imagine that climbing rock with this set-up will be pretty much impossible, as well as destroying it quite quickly if you tried. Climbing rock barefoot at the temperatures and altitudes where you would need all of that foot insulation is probably only going to result in frostbite, so you will probably need to find only-snow routs. I'd guess you may find it satisfactory if you are on climbs with nothing more technical than 40-degree snow (not ice) and crevass danger. Avoid icefalls, gullies, rock of any sort initially. Don't push yourself to much right off the bat (this would be general advice to those new to mountaineering).
Everything Douglas Ray said makes sense to me, a non-expert. If he is right, my extrapolation (not his) is that you are headed for disaster.
I've only worn crampons a few times, but part of that experience my be useful info to you. Twice I've been on Shasta with crampons - once in soft hiking boots, theo ther time in rented plastic mountaineering boots. With the hikers, my feet were cold the second I stopped moving, due to how tight the straps were - this despite the fact that I would have liked them tighter as far as security goes - I was still moving around in the crampons and did not feel secure on the slope. With the plastic boots, an entirely different experience. Rock solid connection to the boot, and thus a solid connection to the slope and far greater security. Nice warm feet, and dry all day as well. This was many years ago, and I am sure there are much lighter boots today that have the requisite stiffness to give the same solid connection without circulation problems.
I've been on Shasta 26 times. The first time I had soft hiking boots, and the straps had to be tight to keep them on. So, my feet were very cold. By the second trip, I had some boots that were more solid, and that helped a lot. Eventually I found the right compromise between light and heavy, and that was what I would call (in cross country skier terms) a middle-light/tall tele boot. Depending on the Shasta route, plastic mountaineering boots might be overkill and a bit heavy and clumsy. Everybody kind of needs to find that right compromise for themselves.--B.G.--
Some of you may have heard of Mt Cook in New Zealand. It's a bit steep and definitely rock and ice. Fairly serious stuff.It has been climbed by someone wearing tennis shoes and strap-on crampons. But he cheated: he put plywood 'soles' between the tennis shoes and the crampons. That got him enough stiffness.Cheers
Didn't the crampon straps still press down on the top of the shoes?It seems like the plywood underneath is only half of the battle.--B.G.--
Light weight solution: full steel insole
Edited by huzefa on 01/10/2012 14:14:22 MST.
>Didn't the crampon straps still press down on the top of the shoes? I think straps on kahtoola crampons avoid this. I posted a link above to a review which has good pics of straps.
Is that "steel insole" a joke? Its all of 0.020 inches thick. Its so thin it will cushion sharp points but will give next to nothing in regards to stiffness. It gives stability, not stiffness. There is a huge difference.You need stiffness on ice. Rock obviously not. Steel near your skin in cold environment is a VERY bad idea. Frostbite big time due to conduction heat transport. If you want stiffness and something that is far lighter than your steel insoles you found not to mention won't freeze your feet and you won't lose toes due to frostbite. Grab a piece of plywood and cut what you need. If you don't like that then there are types of PLASTIC sign materials. Both of which will provide additional insulation between your feet and the snow/ice unlike the steel which are heat suction traps. Oh yea won't rust either and rust and say a cut on the bottom of your foot won't give you blood poisoning like steel will.
Edited by footeab on 01/11/2012 01:12:41 MST.
I really want to see someone put rigid insoles into a a shoe with a 3mm sole and then use instep cramp ons. How well would that work??
More specifically, that interests me for walking around in minimalist shoes in the early summer sierra's and climbing somewhat steep snowfields with the rigid insoles and good crampons.
>Its all of 0.020 inches thick. Its so thin it will cushion sharp points but will give next to nothing in regards to stiffness. It gives stability, not stiffness. There is a huge differenceI think I missed that. Thanks for letting us know.Alternate is Carbon Graphite Shoe Plate- Flat<\a>
There are tons of alternatives to plastic boots these days. Hardly anyone wears plastic boots any more. The only viable plastic boot these days is the Scarpa Omega. It's much softer and lighter than the old school Koflachs or Scarpa Invernos. Before you spend too much time trying to invent something better than old school plastic boots, you'd do well to try some of the lightweight footwear options that are already available. A hybrid boot like the boots in the Scarpa Phantom line works well. Flexible, comfortable, close fitting and warm upper, mated to a rigid sole for crampon attachment.For technical, steep routes where crampons are needed, these types of boots are great. (Ditto for the Sportiva Spantik for really cold conditions.) The Scarpa Charmoz is a good example of a more traditional design that has been made lighter, more comfortable, and more sensitive. For low angle, non-technical slogs, your soft mukluk idea would likely work fine, assuming you can come up with a viable method to keep the crampons attached without overly compressing the uppers.
+1 to Kai and the comments re the Scarpa Phantom line. These new boots are surprisingly lightweight for their performance and warmth. Highly recommended - I have a pair of 6000's that are a great boot. Kai's suggestion of the Spantiks are also a viable option when looking for something like the Phantoms, although the LS are heavier and chunkier IIRC.
I am just back from a long trip to the Andes where we were kitted out to climb "walk up" peaks to 6800metres in their summer. We expected temperatures down to -25 C and nothing technical but steep slopes I do not know the angle but about the angle of scree repose with short steeper bits. We erxpected the mountains to be mostly dry but needed to cope with new snow and old ice if they occurred. I too hate stiff footwear and one use of a hired plastic boot was enough.I took one size oversized inov8 flyrocs and enough foot sized plastic bags for the system: thin sock, plastic bag as vapour barrier, thick socks to fill the shoe plastic bag for waterproofing, thin sock to hold the bag in place. Then the shoe.In fact the temperature never dropped below -10C. I never needed more than the above. However I also took homemade over boots made of firm evazote foam " like sleeping mat" in a layer from 10 to 22mm thick reinforced with polyurethane coated nylon. The design allowed telescopic articulation at the ankle (ankle cuff only 6mm as it would be under insulated trousers)and above the ball of the foot. I did not need these as the weather was good but I have great confidence that they would have been fine down to -25 C. I did use one on the Cairngorm plateau for 2 days before as a trial. These overboots exposed the shoe sole for grip in dry non snow conditions and I had added an extra 6mm insole of a cork type insulation to guard against cold from below. If we had to use crampons we had steel Kahtoolahs and in those circumstances an under boot with evazote foam filling the shoe tread then another 6mm of the cork to transmit my weight with cut outs filled with evazote and finally 3mm neoprene wet suit and a thin grip layer allowed full foot surround in crampon conditions. and around camp The shoe, over boot and underboot together weighed less than 1 kilo per pair and I needed no other footwear. I can state catagorically that the structure was not noticeably compressed by the Katoola straps in use. I do not know what your shoes are Huzefa but I could imagine you could build a similar system around your shoe and your feet could be as well insulated as double plastic boots for much less weight. Stiffness to get the best from the crampons is another matter. A carbon fibre footbed sounds a good idea to add stiffness as needed. I have ideas on crampons that I have not been able to test, but here are my thoughts: For walking, crampons should articulate, like the foot, at the ball of the foot, not at the instep like all present bendy crampons. I imagine a fore plate and a foot ajustable back plate with an articulation axle at the ball of the foot with straps similar to kahtoolahs. These would be less effective for front pointing than even kahtoolahs, and we were close to the kahtoola limit on this last trip. I can imagine a metal beam hinged at the instep with a front spike or spikes and locked into the crampon, perhaps in a U channel, with either the spike folded back out of the way up behind the heel or folded forward into front point position. It would then automatically lock the articulation and provide much better front pointing than any flexible crampon. The beam would be strong enough to do this without relying on stiff boots.Perhaps alternatively the front points could be added to the CF footbed (it would be underneath the shoe sole) somehow? Without the footbed you would have wonderful walking crampons. With the foot bed you would have stiff solid crampons with effective front points. A flexible system that might cover more than we think.
Hi Derek, glad to see you back.thin sock + plastic bag + thick socks + plastic bag + thin sock + shoes. Too complex, no? You should consider intuition liners. One shoes can replace 6 layers yet be warmer and waterproof. Mine are on the way. I will post specs and pics once I get.Can you post a pic of your overboots?Why cork? Aerogel insoles - toasty feet - are 4mm and probably the warmest available.I would love to see some of your crampon ideas in action. Are you planning to make prototypes? Your idea about front point attached to footbed is not going to work kahtoola steel.
I received the intuition liners. The company actually sent me 3 pair at no cost. I am really sad to report that they dont fit well by themselves. (They may be good once heat molded and worn inside a plastic shell but I am not interested in that.) One pair (size 27) was too big, other 2 pairs were intuition dream liners and the water ski model. Unlike water ski, dream liners have laces but I still couldnt get a good heel lock. The problem is that upper (9mm foam) is very stiff and doest mold well around the feet. Or it could be that I need to try size 25. I will be returning them soon. If anyone wants a pic or have any question, let me know.The only option remaining is feelmax kuuva.Actually there is one more option: Intuition liner made from 4 mm foam. This one is used for the sole of dreamliners and is much more flexible then 9 mm foam. I have sent the company a request. Lets see if they decide to make one.
Hi Derek> For walking, crampons should articulate, like the foot, at the ball of the foot, not at> the instep like all present bendy crampons.A good idea, I agree, but then you might have to carry two sets of crampons? One set for walking and one set for climbing. As you siad, the walking design would not front-point.On the other hand, that argument only applies if you want to front-point. If you are willing to climb French-style, the walking crampons might work adequately. Worth testing?A very practical problem might be the economics of making, stocking and selling two different styles. The gung-hos (big percantage) would want nothing but the most macho front-points, while many of those who bought the probably cheaper walking crampons might be a PR nightmare for the vendor when the customers winge that they couldn't front-point in them and fell off and want to sue.Cheers
Below are some further thoughts on minimalist footwear options.Key pieces:Fleece- RbH socksLeather- feelmax kuuva (n/a - in production)Foam- custom 4mm intuition boot (n/a - custom)Neoprene- 40 below overbootsWool- boiled wool socks aka dachstein (make myself)1) Fleece is not windproof, feelmax is not insulated, thus they cant be used alone. Together they would be a good combo. -VB, windproof, waterproof, insulated2) intuition 4mm boot doesn't exist but the company likes the idea and may make one. Warmth is comparable to option 1) but lighter. -3)boiled wool socks. Wind proof, very warm and likely better ground feeling then the other options. This is the only option which may work on ice without needing crampons. -windproof, water resistant, insulated.4) RBH socks + overboots. VB, windproof, waterproof, insulatedI have read that wool has amazing grip. I plan to test this.1)http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=391176I don't climb in dachsteins anymore, but they were great on mixedroutes with a whole range of palming moves available if you droppedyour axes onto their leashes, as they semi froze to the rock/ice andoften enabled upwards progress when every other option had gone! I'msure these days other techniques would be used, but that's the point---you make the most of what kit you're using and make it work for you.2)http://www.climbing.com/news/justout/warm_when_wet_-_dachstein_uber_mitts/The mitts stuck like gecko paws to wet ice, permitting tool-freemoves.3)http://www.bradleyalpinist.com/dachstein.htmlFrom a safety aspect, wool's texture offers significant friction onsnow or ice, aiding in self arrest situations. Besides being a naturaldurable material, this added benefit of safety in the form offriction, is completely unique to wool, and out performs from afriction standpoint, even synthetics such as Scholler Cloth.Also,http://www.activeoutdoors.info/activeoutdoors/Article91.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/mar/09/improbable-research-icy-socks-over-shoeshttp://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=28921
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Allen Vizzutti - Play Along Jazz Duets & SolosItem #: HL.44003351
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As performed by Allen Vizzutti.
De Haske Play-Along Book. Play-along series for jazz horns. 9x12 inches. Published by De Haske Publications. (HL.44003351)
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Found in: Jazz Trumpet Play-Along, Jazz Trumpet Sheet Music
This play-along collection contains six duets and solos with written improvisations for trumpet. All pieces are suitable for solo performance, with the majority also suitable for duet. The CD features Allen Vizzutti together with a swinging combo playing all of the pieces: first completely; then just the rhythm section with the second part; and finally, just the rhythm section alone.