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A Delmar author is out to teach younger readers about the danger's of envy with her new book.
Tuesday saw the release of Pat McKelvey's children's book, "The Game." The book, McKelvey's first, is about the consequences that jealousy has on a young girl after participating in a harmless game with her siblings.
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On her current cosmetic obsessions:
"My favorite lipstick is Candy Yum Yum by MAC, but I don't really have any beauty obsessions because everything I have is from gift bags because I'm lazy. I'm also really lucky with my skin. Sometimes I don't even wash my face before I go to sleep."
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O'Brien Now A Fox Sports Radio 'Loose Cannon'
Aug. 11, 2010: Veteran sportscaster and former "Access Hollywood" and "The Insider" host Pat O'Brien will join Fox Sports Radio's "Loose Cannons" program on August 16, working alongside Steve Hartman and Vic "The Brick" Jacobs. The show, previously known as Hartman & Friends, airs weekdays from 3-7pm ET.
O'Briens sports background includes covering the Olympics and the Super Bowl, as well as leading live coverage of the World Series, the NBA Finals and the NCAA Basketball Tournament on CBS Sports.
"Pat's experience in both sports and entertainment, as well as his industry connections and passion for radio, makes him a perfect fit for the Loose Cannons," said Fox Sports Radio Network VP/GM Don Martin. "We couldn't be happier to welcome him to the Fox Sports Radio family as we continue providing the best destination for sports entertainment audio content."
O'Brien said, "Don Martin and I have had a great relationship through the years. I have always had a great connection to the sports fans of America, and I'm excited to be back in the conversation."


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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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Dr. Pollak came to the College in 1981 following a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina Medical School. Dr. Pollak coordinates and teaches parts of three courses in the undergraduate medical education curriculum: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Promotion/Disease Prevention I and II. He is also an instructor in Advanced Interviewing Skills, which is a component of the Primary Care Clinic Clerkship. He co-coordinates the Stress Management Program offered to first year medical students.
Dr. Pollak's research interests are in the fields of psychophysiology and medical education. He has studied individual differences in cardiovascular reactivity in response to stressful tasks in the laboratory and during daily life. His current research activities focus on the effects of stressful life events on motor activity during daily life and on empathic communication behaviors in medical students
Pollak, M.H., Redwood S.K. & Lindon D.J. (2008). Associations between medical student attitudes about empathic communication with patients and empathic behaviors during interviews with standardized patients. Paper presented at the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare Research and Teaching Forum, Madison WI.
Redwood, S.K. & Pollak, M.H. Student-Led stress management program for first-year medical students. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2007, 19(1), 42–46.
Allee, B.A., Pollak, M.H., & Malnar, K.F. Survey of osteopathic and allopathic residents' attitudes towards osteopathic manipulative tratment. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 2005, 105(12), 551-561.
Stevens, V.M., Redwood, S.K., Neel, J.L., Bost, R.H., Van Winkle, N.W., & Pollak, M.H. Rapid Review Series: Behavioral Science, Mosby, St. Louis, 2004.
Stevens, V.M., Pollak, M.H., & Neel, J. Developing skills in promoting effective behavioral change. Academic Medicine, 1998, 73, 576-577.
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California's housing market continued to improve in May, with home prices posting solid gains for the third straight month and home sales well above last year's pace, the California Association of Realtors states.
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California's housing market continued to improve in May, with home prices posting solid gains for the third straight month and home sales well above last year's pace, the California Association of Realtors states.
"California home sales were strong in May, continuing the gradual recovery of the California housing market," said CAR President LeFrancis Arnold. "First-time buyers are recognizing that the housing market has hit bottom and are now seeing a sense of urgency to take advantage of ultra-low interest rates and advantageous home prices. Additionally, trade-up buyers are returning to the market after sitting it out for the past few years to get in on favorable home prices."
Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California climbed 3.4 percent from April's revised 553,670 to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 572,260 in May, according to information collected by CAR from more than 90 local Realtor associations and MLSs statewide. May sales surged 21.5 percent from May 2011's revised 470,910 pace, marking the highest year-over-year sales increase since May 2009. The statewide sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2012 if sales maintained the May pace throughout the year and is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales.
The May 2012 sales pace was the highest since February 2009, when 598,770 homes were sold at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate.
Home prices appear to be stabilizing, with the median home price posting both month-over-month and year-over-year gains for the third consecutive month. The statewide median price of an existing, single-family detached home was $312,110 in May, the highest since September 2010.
California's housing inventory sank lower in May, with the Unsold Inventory Index for existing, single-family detached homes dropping to 3.5 months in May, down from 4.2 months in April. May's housing inventory was down from a revised 5.7 months in May 2011. The index indicates the number of months needed to sell the supply of homes on the market at the current sales rate. A 7-month supply is considered normal.


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Hierarchical Data Format
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Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) is a set of file formats (HDF4, HDF5) designed to store and organize large amounts of data. Originally developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, it is supported by The HDF Group, a non-profit corporation whose mission is to ensure continued development of HDF5 technologies and the continued accessibility of data stored in HDF.
In keeping with this goal, the HDF libraries and associated tools are available under a liberal, BSD-like license for general use. HDF is supported by many commercial and non-commercial software platforms, including Java, MATLAB, Scilab, Octave, IDL, Python, R, and Julia. The freely available HDF distribution consists of the library, command-line utilities, test suite source, Java interface, and the Java-based HDF Viewer (HDFView).[1]
The current version, HDF5, differs significantly in design and API from the major legacy version HDF4.
Early history[edit]
The quest for portable scientific data format, originally dubbed AEHOO (All Encompassing Hierarchical Object Oriented format) began in 1987 by the Graphics Foundations Task Force (GFTF) at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). NSF grants received in 1990 and 1992 were important to the project. Around this time NASA investigated 15 different file formats for use in the Earth Observing System (EOS) project. After a two year review process, HDF was selected as the standard data and information system.[2]
HDF4 is the older version of the format, although still actively supported by The HDF Group. It supports a proliferation of different data models, including multidimensional arrays, raster images, and tables. Each defines a specific aggregate data type and provides an API for reading, writing, and organizing the data and metadata. New data models can be added by the HDF developers or users.
HDF is self-describing, allowing an application to interpret the structure and contents of a file with no outside information. One HDF file can hold a mix of related objects which can be accessed as a group or as individual objects. Users can create their own grouping structures called "vgroups."
The HDF4 format has many limitations.[3][4] It lacks a clear object model, which makes continued support and improvement difficult. Supporting many different interface styles (images, tables, arrays) leads to a complex API. Support for metadata depends on which interface is in use; SD (Scientific Dataset) objects support arbitrary named attributes, while other types only support predefined metadata. Perhaps most importantly, the use of 32-bit signed integers for addressing limits HDF4 files to a maximum of 2 GB, which is unacceptable in many modern scientific applications.
The HDF5 format is designed to address some of the limitations of the HDF4 library, and to address current and anticipated requirements of modern systems and applications. In 2002 it won an R&D 100 Award.[5]
HDF5 simplifies the file structure to include only two major types of object:
- Datasets, which are multidimensional arrays of a homogeneous type
- Groups, which are container structures which can hold datasets and other groups
This results in a truly hierarchical, filesystem-like data format. In fact, resources in an HDF5 file are even accessed using the POSIX-like syntax /path/to/resource. Metadata is stored in the form of user-defined, named attributes attached to groups and datasets. More complex storage APIs representing images and tables can then be built up using datasets, groups and attributes.
In addition to these advances in the file format, HDF5 includes an improved type system, and dataspace objects which represent selections over dataset regions. The API is also object-oriented with respect to datasets, groups, attributes, types, dataspaces and property lists.
The latest version of NetCDF, version 4, is based on HDF5.
Because it uses B-trees to index table objects, HDF5 works well for time series data such as stock price series, network monitoring data, and 3D meteorological data. The bulk of the data goes into straightforward arrays (the table objects) that can be accessed much more quickly than the rows of a SQL database, but B-Tree access is available for non-array data. The HDF5 data storage mechanism can be simpler and faster than an SQL star schema.
Officially supported APIs[edit]
- CLI - .Net
- Fortran, Fortran 90
- HDF5 Lite (H5LT) – a light-weight interface for C
- HDF5 Image (H5IM) – a C interface for images or rasters
- HDF5 Table (H5TB) – a C interface for tables
- HDF5 Packet Table (H5PT) – interfaces for C and C++ to handle "packet" data, accessed at high-speeds
- HDF5 Dimension Scale (H5DS) – allows dimension scales to be added to HDF5; to be introduced in the HDF5-1.8 release
- Java
Third-party bindings[edit]
- CGNS uses HDF5 as main storage
- Common Lisp library hdf5-cffi
- D offers bindings to the C API, with a high-level h5py style D wrapper under development
- Erlang, Elixir, and LFE may use the bindings for BEAM languages
- GNU Data Language
- Go - kisielk's go-hdf5 package is based on sbinet's go-hdf5 package.
- Huygens Software uses HDF5 as primary storage format since version 3.5
- IGOR Pro offers full support of HDF5 files.
- JHDF5,[6] an alternative Java binding that takes a different approach from the official HDF5 Java binding which some users find simpler
- JSON though hdf5-json.
- Julia provides HDF5 support through the HDF5 package.
- LabVIEW can gain HDF support through third-party libraries, such as h5labview and lvhdf5.
- Lua through the lua-hdf5 library.
- MATLAB, Scilab or Octave – use HDF5 as primary storage format in recent releases
- Mathematica[7] immediate analysis of HDF and HDF5 data
- Perl[8]
- Python supports HDF5 via h5py (both high- and low-level access to HDF5 abstractions) and via pytables (a high-level interface with advanced indexing and database-like query capabilities). HDF4 is available via Python-HDF4 and/or PyHDF for both Python 2 and Python 3.
- R offers support in the rhdf5 package.
See also[edit]
- Common Data Format (CDF)
- FITS, a data format used in astronomy
- GRIB (GRIdded Binary), a data format used in meteorology
- HDF Explorer
- NetCDF, The Netcdf Java library reads HDF5, HDF4, HDF-EOS and other formats using pure Java
- Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
- ^ Java-based HDF Viewer (HDFView)
- ^ "History of HDF Group". Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ How is HDF5 different from HDF4?
- ^ Are there limitations to HDF4 files?
- ^ R&D 100 Awards Archives
- ^ JHDF5 library
- ^ HDF Import and Export Mathematica documentation
External links[edit]
- Official website
- What is HDF5?
- NASA HDF file example, its structure generated and shown online as CreativeCommons image[dead link]
- HDF Explorer A data visualization program that reads the HDF, HDF5 and netCDF data file formats
- HDFView A browser and editor for HDF files
- ViTables A browser and editor for HDF5 and PyTables files written in Python
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Nick Bonino knew it probably wasn't a good idea to sit in wonderment on Boston University's bench during Friday night's "Frozen Fenway" game against archrival Boston College. But the Terriers center couldn't help himself.
In the once-in-a-lifetime postcard setting of snowy Fenway Park, Bonino arched back on the bench of the NHL-constructed rink during a TV timeout in the third period, scanned the full house of 38,742 and drank in the unique experience in one awe-inspired gulp.
"I had one of those [moments] in the third period," Bonino said after the Terriers' 3-2 win over their most hated rival. "I know I probably shouldn't have been reflecting on it, but I leaned back on the bench. They were pretty comfortable benches. I just looked at the whole stadium and I tapped [Chris] Connolly on the shoulder and said 'take a look at this.'
"It was just incredible. I know in a 3-2 game everyone's focused, but it was cool to have a TV timeout to take a look around and realize it was incredible to be a part of this event."
Playing on the same rink where the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic a week earlier, the young Terriers and Eagles had an experience they'll not soon forget.
The Terriers scored the game's first three goals – one in the first period and two more in a dominant 15-shot second period -- that simply knocked the Eagles straight off their perch. BC never fully recovered despite a furious comeback attempt that got them within a goal.
BC coach Jerry York admitted afterward that his players -- clad in gold, green and maroon commemorative sweaters -- seemed alternately tight and a little overanxious in the early going.
With Tommy Cross off for cross-checking, BU senior David Warsofsky capped off a frenzied two-week run through the World Junior Championships and Frozen Fenway experience by scoring the game's first goal. Warsofsky hammered a puck from just inside the blue line that skipped past BC goalie John Muse.
It was eerily quiet to BU coach Jack Parker in the visitors' clubhouse between periods, but the players hopped out of the dugout for the second period even more ready to go.
"It was one of our better games as far as being smart with the puck," Parker said after the Terriers won in the first outdoor game they've played since 1956. "I thought we played a very solid game start-to-finish. Sometimes when you play in the Beanpot the excitement gets everybody jacked up and then they pulled out of position. [They] make some mistakes.
"I don't think there were a lot of mistakes made out there tonight. Hockey is usually a game of mistakes, but it was a pretty thorough game by both clubs."
The first half of the second period was all BU. Joe Pereira jammed a puck inside the left post and past Muse 2:26 into the second period for a 2-0 lead, and freshman Wade Megan scored his second career goal at 10:30 to make it 3-0.
Things seemed to be going perfectly for BU -- almost too perfectly amid the dreamy snow-globe setting under the lights of Fenway Park.
That's when the Eagles finally woke up and began pressing the play. Zach Cohen's tripping penalty put the Eagles on the power play, but BC had been 0-for-4 on the man advantage up until that point. However, Weymouth, Mass., native and certified Red Sox fan Paul Carey took matters into his own hands and rocketed through a stunned wall of Terriers defenders on a "run to daylight play." Carey fired a shot that BU goalie Kieran Millan stopped, but Brian Gibbons was there to snap home the rebound.
Cam Atkinson scored a shorthanded goal 7:43 into the third period to make it a one-goal game, and there was little shock among anyone involved. After all it's almost always a one-goal game between the two Commonwealth Avenue rivals -- why should a game at Fenway Park be any different?
The Eagles poured it on the third period, but Millan made 12 of his 27 saves in the third period to send the folks in red and white home happy -- and the ones in purple and gold bitterly disappointed.
"We told our team prior to the game that it's going to be a memorable experience for both teams, but it's going to be a significant experience for the team that wins," York said. "We have a lot of memories. But I kind of feel like [Philadelphia Flyers coach] Peter Laviolette. It was a terrific experience, but we lost the game."


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Saturday, November 15, 2008
A Hail Mary from Temporary Saint
Today's Grade 3 Stuyvesant Handicap finds this solid field in various states of form. But some appear on the precipice of regression, some are too close to call, or their class lines are spotty, their current form unknowable. Frankly, it's not the kind of race we will get heavily involved in but have found one interesting entrant who should be fair odds.
Temporary Saint is a recent refugee from the claming ranks but don't hold that against him. This spring, in his third start of the year, he made the transition from $50,000 Bruce Levine claim to G3 winner, more significantly on this track, at today's distance.
His pattern coming into this is almost identical and the five-year-old gelding has run well in several barns including his present one, David Jacobson's. Coming back on short rest is a barn specialty and the gelding returns on eight days rest coming out off a rapidly run mile won by the talented, albeit enigmatic Bribon, in which he chased a strong pace while racing on the inside throughout. Significantly, he drops seven pounds off that effort and retains the aggressive Eddie Castro.
Taking Temporary Saint to win at 5-1 or greater and keying him in exactas with late developing four-year-old Solar Flare, shipping in for Larry Jones, and the super-sharp state-bred, Stud Muffin.
Running Totals: (310) 95-64-39. Total Dollar Return: $650.20 [win selections only]
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Three outgoing supervisors split their votes Tuesday on a narrowly approved $299,960 contract intended to complete the update to Calaveras County's General Plan land use document, with cross words defining their debate.
Retiring Supervisor Steve Wilensky sided with supervisors Darren Spellman and Merita Callaway, who were not up for re-election last week, in favor of an agreement for consultant services of Raney Planning and Management of Sacramento. Supervisors Gary Tofanelli and Tom Tryon, both ousted by challengers at the ballot box, preferred to have the trio of newcomers decide after they are seated in January.
Wilensky, who will be replaced by his endorsed candidate, Chris Wright, of Rail Road Flat, saw that as an unnecessary and unwise delay.
"I'm not going to take a powder or punt this … I'm going to finish out my term and take responsibility for something that developed on my watch," he said.
Tofanelli took offense to Wilensky's characterization and shot back with some pointed barbs.
"I'm not taking a powder and ducking my responsibility … as I've seen you do in the past," he said.
He also seemed to acquiesce to a three-vote majority opposite his standpoint by virtue of Wright's victory.
"You may know your puppet of a candidate, where he stands ..." Tofanelli said to Wilensky, being drowned out by a smattering of howls.
Tryon challenged the board's newcomers in regards to whether they can find a way to fund both the General Plan and additional sheriff's deputies, identified as key campaign issues.
He said he would place the General Plan ahead of added resources for Sheriff Gary Kuntz's department. He also characterized a series of town halls countywide led by Kuntz as "a fear-mongering campaign that we're going to be raped, pillaged, plundered and maimed" without replenishing the department's ranks.
The county spent $909,236 to have another Sacramento firm, MintierHarnish, spend about five years on renewing the plan, which is considered outdated and susceptible to legal challenge, with little to show for it. Planning Director Rebecca Willis, who came on a little more than two years ago, put the brakes on the stalled work of the prior consultant last year and has worked with staff on "salvaging as much as we can … to make use of what's been done," she said.
Willis held off on hiring two planners and carried about $144,000 budgeted to go to MintierHarnish, which remained unspent last year, into this year's department budget, she said, with hopes of having money available to hit the general plan effort hard.
She said Raney has performed well on contracts she has worked on with them dating back to 2005 when she worked as community development director in the newly incorporated city of Oakley.
Spellman and Callaway agreed that waiting two months to be joined by new colleagues will only stall the already lengthy process.
"(Tryon) made a cogent argument (for postponement) but (board turnover) isn't going to change anything," Callaway said. "We need to move forward on the General Plan."
George Fry, a frequent local office seeker and a county planner at the time the first General Plan was developed, told the board the public had been "misled" by arguments two weeks earlier. The board cited a major reason to pay Public Works Director Tom Garcia $19,000 more on an annual basis is his work on the General Plan's traffic circulation element, Fry said, but more than $65,000 in the Raney contract is outlined for that portion of the plan.
Willis replied that a consultant in addition to Garcia would have been needed no matter what.
"Our traffic issues are pretty severe and we need our public works director involved ... " she said.
"I don't know whether congratulations or condolences are in line for Raney," Fry quipped.
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On Monday, he witnessed it.
Nichols, a staff sergeant in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, was among the 1,300 Pennsylvania Guardsmen who traveled to Washington, D.C., to provide additional manpower for Monday's presidential inauguration.
"It only happens every four years, so it's pretty historic to be here and be a part of it," he said by phone Monday afternoon. "I look forward to being able to talk to people about this."
Nichols, a resident of North Londonderry Township, is a public affairs specialist and works full-time at the Fort Indiantown Gap public affairs office. For the inauguration, however, he worked in a non-public affairs role.
"I came down here basically to be a body," he said. "Our role down here is to ensure the public has a safe experience for the inauguration, answer any questions they might have, help them navigate the area, and be extra eyes and ears for law enforcement and assist them in any ways they need.
"Mainly that was everyone's mission: crowd control," he added.
Nichols was stationed between the Washington Monument and the Capitol on the National Mall for the swearing-in ceremony. He could see the stage, but he said he couldn't really make anything out on it.
"But they have plenty of jumbo-trons set up on the mall so you can see everything," he said.
A total of 1,300 Pennsylvania Army and Air National Guardsmen were in Washington for the inauguration.
In Washington, they set up camp at an elementary school that isn't currently being used. During the weekend, they went through additional training and briefings.
"Basically just getting ready and making sure we all knew what we were going to do," Nichols said.
The weather for the swearing-in and parade was chilly - upper 30s rising into the lower 40s - and overcast, according to the Associated Press. Nichols said he was plenty warm, though.
"I bundled up and was well prepared, and I have no complaints," he said.
The Pennsylvania Guardsmen joined about 6,000 Guardsmen from other states. The Pennsylvania National Guard has supported previous inaugurations and played a similar role during the 2009 event.
Military support for inaugurations is a tradition that dates back more than 220 years to George Washington's journey from Mount Vernon, Va., to New York City, during which he was escorted by the U.S. military as well as state and local militia.
Officials estimated that 700,000 people attended the inauguration, far fewer than the estimated 1.8 million people who crammed onto the National Mall to witness President Barack Obama's first inaugural four years ago. The crowd still stretched from the Capitol to the Washington Monument.
The Pennsylvania Guardsmen were scheduled to return home Tuesday afternoon.
"Everybody that I worked with down here has been very upbeat, very supportive of the mission, and doing what they've been trained to do," Nichols said.
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Homeowners wishing to undertake building improvements, such as a home addition, deck, pool, shed, or fence need to obtain zoning approval, and in most cases, building permit approval from the Township. Minor improvements such as fences or small sheds (100 sq. ft. or less in area) do not require building permits, only zoning approval by the Department of Planning and Zoning.
All building improvements requiring a permit are subject to the review and approval of the Department of Code Enforcement. All relevant building permit and zoning review information must be submitted to Code Enforcement. The zoning review portion of the submission shall include at a minimum, a completed Zoning Compliance Form, a marked-up survey showing the location and size of the improvement, the setback dimensions to the property lines, elevation views, and the materials and colors of the proposed improvement. If a permit is not required, all the above zoning review documents shall be submitted directly to the Department of Planning and Zoning for review and approval.
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a semi-autonomous public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom providing television and radio programmes. It is funded by an annual television licence fee charged to all British households, companies and organisations using the service. The fee is set annually by the British Government and agreed by Parliament. With more than 23,000 staff globally, it is the world's largest broadcaster. Founded in October 1922, it was initially privately owned but became a non-commercial entity in 1927. Its first transmission as the BBC went out in 1934, and an expanded service (now named the BBC Television Service) started from Alexandra Palace in 1936. It is governed by the BBC Trust and operates under a Royal Charter.
New York Times happy with ex-BBC Mark Thompson as new CEO
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Former BBC chief Mark Thompson assumed his new role at The New York Times yesterday amid questions about whether the crisis engulfing the British broadcaster would spill over to the US news organisation.
The Times has reaffirmed support for Thompson and he has said the scandals at the BBC would not affect his new job.
"Like many people, I'm very saddened by recent events at the BBC, but I believe the BBC is the world's greatest broadcaster and I've got no doubt that it will once again regain the public's trust, both in the UK and around the world," Thompson told ITV.
Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jnr last month reaffirmed support for Thompson, but that has not stopped rumblings about whether Thompson is the right leader for a news organisation facing its own struggles.
Times business columnist Joe Nocera openly questioned whether Thompson was "the right man for the job".
"Since early October, all anybody has asked about Thompson are those two most damning of questions: what did he know and when did he know it?" Nocera wrote in an October 29 column.
"For the sake of Times employees - not to mention the readers who want to see a vibrant New York Times Company - let's hope his faith in Thompson is warranted. Otherwise, the BBC won't be the only organisation being asked tough questions about its judgment."


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Love Gov: From First Date to Mandate
Recorded: Monday, July 6, 2015
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Love Gov portrays the federal government as an overbearing boyfriend Scott Gov Govinsky who foists his "good intentions" on a hapless, idealistic college student, Alexis. Each episode follows Alexis's relationship with Gov as his intrusions wreak (comic) havoc on her life, professionally, financially, and socially. Alexis's loyal friend Libby tries to help her see Gov for what he really is a menace. But will Alexis come to her senses in time? Tune in to find out!
Episode 1: An Education in Debt
Episode 2: Protection from Jobs
Episode 3: A Remedy for Healthcare Choices
Episode 4: House Poor
Episode 5: Keeping a Close Eye on Privacy
Type: Independent Institute TVIssues: Banking and Finance, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Corporate Welfare, Culture/ Society, Drugs (Illicit), Economic Policy, Education, Environment, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Government Waste/Pork, Health Care, Housing, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Privacy, Privatization, Property Rights, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxes, Welfare, Womens Issues
Lawrence McQuillan Discusses the Public-Pension Crisis in the US
Recorded: Friday, May 29, 2015
Senior Fellow Lawrence McQuillan, author of California Dreaming appears on Newsmax TV to discuss the financial crisis facing many cities and states in the US: the fact that public-pensions are grossly underfunded and taxpayers can be left holding the bag. McQuillan talks about how to resolve this pending, man-made crisis in America.
Experts: Lawrence J. McQuillanType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Government Waste/Pork, Labor and Employment
Mary L.G. Theroux | Childhood Poverty, Government Failures, and the Need for Economic Liberty
Recorded: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux testified on "Childhood Poverty, Government Failures, and the Need for Economic Liberty", before the California State Senate's Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, at the request of State Senator Jeff Stone. The witnesses spoke about California's Maximum Family Grant rule for families on welfare. The rule caps grants and does not increase grant money to mothers on welfare when they have more children. Mary testified about the causes of poverty and of the need for other, non-government options for poor families. She introduced ideas for helping the poor through private resources and organizations, instead of government agencies where families and women often find themselves trapped in a cycle of poverty.
Experts: Mary L. G. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Education, Family, Health Care, Housing, Labor and Employment, Politics, Privatization, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxes, Welfare, Womens Issues
Peter A. Thiel | Courage Is In Far Shorter Supply Than Genius
Recorded: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
In this clip from "Peter Thiel | Developing the Developed World: Entrepreneurship, Liberty, and the Future," Peter Thiel describes how courage to stand out from the crowd is in far shorter supply than great minds.
Experts: Peter A. ThielType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Freedom, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privacy, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation
John R. Graham: Shouldn't Healthcare Be Fair?
Recorded: Monday, November 3, 2014
Independent Institute Senior Fellow John R. Graham proposes a major change to Obamacare that would allow a level playing field for everyone.
To purchase copies of John C. Goodman's book "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis," click here or call Toll Free 1-800-297-8733.
Experts: John R. GrahamType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Free Market Economics, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Health Care, History (U.S), Labor and Employment, Regulation and Deregulation
Ivan Eland on Ranking US Presidents
Recorded: Sunday, October 26, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, appears on Fox & Friends to discuss his updated version of "Recarving Rushmore."
To order copies of "Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty," click here.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Government Waste/Pork, History (U.S), Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Regulation and Deregulation, Terrorism and National Crises, Trade
John C. Goodman: What's the Alternative to Obamacare?
Recorded: Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Independent Institute Senior Fellow John C. Goodman, author of "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis" describes how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, with its 27,000 pages of rules and regulations, has omitted some basic market-based concepts that would benefit all consumers. Goodman outlines the changes that would make such a healthcare system function, utilizing his extensive knowledge of the subject. Goodman is known as the "Father of Health Savings Accounts" whose suggestions for healthcare reform have been heard around the country. In this video, he highlights what is wrong with Obamacare, and offers his bold ideas on sensible healthcare reform.
Experts: John C. GoodmanType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Antitrust, Competition, and Monopoly, Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Economic Policy, Free Market Economics, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Health Care, Politics, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation
Chris Coyne: The Role of Institutions
Recorded: Thursday, June 19, 2014
Chris Coyne discusses Institutions, spontaneous order, and the market process.
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Experts: Christopher J. CoyneType: Challenge of Liberty SeminarsIssues: Antitrust, Competition, and Monopoly, Bureaucracy and Government, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Free Market Economics, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Regulation and Deregulation


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As moms and dads (and Santa Claus) know too well, kids' Christmas wish lists can be goldmines of wacky, insane, and just plain bizarre gift requests.
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She had organized the presentation by "most wanted," "nice to have" and "I'd love but not really necessary." She also listed stores and price points. I've had college interns with less refined skills.
What's on the Christmas wish list for kids this year? Nothing, it would seem. Well, nothing in the sense that there is no "top toy" for 2013. This year, the kids want the classics.
It's that time of year. The time for magic and Christmas miracles -- and TV wish lists! Here are the top 8 TV wishes on my Christmas list!
I've seen enough of the world in my 65 years to know that wishing is not enough. We need to be doing.
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is "What are your favorite business books of all-time?" That's a tough question to answer. It's sort of like "What's your favorite color?"
I've been making my list and checking it twice. Here's what I'd like for the 12 days of Christmas -- some of the gifts to be spread throughout the com...
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Remote Dangers
Incheon, South Korea
By Rob Dawson
To receive messages saying, "Police detained me" and "Running a bit late. Broke my nose," is not something I expected when editing the Asian Games. With some 10,000 athletes taking part in the 16-day multi-sport competition it was always going to be a challenge to cover such a sporting spectacular, but this was out of the ordinary.
As a picture editor, I was based in the Main Press Centre, sitting alongside colleagues from text and TV. I was often the central point of contact for the six photographers covering the event alongside my main responsibility for picture editing.
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Yummy, Fried Egg and Scrambled Eggs
Now that your appetites are whet I am going to disappoint you. This isn't a blog about food.
Now that your appetites are whet I am going to disappoint you. This isn't a blog about food.
Growing up in Melbourne you might think tennis was a big part of my life, with the first slam of the year being held every year in the city, but I don't come from that Melbourne. I grew up in a small market town in Derbyshire in Britain. My experience of tennis growing up involved playing on this court and ones similar. Luckily the poorly maintained surface and nets did not quell my enthusiasm for the sport. I would often rush home from school so I could watch Wimbledon on the television while eating home picked strawberries and cream.


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Review: Guy Ritchie's Man From U.N.C.L.E.
August 14, 2015 | Filed Under Entertainment, Hollywood, Movies, Music, Theater, Video, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Review: Guy Ritchie's Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Review: Guy Ritchie's Man From U.N.C.L.E.
-By Warner Todd Huston
The classic 1960s TV show that barely escaped being canceled after its first season yet rose to a level of popularity that rivaled that of The Beatles is finally getting a big screen reimagining and many fans hope it will be successful enough to spawn sequels and a new series of movies. So, how does Guy Ritchie's new "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." measure up?
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Before we get to the film, many younger viewers will be wholly unfamiliar with the source material. The original "Man From U.N.C.L.E." TV show, staring Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, and Leo G. Carroll, debuted during the 1964 TV season and almost disappeared in a single season were it not for a spectacular PR effort. Not only was that first season in boring black and white, but it barely made a dent in the ratings meaning the show wasn't even close to a hit during its first run episodes. But due to some brilliant rear guard public relations, during the show's Summer reruns U.N.C.L.E. grew into a huge hit becoming one of the world's first appointment television shows with a world-wide fan base that for a short time rivaled that of The Beatles.
The show that pretty much programmed every spy show since its debut featured a suave, super cool American spy with the unforgettable name of Napoleon Solo (played by veteran actor Robert Vaughn). The imperturbable Solo used his brains as much as he used his brawn to solve his spy assignments. In fact, his brawn was often not much to write home about as he was knocked to the ground and tied up by the bad guys as often as he bested them in fisticuffs.
His partner, Russian super spy Illya Nickovitch Kuryakin (David McCallum, a bit of a newcomer to American audiences) was an interesting, enigmatic, sarcastic man of action who offered as much sex appeal for the ladies as he revealed embarrassment over that very appeal. Many NBC executives initially thought that the character, with his mop of blond hair and youth appeal, was a bad idea. They thought that this Russian hippy should have been gotten rid of. Some even worried that viewers would think he was gay and we can't have gays on TV in 1964! In fact, the Illya character was initially only cast as a semi-regular character but once fans saw the chemistry between Napoleon and his pal Illya, they couldn't get enough and Illya's role was bumped up to co-star. Illya's past was a bit cryptic and he was certainly never called a Soviet. The closest viewers got to learning about Illya's personal past was when we learned that he went to the University of Georgia… not the one in the southern state but the Russian one!
Acting as the guiding hand over this pair of super agents was their boss, Alexander Waverly, leader of U.N.C.L.E. Waverly was played by veteran actor Leo G. Carroll who brought a grandfatherly, legitimizing presence to the series.
And what of this U.N.C.L.E.? Well it was an acronym that stood for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, an international organization funded by all the world's nations and its chief duty was to protect the world from the big bad organization named THRUSH. The bad guys were never fully identified in the series (though the novelizations labeled them the "Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity") but they were an organization with resources that rivaled that of U.N.C.L.E.'s and were its polar opposite on the evil scale. Worse than the Nazis, worse than world-wide communism, THRUSH wanted no less than to rule the world.
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Black Writer Whines That White Hip Hop Fans Don't 'Give a Sh*t' About Blacks
May 3, 2015 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Civil Rights, Crime, Democrats/Leftists, Education, Entertainment, Ethics, Freedom, Government Corruption, Journalism, Liberals, Media Bias, Music, Progressives, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Black Writer Whines That White Hip Hop Fans Don't 'Give a Sh*t' About Blacks
-By Warner Todd Huston
A fellow going by the moniker "Stereo Williams," one who claims to be an entertainment writer from New York, is all weepy because he thinks white kids who are fans of rap music "don't give a shit about blacks." But a look at the lyrics of nearly any rap song pretty much proves that the blacks that make the stuff are really the ones who don't give a shit about blacks.
In his May 5 article, eruditely entitled, "Too Many White Hip-Hop Fans Don't Give a Shit About Black People," the entertainment critique noted that at least two generations of Americans have now grown up with rap and hip hop music as their music of choice. But from that platform, Williams does a high jump straight to the riots in Baltimore.
Williams noted that many of the white friends he grew up with–those same kids who quoted Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac in middle and high school–now unbelievably "vote red" and have kids of their own. Worse in his view is that some of them have taken to social media to say that the criminals and barbarians who torched Baltimore are "thugs" (his quote marks).
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Listen to Freddie Mercury and David Bowie's Isolated Vocal Track the 1981 Hit 'Under Pressure'
February 2, 2015 | Filed Under Britain, Entertainment, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Listen to Freddie Mercury and David Bowie's Isolated Vocal Track the 1981 Hit 'Under Pressure'
-By Warner Todd Huston
If you are a fan of Queen's Freddie Mercury and/or David Bowie, the isolated vocal track from Queen's hit song "Under Pressure" is pretty amazing.
Isolated vocals are not always pretty. Linda McCartney singing "Hey Jude" is one of the worst examples, but ">David Lee Roth doing "Running With the Devil" isn't much better.
But the isolated vocals from "Under Pressure" reveals two singers at the top of their game and on target vocally.
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The Oldest Polyphonic Song Ever Discovered
December 21, 2014 | Filed Under History, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
The Oldest Polyphonic Song Ever Discovered
-By Warner Todd Huston
For a non-politics related post… Researchers have found the oldest Polyphonic music ever written. A polyphonic song is music written for at least two vocal parts (today we often think of four parts with bass, tenor, alto, and soprano, for instance). Before this discovery, the earliest polyphonic piece researchers had discovered was from the year 1,000, but this one has been dated to the year 900.
Just listen to this, it is mesmerizing:
It was discovered by PhD student Giovanni Varelli jotted down by hand in a manuscript in the British Library. The music was written at the bottom of a page of a German manuscript that chronicled the life of St. Boniface, that country's Patron Saint.
No one caught it before probably because the music was written in an archaic format that was used long before the normal musical stave system we use today was invented.
The piece in the video above is performed by Quintin Beer and John Clapham–both music undergraduates at St John's College, Cambridge.
Here is what the manuscript looks like:
Looks like something J.R.R. Tolkien would write for his "Lord of the Rings" books, doesn't it?
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That's Christmas To Me – By Pentatonix
November 22, 2014 | Filed Under Christmas, Entertainment, Holiday, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
That's Christmas To Me – By Pentatonix
This is a really nice Christmas song!
Stern Looks From Sean Penn, That Ought to Free 250 Kidnapped Nigerian Girls!
May 8, 2014 | Filed Under al Qaeda, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Democrats/Leftists, Entertainment, Ethics, Government, Government Corruption, Hate Crimes, Hollywood, Human Rights, Islam, Islamofascism, Jihad, Liberals, Media, Michelle Obama, Movies, Music, Muslim Brotherhood, President, Progressives, Religion, Sharia, Taliban, Terrorism, TV, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Stern Looks From Sean Penn, That Ought to Free 250 Kidnapped Nigerian Girls!
-By Warner Todd Huston
They've ignored the violent region for a decade, they've never spoken out about the Islamist radical terrorists who have killed thousands, but now that over 250 girls have been kidnapped by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, suddenly a handful of Hollywooders have deigned to notice… and weeks late at that.
In April, the terror group Boko Haram went on a mass kidnapping spree imprisoning hundreds of Nigerian girls who were trying to attend school. The Islamists are against girls going to school, naturally. That and they want to money from selling the girls into sexual slavery. Hundreds of grief stricken Nigerian parents have been trying to get the world to notice for weeks.
President Obama has been ignoring the mass kidnapping for almost a month already. But now he is finally starting to pay attention. On May 7 First Lady Michelle Obama Tweeted out a photo of herself holding a piece of paper that sways "#Bring Back Out Girls."
For his part, the President has begun to offer some help, though no one is quite sure what that amounts to yet.
That is all well and good, but what is galling is the idiots in Hollywood. Suddenly being all worried about the Nigerian girls is all the rage among the hipsters. To express their newfound concern a handful of Hollyidiots Tweeted photos of themselves with stern faces holding signs that say "real men don't buy girls."
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Hollywood Poseur 'Jay Z' and His White-Men-are-Devils Medallion
April 6, 2014 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Democrats/Leftists, Entertainment, Ethics, Hollywood, Movies, Music, Progressives, Race, Racism, TV, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Hollywood Poseur 'Jay Z' and His White-Men-are-Devils Medallion
-By Warner Todd Huston
Hollywood poseur "Jay Z"–whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter–has taken to wearing a gaudy, coaster-sized medallion from a group that says white people are evil and blacks are a superior race. But the truth is, this mope is wearing the regalia without walking the walk by actually joining the black-centric hate group.
"Jay Z" and his buddies have been seen wearing these medallions lately. They come from a hate group called the Five Percent Nation. The medallion–an eight-point star with the number 7 in the middle–means that blacks are a superior race. It's sort of a darker version of the Aryan Nation racists.
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Recently Michael Muhammad Knight told the New York Post what this hate group believes.
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Shocking the Elites, Bill O'Reilly Shakes Hands With Snoop Dogg, Celebrates Jazz
January 2, 2014 | Filed Under Cable, Entertainment, Fox News, Music, TV, TV News, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Shocking the Elites, Bill O'Reilly Shakes Hands With Snoop Dogg, Celebrates Jazz
-By Warner Todd Huston
The cultural elites were shocked during this month's Kennedy Center Honor awards when out onto the stage walked none other than Fox News star Bill O'Reilly who was asked to honor Jazz great Herbie Hancock. Even more amusing, right there on stage O'Reilly later shook hands with rapper Snoop Dogg.
O'Reilly takes to podium to everyone's surprise.
When O'Reilly strode out onto the stage to take the podium to honor Hancock, his first words directly and humorously addressed the shock that many in the audience was experiencing.
"I know, I'm surprised too," he quipped sending the crowd into gales of laughter. Well, everyone but Barack Obama who gave a slight smile but didn't seem all that amused. I guess Obama's hate can't be tamed by mere humor.
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Fun Video: Star Wars Cantina Band Song in Rag Time Style
October 30, 2013 | Filed Under Entertainment, Movies, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Fun Video: Star Wars Cantina Band Song in Rag Time Style
The speed was a bit beyond the skill of the balding fellow, however, it was still fun to listen to and watch.
Kanye West Wrote 'I Am A God' After Fashion Diss
June 28, 2013 | Filed Under Hollywood, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Kanye West Wrote 'I Am A God' After Fashion Diss
-By Warner Todd Huston
In a new interview, pop artist Kanye West revealed just what made him write "I Am God" for his latest album, Yeezus. It was, the singer tells W magazine, a "major diss." Not one from another rapper, but one from a fashion designer.
There was once a time when rappers got hot under the collar when rival rappers "dissed" them, sometimes guns were drawn over the argument, too. But, as he often does, Kanye went in a different direction with the locus of his diss-i-ness.
We are told that West was invited to an exclusive fashion event at Paris Fashion week. But he was only invited, he says, if he refused offers to go to any other show that week. The designer, it appears, wanted to be able to boast that only he had Kanye West.
Apparently West felt this was a Diss.
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Hllywd Director Phil Lord: Jay Z and Beyonce 'Look Like Dupes' Over Cuba Trip
April 16, 2013 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Communism, Cuba, Democrats/Leftists, Entertainment, Ethics, Hollywood, Liberals, Movies, Music, Progressives, Socialism, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Hllywd Director Phil Lord: Jay Z and Beyonce 'Look Like Dupes' Over Cuba Trip
-By Warner Todd Huston
More condemnation for the vacation trip to Cuba indulged by rapper Jay Z and gal-pal singer Beyonce, this time from Hollywood director Phil Lord–himself the son of a Cuban refugee. Lord thinks that the entertainers were "dupes" of the oppressive Cuban military, that they "don't care" about the political gulags Cuban dictator Castro built, that they essentially mocked the thousands of Cubans that have been imprisoned and lost their lives in those prisons, and says the pair represent little else but "nihilism with a beat."
Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Havana, Cuba, apparently with the blessing of Barack Obama's administration quite despite that the U.S. still has an official prohibition against Americans visiting the Island nation turned political prison.
Lord told the media that at first he thought that Jay Z and Beyonce just weren't aware of the oppression of Cuban people. He gave them the benefit of the doubt that they just weren't aware of the many artists that had been imprisoned and their art banned. But after Jay Z released his song that taunted people opposing Cuba, Lord realized that Shawn Corey "Jay Z" Carter knew exactly what he was doing that that made it all the worse.
The director of such films as 21 Jump Street and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is not alone in his condemnation of the Island hopping Carters. AJ Delgado also slammed Jay Z for the trip saying, "Beyoncé and Jay-Z not only legitimize and support the repressive regime, with both their presence and their cash, but turn a blind eye, cruelly, to the perils and languishing of the Cuban people."
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Hypocrisy: Concert Rocks Fiscal Doomsaying White House
April 10, 2013 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Ethics, Jobs, Liberals, Music, President, Progressives, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Hypocrisy: Concert Rocks Fiscal Doomsaying White House
-By Warner Todd Huston
As President Obama is heard scolding Republicans on a near daily basis for forcing a sequester that is shutting down government and halting funding for things like White House tours, he and First Wife Michelle geared up Tuesday for a star-studded, soul music concert in the White House that featured such stars as Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, and the Reverend Al Green.
Only a few days before the big April 9 gala concert, President Obama was still warning of the evils of sequestration, but the purported "severe" cutbacks of government spending didn't stop the President from enjoying a night of stirring soul music during the program titled, In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul.
The First Lady kicked off the April 9 tribute to Soul with an hour-long, morning program held in the White House State Dining Room and billed as a "guidance" on the upcoming Memphis Soul performance at the White House. The event was held for students and music lovers and featured soul greats Sam Moore, Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, Ben Harper and also featuring pop star Justin Timberlake as panel members taking questions from the audience.
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New York Investigating Anti-Fracking Lobbying by Yoko One, Mark Ruffalo, Robert De Niro
April 3, 2013 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Budget, Business, Capitalism, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Electric, Energy, Entertainment, Ethics, Fracking, Government, Hollywood, Liberals, Movies, Music, Natural Gas, New York, Oil, Progressives, TV, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
New York Investigating Anti-Fracking Lobbying by Yoko One, Mark Ruffalo, Robert De Niro
-By Warner Todd Huston
A formal complaint has been filed with a New York lobbying board to investigate whether Yoko Ono, Robert De Niro and nearly 200 other celebrities have violated state laws with their Artists Against Fracking activist group.
Celebrities are well known for dabbling in social activism whether what they have to say makes sense or not and the recent cause célèbre is the anti-fracking movement. Along with Yoko Ono, actors Mark Ruffalo and Robert De Niro, and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, the movement has drawn the support of some 200 celebrities all donating time and money to stop efforts toward American energy independence.
The group has sponsored rallies and concerts and on it's website the celebrity group urges visitors to "Tell Governor Cuomo Don't Frack New York!"
Pushing the issue on a national TV audience, Ono and son Sean even appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to sing a somewhat ridiculous anti-fracking song at the end of January.
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Russell Simmons Slams NRA's New African American Spokesman
March 11, 2013 | Filed Under 2nd Amendment, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Entertainment, Ethics, Government, Guns, Liberals, Music, NRA, Progressives, Race, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Russell Simmons Slams NRA's New African American Spokesman
-By Warner Todd Huston
There is a new face on the pro-gun circuit. Mr. Colion Noir, a young African American who is conservative and pro-gun, is the National Rifle Association's newest spokesman but apparently this has proven too much for rap and entertainment mogul Russell Simmons.
After seeing the NRA's intro video of Noir's upcoming NRA News show, Simmons took to Twitter to tell the gun group, "Dear @NRA, we don't trust you. Sincerely, Black America."
Simmons then wrote a longer attack at Globalgrind.com, saying that "black people ain't got no time" for the NRA.
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Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree–1913
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Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree–1913
Bert Williams, 1913
Bert Williams
Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree
A great big tree grows near our house
It's been there quite some time
This tree's a slipp'ry elm tree and very hard to climb
But when my wife starts after me, up in that tree I roost
I go up like a healthy squirrel and never need no boost
The other day a woodman came to chop the refuge down
And carve it into kindling wood, to peddle 'round the town
I says to him, "I pray thee cease, desist, refrain and stop
Lay down that razor, man, chop not a single chop"
Woodman, woodman, spare that tree
Touch not a single bough
For years it has protected me
And I'll protect it now
Chop down an oak, a birch or pine
But not this slipp'ry elm of mine
It's the only tree that my wife can't climb
So spare that tree
I said to him, "You see that hole
Up near that old treetop
I've got five dollars there, that's yours, if you refrain to chop
No beast but me can climb that tree, 'cause it's too slippery
I can't get up myself, unless my wife is after me
So get my wife and I'll call her a very naughty word
And then you'll see me give an imitation of a bird
You may not know just where to go, when my wife gets around
But when she comes, remember this, if I'm not on the ground"
Woodman, woodman, spare that tree
Touch not a single bough
For years it has protected me
And I'll protect it now
Chop down an oak, a birch or pine
But not this slipp'ry elm of mine
It's the only tree that my wife can't climb
So spare that tree
Composer Irving Berlin/Vincent Bryan
Singer Al Green Turns Down Invite to Sing at Obama's Second Inaugural
January 26, 2013 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Democrats/Leftists, Liberals, Music, President, Progressives, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Singer Al Green Turns Down Invite to Sing at Obama's Second Inaugural
-By Warner Todd Huston
At a 2012 campaign fundraiser, President Barack Obama sang a line of Al Green's hit "Let's Stay Together" as the singer watched from the audience. Green, however, turned down an invite to attend and perform at the President's second inauguration.
Green's reps told the Associated Press that he had to turn down the President's invitation to sing at this year's event because of a scheduling conflict.
In 2012, while on stage at Harlem's Apollo Theater, Obama sang a line of Green's song but quickly deferred to the singer, who was in the audience.
"Don't worry Rev., I can not sing like you," the President said. "I just wanted to show my appreciation."
In an interview after the 2009 event, Green said he was thrilled by Obama's attention.
"I was thrilled that the President even mentioned my name and if the President can get the economy going again and get everything going that he wants to, then we'll all be together."
Through his reps, Green said he'd be "honored" to perform for the President at some other time.
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Rapper Thrown of Stage After Attacks on Obama, Limbaugh, Others
January 22, 2013 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Anti-Semitism, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Entertainment, Ethics, Government, Israel, Liberals, Music, Palestinians, PCism, Progressives, Race, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston, Washington D.C., Western Civilization | Comments Off on
Rapper Thrown of Stage After Attacks on Obama, Limbaugh, Others
-By Warner Todd Huston
Rapper Lupe Fiasco lived down to his name at a recent corporate-sponsored inauguration party in Washington D.C. when he was thrown off the stage by the hosts for going on a tirade against President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck, audience members said.
During one of his "songs" the rapper informed the audience that he didn't vote for President Obama and told them why, saying, "…and these same people supposedly telling us the truth. Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist, Gaza strip was getting bombed. Obama didn't say sh*t. That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either. I'm part of the problem, my problem is I'm peaceful."
It wasn't long before black-suited security guards mounted the stage and swept the rapper off, shutting down the concert.
Josh Rogin, a writer for Foreign Policy magazine, was in the audience and tweeted as the incident played out. In one Tweet, Rogin reported, "Lupe refused to move to the next song so a team of security guards came on stage and told him to go."
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NRA More Popular Than Hollywood
January 21, 2013 | Filed Under 2nd Amendment, Cable, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Entertainment, Gun Control, Guns, Hollywood, Liberals, Movies, Music, NRA, Progressives, Regulation, TV, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
NRA More Popular Than Hollywood
-By Warner Todd Huston
With polls showing that our Second Amendment is still nearly as popular as ever, one is tempted to think that our guns are safe, for now. A new poll, for instance, even shows that the National Rifle Association is more popular than Hollywood.
The new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that even after the crime at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut ratings for the NRA did not much stray from the 41 percent approval it has enjoyed since 2011.
On the other hand, only 24 percent of respondents had a positive view of the entertainment industry.
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Gangnam Style Has Been ruined for Me. F*ck You Psy
December 7, 2012 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Entertainment, Music, South Korea, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Gangnam Style Has Been ruined for Me. F*ck You Psy
-By Warner Todd Huston
When the South Korean Pop song Gangnam Style first became the thing here in the only country in the world that counts, I was bemused by the tune and its frenetic horse-galloping dance moves. I thought it was funny and fun. But now I find out that the Korean artist, Psy, has told American to fuck off (excuse HIS language) now he is persona non gratta. I've gone back and eliminated all Psy posts I've made before and will never support this creep's work again.
FUCK YOU Psy!
So, here is the deal. Korean singer Psy is enjoying all the success and money that comes with breaking big in the Untied States of America. He's reveling in the attention and the money it is bringing him. But, now we idiot Americans are finding out he's made a career out of hating the U.S.A.
And, this jerkoff wasn't just reveling in the average kind of America hate in which so many pop singers engage, he actually wished that American families should be "killed slowly and painfully."
That's right, this ass hoped our children were killed "slowly and painfully."
He made this exclamation during a 2004 concert in South Korea.
Naturally, this little creep is apologizing… now that America is paying him big money for his crap song.
So, Psy is out. Screw him and his armpit nation.
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Jazz Giant Dave Brubeck Dies
December 5, 2012 | Filed Under Entertainment, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Jazz Giant Dave Brubeck Dies
-By Warner Todd Huston
Jazz great Dave Brubeck has died today. He was 91.
Dave Brubeck made Jazz ultra cool in the early 1960s. His most famous piece as Take Five and is instantly recognizable even to many who know nothing about Jazz.
Here is some more info on the piece and the band:
"Take Five" is a jazz piece written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album "Time Out". Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in New York City on June 25, July 1, and August 18, 1959, this piece became one of the group's best-known records, famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived.
While "Take Five" was not the first jazz composition to use this meter, it was one of the first in the United States to achieve mainstream significance, reaching number five on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Singles chart.
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(VIDEO) 'High on a Mountaintop' Tribute to the Heroes of Benghazi by Chris Cassone
November 30, 2012 | Filed Under Libya, Military, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
(VIDEO) 'High on a Mountaintop' Tribute to the Heroes of Benghazi by Chris Cassone
Tribute to the heroes of the Benghazi attack on our embassy: Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Ambassador Chris Stevens…and a rebuke of the treason that let them die. All proceeds (that's ALL…except the Bandcamp 15%) will go to the SEAL NSW Family Foundation.
DeVotchKa: Rock Band Stage Show Features Romney Beheading
November 1, 2012 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Denver, Elections, Entertainment, Ethics, Government, Liberals, Mitt Romney, Movies, Music, President, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
DeVotchKa: Rock Band Stage Show Features Romney Beheading
-By Warner Todd Huston
At the Boulder Theater in Colorado, the Denver-based rock band DeVotchKa performed a stage show that featured the ritual beheading of Mitt Romney in a pseudo Mayan beheading scene.
The DeVotchKa stage show featured the beheading of Mitt Romney
The October 26 performance of the Day of The Dead-like experience kicked off the concert with stilt-walkers, skeletons, acrobats and Mayanesque, befeathered characters roaming the stage.
The segment culminated in the "ritual beheading" of a band member sporting a Mitt Romney mask.
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VIDEO: Hilarious Ghostbusters/Gangnam Style Mashup
October 16, 2012 | Filed Under Humor, Movies, Music, Video, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
VIDEO: Hilarious Ghostbusters/Gangnam Style Mashup
All Psy items are being removed from this blog. Want to know why? See: Gangnam Style Has been ruined for Me. F*ck You Psy.
Rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd Denounce Then Support The Confederate Flag
September 28, 2012 | Filed Under Alabama, Civil War, Entertainment, History, Music, PCism, Race, Slavery, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd Denounce Then Support The Confederate Flag
-By Warner Todd Huston
After forty some years of prominently featuring the Southern Cross flag of the old Confederacy as part of its schtick, suddenly the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynrd is denouncing the banner claiming it is a symbol of racism.
Sole surviving original band member, Gary Rossington, explained why the band was dumping its long-time use of the Southern Cross flag (often mistakenly called "The Stars and Bars") in an interview with CNN's Fredricka Whitfield in an episode of the cabler's Face to Face entertainment segment.
It became such a issue, you know, about race and stuff, where, we just had it, in the beginning because we were southern and that was our image back in the 70s and late 60s because they kinda branded us from being from the south so we showed that.
But I think through the years, you know, people like the KKK and skinheads and people have kind of kidnapped the Dixie or Rebel flag from the southern tradition and the heritage of the soldiers, you know, that's what it was about. And they kinda made it look bad in certain ways. So, we didn't want that to go to our fans or show the image like we agreed with any of the race stuff or any of the bad things.
Bandmate Johnny Van Zant went on noting that they all grew up "loving the old Blues artists," and other black musicians and they "just didn't want to be associated with that particular (racist) thing."
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Remy: Imagine (There's No YouTube)
September 25, 2012 | Filed Under 1st Amendment, Barack Obama, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Ethics, Islam, Islamofascism, Koran, Liberals, Music, PCism, President, Progressives, Sharia, Society/Culture, Terrorism, Video, Warner Todd Huston, YouTube | Comments Off on
Remy: Imagine (There's No YouTube)
Obama can imagine that Youtube is controlled by his administration, but…
Ice-T: Guns the 'Last Form of Defense Against Tyranny'
July 24, 2012 | Filed Under 2nd Amendment, Constitution, Crime, Democrats/Leftists, Entertainment, Ethics, Government, Guns, Hollywood, Liberals, Movies, Music, TV, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Ice-T: Guns the 'Last Form of Defense Against Tyranny'
-By Warner Todd Huston
I've always wondered how the African American community could possibly support strict gun control considering its past history with government authorities both in our past and modern times. Well, at least one prominent African American, rapper and actor Ice-T, is speaking out in favor of American's Second Amendment rights.
In a visit to sell his latest film project, Ice-T appeared on Channel 4 TV in London, England with host Krishnan Guru-Murthy. The appearance just happened to be only hours after the mass murder in Aurora, Colorado and host
Guru-Murthy thought he'd query the rapper on his thoughts on guns in America.
As it happens, Ice-T, the self-described "Godfather of Gangsta Rap," was not in the least apologetic for American's rights to self defense.
Glen Shulfer Video: Blame Someone Else
June 21, 2012 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Entertainment, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Glen Shulfer Video: Blame Someone Else
The latest from musician Glen Shulfer…
© 2012 Glen Shulfer
You blame someone else for what you've done.
You said it's not your fault for leaving us undone.
Oh, but you promised everything…delivered nothing,
and blame someone else.
No, you can't blame George Bush, cause it's been four years ago.
And you can't blame the Tea Party, when all they want is to end your debt.
And you can't blame it on the rich; cause who the hell's gonna pay your tax?
And you can't blame the Military, because they keep this country strong.
We gotta take back America! Cause we're at the tipping point.
You blame someone else for what you've done.
You said it's not your fault for leaving us undone.
Oh, but you promised everything…delivered nothing,
and blame someone else.
No, you can't blame America, and all the good that she stands for.
And you can't blame it on the church, just because you don't believe.
And you can't blame Talk Radio, cause it's the Freedom Voice we hear.
And you can't blame the Constitution; it's meant to stop someone like you!
We gotta take back America! Cause we're at the tipping point.
You blame someone else for what you've done.
You said it's not your fault for leaving us undone.
Oh, but you promised everything…delivered nothing,
and blame someone else.
Rock-N-Roller Confronted With Capitalism
June 1, 2012 | Filed Under Business, Capitalism, Entertainment, Music, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off on
Rock-N-Roller Confronted With Capitalism
-By Warner Todd Huston
Jack White recently of the band The White Stripes has realized something important, capitalism works. At least it works when properly approached and with the release of several special vinyl albums he is trying to do it right, much to the consternation of some of his cheapskate fans.
As it happens, Mr. White is part of Third Man Records label, a company that produces special pressings on vinyl for the collectors market. But, seeing as how they are both limited and collectors editions, they aren't cheap. This has apparently made some of his fans mad.
With a price tag of upwards to $300 a piece, some fans have claimed Jack White is ripping them off. But Mr. White begs to differ. He says there is no reason why he should sell these collectors items at cheap prices just so that ebay speculators can buy up a large number of them only to go online and flip them for two, three, or more times as much as the original purchase.
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Madison Rising – The Star Spangled Banner
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Madison Rising – The Star Spangled Banner
The band is Madison Rising. http://www.madisonrising.com/
Windy City Madman: Nuge Meets Obama 'Truth Squad'
May 14, 2012 | Filed Under 1st Amendment, Constitution, Daniel Clark, Democrats/Leftists, Ethics, Government, Liberals, Music | Comments Off on
Windy City Madman: Nuge Meets Obama 'Truth Squad'
-By Daniel Clark
During the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama deployed so-called "truth squads" throughout the swing state of Missouri. Comprised mainly of prosecutors and high-ranking law enforcement personnel, these partisan watchdogs announced their intention to monitor private citizens' political speech. Although they would later protest that they'd never directly threatened to arrest or indict Obama's critics for voicing their opinions, the implicit threat was plain to see.
They defended themselves by pointing out that Missouri law contains no speech-crime provisions for them to enforce. Still, one might reasonably have feared being targeted for unrelated trivial or imagined offenses, as punishment for having committed crimes against superhumanity. If the squadders' only intention was, as they claimed, to rebut attacks against Obama by revealing the "truth," then why did the campaign make a point of recruiting such authority figures, instead of simply hiring some good p.r. people?
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William McDowell says he wouldn't trade the Western North Carolina mountains of his youth for a hometown in Beverly Hills.
The Canton community nurtured McDowell, who went on to own jewelry stores, work in real estate and now helps run an artist development company with his wife, legendary soul singer Gladys Knight.
"When I left this small town, I had the confidence to do anything that I wanted to do," he said. "I was just at the White House for Michele (Obama's) birthday party, and I looked around thought, how did I come from this town and get here? How did I get the confidence to do that? The ...


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Emma Shelton of Hodgenville is the recipient of a scholarship from the LaRue County Conservation District. She is active in FFA and plans to attend the University of Kentucky to obtain a degree in agriculture education. She is congratulated by LCCD chairman Frankie Weller.
As every high school student seeking to go to college and his parents know, college is expensive and becoming more costly.
A comparison of state and private colleges and universities in Kentucky for in-state students (source: U.S. Department of Education's 2013-14 IPEDS Survey) showed the cheapest cost for a year (includes tuition, room and board or estimated off-campus living expenses, books, supplies, and other fees) was $14,266 for a state school with prices ballooning to over $46,000 annually for a private college.
Schools are gearing up now for the annual Unbridled Learning assessments. Students have been challenged by their principals and teachers to do their best. Exciting "prep" rallies and other activities will be getting under way across the district to celebrate student success and encourage students to give their best effort in the coming weeks.
Each school will run its own daily testing schedule. Students in grades 3-8 will complete K-PREP assessments Monday, May 11 through Friday, May 15.
Jordan Jones, a student at LaRue County High School, received an honorable mention in the Congressional Art Competition for Kentucky's Second District.
Congressman Brett Guthrie announced the winners of the competition.
Jacob Price of Bardstown was the overall winner for the Second District
The Congressional Art Competition, which began in 1982, allows the winning pieces of art to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol Building for one full year.
Bethlehem High School, Bardstown, News
January-April 2015
Winter hit with a vengeance this year. Thanks to online classes, our students were able to keep up with their work, did not miss many snow days, and will graduate on time.
Alumni weekend will be 6:30 p.m. July 31 in the Bethlehem cafeteria. All classes ending in a 5 or a 0 will be attending and the Class of 1965 will celebrate their 50th graduation year. The Class of 1965 will be honored with a luncheon at noon Aug. 1. Invitations will be out soon.
Meghan Tipton, a LaRue County High School senior, painted the school district's banner this year that was displayed at the Kentucky School Board Conference Feb. 27 - March 1 at Louisville's Galt House East.
"Everyone thought it was the best banner there," said Sam Sanders, LaRue County School superintendent. "We have donated it to The Lincoln Museum per her request."
The Lincoln Museum
Applications for the Edward E. and Thelma S. Ford Lincoln Museum Scholarship are available at the LCHS guidance counselor's office or at The Lincoln Museum. This $500 scholarship is made available to a graduating high school senior or to an individual continuing their education. Applications must be received by 4 p.m. April 30. For more information, call 270-358-3163.
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RC Cola will again be the drink of choice for LaRue County Schools during the upcoming year.
The LaRue County School Board decided at its April 20 meeting to award the beverage contract to RC, rather than its larger competitor, Pepsi.
At the March meeting, board members considered a request by the district's principals to award the bid to Pepsico for July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2018. The consensus was that Pepsi products would sell better.
Last day of school
The last day of school for LaRue students is May 28.
School board dates
The LaRue County School Board meets at 7 p.m. at LaRue County High School on the following dates: May 18, June 15, July 20, Aug. 17, Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16 (LaRue County Middle School) and Dec. 21 (Abraham Lincoln Elementary School).
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In this updated edition of Nikki Keddies Modern Iranitself a substantially revised and expanded version of her classic work Roots of Revolutionthe author provides a new preface and a fully annotated and indexed epilogue, reviewing recent developments in Iran since 2003. Keddie provides insightful commentary on Irans nuclear and foreign policy, its relations with the United Nations and the United States, increasing conservative and hard-line tendencies in the government, and recent developments in the economy, cultural and intellectual life, and human rights.Reviews of the 2003 edition: [An] essential book for ones working library.L. Carl Brown, Foreign AffairsShifting her historical focus from the roots of the Iranian revolution to its consequences, Nikki Keddie has expanded her original classic to include a sharply probing and perceptive guide to more than two decades of tumultuous developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran.Gary Sick
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CENTER, TEXAS (Limestone County). Center is at the intersection of State Highway 164 and Farm Road 1953, seven miles west of Groesbeck in eastern Limestone County. In the 1940s it had a church, two businesses, and twenty-five residents. By the late 1960s its population had increased to seventy-six. Construction of Lake Limestone in the mid-1970s may have provided a small boost to the local economy. By the late 1980s, however, only a store remained at Center, though in 1990 and again in 2000 the community's population was still reported as seventy-six.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "CENTER, TX (LIMESTONE COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnc36), accessed November 28, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Congratulations! West Seattle's Martin de Vrieze completes high-elevation 100-mile raceAugust 26, 2014 at 1:03 am | In West Seattle news, West Seattle people, WS & Sports | 5 Comments
Congratulations to another West Seattleite for an amazing accomplishment – a high-elevation challenge completed by Martin de Vrieze recently in Colorado. Francine Stroud shares the story and photo:
Martin de Vrieze, a 20-year West Seattle resident, recently ran the Leadville 100 "Race Across the Sky." This race is 100 miles of extreme Colorado Rockies terrain. The race spans elevations between 9200 feet up to 12,600 feet, and has a total elevation gain of 18,168 feet. The race must be completed in 30 hours or less. Generally, only one half of the runners that start are able to finish the race. This year there were 612 starters and only 351 finishers. The race begins at 4:00 AM in the dark and for Martin ended at dawn the following morning. Martin finished in 25 hrs. 43 mins. 48 secs. He came in 25th in his age group and 93rd overall. We are very proud of him.
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Wow – congrats! I guess my 90-minute walks with a 25-foot elevation gain don't quite compare ;-)
Comment by Sonoma — 2:30 am August 26, 2014 #
awesome job. 100-miles alone would be a killer but in high elevation is super impressive.
Comment by WSEA — 4:59 am August 26, 2014 #
Congratulations Martin! Wear that belt buckle with pride, you definitely earned it!
Comment by CMP — 7:16 am August 26, 2014 #
Wow! Now that is something that deserves some recognition! Congratulations!
Comment by Bonnie — 7:51 am August 26, 2014 #
Having run the last 13.5 miles with him, as dawn (the second one since he started) was approaching, I can attest to the fact that this race is every bit as hard as it sounds, and the feat as amazing (as well as the feet). There is good reason that only about half of those who start, finish.
Comment by Heather — 10:24 am August 26, 2014 #
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Recovering the Fumble
parc is the place infamous for "fumbling the future," as the catchphrase goes. Back in the 1970s, it was the home of a remarkable suite of creations: the digital mouse, the graphical user interface, the laser printer, and the Ethernet, among others-just about the entire infrastructure of the modern office. Yet many of these inventions wound up being commercialized by firms other than Xerox.
Since taking over in 1990, Brown has worked hard to avoid repeating past mistakes by shifting the lab's orientation from invention to innovation, which he defines as "invention implemented." This approach extends far beyond merely creating something new to helping it reach the market. In his view, innovation also involves probing the very nature of work, recognizing that technologies will shape work practices-and that those shifting work customs, in turn, reshape technology. While still a small part of what parc does, the anthropology work gets at this feedback cycle and reflects the new spirit as few other pursuits do.
Cascading down the sun-soaked California hills, parc today crackles with big ideas. Home to roughly 250 scientific and technical staff, its offices and labs are interspersed with pleasant lounges to allow informal get-togethers and brainstorming sessions. Descending through the complex's steep concrete staircases to the various sections, or pods, a visitor finds experts in smart machines or electronic commerce, and display screens made of lightweight and inexpensive organic materials. You can also see the lab where parc researchers grabbed headlines last October by generating a blue diode laser beam that one day might enable computer printers to match the resolution of the best traditional printing technologies. The anthropology group lives down in a corner "pod" on the first level.
The role of the anthropology group is to help Xerox understand today's workplace, a complex knowledge environment in which information is transferred from subgroup to subgroup as tasks get done. In this structure, individuals play varying roles-sometimes boss, for example, sometimes employee-and the subgroups themselves have subtly shifting connections. "For an anthropologist," parc researcher Julian E. Orr once wrote, the corporate environment "is oddly reminiscent of the oppositions within segmenting lineages of the Nuer or the Afghans, or of the nisba, an infinitely branching Moroccan system of personal identification." The kicker for Xerox is that in today's office, such structures mediate the flow of information-and that's where Xerox makes its living.
Anthropologists have been part of parc's staff since 1979, when Lucy Suchman arrived from the University of California to study everyday life in a big company. A down-to-earth type who feels people are too often painted with a broad brush, Suchman questioned the computer scientists' assumption that office work was so straightforward and procedural that it should be tailor-made for computerization. To prove her point, she began studying the most seemingly procedural group she could find: accounting.
The way a computer scientist might view this job, a customer sends in an order, paperwork is processed, and the goods are shipped-providing a perfect opportunity to improve efficiency by automating processing chores. But Suchman's investigation showed that clerks really did many tasks in parallel, rather than in a linear fashion. For instance, a customer might phone in his order, assuring the clerk the paperwork was on its way. To help the customer, the goods would then be shipped before all the forms had been completed. Says Suchman: "In the end the record will have all the necessary paperwork. But if you just in a unilateral way insisted on doing things according to the rules, you would actually make your customers very unhappy, and it would be an inefficient way of doing business."