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USAID Book Club: A Farewell to Alms
As part of USAID's Fall Semester, we will host an online book club for our readers this fall. The Impact Blog will post suggestions from our senior experts at USAID to suggest a book on important issues in international development. We'll provide you and your book club with the reading suggestions and discussion questions, and you tell us what you think! Our fall reading list will explore solutions to the most pressing global challenges in international development—mobile solutions, poverty, hunger, health, economic growth, and agriculture.
This week's choice comes from: USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah
Book: A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World, by Gregory Clark
Synopsis: The source of human progress has long been a subject of debate. What makes rich countries rich, and poor countries poor? In the this book, University of California, Davis, Economist Gregory Clark offers a provocative take on the age-old question, arguing that it was culture—rather than geography, natural resources or centuries of exploitation—that left some parts of the globe behind.
According to Clark, relative stability and effective workforces enabled certain societies to take better advantage of the Industrial Revolution's new technologies and opportunities. Those countries with lax systems or undisciplined workers lost ground, and stayed there.
Clark's book is skeptical of whether the poorest parts of the world will ever achieve real progress. For development professionals, it offers up a challenge to the belief that outside intervention can help bridge the vast economic divide between rich and poor.
Review: This book impacted me because it shows how for hundreds, or even thousands, of years basic economic progress was largely stagnant. You didn't have rapid compound increases in living standards until the Industrial Revolution when some countries and some societies got on a pathway towards growth – towards better health, longer life expectancy, higher income per person and more investment in education. Others remained on a slower-moving pathway.
That great divergence, and the study of it, is at the core of development. It is that divergence that we try to learn from and correct for. We define success in development as helping communities and countries get on that pathway towards improved health and education, and greater wealth creation.
I didn't choose this book because I think it is the definitive story on development, but rather because I share its focus on core economic growth as the driver of divergence.
I disagree where Clark concludes that some societies failed to take advantage of the availability of modern technology because their cultures were antagonistic to development. With the right conditions in place, you can unlock a formidable work ethic from a range of different cultures and communities. The last 50 years have shown us that. By investing in local capacity and local institutions, we can leave a legacy of economic infrastructure, strong and capable leadership, and transparent, effective public and private sector institutions.
USAID's partnerships in Latin America helped country after country develop strong institutions. The same can be said for South Korea. Unfortunately, there have been examples where aid and assistance have been provided in a manner that was not as sensitive to building lasting local capacity and institutions. This is true for all partners, not just our Agency. That's why we've launched a program called USAID Forward, to refocus on working in a way that will create durable and sustained progress.
Administrator Shah is on Twitter at @rajshah. You can also "Ask the Administrator" your questions on Crowdhall.
Discussion Questions
1. Do you agree with Clark that some societies failed to take advantage of the availability of modern technology because their cultures were antagonistic to development?
2. The Nobel prize-winning economist Robert Solow has said Clark does not take into account how institutional factors, such as cronyism, inequitable taxation and ineffectual government cripple development. What role do you think these institutional factors play?
3. Clark challenges how effective outside intervention can be in helping poor nations progress. Do you agree?
4. Regardless of why some nations have fallen behind, how do you think they can bridge that gap today?
5. Has your world view changed after reading this book and how?
Get Involved: Use the comments section of this blog post to share your answers, or tweet them to us at #fallsemester
Progress in Haiti
Thomas C. Adams serves as Haiti Special Coordinator at the U.S. Department of State, and Mark Feierstein serves as Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The government of Haiti recently addressed the double bind their country often faces when the international media covers the development that is occurring in Haiti, identifying either how development is slow in coming or that the development that is occurring is harmful. We anticipate an upcoming AP article may reflect this same perspective. Haiti is working tirelessly to overcome adversity that existed even before the earthquake and to begin to build a stable and sustainable foundation for economic prosperity and societal stability.
Like many other Haiti donors, the United States government has been a proud partner of the government and people of Haiti. We have approached our work in a fundamentally different way. We have followed the lead of the government and people of Haiti, and we have sought for our development assistance not only to provide aid, but long-term sustainable investment as well. Our investments fall into four areas prioritized by the government: agriculture, health care, infrastructure and rule of law/security. And, while the assistance the United States is providing today is not always immediately apparent, the investments we are making will be lasting.
Haiti has a long way to go. Yet, there are successes. We want to share a few that sometimes go unreported.
- More than 1.1 million Haitians have moved out of temporary tent camps. The U.S. government, through USAID, has worked with the government and people of Haiti to repair damaged homes, build transitional shelters and provide rental support. These efforts alone have benefited more than 328,000 people.
- The government of Haiti ensured more children are attending school, paying the tuition of 850,000 primary school students and enabling 142,000 new students to attend school this past year alone.
- In the North, one of the poorest regions of the country, the government of Haiti is leading one of the largest and most ambitious regional development efforts in the country's history. Haiti has lead the U.S. government, the Inter-American Development Bank, and businesses — including domestic and foreign — to invest in the future of the region. The Caracol Industrial Park, for example, began operations at one factory in April. A modern power plant that provides electricity to the Park's factories and surrounding communities is up and running. There is a new vocational training center, a modern university provided by the Dominican Republic, and an improving community-based health care system. An airport expansion, construction of a new settlement with more than 1,280 hurricane and earthquake resistant houses with electricity, potable water, and flush sanitation in every home, and engineering drawings for a new container port are underway. These projects are part of Haiti's vision for a more prosperous and stable future that harnesses the economic potential of Haiti's impoverished regions, which the Haitian government put forward, and which donor partners and development experts endorsed.
- With more than 60 percent of Haitians reliant on agriculture for income, the United States has expanded agricultural programs, deploying the strategy of Feed the Future, the U.S. government food security initiative. To date we have worked with more than 9,700 farmers, introducing improved seeds, fertilizer and technologies. These efforts have resulted in a 118 percent increase in rice yields, 368 percent increase in corn, 85 percent increase in bean yields, and 21 percent increase in plantain yields. Our goal is to support 100,000 farmers in our three geographical regions of focus.
- The U.S. government, through USAID, is funding the services of an experienced management firm to help improve the commercial and operational sustainability of Haiti's electric utility in Port-au-Prince. In a country where only 12 percent of the population has legal access to electricity, the firm is also seeking to expand services to another 60,000 active customers by next April, which will increase the active customers in Haiti by a third. Since November 2011, the USG has been rehabilitating five electrical substations in Port-au-Prince, ensuring that available power in the system reaches households and businesses. To date, the U.S. government has signed contracts in the energy sector worth $52 million that are in different stages of implementation, half of which focus on the Port-au-Prince area.
The U.S. Government Is Working in Partnership
Dozens of countries, multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private sector entities are supporting Haiti. Together, we all pledged more than $12 billion in March 2010 in humanitarian and recovery funding over 10 years — a testament to the wide-spread commitment Haiti's partners share to its future prosperity. The United States pledged $1.15 billion or about 12 percent of the total funds. The government of Haiti and its partners are striving to ensure each dollar invested yields maximum results and complements, rather than overlaps, with other investments. The U.S. government development strategy can be found at: www.state.gov/s/hsc/. In addition to direct assistance, the United States funds efforts in Haiti through multilateral institutions such as the United Nations, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank. We are the largest donor in the health and agriculture sectors; the IDB is the largest donor in the education sector, as well as one of the lead donors on water, sanitation and hygiene programs (WASH). Today, because of coordination with the government of Haiti, the IDB and the government of Spain, more Haitians have access to clean water than before the earthquake — yet there is still much more progress that needs to be made.
The U.S. Government is Focused on Productive Infrastructure for Haiti's Renewal
If you don't look closely, numbers can be deceiving. The United States used existing funds from 2009 and 2010 and redirected existing programs to jumpstart recovery assistance, rehabilitate the electric grid and upgrade neighborhoods and health clinics before emergency supplemental funds were made available by Congress. Infrastructure projects don't begin or get completed overnight, and with good reason. So while the United States is on track to disburse all $475 million we committed to housing, energy and ports, disbursements for these types of complex projects are slower. To build a new port, power plant, hospital or housing complex — all of which the United States is in various stages of implementing — in a collaborative, responsible manner requires feasibility studies, consultations and planning with relevant government entities and communities at the local and national level, environmental studies, and plans for staffing and operations and maintenance. For Haiti to become an economically prosperous nation, we need to support sustainable projects. To do so means providing assistance in a deliberate manner.
Disbursements of U.S. Development Assistance to Haiti
$ in thousands for all items
Humanitarian Relief Assistance
Available funding through 03/31/2012: $1,289,024
Obligations: $1,289,024
Disbursements: $1,289,024
Percentage of available funding disbursed: 100%
Recovery and Reconstruction Assistance
Available funding through 03/31/2012: $1,891,743
Of which is the March 2010 New York pledge: $1,170,196
Obligations: $1,129,985
Of which is the March 2010 New York pledge: $649,842
Disbursements: $988,320
Of which is the March 2010 New York pledge: $463,102
Percentage of available funding disbursed: 48%
Of which is the March 2010 New York pledge: 40%
Available funding through 03/31/2012: $3,180,767
Obligations: $2,419,010
Disbursements: $2,277,345
Percentage of available funding disbursed: 72%
You can see how we are investing in Haiti by going to www.foreignassistance.gov and for information on specific contracts you can visit https://www.fpds.gov/fpdsng_
The U.S. Government is Committed to Transparency and Accountability
The State Department and USAID regularly provide information to the public and consult with Congress. In the last nine months alone, we have held more than 50 briefings for Members of Congress and their staffers, submitted strategies and reports, and have made ourselves available to answer inquiries via letters, emails, phone calls and meetings. And, for U.S. development projects, USAID provides Congress with a progress report every two weeks.
Importantly, we consulted extensively with the government of Haiti and other stakeholders in Haiti in the design of our assistance strategy, to ensure it reflected the priorities of Haiti. As part of this process, we have shared how much funding is available for investments in each sector and the impact the government of Haiti could anticipate from these initiatives. In the North, we have built community kiosks in different townships to share information in French and Creole about the investments the United States is making to receive feedback and remain accountable to local communities. Our commitments are public and tangible, supported by performance benchmarks that allow the people of Haiti and U.S. taxpayers to hold us accountable for our successes and failures.
We have also taken great strides to make the contracting process more transparent and accessible, especially to Haitian-owned companies. Online, any one can readily find the scope of work and information about the projects, excluding company's business confidential information, to ensure full and open competition for contracts (by avoiding competing companies knowing the costs structures of their competitors).
We are working hard to ensure the United States is the best partner it can be to the government and people of Haiti, while investing the American taxpayers' resources wisely and sustainably. Our goal is to continually improve our processes and programs, maintain the integrity of our investments, work in a coordinated manner with all stakeholders, and above all else measure our impact by whether the lives of Haitians are improving.
From the Field: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker Visits Northern Kosovo
During a recent visit to Kosovo, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker spoke in support of the process of decentralization and community engagement to improve life for everyone. Reeker told reporters in Mitrovica North that it is important that local communities determine "how your lives will be led, how your children will be raised and how the international community can support that effort." Mitrovica North is a Kosovo Serb majority region that has been resistant to cooperation with the central government in Pristina.
Reeker visited the community, along with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Dell, to inaugurate a playground constructed by USAID at the request of local residents. Reeker also met with local business leaders at a new Regional Community Resource Center that is supported by USAID. It was thehighest level U.S. Government visit to the tense region since ethnic violence erupted last summer.
From the Field
In Ukraine, we facilitated a meeting between one of Ukraine's Federal District Court Judge's Charles Breyer and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft. This meeting was arranged at the Judge's request, through the Fair, Accountable, Independent and Responsible Judiciary Program (FAIR). The purpose of the FAIR Program is to support legislative, regulatory and institutional reform of judicial institutions in order to build a foundation for a more accountable and independent judiciary.
Also, under the FAIR program, USAID Ukraine held a conference on Strategic Planning for the Judiciary at which the Ambassador made remarks. He emphasized that, "an independent and effective judiciary is critical to Ukraine's continued economic development." The Ambassador's remarks can be found here in full.
In Macedonia, to foster the development of the creative industries sector, we held an Artfest. This activity is part of USAID's Creative Businesses Project which works to create opportunities for long-term employment and increased income for creative micro and small enterprises. The main beneficiaries are unemployed youth and women.
From the Field
Our weekly feature highlighting events at USAID Missions around the globe.
In Tanzania, on World AIDS Day, Former President George W. Bush and his family visited sites in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The highlight of their site visits was observing an innovative HIV prevention intervention funded by USAID that takes place in Tanzanian beauty salons. Former President Bush and Mrs. Bush along with their daughters and son-in-law, stopped in at Ramuu's Beauty Salon in Dar es Salaam to see the Jipende! (Love Yourself!) Program in action. Ramuu's is one of 46 salons in Dar es Salaam that have been trained and equipped to be Resource Centers for Women's Health.
Speaking with the beauty salon owner and attendants, the Bush family heard first-hand how the owner and the salon attendants are trained to deliver messages to salon clients about HIV prevention, family planning and women's health issues such as breast and cervical cancer. Mr. Bush commended the salon owner for participating in the USAID funded Jipende! Program and her efforts to empower women with important health knowledge and information.
In Paraguay, we held the closing ceremony for USAID's Health Decentralization program. The Health Decentralization Program which began a decade ago, will conclude this month. The program has provided assistance at the central, regional and local levels to strengthen the health decentralization process and health services provided to poor people by Paraguay's Ministry of Health. USAID assisted health councils across the country to develop local health plans and improve management of financial resources and accountability.
In Haiti, we held a ground breaking ceremony for a 246-hectare Industrial Park in Caracol. Former President Bill Clinton and Haitian President Michel Martelly were in attendance. The Industrial Park is expected to create thousands of jobs in Haiti.
From the Field
In Nepal, USAID launched a Global Climate Change Program. The new program, Hariyo Ban, is a five-year program and cornerstone of President Obama's Global Climate Change Initiative. Climate change is emerging as a major threat to the people and biodiversity of Nepal. Hariyo Ban, which means "green forests" in Nepali, will help to build resilience to climate change in communities, ecosystems and keystone wildlife species by restoring and conserving Nepal's forests. It will also improve the livelihoods of Nepal's most impoverished communities. Over the project period, the program will reduce emissions/sequester over 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in the target landscapes. The program will also provide capacity building and livelihood development support to 180,000 people; bring 50,000 hectares of forest area under improved management and generate vital revenue from payments for environmental services systems.
In Ukraine, Acting USAID Mission Director, Sarah Wines Welcomed Ukrainian Parliamentary and Executive Internship Program Graduates. She presented identification cards to 102 new interns of the USAID Parliamentary and Executive Internship Program during an official welcoming ceremony in Kyiv. Also participating were Dmytro Markov, Deputy Secretary General of the Rada, and Taras Prytula, Head of the Interns' League. Over the coming months, students and recent college graduates from nearly all regions of Ukraine will work in 28 Parliamentary committees and departments, as well as in six Ministries of Ukraine. Explaining the program's significance to the interns, Ms. Wines stated that "in these halls, very important decisions are made, that affect people in very real ways." Composed of 78 Parliamentary interns and 24 interns in the Executive branch of government, the 2011-2012 intern class comprises a diverse range of disciplines, including those studying law, economics, international relations and in the technical disciplines. Ms. Wines encouraged the students to use their skills to bring fresh ideas to government service, and confirmed the U.S. Government's commitment to partnership with Ukraine and its democracy through the USAID Parliamentary Development Program.
From the Field
In Iraq, we will be participating for the first time in the Baghdad International Trade Fair. Seventeen countries total will be in participation. We are planning a powerful social media campaign to engage with visitors about opportunities to partner with U.S. companies and USAID. We are anticipating half a million visitors to the fair.
In Uganda, on our Embassy YouTube page, we recently posted an interview with a successful women farmer who benefited from a USAID program which guaranteed a loan that allowed her to start her own seed business. Click here to hear her story.
From the Field
Our weekly feature highlighting upcoming events at USAID Missions around the globe.
In Indonesia, the U.S. government, through a USAID Development Credit Authority facility, will provide a guarantee to a new student loan program funded by the Putera Sampoerna Foundation and two financial institutions, UBS AG and Raiffeisen Bank International AG. The program will provide student loans over a 20-year period for Indonesian students, including those interested in studying in America. Making available student loans will give Indonesian students of all economic backgrounds the financial means necessary to pursue their educational goals.
In Male, Maldives, USAID/Sri Lanka will launch an Enhancing Climate Resiliency and Water Security project. The project will target assistance to two islands in the north of the country, with the goal of making them climate resilient islands. The project will help island residents improve their knowledge and ability to protect their islands' natural resources, and over the long-term reduce their vulnerability to climate change.
In Uganda, we held a ground-breaking ceremony for an integrated cancer training and treatment facility on the grounds of the Uganda Cancer Institute. Ugandan Vice President Edward Ssekandi and Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate and director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute along with David Eckerson, USAID-Uganda Mission Director, led the ground-breaking ceremony for an integrated cancer training and treatment facility on the grounds of the Uganda Cancer Institute at Mulago Hospital. USAID has awarded grants valued at $1.4 million to Seattle, Washington-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to aid in the construction of the first American cancer clinic and medical-training facility. When completed, the new facility will significantly increase patient access to cancer diagnosis and treatment while furthering study of cancers in Uganda. NTV Uganda, Uganda's leading TV station, aired the ground-breaking ceremony at Mulago Hospital. Check out the clip on YouTube.
From the Field
Our weekly feature highlighting upcoming events at USAID Missions around the globe.
In Indonesia, we will hold a ceremony for the Aceh West Coast Highway construction project. The event recognizes the U.S. Government's support for the creation of a difficult section of national highway from Banda Aceh to Calang, which is approaching completion. This ceremony will provide an opportunity to underscore that the U.S. Government is committed to Aceh's economic development and the Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia. New programs through USAID are also contributing to support the province's reconstruction and future development in other ways, in addition to developing this important economic artery.
In Azerbaijan, Save the Children will host a talk show on disability issues in the nation. During this program, USAID will broadcast a PSA on increasing employment of disabled people.
In Paraguay, A rural farmer's association, Caapiibary Cooperative will inaugurate a new infrastructure for passion fruit processing. USAID/Paraguay is helping rural farmers to increase production and find new markets for their production and has connected them with local companies which buy the farmer's product. In this case the leading company Frutika is buying passion fruit for juice processing, helping farmers increase their income and escape poverty.


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Man Accused In T Station Attack Given ProbationThe last of five men charged in connection with an attack at the Wood Street T station has been sentenced.
Summer Could Bring Billy Joel, Beyoncé To North Shore For Stadium ConcertsThe wind whips around the outfield and snow covers the seats now, but summer will bring back the Pirates and another attraction to PNC Park.
Pittsburgh Stadiums, Arena Generate $107M For City Since '09An audit shows an entertainment tax levied at Pittsburgh's major sports facilities and other venues has generated $107 million for the city since 2009, even though some stars have apparently found a way around it.
Kenny Chesney Returning To PittsburghKenny Chesney is returning to Pittsburgh for the second time since a 2013 concert that drew national attention for the disorderly behavior of fans.
Woman Crushed, Suffers Broken Back While Attending Kenny Chesney ConcertA mother of three has a broken back after attending Saturday night's Kenny Chesney concert at Heinz Field.
City Officials Happy With Kenny Chesney TailgatersThe Kenny Chesney concert is wrapped, his entourage is on the way out of town and the overall assessment is that everything went well.
City Officials Pleased With Outcome Of Kenny Chesney ConcertDespite an afternoon storm that left some tailgaters injured, city officials say they're happy with the way Kenny Chesney fans handled themselves before and during the concert.
Kenny Chesney Fans Caught In Sudden StormAnother quick-hitting storm left damage across the Pittsburgh region.
Selfie Sticks Among Contraband At Kenny Chesney ConcertIf you're headed to the Kenny Chesney concert this weekend, don't expect to take any incredible selfies.
Local Officials Put New Rules, Guidelines In Place For Chesney FansKenny Chesney's "Big Revival Tour" is coming to Pittsburgh this weekend; and anytime Chesney comes to town, so do thousands of his fans.
ACM Awards Artist Glossary: A Country Who's Who For The 50th Annual Awards ShowIn advance of the 50th ACM Awards this Sunday, Radio.com has compiled a who's who of nominated country artists to help you follow along.
The Drinkies: Kenny Chesney 'American Kids' Cocktail RecipeCelebrate the 50th anniversary of the ACMs with a truly American concoction that tastes a bit like suntan lotion—in a good way, of course. The drink honors Kenny Chesney's No. 1 song from 'The Big Revival.'

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The inaugural Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition Cruisin' to Prevent Substance Abuse Car and Motorcycle Show will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 at Roane County Park.
Entry fee is $20 each.
Trophies will be awarded for Best of Show, Best Cruiser Cycle, Best GM, Best Unfinished, Best Mopar, Best Rat Rod, Best Import, Best Ford, Best Street Rod and Best Motorcycle.
Trophies will also be given to the top 25 cars.
The People's Choice trophy will be awarded to the highest bidder at $1 per vote.
Youngsters at The Henry Center show their Volunteer Spirit by recently wearing the University of Tennessee's trademark orange and white.
Their Vols spirit earned them a special place online: on football coach Derek Dooley's professional sports page.
By Andy Jones, For Roane Newspapers
The Abston Garage, built by Tom Abston sometime not long after 1915, has been a fixture on the Oliver Springs landscape for close to a century now.
Built on the property that was once owned by the Wiley family, the brick structure was laid by masons Johnny Cox and John McNamara. Abston, a master mechanic, was responsible for running the electric plant in town that operated on a subscription basis, with the monthly charge being based on how many light bulbs were used in one's home or business.
Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 60 million Americans will increase 3.6 percent in 2012.
The 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment will begin with benefits that nearly 55 million Social Security beneficiaries receive in January 2012.
Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on Dec. 30.
Some other changes that take effect in January of each year are based on the increase in average wages.
Almost 15 area bands are scheduled to participate in Battle of the Bands, a family event planned for Oct. 30 at Harriman Riverfront Park.
The event will start at 3 p.m. There's still time for bands to register to participate. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 882-5802 for details.
Other family fun planned by Courts of Praise Church include bounce houses, cotton candy, hot dogs, drinks, prizes, face painting, games and the playground. All activities are free.
"Suspended License," a photograph by Travis Watson of Kingston, is among the artwork to be featured at Arts in the Airport, a new exhibition featuring selected artwork from more than 45 artists in the East Tennessee region.
The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority and the Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville assembled the exhibition to allow regional artists to compete and display work in one of the most-visited sites in the area.
By Ellen Probert Williamson
It is almost automatic to think of apples and cider when the crisp days of fall arrive, but how about pears and perry?
Perry is pear cider, and very good it is.
Pears have a venerable history which goes back for about 40 centuries.
Originating in western Asia and around the Caspian Sea, they have been known for many centuries in Europe for as far back as the Stone Age.
25 Years Ago
A Chattanooga pilot was killed in a plane crash soon after giving a flying lesson out of Rockwood Municipal Airport. The wreckage was discovered on Mount Roosevelt near the airport, about a half-mile off Airport Road. After dropping his student off at the airport, a witness saw the plane circle around over some trees and come back over the airport hangar "real low."
10 Years Ago
East Tennessee Foundation has made major revisions to the application process for Youth Endowment grants.
A two-phase application process makes it easier for nonprofit organizations to submit proposals which offer solutions to challenges affecting young people in East Tennessee.
Letters of intent for Youth Endowment grants are now being accepted from youth-serving tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations or other exempt entities within the foundation's 25-county service area, which includes Roane County.
Madison Baker, 11, placed first overall for catching the most fish — 29 — in this year's Dennis Ferguson Fishing Rodeo for Kids at Roane County Park. She placed first in her age group.
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There are few things better that come out of our education programs than the real "behind the music" style stories shared by the artists and musicians who we celebrate. Such a story was told to me this past weekend by ...Categories: American Music Masters
American Music Masters is in full swing. Last night our signature Hall of Fame Series featured Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Jorma Kaukonen – a founding member of two legendary bands, the Hall of Fame Inducted Jefferson Airplane, and ...Categories: Inductee
Rock Hall's Education Manager Discusses Tuesday's Teachers Rock Event
It's hard to watch Girls Rock!, the acclaimed documentary about the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, and not be moved. As a woman, I saw myself – every ...Categories: Education, Event
Rock Hall's Director of Education Discusses the Sound of Janis' Voice
Last night we hosted the first event of American Music Masters week: Rock and Roll Night School at the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve ...Categories: Education
Chief Curator Jim Henke talks to Bruce Springsteen.
This is the last audio interview clip in the Springsteen series from the Rock Hall's exhibit From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen (open ...Categories: Exclusive Interviews
American Music Masters week has arrived! We kick things off tonight with a special edition of Rock and Roll Night School on Janis Joplin's career at the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University. Everybody's ...Categories: Inductee
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Published: January 24, 2000
Israeli-Palestinian Talks May Miss a Deadline
Israel's senior negotiator, Oded Eran, said that while Israel and the Palestinians would intensify their peace negotiations in the next few weeks, it was increasingly unlikely that they would reach a framework agreement by their goal of mid-February. But he said he still believed that a full permanent peace accord could be forged by September. A1
Israeli President Vows to Stay
President Ezer Weizman of Israel, in a televised address, refused either to resign or to step down temporarily while the police pursue a criminal investigation of his receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a French businessman and political supporter. Pressure on Mr. Weizman to resign has increased in recent days. A6
Campaign in Chechnya Falters
A group of reporters and photographers arriving for a flag-raising ceremony in northwest Grozny were turned away by Russian forces because of the danger of rebel snipers, an indication that the Russian blitz on Chechnya has begun to stall. A3
German Hoax Causes Confusion
German and international news agencies published a statement in the name of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, saying he would reveal the names of secret donors to the Christian Democratic Union, and then retracted their dispatches after a party spokeswoman said the statement was a hoax. A5
Candidates Excluded in Iran
Conservative Muslim clerics in Iran have moved to shore up their power by excluding scores of reformist candidates from the ballot to elect a new Parliament. Rulings by a 12-member supervisory body of top clerics and Islamic lawyers have eliminated 402 candidates on the ground that they are insufficiently Islamic. A6
Nations Meet on Biotechnology
Delegates from more than 130 nations will resume negotiations on a global treaty to regulate trade in genetically modified products, nearly a year after the United States and five other nations blocked a proposal that would have required exporters of genetically modified crops to obtain permission in advance from the importing country. A10
Cuts in Serbian-Language Radio
Both Radio Free Europe and the Voice of America have curtailed their Serbian-language transmissions, despite the Clinton administration's intensified efforts to oust President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia through increased support for the Serbian opposition and independent media. A3
New Post Filled in Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela appointed Isaias Rodriguez, who holds the second-highest post in the Constitutional Assembly, to the new position of executive vice president of Venezuela. The post was created in a new Constitution approved in a referendum last month. A10
Parties Weigh Alterations To Nomination Process
Republican and Democratic Party officials are exploring ways to change a presidential nominating system that critics say has become too chaotic, too fast for informed decision-making and even, in some ways, undemocratic. A burst of voting begins today in Iowa and reaches a climax on March 7 with primaries and caucuses in 16 states. A1
Iowa First to Grade
Iowans will cast their votes today and argue about party platforms in 2,142 caucus precincts across the state. Leading up to the caucuses, Vice President Al Gore had representatives from organized labor working the phones, and former Senator Bill Bradley turned to the Web to try to reach voters. Gov. George W. Bush tapped into his vast network of friends and supporters, while Steve Forbes wanted to make sure everyone had a ride. A23
Mounting Duties for Guard
The Army has ordered members of the Texas National Guard to Bosnia for nearly nine months, to take command of the American sector in NATO's operation. With overseas operations proliferating and the armed services having shrunk by a third since the cold war, the Pentagon has been forced to rely more heavily on the Guard and Reserves. A1
Storm Ices the Southeast
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The Greenville Jaycees have rescheduled their annual Christmas Parade for Sunday, December 20 at 2 p.m.
The parade on December 5 was cancelled due to rainy weather.
Jennifer Abbott, the parade organizer with the Greenville Jaycees says the 2 p.m. start time "should allow us enough time for people to finish up with Sunday service before lining up, as well as get us all out of there before it gets too dark."
The dozens of parade entries will be asked to start lining up at 11:30 a.m. Entries are assigned specific line-up and check in times.


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County to Purchase Radebaugh Property in Towson
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced that the County will acquire 2.5 acres to be used for passive parkland in Towson.
Baltimore County announced plans to purchase property owned by CM and JL Radebaugh Company, LLLP in conjunction with the Radebaugh Florist Shop at 120 E. Burke Avenue.
The property located off of Aigburth Avenue across from 120 E. Burke Avenue is currently used for warehouse and greenhouse space for the flower shop that will remain in operation. The County is purchasing the property with local Program Open Space funds for $1.1 million, a price determined by two independent appraisals. The property is zoned for residential development, and this purchase prevents the development of this area.
In April, Kamenetz announced a $4.2 million project to expand the Courthouse Gardens to Patriot Plaza between the Historic Courthouse and the Towson Courts building. The Patriot Plaza project will involve removing the existing fountain and concrete pavers, adding green space and a park setting. The 40-year old fountain was shut down last year after persistent leaking into county office space that is sited underneath the fountain.
"I am very pleased to be able to add more passive open space in Towson," said Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. "Adding this space to the recently announced expansion of the Courthouse Gardens provides residents with two very nice areas to enjoy with family and friends right in the heart of Towson, and represents an investment of over $5 million for new parks in downtown Towson."
"This is great news for the community," said 5th District Councilman David Marks. "I want to thank County Executive Kamenetz and his staff for working so hard to complete this transaction, which will add open space in a densely-populated part of Greater Towson."
The contract of sale is scheduled to go before the County Council at its legislative session on August 3.
by Marjorie Hampson
Baltimore County Tourism Director
Have you ever eaten Itlog na pula? How about some cocidos? Never tried Pulutan? These aren't exotic delicacies only available in foreign lands. They're wonderful foods enjoyed by your neighbors each and every day and this Sunday, you can try them out for yourself at the Fiesta Filipiniana.
The Fiesta Filipiniana is Maryland's largest free Filipino-American outdoor festival and it's back in Patriot Plaza, between the Towson Courthouses on Bosley Avenue, on Sunday, June 10 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
This is the 22nd year that Towson has hosted the Fiesta, which honors Filipino history and heritage that so many residents of Baltimore County have brought to our communities. This fiesta offers a chance to enjoy all things Filipino, from live music to cuisine to native crafts. It's a great opportunity to expand your horizons, learn more about your fellow County citizens, and best of all, try some great food. Everything starts at 11:30 a.m. with a Filipino parade with native costumes.
For more information about Fiesta, check out www.katipunan.org.
Kevin Kamenetz
County Executive
Tomorrow, I will have the honor of speaking at the annual Baltimore County Police Memorial Ceremony. Every year, family, friends, and co-workers from across the County come together next to the memorial that overlooks Patriot Plaza in Towson to recognize the bravery and heroism of the Baltimore County Police Officers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.
Recalling the bravery and dedication of these heroic men and women is always a humbling experience. I am sure that tomorrow will be no exception. However, what always strikes me the most about our fallen heroes is the nature of their bravery.
Like most of our jobs, our officers have their quiet days, but unlike the rest of us, the men and women of the Baltimore County Police Department can never relax. Each of our officers knows that on even the most boring and routine day of their careers, the worst case scenario can be right around the corner. They know that at any minute they may be asked to put their own safety at risk to protect their community.
Having the courage, discipline, and commitment to handle such a stark reality is remarkable. Yet it's just another day in the life for the men and women of the Baltimore County Police Department. As Baltimore County Executive, and as a father raising a family here, I could not be more grateful that these officers are on the street each and everyday, prepared to do whatever it takes to keep our County safe.
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Pikes Peak Community College continues to grow with over 20,000 students enrolled this year. We are the second largest community college in Colorado and a member of the Colorado Community College System. The college is nationally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. We have the resources, and, more importantly, the commitment to help you achieve your goals for a better, brighter future.
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When she returned as a judge for seasons 20 and 21 of "Dancing With the Stars," Julianne Hough seemed like a natural, so it's a little surprising that she's decided not to come back for Season 22.
The former DWTS champion told People magazine, "I will miss being on the panel for Season 22, but have a lot of exciting stuff coming that I look forward to sharing. The pro dancers, producers and crew at DWTS will always be my family."
It's going to be another huge year for Julianne Hough, and from the looks of her Cosmopolitan February 2016 cover, she's raring to go.
The "Rock of Ages" actress confesses that she hopes she's not always known for her time on "Dancing with the Stars"- "If someone told me they hadn't seen Dancing With the Stars, I would say, 'Oh, good!' Everything I was getting was amazing, but I felt like, I'm so much more than this. I want to be respected as a singer and an actress."
Following NBC's lead into live action productions, FOX just released a smattering of snazzy snapshots from the upcoming production of "Grease."
Based on the 1978 film, the presentation stars Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo, Julianne Hough as Sandy and Aaron Tveit as Danny, along with Carlos Pena Vega, Carly Rae Jepsen and Keke Palmer.
Rounding out the weekend with a star-studded shindig, the 2015 American Music Awards took over the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles last night (November 22).
Leading the pack with three wins (including Song of the Year and Album of the Year) was Taylor Swift, though her ex-boyfriend Harry Styles and his One Direction bandmates nabbed Favorite Group and Artist of the Year honors.
The Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills was chock full of star power on Monday night (October 19) as the 2015 ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards took over the scene.
New mommy Carey Mulligan was perfect in periwinkle as she rubbed shoulders with the likes of Kate Winslet, Salma Hayek, Nina Dobrev, Nikki Reed, Shailene Woodley and Julianne Hough.
When pro hockey stud Brooks Laich picked out Julianne Hough's engagement ring, he clearly wasn't concerned about how much it would cost.
And on Wednesday (August 26) the "Dancing with the Stars" cutie finally showed off her left-hand sparkler (a 5-carat Lorraine Schwartz piece) while piling into a cab en route to the Taylor Swift concert at the Staples Center.
She will soon have a new wedding dance to choreograph – Julianne Hough is engaged!
The "Dancing With the Stars" judge announced her engagement to Washington Capitals hockey player, Brooks Laich, via Instagram on Tuesday (August 18). "We are overwhelmed with joy and excitement to share with you our recent engagement! #fiance #love," she captioned the sweet snapshot of the two wrapped around each other, admiring her engagement ring.
She's always been easy on the eyes, and Julianne Hough is featured on the front of the July/August 2015 issue of Women's Health magazine.
The 26-year-old "Rock of Ages" actress shows off her marvelous derriere in a blue swimsuit as she looks back over her shoulder to smile for the camera.
For years she's rocked a flirty blonde coif and Julianne Hough decided it was time to try out a new hue for her mane.
The "Dancing with the Stars" starlet took to her Instagram and Facebook pages on Tuesday to introduce her pretty pink hairdo, calling herself a 'unicorn.' Julianne captioned the photos, "Pink hair don't care! Check out my new fun hair and get @riawnacapri's fabulous tips on becoming a 'unicorn,'" and, "You know when you just need a change? Well, I went big! Check out my new hair color and get some tips on refreshing your own look. What do you think??"
Giving Ryan Seacrest another reason to kick himself, Julianne Hough is stunning for the April 2015 cover of Allure magazine.
The "Dancing With the Stars" alum is picture perfect in her Valentino sequined bodysuit as she poses for the lens of famed photographer Carter Smith.
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Quick! Who remembers that in 2010 "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart optioned the life rights of Iranian/Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari for a feature film? Well he did, and now it looks like he's exercising those rights, by leaping into his directorial debut in a pretty surprising and exciting bit of news.
Stewart has adapted Bahari's 2011 book "Then They Came For Me: A Family's Story Of Love, Captivity And Survival," a fascinating and suspenseful true story about the journalist's 2009 arrest during the Iranian election protests, which led to him spending 118 days in jail. While detained, he was interrogated, often while blindfolded and facing away from interrogators, and forced to confess to a number of crimes including helping promote a "color revolution," and covering "illegal demonstrations and gatherings." Moreover, an interview Bahari did with Jason Jones of "The Daily Show" where he was dressed up as a spy for a joke (see below) was also used against him. Bahari never saw the man who questioned him while he was behind bars, and the only thing he could use to identify him was the odor of rosewater.
And Stewart will take that detail and use it as the title of the movie: "Rosewater." While known for cracking wise on Comedy Central, this is a pretty nice pivot from Stewart, and while it may seem surprising to see him take on a straight-up drama, it's not too surprising either, given his passionate politics. On his first time out behind the camera, Stewart will be assisted behind the scenes by mega producer Scott Rudin, and we'd wager his involvement could mean some pretty interesting casting.
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Galen's Prophecy: Temperament in Human Nature
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Galen's Prophecy: Temperament in Human Nature
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Psychologist Jerome Kagan examines the implications of the idea of temperament for aggressive behavior, conscience, psychopathology, and the degree to which each of us can be expected to control our deepest emotions--an idea proposed nearly 2,000 years ago by a physician named Galen of Pergamon.
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Sussex Hamilton runners pack together a Watertown showcase
Hamilton's varsity cross country teams visited the Glen Herold Invitational in Watertown on Aug. 30. The boys finished in seventh place out of 14 teams against top-flight competition from the Madison Area.
"Our sixth through second runners were only separated by 55 seconds," coach Stephen Schmidt said. "That's a really good sign. As the season progresses and the boys get more polished, they will be a very tough team."
Josh Desorcy's time was 17:32. It was the second-fastest time ever run by a Hamilton runner on the Watertown course, with only eventual University of Minnesota runner Marcus Paulson running faster. Desorcy ended up placing ninth in a deep field.
"He was strong to the finish line, and we are expecting big things to come from Josh," Schmidt said.
Steven Smith was second to finish for Hamilton at 18:48, placing 37th overall out of 360 competitors.
Sean Thompson was 43rd at 19:02, and Ben Burke was 44th at 19:05. Eric Downs was 58th (19:52), Michael Swope finished 60th (19:43) and Blake Batzko took 63rd (19:54).
"Freshman Michael Swope had a huge debut for us," Schmidt said. "For comparison sake, Josh ran 20:27 at this meet as a freshman."
Madison West won the team scoring with 43 points. Hamilton had 191 points.
Emma Woelfel was the fastest runner for Hamilton's girls with a 17:00 clocking that placed her seventh overall.
"Emma looked really strong on Saturday," Schmidt said. "Our strategy was to run smart and controlled early in the race, and she did that. She was passing competitors right up to the end of the race."
Rachel Jeffers was 31st for Hamilton at 17:56, and Riley Swope was 34th overall with a time of 18:15. Anna Selestow ended up 45th at 18:40 and Emerson Vesely was 53rd at 19:02. Carolyn Troutman was 57th, and Erin Heaster finished 61st.
"Danielle Spence ran a massive personal best of 19:17," Schmidt said. "The course at Watertown is the slowest we run by far. Very, very few runners are able to record a personal record on that course."
Schmidt liked the early returns.
"I'm positive we are going to get much stronger as the season progresses," he added.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Jermaine O'Neal had 15 points and 11 rebounds in his hometown arena Tuesday night, but it wasn't enough as fellow South Carolina native Raymond Felton and Charlotte got their first preseason win with a 101-89 victory over the Indiana Pacers.
O'Neal, who grew up in Columbia and starred at Eau Claire High before jumping directly to the NBA in 1996, played for the first time after missing the past two games with a sore left hamstring.
He was cheered by the crowd at the Colonial Center when he was introduced and any time he touched the ball. O'Neal spent the day touring his old high school and former neighborhood. He rushed out after the game to have a bite with his family before the Pacers left town.
"I would have liked to play a little bit more," he said. "But, obviously, the regular season is the one that counts."
Felton, who played at Latta High about two hours northeast of Columbia, did not have a strong game, going 3 of 14 from the field with six turnovers. Still, the Bobcats won for the first time in six preseason games.
Sean May had 20 points, Adam Morrison had 16 and Emeka Okafor added 15 points and seven rebounds for the Bobcats.
May's two foul shots with 1:26 left in the third quarter put Charlotte ahead for good, 64-63. Jake Voskuhl had two buckets and May another pair of free throws over the next 3 minutes as the Bobcats stretched their lead to 74-66.
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Russia, Hamas, and the Turks, of all people.
On one side of the barricades stand civilians and clerics, men and women of every age, who dream of a free Iran. On the other are the Revolutionary Guards, ruling Ayatollahs and their Basij henchmen who want to hand a fraudulent election to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Oh, and Russia and assorted foreign consorts.
The mullahs complain that foreign meddlers are responsible for the massive demonstrations. "The most evil of them is the British government," declared Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, before Iran deported two U.K. diplomats yesterday. No matter, the Ayatollah has notable friends too.
Russia leads the pro-regime axis. President Dmitry Medvedev last week warmly welcomed Mr. Ahmadinejad on a visit to Yekaterinburg, and yesterday the Kremlin all but recognized him. In a statement posted on the foreign ministry's site, only in Russian though the site is in five languages, Moscow called Iran's elections "exclusively an internal matter" but, ahem, "respects the choice of the Iranian people," meaning, in its view, Mr. Ahmadinejad.
The Kremlin backs this regime for Machiavellian purposes. Mahmoud makes life difficult for America, for one thing. Iran is also a big customer of Russian goods, especially weapons. Perhaps most of all, the prospect of another successful so-called "color" democratic revolution in the neighborhood -- in this case, green -- sends chills down Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's spine.
The Turks have no excuse. President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Mr. Ahmadinejad in the days after polls closed. This Ankara government, whose roots are in the country's Islamist movement, has shifted away from traditional friendships with the West and Israel and reached out to Hamas and the Iranian regime. The leaders of the Muslim world's most dynamic democracy lost a chance to buck up the millions of Iranians who want the same for themselves.
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When Mozart and his librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, proposed Le nozze di Figaro to the Emperor Joseph II, he received the idea with much favour – even though it was an adaptation of a notoriously subversive French play, banned in its own country by King Louis XVI: Beaumarchais's La Folle Journée ou le mariage de Figaro.
In their opera, Da Ponte and Mozart toned down the explicit political content, focussing on the characters and their personal dilemmas. Ironically, this only makes the Count's behaviour both towards his wife (whom he neglects), his valet (whom he abuses) and his valet's fiancée (whom he intends to ravish) more rather than less contemptible. Finally he is outwitted, but it's a close thing.
Mozart's empathetic genius – his almost Shakespearean ability to get inside his character's heads – means that by the end we care about everyone, even the disgraceful Count, whose plea for forgiveness is couched in a melody of such sublime beauty that his worst enemy would melt, let alone a woman who remains deeply in love with him despite everything.
Earlier in the evening, Mozart has endowed Figaro's declaration of war on his employer with a focussed anger that takes us far from the old comedy of servants and masters, just as he depicts the torments of being an adolescent boy not only with hilariously unpredictable energy, but with some sympathy: Mozart had been that kid – to some extent, he still was.
Even the wretched cheated guardian Dr Bartolo and his creepy sidekick, the music master Basilio, are given some dignity, some space to reveal to us who they are. As for Figaro and Susanna, we know them as well as if they were the attractive couple next door. Above all we feel for Rosina, Almaviva's countess, whom he courted with such insatiable ardour, only to imprison her in the golden cage of marriage, while he diverts himself elsewhere.
And as well as translating all these prodigiously many-layered characters into unforgettable music, Mozart sets their situation to music that keeps plunging them, even the aggrieved and dignified countess, into the broadest farce. The comic mechanism of the plot is superbly realized by Mozart in music which doesn't just sparkle and bubble: it almost literally chuckles and gurgles, especially the woodwind, who are sometimes laugh-out loud funny in their own right.
In life Mozart was a great giggler, a prankster, the sworn enemy of pomposity. But he was also easily moved, and the hilarity of Figaro is of the kind that is on the brink of tears; if the story wasn't pitched as a comedy, it could so easily have been a tragedy. But a comedy it is – hilarious, witty, pointed. And at the end, it purveys comedy's greatest gift: it heals.
The full version of this article appears in the Digital Programme for Le nozze di Figaro.
Simon Callow presents the Royal Opera House broadcast of Le nozze di Figaro to cinemas around the world on 5 October 2015. Find a cinema near you.
Le nozze di Figaro runs until 14 October 2015. Tickets are still available.
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Actor Simon Callow spoke to BBC Radio 3's In Tune programme this week about the process of analysing composer Richard Wagner. Next month Simon will be performing a new one-man show - Inside Wagner's Head - as part of the Deloitte Ignite festival.
'The most surprising thing I discovered was his autobiography. You assume an 800-page biography by Wagner is going to be heavy, but it's one of the most entertaining biographies by an artist I've ever read', said Simon. 'It shows he does have a sense of humour. It doesn't conceal anything, it's absolutely lousy with anti-Semitism but equally it's full of vision and brilliance and jokes. He was a funny man!'
In creating Inside Wagner's Head, Simon revealed he has discovered a hugely complex character - one who was fervently nationalist but who hated militarism and imperialism. The BAFTA-winning actor also spoke of reconciling Wagner's anti-Semitism with his ability to create awe-inspiring works:
'It's really difficult - I think that it's a pathology in his case. When he was being painted by Renoir he chit-chatted most agreeably with Renoir and then suddenly a five-minute tirade against the Jews, completely unprovoked, and then after the tirade back to chit-chat. It was like a Tourette's syndrome.
'Wagner was a delinquent by temperament... he glamorized his participation in the revolution of 1849 - he went round joining in with the general mood of danger and excitement. He was very excited by being in the presence of [Mikhail] Bakunin, the great anarchist; the most famous terrorist in the world at the time. Wagner, like Dickens, is one of those people who attracted extraordinariness to him. Wherever he went, everything became more extreme. He self-dramatized to an astonishing degree, but that's who he was.'
Simon also spoke about Wagner's relationship with his patron King Ludwig II of Bavaria, his revolutionary activities and Wagner's turbulent love affairs as well as giving a sense of how he himself developed Wagner's voice for the one-man show.
Listen to Simon Callow speaking about Richard Wagner
Inside Wagner's Head is staged as part of Deloitte Ignite and runs from 3 - 28 September. Tickets are still available.]]>
Deloitte Ignite 2013, a festival celebrating the life and work of Richard Wagner alongside Giuseppe Verdi takes place next month. In preparation, we thought we'd take a look through the Desert Island Discs archives at who picked works by the composer of The Ring Cycle and Parsifal on the iconic BBC Radio 4 programme.
265 personalities from fields as diverse as comedy and science have chosen music by Richard Wagner.
Deloitte Ignite curator Stephen Fry devoted two of his eight choices to the composer – the Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde while Comedian and actor John Cleese, famed for starring in 'Monty Python' and 'Fawlty Towers' chose the prelude from the same opera, saying: 'Music either seems to cheer me up or touch me. This almost has a physical effect on me'.
Actor Simon Callow, who will perform a one-man show, Inside Wagner's Head as part of Deloitte Ignite, chose the Tannhäuser overture to reflect his relationship with his grandmother, who was a singer.
Physicist Stephen Hawking chose Act I from Die Walküre: 'After I was diagnosed with Motor Neurone disease in 1963, I turned to Wagner as someone who suited the dark and apocalyptic mood I was in,' he said. 'The four operas of the Ring Cycle are Wagner's greatest work. I went to see them at Bern in Germany with my sister in 1964. I didn't know The Ring well at the time, and Die Walküre made a tremendous impression on me'.
Other personalities who are Wagner fans include Barbara Windsor, who chose an extract from Götterdämmerung; Jennifer Saunders who chose the Parsifal Prelude; Alfred Hitchcock, who chose the horn-call from Siegfried; and artist David Hockney – on occasion a designer for opera – who chose extracts from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and Tristan und Isolde.
BBC Radio 4 now offer a large amount of their Desert Island Discs for download and streaming
What Wagner works would you include in your own Desert Island Discs choices?
Deloitte Ignite runs from 6 -29 September 2013, with a number of free events.
This year's Deloitte Ignite will be curated by actor, writer, presenter and opera fan Stephen Fry.
Entitled Verdi/Wagner (200), the festival will celebrate the joint bicentenary of musical greats Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, exploring the composers and their music in innovative and creative ways. It's an announcement we are delighted to be making on Richard Wagner's birthday.
Stephen Fry said:
This is an incredible year for opera lovers. The two-hundredth birthdays of Verdi and Wagner and the centenary of our very own Benjamin Britten's entry into the world. Very proud and pleased to be associated with Deloitte Ignite's contribution to this celebration and the opening up of opera to as wide an audience as possible.'
Unlike in previous years, this Deloitte Ignite will be spread across four weekends rather than just one, and include live radio broadcasts, workshops and pop-up performances inspired by Verdi and Wagner.
The festival will feature an enormous interactive sculpture installed in the Covent Garden piazza. Created by award-winning set designer Es Devlin (Les Troyens, Take That's Progress Tour, the London 2012 Closing Ceremony), the installation - an enormous revolving zoetrope - will use exclusive behind-the-scenes footage captured during a performance of Die Walküre to show how such an epic piece is staged.
Actor, writer and director Simon Callow will also present a one-man show - Inside Wagner's Head - commissioned specially for the festival, in which Callow will play Richard Wagner.
Other events include new work created by Royal Ballet Choreographic Affiliate Mayuri Boonham and a unique sound installation in the Crush Room created by Royal Opera House composer-in-residence Elspeth Brookes using recordings of people from all over the world singing 'Va Pensiero', the famous Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Verdi's Nabucco
Other artists involved in the festival include Gandini Juggling, who will present an original take on Die Walküre; hand mime artist Andrew Dawson, who will perform a potted version of Wagner's Ring Cycle; and comedy dance duo New Art Club, who will present their own interpretation of Verdi operas.
The festival will run from 6 - 29 September. Full details of the programme will be announced shortly. Sign up to be first to know when more information is released.


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Multi-processor Embedded Front-End Electronics Platform with Multi-Function Network for Pulsed Accelerator Control Systems
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AbstractElectronics for pulsed front-end devices at pulsed particle accelerators are typically accessed through up to 4 networks, which carry timing information, pulse-to-pulse sequencing, real-time streaming data, and configuration information, respectively. Although modern commercial networks offer a rich variety of features, they are not well optimized to the needs of pulsed accelerators for clocking, pulse-by-pulse control, or reliable real-time data acquisition with sub-millisecond timeouts in an electrically noisy environment. In this project, circuit switching will be used to provide preferential delivery of real-time data streams, with error correction adding noise immunity. The accelerator clock frequency will be carried by synchronizing the data link byte clock to the accelerator clock. Clock phase and fiducial timing data will be sent by custom extensions to the circuit switching protocols. In Phase I, a previously-developed approach for circuit switching both real-time and non-real-time data onto a single network physical link, via additional hardware inserted between the media access and serializer-deserializer layers, was extended to carry accelerator clock and fiducial timing data. A method for coupling multiple power PC processors embedded within a single field programmable gate array via shared memory was developed. In Phase II, the hardware design will be completed and two prototype circuit boards will be constructed and debugged. A large volume of real-time operating system and application-level software will be developed. End-to-end testing will demonstrate simultaneous real-time data streaming and Internet-accessible, non-real-time, data acquisition control and data analysis. Commercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: The technology should find application in embedded device controllers for accelerator devices that provide large volumes of data during each pulse ¿ data that must be processed before the next pulse is generated. The technology should lead to more reliable accelerators and significant increases in average effective luminosity. Other applications include computer network interface cards and network fabric switching points.
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