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This past week Bob Weir celebrated a birthday. This interview with Bob originally ran in the August 1990 issue of HIGH TIMES.
Born Robert Hall Weir on October 16, 1947, Bob Weir took up folk guitar at the age of 14. On New Year's Eve in 1963, he walked into a music store in Palo Alto, CA and met a banjo player named Jerry Garcia. A year later they formed Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. In 1965 they became an electric blues band named the Warlocks. Then, after being introduced to Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady and LSD, they became the Grateful Dead. In this exclusive interview, Weir discusses his efforts to protect the environment, Jerry's illness, and the influence of pot and LSD on his life.
Do you have any idea how many people you have touched in this industry?
People tell me it's extensive. I like to keep my eyes on the horizon. Like, for instance, a few years back I went and saw Count Basie in San Francisco, and it was just a wonderful show. He was touring, and he was playing spectacularly. He played a couple new compositions and he was just having a great time. Six weeks later he was dead. He was great and he was on his last legs, and that's kind of how I want to be when my time comes – a long time from now.
Did you think that the Grateful Dead would last this long?
You know, I never have imagined myself doing much of anything else. It's all I've ever done, and it's all I ever want to do. But I never gave any thought to how long the Dead would last.
Have you ever wondered what you might have done if you had not been a member of the Grateful Dead?
Yes, I've wondered, and it's a matter of some amount of conjecture on my behalf, but I honestly don't know what I would have done.
What's the official date of the anniversary?
Sometime in May or June, we think. But we haven't bee able to really figure that out.
Are you going to be putting out a special live album and a video?
We're working on a number of different projects; we'll see what actually comes of any of them as soon as we finish them.
How long do you think the Grateful Dead can continue to perform and record?
I know that as long as I have strength in my limbs to do it, I want to do it, because it's all I've ever considered doing. These days you have to work for a living, but part of working for a living means working for a world that's capable of supporting life. That wasn't a concern a hundred years ago, but now it is. And so I'm working for a world that will allow me to live in it – that's capable of supporting life 50 or 60 years from now. If this world is still here, I want to be here and I want to be playing.
Jerry Garcia had a diabetic coma and he had to basically relearn to play his guitar. How did that affect you?
If he couldn't have played again, I probably would have taken a year or so off, reevaluated things, and maybe done something different. It would have been a great shame, but I would have accepted it.
Is the relationship between you and Jerry close?
This is the closest thing to a family I've ever known. There's not all that much that we get together on that's extra-musical or outside of the Grateful Dead, but we spend a lot of time together working on projects that we love, and we entertain each other.
Are you still having fun?
Oh, you bet. That's the whole idea. If we're not having fun, we're not doing our job.
Who are your favorite artists in today's music scene?
Well, I'm still a big fan of Bob Dylan's. I really love cellist Yo-Yo Ma. And I've always been a big fan of Eric Clapton's.
Talk about Dennis McNally, who serves as the group's publicity person. He's been with you for a long time, hasn't he?
He's been with us for maybe half a dozen years.
Is he going to write your official biography?
He probably is, but I think it's a bit early to do an official biography. I feel like I'm just now starting to him my stride.
Because I see myself as a slow learner, as a musician and as an overall guy out there in the world.
How about fellow musician Rob Wassermann? Would you like to work with him more?
Well, the way we have it worked out right now, he takes up my free time just about perfectly. Not so much that I'm over-extended, and yet I really never find myself sitting around on my hands doing nothing. There's always something musical to do. He's also a neighbor of mine. If we want to get together and work, I can call him up and we can be working together in my studio in about 20 minutes.
Do you have a studio in your home?
Yes. It's a 24-track, state-of-the-art.
What kinds of equipment do you use?
The board is a SONY MCI-3000 series. It's a nice board; it's automated. And it's the best sounding board I've ever heard. It doesn't have quite as many features as some other boards, but it really sounds great.
Is it digital or analog?
Oh, it's analog. Analog is way ahead of digital. Digital is too light and thin. Someday they'll get digital up to where it'll blow analog away, but not yet. Not in my estimation, at least. And then I also have a Studer AA2- 24-track.
So you work out the songs for the Dead and for your own projects in your studio?
When you and Jerry are putting songs together, what's the process?
Any possible way that a song can get written, it gets written. And any circumstance you can possibly imagine that might end up in a song has happened.
There have been so many stories over the years about the Dead and drugs. What do you have to say about that?
Well, we got associated with drugs back in the mid-'60s when taking LSD was a real adventure. First off, back then you could get good LSD, and I'm not sure that's possible anymore. And what was happening back them made it an adventure. It wasn't illegal, but it was a perilous undertaking because when you take LSD you have to be prepared to face yourself. And, God knows, you had better like what you see or be willing to work on yourself. It's an assiduous task – facing yourself – just like life in general, given the view that you get under LSD. And then, after you've come to terms with yourself, a number of avenues of approach toward life open up – a lot of possibilities become apparent. If you learn a great deal about the way humans are, you learn stuff about telepathy and intuition – things like that – once you get over a couple of little hurdles. I can't say that I see that going on in today's drug culture.
Talk about drugs in today's society?
Crack and the kind of horseshit that you get on the street corners these days are just not the same. We didn't get famous for taking drugs for escape-oriented reasons. But, you know, I think I can understand why somebody who lives in a ghetto might find being high on crack a better place to live than their day-to-day existence. If that were a sustainable sort of place to be, I would be hard pressed to find all that much fault with it, but unfortunately, it's not; it's pretty clear that if you take those drugs there are a whole lot of attendant problems that go along with them.
Such as?
You have to support a habit, for instance, and that causes all sorts of social ills. You become a criminal and all that kind of stuff, because there's no other way you're going to be able to make that kind of money. So, it's not a sustainable way of life. You can't just live there and stay high on crack. It's also bad for you physically and mentally. It's really very destructive.
What about marijuana?
If alcohol is legal, I just don't see why marijuana shouldn't be. Marijuana is so much less toxic than alcohol, and less habit-forming.
Do you still smoke?
I don't smoke that much pot anymore. I'm really a cheap date when it comes to marijuana. I have to be prepared to be, if not exactly non composmentis, at least somewhat dysfunctional. I know that my short-term recall, for instance, is not going to be real great. I don't want to be operating heavy machinery or driving. That's about the same situation that alcohol would put you into, although alcohol is even more debilitating. My idea of a good time often doesn't including getting intoxicated these days.
Do you find that marijuana helps relax you?
No, I wish I could say that. I'd probably smoke marijuana more, if it relaxed me. It sort of jazzes me. I get a little on the agitated side.
More expressive verbally?
Yeah, I giggle a lot.
And the munchies?
On another subject, we were surprised recently to see you wearing a suit at a major Arista Records function. We never saw you in a suit before. What happened?
You know, I found out at the last minute – on the airplane ride to New York that it was supposed to be black tie. So I stopped by a men's store in the city right before the event and bought a suit.
Arista is celebrating an anniversary too – its 15th. Word has it you haven't always been so thrilled with the label. Is that true?
They've done well by us in the last two years. At first, they didn't know how to promote us. Really, Arista Records is son of an "easy listening" empire, and we certainly don't fit neatly into that little cubbyhole. So, for the first few years, they didn't really know what to do with us; and there's also the fact that we've never been all that exceptional at making records. As a result, it was something less than a marriage made in heaven at first, but they've gotten a whole lot better with the release of our last couple of records, and we have no complaints with them; they're doing a fine job now.
What are your feelings about Clive Davis?
I think he knows what he's doing. But I really don't know; I wouldn't know a good record company from a bad one.
Why not?
That's just not what I do! I play music and I leave it to other people to sell it.
So, you don't get involved in the A&R meetings and all that?
Oh, no. That's not the realm of my expertise, and it's also not where my passions lie. I'm relatively passionate about things like the environment and, of course, about my music, but marketing is a little different. I make the music. What happens to it after that is someone else's responsibility?
If you don't really get involved, then how do you make sure that your business is being taken care of correctly?
We have a management staff that's been around us for over 25 years, and we're real close to all of them. The newest people on our staff have been working with us for several years. And some of the people, who have tenure in the organization, have been there for approaching 25 years. We work closely together. One guy, our de facto manager really, who's leaving and moving on, has been with us for about 23 years. He's being replaced by someone who's worked with us for almost a dozen years. Some of the secretaries have been with us for similarly long periods of time and some of the crewmembers predate them. So we've been working fairly closely together for a long time.
Just like a family, right?
Yeah. Like I said, it's the closest thing to a family I've ever had.
Do you have any advice for people who want to be managers?
Be honest and don't lie.
Built to Last, the current record, is not being supported by touring the way other records have been. Why is that?
The songs are new, and we're working them into the show, but we can't play them every night because we'll get bored with them. But I admit that we should play them more often. There's one song off the record that we haven't played on this tour, "Victim Of The Crime," and it just occurred to me that we haven't done that. I don't include it in the set because it doesn't come to mind. But thanks for reminding me. I think I'll do it tomorrow night.
Let's talk about one of those passionate subjects you mentioned earlier: the environment. We know that the Dead has done concerts to raise money to help save the tropical rainforests, and that you are heaving involved with the cause. Why is it so important to you?
In big cities, like New York, it's particularly easy to feel insulated, to feel that the rainforests are a long way away and we're never going to see them anyway so why worry about them. They're an issue for somebody else to be concerned about. Our planet is going to hell in a bucket in a big hurry. One-half the components that generate the weather that pours rain onto the valleys of the temperate zones where we live and where the food we eat is grown is found in the tropical rainforests. We might be able to tolerate bad weather, but we need food, and if the rainfall dries ups, so does the food and we die.
When did you first become involved in the fight to clean up the environment?
I first read about the environment 20 years ago, but about eight years ago I became involved with reforestation. I worked on a couple of reforestation projects in Africa, Central America, and here in America. I started to bone upon the environment and it just sort of caught my interest. Then, I discovered that when a rainforest is cut down it can't be regenerated. The soil is only a couple of feet thick and it's composed entirely of, and totally dependent on, its own droppings. As a result the soil become specific to each rainforest, and only that soil will grow new trees there. When an area is cleared and, say, planted with grass for cattle farming, the grasses don't hold the soil in place and replenish it as effectively as the trees did. In a couple of years the rain in the region washes away the grass and remaining soil. What's left after the land has been denuded is hard-packed ground in which eve bugs can't live, and the area becomes a wasteland.
Does this problem affect only the tropical rainforests?
No, temperate forests have a similar problem, though to a lesser degree. If you clear the land, you may or may not be able to grow and effectively tree-farm. As you get closer to the tropics, the forests become more dense and more difficult to regenerate. When you get to sub-tropical forests, they won't regenerate fully, and actual tropical rainforests will not regenerate at all. Given that more than half of the earth's tropical rainforests have already been destroyed and that about a third of the earth's biomass is gone, we've got an incredible problem. The biomass, largely vegetable, processes carbon dioxide – basically converting it into oxygen through plant respiration. While carbon dioxide is the natural byproduct of animal life, an overabundance is caused by the additional contributions from auto emissions and factories – in that order. Without the natural machinery to process the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, we're asking for trouble. Thanks to our intervention, the earth's chemistry has been altered, and one effect has been global warming.
That's the Greenhouse Effect. But what really causes it?
The atmosphere's new composition causes it to retain more heat than it's used to. This will eventually cause the melting of the polar ice caps, as well as the polarization of the weather thermodynamics – a flip-flopping effect that will make areas that are normally hot cool down, and those that are usually cold warm up.
The temperatures are changing, but only a little at a time. Why is it so much of a problem?
Well, global warming occurs in what seems to be minor degrees – one degree over a certain period of time, and people think it won't make much of a difference, but it does. There are people who think, "Oh, if it gets a couple of degrees warmer, that'll be nice." But what happens isn't nice at all.
We've had some hotter than usual summers in the Northeast, and there are all those droughts in Africa. Are these the first indicators of global warming?
Not necessarily, but the first symptoms of global warming are here now: they involve things like hurricanes and tornados, more than droughts. We don't know exactly what else is in store in the near future – probably droughts, but we don't have 50 or 100 years to wait to find out if the droughts we're experiencing now are the first effects of global warming or just natural climactic swings. By that time the curtain will have come down, and there won't be life left on earth.
It's really far more serious than most people realize, isn't it?
Absolutely. The destruction of the tropical rainforests is the issue that most loudly and most clearly spells doom for the planet. Ten years from now, unless we stop the clearing of the rainforests and take action to reverse the devastating effects that destruction is having on the environment, the situation will become irreversible. The weather patterns will be changed profoundly enough in the equatorial regions that the rainforests will just die. Then it's a matter of only a few years – 30 or 40 – before life as we know it will no longer be possible on this planet. And this is not just theory; it's widely accepted scientific fact.
So what can our readers and we do to help solve the problem?
Right now, what everybody can do to improve the environment is educate themselves, and be aware of the fact that the earth is in peril – and that life on earth is an interrelated system, and that it's in a bad way. For example, if we destroy the rainforests, all other life will be destroyed along with them.
The concept of environmental balance is seemingly so simple, yet, as a people, we don't give it proper consideration. We sort of bury our heads in the sand and refuse to see the obvious, don't we?
You know, you can be willfully ignorant, or you can be blissfully ignorant. If word has reached you that this is a problem and you don't do anything about it then you're willfully ignorant. Don't be that way! If this article reaches you, take it to heart and do something. When you're talking to people in social situations, you can, as I do, tell them what you're up to and listen and find out what they're up to – get ideas from them and give them ideas. It should be the major topic of discussion every time people meet. It's everybody's problem.
But shouldn't the government be doing more? They've got the resources that we as average citizens don't have.
The government will only respond to the will of the people, and the mandate has to be that something must be done – and now. They can't take action unilaterally; they can only do what the people will them to do. It's up to you to demand that action be taken now, before it's too late.


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In today's mailbag, we'll look at some of the myriad issues the Saints have experienced this season and try to offer insight into why the defending Super Bowl champs are foundering at 4-3.
I'll file daily mailbags throughout the week so check back if you don't see the answer to your question.
Also, if you've got a question and would like to submit it, send it to email@example.com. And don't forget to include your name and residence.
Now, on to today's Q&A:
Q: Do you think the offensive line is the heart of the problem? All day Sunday, outside the penalties, the Saints O-line was constantly getting beat, and Drew was taking way too many hits as he has all season. Also the line couldn't consistently create holes without getting penalties. Do you think this has contributed to Drew Brees' poor reads on some of the interceptions this season? Hector Garcia, Humble, Texas.
A: The offensive line definitely hasn't played at the same level as it did a year ago and this is somewhat baffling since the entire unit returned intact and young players like Carl Nicks and Jahri Evans should be improving at this stage of their careers. Instead, it seems like the group has regressed. They really struggled against some of the Browns' unorthodox looks on Sunday. On Brees' first interception, two Browns rushers were able to beat five Saints blockers. That's simply inexcusable. Brees was sacked three times and hit eight other times, often with only three- and four-man rushes. But certainly the line isn't the sole reason behind the offense's struggles. But they certainly are a part of it. This group can play much better than it has this season.
Q: What are the chances that Gregg Williams and the Saints take a chance on Shawne Merriman? I know he has lost a step the last two season due to injuries but as history has shown the Chargers have given up on players with a lot of tread still on the tires. Justin Thomas, League City, Texas.
A: The Saints undoubtedly could use help at strong-side linebacker, but I don't think Merriman is the answer for a number of reasons. First and foremost, he's damaged goods. There's a reason the Chargers are willing to let Merriman walk even though they are struggling and hurting at linebacker. He's been a shadow of the player he was before shredding his knee against the Titans in 2007. Moreover, Merriman's off-field behavior hasn't been anything close to Saint-like. He's battled the front office over contracts, missed offseason workouts, failed a drug test and been arrested for domestic assault. The Saints have assembled a locker-room full of team-first players. Merriman seems like a bad fit in almost every way.
Q: This year the Saints are undefeated with Reggie Bush and have a losing record without. Will he be able to make it onto the field this Sunday? If so do you think our offense can get its swagger back because of that? Brian DeLancey, Austin, Texas.
A: Reggie Bush is not the answer to the Saints' ills. They need to execute better and play with a greater sense of urgency to return to the level of play they displayed last season. Certainly Bush's playmaking ability will help. He's an explosive weapon in the passing game and a threat on punt returns. But Bush's absence is not what's wrong with the Saints. Their issues are far greater than that.
Q: Is it possible that Drew Brees' knee injury is worse than they are telling us? His accuracy, usually his best asset, has been poor since the injury and I wonder if he has trouble shifting his weight from one leg to another when he is throwing. He also hasn't been running any sprint-out passes, or "climbing the pocket." Also, what do you think is the main problem with our special teams? Brad Powell, Henderson, Nev.
A: Trust me, I would never put it past the Saints to lie about a players' injury. It's happened before and will happen again in the Sean Payton era. But this is one time I think they're telling the truth. Brees played without a brace for the first time on Sunday and looked more mobile than he has in any game since the injury. They did, in fact, run several rollout passes with him and he showed no signs of limitation. Brees' knee wasn't the problem. Poor execution and preparation were the issues. The Saints simply got outplayed and outcoached. The Saints' special teams have been decent this season, with the exception of their well-documented place-kicking woes. Credit the Browns for good execution and game-planning on the fake punt. They clearly saw something in the Saints' return units that led them to believe they could successfully execute it. That call took guts, as well. Not many coaches would call for the fake from their own 23. I think it says more about the Browns than it does about the Saints.

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And that leads me to the simple conclusion that while it was a nice win by the Dolphins - and a much needed one - it really wasn't much of a statement. The Raiders mostly beat themselves. Gradkowski was horrible at QB, and the team struggled rather a lot. They couldn't get a stop on Miami, ever. And they couldn't move the ball themselves.
In a way that troubles me. Because now I'm going to hear a lot about how Chad Henne has "come around" and is the fins future. And how Sparano managed the game well. The second is a mostly true statement. But the first, not so much. Yes, Henne had a good day statistically, but he still locked in on every receiver. And his lack of mobility shoulda/coulda/woulda been a liability against a good team.
The commitment to the running game was huge, and was the difference in this game. Finally, we saw the Dolphins really trying to make something happen on the ground. And over on defense, we saw some pretty good play and some nice combinations of players that (a) gave everyone a little breather and (b) confused Gradkowski at times.
Special teams were uneven again. When Ford took the opening kickoff to the house, I assumed it was over, and was going to be a long afternoon. But the Fins responded well, and kept him in check the rest of the day. Bess had a very nice return that nearly went the distance. And yet there was a punt nearly blocked, and a couple of missed field goals.
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Day 0 (Saturday): Board ferry in Port Hardy for a 9:30 pm departure.
Day 1 (Sunday): After a nite aboard travelling through Queen Charlotte Sound you awaken to the vessel in the "Inside Passage" with some short stops at McLaughlin Bay, Shearwater and Klemtu. At Klemtu, home to the Kitasoo and Xai Xais you have a few hours ashore with a chance to explore and take in a cultural tour often offered when the ferry arrives to this small community. Departing Klemtu the ferry brings you down to the town of Ocean Falls where you will meet your captain and tour guide for the next few days and welcomed aboard the Viking 1. As it is late we introduce ourselves and get you settled in preparing for the next day.
Day 2 (Monday): Depart Ocean Falls travelling down Cousins Inlet and turning up Dean channel to visit Sir Alexander MacKenzie Rock, where in 1793 he wrote his name on this rock. We will anchor in scenic Elcho Harbour, where the protected waters are great for paddling and the crew will set the crab traps for an evening snack.
Day 3 (Tuesday): Back into Dean Channel and along King Island to Eucott Bay where we bath in the hotsprings whare a homemade tub on the beach can accomadate 6. Relax, paddle around and observe the seals and birds of the area.
Day 4 (Wednesday): A morning soak in the pool if you so deaireor a walk along the beach and we are off to explore Cascade Inlet, named by Captain Vancouver for its many waterfalls.
Day 5 (Thursday): More paddling as we make our way back out Dean Channel towards Cousins Inlet.
Day 6 (Friday): Return to Cousins Inlet, stopping along the way to see the Petroglyph at Benn Point. Arriving back in time for a "walkabout" around this small community, once a thriving Papermill that was closed down several years ago. We say our goodbyes as you board the ferry and return to Port Hardy.
Day 7 (Saturday): 9 am arrive back in Port Hardy.
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There is so much to choose from at Wensum Valley Hotel Golf & Country Club.Wensum Valley Hotel offers much more than simply accommodation in Norwich, despite having 90 en-suite rooms available. There are leisure facilities, golf on a choice of golf courses, fishing on the River Wensum, as well as days out in Norfolk and activities for all ages to enjoy and a spa to unwind in afterwards. The Hotel also boasts a swimming pool, sauna, steam room, salon and spa. Norwich is home to fantastic shopping, great nightlife and plenty of culture. The Hotel's beautiful surroundings and family friendly atmosphere also make Wensum Valley Hotel Golf & Country Club one of the more popular wedding venues Norfolk has to offer.
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Officials estimate increased enrollment at Ironwood, Houghton campuses
January 14, 2014 | Vol. 95, No. 11
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Brianna Magnant, left, and Katelyn Sterbenz walk the hallways of the technical building at Gogebic Community College Monday afternoon.
IRONWOOD - Monday marked the first day of the spring semester for Gogebic Community College students.
Spring enrollment numbers are still fluctuating as students can add and drop courses for the first week, according to officials.
Last semester, there were 1,000 students enrolled at GCC, including students enrolled online and on-campus in Ironwood and Houghton.
"It's safe to say about 30 percent of the population is in Houghton," Dean of Student Services Jeanne Graham said.
Graham expects the final spring enrollment numbers to be higher than last year. "It's changing by the minute," she said.
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'Round Midnight
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James Carter (baritone sax), Craig Taborn (piano).
Composed by Thelonious Monk.
Recorded: Power Station, New York, October 6, 7 and November 20, 1994
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
On his CD The Real Quietstorm, James Carter plays baritone sax . . . and tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet and bass flute. And plays them well. Of course, such versatility is rarely rewarded in the jazz world. Rahsaan Roland Kirk is hardly ever mentioned these days when jazz aficionados talk about great flautists or great tenor saxophonists -- and his constant switching back and forth among a dozen or so horns no doubt contributes to fans' difficulty in pigeonholing him. The same might be said of Benny Carter, who may have been the greatest alto sax soloist of his generation, but would also be found gigging on trumpet or piano or trombone or writing big band charts. Now we have another Carter whose multifaceted talent resists easy generalization. This baritone sax interpretation of "'Round Midnight" rivals in quality the version that Gerry Mulligan made in his celebrated session with Monk, but its style is far different. The baritone is the linebacker among jazz horns, and Carter brings out all of its muscular attributes. And I love his sound on the instrument. Imagine what he could do if he just focused on bari? Fat chance!
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This book, Words from the Wise, is written by 4th grade students at Mother of Sorrows School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
Each student was given a random inspirational word. They then wrote their own definition of what the word meant to them.
The result is a beautiful collection of words written from the innocent hearts of young children.
The photography was done by Esther Tinz of Esther T Photography of Irwin, Pennsylvania.
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By Jeffrey Chapman on Jun 29, 2010
Information is rarely static. Be it a legal document written in Microsoft Word, a floor plan layout drafted in AutoCAD, or a complex 3D engine assembly modelled in Unigraphics or CATIA, these files will change. In an organization, people will review this data, edit it, and submit it for re-review and approval. This happens every day, and often the first challenge in this process is validating the changes. How can this be done?
The reason I mention this, of course, is that AutoVue is uniquely capable of addressing this challenge. Specifically, our compare feature will allow you to put both versions side by side in a single display, and on top of this show a third window highlighting differences in a colour-coded manner.
As an example, let's say we have a CAD drawing of a bracket. After review, the drill holes in that bracket needed to be moved. This feedback was passed on to the drafter (via AutoVue markups), and the drawing was then updated by them and submitted back for review. The reviewer will then want to verify that the changes have been made, but also that no unauthorized changes occurred. AutoVue provides a clear view to this, as illustrated below.
You'll see that everything is color-coded. Elements that are unchanged are marked in blue, additions in green, and deletions in red. On top of this, we make it simple to align and scale the comparison results. This will be perfect for situations where elements have been moved or resized, so they can still be verified easily.
So what does this mean? When it comes to document review, you can speed the cycle to approval on a document, as well as remove the risk of introducing errors. Cutting out these challenges has immediate benefit for any organization.
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Lynsi Torres, the 30-year-old president and owner of the In-N-Out burger chain, made headlines this week after Bloomberg News identified her as one of the youngest billionaires in the world. Here's what online Register readers said about the report.
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A withdrawal from the university occurs when a student wishes to drop all of their courses within a semester or does not plan to return for a semester following their current enrolled semester. Additionally a student can be administratively withdrawn if they do not return for a semester.
Students who wish to withdraw should complete the online withdraw form in their OASIS account. After completing the form, students must meet with the Dean of Student Affairs to determine their withdrawal date.
The Dean of Student Affairs Office will assign a withdraw date based on the criteria below:
- The student's withdrawal date will be determined by the date the student submits an official intent to withdraw notice to the Dean of Student Affairs Office, typically, this notice is submitted through the student's OASIS account.
- If records show that a student attended classes later than the date submitted to the Dean of Student Affairs office, then the last date recorded by a class instructor will be used as the date of withdrawal.
- If records show that at a date later than any date cited above the student met with an advisor, participated in a study group or academic support activity, completed assignments in Moodle, or had some other documented academic interaction with university personnel, then a determination shall be made by the Dean of Student Affairs Office as to whether the date of the activity will serve as the effective date of withdrawal.
- If the Dean of Student Affairs office determines that the student, through no fault of their own, was unable to submit a timely, official withdrawal notice to the Dean of Student Affairs Office, then the Dean of Student Affairs Office may determine a withdrawal date earlier than the official notice date based on class attendance, completed assignments in Moodle, attendance at a meeting with an advisor, attendance at a study group, or any other academic interaction with university personnel.
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Signed up, Interviewed, and Ready to Go!
On Wednesday I met with Charlotte Cook of Adapting Sideways, had my intro interview, and was accepted into the 7-week class run by her and he partner, Jon James Miller.
Frankly, I approached this meeting with trepidation. I've been studying writing for a long time, and have consistently thought that I knew what I was doing, and that any problems apparent in my work were just a matter of practice and observation. OK, fine, practice and observation are valuable, and one can learn a lot by just keeping an open mind and reading critically.
In this meeting I presented three pages of the much-vaunted fourth re-write of FIVE, my para-psychological novel. Previous to the meeting I'd spent hours going over the document, editing, polishing, looking for every bit of punctuation or formatting misadventure I could find, and believed I had a water-tight set of pages.
Before she read the first word, Charlotte announced that the writing was "light".
I almost choked. Then she explained.
I've somehow gotten the idea that pace is improved by short sentences and paragraphs.
What she explained was that not only do you need a strong first sentence (these are the first three pages of the re-write), you need to hook the reader by giving enough solid information to involve the reader in the action.
Wait, I thought. I already know that. I do all that. Right?
Nope. This was a case of knowing and doing being in different camps.
This isn't to say she didn't find some good writing in the ms. She did, and I was delighted that some of the sentences, ideas, and turns of phrase lit her up.
I am delighted to be in her course. I can feel changes in my thinking already, and the changes feel right. In fact, I find that after a single hour with her, I'm reading and hearing in a different way already.
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We had a couple months notice before we shot the show Tanked at our house. We were away for part of that time, but I hustled and flowed some of our ongoing projects like the kitchen remodel. We revamped part of the guest room and gussied up some things in the pink living room, and wouldn't you know it they didn't shoot a single scene showing any part of the house where I fluffed pillows.
Of course the majority of the show was shot in The Gorilla's man room, a space he had decorated almost entirely himself. (Maybe I was responsible for the green zebra pillows, I don't remember.) But as we moved forward with plans for the tank, we decided to shift our main living area to the man room. We spend time in both rooms, but I was hoping to contain kid clutter and toys and general craze out of sight from the front door.
So after the tank was installed, I went about making the room a bit more home-y. The Gorilla would say I made it more girly. I retort that he regularly wears a pink sparkle helmet. Argument over.
Three big things needed to be addressed: the pool table, the light fixture, and the curtains.
Here's the man room after we first moved in:
It was functional, but lacked some ooph.
With the installation of the fish tank, we lost a lot of space. The room is huge, but plunk a 10x8 box full of water down anywhere and it changes the scene.
First we had to turn the pool table and the light fixture the other direction, so it ran parallel to the tank.
I wanted to lose the pool table altogether. We're not exactly sharks, all puns intended. It takes up so much space for something we don't use all that often. I wanted more sitting and toy areas. Vetoed. Then I wanted a desk or farm table that we could actually use. Compromise.
We had a carpenter build us a custom wooden top for the pool table. Genius! It looks better even than I imagined. There's a piece of foam that sits between the velvet of the pool table and the top of the wooden table, so it's fully functional and doesn't move. When we want to play pool, you just lift if off. (Although it's pretty heavy, you need two people.)
But once that was done, the room was really, really brown. Super brown. Brown everywhere. I wanted to lighten it up, and the easiest way to do that was with the curtains. The gold things that had been hanging there before were a little sad. They were repurposed from our former home, and they reminded me of greasy hair.
A friend had turned me on to Martha & Ash and they are my new favorite custom shop on the web. Here's the Martha & Ash etsy site. Since last summer they've made me half a dozen custom pillows and now these curtains. I've spoken with Martha herself several times and she is easy to work with and very reasonably priced for custom.
She made me the curtains out of this gorgeous ikat fabric and we already had the curtain rods from the other house. The curtain change alone made a huge difference in the room. Don't talk to me about how manly they are.
We moved the big painting (an original by Thomas Campbell) to the other wall and rearranged the photos and movie posters (of The Gorilla's documentaries Birth of Big Air and Wild Whites).
The light fixture over the pool table was the last piece of the puzzle. I don't remember what was there when we moved in (if anything), but the one hanging there now was from the kitchen. We moved it down there when we first moved in, always hoping to change it out eventually. I looked all over town and online for the perfect thing, but The Gorilla really wanted this filament chandelier from Restoration Hardware. It went on sale about the time we were getting desperate, so I caved.
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By Nick McCabe – Front Row Photo
Let me point out, before I get called out, that I knew nothing about Widespread Panic before Sunday night (March 30). I knew 'of' them, which is to say, I knew they had been around a very long time and were a very popular band, and that's not very much knowledge at all. The first indication that this was going to be something special was when I walked into The Grand Sierra Resort an hour before showtime and the line of people waiting to get into the Grand Theatre ran all the way across the casino to the hallway leading to the doors from the parking lot. I felt like I had stepped back in time and was walking into a Grateful Dead Show, which I have done many, many times. Tie-dyes, printed skirts, festive hats, party atmosphere, sandals… it was all good! There was even a vendor walking around with his case of hand crafted handiworks selling them from his case….in the casino! It didn't look right, but security left him alone.
Once inside the theatre the atmosphere became even more festive. The sweet smell of some kind of burning herb filled the air. Hm! Perhaps it was innocence…perhaps not, but all of the sudden I had an inexplicable desire to get some munchies (I fought it off). I staked my claim at a table so that I would have a 'home base' where I could return too after I shot my pictures from the 'pit' during the first three songs. The audience was a show in itself. The crowd spanned at least five decades in age, ranging from early 20's to well over 60 and maybe even into their 70's. That's a pretty impressive demographic.
Widespread Panic took the stage at just about 8:30. I didn't recognize the first song. I didn't recognize the second song, or the third… after all, this was my first WP show. Honestly, I didn't recognize any of their songs, but that didn't take away from having a great time and loving what they played. One of the great things about live music is hearing your favorite songs played live by the people that made them famous. I really thought that I would eventually recognize something and I finally did, but they were covers. My new-bee status made it a bit of a challenge to get into it at first, but as I got used to and familiar with their style of play, I did get into it - very much so as a matter of fact. In the course of the evening they played fantastic interpretations of Dr. Johns "I Walk on Guilded Splinters", Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower", and during their encore Traffic's "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys", the later having Booker T. Washington Whites "Fixin' to Die" inserted into the middle of it.
The theatre was absolutely packed. When I returned to my table after shooting my pictures it was a challenge to navigate the thick crowds of partiers dancing in the aisles. There was next to no room to get around. I still don't quite understand how people can get from the bar to their seats with several drinks in their hands without spilling them. That is an achievement of Olympic proportions all its own! Everybody was having a fantastic time. It was more than obvious to me that Widespread Panic has a dedicated following of regulars, just like the Grateful Dead had back in the day. Many of the dancers appeared to be in a trance like euphoric state with hands raised to the heavens, eyes closed and blissful smiles across their faces. Also like a Dead show there were 'tapers' set up (for those of you that are more not in the know, tapers are fans with recording equipment set up in the audience).
Did I mention the lights? The lights were amazing. Computerized programming made them come alive. There's no doubt that there are probably hundreds of hours of work that have gone into the lighting for the show. There was a backdrop curtain of star like lights, a row of 30 lights (seven in each) across the top of that that swiveled and changed colors constantly, an assortment of 'bottle lights' that hung from above, bright spots above all the others, and on and on… The lights would form 'cones' of light at times that would expand and contract with the music. I haven't seen lighting this well produced since Pink Floyd.
A typical concert is about 90 minutes long. This was not a typical concert. As previously mentioned the band took the stage at about 8:30. At 9:48 they took a break! (A break? Are you kidding me? I had to get up at 5:30AM the next morning!) Once again, like a Dead show, you never know what you're going to get. They played until 12:30 in the morning, and it did not get old. It was a fantastic experience for me. I miss the 'jam band' experience since there have been no Grateful Dead shows to go to. There are other bands in the genre, but they have never done it for me. This band of talented players with their constant eye contact and silent communication was a thrill to experience. There is an art to jamming like this. You have to have a level of communication that goes beyond the spoken word. A note…a pattern…a look…a body jerk… It comes with experience and familiarity.
The only thing I missed, and maybe it's part of the Widespread Panic culture, was that nobody in the band ever said a word to the audience. Not a single word.
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…and the beat goes on.
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Let $K$ be a finite normal extension of $F$ such that there are no proper intermediate extensions of $K/F$. Show that $[K:F]$ is prime. Give a conterexample if $K$ is not normal over $F$.
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1) If $K/F$ is Galois and there is no strictly intermediate extension, Galois theory tells us that $Gal(K/F)$ has no non-trivial subgroup and thus is of order a prime $p$. Hence $K/F=p$ is prime too.
2) Let's exhibit for every $n\gt 1$ a field extension $K/F$ of degree $[K:F]=n$ without any strictly intermediate subfield.
a) Take any Galois extension $L/F$ with Galois group the full symmetric group $S_n$.
b) Take $K=L^{ S_{n-1}}$, the fixed field under the subgroup $S_{n-1}\subset S_n$.
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Wallpaper Wednesday: 2011 Ducati 1198SP
Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday. Every week (or not) I will post up something beautiful from the world of Ducati that you just might like to have grace your desktop. This week we have the new for 2011 Ducati 1198SP.
The 1198SP replaces the current S model and takes the larger but lighter aluminum tank from the 1198S Corse SE and adds a slipper clutch, quick shifter and a trick Ohlins TTX rear shock for just $100 more than the current S model. Bargain. I'll take one in black please.
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Lüddeckens, T; Mörgeli, H; Zwahlen, D; Jenewein, J; Büchi, S (2008). Therapiewünsche und Behandlungszufriedenheit bei ambulanten Krebspatienten und deren Ehepartnern. Praxis, 97(23):1223-1230.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the satisfaction of outpatients treated for cancer and their spouses as regards to medical and psychosocial care. A second focus of interest included the understanding the extend of support needs not yet covered by the existing system. METHOD: 224 outpatients with different cancer types and different stages as well and their 224 spouses were assessed by questionnaires. RESULTS: The needs of the patients were significantly better covered in all areas investigated than those of their spouses. A high level of satisfaction was revealed in the aspect of understanding and confidence with doctors and other medical stuff as well as the information on the disease. Also regarding on the various ways of treatment and how a patient could keep his own mental balance were considered satisfactory. By patients, spouses and doctors were considered by far as the most important support. A significant number of patients and spouses reported a lack of assistance or advice in relevant social support aspects. CONCLUSION: The wishes and needs of the spouses are considerably less taken into account within the exististing outpatient oncological medical treatment than those of the patients. As the spouses are heavily impacted by a psychological stress due their partners disease and the support duties, we require to ameliorate the assessment of the needs of relatives and to communicate better existing support programmes.
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1. Exactly what data is stored in the reservation system which can now be viewed by US Customs?
The reservation system stores all the information which is collected when a flight is booked. Such as:
- The passenger's name
- Travel itinerary, with details of the flight, any possible connecting flights and the operating airline carrier
- Details of where the flight was booked (travel agent, etc)
- Ticket number
- Payment method, possibly the credit card number
Hotel and hire car reservations, as well as details about any special services required on board the aircraft or at the airport, can also be stored in the Passenger Name Record (PNR). Special services include, in particular, precautions to be taken for passengers with medical conditions, and any special dietary requirements. We should point out that to some extent you yourself can influence the information held about you in the PNR. As you decide about a service or payment method, for example, you should be aware that these details will be stored in the PNR.
2. Does this only concern data on passengers who have booked flights to the USA, or does it involve data on all of your airline's customers?
It only involves flights which touch down in the USA.
3. Are details of flights which connect with a US flight disclosed?
Yes, if a journey includes connecting flights to a US flight, details of the connecting flights are also stored in the PNR and therefore affected by the disclosure.
4. Is customer information from your airline's frequent flyer programme affected?
No, this information is not affected. It is not disclosed.
5. What happens if a passenger does not agree with the disclosure of his/her information?
Even if a customer expressly objects to his/her personal information being passed on, this objection cannot be complied with because of the conflicting US legislation.
6. Which airlines have to give the US authorities access to the reservation system?
US law compels all airlines which fly to, from or within the United States to disclose this information.
7. Does Lufthansa pass on reservation information to the authorities in countries other than the USA?
Apart from the USA, information on individuals from the reservation system is currently only sent to the Canadian authorities. This transmission of data, which only affects passengers flying to Canada, covers less information than that required by the USA. Because Canada has similar standards of data protection to Europe, the transmission was, without hesitation, classed as covered by data protection legislation.
8. Airlines also pass on passport information to the customs authorities of certain countries. What's that about?
For flights to an increasing number of countries it is a legal requirement to forward passengers' passport information (the so-called 'Advanced Passenger Information System'* or APIS); in the near future this will also apply to flights within the EU.
This should be differentiated from the authorities' access to reservation information, as it only applies to passport information (*) which is transmitted immediately after the relevant flight departs.
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I started this series because have gotten several emails from readers/friends who are pregnant with their first babies (or just had their first babies) and they wanted my advice on baby items.
I started this series because have gotten several emails from readers/friends who are pregnant with their first babies (or just had their first babies) and they wanted my advice on baby items.
You can see my Newborn-3 month post here.
You can see my 3-6 month post here.
You can see my 6-9 month post here.
You can see my 9-12 month post here.
Luke is our 3rd (and final) baby and since he was born almost 4 years after Claire, I had given away ALL our baby stuff.
I wanted to be mindful of what I got for Luke knowing that it would only be used for him & then given away/donated. I only wanted to get the absolute necessary things to avoid lots of clutter in my house.
Here are my 12-15 month must haves:
Here are my 12-15 month must haves:
We love THIS wagon. We got it when we had the girls and it has totally held up. Luke (and the girls) love riding in it. It has cup holders and built in seats with little seat belts. Or, you can fold down the seat for more storage. The wheels rotate, so it is easy to turn when you are pulling the wagon. We also have THIS canopy to go with our wagon. Perfect for summer. Love, love, love it.
Is there anything cuter than a little boy pushing around a lawnmower? Luke is OBSESSED with THIS lawn mower. Every single time we play outside he goes straight for his lawn mower.
When Kate was a baby, I was coaching our high school soccer team and the team threw me a baby shower at one of our carbo loads. We didn't find out what we were having (for any of our kids) and they gave me THIS beautiful luxe cream blanket. It was SOOOO soft. I used it for her stroller and after she turned a year, I put it in her crib.
Luke is also obsessed with cars & trucks. We love anything Melissa & Doug, especially THIS. It's a truck and it has cars! Perfect for Luke!
I am slightly obsessed with little boy converse. Luke has 2 pairs of THESE and I love how durable they are. And, they are so cute!
I will admit....girl clothes are SO much cuter than boy clothes, but little boy clothes are growing on me. I love shirts like THIS with a cute pair of cargo pants like THESE.
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We love THESE chairs from PBK. The girls each have their own and Luke was so obsessed with running into the girls rooms and sitting in them, that we got his own for Christmas this year. At almost 7 years old & 5 years old, my girls STILL sit in their chairs & read books.
Gotta love the Fisher Price Learn & Laugh toys. I keep THIS puppy in his crib and every morning (and sometimes in the middle of the night) I hear him giggling & playing with it.
Luke also LOVES books, once our kids turn 1 years old, they are really interested in books.
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As a "fair for food lovers," this European style market is truly a food emporium, offering specialty products from our gourmet bakery, butchery, wine bar, and "studio" kitchen, that provides an intimate dining experience between diner and chef.
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One of the industry's longest running rumors -- Disney's plans to expand its fleet -- finally comes to fruition today as the company announced it would build two new vessels. The ships, as yet unnamed, will be constructed at Germany's Meyer Werft shipyard. Sizewise, they'll be considerably larger than the 83,000-ton, 1,760-passenger Disney Magic and Disney Wonder. They'll be two decks higher and, in fact, these new ships will measure 122,000 tons and carry 2,500 passengers, double occupancy. Considering though that because Disney's load factor is a highest-in-the-industry 150 percent (remember: all those kids), the typical passenger count onboard will be in the range of 3,750. Currently, Disney Magic and Disney Wonder can carry a full capacity of 2,400.
Those ships, which were introduced in 1998 and 1999 respectively, have been followed by a long drought -- even as other cruise lines targeting the family market, such as Princess, Royal Caribbean and Carnival, have been on building sprees.
The new vessels will be introduced in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Few details have emerged aside from the fact that these new ships will be similar in theme to the existing vessels, evoking design of classic, 1930's ocean liners. They'll have the same color palette as Mickey Mouse, and it's anticipated that they'll be as elegant in ambience as the existing twins.
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More Homeowners Get Mortgage Principal Reduced, but Numbers Still Small
The number of troubled U.S. homeowners who have been able to get their home-mortgage balances reduced remains small but is on the rise, according to a federal banking regulator.
More than 10,400 homeowners received principal reductions from their lenders in the first three months of the year, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Wednesday in its quarterly "mortgage metrics" report. The total was up 5.4% from about 9,870 in the last quarter of 2011 and more than double around 4,800 in the first quarter of last year.
Banks are granting homeowners write-downs mainly if they hold those loans on their balance sheet. They typically do so for loans that are significantly "under water"–meaning that the homeowner owes far more on the property than the home is worth.
Banks aren't permitted to grant principal reductions on loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the federally controlled mortgage investors. The Obama administration at the start of this year offered new incentives to encourage Fannie and Freddie to allow write-downs, but their federal regulator has yet to decide whether to accept that offer.
Principal reductions made up 10.2% of all loan modifications completed in the first quarter, compared with 8.5% in the final quarter of last year and 3.0% in the first quarter of 2011, the regulator said.
Besides Fannie and Freddie, other government agencies including the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration don't grant principal write-downs.
Fannie and Freddie use a similar form of loan help known as principal forbearance. That kind of assistance program doesn't require lenders to forgive debt. Instead, lenders set aside a portion of the loan and don't require any payments on it until the borrower sells the home or pays off the loan.
Lenders covered by the OCC report enacted more than 25,000 principal-forbearance plans in the first quarter last year, down from about 28,500 in the fourth quarter of last year but up from about 18,000 in the first quarter of 2011.


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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Stanford men's and women's cross country teams got a sneak preview of the LaVern Gibson Championship Course on Friday, a day before the championship races.
They found muddy and cold conditions following rainy conditions all week. However, crews were working hard to repair the course in time for the 9 a.m. PT (noon ET) start to the men's 10K (6.2 mile) race. The 6K (3.73 mile) women's race begins at 10:15 a.m. PT (1:15 p.m. ET).
The Stanford men are ranked No. 4 and the Cardinal women are No. 12. A detailed Stanford preview can be read by clicking here. This is the 20th consecutive year that both the Stanford men's and women's teams have made the NCAA Championships.


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How does one define noir, or hardboiled, crime fiction?
Not easily. The labels "noir" and "hardboiled" themselves make it difficult, if not impossible, to come up with a precise definition. Both terms have been used and abused by readers, writers, and critics so long and so often that, as with most literary labels, their meanings have become blurred.
A better approach is to list some of the elements contained in the best crime
stories of this type. These elements are not the only ones, of course, but they're among the most important. The more of them that an author incorporates into a novel or story,the greater its merit.
The noir crime story deals with disorder, disaffection, and dissatisfaction. Throughout the genre's seventy-year history, this has remained a constant and central tenet. The typical noir character (if not the typical noir writer) has a jaundiced view of government, power, and the law. He (or sometimes she) is often a loner, a social misfit. If he is on the side of the angels, he is probably a cynical idealist: he believes that society is corrupt, but he also believes in justice and will make it his business to do whatever is necessary to see that justice is done. If he walks the other side of the mean streets, he walks them at night; he is likely a predator, and as morally bankrupt as any human being can be. In the noir world, extremes are the norm. Clashes between good and evil are never petty, and good does not always triumph, nor is justice always done.
A quality noir story must emphasize character and the problems inherent in human behavior. Character conflict is essential. The crime or threat of crime with which the story is concerned is of secondary importance.
It must be reflective of the times in which it was written, providing an accurate,honest, and realistic depiction of its locale and of the individuals who inhabit that locale.
Even more important, it must offer some insight into the social and moral climate of its time. It must, as critic David Madden once wrote, "reflect [its] world in a way that is at once an objective description and an implicit judgment of it." Entertainment alone is not sufficient.
Even though it involves some type of violent crime, it must not use unmotivated violence or violence for the sake of sensationalism. The mere threat of brute force is often enough.
It must have, in Benjamin Appel's phrase, "living people talking a living language," however harsh, cruel, or obscene these people and that language may be.
And finally, it should generate what Raymond Chandler called "a smell of fear."
When all of these elements appear in a single work, and mesh together with a strong plot and a distinctive narrative voice, the result is a true noir classic.
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Ars Lyrica's first CD on Naxos
Audiences and critics alike have been enthusiastic about Ars Lyrica programming in general and the Alessandro Scarlatti programs in particular. We are pleased to announce that a recent Ars Lyrica recording of Scarlatti's music will be available on the NAXOS label later this year. The disc features two major works of Scarlatti that have never before been recorded: Euridice dall'Inferno and La Concettione della Beata Vergine (plus his Sonata in C minor for cello and continuo and Toccata in A major for solo harpsichord).
Read what critics say about Ars Lyrica's performance of Scarlatti's music:
"Dirst led a vigorous performance that revealed the brilliance and depth of Scarlatti's music very well. Every singer poured great intensity into the music [and] the accompaniment by the continuo group was exquisitely sensitive and colorful."
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Just the Tonic: PE Firms Inject $489M Into China Health-Care Sector
China's health-care sector has found a perfect remedy in private equity, with a total of $489 million in investments during the first half, of 2012, more than double the level a year earlier, according to data from the Centre for Asia Private Equity Research Ltd. The uptick comes amid government spending and reforms, as well as renewed interest in the health-care equipment and services sector.
Health-care services in the form of private hospitals, clinics or single specialist centres is set to be a sweet spot for many investors as the government encourages the private sector to take more of a role in caring for patients, according to Ronald Ling, healthcare leader at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
"In the past, health-care services has been the orphan child," with many investors preferring to pour capital into pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, said Hanif Kanji, chief executive of Sinophi Healthcare Partners Ltd.
China's pharmaceuticals and biotechnology has had a "great performance in terms of profit margins in the last few years," said a Beijing-based investor whose firm targets middle-market Chinese businesses, noting that the segment has had more than 20% in overall profit margin growth. She added that we're also likely to see more venture capital participating in healthcare investments, that's largely dominated by players in the growth and expansion area.
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Vikings stadium to be built in Minneapolis will need to look at other sources of funding after the state's highest court dismissed a challenge their plans. Minnesota Supreme Court struck down an opponent's effort to block financing a new stadium. According to Minnesota Public Radio on Jan. 22, a former mayoral candidate tried to twice to stop the project.
Stadium opponent Doug Mann's plea to the Minnesota Supreme Court earlier this month was the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary pass — a last minute, long shot attempt to beat the Vikings in court.
Vikings stadium construction bills have mounted to $18 million due by month end. Builders had expected to have $500 million available to them by now. A bond sale that would have delivered the needed funding was blocked by the court challenge. Since the developers will not be closing on the property known as Downtown East, they have some of the money due in hand. With $15 million in the bank, they will still need to close the gap quickly.
The new Vikings stadium project ground breaking is expected to happen in April. The entire project is due to be online by 2016. Mann could petition the court to review their ruling, but that is not expected to happen at this point.
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