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Be Clear on Cancer
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Vegetarians, Vegans and Animal Rights activists have found it ethically distasteful to give consent for student fees to pay for more animal deaths, for a number of moral, environmental and pedagogical reasons, according to the study The first cut is the deepest: reflections on the state of
animal dissection in biology education (Villiers and Monk 2005). As a result, some countries have adopted a fewer dissections policy in schools, colleges and universities.
Dr. Nancy L. Harrison, M.D. has found that long-established justifications for dissection in schools have lost credibility, and the ethics of killing hundreds of millions of animals globally each year are called into question in the early 21st century.
"As a doctor who performs autopsies, I can assure students that computer images of well-preserved tissues look more like the 'real thing' than the squishy gray organs of a formalin-fixed specimen. Simulated dissection is very realistic, the accompanying text is elegant, and the graphics are superb. Computerized alternatives are rapidly replacing animals in medical and veterinary colleges across the country," says Harrison.
Senior year pre-med and Biology majors are familiar with performing many a dissection. These "necessary" techniques cost a well-documented over 6 million animal lives per year in the United States, according to the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA). It also costs millions of dollars from students who enroll in the courses, without realizing they will have "no choice", if they want to maintain an A, and to become accepted with a traditional background into only the best medical schools.
If one is not pursuing a surgery specialty (which most students are not, and will not be specializing for until medical school), these lives become nothing more for most students than a dead body to prod, poke and stab. The laughing disrespect students witness, with many students jabbing fun/making fun of the dead animal carcasses in lab, desensitizes. The attitudes of those who show respect and gratitude for life that has passed on is reflected in the quiet presence of people who do not support this policy, but perhaps do not know (or believe in the power of one enough) to voice these concerns, to the one who can change policy.
Some students are under the dim and hopeful impression at one point that the animals obtained are from humane ways, like from humane society shelters or after an animal has naturally died. This idea is kept as a sign of faith in humanity, (as ignorant as it may seem) to pursue the path of peace, be it with members of our own species or with members of another race, as roommates sharing this bountiful blue and green planet we are guests on.
Had the bodies been obtained by natural means, from people donating themselves as part of their burial wishes upon death for research, or from animals who have died naturally and were immediately iced, dissection might be understandable.
But that is not the case--one can see where the pig's throats have been slit, these biology professors not realizing it seems, that pigs shown in multiple case studies have at least the intelligence of a 5 year old child.
In the above video, a pig is shown to navigate a joystick and beat the scores of both monkeys and dogs. A chicken is shown to navigate a complex labyrinth by means of pullies, levers and doors. Most animals have been captured in the wild and bred just to be dissected.
Also, many biotechnology labs acquired cats by paying children to round up cats in Mexico, and then suffocating cats in bags together.
Jonathan P. Balcombe, Ph.D., ethologist and research scientist author of The Use of Animals in Higher Education says, "If every teacher and student considering dissection were to first witness the capture, handling, and death of each animal they were about to dissect, dissection would fast become an endangered classroom exercise.'
One can prevent the cruelty and overcrowded cages, when one reflects on what life is ours to take, when we can not give that life back.
On the note of resurrection of life, many Orthodox Christian religions have begun, in the early 21st century, to focus attention on the biblical responsibility of Stewardship as is applied to all thinking and bleeding beings.
Climate change effects of dissection reveal that self-initiated Stewardship couldn't come at a greater time of need.
According to the International Panel of Climate Change's joint study with WSPA, Eating our Future: the environmental impact of industrial animal agriculture, the ramifications of breeding animals for slaughter include:
- Deforestation for agricultural crops and livestock grazing areas.
- Water pollution from manure and fertilizer run-off.
- Green House Gas emissions. The contribution of more than 18% of the world's Green House Gas Emissions (with methane being 20-30 times more potent at capturing re-emitted long wave electromagnetic radiation than is carbon dioxide) come from raising animals which are to be used for slaughter.
- Lack of global food supplies for the rest of the world because of the grain going towards animals for slaughter.
- Erosion of soils/Desertification due to deforestation (and loss of a further carbon sink as plant food).
- Air Pollution from transportation of the animals to remote destinations.
- Destruction of habitats and ecosystems, all of which affect delicate food chains and webs.
- Greater algal bloom in water, which kills fish and aquatic ecosystems.
- Lack of manure for soil nutrients because of the animals being killed, rather than preserved.
- Climate change. In particular, changes to the albedo (surface reflectivity of the land) due to deforestation, fragility of soils from monocropping, or continuously planting one particular type of grain to feed animals raised for dissection, fragility of soils from overcropping (it takes a large amount of crops and water to "create" the pig that will soon only be replaced by other pigs), lack of a root system to hold soils in place, a loss of a carbon sink (with trees that normally take up carbon dioxide as plant food no longer present), a loss of the global cooling mechanism of transpiration (natural process of water uptake in plants) due to lack of trees, and the acid rain and pollution effects from animal harvesting industry.
The increased Green House Gas emissions (GHGs) in the atmosphere from these anthropomorphic changes are well-documented by physics and chemistry laws, due to the physical nature of the molecules, to further increase the Greenhouse effect. Extra GHGs further increasing the trapping of re-emitted long wave electromagnetic radiation, which has lead to the 1-2 degree Celsius global surface temperature increase, according to International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate change stations and mathematical models that rule out natural forcings or causes.
- Water conservation loss from raising animals for dissection. Dallas water rights in particular, have been fought over by multiple cities within the past several years, with more than two million people having died per year globally from lack of access to fresh drinking water. Less than .0001% of all water on earth is available to us as fresh drinking water. Lack of fresh drinking water is one of the largest political topics of the century.
- Inefficient Use of Energy. According to the Fundamentals of Ecology textbook, 2nd ed., by Odum, it takes much more energy from the sun to create primary producers (plants) than it does to create the tertiary consumers (animals that eat animals, who have eaten other animals, that eat the plants.), with more than 90% of energy it takes to create each new level of life lost as heat along the ecological energy pyramid.
- Demand for dissection specimens increases rate of extinction of threatened species, by contributing to habitat loss, pollution and climate change.
- Fewer Frogs = More Pesticides. Frogs are a vital natural predator of insects, including insects that contains diseases, and farmers have long relied on frogs to keep their crops insect-free.
- Chemicals used in preservation create health problems. Formaldehyde is classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a "hazardous air pollutant, water pollutant and waste constituent". According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, formaldehyde can cause nausea, headaches and breathing difficulties in people, and has been linked to cancer in animal studies.
Furthermore, formaldehyde has been classified as a known human carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Teachers and students involved in frequent dissections are exposed to it regularly. Schools throw away millions of formaldehyde-laden classroom specimens each year, which has effects on the larger ecosystem as well.
Respecting the Rights of Students to Practice Religious Beliefs
For some students--it is more than a mere spiritual belief; it is a religious belief, particularly for vegans and vegetarians, who regard animal intelligence and rights as being on the same level, just a different type of intelligence, a different type of strength, than we supposedly "higher" animals (homo sapiens) are wielding.
To rule out this well-worn phrase as the obsolete lab instructor fear tactic of "You can't be squeamish!" from personal example and experience:
A student can most certainly not be squeamish, blood may not make one faint, and one can be quite adept at dissection. But it is spiritual beliefs that have the Vegetarian or Vegan activist set aside the scalpel. Spiritual beliefs become equated as lifestyle choices.
According to the law in effect by the government, a spiritual belief does not have to be backed by an official taxes-sanctioned organization in order to be part of one's religion.
Freedom of religion is one of the constitutionally guaranteed rights upheld by the religion clause of the First Amendment, and it is considered by many nations to be a fundamental human right.
A vegan or vegetarian may feel initially discouraged to be a scientist. The Biologist animal rights activist may feel that they can not live their dreams and passions without violating his or her principles: to study living systems, not dead ones, using the scientific method.
One need not violate one's principles as some sort of "initiation" to show how supposedly "tough" one is, in order to be a member of the health industry. It is argued that it is necessary to have tactile sensation of carcass when one is going to be a surgeon, yet 99% of animals dissected are not dissected by surgeon students. According to the National Employment Matrix database, only 633,000 out of an approximately 301,000,000 population are physicians and surgeons. That is less than .002% of students that become physicians and surgeons. Dissection is therefore a waste of animals' lives and a non-justifiable cost.
For those who need the hands-on experience, donated human cadavers are available for such professionals.
Is traditional dissection better education?
Twenty nine Comparison Studies of 4th year Veterinarians, Undergrad students, Medical school students, Veterinarian graduates, Physician Assistant students, High School students and others prove that those who choose alternatives to dissection scored at or greater on physiology and anatomical science tests than those who chose traditional dissections.
The reason one understands live relationships in action, or words in relation, is the same reason one can not study function well by merely looking at the chemical makeup of the ink on the page in a book, without seeing the moving, living, interacting and causative relationship.
"Studies show that students learn anatomy and physiology just as well – and often better – when they use virtual dissection programs rather than cut up animals," said Kathy Guillermo, PETA's Director of Laboratory Investigations, in response to school inquiry. "PETA would be delighted to help Woodlawn High educate its students and foster respect for all life by supplying a license for sophisticated virtual dissection software."
With at least 100 years of research using animal cruelty and deaths to study Biology, supposedly the study of life, the American school systems will do well competitively and globally to adopt using already available, more advanced methodologies/technologies, which will save the schools money from cost, re-use, and environmentally, may save the planet. From computer advancement, non-invasive MRI's, electrodes, and endoscopy, we Americans have plenty of workable knowledge at our fingertips and by morally-sanctioned means to live with consistency in values that we make no distinction between what we pet, what we eat, and what we experiment on.

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Tonight, Jan. 16, American Idol continued its two-night Season 13 premiere with more auditions from Austin.
Jesse Roach was up first, with KT Oslin's "Do Ya." Jennifer loved everything about Jesse and thought she could be an artist, and Keith and Harry agreed. They all said yes to putting Jesse through to Hollywood. The judges also put Steven Curd, Anna Melvin, and Ryan Clark through.
Jamiah Malik tried out an original song for the judges, and his sister, Quiandra Boston-Pearsall, did the same. It worked for Quiandra, but not for Jamiah, who didn't make it through.
Megan Miller sang Carrie Underwood's "Last Name." The judges discussed the rasp in her voice and eventually, all three gave her a yes.
Grace Anne Field came in with a positive attitude and upbeat personality – she even got pitch from her phone, but then she completely butchered a small portion of "Broken Wing." The judges commented on her vibrato and how they just didn't feel she was there yet.
Austin Alvarez and Eric Wood were each given tickets to Hollywood.
Spencer Lloyd sang a Colton Dixon song – "Never Gone." Harry didn't know if he was the greatest singer, and Keith agreed but felt Spencer could entertain. Jennifer enjoyed the really, really beautiful voice. All three judges agreed to put him through.
Marlon Lindsey has wanted to audition for the past eight or nine years but has been in the army for the last six years. He finally has his chance and sang Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come." The judges quickly gave him a golden ticket to Hollywood.
Rick Rowling told Ryan he was going to go in and sing badly in order to further his acting career. He went in and joked about the judges not being Randy Jackson or Simon Cowell before singing a terrible rendition of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." The judges didn't want to hear another song and sent him packing.
The moment T.K. Hash entered the room, Harry Connick, Jr. commented that he looked like President Barack Obama, so he did a quick impression before singing Fall Out Boy's "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up)." Keith loved it – he loved the tone, his confidence, and everything about it. Jennifer felt he changed the chemistry in the room and made all of them perk up. Harry didn't think he was the greatest singer he'd ever heard, but he is likeable.
Season One finalist, Nikki McKibbin, returned to the show with her son, Tristen Langley, who played his guitar as he sang Sublime's "Santeria." Harry didn't think it would have worked for him without Nikki there, but Jennifer completely disagreed. Keith Urban said he needed to watch choking his voice and learn to let the notes out. Jennifer said yes, Harry said no, and Keith said yes to put Tristen through.
LJ Hernandez sang Edwin McCain's "I'll Be."(Well, it was more of a brief shout). While Jennifer found it entertaining, the judges didn't think he was ready for the competition and sent him on his way.
John Fox wrote a song for his church at the ripe age of six and auditioned with "To Make You Feel My Love." The judges eagerly put him through to Hollywood.
The auditions moved to San Francisco next. Rachel Rolleri sang Sugarland's "Stay." Keith thought she was very mature and played guitar well for 17, and the judges warned her not to make a face or let them know when she made a mistake. In the end, all three judges said yes.
Athena Williford, Remi Wolf, and MK Nobilette were each put through to Hollywood.
Emmanuel Zidor came crawling into the room singing and scared Jennifer, but the judges asked to hear another song, so he sang "I Believe In You and Me." The judges believed him, and it brought him to tears – Emmanuel got a golden ticket and a hug from Jennifer.
Samuel Ramsey said he was going to sing a jazzy version of "I Want You Back," but he didn't impress the judges (Harry especially), so he was sent along without a ticket.
Caitlin Johnson shocked the judges when she told them she was only 15 before singing "Something's Got a Hold Of Me." Harry said she wasn't ready and needed time to work on who she is and said no, Jennifer was still thinking and thought they could do something with it, and Keith loved it and said yes. Jennifer Lopez said she was going to give her one more chance, so it was off to Hollywood for Caitlin.
Ronald Reed was starstruck by Jennifer and very excited to meet her. After he sang, Jennifer broke the news that his vocals weren't strong enough, and Keith agreed that they wanted his vocals to match his personality. Ronald was completely devastated and ran out of the room crying.
JLo thought David Luning was interesting for Idol. Keith asked if he wrote all of his own songs and worried he would be crushed during Hollywood week by all of the other singers. Harry also wondered if he was right for this show, but in the end, David was put through to Hollywood.
Twins Selena and Sierra Moreno entered the audition room at the same time. Selena sang Janis Joplin's "Try," and Sierra sang Beyonce's "1 + 1." Jennifer and Keith both agreed that Selena had the better voice, but Sierra had a better stage presence. Harry said a decision needed to be made, and they may not like it. All three judges said yes to Selena, and even though Jennifer said yes to Sierra, both Keith and Harry said no.
Briana Oakley was sent home during Hollywood week last year and immediately made the decision to come back again this year. She sang "Stay," by Sara Bareilles. Once again, the judges put Briana through to Hollywood.
Rico Perkin and Aranesa Turner made unique choices to sing songs from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," and they both received golden tickets.
Gaddy Basil Foster sang so terribly that Jennifer had to hide behind her paper to laugh before Keith finally cut him off. He told him he was a really sweet guy, but singing just wasn't his thing.
Adam Roth talked to the judges briefly about sound healing before auditioning with "Hallelujah." Harry said he felt guilty, unclean, and like he needed to go to confessional afterward. Keith and Jennifer felt like it was very interesting – Jennifer couldn't tell if it was fake and forced. Harry said no, Jennifer said yes, and Keith picked up a golden ticket and pretended to have been mesmerized by Adam and didn't know what had happened.
Between tonight's Austin and San Francisco auditions, they handed out 33 golden tickets. The American Idol auditions will continue next week in Detroit.
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Comedy Central President of Content Development and Original Programming Kent Alterman has just announced today that the CC:Studios' longform storytelling digital series "This Is Not Happening" has been greenlighted to the linear channel. The eight-episode season of the series, which is executive produced by Ari Shaffir, Eric Abrams, Sam Saifer, and directed by Jeff Tomsic will premiere this fall. The move marks network's first pick-up of a series developed by the in-house creative initiative CC:Studios.
"The only reason we are picking up 'This Is Not Happening' is to prove we can incubate an idea digitally and then have it migrate to the linear channel," said Alterman. "And also, it's really funny storytelling with fantastic talent."
Hosted by Shaffir and based on his long-running live show, "This Is Not Happening" features Shaffir and his comedian friends telling hilarious and true stories in front of a live audience at LA's most distinguished gentlemen's club, Cheetahs. Originally developed by CC:Studios, Comedy Central's in-house creative initiative for the development of original digital comedy, the show's two seasons will include comedians Kurt Braunohler, Joey Diaz, David Koechner, Bobby Lee, Natasha Leggero, TJ Miller, Trevor Moore, Kumail Nanjiani, Jay Oakerson, Steve Rannazzisi and Joe Rogan.
CC:Studios works with creators to develop concepts and talent for digital distribution and produce original, shareable content in the format best-suited to the creative, whether short-form, long-form, animation, or ultimately on the linear channel. Attracting the best talent in the business, CC:Studios gives them an opportunity to create hilarious content that is native to digital screens.
The move clearly marks a trend to return to original, stand-up based programming by the network, after the recent premiere of "Comedy Underground with Dave Attell", a weekly late-night, uncensored stand-up showcase that brings viewers as close as they can get to a live stand-up experience without leaving their couch. It goes without saying that comedy fans nationwide are looking forward to seeing Ari Shaffir's "This is Not Happening" this fall on Comedy Central.


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Paranoia is most often associated with use of elicit drugs, but usually wears off as drug use declines. Patients who develop an onset of schizophrenia must take medicine to help with paranoid thoughts, or disorganization. If the paranoia in your life is relatively uneventful then you would be safe to say that it is not effecting your management of daily activities.
Scientists say vegetables grown with the use of bromine especially on vegetable skins, are effecting us by more than mere vitamins, contributing to mind paranoia. When you become alarmed in finding out that your food may not contain the perfect nutritional content, please don't avoid vegetables at all costs. Rather than deal with the risks associated with bromine, it is recommended that you eat organic produce and watch labels. It too has been shown that soaking in a bromine filled hot tub, or dousing food in brominated vegetable oil leads to development of schizophrenia. Forms of bromine can be found in bug-sprays, and cleaning agents. Perhaps the trickiest part of paranoia is that now you must be paranoid about what you eat, and make educated choices on how you live.
Bromine has replaced iodine in most foods since the 1960's and remains a preservative influence in America. The underlying effects of preservatives in food can be found in H.W. Wiley's exertation on public health, found at the PubMed Central site, or PMC. It is obvious that bromine has undertaken significant influence in the world of thought and function. Please see the Kansas University website for more on poison control.


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Fall and winter cruisers on a St. Kitts' itinerary can check out a new attraction. The St. Kitts Scenic Rail National Tour, which launches on October 10, offers a new twist on the old island tour experience by trundling tourists around on a train. It uses an existing railway -- built in 1912 to transport sugar cane from farms and fields to the island's urban hub of Basseterre -- and has been operating ever since.
Specifically, this train tour, which starts in Basseterre, will take travelers through villages, farmland and historic sites. Other highlights will include vistas of St. Kitts gorgeous natural scenery, from rain forests to mountainous areas. It will fully narrated.
In the creation of the St. Kitts Scenic Railway, ten new -- and double decker, mind you -- passenger coaches were designed and built (and they're air conditioned). The 3 hour, ten minute ride will cost $89.50 (adults), $44.75 (kids). Tickets can be purchased at either the Needsmust train station or the St. Kitts Scenic Railway offices in Basseterre. There are two trips (both roundtrip from Basseterre); the first leaves at 8:20 a.m., returning at 11:30 a.m. and the second departs 1:10 p.m., pulling in at 4:20 p.m.
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I am in a discrete math in college and would like to understand proofs. I had to prove the fundamental theorem of calculus in Calc 1, and did horribly in Linear algebra because of proofs. How does one Understand proofs? Is there an elementary level proofs tutorial I could go through?
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19:20 04th Jun, 2013
iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt Smartphone Launches At Rs 20K
Quad-core phone with dual-SIM slots, expensive for the price and the inaccuracy of camera spec.
iBall has now launched yet another expensive quad-core smartphone called the Andi 4.7G Cobalt, after their previous iBall Andi 4.5d Quadro. Priced at Rs 19,995, the Cobalt runs Android 4.2, obviously has a 4.7 inch display and is driven by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor. The processor and OS version point toward this phone using the same MediaTek quad-core SoC as a number of other phones that are priced in the Rs 10k segment.
Its tech specs are as follows:
- 4.7" display, 1280x720 pixels (~312 ppi density)
- Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) platform
- 1.2 GHz quad-core processor (Cortex A7)
- 16GB internal storage
- MicroSD card slot for expansion up to 32GB
- 12MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera
- 3G, Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi connectivity along with A-GPS
- 2200 mAh battery
The USP could have been its claim of a 12MP Autofocus rear camera, and a 5MP front camera for video calling.
The problem is that the numbers are suspicious and a 5MP front camera makes me believe it is just interpolated/upscaled using software. When the high-end market demands and pays for a 13MP camera (not exactly 13, but a little bit over 12 megapixels), the existence of a 12MP camera in this phone is doubtful as well. Similarly configured quad-core phones from Micromax can be "patched" to "convert" their 8MP cameras into 12MP. So this claim from iBall just may turn out to be more fake than Kareena, the actor in the ad.
It is worth noting that the budget phones (at 10k) based on the MediaTek MT6589 chipset have begun receiving the Android 4.2 upgrade, such as Micromax' A116. Many of those phones do feature a HD-ready screen resolution of 1280x720, offer dual-SIM slots and 3G connectivity. Clearly this iBall model has no advantage over them, yet is close to double their price. Perhaps it makes up with a design appeal to the public, which I'm somehow unable to fathom just yet, we'll find out soon enough.
If it were priced closer to Rs 10k, the iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt would compete with the Xolo Q700 (4.5" display, 5MP primary camera, 4GB internal storage), Micromax Canvas HD A116 and Karbonn S1 Titanium. If you are looking for economical quad-core smartphones, then do check our Buyers' Guide of smartphones priced under Rs 15K.
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Full Playlist:Episode 1:
Introduces all of the characters in series 3 with IEC (Chris), JDM (James) and Tez chilling in the common room. Sheep Shaggier (Sean) gets beaten up by Woz (Warren). Venting machine gets raped by JDM and many more.
Episode 2:
Sheep Shaggier has the hiccups. IEC and Hentalex (Nick) have a play fight against each other. Tez & IEC have a break and play on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Episode 3:
Chris (IEC), James (JDM), Tez & Sean (Sheep Shaggier) take a journey.
Episode 4:
JDM, Emma, Tez & IEC chill out when Emma comments on JDM's haircut. JDM has he's moments. Woz & Sheep Shaggier have their moment. IEC & Emm have an argument and a fight over some rumours and many more.
Episode 5:
Chris (IEC), Tez & James (JDM) take you on a tour around the college.
Episode 6:
Sheep Shaggier talks about girls. IEC playing on GTA: San Andreas while Tez is making fun of him.
Episode 7:
Chris (IEC), James (JDM) & Tez go on a new journey and get lost.
Episode 8:
IEC & Tez mix JDM's orange juice. JDM gets he's payback on Tez. Sheep Shaggier & Woz have their moments with dirty remarks and Woz beating up Sheep Shaggier.
Episode 9:
Is part 2 of journey to the shops from episode 7 but now it's the matter of going back.
Episode 10:
JDM creeps up on Tez while he's attacking IEC. Tez & JDM have more of their moments with a stupid crisp pack (Early Christmas Present) game and many more.
Episode 11:
JDM, Tez & IEC go on the wrong floor, and pressing all the buttons on the lift. IEC punches Sheep Shaggier in the balls, IEC hit his head and Sheep Shaggier. Tez & JDM have their bottle fight. IEC tries to get away but runs into the door instead.
Episode 12:
JDM, Tez and IEC have a target tournament which lasted 20 minutes. Later on, Tez & IEC discovered JDM's secret.
Episode 13:
Outtakes! Including CJT Reviews outtakes.
Episode 14:
James (JDM), Chris (IEC) & Tez once again the three boring English people go onto another journey.
Episode 15:
Is part 2 of the journey to the shops with the three boring English people from episode 14.
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Stan Kenton: Tiare
Stan Kenton (piano)
Live at Redlands University (Creative World STD-1015)
Stan Kenton (piano),
Mike Vax, Jim Kartchner, Dennis Noday, Warren Gale, Joe Ellis (trumpets), Dick Shearer, Mike Jamieson, Fred Carter, Tom Bridges (trombones), Graham Ellis (tuba), Quin Davis (alto sax), Richard Torres, Norm Smith (tenor saxes), Willie Maiden, Jim Timlin (baritone saxes), Gary Todd (bass), John Von Ohlen (drums), Efrain Logreira (congas).
Composed by Ken Hanna.
Recorded: Redlands University, Redlands, CA, August 4 & 5, 1970
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
Like Gene Roland, Ken Hanna began writing for the Kenton band in 1944. He joined the trumpet section in 1946, and then led his own dance band during the '50s. (One of the band's albums was in the Stan Kenton Presents series on Capitol Records and is now very hard to find.) Long retired from music, he wrote "Tiare" for the Kenton Neophonic Ensemble in 1968, and rescored it slightly in 1970 for the touring band. Written in 4/4 + 3/4 (in effect, the piece is in 7), it opens dramatically, then becomes a romantic ballad with Shearer playing the melody. The remainder is played freely with a lovely solo by Davis, continues to build and then ends as dramatically as it began. Its success with audiences convinced Hanna to go back on the road with the old man, writing the finest music of his career.
Reviewer: Jeff Sultanof
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Well, I was wondering if anyone could help me with a small problem I, and my friend, have when we weight a skin. When we weight the model and export it as an .XSI and then to a .glm and test it out, it all works perfectly except for one slight issue...
When you swing your lightsaber (most noticeable in Red/Strong Stance) you can see the the shoulders are moving into the torso during the swing, and we have been trying to figure out how to fix it, but have yet to get it working properly. Screenshot to show what I mean. Click
So I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to fix this issue? I've gone to places like http://www3.sympatico.ca/psykopat/ but when I look at the tutorials there, it doesn't seem to cover the parts that I'm needing to fix. I looked over Tim Appleby's tutorial, but he didn't at all tell you HOW to model it, because going based on the images he placed, I would weight apart to the clavical.. but when I tried that, it only made my issue worse.
When I looked over that "Skin Modifier" tutorial, it didn't at all touch the area I'm having an issue with. All it went over was the leg up to the knee, and the arm right at the humerus bone, but that part is just fine for me... it's where the shoulder goes into the torso that I'm having an issue with..
If it will make it any easier, just ask me to post an image of where I got the parts weighted to, as that may help. Right now it's all weighted to the thoracic, pretty much...
The issue cant be solved with tutorials, since we dont always have the same topology or bulk in the clothes.
JA animations werent designed to deform this type of cloth (or at least does a poor job at it). What you need to do is weight the upper part of the cloth to follow the upper arm bone, or at least get something in-between so it doesnt look odd in other movements.
Is there a bone you would personally recommend to put these at? Here is an image of how I have it weight at the moment.
The part that is incircled by black is the parts of the Shoulder that is weighted to the thoracic. Same as what you see the dots are weight to.
That head is Bao'Dur from KotOR2, isn't it?
As for a particular bone, as he said try the upper arm. You might also consider the clavicles. Think of which bones in your body move when you move your arm that way.
It is not quite Bao'Dur, but of the Zabrak species. Slightly different, I can't tell you where exactly my friend got it from though.
As far as the clavical bone goes... I have tried doing that, and while it worked on connecting that part, I then had an issue of right below the shoulder, the torso went into itself in a weird manner...
Your main problem with that model is that the shoulders are far broader than they should. There is no way you can try to fix that and be comfortable with the results. What you should do is modify your model's topology so when both arms go together in front of the chest they don't overlap so drastically with it. So in short, give the model a narrower shoulder span and it should deform very nicely. You are still going to get some slight overlapping, but it happens with all skeletal animation systems, even today. That's why shape animations where created for.
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"Music is my life." So said French pianist Pascal Rogé, who spoke with Examiner.com briefly after yesterday's New Jersey Symphony Orchestra rehearsal, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. He appears this week with NJSO under the baton of maestro Jacques Lacombe. "Music has been my companion for 60 years. My mother, grandmother and grandfather were musicians. I could read notes before letters. I can do without many things, but not without music."
The artist will solo in Vincent D'Indy's "Symphony on a French Mountain Air," Op. 25, a beautiful, rarely-performed work from 1886 for piano and orchestra, the centrepiece of this week's concert series. Further concerning music, he said:
It's something I can share with others or be completely alone with. I have never thought of music as work, it has always been a pleasure. I get to do something I like, as a hobby that makes me happy, and I get paid for it. Some people go home after a stressful day at work and they play music. I get to play music all day, every day."
Pascal Rogé has performed on-stage at innumerable concert venues throughout the world. "I have played in legendary halls, but I like the space of modern halls, like here," referring to Newark's Prudential Hall. "When I play where Mahler was a conductor or Franz Liszt once played, I become self-conscious and feel the weight of history on my shoulders. I prefer good modern halls. Those in Japan have wonderful acoustics and pianos. Everything is so well done there."
"The Sydney Opera House is one of the most beautiful buildings outside and in. It's also a beautiful city, by the sea with water everywhere." After playing there, he and his wife, Ami Rogé, also a concert pianist, travelled two weeks south to north throughout Australia, "to see the red deserts of the continent and other inspiring vistas. I enjoy discovering, getting away to see nature. It's a need I have."
What other needs does Pascal Rogé have? Very few apparently. By choice, he and his wife have gone two years without a home. They have "a base" in Switzerland "where we have a few things and three pianos. But we are constantly travelling for concerts. Wherever we go, we set up home. We have been away from Europe two to three months at a time. For me, home is wherever I am with my wife and a piano."
The pianist has played everything by French composers Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Fauré, Cesar Franck, Erik Satie and Francis Poulenc. "Debussy," he says, "was a totally original composer; he changed the world of music with new harmonies, new sounds."
Regarding the historical context of Vincent D'Indy's "Symphony on a French Mountain Air," Pascal Rogé said: "D'Indy was not a pianist; he was a composer, a professor. So his approach to music was more orchestral." For that reason, "the piano is not meant to stand out with flashy passages. If it were a concerto, the piano would be showing off more. Many passages I blend with the orchestra. I have to follow the flute, the horns, the strings; I have to be part of them."
What to listen for. "It's a piece about the outdoors. It's related to popular songs of the time and describes wide open spaces and nature. You hear birds, you hear dancing."
What about composers outside the French repertoire?
I always say Debussy, Fauré, Ravel are all my friends. The others are gods. I find it easier to communicate with friends than with gods. I can live without listening to Beethoven, Mozart, even Brahms for a few days. But Bach … I really need his music. I don't play much Bach, but all his works are part of my life. I need to hear Bach regularly."
Pascal Rogé first visited North America in 1968, landing in Montreal. "Then I took the bus to New York when I was 17 and said one day I would live there. It took me 40 years, but I did live there eight years." The artist just came from Frankfurt, Germany. After this engagement with NJSO he will perform at Yale University, then in Dayton, Ohio. Then it's on to Japan for a month. His long-time collaboration with maestro Jacques Lacombe suggests he will someday return to Newark for more pianism and maybe even some exploring.


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When the original site, Studies in Heraldry, was active, I invited questions on various aspects of heraldry.
I received the question "Why are martlets depicted without beak and wings?", and Luke Ueda-Sarson sent the following from Japan:
"I believe the answer is because a martlet is on old name for the type of bird called in English a Swift. [as opposed to a Martin, which is member of the swallow (hirondelle in French if I remember my school days French correctly) family that are superficially similar but taxonomically unrelated] Swifts are exceedingly fast flying birds (hence their name - swift meaning fast) - indeed the fastest reliably timed bird flight ever recorded was achieved by a Pacific Spine-tailed Swift. Thus the common appearance of such a superlative bird in heraldry is unsurprising. They are also very common birds, and can be soon throughout Europe evey summer, so are nothing exotic. Swifts have extremely small bills - so small that you really wouldn't notice them at all when drawn at the size of a typical roll of arms - they feed on flying insects by just opening their mouths as they fly, so need no protruding beak like most birds. Swifts also have very short legs indeed, and even if you were to hold a Swift in your hands, you would have difficulty in seeing its feet - they would be tucked up into their feathers. This is because swifts live by hunting flying insects and so need very aerodynamically shaped bodies - so hiding their feet is desirable. It is also because swifts are almost constantly on the wing. Indeed, swifts actually take small periods of sleep as they are flying - they almsot never come down to earth to land. When they do land, they don't land like normal birds, horizontally. This is because all of their (small) claws point forwards, they have no rear facing toes like most birds. Swifts 'land' by clinging to the sides of cliffs (or church towers), and just hang there in a vertical position. Thus drawing a swift without apparent beak and feet is quite accurate."
Luke Ueda-Sarson (part-time bird watcher and part time ancient military historian)
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The martlet in French heraldry is called the merlette, represented by a swallow, depicted without legs, and later usually. without a beak. OED gives the meaning of martlet as swift, cypselus apus (from Greek apous, without feet), which, because it was rarely seen on the ground, was thought to have no feet. The swift in turn was confused with the swallow, thus the martlets, hirondelles, in the canting arms of Arundel(1), West Sussex.
It is often confused with the canette(2), duckling, which appears fairly often in French civic heraldry, and which is shown without feet. It often represents a stylised bird of no fixed meaning, and is sometimes called anet in French blazon.
According to Théodore Veyrin-Forrer, Précis d'héraldique, Paris, 1951, Arts Styles et Techniques, p114, "la canette représente la canne ou le canard; si elle est dépourvue du bec et des pattes, elle devient une merlette".
The reasons for the lack of beak and legs are discussed above by Luke Ueda-Sarson. In the medieval period, a further inference was that because they did not land, they did not eat, and therefore did not need beaks.
The word merlette(5) means literally a female blackbird, and in this sense it occurs several times in the civic heraldry of France. However, just as the canette may simply be shown as a stylised bird, so too can the merlette. In civic heraldry, the two terms are more or less interchangeable.
However, I feel that it was through artistic error in showing small several small charges on the shield which deprived them of beak and feet.
The peculiar case of the alérion reinforces the idea of artistic error. It is, in its present form, a completely heraldic beast, although derived initially from the eagle, and appears almost without exception only in the heraldry of France. Here, it is confined principally to the coats of Lorraine (3) and Montmorency (4).
The alérion, of which there is almost always more than one, is depicted on the shield as a small eagle displayed, without talons and beak, and with the wings abaissées. The origin is unknown, but is is highly likely that it was used to depict an eagle when there was more than one of these on a shield.There is a legend that Geoffroy de Bouillon shot three footless birds with one arrow while fighting in the Crusades, and placed them as charges in his arms. The house of Lorraine descending from him continued their use.
On seals and coins of the Ducs de Lorraine, the beaks and talons remained until the end of the thirteenth century, disappearing at the beginning of the fourteenth. This may have been because as the seals became smaller there was less room on the shield in which the engravers could work. It was not until the fifteenth century, when the beak disappeared, that the alerion assumed its present stylised form.
The definition of the alérion is itself a problem, since in medieval bestiaries it was shown as a large eagle like bird to denote the king of the birds. It has been suggested that the early heralds deliberately used it as an ironic and deliberate opposite to the traditional bird of the bestiaries, but I believe that it is more likely that, as is the case with so much in heraldry, the bird was originally an eagle and was changed by either necessity because of the space available on the shield or by copies of examples which were unclear.
The alérion is said to be a rebus on the name of Lorraine. It has also been suggested that the word derives from the Latin alerio, and that the term was first used as pun on Lorraine. The word alerio does not occur in Classical Latin, but Larousse. gives a possible derivation from Frankish *adalaro, eagle, cognate with German adler.
1 Or three martlets sable on a chief embattled gules a lion rampant of the field between two crosses crosslet argent. The arms produced here are from a black and white drawing in Wilfred Scott-Giles, "Civic Heraldry of England & Wales, Dent, 1939. Perversely, the martlets are shown with a beak, and the swallow has both beak and feet.
2 Or three pallets azure on a chief gules three canettes argent. The arms of Godreville, Seine Maritime.
3 One of the branches of Montmorency. Or a cross gules cantonned by four alérions azure. Here the charges are true alérions, without beak or feet.
4 One of the branches of Montmorency. Or a cross gules cantonned by four eaglets displayed azure overall a canton ermine. Here the charges are eaglets, derived from the eagle, and are drawn as such.
5 Thomas de Furnival appears in several early rolls. In the Galloway Roll, the blazon is d'argent a une bende et sis mereletz de gueules


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Knife-Wielding Terrorist Nabbed in Hevron
Would-be stabber was caught near the Cave of Patriarchs, and admitted intention to carry out an attack.
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First Publish: 3/20/2011, 7:14 PM / Last Update: 3/20/2011, 7:59 PM
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An Arab would-be terrorist was caught by security forces Sunday morning at a checkpoint near the Cave of Patriarchs in Hevron. He had been illegally carrying a knife with a seven-cm. blade.
In his initial interrogation, the suspect - who is in his 20s - admitted that he had intended to carry out an attack in the area.
The knife was confiscated and the suspect taken away by security forces for further interrogation, the IDF Website reported.
Security forces are on high alert in the region, as the Purim holiday is being observed throughout Israel. By the Defense Minister's order, Judea and Samaria are under closure until Monday evening. This means that Arabs may not enter Jewish communities but does not affect Arab residents' freedom of movement within and between areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority, or between Arab communities in general.
Thousands of Jews participated Sunday afternoon in the Adloyada Purim parade between Kiryat Arba and Hevron.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Up two goals late, RIT held off a desperate third-period assault to defeat the U.S. National Under-18 Team, 4-2, Friday night.
The Tigers built a 2-0 lead in the first period, only to see the U.S. team tie the game midway through the second.
Sophomore Mike Tarantino slid in a rebound off a scramble in front of the U.S. net 1:37 into the third period for the game-winning goal for RIT (10-1).
The U.S. poured the pressure on the RIT net during the second half of the third period, trying desperately to tie the score. But the Tigers were able to withstand the pressure to preserve the win.
End-to-end action characterized the entire game, with both teams loaded with fast skaters. RIT drew first blood with a power-play goal 12:27 into the game on its first man-advantage opportunity. Ryan Fairbarn sent a blast from the point that Sam Hill deflected into the net for the goal.
Roberto Orofiarma tallied RIT's second goal of the opening period less than three minutes later as he one-timed in a pass from the corner.
The U.S. team answered late in the first period, breaking a 268-minute scoring drought beginning back in November. David Booth chipped the puck over RIT netminder Tyler Euverman from in close for the goal.
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Four-time Grammy award winner Lyle Lovett always shakes things up with an eclectic array of music styles incorporating country, folk, pop, gospel, blues, jazz and big-band swing. Lovett is one of the most distinctive and original artists to break into music, originally being billed a country artist, but shifting into an array of genres with a large cult following. Lovett combines his witty lyrics with a big band-style ensemble complete with guitars, a cellist, a pianist, a horn section, and a gospel-trained backup singer. His hits include "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)," "I've Been to Memphis," "Give Back My Heart," and "If I Had A Boat." In 1986, Lovett released his self-titled debut album. Since then, he has recorded and released eight more albums. His 1989 album, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band won the 1989 Grammy for Best Male Vocalist. He has appeared in several films including Robert Altman's The Player, Pret-a-Porter, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and The Opposite of Sex. Lovett says he enjoys acting especially the collaborative nature of the movie-making mechanism. He likens it to work with his Large Band where his "biggest challenge is to make sure everyone on stage gets a featured spot." In 1994, he picked up two more Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration for "Funny How Time Slips Away" with Al Green and Best Country Duo/Group with Vocal for "Blues For Dixie" with Asleep at the Wheel. In 1996, The Road to Ensenada received the Grammy for Best Country Album and brought Lovett's music to the attention of a much greater audience. The 1998, two-disc CD Step Inside This House was a tribute to Lovett's early Texas songwriting influences. That was followed with Lovett's first live album, Live in Texas in 1999. His 2003 album, My Baby Don't Tolerate, reflects his usual jazz and western swing influences but also shows that he continues to switch artistic gears. Though Lovett's albums are often found in the country section, he has been bounding across genres for more than a decade. He maintains a country label because he holds onto the attributes of his past: ironic detachment, twisted humor, serious songwriting, and the capacity to jerk a tear or two. His 2007 release, It's Not Big It's Large reached at #2 on the Top Country Albums chart. Natural Forces, was released in late 2009 and his latest album, Release Me, was released earlier this year.
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When you arrive at Rothiemurchus you will be struck by the magnificent ancient pines.
Rothiemurchus forest covers an area of about 30 square kilometres and is believed to comprise of over 10 million trees. This is one of the largest surviving areas of ancient woodland in Europe where the average age of the Scots Pine exceeds 100 years with some more than 300 years old. These iconic Pines frame every view; from the River Spey or Loch an Eilein, to the upper tree line where the forest gives way to montane heath, screes and rock. The forest is a living icon, a history book, and a collage of mystery and emotion.
The Pinewood as an ecosystem provides a haven for species ranging from Capercaillie, Red Squirrel, Creeping Lady's Tresses to Toothed Wintergreen, Pine Hoverfly and Stump Lichen. It comprises Aspen, Birch, Rowan and Willow, Cherry, Holly and Juniper and much more besides. Rothiemurchus forest is a very special place and therefore a forestry plan is maintained to sustain the woodland's rich biodiversity for all to enjoy.
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There will be an all-star gospel tribute to Yolanda Adams during the 2014 Essence Festival. The event will be hosted by Donnie McClurkin.
Yolanda Adams is a Grammy, Stellar and Dove-award winning Gospel artist. She also hosts the syndicated Yolanda Adams Morning Show. According to SoundScan, Adams has sold more than 4.5 million albums in the U.S. and nearly 8 million albums worldwide.
Essence Festival organizers announced that programming for the leading cultural gathering of its kind will expand to 20 stages of entertainment and empowerment in celebration of the event's 20th anniversary, July 3-6, 2014 in New Orleans, LA.
The daytime Essence Empowerment Experience stage will feature influential leaders and personalities including Rev. Al Sharpton, Steve Harvey, and Iyanla Vanzant, who is offering a group transformation to lucky winners of a contest launched in the January 2014 issue of Essence magazine.
This year's 4-day celebration will feature world-renowned and up-and-coming performing acts, as well as the country's top speakers, authors, leaders, innovators and celebrities – who will come together to entertain, excite, engage, inform and inspire the Festival community of more than 543,000.
The Superdome Mainstage performers will include Lionel Richie, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Ledisi and Charlie Wilson. Nephew Tommy will host the mainstage each night.
The intimate Superlounge stages will feature eclectic crowd-pleasers such as: 112, Amel Larrieux, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Doug E Fresh, Elle Varner, Eve, King, Kourtney Heart, Leela James, Liv Warfield, Marsha Ambrosius, Naughty by Nature, PJ Morton, Raheem Davaughn, Robert Glasper, Sebastian Mikael, Sevyn Streeter, Stephanie Mills and The Original Pinettes Brass Band.
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ALBANY, N.Y. — Bates Troy Healthcare Linen Services , a Binghamton, N.Y.-based industrial laundry, and employee Stephen Schrauger were honored here Sept. 10 as New York State Industries for the Disabled (NYSID) 2012 Corporate Partner of the Year and Employee of the Year.
For more than 35 years, NYSID — a not-for-profit member agency organization — has met the purchasing needs of state and local government agencies while advancing employment for New Yorkers with disabilities. NYSID acts as a "virtual storefront" for a statewide network of 165 community rehabilitation agencies and private-sector business partners to employ skilled people with disabilities in production facilities and community-based jobs.
Bates Troy, a third-generation, family-owned industrial laundry and dry cleaner, has long been committed to employing a diverse workforce. Through a partnership with ACHIEVE and Country Valley Industries (CVI), individuals with disabilities in Broome and Tioga counties have had the opportunity to work on NYSID Preferred Source laundry contracts at the CVI production center in Johnson City and the Westside Binghamton Bates Troy facility since 2003.
"We are proud and honored to receive this distinguished award from NYSID," says Ara Kradjian, Bates Troy's chief operating officer. "Our partnership with them has been valued, fruitful and ongoing for a decade now, and it will continue."
More than 100 Binghamton residents fold and process laundry each day for customers that include SUNY Upstate Medical University, nursing facilities, veterans' homes and the Greater Binghamton Health center.
Schrauger recently celebrated a decade of working with the Bates Troy partnership. He takes great pride in helping the laundry satisfy its healthcare customers.
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Game on in Brazil! This is it. The world will tune in to the South American continent for the next 31 days. In that time frame, the forwards, or strikers will have the eyes of the world on their backs. They are the ones their nations will be watching, praising, criticizing whenever they come in contact with the ball. Men like England's Wayne Rooney, Argentina's Lionel Messi, or Japan's Shinji Kagawa will get the glory when they break the net. In this edition we'll be looking at three forwards from each CONCACAF representative. Let the goals begin!
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Jozy Altidore will play in his second FIFA World Cup after taking part in the 2010 South Africa edition. The 24 year-old Sunderland FC player from the English Premier League arrives with impressive credentials with the USMNT. The 24 year-old has played in 70 games and scored on 23 occasions. Altidore is a very powerful player with a strong charge. In the CONCACAF region he is able to plow through any defense, and has done the same in Europe scoring 39 goals with Dutch Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar. A positive note, Altidore scored against Germany in 2013 during a friendly match at RFK Stadium. The Yanks will face Germany in the group stage.
Clint Dempsey – USA
The USMNT team captain plays for MLS side Seattle Sounders FC. He made his rounds in the EPL playing for Fulham FC and Tottenham Hotspur. He has scored in two world Cups, in Germany 2006 against Ghana and South Africa 2010 against England. He has good control of the ball and is not afraid to take shots from long distance. The 31 year-old has 105 games with the USMNT with 37 goals. Dempsey has the task of leading the USMNT against Ghana, Portugal and Germany.
Chris Wondolowski – USA
The San Jose Earthquakes player led the 2012 MLS season with 27 goals. He made his first appearance with the USMNT in a friendly against Chile in 2011. Since then, he has appeared on 21 occasions, breaking the net nine times. "Wondo" has good vision on the pitch and is quick to put himself in the right place at the right time. The 31 year-old will be needed in Brazil if the USMNT looks to get into the Round of 16.
USA forwards analysis:
The Americans are in a tough group that includes Portugal and Germany. They will need the experience that Dempsey and Wondolowski bring to the game. Altidore has been dormant for a while, but recent call ups saw him break the net. If the U.S. wants to advance, they will need goals, and on the first line to bring those are Altidore, Wondolowski and Dempsey. A falter in this line, and the USMNT can see themselves on an early plane home from Brazil.
Bryan Ruiz – Costa Rica
Bryan Ruiz gets his first opportunity to play at the world cup. The PSV Eindhoven striker is also the Costa Rican national team captain. Since 2005 he has played in 63 games with the Ticos and scored on 12 occasions. The 28 year-old will have his hands full as Costa Rica takes on Uruguay, England and Italy.
Joel Campbell – Costa Rica
Joel Campbell was signed by EPL side Arsenal but has been on loan with several clubs. He currently plays for Greek side Olympiacos FC. The 21 year-old has 33 games with the national team and nine goals in that time. Campbell made 15 appearances for Costa Rica during world cup qualification and scored three goals. Campbell is a strong player. Costa Rica will depend on his size and abilities to get past the group stage competition.
Randall Brenes – Costa Rica
Randall Brenes plays in his native Costa Rica with Cartagines. He's been on the national team since 2005 playing in 39 games with eight goals. He played in eight games leading to Brazil and scored two goals in the process. The 30 year-old is making his first appearance in the world cup.
Costa Rica forwards analysis:
The Ticos have the hardest task of any CONCACAF team. They are facing three teams that have seven world titles between them. On paper Costa Rica is vastly inferior. However, bigger surprises have happened at the world's greatest tournament. The Costa Ricans arrive with no pressure and will be able to enjoy themselves. Perhaps this attitude may give the Ticos a memorable moment against one of the former FIFA World Cup champions.
Jerry Bengston – Honduras
Jerry Bengston plays for MLS side New England Revolution. The 27 year-old is a dynamic player that is lethal in the area. He has 44 games with the national team and scored 19 goals. Bengston will be the key piece in Luis Suarez' lineup. If he is in tune, the Catrachos could take the step they are looking for to progress on the world stage.
Carlo Costly – Honduras
Pairing with Bengston at forward, Carlo Costly makes Honduras a lethal team. He was part of the team that qualified for the 2010 South Africa tournament but was left off the list due to injury. The 31 year-old will get his shot to perform for his national team in Brazil. The Real Español player could mark his team's first goal since 1982 at the FIFA World Cup. Costly has 70 games with Honduras with 31 goals to his name. He is responsible for Mexico's second Aztecaso, scoring the winning goal at the Azteca Stadium. If he's in tune with Bengston, Honduras could make a surprise in Brazil.
Jerry Palacios – Honduras
Jerry Palacios is the senior man on attack. The LDU Alajuelense striker arrives with the experience of the 2010 South Africa World Cup. He participated against Switzerland and Spain. The 32 year-old has the opportunity to lead the attack against three teams that are accessible.
Honduras forwards analysis:
Of the four CONCACAF representatives, Honduras has what can be called an accessible group. The Catrachos can take that step they are looking for on the world stage. The Honduras attack comes with maturity and experience. This will be important, especially in the game against France; team that reached the games with a team full of youngsters. The combination of Bengston, Costly and Palacios could not only get Honduras goals, but that victory they've been looking for to transcend in international soccer.
Oribe Peralta – Mexico
Oribe Peralta arrives in good form. The former Club Santos Laguna striker is lethal in the area, and is not afraid to get down and dirty to put the ball in the net. He was an integral part of getting Mexico to Brazil 2014. He was also responsible for the winning goal against Brazil at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The 30 year-old has 33 games with El Tri with 16 goals. Peralta will be the lead in the Mexican attack.
Giovani dos Santos – Mexico
Giovani dos Santos is a creative player with an educated foot. He plays the jogo bonito and grew up in the FC Barcelona system in Spain. When Gio is in tune, he is unstoppable. He is lethal in set-piece plays. He is also not afraid to take shots from a distance, or pass to charging forwards in the area. In 2013, he had 11 goals with Villarreal CF in 31 games. Since joining El Tri, which includes the 2010 South Africa World Cup, Gio has played in 76 games with 14 goals. He won the U-17 FIFA World Cup in Peru 2005 and the Olympic gold medal at the London 2012 games. Mexico will be looking to dos Santos for creativity and style to get them past their competitors.
Javier Hernandez – Mexico
Mexico is turning to Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez to help them put the ball in the net. The Manchester United striker is lethal when the ball is in play. Many times Chicharito has saved ManU with quick wit in the area. Some call him a "goal poacher." But there is no doubt that he can change the game in seconds. Don't believe it? See his record against EPL side Chelsea FC. The 26 year-old has made 62 appearances with El Tri and broke the net on 35 occasions. Hernandez will have to awaken during Brazil 2014 to break the net. He is no stranger to scoring at the world cup, he had a goal against France, and against Argentina at the 2010 South Africa games. At the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup he scored against Italy and Japan.
Mexico forwards analysis:
Some would say that Mexico arrives with "wet powder" to Brazil 2014. Along with Raul Jimenez, player not mentioned here, the Mexicans are strong on attack. However, they have been lacking in goals. Despite that, they managed a strong showing against Israel and Ecuador in recent tune-ups. A good game against Portugal gives Mexico the confidence that they need to have a good performance in Brazil. The Mexicans can still be a surprise, even if they had to requalify to get to South America. So, it's game on!!!


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Dylan explaines that it is all in the beans and he chooses only the finest beans, many of which are grown in the Hawaiian Islands but the small private cocoa farms are rather new so he sometimes has to import beans - "only the finest"- of course. He created his own gizmo to remove the shucks that included a back vibrator and vacuum cleaner plus other pieces which was originally powered by a small bicycle. Now it is electric powered.
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Ella Fitzgerald (with Chick Webb): Chew, Chew, Chew
Chew, Chew, Chew
Chick Webb and his Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald
Chick Webb and his Savoy Ballroom Orchestra: The King of the Drums (Tax 3706)
Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Chick Webb (drums),
Mario Bauza, Taft Jordan, Bobby Stark (trumpets); George Matthews, Nat Story, Sandy Williams (trombones); Garvin Bushell (clarinet, alto saxophone); Louis Jordan (alto saxophone); Wayman Carver, Teddy McRae (tenor saxophones); Tommy Fulford (pain); Bobby Johnson (guitar); Beverly Peer (bass).
Composed by Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald.
Recorded: The Southland Café, Boston, May 4, 1939
Rating: 85/100 (learn more)
During her performances with Chick Webb's orchestra, Ella not only served as featured vocalist, but also stood out as the band's cheerleader. She is audibly in evidence on live recordings, encouraging soloists and in general egging the band on to greater deeds of derring-do. Rhythm was king in the Webb orchestra, and this kind of nightly character-forming experience helped shape both Ella's style, and, as Mel Tormé has pointed out, her "instrumental" approach to scat. "Chew, Chew, Chew," like "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," is another novelty penned by Ella. Cashing-in on the runaway success of "Tasket," she celebrates the merits of bubble gum. The lyrics may be forgettable, but Ella's powerful rhythmic approach is not. Band and singer are as one riffing this tune, and it's easy to see why she was such a success with Webb; even the radio announcer is already calling her "The First Lady of Song," an epithet that would stick for the rest of her life.
Reviewer: Stuart Nicholson
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Once in a while, we find a student who wants to join business oriented arrangement course (such as wedding floral decoration course) although they do not have sufficient basic knowledge and skills of flower arranging. Students who have no or only little bit experiences of floral designs OR who have no educational background relating to flower arrangements are usually recommended to start from flower arrangement basic program or elementary course.
Why do they want to go to a higher level of course without signing up for basic program/course where they can learn and earn basic arranging skills ? Why do they want to skip elementary course and prefer a short cut towards a higher level of courses ?
We guess that the main reason behind above mentioned attitude is mainly and seemingly because they would like to minimize expenses of learning flower arrangements. Or they want to save time by skipping elementary course. If that is the case, they should reconsider their decision so that they start from the program for learning basic skills without which it is impossible to make a future progress and development on their flower arranging skills.
Especially for those who are planning to be a professional floral designer such as a wedding floral decorator or floral shop owner, it is mandatory to earn good basic skills first of all. Only after acquiring a decent level of basic skills, they should proceed to business oriented programs such as a wedding floral arrangement course etc. Otherwise they MAY repent later when they recognize difficulties of earning a higher level of designing skills.
Students should be cool enough in judging which way is better for them, minimizing a small amount of investment whereby they have a hard time later OR positively making investment of small amount of tuition whereby they can easily enhance their skills easily, which will greatly help them promote their floral business with much less difficulties.
Quite frankly speaking even those who learn floral designs strictly for hobby should follow the way mentioned in the above. If any student expresses his/her intention for jumping to a higher level of course by skipping a basic program, instructors and schools are highly recommended to persuade a student to start from a basic course.
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Heart Shaped Floral Design
This is one of examples of Heart Shaped Floral Design. You can make this kind of decoration as a gift for your friend. Fresh flowers arranged in a sophisticated way are mounted on a base material that can be procured at a craft shop. California Flower Art Academy teaches a creative floral arrangement like this.
Bridal bouquet
For those who would like to earn practical floral designing skills for wedding purpose, learning how to make bouquets is mandatory. This picture shows one of bouquets that were actually designed and made during a lesson at California Flower Art Academy.
Sophisticated Table Arrangement
Very sophisticated table arrangement or centerpiece decoration that was actually designed and made at the classroom of California Flower Art Academy. If you take a precise look at this design, you can find grapes in green. Students can learn unique and creative floral decoration that require a higher level of floral design skills.
Horizontal Flower Arrangement
The typical table arrangement is usually a vertical decoration. However we can find horizontal arrangement once in a while as shown in this picture. One of the most popular occasion where this type of arrangement is displayed is a wedding party. This is quite useful for decorating a head table where important guests are seated.
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February is Black History Month. This is an excellent time to talk with others, especially our youth, about the rich history of the black heritage. Why? Because, it's fascinating. Beyond this, it's an opportunity for young people to learn to appreciate the unique contributions that black citizens have brought to our culture. And we can learn along with them.
This month in Cincinnati schools, dedicated classroom teachers are implementing creative projects, visits to local museums, and other activites that can enhance students' appreciation of black history and the black experience. In a larger sense, this positive effort to enlighten youth of all colors with an appreciation of diversity is enacted every day within educational systems throughout the U.S. and other countries, reflecting our highest ideals.
As parents, relatives, and friends of our youth, there are countless things that we can do to complement the tireless ongoing work of illuminating youth from many divergent backgrounds in our best schools. Whatever we might do to support this initiative is sure to be gratifying to everyone involved, adults and children alike, especially if we keep in mind that any learning experience we share with children and young adults is time well-invested.
During Black History Month, and every month thereafter, here are a few suggested ways you can help educate the new generation, as you let them know you care about their future participation in a world guided by principles of love, acceptance, and respect among all races, creeds, and nationalities. You can enjoy these activities at virtually no cost:
- Enlisting the family's participation, prepare a meal from any recipe from a predominently black culture. If you don't know exactly how, it can be a great adventure to learn. At dinner share what you've learned about black history.
- Attend a local concert composed and/or performed by black musicians. Or attend an art exhibit that features black artists. Blacks have made an invaluable contribution to the arts. Many public events are free of charge.
- Take advantage of several resources—including audio books, CD's, and videos—at your local library. For some worthwhile entertainment, share these helpful media alternatives among friends and family.
- Read about the black history, or something written by a black poet, author, or journalist. If a child is very young, just sharing a book with pictures can be delightful for those who take part.
- Encourage youth to take the initiative to write an essay, a play, a song, or a story that incorporates black history. Your gentle persuasion just might give a child the motivation to begin on a path to a satisfying career in history, education, medicine, law, art, literature, drama, or one of the many branches of public service that are open to him or her.
This is just a short list. The possibilities are endless once you start to brainstorm, which is also an important step of this creative process. Urge everyone involved to actively participate. You can even put things to a vote. Talking things over with openness and respect will arm our youth with the tools of effective communication. This will help prepare them for an enlightened and meaningful future.
Of course, the above list can be altered to focus on any culture—your own or that of another—whether it's in your neighborhood or halfway around the world. Once you start this engaging journey, and awaken your awareness of life in all its beautiful manifestations, you'll probably want to continue. This process holds the potential of bringing families, as well as individuals of divergent backgrounds formerly less understood, closer together in mutual acceptance, compassion, and joy.