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Q&A: Indonesian Elections Set Stage for 'Jokowi'
Indonesia's legislative elections on Wednesday count for a lot. They'll determine how much power political parties claim in the main lawmaking House of Representatives and set the stage for July's presidential contest.
Current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has reached his two-term limit. A series of corruption scandals tied to his Democratic Party are likely to lead to its share of the vote dropping. Recent opinion polls show the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle with the most voter support, followed by Golkar – former autocrat Suharto's political vehicle – and the Great Indonesia Movement Party. The Democrats are expected to come in a distant fourth. Much of PDI-P's popularity owes to its presidential candidate, Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo–nicknamed or Jokowi — whose neighborhood walkabouts and man-of-the-people appeal contrast greatly with the military generals and old guard Suharto cronies of the past.
Political analyst Doug Ramage from the Bower Group Asia consultancy spoke with The Wall Street Journal about why the legislative elections matter and what they mean for Gov. Widodo's chances for presidential office. Edited excerpts follow.
WSJ: Why do the legislative elections matter for Indonesia?
Mr. Ramage: For the legislature they're important because Indonesia has a chance to have a less fractious parliament. There could be slightly fewer parties and that makes it less complicated for parties to put coalitions together.
Golkar and PDI-P together might win between 40-45% of the total seats in parliament. So you've got the two major parties getting almost half the seats. Already that's more stable than what we've had.
WSJ: The Democratic Party has been polling very low. What does the drop off in support say given that the party did so well in the last election?
Mr. Ramage: It tells us that Indonesian voters are incredibly pragmatic. They're really only voting on two or three major things. By far and away, the number one issue in all the polling is how a party or a candidate is perceived on the issue of corruption.
The second thing that motivates voters is employment, inflation and economic issues. On those criteria, voters loved [President Yudhoyono] because of his anti-corruption credentials, and he ran for re-election in 2009 on an anti-corruption platform. Now we've just seen a series of corruption scandals over the leadership of the party over the past five years. None of it touched on the president personally– I don't think voter see that– but with the party, they're abandoning it in droves.
WSJ: Political parties in Indonesia really lack any strong platforms or ideology. Can you describe what issues they're campaigning on?
Mr. Ramage: All the parties are very similar in the broad sense, they all support national unity, they all support more economically nationalist policies. I think all parties believe that Indonesia should get a larger share of investments in this country, particularly on natural resources.
WSJ: How does the outcome of legislative elections position Indonesia going into the presidential contest?
Mr. Ramage: Voters here do what Americans would call splitting their ticket. There are people who like Jokowi, and absolutely intend to vote for him in the presidential election but don't necessarily connect the future effectiveness of his presidency to whether his party does well . That's why we're hearing his party chairwoman Megawati on the campaign trail reminding voters to try to make the connection: "If you want [Gov. Widodo] to be president, you've got to vote for my party."


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1 medium banana, peeled and cut into chucks
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup roasted and shelled pistachio nuts, finely chopped
2 tbsp. Simple Indulgence Tupperware Chocolate Dessert Blend
1 tbsp. low-fat sour cream
2 tbsp. mascarpone cheese
24 refrigerated wonton wrappers
1 egg, beaten
2 cups canola oil
Combine banana and brown sugar in a small bowl. In another small bowl, combine pistachio nuts, dessert bleen, sour cream, and mascarpone cheese. Place about a teaspoon of each mixture in center of wonton. Brush wonton with beaten egg and fold wonton diagonally to form a triangle.
Press edges together firmly to seal. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat to 375° F/190°C. Place raviolis in pan one at a time and try until golden.Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with desssert blend or powdered sugar, if desired. Cool 2 mintues. Serve warm.
1 cup water
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Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place water in a deep saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove pan from heat slowly stir in sugar until dissolved.
Add nuts, soak 10 minutes, drain and discard liquid. In a small bowl, stir together blends. Add nuts and stir until mixture coats nuts. Spread nuts in a single layer on baking sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until nuts start to glisten and appear dry. Serve as a snack or sprinkle over salad.
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The Wheel Mill in Homewood, a great place to ride
by Phillip Martin For New Pittsburgh Courier Bright lights, the smell of freshly cut wood and a smiling Mike Potoczny great you as you enter The Wheel Mill, Pittsburgh's first indoor bike park located on Hamilton Ave in Homewood. Danielle Spells, 25, of Homewood says, "I was walking around with my son James when I spotted the building and went in for a tour." Cameron Grivin, 15, from Shaler says, "I just enjoy hanging out here with friends." Also visiting the park was Jake Young, 16, from Troy Hill. "I was told about the Wheel Mill by some friends. I love it here."


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National Jewish Health has received a US patent for a new kind of vaccine, which uses a small lipid bubble to deliver an antigen and DNA adjuvant. Chairman of Pediatrics Erwin Gelfand, MD, and former National Jewish Health Professor of Medicine Steve Dow, PhD, developed the new liposome-based adjuvant.
Live vaccines, containing weakened forms of an infectious organism, generally work fine by themselves. But vaccines containing dead organisms or pieces of the infectious organisms or their toxins generally need adjuvants to boost their effectiveness. Aluminum salts, known as alum, are the most common adjuvant used in the United States for routine preventive vaccines.
The recently patented invention by Drs. Gelfand and Dow describes a vaccine contained within a liposome, a tiny vesicle made of a double layer of lipids. Contained within the liposome is a DNA sequence that serves as an adjuvant. Depending on the sequence, either the DNA molecule itself or the protein for which it codes can be used to stimulate the immune system. This DNA molecule is fused to an immunogen, the protein fragment against which the immune mounts a specific attack. The protein fragment could be part of an infectious organism or possibly some other health hazard such as a cancer tumor. The liposome-based vaccine could be delivered either subcutaneously through injection or orally.
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The Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford.
Tickets are $10, or $5 for students, and are available at Paddington Station, 125 E. Main St., Ashland, or the Craterian Theater box office, 6 S. Bartlett St., Medford.
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MARIETTA -The city of Marietta has enacted a cemetery fee increase that went into effect at the first of the year.
This increase will affect the Oak Grove Cemetery grave and cremation total costs along with the opening/closing and cremation interments total costs.
Both Mound Cemetery and Harmar Cemetery have remained the same price and have no available lots.
The total price of a grave with perpetual care in Oak Grove Cemetery has increased $175 and the total cremation costs went up by $170. The adult price for an opening and closing along with the price of cremation interments for all ages have both increased by $200.
It's the first increase of cemetery fees since 2007, according to Tom Kunz, public facilities superintendent for the city of Marietta.
Kunz was in charge of assembling data about what other entities close to Marietta were charging for their cemetery fees.
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Effective since Jan. 1, 2013
* Previous total cost for grave and care at Oak Grove Cemetery: $550.
* Previous total cost for cremation and perpetual care at Oak Grove Cemetery: $280.
* The previous opening and closing total cost for adults and children over 8 years old: $650.
* The current cost: $850.
* Previous cremation interments cost for all ages: $225.
* Current cost: $425.
"About a year ago I did a survey of area cemeteries including Cambridge, Athens, Parkersburg and several others," Kunz said. "Out of every area I studied Marietta had the lowest cost for opening and closing and lot sales."
Jonathan Hupp, safety-service director for the city of Marietta, said the fees will help with cemetery maintenance.
"It was the mayor and I who decided to implement the increase in fees," Hupp said. "We had a considerably wet spring last year and it put a great deal of pressure on us to keep our cemeteries in good shape."
One concern for Hupp was to make sure that the new rates were set at a reasonable price, he said.
"We wanted to make sure that we lifted our fees enough to be more competitive while still remaining the best deal in town," he said. "It should have been done years ago to help keep up with the care that is needed for our cemeteries' upkeep."
Two city workers are responsible for city cemetery maintenance.
"When you have two men covering three cemeteries something has to give," Hupp said. "It just put us in a tough situation."
He is optimistic that the increase in fees will allow the opportunity to provide some support for the two workers this year.
"We are trying to create some funding to bring on some summer help," Hupp said. "Then our guys in the department can stay on top of the grass in case we see a spring similar to last year."
The overall goal of the increase in cemetery fees is to generate enough money to keep cemeteries in good shape for the families, he said.
"People want to be able to see their loved ones and we want to provide them with the best experience possible when they do," Hupp said.


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I am missing the feature of refreshing the shared folders from the PS3.
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It would be very helpful to have an option in the menu like beside the "Video Settings" where you can choose refresh the Shared folders for new content.
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I have been fortunate to be able to travel to many of the world's wine-producing areas. Such travel provides an essential education. I can stand in my kitchen and taste dozens of wines, but it's hard to get the complete picture without visiting the place to see the terrain, feel the weather, meet the vintners and sample the cuisine.
In France's Languedoc region, for example, the nearly constant wind carries the scent of garrigue, the umbrella term for the ubiquitous scrubby bushes of wild thyme, gorse, laurel, fennel and other aromatic plants that seem to perfume many of the wines. In Priorat, in Spain's Catalonia region, the vines struggle to provide a crop on impossibly steep slopes that contain large amounts of a blackish slate called llicorella, which results in wines of great power and intensity. The riesling wines of Germany's Mosel Valley derive their crystalline minerality from a different kind of slate that litters the steep slopes rising above the river.
You can read about these characteristics -- believe me, I have -- but to truly appreciate it you have to sniff the air, stand astride the steep slopes and kick some dirt.
Still, even without an international flight, wine can provide an adventure in a glass. When you try wine from a new place or one that's made from an unfamiliar grape, you are taking a journey of sorts. That certainly has been the case for me.
I've never been to Austria, for example, but when I taste a vivid, slightly peppery gruner veltliner, I can imagine the hillside vineyards of the Wachau region, along the Danube River. A bottle of gloriously sweet Tokaji Aszu conjures visions of Hungarian vineyards with clusters of furmint grapes that have been attacked by botrytis, the noble rot that shrivels the grapes and concentrates the sugars.
You can enhance this vicarious vacation by drinking the wine with food that is a traditional match. Maybe your budget doesn't allow a pricey pairing, like Barolo and white truffles from Italy's Piedmont region, but how about a plate of prosciutto di San Daniele, from a town in Italy's Friuli region, with a fruity, crisp Collio bianco or ribolla gialla? A full-bodied pinot noir from Central Otago in New Zealand to wash down a medium-rare lamb chop? You can even go with something as basic as a plate of pasta or piece of bruschetta with a nice glass of Chianti Classico and imagine yourself on a piazza in the center of Florence.
Of course, Bay Area wine lovers don't have to travel to far-flung places to experience what the French call terroir, that interaction between the site where the grapes are grown and the eventual wine. Just hop in the car.
If you visit wineries in the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County, for example, you'll feel the winds that rush into the Salinas Valley from chilly Monterey Bay, cooling the vines. Take a trip up to the Spring Mountain District, where the sloping vineyards are cooler but get more morning sun than those in the Napa Valley below. Drive to Oakley and find one of the area's old vineyards, with gnarled vines that produce intense fruit while struggling in "soil" that's really not much more than sand.
There's a lot of talk in the food world these days about how understanding where your food comes from creates a sense of connection. Kids who are exposed to gardens, for example, are more likely to try vegetables because they've seen them grow. Knowing where your wine comes from creates a connection, too.
You don't need to overthink it. Wine is, after all, just a beverage, albeit a pleasurable one. But it can also transport you to exciting and unfamiliar places. Whether you take the actual journey or experience it from your dinner table or sofa is up to you.
That brings me to a (slightly tardy) New Year's resolution: Create some adventure in your wine choices. Try something new. And enjoy where it takes you.
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The trees may be gone for good, but the former Ohio Department of Natural Resources tree nursery in Reno finally has a new purpose and a new owner.
"Me and my dad, we want to bring an interest in agriculture back to the area," said 21-year-old Todd Stacy, who with his parents manage Stacy Family Farm, LLC.
The Oak Grove family farming operation recently purchased the former tree farm, along Ohio 7 at Reno, for $1 million, said Andy Ware, deputy director for ODNR.
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Fifth generation Stacy Family Farm operator Todd Stacy, right, talks with Southeastern Ohio Port Authority board member Jack Haessly about plans for the property that formerly housed an Ohio Department of Natural Resources tree nursery. Stacy Family Farm recently purchased the property to expand their Oak Grove U-pick strawberry business.
The money will be put into the state forestry fund and will help pay for capital improvement projects on state forestry properties, said Ware.
However, what made the Stacy's bid more attractive than the "several" submitted bids was not a monetary number, but rather their intended use for the property, said Jack Haessly, a board member for the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority.
"Principally, they are going to keep it in the use of agriculture," said Haessly.
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From 1925 to 2008, ODNR operated one of three state nurseries on the site, producing bare-root seedlings for reforestation efforts. Following years of declining seedling sales and increasing production costs, the state closed the facility in 2009 and appointed the port authority as a sort of realty agent for the property, said Ware.
After nearly three years of surveying the property, getting community feedback, preparing a master plan for the site and seeking bids for it, ODNR and Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed off on the sale approximately two weeks ago, said Haessly, who chaired the committee in charge of the project.
"It was really important to me because I know the Reno community well," he said.
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Tree nursery
Winter 2008 - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources closes the Marietta tree nursery, the last of three state operations.
April 2010 - ODNR inks a non-binding agreement with the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority to act as a sort of real estate agent for the property.
Sept. 2010 - A committee charged with developing a master plan for the property begins community input meetings.
July 2011 - ODNR auctions equipment used at the former nursery, including vehicles and thousands of tools.
Oct. 31, 2011 - Deadline for submitting bids; the SeOPA receives several offers.
Jan. 2012 - SeOPA submits the bid of Stacy Family Farm to ODNR as the best option, citing the Stacys' plan to continue using the land for agriculture and education.
Two weeks ago - ODNR and Ohio Gov. John Kasich sign off on the sale of the property, which the Stacys plan to use to expand their farming business.
Stacy Family Farm currently runs a U-Pick strawberry operation at their current Oak Grove location, said Janet Stacy, who manages the farm with husband Bill and her family.
However, with Todd and his siblings representing the fifth generation of Stacy family farming, the business is ready to expand, said Janet.
"Where we are, there isn't any room for expansion," she said.
But there is plenty of room for growth on the new property, which houses 12 buildings and already has an irrigation system in place, said Todd Stacy.
Also, the area's sandy loam soil is ideal for growing strawberries, he added.
Todd Stacy said he has big visions for the property, among them expanding the company's available U-pick crops and drawing in more crowds for education.
Approximately 1,800 school-aged children already tour the Stacy Family Farm each year, and the new property will provide even more educational opportunities for students to learn about farming, said Todd.
"Our parents, lots of them have stories about that summer they worked on the farm. Our generation does not have that," he said, pointing out that the farm could be a great summer job for high school students.
Stacy Family Farm currently employs 12 to 15 seasonal workers. That number will grow with the opening of the new location, said Todd Stacy, though by how much he is not certain.
As for new crops, the Stacys are not making any decisions yet.
"We'll figure out what's to come. It will be a slow expansion to figure out what works best for us and our customers," said Janet.
The family hopes to plant this year, and fully move the U-pick strawberry business to the Reno location by the 2014 season, said Todd.
The Oak Grove location will then have more space to grow vegetables that can be sold on site at the Reno farm, such as sweet corn, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and cucumbers, he added.
"I went to school for agriculture, so this has been the goal all along, to expand the family farm," said Todd, a graduate of The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute.
Haessly and his committee have striven to keep the Reno community involved in the nearly three year process during which the SeOPA surveyed the land, developed a master plan and solicited bids for the property, he said.
Thursday he will hold his final public committee meeting to summarize the project and thank all of the people involved.
"It's a slight bit of a celebration for our accomplishment," he said.
And Haessly can not wait to see the payout, in the form of lots of visitors to the farm, which he expects will draw crowds "by the bus loads."
"It's going to be a drawing card for this area," he said.


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this young band hails. With its fresh, modern sound, Sidestepper begins with the
basic elements of salsa, infuses them with high energy vocals, a party-atmosphere
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|The duo Misericordia specialises in the Music and Song of Medieval Britain and Europe.
|Anne Marie Summers and Stephen Tyler have been playing and recording together as a duo for over a decade, taking some of the earliest scored music and combining it with the improvisational element of folk music for an exciting and dynamic performance. They are accomplished multi-instrumentalists, and their wide range of instruments allows them many different sound textures to match the different musical traditions of medieval Europe.
A performance by Misericordia will take you from the mesmeric drone-based harmonies of their trademark combination of bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy, to the harmonically sparser sound of recorder and citole, as well as to softer timbres such as voice and harp.
Misericordia regularly perform at concert venues and early music festivals throughout Britain and Europe and have made various recordings. Originally formed as a duo, they now work regularly with other instrumentalists and singers for a larger ensemble; all are professional and extremely versatile musicians specialising in early music.
Workshops are also available in medieval instrumental music, song, and singing for dancing.
Misericordia also appear at churches, castles and halls, heritage sites, storytelling events, historical fairs and other outdoor events throughout the country, complete with medieval clothing and tent.
|Sample concert programmes:
Passion, Pilgrimage and Plague
Exploring the music and songs of the turbulent fourteenth century,
with guest artists Helen Barber and Terry Mann
English Medieval Music
Focussing on music and song in England from the eleventh to the fifteenth century,
with singer Helen Barber
Coeur de Lion
The Life of Richard the Lionheart in words and music, drawing on twelfth-century songs and texts, and medieval verse romance.
with guest singer and orator Thor Ewing
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Hope House of Miller County Thrift store will be having a re-opening sale on all clothing Wednesday, Oct. 2, through Saturday, Oct. 5.
Every item will be $1. This event will take place on the sidewalk outside of the building from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. None of the items for sale were damaged by water from flash flooding in August that closed the facility for damage repair.
Hope House will then reopen its doors to the public on Monday, Oct. 7 with normal business hours, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and closed on Tuesdays and Sundays.
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Ragan Ward named Forest Commercial Bank VP
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Ragan Ward of Hendersonville has joined Forest Commercial Bank as vice president.
A Hendersonville native, Ward is a graduate of East Henderson High and Queens University in Charlotte, where she earned a BA in business administration and an MBA.
Ward has a history of service in the Hendersonville market, having worked as a commercial loan officer with TD Bank prior to coming to Forest Commercial Bank. Her 10 years of banking experience includes positions as a branch manager, commercial banking manager and commercial lender.
She currently serves as a board member of the Pardee Hospital Foundation and the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce. She is also active in the United Way of Henderson County.
In 2009, Ward was presented the Athena International Award for Henderson County for business excellence, community service and helping women achieve their leadership potential.
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medicinal funk wrote:Detra319 wrote:Hold me one for a couple hours?
hopefully we dont sell all 45 of them before you show up
also, i'm not going to lie to anyone considering purchasing this thing: the OS is pretty goddamn overstable. much moreso than i was expecting. it's hardly a nuke. if you have less than 400 feet of distance this disc wont do much besides go vertical during its fade
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LETTER: Development would ruin neighborhood
Published: Monday, July 1, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 11:53 p.m.
Dear Editor: My letter pertains to the proposed rezoning of Hargrove Road and Second Avenue.
After years of apartment living where I shared walls with loud neighbors, I found a house in a quiet, convenient, old-fashioned neighborhood.
Shortly after calling the house my home, however, I learned of building plans for a student complex across the street. My front window will face the lovely Aspen Heights "mega-cottages." Someone's financial gain will be the demise of my street and quaint neighborhood.
They won't be here to see it, but we will. We'll hear the commotion of 473 students — constantly coming and going, congregating in the parking lot, having friends over for a night on their balconies, etc.
Frankly, just the thought of construction traffic alone makes me think twice about the future of this area. The streets barely accommodate two-way traffic; the city garbage/recycling trucks must back down the street because it's so narrow!
The very reasons I moved into a house now threaten my neighborhood. I urge the City Council to be cautious when considering rezoning this property, as it will surely change the lives of tax-paying, long-time residents in all surrounding single-family home neighborhoods while the students will come and go.
Yes, developing the area would be great, but student housing is not the answer. I am strongly opposed to rezoning to R-4S. You can count on my attendance at the July 9 council meeting as I stand for my street, neighbors and my home.
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Knitter's Review
May 25, 2006
I've reviewed hundreds of yarns over the past six years, yet surprisingly few of them can be tossed in the washing machine.
This week's yarn, from Classic Elite Yarns, is an exception. Not only is it extremely rugged and machine washable, but it produces an intriguing surface texture that makes even simple stockinette look sophisticated.
Perhaps that's how it got its snazzy name, Bazic Wool.
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The dream comes true
Roger has achieved something that has probably crossed many children's minds: Winning a major sports-event they are part of. 12 years ago Roger was a ball-boy in the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel. He now returned as the clear favourite and downed the third seed and defending champion Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) to earn his first 'home'-title.
"It is unbelievable to return and then capture the title on my first try," Roger said after the match. "A dream I had as a child had already become true when I was able to become a tennis professional. And now being able to come back here as number one and win the tournament – one of the most beautiful moments of my career."
Throughout the tournament, Roger scored a total of 40 aces. The Basel-based Bank Sarasin will thus donate a total of 40'000 Swiss Francs to the sports project fit-4-future.
Roger missed the Swiss Indoors the last two years because of injuries and was the runner-up in 2000 and 2001. The victory was Roger's 24th in a row, which is the fourth longest winning streak in his career. The Basel crown also gave him his 11th title of the season and 44th of his career.
Roger and Gonzalez were engaged in their second straight finals matchup. Our star downed Gonzalez last week in the final at Madrid. The Chilean was denied his eighth career title and is 0-9 in his career against Roger. Gonzalez was playing in his third straight final, but has yet to come away with a title this season.
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u r so gud, u r so awesome, incredible
i'm very very proud of u, very proud to b ur fans =)
11th of d season.
poor gonzalez...............
must be a sentimental moment to win ur home tournament, isnt it?..........
good luck.....
rakesh and rahul
only few people in the world makes their dreams really come true and u r one of them
i am so happy 4 u heartiest congratulations
take care good bye
Your fan in Texas
I think I'm as happy for you, as you are for yourself! Congrats!


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Editor's note: Dave Coulson is the Colorado state editor for FishExplorer.com. He contributes a weekly fishing report to the Summit Daily News. For more local and regional fishing information, visit www.fishexplorer.com.
While Old Man Winter may have loosened his icy grip on the Front Range this last week, not so for the High County, which experienced fresh snows and cold weather - good news for those lovers of hard water fishing.
Surprisingly, the lake trout bite continues. Normally, one expects the bite to slow down a bit after the first few weeks, not so at Green Mountain, Granby and Williams Fork. All are seeing good action using tube jigs and spoons, chartreuse and gold colors are favored, and tipping them often seals the deal. Fish waters from 30-80 feet deep near breaks and broken rock, fishing maps help locate prime structure.
Dillon is reporting solid action again, particularly the Snake River inlet area. That may be in part due to the popularity of the area. Other waters to consider for good trout action are Wolford and Willow Creek. While small jigs are most commonly mentioned, anglers should overlook using a couple salmon eggs on gold hooks. "Jigged" gently, they are often deadly.
Tarryall in South Park has picked up once again after being slow for a while. The same can't be said for Eleven Mile and Antero. Although both are producing, anglers are chasing nice fish, to twenty inches, just not as many.
Finally, if you're up for a road trip, North Park waters have been fishing very well. Lake John, thanks to heavy stocking last fall continues to produce very fast action, but not much for size. Nearby North Michigan Reservoir has been very good for 10-13 inch rainbows.


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redate and rename folders of images
A small workflow-example
Two guys made photos from the same event:
- G1: old camera with small memory cards -> three folders, each with imagenames "DSC00001 - DSC00xxx".
- G2: modern camera -> one folder with imagenames "P1010741 - P1010xxx".
Both camera-dates where not synchronized, so the images are in the wrong order when imported into iPhoto, for example.
So, let's fix this mess ... launch shootShifter and drag the folders onto the app.
Thumbnails for all images are created and displayed in chronological order.
You can click on individual images to view them in the more detailed preview-drawer.
Select one of the folders to make it the active one (the thumbnails are moved a few pixels up)
Now you can move this active folder in time. Either by modifying the changes-interface in the right-hand drawer, or by simply dragging around one of its thumbnails.
After dropping the thumbnail you can verify the amount of the changes and the new order of all the images. If everything is correct, you can save these changes.
Be sure to verify and adjust the renaming options and then press the "Continue" button.
You are done. All the imagedates are correct and the pics are named in a way that you can store them easily in one folder.
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Tags: photo , change , date , order , rename , exif , time
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finally i found a useful piece of software for exif editing.
this program is perfect for my needs to batch edit the date and rename many pictures. thank you very much for this
Brilliant!. I was about to buy a (quite cheap) bit of software to reset the dates on a bunch of pix taken after my camera battery had run down. Trouble with that is you lose the sequence of the precise times at which the pix were taken. ShootShifter lets you set either the precise shift in time/date you want to apply, or (and here's the cool bit) set the precise time/date you want to apply to the first pic in your series, and it applies the same shift to all the others in the folder. It's also worth noting that you can rename your pix very flexibly as part of the same process.
Elegant, clear interface too. Simply brilliant.
This is one of the smartest software I have seen in a long time. The interface is very easy to use and does what it says in the minimum of hassles.
It is very useful to synchronise different sets of photos from the same trip/event but from different people and fix the dates as many people forget to set them properly when travelling, changing time, etc.


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America Online will be joining the AMBER Alert program.
The alerts are put out by law enforcement officials to let the public know when a child may have been kidnapped, and now AOL customers will be able to get the alerts via e-mail, cell phones and beepers.
The program began in 1996, with radio and TV announcements of abducted kids. It has since been expanded to include highway billboards in some areas.
AOL users can go online to see which states are participating in the program -- and then volunteer to receive the alerts if they want.
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The AMBER Plan
The AMBER Plan is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies and broadcasters to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
Broadcasters use the Emergency Alert System (EAS), formerly called the Emergency Broadcast System, to air a description of the missing child and suspected abductor.
This is the same concept used during severe weather emergencies. The goal of the AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and safe return of the child.
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Source: http://www.missingkids.org/ (The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Web site)


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Meeting today for new school program
Published: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 22, 2013 at 11:41 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | University Place Elementary School will host a community meeting today to introduce its new STEAM program to the public.
STEAM is an acronym for Science and Technology interpreted through Engineering and the Arts, all based in mathematical elements.
The meeting will be 6-8 p.m. at University Place Elementary's current location — 3834 21st St.
University Place Elementary Principal Deron Cameron and STEAM founder Georgette Yakman will be the event's featured speakers.
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Tottenham Hotspur Message Board
Problems replying...?
Anyone else having problems replying to stuff? In some cases no 'Reply' button appears.
It maybe that where that occurs those people have me on 'Ignore' - so is maybe understandable - I just wondered if anyone else was having the same problem.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
FABONGRASS FABONGRASS Feb 28, 2013 08:27 Flag
It's nothing to do with the ignore option, i think that has dissapeared altogether. The 'reply' button seems to dissapear after a certain amount of replys to any given post (other than the original thread post).
Yahoo is also deleting posts even before they appear now, the time of post will show,but no post. They really do not like links being used now and i persume they don't like certain words and subjects either, It's like living in China on here lately.
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Got it. Seems like anything up to and including 4 Re:'s is replyable then the 5th Re seems to send it over the edge. Easy enough to test here.
I hadn't noticed the post deletion - and I'm not sure it's Yahoo per se. They seemed to duck responsibility on the old format. I thought then they were 'owned' by Eurosport.
I can semi understand restricting URL's in posts given that they have no idea as to what is on the end of the link. I'll try a link to spurs now and see what it does.
It's a bit short sighted. makes you wonder who designed that way (especially given the number of off the shelf forum packages in existence). I despair at designers at times (not just software designers)... don't get me onto frozen windscreen washers in Britain's mild'ish winters...
Anyway, as long as the posters know what the problem is...
Maybe the quick and easy solution is to always reply to the base comment and stuff threading?
As long as you quote what you're replying to and whom, then it shouldn't be much different to before.


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On Sept. 17 Eagle Police responded to a report that two elementary-age boys were missing.
The boys' mother called police at 6:45 p.m. to report that her sons - ages 7 years and 9 years - had not come home after school. She told the officer that the boys had wandered off from their grandmother's house at around 3 p.m. The mother became concerned after she checked at several of her boys' friends' homes and couldn't locate her children.
Police interviewed the grandmother and canvassed The Bluffs neighborhood and the area around Eagle Valley Elementary. Officers requested assistance from the Greater Eagle Fire Department, and firefighters expanded the search to all the parks around town. A deputy from the Eagle County Sheriff's Office was called in to search the park at Red Canyon Townhomes/Eagle Villas.
Eventually, an Eagle officer located the boys at the elementary school and brought them home. The youths said they had been playing at the home of a new friend. The officer told the boys they needed to check in with adults about their whereabouts in the future.
Eagle Police responded to a report of a fight in progress in downtown Eagle Sept. 20.
When officers arrived, they found two men walking southbound on Broadway. Both men told the same story: They are brothers and they had been hunting in the mountains for the last several days. They both reported that the whole time they were in the woods, they had been getting on each other's nerves. The brothers decided to come down to Eagle for dinner and a few beers and they began arguing. Eventually one of the brothers challenged the other to hit him. His brother complied, slugging him in the face and breaking his glasses. The police report noted one brother had a laceration above his left eye and the other had a cut on one of his knuckles.
Ambulance district personnel examined the brother with the face laceration and recommended he get stitches. He did not want to pursue criminal charges against his brother. Both men agreed to separate for the night and said they planned to leave town in the morning.
Eagle Police were called to a local fast food parking lot at 11:15 p.m. Sept. 24 when the manager reported a possible medical emergency.
The manager told the officer that for more than 45 minutes, a running vehicle with its lights on had been parked at the site. When the manager knocked on the vehicle window to contact the driver, the sole person inside appeared to be sleeping but he didn't wake up.
The officer approached the vehicle and could see the man moving around inside. The man then opened the door and swung out his legs. The officer reported marijuana and alcohol odors drifted out from the vehicle.
The officer noted the man had bloodshot and glassy eyes, but he said he was OK when she asked if he needed medical help. The officer asked the man where he was headed, because he seemed to be disoriented. The driver responded that he was just waking up and then he planned to drive to Denver. Then he said he had been in Denver that day for training. He was also confused about which day of the week it was.
Eventually the man said he had been at a friend's house in Eagle and he had been drinking and smoking marijuana at the residence. He also added that he had been camping had just gotten back into town. He said he pulled into the parking lot because he didn't think he should be driving. The man was able to produce a license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance, but he was uncoordinated and dropped the items several times.
After he declined a request to perform a roadside test, the man was taken into custody without incident. The officer found a marijuana pipe in his right front pocket and a bag of marijuana and an empty can of beer in the vehicle.
At the county jail, the man agreed to perform a breath test and the result showed a blood alcohol count of .179, more than twice the legal limit for DUI.
He was cited for DUI, possession of less than two ounces of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of an open container of alcohol. He was released to the custody of a family member.
• A business owner on Broadway contacted Eagle Police last month after someone spray-painted the northwest side of his building with a frowning stick figure. The vandalism occurred sometime during the evening or early morning hours of Sept. 12. The estimated cost of repair is $200.
• On Sept. 14, Eagle Police found someone had used black spray paint to paint an obscene picture on the back of the stop sign located at the intersection of Grand Ave. and Broadway.


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NC Senate taking up capital punishment changes
North Carolina Republican senators say rule changes to capital punishment procedures in the state will help mete out justice upon convicted killers and give closure to families of slain victims.
The Senate scheduled floor debate Wednesday on legislation that seeks to end a logjam on North Carolina's death row, where no one has been executed since 2006 due to broad legal appeals.
The bill also would repeal completely the Racial Justice Act - a 2009 law that lays out a method for prisoners to use evidence to attempt to persuade a judge their death sentences should be reduced to life in prison.
Many district attorneys and victims of crime have publicly supported the bill.
Other victims' family members and lawmakers who oppose the measure planned a news conference Wednesday morning.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - In an exclusive interview with "60 Minutes" on CBS, Amazon.com revealed they're looking at changing the way packages are delivered to your home.
C.E.O. Jeff Bezos took Charlie Rose into the heart of the project.
"Oh, man...Oh, my God!" reacted Rose.
"This is, these are octocopters," said Bezos.
That was the glimpse into a possible future of delivery shown on Sunday, or at least the future Bezos foresees.
"I know this looks like science fiction. It's not," said Bezos.
Currently the use of GPS-guided drones is just a concept, but Bezos estimates the technology may only be a few years away from being a reality.
"Half hour delivery and we can carry objects, we think, up to five pounds, which covers 86 percent of the items that we deliver," he explained, adding that the Amazon Prime Air delivery system could span a 10-mile radius from a fulfillment center.
In Lexington, that span could cover quite a number of neighborhoods and businesses. Still, the concept wasn't exactly welcome to some inside the 10-mile radius from Lexington's Amazon Fulfillment Center on Mercer Road.
"Everybody is trying to make things more advanced than they should be. What happened to the good ol' classic getting somebody in the truck and driving around?" reacted William Kairn. "I think it's a waste of technology."
"I'm thinking it's going to take a lot of people out of work, so I don't know if it's too good," added Brandon Wright.
The drones, according to Bezos, are run on electric motors making them very green. He also said in the the interview that there are still obstacles to overcome because he doesn't want it "(to) land on somebody's head while they're walking around their neighborhood."
"And so, it won't work for everything; you know, we're not going to deliver kayaks or table saws this way," he elaborated.


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Quote: I hope to be first in line for the vaccine.
I get semi-regular updates on the hospital policy and whatnot so there is some information flow in my direction, and I read the news for whatever that is worth. A little more when they cite the CDC.
Long story short, apparently some OBs are telling these paranoid pregnant ladies (some of whom are already proclaiming that they weren't going to get the regular flu shot) not to get the Swine vaccine when it is released, or at least this is what the ladies are understanding they are being told. They then spout some nonsense about lack of research, etc. It is just a f-ing flu vaccine! They are old school and the seasonal one is recommended and is just a jumbling of random (not really random) viruses that they hope will be the major players for the year, as opposed to one specifically targeting the virus that has already been causing trouble and a high mortality (MORTALITY) in the pregnant ladies. Idiots all around. They all like to cite that it hasn't been tested on pregnant ladies, blah blah blah, apparently not realizing that pretty much nothing is tested on pregnant ladies, because you only give us what has benefit that outweighs the risk of mutant babies, or old things that over time have shown not to make mutant babies, and don't give things that are proven to make mutant babies. How many pregnancy class A drugs are there? Not freaking many. In fact, a quick look at meds I give pregnant ladies reveals that lots of them are class C...ruh-roh. There, folic acid is class A. I knew there must be something.
First in line, right here. People's irrational fear of vaccines really fills me with rage.
Mark in Minnesota wrote: A friend of mine who is a doctor working in a hospital wrote this about six weeks ago, about swine flu:
MP3D wrote: work is "making" you get it? forced immunization? where do you work? the vaccine from what i understand only protects from one form of H1N1, not the many mutated strands of it. Do you really want to put mercury into your body?
zagadka wrote: hell no.
I do not trust any vaccine,
mancabbage wrote: yeah and when you have a heart attack who you gonna go to?
Mark in Minnesota wrote: I find myself wondering why you didn't start by laying out that set of beliefs. I'm sure your choices are right for you, but I do feel like you may not have been arguing in good faith when you entered this discussion by arguing that the vaccine is under-tested. After your most recent post it doesn't sound like any amount of testing would be sufficient to satisfy you that the vaccine is a good idea.
medicineman wrote: But like I said, I encourage skepticism about the recommended course of action when it comes to medicine in any form.
medicineman wrote: Especially when I feel like this is a manufactured "pandemic"...this is SARS, this is avian flu. This is minor bullshit. Africa is still dying of AIDS while we debate this. Who is interested in scaring us so badly with this relatively tame disease? Why? Who stands to profit? I dunno. Those are thoughts I can't shake.
medicineman wrote: Especially when I feel like this is a manufactured "pandemic"...this is SARS, this is avian flu. This is minor bullshit. Africa is still dying of AIDS while we debate this. Who is interested in scaring us so badly with this relatively tame disease? Why? Who stands to profit? I dunno. Those are thoughts I can't shake.
mancabbage wrote:
Btw the flouride in the water. Mind control device


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01 December 2005
Blame the Reader
I am a failed reader of David Marusek's first novel, Counting Heads. I loved the first 50 or so pages, which seem to be the excellent story "We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy", if I remember correctly, but I don't have a copy of the story handy. In its second section, the book switches from first-person to third-person, and the viewpoint shifts from one character to another every few pages. As I read along, everything I liked, everything that had held my attention, everything that had been most fascinating to me about the book seemed to be disappearing. I went with it for a while, because this was a book I very much wanted to enjoy, but I began to resent having to read any more, and when that happens, I stop.
I could blame David Marusek for writing a book that didn't end up appealing to me, and I could blame David Hartwell for editing a book that didn't appeal to me, and on another day I might, but today I feel like blaming myself. David Moles liked the book, and Kelly Link recommended it to him. This is further evidence against me -- both are discerning, passionate readers, and I have benefitted from Kelly's recommendations a few times in the past.
In some ways, I don't think I'm a very good reader of pure science fiction anymore. This doesn't have anything to do with the old canard about "reading protocols", which tend to get trotted out by people who want to enforce their membership in a clan that has secret passwords and handshakes. If such protocols exist, I know them well, having learned to read by reading SF. No, this is about certain techniques of writing that I am not sympathetic to -- I can understand them, I can analyze them, I can decode better than your ordinary owner of a decoder ring. But such techniques make me indifferent and occasionally even hostile as a reader, while for other readers they are the stuff of wonder and addiction. I don't think either of us is better than the other, but the difference is interesting.
For instance, I didn't mind the neologisms in the first section of Counting Heads, and enjoyed the fun Marusek has imagining a deeply technologized future. The pacing of it all worked for me, and the first-person narrator was engaging enough to keep me interested in his fate. I couldn't get through the second section, though, because the shift to third-person and to multiple viewpoint characters eliminated the thread I had been interested in.
Contrast this to the sort of reader who is more interested in the speculation, the technology, and the twists and turns of a plot that for me became bogged down in discussions of political machinations that I was indifferent to. For a reader who had not attached to the first section's narrator as a character, but who had instead seen the character as a convenient vehicle for getting to the good stuff, the second section must be vastly more engaging than the first. I, meanwhile, was left trying to care about any of it, trying to find even one character whose actions interested me, trying to find concepts that seemed to benefit from being expressed as a narrative rather than a technical manual.
This reminds me of something a friend of mine -- a magnificent writer and very smart reader -- once said about Italo Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, a book I adore and find more pleasurable with each read. She got halfway through and stopped. "The games were fun for a while, but then I just thought, 'It's all games, isn't it?' And I don't care about games." That wasn't Calvino's fault, that was hers. He'd written a book she couldn't possibly be sympathetic to, because very little of what he was trying to do was anything she wanted to pay attention to.
Attention is an important quality in a reader: What do we as readers want to pay attention to? So often the books that we fail are ones where the writer's attention is gazing in a different direction than we want to join.
This could lead to a slippery slope of gushy relativism, and I don't want to slide all the way down it. There are various levels of failed attention (see Nick Mamatas on "What is Bad Writing?"). David Marusek is a remarkably talented writer, one who pays careful attention to detail and nuance, to language, to -- well, you name it. It's an extraordinary book of its own sort, but it's unfortunately not the sort of book I get much pleasure from, and in this case, I think that's more my fault than anyone else's.
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I didn't actually read CH as science fiction so much as a sort of satire, like Sewer, Gas, and Electric or Galapagos. Cf. Miriam Jones' take on Oryx and Crake.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you're willing to say this. I see way too many places on the net where people are saying things like "This book sucked," or, "That author can't write," without any sort of introspection on behalf of the commentator. I can't remember the last time I read a truly bad book, though I've read plenty of books that I didn't necessarily like what the author was doing.
I don't think the danger of falling into gushy relativism looms too menacingly so long as we keep in mind authorial intent. Sure, there are authors that I wouldn't waste my time reading and who may have the mental nutritional value of cardboard, but the author may have succeeded on any number of levels that I'm not looking to appreciate the book on, even if it was just to make a boatload of cash off of an unsuspecting and indiscriminate public.
I'm not clear on why blame comes into a case like this. You are right not to blame the author (or editor, et al.) for a book that simply does not go where you want to go, but how does that make you to blame as a reader? Like your friend who didn't care to play Italo Calvino's game, you weren't inclined to play Masurek's game.ReplyDelete
De gustibus non est disputandum. No slippery slope is involved. One might be involved if you were unwilling to try a different taste, but nothing I've seen in lurking your blog leads me to suppose that. You tried it. You just didn't like it. No harm no foul.
I want to out myself, too. I'm a failed reader of China Miéville. I keep trying, and wanting to like his books, and people I respect adore him... and they just don't work for me.ReplyDelete
I think I secretly want more depth of characterization and less pus.
Matt, I see where you're coming from in a general sense here (and my own shame at my occasional passes into near-frothing hyperbole over the inexplicable success of authors who I don't enjoy makes me sympathetic to it), but although I'm certainly there for the idea of "different strokes for different folks" (which is where you appear to start), I'm not sure I'm willing to take it to your conclusion of failure on the reader's part.ReplyDelete
That said, this leads into greater issues of the nature of aesthetic satisfaction that I honestly don't believe I'm educated enough to wrap the proper arguments around. But as long as it's agreed that you or I might have different tastes in general, and something I think sucks might, however, be read with a sense of wonder or joy by you, we have to agree that one of us has failed, the author has failed one of us (but not the other), or there's simply never going to be a consensus (and there never, ever, will be one -- the IMDB reports that 357 people gave Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark a perfect 10). But I'm not willing to feel guilt or a sense of failure over not enjoying a book.
(Unlike any instances of hyperbole, my shame over using "who" instead of "whom," cannot be as easily shaken).ReplyDelete
Me too.ReplyDelete
It took me six attempts to finish "Perdido Street Station", and I bogged down halfway through "The Scar" more than a year ago. Not because they're bad books -- they're not -- but because they gave me indigestion. So did "Gravity's Rainbow": even though I managed to plough through "V" and "The Crying of Lot 49", "Gravity's Rainbow" exceeded my annual Pynchon quotient. And it took me a whole damn year to read Neal Stephenson's "Baroque Cycle".
Now I find I am stalled two-thirds of the way through the Marusek book, even though I think it's bloody brilliant. (I'm taking time off for light escapism with A. N. Wilson's "The Victorians" and Vernor Vinge's "Rainbows End".)
Bluntly: most of us read fiction for pleasure. Reading that forces us to work ... well, sometimes it's pleasurable, but sometimes it's just plain too much like hard work. It's okay if we're full of beans and ready and willing to engage with the chewy stuff, but if we're tired, irritable, of short attention span for whatever reason, we simply end up giving up. And these works -- they're none of them bad -- make much greater demands of the reader.
Pet hypothesis: it used to be something of a cliche that the literary values inherent in written SF were crude compared to actual real capital-L literature, but SF readers got their kicks from the other aspects of the work. But now we've got writers of quality laying down the stuff, style and character study coexisting with plot and worldbuilding, the results are so densely textured that they're just plain difficult to read. This isn't stuff you'd lend your teenage kid brother or sister to while away a rainy afternoon. And this is an admission of failure.
PS: My "Me too" was addressed to Elizabeth Bear's comments.ReplyDelete
And yes, I do recognize the irony of me complaining about the density of modern SF texts :)
In some ways the word "failure" is too strong -- I wasn't thinking of it in a hugely guilty way (though I'm usually a master of feeling guilty for things), but rather in a matter-of-fact way: a failure to benefit from whatever pleasures the book offers to other readers. That ends up being an interesting situation to me, because I think it's fun to interrogate myself about what didn't work for me, and try to figure out why it worked for other people with whom I'm in agreement more often than not.ReplyDelete
All criticism can be reduced to de gustibus and "this didn't work for me", which is why I don't feel like I gain much from thumbs-up/thumbs-down sorts of reviews -- the value of criticism, whether it's positive or negative, is that it shows the process of thought leading to the judgment, and I feel like I learn a lot as a reader from people who can express how a book affected them, and how they reached whatever conclusions they did about it. Some books provide a lot more material for such thinking than do others.
"Blame", then, is, indeed, a rather silly term for any of it, but I was in the mood for self-flagellation. My Puritan ancestors demand it every now and then...
I was going to comment on the "blame" thing as well, but I see it has already been talked to death. Instead I shall out myself as someone who cannot read Terry Pratchett. Which is why I don't review his books.ReplyDelete
I'm stealing this from The Rake, who stole it from Steve Erickson's introduction to the new issue of Black Clock:ReplyDelete
"Not so many years ago I read an interview with a critic who was expounding on the importance of good taste. It occurred to me how once you begin worrying about whether your taste is 'good,' then you're calibrating your passions as others will judge them and your passions aren't your passions anymore but affectations. Preoccupation with one's taste is the way of small and cautious spirits. Any opinion worth a damn is an opinion that doesn't give a damn. In a severe and increasingly unforgiving new century, no pleasure is guilty; or perhaps, as Jonathan Lethem has said (only half-kiddingly, I think), all pleasure is guilty and that's the fun of it."
(I think he could have phrased the "Preoccupation with one's taste" bit less ambiguously -- I'm reading it as meaning preoccupation with making sure your taste is good -- but I like the rest.)
Just a side note, FWIW: I liked If on a Winter's Night a Traveler up to the point when it started to explain itself.ReplyDelete
I feel the same way about "cloud Atlas" - much vaunted, much lauded, and left me cold. I could write reams about exactly why - and I might, in my own blog, this is hardly the time or the place - but I just thought I'd add a "me too" to the rest. I too am a failed reader although I *did* manage to connect to Mieville and his work, and I thought that "Iron council", and particularly its ending, was magnificent. But I'll stick my neck out and put forward another much lauded and much awarded novel that I cannot seem to read more than a few pages of without realising that my attention is wandering - "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell". it isn't the book's fault, and obviously enough other people liked it enough to give it every prize in the canon 0 but - somehow - it- just... [shrug]ReplyDelete
So. Another "bad reader", here.
I hesitate to even say this, Matt, because you know your own tastes better than anybody... But, you know, you could always go back to the Marusek one idle day and love it. Some of my favorite books are books I've gotten halfway through and laid aside the first time I tried to read them. Sometimes it's just not the right time for a certain reader to read a certain book. So, I'd be willing to cut the reader a little more slack, even if it turns out that Counting Heads never does it for you. (I haven't read it yet, but am reallllly looking forward to it.)ReplyDelete
Don't hesitate to suggest it, Gwenda -- I actually thought of that myself today. I was about to put the book in a package going to Japan, and decided not to, because I'll probably give the book another go in a few months and see what happens...ReplyDelete
- Steve12/01/2005 9:48 PM
Have to agree with Gwenda. I tried Crowley's "Little, Big" two or three times before it grabbed me. Now it's one of my all-time favorites. And Cheryl: I'm glad to hear someone else has fallen out of love with Pratchett's books. When I find myself counting the pages until the end, that's not a good sign.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/02/2005 12:31 PM
It's got to be better to have written a book that not everyone likes, but that the people who do like it, really love, hasn't it, than to have written a book that everyone sort of thinks is OK?ReplyDelete
I think I started that sentence in the wrong place: it seems to have got tied in a knot...
Jean Rogers
I loved Cloud Atlas and thought, if anything, it was a bit too breezy.ReplyDelete
I can't read Jonathan Carroll.
- Anonymous12/02/2005 5:17 PM
I'm not really anonymous, I'm Karen Miller. *g*ReplyDelete
Great blog topic. I'll add ...
For me, all reading is subjective. There is no such thing as a good or bad book, but opinion makes it so. Or words to that effect. There are any number of hot selling, critically acclaimed books out there that do not float my boat, that I can't read, and some have been mentioned already. There are others that many love to deride as crap that I really love, for various reasons.
I do get very very very pissy with the people who say, This book is crap *because I didn't like it*. That announces an arrogance I find breathtaking. Some people equate their opinion with a definitive pronouncement on literary merit. To those people I say, pull your heads out of your arses, chums. It's just your opinion, it didn't come down off the mountain engraved in stone.
You're not a failure if you didn't like a book. You're a person with whom the author didn't connect. End of story.
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although coronary artery disease-heart disease-is the No. 1 killer of women in this country, many women who died suddenly from the disease reported no symptoms.
That may be due to the fact that women's symptoms of heart disease and heart attack may not be the same as the more-publicized symptoms felt by men.
"Men and women may have similar symptoms of a heart attack, but sometimes a woman's symptoms are quite different," said Jennifer Offenberger, director of marketing and public relations for the Memorial Health System.
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To raise awareness for National Go Red For Women Day, staff and residents at Heartland of Marietta donned red and formed a 'human' heart recently. The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women Day is designed to highlight cardiovascular health for women.
"Both may experience shortness of breath, but women may not have that 'elephant on your chest' feeling men often have," she said.
Offenberger said women often develop a very run down feeling and experience what feels like a backache.
"Women may also have nausea and vomiting," she said. "And the onset of a heart attack can be sudden or gradual."
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St. Patrick's Day 1995 is a day Marietta resident Jeanette Barker, now 79, will never forget.
"I was about 62 at the time and was working for a chemical company in Hudson, Ohio," she said. "We were having lunch. I started feeling funny and thought I had food poisoning."
Barker said she had severe nausea and then threw up in the restroom.
"My skin had turned gray," she said. "My boss took one look at me and said we were going to the hospital."
There doctors told Barker she had suffered a heart attack.
"I said 'How could that be? All I did was throw up,'" she said. "But the doctor said because of the vomiting he thought there was probably a blockage in my arteries."
Barker was sent to Akron General Hospital where doctors discovered one of the two main arteries to her heart had a 98 percent blockage and the other was blocked 100 percent.
"The doctor told me I would have an angioplasty to try and loosen the blockages," she said.
Barker said she hasn't had another episode since.
But looking back she noted there were some aspects of her life that likely put her at risk for the heart attack.
"We always ate food with butter or cooked it in bacon grease," Barker said. "And I was a smoker for about 50 years before the attack."
She said heart issues also existed for other members of her family. At least three have also experienced heart attacks.
The risks of developing heart disease are basically the same for men or women, according to the American Heart Association. Some of the major factors include smoking, which increases a person's risk two to four times that of a non-smoker.
High blood cholesterol and high blood pressure are also major factors that can be dealt with through diet and medications.
When high blood pressure exists with obesity, smoking, high blood cholesterol levels or diabetes, the risk of heart attack or stroke increases significantly.
A lifestyle of physical inactivity is another risk factor. Regular physical activity helps prevent heart and blood vessel disease, according to the American Heart Association. Physical activity also helps control cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity and can lower blood pressure.
Excess body fat, especially at the waistline, is another factor in developing heart disease, even if there are no other risk factors. And people with diabetes are at serious risk of cardiovascular disease. The heart association reports at least 65 percent of diabetics die of some form of heart or blood vessel disease.
Last November Julie Edwards, 56, of New Matamoras, was at her job at The Peoples Savings Bank in Newport when she discovered her car had a flat tire and decided to fix it.
"The lug nuts were really tight, so I had to pull hard on the tire iron. It took a lot of effort, but I eventually got the tire off," she said. "Just before I finished the job my jaw was hurting. Then my chest and back started hurting."
Edwards went back inside the bank to rest, but the pain continued.
"I asked my boss, 'Do you suppose I could be having a heart attack?'" she said.
The administrator didn't think it was an attack, so Edwards took a couple acetaminophen pills and sat down for a while.
"But I still didn't feel right," she said. "I was feeling warm so I went out to sit in the car where it was cooler."
When that didn't help she decided to call 911.
"I really think God was telling me to make that call," Edwards said.
An ambulance arrived and transported her to Marietta Memorial Hospital where doctors confirmed she was having a heart attack.
"They did a heart catheterization and found two blockages in my arteries," Edwards said. "They said my heart was only operating at 15 percent of its capacity, and normal capacity is around 55 percent."
Two stents were installed to help keep her arteries open, and within six days her heart was operating at 40 to 45 percent capacity, enough to satisfy her cardiologist.
"I'm back at work and feeling better now," Edwards said.
But the experience was a wake-up call for her.
"For women I think the main thing is to get health screenings. See your doctor on a regular basis and have regular checkups," Edwards said.
She said before the heart attack her doctor had wanted to put her on cholesterol-lowering medications, but she had some reservations about taking the medicine.
"Now I'm taking both cholesterol and blood pressure medications, and I take an aspirin every day," Edwards said.


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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the International Code Council (ICC), which develops building codes, announced on February 7th that they will join forces to develop a residential green building standard. NAHB took a leadership position in such standards back in 2005, when it published the Model Green Home Building Guidelines, while the ICC promotes green building practices through its International Codes. Those codes set minimum standards for energy efficiency and sustainable building practices but also suggest voluntarily "above-code" practices. The two organizations aim to have the new standard accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the United States. A solicitation for membership in the consensus committee is posted on the NAHB Research Center Web site. See the ICC press release, the ANSI Web site, and the NAHB Research Center Web site.
The announcement was supported by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which has its "LEED for Homes" certification in the pilot phase, with a full release scheduled for this summer. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a widely accepted green building benchmark. The USGBC is an ANSI-accredited standards developer and has expressed an interest in joining the new NAHB/ICC consensus committee. The USGBC is already working on a green building standard for commercial buildings with the help of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). See the USGBC press release.
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La Damnation de Faust
Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869)
Légende dramatique in four parts;
Libretto by Hector Berlioz and Almire Gandonnière, based on Goethe's "Faust I"; First performance on 6th December, 1846 at Salle Favart [ Opéra-Comique ], Paris; First scenic performance on 18. February, 1893 at Salle Garnier, Monte Carlo; Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 23. February, 2014
In French language with German and English surtitles
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|Friedemann Layer (27.02.2014)
|Stage director and Choreographer
|Christian Spuck
|Stage design, Costume design
|Emma Ryott
|Light design
|Reinhard Traub
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|Ulrich Niepel
|Jan Joost Verhoef
|Chorus Master
|William Spaulding
|Dorothea Hartmann
|Clémentine Margaine
|Klaus Florian Vogt
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Conventional and moderate he was not, in life as in art, and so it is with Hector Berlioz' musical rendition of the Faust myth, which explodes all conventions and genres. Berlioz initially called his DAMNATION OF FAUST an "opera concertante", then a "dramatised legend". Ultimately, the work is one thing above all else – a grand spectacle incorporating all conceivable forms. Here we are presented with a score made up of opera, oratorio and symphonic elements, lieder, dances, marches, drinking songs, large-scale chorus pieces, a fugue parody and a quodlibet of superimposed troopers' songs. Musically speaking, a composition from the mid 19th century could hardly be more heterogeneous.
And this complexity is also a reflection of the title character himself. The world of Berlioz' Faust has ceased to be describable in a linear, unified fashion. The work gives us episodes from the life and death of a romantic, one who does not deal actively but is rather gripped in the ennui of a Lord Byron. Faust is trapped in this boredom and lethargy; nothing can tear him from it – not the crash of battle nor folklore nor anything that Mephisto can serve up in terms of musical and theatrical brouhaha.
Christian Spuck is one of the top choreographers of the younger generation. In recent years he has left his imprint as house choreographer at the Stuttgart Ballet and has been Director of Ballet at the Zurich Opera since 2012. Christian Spuck increasingly straddles the genres of opera and dance. Berlioz' DAMNATION OF FAUST, which he directs and choreographs, marks his Berlin debut.
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Software really is eating the world.
Venture capital firms in the United States pumped more money into software startups last quarter -- $3.6 billion -- than at any point in 12 years, according to new industry figures.
Software companies also notched the most deals in the third quarter, at 420; that was a 23 percent uptick from the previous three months. For good measure, nine of the 11 largest investments in the third quarter went into software.
"It's always a good sign to see a lot of deals flowing and valuations going up," said Mark McCaffrey, who leads the U.S. software practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers. His firm compiled the quarterly MoneyTree report with the National Venture Capital Association, using data from Thomson Reuters.
With the window for initial public offerings of stock wide open, and deep-pocketed public companies continuing to acquire smaller startups, "the VCs are starting to see a healthy path" to return on investment, McCaffrey said.
All told, venture firms invested $7.8 billion in 1,005 deals nationwide in the third quarter. That was a 12 percent increase in terms of dollars and a 5 percent hike in the number of deals compared with the second quarter; however, tech investors still slightly lag the pace of 2011, when funding peaked in anticipation of Facebook's IPO.
Silicon Valley, as always, took in the lion's share of venture dollars -- 46 percent in the latest quarter.
But as is also traditional, the wealth wasn't spread around evenly among the industry sectors the report tracks. Software's dominance came at the expense of other categories such as biotechnology and clean energy.
Investments in life sciences, which include biotech and medical devices, saw slightly more deals in the third quarter than in the second, but dollars invested dropped 26 percent. And through the first nine months of this year, life sciences investing is at its lowest point since 2005.
McCaffrey noted that biotech was still the second-most-popular sector in the quarter, with $852 million going into 123 deals. And with a recent uptick in IPOs, he predicted the industry will retain its venture capital fans.
He was much less optimistic about cleantech, which suffered its seventh consecutive quarter of declining venture investment.
"There's nothing to say that trend's going to turn around anytime soon," McCaffrey said. "It's a very capital-intensive industry without a clear exit strategy" for investors.
John Taylor, head of research at the venture capital association, pointed out that more than half of the quarter's deals were in early and seed-stage startups. Dollars invested in early-stage companies -- those past the garage phase but still small -- rose to their highest level in 12 years, the report found.
"There's credible reason to be optimistic about the future of innovation and the vibrancy of the startup ecosystem," Taylor said.
He added, however, that even with the hot IPO market, there are still plenty of venture firms awaiting liquidity for prior investments.
What's more, the number of companies at any stage of maturity that received venture funding for the first time rose 8 percent compared with the previous quarter.
There again, the software industry ruled the roost: Nearly half the companies landing first-time investments in the third quarter were in software.
For investors, it comes down to simple math, McCaffrey said: "There's such energy in the software sector now, it's hard to ignore." Even at the expense of other sectors.
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STANFORD -- Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer was unhappy with her team's defense coming off a rare loss at Washington.
She had no complaints Friday night at Maples Pavilion, where the No. 6 Cardinal jumped out to a 20-3 lead on the way to a 61-35 rout of No. 15 Arizona State.
"They didn't like what happened last week," said VanDerveer, referring to the 87-82 loss to the Huskies, "and that got everyone's attention."
Chiney Ogwumike scored 18 of her 20 points in the first half as Stanford (23-2, 12-1) demonstrated its dominance in the Pac-12 by toying with the conference's second-place team.
On the heels of just its second loss to a conference foe in five seasons, Stanford improved to 8-1 this season against Top-25 teams. The Cardinal has not lost consecutive games since December 2010.
After allowing Washington the most points that it has given up in a conference game in 10 seasons, the Cardinal defense suffocated the Sun Devils.
"We just weren't satisfied with our defense at all," Ogwumike said. "Defense is more competitive will. I told our team it's like we're being reborn. I like the direction we're going in, starting today."
Arizona State (20-5, 9-4) missed its first 10 shots and didn't score a field goal until Promise Amukamara made a 12-foot jumper on the team's 13th possession of the game.
Stanford was up 20-3 after a basket by Ogwumike with 7:41 left in the first half, at which point the Sun Devils were shooting 1 for 20.
Arizona State coach Charli Turner Thorne anticipated facing "the wrath of the wounded beast" following a Stanford loss.
"You knew coming off a couple of their worst defensive games of the year, they were going to come back and recommit to defense," she said. "They brought great energy and we just missed everything."
The Sun Devils shot 24.2 percent and had 15 turnovers.
By intermission, Stanford led 32-12, with the Sun Devils matching the fewest points the Cardinal has ever allowed in the first half of a conference game.
Ogwumike shot 10 for 12 from the field and had 13 rebounds. Amber Orrange had 14 points and five steals.
Stanford, after attempting 41 3-pointers against Washington's packed-in defense, took only four from beyond the arc Friday and won easily despite not making a single 3.
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