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05 September 2011
World on a Wire
My latest column is up at Strange Horizons, and this time it's about Rainer Werner Fassbinder's epic science fiction film World on a Wire (Welt am Draht).
If you want to see World on a Wire (and you should!), it's available on home video in the U.K. and Europe, and in the U.S. can be seen via Hulu if you subscribe to Hulu Plus (you can get a free trial subscription for a week, or if you have .edu email address, for a month). Rumor has it that Criterion will be releasing the film on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.S. at the end of this year or the beginning of next [update: the rumors were true]. It's also still touring various U.S. cities -- at the end of this week, it will be at the Harvard Film Archive in Cambridge, MA.
I'm a Fassbinder nut, so will passionately defend even his films that only lunatics defend, but you don't have to be as obsessed with Fassbinder as I to see get pleasure from World on a Wire. (Although if "efficient" plotting, suspenseful storytelling, and "round" characterizations are your primary requirements for pleasure, you should probably stay away.) While World on a Wire isn't of the power and depth of, say, Berlin Alexanderplatz or a handful of Fassbinder's other absolute masterpieces, it's still a powerful, unsettling, beautiful movie, and the restoration that the Fassbinder Foundation did is remarkable -- to take an old 16mm master made for TV and turn it into something that can be admired on a giant cinema screen is no easy feat.
I could go on and on. I won't. Instead, if you want a taste of the film, check out the trailer, which I'll embed after the jump here:
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Coincidentally, a commercial Hollywood sf film (THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR)was later made (1999) based on the same obscure SF novel WORLD ON A WIRE is based on: SIMULACRON 3, by Daniel F. Galouye.ReplyDelete
I've only seen a couple of Fassbinder's films--back in the 80s when a theater near me here in NYC was having a Fassbinder festival and a friend of mine who was a fan talked me into going. I can't say he made a convert of me. I can't recall the name of one of the films I saw, but the other was FOX AND HIS FRIENDS.
Finding your way into Fassbinder's work can be hugely challenging -- for years, I thought I hated him because I'd only seen The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and Effi Briest, and found both cold, slow, boring. It wasn't until I saw Fear Eats the Soul and The Marriage of Maria Braun that I suddenly understood what all the fuss was about. And once I'd fallen in love with those two, I was able to go back to the others and see what I hadn't seen before. He's not a filmmaker whose work you can just randomly dip into; it really matters where you begin. (And he may still not appeal to you, of course. No art is universal.)ReplyDelete
And yes, 13th Floor is from the same source, but as I note in the SH piece, it's actually not coincidental -- Fassbinder's cinematographer for World on a Wire, Michael Ballhaus, loved the story and once he had some clout in Hollywood he worked on getting it made. It's not a bad movie itself, really, but it's a pretty shallow one in comparison to World on a Wire, and vividly demonstrates, to me at least, what a really great director like Fassbinder can bring to a production (one that had a tiny budget in comparison).
Doh! I feel foolish that I didn't notice you had mentioned THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR in your article...and not just in passing. This is what comes from browsing rather than really reading what one assumes to comment on.ReplyDelete
I saw THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR when it was released, but I can remember virtually nothing of it...a testament to its unimaginative blandness.
Maybe I'll try to see WORLD ON A WIRE...it may even still be playing here in NYC.


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Ok, I have been training for my first half for about 6 weeks now, things are going well and, unless lesions prevent it I will be runnning my first in February 2 well within my 1:45 goal.
The thing is that, being a newbie to training plan, I am having some problems with terminology, maybe someone can help:
STRIDES (S) Over 100 meters, gradually accelerate to 90 percent effort, hold for five seconds, then decelerate. Walk to recover
and a typical training exercice can be:
4x100 S
So I get I have to accelerate, hold, decelerate and walk.
The question (probably stupid, sorry) is wheter:
- I should do the whole thing over 100 meters (and be ready to do the next repetition by the end of them).
- I should accelerate, hold decelerate over 100 meters, walk for as long as I need to get my heart rate back to "normal". Then do the next repetition.
- I should accelerate, hold decelerate over 100 meters, repeat it all as many times as needed and then, after all repetitions, walk to recover.
I realize I am not really understanding the type of exercise I am doing (or what it is good for, for that matter), so I think it would probably be good to start by understanding it.
Current PB:
5k: 19:53 (December 31st 2014)
10k : 42:30 (March 9th 2014)
Half Marathon: 1:32:40 (February 1st 2015)
Marathon: 3:33:31 (March 15th 2015)
Completed my first marathon! Feeling like getting some more!
Strides are great they help you with leg turn over (running faster) especially after a long slower run.
You should start your stride and build to the 90% hold it for the amount of time then slowly decelerate and after the 100 walk until you have recover to about 100%. Try to focus on proper form doing your strides, then do it again for the number of times on your plan. Hope this helps, Good luck
The main point about striders is to get a little speed work into your training. The description in your post leaves a lot open for interpretation. When I do strides, I maintain the top speed for the full 100 meters. I jog between strides, not walk. When I am on the street, I count my steps to get approximate distance (50 right foot strikes). Gradual acceleration for me means to not sprint off a starting line, but get up to speed smoothly, about 10 steps. Of course if you are going from a walk to you target speed, it might take a few more than 10. My recovery stretch is approximately the same distance as the stride, 100 meters. The makes it easy if you on a track, fast on the straights and recover on the curves.
Good luck in your race. I hope you make your goal.
Try not to over-analyze this. Like schizoidman said, "accelerate gradually" keeps you from going from slow to fast in one step - 8 or 10 steps is good. Then run at 90% (or whatever) for 100 steps (counting both feet), then slow to an easy jog or even a walk. I usually find a straight, flat section of trail or road, do the stride in one direction, then turn around and go easy back to the start, then turn around and do the next stride. Speed of the fast part should be "comfortably fast", not an all-out sprint. Work on foot/leg turnover and form. They don't have to be 100s either. I've done 50s and 75s when 100s just felt like a bit too much. And I've seen runners who do 200s.
Ydiez, I understand your confusion. Strides (or striders), pickups, fartleks, whatever you call them, are all training ideas that involve bursts of speed.
Strides, as I understand them, are ??quick, but rather short bursts of between 50 and 100 meters, while working on running form. As opposed to pickups and/or fartleks, where change of pace is done during the training runs, strides are usually run by themselves, like sprints, followed by walking or a slow, active recovery (Again, if I understand the idea correctly). They can also be used before a race to build heart rate and as a way to focus again on proper running form. They are supposed to help you build your speed while helping you become a more efficient runner via improved form/technique.
It may be worth your while to Google a list of running terms.
Good luck.
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Strides are typicaly the last part of a warm-up, and they consist of short bursts of speed. This is to allows your longer mucles to warm up their entire range of motion. This helps with the ache feeling you get while running speed work as with only a slow speed jogging warmup the far back and far front ends of your gate will not be warmed up. Strides are a favorite of track and XC teams and I always make a point to get 3-4 strides in on the line before I start a race, it really helps me start out strong.
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Hanukkah (begins Dec 8)
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Opinion Divided Over M&S's Performance
British high street stalwart Marks & Spencer this morning reported a 10% drop in half-year profit, accompanied by a fifth consecutive quarter of contraction in its clothing department.
Chief Executive Marc Bolland also warned of "volatile" recent trading and said his slew of senior management changes would take "at least six months" to make an impact on sales.
So why were some analysts saying M&S had turned a corner after months in the doldrums?
Well, one answer is that although the results were bad, they were less bad than expected–always a surefire way of improving sentiment. Another is that M&S will benefit from a recent uptick in the British economy, with improving employment figures and the official end of the recession pointing to some relief for shoppers.
"We are warming up to M&S on the back of a potentially more benign consumer backdrop," Panmure Gordon analysts Jean Roche and Philip Dorgan said in a note.
"The core U.K. ladies wear has to improve its absolute and relative performance," added Clive Black at Shore Capital, who felt that the executive changes announced by Mr. Bolland over the last six months would start to come through in the new year.
Nonetheless, other analysts didn't see many positives for the U.K. retailer. "The outperformance of food and online means M&S is becoming a structurally lower margin model," said Bethany Hocking at Investec, who also pointed to a disappointing showing in international markets as a cause for concern.
Richard Hunter, Head of Equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers added: "The company's outlook comments were relatively downbeat, whilst recent management changes have been disruptive."
One thing all observers agree on is that the Christmas period is crucial for M&S. Another fall in sales over the festive season would mean any optimism drawn from today's statement is misplaced.


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Bartlett chosen as coordinator for Blue Ridge Music Trails Project
Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 3:32 p.m.
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – Two professionals with extensive experience in music, arts education, marketing and fundraising have been selected by the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership to guide the development of the Blue Ridge Music Trails project, a joint initiative of the BRNHA and the N.C. Arts Council.
Dale Bartlett, who has served as general manager, development director, marketing director and in theater production for the Flat Rock Playhouse since 1990, brings years of expertise in organization, planning, tourism marketing and fund development to the Blue Ridge Music Trails Coordinator position, officials said in a news release Monday.
Bartlett has served as chair of the Henderson County Travel and Tourism Committee and also on its budget and personnel committees. He served on the board of directors of Arts NC, and as both president and treasurer of Blue Ridge Mountain Host a 10-county tourism marketing organization.
Bartlett was on the Henderson County Heritage Council, an initiative started by the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership that convened volunteers who created county heritage plans that served as the blueprint for the BRNHA's federal management plan.
"Dale has all of the core attributes and skills we needed to help us take the Blue Ridge Music Trails to the next level," Angie Chandler, executive director of the BRNHA Partnership, said in the release.
"He has many regional and statewide connections that will help support the Blue Ridge Music Trails program."
To support Bartlett in this project, the BRNHA Partnership has also contracted with musician Laura Boosinger, who will serve as a consultant on the project and as a liaison with the music community in Western North Carolina.
"We feel that the combination of skills, connections, and experience of these two professionals will serve to bring this project to fruition in the coming months and bolster the rich music heritage of our North Carolina mountains and foothills," Chandler said in the release.
Focus on traditions
In 2010 the N.C. Arts Council received funding support from the N.C. Department of Transportation to update the Blue Ridge Music Trails Guidebook, which was originally produced in 2003, in addition to producing a regional map to the music venues.
Working with the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership and community leaders, it was determined that this was an opportunity to focus on Western North Carolina's music traditions to not only strengthen awareness about the music of the region, but to enable mountain communities to utilize music traditions for economic development.
"Authentic experiences are important factors in travel decisions and expectations," Wayne Martin, executive director of the N.C. Arts Council, said in the release.
"Cultural visitors want to participate in North Carolina's arts traditions and, in turn, they support the artists and communities that sustain those traditions. Our partnership with the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area to promote Western North Carolina's music heritage will provide content that is not currently accessible to many visitors by focusing on the places and the musicians that have played a role in making the region a cultural treasure."
The springboard for the project will be the upcoming release of the second edition, a revised version of the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina guidebook, which will be available in late April.
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership will jointly develop a website and take on responsibility for other marketing materials and organizing events that will bring the music heritage of Western North Carolina to the forefront, support area musicians and venues, and strengthen the economic impact of music in this region, the release says.
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I don't know if this is some kind of annual conference that I'm just not aware of or maybe the winter gets to be too much to bear and bad sleep ensues, but this is the 3rd time around with us, February sleep hijinks.
February 2011 kicked off the 6-7 month spree of my darling baby waking up and needing to nurse, be held, etc. by me and only me, for hours, several times a night.
February 2012 featured the "How many times is it possible to wake up in a single night and yet still fall back asleep between each time" game with the expansion "If you make a sound while leaving the room, go back to start" set.
And here you are, February 2013, with the Endless Bedtime Reel, sometimes with a Night of Nostalgic Wake-ups thrown in for fun.
It doesn't have to be this way, we could just enjoy each other, even if it is well below freezing out and winter will drag on for many weeks. Have a chocolate heart, February, or a glass of wine and stop being so impossible. I think we could be really good friends if you cut the crap. I am a big fan of Valentine's Day, honestly. It's like my favorite.
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Prince Charles and the 13 Dwarves
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND–Prince Charles celebrated his 64th birthday with a sneak peak at some of the 13 dwarves and props from film director Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved book "The Hobbit." The Prince said it was the best birthday present he had received in a long time.
The prince, who is in New Zealand with the Duchess of Cornwall, marked his birthday with a tour of Weta Workshop special effects studio in Wellington, New Zealand, where he met several dwarves, along with Weta Ltd co-founder and co-director Richard Taylor and Mr. Jackson, well known for his "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, also adapted from the writings of Mr. Tolkien.
The 65,000 square foot facility in the suburb of Miramar is best known for its design and effects work on award-winning film projects, including "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "King Kong," "Avatar," "District 9," "The Adventures of Tintin" and "The Hobbit" films.
Mr. Jackson gave Prince Charles a personal tour, including the makeup room where he saw Peter Hambleton, who plays the dwarf Gloin, get some of his makeup done, a transformation that takes more than three hours. When Prince Charles realized how much work went into the prosthetics, he said to Mr. Hambleton, "You are quite a way under all of this", to which Mr. Hambleton replied, "Yes, I'm actually good looking."
Another dwarf, Dori, played by Mark Hadlow, spent two hours getting ready for the royal visit. "I offer myself at the request of Sir Peter Jackson for you to command as you see fit, your servant Dori," he said, kneeling before the Prince, who was clearly amused by the gesture. "I can't tell you how grateful I am – the best birthday present I've had in a long time," he said.
Hobbit fever is reaching new heights in New Zealand as it gears up for the Nov. 28 world premiere in Wellington of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the first film in the trilogy.


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Weddings: Invitation Ideas – as part of the Wedding series by GeoBeats.
Hi, I am Lela, Creative Director here at Lela New York where we specialize in couture wedding invitations. This invitation is one of our popular styles, its our box invitation, so this one is all about colors. She loved pink and she wanted the box of orange to go with it. So we created this Lux invitation with a wrap of contrast color inside. We decorated with a little bit of bling and we did a couture letter press invitation for her with her RSVP that matches in contrast colors.
This wedding invitation was for the Plaza. It was a beautiful invitation that was decorated in crystals and when you open them it was our trifold invitation. It was drenched in gold foil and all their details were printed also in foil. And they had a reception card that told of their the Plaza wedding. And we also did a gold-silk contrast inside.
This invitation took place at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. So we created a special graphics for that. When you open them it had a pretty contrast poppy red kind of lining and then your invitation was inside. So the invitation had hand drawn poppies all the way around and then Brooklyn Botanical Garden was depicted at the bottom and it had contrast letterpress writing. And then we also drew a special Brooklyn Bridge just for the RSVP and then the RSVP envelope.
This wedding invitation was a little bit different. It had your custom die-cut envelope with the wax seal. And then when you opened it, it had a silk envelope with a crystal applique in the middle. And then when you opened it, it revealed a a glass invitation that your guest can actually see through with a tissue in the back, and it was printed in gold.
When having your wedding sometimes its fun to have a wedding theme. this particular bride had a beach theme. So what we created for her save-the-date were these mini surf boards. And you can turn them over and have your wedding day and information behind them. So its just the fun way and her guest were all happy to receive them.
These are the invitations were done in a silk gatefold style. We did crystal appliques on either ends. And then when you open it she had her contrast color inside in a pretty coral. We letterpressed them in coral and then we added foil silver detailing around the edges to give it a little bit of shine. We also added a custom lace applique in the background, just to add another actual touch of romance.
This invitation is for a destination bride who wanted a little bit of Lux in her wedding invitation. So we created a trifold invitation for her and her lavender colors matched her bridesmaid dresses. So when you open them up it reveals invitation inside. The packets were for her RSVPs where we foil stamped her invitations, and we foil stamped her Logo and everything else was letterpressed with hand drawn details that was letterpressed with lace details as well.
This invitation was for a destination wedding in the Dominican Republic. we used the color teal just to reflect the water and like show a little glitz we added a star fish. When you open it up it, reveals the invitation. Once again we did letterpress which is really popular right now, contemporary. We used the teal color all the way around with a top of yellow. Then this little pocket has her RSVP information to let her guest know when to reply.
These invitations are boxed invitations so they were done with hands calligraphy in gold and a gold mailer box. When your guest open them it was a story book invitation with custom embroidery of their logo and it was a beach themed wedding as they were getting married on the beach. We use linens in a blush color and inside is a contrast color. We used gold foil for that extra little shine. And then if you flip through them you would see different stories of how they met in Long beach, their story as they went on and poems and accommodation. So all their information fit nicely into this one invite that the guest could take with them.


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The story of Larson's Home Furnishings in Redwood Falls actually begins in 1889, when Lars Larson emigrated to the United States from Norway."My great-grandfather became a homesteader near Mobridge, South Dakota, after 20 years on the farm," said Scott Larson, current owner of the firm."He both sold furniture, and was an undertaker who could conduct funerals in both Norwegian and English. His buckboard could convert from hauling furniture into a hearse.""Many people wonder why furniture and funeral businesses often went hand-in-hand."Until quite recently, it was a logical combination. The companies that manufactured furniture also manufactured caskets. The horses and wagons used to deliver furniture could also be used for funerals."Lars had many sons, some of whom went into the family business. In 1939, Lars' son Edwin Sr. moved to Kenyon, Minnesota because of an overabundance of Larson brothers the local furniture and mortuary trades.After World War II, Edwin's son—Edwin Jr.—moved on to Redwood Falls, and opened a furniture store in a brand new facility on Mill St. Scott, the current owner, joined his father in the business in 1974."We're one of the few remaining stores in town that's fourth generation," Scott said last week.When a connected store moved across the street, the Larsons took the opportunity to expand their furniture store to fill the entire 24,000 square foot facility, both upstairs and full basement. Another 6,000 sq. feet was added to the west in 1996."We do remote warehousing so we can use this whole building as our showroom," Scott said.The firm's motto, "Feather your nest with a little down," was borrowed from a furniture store in South Dakota."After he came home from World War II, my father was a traveling salesman," said Scott. "When he saw the slogan on a store, the owner said, 'You can have it.'"The motto is a pun, with the word "feather" meaning "to furnish", "nest" meaning your home, and "a little down" meaning paying a small down payment."It's a nice little slogan for us," said Larson.Today, Larson's Home Furnishings employs about a dozen people, and includes another branch in Marshall. The store also sells floor coverings, and has free local delivery.Although Larson's features departments for every room in the house, Scott said the most demand is for "upholstery," meaning furnishings that make use of fabric or leather.Any furniture store has to take into account trends and fashions."We're a 'fashion and function' industry," said Larson. "A home furnishing's features must translate into customer benefits at pricing that's a value."We still have fun every day, and we appreciate our employees and customers, many of whom have become friends. This is a great region to have a small business."
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STOCKTON - A 35-year-old man was killed and a 33-year-old man badly wounded in a double shooting Sunday morning in a garage on East Harding Way about a block east of Airport Way, Stockton police reported.
The homicide victim was Deacon Feuerhelm of Stockton, police spokesman Joe Silva said Sunday night. As the incident remained under investigation Sunday, no suspects had been identified nor did police release the names of the injured man.
Earlier in the day, a woman who identified herself as Feuerhelm's mother, Diane Dunlap of Stockton, stood vigil at the corner of Pilgrim Street and Harding, just across the street from two homes cordoned off by crime-scene tape.
"They won't even let me identify him myself," she said, the distress showing around her eyes, as she spoke to a reporter from The Record about 1:30 p.m. Police said they received the first report of the shooting at 8:19 a.m.
Christine Livingston, a family friend who shares a home with Dunlap and accompanied the distraught mother through her vigil, said the incident came as a complete surprise.
"We don't even know why he was here," she said.
She said she knew Feuerhelm through his visits with his mother.
"He was a really sweet guy," Livingston said.
The friend said she had tried and failed to convince Duncan to return home to wait for police to call her in.
"She said, 'I'm not leaving, I want to see my son,'" Livingston said.
Police said the wounded man was taken to an area hospital and underwent surgery after being shot multiple times in the leg.
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OAKLAND -- Truth is, this China trip is going to be a monster. About 12 hours on a plane, into a time zone 15 hours ahead. When they get there, they'll have appearances and community events, in addition to practice and two games against the Los Angeles Lakers.
"We're not kidding anybody," Warriors forward David Lee said. "This is not going to be the easiest trip for us."
With that said, why is Lee excited? Why was there a spirited buzz after Warriors practice, their last on American soil for at least the next 10 days? The answer is in the opportunity this China trip presents.
The middle-of-training-camp trip to Asia affords the Warriors a chance to bond as a team. With potentially seven new players on the roster, Golden State is a month into its latest chemistry project. The hope is to recreate the magic of last season.
"One of the positives we can really bring out of this is to come together as a team," Lee said. "That's as important, in my opinion, as what we do on the court in this preseason. Because we saw it last year. We made the final four in the West and we didn't have one of the top four rosters in the West, talent-wise. We played together, and we had the best chemistry in the league. We need to repeat that this year."
The opportunities will be plenty. Friday at noon, the Warriors embark on the 6,000-mile journey. They land in Beijing on Saturday evening and will have a team dinner later that night. Sunday, after practice, they will make the trip to the Great Wall and later visit the Taijing Migrant School.
On Monday is a welcome reception and team dinner, and Tuesday is game day. After the game, the team flies to Shanghai. On Thursday, Fan Appreciation Day is being held at the Oriental Sports Center, which will include the players putting on a clinic for fans. Friday, they play the Lakers again before flying back home on Saturday.
Coach Mark Jackson said the life experience that will come from this trip is important. And the Warriors are going to experience it together.
"Any time you can experience that," Jackson said, "see how someone else does things, how they live, it's a learning tool. It's a great experience for us. I value it."
The Warriors are trying to extend their reach to the growing basketball market of China. It's a natural transition since the Bay Area boasts three of the top five Asian populations in the United States (San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland). Even two Chinese-American mayors preside in the region.
So the Warriors are not just preparing for the season, they are on a business trip.
They are ambassadors for the Golden State Warriors brand and the NBA. In more ways than one they are working together.
The hope is that all the peripheral happenings don't take away from the product on the court but make it click.
"I think this trip is going to be huge for our chemistry," Lee said. "We knew it would be a process, adding as many guys as we added. I think this trip, while it's going to be exhausting to go over there this time of year, it's great for team building. Because really, while we're over there, it's just us, our team. I think this will take us even further in the right direction."
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By Christopher B. Nelson
On Sunday, May 11, St. John's College held its two hundred twenty-second commencement ceremony in Annapolis. The commencement speaker was Andrew J. Krivak, an alumnus of the Annapolis Class of 1986, and a National Book Award Finalist for his first novel, The Sojourn.
One expects to hear a great deal of laudatory rhetoric at a commencement ceremony. Commencement speakers have something of an obligation to congratulate the graduates, as well as to praise parents and relatives for their support. They often make these celebratory topics the centerpieces of their speeches.
Mr. Krivak certainly fulfilled the obligation very elegantly. But he chose to place at the center of his speech an unexpected theme: the suffering and joy of struggle.
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The Richmond County Sheriff's Office has seen a spike in pedestrian-involved accidents this year. (WRDW-TV)
News 12 at 6 o'clock / Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Richmond County deputies say they are slammed, working fatal case after fatal case. Now they're working on some changes to make the streets a little safer.
This year, 42 people have been killed on Augusta roads. Thirteen of those have been pedestrians, an uptick from the five pedestrian deaths in 2011.
"It's a lot. That's probably the most that I've ever been familiar with, and I'm almost 24 years here," explained Richmond County Sheriff's Lt. Randy Prickett.
And now two more fatalities in two days.
"We'd rather not have anything to do, but unfortunately, right now we're backed up. We've been hit pretty hard the last month and half," he said.
That includes one deadly pedestrian accident Tuesday night on Washington Road. Investigators say 47-year old Rapha Felts of North Carolina darted into traffic after leaving dinner with friends. They believe he may have been running to the bank to pay his check.
"Everybody's affected by this, whether it be the relatives of the person that's struck, the driver, witnesses who see it. I mean, they're still going to have shock from what they observed and it's just not something that an everyday individual has to deal with, so it lingers with them for quite a while," Prickett said.
On Monday night, a 5-year old was killed and his 13-year-old sister is now in good condition after they tried to cross Peach Orchard Road, another busy four-lane highway.
"People aren't using their heads, they're not slowing down, they're in a rush and they don't want to rush," Prickett said.
And in each case, a crosswalk was only a few steps away.
"Out of the last five we've had, we've had I think three of them, were within 50 foot of the crosswalk. They just decided not to use it for some reason," Prickett said. "I think they're in a hurry. They don't want to cross at the crosswalks, 'cause they don't want to wait on the sign to tell them to go or to not go."
Now they're working to teach people about the laws and crack down on people breaking it.
"Some of them don't know the law, and I think that's where you get some confusion where I think some motorists don't understand what rights the pedestrians have and I don't think the pedestrians understand that they don't always have the right of way," he said.
Neither driver in the cases this week are expected to be charged. The Sheriff's Office is also meeting with traffic engineers this week to see if there's anything more that can be done to bring down these numbers.
There are 13 laws involving pedestrian and driver right of ways. Most of them start with the crosswalk. The Sheriff's Office is passing out the laws to deputies as a refresher. Click here to read the laws (PDF).


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A Macon man, Jeff Taylor, died early Friday morning in a fire.
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Sudden Cardiac Death (cont.)
Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Dr. Ben Wedro practices emergency medicine at Gundersen Clinic, a regional trauma center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His background includes undergraduate and medical studies at the University of Alberta, a Family Practice internship at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Daniel Lee Kulick, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. Kulick received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Southern California, School of Medicine. He performed his residency in internal medicine at the Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center and a fellowship in the section of cardiology at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology.
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
In this Article
- Introduction to sudden cardiac arrest
- What are the causes of sudden cardiac arrest?
- What about sudden cardiac arrest in the young?
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- Can sudden cardiac arrest be prevented?
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What about sudden cardiac arrest in the young?
In younger people, sudden death is a rare event, but since it often involves people involved in athletics, cases are often reported in the press. The most common cause is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hypertrophy=to grow abnormally large + cardio=heart + myopathy = diseased muscle). This disease is often hereditary, and the walls of the ventricle are larger than they should be. This makes the pumping chamber of the heart smaller, and the heart has to work harder to pump blood out of the heart. As well, the thickened muscle narrows the space for the blood to flow through the aortic valve and to the rest of the body. During exercise, this decreased blood flow can irritate the heart muscle itself and cause ventricular fibrillation, collapse, and sudden death.
Anomalous coronary arteries can also cause sudden death in the young. The heart is a muscle itself, and like any muscle, it needs blood supply to provide oxygen for it to work. Normally, the coronary arteries lie on the surface of the heart. Anomalous arteries dive into the heart muscle itself and may be occluded when the heart muscle that surrounds the abnormally placed artery squeezes aggressively, as with exercise, shutting off blood supply to part of the heart. This irritates the electrical system and can cause ventricular fibrillation and sudden death.
The pre-participation athletic physical examination is a useful tool to screen children andadolescents for their risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
Commotio cordis is a situation in which the heart stops when the chest is hit by an object. News stories occasionally report of baseball players who are hit in the chest by a ball and collapse because their heart stops beating. The heart sits behind the breastbone, and the electrical system can be short circuited when a direct blow is sustained.
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WILLIAMSTOWN - In a physical battle here Thursday at Huggins Field, the Class A No. 4 Williamstown soccer team had to rally for a 2-2 tie on senior day against visiting St. Marys....
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I'm completely excited about running my first half marathon! It seems like forever that I've been wanting to do this and in all reality the goal was a full marathon not just a half. Each time I find a marathon I'd like to do I chicken out totally overwhelmed with whether or not I'd finish in the amount of time given....hence taking on a half marathon instead. I know I'll do just fine with timing just makes me a bit nervous as the reason I run is more for the clearing of the mind and those ever so lovely endorphins. Ultimately this is all about celebrating my love of the run heaven help me if I become competitive with my time. Slower than molasses is all I can say when I even think about how long it takes me to do my runs....ten minute mile and slowing for about a minute to have a drink pretty much one. The anticipation is killing me....can't wait to know what it'll feel like and know I did it. I'm thinking marathons will be a source of undeniable addiction just as the everyday running itself has. I'm not a competitive runner hahaha...yet and was curious if there are others that weren't overly competitive and if marathon running have changed your views on how and why you run after doing a couple?
I haven't run a full marathon yet but I'm like you in wanting to run a full marathon. I plan to run the Baltimore full marathon next year. This year I'm running the half marathon.
I never thought I would ever run a full marathon or ever feel an inkling of interest in a full marathon, but I fell in love with the training. I love organized plans and accomplishments. The benefit of feeling like I accomplished something every week at the end of a long run is just so wonderful. I'm also amazed at how at what the human body can do when you push beyond your mental limit. I'm interested in exploring that even further through marathon (and triathlon) training.
So, I found a gift of endurance inside of me. Even if I'm not the fastest, I have something in me that most people don't and that's the will and determination to endure. I suggest you find a marathon with a generous time cap. I know there are a number of them out there that say you have to finish within 5 hours or less but there's a good number of marathons that make enough time for walkers to finish. But running a 10 min mile will definitely guarantee a decent finish time so I wouldn't worry about that.
Completed Races 2012:
Rock and Roll USA Half Marathon, 02:54:26 (1st run POST injury)
Cherry Blossom 10-Miler, 01:49:00
Upcoming Races 2012:
IronGirl Half Marathon, 4/29/12
Frederick Half Marathon, 5/6/12
Atlantic City International Sprint Tri, 09/17/12
Rock and Roll Philly Half Marathon, 09/18/12
Baltimore Half Marathon, 10/13/12
Marine Corps Marathon, 10/28/12
ING NYC Marathon, 11/4/12
Personal Record from 2011:
Teach, Learn, Play 5k, 10/02/11 00:26:57 (PR)
Marine Corps Marathon 10k, 10/30/11 01:05:38 (PR)
Baltimore Half Marathon, 10/15/11, 02:24:15 (PR)
I normally run and race shorter distances (5K/10K) but I've also run two half marathons (2007 and 2008) and a full marathon (2009). The longer distances are not my best ones, because I haven't been running them for years, and do have more natural ability at shorter distances. Nevertheless, in my early 50's, I was looking for a couple of new running challenges. I found that the half marathons, and especially the marathon, required a lot more physical and mental discipline, as well as significantly more structured training, than the shorter distances to which I was accustomed. I finished the marathon in 4:43, which was not terribly fast (about 10:45/mile - that's nearly 3 min/mile slower than my 5K race pace), but I did finish with a big smile and waving my arms in the air, realizing I had just run the equivalent of over 8 consecutive 5K's.
I would like to eventually run another marathon, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Nevertheless, the marathon taught me a very different kind of endurance-oriented running discipline that I think has made me a more well-rounded and better runner overall.
By the way, a 10 min/mile marathon pace, especially for a first marathon - I would not call that "slow as molasses". Check out the distribution of finishing times for most large marathons anywhere in the country - 10 min/mi is a very respectable midpack pace.
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Angels Baseball Foundation 5K, Anaheim, CA, 24:24
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Great Race of Agoura - Old Agoura 10K, Agoura Hills, CA, 51:40
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I have run a few marathons (~20) and the main change I have seen is that my training year-round is more oriented to the marathon. I do race at all distances because I enjoy it, but also partly because you (most of us anyway) can't run a marathon every couple weeks. Training for and running a marathon is different because it is so hard to put it all together, where the training goes well and the race goes well. It's a lot more than two half-marathons back-to-back (or 8 5Ks!). I am a little competitive but mostly with myself. One sort of nice thing I find about the marathon is my time is always in the perspective of what happened in the race. If my ankle starts going south at mile14 and feels twice it's normal size by mile 20, and by mile 18 I can't even drink water without having to walk to settle my stomach (all this happened in one marathon last year), well, then just finishing is an accomplishment. Time is way down the list.
I ran another marathon a few weeks later (unusual for me that close together) and by carefully watching my pace, and what I ate/drank and when, I avoided all those problems, finished over 30 minutes faster, and finished comfortably - comfortably enough to run the last mile (relatively) hard.
I've only run one HM, never a full, so my opinion may not amount to much. Like you, I'm not overly competitive and did the HM with the only thought being to finish it. I only compete against myself out there (probably because I'm not likely to beat too many others), but that "competition" is what drives me forward. Also, like others have said, 10 minute miles in a full marathon is nothing to sneeze at.
I agree with all above and would add a couple of things: I also trained year round for distance Fulls and Halfs but enjoy all distances. I have hit my potential on every distance except the marathon. I have run 5 marathons and they have been good each with a better time, but never what the calculators say I could/should run one. I am competitive with myself and the Boston Qualifying Standard which I have not done. I do very much enjoy the schdule that training for marathons requires. Here is a quote the explains my feeling for marathons:
"There will be days that you don't know if you can run a marathon...but there will be a lifetime of knowing that you have. Marathons are all different, but each time you cross that finish line, you hunger for the next one...it's a great feeling of accomplishment! "
Good luck, I have one on 2 Oct
I too am running my first half marathon next Sunday. I thought I would just be an "5k Guy" but I was challenged to do the half marathon and I'm happy that I decided to do it. I think I have become a much better runner because I took this on.
I did a practice run last weekend and did much better than I thought I would or could do. I did well enough that, now that I know I can do it, I'm looking towards putting in a good time. I'd love to do it in 2 hours flat after running about 2:10 or so in the practice, but I ran pretty well (for me, anyway - I thought I would be closer to 2:20) in the practice. I think I would be happy just beating my practice time. I'm hoping to see some pacing groups that I could latch onto and maybe they can pull me along to a better performance than I think I am currently capable of. Even though it wasn't a race, the practice run had about 500 people show up and it had very race-like conditions.
I'll decide if I wan't to train for a full marathon next year. I definately want to do one before I turn 40 - that gives me about 3 years to get ready.
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El Comecandela, Stephen Ramón Berrios, is, beyond a doubt, the most emulated drumset percussionist working in Latin music today. Born in El Barrio, NYC, and of Puerto Rican descent, he is one of the few blessed to have been born into a truly musical family. He used to stay with his grandmother on 112th street between Madison and Park Avenues at a time when a who's who of Latin music lived in that community. Puente, Mongo, Joe Cuba, Cheo, Machito, Mario Bauza were all neighbors. "My grandmother and Willie Bobo's mom were tight", says Steve. His father, a drummer for Marcelino Guerra, Noro Morales, Pupi Campo, Joe Loco and other musicians of the 40s, used to take him to Tito Puente's rehearsals at the Palladium Ballroom when Mongo, Willy Bobo and Bobby Rodriguez were with the orchestra. Jimmy La Vaca and Uva Nieto were some of Steve's early influences, but it was Willie Bobo who made a profound impression on the young Berrios. According to Steve, "To play a Criollo bongo solo and then play the jazz drumset...I have to take my hat off to him." The solo he's referring to is "Ti Mon Bo" (standing for Tito - Mongo - Bobo) on Puente's Top Percussion album. "That record was like the Bible to me: I knew it backward and forward." Absorbing influences from other artists like Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and Ramito from his father's record collection gave Steve a broad and varied musical perspective.
In 1954, his father brought him to see Katherine Dunham's dance company where he saw Julito Collazo perform. He got to meet him later when Collazo and Berrios Sr. played the same gig at the Havana Madrid. Later, in the 1960s, Steve began studying Cuban ceremonial drumming with Collazo. "For about a year I was an apprentice packing up the drums, getting the drummers rum and towels. But I learned the sequence of songs and rhythms this way. I'd go to take a lesson and end up watching a boxing match. I believe that when you hang out with your elders you capture a part of their essence. So, when I have a student, he has to have a drink with me, watch me set up my drums, and converse about all aspects of life. A person's vibe rubs off on you. Music for me is a life experience. It's not like I'm a musician at 9pm for the first set and when I get off the bandstand that's it. It's something you have to live while you're brushing your teeth or while you go pay your telephone bill."
Steve's approach is anti-set and not to prepare routine settings. "It doesn't lead to creativity. Looseness has spirit!" Bandleaders, more than often, ignorantly request that he overlap the maraca pattern on the highhat. He emphasizes the importance of musicians studying and having a thorough knowledge of each percussion component and their function. "I can tell how a drummer thinks by the pattern he's playing on his bass drum. I don't look at the drum as an instrument - it's a deity. My drumset is alive to me. I even have names for my drums: Ho is my bassdrum and Hi-De is the small tom. They're not ashtrays or tables. People sitting on them offends me."
At fifty years young, Berrios is now often stopped on the streets to be congratulated for his debut record. "People ask me what took me so long. I haven't been hiding. I'm on over 300 records! Finally producer Todd Barkan had enough foresight to give me the opportunity, without limitations, to do what I wanted to do my way." Son Bachéche is the name of the band and First World is the title of the CD. The recording is a This-Is-Your-Life episode, a statement of Steve's eclectic makeup. Some of the artists on the record were chosen for their similar backgrounds. Others are longtime friends who have worked with Steve throughout his career. Tired old Latin music forms won't be found on it. It reflects Steve's depth. "It's some valid music - probably more spiritual and honest than some other things out there."


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There were 63 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday. At that time, there were 1,387 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Assault with a deadly weapon: A 59-year-old man walking in the 400 block of West Worth Street about 10 a.m. Sunday was confronted by a man brandishing a small pry bar. The assailant struck the victim in the head, causing minor injuries. Officers found the suspect a short distance away and arrested Owen Presley, 59.
Dwelling shot: A 53-year-old female was at home on the 8600 block of West Lane when she heard several gunshots. Going outside, she saw her house had been struck by gunfire. The assailant, a 30-year-old male in dark clothing, fled in a waiting vehicle.
Stabbing: Police were called to a house on the 2200 block of Marsh Street just before 8 p.m. Sunday on a report that a man had stabbed his 19-year-old son. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment of a wound to his right arm.
The California Highway Patrol did not report on its activities in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 90 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday, including nine vehicle accidents, 66 medical calls and two structure fires.
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OAKLAND -- Ecologic, which makes sustainable packaging for food and other household items, celebrates a major milestone next week: the official opening of its 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Central Valley city of Manteca.
Since its founding in 2008, Oakland-based Ecologic has made a name for itself by disrupting the packaging market. Americans generate enormous amounts of trash -- milk cartons, juice boxes, yogurt containers, bottled water, laundry detergent, clamshell containers -- and most of it is not recycled. The average American generates 4.4 pounds of waste per day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Ecologic, a private, venture-backed startup, makes "packaging the Earth can live with." The compostable outer shells of Ecologic's containers are made of recycled cardboard and old newspapers, while the inner pouches use plastic but up to 70 percent less than a typical package.
Its first big product launch was a bottle for Seventh Generation laundry detergent, which is available in 7,000 stores nationwide. Now Safeway is using Ecologic's packaging for its Bright Green detergent line, which it sells in more than 1,100 stores nationwide.
Teena Massingill, director of corporate public affairs for Safeway, said Ecologic's technology supports Safeway's drive toward zero-waste business practices.
"Ecologic is a great fit for our brand and a way to differentiate Bright Green," she said.
Finding a manufacturing facility that could handle food-grade containers wasn't easy. But Manteca turned out to be ideal for many reasons. Several companies, including Safeway, have distribution centers nearby, and the Central Valley city is close to the trucking and transit corridor of Interstate 5. There's also a supply of workers who have experience in manufacturing. Ecologic has hired roughly 30 people to work in the Manteca plant; several of them used to work for suppliers to the former NUMMI plant in Fremont.
"We made the decision that we wanted to stay in California," CEO Julie Corbett said in an interview. "We have to make manufacturing work in a high-cost, high-regulatory environment. If we can do it in California, we can do it anywhere."
Corbett, who lives in Oakland, says it is about 50 minutes door-to-door to the Manteca facility. Andrew Falcon, a veteran of Mitsubishi and the plastics industry, has joined Ecologic as chief operating officer and will oversee manufacturing in Manteca.
"This is a major endeavor for us -- building a factory," Corbett said. "But this can really be done. It's not just a concept."
Corbett says consumers in the United States as well as abroad are ready for sustainable packaging. When given the choice between "plastic or paper" at the grocery store, a growing number of shoppers choose paper. Cities across the country are banning plastic bags. And even vineyards are searching for alternatives to wine bottles.
"We're working on a sleek wine bottle," Corbett said.
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North Dakota has had its deadliest year on its roads in more than 30 years, with 168 people dying in 146 crashes on roads within the state.
The Bismarck Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/UIUgct) that North Dakota hadn't topped 150 traffic fatalities since 1981.
North Dakota Highway Patrol Sgt. Tom Iverson says the 2012 traffic statistics can partially be attributed to more people driving and more miles being driven in the state. Statistics from the state Department of Transportation show a steady increase in miles traveled and registered vehicles.
The 2012 fatality tally is 20 higher than 2011 and 63 higher than 2010.
Iverson says busier roads, especially in western North Dakota's oil country, contribute to the jump. Alcohol and failure to wear seat belts also play a part.
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ETS has taken the definition and frameworks used in our various state, national and international assessments of literacy to create the PDQ (Prose, Document and Quantitative) Profile Series. The series consists of two tests that provide accurate information about an individual's skill at using written and printed information on three literacy scales: prose, document and quantitative. This information can be used to:
- determine if and where there is a need to improve literacy skills
- better focus teaching and learning activities
- compare an individual's results with those obtained in the state, national and international surveys
The PDQ Profile Series has two separate tests: a full-length test and a locator test.
Both tests are only available electronically and consist of real-world tasks and open-ended questions that are automatically scored by the computer. The tests are also adaptive in that they adjust to an individual's level of skill.
Full-length Test
The full-length test consists of a short set of background questions, plus three sets of prose, document and quantitative literacy tasks.
Purpose: This test can be used to provide a profile of an individual's literacy skill or to determine whether skills have improved over time as the result of some intervention.
Test time: About 90 minutes. The test is not timed or speeded. Instead, test takers can work at their own pace within a reasonable period of time.
Scores: On this test, scores are provided in five-point increments, from 0 to 500, along a single literacy scale (prose, document or quantitative) and broken into one of five levels of literacy proficiency.
Scores describe an individual's strengths and weaknesses, with respect to the types of literacy tasks they can perform, and can be used to characterize an individual's performance in terms of national and international results.
Locator Test
The primary differences between the full-length test and the locator test are the number of test items each person receives and the amount of testing time that is required.
Purpose: The locator test provides a general evaluation of an individual's literacy skills in each of the three domains. Because of how it's scored, the locator is not appropriate for pre- and post-testing.
Test time: About 50 to 60 minutes. The test is not timed or speeded. Instead, test takers can work at their own pace within a reasonable period of time.
Scores: Scores are reported in terms of levels rather than score points on the three literacy scales. So, for example, each test taker will receive a profile that indicates whether they are in Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 and higher on each of the three scales.
A score can be used for comparative purposes with information from the state, national and international surveys and to provide general skill information regarding an individual's performance.
See also:
- Adult Literacy Surveys
- The International Adult Literacy Survey: Understanding What Was Measured
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The Rush to Ratify: BC Rejected International Investment Deal in '98 and Should Do So Again
Carol Linnitt | October 25, 2012
By Carol Linnitt • Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 14:56
This past weekend trade investment lawyer, Gus Van Harten, spent his time in his basement, rifling through old files. He knew that somewhere, buried in piles of international investment and legal trade documents, there was the answer to this one nagging question he couldn't shake: hadn't British Columbia already refused an investor-state treaty like the China-Canada Investment Deal once before? And wasn't that rejection because the trade deal was 'unconstitutional?'


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25 years ago
- The Marietta Rotary Club is planning to pave a 1,800-foot walkway along the Muskingum River. The project is estimated to cost $8,000.
- The Hill and Dale Garden Club discussed the "Birds of Ohio" at its last meeting. Various birds and their eating habits were discussed. The next meeting will be Feb. 18 and will include slides of "Wildflowers of Ohio."
100 years ago
- The Pattin Brothers company foundry, currently located on the West Side, at the corner of Harmar and Market streets, will be moved to the rear of the machine shop of Pattin Brothers, on Second Street.
- Putnam and Third streets are to have new business blocks as a result of a huge realty deal.
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USA, 2011, 65 Minute Running Time
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Genre/Subjects: Avant Garde/Experimental, Biographical, Drama
Program: Contemporary World CinemaLanguage: English
What if we could witness the everyday lives of historical figures from a time long before photography could capture them—and understand them in the context of the intellectual movements of their time?
Experimental filmmaker Abigail Child takes this as her starting point in exploring 19th-century Romanticism through the life of author Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein. Child has created a kind of home movie of Shelley's life with her poet husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. This is not your grandmother's costume drama but an avant-garde visual poetry of ordinary moments, juxtaposed against brief capsules about the more dangerous ideologies of the day. The two may beam at the camera in the first flush of love, while Mary explains in voice-over narration that they have just fled her possessive father and Percy's first wife. But all of their kisses and wanderings, their meetings and partings carry the self-conscious quality of being watched as they risk unconventionality. An occasional excerpt from Shelley's poetry gives the film an ethereal feel. And always, all around them are lush surroundings, often portrayed in mirror images that double the beauty.
Child won the Stan Brakhage Vision Award at the Starz Denver Film Festival in 2011. A Shape of Error was filmed in 2009 and 2010 while Child was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome, where she used the spectacular settings of the Italian landscape. Her films are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, among others.
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WWII veteran beaten to death
Published: Friday, August 23, 2013 at 7:32 a.m.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An 88-year-old veteran of World War II was beaten to death outside the Eagles Lodge in Spokane, and police are seeking two young males in the incident.
Friends identified the victim as Delbert Belton, and say he was sitting outside the lodge when he was attacked. No motive was offered.
Police say they received a call about an assault at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and responded to find the victim sitting in his car with serious head injuries. The victim was taken to a hospital, and died Thursday morning.
Police say they are looking for two males between the ages of 16 and 19 years old.
KXLY-TV reported that Belton was wounded during the Battle for Okinawa during World War II.
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Pearson Under Pressure
Market reaction to news that Pearson is downgrading its full-year earnings forecast, largely because of the closure of its U.K. apprenticeships division, highlights broader anxieties about the company's business model.
The education to newspapers group announced Monday that it's closing Pearson in Practice, which it acquired less than three years ago for around £100 million.
Analysts say the shares took a battering because earnings downgrades are historically rare for the company. Pearson shares fell 3% Monday in a higher overall London market.
"What's spooked investors about this is that there has been a continued cycle of upgrades up to this point. This is the first time for a long time that there's been a downgrade to earnings," said Ian Whittaker, a media stock analyst at Liberum Capital.
Mr. Whittaker said the downgrade had focused investors' minds on the risks to Pearson's education business which is now by far its biggest business unit and has long been perceived to be its fastest-growing and most stable business. Pearson is the publisher of the Financial Times and The Economist.
Pearson in Practice became unviable because the current U.K. government, under a broader austerity drive, decided that it would no longer fund apprenticeships in cases where apprentices hadn't identified a placement with an employer. The U.K. is a relatively small part of Pearson's business and the downgrade marginal for earnings overall. But Pearson's mis-step highlights the extent to which education businesses are at the whim of politicians who are under huge pressure to curb spending.
In its U.S. educational business–a much more significant chunk of Pearson's revenue–such a wrong call could have had much more serious consequences. Pearson's North American education business is healthy, for sure: it's highly profitable and gaining market share in a tough market, but it's nevertheless grappling with pressures on state school budgets and Federal cuts to higher education. Pearson said in its trading statement Monday net sales for the combined total U.S. school and higher education publishing industries declined by 11% in the first 11 months of the year.
"In the U.S. funding for education is under pressure across schools and colleges. These pressures are now being perceived more acutely by investors," Mr. Whittaker said.
Meanwhile, Pearson is seeking to boost the proportion of revenues that come from digital products and services against this background, something which injects further risk into the model.
A Pearson spokesman said: "Amid tough market conditions, including in the U.S. educational materials industry, Pearson continues to gain significant market share in key markets and the company is benefiting from investments in digital services and growth economies."
But doubts remain. Steve Liechti, an analyst with Investec Securities in London, said:
"North American education, having been perceived as a strength for Pearson, is going through a structural and cyclical hiatus given digital migration and state budgets under pressure. Meanwhile, the professional education market in the U.K. has been very tough…Pearson has been perceived as an upgrade stock but this trend has stalled for now."


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Later in the set, we got a great "Forbin." I think the narration was about the floor of the hockey arena breaking apart and floating through space on the planks. Or something. In any event, the arena just might have gone into orbit several times that night. It wouldn't surprise me at all. The "Famous Mockingbird" took flight (somewhat sloppily) and "Bathtub Gin" followed. Having not heard the Murat "Gin" at the time, I was pleasantly surprised at the improvisation at the end of this version. Looking back on it, it really doesn't go anywhere that interesting and certainly doesn't compare to the Murat version. "Free Bird" was next and, as always, was pretty damn funny.
All in all, the first set was pretty strong -- better than anything they had played the night before. But they were just getting started. The familiar introduction to "2001" started up and they went right into "Mike's Song." The "Mike's" jam just seemed to keep going and going. It went on for about fifteen minutes (which was pretty long for '93, especially if, like me, you hadn't heard any August '93 shows at that point) and never seemed to let up. As the composed part of the jam gave way to improv, they locked into a groove led by some sustained, melodious noodling by Trey. Just great stuff here -- I don't know what else to say. As the jam becomes more bass dominated, Trey starts playing his acoustic and before long they've segued -- yes, segued -- into "The Horse." "The Horse" and "Silent" are their usual selves and "PYITE" -- still a pretty major treat in 1993 -- follows. Nothing much to say about "PYITE" except that looking back on it, it seems to be a pretty tight version, especially at the end where they go in and out of "The Landlady."
"McGrupp" immediately starts up and the next fifteen minutes of the set are pretty much perfect. The Page and Mike duet out of "McGrupp" is absolutely gorgeous -- yet another highlight in a set filled with them. The crowd is absolutely silent. Mike's anchoring bass line fades into nothing and then comes back, along with the rest of the band, as they crescendo back into the "McGrupp" theme. "Weekapaug" starts smoothly out of out of this and what else can be said about this "Weekapaug"? It's pretty short and certainly straight ahead, but the entire song is one long machine gun Trey-fest. After the hilarity of "Purple Rain", a "Slave" chant started up near the stage. And sure enough we got it in all its glory. The build starts very slowly with Page and Trey playing beautifully off of each other. Right up until the peak, Page is banging away on the grand piano, perfectly complementing Trey's screaming leads. All the while, Kuroda's lights are swirling around the arena in a siren-like effect. Just another one of those Phish show moments that's permanently imprinted on my brain -- talk about a smoking crater. "Rockytop" and "Good Times Bad Times" sent us out into the sub-zero Maine night. What a set! Sure, there have been better musical moments in Phishstory, probably even better sets. But there are few sets that hold up as a whole the way this one does almost 16 years later. Not a single boring moment, every song executed perfectly, gorgeous segues, exploratory jamming. I knew as soon as I walked out of the civic center that night why I had seen eleven other shows in 1993 and why I was about to see one more -- to see that show.


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The Princeton University Weekend College Prep Camp will be a short but intense camp geared towards players interested in playing college soccer. The camp will be coached by members of the Princeton University Men's Soccer staff. The camp staff will do their best to provide two sessions on Friday, three on Saturday, and one on Sunday morning. Campers are expected to arrive with a fitness level required for 6 training sessions in this timeline. The sessions will include technical work, small-sided games and exercises, and full-sided matches in a competitive setting. Players will be asked to take ownership of their responsibilities on and off the field, to compete in every session, and to participate in camp meetings and post-game discussions that focus on player development, team tactics, and individual feedback.
**Camp dorms do not have air conditioning. We recommend you bring a fan with you to camp.**
Princeton University reserves the right to cancel, postpone or reschedule any camp or clinic because of low enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. In the unfortunate case a camp or clinic is canceled, Princeton University will issue a full refund of the fees paid. Princeton University cannot be held responsible for any related costs, charges or expenses, including but not limited to; cancellation/change fees assessed by airlines, hotels, car services or travel agencies.