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South Korea
Asia Pacific Economic Outlook, January 2013
South Korea's economy is likely to be weighed down by low job growth and high inflation. The government plans to frontload fiscal spending to revive the economy, but GDP growth is likely to be anemic.
Amid lingering global economic uncertainty, the upside for South Korea's economy is limited, and growth is expected to be anemic. The government lowered its growth forecast for 2013 to 3 percent, citing lower job growth and elevated inflation as key challenges. While growth is likely to pick up during the second half of the year, the first quarter, is expected to experience lower growth. The government plans to frontload fiscal spending, ease housing regulation, and support investment in order to revive the economy. However, external weaknesses and high household indebtedness will likely weigh heavily on the country's growth prospects.
In 2013, the Bank of Korea (BoK) plans to implement a monetary policy that will support the country's economic recovery and promote financial stability. In July and October, the BoK lowered its interest rate in a bid to spur growth. Monetary easing led to record-low bank lending rates, leading to a loan-deposit spread of 2.6 percent in November. Meanwhile, consumer price inflation came in lower than expected and fell to a four-month low in December 2012. The consumer price index gained 1.4 percent in December, following a 1.6 percent increase in the previous month. The central bank expects that inflation will likely rise to nearly 2.5 percent in the coming months. However, lower-than-expected inflation could allow the central bank some flexibility in easing monetary policy.
Exports account for over half of South Korea's GDP, and they will play a key role in determining the country's growth trajectory. Fiscal cliff negotiations in the United States and a prolonged economic slowdown in Europe have resulted in a drag on overseas demand and export growth. If the US economy is able to avert decelerating growth induced by fiscal concerns, South Korea's export sector stands to gain. Although South Korea's concerns have eased slightly following the temporary extension on US fiscal cuts until February, the outlook is likely to remain clouded for the next few months. The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy has forecast that a failure to reach an agreement on the fiscal deficit negotiations in the US could result in a 0.3 percent decline in exports, which could potentially lower Korea's GDP growth by 1.1 percentage points.
Another factor holding back South Korea's economy is high household indebtedness and a low savings rate.
Meanwhile, Korea's trade surplus shrank in December 2012 as exports fell at a faster rate than imports. The trade surplus came in at $2.0 billion, down from $4.5 billion in November and $3.8 billion in October 2012. Exports declined 5.5 percent compared to the previous year, and imports shrank 5.3 percent. Export volumes, which began an upward trend in October, fell for the first time in three months. However, annual trade exceeded $1 trillion in spite of external uncertainties. South Korea benefitted from increased exports to the Middle East, which rose 11.4 percent. Exports to 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations rose 10.4 percent over the previous year, but shipments to Europe contracted 11.4 percent. Petroleum products became the country's largest export item, accounting for 10.3 percent of total exports. However, exports of ships and wireless telecommunication devices declined.
Another factor holding back South Korea's economy is high household indebtedness and a low savings rate. At the end of September, Korea's household debt had risen 5.6 percent over the previous year to $882 billion. Meanwhile, the average savings rate for Korean families hovered below 3 percent. In addition, deteriorating job market conditions adversely impact consumers' disposable incomes and hold back spending.
An uptick in foreign direct investment (FDI), which suggests increased investor confidence, is the silver lining amid broad-based economic weakness. FDI investments rose 57.8 percent to $10.4 billion in 2012 boosted by investments from China, the Unites States, and Japan. Moreover, auto production coupled with increased demand for clothing due to unusually cold weather bolstered factory output. However, domestic consumption is unlikely to compensate for the persistent decline in external demand, and the economy will remain vulnerable to its external environment due to the country's dependence on export-led growth.


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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Don't put the summer tires back on just yet. A change in the weather is on its way. But it may take some time.
The National Weather Service's office in Grand Junction predicts that a few minor storms may roll through northwest Colorado starting about the evening of Dec. 5. But the real chance of snow - and, crucially, cooler temperatures - won't come until the week of Dec. 10.
Travis Booth, a forecaster in the National Weather Service's Grand Junction office, said some "minor disturbances" will flow through the region later this week, but those storms will more closely resemble Monday morning's showers, with a bit of snow in the upper valley and rain in Gypsum.
"Farther out there's some promise," Booth said. "The models have been inconsistent, but they do agree there should be a push of cold air."
Meteorologist Joel Gratz of OpenSnow.com said the reasons for the change are complex - weather everywhere is interconnected, he said - but the most simple explanation is that the "jet stream," a flow of air in the upper atmosphere, is shifting to the south. Generally, when the jet stream is tracking to the north, areas to the south stay fairly dry and brown - like the late fall we've had so far. When the jet stream drops to the south, so do the storms. This time of year, that means at least some snow.
Booth said one of the reasons the jet stream has stayed north is that it has been influenced by a persistent low pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska. That low is expected to change to high pressure, which will push the storm track to the south, and much closer to Colorado. When that happens, temperatures drop, so what snow does fall is more likely to stick, at least for a while.
This big question, of course, is whether the storm track will bring feet of white, fluffy powder, a few inches of cement, or something in between? No one knows.
While weather forecasting has become pretty accurate in the short-term, long-term forecasting is still a matter of watching, and history.
"You're looking for trends and consistency between the models," Booth said. "In this case, the models have been consistent, and are trending in the same direction."
In this case, forecasters look for high pressure developing over the Pacific between roughly California and Hawaii. Big, persistent areas of high or low pressure can give forecasters a general idea of what's coming.
In this case, the high pressure should start delivering at least some snow to the Rockies, most likely before Christmas.
"That doesn't guarantee snow - nobody can do that," Gratz said. "But by the later part of the month, people should feel better."
And, of course, snow over the rest of the winter should allow people to feel better about making lemonade, flushing toilets or watering flowers when winter fades into spring and summer next year.
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Tuscaloosa man faces sexual assault charges for second time this year
Published: Friday, November 1, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.
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A Tuscaloosa man has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in Tuscaloosa last week. It is his second arrest on identical charges this year.
Khiyron Montel Amerson, 21, was charged Thursday with second- degree rape and second-degree sodomy against a 15-year-old female victim.
He was charged with second- degree rape and second-degree sodomy against a 14-year-old female victim on March 21. That case is still pending in Tuscaloosa County District Court.
Amerson remained in the Tuscaloosa County Jail Friday with bail set at $60,000.
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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
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Suicide Squad Most Wanted: Deadshot and Katana #1
"Suicide Squad Most Wanted: Deadshot and Katana" #1 offers up two full-length stories by Brian Buccellato, Mike W. Barr, Viktor Bogdanovic, Richard Friend and Diogenes Neves, but neither are as compelling as they could be.
|January 27th, 2016
Justice League #45
"Justice League" #45 kicks off the second act of "The Darkseid War" as Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul form their new pantheon in the wake of Darkseid's death.
|October 22nd, 2015
Detective Comics #44
Brian Buccellato bids farewell to Batman in "Detective Comics" #44, but it's Fernando Blanco's art that makes a stronger impression in this story as Batman and Joker fight one another in robotic suits.
|September 4th, 2015
Detective Comics #42
Brian Buccellato and Francis Manapul continue to wrap up their time on the series with the help of Fernando Blanco in "Detective Comics" #42, as the focus unfortunately shifts slightly from Bullock to the new Batman.
|July 3rd, 2015
Convergence: Crime Syndicate #1
The idea behind "Convergence: Crime Syndicate" #1 is fun, as Brian Buccellato and Phil Winslade pit the old Earth-3 evil version of the JLA against the team from "DC One Million," but there's no energy to this comic.
|May 1st, 2015
Sons of the Devil #1
Brian Buccellato and Toni Infante's "Sons of the Devil" #1 introduces us to a world with mysterious childhoods, multiple murders, missing birthparents and a striking pair of mismatched eyes.
|April 29th, 2015
Detective Comics: Endgame #1
Brian Buccellato, Roge Antonio and Ronan Cliquet's "Detective Comics: Endgame" #1 pays tribute to Norm Breyfogle in the setting of the current "Endgame" storyline that carries over from the pages of "Batman."
|March 16th, 2015
Detective Comics #38
"Detective Comics" #38 is all over the place as Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato try to make statements on society in general as we're treated to action sequences.
|January 12th, 2015
Detective Comics #37
"Detective Comics" #37 looks dazzlingly beautiful courtesy Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato, but this opening chapter to "Anarky" feels like fragments of multiple stories stitched together.
|December 4th, 2014
Detective Comics: Futures End #1
Brian Buccatello tells a tense and intriguing future tale teaming up Batman and The Riddler in "Detective Comics: Futures End" #1 that has ties to recent storylines, drawn by a trio of artists that show not much has changed in Gotham.
|September 4th, 2014
Detective Comics Annual #3
Brian Buccellato, Werther Dell'Edera, Jorge Fornes, and Scott Hepburn give us a story that nominally ties into "Icarus" but this is a comic that feels a little less than the sum of its parts.
|August 4th, 2014
Detective Comics #33
Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato's "Detective Comics" #33 continues their stylish "Icarus" arc and reminds readers that The Dark Knight isn't just a superhero, but also, yes, a detective.
|July 14th, 2014
Detective Comics #31
The second part of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato's "Icarus" storyline in "Detective Comics" #31 brings Batman across Sumo, a crime lord who just so happens to resemble a sumo wrestler.
|May 9th, 2014
Detective Comics #30
"Detective Comics" #30 looks absolutely gorgeous courtesy Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato, and the story centering around a waterfront renovation feels timely and full of promise.
|April 2nd, 2014
Forever Evil: Rogue's Rebellion #3
"Forever Evil: Rogue's Rebellion" #3 starts to feel a little predictable, as Brian Buccellato, Scott Hepburn and Andre Coelho go on a walking tour of the DC Universe during "Forever Evil."
|December 20th, 2013
The Flash #25
"The Flash" #25 has art from Chris Sprouse and Francis Manapul, in a story written by Manapul and Brian Buccellato that focuses on Barry Allen's involvement in "Zero Year."
|November 29th, 2013
Forever Evil: Rogues Rebelllion #1
Having once declared themselves not killers, Flash's foes take center stage in "Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion" #1 from Brian Buccellato and artists Patrick Zircher and Scott Hepburn.
|October 17th, 2013
The Flash #23.3
"The Flash #23.3: the Rogues" sets a quintet of the Flash's most notable foes loose upon Keystone City and Central City with "The Flash" writer Brian Buccellato leading the charge for Patrick Zircher's art.
|September 23rd, 2013
The Flash #23.2
"The Flash" #23.2 should please regular readers of the series, as Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato, and Scott Hepburn pick up directly from "The Flash" #23 as they give the origin of the all-new Reverse-Flash.
|September 12th, 2013
The Flash #23.1
In "The Flash #23.1: Grodd," the temperamental gorilla bumps Flash from the title, staking a claim on the Speed Force and making a charge at the population of Central City from Brian Buccellato and Chris Batista.
|September 5th, 2013
The Flash #22
"The Flash" #22 delivers yet another visual spectacle from Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato that includes Iris West going on a high-speed run with the scarlet speedster.
|July 29th, 2013
The Flash #20
"The Flash" #20 has Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato kick off their Reverse-Flash story, even as Barry Allen's life starts (finally) moving forward and in a good direction.
|May 27th, 2013
The Black Bat #1
"The Black Bat" #1 from Brian Buccellato and Ronan Cliquet is a false start as the creative team fractures the origin tale of Black Bat, keep the tale too simple and throw in a curve ball at the end.
|May 2nd, 2013
Young Romance: The New 52 Valentines Day Special #1
"Young Romance: The New 52 Valentine's Day Special" #1 contains "six love stories from all corners of the DC Universe" from creative teams that include Andy Diggle, Ann Nocenti, Simon Bisley, Emanuela Lupacchino and Inaki Miranda.
|February 11th, 2013
Flash #15
"The Flash" #15 provides Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato (with an assist from Marcus To) to peer into the future in search of the outcome of the "Gorilla Warfare" storyline.
|January 4th, 2013
The Flash #14
"The Flash" #14 still looks beautiful, but it's time for Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato to start wrapping up some storylines before adding more (like a gorilla invasion) into the mix.
|November 29th, 2012
The Flash #13
Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato bring Grodd face-to-face with the Flash and his Rogues in "Gorilla Warfare" to the pages of "The Flash" #13.
|October 25th, 2012
The Flash
Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato bring back the "who killed Nora Allen?" storyline in "The Flash" #0, and in doing so give it a little more meat than previously seen.
|September 27th, 2012
The Flash Annual #1
"The Flash Annual" #1 comes close to hitting some strong beats but quickly devolves into a superpowered shambles seen too many times before as the Flash fights the Rogues.
|August 30th, 2012
The Flash #12
"The Flash" #12 puts the Flash in a tight spot as he apparently becomes responsible for the death of a supporting character just as the Rogues rise up to cause even more calamity.
|August 23rd, 2012
The Flash #10
The Flash faces his old nemesis The Weather Wizard and rescues his damsel in distress, but Barry Allen doesn't get the girl, as our hero continues to struggle with the balance between his public and private lives.
|July 2nd, 2012
The Flash #9
Grodd's back for the first time in "The Flash" #9! Naturally, that's going to cause some problems for Flash.
|May 23rd, 2012
Foster #3
Accused of a murder he didn't commit and on the run, Eddie Foster has to rescue a young boy from monsters known as Dwellers.
|April 23rd, 2012
Superman #6
Another iconic Superman and Supergirl cover by modern master George Pérez. The story inside the book isn't quite as iconic but makes for an entertaining comic..
|February 23rd, 2012
The Flash #6
The story in "The Flash" #6 is fine, but it's the art that will grab your attention.
|February 23rd, 2012
Flash #5
Francis Manapul and Steve Buccellato continue to make this book one of the most visually striking titles on the comic racks.
|January 26th, 2012
Superman #4
Unlike a fine wine, "Superman" is not improving with age.
|December 29th, 2011
The Flash #4
Mob Rule's origin is sufficiently creepy, but it's the art in "The Flash" that will blow your mind.
|December 28th, 2011
Hellblazer Annual 2011
23 years after the first one, "Hellblazer" gives us another Annual. It was actually worth the wait.
|December 9th, 2011
Superman #3
The present day adventures of Superman continue as the Man of Steel fights a menace he can't see!
|November 28th, 2011
The Flash #3
The Flash deals with a massive power outage that has put Central City and the surrounding areas into the dark ages, while also tracking down his friend Manny and his many apparent clones.
|November 27th, 2011
Superman #2
The present day adventures of Superman continue as the Man of Steel fights a menace he can't see!
|October 30th, 2011
The Flash #2
It's the little touches in "The Flash" that make this issue stand out.
|October 26th, 2011
Superman #1
"Superman" finally has his debut, and the end result is... a little dull.
|September 28th, 2011
The Flash #1
Barry Allen pulls on the crimson cowl of the Flash once more in a sharp story and spiffy art by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato
|September 28th, 2011
Justice Society of America #54
It's last call for the Justice Society of America. Last one out, be sure to turn the lights off.
|August 25th, 2011
Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #3
The final week of "Flashpoint" tie-in madness gives us the final issue of "Kid Flash Lost," and provides a glimpse into the "Flashpoint"- verse fates of Max Mercury, Jay Garrick, and Wally West.
|August 24th, 2011
Hellblazer #282
"Hellblazer" heads back to prison for a one-off drawn by Simon Bisley.
|August 19th, 2011
Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #2
This is one of the few "Flashpoint" tie-ins that appears to have a clear purpose.
|July 27th, 2011
Flashpoint: Secret Seven #2
If there's a plot here, it's hard to find.
|July 7th, 2011


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Lou Siffer wrote:Wanted to pass this message along from one of the main rangers at West Lake:
We host a couple of events at West Lake that impede playing on the disc golf course. I thought I'd let you know about these so possibly you could put something on your club web site to help keep people informed. These are:
Fishing Clinic --- Saturday 7 Jun from 8 to noon
Triathlon --- Saturday 14 June from 0530 to noon
The Fishing Clinic uses a portion of the lanes by a couple holes around Rolling Hills Shelter. You could still play, just not those holes.
The Triathlon run course goes right across the dam between the main lake and Railroad Lake and utilizes the trails so that would be an issue. The Gate 4 area is also part of the course and has a water point on the road. Disc golf players need to wait until after lunch to play that day. Both of these events are historic and happen around the same time each year.
We appreciate any support you could provide in this area. Please call if you have any questions.
Marc W. Miller, Deputy Director
Scott County Conservation Board
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Davenport, Iowa 52804
(563) 328-3280, ext 4
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blkwizardsonny wrote:i have only been three times and like it but it is overated but better than 1.5 i think by 2 points
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Conway school superintendent job may set state record topping $150,000
Conway School Board member Mark Hounsell made a motion Monday night that "the Conway School Board takes the position that the annual salary range to be advertised in the search for a new superintendent be posted as being between $150,000 and $160,000, depending on experience."
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Don't let student loan plan change
July 26, 2013
A compromise on student loans that Sen. Joe Manchin helped craft was approved this week in the U.S. Senate and sent to the House of Representatives....
I really didn't want to touch on the GM bankruptcy but after some thought, it occurs to me that it is relevant. As Random, GM did indeed file bankruptcy and as he also pointed out, it was a manipulated bankruptcy that s c r e w e d secured stakeholders in favor of those who contributed financially to the Obama campaign.
Had the bankruptcy worked, then maybe those who supported it could make some sort of honest claim but the fact that despite the fact the Government "invested" millions into GM, they still face the same legacy cost that led to their insolvency in the first place, thus the US branch of GM will soon face insolvency once again and will require ANOTHER bailout. If one can say that is kosher then I would say that person was a partisan hack with an agenda.
This is what happens when the government tries to act in a reasonable manner. Student loans should be strictly controlled with all funds put back into future loans and not financing other doomed legislation.
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Forgot to add that the American taxpayer is still on the hook for $18 billion in GM debt for the stock we "bought".
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What many fail to realize is GM DID go bankrupt. The resulting terms of that bankruptcy rewrote the prevailing settlement laws and favored his constituents, the UAW, but left the bondholders with the losses. It also preserved the union's retirement packages but wiped out many nonunion pensions. This new package pretty much follows the "do nothing" House plan with caps added that would allow rates to rise to almost Carter rates of interest. When the QE3 stimulus does slow or stop those rates will be here before you can say "Jimmy Carter".
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I firmly believe that if anyone should get a break in interest rates it should be "The Student." An education, is the greatest investment in our nation's future. I also believe that our government should "SOMETIMES" loan money to corporations such as General Motors and some banks at a reasonable rate, along with severe controls and restrictions on how that loan is utilized. Those that opposed the saving of GM, fail to recognize the financial devastating ripple effect that would have happened to millions of Americans. The entire state of Ohio is so dependent upon the auto industry that had GM went into bankruptcy and shut down, even for a brief period of time, the entire state government may have been bankrupt as well.
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While I agree with the two below in that our government shouldn't be giving away money to giant corporations, my beliefs are not as dimwitted as theirs in that I believe our government has no business trying to prop up private industry. We have no more business investing in Sunoco then we do Solyndra and if our government is going to loan money, it should be at viable interest rates. There is no such thing as too big to fail, whether it's the bank that carries Congressional retirement funds or an automaker that's been around for a while.
I also do not believe government should try to make money off students to prop up other government programs as Obama has in this case. The interest rate should be set conservatively as to cover administrative cost and any profit earned from repaying student loans should be returned to the student loan program. No one, including the federal government, should be profiting off of students trying to better themselves.
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denver, you are picking up something that your buddy manydems talked about a few days ago. Banks go to the discount window for short term collateralized loans at the current market rate which is now very low. Hardly comparing apples and oranges here. But don't let facts get in the way of trying to make your point.
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I wonder what the author of this editorial thinks about the Banks borrowing money from the federal reserve at .75% interest??
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It makes little sense to keep providing billions of free dollars to the oil industry each year while charging out future educated citizens billions of dollars in interest who are struggling to pay off education loans. Corporations buy our politicians while students are too poor to have any influence at all... Politicians in Washington, D.C. are little more the street walkers...prostitutes
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- Mar 6:
- Oakland teen headed to trial for setting fire to agender teen on AC Transit bus
- Jan 31:
- Oakland teen pleads not guilty to hate crime charges in AC Transit fire-setting to agender teen
- Dec 3:
- Oakland teen set on fire last month returns to school
- Nov 29:
- Oakland teen burned in arson attack says suspect should be tried as juvenile
- Nov 27:
- Teen whose skirt was set on fire released from burn unit
- Nov 17:
- Payton: Bus attack is uncharacteristic for diverse Oakland and the Bay Area
- Nov 16:
- A call to community to remember victims of gender violence
- Nov 15:
- Oakland teen accused of setting skirt-wearing male on fire not homophobic, lawyer says
- Nov 14:
- Supporters of Oakland teen burned on AC Transit bus plan gathering of support
- Nov 13:
- Teen charged in AC Transit bus attack appears in court
- Nov 8:
- Supporters of teen burned on AC Transit bus raise more money, decorate bus poles in rainbow colors
- Students at Maybeck High School in Berkeley wear dresses and skirts during Skirt for Sasha Day Friday
- Nov 6:
- Support pours in for student set afire aboard AC Transit bus in Oakland
- Nov 5:
- Oakland: 16-year-old boy suspected of setting man on fire on AC Ttransit bus
- Oakland: AC Transit bus passenger set on fire Monday evening
OAKLAND -- A 16-year-old who told police homophobia caused him to light a sleeping teen's skirt on fire aboard an AC Transit bus Monday night has been charged as an adult and could go to prison for life if convicted, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Richard Thomas, an Oakland High School student, on Thursday was charged with aggravated mayhem and assault with means likely to produce great bodily injury, both felonies that include two hate crime enhancements.
Thomas' "violent and senseless criminal conduct resulted in severe and traumatic injuries to a young and entirely innocent victim," Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said.
"The intentional and callous nature of the crime is shocking and will not be tolerated in our community," O'Malley said. "Our thoughts remain with the victim and the victim's family in wishing for a full recovery from the extensive burns suffered as a result of this crime."
Felony aggravated assault carries a maximum prison sentence of life with the possibility of parole, the sentence for the assault charge is a maximum of eight years in prison, and each of the two hate crime enhancements carries one year each in prison, a spokeswoman for the Alameda County district attorney said Thursday.
"During (the) suspect interview, the suspect stated he did it because he was homophobic," lead police investigator Officer Anwawn Jones said in the probable cause statement.
Authorities said Thomas boarded the bus near his high school at 5:20 p.m. Monday, saw 18-year-old Luke "Sasha" Fleischman sleeping in a rear seat and lit Fleischman's skirt on fire. He was arrested at Oakland High School on Tuesday afternoon after bus surveillance footage helped police identify him as the alleged attacker.
Fleischman, a senior at Maybeck High School in Berkeley, suffered second- to third-degree burns and was in stable condition at St. Francis Memorial Hospital's Bothin Burn Center in San Francisco on Thursday.
Friends and family say Fleischman identifies as "nonbinary" gender, meaning the Oakland teen does not identify as male or female. Friends use the pronouns "they," "them" or sometimes "it" when referring to Fleischman, said friend Eve Irwin, 22, of Ben Lomond.
Irwin said she supports authorities moving forward with the harshest punishment possible.
"If you are going to do something that is as close-minded and cruel as lighting someone on fire simply because of what they are wearing, you sort of deserve what you have coming to you," Irwin said.
With his mother, grandmother and a host of other family members looking on, Thomas was arraigned at a courthouse in Oakland on Thursday afternoon. Thomas could not be seen from the gallery, but his grandmother, Juliette Stern, wept as his name was called. They pleaded with the judge to allow more time to hire a lawyer, which was granted.
Family members said Thomas told them he's sorry for what he did and it was a prank or a joke. They denied that Thomas is homophobic.
"He's not a bad person. If you knew him you'd know he's always joking around," his aunt, Juliette Jackson of Oakland said. "He shouldn't have did what he did. I feel so bad. He told me he was scared and he ran when it caught on fire."
Thomas is being held without bail and returns to court Tuesday.
Supporters of Fleischman raised $20,000 in two days to help pay for the 18-year-old's medical bills. More than 400 people chipped in before they stopped the Facebook page collection drive.
Fleischman is expected to undergo massive skin grafting and a weekslong recovery period, the teen's mother, Debbie Fleischman, said.
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World's 20 smartest countries
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According to a recent survey, American adult proficiency in literacy, numeracy and problem solving ranks as some of the lowest among developed countries, despite a relatively high level of education. Take a look at the world's 20 smartest countries.
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CSU Extension and the Master Food Safety Advisors will introduce community members to the pleasures and science of home canning in an upcoming workshop scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Golden Eagle Community Center, located at 715 Broadway in Eagle.According to CSU Extension Director Glenda Wentworth, participants will learn the process of water bath canning. This method safely preserves different types of products such as jams, jellies and pie fillings, creating holiday gifts straight from the kitchen. New this year, the Ball FreshTECH Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker will be demonstrated. This appliance takes the guesswork out of canning by automatically stirring jams and jellies as they cook.Pre-registration is required. Cost is $25. The workshop is open to all, and early registration is encouraged as space is limited. On the day of the workshop, attendees are asked to bring an apron, sack lunch and beverages.For more information, contact Wentworth at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 970-328-8630.
A number of town of Eagle employees are marking important anniversaries this year. Here's a listing of these longtime workers:Public Works and Engineering • Deron Dircksen — five years • Teep Blevins — five years • Jeff Dahlman — five years • Ron Sheetz — five years • Jerad Parker — 10 years • Ron Trujillo — 10 yearsPolice Department • Bridget Johnson — five years • Lori Glissman — five yearsThanks for all your hard work and congratulations!
The Take a Swing at Cancer Golf Tournament and BBQ is Saturday, Oct. 20, at Gypsum Creek Golf Course.Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Entry costs $30 per person and includes a cart, range balls and green fees. Prizes will be awarded.A silent auction and barbecue follows the tournament. The buffet-style meal is $20 per person. A cash bar, live music and DJ entertains from 3 to 8 p.m. A special bone-marrow testing drive is also planned.The benefit is for Eagle County Sheriff Detective Kyle Hall, who is fighting leukemia. Hall has lived in Gypsum about 12 years and served on Gypsum Town Council from 2008 to 2012.Donations may be sent to Wells Fargo Bank in Eagle. Please specify, "In care of Kyle Hall, 2608540627."For more information about the golf tournament, contact Gypsum Creek Golf Course at 970-524-6200.
A roller skate party is coming to the WECMRD Field House at Edwards on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 4 to 6 p.m.Join the 10th Mountain Roller Dolls and DJ Hop Rod for an afternoon of skating. Fun for all, skating is also a great cardiovascular workout; an average-size person skating for two hours burns 1,000 calories or more. Bring roller blades or roller skates and a helmet. The inaugural open skate is open for all ages. There will be a limited number of loaner adult skates available. If you haven't skated in a while, the 10th Mountain Roller Dolls will be there to help.Zen Blaster, a coach for the 10th Mountain Roller Dolls, recently visited a skating rink in Florida. "It was so much fun, people of all ages were having a great time," she said. "The music is fun and everyone skates at their own pace, its a great way to play and get some exercise."The next roller derby bout is planned Monday, Oct. 29, when the 10th Mountain Roller Dolls celebrate Halloween with a themed event. The Zombie Militia will take on the Alien Invaders at 6:30 p.m.The 10th Mountain Roller Dolls started skating in June 2011, practicing at the Eagle Pool and Ice Rink (summer) and the Field House in Edwards (winter). The league plays flat track roller derby by the rules of WFTDA (Women's Flat Track Derby Association).
• The Eagle Valley Middle School Football program's Haunted Barn will be open for age-appropriate thrills and chills Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is $4 or $10 for a three-scare pack. For more information, call 970-331-5502.• The Eagle Public Library welcomes kids ages infant through 12 years to drop by the children's desk between 3 and 8 p.m. on Halloween for a special treat.• Ruff Cuts in Eagle has expanded its services to include dog food (Natural Balance, Pedigree, Solid Gold, Taste of the Wild) sales. Customers can get $5 off their first purchase during the month of October. Call 970-393-2760 for more information.• The Halloween Candy Buy Back returns to the valley Nov. 1 at Steve Oakson, DDS General Dentistry in Gypsum and at Bishop Orthodontics in Edwards. Children can sell their Halloween candy for $1 per pound up to 5 pounds. The candy is then sent as care packages to U.S. Troops through Operation Gratitude. Oakson Dentistry is at 620 Red Table Drive in Gypsum and can be reached at 524-1105. Bishop Orthodontics is at 34237 U.S. Highway 6, #105, Edwards, and can be reached at 926-2666.
It's that time of year again when all Medicare beneficiaries should be reviewing their Medicare supplements and prescription benefits.Senior Medicare Specialist Kate Neuschaefer will be assisting senior citizens with what is new for the 2013 season. This includes prescription drug plans, Medicare supplements, vision and dental plans, and long-term care.Neuschaefer will be available at the Golden Eagle Senior Center, 715 Broadway in Eagle, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23, and Nov. 6. There will also be a presentation after lunch on Oct. 23 at 12:30 p.m.For questions, call Neuschaefer at 303-810-8469. The Golden Eagle Senior Center can be reached at 719-836-3366.
Last Sunday a stretch of Interstate 70 often referred to as a "modern engineering marvel" celebrated its 20th anniversary. I-70 through Colorado's Glenwood Canyon took 13 years and nearly $500 million to construct — and still, the elevated highway that was delicately sculpted through the 12.5-mile Colorado River gorge remains a vital transportation corridor, a popular attraction and an important link to world-class recreation.In the planning stages, a citizen's advisory group greatly influenced the design of a project that would tread lightly in the canyon. State-of-the-art techniques were used for rock excavation, traffic handling and re-vegetation. Engineers ultimately constructed two roadways — one elevated — greatly reducing the impacts, both environmental and aesthetic. The project received the 1994 ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award, as well as more than 30 other awards and recognitions.To celebrate 20 years, some 50 project engineers, consultants, designers and others gathered at the historic Hotel Colorado in Glenwood on September 7 for an evening of reminiscing and a day of cycling along the canyon bike path they constructed.In all, the Glenwood Canyon project involved 300 engineers and other project crew members, 40 bridges, 15 miles of retaining walls, two 4,000-foot-long tunnels (including one that houses a traffic management and emergency service facility), 150,000 new trees and shrubs planted, 30,000 tons of structural and reinforcing steel, 810,000 tons of concrete, four full-service rest areas and much more. "Like me, many cut their engineering teeth on this project," says (current) CDOT Program Engineer Joe Elsen, who at 22 had just begun with the department as a surveyor. "And for many of us, this remains the project of our careers."


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by Paul Tartaglia » Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:12 am
Who's planning on going? Maybe we can team up on transportation.
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by Brandt Lucido » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:36 pm
Paul yea this is great that it's gonna be at the Rio again ! were in and we would be willing to pay some one to haul us up there!! Can't wait for this and Rock Island. All you S3 & S5 guys start making plans now.Sure would be great for someone from NTK to podium this year., I truley think the tallent is there, so lets put a kinda of a team togather and bring it toem from our Texas boys!!
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by Louis Gigliotti » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:30 pm
I dont know if Ill make it yet, my schedule around that time frame is still foggy for both RI and RIO SNs
If I get a break I might come or just crew and enjoy vegas for a few days.
If I get a break I might come or just crew and enjoy vegas for a few days.
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by Jordon Musser » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:27 am
is sending a rig out there.
is sending a rig out there.
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Help out...talk it up!
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by Brandt Lucido » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:41 pm
Mark,I emailed Tom and Patty Kutcher on behalf of all you S5 guys and ask them to post something on their Vegas updates to encourage S5 entries!!!!Brandt
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Quality by design (QbD) is based on sound science and quality risk management through which quality is built into products. Although the benefits of QbD are obvious, the industry has been relatively slow in adopting the concept because QbD often falls low on the list of immediate priorities. With product development and manufacturing increasingly being outsourced to contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs), however, a strategic partnership between the sponsor and a CDMO can help realize the benefits of QbD. The author discusses how a CDMO helps in gaining process understanding and in developing robust, high-quality products and processes.
Whether the product and process is developed at one contractor's site, transferred from one contract developer to another, or transferred from a sponsor development unit to a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), knowledge transfer, an in-depth process understanding, identification of critical process parameters, and determination of proven acceptable process ranges (PAR) are crucial to successful development. By failing to identify and correct the root causes of problems early in the design phase of the process- and product-development cycle, organizations risk quality, yield, and supply-chain issues. Quality by design (QbD) should be viewed as an opportunity that brings value and business benefits to both the sponsor and the CDMO.
QbD benefits offered by a CDMOA CDMO supports the development of hundreds of molecular entities in different stages of clinical programs with small or large molecules in sterile and nonsterile processes. A wealth of knowledge and experience resides with a CDMO that could be leveraged by a sponsor for new projects. Drawing on knowledge gained from experience, a CDMO can move quickly in identifying critical steps, building a robust model to plan, and designing experiments to address problems. We often find that when sponsors have changed hands due to licensing of new chemical entities, some information and documentation does not get transferred. A CDMO can help the sponsor orle001anize information, determine gaps, and work to build the program to meet the quality and regulatory requirements. QbD requires a solid base of knowledge of the drug substance, its physicochemical properties, characterization, raw material and excipient interactions and variability, and how all these impact the dosage form design, target product profile, and shelf-life stability. A CDMO can leverage its inventory of knowledge and experience, work with a sponsor to lay out a plan, and apply the principles of ICH Q8, Q9, and Q10 to develop a QbD strategy that adds value to the sponsor's program (1–3).


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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Monday, April 4, 2011
AUGUSTA---From the waist up, he looks like a normal PGA professional, but Don Vickery isn't that.
"I'm an AK/BK. That means I'm missing right leg below my knee--my left leg above my knee," he told News 12.
In 1989, he and his dog went on a walk he'd never forget. Vickery stepped on a mine on Fort Gordon property. His legs were lost in the explosion, and his life had changed forever.
"You have to look at it differently and you have to believe in yourself and you have to believe that you can do what it takes to get through that," Vickery said.
He did just that. He learned to walk again, but this time it was a bit different.
"To me, it feels like my upper body is carrying my lower body instead of my lower body carrying my upper body," he said.
Roy Rice of Augusta Orthotics and Prosthetics gave Vickery the ability to walk again with two new prosthetic legs, but perhaps an even greater gift, Rice gave a depressed Vickery a new love.
"He had never played golf before," Rice said "Fortunately, I had just bought myself a new set of golf clubs. Don was kind of depressed, so I just gave him my old set."
"I told Roy, I said, I'm not sure that I'll be able to do it Roy. I'm afraid that, you know, I'll slow the course down or I'll be in the way," Vickery recalled.
Nevertheless, Vickery embraced it.
"And it probably wasn't a week later, he come in there, and he was going to the driving range and practicing. He said hey I think I can do this, and he just continuously got better," Rice said.
He become so good, in fact, that he's now a certified PGA professional.
"People walk in where I'm at and they say, 'Hey, Pro!' You have no idea what that feels like for them to say, 'Hey, Pro.' So, it really has changed my life," Vickery told News 12.
He says others can follow in his footsteps, and he offers some advice.
"There's an old saying that if your mind doesn't mind then your body doesn't matter," Vickery said.


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WALLACE - One motorcyclist was killed and another was arrested early Friday morning following a fatal crash on South Camanche Parkway, just south of Camanche Reservoir, authorities said.
Matthew Maddox, 22, of Wallace and Samuel Knox, 22, of Burson were traveling north on South Camanche Parkway on Harley-Davidson motorcycles about 1:20 a.m., the California Highway Patrol said. Maddox lost control of his motorcycle for unknown reasons and fell to the asphalt, officers said. Knox was unable to stop in time and struck Maddox, who died as a result of his injuries, the CHP said.
Knox, who was driving under the influence of alcohol, suffered major injuries and was taken to a hospital, officers said. He was arrested on unspecified charges, the CHP said. Authorities were still trying to determine whether Maddox was also driving under the influence of alcohol.
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Mount Williamson Climber's Log
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|Northeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2008
|The climb and descent was completed over four days in winter with my good buddy Kostas Stamatiou. Passing the horns was the hardest part. This route made me really hungry for like two weeks.
|Posted Feb 23, 2008 7:46 pm
Date Climbed: May 15, 2005
|Climbed once from Shepherd's pass and once from Bair's creek. IMHO, the toughest 14er in california.
|Posted Feb 11, 2008 1:00 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2001
|Posted Feb 6, 2008 8:27 pm
|Shirley Lam
|Three times a charm!
Date Climbed: May 15, 2005
|From Shepherd's Pass: Almost turned back just below the summit because it was getting late and had no idea how much further it would be. Good thing my partner had gone ahead and radio-ed that I was only 10 minutes away and to keep going!
South Fork: route finding is a little tricky, especially in winter, but I prefer it over the Sheep's Pass route by far!
|Posted Jan 30, 2008 9:38 pm
|West Face
Date Climbed: May 23, 1992
|One of my very first Sierra climbs. I remember lots of snow and good conditions for kicking steps. Great views - great mountain.
|Posted Jan 8, 2008 7:57 pm
|West Face
Date Climbed: May 27, 2007
|There was very little snow to contend with on this Memorial Day summit.
|Posted Oct 25, 2007 12:11 am
|West Face
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007
|Really lucked out on the weather. Temps were nice and cool on the hike in and out. Climbing the chute was a bit tedious, but the class 3 at the end was fun.
|Posted Jul 16, 2007 10:39 am
|West Face, Fri the 13th
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2007
|A fun climb after a hellish approach. Secor's route accross the bowl is easy to find. Just stay between the two lakes and head for the North shore of the highest lake. At about 11am, after my descent, I saw two guys starting the same route. One of them later got off route and fell, breaking his arm and recieving a nasty gash across his forehead. On the way back to camp, I scrambled up Tyndall's North Rib which was a very cool climb.
|Posted Jul 16, 2007 7:12 am
|Fred Bagni
|West Face
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|That's one long hike. I thought the bowl would be a lot flatter - was I wrong... I'm glad the fires and smoke stayed away from us. Good climb with ChuckO. Excellent views and a great campsite by the pass.
|Posted Jul 11, 2007 4:22 pm
|The bowl kills
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
|Great peak, the chute wasn't bad at all (except that it's at alltitude), but the bowl completely deflated my enthusaism...it's not hard, it just wears on you.
|Posted Jul 6, 2007 10:55 am
|No more rocks please
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007
|Enough with the boulders! Wow that's a lot of rocks, and what were the engineers of the Shepards Pass Trail thinking? Nevertheless, awesome peak; worth the effort.
|Posted Jul 3, 2007 3:08 pm
|West Face
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2007
|We camped by the lake closest to the black stain on the west face. On Saturday we climbed up the chute and chimney. The class 3 chimney was challenging and fun for someone who has barely done any class 3 before.
|Posted Jun 26, 2007 11:28 am
|West Face
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2007
|Made a solo attempt on the west face but came up short. Might give it another shot before July 15. There's still plenty of water on the way to the pass, and some snow right before the top of the pass but no big deal if you're going up late in the day.
|Posted Jun 23, 2007 12:44 am
|Dave S
|West Face
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006
|Climbed with JG after camping at Shepard Pass.
|Posted Jun 21, 2007 2:06 am
|West Face
Date Climbed: May 27, 2007
|From Anvil camp, solo hike/climb the West Face Route. The chute was relatively free of snow/ice and progress very fast to the summit, then to Tyndall to finish the day. Brought my skis up by Anvil camp, but not enough snow to ski.
|Posted May 31, 2007 5:50 pm
|George Creek
Date Climbed: May 5, 2007
|5 day trip up George Creek. Yes, it is a serious bushwhack. If you're wearing shorts, expect blood. Bear-ravaged Marijuana farm at 7,000 feet! First camp at 7900 feet, second camp at 11200. 4 nights with no tent and 10 degree temps/snow storm. First attempt thwarted by high winds. Summited on Cinco de Mayo. Talus scramble was most difficult part. Thanks to whoever cut steps up the bowl the previous weekend. Great view, crappy register.
|Posted May 23, 2007 4:34 pm
|Bob Burd
|George Creek
Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2007
|Dayhiked with Glenn Gookin in a not-too-shabby 13.5hrs. His brother Sam was with us, but stopped just above the SE Slopes. Matthew H. and Eric G. joined us for most of the way, but split off to climb Barnard. Trip Report
|Posted May 16, 2007 1:11 pm
|In February, this was a long snowy approach leading to a steep headwall. It was a bit windy but not too cold. Made the summit with Kevin Trieu. California 14er #10!
|Posted Apr 6, 2007 5:43 am
|The Iron Will
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2004
|Thanks to Mark for guiding me up this beautiful mountain. I arrived at SFO straight from D.C. and having no training or acclamitization after months of being lock up in the city. (Without my backpact and gear, we had to wait for them to be delivered by the airlines). We headed out to Bishop the next day. We camped out at the foothill and again at Anvil camp the next day. We started out at 5am and by the time we reached Sheperd Pass I was about to give up. The snow fields were beautiful. We made it to the bowl and with sheer will power made the last 500m.
|Posted Apr 1, 2007 7:10 pm
|george george
Date Climbed: Oct 31, 1998
|I made the summit with Chris Kobyashi on my second sweat up george creek. I remember fleas and ticks covering my arms and crawling out of my pockets both times at both creek crossings. The crux of the biscuit, by far. The blood suckers were hibernating,or on downers, and hangign out on the branches that canopied the small criks.
what i thought was a single deer track on the side of a 30% sand slope turned out to be the trail.
Great views, but the bump of a summit was anti-climactic compared to george creek. i know two people, in great shape that day climbed the creek- recommended.
Be mindful of the bighorn sheep restrictions and do not go up in the fall. We couldn't find the register anyway.
|Posted Jan 4, 2007 4:33 am


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Eric S. Raymond is author of one of the definitive books of the open source world "The Cathedral and the Bazaar". In this interview Mr. Raymond talks about a number of the projects he is involved in.
Tux people: Eric S. Raymond
Every field of knowledge has writing that defines the field. In the open source field one of the key essays is "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" by Eric Steven Raymond, or ESR as he is often known. In the essay Eric S. Raymond compares and contrasts the cathedral as a highly structured, highly organized approach of creating software against the faster adapting less structured bazaar like approach used in open source.
A book containing "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" [1] as well as some of Eric Raymond's other essays have been published by O'Reilly Media with the ISBN: 0596001088. In addition, Eric Raymond has put a version of the "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" on his personal website.
Other books Mr. Raymond has been involved in include "The New Hacker's Dictionary"[2], "The Art of Unix Programming"[3] among others [4].
Newer ESR projects include developing software to allow Linux boxes to talk to Global Positioning Satellite system receivers.
CM: What inspired you to write "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"?
ESR: That paper had many sources, ranging from my college cultural-anthropology courses to evolutionary biology to Austrian economics. But the inspiration was simply my astonishment when I first booted up Linux in late 1993. It was too good for the conventional theory of software engineering to explain.
CM: You have advocated the label "Open Source" over "Free Software" why?
ESR: Because the term "free software" frightens and confuses people who wear suits. Those people have money and decision-making power that we need, so not confusing and frightening them is smart.
CM: Could you briefly tell us about your role in helping to convince Netscape to release the source code for their web browser (which now forms the basis for Mozilla)?
ESR: I didn't know about my role at the time the decision was being made. The CEO of the company, Jim Barksdale, cited my paper as an inspiration at the press conference announcing it.
CM: How did you become a member of the Freespire Linux "Community Leadership Board"?
ESR: Kevin Carmony asked me to join after learning some of my concerns about Linux not getting desktop traction because the multimedia support is so poor.
CM: What else would you like readers of Free Software Magazine to know about you?
ESR: They can visit the programming project I'm putting most of my time into at http://gpsd.berlios.de.
CM: Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.
[1] Raymond, Eric S. "The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary", O'Reilly and Associates:2001
[2] Raymond, Eric S. "The New Hacker's Dictionary" MIT Press:1993
[3] Raymond, Eric S. "The Art of UNIX Programming" Addison-Wesley Professional:2003
[4] Debra Cameron, James Elliott, Marc Loy, Eric S. Raymond, Bill Rosenblatt "Learning GNU Emacs, 3rd Edition" O'Reilly:2004
"free software frightens and confuses people"
CM: You have advocated the label "Open Source" over "Free Software" why?
ESR: Because the term "free software" frightens and confuses people who wear suits. Those people have money and decision-making power that we need, so not confusing and frightening them is smart.
I think that's not a very compelling reason to re-brand the free software movement. I consider ESR's unilateral choice to re-brand the free software movement and to de-emphasize freedom a bad choice.
People who wear suits and are frightened by the phrase "free software" can kiss my ass. I really don't give a flying rat's ass about what they think if the words "free software" frighten and confuse them.
Also, I think "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" is greatly overrated. The General Public License explicitly protects the fundamental freedoms which the collaborative development model (which Raymond calls the bazaar) are based on.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar was my first description of a GPL-licensed project (Linux kernel project) and I credit ESR's misinformation for giving me a false impression of what was happening and why. Later I corrected my understanding through my own experience. Now I'm a contributing member of the FSF.
On the other hand...
Quite a bit of software now in the commons was "suit" financed: Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, Blender, BRL-CAD, Zope, and even Unix were developed under "conventional" proprietary methods (by commercial or government interests) and only later released as free software. They all needed some kind of business rationale to do that release, not just a set of ideals (you can spend your own money on your ideals, but when you're spending other people's money, you've got to prove you were acting in their interest in a very tangible way).
If speaking "suit" helps get us those kinds of results, I'm for it.
People will learn the jargon in time anyway, and the ideology is much more obvious to people once they are using free software.
Let's be serious.
The choice software companies face is to free their software, or watch the community make it available for free. It's better for them if they sell support, consulting and customization rather than software licenses.
You know what gets their attention? Losing money to an upstart which uses free software. That's when they let hairy people into the board rooms to tell them how to make it stop.
I intend to make money without every saying "open source" and without ever forgetting to include GNU in the name of GNU's derivative operating systems, such as GNU/Linux or GNU/Solaris.
ESR's writings, particularly "The Magic Cauldron" have provided me with a lot of inspiration. It's important to take a rational, objective look at how these systems work so that we can learn how far they can be extended.
It was his arguments in TMC that convinced me that there was nothing really stopping the idea from being extended into hardware design. There are some problems to solve, but free software points the way to a better way to do a lot of creative activities.


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- Fabric softener sheets are claimed to clean baked on foods from cooking pots and pans.
- A number of cooking utensils, pans and cauldrons were also made of iron, with the consequence that these things lasted much longer and couldn't be burnt.
- To get started, coat a grill pan with the cooking spray and rub both sides of the steaks with the seasoning of your choice.
- In high school I used to make a whole pan of rice krispie treats and then eat the entire thing by myself in less than a half hour.
- When it snowed she used to let us bring in a pan of clean snow and then we'd put Log Cabin Maple Syrup on it and eat it with a spoon.
- I even peeled a pan of potatoes for the tea, which was appreciated, although it was remarked that some of them were a funny shape.
- It stopped within about fifteen minutes of my turning off the water and the boiler, having filled up various pans, plastic containers and mixing bowls.
- Pass the soup through a sieve into a clean pan or bowl, rubbing with the back of a ladle.
- Perhaps you have the perfect system for washing up - glasses first, pans last, one thing in the bowl at a time.
- We might imagine a scale with two balancing pans.
- This is an interesting problem, since all we have is a bathroom scale and the small pan balance the kids have been using to weigh pennies and toy cars.
- Setting aside 13 coins, you divide the remaining 26 equally between the two pans of the scale.
- In the shower, you could sit on the toilet pan and wash your hair at the same time.
- I think the toilet pan has survived, but it was a close run thing.
- They pinned me down and attacked me, poking their fingers in my eyes, and forced my head into the toilet pan and flushed.
- The resulting pans are rough-tuned before heating and fine-tuned after the firing process.
- He walked drunkenly over the cabinet on the wall and picked up a pan used for grouping chemicals used in various experiments.
- In this method brine is boiled and agitated in huge tanks called vacuum pans.
- 'Cello pans' are played in sets of three or four; triple cello pans are tuned in diminished chords, and four-pan cellos in augmented chords.
- To manufacture these pans, hundreds of thousands of hammer strikes were executed upon these drums.
- In a steelband, the melodies are played on a tenor pan, which can play a complete low pitch scale.
- His grandfather sifted gold from pans during Alaska's gold rush of 1896.
- Spring came, and they found a broad valley where the gold showed like yellow butter across the bottom of the washing pan.
- Mountain bikes and hiking boots have replaced picks and pans in this Gold Country town.
- These locks featured a round pan and a flat lock plate suitable for engraving.
- Raising the weapon to his shoulder, he checks the pan, lock, and serpentine, wiping away any interfering sand and mud.
- The powder charge and the ball and patch had to be rammed separately down the tight-fitting barrel and the pan primed with powder.
- This should be done when the soil is as dry as possible, and aims to break through any pre-existing hard pans and to open up the subsoil to facilitate rapid and deep penetration of the vine roots.
- 'We know what the strata of the soil is, but localised areas can hit hard pans,' he said.
- On their lee sides some pans have clay dunes or lunettes composed of sandy, silty, clayey, and salty materials blown out from the pan floor.
- The roads are good, running either side of potato fields and regular cells / pans of water evaporating to produce salt.
- The salt refiners extract high grade salt from approximately 3000 hectares of evaporative pans south of the lagoon.
- The open pan of the valley had no terrors for us in daylight.
verb (pans, panning, panned)[with object]
- Critics who panned this movie for being too clever for its own good or too remote in its postmodern sophistry haven't quite figured out that intellectual rigour doesn't automatically negate emotional resonance.
- But after the movie was panned by the American critics and failed at the box-office, he began denouncing it publicly.
- Yet despite suffering a critical panning it has emerged as a massive hit, raking in $32.2 million at the US box office last weekend.
- He worked on ranches, sold newspapers, and panned for gold to pay for his education at the Boston Latin School.
- Teachers, parents and children dressed in cowboy gear, panned for gold, and played some very unusual games.
- There were three other sightings that this witness has been involved in and he gave us some details of these previous sightings, as well as how he panned for gold near his property.
- They can keep the gold they pan out as souvenirs of modest value, plus get a certificate, a medal and perhaps a bag of local cookies or a bottle of schnapps as a trophy.
- Not all the prospects pan out, but occasionally an owner will strike gold.
- Feel the rush as you pan out a real nugget of gold.
go down the pan
- British informal Fail utterly: the company went down the pan last yearMore example sentences
- But six centuries of history went down the pan when council officers forgot to fill out the necessary forms to remain a city.
- I'd been pretty bright at school, then suddenly I started going down the pan.
- She said: 'I had tried so hard to train her, but I was losing so much business and my reputation was going down the pan.'
Phrasal verbs
pan out
- End up; conclude: he's happy with the way the deal panned outMore example sentences
rare eventuate
- If the rest of the year pans out in the same way as the first seven months, his forecasts will be out by £11 bn to £12 bn, putting the golden rule in jeopardy however the Treasury chooses to calculate it.
- We're biding our time to see how the radio consolidation game pans out.
- The work will start again, and all being well it should be completed on schedule but we are waiting to see how the week pans out.
- 1.1Turn out well: Harold's idea had been a good one even if it hadn't panned outMore example sentences
informal do the trick
- Guess that plan didn't really pan out, but perhaps it would have succeeded if its masterminds used the power of rock to champion their cause.
- I'm glad to hear this, and hope it pans out.
- Even if stem cell research pans out in the next 20-30 years, human cloning won't even be an issue for a whole lot longer.
panfulnoun (plural panfuls)
- Example sentences
- In summer I take home armfuls of wild flowers, filling the house with the scent of Lomond, and in Autumn I collect panfuls of fresh Chanterelle mushrooms and fry them up in olive oil for breakfast.
- You could also put a large panful of boiling salted water on to simmer gently so that it will come to the boil quickly at half-time.
- The flowers are also used to flavour cooked fruit and jam, which is achieved by stirring the panful with a spray of flowers until the flavour is judged strong enough.
pan-like adjective
- Example sentences
- The invention relates to a supporting arrangement for panlike or traylike articles, in which the structure takes the form of vertical columns arranged in laterally spaced pairs.
- The production is carried out in a pan-like reactor.
Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina 'dish'.
The word pan in the sense of something you cook with is a common West Germanic word, which may have been an early borrowing from Latin patina 'dish'. The same Latin word is the source, via Italian, of patina (early 18th century), perhaps because of the green film that appears on old copper dishes. The verb to pan out (mid 19th century) comes from the use of a shallow pan to get gold from river sand. See also panic, panorama
Words that rhyme with panAbadan, Abidjan, adhan, Amman, Antoine, Arne, Aswan, Avon, Azerbaijan, Baltistan, Baluchistan, Bantustan, barn, Bhutan, Dagestan, darn, dewan, Farne, guan, Hahn, Hanuman, Hindustan, Huascarán, Iban, Iran, Isfahan, Juan, Kazakhstan, khan, Koran, Kurdistan, Kurgan, Kyrgyzstan, macédoine, Mahon, maidan, Marne, Michoacán, Oman, Pakistan, Pathan, Qumran, Rajasthan, Shan, Siân, Sichuan, skarn, soutane, Sudan, Tai'an, t'ai chi ch'uan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Taklimakan, tarn, Tatarstan, Tehran, Tenochtitlán, Turkestan, Turkmenistan, tzigane, Uzbekistan, Vientiane, yarn, Yinchuan, yuan, Yucatán
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verb (pans, panning, panned)[with object and adverbial of direction]
- With a wide view, you can usually pan the camera very slowly to follow the action, just like people do when moving their heads.
- We are moving into some traffic as I pan the camera through the passenger-side window.
- Unsurprisingly enough, rpan pans the camera from left to right, rtilt tilts it up and down, rfocus refocuses it, rzoom zooms in or out, and riris sets the iris to suit the light.
- We then see the interior of the prison, with the camera panning across the room - priests, monks and soldiers milling about, some talking together in the foreground.
- There is no animation at all, simply a superzoomed camera panning slowly over the static illustration while a narrator reads the page.
- So, for example, while a camera is still panning around her, she hovers in the air, then suddenly unleashes a rapid fury of kicks and punches.
- Thus the tense, often jarring interplay between rapid pans or other movement, and stationary close-ups.
- Try to avoid very fast panning or very slow boring pans.
- But there are also a certain number of slow lateral and circular pans, as well as more rapid views from a car moving through various villages.
pan and scan
- A technique for narrowing the aspect ratio of a widescreen film to fit the squarer shape of a television screen by continuously selecting the most significant portion of the original picture, rather than just the middle portion.Example sentences
- Even in art house showings, the film was always in the pan and scan rather than the wide-screen release that I kept reading about.
- The picture is presented in both pan and scan full screen and widescreen 1.85: 1 aspect ratio enhanced for widescreen TVs.
- This edition includes both a pan and scan and a widescreen print of the film on the same disc.
Early 20th century: abbreviation of panorama.
The word pan in the sense of something you cook with is a common West Germanic word, which may have been an early borrowing from Latin patina 'dish'. The same Latin word is the source, via Italian, of patina (early 18th century), perhaps because of the green film that appears on old copper dishes. The verb to pan out (mid 19th century) comes from the use of a shallow pan to get gold from river sand. See also panic, panorama
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Probably originally in the sense 'the feeder' (i.e. herdsman), although the name was regularly associated with Greek pas or pan (= 'all'), giving rise to his identification as a god of nature or the universe.
Words that rhyme with PanAberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan
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A solemn day of preparation
Published: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 9:31 a.m.
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As Christians the world over turn from the celebratory Carnival to the solemn Lent, Ash Wednesday gives us an excellent chance to take stock and make preparations for the coming weeks.
Carnival has its place, with the fun, excitement and revelry. But so too does Lent, with its contemplative season leading up to Easter.
The religious significance of today is great.
It is the day Christians mark the beginning of the season that will end with Easter. Often, they do this by making sacrifices in their own lives as a way of symbolizing the sacrifice they believe God made.
But there is relevance to today beyond that of religious ritual.
Taking stock of one's life and making sacrifices are worthwhile endeavors with or without the religious symbolism.
The Lenten preparations can be spiritual and religious or simply personal, but they have value either way.
Quiet personal assessment and sacrifice are beneficial, and this is the perfect time to undertake them.
The time between the winter holidays — beginning with Thanksgiving, continuing with Christmas and New Year's and culminating with Mardi Gras — and the springtime celebration of Easter and the renewal of our natural surroundings is an excellent time to examine our lives and see where they are and where we want them to be.
We all have various strengths and weaknesses, things we are happy with and things we long to change.
Why not think about those things now, when we have left behind the loud and ostentatious celebrations of Carnival and moved into solemn but just as moving season of Lent?
We are lucky to live in a part of the world where our calendar is still so tied to these traditional and meaningful times.
Ash Wednesday is among the most meaningful days in the Christian calendar, and can be just as meaningful to everyone else as well.
It is hard to leave behind all the joyous partying of Carnival, but it is time. A welcome change to a calmer time of the year can be just what we all need.
Use today and the weeks ahead to prepare for Easter or just to take a look at where you are in your life.
The days ahead can be wonderful and exciting just as the last several weeks were fun and raucous.
Each season has its valued place, and today we turn the page.
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Monday, April 14, 2008
Investment Philosophy
One of the features of the local socioscape of the Iberian Appalachia in which the current writer resides is a far-from-unique octogenarian who lives huddled below the 11th century castle walls in the old, and presumably poor, part of town - and there is nothing about his personal aspect that would cause an observer to doubt what general level in the human hierarchy he might occupy. Frequently seen toothlessly and happily driving his combination roto-tiller/transport (a mula mecánica like the one seen on the left) to his tomato patch to put in a few hours of measuredly-paced work punctuated by the smoking of cigarettes, were one to ask him as to his economic means, he would immediately classify himself as gente pobre. Po folk. The actual fact that the gentleman is a dollar millionaire does not, in any way, impinge on this self-assessment.
To clarify, the two-and-a-half acre garden parcel he is heading off to poke around in could likely command 250,000 euros - even in today's meagre times. The five ancient houses he owns in town maybe the same again, summed together. Add the 1,300 olive trees he has, spread about in various small groves accumulated over the years, and one easily comes up with a net worth of something north of 1,300,000 Washington pesos, this failing to include probably not inconsiderable savings. Interesting then it would be to make a calculation of his yearly income. A ball park guess would come up with 7,000 dollars of pension, 18,000 from his olives, 6,000 in subsidies and 10,000 from the tomatoes, onions and peppers - 41,000 bucks, or 3 percent of his patrimony. The reader might compare this with a statistic that was reported to us a few years ago. The average American earning 100,000 dollars a year had a net worth of a quarter million. Perhaps members of this latter group would care to know his investment strategy...
It begins, correctly, with a coherent philosophy. Despite the fact that this humble olive grower, vegetable farmer and landowner has no formal education (and is very possibly illiterate, things being as they were in this country when he was a child), he knows in his bones that Einstein's observation concerning time is true - that it cannot move backwards. This is to say that any attempt to pay for present consumption with future earnings is contrary to the natural order of things and hence doomed to failure. On the other hand, his respect for the laws of physics makes him well aware that the current existence of weath in his custody is only a temporary condition - not because it will be spent but, because as it moves unidirectionally into the future, it will become his children's. Simply put, the patrimony is of his family and, properly and morally managed, it grows.
Secondly, our millionaire knows what money is - paper accompanied by a promise. He also knows what wealth is - land (although with a bit more education he would include an asset like gold in the formula). This comes from having had the good fortune to have been brought up in a country that funded its ambitions and presumptions to international power through the debasement of its currency over two and a half centuries, in the process making the most prized skills those involved in the manipulation of accounting entries rather than others that actually increase patrimony. In this regard, he never sells a piece of property, unless the money is earmarked to making off with a better one, already available.
Third, he likes his life as it is (which, dare we say, is a problematic issue in some ostensibly wealthy parts of the world). He does not want to retire and move to Marbella. He has no desire to visit the pyramids or Niagara Falls and he cannot fully imagine life without a daily trip down to commune with his onions. Not being able too see many ways in which his life could be much improved gives him one huge advantage over our U.S. upper decile earner. It allows him to be insufferably and irremediably cheap. 'Luxuries' in his life probably run the full gamut from his mula mecánica to a television. And his caprichos might reach the level of having a couple of beers in the Bar Julián. But, then again, why would he trade the future to improve that which cannot be made better?
The mere existence of this piece, posted over the internet, should make it clear to the reader that the current writer does not live his life exactly in this manner. In place of the mula, he and his soon-to-be spouse move themselves about in a seventeen year old Land Rover, a Piaggio 50 c.c. scooter or an, until recently, brand new Honda Civic (140 hp and gasoline, eh!) and admits that it would be less than desireable to suddenly revert into this character after a lifetime of pretensions to being knowledgeable, cultured and cosmopolitan. But the irony of the fact that a guy who was born in an economic condition worse than the lowest of the low from The Grapes of Wrath has managed, without changing his style of life (or investment strategy) more than minimally, to leapfrog the lower echelons of the American wealthy cannot escape our attention.
Pepe's Investment Philosophy
1). Time cannot move backwards.
2). What you think is yours is only entrusted to you.
3). Money is a promise extracted from the future.
4). Be cheap. Like your life.
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- trevor said...
Marry the bugger and kill him. It's legal now.
- Charles Butler said...
Can I do it in reverse order?
- RJH Adams said...
The killing or the buggering?
Great post, Charles.
- Charles Butler said...
Isn't 'bugger' a noun there?
- RJH Adams said...
Lol - thought you were an enemy of semantics...
Surely this fellow's paper wealth has much more to do with lucking out than with his nonexistent investment philosophy or frugal simple living. He was living and farming in the right place at the right time as expatriates such as yourself (and the Spanish property bubble in general) bid up the value of his land and properties.
As for the family patrimony being lovingly passed on to future generations, well, that might be his hope and intent, but which lifestyle do you think his kids and grandchildren will emulate? His, or yours? You'd prefer your surroundings to remain quaint and folkloric, that's probably a big part of what attracted you to come live there. But his kids will probably sell off the place as soon as they inherit it and use the money to finance their cosmopolitan lifestyle somewhere else.
- Charles Butler said...
The mere fact that we're having this conversation is because we 'lucked out', as you put it. That point is neither here nor there. It applies to everyone. As to whether he even has an investment philosophy, you are dead wrong on that one. He most certainly does and it is what I describe. And it is not 'lovingly' passed on from gen to gen. It, in fact, usually involves several years of family fighting to get it solved. There's no love involved and there never was, believe me.
What am I doing here? I can assure you it has zero to do with 'quaint and folkloric' and lots to do with family patrimony. You've misidentified me grossly and on the basis of no information whatsoever other than a couple of assumptions based on stereotypes.
You might be over your head here, guy.
Hmmm! Inheritance Taxes would decimate this mans accumulated wealth in quite a few countries outside of Spain.
- Charles Butler said...
Yeah. It's a problem here too. Hard to escape entropy.


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Caitlyn Yount, a recent OBU graduate from Shawnee, took shelter for at least an hour with her family at the Shawnee Mall storm shelter as Sunday's tornado hovered.
Yount and her family were at the mall's movie theatre watching The Great Gatsby when she said the movie suddenly paused and a staff member announced they needed to evacuate.
"We went in a storm shelter and sat there awhile," Yount said.
When the tornado was hovering above the mall, Yount said, a security guard came in and told everyone to 'get down and cover your heads.' She said the security guard came in again to notify them when the other storm reached the Bethel area.
"It was very scary," Yount said.
While in the storm shelter, she said, everyone thought the mall had been damaged because of the sounds the tornado was causing and information given to them via texts from friends outside the mall. Once the storm had passed and they were released, Yount said her and her family drove around the mall but saw no damage.
"We thought Dillard's was hit, but it wasn't damaged at all," Yount said.
She said nobody at the mall was harmed and her family went home after they were released. Because the mall staff had information that more storms were on the way, Yount said the mall and theatre closed early.
"Everyone was refunded their money from the theatre," she said.
According to a bystander, the tornado was about a quarter of a mile from the mall.
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BERKELEY -- Composer Nolan Gasser has described "The Secret Garden" as "a trip from darkness to light." That neatly sums up his new opera, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel about an orphan whose shrinking world opens up and blooms as she discovers the vitality of Mother Nature.
Unfortunately, Gasser handles the light better than the darkness -- and it takes a good long while for the sun to shine through "The Secret Garden," which premiered Friday at Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley. Commissioned by San Francisco Opera, this family production struggles through its first hour or more, lurching from plot point to plot point, with music that feels cramped and awkwardly stitched together until Gasser's lyricism finally peeps through. A misfire, it too often lacks the key ingredient of Burnett's famous tale: wonder.
It's a shame, because this opera (co-presented by Cal Performances) would seem to have so much going for it, beginning with its century-old story about little Mary Lennox, the orphan who is healed by nature amid the Yorkshire moors.
Led by sparkle-toned soprano Sarah Shafer, who charms as Mary, the young cast is superb, making the most of Gasser's intermittent offerings. Bass-baritone Philippe Sly (as Archibald Craven, Mary's uncle) has an oak-sturdy voice and can put across a love song. Mezzo-soprano Laura Krumm (as Martha Sowerby, Mary's governess), sings with breezy refinement and velvety tone. (She and Sly hail from San Francisco Opera's Adler Fellowship Program.) Tenor Scott Joiner (as Dickon Sowerby, Mary's friend) is a bubbling performer, as is tenor Michael Kepler Meo (as Colin, Archibald's son and Mary's cousin). Meo is spunky and charismatic -- and only 14.
The creative team is intriguing: Gasser is architect of the Music Genome Project, the technology underlying Pandora Radio, while librettist Carey Harrison is a prolific novelist and playwright (and the son of actor Rex Harrison). What's more, the production is visually lush and technologically innovative.
Naomi Kremer's sets are digitally projected images: of the mysterious moors; of the creepy moonlit mansion where Mary is sent after her parents die; of her blooming garden and its resident robin, who becomes Mary's muse. (Gasser scores the robin's song for flute, whose hopping lines make for some of the opera's simplest and most attractive music.) With its high-tech spectacle and classic pedigree, "The Secret Garden," directed by Jose Maria Condemi, is a marketable venture: Friday's audience included many young adults, teenagers and parents with children, not your usual opera crowd.
In case you don't know it, here's the story: A spoiled and snotty child, Mary is raised in India, where her parents -- British aristocrats -- die of cholera. That's when she is shipped off to live with her Uncle Archibald Craven, whose gloomy Yorkshire estate is known as Misselthwaite Manor. Heartbroken by his young wife's death years earlier, Craven is withdrawn, ignoring everyone on the premises -- even son Colin, who lies in bed, crying, convinced that he is an invalid.
Enter Mary, whose kindhearted governess, Martha, incites the child to quit her bedroom and explore the outdoors. Mary stumbles on the lost key to the estate's secret garden, which becomes the staging ground for her own healing and redemption, as well as for Colin's -- and Uncle Archibald's, too.
The opera begins with a prologue, set in India, and a sashaying anthem for full ensemble. It's part Sondheim and part modal jazz, tinged with the sinuous melodicism of "the East." But once cholera strikes, the score dissolves into a dark mist, and Gasser therein loses his footing. There's some edgy lyricism and declamatory speech song; the usual fallbacks for new operas. And there's much clunky writing for the 10-piece orchestra, conducted by Sara Jobin, which performed as if mystified by the notes on the page.
Gasser, who describes his essentially tonal style as pan-modality, operates with a limited vocabulary here. The same dodging rhythmic moves keep recurring through the first act, along with the same fitful melodic and harmonic gestures; there's little development to reflect Mary's increasingly robust health, her moral growth or the spaciousness of the outdoors. Even when she enters the secret garden for the first time, the scoring is strangely tamped down, monochromatic and lacking in suspense.
About a third of the way into the second (and last) act, things change. Archibald remembers his wife with a love song. (Sly put this piercing ballad across with heart.) Then Gasser trots out several appealing duets. One is for Mary and Colin, who vows to get out of bed and "run, run, run!" Another is for Archibald and Mary's mentor Susan Sowerby (deep-colored Adler soprano Marina Harris), who describes Mary's newfound goodness. Finally, Colin -- out of his wheelchair and on his feet -- sings, "I'll make a man yet!" You can whistle this number, which evolves toward the full ensemble's uplifting finale, set against Kremer's eye-popping backdrop of the garden in spring bloom.
In these final scenes -- somewhere in the territory of Sondheim, again, or "The Fantasticks" -- Gasser is hitting his stride. But there's still something workshop-like and strung-together about the work's pacing. Opera is a difficult medium, and this is the first time Gasser and Harrison have given it a shot. If they take their opera back to the drawing board, they may yet put some magic into this garden.
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'The Secret Garden'
An opera by Nolan Gasser and Carey Harrison; based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
When: March 2, 3, 9 and 10
Where: Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Tickets: $15-$80; 415-864-3330, 510-642-9988, www.sfopera.com, www.calperformances.org


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How to Win the Tryout Game
This past weekend our travel organization held tryouts for our 12u, 14u and 16u spring 2012 teams. We had about 120 girls come out over two days hoping to make one of the six teams. The competition was pretty stiff and in choosing the teams last night we had to make some really tough decisions, including cutting some girls already in the organization.
As is always the case in a tryout scenario many girls are nervous and don't perform their best with the many coaches, peers and parents watching their every move. As coaches, unless we watched them play on another team or got a good report from a reliable source, all we have to go on is their tryout effort.
As I observed these many young athletes I could instantly tell who was anxious. They would hurry their approach to the ball or the throw, and would have timing issues hitting off the machine. I could just see in many of the girls' eyes and body language how disappointed they were in their performances.
Now ours is one of the best organizations in southern California and it takes being a pretty good player to join us. However, I can't help but wonder if nerves cost several of these girls a shot with us.
Whether your athlete is trying out over the next few weeks or not until spring here are some tips to get her ready to play her best when it counts most:
1. Relax - this may sound easy, but in many ways tryouts are more stressful than games; particularly if it's for a team your athlete really wants to play for. Taking occasional deep breathes can help tremendously. Try to keep the conversation light on the drive to tryouts; do not set excessive expectations on your athlete as this will only serve to increase her anxiety and reduce her performance.
2. Monitor Her Thinking - it all starts between the ears. If she can focus on positive thoughts the moment she wakes up in the morning on tryout day, and maintain those thoughts all day long she will reduce her stress level. If she can recall a particular success or successes she has had on the field in the past she will increase her confidence level. If she thinks she "can" she will be more relaxed, allowing for a higher level of concentration and focus.
3. Expect Success - like #4 below if she expects herself to do well it will likely show in her body language and her performance. Expecting success is the result of self-confidence...which is the result of thinking right. If she tells herself she's gonna kill it at tryouts and can take the time to visualize her tryout performance, in advance, in as much detail as possible (using all her senses) her chances for success will skyrocket! If she works hard at the game she is entitled to success!
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