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Effectiveness for the Millennials has to be Earth wide.
The cultural reality is not effective.
That is when in evolution a major paradigm shift starts: when other ways of life offer better survival chances
Our Weapon is Instant Cooperation World Wide
We're Human Animals Using Rational Tools
Escape from the cultural prison 'Mind'
Born in 1953 I was in a perfect position to recognize the growing americanization of Europe after WWII, culminating in an rationalized western world of law and order. Where most humans are reduced to part of a HUGE workforce of the awfully few very rich and resultingly behave far below human possibilities (waste of space): big is beautiful; capitalism; individualism; power politics; rationalization.
I experienced how Europe gradually and than faster and faster was sucked AGAIN into a reality of 'rational thinking'. This after having driven away puritanism to South Africa and the New World (America), and refinding sense in the ages after Enlightenment.
As variant on a quote of Nietzsche: It is my ambition to make sense of human reality in one website (a couple of hundred webpages) where others in thousands of books produce models of a 'rational reality' as seen through a 'rational' fog.
Not happy with the tasteless 'cultural word porridge' of contradictory 'rational' explications in philosophy (world of 'mind'). I tried to make sense myself of history in the Western World, following these words from John Lennon: Imagine there is no heaven [...], No hell below us, above us only sky.
I don't try to make an 'intelligent' analysis, but follow my curiosity. I explore a seemingly nonsensical conceptual path (seen within the current 'rational' framework), based on mainly emotion instead of only on 'ratio'. I accept that practically all western scientists proceed with trying to restabilize 'the economy'. And this way try to save this western 'rational' framework, science is a cultural defense mechanism.
Science is cultural, so expecting a major shift to come from science is like asking deep sea fish how to escape the ocean. What I did is exploring how we western people arrived in our Western 'deep sea'.
The hypothesis the Hellenic Empires of the generals of Alexander the Great caused a break between the cultural realities of Middle East/Europe and (Far Asia) is simple and elegant, but not something you invent out of nothing.
In my case I tried to make sense of the huge difference between a 'rational' western world and Buddhist Asia.
In until now 12 years, I jumped back to the 'rationalism' of 17th century Enlightenment, then a jump forward to 20th century 'rationality' behind world wars, then a jump back again to start of Catholicism and a final jump back to Aristotle as source of The Catholic God Universe.
And so I almost naturally stumbled upon the difference between the abstract western mind body dualism and the pragmatic Eastern dualism. Western Christianity (with independent abstract values like good and evil, and a belief in eternal morality or 'intelligence') appeared to be based on Hellenism, much more than on Persian Zoroastrianism. Eastern dualism is more similar to the pragmatic Zoroastrianism (and here good and evil are much more effective/ineffective within the 'all good')
In a nutshell
The 2 Grand Paradigms of western history, the Classical Paradigm and the Enlightenment Paradigm, are 2 variants of 1 paradigm, the 'Intelligence' Paradigm.
That means that until present the dualism metareality/reality exists. The presumption still is: 'intelligence' exists as thing in itself.
0450-1650Classical Paradigm: 'Intelligence' is called 'god'. Human purpose seen as the worship of God and religion as Path to Truth. Rule by emperors, kings, ...
1650-2000Enlightenment Paradigm: Worship of 'God' is replaced by worship of 'ratio'. Rule by the wealthy.
A Modern Paradigm only simmers in 'Science' and accepts that Humans are random evolutionary accidents, but belief in 'intelligence' is still dominant through belief in things like 'mind', 'consciousness'. Rule by 'the wealthy' only slightly changed: rule by 'the superwealthy'. Western Science as phenomenon in Western culture to break with the 'Intelligence' Paradigm needs cooperation with a neighbouring paradigm to initiate a major paradigm shift. Until then: increasing chaos.
330BC Aristotle invents 'soul' (as 'anima')
as 'intelligence' behind (Greek) skill and competence.
330BC–323BC Alexander the Great spreads the belief in 'soul'
450AC Catholicism revives Aristotle's view of human life: holy 'soul' and 'evil' body
400AC–1100AC Early Middle Ages: Belief in 'soul' (Catholicism) conquers Europe
1100 AC– 1453AC Middle Ages: Isolation of Europe as world of 'soul'
1663-present: start of the autism 'addiction to profit': Capitalism
1640 doctrine around mind-body split: rationalism
1650-1800 Enlightenment: 'soul' is renamed to 'mind'
'rational mind' and 'irrational' body
1700-1800 Pilgrims colonize America (found the New World)
1700-1900 Product of Rationalism: Industrialism
1814-1917 and 1940-1945 WWI and WWII: 'rational minds' use bodies as gunfood
2000: Rationality: Rational War on Irrational Terror
present: Rationality: 'intelligence' ruins earth, the life source of human bodies
It took a sudden opening cultural window (SHOCK after brain attack) to realize that 'intelligence' was my main cultural prison. Since then, using intuition, I managed to escape longer and longer, .
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Ages after Hellenic culture, Aristotelianism was revived by Catholicism, and since then Western people started to BELIEVE in 'intelligence' independent of behavior and higher than sensations (feeling).
And they started to see 'intelligent' humans as superior to nature (dualism), and gave the 'intelligent' western man and his 'god' a role of epic proportions.
world 700AD
Human life on earth is pure physical behavior, much like a virus
The ability that made the human-life-virus on earth survive
is the endless generation of mutants.
Whatever major crisis there was allways resistant behavior that made human-life survive.
Don't kill variance!
Life on earth is a virus with many strands, one strand is human life.
Human life is divided in 2 related major cultures, east and west.
The biology of humans in todays cities is not very different from that of humans on the ancient savannah.
The western strand was dominant the last 24 ages, but the static concept Intelligence (resulting in 'individuality' and concepts like 'democracy') slowly pushed geniality that was not accepted as 'intelligent' out of sight.
The illusion 'intelligence' was an 'idea' of an ancient Greek thinker. Since Aristotle in the western strand of evolution linear time schemes of history with 'great minds' are common, ignoring among others that mutants are nothing special AND that major paradigms shifts are discontinuities.
EVERY human is a mutant, but only a few have the at that moment necessary resistant behavior (pure chance).
The Western linear interpretation of 'time' in some way gives useful insights, but also makes most of the past into myth around 'great individuals'.
Be sure that our present complex society is result of cooperation of common humans, not the sum of 'great' inventions. The survival effectivity of a strand of the life-virus comes from the generation of autist entities.
Soldiers of Change
The effective trait of common humans is that they easily assimilate with surrounding culture and environment.
The geniality of autist individuals is that they do NOT easily assimilate, and experience cultural reality as a prison (with huge differences between low and high functioning end of the autism spectrum). Their survival instincts force them to take their own alternative perceptual path .
Don't get stuck in the paradigm-life of former generations. Neglect of 'soldiers of change' (at present: the millennials) only postpones change, until the human virus dies in the end paradigm shifts always happen. Humans have a built in drive to cooperate as 'family'.


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Stony Brook, N.Y. - Redshirt freshman Davon Lawrence (Central Islip, N.Y.) rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns to lead the offense to a 51-15 win over the defense in Stony Brook's spring football game on Sunday. Points were tallied on a modified scoring system.
Lawrence scored on touchdown runs of 74 and 28 yards. Senior Brock Jackolski (Shirley, N.Y.) and junior Miguel Maysonet (Riverhead, N.Y.) also scored on rushing touchdowns.
Senior Michael Coulter (Yorba Linda, Calif.) was 10 of 13 for 152 yards and a touchdown. He found sophomore Chris McMillan (New York, N.Y.) for an 80-yard strike on the first play of a drive. Jackolski caught four balls for 34 yards and senior Matt Brevi (Tampa, Fla.) had three catches for 58 yards.
Junior Ivan May (El Cajon, Calif.) recorded a defensive touchdown, intercepting junior Kyle Essington (Chino Hills, Calif.) for a 36-yard score. Junior Rich Vitale (Higganum, Conn.) also had an interception and made six tackles.
Sophomore Alex Probasco (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) blocked a 35-yard field goal.
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Cut to the present, air travel, it seems, it has taken a full circle. The Great Indian Middle Class dream of getting air-borne looks dashed and probably good times may not come back ever. So what went horribly wrong? Is it only soaring oil prices?
Cut to the present, air travel, it seems, it has taken a full circle. The Great Indian Middle Class dream of getting air-borne looks dashed and probably good times may not come back ever. So what went horribly wrong? Is it only soaring oil prices?
Or an innovation which just didn't work? Whatever. The dynamics of budget air travel have changed for good, as more airlines find themselves stuck on the tarmac. In fact, forget about booking profits, now they are just struggling to stay in the business.
Rajji Rai, vice-president, TAAI, confirms the downtrend and the fact that air travel, which became quite popular in recent past - especially since low-cost airlines were introduced in 1998 - has come to a full circle in a decade.
"The changing realities in the airlines business confirms the fact that the budget air travel dream is over in the country.
The fantasy of cheap air travel for the middle class is now at a total dead end," he says. In fact, such has been the impact of soaring aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices that it has brought the entire airline industry on its feet.
Airlines, cutting across geographies, are now putting in place emergency plans to cut costs and devising innovative programmes to keep the business going and improve their sagging bottomlines. So much so that many of them have even started cutting commission of travel agents - a trade practice of decades.
That said, there has been an increasing pressure on revising air fares and cutting down on flight schedules. Already, there has been a 20% drop in the weekly flight schedule from 10,922 flights a week in March 2008 to 8,778 flights this week.
The negative fallout has affected air passenger growth, which saw a decline of 12% last month as compared to July 2007. Several airlines have also resorted to cutting down their unprofitable routes. SpiceJet has cut down 20%, while Kingfisher and Deccan combined have cut back nearly 100 flights a day. Jet is said to have pruned about 10% of its capacity, while Indian, Air India and IndiGo have rationalised their routes.
Though airlines have rolled out zero fares for the busy Delhi-Mumbai route in the lean season , giving respite to corporate travellers, other routes still continue to be expensive. Also the taxes and surcharges (not included in the cheap fares) continue to dampen the spirit of travellers.
According to reports, domestic airlines are facing an estimated loss of $2 bn in fiscal 2009, while international carriers may post a combined loss of $6.1 bn for the year. According to a KPMG report, India's loss-making aviation sector should be ready to accept rising ATF prices as a way of life at a time when global oil prices are touching record high levels. Instead of exiting the sector, the carriers should get their act together and begin getting leaner so that they can rake in profits.
Agrees Arun Mishra, joint secretary, ministry of civil aviation: "Domestic airlines are trying to rationalise the capacity deployed on various routes. The reduction in the flight is clear fallout of this exercise."
It was just till recently when low-cost carriers sought to make a business model out of cheap flights by giving attractive names such as 'no-frills', 'budget' and 'value carriers'. A network of routes came about all across India as air connectivity between metros and smaller cities improved drastically. Even places where road and rail
infrastructure was not up to the mark, gained visibility on the national radar.
Importantly, the extremely competitive airfares touted by these newly-sprung-up airlines started giving sleepless nights to full service carriers (FSCs). At the last count, the low-cost airlines enjoyed a passenger load factor of 70%, while the full-service airlines had a load factor of 60 to 65%.
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A Fort Belvoir Soldier, who dreamed of joining the Army while playing Soldier, as a child, with his brother and father, is living his dream in ways he never imagined.
Sgt. Marcello Araya, a 299th Engineer Multi-Role Bridge Company, supply sergeant, was selected by his first sergeant to march along with other Army Reservists in the 2013 Presidential Inauguration Parade for President Barack Obama, Monday, from the U.S. Capitol to the White House. Sgt. Darren Cox, 299th Engineer Multi Role Bridge Company training sergeant, was also selected to march in the parade.
"It's a great honor not just for me but for all of my Soldiers in the 299th and everybody that's been deployed with me. I'm representing not only myself and my Family but also them," Araya said. "If I'm there, you guys are there, too."
Araya's journey from basic training to the Inauguration Parade is filled with successes and hardships. He said he's come a long way since enlisting in 2003.
"Every Soldier has his own dreams or goals and one of them is being at the top," Araya said. "That's everybody's dream, that one day I could be up at the top. I'm getting there, slowly but surely."
Araya was born in Miami, Fla., the son of a Costa Rican father and Spanish mother.
The Army was a calling from birth, he said. He doesn't cite any particular reason behind this desire but one childhood moment solidified his inspiration to serve. Araya and his Family were among the many people whose homes were severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew, a category-five storm, in 1992. Araya said Army National Guardsmen provided his Family with food, shelter and one Solider even gave his hat to Araya.
"I still have it," Araya said. "I was just little kid, so that experience boosted my desire to serve even more. I was like 'Yeah, I'm going into the Army.'"
Araya enlisted onto active duty in 2003. He stayed in as a reservist after his active duty term of service but experienced some rough times as a civilian. Araya struggled to maintain a job, his car was repossessed and he and his wife were evicted from their apartment. In 2009 he was going to return to active duty, under a Special Forces military occupational specialty, but then an Active Guard and Reserves position was offered to him, his current position.
"It was like a blessing," Araya said. "I'll never forget that."
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"I'm ecstatic that's he's able to participate," Gaddie said. "This is an historic event that he gets to be part of. And he's representing us as a unit, which is a plus."
Araya was interviewed by three Hispanic news organizations in response to his participation in the parade. Araya said the reporters asked questions about various topics and one included his sentiments about representing the Hispanic community. Araya said he's very proud to represent his culture but he doesn't lose sight of the Army's team-focused mission.
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Creating A Community In The Dance Studio
by Janet Neidhardt
Building a sense of community is one of the first things I do when I get a new class at the beginning of the school year. Throughout my time teaching dance I have discovered that my students feel they can be themselves most freely in class when they have trust in their peers to be accepting of them. I am constantly pushing my students to take risks in class, fall down or be goofy with movement, but they are hesitant when they feel insecure about what others will think of them.
For some students answering a question with the wrong answer is such a paralyzing thought they will never raise their hand. I constantly talk about taking chances and that it's great when someone is wrong because they learn the right answer, and when they fall down they might better find their balance. To help them get over this insecurity I make a point to do many activities to increase a strong sense of security within the classroom.
To build trust and community in the classroom, I have students discuss something fun or interesting they did over the weekend. When they start to see their peers a people with lives outside of the classroom it helps them to feel more connected to one another.
Another activity is to have them write descriptive words about themselves, make a movement phrase based on those words, then teach the movement phrase to another student and share the information. I always pick the groups for small group work and make sure that each student has at least one person in the group who they have not worked with yet. After learning a movement phrase in class, I put students in partners and have them watch each other perform. The students then take a moment to give each other feedback, one aspect of their dancing that is strong and something they can work on. This helps students with giving and receiving constructive criticism.
Allowing students to bring in their own music to use in class is another way to help them feel ownership over the class and what they are doing. Small group choreography projects double as team building exercises. While students are learning about choreography tools they are also learning to work as a group to create a successful piece.
When teaching students about improvisation, I stress that there is no "wrong" answer or movement but there are purposeful choices. Simply knowing that they can't get it wrong helps take the pressure off of them while moving. Improvisation is one of the hardest things for my students to learn and embrace because they have to really put themselves out there and go for it. With a lot of positive feedback and creating an environment of playful exploration, my students slowly let their guards down and start to take chances. We do a lot of watching each other improvise and then discussing what we saw, so students can hear the positive feedback from their peers. As students become more comfortable they take more risks with their own artistry.
Since I teach in a high school setting, there are times when serious social topics come up and I take the time out from dancing to discuss social issues when appropriate. I try to teach the whole student by acknowledging that my students are not just dancers, they are people dealing with many interests and issues on a daily basis. Allowing students' voices to be heard and self expression to be validated helps them to become more secure. It is important for me to have patience with my classes and to allow them to grow as the students themselves grow.
There are many ways to build a sense of community in the dance studio and as an educator I am constantly trying out new ideas. Developing my students into confident, authentic, self-expressing artists is my goal each and every day, and I know that it starts in a loving community.
Janet Neidhardt has been a dance educator for 10 years. She has taught modern, ballet, and jazz at various studios and schools on Chicago's North Shore. She received her MA in Dance with an emphasis in Choreography from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and her BA in Communications with a Dance Minor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Throughout her time in graduate school, Janet performed with Sidelong Dance Company based in Winston-Salem, NC.
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I have been a dancer at the same studio for thirteen years now and I think my favorite part of it is how we all consider eachother family. Im not sure if i would have stayed at a studio if the girls didnt get along so thats deffinatly a huge role in the studio. My teacher was always open to us having other activites and always wanted to hear about things that were happening in our lives. In the classroom setting, if we had a question, she was always open to hearing them, and I always felt comfortable asking the other girls in the class. A sense of community is by far the most important part to a studio.
I run a ballroom dance studio and what help to create a good atmosphere is to do something fun together. We do pro-am dance competitions, showcases and formations and that lifts the hole mood of the group as they perform together. Also every Friday we do open dancing, it's another way to get students together, so they can know each other better dance and communicate.


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The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 51, Issue 2, pp. 190-206, 2012
This article examines the implementation of the UK's 'Prevent Strategy' for countering terrorist risks and threats. Informed by qualitative data, it critically assesses the perception and reception 'on the ground' of Prevent Strategy policies amongst those individuals who are, in many ways, the focus of such interventions. It is found that there are a number of grievances held, though three are of particular concern and revolve around funding issues, confusion of the overarching aims of the strategy, and suspicions of intelligence gathering and spying within Muslim communities.
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Bugslayer wrote:Congrats Tea Party! Despite losing 2 elections that were about Obamacare, they took it to the Supreme Court claiming it was unconstitutional....lost there. Now they are trying to blackmail the government into doing what the minority wants....do they not understand democracy or do they just not like it also? The GOP did the same thing to Social Security.....was working great and making them look bad....so they flush a bunch of people into it that did not pay into it (Farmers).....then they took the SS funds and let the government spend it....so they can scream about it not working now....sweet.
Anything to keep the rich getting richer and the poor "in their place"....but it is starting to get far to obvious, and it WILL come back and bite you in the Ass....think you to a "knackering" last election it will be far worst next time......President Hillary? ROTFL bet that will stick in your craw
Bugslayer wrote:Question: If you run out the "Rinos" as the tea party has what do you expect them to do? Do you believe they will turn more reactionary so they can be a "good" republican? or do you think they will go towards a more moderate agenda as I have? Every time Cruz or Palin open their pie holes they push me further and further towards the Dems! I have considered myself a moderate Independent, I have NEVER held ANY party affiliation, but after the last 8 years and the way the GOP is leaning? I may well find myself working for a democratic campaign in 2016!
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Wait, when were we talking about anything Jewish?
Earlier in the thread you were talking about Mika being half Jewish. I presumed Monkeyboy's comment was in reference to that. Not that I'd know what goes on in the mind of a genious like Monkeyboy."I do not remember seeing a too narrow trachea on a cat, but I'm sure they can be bred to have them."- Marjatta Snellman, professor of clinical veterinary medicine


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12:00 P.M. 12:00 A.M. is midnight. 'Noon', unlike 'midnight', is a palindrome.
I'm usually in school at noon.
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A great time for lunch.
It's noon, let's go eat!
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(n) meaning someone who is too gay to function. Abnormal in everyway apart from penis size.
That kid is a noons
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basically the same as 4:20. originated in Richwoods, MO to mean a time to smoke some dank. a good code to use for calling up your order on the phone
viết bởi almostaskater 21 Tháng sáu, 2009
Best time for a gun fight in Philly
Must be a gangsta to understand
Must be a gangsta to understand
They gonna fight at noon.
viết bởi nut case 16 Tháng tư, 2004
when a socially acceptable time for a person to drink alcohol
"Should you be drinking at 10 am?"
"Its noon somewhere"
"Its noon somewhere"
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A combination of Novice and goon
Founded in Chatham,Nj 8th grade Math class
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Are you joking? your a noon
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Definition of gay rights in English:
gay rights
plural noun
Equal civil and social rights for homosexuals compared with heterosexuals.
Example sentences
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- For gay rights activists it isn't enough that you hint that you will vote against the amendment.
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I got a couple of bags of frozen fruits, which included pineaples, grapes, peaches, and melons (cantaloupe and honeydew). I ate the fruits but the melons... Now I have a bag of frozen melons that I don't know what to do with. I tought about a sorbet maybe... does anybody have a recipe? (if that sounds like a good idea, then would it be good if i mixed both melons?)
It is about 1 melon of each balled and frozen.
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STOCKTON - A 61-year-old man was stabbed to death near the intersection of El Dorado and Sonora streets in Stockton on Wednesday night.
Stockton police homicide detectives were searching into the evening for a man described by witnesses as having long hair and wearing a black backpack, Sgt. Eric Ingersoll said.
A motive for the stabbing was unclear Wednesday night.
Ingersoll said a dispute between the victim and the man police were seeking began at 8:31 p.m. Five men were detained by police as possible suspects, but all of them were ruled out and released.
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The Red Badge of Courage
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The Red Badge of Courage Respect and Reputation Quotes
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Quote #7
"Well, don't we fight like the devil? Don't we do all that men can?" demanded the youth loudly (16.14).
Henry makes up for his internal insecurities by overcompensating externally. It's kind of like trash-talking when you don't have the skills to back it up. (Lessons learned from the basketball court, volume one.)
Quote #8
It was perhaps that they dreaded to be killed in insignificant ways after the times for proper military deaths had passed (21.3).
Henry ascribes his value set to the other soldiers: pride before safety. He imagines their reasons for hurrying as related to honor, not to self-preservation.
Quote #9
They speedily forgot many things. The past held no pictures of error and disappointment. They were very happy, and their hearts swelled with grateful affection for the colonel and the youthful lieutenant (21.41).
This is Henry and Wilson's shared reaction to the officer's claim that they should both be major-generals. Reputation is so important to Henry that it can erase any guilt he's felt in the past.


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Temperatures along the coast should hover in the mid-70s.
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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) are the governing body that overlook all Employment Businesses and Agencies to ensure we are adhering to the correct codes of conduct and policies, as well as helping us better our practises for Clients and Candidates alike. We are already honoured to be a member but honestly, being one of the seven businesses chosen (out of 4,000!) to be inspected was a little daunting! Having the inspection was really important to us not only to vet our standards, but to understand where we can continue to improve.
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Iowa restaurants are expected to add 4,800 jobs this summer, a 5.2 percent increase over Iowa's restaurant and bar employment in March, said the Iowa and National Restaurant associations today.
Iowa's restaurant employment projections are expected to outpace the national increase of 4.6 percent, the groups said.
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The c-myc gene encodes superimposed RNA polymerase II and III promoters.
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
The first exon of the c-myc gene has unusual properties that suggest some further role in gene regulation. It encodes a large, evolutionarily conserved leader exon that is transcribed more frequently than the remaining exons of the c-myc gene. In what follows, we provide a possible explanation for these observations. We find that the major promoter of the c-myc gene is bifunctional; that is, it supports transcription by RNA polymerases II and III (pol II and III). Both enzymes initiate in vitro transcription from the major c-myc initiation site (P2), but pol III is completely blocked near the 3' end of the first exon while pol II, though partially blocked, transcribes through this region. These superimposed transcriptional activities suggest a potential regulatory mechanism by which one polymerase system could influence the activity of another.
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Definition of filoselle in English:
Floss silk, or silk thread resembling this, used in embroidery.
Example sentences
- At the end of the letter, he adds: 'The only present which I'd like you to get for me in Paris is gloves and socks of filoselle, a cloth made of silk and wool, very pleasant and warm to wear, which aren't, I think, very expensive.'
- It was generally worked in silk, crewel or filoselle, and was used for all the ordinary canvas work such as tidies, table covers, bureau covers as well as other furniture or piano spreads.
- While the first weaving was made with wool, silk, and gold thread, the second set was made only in wool and filoselle (a lesser grade of silk).
Mid 16th century: from French, from Italian filosello 'raw silk from a cocoon', of uncertain ultimate origin.
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Salah Niazi
In every muscle there is a suppressed howl
And like no other scream is the scream of a knockdown
It is the despair of fear & timidity
Inside the boxing ring
Hands are now truncheons
They know no mercy
Is the arena like a balance
The size, the height, are of no importance?
But scales themselves are a misleading measure
The two pans are never equal even when they appear so
How can a kilo of dust equals a kilo of blood?
Look at it
Look at it
A king-size statue on top of the court-building
A statue of cool, limestone sobriety
The sword is in the right hand
The scales of justice in the other
Reassuring of course but look at it again
Visual consolation no more
Since when is damage redeemed by punishment
Playing on words
Maybe just like tranquillizers
A temporary truce between pain and screams
The damage could last for ever
But what has this to do with Mr. Kamali!
Have I lost the knack of versifying
Why should I start with a tedious preface
Only in begging should there be a stutter
Only in a new love should there be hesitation
Again what have the scales to do with Mr. Kamali?
Or indeed why has boxing cropped up from nowhere?
We were not fighting
There is no ring after all
At least none that anyone could see.
It is true he is some inches taller than me
His chest is high like a sportsman
On the scales or indeed in the ring
Size, height or width can hardly matter
Let him show off then and who cares
He was a minister
Used to having a hot line to the president
And cracking dirty jokes with him
So what! I have my own dignity that should be kept intact
Yes, to the bitter end
It is true we were not in a ring
At least no-one can see it
Oddly, the first bout began on the train
We sat opposite each other
His cheeks were rigidly tense and getting darker
Like burnt meat
His high chest was gasping for air
Aquatic animal stranded on dry land
As if suffering from a stone in his bladder
(It was taken out by a surgical operation
It had the shape of a heart
His wife made a hole in it and wore it as a necklace)
The train moved slowly but with sure puffs
The buildings on both sides also moved like rivers
Cold wind sneaked up the trousers
First he drew back his head
In the way of a tyrant who does not want to listen
Some inches taller than me
His chest is a hand-span wider than mine
So what I said to myself
I will never throw in the towel
Even if he wears a lion's mane
I put my dignity in one pan
Let him put all his offices and rhymed verses in the other
I was waiting cautiously for his first move
He looked at the meadows full-face
They were neatly lined as if by a ruler and compass
Freshly green as far as one can see
Spotted with cattle and tractors and larks
All of a sudden a sigh burst out
That could blow out ten candles at once
Better be silent he said in a veiled voice
Walls have ears hinting at the authorities
And the patch he added is smaller than the rip 1
His face is getting darker still
A smoke of conspiracy clouded his eyes
Has he a coup up his sleeve?
- Secrets are amassed on the scales
They are heavier than all weights and measures -
The train drives on through the cutting icy winds
And passes small cities without reducing its speed
Trains make faces yet paler
And mouths drier
And skins stickier
And bladders heavier
He bit the sandwich with a wry face
Looked at it with disgust and threw it out of the window
It flew away in the air with his teeth-marks
My fortresses were crumbling
And swollen was the silence between us
A lump of pain not unlike a fish bone stuck in my throat
The silence getting bigger and more aggressive
Like a suppressed roar in a muscle
He looked at a far-away hut in the meadow
By itself it was standing
As if germinated by force of nature
And with a voice of a ewe having an abortion
Mr. Kamali ruefully said
I wish I could shut myself from the world in that hut
What! it is really welling up
Yes it's welling up
It is a real tear
He looked at me then the tear fell down
I heard him sobbing like a little boy
That was his real knockout
In its highest fear and in its highest weakness
We were not in a ring
At least no-one can see it
Some years later no more than the five fingers on one
It was rumoured that sorrow had killed him
Or was it a heart attack
At his funeral no escort to his final resting place
Others say he was torn to pieces inside prison
Like the flag of a hostile state.
Translated by the author: edited by David Andrew
1 An Iraqi slang proverb which means the situation is hopeless or impossible.
Richard Berengarten
Now holds all that's perceivable to sense
and more-than-senses (meditation? prayers?)
in concentration, pure, refined, intense.
Now abstracts (from potential) abstract layers
to concretize them in self-evidence,
for instance, in what happens to the hairs
on arms, and skin-pores, when coincidence
shivers the frame and radiant fulness flares,
or when a sound sparks off a resonance,
thrilling and chilling, from the gentlest airs.
Now's curious landscape (flat, steep, deep, thin, dense)
subsumes all borders and contains all wheres
in innocence and in obedience,
contraries coexisting unawares.
Now, point
How I am flooded by the giant size
of this one point, this now, this hollow drum
of momenthood, whose mode and medium
consist of glory, radiance, surprise
(phantom, come, gone) before I realise
this mini-heaven, aspiration's sum
rounded in fulness, emptiest vacuum,
cannot be held (distilled) as paradise.
And though this point of now (this full cup) holds
nothing but notness without skin or core
being infinitesimal and one
see how its quick transparency unfolds
pluralities of things just as they are
flickering past no sooner than begun.
Now, crumbling
Now, crumbling in the vast imperative
of arrowed curves and carvings, falls like rain,
a plaintive, pliant interrogative
pouring away. Nor will you come again.
No presence could sustain, less still summate
the timescapes strewn across your roundedness.
Were you a verb, how would you conjugate
to ramify (breach, clasp) unboundedness?
Still, you move ever constant in your weight
of weightless nothing. Like a steady river
you are what's given, gift that gives your giver
this this, immediate, importunate,
on the specific onrush of your flow
whether we shall accept your gift or no.
Now, brimming
Now, brimming, spilling surplus, calls more more
to every drop and morsel of the real.
Though full in plenty, presence cannot heal
this now of incompleteness or restore
eternity through time or evermore
envelop this one moment with a seal
to stamp it still and separate, or reveal
more than it is. Its surface is its core.
Now, never static, will not isolate
itself from the continuum of space-time
through synaesthetic sense, or more sublime
transcendence of itself, or doom or fate.
Now fades and falls away like any quantum
leaving no trace, ghost-speck or shadow-phantom.
Now, drum
Now, hollow drum, old knot, new pleated fold,
mere point, fine spectrum, radiating waves
through time's continuum - thrumming loom that weaves
new fabrics on this energetic field
matted through matter, uncoiled and unfurled
across the dust-swept patterns of our lives -
no sooner swells and breaks than ebbs and leaves,
self-emptying each instant it has filled.
Is this then nothing but the drum the dream
of being patters out its morse upon?
Since now repeats with neither gap nor seam
between (within) each wave, its antiphon,
eliding all nows on a curved light beam,
how then can now be ousted or outshone?
Now, cup
To the Shekhinah
Spillage through now of vast eternities
won't be contained. Now floods and overbrims
coursing through organs, spreading out to limbs
joy (energy) to all extremities.
Perfection, borne on time, disperses currents
into now's hollow chalice (bowl, pool, lake,
vessel, strong-standing, that won't crack or break)
to overflow in tricklings, cascades, torrents.
And so this cup runs over. Yes, it's true
excess of plenty quickens eyes that you
keep turning to me through refracted rays
sprayed under waterfalls by rainbow haze.
Now, transverse to time's flows, re-empties, fills
as, poured and pouring, glory overspills.
A point, a cup, a drum
A point, a cup, a drum, a gate that swings
back and forth, tempting, and then clangs shut, fast,
a meeting glance, a feather fluttering past,
a vista in a vista, packed with things
and each, when gone, rampant with echoings
of next and afternext, bred from the last,
ghosts of a needle's eye glimpsed through now's vast
arena, spreading through concentric rings,
and though no now may ever come again
this now, its then-past and then-next stay wound,
unbroken, in a double spiral chain
of pastness and futurity around
one single coil of presence, to entrain
now in its knot of notness stretched and bound.
Concerning music
Seeing that through this now flow fine and firm
currents of time, directed in more ways
than eyes perceive or intellect can term
even though portioned through divided days,
and hearing in this now pure notness drum
its echoing note (eternity revealed?)
unclouded, light-filled, against background hum
of what-is and would-be, together sealed -
may I in ways I've never dared before
smile, and express this smiling through me spread
as presence, not mere resonance or mime
and though swept by alternate hope and fear,
haunted by ghosts both unborn and long dead,
Here is no mourning
Here is no mourning for what has not been.
These sounds of wind and rain on drums and strings
the elements themselves play through the seen
world we live in, on clustered, cluttered things,
prints of the rainbow, woodsmoke's whorls and scents,
snails' shells, rams' horns, hissing sands on dunes -
in hardy harmonies or wavering tunes
all echo, are each others' instruments.
Scant, scattered, thronged or banked in murmurings,
things being what they are, what they might mean
gets sounded, filled, on resonance between
waves' mountings, curves, arrivals, vanishings.
Such subtle blending of this now's refrain
coils now in always, now, and now again…
To light, in an interior
What else but you supports the strings and veils
meshed into things' appearances and cores?
Sifter of shadows each thing underscores
(thinghood itself being what your grace entails)?
What else but you is pivot for the scales
weighing this mazing criss-crossing white gauze
of net curtains against our walls and floors
shimmering or darkened, as day mounts and fails?
Fulcrum of diamond, balancing between
each thing and thing, space each thing must evince,
we cannot track you, but infer you, since
you are the means by which all things are seen
pouring now, overbrimming, into this,
measuring this this on your weightlessness.


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On September 13, 2013 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band will perform at Festival Park in Fayetteville to raise money for "smart homes" for Army Master Sgt. John Masson and Marine Staff Sgt. Thomas McRae, both of whom are triple amputees.
The concert is a project of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which partners with the Gary Sinise Foundation to build specialized homes for seriously wounded veterans. The homes cost approximately $500,000 each.
The concert will begin at 7:00pm. Tickets are $35.00 for lawn seating or $75.00 for VIP seating with chairs. Buy tickets online by clicking here, or call 800-293-5949.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Two Debuts Draw Seven Figures
This year, two novels have sold to U.S. editors, for a rumored seven figures each, just before the Frankfurt Book Fair kicks off on Wednesday.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Kurzweil Looks to Broaden Firefly Reach
Children with special learning needs continue to require attention worldwide.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Onix 3.0: Global Publishing, Global Metadata
Among the challenges technology poses for publishing is the issue of how to handle globalization.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: The Next Big Thing
As the publishing world gathers at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair, the book business sits on the brink of some major changes, with a wave of new services and devices poised to take digital publishing—and digital reading—to another level.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Navigating the Digital Landscape
Publishers continue to struggle with print vs. digital issues, says Marianne Calilhanna, marketing director of Cenveo Publisher Services.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Nielsen: E-books Growth Continues in U.S. and U.K.
E-book sales continue to grow in both the U.S. and U.K., but to varying degrees.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Big Change Has Come
The 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair will be a very different show from years past. Among the innovations are a premium membership option and new physical spaces.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Big Books U.S. Agencies Are Selling at the Fair
Prepare for the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair with our roundup of big projects that'll be making the rounds, among them books by Leslie Jamison, Richard Price, Amy Poehler, and more.
Frankfurt's LitAg Draws Record Numbers for 2014 Fair
Some 308 agencies from 33 countries are booked for the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair, including 72 U.S. agencies.
Murray to be Frankfurt CEO Speaker
Brian Murray, president and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers, will be the sole speaker at the Frankfurt Book Fair's annual CEO discussion.
Changes Coming to Frankfurt Book Fair
The biggest change, set to take effect in 2015, is that English-language and American exhibitors will move from their longtime home in Hall 8.0, closer to "the heart of the action" in Halls 6.0 and 4.0.
Netherlands, Flanders to be Guests of Honor at Frankfurt 2016
The Netherlands and Flanders will join together in a collective presentation as Guests of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2016.
2014 Frankfurt Fellowship to Focus on Children's, YA
For the first time, Frankfurt's fellowship program will be geared exclusively toward industry professionals working in children's and YA books.
Georgia to be Guest of Honor at Frankfurt 2018
Representatives from the book fair and Georgia came together for a signing in Berlin on February 27.
Podcast: Frankfurt Stays Hot
Right-sized and re-made, the Frankfurt Book Fair retains its pre-eminent position in the global publishing industry, digital revolution and all. Click here to listen.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: A Busy Fair Despite Lower Attendance
The 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair was a busy one, despite another modest decline in trade visitors
The PW Frankfurt Show Daily: Day 3, October 11, 2013
Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: WME, HC Lead the Deal-Making in Active Show
If there a theme emerged from the deal-making at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, it was the dominance of HarperCollins as a buyer of big books, and of William Morris Endeavor as the seller of those books.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: Markus Dohle's Full Remarks
What does the future hold for the world's first mega trade publisher, Penguin Random House? Check out this transcript of PRH CEO Markus Dohle's full remarks delivered at the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: Post-Amazon, Goodreads Still a Place for Book Lovers
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White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
White Teeth Chapter 16 Summary
The Return of Magid Mahfooz Murshed Mubtasim Iqbal
- Marcus is about to smoke a pipe in Heathrow airport when a girl tells him that's illegal.
- The girl, who is young and pretty, happens to be sitting with a copy of Marcus's book, Time Bombs and Body Clocks: Adventures in Our Genetic Future.
- He tries to ask her casually about the book (not that Marcus is remotely capable of being casual).
- The girl isn't exactly singing Marcus's praises. She thinks the book is weird and somewhat scary; she doesn't like the idea of genetic engineering. She argues that there is something fascist about the idea of removing "undesirable qualities" in people and wonders who decides what that even means. Fair point, airport girl.
- Marcus understands it differently. He believes that he is, for instance, working to determine the future of cancer, not the future of the mouse.
- Marcus and the girl end up arguing for a while.
- The reason that Marcus is at Heathrow airport is to meet Magid. Part of what interests Marcus about Magid is that he has the exact same genetic makeup as Millat, but he's a completely different person. Marcus thinks about everything in terms of genetics.
- With Magid back, Alsana confides to Clara that she doesn't recognize her son at all.
- Samad is horrified at the sight and habits of his recently returned son. He responds to his disappointment with total maturity. He writes to relatives and saying that Millat is working at a mosque in Birmingham and that Magid wants to marry a Bengali girl. Okay, that's really not mature at all.
- Millat comes home in October and refuses to stay in the same place as Magid, so Magid goes to stay with the Chalfens. Musical chairs, much? Irie is also spending almost all her time over there.
- Samad and Archie commiserate over what they think of as the loss of their children.
- Mostly through flattery, Magid gets Marcus to break down his work into more digestible pieces.
- Bit by bit, Marcus starts pulling away from all responsibilities and interactions with others except, of course, for Magid.
- Irie spends a lot of time in Marcus's office reading a press release to journalists about the launch of FutureMouse. It announces to the public that a FutureMouse will be put on display at the Perret Institute in London on December 31, 1992, and will remain on display for exactly seven years. This is twice the normal life expectancy of a mouse—sweet.
- Marcus is selling the idea of the FutureMouse as an opportunity for the public to see life and death up close. Kind of like this exhibit on human bodies.


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So far there's almost been a two-year window between albums. This feels like a quick turnaround.
JM: Yeah, I mean I say that but it can end up being like another year. [Laughs.]
Don't get too excited, fans.
JM: But no, it's weird. I mean like, that's the other thing. The funny thing is in the UK when it's first released, it takes about three months before people start asking you about the next record. You're like, "Oh whoa. Hold on, it's been three months!" And like, the record's just about to be released in other countries. And now, especially that you have to work so hard touring, time flies. The album's already been out a year.
Is it tough trying to make music that addresses real life, regular issues when you don't have time to live regularly and be in relationships or catch up with family and friends?
JM: Yeah. It's weird how quickly it becomes regular, though. I guess the thing is you have to be kind of aware of how fragile your existence is. So I think part of our mentality is just to grab everything while you can. Who knows what's going to happen with the next album or whatever? I think when you're talking about relationships, at the house I kind of have this understanding of that. And kind of the whole idea of the last album, the idea of being away all the time, and not really having much of a chance to visit my parents or the place I grew up, you kind of end up thinking about that stuff. So in a way, without touring, the last album wouldn't have been what is was.
It's inspiration.
JM: And I think also, that kind of thing. Now all of the stuff I'm thinking about writing for the next record is to do with the idea of traveling, because that's all we do. I think it would be kind of impossible to write about anything else, so it kind of helps. Well, I think it helps if you embrace it, and I think you can tell when bands get a bit confused about what they're doing. Because you have this, like, really direct connection. Someone's thinking about something, and then they make some music, and you usually have to get what they're thinking about.
OC: If you've been touring for three years and you try to write a record about your town…
And have you haven't been there…
OC: Yeah, and how tough it's been or whatever. It's not being real, and it all just gets confused.
JM: Or you know, it's like the rap scene when people are kind of still trying to rap about when it was hard. Then you move on to saying how everyone hates on you. I think that's the natural progression, isn't it?
What's the reaction been from the people who saw you go from being a backing guy in other bands, to now being the lead guy in your own band?
JM: They're the haters [Laughs]
JM: I think it totally depends. It's probably because of the place that I grew up. It was a really small amount of people that were involved.
Where was this again?
JM: Southwest England, it's a place called Devon. Yeah, it's like a really rural kind of area, so there are not a lot of people that are into music. So in fact, the other guy when we first started playing, this guy Gabriel was the singer and songwriter in pretty much every band I had ever played in. But he's kind of just really happy for me. And now he's doing his own thing. I'd say he's really positive about it.
I get the impression that some people really understand why this is happening. Or like, people who I've played music with, I think they might not really get it. But I think in most cases I'm kind of younger than them, and it might be a generational thing, I'm not sure [Laughs].
OC: I'll tell you personally speaking that all of my friends, my close friends, are just genuinely happy.
JM: You occasionally get the odd sort of like, "Oh yeah?"
OC: Yeah. [Laughs]
JM: Actually before this record came out it was nice, because we obviously weren't touring much. I was writing and stuff. So Oscar was back in Brighton, where he lives, and he started working again at the kitchen he used to work at just as something to do for fun, in a way.
OC: Well, yeah, kind of, because I like having a little bit of normality, occasionally.
JM: I think people who were working with him were thinking, "Oh, I guess things aren't going really well then."
OC: The guy I used to work for, Cap, now works at the pub around the corner from me. He treats me really differently now. It's weird. He's just like, "Oh yeah?" I don't think he was really aware of what we were doing before. So when I went back to work…
JM: Going back being a kitchen hand…
OC: Yeah. So I think he just thinks it went "Pow!" But that hasn't been the case.
What's the name of the place where you were working last?
OC: It's called The Hop Poles. It's…
JM: It's closed now.
OC:I don't know, it's like a pub, yeah. Just working in the kitchen.
We once had this hypothetical conversation about what would happen if we were asked to [tour with Coldplay]. And then sure enough, we get this email that's says like, 'You've been offered the Coldplay slot.' - Joseph
Speaking or your rise, you guys will be opening for Coldplay. What was your reaction when you heard that news, and what's that process like? Does someone from your management petition to make it happen or how does that work?
JM: It's funny because I'm not really a big fan of Coldplay. Gbenga, who plays in the band is a massive fan. So we once had this hypothetical conversation about what would happen if we were asked to do it, and the conclusion we came to was, if it happened in America, that would be amazing, because, we're still not very known in the United States. And then sure enough, we get this email that's says like, "You've been offered the Coldplay slot." [Laughs]
JM: And yeah, it's amazing. We decided like we're going to do it. And then, like I was saying to other people, there's a couple of people trying to claim the reason it happened. But I think the most compelling…
OC: The one we'd like to believe.
JM: The one we'd like to believe is, you know Azealia Banks?
Yeah, the "212" girl.
JM: Yeah. She supported us in Paris not so long ago. Then we did this whole tour in England with her, and she was saying like, "Oh that Coldplay tour. I got you on that tour." I'm not sure if it's like public knowledge, but I know she's friends with their manager or something. So I think she might have just like thrown our name in.
JM: She's really into us, which is quite a nice surprise. So anyway yeah, apparently it's down to her.
So as far as how you prepared for that, can you expect the same type of show? What are your plans for the dynamic going into it when it starts?
OC: It's a funny one 'cause, in a way, kind of supporting someone like that almost feels like the pressures off. Like, in a weird way. Because you're literally going to play and people can like it or not. But I guess it all depends on how long we actually have.
Jon: I think it's like 45 minutes.
OC: 45 minutes. Just try and structure things a little different.
Jon: Yeah I'm curious to see. I kind half expect the label to be a bit like, "You have to do this kind of production show." But I also kind of feel like you can't really fight fire with fire. If you're up against Coldplay, you're just kind of like, "Well jeez, it's Coldplay." Like, we're not going to be able to out Coldplay Coldplay. So I kind of feel like we should just kind of stick to what we do. I mean obviously it will be more on a kind of bigger level. But I do think there's something to be said for just being memorable for that fact that you're different. But then I guess they may be expecting something huge. We'll watch Coldplay and see what they do.
How comfortable or happy are you with the level of fame, attention, and popularity you have right now? You kind of have the recognition from your true fans. But you can also walk outside without paparazzi hounding you. So how do you feel about where you are now, in comparison to where you might be by summers end?
JM: Yeah, I guess it's a bit of a paradox isn't it—this tour we're doing with Coldplay with arenas and stuff like that? I don't think that's what we're trying to do. We're not trying to be the band that's headlining a stadium. You know what I mean? But, obviously you want people to hear your music. There are more people who should hear it in America. In England and in France where we're kind of more popular, we don't feel famous or anything like that. I can't really imagine we'll ever get to the point where we're getting mobs. And it's fine. It's fine if you're in bars and people give you some stuff for free. That's never a problem. [Laughs]
OC: I think, for me anyway, I just want everyone to continue being happy. You kind of have the opportunity to carry on. That's the kind of thing with this Coldplay thing I guess. You kind of get offered something like that, and maybe you might want to sort of think, "Well no actually, lets just continue doing our own thing in our word. But the thing is no one would understand if you turned down something like that. [Laughs] You know we'll just have to keep it going.
JM: See what happens.
How much satisfaction do you take in the people that have been with you since day onek? You played a song from your first album and I heard one woman scream for joy.
JM: Oh, "You Could Easily Have Me." It's cool.
OC: Some people were like, when that song came out they were 15, and now they're like 21.
JM: I mean it happens quite a lot in England. They'll be people who saw us at our first London shows or whatever and it's just nice. It's just nice that we haven't been dropped, you know what I mean? We're still here. For your fans not to be embarrassed of you is kind of really cool. And when we were first doing those shows, there were lots of bands who probably didn't grow with there fans, or like…So I think that's like, the massive thing for us. And yeah, like Oscar was saying, there's people we recognize now, like fans in England, who we've kind of known since they were 15. So that's nice, it's great. It's worth it just for that one scream of recognition.


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William Barfee is not a popular lad. He has a drippy sinus condition. He spells out words with his foot. Oh, and did we mention that they call him Barf, for short?
Only in the geekdom of "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" could such a fellow be the man of the hour. Welcome to the realm of desperation, juice boxes and bleacher seats known as middle school. The posters may declare it a "bully free zone," but most days it's open season on the brainiacs. It's only during the bee that these pint-size competitive spellers can feel free to get down with their nerdy selves. These kids read the dictionary to relax. They can't wait to get their phonics on. Suffice to say, they make the mathletes look cool.
Timothy Near's thoroughly adorable production — her swan song at San Jose Rep after more than two decades — wins us over from the first utterances by a tongue-tied tween, to the last audience-participation schtick. Along the way, the gang encounters one highly protuberant organ, power-hungry parents, the pressure to succeed at all costs and the dawning realization that "life is random and unfair."
This delightful Tony-winning musical may not have an ageless score (some of William Finn's lyrics are forgettable), but there are few Broadway musicals with this much quirkiness and heart — flowing from the witty book by Rachel Sheinkin. Certainly, the show's sly subtext, that a society that prizes winning above all else may well be setting itself up for a fall, has only gained traction since its 2005 Broadway debut.
Cast of characters
Naturally, Barfee (Mark Farrell) isn't the only one desperate to win the spelling bee crown. Meet Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre (Molly Bell), a stressed-out lisper with braids as tightly wound as her dad. There's also doleful Olive Ostrovsky (Dani Marcus), who is best friends with her dictionary (sigh). And who could forget hippie-dippie Leaf Coneybear (Clifton Guterman), who wears a cape because he feels "supersonic?" The poor dear also has to wear a helmet indoors because he has a tendency to fall down and hit his head. (For the record, Guterman stepped into the role at the last minute because of an actor injury, but he's clearly born to play flaky little Leaf.)
Initially, they are all intimidated by all-business overachiever Marcy Park (Sophie Oda), who speaks six languages, plays the piano and knows karate. She's so smug that she prays to God for harder words and is not the least bit taken aback when Jesus actually shows up. In a way, The Lord answers all of their prayers. All but those from Chip Tolentino (Marc de la Cruz) that is. He's the unlucky lad who gets disqualified because of a body part that's always on the up and up.
Sensitively directed by Near, the powerhouse cast just keeps topping itself. Marcus channels the vulnerability of childhood like a lightning rod, especially in the heart-melting "I Love You Song." Guterman keeps taking Leaf to new heights of dorkiness. He wisely doesn't force the zaniness, especially when Leaf slips into his spelling trance. De la Cruz is a hoot as the Almighty.
Judges' asides
And yet it's the judges, the well-intentioned Miss Peretti (Alison Ewing) and the questionably motivated Vice Principal Panch (Steve Irish) who often steal the spotlight. Their devilishly snarky asides just get funnier and funnier. The fact that Ewing and Irish have to ad-lib many of these deadpan jabs because the contestants change every night (four spellers are drawn from the audience) only heightens the hilarity. "Project Runaway" couldn't come up with pithier fashion put-downs and the wry use-it-in-a-sentence punch lines are Jon Stewart-worthy.
So if you know your way around words like crepuscule, capybara and cystitis, get your diphthongs in gear and volunteer for the "Bee," but be forewarned. If you get kicked off the island, mockery will ensue. That's how we spell schadenfreude.
Contact Karen D'Souza at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-271-3772. Check out her theater reviews, features and blog at www.mercurynews.com/karendsouza.
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
Book by Rachel Sheinkin, music and lyrics by William Finn, conceived by Rebecca Feldman, additional material by Jay Reiss
Upshot: A thoroughly adorable musical about puberty, spelling and competition that is a sure to win big at the box office.
Where: San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio
Through: June 7
Running time: 2 hours (no intermission)
Tickets: $33-$62; 408-367-7255, www.sjrep.com


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Skincare 101: 4 Common Problems Solved
Problem: Pores of Plenty
Before you get true wrinkles, you might notice your skin starting to look blah because your pores are getting bigger. "Pores sag because of UV damage - the collagen walls start to crumble," says Fields. Makeup, pollution, and your skin's natural oil can stretch out your pores over the years beyond the point where they can shrink back - and, according to Gross, folks with oily skin are even more prone to stretched pores because their skin produces more ... gunk.
- Baby-step solution: Clean out and tighten your pores so they can't hold as much. Peptide creams and serums strengthen and firm the skin, salicylic acid products dissolve the oil in your pores, and face scrubs with round beads smooth away surface dullness - just steer clear of scrubs that contain ground seeds or pits because jagged edges can microscopically tear skin, making the problem worse in the long run.
- Serious fix: Enzyme facials are great for jump-starting a pore-minimizing regimen. Hit up Bergdorf Goodman or Nordstrom for the Elemis Modern Skin Facial - designed for 20-something skin, it uses papaya enzymes to gently coax crud out of the pores. For a more drastic approach, Isolaz is a no-downtime laser procedure that literally vacuums out your pores and kills bacteria, which also makes it great for getting rid of pore-stretching acne - a condition that many women don't outgrow until their 40s.
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RaNeal Ewing was Marietta College's point-a-minute man.
The 5-foot-11 sophomore from Dublin Scioto scored a game-high 26 points in 26 minutes of action as the NCAA Division III No. 22-ranked Pioneers routed Wilmington College, 98-77, in an Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball game at Ban Johnson Arena Saturday.
Ewing tallied 17 of his points after the intermission. He also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds in the contest.
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MC's RaNeal Ewing, right, scored a game-high 26 points against Wilmington Saturday.
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Marietta College's Keith Richardson (10) drives and scores agains Wilmington College at Ban Johnson Arena Saturday. The Pioneers won 98-77.
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Marietta College's Andy Dollman (3) attacks the basket against Wilmington College at Ban Johnson Arena Saturday. The former PHS Big Red scored 16 points as MC won 98-77.
"RaNeal Ewing really took over in the second half," said MC head coach Jon VanderWal, whose Pioneers improved their record to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the OAC). "He really stepped up for us, banged home some threes (four), and got to the rack.
"I thought the first play in the second half when he drove it in and tried to dunk it on Malcolm Head, that kind of made a statement. We talk a lot about Malcolm Heard, because he's such a physical specimen. Even though he (Ewing) got fouled, that's how we played in the second half."
MC's Andy Dollman, a former Parkersburg Big Red, added 16 points and Brennan McKean netted nine, while non-starters' Eddy Grenert (12), Keith Richardson (11), and Luis Garcia (10) combined to score 33 points.
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Marietta College 98, Wilmington College 77
at Ban Johnson Arena
Dwight Johnson 3 4-4 10, Klarke Ransome 3 1-1 9, R.J. Leppert 6 2-4 16, Malcolm Heard II 10 3-5 23, Ben Vonderhaar 0 2-2 2, Law Williams 2 2-2 7, John Righter 1 0-0 3, Taylor Wellman 1 2-2 5, Jonathan Bibbs 0 0-0 0, Christian Patterson 0 0-0 0, Ben McGriff 1 0-1 2. TOTALS: 27 16-21 77. 3pt goals: Ransome 2, Leppert 2, Williams 1, Righter 1, Wellman 1.
Andy Dollman 6 2-4 16, RaNeal Ewing 6 10-13 26, Brennan McKean 3 0-0 9, A.J. Davis 1 2-3 4, Garrett Stephenson 2 2-2 6, Keith Richardson 4 3-4 11, Tyler Irish 0 0-0 0, Travis Tucci 0 0-0 0, A.J. Ireland 1 0-0 2, Luis Garcia 2 4-4 10. A.J. Edwards 1 0-0 2, Andy Stegman 0 0-0 0, Eddy Grenert 3 5-5 12, Jack Thome 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 29 28-35 98. 3pt goals: Dollman 2, Ewing 4, McKean 3, Garcia 2, Grenert 1.
Team stats
Shooting: M 29-61 (47.5 percent), W 27-69 (39.1 percent); Rebounds: M 40 (Ewing 8), W 41 (Leppert 8); Assists: M 12 (Ewing 3, McKean 3), W 11 (Johnson 3, Heard 3, Wellman 3); Steals: M 5 (McKean 2, Richardson 2), W 5; Turnovers: M 8, W 14.
Next game: Marietta at Heidelberg Saturday
Overall, 14 Pioneer cagers saw court time, and the navy blue and white bench produced 37 points.
As a team, MC shot 48 percent (12 of 25) from three-point range.
"We've got a lot of weapons and a lot of bullets," VanderWal said. "Everybody we put on the floor is dangerous. That's what makes us really hard to guard."
The 6-5 Heard paced Wilmington (3-3, 1-1), which defeated NCAA Division I Miami of Ohio, 65-63, in November, with 23 points. R.J. Leppert chipped in with 16 points and eight boards, while Dwight Johnson had 10 markers. The Quakers' pine contributed 17 points.
In the opening half, Marietta took its first double-digit lead, 19-9, when the 6-4 Grenert drained a triple at the 13:04 mark. But Wilmington hung tough, rallied and led 28-24 on Klarke Ransome's four-point play at the 7:36 mark.
Coming back, the Pioneers regained the advantage 30-28 on two Ewing feebies and then coasted into halftime with a 45-37 lead.
After the break, it was all Ewing and all the home team for most of the time as the MC advantage slowly but surely bulged to 20-plus points. At the 4:43 mark, Garcia's three gave the Pioneers their biggest lead of the game, 90-65.
With about 10 seconds remaining, Marietta had possession of the ball and was two points shy of reaching the century mark for the second consecutive game. But the Pioneers elected to run out the clock.
"We could've scored 100 (points) with no problem, but that's not the point of the game," VanderWal said. "We're just trying to get better. I'm really proud of our kids. In the last two games, we've really kind of started to come together as a unit. We're executing better. Our defense is better, and if we continue to play that well, we'll be awfully dangerous this year."
Marietta is scheduled to play at Heidelberg University in Tiffin in another OAC game next Saturday.


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A Happy Diner
Category: People
Photo and caption by Lisa Meylor
We buried my mother last month during a surprise rain storm in what is usually "sunny Southern California." Afterwards, our family headed to Newport Beach to eat at one of her long-time favorite restaurants, The Crab Cooker. This place is practically a local landmark and is usually quite busy! As we arrived in Newport, the rain stopped and the sun came out and blessed us with a fabulous day. My niece Hannah is too young to know of the sorrow this day, but her happiness lifted all our spirits. Breadstick anyone?
Location: The Crab Cooker in Newport Beach, California
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By Sameer Masand


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in comp.unix.misc i read:
>I have installed SCO OpenServer Enterprise 5.0.7 on 01 Jan 2005 (since the
>BIOS date is incorrect). After I have reset the BIOS date to current date, I
>encounter that SCO status is showed as "Expired" in licence manager. Even I
>have removed it and then entered the licence information again. It still
>show "Expired". Now the system can still runing but I can't licence
>additional users.
>Anybody over there can advice me how to resolve it instead of re-install SCO
call sco.
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WASHINGTON: US. employers cut far fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent, a better-than-expected showing that nonetheless reveals strains in the nation's labor market.
For the fourth month in a row, the economy lost jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. But in April the losses totaled 20,000, an improvement from the 81,000 reductions in payrolls logged in March. Job losses for both February and March turned out to be a bit deeper than previously reported.