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Irving v. Lipstadt
Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Transcripts, Day 14: Electronic Edition
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1 MR RAMPTON: Well, sorry, I do have some by way of
3 MR JUSTICE GRAY: You may want some re-examination.
4 < Re-examined by MR RAMPTON, QC
5 Q. [Mr Rampton] Can we take that last point first? Can you take page 1,
6please? In the bottom left-hand corner of the page is a
7column what looks a bit like names?
8 MR IRVING: It is a distribution list.
9 MR RAMPTON: Thank you, Mr Irving, but I am asking the witness
10questions. "Verteiler", do you see that?
11 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
12 Q. [Mr Rampton] And the last name on that might be "Jahrling", might it?
13 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes, that is Jahrling. So Jahrling got a copy of this
15 MR JUSTICE GRAY: That is the point you have made, that is the
16only indication of who signed it available to the person
17who did the Auschwitz. So they put "gezeichnet" by
19 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
20 MR RAMPTON: Yes. Do you notice, please on page 4 a signature
21over a Sturmbannfuhrer?
22 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
23 Q. [Mr Rampton] Whose signature is that?
24 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] That is Bischoff's signature.
25 Q. [Mr Rampton] What about page 7 over the same word Sturmbannfuhrer?
26 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] That is not Bischoff's signature, but it was ----
1 Q. [Mr Rampton] Somebody has written "signed Bischoff"?
2 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes, what we see here is we see that there is a little
3note on the lower corner, the lower on page 7, it says Fur
4die Richtigkeit der Asbchrift, which says, this is
5Pollock, I think it is Pollock, SS Untersturmfuhrer, and
6so Pollock now has put the name of Bischoff, signed in his
7own handwriting Bischoff's name, since we are dealing here
8with an Asbchrift. So in some way Pollock has done by
9hand what in some way occurred in page No. 2 which is
11 Q. [Mr Rampton] There is only one other thing I need to ask you about and
12it is this. Mr Irving seems to take the point, if I have
13understood it, that if the reference number is typed
14rather than handwritten, one must expect to find the word
15"Abschrift" on top of the document. Can you look at page
163? Is there "Abschrift" on top of the document?
17 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] No, that not Abschrift.
18 Q. [Mr Rampton] And is the reference number typed or handwritten?
19 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] The reference number is typed.
20 Q. [Mr Rampton] And at page 6 we see Abschrift and a typed reference
21number, but what about page 10?
22 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Page 10, it was typed and it was corrected by hand.
23 Q. [Mr Rampton] And there is no Abschrift on top of it?
24 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] No, there is no Abschrift.
25 MR IRVING: It is not actually a letter register number there;
26it is the file number.
1 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] [German].
2 MR RAMPTON: Well, this is the third or fourth example so
3perhaps the point is made. What about page 13?
4 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Page 13, it is typed.
5 Q. [Mr Rampton] It is typed and there is no "Abschrift" on top of it?
6 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
7 MR RAMPTON: Yes, thank you.
8 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Can I ask you the same question, Professor,
9that I asked you when you gave evidence yesterday which is
10whether the points that have been put to you this morning
11raise something of a doubt in your mind about the
12authenticity of this document?
13 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] No, it does not.
14 Q. [Mr Justice Gray] The point about the year not being included, is there
15anything in that?
16 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] I think it is a good observation, but what we see also
17here, you see if we look at this Moscow, this Moscow
18document, what we see that the numbers were actually typed
19in later. It seems to be that there is a -- it is a
20slightly different - also when we look at the persons, it
21seems they may made up first the letter and that
22ultimately they were -- this letter was drafted and the
23numbers were put in after some kind of final
24consultation. It is a very marked difference with the
25second copy with Domburg. It seems to be that the final
26numbering, the number, was brought in later and I can
1quite imagine that there was a slip occurred at that
3 MR IRVING: May I enquire on what basis you say that the
4numbers were typed in later?
5 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] It seems that if we look at the way, if we look at, for
6example, No. 340 personen, the 340 seems to be almost done
7slightly sharper than "persona". If we can compare that
8to 1943 on top, I do not know, I mean, but it seems to be
9that it is -- that my sense would be that they were added
10later, that there was a first draft made, and especially
11if we look at the "31550/" in the brieftagebuch number,
12again the slash seems to come very close to the zero,
13almost as if they put it back in the typewriter and put in
14the numbers.
15 Now, it is also possible, of course, that they
16had cleaned their numbers. You know, these typewriters,
17these manual typewriters, they would get very messy at a
18certain moment and especially as in Auschwitz they were
19reusing the same, how do you call it, ribbon constantly
20because there was a great lack of it. They get very
21smudgy at a certain moment, and also the letters get very
22smudgy, so maybe they had cleaned the numbers to be
23absolutely certain that these numbers would be clear.
24I cannot say. But my sense would be, if you look at the
25brieftagebuch number, that it is possible that they were,
26that it was added later, also because it goes left of the
1original, how do you call it ----
2 MR IRVING: The margin.
3 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] The margin, and in the other things it seems to be in
4generally on the margin. So that also indicates that it
5was generally added later. So, you know, you cannot be
6absolutely sure about it. But, it seems to be that it was
7not regular that the person was typing that heading and at
8that moment was actually putting on all the information.
9So since the information was put in later, maybe it is
10simply the 43 slipped.
11 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Yes?
12 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] But it is speculation. We cannot be certain about it.
13 Q. [Mr Justice Gray] Thank you very much. Can I give you back your original?
14I am ashamed to say I have made a slight mark on it, not
16 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] You can keep it if you want because I have a copy now.
17 Q. [Mr Justice Gray] But this is the original?
18 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] This is the original copy from Auschwitz. That is why it
19is stamped. If you want to keep it, since it has a stamp
20on it?
21 Q. [Mr Justice Gray] All right. Thank you. Can I say one or more thing? On
22the back of it, of that copy you have, actually has the
23actual file in which it is. It says BW34. It is on the
24back, so that is the actual file in which that document
25can be found.
26 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Thank you very much.
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Med Schools Get Low Grades for Policies on Industry Ties
A big med students' group published scorecards today grading American med schools' conflict of interest policies. The schools did pretty badly, with more than twice as many D grades as As. Grades are posted online here.
The grades, compiled by the American Medical Student Association, consider policies relating to things like gifts from industry, industry-funded speaking deals and access granted to sales reps. The group used a scoring system that varied for each criterion.
For example, a school can receive top marks and permit its faculty to be paid to give talks for industry — provided there are "limits on compensation and reimbursement and a requirement to ensure the scientific integrity of information presented." A detailed explanation of the criteria is here.
The group gave only seven schools an A, while 14 got Bs, 4 received Cs and and 19 got Ds. Fifteen schools either had no policies at all or had policies that earned them an F. Another 45 schools that didn't provide info or didn't respond to follow-up requests.
This kind of thing has lately become a big deal in the med school world. In April, the American Association of Medical Colleges released recommendations calling for schools to take a hard line, banning things like free food and putting strict limits on access by sales reps.
The AMSA claims "more than a half-century history of medical student activism" and says it has more than 68,000 members, including pre-meds, med students, residents and practicing docs. The group has pushed for schools to ban gifts from industry, and called on med students and doctors to seek drug information from sources other than industry reps.
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How To Get An Agent Dos and Don'ts
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
March 30, 2011
At VOICE 2010, I happened to observe a panel where Joyce Castellanos shared some tips on what works and what doesn't when trying to get a talent agent.
Joyce has worked for over 25 years as an audio director/producer for promo departments at NBC, Disney Channel, Warner Marketing and The WB Television Network. She is also an agent in the Promo and Trailer department at AVO Talent.
If you're in the process of pitching your voice to agents and would like some direction, keep these insights in mind and think them through carefully before you pound the proverbial pavement for representation.
What Works When Approaching Talent Agents
๠Introduce yourself by email or phone (depending on the agent's preference - research!)
๠Have professionally recorded demos at the ready
๠Know what you can offer to the agent / agency
๠Express what your needs are
๠Describe how you would fit in on the agent's roster
๠Conduct yourself honestly
๠Have enough personality to shine
๠Be honest about where your talents lie
Don't, Don't, DON'T!
๠Sound needy
๠Second guess yourself
Do You Have Anything To Share?
If you've managed to secure representation, I'd love to hear about what worked for you!
Add your tips in the comments below.
Best wishes,
StephanieRelated Topics: agents, Disney, how to, Joyce Castellanos, talent, VOICE 2010, voice acting
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- March 30, 2011 9:39 PM
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- March 31, 2011 9:36 AM
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Maximum politeness, empathy and consideration, with a barely perceptible undercurrent of supreme confidence. Mix thoroughly with palpable excitement and passion for your chosen genre and serve hot to the agent of your choice. Serves 1 at a time.Posted by:
Hello Stephanie,
I currently have 4 Agents, 2 in foreign countries, and 2 in the USA. The points made by Joyce are fairly good ones, however I find it interesting that she mentions that one should ..."Describe how you would fit in on the agents roster". Well, if the agent doesn't know this, one way or the other, after the voice talent submits his/her resume' who would? I have never taken the approach of telling an agent or a prospective client how I would "fit in". I believe it is up to them to make that decision, based on what they hear in my demos and see on my website, regarding experience, branding, etc. Those factors should be the features for acceptance or not. How can a voice talent possibly know what an agent needs on their roster? We are not clairvoyant :) A voice talent's sound, and work should sell itself. No further elaboration should be necessary.
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Voices.com plus a general freelancers site brought me enough through 2010 to keep me busy all week with auditions, jobs and the all-important self-development. So the creation of specific demos to approach agencies here in UK sat on my do-list for mid-2011.
Then, as happens, an agency in Australia invited me to join their roster of Brit-English voices. That was on the strength of an audition (thankyou Voices.com) which did not win me the job, but landed this instead. As to agencies' needs - these people insisted on no edits, no processing, no FX, and the trial script was one of... those... well, you know what I mean! It's been said before: Danger=Opportunity.
Hi Bob and BP,
Thank you for your comments!
@BP When inputting the points, I tried my best to use different verbs for each point although many lean in the same direction. You have to know how you would fit in on the agent's roster. The step after knowing for me is being able to articulate or describe that knowledge and position it. From my notes, the point centered around knowing how you would fit in. Certainly, one ought to know how they would or where on the roster they may fit before approaching an agent. Doing a bit of homework doesn't hurt much :)
You made a good point that it is the agent who ultimately decides whether you fit on their roster and where, however, being able to deduce and also communicate where you feel you could be of service shows that you know your own gifts and are also able to seek out and identify prime opportunities for mutual success where the agent is concerned.
Sometimes there are surprises all around for both the agent and the talent where unexpected jobs and roles may come to pass, I'm not discounting that at all. The point was merely to be aware of what you offer in relation to what the needs of the agent may be.
Thanks again!
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I agree with BP on that point! I think it's important to get a feel for the talent they represent beforehand, but you might be limiting yourself if you try to dictate how you'll fit. I just recently signed with my first agency, and I really pushed my teen voice work. In our meeting, one of the first things she said was, "That would be a great fit for ***'s plush toy line!". So yeah, they're the agent for a reason! :)
And to that I think it's important to remember that this is a mutual relationship, not an inquisition, so you're free to ask lots of questions when you meet! You want to make sure they're right for *you*, too, so make sure you understand their procedures, what kind of need they currently have for talent like yours, etc, so you can make a fully informed decision before signing.Posted by:
Thanks, Stephanie, this was very good.
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Simple, straightforward, and to the point. Excellent article, Stephanie!Posted by:
I was thinking about looking for an agent. Some of you posted some good information, Since I recently re-launched my VO career in February I was thinking it might be a bit to soon. But I'm still looking, If anyone has any other suggestions or recommendations please let me know. Much success to all.Posted by:
Great comments for everyone. I have a question for the group. How do you go about getting voice work from agencies in the UK, Australia etc?
Thanks for any info.Posted by:
I am often told, by complete strangers, that I sound exactly like Jeff Bridges. Their comment often sparks a short conversation and they are increasingly enthusiastic about the manner I speak and being spot-on to that of Jeff Bridges. Until a few days ago I have always been amused and dismissed their comments. A week our so ago I had about a 15 minute conversation with a guy, again a complete stranger, suggesting I should do voice overs. I'm doing research as where to find legitimate agents that might be able to help me. I'd appreciate your thoughts.Posted by:


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We will select a total of 24 sites infested with saltcedar, Russian olive or both in at least three Missouri River Watershed Coalitions (MRWC) states. Sites will be stratified by river geomorphology (unconfined braided or meandering) and land use (livestock production land or conservation area), with three replicates of each type of site. Detailed baseline monitoring will be performed at each site prior to any treatments by the consulting group Synergy Resource Solutions, Inc. (Synergy). Sites will have two acres each of cut stump and basal bark treatments and a 2-acre control plot. Monitoring in year two, and early year three, will consist of brief site visits and taking photos at the photo points. The percent cover of each herbaceous, shrub and tree species will be calculated along transects. Richness will be the sum of all the species encountered. Further plant community analyses will be based on species richness and species diversity. Differences in community composition between treatments, river conditions and land uses will be addressed.


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Maybe not strike three, but certainly we are in the late innings of a game we cannot afford to lose. The scale and complexity of the problems in coastal Louisiana are daunting. But there is reason for cautious optimism that all may not be lost. In 1998 a plan entitled Coast 2050: Toward a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana was approved or endorsed by a host of state and federal agencies and local governments that have a stake in restoration of the marsh. However, even if the plan is successfully implemented, models used in the planning process project that by 2050 some 450,000 additional acres of marsh would be lost. If that happens, only about 1.5 million acres, or half the marsh present just a century ago, will remain—and that would be a victory, albeit not a wholly satisfying one.
According to the Louisiana Coastal Area Final Study Report , the price to save a sustainable Louisiana coastal marsh is at least $14 billion, but the cost of losing the marsh to the Gulf of Mexico is far greater. Coast 2050 projects a loss of $37 billion in "public use value" by 2050. The estimate takes into account loss of "ecological goods and services" provided by the marsh. Simply stated, it is an estimated value of what we all stand to lose in recreational hunting and fishing opportunities, commercial fisheries harvests, water-quality functions, hurricane protection, navigation and port facilities, oil production infrastructure, and many other functions and values the Louisiana coastal marsh provides to us all.
Regardless of where in North America you call home, if you have a passion for waterfowl, waterfowl hunting, and wild places, take time to learn more about the plight of the Louisiana marsh country and the plans to restore and sustain a meaningful portion of the marsh's astounding productivity. Learn more about what you can do to help. And then act, because while you were reading this, another piece of coastal marsh the size of a football field was lost. By this time tomorrow, 50 more acres will be gone.
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Two NPR staffers are leaving public broadcasting for prominent positions with other media outlets.
Lisa Chow, a reporter for NPR's Planet Money economics unit, is heading to FiveThirtyEight, the new data-journalism website from Nate Silver. Chow will serve as senior features editor at the ESPN-owned website and host and develop a podcast, according to a series of tweets by Silver. Before joining Planet Money, Chow covered economics for New York's WNYC and worked as an assistant editor for NPR's Morning Edition.
Also, Anna Bross, NPR's media relations director, is leaving to become senior director of communications for The Atlantic. Bross will oversee media and public relations for the magazine, website and subsidiary sites, according to Wednesday's press release from The Atlantic. She will begin her new job Feb. 20.
Bross has been with NPR for seven years. Prior to NPR, she was a senior publicist at Philadelphia's WHYY.


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When Ms. Sara Cann was 17, she was what you might call a social butterfly. She was in lots of clubs, varying from Key Club, SCEA, and the School Beautification Committee, to VICA and student government as class vice president. She said, "It seemed like I was always doing something at school."
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Originally, Ms. Cann wanted to be an architect. It was her dream job. But when high school ended, and college came around, she said, "I felt like I had to go to college, but deep inside, I don't think I was ready." She only went to college for one year, before going to a community college.
After two years at community college, she decided she was ready, and went to Virginia Tech, first with a major in elementary education. Her major changed twice though, moving from elementary education, to biology, to secondary biology education.
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"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
— James Baldwin
In the Aesops fable "The Lion and the Statue," a man and a lion were having a debate about which of their species was the strongest. When they encountered a statue of Hercules overpowering a lion, the man triumphantly boasted that his point was made, only to watch the lion shrug it off. "That proves nothing, since it was a man who made the statue."
The lesson? We can represent our beliefs as we wish them to be.
That failure to see the validity of another point of view has to be a reason why a parent recently lodged a complaint against Wisconsin's Delavan-Darien High School's American Diversity course, which discusses "white privilege" and encourages dialogue of other issues affecting racial groups.
The problem, this anonymous parent told Fox News, is that, "This class is teaching white guilt. They're saying to non-whites, 'You have been oppressed and you're still being oppressed.'"
Among the controversial assignments being given to students in this course? Counting the ratio of white dolls vs. black dolls in the toy aisle of a local Wal-Mart, answering questions from personal experience on a "white privilege quiz," and studying lectures by writer and anti-racism activist Tim Wise, who expounds on the flawed concept of color blindness and the unquestionable perks of being white in America.
I guess the concept of "white privilege" — which can be defined as social, political, cultural and economic advantages that are disproportionately bestowed upon and enjoyed by white people — is hard for some to swallow in this so-called "post-racial" era.
It's an era that recently witnessed the historic inauguration of the nation's first African-American president into his second term in office (on the same day honoring slain civil rights activist the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.).
But when you're a member of a particular race that's seen generation after generation navigate within the framework of institutionalized racism, its pervasiveness in everyday life is as commonplace as the wind. Just because it's invisible doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
Obviously, I understand why racism isn't a favorite topic of discussion for anyone, especially whites, because it negates the founding national creed of "United We Stand" and dredges up a painful history of government-enforced inequities and substandard treatment of fellow human beings for simply being different.
But those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it, and the truths being explored in this much-needed class offers its participants a more accurate portrayal of the country they dwell in and how those with a different shade of skin are affected daily.
Whenever I've had the opportunity to offer my personal observations regarding issues of racism and prejudice (in person or within the printed realm of this column), some of the responses I've received from whites have ranged from gratitude for broadening their perspective to a caustic condescension of our past and present struggles as a people.
Some have lashed out at me personally for articulating realities that neither one of us created. They have dismissed anything before the passing of the Civil Rights Act (centuries of slavery, the Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, etc.) as irrelevant or "old news," as if none of the awful effects resonate among African-Americans today.
Do I consider myself an absolute expert on the subject of race? Of course not. But since I was born to black parents and have spent nearly half a century being a black woman, I've witnessed and experienced the personal and professional pains that racism perpetuates.
And whether the medium is a column, a conversation or a classroom, belittling the messenger doesn't make their words any less crucial to acknowledge or understand.
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1 (usually the future) The time or a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come: we plan on getting married in the near future work on the building will be halted for the foreseeable future
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- It is difficult to envision a plan for the future without visiting moments from the past.
- Draw your own conclusions as to what the future holds once the Government legalises cannabis, which it will.
- No, awful as that picture is, it is just a snapshot of a moment in the near future.
the time to come, the time ahead;
what lies ahead, (the) coming times
1.1Events that will or are likely to happen in the time to come: nobody can predict the future
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- The technician as such has the benefit of hindsight to predict the future.
- Telecoms analysts, after all, have not recently shown a particularly sound ability to predict the future.
- In fact, predicting the future of music is more difficult than ever.
1.2Used to refer to what will happen to someone or something in the time to come: a blueprint for the future of American fast food
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- He still has a bright future ahead of him and is expected to put up a better performance next year.
- It was the kind of shot that also convinces Westwood of the bright future that may lie ahead for the youngster.
- While coming out on the wrong side of the score line today Swinford looks to have a very bright future ahead.
destiny, fate, fortune;
prospects, expectations, chances
1.3A prospect of success or happiness: he'd decided that there was no future in the gang I began to believe I might have a future as an artist
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- Each of the several million Japanese who died in war had families and futures.
- A cleaner energy future beckons - now is the time to deliver.
2 (futures) Finance short for futures contract.
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- This involves buying and selling futures or options on shares, bonds or currencies.
- Then as soon as the cash market closed, the S&P futures made a new low for the session.
- These banks can deal in futures and options so that they can manage price risks.
1At a later time; going or likely to happen or exist: the needs of future generations
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- Judgements of national interest require prudence, and some concern for the likely trend of future events.
- The future use is likely to be a small-scale residential development.
- It follows a study into the suitability of the buildings and the likely future demand for family services across the city.
later, to come, following, ensuing, succeeding, subsequent, coming
1.1(Of a person) planned or destined to hold a specified position: his future wife
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- It has been suggested that his Pitt biography is part of a grand publicity plan to jockey back into position as a future leader.
- In truth it is Davis himself who has been under suspicion for positioning himself as a future leader.
- The agency, however, has been planned to have a movie producer as the future owner of Boyana Film.
to be, destined;
intended, planned, prospective
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- Expletive null subjects, for example, can occur freely in the past, present, and future tenses.
- If the question is framed in the future tense, then I understand what conversation we are having.
for future reference
- see reference.
in future
- chiefly British From now on: she would be more careful in futureMore example sentences
from now on, after this, in the future, from this day forward, hence, henceforward, subsequently, in time to come, down the roadformal hereafter
- I shall however in future be careful to exclude all mention of the players involved.
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- Women will in future be directed to birthing units in Chippenham and Trowbridge.
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- I don't want to see any more grey council estates full of wretched, futureless people stuck some god awful cycle of eternal hopelessness.
- 'They were living futureless lives, then,' he says.
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin futurus, future participle of esse 'be' (from the stem fu-, ultimately from a base meaning 'grow, become').
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Winner of the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Gomorrah is a gritty fictionalized adaptation of reporter Roberto Saviano's exposé of the Camorra crime family of Naples. Five storylines converge to paint a well-rounded picture of mob life, from the shocking to the mundane; the characters at their centers are not cloaked in the glamour typical of lesser crime sagas, appearing instead as fully realized human beings with understandable ambitions and frustrations.
Among them is an initially eager recruit who, unhappy to find himself responsible for the disposal of toxic waste, begins dumping it on otherwise pristine mob-owned property. And a thirteen-year-old who hears the siren call of the underground and signs on to hustle drugs, using all his youthful exuberance to become a success. A couple of teenaged dimwits, enamored with the violent likes of Scarface, shoot borrowed guns across a lake, convinced by the ensuing rush of power that they can outsmart the entrenched crime syndicate and set up shop on their own. A tailor in charge of creating the Camorras' high-fashion knockoffs makes a deal with the devil—in the form of rival Chinese sweatshop owners—that hardly pays off. And a money runner who provides support to the families of associates now dead or in jail finds that the old system of loyalty isn't working anymore, as things heat up in a war among clans.
Partly filmed amid crumbling concrete housing projects, Gomorrah focuses on the attraction to organized crime even for those who never stand to profit from it. But director Matteo Garrone doesn't allow moral outrage or melodrama to undermine the clear-sightedness of what he has called "a war chronicle." Instead, he studiously preserves the feel of Saviano's reportage by taking a quasi-documentary approach, making for cinematic realism so bleak the film stock practically seems black and white.
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Katie Musolff, "Shooting Holes in the Sky," River Journal, watercolor on paper, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Grand Hand Gallery
In one of the pieces for her "River Journal" series, now on view in the Grand Hand Gallery, painter Katie Musolff observes, "Amazing, how two things that have so much in common can be so different." The small watercolor accompanying the text depicts a topside view of a pair of giant swallowtails – side by side, wings spread wide. The identifying markers are true to type; both display the swallowtail's hallmark diagonal band of yellow spots-on-black forewing. Look closely, and you can see the sort of differences the artist notes. The butterfly on the left, in particular, is a little beaten up: part of one antenna has broken off; the left wing is notched here and there – evidence of old injuries and run-ins, I imagine — and its tail on that side is entirely missing; its spots are relatively muddy compared to the clarity of patterning on the insect just beside it.
"Turtle Parade," River Journal, watercolor on paper, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Grand Hand Gallery
Throughout the small gallery space are similarly meticulous nature studies of the flora and fauna near Musolff's home in Stoddard, Wisconsin. "River Journal" consists of a year's worth of observations: she painted fish that washed up to shore, carefully collected found insects and road kill, downed birds and the remains of various common critters – rabbits, squirrels, field mice, and the like – she discovered along the Mississippi River, in the environs of Wisconsin's Vernon County. She notes that none of the creatures in her watercolor journals series were harmed for the making of the work: all were collected as she found them, dead already or, if living, released none the worse for her examinations.
"Hatched," River Journal, watercolor on paper, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Grand Hand Gallery
Musolff's not particularly interested in picture-perfect specimens, showy color or natural grandeur – quite the opposite. In one entry, she writes, "I've always liked moths, because of the fact that they take time and patience to appreciate. The never get the recognition that they're due." The same could be said of all her chosen subjects. She draws your eye to the unexpected dignity of a ground squirrel in death's repose: arms crossed at the wrist, supine and vulnerable, almost prayerful. She paints a still-dirty, homegrown onion, its sun-singed green tops curling just so, and celebrates the irregular bulges and stubborn tendrils of a late-fall beet ("much better than last year's beets"). It's not the colorful bloom so much as the pockmarked, bug-eaten leaves of the purple coneflower she calls to your attention.
"13-lined Ground Squirrel," River Journal, watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the artist and Grand Hand Gallery
There's a surprising grace in these unsentimental studies; Musolff's careful way of looking is evident in every image. She's an astute observer of the marks of time and occurrence left on the form of her subjects, the tell-tale idiosyncrasies that distinguish them as individuals. There's something almost sacramental in the technical finesse she brings to the project: the painstaking brushwork she uses to evince a rabbit's plush fur ("end of the notorious garden nibbler"); the lush gradations of texture and subtleties of color revealed in her moth's wing. The intimacy of her studies betrays something more than the clinical scrutiny of a naturalist – these portraits feel personal. She's captured something of the here-and-gone singularity of each life (and death) she documents, rendering for us, in paint on paper, what's vital and fleeting and remarkable in every single one, no matter how humble.
"Homemade Bug Collection," River Journal, watercolor on paper, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Grand Hand Gallery
"Found fish (Bluegills)," River Journal, watercolor on paper, 2011. Courtesy of the artist and Grand Hand Gallery
"River Journal," paintings by Katie Musolff is on view through April 28 at the Grand Hand Gallery, 691 Grand Avenue, St. Paul. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday; noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday; closed Monday. Admission is free and open to the public.
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In September 2000, at the invitation of Sogyal Rinpoche, the Dalai Lama visited the south of France to give what would be one of his most extensive and vital Buddhist teachings. Entitled The Path to Enlightenment," it drew over 10,000 attendees from 21 different countries. This beautiful book allows everyone to have access to this inspiring presentation and to share the full richness and subtlety of the Dalai Lama's presentation. In the teachings, His Holiness sets out the key principles of Buddhism, showing how the mind can be transformed to overcome suffering through love, compassion, and a true understanding of the nature of reality. Illustrating his brilliant overview of the path with his own personal experiences and advice on how to integrate practice into daily life, the Dalai Lama gracefully brings Buddhist teachings, especially those of Dzogchen, to life.less
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• The secrets of the "missing five years" between when Clark Kent came to Metropolis and the present day continue to be revealed!
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Late in his show Monday night at the Belly Up, Ben Harper abruptly pulled the plug on his band, the five-piece Innocent Criminals. Standing alone at center stage, barely even strumming his acoustic guitar and his voice a near-falsetto whisper, Harper turned the mood from rocking to pin-drop silent on a dime. He didn't even need to hush the crowd with a word; the audience was that much in his hands.
Harper finished the first solo tune, the solemn "Roses From My Friends," got the expected huge ovation, and by the time he began the next song, the harrowing "Widow of a Living Man," the packed floor was quiet again. After a quick equipment change, it was time for another sharp turn. The Innocent Criminals re-emerged for a blistering version of "Better Way," from the new CD "Both Sides of the Gun." Harper wailed, both on the lyrics - he literally screamed out the lines, "Reality is sharp/It cuts at me like a knife" - and on the Weissenborn, a lap-slide guitar that is his signature instrument. The transition wasn't just in volume, but in mood, sound and style.
It says a lot that I can't decide which side of Harper I prefer: the downcast solo singer prompting the listener to lean in close, or the rocker blasting away with a full band. These are two distinct identities; Harper uses a different set of skills in each mode, and it is impressive as hell that he can switch from one to the other and back and apparently not lose even a portion of the crowd.While exposing these various talents, Harper did seem to leave one part of himself off the stage Monday, the second night of a two-night stand. Noticeably absent from his set list were the easier-going songs that seem to make their way onto commercial radio. Focusing largely on the more heavy-hitting emotions, in the songs "Serve Your Soul," "Excuse Me Mr." and "The Will to Live," and drawing heavily from the new CD, Harper didn't play "Steal My Kisses," "Burn to Shine" or "Diamonds on the Inside," his best-known works. You got the feeling that if he had, the club might have exploded.
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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
TV, Comic Books
It's been a big couple of weeks for U.K. comics publishing, and a lot of that might have to do with this weekend's Comica Festival (a.k.a. "the 10th London International Comics Festival"). There has been a rush of titles from British graphic novel publishers of late, no doubt timed for a big push at this most art-centric of U.K. comics conventions (it's hosted this year at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, and I dare anyone of a certain vintage to think of that place and not start humming this).
There's a lot of great stuff out there at the minute that's maybe not getting enough coverage internationally, so let's do a round-up, shall we? There's a myth that the American comics audience is insular, so let's disprove it: These books are even already available in English, although their spelling is a bit suspect at times. Yeah, you heard me, buy a dictionary, limeys!
• The Man Who Laughs, the oddest of Victor Hugo's novels, adapted by David Hine and Mark Stafford, published by SelfMadeHero: Hine has posted a host of panels from the book at his blog. I was previously ignorant of Stafford's work, but these are some handsome-looking samples; they reminded me a little of the great Dave Cooper. Hine is always good value, and has a track record of making some genuinely unsettling comics (Strange Embrace, The Bulletproof Coffin), so this sounds like the perfect alignment of talent to source material.
Comics | Reporter Henry Hanks asks three experts about the increasing tendency toward "headline-grabbing plot twists" in comics, such as the death of Damian Wayne, and which ones they think have been the most successful. "I strongly believe that The New 52's Batgirl can be seen as a great example of a major plot shift or re-imagining of a story that required readers to let go of a long-loved character (Oracle) and begin to believe in Batgirl as a new character, one who's recovered from a life-threatening attack," says Dr. Andrea Letamendi, a clinical psychologist and convention speaker. "The character essentially presented the determination, resilience and psychological strength that she needed to put the cape back on after a severe injury, just as readers were challenging her ability to represent a strong rebooted character. It's as if we could relate to the weight on her shoulders, because we were a part of that process. [CNN]
Conventions | Jason Knize makes a case for New York Comic Con potentially becoming "the Comic Con" next year, surpassing Comic-Con International as the completion of renovations on the Jacob Javits Center frees up an additional 90,000 square feet of space. However, he notes that space and attendance — NYCC's 116,000 this year versus CCI's 130,000 or so — certainly aren't the only determining factors. [Panels on Pages]
Comics | Don MacPherson, who's a newspaper reporter as well as a comics blogger, ponders Clark Kent's departure from The Daily Planet in this week's Superman #13: "In the scene in which Clark issues his ideological proclamation, Perry White retorts, 'Go easy on us mortals, Clark. Times are changing and print is a dying medium.' The challenges the Planet faces in the story reflect not only real-world ones in the newspaper industry, but also those faced by DC Comics itself as it struggles to stave off ebbing readership and find a way to foster an audience for online comics. Digital-publishing initiatives in the world of comics aside, I feel it important to argue Perry is wrong. Print isn't a dying medium. What's dying are past business models." [Eye on Comics]
Another day, another couple of great books announced in the United Kingdom. I've jokingly referred to "the U.K. graphic novel renaissance" a few times recently, but I really am starting to believe we're living in some sort of Golden Age.
Hello and welcome to another edition of What Are You Reading? Our guest today is writer and artist Jimmy Palmiotti, who you know from All-Star Western, Monolith, Phantom Lady, Unknown Soldier, Creator-Owned Heroes, Queen Crab and countless more.
To see what Jimmy and the Robot 6 crew have been reading, click below.
Warren and Gary Pleece have always been brothers, but at one time, they were also creative collaborators–back in the 1980s and 1990s with Velocity. This past Friday marked a resumption of their collaboration to a certain extent, when Warren launched the new webcomic, Montague Terrace, at ACT-I-VATE. The new project (which Gary will be involved in as his schedule permits) is summed up as "Unsuccessful megalomaniacs, brain frazzled ex-pop stars, Special Ops pensioners, haunted children, writers, fighters, nervous magicians and magic bunnies. 1930s detectives, fake pet psychics, hounded inventors, randy postmen, landlocked seamen, diabolical architects and secret societies. And all under one roof…" Warren and Gary made me feel like a pop culture idiot–considering the wealth of topics they referenced in this email interview. But I was overjoyed to enter territory I knew, when Gary mentioned the Monkees' 1968 film, Head. Tears nearly welled up in my eyes when he mentioned it (for the love of God, this film [with the likes of "Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Teri Garr … Annette Funicello, Frank Zappa and Sonny Liston"] cries out either for the Criterion folks or the gang at Cinematic Titanic…). My thanks to Warren and Gary for a fine time.
Tim O'Shea: The last time the two of you collaborated was in the late 1980s/early 1990s–what sparked the decision for you two to collaborate again?
Warren Pleece: Montague Terrace actually showcased in the last edition of Velocity, no. 6 way back in '96 as a place we could develop countless characters, stories and interlink them into some grand scheme. As was usually the case, the ideas were there, but the means and time to carry it off was another matter. I got more work for DC, Gary did his thing, we both started families etc. and like so many other ideas the whole thing became relegated to the cardboard boxes of our minds and Velocity 6 became the last edition we did.


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View the original article at: http://www.countryweekly.com/news/scoop-1547
According to John Rich, Faith Hill is the modern-day reincarnation of a country legend. John, who co-wrote Faith's recent hit, "Mississippi Girl," recently attended a No. 1 party for the song at the Nashville headquarters of the performance rights organization ASCAP. "I'm a Faith Hill fan," John told Westwood One. "[She's] the modern-day Tammy Wynette for me. I'm too young to have ever gone to a Tammy Wynette concert. I've been to some Faith Hill concerts. I'm in awe of her."
[1] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/scoop-1550
[2] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/scoop-1392


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This is a small thought I had the other day that seems to be slightly relevant...but probably isn't.Zero. 0.It's interesting that the symbol for nothing, zero, is a circle. Circles have no beginning and no end, go on forever yet never begin, like time that doesn't really exist.But if there is a symbol for zero,it has to represent SOMETHING, or at least the absence of something, but that's impossible since there cannot be absolutes. ...Like the colour black is the absence of colour but that cannot be...we can never have absolutes becos there is no fact, only varying degrees of opinion...SO becos everything is nothing,nothing is everything. And I once thought that opposites were the same but I've modified that. Or perhaps they ARE opposite ends of a string that when put together become a circle so they really are the same but theyre nothing becos everthing is nothing...but what I was going to say is that they could be the parallel lines in a spiral that cannot exist without the other...like you would not know what darkness was unless you had light to compare it to...Did I have a point I was getting to? Like whatever drugs whoever was on, my mind works faster than i can talk or type or even think, my thoughts interupt themselves...there is something comforting in insanity, but it is a quest...And whoever said that Bowie lost interest in this idea and blahblahblah, that was wonderful. Cos everything is nothing and who cares and damn. I have to stop this now.
That was a freaky, ass-kicking, fuzzy post !'...the absence of something...'' - sounds very cool !Anyway. I take this oppurtunity to says this is an excellent thread. Many thanks to Adam for posting his thoughts to these boards. Very inspired.Sometimes this place does rock eh? Now... back to Coffee Shop. NoGameMan on the Prowl
In reply to:This is a small thought I had the other day that seems to be slightly relevant...but probably isn't. Zero. 0. It's interesting that the symbol for nothing, zero, is a circle. Circles have no beginning and no end, go on forever yet never begin, like time that doesn't really exist.
This is a small thought I had the other day that seems to be slightly relevant...but probably isn't. Zero. 0. It's interesting that the symbol for nothing, zero, is a circle. Circles have no beginning and no end, go on forever yet never begin, like time that doesn't really exist.
That is very good. Now you have yourself a hypercycle. Two Zero Zero Zero: the crossroads between the centuries.Also, thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read this thread. I would like to insert an emoticon for [exhausted] here. Cheers!
Have you ever thought about the two sides in this album like the voyeur of utter destruction opposing the architects eyes (architects construct) the digging of the golden lesson in architects eyes opposit of -the hearts filthy lessoni think the motel is the real lovesong being outside (a place of some hours real love, outside the sea of sham) and life being heard no hell like an old hell) the motel-- opposite of the hotel (--falls upon deaf ears-- hell)explosion may be sexual? me exploding you? the odorless man is like a plastic man- a perfect photopuppet but unreal - i am deranged before we real?the me exploding you sound of lighting up their lives and can be sexual as a solution revelation comes in the strangest way i better be inside you-- cruise the minotaur artist that suffers emotionally(bleeds) --voyeur of utter destruction -- the angelman is the zero as circle into a spiral up, new beginning?( animal state transforming into angelstate, destruction-- into architects eyes)all the dreams in my minds eye realizing man himself is the builder of reality as creative being in balence with his animal stateall the souring days in our life - realizing all our friends now seem so thin and frail, thats the state of human compassion? the state of compassion for the victim the innocent baby grace of the flowers and the violent minded minotaur raining tears --no laugh hotel, who so becomes the angelman
I like your translations, zimmo. The construction / destruction and innocence / violence is a certainty. And transformation, indeed leads back to the Angel Man. One man is called the Angel Man.......he believed he was an angel and said, 'I was exactly who I was up until the 5th of February. 1948. And then I became an angel ... it was just after lunch.' And from that point, he believes that his old person disappeared and his angel took over him. He was totally reborn at that moment. - David Bowie on meeting Outsider Artists.One minor point is the lyric "souring" which I think is "soaring", as in soaring buildings. The daily life of an architect driven by man's obsession to accomplish the tallest building in the world. As noted by power2charm, this was thwarted by God at Babel. Bowie describes Outside as a "perversion of catholic ritual", "a relish of pagan attitudes" and "driven by a pagan engine". It's not Eden but it's no sham. There is no hell and there is no sham. Bowie also mentions "some kind of blood letting and possibly an unconscious effort to cleanse our souls before the end of the millennium"...."Something in our blood. Something in our skies. Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future"Till there was rock, you only had god
these are just thoughts that have crossed my mind listeing to outside..babel was a very ambitious project of human meglomania (making a building better then "god" could create way up into heaven) and the start of misunderstanding because after that all people started to speak different languages to one another and to their "gods" and were not able to understand one another anymore .Perhaps the winter bleeding on the girdle of babel is because of the unableness to communicate well or not being heard by one another a communicative chaos, like in the heart filthy lesson it makes me think about an emotional isolement (being an outsider)the stone( boy )is perhaps someone like ramoana a stone--- she was so cold ( cold winter bleeds) and perhaps also the stones of buildings too and the stomping is on the big ones or names, he is trying to give up and to leave that job but its hard when you know the monies from day to day and people are used to a certain way of life, he is trying to see what were the original dreams in his minds eye with which he wants to be another kind of realistic world builder to blow the other architects minds.to be with name makes me think it means to be with fame too and all the applause Adler makes me think of the psycho analyticus adler who was a well known one like freud and reich and jung and perhaps is chosen because of that for he has to sort out these deranged outsider art/crimes? and the motives behind itcruel blood rituals were the crazy rituals used in many pagan and also christian religions perhaps they believed something or someone was sacrified to take all the dangers for other people upon it so all debt was payed to the gods so they were safe from danger themselvessomeone or something (animal or human something inocent like a virgin or a lamb ) had to be sacrified to" get the gods in better moods,christ is the lamb, for the artgods perhaps it had to be baby grace BTW i didnt like this scary diarystory in outside at all..... well its just art
Something kind of hit me today... I stumbled across a message on another message board, which talked about the old saying: "If you see the face of God you will die"...
In reply to:It is no coincidence that Angel Man appears in this song [I'm Deranged].
It is no coincidence that Angel Man appears in this song [I'm Deranged].
Well, the connection between "Angel"/God and derangement is...I don't know, interesting? It says in the Bible: "If you see the face of God you will die". Perhaps "die" can be interpreted as: you will lose your mind, or you will lose yourself - your 'self' will fall apart and die. I'm Deranged could be about a man who wants to be touched by God. But then we're humans and God is God, and we're not supposed to get too close to heaven. (Or so the Bible says.) The moment someone - anyone - sees the face of God, it's already too late. "No return" as Bowie sings. And what happens is that the person who has seen the face of God (the person who has become an "angel man" - which of course is a paradox in itself) this person becomes deranged. And then it's all downhill, so to speak: "I'm deranged down down down". Bowie sings about "the fist of love" which is also a paradox. (We usually think of Love as something good. ) To come too close to God/Love itself is like getting a fist in the face. I'm not saying I subscribe to this belief (that if you see the face of God you will die) myself, but it's an old belief, it's an idea that goes back a long time, and therefore it's likely that Bowie, who's always struggled with the big questions, has thought about it. Maybe too much.
You say all that like death is inherently a bad thing. In Christian theology, isn't the ultimate goal to be in the Kingdom of Heaven with your Lord and Saviour, and can't you only do this by dying? "If you see the face of God, you will die" would seem to be good - you're casting off your sinning body and allowing your immortal soul to prosper in heaven.But all that is just an aside to where I'm really going with this.Your statement about losing your "self" is also interesting to me as it reminds me of Buddhist philosophy, where the goal is exactly that - to transcend the "self" and become one with everything (that reminds me of a joke, but I digress). In "Quicksand," a song that borrows heavily from The Tibetan Book of the Dead Bowie says that "knowledge comes with death's release."If I remember correctly (and it's been quite a while since I've read it) The Tibetan Book Of The Dead also warns repeatedly that you can't get too sucked into any one level of transcendence before reaching the final bardo because to do so is to risk getting stuck there, and you can't mistake the oddities and even horrors inherent on the path to enlightenment for instanity. In other words, the line between enlightenment and insanity is very fine.Adam said in the original post that "deranged" is not necessarily mad, but inspired/enlightened. Is it possible, however that the artist/Minotaur thinks he's mad? That he is misinterpreting those questionable signs of enlightenment as madness, and perhaps it is this that causes him to turn to art crime? Maybe the horrors that are inherent on the path to enlightenment so consume him that he is moved to create them.The post above says that "Salaam" is an "Eastern" greeting - does anyone know with which part of the East it's associated?Anyway, I don't know how well this fits in with the overall contextual interpretation, but I think the parallels need to be mentioned.WW- So, what you're saying is that you manipulated me.- Yes, exactly.
I'm not saying death is a bad thing - I didn't express my personal beliefs, I just meant that according to the Bible, death should come when it's time, basically. If a young person gets too close to heaven/God, he gets "burned". You're not supposed to do what Icaros did. He flew too close to the sun (the Heaven/God) and his wings melted, and he plunged into the sea and died. He was too eager. I mean, if the door to Heaven would open that easily, I think many people would just want to die now, but since we're here in the first place, we should probably go through this life first. Many are trying to get to heaven, "before they close the door" as they feel, because, they feel disconnected here. The esoteric knowledge, the mysteries beyond have always had a magic power over us. It's a balancing: we're supposed to live this Earth life, but at the same time we're not supposed to forget about the garden where there's always music in the air. Surely God knows that it's not easy for us, especially not for sensitive, artistic souls like The Artiste. As you say, WildWind, the line between enlightenment and insanity is very fine. The Bible mentions people who've seen the face of an Angel or God, and whenever that happens, the person becomes very frightened. He feels terrible. It's such a shock to him, and it must be very hard for him to go back to his normal life. The contrast is so huge. And that's why I think a lot of people become "deranged" - they can't cope in society, once they've seen a glimpse of Heaven.As you say, Buddhism talks about losing your "self" and I think what Buddha "preached" is a very healthy "solution" to this dilemma: he is offering a middle way, basically. In Buddhism, to lose your self is not to get lost; it's to rest in peace, and that inner peace is something to fall back on in your daily struggles.
My kingdom does not belong to this world. (John 18:36)Unhappiness on earth cultivates a hunger for heaven. By gracing us with a deep dissatisfaction, God holds our attention. The only tragedy, then, is to be satisfied prematurely. To settle for earth. To be content in a strange land....We are not always happy here because we are not at home here. We are "like foreigners and strangers in this world." (1st Peter 2:11)....You will have your moments of joy. You will catch glimpses of light. You will know moments or even days of peace. But they simply do not compare with the happiness that lies ahead.From the book "Grace For The Moment."Love And Anger ~ KB


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Please note: For sustainability and environmental concerns, I am committed to featuring weavers who work in natural dyes. To authenticate this, I rely on the expert advice of the education director at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Lic. Eric Chavez Santiago. There are 2,000 looms in Teotitlan del Valle. It is estimated that perhaps as few as 10 percent use natural dyes, while almost everyone knows how to give a cochineal dye demonstration.
The map highlights 12 favorite stops in the village. Here's what's included:
- The weaving studio of the Chavez Santiago Family — Federico Chavez Santiago and his wife Dolores Santiago Arrellanas. They only work in natural dyes and 100% wool.
- Bii Dauu Weaving Cooperative, a great source for naturally dyed wool shawls, scarves and handbags.
- Arte y Seda, the family that cultivates silk worms, spins the silk, dyes it with natural materials, and makes glorious clothing.
- The studio of Pantaleon Ruiz Martinez, painter, weaver, and jewelry designer.
- La Vida Nueva women's cooperative, a social justice and support organization for single women.
- Casa Santiago for lovely handmade handbags with leather handles.
- Restaurante Terra Antigua owned and operated by Carina Santiago Bautista and her husband Pedro Montaño Lorenzo.
- Restaurante El Descanso.
- Las Granadas Bed and Breakfast.
- Annie Burns, shiatsu massage therapist.
- The Sacred Bean Coffee House.
- Hiking trails to the dam.
- Beeswax candle maker who uses only natural dyes.
- The church, the market, the archeological ruins, the community museum, and the cemetery.
- Cooking classes with Reyna Mendoza Ruiz.
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To the Editor:
Don Cavallaro opened his May 27 pro-renewable energy letter, "Energy independence requires political will", with a plug for solar energy. He suggested that it's use to provide electricity for forward (i.e. dangerous) combat zones, instead of fossil fueled electric generators would prevent fatalities associated with the delivery of liquid fuel to those generators. Well, it's not that simple. Currently, the U.S. Army mostly uses 3 kilowatt (KW) diesel fuel powered generators in tactical situations. They are compact, weigh 270 lb and are readily portable —- a very necessary characteristic in a combat zone.
An equivalent 3KW solar panel installation would have an area of ~240 sq ft (e.g. 30' X 8'). Further, it would require special orientation to properly harvest the available solar energy. Also, it needs a large storage battery and a DC/AC inverter. It's not exactly what you would expect to see in a combat zone, though I suspect that Mr. Cavallaro has never seen one. Lastly, what happens with a solar array when the G.I.'s need electricity and it's been cloudy, raining or snowing for days on end? If for nothing else, the Army insists on reliability — solar doesn't have it.
Then, Mr. Cavallaro jumped to algae-derived liquid fuels suitable for use in airplane jet engines. Very recently I read that such fuel presently costs $150/gallon. At the same time the U.S. airlines were paying $2.88/gallon for fossil-derived aviation jet fuel. Kind of blows your mind, doesn't it? In the meantime he rails at the Congress people who vote against a government funded boondoggle to further develop algae-derived fuels. Oh, well.
Faithfully following the Obama energy agenda, Cavallaro indicated his objection to the Keystone pipeline. Firstly, he should recognize that Keystone Pipeline, or no Keystone Pipeline, Canada will continue to harvest crude oil from their Alberta tar sands and they will find a customer for it — if not the U.S., then somebody else. Rest assured, that oil will eventually be burned somewhere on earth and there's nothing that the U.S. can do to stop it. If that pipeline is built, as proposed, it is true that, initially, much of the oil that passes through it will be exported, and will not contribute to the energy independence of the U.S. ; however, it will be a blessed insurance policy for America if the day comes when there is a domestic oil shortage. Yes, it could happen. Then it's just a simple matter to divert the Keystone crude oil from a U.S. port to a U.S. refinery. Incidentally, if we can't trust Canada to be a good neighbor, then we are in big trouble.
Cavallaro complained about the abundance of natural gas resulting from the increased "fracing" activity across the country. This past winter the increased availability of cheap natural gas was a big boon to the New England economy, though at the very coldest part of the winter pipeline capacity was not equal to demand and prices temporarily rose. Further, across the country, cheap natural gas has made our manufacturers more competitive in the world markets.
I agree with Mr. Cavallaro on one point. Our votes should be strongly influenced by our views on national energy policy. I'm not betting on renewable energy.
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> >> PR_SET/PR_GET are the common prefixes, though.
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> > that's not what's at issue... "PR_SET_TSC" reads "set the TSC" ... it
> > doesn't read "set the ability to use the rdtsc instruction".
> > PR_SET_RDTSC_ENABLE would seem to be more accurate... or even
> > PR_SET_CR4_TSD which is what it really does
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> The whole point I'm making is that any such name would inherently read
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QuickFont - Kerning Pairs done!Posted Monday, 1 August, 2011 - 14:21 by james_lohr
As per Tksuoran's suggestion, I've added Kerning pairs. These are calculated for both ordinary and texture fonts at load time.
The results are great! I can't believe how much better it looks, and I'm slightly shocked that I this slipped me by in the first release.
Here's a before and after image:
[edit] On second thought, justified text is probably not the best demonstration for kerning pairs, as extra pixel gaps are added / removed to get lines to fit anyway. Still, I think you get the idea, particularly with the severe ones like the "ro" and "ct" in the Introduction heading.
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The Pros:Cool time piece, tied into the events of that generation. Available for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Impressive facial animation - captured by live performers.
The Cons:Not available for the PC. Unsatisfying ending.
L.A. Noire is an action-adventure video game from the Rockstar Games company, developed in conjunction with Team Bondi and Rockstar Games. Heavily inspired by the mid-1900's "Film Noir" genre of Hollywood crime movies, this game feature a block-by-block representation of the city of Los Angeles circa 1947.
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Gamers assume the role of LAPD officer Cole Phelps (voiced by Aaron Staton), starting as a rookie patrolman and working their way up the ranks into homicide, forensics and arson departments. A multitude of different primary and secondary tasks are available within each of the five crime desks; all of which include a "partner" officer to help the player navigate and assess various situations. L.A. Noire also incorporates a number of different graphics technologies for optimal realism, building on industry-standard techniques with never-before-seen development engines for a truly modern gaming experience. LightSprint's real-time "Global Illumination" technology helps to improve the natural characteristics of light, making things like reflections, refractions and shadows much more believable. Depth Analysis' "MotionScan" technology has been used to drastically improve facial detailing amongst characters, using a series of 32 cameras to capture every possible viewing angle.
cool time piece, tied into the events of that generation
available for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
impressive facial animation - captured by live performers
puts you into the shoes of a real cop - judge people not only based on the facts, but how they act and what they say
shootouts and car chases keep things interesting
open world Los Angeles - cruise around and explore, 40 action-oriented cases to break up the story / your regular case work
unique gameplay never before seen
work through 5 departments - each with a focus on a different type of crime
not available for the PC
unsatisfying ending
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