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FAU's Department of Ocean Engineering to Help Local High Schools Enhance their Math and Science Programs
BOCA RATON , FL (June 21, 2007) – Florida Atlantic University's Department of Ocean Engineering is offering a professional workshop for local high school teachers to assist them in enhancing their math and science programs.
The teacher workshop is a means to explore high school math and science curriculum and to discover an effective means of collaboration between high schools and universities. The participants will go through a project-oriented workshop that will end with a discussion session that includes principals and school board members.
"This workshop is an exciting opportunity," said Ocean Engineering Professor Edgar An. "It will help in-service high school teachers to integrate a hands-on experience into their math and science teaching."
Fifteen high school teachers from Palm Beach and Broward counties have been invited to participate in the workshop, which will be held at FAU's Boca Raton campus, with one day at the Dania Beach Seatech campus, from June 25 – 29, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The workshop is partially funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Results of the workshop and discussion will be compiled into a report that will be submitted to the NSF for further development.
For more information or to find out about joining in a discussion session, contact Dr. Edgar An in the Department of Ocean Engineering at 561-297-2459 or 954-924-7231, or e-mail email@example.com.
Florida Atlantic University 's College of Engineering and Computer Science is committed to providing accessible and responsive programs of education and research recognized nationally for their high quality. Course offerings are presented on-campus, off-campus and through distance learning in civil engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and ocean engineering. For more information about the college, visit www.eng.fau.edu.


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At the end of last year, tornadoes in north Texas destroyed homes, killed twelve people, and caused as much destruction as you might expect of a tornado. One family near Dallas was fortunate that they were out of the country and not in their house when it was destroyed, but in the aftermath had to deal with a frustration that they didn't need: their electric company kept sending them bills for power in their non-existent house. [More]
Power Company Keeps Billing House That Was Destroyed In Tornado
Watch A Guy Sit On Hold With Comcast Until They Close
The saga of what happens when you try to cancel your Comcast account continues this evening with a recording of the tail end of a more than three-hour wait on Comcast's retention line. As far as we can tell, sitting on hold with Comcast for upwards of three hours isn't a unique experience, but not everyone is creative enough to call Comcast with another phone while still on hold… only to hear a recording informing them that the company has closed for the day.
New Owners To Coby Electronics Customers: Sucks To Be You
Coby Electronics made consumer electronics, notably portable DVD players, tablets, MP3 players, and TVs. Let's just say that they were not well-known for the quality of their merchandise, but still sold $400 million worth of gadgets per year. Until this year, when they went out of business with a whole bunch of customers' devices due for warranty replacement. [More]
With Straight Talk's Customer Service, Maybe You Get What You Pay For
Straight Talk, the discount mobile carrier that's a partnership between TracFone and Walmart, is very popular among our readers. What a $45 per month bring-your-own-device mobile plan gets you, though, is not top-notch customer service. Reader R. says that you don't even get middle-notch customer service. After less than a month, he and his wife are already frustrated with the service, and one employer helpfully suggested that they leave for a different carrier. [More]
Restaurant Lets Non-Customer Use Bathroom, Sends Her Bill For $5
Somewhere between "no non-customers in the bathroom, no exception" and operating a mini-homeless shelter in the middle of your restaurant is a happy medium. We don't think that compromise is the approach that a Tennessee restaurant took, which was to track down a non-customer using her license plate information and send her a bill for the restroom fee. $5. [More]
My TV Breaks After 3 Weeks, Westinghouse Digital Really Doesn't Care
Mark's wife is a Target employee and got them a pretty sweet discount on a Westinghouse Digital TV. That doesn't mean that they got any special treatment when the TV broke down, though. He got the same, evidently crappy, treatment as everyone else whose relatively new TV has failed within the first month. [More]
B2B Telemarketer Rage: A Perspective From The Other End Of The Phone Line
Usually, the people who write to us are besieged with calls from telemarketers or companies they've done business with, and want us to help make it stop. Brett is on the other side of the phone line. He's not the traditional telemarketer you might think of, calling ordinary citizens during dinner: his company is just business-to-business, and he was doing some cold calling to drum up business. The person who answered the phone was anything but businesslike. [More]
D-Link Doesn't Want To Sell Me A New AC Adapter, Needs Personal Space
Waldon would like to buy a new AC adapter from D-Link. He doesn't want them to give him one for free, necessarily. He just wants to be able to buy one so he doesn't have to go out and buy a whole new network switch. Unfortunately for him, no one at D-Link is capable of doing this. In theory, the adapter should be available from the company's website, but it isn't. Their own employees couldn't find it. Then, things got really confusing. [More]
Maytag Repair Bumbling Leaves Us Without Fridge For Five Weeks
Kristine's family has managed for a month without a refrigerator. Sure, if you're a single person who subsists on takeout, that's not so hard. Try being a family with small children and eating out of an ice chest for more than a month…starting just after Thanksgiving [More]
Epson Sells Me Paper That Jams My Smudgy Printer, Hangs Up On Me
John bought his new Epson printer just a few months ago. He's now attempted to use it to print photos twice, and neither attempt was successful. He found tech support discouraging: they hung up on him twice, then referred him to another office. Then, mysteriously, he was unable to log in to his Epson.com account: the site told him that it didn't exist. At this point, he'd rather be rid of the printer entirely.
Lactaid Egg Nog, Where Are You?
This is what Nicole's fiancé wants: egg nog. He's lactose intolerant, and he knows that Lactaid brand egg nog exists. Somewhere. It's on the market, but Nicole and the future Mr. Nicole haven't been able to find it anywhere in their area. Yes, he could take a dose of lactase enzyme and drink regular nog, but wouldn't the lactose-free version be better if it does exist? Nicole wrote to the company to see whether they could help her find it, and they were… surprisingly unhelpful. [More]
This Target Cashier Missed The 'No Homophobic Insults At Checkout' Part Of Training
Seth's cashier at Target was unprofessional and immature, but that's not what bothered him about the encounter. The real problem was with his, as Seth puts it, "homophobic insult[s]." Describing a thing that you don't like by saying "that's so gay" might be acceptable among your friends, if your friends are teenage boys in 1997, but it's not how you should talk at work. Especially when your job involves working with the general public, which consists of a fascinating variety of different kinds of people. Including gay people. Like Seth. [More]
Activision Can Solve Your Call Of Duty Problems Sometime Tomorrow
Having a problem with Call of Duty: Black Ops II? Reader CL is. He was having a problem with an in-game code, so he called up the company. The call center was supposed to be open, but had closed for the day. Well, okay: the Web chat representatives should be able to take care of this problem. They can: after an estimated 18-hour wait time. [More]
All I Want Is To Watch Some Football In HD And For Bright House's Website To Reflect Reality
Here's what Tim wants: to turn on his TV and watch football games in high definition. That's pretty simple, and seems like a reasonable enough request. At least he thought so. His cable company, Bright House, advertises that they offer HD for free to their subscribers. Wow, that's great! They quoted Tim a $29.99 rate, but failed to mention that he wouldn't be able to receive HD without renting a cable box. You know, the HD channels that were the entire reason why he got cable in the first place.
Man Sues Hooters Over Racial Slur On Receipt
Advice to people at restaurants and stores who have a problem with a customer: Keep it to yourself; wait until you get home and then complain about it to your spouse/roommate/pet canary. But for the love of god, please stop writing those insults down on receipts.
Water Company Wants Me To Pay $30 To Activate Service I Already Have
A few years back, after the death of her parents, Consumerist reader Jen took over the running of the house in which she'd grown up. Since then, she's been paying the bills without problem. But now the water company wants her to pay $30 simply to change the name on the account.


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Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI ) is barreling into tomorrow morning's earnings report with momentum. Shares of the satellite radio provider hit yet another six-year high this morning, fueled by favorable analyst coverage and the extension and expansion of its partnership with a leading automaker.
FBR Capital Markets is initiating coverage of Sirius XM with a bullish outperform rating. It's slapping a $5.50 price target on the shares. It also picked up coverage of majority stakeholder Liberty Media (NASDAQ: LMCA ) with a similar rating. John Malone's eclectic media empire that includes a little more than 50% of Sirius XM is getting a $200 price target.
Sirius XM also made some of its own luck by broadening its deal with Honda (NYSE: HMC ) . Starting next year, Honda's American subsidiary will begin increasing the penetration of vehicles with satellite receivers across its entire lineup. Beyond the popular cars already selling with factory-installed receivers, Sirius XM will be available on the Fit, CR-Z, and Insight. Satellite radio will also become standard on the Acura ILX. The new deal runs through 2020.
This morning's press release points out that Honda has produced more than 5.6 million vehicles since offering factory-installed receivers a decade ago. Sirius XM pointed out earlier this year that there are more than 50 million cars out there with Sirius or XM receivers, so Honda is clearly a major player.
You have to like Sirius XM's bargaining power at this point. The original automaker deals were struck back when Sirius and XM were rivals. Now that there's only one provider of satellite radio, Sirius XM should have all of the leverage it needs as it negotiates for programming deals through both content creators and the automotive distribution channel.
All of this leads up to tomorrow morning's third-quarter report and conference call. Analysts see healthy growth on both ends of the income statement, adjusted for debt extinguishment charges, of course. On that front, it's encouraging to see FBR Capital Markets initiate coverage of Sirius XM -- and the very Sirius XM-dependent Liberty Media -- just ahead of the report. It's a comforting sign of conviction when an analyst steps up now instead of waiting until the numbers are out. It's been problematic in the past when the stock has run up to new highs ahead of a quarterly report. Even if it's solid, there could be some profit taking. However, it's clear that Sirius XM is heading int he right direction, regardless of what market volatility dictates for tomorrow's menu.
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Join us on May 14th when we head on down to Springfield to advocate for people impacted by epilepsy. The Epilepsy Foundation Affiliates of Illinois will be meeting with our State Representatives to address important issues, such as the upcoming votes on bills that will include epilepsy as a condition for which medical marijuana may be prescribed, that will standardize the prior authorization of medications and, that will cap the co-pay amount of medications. Our Congressmen need to know how much we need their support!
Before our scheduled meetings in the afternoon, we will discuss our main objectives and how to effectively advocate to legislators with our lobbyists and political allies, including Senator Dan Kotowski. A box lunch will be provided. For more information and to register for Advocacy Day, click here or contact Casey at firstname.lastname@example.com or 312-939-8622 ext 208.


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A sure sign of spring returns to the Milwaukee County Courthouse grounds Thursday.
"Food Truck Thursdays" will begin its 2014 season at 11 a.m.
The event gives downtown workers different lunch options as food trucks are invited to park outside the courthouse to serve lunch.
Vendors will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday.
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Karam Scores On Houston Streets
HOUSTON – Sage Karam held off teammate Gabby Chaves to win the Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of Houston Saturday afternoon.
Karam's first road/street circuit victory, while three of the four fellow title contenders faltered in the penultimate race of the season, set up a winner-take-all scenario with Chaves at Auto Club Speedway on Oct. 19. Karam leads by 16 points.
Karam, who started from the pole in the No. 8 Schmidt Peterson with Curb Agajanian after the lineup was set by entrant points, led every lap in the timed race on the 1.683-mile, 10-turn course.
"I can't be happy enough with the team, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. They give an awesome car to me every week," Karam said. "To get this opportunity to go for the championship, I'm so thrilled about it, this being my first year in the series."
Carlos Munoz, who entered the race two points behind Karam, finished a season-low 12th and was eliminated from title contention. So was Jack Hawksworth, who was 11 points behind but finished sixth. Peter Dempsey also was eliminated.
The finish:
Sage Karam, Gabby Chaves, Conor Daly, Jorge Goncalvez, Axcil Jefferies, Jack Hawksworth, Giancarlo Serenelli, Juan Pablo Garcia, Peter Dempsey, Zach Veach, Matthew Di Leo, Carlos Munoz.


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It's amazing how high Kenneth Whalum III can rise. He's a saxophonist constantly in demand, touring constantly. His latest gig is backing D'Angelo on his latest tour (hopefully, he's playing with D on that Fun Fun Fun Fest stop in Austin in November). Yes, KWIII is running all over the place but he's still making moves on his sophomore album, the long awaited Through Hell & High Water, which hopefully will release later this summer. In the meantime, Whalum just dropped the video to the album's first single, "Away" featuring Big K.R.I.T., directed by Squint and K Cutta. Check it out after the jump.
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Last year, I was privileged enough to not only attend Kenneth Whalum's first performance at DC's legendary Bohemian Caverns, but to meet with him as well. Since then, Whalum has been a great mentor and friend to me, so when I found out he was coming back to Bohemian this year, obviously there was no other option but to be in there for both nights. To no surprise, Whalum delivered even harder than last year, with an even bigger response from the jazz community. For those who wish they could've been there, I was able to get a few moments of the performance as well as speak with Kenneth in between sets. And I definitely couldn't go and not get some pictures. Hope you enjoy!


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SANTA CLARITA - A pizza man on a delivery in Canyon Country was punched in the face and had his wallet stolen in what law enforcement calls a strong-arm robbery — one of several reported recently in the Santa Clarita Valley.
The assault happened about 8:30 p.m. Monday in a neighborhood next to Fair Oaks Ranch Community School, Sheriff's Department officials said.
"(The suspect) punched the victim in the face and stole his wallet," said Lt. Tom Bryski of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station. The perpetrator made off with $15 and change.
A strong-arm robbery is one in which valuables are taken by force.
Food deliverers run a particular risk, Bryski said. "They're vulnerable because they carry cash and they're out at night."
The crime is the latest in at least half a dozen strong-arm robberies reported recently in the Santa Clarita Valley. On Thursday a bearded man snatched $100 from the hands of a fast-food cashier in Canyon Country.
The lone suspect in Monday night's case was described as a male in his 30s wearing a gray hoodie. Deputies had made no arrests by Tuesday afternoon, Bryski said.


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About Us
Cheryl Crawford, ERYT- 500, RCYT, B.S.Ed.,Yoga Teacher, Co-Grounder
Cheryl Crawford is grounded in compassion and elevated in absurdity, (I'm actually writing this bio myself while pretending someone else is writing awe-inspiring things about me) and is dedicated to connecting children to the power of a seriously playful yoga practice. Working in schools and playing with words, she discovered that students were far more connected to their daily lessons when they felt not only heard, but understood. Seen. Connected. Grounded.
I'll connect you with some facts because I know you may want to get grounded in our teaching methodology.
- My teaching journey began in the public elementary schools in Atlanta, where I worked as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and curriculum coordinator for 11 years.
- I got pregnant with triplets. did the yogas, liked it. Mushed that together, the yoga that is…not the triplets, with my love of teaching kids and created a program along with my business partner called Grounded Kids.
- I create curriculum for Grounded Kids, teach yoga to kids in the public schools, teach in the studio at Decatur Yoga and Pilates, and lead teacher trainings internationally.
- I consider Dr. Seuss one of my master teachers and I love fusing his work with yoga sutras. Fusing universally loved children's books with yoga teachings gives me a map towards becoming more inner literate.
- My teenage triplet daughters broaden and deepen my inner landscape~ particularly the state of Love…and Patience…and Humility.
- I see the state of Joy that yoga brings to all sorts of people, from three-year-old children to men who are homeless. Each of these populations has a lot to teach each other about the universal truths that can help us all be our best selves. That's why I tune into the people I teach, and share their wisdom with my many different populations.
- I've learned how to learn from my students, and even though I certify many of them to teach, they in turn certify me to be more aware and more reflective.
- I'm certified to teach Anusara, Kundalini, Correlation Vinyasa, Hot Core Power, YogaKids, and of course, Laughter Yoga.
- I am great and grateful to have trained under Marsha Wenig, John Friend, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Gina Minyard, Desiree Rumbaugh, Christina Sell and Paul Muller-Ortega and I continue to study with whole-hearted teachers.
I work on grounding into my own heart, so I can uplift and elevate all those I come into contact with. I find that by asking "Are you safe? Are you sound? Are you whole? Are you well?" I can help students of all ages and abilities find the grounding they need to truly soar.
Amy Haysman, E-RYT, RCYT, M.Ed.,Yoga Teacher, Co-Grounder
Amy began teaching Middle School Literature long ago when she was young enough to be mistaken for a student. After the stunning realization that it's unprofessional to bring a baby to school, she stopped teaching, had another child and earned a Masters in Middle Grades Education. In an effort to find herself, she signed up for yoga and 3 minutes into the first class became completely lost in the idea of making this practice accessible to all kids. By Savasana, her new path was sealed and she soon earned certification through YogaKids and Radiant Child. With decades of experience teaching kids, Laughter Yoga certification and a couple of 200 hour adult teacher trainings*, she co-founded Grounded Yoga, Laughter, Elevation and has taught and trained many others to teach children real yoga in a way that is meaningful to them at their stage in life. Her mission is to teach people how to tap into the unique power of their true nature and use that energy as a guiding light as they navigate the ups and downs of life. It turns out that grounding kids in who they truly are and helping them genuinely express themselves is her life's purpose and exactly where she's meant to be found.
*She is grateful to have trained under Mitchel Bleier, David Aukamp, RuthAnn Martin, Gina Minyard, Ross Rayburn, Sianna Sherman and Paul Muller-Ortega, and would be remiss to leave out her ultimate teachers, aka her children, and continues to study with brilliant people from around the world. In fact, lately she's working on earning 500 hour RYT certification and adjusting to an empty nest.
Bruce Crawford, Managing Partner and "Director of All Things Complicated"
Bruce, although not a certified yoga instructor, he happens to be in love with one….which by the transitive property makes him kinda grounded. With over 20 years of engineering, sales, and business development experience in the telecom/data networking industry, Bruce decided to turn his talents and energy towards growing and developing Grounded, LLC.
With a mindful eye on the business operations aspect, his main focus is to remove obstacles, solve problems, and handle all things complicated so that Amy, Cheryl, and the rest of the Grounded community have more time to "Ground" kids and teens. In this capacity he is responsible for financial reporting, IT infrastructure, web design and operations, e-commerce initiatives, product management, and organizational efficiency.
An avid marathon runner and charter participant in the "Yoga For Stiff Guys" class, Bruce has experienced first hand the positive transformation yoga can enable and is grateful for the opportunity to be working with a talented community of teachers who are dedicating their practice towards "elevating" our younger generation through yoga and laughter.


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Monday, 31 May 2010
The Maldives are only a small group of islands but the goings on there are a lesson for the rest of the world, whichever way you view it. This is from the Minivan News
The Islamic Foundation has called for self-declared apostate Mohamed Nazim to be stripped of his citizenship and sentenced to death if he does not repent and return to Islam.
Nazim claimed he was "Maldivian and not a Muslim" during a public question-and-answer session with Islamic speaker Dr Zakir Naik, the first time a Maldivian has publicly announced he is not a Muslim.
According to the Maldivian constitution all citizens are required to be Muslim, and the country is always described as a "100 percent" Muslim country.
The 37 year-old angered many in the approximately 11,000-strong crowd with his statement during Dr Naik's 'Misconceptions about Islam' lecture on Friday.
Dr Zarik Naik is the little old sweetheart allowed in by our 'tough' new government to preach in Bethnal Green shortly. "In Islam, there are many cases, it doesn't mean death penalty," Dr Naik explained. "But if the person who reverts who was a Muslim then converts to and becomes a non-Muslim and propagates his faith and speaks against Islam, and if it's Islamic rule, then the person should be put to death. But just because a person who is a Muslim becomes a non-Muslim, death penalty is not the ruling."
Nazim was escorted from the venue by police for his own protection, after members of the audience attempted to attack him. Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam said two men who tried to attack Nazim were arrested after they attacked the police officers protecting him.
Today the Islamic Foundation of the Maldives issued a press statement calling on judges to give Nazim the opportunity to repent "and if he does not, then sentence him to death as Islamic law and Maldivian law agree."
"The Islamic Foundation believes that the person who announces apostasy should be punished according to Islamic laws," the NGO said, warning that Nazim represented "a disturbance to the religious views and the religious bonds that exist with Maldivians."
"Hereby if this man does not do his penance and come back to the Islamic religion, the Islamic Foundation of the Maldives calls to take the citizenship away from this man as mentioned in the Maldivian constitution." If case crossed into areas not covered by the laws of the country, "then the judges should rely on Islamic law,"
A government official involved in the legal process, who requested that his name and department be kept anonymous, said he was "really worried" and described the case as "a very sensitive subject".
The Adhaalath Party issued a press statement claiming that the act violated the constitution of the Maldives and called on the government "to strengthen Islam and protect the constitution."
Religious NGO Jamiyyathul Salaf declined to comment on the matter during a press conference held today on another matter, however NGO Jamiyyathul Musliheen expressed "concern and regret" over the incident.
"Not a few number of Maldivian youths are moving further from the religion, and many of them are going renegade," the NGO said in a press statement, adding that "it is a responsibility of the government to strengthen Islam in the country."
Minivan News was unable to reach Nazim himself for comment, however a person close to the matter described him as "a very sensible guy who will think of the people around him. But he will not give up on calling for people to be more honest about themselves. I think he will become a genuine refugee if he refuses to take back his words," she said.
The comments are worth a look. Many call for religious freedom and an end to Wahabi style influence. Others call for the death penalty and sanctions against the Minivan News. Interesting times.
Posted on 05/31/2010 4:56 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
31 May 2010
Hugh Fitzgerald
The Maldives are sinking under the waves. Refuge should be offered only to those who openly reject such persecution of Mohammad Nazim and, of course, to Mohammded Nazim himself. As for those who wish apostates to be killed, as the waters rise, let them swim in the direction of Pakistan, or perhaps Saudi Arabia.
They are not entitled to any sympathy or aid from non-Muslims. They have been weighed and found wanting.
31 May 2010
I agree with the first comment! Earth should be for people who wants to share it with others no matter what ethnicity and ideology! Cant we just live in peace on this little ball of rock?
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Maui High School Grade 12
GPA: 3.5 (AP U.S. history, world history, art history)
SPORTS: Track and field, cross country, soccer
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Briana Rose Garalde
FAMILY: Juvylyn and Brian Garalde of Kihei
ACTIVITIES: Special Olympics volunteer, running, surfing and swimming at the beach
FUTURE PLANS: Studying physical health at Pacific University or Eastern Oregon University
Fact Box
Sports Spotlight students are selected by athletic officials from Maui County high schools and these profiles are compiled by the sports department of The Maui News. The Alexander & Baldwin Foundation makes a $200 donation in honor of each student athlete to their high school's athletic fund.
SPORTS LESSONS: "What I enjoy most about being an athlete is setting and accomplishing my goals. I have enjoyed the friendships that I have developed with other athletes and coaches. Being an athlete has taught me to strive to the best of my abilities."


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Review: Macka B - Rasta Soldier EP
by Gerry McMahon
Named after the 'Maccabees' - Judean rebels from a long forgotten era - Macka B's new Rasta Soldier EP comes hot on the heels of the well received album Change The World, which he released earlier this summer. After more than 20 albums and 30 years making music, this EP persists with the pattern that has made Macka B a name in all reggae households. It is comprised of 6 message-laden provocative tracks. The direction befits that expected from an 'old school' chart topping practising Rastafarian, with one foot still firmly placed toasting in the dancehall.
This EP kicks off with the title track Rasta Soldier. Reiterating many of the old Rasta themes, with 'I and I soldiers fighting for truth and rights .. and we never give up the fight', it also concludes inna dub stylee.
Innocent Life, pointing the finger directly at the gun and knife wielding murderers marauding our streets. Given recent headlines reporting mass murder in so many countries under a host of guises, this is a timely warning to all that: 'if you take an innocent life, you're a murderer'. The finger pointing also extends to soldiers, police officers and vigilantes as 'nobody should be above the law'. Trailing off in dub version this track may not set the dancehall stomping, but it sure should get them thinking about the false allure of gun culture.
For those of us old enough to have seen Bob Marley perform 'in the flesh', the (next) Old Fashioned track certainly hits the spot. Accusing the youth of adhering too easily to the (sheep) herd instinct, it's doubtful if they will flock to align with Macka B's 'old fashioned values, manners, respect, standards'. Complaining that he cannot do everything that they want him to do, Macka B is nevertheless 'up to speed' with computers and iPhones. But he has no plans to start tweeting or changing his ways, as the track winds up to an engaging dub version.
The Never Leave My Culture track moves the agenda along Macka B's political-spiritual scales, with forcibly-delivered lyrics explaining that his culture is 'part of his persona'. Deploying clever wordplay he confirms that 'the people hold me in high regard 'cos me never leave me culture'. As you'd expect, this culture has no tolerance for badness, madness or slackness.
Outta Order takes a formidable slice off those footballers engaging in racist behaviour. With the high profile John Terry-Anton Ferdinand court clash in London taking over the front (and back) pages of many newspapers of late this is a timely output. Showing that he can adapt to the times, it's delivered in an almost '100 kilometres per hour' rap style, before the pace changes in favour of a dub version wind down.
The EP closes with Our Music. The song extols the virtues of the sweet sounds that keep us alive. Touching on a theme raised by the aforementioned Bob (of neighbours complaining about the music, in 'Crazy Baldhead'), Macka B explains that he's prepared to compromise, as 'it's good to see the world through someone else's eyes'. Hence he doesn't plan to 'play at all hours of the night'. In fact, he'll go one step further, by giving a spin to the neighbours' choice, with Stevie Wonder and Barry White on offer!
As befits a reputable and long established MC, Macka B's vocals capably and comfortably carry this EP Yet one can only speculate as to what the beneficial impact might have been in the delivery of the musical message had a full suite of accomplished instrumentalists been deployed in support. Unlike his recently released 16 track album, this EP may not rank in the Grammy stakes. But it sure does rank in the consciousness stakes, with a few 'home truths' on offer for those prepared to reflect, act on and (inevitably) benefit from them.
Macka B - Rasta Soldier
DIGITAL RELEASE [Necessary Mayhem]
Release date: 8/14/2012
1. Old Fashioned
2. Innocent Life
3. Never Leave My Culture
4. Outta Order
5. Our Music
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Baltasar and Blimundaby Jose Saramago
From the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, a "brilliant...enchanting novel" (New York Times Book Review) of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in eighteenth-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. National bestseller. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.
Blindnessby Jose Saramago
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses-and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit. The stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive against all odds, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature The e-book includes a sample chapter from the late Nobel Prize winner's final work, Cain.
Cainby Margaret Jull Costa Jose Saramago
"Suitably disturbing--and a pleasure to read." -- The ScotsmanIn this, his last novel, José Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament, recalling his provocative The Gospel According to Jesus Christ. His tale runs from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah's Ark lands on the dry peak of Ararat. Cain, the despised, the murderer, is Saramago's protagonist. Condemned to wander forever after he kills his brother Abel, Cain makes his way through the world in the company of a personable donkey. He is a witness to and participant in the stories of Isaac and Abraham, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf, the trials of Job. The rapacious Queen Lilith takes him as her lover. An old man with two sheep on a rope crosses his path. And again and again, Cain encounters a God whose actions seem callous, cruel, and unjust. He confronts Him, he argues with Him. "And one thing we know for certain," Saramago writes, "is that they continued to argue and are arguing still." A startling book--sensual, funny--in all ways a fitting end to Saramago's extraordinary career.
The Caveby Margaret Jull Costa Jose Saramago
Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Marçal in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, an imposing complex of shops, apartments, and offices to which Cipriano delivers his pots and jugs every month. On one such trip, he is told not to make any more deliveries. Unwilling to give up his craft, Cipriano tries his hand at making ceramic dolls. Astonishingly, The Center places an order for hundreds, and Cipriano and Marta set to work-until the order is cancelled and the three have to move from the village into The Center. When mysterious sounds of digging emerge from beneath their apartment, Cipriano and Marçal investigate, and what they find transforms the family's life. Filled with the depth, humor, and the extraordinary philosophical richness that marks each of Saramago's novels, The Cave is one of the essential books of our time.
Death with Interruptionsby Margaret Jull Costa Jose Saramago
Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's brilliant new novel poses the question -- what happens when the grim reaper decides there will be no more death? On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of course causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration-flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home-families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance policies become meaningless, and funeral parlors are reduced to arranging burials for pet dogs, cats, hamsters, and parrots.Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets, and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again? What if she, death with a small d, became human and were to fall in love?
The Doubleby Margaret Jull Costa Jose Saramago
Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noises in his apartment, he goes into the living room to find that the VCR is replaying the video. He watches in astonishment as a man who looks exactly like him-or, more specifically, exactly like he did five years before, mustachioed and fuller in the face-appears on the screen. He sleeps badly.Against his better judgment, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he roots out the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical story becomes a "wonderfully twisted meditation on identity and individuality" (The Boston Globe). Saramago displays his remarkable talent in this haunting tale of appearance versus reality.
The Elephant's Journeyby Margaret Jull Costa Jose Saramago
A delightful, witty tale of friendship and adventure from prize-winning novelist José Saramago In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. In José Saramago's remarkable and imaginative retelling, Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, begin in dismal conditions, forgotten in a corner of the palace grounds. When it occurs to the king and queen that an elephant would be an appropriate wedding gift, everyone rushes to get them ready: Subhro is given two new suits of clothes and Solomon a long overdue scrub. Accompanied by the Archduke, his new wife, and the royal guard, these unlikely heroes traverse a continent riven by the Reformation and civil wars, witnessed along the way by scholars, historians, and wide-eyed ordinary people as they make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy; they brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner Passes; across the Mediterranean Sea and up the Inn River; and at last, toward their grand entry into the imperial city.
The Gospel According to Jesus Christby Jose Saramago
A wry, fictional account of the life of Christ by Nobel laureate José Saramago A brilliant skeptic, José Saramago envisions the life of Jesus Christ and the story of his Passion as things of this earth: A child crying, the caress of a woman half asleep, the bleat of a goat, a prayer uttered in the grayish morning light. His idea of the Holy Family reflects the real complexities of any family, and--as only Saramago can--he imagines them with tinges of vision, dream, and omen. The result is a deft psychological portrait that moves between poetry and irony, spirituality and irreverence of a savior who is at once the Son of God and a young man. In this provocative, tender novel, the subject of wide critical discussion and wonder, Saramago questions the meaning of God, the foundations of the Church, and human existence itself.
The History of the Siege of Lisbonby Jose Saramago
In this "ingenious" novel (New York Times) by "one of Europe's most original and remarkable writers" (Los Angeles Times), a proofreader's deliberate slip opens the door to romance-and confounds the facts of Portugal's past. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.
The Lives of Thingsby Giovanni Pontiero Jose Saramago
The Lives of Things collects José Saramago's early experiments with the short story form, attesting to the young novelist's imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody and Kafkaesque hallucinations, these stories explore the horror and repression that paralyzed Portugal under the Salazar regime and pay tribute to human resilience in the face of injustice and institutionalized tyranny.Beautifully written and deeply unsettling, The Lives of Things illuminates the development of Saramago's prose and records the genesis of themes that resound throughout his novels.
Manual of Painting and Calligraphyby Giovanni Pontiero Jose Saramago
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy was José Saramago's first novel. Written eight years before the critically acclaimed Baltasar and Blimunda, it is a story of self-discovery set against the background of the last years of Salazar's dictatorship. A struggling young artist, commissioned to paint a portrait of an influential industrialist, learns in the process about himself and the world around him. The brilliant juxtaposition of a passionate love story and the crisis of a nation foreshadows all of Saramago's major works. A must-have for any devotee of the great Portuguese Nobel laureate, Manual of Painting and Calligraphy is available in the United States for the first time.
The Notebookby Umberto Eco Amanda Hopkinson Daniel Hahn Jose Saramago
Beginning on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, The Notebook evokes life in Saramago's beloved Lisbon, revisits conversations with friends, and offers meditations on the author's favorite writers. Precise observations and moments of arresting significance are rendered with pointillist detail, and together demonstrate an acute understanding of our times. Characteristically critical and uncompromising, Saramago dissects the financial crisis, deplores Israel's punishment of Gaza, and reflects on the rise of Barack Obama. The Notebook is a unique journey into the personal and political world of one of the greatest writers of our time.
Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Palabraby Jose Saramago Juana Ponce De Leon Subcomandante Marcos Ana Carrigan
En este libro fundamental, Seven Stories Press presenta una poderosa colección de escritos literarios, filosóficos y políticos del enigmático vocero de los zapatistas, SubComandante Marcos. Con la Introducción del ganador del Premio Nobel, José Saramago, e ilustrado con bellas fotos en blanco y negro, Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Palabra cristaliza, la pasión de un rebelde, la poesía de un movimiento y el genio literario de los indígenas de México. Marcos captura por primera vez la atención mundial el primero de enero de 1994 cuando un grupo guerrillero indígena que se llama a sí mismo "Zapatista", en rebelión contra el gobierno de México, se apodera de poblaciones claves en Chiapas, el Estado más al sur del país. En los ocho años que han pasado desde esa rebelión, Marcos ha alterado el curso de la política mexicana y ha surgido como un símbolo internacional de la construcción de los movimientos de base, rebelión y democracia. Su prolífico torrente de escritos de poesía política, cuentos, mitos tradicionales que Marcos ha recogido desde el primero de enero de 1994, llena más de cuatro volúmenes. Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Palabra presenta lo mejor de sus escritos, muchos de los cuales no habían sido publicado antes en inglés. Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Palabra está dividido en tres secciones. La primera junta sus ensayos políticos esenciales y muestra la evolución del pensamiento zapatista como un movimiento tanto dentro, como fuera de México. La segunda, presenta el pensamiento filosófico de Marcos, sus reflexiones personales e incluye una recolección humorística de sus primeros días de guerrillero, así como sus cartas a otros escritores. En la tercera aparecen muchas historias cortas, cuentos populares, y mitos indígenas que Marcos ha conocido, incluída la premiada "Historia de los Colores". A través de este libro extraordinario oimos la voz no comprometida de las comunidades indígenas que viven en resistencia, expresando por medio de manifiestos y mitos el apremio universal de dignidad, democracia y libertad. Es la voz de un pueblo que rehusa ser olvidado, es la voz la transición de México, la voz de un pueblo luchando por la democracia, usando sus palabras como su única arma.
Our Word is Our Weaponby Jose Saramago Juana Ponce De Leon Subcomandante Marcos Ana Carrigan
In this landmark book, Seven Stories Press presents a powerful collection of literary, philosophical, and political writings of the masked Zapatista spokesperson, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos. Introduced by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, and illustrated with beautiful black and white photographs, Our Word Is Our Weapon crystallizes "the passion of a rebel, the poetry of a movement, and the literary genius of indigenous Mexico." Marcos first captured world attention on January 1, 1994, when he and an indigenous guerrilla group calling themselves "Zapatistas" revolted against the Mexican government and seized key towns in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas. In the six years that have passed since their uprising, Marcos has altered the course of Mexican politics and emerged an international symbol of grassroots movement-building, rebellion, and democracy. The prolific stream of poetic political writings, tales, and traditional myths that Marcos has penned since January 1, 1994 fill more than four volumes. Our Word Is Our Weapon presents the best of these writings, many of which have never been published before in English.Throughout this remarkable book we hear the uncompromising voice of indigenous communities living in resistance, expressing through manifestos and myths the universal human urge for dignity, democracy, and liberation. It is the voice of a people refusing to be forgotten the voice of Mexico in transition, the voice of a people struggling for democracy by using their word as their only weapon.
Seeingby Margaret Jull Costa Jose Saramago
On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear.But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency is declared. But are the authorities acting too precipitously? Or even blindly? The word evokes terrible memories of the plague of blindness that hit the city four years before, and of the one woman who kept her sight. Could she be behind the blank ballots? A police superintendent is put on the case.What begins as a satire on governments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister. A singular novel from the author of Blindness.
Small Memoriesby Margaret Jull Costa Jose Saramago
José Saramago was eighteen months old when he moved from the village of Azinhaga with his father and mother to live in Lisbon. But he would return to the village throughout his childhood and adolescence to stay with his maternal grandparents, illiterate peasants in the eyes of the outside world, but a fount of knowledge, affection, and authority to young José. Shifting back and forth between childhood and his teenage years, between Azinhaga and Lisbon, this is a mosaic of memories, a simply told, affecting look back into the author's boyhood: the tragic death of his older brother at the age of four; his mother pawning the family's blankets every spring and buying them back in time for winter; his beloved grandparents bringing the weaker piglets into their bed on cold nights; and Saramago's early encounters with literature, from teaching himself to read by deciphering articles in the daily newspaper, to poring over an entertaining dialogue in a Portuguese-French conversation guide, not realizing that he was in fact reading a play by Molière. Written with Saramago's characteristic wit and honesty, Small Memories traces the formation of an artist fascinated by words and stories from an early age and who emerged, against all odds, as one of the world's most respected writers.
The Stone Raftby Jose Saramago
When the Iberian Peninsula breaks free of Europe and begins to drift across the North Atlantic, five people are drawn together on the newly formed island-first by surreal events and then by love. "A splendidly imagined epic voyage...a fabulous fable" (Kirkus Reviews). Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.
The Tale of the Unknown Islandby Jose Saramago
A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for petitions. Since the king spent all his time sitting at the door for favors (favors being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking at the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear . . ." Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him, the reader will discover in this delightful fable, a philosophic love story worthy of Swift or Voltaire.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reisby Jose Saramago
The year: 1936. Europe dances while an invidious dictator establishes himself in Portugal. The city: Lisbon-gray, colorless, chimerical. Ricardo Reis, a doctor and poet, has just come home after sixteen years in Brazil. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.
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THERE WASN'T A DRY EYE IN THE house, and the 500 people crammed into New York City's Riverside Memorial Chapel for Henny Youngman's Feb. 27 funeral were heaving—with laughter. As mourners such as comic Soupy Sales chuckled, Alan King read the will: "To his nephew Irving, who asked to be mentioned in his will: 'Hello, Irving!' "
It was a service with a smile for the King of the One-Liners, who died Feb. 24 of pneumonia at 91, though his jokes seemed even older. Called the world's hardest-working comedian, Youngman was still doing two shows a night last December. He listed his Manhattan home number in the phone book so he wouldn't miss any jobs, and he liked to try out lines on waiters and construction workers. Onstage he would fire off up to eight jokes a minute for any occasion, even a bar mitzvah.
Youngman's work ethic was rooted in his immigrant heritage. Born in 1906 in London ("I was so ugly," Henny used to say, "the doctor slapped my mother"), Henny and his Russian émigré parents moved to Brooklyn, where he grew up near lifelong pal Jackie Gleason. As a child he took up the violin and eventually led a band called the Swanee Syncopators. He got on the laugh track by accident, at a 1920s gig where he replaced a no-show comedy act at the last minute. One night in the '30s the former Sadie Cohen, a redhead he had met in Brooklyn and married in 1928, was giggling backstage while he was working; he marched her over to a stagehand and said, "Take my wife—please!" It became his signature line. Sadie died in 1987 at age 82 after good-naturedly weathering innumerable zingers ("I miss my wife's cooking—as often as I can"). "She always stuck by me," wrote Youngman, who continued his nonstop pace despite infirmity. At one hospital he quipped, "These doctors are a bunch of crooks—they're all wearing masks." At the service, Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller mused, "Is it possible that God himself needed a laugh?"
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Diagram Brothers - Some Marvels Of Modern Science
Label: New Hormones
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Record is VG++
Cover VG+ VG++ slight wear
Country: UK
Released: 20 Nov 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave
A1 Those Men In White Coats
A2 My Bad Chest Feels Much Better Now
A3 Seals Furcoats
A4 Put It In A Bigger Box
A5 Words From Major
A6 Here Come The Visitors
A7 Isn't It Interesting How Neutron Bombs Work
B1 Ron! The Morris Minor's Gone
B2 I'm A Policeman
B3 I Didn't Get Where I Am Today By Being A Right Git
B4 Aggeravation
B5 I'm Not Going To Fight For Oil
B6 Litter
Noises Jason Diagram Noises [Ambient Noise] Eric Random Diagram
B7 Bikers
Recorded At Cargo Studios
The line-up for the band was :
Fraser Diagram - Vocals / Guitars
Lawrence Diagram - Guitar
Andy Diagram - Bass
Simon Diagram - Drums
The Diagram Brothers were a quartet of passingly deranged Mancunians who produced a few singles, an album and an EP mostly on the Buzzcock's New Hormones label, all except their first single We Are All Animals.
They did songs of urban angst in the most discordant way possible, usually with brass and electric guitars but they weren't afraid to use milk bottles, bread trays and Casio VL-Tones either. Art terrorism at its most polite.
They also put the Manchester Evening News to music which is probably a first. Trouser Press magazine reckoned that they were a poor man's XTC but this is a disservice to both bands. They both liked to play silly buggers on occasion but otherwise had little in common.
information for this piece comes from Jonathan Howard
Andy said about the Diagram Brothers in an exclusive interview with One Of The Three
Diagram Brothers from 1980 to 1982. Me and my brothers formed this guitar band, in Manchester. I played bass guitar. We called the music "Discordo". The music was made to a strict formula or set of rules. All the guitar chords were based on discordant notes, all the beats were very simple rock or disco, and all the words were very very straightforward and down to earth. Let me give you an example :
"Bricks, lay them down in a straight line. Bricks, build them into a wall. Bricks, very useful objects. They're not expensive at all."
The Diagram Brothers were big favourites on the John Peel show, we recorded three sessions for him that he played many times. The Diagram brothers recorded 2 singles, an album and an EP for New Hormones label ( the Buzzcocks label). They are not available any more,
Andy Diagram is now one of David Thomas Two Pale Boys.
I also know their records were released by Richard Boons legendary New Hormones label.
Get past some of the humorous titles Ron! The Morris Minors Gone, I Didnt Get Where I Am Today By Being A Right Git and what you have is a really exciting new wave art rock band that owe as much to the No Wave of the Contortions as they do to the UK punk scene and the art rock of Pere Ubu.
The guitars are all stainless steel clean, tones you could cut your finger on.
Theres some beautiful percussion, hints of both Devo and The Slits in the time changing and call and response chants, and bass playing that could be a forerunner to the avant noodling of Stumps Kev Hopper.
The only downside is the ocassional low of some of the lyric writing. It can sometimes be a little too cleverly naive.
But then what would you expect from a group of young men making music where and when they did?
Dont worry if you, like me, dont know a great deal about The Diagram Brothers.
Regardless of whether or not youre interested in experimental english pop of the late 70`s and early 80`s, if you like your pop music guitar driven, interesting, thought provoking, hummable and catchy then youll dig this to pieces.
The releases were :
October 1980 - We Are All Animals / There Is No Shower 7" (Construct Records - cat no CON-1)
July 1981 - Bricks / Postal Bargains 7" (New Hormones - cat no ORG9)
November 1981 - Some Marvels Of Modern Science (LP) (New Hormones - cat no ORG17)
July 1982 - Discordo 10" EP (New Hormones - cat no ORG21)
Diagram Brothers - I didn't get where I am today by being a right git
This is live footage of the UK band "The Diagram Brothers" shot in 1982. It is taken from the 'Riverside' arts program that was around at the time. The song "I didn't get where I am today by being a right git" was the second of two songs featured on the program
Diagram Brothers - Isn't it interesting how neutron bombs work?"
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In addition to functioning as a Canguilhem–Foucault reading group, the workshop will host one guest speaker this fall.
Morten Sørensen Thaning,
a visiting scholar from Copenhagen who is attending our meetings through his stay in Chicago, will present his paper
"The Concept of Tradition in Philosophical Hermeneutics".
The talk will take place at our regular Tuesday time on November 9, from 4:30–6:20 pm in Foster 505.
The paper contributes, among other things, to our examination of different kinds of normativity by analyzing the double role of tradition as enabling and constraining the possibilities of understanding and interpretation.
Here is an abstract:
The paper is an attempt to reinterpret Hans-Georg Gadamer's concept of tradition and it begins by arguing that the notion of tradition plays an important epistemological role in his theory of understanding. A common criticism of Gadamer's concept of tradition is that it plays down the space for critical reflection. The notion of tradition is perceived by many of his critics as an example of postulating a fundamental level in our experiential life that cannot be questioned and criticized. As an alternative to this readinøg, I interpret Gadamer's concepts of tradition and prejudice in the light of his explicit acknowledgement that every appeal to bare immediacy beyond the reach of reflective scrutiny is futile. Rather than an invocation of immediacy, Gadamer's idea is that tradition and prejudice positively contribute to every successful act of understanding in a way that outstrips our ability to bring to reflective transparency. Appreciating this point makes us able to understand why Gadamer describes understanding as an activity that is constitutively not at our disposal (unverfügbar). In a further step, I examine the ontological or metaphysical implications of the concept of tradition which become clear when we focus on how Gadamer conceives tradition as a successor to the doctrine of belongingness (Zugehörigkeit) between mind and world that shaped Classic Greek metaphysical thought. A consequence of this ontological dimension is that our initiation into tradition is the way we acquire a world-view at all. The concept of tradition thus stresses the historicity of meaning and at the same time opposes any account of meaning and intentionality in constructivist terms. In a third and final step, I attempt to show how this concept of tradition undermines Robert Brandom's pragmatist appropriation of philosophical hermeneutics, in particular his distinction between de dicto and de re interpretation.


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The Battle of Fornovo, near Parma, was fought between Charles VIII of France and the forces of the Holy League that had been formed by the Pope, Aragon (and Sicily), Milan, Venice and the Emperor to counteract French aggression. Although the French did best out of the fighting, it was of little use, since they then left Italy having gained nothing.
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text: "Michael Daugherty is a wonderful composer, and these three pieces make splendid listening. Fire and Blood is a violin concerto, and a damn fine one. Violin concertos are exceptionally difficult to write, especially in balancing the soloist against a large modern orchestra. Daugherty handles the challenge with aplomb. In the first movement, for example, he keeps the accompaniment light but colorful. Sounds that come across as hackneyed in the hands of other composers, such as harp glissandos or little glockenspiel accents, here sound freshly imagined, while the solo writing offers much that is genuinely lyrical and beautiful. Ida Kavafian puts plenty of heart into her playing, really digging into the tunes while making light of the technical difficulties."


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Don't miss one of the funniest shows ever to grace a stage. The Hollywood Bowl's production of the Broadway hit "The Producers" will star Richard Kind as Max Bialystock, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Leo Bloom, Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia, Gary Beach as Roger De Bris, Dane Cook as Franz Liebkind, and Rebecca Romijn as Ulla.
Susan Stroman, winner of the Tony Award for both direction and choreography for the original Broadway stage musical of "The Producers," will direct and choreograph the fully staged production at the Hollywood Bowl.
It's almost a crime that the show will play only three performances.
It is an annual summer ritual that the iconic Hollywood Bowl has presented a Broadway musical on its stage. Among the many previous productions are "South Pacific," "Les Misérables" and "Guys and Dolls."
Tony Award winning Broadway veterans Roger Bart and Gary Beach, who both starred in the original production of "The Producers" as well as the 2005 film adaptation, will recreate their roles of Carmen Ghia and Roger De Bris for the Hollywood Bowl production. Beach won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Roger De Bris.
"I can't wrap my head around it, that I'm going to be onstage at the Hollywood Bowl," said Beach.
Beach encouraged audiences to attend the musical.
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Heavy Metal: Obama Brings the 'Hard Edge' of Empire Down on Afghanistan
I had intended to write a piece about the Washington Post story on the American deployment of battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time, and how this development is part of the "harder edge" that David Petraeus and Barack Obama are now applying to the people of Afghanistan -- increasing air strikes and night raids on villages, razing houses, and "blowing up stuff and killing people who need to be killed." Together, Obama and Petraeus are driving a savage "uptick" in violence, death and destruction in the occupied land -- a bloodthirsty process which has been almost universally ignored in the mainstream media, until the Post story by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
But now I see that Arthur Silber is already on the case, with an extraordinary post that hits much harder, deeper and wider than the one I had planned to write. So nothing remains for me to do except to point you toward Silber's remarkable essay. I'm not even going to excerpt it, because that would slow you down; just get over there now and read it without delay.
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If this is true, it would be that something big is going to happen.
RT @AlexanderPageSY #Syria regime accepted pending resignations of 67 executives + employees from Ministry of Defense Military Supply Plants
TELEGRAPH: Syria 'has chemical weapons that could be used within two hours'
Syria has armed dozens of bombs with sarin gas and other chemical weapons that could be used to target opposition less than two hours after President Bashar al-Assad issues orders, US officials have claimed.
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Reading Workshops
Reading workshops are run much like writing workshops. After gathering the class together (I like to use the floor for this), you introduce a strategy that will help them become stronger readers. Only spend 10-15 minutes discussing the strategy before allowing students to go back to their reading projects and test it out. They can read independently, with a buddy or in small groups with you. There are many books out there that will go much more in depth about the process, but that is the general idea. Look below for mini-lesson ideas and links to reading workshop pages by other teachers.
Student Led Book Clubs- Great step-by-step plans for teaching students how to discuss their reading.
Video of a Book Discussion- I've been thinking for years that students need to SEE other students discussing a book properly before they will understand how to do it themselves. Show this to your students as a great model.
Thick or Thin Questions- Thick or thin questions is my absolute favorite resource for reading workshops and partner reading. Check out Beth Newingham's websiteon them. I've printed out her PDF and colored/laminated it for bulletin boards. I've also made sheets that only have one thick question repeated over and over and then copied that on a certain color paper, doing that with all the questions. Then I take one question/color of each, cut it out and put it on a book ring. These color coded rings are passed out to pairs or groups of readers to prompt discussions.
Cinderella Tales From Around the World- Perhaps you want to do a mini-lesson comparing the story of Cinderella from different countries. This list of books will help you get started. I'm sure there are many more-send in any titles you may have here.
Excellent Organizer Pack from Teaching that Makes Sense
Readers Workshop Outline and Suggestions
Angela Bunyi's Reading Workshop website
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Elevation: 7,897 feet (2,407.01 m)
The Spring Mountains are a mountain range of southern Nevada in the United States, running generally northwest-southeast along the west side of Las Vegas and down to the border with California. Most land in the mountains is owned by the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and managed as the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
The Spring Mountains are a sky island ecosystem. With an area of about 860 square miles (2,200 km sq), and a vertical range of nearly 2 miles (3.2 km), the mountains encompass a wide variety of habitats, and the biological diversity is probably greater than anywhere else in Nevada. 37 species of trees are known (more than any other Nevadan range), and 600 species of vascular plants have been reported from the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area alone.
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Veillonella are gram-negative anaerobic cocci. This bacterium is well known for its lactate fermenting abilities. They are a normal bacterium in the intestines and oral mucosa of mammals. In humans they have been rarely implicated in cases of osteomyelitis and endocarditis, for example with the species Veillonella parvula.
Fermentation of lactate to propionate and acetate is by the methylmalonyl-CoA pathway. Little ATP is produced in this fermentation. High substrate affinity is suggested to be the reason.
Lactate → acetate + 2 propionate + CO2 + H2O
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) [1] [2] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by The All-Species Living Tree Project [3]
- ^ See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from J.P. Euzéby. "Negativicutes". http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/classifphyla.html#Negativicutes. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Negativicutes Data extracted from Sayers et al.. "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". National Center for Biotechnology Information. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/index.cgi. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
- ^ See the All-Species Living Tree Project [1]. Data extracted from the "16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 (full tree)". Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. http://www.arb-silva.de/fileadmin/silva_databases/living_tree/LTP_release_106/LTPs106_SSU_tree.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- Brook I (May 1996). "Veillonella infections in children". J. Clin. Microbiol. 34 (5): 1283–5. PMC 228999. PMID 8727920. http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8727920.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Misplaced Praise, Fourth in a Series of 562
Hey, Democrats, way to walk a righteous path!
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Of course there is no Constitutional trickery in the budget reconciliation process. It is all written in statute, and has been used dozens of times. It is not the "nuclear option." The Frist "nuclear option" would have involved the Vice President declaring the filibuster unconstitutional. While there is talk about Senate reform, including holds and the filibuster, all the proposals on the table involve changing the rules at the beginning of the next Congress (ie after the election, when Republicans very well could be the beneficiaries).
The Democrats are talking about reconciling the already-passed House and Senate health care bills under reconciliation rules. It will be done in the same fashion that Reagan passed his sweeping tax code changes in 1981, and Bush passed his in 2001 and 2003, as well as Medicare part D, and COBRA health insurance (which stands for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act). Nothing nuclear about it. The Republicans have just moved the goal posts, yet again. What was the normal order of business last year is the "nuclear option" this year.
I would, first, say that there is a big difference between the things that you point out and the kind of health care changes that your side is looking for, and, second, say that regardless on how you feel about it being a "nuclear option" or not, I don't think that any kind of meaningful reform as anyone would define it would possibly survive the reconciliation process.
Of course, my own opinions are closer to Sen. Judd Gregg's and yours are closer to Ezra Klein's, so I don't think we're going to find much common ground.
I think this was a good view on the process from a practical point of view:
I still find it surprising that the President would think that this would be a good way to get reform passed. Not only do I not think that it will work, but I think that Democrats will pay a huge cost in the voting booths for it. I guaranty you that the GOP will use it as a big, blunt cudgel with which to pound home these messages: the arrogance of the Obama administration, the tax and spend tendencies of the left, out just how out of touch they are with voters who are moving away from wanting this kind of reform and who have told pretty much every pollster I can find that they want the current proposals shelved and a brand new version started.
Of course, the opposition now has people on both sides of the argument.
Disagreements aside, let me ask you these questions:
One, do you believe that the kind of change that you want could possibly survive reconciliation?
Second, do you think that Democrats will lose or gain, politically, from the attempt?
The one thing that I will agree with you on is that the Republican talk about the nuclear option was a step beyond this--and, yes, even more wrong. I'm a big fan of supermajorities and slow changes. Gridlock is my friend.
I don't think the Republicans would vote for a healthcare bill that only consisted of the elements they want. We saw this yesterday with the "jobs" bill that consists entirely of small business tax cuts (though we fortunately did have a few crossovers). Leadership has made the calculation (and I think it's the right one from a purely tactical perspective, if slash and burn is what they're going for) that the institution of Congress pays the price for inaction, and Democrats comprise the majority of that institution, so Democrats are going to bear the majority of the damage. So given the de-facto 60 vote rule the Republicans are imposing, it's the *only* way a reform bill will get passed.
The only parts at issue are parts that the Byrd rule specifically applies to--namely how to pay for it. The House wants the surtax, the Senate wants the excise tax. The rest of the bills are similar enough that they'll just adopt the Senate bill.
I think the Democrats will be run out on a rail if they *don't* pass the bill. And rightly so. This was voters' number one priority when they swept Democrats into office in 2008. It's the number one driver of deficits, and a huge drag on economic growth. AHIP dropped more money on ads this year against the bill than John McCain spent on his entire presidential campaign. So it's no surprise people are soured on the process. But polling shows people actually support what's in the bill, even if they oppose the bill (http://www.newsweek.com/id/233890). If they don't get it done, they deserve to lose.
We can sit and have some drinks after all this is over and discuss who was closer to right. The truth is that we see it differently on almost every level from what kind of reform is desirable to what the cost will be and to whom. And every time I stop back by to think about this and read what you've written (and, yes, I honestly do consider it), I get pulled away from work.
I would really like to keep my job for the time being (even though they aren't providing my health care--which, that's another story entirely).


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Research Interests
The major goal of the laboratory is to unravel the three-dimensional structures of proteins associated with virulence and disease. The results will be used to elucidate structure-function relationships with the ultimate goal of exploiting this information whenever feasible to improve existing or design novel ligands that possess the potential to become medically relevant. Although X-ray crystallography will be the dominant technique employed, complementary methods, including microPIXE, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, Isothermal calorimetry (ITC), are utilized.
Bacterial DNA-binding proteins and regulatory networks
The viability of all (pathogenic) bacteria depends greatly on adaption to the changing environment. Therefore, the regulation of gene expression in response of external signal and the regulatory networks governing these processes are of significant importance. In our on-going effort to unravel the molecular basis of bacterial gene control we have solved the structures of a number of DNA-binding protein from Corynebacteria and Mycobacteria (Lucarelli et al. 2007, 2008). More recently we have determined the crystal of ClgR (Clp gene regulator) one of the central transcriptional activator in the stress response of Corynebacterium diphtheria (Russo et al. 2009).
Figure 1. Crystal structure of the ClgR dimer with the putative DNA-recognition helices shown in red (Russo et al. 2009)
The protein adopts an all-helical dimeric structure with the putative DNA-recognition helices in an almost perfect position to bind to slightly bent B-DNA. Computer models depicted in Figure 2 suggest a way how pseudo-palindromic DNA is recognized.
Figure: Model of ClgR bound to DNA.
Glycolytic enzymes from T. tenax.
The anaerobic, facultative heterotrophic crenarchaeote Thermoproteus tenax was one of the first hyperthermophilic Archaea described and today serves as a model organism to study the many basic physiological processes including the central carbohydrate metabolism. Over the last years we have solved crystal structures of a number of enzymes from T. tenax in order to elucidate the structural basis of catalysis, enzymatic mechanism and regulation. The most recent example shown here is the crystal structure of KD(P)G aldolase solved in a covalent complex with pyruvate which helped to explain substrate promiscuity in this enzyme.
Figure 2 (Right): Ribbon diagram of KDPG Aldolase from T. Tenax (Pauluhn et al. 2008)
Protein crystallography laboratory
Our laboratory is affiliated to the Center for Bioactive Chemistry and has thus access to all molecular biology techniques for cloning, protein overexpression and purification. In addition, particular emphasis is given to the biochemical and biophysical characterization (for example ITC, ultra-centrifugation, mass spectrometry). These techniques are used to characterize the sample and hence to increase the crystallization success rate. The laboratory is equipped with an Akta Explorer FPLC for protein purification and an Innovadyne Screenmaker for high-throughput crystallization in nL scale. Diffraction
data will be collected on a Bruker MicroStar H rotating anode equipped with a Proteum 135 CCD detector. Nevertheless, a significant part of our diffraction experiments is carried out at third-generation synchrotron sources, including the Swiss Light Source (SLS), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) grenoble, and the Diamond Light Source (DLS), Didcot, UK.
Collaborators and funding
We collaborate with many colleagues in the Department of Chemistry as well as the School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. The Biophysical Sciences Institute is of particular importance to support our cross-disciplinary research projects
Our external collaborators include microbiologists (Dr. M.L. Vasil, University of Denver, Colorado, and Dr. B. Siebers, Dr. R. Hensel from the University of Duisburg-Essen), biophysicists/protein crystallographers (Dr. E. Garman, University of Oxford), protein crystallographer and chemists (Dr. J. Yeh and Dr. C. Achim, Pittsburgh) and synchrotron scientists (Dr. A. Pauluhn, Swiss Light Source).
The work has been or is currently supported by the Royal Society, the BBSRC, EPSRC and the Wellcome Trust.
- Russo, S., Schweizer, J., Polen, T., Bott, M., Pohl, E. "Crystal Structure of the Caseinolytic Protease Gene Regulator, a Transcriptional Activator in Actinomycetes ", J. Biol. Chem. (2009) 284: 5208-5216.
- Yeh, J.I., Pohl, E., Truan, D., He, W., Sheldrick, G.M., Du, S., Achim, C. "The crystal structure of non-modified and bipyridine modified PNA-duplexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. (2010) 16:11867-75.
- Landsbury, A. Der Perng, M., Pohl, E., Roy A. Quinlan, R.A. "Functional symbiosis between the intermediate filament cytoskeleton and small heat shock proteins" in "Small Stress Proteins and human Diseases", ed. Simon, S., Arigo A.P. Nova Publisher (2010).
- Lucarelli, D, Vasil, M.L., Meyer-Klaucke, Pohl E. "The metal-dependent regulator FurA and FurB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Int. J. Mol. Sci. (2008) 9:1548-1560.
- Truan,D., Vasil, A., Stonehouse, M., Vasil, M.L., Pohl, E. "High-level over-expression, purification, and crystallization of a novel phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginos" (2013) Protein Expression and Purification, in press.
- Quinlan, R.A., Zhang, Y., Lansbury, A., Williamson, I., Pohl, E., Sun, F., "Changes in the quaternary structure and function of MjHSP16.5 attributable to deletion of the I–X–I motif and introduction of the substitution, R107G in the a-crystallin domain", (2013), Phil Trans R Soc B in press.
Journal Article
- Arenas-Salinas M., Townsend, P.D., Brito, C., Marquez, V., Marabolli, V., Gonzalez-Nilo, F., Matias, C., Watt, R.K., López-Castro, J.D., Domínguez-Vera, J., Pohl, E. & Yévenes, A. (2014). The crystal structure of ferritin from Chlorobium tepidum reveals a new conformation of the 4-fold channel for this protein family. Biochimie 106: 39-47.
- Townsend, P., Jungwirth, B., Pojer, P., Bußmann, M., Money, V.A., Cole, S.T., Pühler, A., Tauch, A., Bott, M., Cann, M.J. & Pohl, E. (2014). The crystal structures of apo and cAMP-bound GlxR from Corynebacterium glutamicum reveal structural and dynamic changes upon cAMP binding in CRP/FNR family transcription factors. PlosONE 9(12): e113265.
- Quinlan, R.A., Zhang, Y., Lansbury, A., Williamson, I., Pohl, E. & Sun, F. (2013). Changes in the quaternary structure and function of MjHSP16.5 attributable to deletion of the I–X–I motif and introduction of the substitution, R107G in the a-crystallin domain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 368(1617): 20120327.
- Truan, D, Vasil, A, Stonehouse, M, Vasil, ML, & Pohl, E. (2013). High-level over-expression, purification, and crystallization of a novel phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Protein Expression and Purification 90(1): 40-46.
- An, Jihyun, Farha, Omar K., Hupp, Joseph T., Pohl, Ehmke, Yeh, Joanne I. & Rosi, Nathaniel L. (2012). Metal-adeninate vertices for the construction of an exceptionally porous metal-organic framework. Nature Communications 3: 604.
- Colgin, N., Tatum, N.J., Pohl, E., Cobb, S.L. & Sandford, G. (2012). Synthesis and molecular structure of a perfluorinated pyridyl carbanion. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 133: 33-37.
- Yeh, Joanne I., Pohl, Ehmke, Truan, Daphne, He, Wei, Sheldrick, George M., Du, Shoucheng & Achim, Catalina (2010). The Crystal Structure of Non-Modified and Bipyridine-Modified PNA Duplexes. Chemistry - A European Journal 16(39): 11867-11875.
- Russo, Santina, Schweitzer, Jens-Eric, Polen, Tino, Bott, Michael & Pohl, Ehmke (2009). Crystal Structure of the Caseinolytic Protease Gene Regulator, a Transcriptional Activator in Actinomycetes. Journal of Biological Chemistry 284(8): 5208-5216.
- Felderer K, Groves M, Diez J, Pohl E, & Witt S. (2008). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the Thermoplasma acidophilum 20S proteasome in complex with protein substrates. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 64(10): 899-902.
- Lucarelli, D., Vasil, M.L. Meyer-Klaucke, W. & Pohl, E. (2008). The Metal-Dependent Regulators FurA and FurB from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 9(8): 1548-1560.
- Lucarelli, D, Russo, S, Garman, E, Milano, A, Meyer-Klaucke, W & Pohl, E (2007). Crystal structure and function of the zinc uptake regulator FurB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282(13): 9914-9922.
- Pohl, E, Haller, JC, Mijovilovich, A, Meyer-Klaucke, W, Garman, E & Vasil, ML (2003). Architecture of a protein central to iron homeostasis: crystal structure and spectroscopic analysis of the ferric uptake regulator. Molecular Microbiology 47(4): 903-915.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
- Pröpper, K. Meindl, K. Sammito, M., Dittrich, B. Sheldrick, G.M., Pohl, E. & Uson, I. (2014). Structure solution of DNA-binding proteins and complexes with ARCIM- BOLDO libraries. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography 70(6): 1743-1757.


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