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Skip to comments.The Political Brain. Why do Republicans and Democrats differ? Perhaps it's all in the head.
Posted on 08/21/2004 7:02:25 PM PDT by John Jorsett
A few months before retiring from public office in 2002, the House majority leader Dick Armey caused a mini-scandal when he announced during a speech in Florida, ''Liberals are, in my estimation, just not bright people.'' The former economics professor went on to clarify that liberals were drawn to ''occupations of the heart,'' while conservatives favored ''occupations of the brain,'' like economics or engineering.
The odd thing about Armey's statement was that it displayed a fuzzy, unscientific understanding of the brain itself: our most compassionate (or cowardly) feelings are as much a product of the brain as ''rational choice'' economic theory is. They just emanate from a different part of the brain -- most notably, the amygdala, the almond-shaped body that lies below the neocortex, in an older brain region sometimes called the limbic system. Studies of stroke victims, as well as scans of normal brains, have persuasively shown that the amygdala plays a key role in the creation of emotions like fear or empathy.
If amygdala activity is a reliable indication of emotional response, a fascinating possibility opens up: turning Armey's muddled poetry into a testable hypothesis. Do liberals ''think'' with their limbic system more than conservatives do? As it happens, some early research suggests that Armey might have been on to something after all.
As The Times reported not long ago, a team of U.C.L.A. researchers analyzed the neural activity of Republicans and Democrats as they viewed a series of images from campaign ads. And the early data suggested that the most salient predictor of a ''Democrat brain'' was amygdala activity responding to certain images of violence: either the Bush ads that featured shots of a smoldering ground zero or the famous ''Daisy'' ad from Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 campaign that ends with a mushroom cloud. Such brain activity indicates a kind of gut response, operating below the level of conscious control.
Could the U.C.L.A. researchers be creating the political science of the future? Consider this possibility: the scientists do an exhaustive survey and it turns out that liberal brains have, on average, more active amygdalas than conservative ones. It's a plausible outcome that matches some of our stereotypes about liberal values: an aversion to human suffering, an unwillingness to rationalize capital punishment and military force, a fondness for candidates who like to feel our pain.
What would that kind of insight tell us that we didn't know already? One thing is certain: evidence of a neurological difference between liberal and conservative brains would not be another instance of genetic determinism, since patterns of brain activity are shaped by experience as much as by genes. (Those who suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome also show unusual patterns of amygdala activity, but those patterns are almost inevitably the imprint of a specific event, and not the long arm of DNA.)
Nonetheless, opening up the brain's black box might provide new explanations for how people become Republicans or Democrats, not to mention libertarians or Maoists, in the first place. It's pretty to think that we all decide our political affiliations by methodically studying each party's positions on the issues. But a recent study by Paul Goren at Arizona State found that voters typically formed their party affiliations before developing specific political values. They become Democrats first and then decide that they, say, oppose capital punishment and support trade unions. But how do they make that initial decision to be a Democrat? The most likely indicator of political preference is your parents' party affiliation, but if everyone simply voted along family lines, the dominant party would simply be the one whose members had the most voting offspring. The real question is why someone would ever break from the family tradition -- without feeling strongly either way about specific issues.
Those M.R.I. scans suggest an explanation. Perhaps we form political affiliations by semiconsciously detecting commonalities with other people, commonalities that ultimately reflect a shared pattern of brain function. In the mid-1960's, the social psychologist Donn Byrne conducted a series of experiments in which the participants were given a description of several hypothetical strangers' attitudes and beliefs. They were then asked which stranger they would most enjoy having as a co-worker. The subjects consistently preferred the company of strangers with attitudes similar to their own. Opposites repel.
Say you're inclined to form strong emotional responses to images of violence or human suffering, and over the course of your formative years, most of the people you meet who respond to these images with comparable affect turn out to be Democrats. That's a commonality of experience that exists beneath conscious political affiliation -- it's closer to a gut instinct than a rational choice -- but if you meet enough Democrats who share that experience, sooner or later you start carrying the card yourself. Political identity starts with a shared temperament and only afterward deposits a layer of positions on the issues.
Seeing political identity as a reflection of common brain architecture helps explain another longstanding riddle: why do people vote against their immediate interests? Why do blue-collar Republicans and limousine liberals exist? The question becomes less puzzling if you assume that 1) people choose parties primarily because they desire the companionship of people who share their cognitive wiring, and 2) they desire that companionship so much they're willing to pay for the privilege.
These are all hypotheses now, and indeed it may turn out that some other region of the brain plays a more important role in creating political values. But if the U.C.L.A. results hold water over time, it won't justify the Armey theory that liberals are somehow less rational than conservatives. One of the most celebrated insights of the past 20 years of neuroscience is the discovery -- largely associated with the work of Antonio Damasio -- that the brain's emotional systems are critical to logical decision-making. People who suffer from damaged or impaired emotional systems can score well on logic tests but often display markedly irrational behavior in everyday life. Dustin Hoffman's autistic character in ''Rain Man'' was brilliant with numbers, but you wouldn't necessarily want him in the White House.
Is there something intrinsically reductive or fatalistic in connecting political values to brain functioning? No more so than ascribing them to race or economic background, which we happily do without second thought. Isn't it more dehumanizing to attribute your beliefs to economic conditions outside your control? At least your brain is inalienably yours -- it's where the whole category ''you'' originates. No one denies that social conditions shape political values. But the link between the brain and the polis is still uncharted terrain. Prozac showed us that the slightest tinkering with brain chemistry could have transformative effects on a person's worldview. Who is to say those effects don't travel all the way to the voting booth?
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Do liberals ''think'' with their limbic system more than conservatives do?
Tell me how you FEEEEEEEL.
Oh, that's a real scandal...especially after Liberals have been referring to Republican voters and candidates as "stupid" for the past 5 decades.
Merely an indication that the damage done by public schools and depraved media is physical. Were I a Democrat, I would sue.
It still would not explain why so many peoples positions change over the course of their lives. However, it is not unreasonable to suppose that certain physiological differences contribute to differing political viewpoints. It probably explains why liberals are whining and crying all the time.
Guess it would have been better if he called them nazi's like we are constantly being called.
Why? You'll fall back asleep within seconds. However, I did find the final sentence telling, at least about Dims:
Prozac showed us that the slightest tinkering with brain chemistry could have transformative effects on a person's worldview. Who is to say those effects don't travel all the way to the voting booth?
So that's what make Dims tick.
Demonrats react subjectively, using emotions as their guiding light, making them oh so effiminate. "I will conduct a more "thoughtful", more "sensitive" war on terror", by forcing our military to wear pink uniforms.
Republicans on the whole (except RINOS) react objectively, using logic, reason, and common sense, not allowing emotions to cloud their thought process in reaching a conclusion.
Considering that Kerry is calling on Bush to silence dissenters who don't like Kerry and is also calling on publishers to withdraw books that tell the truth about Kerry, I'd say the Nazi label fits the Liberals far better than our side.
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I question these findings. They didn't include bringing a proctologist in prior to the examination of Democrats brains.
My wife was a Democrat when I met her. I was a Moderate Conservative. Now, 7yrs later, she is a raving, right wing nut and I'm still a MC.
Now the demonrats are calling President Bush a premeditated murderer by saying he knew that the WTC buildings were going to be bombed and allowed it to happen. So whatever the GOP say, it will NEVER COME CLOSE TO THE demonrats have spewed with their venomous rhetoric.
You better catch up! ;-)
Republicans take Prozac, demonrats take Progesterone.
No, Dick Armey was correct. Libs are not very bright.
Hee hee. My wife was a liberal, Carter-loving feminist reporter when we met. I was always on the reactionary wing of the Republican Party, inherited from my parents. Without the least prodding from me, she has now surpassed me to starboard, is active in pro-life causes, loves Bush and won't allow a New York Times within the walls of our home. Who says there is no such thing as progress?
"The odd thing about Armey's statement was that it displayed a fuzzy, unscientific understanding of the brain itself"
The odd thing about this statement is that it displays a fuzzy, unimaginative understanding of language. I don't think Mr. Armey literally believes feelings orginate in the heart. Those of us with a level of reading comprehension above kindergarten understand the concept of "figure of speech".
"stereotypes about liberal values: an aversion to human suffering, an unwillingness to rationalize capital punishment and military force, a fondness for candidates who like to feel our pain."
Does anyone have any doubts whatsoever about the beliefs of the writer of this article?
rm strong emotional responses to images of violence or human suffering>>
Apparently these amygdalas in leftist go inactive when viewing imagesof violence and human suffering when it comes to unborn infants.
I wonder if they realize all they did is prove what conservatives have always said--leftists are immature and primitive in their thinking. My guess is a child's amygdala works similarly. They act on gut feelings with no impulse control. So leftists are essentially on the same playing field as children. Why am I not surprised?
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I wasn't aware that liberal-demokkkRATs had any measurable brain matter, to speak of. The few who I know, don't.
This is your brain after reading the New York Times editorial page.
Any questions?
Talking about feeling, etc. Leftists see themselves as victims and thrive in it. On another board I saw how the Leftists, before the Iraq war, always reminisced about the "good ole days" after 9/11 when the world supposedly loved us. Sickening.
They loved us because they thought we were "victims." They thought we'd sit cowering in a corner while we contemplated why we'd pissed off the world. When it became apparent that we we were going to fight back, and hard, that's when their love vanished. That kind of love we don't need.
Reminds me of when darling Katie Couric did a show with her having a colonoscopy 'on camera.' One astute Freeper remarked as to whether or not they found her head or not.....
Imagine if Laura Bush began appearing at Swift Boat Vets for Truth rallies!
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct...Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator and writer (106-43 BCE)
Except the voters want to be protected and mothered. The voters want the government to take care and provide for them.
Your maxim is no longer true. What passes for reason these days is often nothing of the sort. In this postmodern paradise, truth is declared, not discovered, and reason is little more than a label to make stupidity sound better.
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By LORRIE LYKINS
Published May 8, 2007
As May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, it seems a good time to remind motorists to safely share the road with motorcycles.
According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motorcyclists account for one of every 10 road fatalities in the United States every year and those statistics have been rising steadily the past eight years. In 2005, 4, 553 motorcyclists died in highway crashes.
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Getting to the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg may be a surreal experience for motorists, reader Donna Allen recently pointed out.
Allen noticed that when driving on Interstate 275 toward St. Petersburg from the south, then using the Tropicana Field exit, she saw a sign that reads "Dali Museum, next right, " which indicates Fourth Street S.
"Less than a half a block later, but past the intersection mentioned above, there's a sign in the median along with others that says 'Dali Museum, next right.' That's Third Street S. Not only is this greatly confusing, I don't see how you can get to the Dali driving south on Fourth Street, " Allen noted.
City employee Evan Mory responded to our inquiry, acknowledging that there are several routes to the Dali Museum. The most direct route is going south on Fourth, making a left on 11th Avenue S and another left onto Third Street.
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Navigational challenges for visitors may be further complicated by the recent elimination of some one-way segments of streets, including First and Second streets from Central Avenue to Fifth and Sixth avenues as well as a portion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street and Second Avenue N. More changes from one-way to two-way may be made to other streets downtown in the future, Mory said.
"We are currently evaluating the city's way-finding program and will take this situation into consideration as we look to make changes in the routing."
Lorri Lykins' Dr. Delay column regularly appears in South Pinellas editions of the Times. Please share your traffic concerns, comments and questions with Dr. Delay via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Customers and employees celebrated the honor on Saturday, when cake was served at every Wegmans store at a time selected by individual stores.
To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America: 259 firms participated in this year's survey. More than 277,000 employees at those companies responded to a survey created by the institute, a global research and consulting firm operating in 45 countries around the world. Two-thirds of a company's score is based on the results of the institute's trust index survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company.
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Less than half of investment banks are committed to running global fixed income businesses as regulatory and commercial pressures build, according to new research, fuelling fears of a liquidity drought in the secondary bond markets.
Further dealer exits from the sector are likely to accelerate a "dramatic overhaul" in the structure of bond markets, the research said, as investors seek alternative ways of trading, with electronic markets standing to benefit.
Research released by Tabb Group yesterday, based on a survey of 24 global corporate bond dealers, found that only 40% were committed to running global fixed-income operations. Will Rhode, Tabb's director of fixed income, said: "Today, returns are lower, while costs and risks are higher. Dealers are looking at how to realise efficiencies, adopt new business models or exit the industry entirely."
The units are being acutely hit by new regulations such as tougher capital constraints under Basel III, which make it more expensive to hold bond inventories. In October, Swiss bank UBS announced a restructure of its investment bank, effectively ending its attempts to build a global fixed income business. Meanwhile, other banks are rapidly reducing the amount of risk weighted assets in their fixed income divisions.
In October, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published data showing the average corporate bond inventory among US primary dealers had fallen by 43% in the two years to the end of September.
Rhode said that capital charges under Basel III were "forcing several to leave the [fixed income] business", adding for those that remain in the sector there was "little consensus on the best business model for the future."
Dealer retrenchment is posing problems for asset managers seeking liquidity in secondary bond markets. Rhode said: "The buyside will have to cope with significant liquidity risk challenges when it comes to managing their fixed income portfolios on an active basis."
Financial News reported earlier this week widespread concern among asset managers arising from a lack of liquidity in the European corporate bond market. Tanguy Le Saout, head of European fixed income at Pioneer Investments, said liquidity in the secondary market for European bonds was "going down and down and down."
However, electronic platforms could stand to benefit, including single dealer platforms and multi-dealer venues run by independent operators, as asset managers seek alternative ways to trade. Tabb's research found that asset managers would increase their use of electronic trading in 2013 by 10% to 32% in notional terms, and 4% to 44% in turnover terms.
Tradeweb, a fixed income and derivatives platform backed by Thomson Reuters, reported that volumes in its European cash credit products reached $50bn in the second and third quarters of this year, a 55% increase on the same period in 2011. Bloomberg has also seen "double-digit growth" in electronic volumes in European credit products this year, according to Ben MacDonald, its global head of fixed income.
The logic behind electronic trading is that it allows banks to trade with less capital by reaching more clients, becoming more efficient and moving positions from their trading books more quickly. Furthermore, capital constraints are serving to reduce transaction sizes, as the ability of banks to trade in large blocks has reduced, making fixed income markets more suited to electronic trading.
Tabb said that, on average, blocks were being kept on dealer's books for a week or two compared to six months ago, when it was anywhere between three weeks and three months.
Rhode said: "Those with strong origination businesses can hide behind the primary issuance boom for now, but everyone knows – it's a bubble and players have to examine their role in the secondary market. On the upside, new marketplaces and trading protocols are emerging."
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The Commemoration of Blessed Charles Chapman Grafton is an observed Feast of the Diocese of Fond du Lac, in the Christian tradition of honoring the anniversary of his earthly death and heavenly birth (August 30). It is celebrated on the Saturday closest to the Feast Day, not on Labor Day weekend. It is an included Feast Day in "Holy Men, Holy Women."
The 2016 Commemoration is part of the Eucharistic Festival on Saturday, August 27th at the Cathedral of St. Paul, Fond du Lac. The Grafton Lecture is from 1:00–2:00 p.m in St. Augustine's Chapel. Matthew P. Payne will present "A Brief History of An Episcopal-Orthodox Affair: a Russian and a Bostonian" with response from our Festival Homilist, Fr. Matthew Olver.
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1:00 Grafton Lecture
|Past Commemorations
|The Certain Trumpet: Charles Chapman Grafton as Preacher
The Very Rev. Steven A. Peay, Dean and President of Nashotah House Theological Seminary
|Bishop Grafton: Evangelical at heart, while in belief a Catholic
The Rt. Rev. Rev. Matthew Gunter, 8th Bishop of Fond du Lac.
Homily by the Very Rev. Brian Beno, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral.
|Bishop Grafton and the Identity of the Episcopal Church in the 21st Century
The Rt. Rev. R. William Franklin, 11th Bishop of Western New York.
Homily by the Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr., Dean of Nashotah House.
|Grafton and the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament
Mr. Richard J. Mammana, Jr., Founder and Director of Project Canterbury.
|Grafton and the Religious Life
The Rev. John D. Alexander, Rector, Ss. Stephen's, Providence, RI.
|Homily by the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, Seventh Bishop of Fond du Lac
Blessed Charles Chapman Grafton ~ 1830-1912
|Barnum, Bailey and Grafton
Mrs. Ruth Spoeri, Archivist, Cathedral of St. Paul, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|At the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, Bethlehem-by-the-Lake, Green Lake, Wisconsin.
Homily by the Rev. Daniel Repp, Vicar, St. Paul's, Plymouth.
|Homily by the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, Seventh Bishop of Fond du Lac
|A Homily On the Commemoration of
Blessed Charles C. Grafton
The Rev. Dean A. Einerson, Rector, St. Augustine's, Rhinelander.
|Homily by the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, Seventh Bishop of Fond du Lac.
The Rt. Rev. Charles Chapman Grafton (April 12, 1830-August 30, 1912) was Second Bishop of Fond du Lac, the Episcopal Church encompassing the northeast part of Wisconsin. He was an ardent supporter of the Oxford Movement and developing Anglo-Catholicism in the Episcopal Church, especially with the voluminous writings following the consecration of a Coadjutor in 1900.
Born in Boston, he came under the influence of William Croswell, founder of Church of the Advent, a leading Anglo-Catholic parish. In 1853 he graduated from Harvard with a degree in law but found himself drawn toward the ordained ministry. Grafton studied theology under Bishop William Whittingham of Maryland and was ordained deacon on Dec. 23, 1855. He began ordained ministry as assistant at Reisterstown, Maryland and on May 30, 1858, was ordained priest and served as curate at St. Paul's, Baltimore, as well as chaplain of the deaconesses of the Diocese of Maryland.
At the close of the Civil War Grafton went to England and with Richard Meux Benson and Simeon Wilberforce O'Neill, co-founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (known as the Cowley Fathers). Grafton returned to the United States and in 1872 became fourth Rector of Church of the Advent. A jurisdictional dispute concerning Grafton's overseas religious superior led to his withdrawal from SSJE.
Grafton helped to establish the American Congregation of Saint Benedict (now The Benedictine Order of St John the Beloved) and in 1888 along with Mother Ruth Margaret founded the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity. Grafton was consecrated Bishop of Fond du Lac on April 25, 1889. During his tenure the strength of the diocese in terms of spirituality, membership and buildings grew tremendously. He served as diocesan until his death, leaving behind a legacy of printed works, sermons and essays.
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Grafton found himself at the center of controversy in 1900 when he presided at the consecration of Reginald Heber Weller as Bishop Coadjutor of Fond du Lac. A number of bishops from neighboring dioceses took part in the service. Also in attendance, at Grafton's invitation, was Tikhon, Russian Orthodox Bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.
Following the service the bishops went to the back steps of Grafton Hall, a girl's borading school behind St. Paul's Cathedral, and posed for a picture. This is believed to be the first time bishops of the Episcopal Church were photographed wearing copes and mitres. The picture became to be known as "the Fond du Lac Circus" and was widely published in church publications as well as secular publication and caused a heated controversy.
A number of issues are associated with this photo. First, the Episcopal Church in its first century had been mostly low church, though high church and broad church groups were also present. The low church faction typically identified itself as Protestant, contrasted with the high church faction which typically identified itself with a Catholic, connected with others such as the Roman Catholic (though there was some belief it had lost its way), Old Catholic and Orthodox Churches. This photo, showing Episcopal bishops dressed in catholic vestments (as opposed to a more Protestant rochet, chimere, and tippet) was an outrage to many low church members of the Episcopal Church.
Added to this was that the service included other denominational leaders. Grafton invited Bishop Tikhon and his Orthodox entourage along with Bishop Kozlowski of the Polish National Catholic Church to attend, not merely to observe, but to participate. Ultimately, they did not join in the laying on of hands, but did vest and sit with the other bishops present. This was also scandalous to many low church members of the Episcopal Church who held that Episcopalians had more in common with the other Protestant denominations than with the Old Catholics or "Greek Catholics" (i.e., Orthodox).


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BOSTON (TheStreet) -- A report released last week by the Environmental Investigation Agency found that a dozen of the largest U.S. supermarkets are doing a dismal job of reining in their hydrofluorocarbon emissions.
The reason this matters? HFC is a potent greenhouse gas, with a much higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide, sometimes by as much as 4,000 times.
The report looked at the HFC emissions of a dozen retailers, including Target
According to the EIA, the widespread use of HFC in the retail industry has led to it becoming one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gases. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the average U.S. supermarket emits as much HFCs per year as 365 cars.
And it's only getting worse.
In fact, emission of HFCs, which are used in refrigerators and air conditioning units, has been growing by 10% to 15% annually. If efforts aren't undertaken to restrict them, the emissions are expected to make up 9% of all greenhouse gases by 2050.
"The results from the survey are not just disappointing but shocking, given that climate-friendly alternative technologies are available in the marketplace," Allan Thornton, president of the Environmental Investigation Agency, told McClatchy.
In a telephone interview, Thornton said CO2 and ammonia-based refrigerants would be much more sustainable and climate-friendly options and could easily be used in new and existing operations, as they are already in widespread use at stores throughout Canada, Japan and the European Union.
Wal-Mart, as the most profitable company, should take the lead in tackling the problem of HFC emissions head on, he says. It has 125 stores and two Sam's Club locations using "hybrid technology" of HFC and non-HFC refrigerants.


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Climate Change is impacting biodiversity at a global and unprecedented scale. The Arctic region is hit particularly hard. It is already warming 2 – 2,5 times faster than the global average, due to a thinner atmosphere and several positive feedback responses. Changes in the Arctic will have major repercussions for all other global regions through changes in the hydrological cycle, the weather cycle, the carbon cycle or atmospheric changes, but also by impacting its unique biodiversity. Many Arctic species are migratory, connecting the entire globe by its annual migration routes of billions of migratory birds, marine mammals and fish. As the Arctic is the origin of all major flyways and also most strongly affected by climate change it has been the focus of the portfolio of UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and GRID-Arendal jointly with the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) for more than 10 years. CMS and AEWA are the major international agreements concerned with the conservation and sustainable use, and monitoring of migratory species.
The changes in the Arctic region will determine the future of its major wealth in ecosystem goods and services, mostly its natural resources, marine and freshwater fish and terrestrial reindeer to name a few. They all provide vital income for the peoples of the North and to a large extent to the global community as a whole.
Its unique location in still largely pristine wilderness and little direct human impacts allow the Arctic region for monitoring the impact of climate change and industrial development on biodiversity in a less complex ecosystem, providing us with an early warning system of what is likely to happen to our near future. Arctic biodiversity and ecosystems are an ideal test case for measuring progress towards the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) 2010 target to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, a barometer for the state of biodiversity.
UNEP-WCMC and UNEP/Grid-Arendal have joined up with the Arctic Council's biodiversity programme Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) to launch and implement the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) to monitor the rapidly changing Arctic ecosystems and provide a sound basis for decision making in the Arctic region and on a global stage. The CBMP is part of the International Polar Year (IPY) initiative, which creates a huge scientific focus on the Polar regions, generating the attention to the vulnerable status of both poles. More than 100 projects focus on the Arctic region. The monitoring of Arctic biodiversity through CBMP is a valuable contribution to the CBD 2010 target and the implementation of the Convention.
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Arctic biodiversity is more than just Polar Bears. The charismatic Arctic predator has been the focus of the media recently, rightly reporting on the demise of the largest predator on Earth. It will suffer severely if the sea ice continues to disappear in many areas of the Arctic. But little has been mentioned on the fate of other Arctic species. As part of this event' s Arctic focus we like to highlight the significance of Arctic biodiversity globally and have chosen four species. Each of them is illustrating a different but typical Arctic feature.
The charismatic, solely Arctic Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) is living entirely in High Arctic marine seas, closely associated with the Polar Bear, which it follows, scavenging on leftovers on the ice edge. Its entire life cycle is intimately linked with sea ice and the rare gull is potentially severely threatened by the disappearance of the sea ice. Read more.
The Reindeer and Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are the most dominant large mammal species in the Arctic, living in each Arctic country, mostly in the tundra. Reindeer and Caribou provide the major source of income for many local people in the Arctic, depending highly on the thriving of its huge populations. Climate change may have severe impacts on the future of this valuable product of Arctic ecosystems. Read more.
Polar regions are home to 70% of all global freshwater, most of it stored in the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland, but the Arctic region contains the largest amount of freshwater available for biodiversity. Huge peatlands and tundra wetlands lie in the Arctic region and Arctic rivers altogether discharge more than 4,600 km3 into the Arctic Ocean every year. Many of them belong to the largest ten rivers on Earth, hardly impacted by dams and other human impacts, allowing a huge diversity of freshwater fish to thrive in Arctic rivers. The Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) is the most northerly distributed freshwater fish. It is a characteristic representative for this unique biome. Read More.
The large majority of all Arctic vertebrates are migratory. Arctic breeding birds are connected with virtually every corner of the globe apart from the Antarctic ice sheet through the annual migration of birds, whales, fish and even reindeer and caribou. The Red Knot (Calidris canutus) is one of the most fascinating globetrotter. In winter the High Arctic breeder can be found in South and West Africa, South America, India, Australia and New Zealand. However, four out of six populations are presently in decline, some sharply, and for two we don't know the trend. Conservation measures for the Red Knot are required under CMS and AEWA. Read more.
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These, like many other population trends from the Arctic regions are alarming signals of changes in the Arctic ecosystems, which should alert us. We still do not know the trend for many populations of Arctic biodiversity and we also know too little to fully understand the route causes of these trends. The CBMP aims to provide the integrated strategy, mechanism and tools to help exploring exactly these route causes. No doubt, climate change has already started and has shown its impact on Arctic biodiversity.
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Tidioute Area News In Brief
Senior Center Menu
New lunch for the senior center is as follows.
Thursday, Jan. 16 will be soup and sandwiches, dessert and beverages.
Monday, Jan. 20 the center will be closed for Martin Luther King Day.
Tuesday, Jan. 21 will be Spaghetti and meatballs, dessert and beverages.
Thursday, Jan. 23 will be Cooks Choice, dessert and beverages.
Monday, Jan.27 will be Lasagna, dessert and beverages.
Tuesday, Jan. 28 will be Ham and Scalloped Potatoes, dessert and beverages.
Thursday, Jan. 30 will be Cooks Choice with dessert and beverages.
Watson Grange
A Fun Day is being held by members of the Watson Grange on Saturday at John Hollabaugh's residence.
PSCFT meeting
Members of the Pennsylvania State Championship Fishing Tournament committee will meet on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. at Buccardo'd Restaurant.
New members are always welcome.
Senior Center tidbits
Those who attend the Tidioute Senior Center met on Monday with 20 present including Lynn Espin and Denny Mason who presented a program on hand and foot reflexology.
After lunch they had a 50/50 drawing and held election of officers. Sue Lester will serve the group as President, Martha Walters as Vice President, Marian Dashner as Secretary and Dorothy Kording as Treasurer.
It was decided to celebrate birthdays every month instead of every three months.
In order to update their records, they are asking everyone that attends the center to complete a new membership form so that they have correct addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, etc. If you haven't made out a form yet, please do so as soon as possible.
Call the center at 484-3020 for lunch reservations and information on happenings.
Bonfire successful
Tidioute Community Charter School Sports Boosters held its first burning of the Christmas trees bonfire.
It was a very good turn out for the first year's event.
Hot dogs and hot beverages were sold by members of the group to keep everyone warm. A special thanks to John and Carol Ziegler for providing the grill and cooking all night.
Sports Boosters would like to remind the community that this will be an annual event, so please save your Christmas trees after Christmas next year.
The next Tidioute Community Charter School Sports Boosters meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria.
All community members are welcome to come and help make this group successful.
Parent Committee
Tidioute Community Charter School CEO, Doug Allen, is forming a small group of parents who may wish to meet with him periodically.
If you are interested, please e-mail him at email@example.com. They will meet this month to start their group.
TAVFD shirts
Tidioute Area Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary is selling TAVFD T-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies.
All items must be prepaid and can be ordered by contacting Anita Nicholson at 494-1009 evenings.
Free Throw results
Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship was held on Wednesday at the Tidioute Community Charter School with 31 contestants.
It was a very good contest and they had winners in nine categories for boys and girls.
Of the 31 contestants the winners will advance to the District contest in Warren later this month.
Winners were as follows: Boys age 11-Julian Gillenwater, age 12- Jesse Gourley, age 13-Ryan Williams, and age 14- Rickey McAfoose. Girls age 10- Carrie Rose, age 11- Kelsey Nuttall, age 12- Sunora Henderson, age 13- Allexa Morgan and age 14- Annah Burke.
It was truly delightful to see all the students, and a good time was had by all.
A "Tip of the Hat" to all the people that made this event such a success. Thank you to Doris and Jerry Svitek, Carol and Howard Klingenberg, Bob Schwab, Mike Heenan, Larry McGuigan, Dan and Sarah McLaughlin, Janet Anderson, Fran O'Hosky, Gary Koech and the staff at Tidioute Community Charter School.
TAHDC Inc meeting
Tidioute Area Health and Dental Center, Inc members will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. at ST John Center.
All Members are encouraged to attend.
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The First Presbyterian Church invites the community to its 4th annual "Flap Jack" Stack-em Nite on Saturday evening, Feb. 1, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall of the church.
The cost is $7 and includes juice, pancakes, sausage, applesauce, dessert and a beverage.
Take outs will be available, call 484-3513 after 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 to order.
Supper benefits the church building and restoration funds.
Borough Council
Tidioute Borough Council met on Monday evening Jan. 6 for their re-organizational meeting.
Elected as president was Henry Brown, Vice President-Kevin Bonner.
New council members include Ella Johnson, John Campisano and Michelle Campisano. Remaining on council are John Brown, and Lee Lindemuth.
Pam McLaughlin was re-elected as Mayor and Sandy Martin was re-elected to serve as tax collector.
Crystal Heenan will remain as secretary and treasurer and Walt Snavley remains as our borough manager.
Tim Bevevino as solicitor, Todd Fantaskey as sewage enforcement officer, E & M Engineers as engineer.
Emergency management coordinators are Nathan Brown and Leo Kramer.
District Magistrate Cindy Lindemuth administered the oath of office to Pam McLaughlin as Mayor and then the other members of council were given the oath and sworn into office by Mayor McLaughlin.
Council President Henry Brown will appoint the committee members for the next meeting.
Police Chief Steve Vincent reported traveling 292 miles and had five incidents.
Frank Buccardo Jr was put on full time as an employee.
Crystal is feeling better and will be working a few hours each week.
Borough manager Walt Snavley reported using more anti-skid so far this winter and he is ordering another delivery.
Council meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the borough office located at 129 Main ST.
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Triumph Township has elected Jim Martin as chairman and Jim Ziegler as vice-chairperson, and the third supervisor position is vacant.
Dick Brown was named secretary/treasurer. Todd Fantaskey as sewage enforcement officer and Timothy Bevevino was named solicitor.
Watson Township has elected John Hollabaugh as chairperson and Rob Burris was elected as Vice Chairperson, third supervisor is Albert Hendricks. Donna Lane was elected taqx collector, Sandra Kick was named secretary/treasurer.
Stapleford and Byham as solicitor, Todd Fantaskey as sewage enforcement officer and Rob Burris was named as emergency management coordinator.
Deer Field Township elected John Flasher as chairperson and Tom Kollar was elected vice chairperson, Duane Gibson was named third supervisor. Mary Donahue was elected tax collector, Sharon flasher was named secretary/treasurer, Tim Bevevino as solicitor and Todd Fantaskey was named sewage enforcement officer.
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The question is whether safety standards are sufficient to protect against long-term exposure.prompted the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) in Europe to set limits on cell phones' Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) — the measure of the amount of radiofrequency energy a cell phone user absorbs — at, respectively, 1.6 and 2.0 watts per kilogram. The question remains, however, whether these standards are sufficient to protect against long-term exposures and whether the buildup of heat in cell tissues is more damaging where there's less blood flow to dissipate it, such as the outer ear, brain, skin, or testes.
'After 10 years of research, we do not have an answer whether mobile phone radiation causes brain cancer,' says one expert.data on their cell phone usage. Participants' recall of how often and how much they talked on their cell phones, when checked against their actual cell phone records, in some cases proved very unreliable. The matching of patients with control subjects also turned out to be problematic. Should controls include only those who never used a cell phone and exclude those who'd used one only infrequently? While the distinction may seem insignificant, such selection biases can wreak statistical havoc. The analysis using the first group, for instance, resulted in the somewhat astonishing finding that regular users of cell phones had a reduced risk of developing glioma.
Nearly everyone seems to agree that it's worth reducing your exposure as best you can.30 years some 350,000 cell phone users from the UK, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and The Netherlands, and that will use actual cell phone records for their database. Another study, MOBI-KIDS, is a European Union project in 13 countries that over five years will compare the cell phone usage of some 2000 young people, ages 10 to 24, with brain tumors to the same number of healthy controls.


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Wondering where to go to get a glimpse – with a distinctive Scots accent – of that seductive Downton Abbey lifestyle? These houses were not necessarily built in the Edwardian era but they all have glorious interiors characteristic of the period, and, in some cases allow a glimpse of the servant's quarters.
My favourite: a beautiful eighteenth century house tarted up by Sir Robert Lorimer for the Shairp family. Complete with the original kitchen, butler's pantry and a fabulous Edwardian bathroom with sanitary fittings by Crapper, no less. The bathroom also features an interesting display of taxidermy frogs above the lavatory which is a quirky note in a house otherwise distinguished by great good taste.
This is a sleeping beauty of a house, tucked away in a suburb of Edinburgh. It's an old Scots Tower house, extended in the nineteenth century and then restored and refurnished by a wealthy Edinburgh couple, the Reids. He had made a fortune from supplying gas fittings to the Pullman Company and railway carpets, no doubt got at a good price, are featured in the house along with their eclectic collections. The Reids were particularly kind to their household staff and it is worth trying to make a visit when the domestic offices are open.
3. Manderston
Manderston is a bit of TV star, having featured in a living history experiment, The Edwardian Country House. It owes its present grandeur to former owner, Sir James Millar who was anxious to show he could rival his aristocratic father-in-law's house, Kedleston, a Robert Adam masterpiece in Derbyshire. With a silver-plated staircase and a dedicated ball room, the results were opulent if a trifle on the vulgar side.
Built for the publisher Blackie and his family, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Hill House in Helensburgh represents the other end of the style spectrum. This the country house at its most advanced and artistic. As well as being uber modern it still has its roots in all those old Scottish Tower Houses.
5. Fyvie Castle
Fyvie Castle is another restoration job – bought by millionaire Andrew Forbes-Leith in 1889. He had made a fortune in the US in steel and added a tower (as you do) as well as sprucing up the interiors. The house is a tour-de-force in Scots baronial luxury and a great showcase for Forbes-Leith's astonishing good collection of paintings.
6. Skibo Castle
Another American fortune, but this time Skibo was built from scratch by Andrew Carnegie. Skibo. Operating now as a very exculsive country house
hotel, Skibo is probably the closest one can get to experiencing the Edwardian luxury lifestyle. It's on my to do list.
7. Ardkinglas
This is an entrancing Robert Lorimer house on Loch Fyne. I've never been but from the website it looks completely magical. Lorimer is often called the Scot's Lutyens – and with good reason.
Next to the peerless Burrell collection, Pollock House is an eighteenth century mansion house with a fascinating servants basement to explore. You can also have your tea in the magnificent turn of the century kitchen. Sir John Maxwell inherited the house in 1888 and brought it up to scratch, including creating a magnificent billiard room – an essential spot in the Edwardian Country House.
There are also Highland Cattle in the country park which surrounds Pollock. These are not particularly Edwardian, of course, but count as an added bonus.


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"Crinsk Dee Night"???[:D] Didn´t know about it!!
"AHDN" title in portuguese is "Os Reis Do Ié-Ié-Ié", funny, isn´t it??
John laughed at that title, when once a brazilian big fan gave him a brazilian AHDN album ... That means "The Kings Of Yeah-Yeah-Yeah"[:D]
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Although sales of netbooks declined in Q1 2009 compared to Q4 2009 due to traditionally weak seasonality, they still have about 20% share among branded mobile personal computers, which is quite high, according to market tracking firm DisplaySearch.
"It is clear at the moment that mini-notes play a vital role in the total PC market. Without the additional volume provided by these products, shipment volumes for the notebook PC market would have been down 19% year-over-year, instead of only falling 3%," said John F. Jacobs, director of notebook market research at DisplaySearch.
Preliminary data from DisplaySearch reveals that shipments of almost 6 million netbooks raised their penetration in the notebook PC market close to 20% worldwide in Q1 2009. Acer was the leader in the netbook category with a market share of 30.5%, shipping twice as many netbooks as Asustek Computer, the second largest netbook supplied. HP continued their dominance of the notebook PC category, growing share to 24.1%, with more than 7.3 million shipped.
"While there is no doubt that many buyers of mini-notes would have chosen larger notebook PCs if mini-notes were not available, it is also certain that many buyers might have chosen not to purchase a notebook PC at all," said Mr. Jacobs.
Penetration rates for netbooks were the highest in EMEA and Latin America, and the lowest in China, Japan and North America. Approximately 45% of all netbooks shipped in the quarter went into EMEA, compared to less than 26% in North America. By contrast, EMEA accounted for 38% of the total notebook market, while North America was less than 30%.
The differences in share between EMEA and North America may be a result of telecom subsidy plans in Europe. Telecom providers in Europe began experimenting with free or heavily discounted netbooks with the purchase of two-year data plans in early 2008, but the first U.S.-based telecom providers tried such subsidies in December 2008, and they have only very recently begun to expand these promotional programs.
For the notebook PC industry as a whole, Acer passed Dell, capturing 18.8% of the market. However, of the top five notebook PC brands, Acer had the greatest percentage of their total shipments accounted for by netbooks by far (31.6%), compared to HP, Dell, Toshiba and Lenovo, all of whom shipped less than 10% of their volume as netbooks.
Notebook and Mini-Note Shipments and Growth (millions), data by DisplaySearch
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The Creators Project: So what's your background? Did you grow up as a kid who was so into video games you felt compelled to create them?
Mark Essen: I grew up in La Cañada outside of LA and, yeah, I played games in high school and just continued through college and started using them as my work. I started making games in school. I was interested in seeing what it took to make them. Eventually I got this program called Game Maker. It's pretty basic, and I've been using that ever since.
Your games tend to include only cursory gameplay instructions. Is this intentional? Are you hoping players discover things about your games that may not be obvious at first glance?
Well, I usually include controller instructions—if it's not really obvious then I'll say what the buttons do. Besides that, the games sort of explain themselves. If someone does really well at a game and picks up stuff that isn't necessarily in the instructions they'll hopefully take the opportunity to teach other people how to play the game as well.
Tell us about what you're working on at the moment.
I just finished this small project for an exhibition in Liverpool. It's called Space Invaders. It's like a space station—zero gravity, jumping around, car on the walls, bouncing off things. Another thing that inspired me is astronauts going out on space walks without using a tether; they didn't use a tether during the last walk and they'll go out 50 meters away from the shuttle and catch like a satellite with this machine, or stop it from spinning, and come back. It just sounded crazy and super dangerous. I want to make games like that, on the edge, like any wrong move would just shoot you out into space.
That sounds like it'll be keeping you busy for a while, Do you have anything else cooking?
We have jetpack basketball [laughs] and a bunch of half-finished things. Ghost Forrest is another one where you're a boy who has this little dog, and you're walking around in total darkness trying to figure out what's going on.
Childhood and nostalgia seem to be recurring themes in your work...
Yeah, maybe… I stopped playing a lot of the "new" video games after high school. Maybe [my] games are like old games, but it's not nostalgia. It's just the style of game that I like. Well… maybe it is nostalgia [laughs].
I want you to be honest here: Do you really use Game Maker and a few other programs for everything you do? You've never faced a problem where you're like "I'm going to just load up this newer and faster program that can do what I want to do in half the time?
I use Game Maker entirely. It's almost always Game Maker and MS Paint—that kind of stuff.
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Warrant Pending
Area residents may be a tad disappointed to hear that Warrant, Firehouse, Hair Nation and Rob Base, which were originally scheduled to perform at the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena on Saturday, Aug. 31, will not be making an appearance just yet.
According to Matt Hanson, event director for the JSBA, due to a management agency change of one of the bands, there were unforeseen contractual conflicts that forced the Jamestown show to be postponed to a later date.
"The Jamestown Savings Bank Arena and the band's current management agency are currently working to find a mutually agreeable date for all parties involved," Hanson said. "Ideally the sides will be able to find a date in the fall of this calendar year or in the spring of 2014. As progress is made toward finalizing a date, the arena management will provide updates to the local media."
For more information, call 484-2624 or visit jamestownarena.com.
It's unfortunate that the show was postponed, however those looking to fill the gap will have plenty to do in the meantime. As per usual, here are the highlights and happenings going on in the area.
JSBA Big City Summer Concert Series Continues Friday: Mosaic Foundation will appear during JSBA's Big City Summer Concert Series on Friday.
Mosaic Foundation is a Rochester-based roots, rock and reggae band, which formed in 2009. For more information visit www.mosaicfoundationmusic.com.
The summer concert series takes place from 7-9 p.m. between Lafayette Street and the patio behind the JSBA. In case of inclement weather, the performance will take place inside the arena at Sully's Irish Pub. The Big City Concerts are free to the public. Food and beverage vendors will also be on-site.
Following each outdoor concert, the party will shift to Sully's Irish Pub for more live music. Located on the track inside JSBA, Sully's will feature Ben Blood and Charlie Backus as the closing act, which will play until around 10:30 p.m.
Jamestown Savings Bank Arena is located at 319 W. Third St. in Jamestown. For more information call 484-2624, visit jamestownarena.com or the JSBA Facebook and Twitter pages.
The Willow Bay Theater To Present All Things New And Good Little Giants Friday: All Things New and Good Little Giants will perform at the Willow Bay Theater at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
All Things New and Good Little Giants provide a high-energy show, filled with music for the whole family. For more information call 664-1516 or visit iTickets.com.
A Poffo Family Reunion Is Coming To Filsinger Games: Filsinger Games will release playing cards for Randy Savage, Lanny Poffo and Angelo Poffo on Monday.
The cards will be available for the Legends Card Game series, and the three-card mini-pack will be called "Poffo Madness." For more information visit www.filsingergames.com.
Willow Creek Winery To Present Jammin In The Vines IV Friday And Saturday: This year's Jammin in the Vines will feature Sister Hazel, along with special guests: Big Leg Emma, Smackdab, Gina V. and the Barncats and Honey Spine.
Sister Hazel, known for the hit song "All For You" will be the main act on Saturday. Also featured on Saturday will be Smackdab, Gina V. and the Barncats and Honey Spine.
Gates open at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $25 presale or $30 at the door, and include parking. Camping is available for $10 per person, and there will be wine, beer and wine slushies available for purchase. Desperados Barbecue and Catering will be available for purchase as well.
Big Leg Emma will also be headlining Friday with special guests Space Junk and Funktional Flow. Gates open at 5 p.m., and there is a $15 cover charge. Camping is available at $10 per person.
Weekend packages are available, including tickets for both shows and camping for $40. Willow Creek Winery is located at 2627 Chapin Road in Silver Creek. For more information search for "Wild Wild Fest" on Facebook, visit willowcreekwines.net or call 934-9463.
Choral Camp Returns To Chautauqua Institution: Encore Creativity for Older Adults, in conjunction with its 6th annual summer Choral, Theater, and Movement Institute for adults 55 and over, will be at Chautauqua Institution from Sunday through Friday, Aug. 30. The group will be practicing all week in preparation for a free concert, which will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, at Lenna Hall.
Founder Jeanne Kelly and Dr. Barry Talley, retired director of musical activities for the United States Naval Academy, will be returning to conduct the choral work and to coordinate the week's final performance on Aug. 30.
Other free public entertainment events include: Soprano Margaret Flanigan, Monday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Lenna Hall, she will sing selections from The American Songbook, American Art Songs, Italian Arias and more; author Marcia Talley will speak about "The Mind of the Mystery Writer" and Grand Circle Travel representative Brady Ryan will bring his experiences of "Traveling the great rivers of Europe" both on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lenna Hall.
For more information about attending free performances or joining the Encore program at Chautauqua, visit encorecreativity.org.
Auditions For Jamestown Community College's Production Of "Anything Goes" Begin Wednesday:
Auditions for "Anything Goes," JCC's production of a Broadway favorite, begin Wednesday and run through Thursday, Aug. 29.
The auditions, which begin at 7 p.m. in Scharmann Theatre, are open to students and community members. People trying out are asked to memorize a song to sing, bring the sheet music and wear comfortable clothing for learning a dance routine.
The musical will be directed by Robert Schlick with technical direction by Steven Gustafson. Rehearsals begin in September and performances are set for selected dates in November.
"Anything Goes" features music and lyrics by Cole Porter including: "You're the Top," "It's De-Lovely," "Friendship," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "Blow Gabriel, Blow," "All Through the Night," and "Anything Goes."
For more information call 338-1153.
To include an upcoming show or event in this column, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 487-1111, ext. 253 by Monday.
Brian Chase: 6-8 p.m., Stedman Corners Cafe, 6335 Stedman Road in Mayville.
Mayville And Chautauqua Concert In The Park Series With My Sweet Patootie: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Lakeside Park in Mayville.
Blue Grass Jam: 7-10 p.m., Celoron Legion, 26 Jackson Ave. in Celoron.
Ric And Brian Butler: 6-9 p.m., Hadley House, 3328 Hadley Bay Road in Stow.
Bill Ward And Amanda Barton: 7 p.m., The Pad, 1064 Route 394 in Kennedy.
Two Degrees From Perfect: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Peek'n Peak,1405 Olde Road in Findley Lake.
Brian Chase: 9 p.m. to midnight, Webb's Captain's Table, 115 W. Lake Road in Mayville.
A Strange Kind of Sunshine: 9-10:30 p.m., Sully's Pub at Jamestown Savings Bank Arena, 319 W. Third St. in Jamestown.
Bill Ward And Amanda Barton: 6-9 p.m., Hadley House, 3328 Hadley Bay Road in Stow.
Busti Gazebo Concert Series Featuring Rustic Ramblers: 7 p.m., Busti Gazebo in Busti.
Night Shift: 8-11 p.m., Celoron Legion, 26 Jackson Ave. in Celoron.
The Big Tone: 8 p.m. to midnight, The Boardwalk in Mayville.
We Speak Canadian: 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Peek'n Peak,1405 Olde Road in Findley Lake.
Brian Chase: 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., The Tap Room, 43 E. Main St. in Westfield.
Sippin Sundays Finale With Endless Summer: 1-4 p.m., 21 Brix Winery, Route 20 in Portland.
Cup of Soup: 6-9 p.m., Hadley House, 3328 Hadley Bay Road in Stow.