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Going out into the 'real world'
MARSHALL – The Southwest Minnesota State University class of 2013 passed through the halls of academe on Saturday, many for the last time. But despite a lot of gloomy talk about job prospects, the situation for many looked quite hopeful.
The cost of college education is high, and books alone cost as much as a semester course used to. But for those who took advantage of SMSU's career-directed curricula, it may have been worth.
To begin with, costs at SMSU are affordable enough for many to graduate without a debt burden.
Shane Rasmussen graduated with a degree in education, debt-free.
"I've got no job offers yet," Rasmussen said. "I'll start looking after I finish student teaching in Canon Falls."
Carlyn Torres, graduate in hospitality and culinary arts, is also debt-free.
"I'm looking into catering," Torres said, "and when I get back to Vancouver, Washington, I've got some interviews."
Many graduates already have jobs lined up.
Samantha Trebesch majored in agriculture business and does have outstanding loans.
"It'll get taken care of," Trebesch said, "I have a job at Land O' Lakes."
Trebesch's fellow ag business major, Justin Prokosch, has a job at Harvestland Cooperative. Their friend Megan Weckman doesn't have a job lined up yet but said she's not too worried.
It's been said that someone who can cook will never starve. Culinology major Mitch Grittman said he worries about his loans, but he's got a job at Kajun Kettle Foods in his native New Orleans.
Culinologist Krystal Jochims does admit to being worried but not overwhelmed.
"I've got loans, six years worth," Jochims said. "I'm trying to get them paid off, and I've already started putting money away to pay off the interest."
Jochims has a job with General Mills waiting for her.
Of course job prospects in general depend on the graduates' major field of study. Professor George Seldat, chairman of the finance department, regularly tracks the worth of a degree in his field in terms, not of costs but of burden. Every year, Seldat has a class project where his students do a financial analysis of the choice to go to college, versus not going to college, thus showing a great deal of confidence in the utility of the subject he teaches.
"If you look at cost of education relative to income, they have kind of kept pace over the last 10 years," Seldat said. "So if you talk about somebody going to school, getting out and having to pay it back, the burden has been fairly consistent."
But what about the majors in the arts and humanities? It turns out there are practical advantages as well.
David KelseyBassett is a Marine Corps veteran majoring in art. Though his veterans benefits paid for his education, it turns out it's not just an indulgence.
"I've worked at Runnings in the graphic design department for two years," he said. "I hope I can move into the art director's position."
At the commencement address, given by Dr. Rassoul Dastmozd, president of St. Paul College and graduate of SMSU, Dastmozd urged graduates not to give up hope if the road is hard at first.
Dastmozd told the students of his journey as a refugee from Iran, his first years in the United States and the welcome he found in Minnesota.
"Maybe like me you'll send 150 resumes for your first job," Dastmozd said. "Maybe you'll discover your first choice isn't you chosen career path after all. But at the end of today's commencement, you will be alumni of SMSU. I urge you to give back to your community. Never think your education is at an end. And keep in mind, once a Mustang, always a Mustang. Go Mustangs!"


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I own a Taylor 214ce and i think its time to install a "normal" pickup system.
My options for now are Anthem, Lyric and Dual Source systems.
I played on my friend's Takamine with Anthem installed and was shocked by the quality and response.
What do you think is the prefered system for my guitar?
The sound im searching is the most "acoustic" (yeah i know its the first time you hear it :P), not "pickupish".
Thats what i loved in the Anthem i heard, but mabey the other two are more suitable for me. Never heard them tough.
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An EF-2 tornado touched down and did major damage on the north side of town early Wednesday morning.
The tornado packed winds of up to 115 miles per hour, and covered a path of nearly five miles. It touched down near Glenwood Dr. and ended at Cook's Church Road.
Commissioner Ray Justice's district saw most of the damage. He had been out driving around all morning, and been helping out where he could. He said that saw many in the community stepping up to help, including the businesses in the Publix shopping center at the corner of North Mt. Juliet Road and Lebanon Road. They provided food and opened up their facilities to the police department and other workers trying to help clean up the area.
"It's what I would expect from Mt. Juliet," said Justice.
The Publix shopping center down to the Mt. Juliet League fields were heavily damaged. The Mt. Juliet League suffered an estimated $200,000 worth of damage. Justice said he will bring up something to the commission for some emergency funding to get them up and going. Tryouts were supposed to start Saturday. They held a clean-up day instead.
The Dollar General on Lebanon Road was also severely damaged. The west side wall collapsed and much of the roof was blown off. Subway's store front was blown out and a gas leak caused a fire. Several business' signs were destroyed.
The Lineberry office building a little further down Lebanon Road had the entire third floor destroyed. Three people were on that top floor, but hid under a mattress for safety and all survived.
An 18-wheeler was turned over near Hardee's on Lineberry Boulevard. The driver was inside, but was unharmed.
City Manager Kenny Martin said he had been working since 3:30 a.m. as well as the Mt. Juliet Police Department.
"I can't say enough about the Mt. Juliet Police Department," said Martin. Justice echoed those comments.
Martin said that there was a lot of uncertainty this morning because it was pitch black after the tornado passed. There were live downed power lines, gas leaks and many other dangers that they couldn't fully access because of the lack of light.
Martin said he contacted Deputy Director of Schools Mickey Hall a little after 4 a.m. to request that schools in the area be closed, or at least delayed until they could further get the situation under control. Martin said in the 23 years he has been with the City part of it as Police Chief, he had never made that request, so he didn't take it lightly. Martin said he received word back that the request had been denied. In the school board meeting Monday, Director of Schools Mike Davis said he only received a text from Martin, and didn't get to read it until later.
"It would have been best if they just would have stayed put," said Martin of the students. He said that he had all the respect in the world for Davis, and knows they know their business better than he does, but he would have hoped they would have at least delayed opening.
Before 6:15 a.m., Davis received word that Mt. Juliet Elementary and West Elementary didn't have power, so he sent out a message that those schools would be closed for the day. He didn't know at the time that W.A. Wright Elementary didn't have power, but when he found that out later, he decided to close the school at around 6:45. The buses had already run their routes and were starting to arrive at the school. Many parents were already dropping their kids off as well, and had to come back and get them because they didn't realize they were closed.
"In hindsight, we probably should have used a delayed schedule," said Davis about the situation.
Justice, who has a child in the school, was upset about the confusion.
"I'm furious about the situation," said Justice. "That was a horrible decision by Dr. Davis."
Davis said that he felt that it would be good for some students to be at school who didn't have power at home because they could get a warm meal, and be in a building with heat since temperatures were dropping Wednesday. He also said there are many factors that go into the decision to close schools for a day.
Martin was optimistic that the city would be up and running as normal in no time. Most of the businesses affected were back open Thursday.
"We have a wonderful community. We'll get there."
Many were concerned because they didn't hear the WEMA outdoor sirens go off during the storm.
Wilson County Weather Operations sent out a notice after the tornado that the outdoor sirens are not designed to be heard in your home. They are to warn people outside. The sirens were tested Saturday and worked properly.
Some sirens can be heard on a clear day, and even during a story, but when you factor in high winds, it can alter or distort sound waves.


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I don't know why this is hitting me know but I have been using my PARA D.I. for some time now and wanted to start to really understand what I had.I was attempting to mod the battery compartment to be AC Adapted and that didn't work out like I wanted it to and that is how I ended up at this forum. For years I have run from my Taylor 314CE Special Edition to my Boss TU-2 then to my HolyGrail reverb then to BBE Sonic Stomp and then to the PARA D.I. Only last week did I realize that this might not be accomplishing what I wanted. Why would one use the FX Loop? Would I loose my "mute" capability for tuning on the FX loop and where should my BBE Sonic Stomp compression go in the mix of all this. Thanks to all of you who take time to respond.
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Best Buy Earnings: You Break It, You Best Buy It Part II
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- This just in. Best Buy (BBY) reported worse than expected earnings and investors are still skeptical of a premium-priced buyout proposal from ousted chairman and company founder Richard Schulze.
Basically, nothing's changed.
As TheStreet noted in August after Best Buy cut its earnings outlook, it's time for Schulze to put up or shut up on a multi-billion dollar takeover proposal that's been discounted by investors since first being floated to the public this summer.
Third quarter earnings, which showed a disappointing net loss of $13 million, or 4 cents a share, and a 4.3% drop in same store sales, only give investors more reason to be skeptical of Schulze's motives in slow-playing a takeover deal.
From the first indication of Schulze take-private interest, the prospects of a deal have seemed sketchy at best. That is especially true given the price tag of Best Buy and Schulze's reluctance to put out a formal offer. In fact, Schulze's machinations resemble those used by activist investor Carl Icahn when opening tender offer campaigns that can stretch months without resulting in a deal.
With Best Buy having agreed to open its books to Schulze and media reports that private equity giants are lining up for a bid on the electronics retailer, time is of the essence. Cash and cash equivalents at the retailer have fallen to $309 million, from over $2 billion a year ago. Meanwhile, the headline on Best Buy's earnings release is equally dire. "Best Buy Confirms Significant Decline in Fiscal Third Quarter 2013 Earnings," writes the company.
Shares in Best Buy tumbled over 13% to 10-year lows of $11.89 a share in early Tuesday trading.
As investors eat further losses that put Best Buy's year-to-date stock drop at over 40%, the only person who's likely to be celebrating is Schulze.
After all, the recently ousted chairman recently dropped an initial takeover 'proposal' as high as $26 a share to $20 a share earlier in November. Now, with Best Buy's market cap falling below $5 billion, the prospect that Schulze can arrange the financing for a takeover seems more plausible. That is, if Schulze is truly interested in retaking the reins of Best Buy.
Were his proposals nothing more than an effort to generate M&A interest or a stock pop, the company's continued share plunge would hit Schulze, who owns over 20% of Best Buy shares, hardest.
Meanwhile, waving a premium priced non-bid to public investors and watching an accelerating deterioration in Best Buy's earnings and cash position is no way to go about business.
If Schulze wants Best Buy and thinks he can turn the company around -- as he indicated in multiple letters to company management -- he needs to stick with his takeover proposals and submit a formal offer.


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Stephen 'Pista' Nasser was 13 years old when the Nazis whisked him and his family away from their home in Hungary to Auschwitz. His memories of that terrifying experience are still vivid, and his love for his brother Andris still brings a husky tone to his voice when he remembers the terrible ordeal they endured together. Stephen's account of the Holocaust, told in the refreshingly direct and optimistic language of a young boy, will help every listener to understand that the Holocaust was real, and that, if you have enough love, determination, and will power, there is always a better tomorrow!
©2003 Stephen Nasser, Sherry Rosenthal, and Stephens Press (P)2013 Stephens Press
"Heartbreaking Journey through a Survival Story..."
I can't say enough about this book. Sad that it takes a story like this to put life into perspective....but my toughest days do not come close. I find it especially heartwarming to hear Mr. Nasser's comments about the United States and how he wants to emigrate here. It makes me especially proud and very thankful to have been fortunate to be born in a country where I am free by all accounts of the word. No regrets in purchasing this audio book and highly recommend it.
My son's father an Hungarian Jew he lost his entire family in wwii in Auswich . This is a very graphic true story; I had to put it down sometimes because it's so sad.
"Deeply moving account of a Holocaust survivor"
I think I would say this is the BEST biography I have ever EVER read. Absolutely awe inspiring account of a young boy during the Holocaust. I have read and reread and listened to it on audible. I have passed it around and those who have read it say similar things
totally useless with a new book in my hands. . .unfortunately libraries take a lot of space, which i don't have. . . i have an hour's commute to work, so. . . o. . .0. . . here i am. . . i like nonfiction, but an occasional good novel is nice, too. i'm told that i like "heavy" reading. . .maybe. . .but i also can lose myself in a little light reading as well. . .
"A good book ruined by terrible narration."
I can't think of anyone to whom I would recommend this book through Audible. As is to be expected of any book detailing personal experience in the Holocaust, this one is painful and very disturbing. Its downfall is completely in the narrator. This man simply did not have a feel for the content. I tried to listen to it several times, and finally just gave up, because I could not get past the narrator's poor inflection and general interpretation of the text. His intonation and expression were completely and perpetually out of sync with the words he was reading. I would have exchanged the book if I could have, but it was not eligible for return. Therefore, I must consider this as $$ lost, and will get the book from the library to read. Don't waste your $$ on it here.
The narrator of a book with such heavy subject matter needs to have a feel for what he is reading. Tragic occurrences and very painful experiences should be read only by someone who has empathy for the plight of the writer.
"Important story but written without details"
No. The story was written like a TV serial - very episodic with no details to knit the story together. The best part of the entire audiobook was the 15 minute interview with the author at the end. However, the person interviewing seemed inept but Stephen Nasser was great. The narrator was reading the book like it was a Lassie episode - full of exclamations, child-like not conveying the serious side of the holocaust. I thought at first the narrator was a woman and was confused as to the main characters gender.
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Not the right book for him to narrate.
I would choose another holocaust survivor book - there are many wonderful ones.
"Grating narrator!"
I wasn't able to get past the narrator's voice! Otherwise, it was a truly harrowing story worth the listen.
"Heartbreaking story"
I loved how the story was written. But I didn't always like the narrator's voice in the dialogues. And I would have like him to actually know how words are pronounced in Hungarian. And especially the names of the people and the city of Budapest.
I don't normally give 5 stars as that would make the book perfect. However, this is one of the few narrative stories I just could not put down, so is deserving 5 stars? In 1943 the Nazis invaded Hungary. This true story tells of how a13 year old survived hard labour, starvation, brutality, seeing family murdered and his hero brothers death. Using inner strength and his brother voice he managed to move on with his life to tell his story.
"not enjoying it"
I don't like how the story is narrated. It feels like west side story style acting which doesn't fit this book at all.
Haven't finished it unfortunately
Perhaps for a lighthearted story
After reading many holocaust memoirs, I'm sure the that the story itself is a worthy read
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Where were you born? Savannah
What is your favorite food? Tuna
Favorite beverage? Water
Who is your favorite music artist(s)? Cat Stevens, The Beatles
What is the best concert you ever attended? I live at the station - so I hear music all day long! I don't need to go out to get it.
Last book you read? 101 Ways to Train Humans (personally I don't think it can be done)
Best movie(s) of all time? The Aristocats, That Darn Cat, The Cat in the Hat, Breakfast at Tiffanys
How many pets do you have? I have many, but Jerry is my favorite.
What TV show(s) are you addicted to? I like anything on Animal Planet - those folks know their stuff!
If you could meet any person, alive or dead, who would it be? T.S. Elliot - author of "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" I think he could add a chapter or two about me.


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I figured I use my first post on this forums by talking about our local PSP-affiliated paintball league, Arizona Paintball Players League or AZPPL for short. Its going on its second year and going strong.
The AZPPL just had its first event of the year on the 20th and 21st of February 2010. It was an amazing event even if it was played in the rain! Yes, it rains in Arizona. The event was played at one of Phoenix's premiere paintball field, Fort Adobe Paintball Complex (fortadobepaintball.com) and yes, here in Arizona we do grow grass.
OVERALL, great event, and the second event will happen in April 2010 in Tucson, AZ.
1st - War Paint
2nd - Friendly Fire
3rd - Merc Kids
4th - MPS Kids
1st - Biting Rabbits
2nd- NuSkool Wrecking Kids
3rd - Crash Test Dummies
1st - NuSkool ABC123
2nd - Hellcats
3rd - MPS
4th - ByF8th
For more information on the league, go to theazppl.com.
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Debates of June 9th, 2009
House of Commons Hansard #71 of the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was provisions.
- Question Period
- Export Development Canada
- Information Commissioner
- An Action Plan for the National Capital Commission
- An Act Creating One of the World's Largest National Park Reserves
- Committees of the House
- Income Tax Act
- Iran Accountability Act
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Extension of Sitting Hours
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Criminal Code
- Science and Technology
- Canada Games
- CRÉADOS Artistic Recycling Project
- Seniors
- Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Firearms Registry
- Young Visitors from Ivujivik
- Bloc Québécois
- Sheila Finestone
- Justice
- National Marine Conservation Areas
- Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
- Alexandre Péloquin
- Infrastructure
- Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
- Minister of Natural Resources
- Public Transit
- Royal Canadian Mint
- Forestry Industry
- Medical Isotopes
- His Highness the Aga Khan
- Public Transit
- The Environment
- Medical Isotopes
- Afghanistan
- Trade
- Radio-Canada
- Employment Insurance
- Trade
- Presence in Gallery
- Criminal Code
- Employment Insurance Act
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Serge Ménard Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Madam Speaker, I explained what measures you could take if there were an emergency. How would you know if there were such an emergency? How do the police know? Through wiretaps and surveillance they come up with a series of fairly convincing circumstances indicating that there is a plot.
Arrest them, charge them with conspiracy—it is an offence—and get on with the trial. If these people are innocent, they will be acquitted. Whereas in the current situation, you force someone to sign a recognizance and—
Criminal Code
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1:50 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie
I would like to say to the member that the Speaker will not be arresting anyone. Furthermore, I would ask him to address the Speaker directly.
The member for Timmins—Baie James has the floor for questions or comments.
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Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Madam Speaker, I find it fascinating that whenever we ask questions of the Conservatives about due process and so on, they start accusing everyone else of somehow being friends of the terrorists.
My hon. colleague has built a reputation in the province of Quebec for standing up and taking on the Hells Angels. He is no slouch when it comes to standing up on issues of justice.
We are hearing from the Conservatives that this bill, which had to have a sunset clause in it before because its powers were so extraordinary that it allowed people to be held for 12 months without any charges, would never be used, that this is Canada and that the rule of law would prevail. Yet, we see that whenever the police have these powers, they have been misused. We only have only to look at Mohamed Harkat, who was held for three and a half years without trial. We could look at Maher Arar, who was rendered to Syria while the government knew all the way up the chain of command that he was being tortured.
I would like to ask my hon. colleague why he thinks that when a government has these powers that the police would not somehow end up misusing these powers once they become permanently entrenched in our system.
Criminal Code
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Serge Ménard Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Madam speaker, I will summarize.
My issue with this part of the legislation is not that it is too stringent but that it is not stringent enough. The application of criminal law allows us to take measures that are more effective at breaking up a criminal plot than the measures contained in this bill. There is a risk of falsely accusing people on the strength of mere suspicion.
The benefits of this law are insignificant compared to the harm it will surely cause the innocent people accused on the strength of mere suspicion. When we operate that way, we run the risk of being mistaken.
Criminal Code
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie
Resuming debate, the hon. member for Vancouver Kingsway.
I should warn the member ahead of time that I will have to interrupt him at 2 p.m. and that he may resume his comments afterward.
Criminal Code
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
Don Davies Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Madam Speaker, I am cognizant that I have 20 minutes to speak but only 4 minutes to begin. I am going to lay the preparatory groundwork for my speech later on.
Not everybody in the House will agree with what I am about to say, but the fundamental issue presented by the piece of legislation before the House today is that due process in law cannot be supported by offending due process in law. Civil rights cannot be protected by violating civil rights. Freedom in this country cannot be supported by abridging the freedom of Canadians in this country. That cuts to the heart of this matter, and I will come back to that concept later on in my speech.
Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions) was introduced in the House on March 12 of this year. It contains the provisions found in former Bill S-3, as amended by the Senate Special Committee on Anti-terrorism in March of last year.
The bill proposes amendments to the Criminal Code that would reinstate the anti-terrorism provisions that expired under a sunset clause in February 2007. It provides for the appearance of individuals who may have information about a terrorism offence, compells attendance before a judge for an investigative hearing, and it contains provisions also dealing with imprisonment of those people for up to 12 months without charge.
This legislation also contains a five-year sunset clause that requires the Attorney General of Canada and the Minister of Public Safety to issue separate annual reports that include their opinions as to whether these provisions should be extended.
The seriousness with which the bill attacks our civil liberties in this country is established by the fact that it has to contain sunset provisions to come back before the House. The government does not have the confidence to put these provisions into law for an extended period of time.
Bill C-19 essentially reintroduces the provisions relating to investigative hearings and recognizances that first came into force in December 2001. A sunset clause contained in that act stated that the provisions in question would cease to apply at the end of December 31, 2006 unless they were extended by a resolution passed by both Houses of Parliament.
As of February 2007, not one investigative hearing had been held, and there was no reported use of the provisions on recognizance with conditions at that time. I will come back to this theme later on.
Hon. colleagues on the other side of the House continue to maintain that this legislation is required, but it has never been used in the first five years of its existence.
Let me start with the first of these two offensive provisions, and that is investigative hearings.
Clause 1 of Bill C-19 would amend the Criminal Code, and it is similar to the original Anti-terrorism Act. Section 83 of the Criminal Code forces individuals who may have information about a terrorism offence to appear before a judge for an investigative hearing. The objective is to compel that person to speak, under penalty of imprisonment.
A peace officer, with the prior consent of the Attorney General, can apply to a superior court or a provincial court judge for an order for the gathering of information if there are reasonable grounds to believe that a terrorism offence has or will be committed.
If there are reasonable grounds to believe that information concerning the offence or whereabouts of a suspect is likely to be obtained as a result of the order, and if reasonable attempts have been made to obtain such information by other means, if granted, such a court order would compel that person to attend a hearing and answer questions on examination. No one attending such a hearing can refuse to answer a question or produce something in his or her possession on the grounds of self-incrimination.
Every Canadian school child is familiar with the edict in this country that an individual has the right to remain silent and not to testify if that testimony would present self-incrimination. It is considered a fundamental tenet of western and British legal tradition. It has been part of our country's Constitution and civil liberties for hundreds of years.
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Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie
I regret to interrupt the hon. member. He will have 15 minutes left when debate resumes.
Science and Technology
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2 p.m.
Colin Carrie Oshawa, ON
Madam Speaker, I am proud to stand before the House today and bring some exciting news from my riding of Oshawa.
Thanks to the federal Conservative government and its commitment to investing in knowledge infrastructure, Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology campuses of Oshawa have recently received funding of over $100 million.
This funding will be used to repair and expand research facilities at these campuses and generate the advanced technological infrastructure needed to keep Canada's colleges and universities at the forefront of scientific advancement.
This funding is extremely important to the city of Oshawa. Not only does it create much needed jobs right now, but it also provides the youth of Oshawa with the opportunity to train for the jobs of tomorrow.
This investment is for the automotive jobs of tomorrow and an investment in the green energy we need today. This funding will be instrumental in helping to evolve Oshawa's identity and economy.
I am excited to say that because of this funding, Oshawa's university and college will be instrumental in the development of the green jobs of the future.
Canada Games
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Shawn Murphy Charlottetown, PE
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to remind you and my colleagues in the House that Prince Edward Island will host the 2009 Canada Games from August 15-29. Over these two weeks, athletes from across Canada will compete in 18 sports staged in multiple venues throughout the province.
Our province has a successful history in hosting large sporting events because of a tremendous volunteer base. As one who has organized sporting events in the past, it is volunteers who make this whole thing happen.
The Canada Games extend over two weeks with over 2,200 athletes, coaches and managers in attendance each week. Week one events are focused in the western region and feature sports such as basketball, rugby, tennis and cycling. The eastern region will be the focus of week two which will include golf, volleyball, swimming and other sports.
In closing, I would like to extend an invitation to my colleagues in Parliament and all Canadians to come to Prince Edward Island this summer to experience these Canada Games. I wish all athletes, organizers and volunteers all the best.
CRÉADOS Artistic Recycling Project
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC
Madam Speaker, I recently had an opportunity to meet with some young people from the municipalities of Sainte-Hélène and Saint-Hugues, who are involved in CRÉADOS, a project coordinated by Nathalie Nadeau. They produce artistic creations out of recycled items. I was absolutely amazed at the creativity and innovation shown by these young people, aged 11 to 17.
This project deserves every possible support. Not only does the project create an awareness of recycling, it also encourages these young people to find an outlet for their creativity. Teens need well organized outlets for expression.
My congratulations to everyone behind the great success of CRÉADOS, the participants and the volunteers, on this inspirational initiative.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Jack Harris St. John's East, NL
Mr. Speaker, many seniors across the country live in poverty and many more are worried about the security of their pensions. Those in middle age are worried about their future income as they approach retirement.
Unfortunately for them, they cannot look to the Conservative government for help. Recently, we learned that the Canada pension plan lost $24 billion last year while those in charge gave themselves $7 million in bonuses and the Conservative government will do nothing.
We have seen when companies file for bankruptcy protection, workers are left unprotected. When AbitibiBowater employees in Newfoundland and Labrador lost early retirement packages, severance pay and pension entitlements, the Conservative government said it was up to the courts and the provinces, yet bankruptcy and insolvency law is a federal government responsibility.
This system is leaving many seniors in poverty. It is threatening retirement security. We need a comprehensive plan to ensure that seniors have incomes to allow them to live in dignity and have legal protection for their pensions.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Kelly Block Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK
Mr. Speaker, in 2005 Saskatchewan celebrated its 100th anniversary. Since then communities all across our beautiful province have been doing the same. This year there are a number of communities in my riding of Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar that are celebrating their 100th anniversary.
The town of Rosetown, the village of Zealandia, the village of Harris, the rural municipality of Perdue, the village of Perdue and the village of Kinley are all celebrating their centennial. Also celebrating its centennial is Saint Gabriel's Parish in Biggar.
These rural communities were founded by hard-working men and women who came to Canada with dreams of a new and better life. It is the result of the hard work, care and dedication of these people, their children and grandchildren that these communities are now celebrating their 100th anniversary.
I am honoured to represent this group of great communities and would like to congratulate them for achieving this huge milestone.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Joyce Murray Vancouver Quadra, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation plays a critical role in protecting the culture and sovereignty of Canada, and now it needs protection.
The CBC is our voice, tying this diverse country and its unique regions together. It tells new Canadians about their new home and its people. It connects urban and rural Canadians, and it nurtures our francophone communities across the land.
From award-winning investigative journalism to showcasing Canadian culture and talent, the CBC is Canada.
The CBC was recently forced to cut 800 jobs when the government refused to provide an emergency loan. Its normal annual financial top-up has been withheld and it may face further cuts from a strategic review.
The residents of Vancouver Quadra are extremely concerned about the future of the CBC. A former young classical musician myself, I know the importance of the CBC in providing quality programming. It is hard for me to watch our public broadcaster being squeezed rather than supported by the current government.
At a time when Canadians face economic hardship and dislocation, now more than ever we need a strong and vital CBC.
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
June 9th, 2009 / 2:05 p.m.
Leon Benoit Vegreville—Wainwright, AB
Mr. Speaker, many opposition MPs campaigned on getting rid of the long gun registry and they have changed their position since they came here to Ottawa.
In fact, when the Bloc Québécois recently put forth a motion to maintain the gun registry, only one member out of all three opposition parties voted against that motion. Yet, there were dozens of MPs from the Liberal Party, the NDP and the Bloc who said they would support getting rid of this ineffective, money-munching long gun registry, such as the members for Thunder Bay—Superior North, Thunder Bay—Rainy River, Timmins—James Bay, Western Arctic, Sackville—Eastern Shore, Kings—Hants, Elmwood—Transcona and Malpeque, to name a few.
These members all promised the people whom they represent that they would work to get rid of the long gun registry. They broke that promise. Why would anyone vote for any of them again when it is clear that they are not to be trusted on an issue that is so important to their constituents?
I would encourage all Canadians to hold these elected representatives to account. If these MPs will not vote for the motion, why should their constituents vote for the MPs?
Young Visitors from Ivujivik
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Yvon Lévesque Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to extend my greetings today to some young people from Nuvviti school in Ivujivik, who are visiting the Hill today.
The reason they were chosen to be here is that they have not only stood out from their fellow students by their perfect attendance, but they have also, thanks to the unflagging support of their teachers, successfully completed their year.
To give some idea of their reality, Ivujivik is the northernmost village in Quebec, and one quarter of the population is under the age of 18. This year they have experienced the suicide of three of their friends.
These are outstanding young people, courageous and hard working. They set an example of perseverance for all students, not only in their community, but also throughout the rest of Quebec. My colleagues of the Bloc Québécois join with me in expressing our respect, encouragement and congratulations to all of these students.


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COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND - It took only a moment to end it; a moment that ended a series of moments that, on November 21 in College Park, Maryland, had lasted 97 minutes and 50 seconds; two full regulation periods, and nearly two full 7-aside overtimes.
It took only a moment. The timer ticked, 2:14 to 2:13; an intercept was made, a pass executed. It ticked again, 2:13, 2:12; the ball was carried left, and pulled right; 2:12 became 2:11; the space opened, the stick raised; 2:11, 2:10, the stick descended, made impact with the ball. A sound echoed through the stadium; it was the reverberating sound of the ball clanging against wood. Time stopped.
A team of exhausted athletes erupted in celebration at the sacred sound of a goal; their opponent, another team of exhausted athletes, crippled to green ground, in disbelief.
The game ended, and with it, the 2010 NCAA Field Hockey season came to a close; a season of chaotic, inspiring, and definitive moments strung together like a pearl necklace and placed over the heads of the victor.
The victor's journey was, in one moment, perpetuated into the history books; and the journey's of all the others who had fought so brilliantly over the course of the fall season, had become mere footnotes in the heroic story of the champion.
The champion's story is simple: they derived order from the storm of competitive chaos that ran rampant in 2010. They focused on themselves, the moment at hand, and the execution of the details in the process, trusting that results would come from the intricate layering of their foci.
The 2010 field hockey season offered a tantalizing stew of chaos that had been brewed by the surprise ending of the 2009 season- an unsuspected winner in the closing seconds of the final, North Carolina, destroyed the perfect ending to a perfect Maryland season.
With the start of the 2010 season, the chaos ensued; wins and losses were unsystematically traded between universities. In early November, the NCAA committee knighted its table of sixteen contenders for the tournament crown, a semi-unexpected amalgam of competitors from 9 different conferences – four from the big ten, four from the ACC, two from the big East, and one each from the Ivy, NorPac, Atlantic 10, Patriot League, CAA and America East.
Amidst the chaos of contenders, the eventual victors kept order, clinging to the famous wisdom of Aesop's ancient adage: "Slow and steady wins the race," - the words spoken by the slow yet wise tortoise as he crosses the finish line before his physically superior opponent, the fast-footed hare in the old fable, the Tortoise and the Hare.
Slow and steady wins the race. Perhaps, this is the mantra of the champion's story. A story about how the expertise of the Tortoise's wisdom overcomes the inexperienced bravado of the Hare.
This field hockey season, the Hares were numerous.
Falling from the height of the big ten throne, the NCAA Cinderella hopeful, Michigan, lost to CAA Champion Old Dominion, who a day later, went flat beneath the Heels of North Carolina, like Stanford had done the day prior. The defending champion, Carolina, was tortoise number one.
North Carolina's ACC foe, Wake Forest, after sprinting though the ACC tournament, fell to the pride of the Ivy, Princeton who, to the dismay of the scholarly elite, fell to Virginia, who had narrowly edged Michigan State. Despite its speed, an experienced Virginia squad became tortoise number two.
Slow and steady wins the race. One bracket was hardened like a turtle shell.
The National semi-final contest between two southern tortoises, North Carolina and their neighbor to the north, Virginia, was solidified.
Meanwhile, the hare-chasing Huskies of Connecticut, after earning a narrow victory over American in sudden death strokes, fell to Maryland, winner over Atlantic 10 Champion, UMASS. Maryland had easily claimed its rightful place as tortoise number three.
Marylands opponent emerged from the highly contested northern bracket, where Syracuse after besting Penn State, was bested by Ohio State, a winner over Albany. The final Tortoise of the four was Ohio State.
The second National Semifinal was known: Maryland versus Ohio State, in a race to earn a chance to compete for College Field Hockey's highest prize.
Slow and steady wins the race.
The Final Four games were played on a beautiful November afternoon in College Park, Maryland. In the first semifinal, Carolina outlasted Virginia in overtime and Maryland won in regulation over Ohio State.
Two hares were eliminated. Two tortoises remained.
It was a long-anticipated rematch of the exhilarating albeit heartbreaking, 2009 National Final: North Carolina versus Final Four host, Maryland.
Slow and steady wins the race.
The whistle blew; two teams played rhythmically, methodically, and persistently. They were always in motion, like the tortoise, yet never out of control, like the hare. Both teams were engaged and focused on the moment, executing the details of each and every step of the journey.
Within the context of this ever-important final game, the moments of opportunity came and went; each team persistently moving forward
Eventually, in the 97th minute of this long, steady race a moment came that ended the season. A ball clanged against the wooden boards of the goal, and the sound echoed through the stadium as the Maryland Terrapins walked over the finish line, winners of this season's long race.
If the Terrapins and their turtle-esque victory proved one thing this season, it is that the Aesop and his Tortoise were right; slow and steady does win the race.


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2007 Trefethen Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
USA, California, Napa Valley
she loved it!
2007 Esporao Reserva Red
Portugal, Alentejo, Reguengos
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2009 Esporao Monte Velho Red
Portugal, Alentejo
she loved it!
2008 Alexander Valley Vineyards Temptation Zinfandel
USA, California, Sonoma County
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Hi Shawn,
The pieces arrived safe and sound. I really love the blue/green celadon glaze. It makes me think of cotton candy.
minor_glitch wrote:Mmm a little YM for breakfast. Love the cup
GreenwoodStudio wrote:I'm glad it arrived and is being put to work I've been using a couple of these myself. I'll offer one tip that I'm finding helpful. When filling the cup, over-fill, like to the rim. When you place the lid on water will spill over into the saucer, using the lid slightly tip the cup so that the water above the rim spills into the saucer even more, until your water level is slightly above the rim so it seals. Brew and then just use the 3 point method with the lid and cup the pour off the brew. I don't mean to tell you what to do, but personally I'm finding I'm getting a better cuppa with this method. I think because of the size of these, using the saucer like a tea boat to retain temp. is important. I just had a yummy gyokuru session in this way by both preheating the ware and using the above method to keep temp. Thanks and enjoy!
GreenwoodStudio wrote:... to move some work and make room for new.


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The Creators Project: Most of your clothes are very busy, but in a good way. There's so much going on with the prints, but at the same time it all comes together. Can you pinpoint a source of inspiration for this stuff?
Carri Mundane: It's about visual noise. Even with the way things are styled, it's like a visual kind of noise all over the prints. For instance, something I recently designed was based on what I'll call an ape mist – I wanted to make this monster ape outfit. I see faces in everything; I turn around and see faces. I know it's quite psychedelic, but...
Thomas Manaton: We take all these distortions and try to reconfigure them into something recognizable, rather than it being absolute chaos and abstract noise. We try to refigure that so it looks a bit more like "things."
You've only recently started to work on clothes that are specifically womenswear. Has that been challenging?
Carri Mundane: Up until recently I had only made custom stuff for MIA and stuff for myself. It's always been a unisex brand, and I've only started to do womenswear now.
Thomas Manaton: We use really basic pieces of technology, like glitter brushes that people use to put glitter on their MySpace profiles. People can look at our stuff and think, "It's done," but we understand the type of people who use that type of technology and who would appreciate our clothes. We just want to put it on a higher level -- making stuff with that technology on a different scale.
There are many recurring elements in your work. Do they represent themes or other things you think about a lot?
Carrie Mundane: I'm pretty obsessed with volcanoes. I know why I'm obsessed but... Tom, I like your theory. Do you want to explain it?
Thomas Manaton: I like volcanoes because they're the only way to create a new landmass or a place for a new civilization to exist. You know, it can burst out of the sea – a new island where you've got this new area. Is that what you're on about?
Carrie Mundane: Yeah, it's about destruction. Volcanoes represent chaos and the apocalypse. You've got to destroy stuff before you can make something new. The earth is controlling it. I like a sort of 12 Monkeys style where things go back to nature and nature starts taking over again.


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PRE ENGINEERING or Computer Science Minor - Dual Degree with Texas Tech University
For Christian colleges across the country, Wayland Baptist University offers a wide variety of undergraduate degree programs and although they may not be able to accommodate some of the educational training as larger universities, Wayland has created dual degree and enrollment programs with other colleges to assist in their Pre Professional programs.
Wayland has implemented a dual degree program with Texas Tech in the areas of engineering and computer science. In essence, a student spends three years at Wayland taking mathematics, science, and core requirements. Along with some summer work, the final two years are spent at Texas Tech taking engineering/computer science classes. Enough hours from Texas Tech are transferred to Wayland to allow a student to obtain both a Bachelor of Science in mathematics (with a minor in engineering or computer sciences from Wayland) and a B.S. in a specific field of engineering (civil, electrical, etc.) or computer science from Texas Tech. Engineering is a five-year course of study and this cooperative program gives an attractive way to receive two degrees while completing most core and mathematics courses in a small college setting. Because this is a dual degree program, the degree from Wayland and Texas Tech must be completed in the same year and term.
Courses to be Completed at Wayland (with a 2.0 grade point average or better) - CHEM 1401, 1402; any four hour life science (BIOL);COSC 2311; ENGL 1301, 1302, 2303, three hours from ENGL 2301 and 2302; HIST 2301 and 2302; MATH 1306, 2306, 2307, 3300, 3302, 3303, 3304, 4302, and approved upper-level mathematics elective (three hours); EXSS Activity 1112 in addition to two activity courses; University Physics: PHYS 2401, 2402 (May be taken at Wayland or TTU); POLS 2301; three hours from PSYC 1301, SOCI 1301, or PHIL any three hours (to meet core required courses); RLGN 1301, 1302; SPCH 1301; and three hours from THEA 1303, MUSI 1303, ART 1301, or any ART studio course.
Recommended - 6-12 hours German or Spanish with six hours sophomore level
in one language. If language is not chosen, a student MUST take two upper-level
courses in Social Sciences or Humanities OR a two-course sequence in lower-division
courses in these areas.
Courses to be Completed at Texas Tech University - Choose from either engineering
or computer science.
Engineering - Six hours of sophomore engineering courses are taken in the summer
at TTU during the time courses are being taken at Wayland (usually between the
sophomore and junior years); Professional engineering courses include approximately
54 hours.
Computer Science - Approximately 48 hours of computer science courses, and
six hours of electrical engineering courses. Eight hours of laboratory science, (university
physics or chemistry) may be taken at Wayland or TTU.


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Toots Thielemans Hangs Up His Harp
March 18, 2014. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: Becca Pulliam, JazzSet
NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans, who turns 92 in April, has decided it's time to retire. After seven decades, the harmonica player and composer of "Bluesette" - who is also a master whistler - has decided to hang up his harp, at least on the concert stage, his website says.
Toots has been a soulful and constant companion to jazz lovers lover over the years, with an unquenchable reserve of musical talent and enthusiasm. He has been frequently featured on WBGO and NPR, as in March, 2011, when we recorded him for JazzSet at the Kennedy Center.
After that, he was scheduled to perform at New York's Blue Note, but canceled some of those shows, citing fatigue.
A year later in May of 2012, Toots was back: he made an multi-city tour of his home country, Belgium, to celebrate his 90th birthday.
WBGO's Becca Pulliam was lucky enough to visit Dinant and Brussels to take part in Belgium's celebration of their national treasure. In the bookstore at the museum of musical instruments, she saw this stack of commemorative books.
Back in the US, she wrote this appreciation of The Harmonica-Playing Baron of Belgium and the Toots90 concert in Brussels for NPR's A Blog Supreme:
". . . four of Toots' first five tunes were recorded by Miles Davis in a short span: 'On Green Dolphin Street' (1958), 'All Blues' (early 1959), 'I Loves You, Porgy' and 'Summertime' (both 1958, for Porgy and Bess). 'Days of Wine and Roses' was the other number. . . . [T]hough he's streamlined his playing, 30 years later he still sounds tuneful, optimistic, willing to soar.
"When [pianist Kenny]Werner and [guitarist Oscar] Castro-Neves came to the stage — excitement! embraces! — they brought shades of Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Hollywood as they played 'How High the Moon' (a samba, thanks to Castro-Neves), 'All the Way' (Werner on synthesizer, interpolating 'My Way'), and the theme to Midnight Cowboy, an eight-note melody that circles and haunts. Indeed, Thielemans played it on the soundtrack [to the movie]."
Toots was back in New York later that year to perform at Jazz At Lincoln Center, with his Brazilian friends Oscar Castro-Neves, Eliane Elias and Dori Caymmi, as well as Herbie Hancock, Kenny Werner, and Marc Johnson.
The center of attention, the heart of the matter - was this wonderfully resilient, determined, and most musical nonagenarian, Toots Thielemans.
According to his manager, Toots now - on the cusp of his 92nd birthday - "wants to enjoy the rest he deserves."
Deserved, indeed, and thank you, Toots!
Happy Birthday, Matt Wilson... Coming To WBGO In 2014!
September 27, 2013. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: JazzSet, matt wilson, Playdate
NEWS FLASH: Coming this winter, PLAYDATE WITH MATT WILSON brings you the drummer's choice of music from WBGO's amazing secret stash.
In the 1980s, WBGO produced "Big Apple Jazz" live from Sweet Basil, the Jazz Forum and Fat Tuesday's, and uplinked it via the NPR satellite (new technology at the time).
Next, the "American Jazz Radio Festival" -- hosted by Al Pryor and later, Michael Bourne -- presented bands on stages across the country for TWO hours every week. Yes, two hours.
Then in 1992, we launched "JazzSet with Branford Marsalis." Branford handed the host mic to Dee Dee Bridgewater in 2001.
And there is more. We ran marathons. Early on, WBGO became known for live Jazzathon fundraisers and our all-night, coast-to-coast New Year's Eve specials.
Now the music from 1980-2000, and the great musicians who happily played it for WBGO, will be the source for PLAYDATE WITH MATT WILSON, an eight-week series curated and hosted by Matt (a/k/a M@) with producer Alex Ariff.
Besides the PLAYDATE radio shows, there will be extra Bright Moments of music on the WBGO blog. Coming in February. Stay connected for more information.
Funding for PLAYDATE WITH MATT WILSON is coming from the National Endowment for the Arts: Art Works!
Dee Dee Bridgewater Stars in Lady Day - Benefit for WBGO
August 1, 2013. Posted by Brandy Wood.Add new comment | Filed under: benefit, Billie Holiday, David Ayers, dee dee bridgewater, JazzSet, Jim Cammack, lady day, Little Shubert Theatre, Misty Road Productions, Stephen Stahl, The Actors Fund, wbgo
WBGO Benefit Event Brings Exclusive Broadway Experience as
Dee Dee Bridgewater Stars in Lady Day
Jessye Norman, Honorary Chair and Hostess
Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 7pm
Times Square's Little Shubert Theatre
(422 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues)
All proceeds from the September 24 preview performance ONLY benefit
WBGO and The Actors Fund.
Tony and Grammy Award® winner Dee Dee Bridgewater brings the essence and spirit of the late, great Billie Holiday to the stage this fall. Told through onstage triumphs and backstage personal trials, Lady Day tells the inspired and heart-wrenching story of Billie's attempt at a final comeback performance. Premium seats to this exclusive event will include a pre-show cocktail reception and post-show talk back.
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Just announced (8/28/13) JESSYE NORMAN will be Honorary Chair and Hostess of the evening!
Ms. Bridgewater will be joined by David Ayers (Wicked and SILENCE!) in the role of "Robert," Billie Holiday's Manager and newcomer Rafael Poueriet in the role of the "Assistant Stage manager."
James Cammack, veteran bass player for legendary jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, tenor saxophonist Ken Hitchcock, who has played for legendary drummers Elvin Jones and Buddy Rich, Jerome Jennings (performer & drummer for Benny Golson and Sonny Rollins) and Bill Jolly (three-time Emmy Award winning pianist/composer/arranger) complete the acting ensemble in the roles of onstage musicians.
Written and directed by Stephen Stahl, the musical will make its New York debut having been produced at the Theatre de Boulogne-Billancourt and Theatre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris as well as The Donmar Warehouse and The Piccadilly Theatre in London, where it received critical praise and garnered an Olivier "Best Actress in a Musical" Award nomination for Ms. Bridgewater. Produced by Misty Road Productions the show's creative team also includes Mr. Jolly, who will also serve as musical director.
Cecile McLorin Salvant, Helen Sung from the Mary Lou Williams Festival at the Kennedy Center
June 24, 2013. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, JazzSet, Mary Lou Williams Festival
For her voice, dramatic ability and grace, 2013 was the year of Cécile McLorin Salvant at the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival, May 16-18 in Washington, DC.
Cécile sang music from WomanChild, just out from Mack Avenue, and added a couple of pieces by women including this one by Blanche Calloway -- "Growlin' Dan." The pianist is Aaron Diehl.
But he handles my affairs like a real good man .. talkin' about Growlin' Dan .. and Cécile doesn't just sing it, she puts her own spin on it.
WBGO listeners, note this opportunity:
Cécile's New York CD release party for WomanChild is Tuesday, June 25, and it's part of The WBGO Jazz Series at 54 Below. WBGO members can receive a discount here. You must see her!
You may have heard underwriting spots from Mack Avenue for WomanChild on JazzSet. Thanks to the label for the support!
Until Cécile's performance, it seemed as though this year's "Mary Lou" (as a friend calls the festival) was shaping up as the Year of the Bandleader. Helen Sung, Regina Carter and Nicole Mitchell's bands were especially strong.
Helen Sung's arrangement puts the Tango by the Spanish composer Albeniz over a steady bass figure à la "Poinciana" (Ahmad Jamal) and "Sister Cheryl" (Tony Williams).
This band smiles all around. The saxophonist is Seamus Blake, with Brandon Lee on trumpet, Ben Wolfe on bass, and Donald Edwards on drums. Here's "Shall We Tango."
In an earlier version of this post, the audio was an excerpt of "Shall We Tango," but blog reader Dan Blake requested the complete performance, featuring Seamus Blake.
I hope to be back with another post from the Mary Lou, soon!
J.P. Jofre, Bandoneon! Coming to JazzSet
April 11, 2013. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: JazzSet, WBGO Travel
Hear J.P. Jofre with Strings on JazzSet .. Sunday, April 14, at 6pm and Wednesday, April 17, at 6:30pm.
Juan Pablo Jofre lives in New York, but he's from San Juan, Argentina. A lover of heavy metal - Metallica even - he traded his drums for a bandoneón. In his home country, he studied with two protégés of Astor Piazzolla (1921-92), the creator of the New Tango. Piazzolla himself had lived in New York, and he loved to play with jazz musicians as well.
The bandoneón is a remarkably empathetic instrument. When the player trembles, so does the sound he is producing on the bandoneón. To play it requires a dancer's sense of balance. Toward the end of the video above, J.P. pulls far left and right, then signs off with a smile. His brief at-home recital/demo is exclusively for JazzSet.
Below, Jofre is onstage with I Solisti di Perugia, the string orchestra, in the fabulous Morlacchi Theater at the Umbria Jazz Festival. The music: tango! We have highlights from the concert on JazzSet.


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Large Convolutional Neural Network models have recently demonstrated impressive classification performance on the ImageNet benchmark (Krizhevsky et al. [12]). However there is no clear understanding of why they perform so well, or how they might be improved. In this paper we address both issues. We introduce a novel visualization technique that gives insight into the function of intermediate feature layers and the operation of the classifier. Used in a diagnostic role, these visualizations allow us to find model architectures that outperform Krizhevsky et al. on the ImageNet classification benchmark. We also perform an ablation study to discover the performance contribution from different model layers. We show our ImageNet model generalizes well to other datasets: when the softmax classifier is retrained, it convincingly beats the current state-of-the-art results on Caltech-101 and Caltech-256 datasets.
Joint work with my student Matt Zeiler.
Rob Fergus is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. He received a Masters in Electrical Engineering with Prof. Pietro Perona at Caltech, before completing a PhD with Prof. Andrew Zisserman at the University of Oxford in 2005. Before coming to NYU, he spent two years as a post-doc in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) at MIT, working with Prof. William Freeman. He has received several awards including a CVPR best paper prize (2003), a Sloan Fellowship (2011) and an NSF Career award (2012).


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The UTMB Fun Run - Page 4
No sooner had the last runner left the Place du Triangle de l'Amitié than the rain picked up again. At the first checkpoint, five miles from Chamonix, the race commentator announced over the speakers spread around the plaza that Jornet had taken immediate command of the race and was "sprinting ahead of the pack."
Two hours and a grueling eight miles later, Jornet arrived in the town of Saint Gervais with compatriot and Salomon teammate Miguel Heras, recent winner of the hyper-competitive 2010 The North Face Endurance Challenge 50-Mile Championships. Five minutes later the rest of the field arrived in rapid succession. Amid clanging cowbells and falling rain, Roes entered Saint Gervais in seventh place, wearing a face-splitting grin. This, I suspect, was growing into the "organic experience" that he had hoped for.
"Running through Saint Gervais was amazing," says Roes. "I felt so much energy pouring from the crowds that I was running on air for that mile or two through town."
Jurek, Meltzer and Hawker followed close behind. To watch them come and go through the checkpoint where their teams got them water, food, dry clothes and information was comparable only to a NASCAR pit stop—practiced, rapid and precise.