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National Assessment of Educational Progress
2009 NAEP High School Transcript Study
Jack Buckley »Read Bio
National Center for Education Statistics
Good morning. I am here today to present the results from the 2009 High School Transcript Study, or HSTS, conducted periodically as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. The NAEP High School Transcript Study report provides detailed information on the academic experiences and performance of America's high school graduates.
Before describing the results, I'd like to remind you that all HSTS results—whether percentages, averages, scale scores, or achievement level percentages—are based on samples. This means that there is a margin of error associated with every score and percentage. Results for private school students are included within the overall results presented today. Not enough private schools participated, however, to allow us to release separate results for private schools.
About the 2009 High School Transcript Study (HSTS)
The 2009 NAEP High School Transcript Study is the sixth study in a series that began in 1990. The 2009 HSTS results are derived from a nationally representative sample of students who graduated from high school in 2009. The 2009 results are based on a sample of 37,700 graduates and their transcripts. Transcripts were collected from 740 public and private schools across the country and transcript collection took place from June 2009 through January 2010.
The study examines student coursetaking patterns and grades, showing trends in coursetaking over time. Most of the time, we compare 2009 with the earliest assessment, in 1990, and the prior assessment in 2005, but in some cases we use a shorter time line, only going back to 1998 or 2000. In addition to overall results, I'll be describing gender and racial/ethnic differences.
Courses, Credits and GPA
First, let's consider information on credits earned based on student transcripts. HSTS identifies three types of courses:
- Core academic courses are the main classes high school students take such as English, mathematics, science and social studies.
- Other academic courses include fine arts, foreign languages and computer-related studies.
- Other courses include courses in vocational education, personal health and physical education.
To standardize our reports of coursetaking, we use the "Carnegie" definition of a "credit"—120 hours of classroom instruction. HSTS reports on the average course credits earned, as well as grade point average. In both cases, we have overall results and separate results for each course type.
Graduates Earn More Course Credits
The data results indicate that the average number of course credits earned by high school graduates has changed since 1990. The 2009 graduates earned more credits in "core" academic courses than in any past study year, increasing from an average of 13.7 credits in 1990 to 16.0 credits in 2009. Graduates also earned more credits overall in "other academic" courses, increasing from 3.6 credits in 1990 to 5.3 credits in 2009. When "other" credits are included, the total average credits increased from 23.6 in 1990 to 27.2 in 2009, more than any previous graduation class for which we conducted a study.
Factors that may be related to increasing credits include:
- Online courses - With the rise of online courses, students may have more opportunities outside of the traditional classroom. Information from the HSTS indicates that about 5 percent of graduates took online courses for credit.
- Credit for classes taken in middle school - Students are taking what were once considered high school courses before entering high school (e.g., Algebra I, Biology, Spanish I). A substantial number of these students are earning high school credit for these courses. Among 2009 graduates, 26 percent took Algebra I before entering high school.
- Summer school - About 21 percent of 2009 high school graduates earned credits while in summer school. While many graduates who attend summer school are making up credits, others may be attending to earn additional credits.
There have also been changes over time in the average number of credits earned by graduates in each of the four major racial/ethnic groups for which there are sufficient data to report reliable results—Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, and White. Comparing 1990 to 2009, all four racial/ethnic groups earned a higher number of credits. Comparing 2009 to 2005, only White and Black students had increases in the number of credits earned. The average number of credits for Black students increased from 23.5 in 1990 to 26.9 in 2005 and to 27.4 in 2009.
GPAs Increase from 1990 to 2009
The 2009 HSTS data indicate that graduates' grade point averages have changed over time. From 1990 to 2009, overall GPA increased, from 2.68 to 3.00. Over the same time period, GPA increased for each of the three course types—"other" courses, "other academic" courses, and "core academic" courses. From 2005 to 2009, GPAs did not change measurably for core courses or other academic courses.
Perspectives on Coursetaking
HSTS examines coursetaking patterns in two ways: (1) by looking at the level of the curriculum a student takes, whether "standard," which is the least demanding, midlevel, or rigorous; and (2) by looking at coursetaking in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, what we call "STEM." In particular, the report addresses "STEM advanced mathematics," "STEM advanced science and engineering," and "STEM-related technical" courses.
The first perspective on coursetaking is curriculum level—what academic courses a graduate takes during high school. Curriculum levels are a measure of high school graduates' overall academic achievement. They can help measure how well graduates are prepared for postsecondary education, based on the number and type of academic courses taken. We define three curriculum levels for this study:
- The "standard" level includes four credits in English and three each in the three remaining core subjects.
- The "midlevel" includes all of the standard credits plus more challenging requirements for mathematics and science, along with a foreign language requirement.
- The "rigorous" level includes all of the midlevel requirements plus additional requirements for mathematics, science, and foreign language.
Any curriculum that does not meet the requirements for the standard level is considered "below standard."
Since 1990, graduates have been completing more challenging curricula. From 1990 to 2009, the percentage of graduates completing a below standard curriculum decreased from 60 percent to 25 percent (a change of 35 points). The percentage completing a standard curriculum rose 6 points. There was an increase of 20 percentage points for graduates completing a midlevel curriculum, from 26 percent in 1990 to 46 percent in 2009. There was an 8 point increase for graduates completing a rigorous curriculum, from 5 percent in 1990 to 13 percent in 2009.
White-Black Curriculum Gaps
When we compare the changes over time in the percentages of graduates completing the various curriculum levels by race/ethnicity, we see a variety of patterns. The percentages of Black and White graduates completing a midlevel curriculum since 1998 have increased for both groups. In 1998, 35 percent of White graduates, and 34 percent of Black graduates had completed a midlevel curriculum. The difference in the two percentages was not statistically significant. In 2009, however, a greater percentage of Black than White graduates completed a midlevel curriculum, 51 percent compared to 45 percent. This 6-point gap was statistically significant, as was the 6-point gap in 2005.
Looking at the percentages completing a rigorous curriculum since 1998, we see increases for White graduates only. Fourteen percent of White students completed this highest curriculum level, compared to 6 percent of Black students. This 8-point gap is larger than the previous gap of 5 points in 2005 and the two previous assessments.
White-Hispanic Curriculum Gaps
The percentages of both White and Hispanic graduates completing a midlevel curriculum were higher in 2009 than in 1998. The increase for Hispanic graduates was larger than the increase for White graduates, eliminating the 10-point gap that existed in 1998. The 2point difference in 2009, favoring Hispanic graduates, was not statistically significant.
For the rigorous level, however, only White graduates showed a statistically significant increase in their percentage of completion from 1998 to 2009. Although the gap increased from 5 to 6 points, the increase was not statistically significant.
White-Asian/Pacific Islander Curriculum Gaps
The percentage of both White and Asian/Pacific Islander graduates completing a midlevel curriculum was 35 percent in 1998. In 2009 the percentage for White graduates was 45 percent, 7 points higher than the percentage for Asian/Pacific Islander graduates.
A greater percentage of Asian/Pacific Islander than White graduates, however, completed a rigorous curriculum. This was true in all four comparison years. In 2009 29 percent of Asian/Pacific Islander graduates completed a rigorous curriculum, compared to 14 percent of White graduates. The 15-point gap in 2009 was larger than the 7-point gap in 1998.
Science Key to Attaining a Midlevel Curriculum
For the 2009 HSTS report, we examined the requirements that students lacked to reach the next higher curriculum level. Among graduates who attained a standard curriculum, but did not attain a midlevel curriculum, 35 percent lacked only the science requirements needed to achieve a midlevel curriculum. This percentage was higher than the percentage of graduates who lacked only a mathematics or foreign language course, and higher than the percentage who lacked more than one required course. Of the 29 percent of graduates who lacked more than one required course, a majority were lacking a science course.
More Graduates Taking Algebra I before High School
For the 2009 HSTS, we also looked at factors that might be associated with achieving higher curriculum levels. Algebra I coursetaking before high school is one of those factors. From 2005 and 2009, the percentage of all graduates who took Algebra 1 before high school increased from 20 to 26 percent. All four racial/ethnic groups showed an increase as well. In 2009, nearly half (48 percent) of Asian/Pacific Islander graduates took algebra I before high school, compared with 29 percent of White graduates, 12 percent of Black graduates, and 17 percent of Hispanic graduates.
HSTS and NAEP Mathematics
Graduates completing a below standard curriculum had an average score of 142, placing them at the cutpoint for students at the NAEP Basic Achievement Level. The average NAEP score for graduates completing the standard and midlevel curricula also fell in the Basic range. Graduates completing a rigorous curriculum scored in the Proficient range.
Race/Ethnicity and NAEP Mathematics
Within each of the four major racial/ethnic groups, graduates completing a rigorous curriculum earned higher NAEP scores than graduates completing lower-level curricula. However, the completion of a rigorous curriculum did not eliminate racial/ethnic gaps in NAEP mathematics performance. The average scores for Black and Hispanic graduates completing a rigorous curriculum were lower than the average score for White graduates, which in turn was lower than the average score for Asian/Pacific Islander graduates.
This pattern holds true for each of the remaining curriculum levels. While the differences are statistically significant, this does not mean that race/ethnicity is the determining factor in creating these differences. Differences in student performance are influenced by many factors.
Gender and NAEP Mathematics
Male graduates completing a rigorous curriculum on average had higher 12th grade NAEP mathematics scores than female graduates. In 2009, these male graduates had an average 12th grade NAEP mathematics score of 192, compared to 185 for female graduates. Male graduates taking midlevel and below standard curricula also scored higher on average than female graduates at these curriculum levels.
To compete globally and keep up with expanding scientific and technical expertise, educators and policymakers have called for increasing emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) coursetaking in our schools. As part of the 2009 High School Transcript Study, we took a closer look at STEM coursetaking.
The following are the definitions we used for STEM courses:
- STEM advanced mathematics courses include Algebra II, other advanced mathematics (trigonometry, statistics/probability), pre-calculus, and calculus.
- STEM Advanced Science and Engineering courses include advanced biology, chemistry, advanced environmental/earth science, physics, and engineering.
- STEM-related technical courses include engineering/science technologies, health/science technology, and computer science courses.
STEM Advanced Mathematics Coursetaking
I'll first describe STEM advanced mathematics coursetaking, focusing in particular on differences by gender. In 2009, the percentage of female graduates taking STEM advanced mathematics was higher than that for males—85 percent as compared to 82 percent. Higher percentages of female graduates also took algebra II and pre-calculus/analysis. For "other advanced mathematics" and "calculus," there were no statistically significant differences.
STEM Advanced Science/Engineering Coursetaking
Overall, a higher percentage of female graduates also took STEM advanced science/engineering courses. However, this was not always the case for individual courses. A higher percentage of female than male graduates took advanced biology and chemistry. But a higher percentage of male graduates took both advanced environmental/earth science and engineering courses. For physics, there was no gender difference.
STEM-Related Technical Coursetaking
Higher percentages of male than female graduates took STEM-related technical courses, particularly engineering/science technology and computer science courses. For health science/technology courses, the percentage for female graduates was higher.
AP/IB Coursetaking
Now I'll turn to Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate coursetaking in 2009, by race/ethnicity. For both types of courses, the percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander graduates—42 percent for mathematics and 38 percent for science—were higher than for any other group. The percentages for White graduates were higher than the percentages for either Black or Hispanic graduates.
When we look at AP/IB mathematics and science coursetaking according to gender, we see no significant difference for mathematics. For science, the percentage for female graduates is higher, 15 percent as compared to 13 percent.
That completes my overview of results from the 2009 NAEP High School Transcript Study. There is much more information in the full report. In addition, the NAEP website (www.nationsreportcard.gov) will give you access to more information on the 2009 study and earlier studies, as well as access to the NAEP High School Transcript Study Data Explorer, which allows you to perform your own analyses of the topics discussed here, as well as many others.
In closing, I would like to thank the students and schools who participated in these assessments. Thank you very much.

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June 21, 2012
Mark Ruffalo
Unlike many actors of his generation, Mark Ruffalo is known for moving easily between big-budget crowd-pleasers (The Avengers) and smaller, more thoughtful films (Sympathy for Delicious). We talked to the versatile actor about faith and film.
QOne of your most recent films is your directorial debut, Sympathy for Delicious. It has the theme of a faith struggle, but it's pretty gritty and dark. Why doesn't Hollywood have as many films that maintain that type of balance?
A I think they're afraid. To have a really honest conversation about faith today is taboo in a way. You want to clear a room quickly? Start talking about God. For better or for worse, it's a taboo conversation. There's a lot of hangups, and people, I think, have a lot of negative connotations that are attached to it ... We're in a market- driven culture. I think they're afraid that there is no market in these kind of stories.
Q Do you think Hollywood is more afraid of making those kinds of movies, or are Christians too afraid to see them?
A Hollywood is afraid to make a movie that no one is going to see. That is based, on some regard, on assumptions but also on a certain kind of reality. There are certain coarse realities about faith, real street-level faith. We don't want to look at it because it's ugly to us, but it's where there is a lot of grace. If we are who we say we are, then we have to engage in those
QYou've played everything from a priest to the Hulk. How do you, as an actor, live in the tension between being entertaining and being meaningful?
A I love acting, and I love the art of story- telling, and I try to find meaning in it in all of the forms that I do it in. I care about what I do. There's not a lot of tension between the two. I know the moment when I'm like, "I need to go do a little gritty independent. " Or, "I just want to do something that's pure entertainment now. I've been in the dark for a long time. I want to come into something lighter."
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Ideal for a family holiday with one twin room and one double room, two bathrooms.
Free internet access. Lots of good DVD and Books.
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Situated on the pastoral valley of Strathmore, the four cottages and the House are equiped to a high standard, Egyptian cotton linen, high quality furniture, underfloor heating, power showers. Ideal for those who want to get away from it all whilst still be near good cafe/restaurants, shops and interesting places to visit.
Ideal for young children. We are dog lovers and they are very welcome in our cottages. We can advise on excellent walks from puppies to older dogs.
( two golf courses within 10 minutes), horse ride in the Angus Glen, visit Glamis castle, walk along the wonderful beach of Lunan Bay, eat at excellent sea food restaurants, experience Dr Haushka beauty treatment in one of the best beauty salon/hairdressing studio ( BLUE) in Dundee.
You can keep in touch with your office thanks to our free internet access.
In one word, we are in the business of hospitality and want you to have a holiday home for just a week end to a few weeks.
Cottages and House are non smoking
About the Owner
About Anne Fedele
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Why Anne Fedele chose Scotland
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Body Music
Aluna Francis and George Reid have taken their time producing their debut album after early buzz (tipped them last September) but have succeeded in creating a sound that's distinctively theirs — no mean feat in electropop. Francis's feline voice is perfect for Reid's minimal grooves. They ease you into their late-night world with the sparse, slow jam Outlines, before summoning a little more movement with the rubbery bass of You Know You Like It. The pace finally picks up with the stuttery beats of Lost and Found, and there's a cheeky cover of Montell Jordan's 1995 hit, This Is How We Do It, at the end but mostly it's a collection of low-key excellence.
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Alela Diane
About Farewell
Some albums scream for your attention; others whisper gently in your ear. The fourth offering from Nevada City's Alela Diane is the latter variety — 10 gorgeously understated tracks built on little more than plucked acoustic guitar and Diane's crystalline voice. The close harmonies of Colorado Blue recall Fleet Foxes, while the windswept folk-rock of Black Sheep nods to Neil Young. If the 30-year-old is using old tools, with them she's crafted songs filled with emotion and melody that reward repeated listening. It's unlikely to translate into chart success but fans of simple, old-fashioned songwriting will find plenty to enjoy here.
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Backstreet Boys
In a World Like This
Having apparently sold more than 130 million records in their 18-year career, Backstreet Boys are the American equivalent of Take That: a band who transcended boyband roots to become an adult phenomenon, although the American quintet are much less involved in the songwriting than their British counterparts. Now back to full strength after Kevin Richardson formally rejoined last year, their eighth album is less strident than the previous seven — bar the stomping Feels Like Home — and is as efficient and clinical as globe-straddling pop ought to be. Superb, often spine-tingling harmonies — always Backstreet
Boys' chief strength — abound, be it in the multi-layered standout Soldier or the breezy title track, which even carries hints of Tom Petty at his most windswept. It's predictable but it's no less rewarding, and no less expertly crafted for all that.
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Martin Simpson
Vagrant Stanzas
If you're looking for a chuckle before, or after, sunset, then you can forget this record. Martin Simpson is an uncompromising folk-music purist whose selection of guitars, banjos and their strings are faithfully annotated in the sleeve notes, although he does not give the provenance of his austere fisherman's jumper or the details of his moisturising regime. Vagrant Stanzas is a record of austere beauty and purity. The man plays his assortment of acoustic and electric instruments with a skill approached only by Richard Thompson. His northern mate Richard Hawley helps with production. Highlights include Diamond Joe, popularised by Bob Dylan, and North Country Blues, written by Dylan. Simpson has a style that might be described as finger-pickin' good — check out the instrumentals Lorena, Molly as she Swings and Come Write Me Down. There's no nod to fashion here.
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Reuben Fowler
Between Shadows
It's a fact of life that today's young trumpet pros spend more time reading music than standing up and playing. In earlier days an award-winning Royal Academy graduate such as Reuben Fowler would have formed a quartet and blown to his heart's content. Instead, his impressive debut album is a big-band extravaganza designed to showcase his composing and arranging skills. Recorded in London and New York, it finds soprano saxman Stan Sulzmann and US trumpeter Tom Harrell taking the juiciest solo spots and an uncredited altoist, probably Sammy Mayne, voicing the album's sole ballad, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. Fowler doesn't mind all that. His original use of voices and lustrous ensemble scoring, particularly for brass, are obviously targeted at an orchestral career.
Jack Massarik
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
Dance of the Cobra
(Riverboat Records)
One of the Britain's enduring legacies in India is the brass band – not that Indian brass bands sound anything like the military or colliery bands we might be familiar with here - essential at weddings and other celebrations. From Jaipur, in the desert state of Rajasthan, this band plays a wide-ranging repertoire of Rajasthani folk and Bollywood songs full of exuberance and musical humour. Put together by percussionist Hameed Khan, trumpets duel with reedy clarinets over a vibrant tapestry of percussion. The band also features a charismatic dancer who mirrors the movement of a snake, hence the album's title. The band is performing at festivals all over the country this summer.
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Johnny Borrell
(Virgin EMI)
Just when you thought Johnny Borrell couldn't get any more ridiculous, he releases this utterly bizarre solo album. Complete with song names such as Pan-European Supermodel Song (Oh! Gina) and Cyrano Masochiste, it finds the former Razorlight man ditching the indie-rock in favour of cod reggae, French chanson and liberal helpings of saxophone. The lyrics are little better. "I received an erotic letter, but it didn't turn me on," he deadpans on the unintentionally hilarious Erotic Letter.
Dahlia Allegro proves he still has a golden touch for melody and a decent rock voice. Highlights are few, however, in an album as misguided as Borrell's previous declaration that he's a better songwriter than Bob Dylan.
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Jahmene Douglas
Love Never Fails
As Nick Berry once told us, every loser wins. Jahmene Douglas failed to win X Factor 2012 but the former shelf-stacker has somehow secured himself a record deal. The grisly result is 10 dashed-off, syrup-laden, charisma-free cover versions from Emeli Sande's Next to You to Bob Dylan's Forever Young via Beyoncé and Whitney Houston. The lumbering arrangements are desperately shabby, but the central problem is Douglas himself. Simpering like a wounded puppy rather than actually singing, such is his incomprehension of songs as multi-layered as Sarah McLachlan's In the Arms of the Angel that he diminishes everything he touches. As a result, Coldplay's Fix You is delivered with the presence of someone popping round to fix the central heating, while his ruining of the gospel chestnut His Eye on the Sparrow takes gormlessness to new levels. Unspeakable.
John Aizlewood
F*** Buttons
Slow Focus
(ATP Recordings)
That childish band name aside, Bristol's Andrew Hung and Benjamin Power are making distinctly adult music on their third album.
Trading in an electronic version of post-rock with slowly shifting instrumental textures and a bassy growl dominating over softer synths, Slow Focus is not an easy listen.
It could have signalled an unlikely shift towards the mainstream after two of the duo's songs played roles in last year's Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Instead it heads to even darker places, with Brainfreeze built on earbashing tribal drums and Sentients featuring what sounds like one of those giant robots that is always destroying the world in films nowadays.
The hip hop feel of The Red Wing offers a rare lighter touch — otherwise it's heavy going.
David Smyth
Nadine Shah
Love Your Dum and Mad
Please look beyond the clunky title of this debut LP, because there are compensations within. Nadine Shah — complete with Pakistani and Norwegian antecedents — has the voice of a goddess. It has been compared to the young Polly Harvey and Marianne Faithfull although, to me, it is closer to Amy Winehouse, if the latter had chosen dark pop. Producer Ben Hillier has influenced proceedings: having worked with Blur, Depeche Mode and The Horrors, he evidently has a preference for the mixed-metaphor backdrop. Acoustic guitar and plaintive piano are menaced by thudding percussion and industrial electro-noise to great effect. Aching Bones, To Be a Young Man, Runaway and Dreary Town are treasures. All I Want offers prosaic romanticism. You might want to get this now and put it away until the nights draw in.
Pete Clark
Eldar Djangirov
(Motema Music)
Born in Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic as difficult to pronounce as it is to spell, pianist Eldar Djangirov was transplanted to Kansas City at 10, forwarded to San Diego in his teens and currently lives in New York, so his remarkable keyboard prowess bespeaks a classic combination of nature and nurture. Even on themes as basic as Somebody Loves Me and No Moon at All, his jazz conceptions with bassist Armando Gola and drummer Ludwig Alfonso sizzle with originality. Classical training is obviously present, yet his steely rhythmic momentum and glorious right-hand fluency recall jazz masters from Oscar Peterson to Chick Corea. Tenorist Chris Potter and vibist Joe Locke make stylish guest contributions to an album that clearly announces a vibrant new talent.
Jack Massarik
(Go Danish)
I think this disc may have passed me by had I not been lucky enough to see this Danish band recently headline at the amazing Rainforest Festival in Sarawak. They created a dancing frenzy of thousands of people.
Habadekuk are a big nine-piece band playing music with its roots in Danish folk with violin, accordion, sax, horns and a distinct sense of fun. This recording is pretty good too and deserves to fulfil the band's aim to reach "a wider audience than usually listens to traditional Danish music".
The arrangements of the 10 tracks are inventive and varied, with a couple of lyrical quieter numbers amongst the energetic jigs, reels and hopsas which are the group's signature sound.
Simon Broughton
Released on Mon Jul 15
Robin Thicke
Blurred Lines
The Californian R&B singer-songwriter's sixth album is named after his belated first major hit, which trails only Daft Punk's Get Lucky as the year's biggest seller. The song's jittery funk is something genuinely different, regardless of the controversy over its sleazy lyrics and nudity-packed video, so it's a shame that the rest of the album is more generic.
There's thumping dance pop on Take it Easy on Me and the trance synth sound on Feel Good. Elsewhere there's retro disco, from the horns and rubbery bass of Get in My Way to the falsetto and swirling strings of Ooo La La. He sounds more modern on the harder, darker Give It 2 U, but the one-track lyrics let him down.
David Smyth
Pet Shop Boys
The dancefloor isn't the most forgiving of places for men in their fifties but that's exactly where the Pet Shop Boys have headed on their 12th album. Produced by Stuart Price (Madonna, Kylie) and released on their own label x2, Electric is the most energised Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have sounded in more than a decade.
Axis is a mass of clubland synths and skittering beats, while Love Is a Bourgeois Concept and Stay for the Weekend are proof that the duo remain masters of the cute, clever chorus.
They still tread the fine line between inspiration and irritation but, for the most part, this album is electric by name and nature.
Rick Pearson
David Lynch
The Big Dream
(Sunday Best)
You wouldn't expect anything other than strange from the master film-maker of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Eraserhead, so it's no surprise that The Big Dream is a curious piece of work, a reverb-drenched collection of blues-tinged rockabilly. Lynch provides the virtually spoken vocals and guitar from some echoing swamp.
The title track opens in eerie style, while Cold Wind Blowin' has that Twin Peaks sound at its heart. The one non-original song on the record is Bob Dylan's murder lamenting The Ballad of Hollis Brown. Lynch is after mood but some compositions linger in the memory: Say It; Sun Can't Be Seen No More; Last Call. Some relief comes from Lykke Li on the closing I'm Waiting Here. A treasure otherwise.
Pete Clark
Court Yard Hounds
A response to lead singer Natalie Maines's reluctance to reconvene The Dixie Chicks, Court Yard Hounds showcase Emily Robison's yearning vocals and her sister Martie Maguire's fiddle. Maguire is the more prolific songwriter of the pair but the overall sweetness of the sound (we'll pass over Rock All Night's ludicrous claim that "guitar players make me hot") is an ideal foil for these tales of accepting the onset of middle age and its different kind of romantic possibilities.
There's vaguely maternal advice on the rip-roaring title track and on Phoebe to the lost and lonely: "Boys can be mean, but girls are downright cruel." The youth vote may elude them but middle America and Radio 2 won't.
John Aizlewood
Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney must be the most underrated trumpeter in jazz today. Admittedly his style stems directly from Miles Davis's golden acoustic period but how many players have the talent and sensitivity even to aim for that?
On this fine album he also demonstrates Davis's courage in surrounding himself with the best young player-composers available. Altoist Arnold Lee, pianists Victor Gould and Eden Ladin and tenorist Ben Solomon, a supercharged neo-Coltrane, are all mighty impressive newcomers. Savour their brilliance on classics by Duke Pearson and McCoy Tyner (Search for Peace and You Taught my Heart to Sing) plus worthy originals by members of the group.
Jack Massarik
Cüneyt Sepetçi and Orchestra Dolapdere
Bahriye Çiftetellisi
(LM Dupli-cation)
Some of the greatest clarinettists in the world are to be found in Istanbul's Turkish Gypsy community. Following in the footsteps of masters like Mustafa Kandirali and Selim Sesler, Cüneyt Sepetçi is a virtuoso of the dark, steamy dance repertoire of Turkey's European territory, Thrace. This is the exuberant music of celebration with the piercing clarinet joined by violin, lute, rippling kanun zither and energetic percussion – making up Orchestra Dolapdere, named after the Roma district of Istanbul where they are based. Sepetçi playfully swoops around and bends the notes in music that has a foot-tapping drive and breathtaking virtuosity. A musician that I am longing to see play live.
Simon Broughton
Released on Mon Jul 8
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo
Dear River
Folk singer-songwriters are hardly an endangered species in 2013 but there should still be room for those as talented as Emily Barker. With the help of her all-female Red Clay Halo, the Australia-born, England-based singer has released her biggest, boldest album to date. Dear River sees Barker add muscle to her skeletal folk songs: the title track comes complete with a radio-ready chorus; Everywhen is powered by driving bass and drums. In the absence of any studio trickery, the album's success lies in the strength of the songwriting and Barker's soothing voice. "I hope I'll know when I should leave," she sings on The Blackwood. On this showing, that shouldn't be for a while yet.
Rick Pearson
Thriftstore Masterpiece
Trouble is a Lonesome Town
(Side One Dummy)
Those who can't wait for the next Pixies tour might look at this oddity, a remake of Lee Hazlewood's 1963 album featuring Frank Black as well as members of The Dandy Warhols and Modest Mouse. It's the brainchild of Charles Normal, briefly a bassist for Guns N' Roses, who beefs up Hazlewood's acoustic backdrop with a heavy guitar solo on Six Feet of Chain and mariachi horns on Long Black Train. A concept album about small- town America, the spoken-word parts about local beauties and undertakers drinking embalming fluid are taken on by Normal's postman. None of the guests can match Hazlewood's toasted tones, though this is an entertaining reminder of a largely forgotten work.
David Smyth
Dave Matthews Band
Away from the World
(Bama Rags/ATO)
Away from the World is already the Dave Matthews Band's sixth American chart topper but unless the world is rotating on a different axis, it's unlikely to raise a shrug here. Again, the Americans prove themselves to be musical sophisticates and this is unhurried, balm-like music for adults. It's far from instant but every listen yields something new and glorious. Matthews's raspy yet soothing voice curls itself around tunes which are lengthy and languid but burst with melody and warmth. Aside from two songs having the word Belly in the title, best comes last with the trumpet-propelled Drunken Soldier. But Broken Things, the euphoric Sweet and Rooftop glide where others plod. The US's gain is the UK's loss.
John Aizlewood
Goldheart Assembly
Long Distance Song Effects
(New Music Club)
Essentially a five-piece band, Goldheart Assembly are passionate devotees of extending their soundscape: this second LP is brimming with added strings and horns, the songs frequently building from softly strummed intros into full-blown pop epics, notably on the impressive Billy in the Lowground and Bird on a Chain. James Dale and John Herbert share lead vocal duties, their mellow voices often combining effectively with what can only be described as weird, electronic noises. At the heart of everything, though, lies a strong melodic sense.
Although the lyrics are frequently gnomic, a sense of melancholy pervades the record – Harvest in the Snow, Sad Sad Stage, Behind this Lonely Sun – although playful elements are not entirely absent. Into Desperate Arms sounds as if it might be a Eurovision Song contender from Mars, while Stephanie and the Ferris Wheel oozes charm. A harsh critic might describe the sound at times as a little saccharine, while another could opine that the whole is less than the sum of its parts. This one feels that Long Distance Song Effects is quirkily compelling.
Pete Clark
David Murray
Be My Monster Love
(Motema Music)
Vampire flicks are all the rage right now, possibly because they neatly combine America's twin obsessions with sex and gore. David Murray, working this theme, is a monster tenor-sax player of the suspenseful kind whose solos will erupt into thunderous roars and spine-tingling shrieks. Pianist Marc Cary, drummer Nasheet Waits and bassist Jaribu Shahid complete his full-blooded rhythm section, and Macy Gray delivers the spooky title lyric —"My window's half open/ My neck is yours"— based on an Ishmael Reed poem. Another lusty guest is Gregory Porter, whose deep baritone will shake the outdoor marquees of this weekend's Love Supreme Festival.
Jack Massarik
Jyotsna Srikanth
Call of Bangalore
(Riverboat Records)
Jyotsna Srikanth is a London-based south Indian violinist who's performed at the Darbar Festival and plays at Carnatic Fest next month. She comes from Bangalore, more famous for its call centres than its music, hence the title, but from age five she imbibed the rich traditions of the city's classical music. It has a sultry character, swooping and sliding and playing off percussive partners on mridangam drum and khanjira (clay pot). Some tracks, such as Annapoorne, are short — a classic piece by Muttuswami Dikshitar, a contemporary of Beethoven. Others, like the 40-minute Brovabarama, full of delicate ornamentation, seem to make time stand still.
Simon Broughton
Released on Mon Jul 1
The Weight of Your Love
"I promised myself I wouldn't sing about death," croons Tom Smith on album opener The Weight, a menacing ballad about, well, death.
So far, so Editors — but the Birmingham band's fourth record is an exciting new chapter in a career that had seemed to be flatlining.
A new line-up and location — the record was recorded in Nashville with new members Justin Lockey and Elliott Williams — has led to a refreshing of musical ideas.
Sugar's grungy guitars are almost sexy — not a word readily associated with these gloom-mongers — while the U2-inspired A Ton of Love sees Smith exploring the raspier reachesof his voice. Refocused and re-energised, Editors sound ready to rewrite their history.
Rick Pearson
Congo Natty
Jungle Revolution
(Big Dada)
While dance music dominates the charts, here's an album that's completely out of step with the current mainstream culture. Congo Natty, the alias of Rastafarian Tottenham producer Mikail Tafari, is best known for the bouncy 1989 pop hit Street Tuff, which he did as Rebel MC. Now he's reviving the jungle genre, uniting clattering breakbeats with deep dub bass and reggae sounds.
The pace of the rhythms and toasting on UK Allstars is dizzying, and there are more thrills on Get Ready's mix of sweet female vocals and supercharged beats.
A calmer pace on the second half, as on the tense London Dungeons, makes this just about viable as home listening. But it will really take off come Carnival time.
David Smyth
Mavis Staples
One True Vine
Mavis Staples lived through the Civil Rights movement and in 2013 is the embodiment of faith-driven dignity. She's also enjoying a new musical lease of life alongside Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, who produces, plays everything here bar drums (his son does that) and contributes three songs to an album that covers both Low and Nick Lowe. It's so porch it's a wonder it doesn't come with a free rocking chair but there's an edge that recalls Daniel Lanois and the wisdom age brings in the rattling I Like The Things About Me. The real star, though, is Staples herself: a queenly presence, who simultaneously exudes a devotional humility that brings new meaning to Funkadelic's Can You Get to That and adds further conviction to the evocative title track and Lowe's Far Celestial Shore.
John Aizlewood
Half Moon Run
Dark Eyes
Half Moon Run are four strangers who got together via Craigslist in Montreal and made music with no pre-conceived notions about what it would sound like. The result is a soufflé of styles, ranging from songs based on acoustic guitar strummings to mini Arcade Fire epics, a prog-rock tendency and a penchant for spaced-out electric guitar salvoes.
Songs such as Full Circle, Give Up and Drug You are built on the unorthodox drumming of Dylan Phillips and the haunting vocals and lyrics of Devon Portielje. The mood changes between melancholic — Need It, Unofferable — to playful pop. 21 Gun Salute closes the record with what sounds like a heavenly choir. This is uncompromising music that will grow on you like ivy. In a nice way.
Pete Clark
Michael Janisch
Jazz for Babies
Doctors in California (where else?) claim that children react positively to music while still in the womb. Start them early is their watchword, and how better than with a soothing lullaby in rhythm. Having identified this market gap for cool mothers, US bassist Michael Janisch has smartly filled it with a tension-releasing five-disc set designed to keep your bump grinding.
Using top London players — Phil Robson handles the guitar division, for example, and Jay Phelps the muted-trumpet part — it smuggles such great standards as God Bless the Child, Embraceable You and Someone to Watch Over Me into the subconscious mind of your bundle of joy. Record numbers of them are expected this summer, too. Someone should send Wills and Kate a set.
Jack Massarik
Jupiter & Okwess International
Hotel Univers
(Out Here Records)
This is Jupiter Bokondji's debut album but he's been making music for years on the streets of Kinshasa. He's been the subject of a gritty documentary called Jupiter's Travels and was in the circle of street musicians including internationally-renowned Staff Benda Bilili.
Jupiter & Okwess International are part of the Kinshasa underground sound dubbed Congotronics. What makes the music scene so rich is the mixing of the many ethnic groups that come to the city with their own rhythms and styles. What leaps out from this album is its energy, with honking saxes, psychedelic guitars, wailing sirens and vibrant percussion. They play Glastonbury this weekend and the Open East Festival in the Olympic Park on July 28.
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The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's nomination of Sen. John Kerry, D- Mass, to be secretary of state Tuesday. The vote was 94 to 3, with three Republicans - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. - voting against him.
"Sen. Kerry has a long history of liberal positions that are not consistent with a majority of Texans," said Cornyn spokesman Drew Brandewie.
Kerry stood on the Senate floor as his colleagues voted on his confirmation. Kerry himself voted "present."
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., emerges after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat, replacing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.
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Dr Mees alleges the State Government misled its federal counterpart about the Scoresby Freeway's environmental impact because it did not mention the desire to build a freeway link through Heidelberg to complete the ring road.
The contentious section in the draft strategy included the sentences: "The need to complete the Metropolitan Ring Road must be resolved. Construction of the ring road will not occur through the Eltham area and, therefore, an alternative route must be considered . . . A review will be undertaken of the need and options for completion of the Metropolitan Ring Road."
Mr Mottram wrote: "The Minister for Transport has already strongly stated in parliament the government's position that it has no proposals for a road from Bulleen to Greensborough.
"It would be most unfortunate if the strategy went out saying this, in terms of the court case."
Mr Mottram framed his comments after looking "through the prism of the possible impending court action".
He conceded under cross-examination yesterday that it would be "untenable" and "unfortunate" if Mr Batchelor, VicRoads and the Department of Infrastructure appeared in court arguing differing policy positions regarding the ring road's status.
Mark Dreyfus, QC, for the State Government, told the court the ideas suggested by public servants while draft plans were being developed were a "great distance" away from the government committing to a project, allocating money and conducting formal planning processes.
The government had not committed to a ring road idea, nor started any planning procedures, he said.
"There is no secret plan," Mr Dreyfus said. "The State Government, VicRoads and the Department of Infrastructure do not have any plans for a link in the location Dr Mees describes, or any other alignment."
The State Government had not, therefore, misled the Federal Government, Mr Dreyfus said.
He also said Dr Mees' court action was an infringement of parliamentary privilege as it sought to challenge statements made in parliament.
The case continues today before Justice Peter Gray.
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By Jordan Riefe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In 100 years of Chinese film, "The Flowers of War" is the first major title to feature a western movie star. It earned a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film, and is China's entry for Oscars.
Budgeted at $100 million, "Flowers of War" stars Oscar-winner Christian Bale as John Miller, an opportunist mortician on the run in 1937 as the Japanese are invading the province of Nanking, now known as Nanjing. The Japanese occupation led to the deaths of thousands of Chinese citizens and came to be known by some as the Rape of Nanking or the Nanjing Massacre.
In the film, which has a limited U.S. release this week before opening nationwide in 2012, Bale's character must save a group of schoolgirls from the clutches of the Japanese. At the same time, he falls in love with a Chinese courtesan.
Bale and Chinese director Zhang Yimou, who communicated through an interpreter while making the film, talked with Reuters about overcoming cultural barriers and revisiting an infamous episode of China's past. (The interview took place before Bale's recent run-in with Chinese officials.)
Q: This is your first time working with a western film star. Did the collaboration meet or defy your expectations?
Zhang: "First, I'm amazed at how low key and humble Christian is. The stereotype that Chinese have of Hollywood actors is they probably have an entourage and assistants. So that's definitely changed how I viewed Hollywood actors. And also Christian didn't want to stay in a five star hotel either. He lived right above me, lived with everybody else, with the crew members. And another thing is Christian gave up his weekends to work with us because we work seven days a week."
Bale: "But this seven-day week schedule became something I quite enjoyed cause I liked the momentum. Yimou is top dog in his profession, and he genuinely seemed to have a great deal of humor and laughter on the set. I didn't always know what the laughter was about but I would laugh with them. I hope they're not all laughing at me! I felt surrounded by good friends and even if I didn't understand nuances of what was being discussed, I got the essence in the presence of people."
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Having someone who is empathetic and unbiased to talk to and who is able to advocate on my behalf when needed.
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The counsellor recommended a lower study load and assisted in liaising with my lecturers
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I have only received one drop-in appointment so far. Whilst it has helped somewhat, I believe further counselling will be beneficial
It enabled me to continue on with my placement
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MSU Sweeps Doubleheader At Foley Field
March 15, 2014
ATHENS-----The 24th-ranked Mississippi State baseball team claimed a series over Georgia Saturday by taking a doubleheader 6-1 and 4-1 at Foley Field. The series began Friday with Georgia winning 7-1. With 90 percent chance of rain in the forecast for Sunday, the teams opted to finish the series Saturday by playing two games.
"We started off with a win in the series Friday but today, Mississippi State got a lot of great pitching from their All-Americans," said Georgia coach Scott Stricklin. "We were close but close is not good enough and next week we go to LSU and that will be another tough test. Our guys battled, and we were one swing away a few times. I was encouraged by our relief pitching today, and I thought Robert Tyler gave us a chance with his start in the first game. Overall, our offense has to get better, and I think Mississippi State's pitching will shut down a lot of teams this season."
Game 1: #24 Mississippi State 6, Georgia 1
Georgia saw its 11-game winning streak come to an end as Mississippi State took advantage of a pair of three run-innings to defeat Georgia 6-1 in game one. The loss dropped Georgia to 13-7 on the season and 1-1 in Southeastern Conference play.
Georgia freshman Robert Tyler took the loss, falling to 1-1 on the year as he went six plus innings and gave up five runs, four of which were earned, on five hits. Ross Mitchell collected the win for Mississippi State moving to 3-1 on the season as he threw a complete game four-hitter. Georgia did not register its first hit until a Jared Walsh double with two outs in the fourth inning.
Mississippi State struck first in the third inning. With one out, Tyler walked Zach Randolph before giving up an RBI double to Matthew Britton. Jake Vickerson followed with a single for the visitors to put runners on the corners before Alex Detz doubled to left field scoring both runners and giving Mississippi State a 3-0 lead.
Tyler found himself in a jam again in the fourth as a leadoff walk to Seth Heck followed by a single off the bat of C.T. Bradford put two runners on base. A sacrifice bunt moved both runners into scoring position but that would be as far as they would go. Tyler managed to produce a pop up to second from Randolph before striking Britton out looking on a pitch that caught the outside corner.
With two outs in the bottom of the fourth, Georgia rallied to load the bases and looked to cut into the deficit. Jared Walsh laced a line drive deep down the right field line before Zack Bowers was hit by a pitch and Jess Posey walked to load the bases. Heath Holder, however, was unable to get the telling hit as a routine grounder to third ended the scoring opportunity.
Georgia flashed some elite defense throughout as Stephen Wrenn made another highlight catch in right center field in the second inning with a diving grab at full stretch that took away what looked like a double. Conor Welton made a nice diving catch coming in on a sinking ball to end the third inning, and Hunter Cole snagged an awkward hop at the hot corner in the sixth inning.
It was a defensive miscue, however, that proved the final undoing for Georgia. With one runner aboard and no outs in the top of the seventh, a ground ball to second evaded the grasp of Posey as the base runner crossed in front the sophomore's line of sight. The error was followed by a stolen base to put two runners in scoring position. A two RBI single by Matthew Britton stretched the Mississippi State lead to 5-0 and proved to be the last pitch of the day for Tyler.
With Jarrett Brown coming on in relief of the freshman, Mississippi State were able to push across another run on an RBI single by Brett Pirtle that scored Britton and gave the visitors a 6-0 lead as the game went to the seventh inning stretch.
Georgia would finally get on the board in the bottom of the eighth as Wrenn started the inning with a single, moving to second on a fielder's choice. With two out Cole ripped a double to center field that allowed the freshman to race home from second. Cole's extended his streak of games reaching base this season to a perfect 20. Despite a scoreless three innings of relief from Brown, Georgia was unable to rally and its winning streak was snapped.
Game 2: #24 Mississippi State 4, Georgia 1
Georgia dropped a 4-1 decision in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader to lose the series to Mississippi State. The loss dropped the Bulldogs to 13-8 on the season and 1-2 in SEC play.
Patrick Boling took the loss for Georgia as his record fell to 2-2 on the season. Boling went three and a third innings, giving up three runs on two hits and four walks. He also struck out two. David Sosebee and Jared Cheek gave Georgia outstanding pitching out of the bullpen. Sosebee went two and a third scoreless and Cheek threw three and third giving up only one unearned run.
Jacob Lindgren notched the win for Mississippi State to move to 2-0 on the year while Jonathan Holder collected his second save of the year.
The visiting Bulldogs were able to take a 1-0 lead in the first. The deficit increased in the fourth inning as Mississippi State added two runs to the scoreboard and extended their advantage to 3-0. Boling put two runners on base with a leadoff single by Seth Heck and a walk to Derrick Armstrong. A sacrifice bunt by Demarcus Henderson moved both runners into scoring position and ended Boling's day. With David Sosebee on the mound C.T. Bradford laced a double to left field that would bring in both runners and give the visitors a thre- run advantage.
After going quietly through the first four innings, Georgia found some life in the bottom of the fifth. A Daniel Nichols leadoff double put a runner in scoring position for Georgia and, despite grounding out, Jess Posey was able to advance Nichols. With Skyler Weber at bat, a wild pitch brought home the first run of the game for Georgia and trimmed the deficit to 3-1. With two outs Georgia was able to load the bases but Hunter Cole grounded into a fielders' choice to extinguish the threat.
Georgia would threaten to tie the game with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Hunter Cole started it with a single to center field and moved to second following a Jared Walsh walk. A wild pitch advanced both runners to scoring position for Zack Bowers. Despite battling to a 3-2 count from 0-2 down, Bowers would strikeout swinging with Jonathan Holder coming in for a save.
Despite the 4-1 deficit, Georgia was able to bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth. After Daniel Nichols led off the inning with a single, Mississippi State was able to record two quick outs. Stephen Wrenn extended the Georgia rally with a sharp single up the middle allowing Nelson Ward to come to the plate as the tying run for Georgia. Despite a hard hit ball to center Ward was only able to fly out ending the Bulldogs rally and the game.
Bowers displayed impressive arm strength from behind the plate on two separate occasions. In the top of the fourth with one out, C.T. Bradford attempted to steal third with Mississippi State threatening. Bowers, however, was equal to the challenge as a sharp throw to third got the runner. In the top of the seventh, Jake Vickerson attempted to make the most out of reaching base on an error as he challenged Bowers attempting to steal second. The sophomore catcher gunned down Vickerson as well to go 2-for-3 on stole base attempts.
Georgia returns to action on Tuesday as Presbyterian travels to Athens to face the Bulldogs. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET.
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We've seen hundreds of photos of the Daft Punk duo, but always with their helmets on - until now. Well, maybe. An alleged photo of the men behind Daft Punk has been spreading on the Internet.A report on The Straits Times referenced an article on the Huffington Post, which wrote that a New York-based elecro pop duo called The Knocks posted the photo on their Facebook page, and took it down after a while.But the fastest fingers win on the Web and some resourceful people managed to take a screenshot of the photo.The Knocks have denied involvement in this so-called scandal via their Facebook and Twitter pages.If you really wanted to know what the men behind Daft Punk look like, BusinessInsider.com has this logical advice: use Google."Take their real names (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) and put them into google image search," BusinessInsider.com said.Ready to hit the search button? Go!


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The forthcoming Porsche Macan SUV will be the sportiest car in its class, according to the company's research and development boss, Wolfgang Hatz.
'There's been no compromise, it has to be the sportiest car in its segment,' he told What Car? 'It's the best for precision, handling agility and performance. It's a real Porsche.'
The Macan will be shown for the first time at the end of the year and will go on sale in 2014. It shares some of its architecture with the Audi Q5 and will also share six-cylinder petrol and diesel engines with other members of the VW Group.
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South Korea is seeing major advances in its architectural designs that are beginning to lean more towards sustainability. This follows efforts by other countries that are trying to minimize their impact on the environment owing to increased pollution levels, depleting resources and overall concern for the ecology. The challenges are trying, however, as designers and architects need to incorporate these various concerns with the burgeoning population. AS+GG, a Chicago-based firm, has released its plans for Dancing Dragons in Seoul, two very tall mixed-use towers that will comprise an office, residential areas and retail elements.
Dancing Dragons will be different than others in that it will wear a slender and sharply angled look. Diagonal massing cuts give it an appearance of floating in the air and are reminiscent of the eaves of Korean temples built in the traditional style. The skin of the towers is designed to look like scales, also reminiscent of Korean dragons in mythical tales. It is this feature that gave the project its name: Dancing Dragons. The scale-like design isn't just for aesthetic purposes, however, as they feature operable vents measuring 600mm to allow air circulation.
Tower 1 will stand 450 meters in height while Tower 2 will be 390 meters tall. The 88-level Tower 1 sports V-shaped massing cuts at the bottom and top while the second tower, with 77 levels, features cuts in a single diagonal line.
Triple glazed window units, designed by PositivEnergy Practice, help minimize heat loss while an overlapping exterior wall creates a shading effect. The towers will also feature natural ventilation to reduce dependence on air conditioners and cooling units. Dancing Dragons will also have solar panels on the roofs, daylight linked lighting controls, radiant heating, and heat recovery through the use of electric centrifugal chillers. The towers will sit on a site measuring 23,000 square meters and will have a sunken garden and a retail podium.
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Artist and musician Billy Childish interviews himself in this recent segment from Tate Channel.
"In Part 5 of our Sound and Vision series TateShots went to visit famed Punk rocker and former 'Stuckist' artist Billy Childish at his studio in Kent.
After being expelled from school, Childish trained as a stonemason in Chatham dockyard. Born Stephen Hamper, he got the name Billy Childish from a mate in one of the punk bands he was in as a teenager. Since then Childish been as prolific a painter as he is a musician, and in this interview he talks about how his approach to making music art and poetry is often the same:
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Over the same period, the smallest of the Big Three laid claim to an 11.3-percent slice of the domestic market, thanks largely to a 16-percent jump in US retail sales. More importantly, the manufacturer's net industrial debt now sits at $693 million, down from $2.2 billion one year ago. You can check out the full press release below for more information.
• Chrysler Group LLC's third-quarter net income was $381 million, up 80 percent from $212 million a year ago
• Net revenue for the quarter was $15.5 billion, up 18 percent from $13.1 billion a year ago
• Modified Operating Profit(b) grew to $706 million in the quarter, up 46 percent from a year earlier
• Cash(d) at quarter-end was $11.9 billion compared with $9.5 billion a year ago and $12.1 billion at June 30, 2012; Free Cash Flow(e) for the quarter was a negative $65 million compared with a negative $699 million a year ago
• Net Industrial Debt(f) was $693 million at Sept. 30, 2012, an improvement of $2.2 billion from a year ago
• Worldwide vehicle shipments were 559,000 in the quarter, up 19 percent from 469,000 a year ago
• Worldwide vehicle sales for the third quarter totaled 556,000, up 12 percent from a year ago
• U.S. market share was 11.3 percent for the third quarter, which included a 16 percent increase in U.S. retail sales; market share in Canada was 14.3 percent
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Chrysler Group LLC today reported preliminary third-quarter financial results, including net income of $381 million, an increase of 80 percent from the same quarter a year ago, reflecting continued sales increases for the product lineup in total, including sales of the all-new Dodge Dart. For the first nine months of the year, net income totaled $1.3 billion.
"We've changed the conversation at Chrysler Group," said Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler Group LLC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We have revamped our product lineup with such segment-defining models as the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Chrysler 300. Critics and consumers already are responding positively to the Dodge Dart and to the 2013 Ram 1500, with its best-in-class fuel economy. We continue to work feverishly and are pleased to see that our all-consuming aspiration for excellence is translating into results. We are confirming guidance for the year, and expect Free Cash Flow to be well in excess of $1 billion."
Net revenue for the quarter was $15.5 billion, up 18 percent from $13.1 billion in the third quarter of 2011, primarily driven by a 19 percent period-over-period increase in shipments. For the first nine months of the year, the Company recorded net revenue of $48.6 billion, a 22 percent increase from the same period a year ago.
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The government of New Zealand is desperately trying to save what is left of its world-famous flightless birds. The man-sized moa has been extinct for two centuries, and the flightless huia for one. Other species, including the remaining varieties of huia, the kiwi, the flightless rail, the takahe and the kakapo are all on the verge of disappearance.
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The Workforce Development Corporation (WDC), a not-for-profit corporation affiliated with the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) and chaired by SBS Commissioner Robert W. Walsh, today released a request for proposals to hire a workforce consultant to coordinate a hiring initiative with Steiner Studios and other film industry-related employers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which will bring hundreds of jobs to the area. In July, the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) will establish a recruitment outpost at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and will collaborate with its Workforce1 Career Centers, The Training and Employment Council in Brooklyn (TEC/Brooklyn), and numerous community-based organizations, to establish a single point-of-contact between local jobseekers, production companies and vendors involved in Steiner Studio productions.
"This initiative is a win-win for the businesses in the film and television industry and for residents of the Downtown Brooklyn area and beyond," said SBS Commissioner Robert W. Walsh. "Steiner Studios and the films and shows that produce there will have a highly qualified, pre-screened pool of talent to work with and residents will have access to the new job opportunities at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This complements the efforts of the Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center in Downtown Brooklyn, which the Mayor opened last week, and is another example of the new direction of workforce development under the Bloomberg Administration."
"This is the right way to get things done," said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. "Brooklynites can't wait for this innovative job placement service to open in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which will focus on hiring residents of public housing in Whitman, Ingersoll and Farragut Houses to work at Steiner Studios - or as I call it, Hollywood East. This initiative and the Workforce1 Career Centers demonstrate that Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Walsh believe that it is not enough when only a few flourish when our economy grows. I think we need to coin a new phrase for Workforce1 and businesses who hire within their Brooklyn communities: YIMBY - Yes, in my backyard!"
"The opening of Steiner Studios will provide a tremendous boost to the City's and Brooklyn's economy," said New York City Council Member Letitia James. "This initiative insures that the residents who live near the Navy Yard will have access to the job opportunities the film industry will bring to Brooklyn. I commend the Bloomberg Administration for taking proactive measures to make sure that all New Yorkers benefit from New York City's economic recovery."
"The Brooklyn Navy Yard continues to be a vital engine of economic growth for the community surrounding the Yard and the entire city," said Eric J. Deutsch, President and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. "The Yard's role as a job generator will be further enhanced with the opening of Steiner Studios later this year. This initiative will maximize local employment opportunities in the film and television industry here at the Yard and complement the BNYDC's outstanding record of providing workforce development services to area residents through our successful Employment Office."
"Steiner Studios will grow the film and television industry and the demand for good employees," said Jay Fine, President and CEO of Steiner Studios. "The Bloomberg Administration is making it easier for Steiner and other companies to thrive and grow by connecting us with some of the great talent Brooklyn and the rest of the City has to offer."
The consultant will be responsible for establishing relationships with local community organizations and educational institutions to create a steady pipeline of candidates for production related jobs and ancillary services at the Steiner Studios complex. The consultant will also be responsible for conducting outreach to the Fort Greene community, including the New York City Housing Authority's Farragut, Ingersoll and Walt Whitman Houses.
WDC was created to contribute to the economic vitality of the City by promoting workforce development and job creation through public/private partnerships. WDC funds support employment, training and educational services and are also directed toward research on unemployment trends.
TEC/Brooklyn is a WDC project to promote workforce development and job creation in Brooklyn. TEC/Brooklyn's principal planning partners are SBS, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the Brooklyn Borough President. TEC/Brooklyn provides employment counseling and training services to job seekers. It also assists local businesses by screening potential employees to match their skills, experience and training to businesses' hiring needs. By linking Brooklyn businesses to a prepared and skilled labor force, TEC/Brooklyn increases the opportunities for Brooklyn job seekers to secure meaningful employment and ensures that area residents benefit from Brooklyn's economic revival.
Steiner Studios is a 15-acre film and television production complex scheduled to open this fall at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Navy Yard is operated by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation ("BNYDC"), an affiliate of the City.
The Department of Small Business Services makes it easier for companies in New York City, to form, do business and grow by providing direct assistance to business owners, fostering neighborhood development in commercial districts, promoting financial and economic opportunity among minority- and women-owned businesses, and linking employers with a skilled and qualified workforce. The Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center at 9 Bond Street in Downtown Brooklyn is a one-stop shop for career counseling, job placement, educational advancement and workforce services for businesses.
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This story could have been written by one of the reporters at our local paper, the Times-Union. To them, "assault rifle" is one word with a space in the middle. They have never used "rifle" in a sentence by itself. And, of course, they never actually describe what kind of assault rifle is involved. I'm sure a single shot BB gun would be an assault rifle.
Two lives rounds on the ground? Sounds like someone needed some range time!! Glad for the security guard this jacko didn't know what he was doing!
It'd be nice to have more detail.
Well, being that it happened in Texas, the third perp might have a good chance of taking his "last ride on the silver needle". Two counts of Felony Murder.