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By PATRICK CASEY
Walton junior pitcher Brendan Leach tossed a one-hitter as the Braves posted a 7-0 shutout win at Freeport on Thursday night.
Leach struck out 15 batters on the night as he tossed a complete game as the visiting team picked up their first win of the year.
Walton struck for three runs in the top of the third inning as Brandon Hollingsworth provided a key double after a Liam Miller single to plate the Braves first run. Zach Burgess drove in a run with one of his three singles on the night while a wild pitch helped plate another run in the inning.
The Braves put another run on the board in the fourth inning with the help of a Freeport error, then pushed the lead to 7-0 with three more runs in the fifth inning. Leach, Hollingsworth and Burgess all provided singles after Angus Anderson drew a walk to lead off the inning.
Freeport used four pitchers on the night with Kevin Caudill taking the loss while recording eight outs in the contest. Michael Graziani pitched the final two innings and had the most success as he allowed only two hits while striking out four.
Freeport could not solve Leach's pitching as the Braves junior needed approximately 110 pitches to finish up the seven inning affair. Caudill provided the only hit of the night for Freeport with a fifth inning single.
Leach had both of Walton's errors on the night as a pair of pick-off attempts got away from Walton but the Braves got Jake Fannin trying to go from first to third on the relay in the second inning to end that scoring threat. Leach never had to face more than four batters in any inning and struck out the side in both the first and last inning of the contest.
Walton evened their record at 2-2 with a 13-8 win at Baker on Friday night while Freeport rode a strong performance by Graziani to edge South Walton 4-3 in a tight win at home to also improve to 2-2.
Team Notes: Walton will not play their first home baseball game until a March 7 date with Jay. The Braves have their first six varsity games of the season on the road. Leach pitched a no-hitter in a five inning win over Rocky Bayou last season. The Braves had 10 hits in the win over Freeport. The Bulldogs varsity will be on the road until a March 24 date with Jay. Walton won the junior varsity game over Freeport 6-2.


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Going beyond words of caution on taking too much from incidental information on the Microsoft Surface RT device, what if I told you that Windows 8 and the Surface device are set to completely dominate the business space? What if I told you that not only is that going to happen, but that it looks like Google and Apple are stepping aside and letting it happen? Let's start with a good look at Windows 8 and the Surface Pro.
Leading the charge is the Surface Pro from Microsoft. We don't have a date just yet, but we know it's coming as soon as January and the enterprise can't wait much longer. IT has been waiting for quite some time for a tablet computer that they can support. The simple fact of the matter is that the iPad and the Android tablet devices are not fundamentally designed to be productivity devices. These devices and their smartphone counterparts are designed for consumption versus productivity. Supporting them is a force play to IT – the base of devices is fragmented, the security picture is a nightmare, and control is an issue – just to name a few issues. The fact that they are being used in the enterprise is due to a number of workarounds and tweaks, but mainly because IT in the enterprise has been forced to accept the BYOD movement against their wishes. The Surface Pro in the enterprise and a whole host of other products will change that.
After spending some time in the Windows 8 ecosystem, namely with the Surface RT and Windows Phone 8, it is clear that to review these products from the hardware features perspective alone is a colossal fail. The Surface and to a lesser degree the Windows Phone 8 are well-polished business-class devices (in the case of the Surface RT- a business-worthy device with a consumer focus). The products just simply work so very well from a business productivity perspective. Let's just follow this example – on my Android device logging into Sharepoint to open a document is a chore – I have to have the right app, I am constantly prompted for credentials, the format of the display is rarely correct, and the entire experience is buggy and prone to non-informative crashes. On a Windows 8 device and without fail, the same operation executed instantly, seamlessly, in the appropriate format and delivered quickly. Documents can actually open in email programs without spawning yet another third party program. Everything is easy to find, easy to open, reliable and fast – the way it should be. That is an indicator of when a product has done things right – that it should have been that way the whole time. We can expect the same functionality from the Surface Pro.
However this is not just about the Microsoft Surface. There are a number of other product manufacturers set to make this enterprise jump. Mark Hopkins covered Dell and HP's stance on killing BYOD. Samsung, Lenovo, and Acer are among a number of other companies putting out compelling Windows 8 offerings. If it's been a while since you've been to one of these companies websites, have a look around. Everything from convertible PCs to tablets are available, each with its own bevy of specific features for its audience. The story is saying that Windows 8 is poised to be phenomenally successful through all of these channels. The fact that Microsoft is in the hardware game only adds to that.
So given that it appears that the Surface Pro and Windows 8 products are set for widespread success in the business space, why would Google and Apple appear to be helping them? Apple and Google might be playing themselves out of the enterprise, and I'll cover that in a story to follow.

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iPhone 4's GPS, gyroscope and accelerometer will indicate whether your shots hit the target or not.
It seems Apple is even planning to release accessories to make gaming more enjoyable (for example a gun grip handle), so maybe the Cupertino-based company is taking this idea seriously. And let's face it - attarcting new customers with the iPhone 4's gaming options is a great way to enhance the phone's appeal.
To us, it just sounds like a great idea and we wouldn't mind turning our homes into an iPhone-inspired battlefield for an hour or two. Only time will tell the practical implementation of this patent, but do you feel ready to use your iPhone for a deathmatch with your buddies?
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Nanotech 2008 Vol. 2
Nanotechnology 2008: Life Sciences, Medicine & Bio Materials - Technical Proceedings of the 2008 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 2
Chapter 3: Biomarkers, Nano Particles & Materials
Synthesis and characterization of Hyaluronan – Gold Nanoparticles: A nanostructured material for biomedical applications
|M. Ramis-Castelltort, J. Querol, I. Ojea
|Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN), ES
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|hyaluronan, gold nanoparticles, bio nano materials
|Hyaluronan (HA) is a glycosaminoglycan with a number of biological roles, such as being a key structural component of extracellular matrix and an important mediator in the leukocyte adhesion and migration. HA is ubiquitous in human and animal tissues, where it exhibits significant structural, rheological, physiological and biological functions. Nowadays, HA is recognized as a high-valuable polymer with several marketed applications in both biomedical and cosmetic industries. HA helps to maintain a smooth and elastic skin. Because of that, it is being used in many cosmetics products such as make-up and moisturizing creams due to its hydrating properties. The HA chains are cross-linked to generate high molecular weight superstructures with specific architectures and functional activities. The HA cross-linking structure seems to be essential to stabilize its hydrating properties. In addition, HA degraded (with a family of enzymes called Hyaluronidades) oligomers present a lower viscosity and different hydrating properties. Due to their versatile character and the fruitful results achieved with these systems during the last years of research, Nanoparticles have been proposed as medical and biotechnological nanodevices in a large number of applications. In particular, Metallic Gold Nanoparticles show unique biocompatible and physical properties making them ideal candidates to improve selected molecule delivery by directly improving pharmacokinetics and biodistribution. Since Gold Nanoparticles - biopolymer (HA) conjugates hold great promise for several biomedical applications, we have designed a nanostructured material composed by a gold nanoparticle core functionalized with HA molecules in its surface. Our intention is also to introduce a novel treatment based on Gold-HA Nanoparticles for cosmetic treatments, with improved features in terms of stability, skin-penetration and water absorption/retaining effect.
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BeschreibungHere is a dialog among worldwide experts across disciplines concerning theoretical frameworks and practical experiences to guide research and policy "towards environmental innovation systems". The contributors explore new directions of research at the border of two research traditions: systems of innovation and environmental innovations. The text examines the four main components of environmental innovation systems: conceptual foundations, empirical experiences, strategic approaches, and experiences with policy instruments.
InhaltsverzeichnisCo-Evolution of Technical, Environmental and Social Systems.
On the Co-Evolution of Technologies and Institutions.
The Management of the Co-Evolution of Technical, Environmental and Social Systems.
Technological Regimes, Environmental Performance and Innovation Systems: Tracing the Links.
Merging Research Perspectives on Innovation Systems and Environmental Innovation: An Introduction.
National, Regional and Sectoral Innovation Systems and Sustainable Development.
Can Poland's Success in Environmental Policy Reforms Translate into Technological Innovation for Environment?.
Sustainable Development and the Regional Dimension of the Innovation System.
Green Innovation in Nordic Energy Industry: Systemic Contexts and Dynamic Trajectories.
Public Policy, Voluntary Initiatives and Water Benign Process Innovations: Empirical Evidence from the West German Chemical Industry during the Mid-1990s.
Strategies for Environment and Innovation.
Government and Environmental Innovation in Europe and North America.
Ecological Modernisation and the Creation of Lead Markets.
Innovation, Time and Sustainability.
Integrated Long-Term Strategies to Induce Regime Shifts towards Sustainability: The Approach of Strategic Niche Management.
Policies and Conditions for Environmental Innovation and Management in Industry.
Policy Assessment (Issues) and New Requirements.
The Need for Environmental Innovation Indicators and Data from a Policy Perspective.
Innovations in the Environmental Policy System: Voluntary, Collaborative and Information-Based Policies in the United States and the Netherlands.
The IPPC Directive and Factors Influencing the Economic and Environmental Performance of Firms and Plants in the Cement, Non-Ferrous Metals and Pulp and Paper Sectors in the EU.
Back-Casting for Environmental Sustainability: From STD and SusHouse towards Implementation.
Towards Environmental Innovation - A Policy Synthesis.
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Back in July a reader passed on some scuttlebutt that a vegetarian restaurant could be coming to the former YESSS Uniforms space on the 100 block of Rhode Island Ave, NW near Boundary Stone. I've again heard rumors that a vegetarian restaurant was hoping to come to the space and I've heard the owner is the same owner as Petworth's Domku Cafe. I emailed the owner for confirmation but she says nothing has been finalized. Stay tuned.


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International Rectifier: More motor/motion control functionality goes into silicon
iNTERO—a family of drive modules for several motor technologies from International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA)—has expanded with the introduction of a new member that incorporates bridge, brake, and inverter (BBI) functions into one compact unit.
IR's ''007'' module features new input bridge, brake, CAN interface, and EEPROM to store extra motion variables.
iNTERO—a family of drive modules for several motor technologies from International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA)—has expanded with the introduction of a new member that incorporates bridge, brake, and inverter (BBI) functions into one compact unit.
Programmable, isolated intelligent power module PIIPM15P12D007 serves as a digital building block for closed-loop control of high-performance induction, brushless, and servo motors up to 5 kW. Dubbed "007" module, the device integrates 150 components, an internally programmable 40 MIPS digital signal processor (DSP) with a 64-KB EEPROM, and is rated at 1,200 V and 15A.
The new iNTERO family member focuses on protecting the motor, which is a prime requisite for motion-control. Protection circuits use a "double path" technique that assures redundancy and maximum safety, according to IR. New high-voltage ICs enable desaturation, over-voltage, and fault protection. For example sensing circuits have greater than 10-kHz bandwidth and latency under 5 microseconds on two motor-phase outputs. "Full protection" in the device applies to the following potential failures and faults:
Ground fault;
Phase-to-dc bus;
Leg shoot-through; and
Under/over-voltage on the dc bus.
All fault conditions detected are fed back to the DSP for software control.
Interfaces provided include Controller Area Network (CAN); Joint Action Test Group (JTAG) IEEE 1149.1 standard port for program downloading and debugging; an asynchronous, isolated 2.5 Mbps serial port; and a synchronous, isolated 10 Mbps serial port for DSP communication and programming.
Dr. Francesco Vallone, IR product marketing manager, notes that the ''007'' module reflects the company's new business model ''to stay focused on its core competency,'' while collaborating with technology partners to provide comprehensive software and hardware support.
Target applications for BBI module include precision industrial machinery, plus general-purpose machinery, such as conveyors, air-conditioning systems, and elevators. PIIPM15P12D007 is available now, priced at $300 each in production volumes.
Also read '' International Rectifier's new power modules ''
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Man dies in Clark County rollover
DUBOIS, Idaho - A man died in a rollover crash on State Highway 22 west of Dubois.
The Clark County Sheriff's Office said a 2005 Toyota Tundra had rolled and was sitting on top of a fence. A bystander quickly reported that the driver was pinned up underneath the pickup.
Emergency crews lifted the pickup off the victim using emergency air bag lifts and used CPR, but Devin Eric Singleton, 29, a new resident of Dubois who previously lived in Rexburg, was later pronounced dead at the accident.
Deputies said it appeared Singleton got off the edge of the roadway as he rounded the corner, which caused him to lose control of the Tundra. They also said Singleton was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected, and the pickup came to rest on top of him.
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Apple investors can't seem to shake their concern over the company's future.
Shares in the iPhone maker ended the day at $485.92, down just over 3 percent for the day after having closed yesterday at $501.75. In trading today, Apple's stock never rose above the $500 mark.
On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal cited sources who said that Apple had cut component orders for its iPhone 5 due to slumping demand for the handset. That bad news pushed Apple's shares lower yesterday as investors became concerned with the company's ability to compete as effectively in the mobile market.
Earlier today, however, several analysts tried to calm fears, saying that while Apple's component orders are down, iPhone 5 demand has stayed strong. The declining orders are believed to be the byproduct of improved yields, meaning production is becoming more efficient and actually improving Apple's iPhone margins.
Apple's stock has been hit with a downward trend over the last several months. In the last three months, Apple's shares are down 22 percent. The company's stock is also far off its 52-week high of $705.07. Apple's 52-week low is $419.55 -- not too distant from its current price.
The bearish view investors have taken on Apple's stock stands in stark contrast to analyst estimates. According to data from Marketwatch, which tallies the research from 54 analysts, Apple has an average target share price over the next 12 months of $735.
Earlier today, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu reasserted his belief that Apple is a "buy," adding that he believes the company's shares could jump to $840 in the next 12 months. Baird analyst William Power said he believes Apple's shares could rise to $750.
Update at 1:08 p.m. PT: Added Apple's closing price.
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Definition of despoil
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: to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage
despoilmentplay \-mənt\ noun
Examples of despoil in a Sentence
The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development.
the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence
Origin and Etymology of despoil
Middle English despoylen, from Anglo-French despoiller, from Latin despoliare, from de- + spoliare to strip, rob — more at spoil
First Known Use: 14th century
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October 26, 2009 , 7:06 PM by Courtney Carthy
The spirit of the spring racing carnival gallops with Drive as Ask the Experts features horse racing.
Thanks to Peter Walsh, ABC Grandstand, for filling in for Josh McDermott (holding down the Ballarat Breakfast fort).
Featured in today's blog - Ask the Experts quiz, the new memorandum of understanding between commercial radio operators and the Victorian State Government, and the future of food - can agriculture double its output with gene technology?
Hear the interview we did on Friday with Professor Julian Cribb, Science & Communication, Sydney University of Technology here. Very interesting talk about global food productivity on land and in the ocean.
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Memorandum of Understanding - Commercial Radio Australia
One of the 51 recommendations of the interim Bushfires Royal Commission report is that commercial radio stations commit to broadcast bushfire emergency information. Today the Brumby Government announced a Memorandum of Understanding between the commercial radio industry.
Here is audio from the show, first of the announcement by the Premier, an interview with Emergency Services Commissioner Bruce Esplin and finally with Joan Warner, CEO, Commercial Radio Australia.
Future of grain and global food production research
Could the private sector and genetically modified crops be part of the answer or should we be more wary of it? A conference in Sydney is asking the question "World Food Security: Can private sector R & D feed the poor?" Here's our interview with Dr Thomas A Lumpkin, Director General of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
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SEATTLE -- Dallas Braden wasn't perfect this time, but he was still awfully good.
The Oakland left-hander looked as good as he has in months against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, tossing a four-hitter for his fourth career complete game in a 5-1 victory.
Braden (7-8) won for just the third time in nine decisions since throwing the 19th perfect game in major league history against Tampa Bay on May 9. He went 0-5 in nine starts after his gem before landing on the disabled list from June 23-July 20 with left elbow tightness.
"He's just sharp mentally and physically right now," A's manager Bob Geren said. "He had a real good changeup with two different speeds today. He was able to pitch inside enough to keep both lanes open for his fastball. He threw a lot of strikes."
Braden was effective and efficient, throwing just 104 pitches and 69 strikes. He walked two and struck out six while improving to 3-1 with a 2.97 ERA since coming off the DL.
"He's got a really good changeup and got a lot of swings and misses on the changeup," said the Mariners' Russell Branyon. "He spotted his heater and had good command today."
Mark Ellis supported him with three doubles and drove in three runs, most of the damage coming against Luke French (1-3). He allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.
The Mariners had won the first two games in the series, Ellis playing a key role in each one. He hit into a triple-play Monday, the first for the Mariners in 15 years, and struck out three times Tuesday against Felix Hernandez before finishing with a career-high three doubles.
"It was a series of threes -- triple play, three strikeouts and three doubles," Ellis said. "It was definitely an interesting series, as long as I get the three hits in there. But no more triple plays."
Ellis had entered the game with just one extra-base hit over his previous 18 games.
"He's always been a guy who could split a gap, hit some doubles," Geren said. "He was just in extra-base-hit drought. They were all hit hard, too."
Ellis hit the first double to open the second, stole third and scored when Coco Crisp hit a sharp single to left. The A's added a run in the fourth when Rajai Davis hit a one-out double into the left-field corner, and Landon Powell lifted a two-out single into shallow center.
"The one to Powell was big," French said. "I had two strikes on him and two outs and was trying to go away and left it up and away. And he hit it. They took advantage of the mistakes and that was pretty much the game."
The A's added two more runs in the fifth, when Ellis ripped a double down the third-base.
Just three Mariners reached base off Braden through the first six innings, but he still faced the minimum number of batters to that point. All three were wiped away with double plays.
The Mariners finally put together a meager rally in the seventh, when Ichiro Suzuki and Jose Lopez singled. Branyan walked to load the bases with one out, and Franklin Gutierrez hit a sacrifice fly that was caught by left fielder Chris Carter on the warning track.
Braden thought it was a grand slam.
"Absolutely. I was just thinking that I hope Carter is 7-foot-12 and had a shot to get over the fence and catch it," Braden said. "I thought [Gutierrez] got it."
Casey Kotchman bounced out to first to end the threat, and Ellis finished the scoring with a RBI double in the eighth. It scored Cliff Pennington all the way from first.
Ellis is hitting .423 (11 of 26) against Seattle this season.
- A's RHP Ben Sheets had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Monday. The club did not supply specifics on the surgery until 48 hours afterward. Sheets had been told that his ulnar collateral ligament was not involved, but Texas Rangers team surgeon Dr. Keith Meister found the UCL damage during the operation. He transferred the tendon along with repairing the flexor tendon and pronator tendon. Sheets signed a one-year deal with the A's this season.
- A's SS Adam Rosales left the game in the second with a hurt right ankle. Cliff Pennington replaced him.
- Mariners OF Michael Saunders missed starting his sixth straight game with a sore neck after his crash into the outfield wall Aug. 5. He did enter Monday's game as a pinch runner.


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McQuay, Claye London Bound! Demps Falls Short at USA Olympic Trials
Junior Gator sprinter Tony McQuay and former Florida track and field member Will Claye both advanced to the USA national team and will compete in the 2012 London Games. McQuay, the three-time NCAA indoor and outdoor champion in the 400-meter dash, ran the third-best time in the world with a time of 44.49 seconds in the 400-meter. He placed second to reigning Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt, who set a world-leading time of 44.12. Claye will take place in the Men's Long Jump after earning a jump of 27 feet, good enough for second place in the qualifying finals.
Gator sprinter Jeff Demps qualified for the 100-meter men's finals, but finished seventh out of a possible eight athletes in the final race (10.27). Former Gator Christian Taylor placed fourth on the men's long jump (26-7 3/4) while current Florida freshman Marquis Dendy failed to register a mark, fouling on his three jumps.
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Marion Cotillard, who won the best actress Oscar for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose (2007), plays another waif-like figure in James Gray's first period film, set in early Twenties New York when thousands of European poor tried to settle in a brave new world.
Young Ewa Cybulski (Cotillard) arrives from Poland with Magda, her sick sister, only to be faced with deportation for giving a false address of family in Manhattan. Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix), a slick conman who knows who to bribe, gets the decision reversed but Ewa's sister is sent to Ellis Island with suspected TB.
Ewa links up with Bruno and works as a prostitute to send money to Magda. Orlando, a travelling magician (Jeremy Renner) who is Bruno's cousin, falls for Ewa, and the film becomes a battle between the two men for her affection.
The film, one of the most expensive and expansive yet from Gray, succeeds in showing us the terrible uncertainties of the period — fleshed out by fine production values, and cinematography from Darius Khondji which clearly refers to the paintings and autochrome colour photographs of the time.
But it is first and foremost a highly personal tale of three people trying to survive in desperate circumstances — Ewa, a Polish Catholic girl, Bruno, a charmer with an amoral, evil side, and Orlando, a decent man making his way as an entertainer.
All three performances are fine, with Cotillard showing a will of steel behind her timidity and Phoenix giving his character just enough charm to suggest he is not a total conman. If the film lacks the drama and excitement of Once Upon A Time In America, it is a sincere and decently handled portrait of a time when so many believed the US to be an almost mythical land of plenty.Reuse content


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Generation Farms has moved to Yellow Point 20 minutes south of Nanaimo.
We have a beautiful 33 acre farm with many amenities. The horses are settling in and our programs are underway. This new location is providing great opportunites for our programs and with an interesting and natural setting for our horses. We are very excited!
2017 Workshop dates now posted on our Workshops and Events page. Featured are our training programs that apply to EFW Canada Certification in EFW and a new professional training for those working with trauma.
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The Arrest of the King at Varennes
Created | Updated May 7, 2002
On the evening of June 20th 1791 Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, their daughter Elisabeth, the Dauphin (Eldest son of the King) and his sister all left the Tuileries palace in disguise intending to flee the capital. It seems the royal family hoped to reach the army commanded by the marquis de Bouillé in the East. The King may have hoped to regain control of Paris by force or simply have wanted to flee the danger of a violent uprising by the Parisians. That Easter the people of Paris had prevented the monarch from attending mass in StCloud given by a priest who had not signed the Civil Constitutional of the Church.
Whatever Louis's intentions, the plan went badly wrong and opened the door to radical anti-monarchist fervour and finally to death of the royal family. They royal party made much slower progress than hoped and missed their rendezvous with de Bouillé in the East. Worse still, they were recognised at a staging poste and arrested by the local procurator at Varennes. The little provincial town was strongly pro-revolutionary and de Bouillé was unable or unwilling to rescue the royal party. The record also shows that Louis did not wish blood to be spilt for his sake.
When the news reached Paris, the Assembly sent three representatives (Bailly, Pétion and La Tour-Maubourg) to meet the prisoners. The family had spent an uncomfortable night in a back-room in Varennes and were escorted back to Paris. The royal party were subjected to a humiliating three-day journey back to the capital, often followed along the road by jeering crowds. On their arrival in Paris the crowds were silent; orders had been given that anyone cheering would be arrested and anyone jeering would be hanged!
Back in Paris the king's flight posed a problem; the constitution that had been prepared and was ready to be adopted required a king at the head of the state. A motion was passed stating that the king had not fled but been 'kidnapped'. This story enraged the left-wing patriots who wanted the king to be executed and the monarchy abolished. On July 17th a deputation presented a petition at the Champs-de-Mars demanding the impeachment of the king. Tensions were running high and the episode ended in a bloody suppression of the demonstrators. This event added to the tensions and pushed the revolution further down the path towards extremism and violence.
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A better breakfast probably would have been the Tuna that Marco a French Canadian guy staying here caught being so excited to show me the pics of it. Pity I'll miss it's BBQ'ing though since I'm off to the small atoll of Aitutaki today.
Aitutaki is a destination I had chosen before I had even left home known that I would have to go there once I came to the Cook Islands. It's lagoon is the real attraction being described as one of the most beautiful places on earth, even more perfect than the islands of Fiji which from my experience it would have to be something really special to top them.
Waiting in the airport for the flight north with Air Rarotonga there was a total of 6 people and 2 of them were taxi drivers
So leaving the hectic and faced paced life of Rarotonga behind the 45 minute flight did already feel something special with only four of us on the small plane enjoying the in flight meal of cheese and biscuits.
Landing in Aitutaki we were greeted by a heavy rain storm the first I'd seen in the South Pacific luckily given that it's rainy season but hardly the scene I had pictured arriving in paradise.
Waiting in the spacious arrivals/departure lounge (little more than a hut) in jokingly named Aitutaki International Airport I ended up getting a lift to Tom's Beach Cottage where I would be staying with the guy delivering the parcels and mail brought over on the plane since my arranged pick-up failed to arrive.
Tom's was expectedly basic but I didn't need more being right on the beach, though it would have been more surprising if it wasn't giving the size of the island. Only one other family staying here keeping themselves to themselves plus an old guy who was even less talkative.
Taking a short walk along the beach the people were immediately more relaxed and friendly, not that Rarotongians weren't, referring to it as the 'big city' coming here to escape the rush of that huge metropolis with only 1700 people on the whole island. Rarotonga itself is a small remote island in the middle of the South Pacific so not sure how to describe Aitutaki being even smaller and even more out of the way. Laid back certainly comes to mind though.


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->''He is without question one of the most courageous men I have ever known. Fear was a stranger to him.''
-->-- '''Colonel Buck Lanham'''
American author and Nobel Prize winner. Has written some of the most famous ProseFiction in the English language. First 20th Century writer to get away with the word "fuck". Master of BeigeProse. Fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, [[IntrepidReporter covered]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the sequel]]. Wrestled lions. Flew airplanes. Caught big fish. Owned and loved a clowder of polydactyl cats. [[RealMenWearPink Made Mojitos and Daiquiris manly]]. [[AteHisGun Shot himself.]] Shortly before his suicide, claimed to a friend that the FBI was monitoring him. [[ProperlyParanoid He was right.]]
One of the most MemeticBadass writers in western literature. (Did you see the part about wrestling lions?) Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld is pretty much an expy of him.
* ''Literature/TheSunAlsoRises'' (1927)
* ''Literature/AFarewellToArms'' (1929)
* ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' (1940)
* ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea'' (1951)
* ''A Moveable Feast'' (1964, posthumous)
* ''Death in the Afternoon''
* Various short story anthologies, such as ''Men Without Women'' and ''The Snows of Kilimanjaro''. Famous shorts include:
** "The Killers"
** "The Snows of Kilimanjaro,"
** "Hills Like White Elephants"
!! Portrayals In Fiction:
[[folder: Comic Books ]]
* The "Form and Void" arc of ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' has Cerebus and Jaka interacting with parodies of Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary. These are heavily based on Mary's diaries from their last safaris, when Hemingway was in poor health.
[[folder: Film ]]
* ''Film/MidnightInParis'' (2011): Hemingway appears in a handful of scenes and steals the whole goddamn movie. Played by Corey Stoll.
* ''Film/HemingwayAndGellhorn'' (2012) Covers his relationship with his third wife, journalist Martha Gellhorn. Played by Clive Owen.
* ''Film/PapaHemingwayInCuba'' (2015) Covers his life in Cuba and friendship with Denne Petticlerc. First movie filmed in Cuba since the revolution.
[[folder: Literature ]]
* In the ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' series, he's an ambulance driver during the equivalent of World War I as in real history, but is wounded in the groin and left with severe damage. He only writes a single non-fiction book before killing himself, this time taking his girlfriend with him.
[[folder: Live Action Television ]]
* He appears in the "Best Foot Forward" episode of ''Series/{{Forever}}'' at a party that Henry once attended. Apparently he once stole one of Henry's girlfriends.
-->'''Ernest''': This is Paris, Henry. You should be out, wandering these fair streets with a beautiful girl on your arm.\\
'''Henry''': I did have a girl, Ernest, but she left me for a charming American novelist.\\
'''Ernest''': Ah, yes, I seem to have forgotten her. Maybe you should, too.
* In Kenan & Kel, Kenan gets inspired by his biography and tries to set life goals for himself to feel complete
[[folder: Western Animation ]]
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' has WWF Wrestler Mankind (voiced by himself) allowed to fight anyone he wishes to the death, including already dead people thanks to their Celebrity Deathmatch Timemachine. Mankind choose to fight against [[spoiler: and defeated]] Ernest Hemingway.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ5CIsWBmik HEMINGWAY WAS THE GREATEST]] is an incredibly crude, muscial short based on the author. Giving exaggerated descriptions of his manly exploits, most of which involve fighting animals before fucking them and then hunting them, he's also credited as liberating France, eating a sheet of glass, cutting off and eating his finger on a whim, and being the greatest author ever.
-->''Hemingway! Hemingway!\\
His way is the only way, Hemingway!\\
The other authors can run away!\\
Drink and fuck and punch and write and hunt and fish and box and fight!\\
* Appears in a CutawayGag in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' sitting in heaven alongside Brian, Vincent van Gogh, and Kurt Cobain, lamenting that they all seemed to have died before their time. He and his fellow artists relate the poetic nature of their deaths related to their artistic genius; Brian awkwardly admits [[AntiClimax he just found some chocolate in the garbage]].
* Portrayed in ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'' as having just sworn to "never put pen to paper again" after suffering an intense writer's block. Then he meets the Warner siblings, who just want him to sign for a delivery, and by the end of the episode he's become inspired to write again by adopting his famous BeigeProse.
!!Associated Tropes:
* AdaptationExpansion: Happens to the film versions - two so far, the second one infamously casting UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan as the villain - of "The Killers," where the movies try to delve into [[NoodleIncident the mysterious motives]] of two hitmen ''and'' their target that the short story brilliantly refuses to answer.
* AuthorAvatar: Nick Adams, a recurring character in Hemingway's short stories.
* BeastlyBloodsports: Hemingway was a big fan of bullfighting. Metaphysically, he considered the deliberate danger that a matador puts himself in as symbolic of the essence of life as a whole. Naturally, this symbolism cropped up frequently in his works.
* BeigeProse[=/=]BoringButPractical: Hemingway's stylistic trademark.
* BrokenAce: Most of his protagonists. Manliness was an overarching theme in many of his works. He often explored the topic through [[SubvertedTrope subversions]], [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructions]], and perhaps a few [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructions]] of TheAce. To wit:
** ''Literature/TheSunAlsoRises'': Jake Barnes' struggles with traditional masculinity after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is one of the [[CentralTheme central themes]] of the book. Comes with a pretty [[TheLoinsSleepTonight symbolic injury]] as well.
** ''Literature/AFarewellToArms'': Frederic Henry is probably one of the most straightforward examples of TheAce in Hemingway's bibliography, bordering on TestosteronePoisoning, yet he still can't find happiness after he leaves the war behind, as symbolized by the major DownerEnding of [[ItWasHisSled Catherine and his child's death.]]
** ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'': Robert Jordan is a badass DemolitionsExpert and [[LaResistance partisan]] in the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar, but has also led an entirely empty and lonely life since his father [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]]. He doesn't even realize the depths of his loneliness until he's dragged out of it by the new family he finds amongst the partisans he's sent to work with. [[spoiler: But the same work that sent him to the partisans is eventually what gets him killed.]]
** ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea'': The last book Hemingway ever saw published himself was also fittingly his last [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] reconstruction of his philosophy of manhood. Santiago catches the fish, but it [[SenselessSacrifice gets eaten by sharks]] and [[spoiler: [[MentorOccupationalHazard it's implied he dies at the end]]]]. Nevertheless, he still passes his lessons on to the boy, and most importantly, [[DoomedMoralVictor the fish never beat him]]. His DoomedMoralVictor status is even cemented by a literary CrucifiedHeroShot.
* DeceptiveDisciple: Disciple might be a little high a title, but he was a protege under Sherwood Anderson. Only to turn on him and treat him as a joke. Sadly, he's not the only protege to do that to Sherwood Anderson.
* DownerEnding: Not a lot of his heroes end up happy at the end of the story. [[spoiler:Not a lot of them end up alive, either.]]
* FriendlyRivalry: Was in one with fellow writer Creator/FScottFitzgerald. Fitzgerald admired Hemingway's style: Hemingway admired Fitzgerald's lifestyle.
* NoodleIncident: The frozen corpse of a leopard at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro ("The Snows of Kilimanjaro"). "No one knows quite what the leopard was doing up here." [[spoiler: Probably not to be taken quite literally, as the top of Kilimanjaro turned out to be the "final destination" in a protagonist's DyingDream.]]
* RatedMForManly: Hemingway was the epitome of manhood, as described above.
* SignatureStyle: The "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg_Theory iceberg theory]]": leave out everything you can. This is a [[LoveItOrHateIt very polarizing]] style of writing, with people usually either calling Hemingway a genius or a terrible writer.
** BeigeProse: Simple and straightforward prose.
** ShowDontTell: Vivid physical descriptions and [[ShownTheirWork serious research]] avoid the topic at hand. "[[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion Hills Like White Elephants]]" is an argument about an operation. "[[ShellShockedVeteran Big Two-Hearted River]]" depicts a man focusing exclusively on fishing.
** {{Subtext}}/FridgeBrilliance: The actual point of the story is ''always'' left out. Sometimes the climax is too: "Out Of Season" ends before [[DrivenToSuicide the twist]].
* WriteWhatYouKnow: He wrote about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI where he served as an ambulance driver and the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar where he was present as a journalist. He also wrote stories about hunting, fishing and boxing, all things he had personal experience with.


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Mut and Merloni discuss David Ortiz's Achilles injury and speculate if he will be ready to go for opening day.
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Butler and ID 37 WEEI appear McGwire. Our favorites from a NBC sports and NHL on NBC will try to stop the or 1 o'clock get back in two. Some Bruins issues Red Sox four weeks from today -- -- right now Albion Red Sox pregame show. Like it is set for Red Sox yankees game one of 162. On that first week of April lot loot 93 point seven WE yeah I'm a sort of Red Sox stuff happened over the weekend none more important -- -- for the Red Sox what John too -- Set up for -- for a second. -- Ortiz injured his Achilles on July 16. Rounding the bases on -- Gonzales home run. A -- thereafter my addition he was scheduled to come back between seven and ten days. He played once after that injury region this same fault while going two for for August 24. Until last week rights to Nazi yet but it was sprint for six months. He tried yesterday on the bases but decided against it because of the so we'll try again this morning. Opening day's sports and today. It sucks guaranteed David Ortiz two years 26 million dollars. In the offseason. We talked about things are concerned about yes about Wes Welker deal. It is laid down the list. As opposed to the concern I have about David Ortiz making it through hundred games. -- -- 62 games based on what is got to be at least some level setback not running yesterday now potentially not. Ready for opening. Yet they got what 12324. Games left point 530 at bats is -- and about ten of them over. A 141515. Game. It can happen I'm concerned there's no question about it because he hasn't been able to run and you would have hoped that he be able to run the bases and not feel soreness the next day. We at the stop talking about opening day like it actually means something. Right leg if -- not there for opening day your season has lost. And we had this thing last year with call Crawford is gonna be ready the wrist and opening day and kept talking about opening day and he's -- throwing and in Britain when they don't know and everything else sixteen always get Tommy John surgery. You know I. Don't wanna see if he's out there and opinion sore -- up their run and on it next thing you know it's a knee injury. Right I could care less whether David Ortiz ready for opening day is opening day when he look around this lineup is to help is going to be. -- they don't have David for the first week ten games month. If you still gonna have Napoli and middle Brooks and Ellsbury and Pedroia. And I don't even know wells and the other guys drew its -- the everybody else Victor Reno did help is that going to be. It's more important be there in a final date and is opening day. Why is everything that is security opening day is gonna be ready opening day why don't care he's a -- opening day. It's I don't think it's as much. In my opinion it's not about the idea of being available for opening day if said he heard the Achilles the middle of last July. And it's 89 months ago what -- August then came back August 24. One game they won game and I was able right. That was -- six months since then. -- just over six months I think people want to play lecturing fought the NC a lot compliant in it was a bad decision because in a re re re entry was help decide how can we admit -- -- seven the ten day timetable was a little bit ridiculous. A little bit ridiculous like week ago. Jacoby Ellsbury was seven attended. -- a few years back at 2010 I'll -- was seven to ten days as well so now. When you look back now and you've you tweak your Achilles the -- Rebecca separate them based on his little. As -- joking I didn't have surgery. It's a concern the reason why it's a concern is because how important he is the -- team but -- -- For go back the opening day part of it. I think it's it's a sign of a bigger issue that may -- it's never healed and if if if in the next couple days you know apparently he did some running today. Exactly how much but some base running today with the trainers and everyone else but if it doesn't matter Lou what's the next step for Achilles injury. What's gonna -- order of surgery net interest have surgery on a pitcher so war it's been since July got to clinch. If the things not better after nine months and nine months will be April 16 middle the first month of the year. Nine months for an Achilles injury while you arrest Achilles there -- -- -- -- I go on August point four that's the last time he played last year. -- because you don't resting it trying to get Bakken field playing a baseball Zambrano August 24 he was not -- now August -- he wasn't not a but he also been arrested for that month. In between six weeks in between. T the thing is with -- and -- an -- gone too far ahead -- weakened to talking about Ryan Howard to quite talk David well at the column is. It would take time. Taking time with this make sure it's on a percent. And I know it's a great team that you baby a baseball player -- -- bunch of cities I've heard that but a case of David Ortiz. If he comes back because it was so infatuated with opening day. Or comes back sooner than he should and he does care to career Ender. It's over. It's going to be another calendar year and -- wonder whether it be ready for 2014. And the deal is up and his career over. You know do you want David come back and second -- -- opening day and then you know first week of may it's an issue and get just 68 games out of them. Sporadically because he needs take some time and rest he can't play this daycare play that day honestly I. You know this thing's got to be healthy 100%. Healthy and if it takes still no kid in June 1 fine. Give me four months throughout the worry about it. I guess I'm playing devil's advocate here because I think there's a -- that you now they'll take that long and Hussein but isn't their chance it's never healthy. And the next step is going to be surgeries lost the guest is in that now because it out recovered yet and it took -- six month between sprinting -- -- the July deeper second. -- -- -- Six months between being able -- Particularly -- Not Achilles again I don't think you'd have to have surgery unless he comes back and tries and -- To support we need surgery. You know I don't think this is some -- is -- what you do boats have surgery going there and if it's it's if it's just slight hair and just sort of healing of its own. You know but to me you bring him back be impacted he has the first month of the season if it takes that long Selby. Is that in heaven help the airline. Again the final day of the season's more important an opening day opening day means nothing. There's no sense of bringing him back only to have it bother him another couple which is not a 100% because why because we wanna in their opening day who cares. 1 on their July -- -- in August I want their September. You know if there in this thing. I care what April. That's for him one player it's -- -- just look at the other way you're right about that he can do whatever they take these majors on a percent help there is close to. On a percent I just think now given the way this thing has gone. I think it's more likely that he misses is the significant a lot of time this year. And -- just. It's worse than we even thought laws that it's taken this long one -- Terrell Suggs had surgery correct. And please we're gonna dream beckoned for iron to twelve months boys and this thing and we everybody said what the hell's going on here. They were -- could -- of five and half months. Just hit it wishing him credit for not coming back twosome. Richard pry Ortiz were not a -- is slow -- 6177797. That our skulls. They are teased all right away with -- -- when he when it that it when he went the Dominican you know for the personal reasons exit perfect -- come -- -- percent healthy goal for a little quick little fix -- fix the it's actually taken normal is that again if if it becomes back to Sunni players at the careers over in his -- line is done. The year. But this is why we we battle about what to do with Ortiz contract you -- -- years 12 years one. This is why I was fairly adamant that the two years -- backed by him in the and he -- appear healthy I don't think it's gonna be in April Mikey said he may or June case they help -- -- Europe that. Up body size things. Up bodies eyes can. An Achilles hold the -- that over the course of let's say the four month year. Revis is April now baby June 1 this is it anything and opera can be called up for one months. 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mailed 11-16
check cleared 11-23
no permit yet
This is a discussion on Wisconsin CCW Permit Time...Keep us posted! within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Sent: 11/2 Check: 11/14 Permit: Still Nothing...
Sent: 11/2
Check: 11/14
Permit: Still Nothing
mailed 11-16
check cleared 11-23
no permit yet
Also, the background check takes about 9 seconds depending on how busy they are. I go to a small FFL. The bigger places probably take close to an hour just cause they do not get to it immediately and charge you more to boot. Pete charges me $33, with the recent $5 increase and he calls as soon as I get there. If I don't chat with him for a bit afterward, I'm in and out in about 4 minutes.
I think the difference stems from a lack of experience with suck a huge work load. It took 25 days to get my check cashed which is crazy compared to others, but I consider myself lucky since many of the ppl that have gotten their checks cashed weeks before me still haven't received their permit.
Oh, BTW, according to my permit, it was issued the same day as check being cashed, 11/25. But this might be due to the above "proof" speculation. Well, looking on the bright side, that is 2 weeks later I have to renew!
As I mentioned in our conversation, the system sorts names with no hits, and they can be approved rapidly. This is still done on a date received basis, but could result in an application received a few days later being processed ahead of one requiring research, but received earlier. The oldest do not go to the bottom; we still process the applications by the date received. Each dates mail bundles are kept in separate bins for both initial review and data entry. There is no pile method.
Unfortunately for those who are waiting, we received almost 30,000 applications in the first week. Our staff is working diligently to quickly and accurately process all of the applications received in this initial wave as well as the 10,000 handgun hotline calls we received this month. Patience will be required as this new program is implemented. Many of the initial logistical issues will have been resolved in the first 6 months and IT efficiencies we are working on should make the process much easier and more efficient for applicants in the future.
Take care,
Brian R. O'Keefe
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Division of Law Enforcement Services
Hello. I was wondering what sort of timelines you were all looking at so I figured I'd share mine.
I have a friend in MKE that sent his on 11/1, and he posted that he got his permit in the mail on 11/21.
I actually work 1 block from the capital building, so I strolled on over there when I got back into town from a work trip. I submitted mine in person on 11/21 and my check was cashed 11/25.
Much like all of you, I'm quite anxious to get mine back. I grew up around firearms but just recently purchased my very first, a Ruger LC9.
I looked on their website and they insist that they will not provide any sort of confirmation over the phone. I took a walk over there again today on my lunch break. I can see why the woman who you all have been calling is being short. She took 3 calls while I was waiting patiently at the front desk and I could hear what people were saying on the other end.
I explained why I was there and she explained the process very politely.
It is a 3 step deal. First they check your application to make sure you provided everything you needed to. If you have everything you should have, they cash the check and the envelope then goes to background check. Once background check is completed it gets sent over to be printed and packaged in an envelope. Once it is in the envelope, it actually has to go to another department in the capital building to get stamps put on. The following day it is sent out in themail.
I asked her if there was a database she could use to tell me what stage mine was in, and she says there isn't. She says a look-up process will be in place, but not until 12/15, which is the 45 day marker from 11/1. She said she has no idea what that process will look like until 12/15.
Every day I come home feeling like a kid on Christmas only to be disappointed that it hasn't arrived. But there is no conspiracy, no foul play, they are just inundated with applications and you have to expect it to take some time. Hounding the poor woman at the desk serves no benefit to anyone.
Forms submitted: 11/1/2011
Mailed from: Wausau, WI
Proof of Training: copy of Hunters Safety card
Check cashed: 11/14/2011 (posted to acct, but is stamped 11/10/2011 on the back)
License Issued: 11/28/2011
License received: 11/30/2011
I was wondering if anyone could clarify this for me. If my check was cashed does that mean my app was accepted? I have read of some people being denied for theire address not matching theire dl address. on my app i put duplex a and on my dl it says #a. My check was cleared 11-23. any thoughts on this?
sent nov. 1st from central wi
check cashed nov 15
permit issued nov 25th
permit received today!!! nov 30th permit#13xxx
hopefully everyone gets theres very soon!!!
To anyone that reads this from DOJ, I really appreciate the work you are doing to issue our permits. I received my permit one month after mailing my application and I consider that very timely considering the tremendous work load you have. On the 1st, I assumed I was going to have to wait deep into December, but was very pleased to receive my permit today. I was initially disappointed to see my check was cashed on the 25th but I completely realize that issue is moot considering I received my permit five days later.
Thank you Mr. O'Keefe and thank you to everyone working hard on WI CCWs. Your efforts are very much appreciated!
Forms submitted: 11/1/2011
Mailed from: Medford Wisconsin
Proof of Training: DD214 22 Years
Check cashed: 11/15/2011
License Issued: Unknown
License received: Not yet
Well my family is now completely legal. I am licensed as Wisconsin resident and Florida non-resident. My wife has Wisconsin resident. We haven't decided if she is going to get the Colorado license yet. I guess it depends on what states will honor the Wisconsin. Mine came on Friday for those of you who didn't see my post. My wife's came today, Wednesday, she's so happy, lol. Hope the rest of you get your's soon.
Paperwork mailed on 11/7
Check posted to bank on 11/21
No permit, of course. It does seem like the time between mailing the application and the check being cashed is getting shorter. It seem like more than 10 days now between the check being cashed and the permit being issues; does anyone have an average of how long it's now taking for someone with a clean background?


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Rodriguez isnt the only musical figure from 70s Detroit to labor in anonymity in the U.S. and then get rediscovered nearly 40 years later. A trio called Death a group that defied cultural convention by being an African-American punk band before that musical term even existed is also now enjoying a renaissance, which is chronicled in Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howletts eye-opening and engaging documentary A Band Called Death.
Death was the brainchild of the three Hackney brothers, who, when they were first putting a band together, were influenced by the funk-R&B Motown sound of their hometown. Yet, increasingly, leader David Hackney, a fan of the Who and Jimi Hendrix, opted for more of a rock approach. The band then sped up and stripped down this approach, creating a sound similar to what would come out of New York and London a couple years later.
Death never got off the ground. Record company after record company turned the guys down, their Detroit neighbors didnt understand the racket they were making, a disillusioned David sank deep into alcoholism, and the other brothers went on to form a reggae band.
But rare vinyl pressings of a Death single became something of a cult obsession on the record-collector underground in recent years, and there was enough of a groundswell Elijah Wood, Kid Rock, Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins, the Roots Questlove and Alice Cooper are all fans that Death has now found more of a following than it ever had four decades ago. Yet the remaining Hackneys David didnt live to see the resurgence are not bitter about being overlooked for so long.
A Band Called Death shines the light on a previously unexplored corner of musical history and does it in an accessible, straightforward manner. Ultimately, it proves that there is life after Death after all.
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Classical Talks – Interviews with members of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
This exclusive interview with Gil Schafer III, AIA of G.P. Schafer Architect was conducted by Nicola Linza and Cristoffer Neljesjö in New York during February 2011
Interview with Gil Schafer III, AIA
Why did you choose to be an architect?
From my earliest memory, I wanted to be an architect—or at least to make buildings, before I knew what that was called. I came from a family of architects (grandfather and great-great grandfather), but also from parents who were always building. So, I was around construction a great deal growing up and found it thrilling. And of course there was the usual obsession with Lincoln Logs, Lego's and wooden blocks.
As opposed to commercial work you clearly have a penchant for residential architecture and interior design. What draws you to this area of focus?
I don't have a good academic answer for this one—perhaps Freud will do better. I grew up in and around some wonderful (old) houses and for some reason I was drawn to their scale and detail and then continued to be intrigued, even as I advanced in my education, by solving the problems of planning a good house. Also, I love landscape and interiors; designing houses gives you more opportunities to work on all three (architecture, decoration, landscape) simultaneously and in real detail. I think a successful house demands that its architecture, decoration and landscape be in synch. When you work on houses, you begin to understand how important—and integral—decoration is to the design process because houses have to be livable and comfortable and those qualities aren't coming only from the architecture.
I also love the interaction with clients at a level that only happens when you are designing a residence. You get the chance to create places for people to enhance their lives and to make their own memories. I just came from visiting a house that we completed a couple of years ago for a young couple with three small children. (You can see it in the new, March, issue of Veranda, BTW.) It was a grand—but not too grand—old house designed originally by Charles Platt but then badly renovated over the years. We took it completely apart and put it back together again as though Platt were called back for the assignment. But we also paid close attention to the needs of a young dynamic family with children and, working with David Netto who did the decoration, created something that is classical and dignified, but also has a real contemporary spirit to it and functions the way a young family needs it to. I tell the story because being back in the house last week, now that the family is living there, I could see all the ways they had made it very much their own and were now enthusiastically calling it "home". What could be more satisfying than that?!
Your work exhibits a strong connection to place and context, which in traditional architecture is very important. Do you feel that is a factor in work being timeless?
I think that for any architecture to be rooted in its site, it has to take notice of what's around it. That is certainly true of traditional architecture, but I think architecture of any style is more meaningful when it establishes some relationship with its context—even if it is to ultimately contradict that context. Creating a sense of place is so important to my work, because I believe that when you are making a home for a family, it has to resonate beyond the building itself. It is the entire environment that becomes the thing that is a catalyst for memorable experiences. That really only works when building and context are unified in one composition. A house that is well-rooted in its context will also feel as if it "has always been there", and that inevitably gives the work a certain timeless quality.
Please describe what timelessness of design means to you.
No gimmicks! Because we try to avoid gimmicks in our work and utilize a language of design that is rooted in history, I believe our projects stand the test of time better—they have an inherent timelessness that sets them apart from more fashion-oriented, trendy approaches to design. The classical language of architecture has endured for thousands of years precisely because it can be reinterpreted and reinvented in every age, but it still retains fundamental principles of proportion and detail within each transformation. That language allows us to create work that connects to our past but also answers the questions posed by the demands of contemporary lifestyle today. The fun of it is in figuring out how to use the language to do that.
Traditional architecture has come back in vogue in the past 20 years. Is this a societal trend and/or do you see the larger public in general reawakening to the honest value of classical design?
When I was in school, if you looked back to history in your work, it made people really nervous—like there was something wrong with you, or you were politically suspect. I now think classical/ traditional architecture is much less burdened by all that baggage. People are not as fearful of expressing a connection to the past as a way to think about the future—the past and the future don't have to be mutually exclusive ideas. So, yes, I think there has been a general reawakening to the inherent value of tradition. For a lot of people, building a house means connecting with your own memories and traditions, and traditional architecture makes it possible to tap into that more easily—makes it possible to make a connection between past memories and the new ones that will be made in a new house. You can't underestimate the power of memory.
I also think that in this recession-ravaged time, we look for lasting value wherever we can find it. There is a solidity and permanence to classical and traditional design. Its timelessness also makes it a good investment.
Please describe your personal style.
Not surprisingly, I like classic tailoring with subtle flair. For work I generally favor Italian interpretations of the classics: soft/rolled-shouldered, well tailored, beautifully detailed, hand made suits and sport coats by Isaia, Belvest, Kiton. Shirts and ties by Charvet. Trousers by Incotex. Shoes by Gravati, Crocket & Jones, Magnanni. For weekends: Cucinelli, Barbera, Zegna, J. Crew.
What are your thoughts on contemporary architecture executed in so-called cutting-edge designs?
Probably because I have loved architecture since I was a child, I have spent a lifetime looking at and being inspired by buildings—all kinds of buildings, classical and modern. So I can get excited about a beautiful modern building as much—or almost as much—as a classical one. But it has to be designed with rigor and executed with craftsmanship and elegance. It has to be beautiful.
I am always troubled by architecture today that wants to express, celebrate even, the dislocation, randomness and violence of contemporary life. The architecture that has meaning to me is a haven, a refuge, an alternative to those dislocating forces which we come up against every day in our lives. Who wants to come home at the end of a hard day and do battle with the harsh realities of the human condition all over again in our living room?
The above interview with Gil Schafer III 2011 © Manner of Man Magazine/Welldressed. All rights reserved. Reproduction is strictly prohibited without written permission from the publisher.


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GENEVA (AP) The situation for civilians in Iraq is "ever-worsening," even though security in some places has improved as a result of stepped-up efforts by U.S.-led multinational forces, the international Red Cross said Wednesday.
Thousands of bodies lie unclaimed in mortuaries, with family members either unaware that they are there or too afraid to go to recover them, according to a key official with the neutral agency. Medical professionals also have been fleeing the country after cases where their colleagues were killed or abducted, the group said.
"Whatever operation that is today underway, and that may be taken tomorrow and in the weeks after, to improve the security of civilians on the ground may have an effect in the medium term," said Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director of operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross, or ICRC.
"We're certainly not seeing an immediate effect in terms of stabilization for civilians currently. That is not our reading," he said.
Kraehenbuehl spoke in releasing a new ICRC report titled "Civilians Without Protection: The Ever-worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq."
"It is clear that the security situation has improved in certain instances," especially in southern Iraq, he said. But the central region, including Baghdad, remains greatly affected, despite American efforts to secure the capital, he added.
Kraehenbuehl said it was so dangerous for Red Cross workers to move around in Baghdad that "we don't have on a day-to-day basis a full picture of absolutely every situation."
The ICRC continues to operate in Iraq even though it has cut back operations since attacks on its staff and Baghdad headquarters in 2003. It has 415 Iraqis working for it in the country and has an additional 57 international staff based in Iraq and Amman, Jordan, but relies on the affiliated Iraqi Red Crescent for much of its information.
Based on the Iraqi society's count, some 600,000 Iraqis have fled their homes since the upsurge in sectarian violence in February 2006, Kraehenbuehl said.
"Hospitals and other key services are desperately short of staff," Kraehenbuehl said. "According to the Iraqi Ministry of Health, more than half the doctors are said to have already left the country."
One of the key jobs of the ICRC is to visit detainees, and the number in custody has been growing as well, Kraehenbuehl said.
"The number of people arrested or interned by the multinational forces has increased by 40% since early 2006. The number of people held by the Iraqi authorities has also increased significantly."
The ICRC regularly visits people held by the multinational forces, and has seen 16,500 since January. Last year some 32,000 detainees were visited by the neutral agency, which also has access to those held by the Kurdish regional government. The ICRC has yet to reach agreement with the Iraqi authorities on visiting their detainees.
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text: Kaitlyn and Andrew scored a 97.54 in their FD at 2011 Canadians, so, if the competition is scored similarly, it's a safe bet they will break 100 in 2012. More importantly, I believe there is a strong possibility it will also happen where it counts--at Worlds! They are certainly on an upward trajectory. I applaud Pratfall's Post #60--couldn't have said it any better myself. I don't know about tacky and trashy, but I do know stunning when I see it. Kaitlyn, Andrew, their costumes, and their programs are absolutely stunning. It is a pleasure to see skaters' hard work and dedication pay dividends in the form of all-around improvement and recognition from the judges and the technical panels. I expect a great result for them at the GPF--maybe the 100 in the FD will come in QC!


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Badri Srinivasan explains the link between Aristotle and agile software development methodologies and how agile allows for a higher probability of successful customer delivery.
What do Aristotle (a Greek philosopher who was born around 2400 years ago) and agile software development methodologies (with origins stemming from the late 1950s and early 1960s) have in common? In order to understand the link between Aristotle and agile, we need to take a step back and look at their respective earlier contemporaries—Plato and the waterfall model of software development.
Plato was a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, and a writer of philosophical dialogues. Plato, his student Aristotle, and Socrates helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath as well as a teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle's writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, and politics and metaphysics.
In the 1970s, Dr. Winston Royce wrote an article called "Managing the Development of Large Software Systems" as part of the IEEE proceedings. Some interpreted his article to mean that a software system should be built in a sequential manner based on the assumption that the requirements first will be clearly defined and then will be executed.
This "waterfall" model is a sequential development process used in the software development life cycle, in which progress is seen as flowing steadily downwards through the phases of conception, initiation, analysis, design, construction, testing, production or implementation, and maintenance.
Agile Software Development Methodologies
Agile software development can be defined as a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development and delivery, and a time-boxed iterative approach, and it encourages rapid and flexible response to change. It promotes iterative and incremental development throughout the development cycle and helps teams react to the instability of building software through incremental, iterative work cycles
, known as iterations.
Agile software development is undertaken by teams, which are themselves complex adaptive systems. Because they work in a complex environment, they need an empirical process. People cannot decide everything—requirements, design, or any other aspect—up front. This is the core basis for agile development methodologies. Essentially, being agile means that you observe reality and respond to it in an appropriate manner.


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Ultrasound Guided Diagnostic Cervical Medial Branch Block
This study has suspended participant recruitment.
(The PI has been unable to continue with the study.)
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
McMaster University
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McMaster University ( Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation )
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 30, 2009
Last updated: August 20, 2014
Last verified: August 2014
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The diagnostic cervical branch block for neck pain due to cervical facet joint pain has been traditionally done under fluoroscopic guidance. Its diagnostic value and technique have been well established. However, recently some studies have shown that the diagnostic cervical and lumbar medial branch block can be done under ultrasound guidance.
Facet Joint Pain
Neck Pain
Procedure: cervical medial branch blocks using the Quincke spinal needle
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Ultrasound Guided Diagnostic Cervical Medial Branch Block
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Neck Injuries and Disorders UltrasoundU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by McMaster University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To determine the efficacy of the use of ultrasound for diagnostic cervical medial branch block on pain patients who have developed neck pain, cervicogenic headache, or shoulder pain. [ Time Frame: At time of procedure ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Interventional pain procedure studies on chronic pain patients [ Time Frame: At time of procedure ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2016
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|May 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Healthy Volunteers
It will involve 5 volunteers and they will undergo C arm fluoroscopic guided cervical medial branch blocks (C2-C7) on unilateral position and then followed by the 3D ultrasound machine for visualization of needle position.
Procedure: cervical medial branch blocks using the Quincke spinal needle
#25 gauge 1 and 1/2 inch long needle and #25 gauge 10cm long Quincke spinal needle will be used for placement.
Candidates for upper and lower cervial medical branch blocks
This will involve 25 patients and they will follow the same procedures as the healthy volunteers.
Procedure: cervical medial branch blocks using the Quincke spinal needle
#25 gauge 1 and 1/2 inch long needle and #25 gauge 10cm long Quincke spinal needle will be used for placement.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Primary care clinic
Inclusion Criteria:
- healthy volunteers
- patients who have headache, neck pain, and shoulder pain due to possible facet joint disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients/volunteers with BMI > 35
- patients/volunteers with short thick neck
- coagulopathy
- allergy to local anesthetic, ultrasound gel
- patient unable to fill out post procedure pain diary
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00896688
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00896688
|Canada, Ontario
|Hamilton Health Sciences
|Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5
Sponsors and Collaborators
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
McMaster University
|Principal Investigator:
|Joseph Park, MD
|Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2017
Fishman SM, Smith H, Meleger A, Seibert JA. Radiation safety in pain medicine. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2002 May-Jun;27(3):296-305. Review.
|Responsible Party:
|Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00896688 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 30, 2009
|Last Updated:
|August 20, 2014
Keywords provided by McMaster University:
cervical branch block
fluoroscopic guidance
ultrasound guidance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neck Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2017