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Statement by Bishop Howard J. Hubbard
"It is with great joy that we welcome Bishop-Elect Edward Scharfenberger of the Diocese of Brooklyn, as the 10th diocesan bishop of Albany.
"For the past 37 years I have had the privilege of serving as Bishop in the Diocese of Albany – a community consisting of 14 counties spread over ten thousand square miles, stretching from the Pennsylvania border to the Vermont border; from the Massachusetts state line to the Utica City line; from the Northern Catskills to the Southern Adirondacks. It is a territory dotted with cities, towns, villages, suburban and rural communities. It is an area blessed with not only magnificent physical beauty but most important with the rich and vibrant spiritual splendor of its 350,000 priests, deacons, religious and lay faithful. We greet him with warmth, hospitality and a sincere desire to be attentive and responsive to his leadership as our shepherd.
"Bishop-Elect Scharfenberger has a rich background as both a canon and civil lawyer, as the head of the Judicial Tribunal in Brooklyn, and as pastor for 12 years in St. Matthias in Ridgewood, a multiethnic parish, where he has gained fluency in a multitude of languages, which I am sure will serve him well in our Diocese and will be most appreciated by our growing Hispanic speaking community. Currently, he is serving as the Episcopal Vicar for Queens.
"So we are most grateful that our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has graced us with such a gifted shepherd and we pledge him our prayers, loyalty, support and love."


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WWBW features Conn-Selmer Artist Jessy J
Jessy J burst onto the contemporary jazz scene in 2008, blending her love for Latin rhythms and jazz on her chart-topping, award-winning debut album Tequila Moon. Jessy earned the Radio & Records' 'Debut Artist of The Year' Award and Contemporary Jazz 'Song of the Year' by both R&R and Billboard for the title track, which held the #1 spot on the chart for eight weeks.
WWBW: Your latest release, Second Chances — I bet the title resonates with a lot of people.
JJ: A lot of people have said that they find it inspirational because everyone has had mistakes in their lives, and second chances represent the opportunity to retry something that you didn't do your best the first time.
WWBW: So you very much intended to have a spirit of redemption, reclaimed possibility to inform the mood of the whole recording?
JJ: Of course. I love how you phrased it. Yes, it's all about the next day, every day being new with new opportunity.
WWBW: I'm constantly amazed at the renewed opportunities that life tends to give me, anyway.
JJ: As a musician there are so many instances of that. And in our personal lives, in relationships, it could be in a song, in a performance. There's so many ways to put it into perspective.
WWBW: So you were raised in California?
JJ: Yes, in Hemet, California. I love the beach. I'm a Southern California girl 100%.
WWBW: When did you first start to incorporate Latin harmony and rhythm in your compositions? Has it been part of your sound from the beginning when you started to define your own sound?
JJ: It was a big deal for me when Ricky Martin became the first Latin pop singer to crossover into American music. I'm sure there were other pop artists too, like Ritchie Valens who sang "La Bamba" and other things like that, but to me Ricky Martin and Shakira really represented people that I could see. I was a fan of his music in Spanish and then when "La Vida Loca" became a big English hit I kept thinking why can't I do this with instrumental music? So it made sense for me to do Latin jazz with a pop influence in Spanish and in English and Portuguese. And now, you know, it's been all over the world. The music is so universal because it's notes instead of words. People can really understand it in any language.
WWBW: A lot of artists create new sounds by fusing two existing genres and I think you've done that really successfully with smooth jazz with dramatic Latin jazz underpinnings.
JJ: Thank you.
WWBW: What about that term, smooth jazz? Do you love it? Do you hate it? Is there a better way to define that music or the direction that it's going?
JJ: It doesn't bother me as long as people listen to the music. That's my biggest concern, for people to always connect to the music. I know that there have been a lot of different terms used: contemporary jazz, Latin jazz, pop jazz, smooth jazz, and for me it's just a word. It doesn't mean that the music is a certain way because I've always considered myself to be a musician. So I'm not necessarily a classical musician or a jazz musician. I'm just a musician. I play all different styles of music. So if people want to call it smooth jazz I'm okay with that.
WWBW: Describe when you first got started; before you had really committed and said "I'm going to be a musician", what was your early practice regimen like?
JJ: I started playing the piano when I was four and I enjoyed it. No one ever made me practice. This is something that I wanted to do. So I would practice on my own as a little girl. I would enjoy singing the words to the songs while I was playing it so that was something that was different.
Then when I was nine years old I started the saxophone in elementary band and that was fun because I could already read the music, so it was easy for me. I didn't have to practice all the time to learn the notes. I knew the notes. I just had to learn the fingerings and I felt like I was just breezing by everything. That's when it became really fun for me because one of my friends played the flute. My sister played the clarinet. We would switch instruments and I was playing the flute, learning the clarinet and the sax all at the same time. I'd already been playing the piano and the guitar. So I felt like it was really fun that I was able to play all these different instruments. But I got really curious about it probably in sixth grade. That's when I started doing a lot of the honor bands, the Southern California State Honor Band.
WWBW: It sounds like you had a really vigorous school music program.
JJ: Hemet has an excellent music program. It's been known for jazz for a long time, since the '70s. Everyone there, from the music directors to the parents in the community, they support the music program and there's a lot of places to perform. So it was really popular to be in band at that time.
WWBW: After you made the decision, "Okay, I'm a musician," did you really ramp up your practice schedule at that point?
JJ: I did. For me practicing was always a lifestyle, so it was part of my daily routine. I had a lot of piano competitions as well as saxophone competitions. So right around sixth grade—I was about 12 years old. I would practice the piano for an hour and a half every day and then the same with the saxophone, an hour to an hour and a half every day after school. And it just continued throughout all of junior high, all of high school. Then in college I was able to practice more. I had more time available. I just always have enjoyed playing. To me it never felt like a job. It just felt like something fun to do.
WWBW: At this point your chops are honed. Your repertoire is defined. Your recording, touring schedule is established. All the puzzle pieces are in place. What kind of a practice schedule do you keep currently?
JJ: Currently, right now, this month, in January I have some downtime. It depends, like you said, on the touring and traveling and recording schedule. At this moment I'm practicing piano in the morning. I do a lot of finger exercises on keyboards because it strengthens my fingers and helps my saxophone as well. I really maintain my technique on the piano and then I practice my saxophone in the evening. So I try to break it up during the day so I have a morning practice session and an evening practice session.
WWBW: What about composing? Do you typically compose at the piano or saxophone?
JJ: Piano. And it's interesting because a lot of times when I am composing it's more of a song in my head so I sing it into a recording device and then later I transcribe it.
WWBW: So those vocal melodies turn into saxophone melodies eventually?
JJ: Yes, and sometimes they stay vocal. It depends. Like "Second Chances" has vocals in it. Some of the songs have a background vocal part. Sometimes it's a soprano saxophone part. Sometimes it's another instrument, so it really just depends on the song.
WWBW: How did you come to be a Selmer endorser?
JJ: Actually I got my Selmer deal before I was an artist. I was a backing musician for Michael Bolton. I was on tour and my saxophone got smashed in the tour bus. There was a bus full of gear and it had to drive, I think it was Greece to Italy. Something fell on my saxophone case and my saxophone bell was totaled. So I called Selmer and I explained to them, "I play your saxophones. I'm a touring musician, I need another horn. Is there anything you can do?" And that's when the relationship began.
WWBW: Wow. Necessity becomes the mother of invention.
JJ: Yes, and then after that, after I signed with Selmer a lot of other companies started approaching me to try their instruments when all I've ever played was Selmer. It's my favorite instrument, so of course I didn't switch.
WWBW: That worked out great for you. So tell us about Stan Getz – not the saxophonist Stan Getz, but the saxophone Stan Getz.
JJ: (Laughs) It's a classic, vintage Mark VI. It's in mint condition. It's a beautiful horn. I picked it up in 2008. I don't even take it on the road. I keep it at home and I use it in recording sessions. It's the same year—I find it to be—the Stan Getz horn, it's from the '60s and it has that sound that he could get on his saxophone, which is very—it has a lot of air in it. It's floaty. It's mature. It's deep. It just reminds me of him.
WWBW: You use Otto Link mouthpieces on both tenor and bari, is that correct?
JJ: That's correct.
WWBW: Are they sought-out vintage Otto Link pieces, or are they ones that are in current production?
JJ: They're just the stock mouthpieces. I got lucky. I just tried four or five of each before I found the one that I really like.
WWBW: There are a lot of super high-end mouthpiece manufacturers that are currently on the market. How did you come to select the relatively inexpensive Otto Link as your preferred tenor mouthpiece?
JJ: Well, I love John Coltrane and John Coltrane played an Otto Link mouthpiece with a Selmer ligature, so that's exactly what I wanted to play.
WWBW: I don't think you need to say much more than that [laughter]. You prefer a Morgan Excalibur mouthpiece for alto though. Is that still current?
JJ: That's current. I still have my Morgan Excalibur.
WWBW: Is there something the Morgan gives you that maybe the equivalent Otto Link might not?
JJ: I played a Meyer 5M for a long time on my alto and that was a really nice crossover piece for the studio. I thought I could play any style of music on it. For my solo career I chose the Morgan Excalibur because it cuts a little bit more for live shows and I felt it had an edgier sound than the Meyer.
WWBW: I also read an account somewhere of a Homerian quest for a satisfying soprano mouthpiece. It took some looking around for you to find a soprano mouthpiece that really suited you?
JJ: Yes. The soprano's always been one of those instruments to me. It's like the clarinet. It's a hard instrument to play in tune in all the ranges. So it's been a constant battle for me with the mouthpieces. I had a Yanagisawa for a long time. Then finally [John Riley] made me a custom mouthpiece, which I love because you can still play the middle of the instrument the way you would play the bottom of the instrument. So for me it's much easier to play and it sounds nice in tune. I really worked a lot with him on the mouthpiece getting it just right. So I had a custom mouthpiece for that.
WWBW: So you mentioned clarinet. Is there any clarinet or flute playing in your world currently? Or how about the EWI? Do you do any MIDI driver?
JJ: No EWI. I do play the flute and the clarinet. I play more flute than clarinet.
WWBW: I play with sax players who play clarinet and they're all driven slowly mad if they play too much clarinet.
JJ: [laughs] It's true. It's like speaking two different languages at the same time.
WWBW: I'm going to set you up with a little joke here, but there's a point to it, so bear with me. How many sax players does it take to screw in a light bulb?
JJ: I don't know.
WWBW: It only takes one, but they have to use about six or seven different bulbs to make sure they've got one that works right.
JJ: [laughs]
WWBW: So tell us about your reed preferences, like brand, strength, and maybe a word about Plasticcover reeds?
JJ: I use them on my tenor sax, strength two Rico Plasticover. The reason I switched, I was touring a lot and I felt that the cane reeds were inconsistent, depending on the climate. So from Chicago to Florida to New York, the Plasticover reed was the same in every climate. To me, that's what I really strive for, is consistency. So I switched to Plasticover and then haven't switched back.
I play cane reeds on my alto. I play a strength 3. I've been using LaVoz lately, but I go back and forth between La Voz and Rico Jazz Select on my alto.
WWBW: Probably some purists bristle at the artificial reed idea. I don't play reeds, but I imagine that it's probably gotten a lot better in recent years. Have you been experimenting with the composite reeds over the years?
JJ: I have. Actually, I remember going to the clinics that Pete Christlieb gave. He was the first one that was using synthetic reeds. I heard about it through him, in college. I thought it interesting that he was such a fan of synthetic reeds. I love his sound and it doesn't sound like synthetic reeds to me. Then when I was touring and I was turned on to the Plasticover reeds, I originally thought, "will it sound like a cane reed?" But it does sound like a cane reed. So I don't have any issues using it. I go back and forth quite a bit on my alto, going between different types of reeds. But I prefer cane on the alto just because it speaks a little bit better to me with my setup.
WWBW: We've covered the gear and the music, so let's head to the marketing. You're a beautiful young woman, if you don't mind my saying so, and I'm guessing there's a combined advantage and a disadvantage to that. Do you have any thoughts on that?
JJ: There is definitely an advantage because, you know, people are people, so we see something and if we like it, it draws our attention. But it has not been a disadvantage. I think it can be a disadvantage if you use it the wrong way, but for me, I've always just been myself and I've just embraced who I am as a Latina, as a female, as a young jazz artist. I think people can relate to it because they see that I'm honestly trying my best and being genuine.
WWBW: Is there anything else you'd like the readers of Woodwind & Brasswind catalog and visitors to our website to know about you, your music, or your recording and touring plans?
JJ: I'm really excited about this new year, 2014. I think it's going to be a lot of opportunities for travel, recording, more performing. I'm already working on my next album. It'll be, hopefully, out the end of this year.

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I have a theory that Data and Jordi were actually flaming homos and that Data was the pitcher, Jordi the catcher. Can you confirm?
How do you turn a phrase?
I think Mr Frakes is actually offering to give manly advice, rather than answer questions about warp speed.
For example:
Mr Frakes, can you please advise me a suitable wedding anniversary gift for a manly husband to give to his wife?
thanks in advance.
However, he also was seen informing Lt Yar that was was "Fully functional"
I believe Data was a bit of a dandy. Animal, vegetable, mineral. He'd do anything to anything. For that reason it would not have surprised me if LaForge were to receive some android love.
As for your wedding anniversary. Have you tried growing a beard? It's the gift that keeps on giving!
If you are feeling particularly manly, craft yourself a beautiful suit out of wrapping paper and stride purposefully to the bedroom with a ready made breakfast and say, "First eat this, then unwrap your present."
It seems the fine people at Wikipedia are more skilled in the realms of engineering than me.
They are however, not as manly.
http://www.ChrisReesAcademy.com - http://thetattooedchimp.blogspot.co.uk/
My most manly moments were any of the times I leaned forward in the chair to maximise my camera/beard exposure and uttered "Fire" in a manly voice.
I believe compilations of this have been made and many ladies cream themselves to sleep watching them.


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Scientists are developing photovoltaic technologies based on chalcogenide elements in their quest to further reduce the manufacturing price of solar modules. Copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaics (PV) is one of the three main PV thin-film technologies utilized in solar cells. Despite having currently entered the mass production phase, it currently relies on costly and hard to control vacuum-based deposition procedures. Experts initiated the task to develop a non-vacuum-based alternative with environmentally friendly procedures based on nanoparticle electrodeposition of the precursor material. This procedure results in better precursor lateral homogeneity. Project members are focusing on enhancing solar mobile architectures by growing zinc oxide nanorod arrays on a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer by electrodeposition. In situ, online quality control and monitoring strategies are being developed to scale up non-vacuum procedures in large-area substrates. Besides electrodeposition, researchers are working on validating and developing alternative processes to create the next generation of chalcogenide-based cells and modules. Electrostatic spray-assisted vapour deposition (ESAVD) and chemical vapour deposition had been a number of the techniques showing the greatest promise. Kesterite absorber materials had been examined for their suitability as replacement material for the scarcely available indium in future thin-film solar cells. Experts have actually already identified precursor systems for additional optimisation and reliably produced them using effortlessly scalable technology. They've effectively demonstrated an effectiveness of up to 12 % in a CIGS electrodeposited layer on a 30 x 60 cm2 area. A kesterite device from electrodeposited metal precursors features been developed and chalcogenide layers based on ESAVD have actually additionally been deposited on a cup substrate. Also, the very first TCOs have been synthesised by employing electrodeposition, ESAVD or compound bath deposition. The end products are expected to show efficient energy conversion at significantly reduced costs contrasted to conventional deposition techniques.
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Members of the Iowa Lakes Swimming and Diving team can't wait to start their season and they're willing to lose a little sleep in order to 'make a splash' at the first possible second. That's why they'll be gathering at the Arthur and Audrey Smith Wellness Center on the Iowa Lakes Emmetsburg campus at 12:00 a.m. Monday morning (Sunday night).
The National Junior College Athletic Association allows swim teams to officially begin the competitive season at exactly 12:00 a.m. Monday Coach Johnathan Jordan says his student-athletes are energized and want to begin.
"At the present time, we are participating in 'Off season workouts" which puts many restrictions on how a team trains," Coach Jordan said. "Our athletes are excited to start another great year."
The public is invited to watch the team in its first practice. Since this is a time the Wellness Center isn't typically open, those attending are asked to come in through entrance #22. The practice will take approximately 2 hours and visitors are welcome to come and go.
"I'm pleased that our students are excited about starting their swimming season," Coach Jordan said. "Our first match-up will be Nov. 1 against Iowa Central at home."
This year, Head Coach Jordan is joined by Graduate Assistant Mike Smiechowski comes to Iowa Lakes from Apex, North Carolina. Mike brings 13 years of competitive swimming experience to Iowa Lakes, including 4 years swimming at the Division 1 level.


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Would love to see both Mcfee and Charlie go pro at some point soon as there's not many to fight semi pro at heavyweight and both are really good. But I suppose they've both got time on there side so no rush really!!!
Lewis Wilson WW(well 80kg but going down to 77kg in future) now 2-0
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20ft Cage Hire available(See website or PM for details)
Mark Richards name should definatley be in there for sure.
Euan Sloane HW Paul Madhatter Patrick WW Rory Maidens WW
I'm going to have to say a couple of things.
1. Not every welterweight who has competed can be in the top 5.
2. I'd submit 90 percent of the welterweights mentioned within two minutes.
BJJ Purple Belt\Adventurer\Lover of the female.
It's Dan Reid dude, don't know about the 10% he can't sub though.
He's no bad on the deck to be fair.
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We were sitting in the restaurant, critiquing our pasta dinners, when my friend Marta began crying. The fresh basil leaf on her plate reminded her of her late husband who had passed away unexpectedly just a few weeks ago. He used to inhale basil as if it were a gardenia and then wear it behind his ear. I thought that going out to dinner would get her out of the house and give her a reason to get dressed up and remember what it's like to do something social, even fun. The evening was a rollercoaster of tears and laughter as we roasted and toasted Joe with our wine glasses.
Loss is a part of life - whether it's the loss of a job, pet, friend or relative - and can grow more significant as we age. In the first days following a loss, grief is natural and most of us have support from family and friends to cope with the emotional effects. Generally, we grieve, and then we cope and start to return to normal routines. However, grief is a very personal process and is different for everyone.
If you have a parent or older family member or friend who is struggling with a loss, you will be their best ally by accepting and supporting where they presently are in their grief. The days do start to get better and eventually, don't seem as overwhelming. To the degree that she will let you, you can help her cope with her loss. Senior Journal offers several tips for someone who has experienced loss and is struggling with grief.
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LINCOLN, NE -- Nebraska state Sen. Bill Avery (D) is sponsoring a measure that would end the Nebraska sales tax exemption for carbonated beverages.
Avery partnered with Dr. Bob Rauner, the chairman of the Nebraska Medical Association Public Health Committee, to draft the bill. The Nebraska Healthy Kids Act designates 70% of the predicted tax revenue to fund a statewide school wellness program to combat obesity and the balance to local health departments.
Nebraska currently labels packaged soft drinks as food, which exempts them from a 7% state and city sales tax levied on other nonfood items. Fountain drinks already are subject to the tax.
Rauner said that by revoking the exemption on bottled or canned soft drinks, the state would rake in around $11 million.
Sen. Avery introduced a similar bill last year, but it never made it to the full Legislature.


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Fact: Bill Clinton And Larry Summers Agree With Obama On Bush Tax Cuts
In recent interviews, President Clinton and former White House economic adviser Larry Summers agreed with President Obama that Congress should not extend the Bush tax cuts for wealthy households. But Fox News distorted their comments to falsely claim that Clinton and Summers are in favor of extending them for all households, and thus are "at odds" with Obama.
Obama Administration: Extend Tax Cuts For Families Earning Less Than $250,000 Annually
White House: "The President Believes We Must End The Tax Rates For The Wealthiest Americans." In a blog post on the White House website, the Obama administration outlined its commitment to making the tax cuts permanent only for households earning less than $250,000 a year:
Recently there's been renewed debate about whether Republicans will stick by their insistence on holding the middle class tax cuts that are scheduled to expire at the end of the year hostage so that they can continue big tax cuts the wealthiest 2 percent of individuals. The President believes we must end the tax rates for the wealthiest Americans and make them permanent for every family bringing in less than $250,000 a year. [WhiteHouse.gov, 6/6/12 [1]]
Clinton: Tax Cuts Should Not Be Permanently Extended For High-Income Earners
Clinton: "I Don't Think The President Should" Extend Tax Cuts For Upper Income Earners. In an interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, Clinton stated:
CLINTON: [W]hat I think we need to do is to find some way to avoid the fiscal cliff, to avoid doing anything that would contract the economy now, and then deal with what's necessary in the long-term debt reduction plan as soon as they can, which presumably will be after the election.
BARTIROMO: So does that mean extending the tax cuts?
CLINTON: Well, I think what it means is they will have to extend -- they will probably have to put everything off until early next year That's probably the best thing to do right now. But the Republicans don't want to do that unless he agrees to extend the tax cuts permanently, including for upper income people.
And I don't think the president should do that. That's going to be -- that's what they're fighting about. I don't have any problem with extending all of it now, including the current spending level.
CLINTON: The real issue is not whether they should be extended for another few months; the real issue is whether the price the Republican House will put on that extension is the permanent extension of the tax cuts, which I think is an error. [CNBC, Closing Bell, 6/5/12 [2]]
Clinton Spokesperson: Clinton "Does Not Believe The Tax Cuts For The Wealthiest Americans Should Be Extended Again." After media reports misconstrued Clinton's comments, spokesperson Matt McKenne said in a statement:
Two questions have been raised regarding President Clinton's interview on CNBC today. First, on extending the Bush tax cuts, as President Clinton has said many times before, he supported extending all of the cuts in 2010 as part of the budget agreement, but does not believe the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans should be extended again.
In the interview, he simply said that he doubted that a long-term agreement on spending cuts and revenues would be reached until after the election. [CNBC.com, 6/5/12 [3]]
TPM: Clinton's Comments Could Be Construed As A Conflict "If You Squinted And Cocked Your Head Just So." Talking Points Memo's Brian Beutler addressed the alleged rift between Clinton and Obama, dubbing it "the manufactured story of the week." Beutler went on to write that Clinton's words could only be construed as a conflict "if you squinted and cocked your head just so." He continued:
Of course, Republicans would like to force Democrats to permanently extend all of the Bush tax cuts before they expire, and to accomplish that they may threaten to let them all lapse, just like they did in 2010. But that's a question of strategy, not policy, and whether that happens in January or March is sort of beside the substantive point.
Clinton's saying the smart thing for Congress to do would be to buy time to avoid the entire fiscal cliff in a considered, rational way. That's actually a consensus view. The fact that Democrats think it's the wisest course of action doesn't suggest they're breaking with the White House on the Bush tax cuts any more than Paul Ryan supports current spending on domestic programs.
It's all pretty straightforward, but you'd never know it from the coverage. Instead we have yet another story about Bill Clinton undercutting Obama's message and strategy. [Talking Points Memo, 6/6/12 [4]]
Summers Endorsed Asking Wealthy "To Do Their Fair Share"
Summers: "To Control The Deficit," "You Gotta Look At The People Who've Gotten The Most Gains From The Economy." In an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe, economist and former adviser to President Obama said that in the long term, Americans who had benefitted most from the economy in the last 30 years would need to "do their fair share" to reduce deficits:
MIKA BRZEZINSKI (co-host): Larry Summers, let's start with you. You heard Bill Clinton talking about the tax cuts. We had terrible unemployment numbers coming out last week. What would you advise the president to do at this point?
SUMMERS: Look, the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdowns, certainly not on the side of overheating. And that means we've got to make sure that we don't take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. That's got to be the top priority. We've got to make sure that we keep providing energy to the economy.
And the areas where we've done that, like manufacturing with the support for the automobile industry, we haven't had great results but we've had much better results. In the areas where we weren't able to do what we wanted to do, areas like preserving jobs for teachers, areas like construction and investment and maintenance of the country's infrastructure, you look at the employment report, and we've really got terrible results.
So the key priority has got to be, for the short run, making sure there's the energy to keep the economy growing 'cause we're not going to do anything about the deficit unless we do that.
And then for the medium term, we obviously -- meaning the long term, we've obviously gotta do things to control the deficit. And certainly if you look at where we need to look to do that, as the president also -- President Clinton also recognized in his comments last night -- you gotta look to the people who've gotten the most gains from the economy over the last 30 years -
BRZEZINSKI: Yeah.
SUMMERS: -- and who've also gotten the biggest tax reductions. And that's the group that's been -- the group's that's been most fortunate. It's not taking from them; it's simply asking them to do their fair share at a time when the country's got to pull together to work through some difficult problems. [MSNBC, Morning Joe, 6/6/12 [5], via Media Matters]
Summers Later Reiterated That He "Fully Support[s] President Obama's Position On Tax Cuts." In a statement issued in response to the inaccurate media reporting following his Morning Joe appearance, Summers confirmed: "I fully support President Obama's position on tax cuts. I have often said and continue to believe that promoting demand is the most critical short run priority for the American economy. Extending the high income tax cut does little for demand and poses substantial problems of fairness and fiscal prudence." [The Huffington Post, 6/6/12 [6]]
Wall Street Journal: Summers "Didn't Say" That He Favored Extending Bush Tax Cuts. Following its initial story on Summers' comments in which it reported that "Mr. Summers specifically called for an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts," the Wall Street Journal issued a correction, writing:
An earlier version of this blog post and its headline incorrectly said that Mr. Summers specifically called for an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts. A review of the transcript shows he didn't say that. [The Wall Street Journal, 6/6/12 [7]]
NY Times: "Mr. Summers Did Not Explicitly Endorse An Extension" Of The Bush Tax Cuts. A New York Times article on Summers' comments also claimed that he had endorsed extending the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthy households, then was later revised with the following correction:
An earlier version of this article overstated comments Lawrence Summers, one of President Obama's closest economic advisers, made on Wednesday when asked whether the Bush-era tax cuts should be extended. While he did not take the idea off the table -- saying that growth should be "the top priority" -- Mr. Summers did not explicitly endorse an extension. [The New York Times, 6/6/12 [8]]
New York's Jonathan Chait: "Obama, Clinton, And Summers All Want To End The Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich." Discussing the perceived conflicts between Summers' and Clinton's comments and Obama's position on tax cuts, New York magazine's Jonathan Chait wrote: "In fact, Obama, Clinton, and Summers are all in total agreement on the economics, though slightly in disagreement on the politics, and Obama's political disagreement with Clinton places him to Clinton's right." Chait continued:
Obama, Clinton, and Summers all want to end the Bush tax cuts for the rich, pass a long-term plan to reduce the deficit, and also pass a short-term plan to goose consumer demand.
The catch is that Obama can't get Republicans on any of this. Republicans only support long-term proposals to reduce deficits if they consist entirely of spending cuts and are paired with cuts to income tax rates. They're willing to support short-term plans to increase the deficit only if paired with extensions of upper-bracket tax cuts. Since Obama believes long-term deficit reduction must include higher tax revenue collected from the rich, the two sides are at a total stalemate.
At the end of 2010, the Bush tax cuts were set to expire, and Republicans cut a deal. They agreed to support extending middle-class tax cuts and unemployment assistance, which Democrats wanted, in return for extending tax cuts for the rich, which they wanted. If Democrats didn't agree to extend the tax cuts for the rich, Republicans would have let the other stuff expire, and the middle-class tax hike and cutoff of unemployment benefits would have taken a bite out of consumer incomes and slowed down the economy. At the end of the year, all those things expire again. [New York, 6/6/12 [9]]
But According To Fox, Clinton And Summers Were "At Odds" With Obama
Anchor Martha MacCallum: Clinton's Timing "Is At Odds With What The President Has Said." Fox anchor Martha MacCallum claimed that Clinton's position was "at odds" with Obama's:
MacCALLUM: Well, Bill Clinton also said that extending all the Bush tax cuts until next year would be, quote, "the best thing to do." And that timing is at odds with what the president has said. [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 6/6/12]
Host Neil Cavuto: "Forget The Guy Named Mitt, Could The Guy Named Bill Actually Be The President's Biggest Challenge?" Fox's Neil Cavuto distorted President Clinton's comments to suggest that he could actually be President Obama's "biggest challenge":
CAVUTO: Well, forget the guy named Mitt, could the guy named Bill actually be the president's biggest challenge? Former President Bill Clinton now saying he was never for a temporary extension of all the Bush tax cuts, just for those who are not rich.
But here's actually what he said, and I'm quoting here, that "they will have to extend" -- he's referring to the Bush tax cuts -- "they will probably have to put everything off until early next year. That's probably the best thing to do right now."
See "put everything off," that to me reads all the tax rates. [Fox News, Your World with Neil Cavuto, 6/6/12 [10]]
Correspondent Ed Henry: Summers "Did Not Specifically Call For Extending [Tax Cuts], But Suggested Ending Them Could Further Stall The Recovery." Fox chief White House correspondent Ed Henry reported:
HENRY: Another day, another clarification from a Democrat appearing at odds with President Obama on extending Bush tax cuts for the rich. Larry Summers did not specifically call for extending them, but suggested ending them could further stall the recovery. [Fox News, Special Report, 6/612 via Media Matters [5]]
Host Sean Hannity: Clinton and Summers Both "Say We've Got To Extend The Bush Tax Cuts." During an interview with Rep. Paul Ryan, Sean Hannity misrepresented Clinton's remarks on the Bush tax cuts:
HANNITY: What does it mean when Bill Clinton and Lawrence Summers, both of them come out and say that we've got to extend the Bush tax cuts? Clinton suggesting that we're basically in a recession right now, and then Summers also adding that the time for governments to borrow more money is right now. [Fox News, Hannity, 6/6/12 [11]]
Host Greta Van Susteren Misrepresented Clinton's Remarks, Suggested They Were "A Misstep." Host Greta Van Susteren dedicated a segment of her program today to advancing the myth that Clinton favored extending the Bush tax cuts for the richest households:
VAN SUSTEREN: A misstep, off message, or deliberately going rogue? President Clinton's latest remarks about the economy, specifically the Bush tax cuts, are igniting a firestorm.
VAN SUSTEREN: Boy, it's dangerous to talk, isn't it?
BRIT HUME (senior analyst): Well, it's dangerous for the Obama campaign to have Bill Clinton out there talking, at least that's the way it's working out. [Fox News, On The Record, 6/6/12 [12]]
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Chamber Innovista concert set for March 21
The University of South Carolina will present the third concert in the "Chamber Innovista" series at 3p.m. Sunday, March 21, in the School of Music recital hall.
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Three performances are scheduled. "Sonatina for Brass Quintet (1951)," by Eugène Bozza, will feature James Ackley and John Bryant, trumpet; Robert Pruzin, (horn) Bradley Edwards, trombone and Ronald Davis, tuba. "Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (1938)," by Béla Bartok, will feature William Terwilliger, violin; Joseph Eller, clarinet; and Lynn Kompass, piano. Flutist Jennifer Parker-Harley and the USC Percussion Ensemble, directed by Scott Herring, will be featured in "Suite en Concert for Flute and Percussion (1965)," by Andre Jolivet.
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Directory[] gives the name of the Mathematica working directory.
Is there a possibility to get the name of the directory in which the
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Back to Bonn ... Again
It's off to Bonn again, this time for the first substantive negotiations under the UN Climate Convention since Copenhagen. That's the hope, at least.
Climate negotiators last gathered in Bonn (home base for the UN climate secretariat) for a few days back in April. That time the agenda was strictly "procedural," although in truth the main issue – whether the Copenhagen Accord could enter into the formal negotiations going forward – had rather broad substantive implications.
The Accord, you'll recall, was the political agreement struck by a few dozen world leaders in the final hours of the chaotic Copenhagen summit last December. To date, 130 countries have associated themselves with the agreement, and 79 of them, including all of the world's major economies, have listed nonbinding targets or actions to reduce their emissions.
Objections from a handful of countries kept the Accord from being formally adopted in Copenhagen, however, so it had no official standing in the ongoing negotiations. The main issue in April was whether the new chair of the Convention negotiations, Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe of Zimbabwe, would be given the okay to draw on the Accord in preparing a new draft negotiating text. Many countries strongly resisted but a wee-hour compromise gave Margaret (as she is known to all) the green light.
Margaret released her 42-page "Text to facilitate negotiations among Parties" two weeks ago. This week and next, the negotiators are back in Bonn to work it over.
A while back, we looked side by side at the key provisions of the Copenhagen Accord and the formal negotiating texts carried over from Copenhagen to see where the two aligned and where they differed.
There were important areas of convergence: limiting warming to a maximum 2 degrees C; economy-wide emission targets for developed countries; a new "registry" to connect support with developed country actions. There also were important differences, some where the formal text went much further into operational details, and others where the Accord reflected political breakthroughs – for instance, with agreement on specific finance goals and the notion of ongoing "international consultations and analysis" on developing country actions. In very few areas did the two texts appear fundamentally at odds.
We've now updated this side-by-side, adding Margaret's new text alongside the earlier two. The chart shows how she has drawn on the competing texts to capture areas of convergence and generally, where the two diverge, to offer both options.
In their initial statements this week in Bonn, parties all found something to fault. But there were no major blowups, and they agreed on a process to produce yet another version by week's end. It remains to be seen, though, whether the exercise will get beyond rearranging paragraphs, and down to real substantive negotiations.
However far they manage to get this time, the negotiators are due back in Bonn for a week in early August, and probably another week in the fall (unless another country steps forward to host), before culminating the year with two weeks in Cancun, Mexico, in December.
Cancun promises not only a more hospitable climate but far less drama than Copenhagen. Having set ridiculously high expectations for Copenhagen – leading to near-universal declarations of failure when the product was a political accord rather than a binding treaty – most parties are setting their aims lower this time around.
In a recent guest column in Carbon Finance, I argue that that's a good thing. Absolutely, a binding treaty should be the ultimate goal. But it's time to rethink how and when we get there. What we need this year is progress on some of the nuts and bolts issues – for instance, operationalizing the new climate fund promised in the Copenhagen Accord and a process for verifying countries' actions.
Modest successes, each contributing to the next, will likely get us to a binding treaty sooner than grand but false expectations. Let's hope this latest round in Bonn begins to set the stage for some modest successes in Cancun.
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any of a genus of insects in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera,
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Fire ants communicate through chemical secretions and stridulation (sounds produced by rubbing or drumming one body part against another). While adult workers are known for their aggressive behaviour when under the threat of attack from neighbouring ant colonies, young fire ants, whose stingers and external skeletons are not yet fully developed, play dead.


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Re: Ravens road woes on offense should be blamed on Harbaugh
If Dickson drops it, and with him that seems to happen about 1 out of 4 or 5 times, then no 1st down and the clock gets stopped because of the incomplete pass.
3rd and 2 in that situation, trying to take time off the clock and everything, you have to run it.
Or call for a deliberate sack I guess.
Didn't even know that was in our playbook...jeez.
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Re: Ravens road woes on offense should be blamed on Harbaugh
And the other 3 of 4 or 4 of 5 times Dickson catches it the game is 100% over with us winning. This is another example where people are not really looking at the math and are overstating the risks and understating/ignoring the rewards.
That said, I would have run the ball. Because a) you can pick up the first running it as well, and b) throwing it while simulataneously giving your QB the "play it safe, don't throw an incompletion" almost assures a sack and no first down (as we saw).
Re: Ravens road woes on offense should be blamed on Harbaugh
So, you would've wanted Joe to throw it to Dickson?
Keep in mind, that running the ball is not an option since Cam/Harbs had decided that it wasn't.
So, it's either throw it or take the sack.
I think Boulder nailed it. Harbs philosophy is ball control/conservative play on the road. They are 3-2 with a decent Redskins game and a Cinci game still on the road. Even if they lose those and win out at home that is still a 12-4 record and a playoff birth. May not he homefield advantage, but you gotta get there first, right?
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Re: Ravens road woes on offense should be blamed on Harbaugh
Play with the numbers (percentages) and see whether it makes sense to actually throw it (assuming you are hell bent to drop back to pass, which is clearly debatable).
It isn't like either decision, to take sack or throw it is clearly better unless your odds of completing are lower than average (no one is open) or way higher than average or your odds of throwing an INT is significant (no one is open).
I would have preferred we just run it. But the decision to throw it after dropping back is debatable and which option is preferable entirely depends on the chances of a) us completing it, b) Leftwich driving for FG with 1:45 left, and c) Leftwich driving for FG with 1:05 left. The smaller odds of them scoring a TD, us fumbling on the sack, us throwing an INT, us getting a punt blocked or them returning a punt for a TD, etc, etc are so small as to be basically negligible (at least for discussion purposes).
If we assume that we win an OT game 50% of the time (for sake of argument, but obviously this can be changed easily).
And percentage Leftwich ties game with 1:45 left is X
And percentage Leftwich ties game with 1:05 left is Y
And percentage we complete the first down pass to Dickson is Z
Odds we win if we throw it are: Z + (1-Z)*(.5X + (1-X)) or Z + (1-Z)*(1-.5X)
Odds we win if we take sack are: (1-Y) + (.5Y) or 1-.5Y
One thing you can see is that if you assign us a 50% chance of completing the pass, then the odds of throwing vs. not throwing are equal only when Leftwich's odds of tying it with the extra 35-40 seconds is exactly double his odds of tying with the 1:05. If Z = 50% then first equation simplifies to 1-.25X, while the second equation is 1-.5Y. If Leftwich less than doubles his chances with the extra time then it is better to throw it; if he more than doubles his chances then better to eat sack (assuming the 50/50 chance of completion).
Of course they very well might be double if you start to look at how low they are in either case, i.e. 10% vs. 5% or even 4% vs 2%. And clearly our odds of completing the ball may be less than or greater than 50%. Obviously the lower it is the more favorable it is to take the sack, and vice versa.
So back to the question, lol....I would have to check out the replay to see how open he was to see how likely it would have been to be completed. And in either case I think we are comparing very close and very high percentage chances in either case.
Re: Ravens road woes on offense should be blamed on Harbaugh
Since the Steelers only needed a FG to tie, then those 35 seconds are actually very important, especially when you want to run a prevent D to keep Wallace from blowing right past your makeshift secondary.
You can't be certain that special teams keeps them pinned so deep by not allowing a better return on the punt.
And there's no way to know if Tomlin, realizing that Leftwich is hurt and can't make the throws like he normally does, wouldn't have gone with Batch who might have lit a spark under the Steelers O.
Or he might have stunk like a skunk coming into the game cold.
Too many unknowns to rely on any formula--that's probably what Cam and Harbs would tell you if you asked them.
Ultimately, I think Joe did what Joe always does: whatever he was told to do.
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Re: Ravens road woes on offense should be blamed on Harbaugh
The choice is about whether the possible benefit of giving them NO time to score (kneeling it out after a firstdown) is greater than the possible risk of giving them the extra 40 seconds to score (incomplete pass and punt).
One doesn't need any formula to realize that this is the choice. One does not need to assign specific probabilities and get an "exact" estimate (oxymoron, I know). One can make that decision in very general terms or gut feelings.
And too often NFL coaches over-weight the risks of any possible decision and under-weight the rewards. This has been discussed before, but it is undeniable. It is also undeniable that the average fan does this as well. Looking at the math helps demonstrate this tendency. But in terms of this specific example, both choices are very similar and both choices left us with a great chance to win (making reasonable assumptions).
And I agree Joe did whatever he thought he was told to do. The question is what exactly he was told. Or even, what exactly does it mean (to the listener) when someone says, "we are going to look to pass, but only throw it if you are guaranteed to get the first down." Since the odds of completing the pass are not ever 100% (even if every Steeler defender dropped dead at the snap our Receiver could drop the ball), that directive essentially means always take the sack to the conservative listener that takes it literally and plays it safe. But I am sure that other QBs more prone to gamble or seek the limelight would interpret that as "I will throw it if someone is open." So to some degree I understand Tony's point/distinction, even if I do not in any way fault Flacco for refusing to throw it.


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Man if this was possible we could crack Whole World network with the power of the PS3 :P
I have read some forums where folks have successfully used VMWare on top of PSUbuntu to "run" Windows XP, however the posts I read indicated that RAM limitations mentioned earlier made it basically unusable. I would imagine that running BT on top of it would have a similar effect.
My personal experience in installing Kubuntu and Yellowdog on the PS3 just ended up ticking me off in terms of visuals and performance, and that was just trying to load Firefox...I found out real quick that, just because you can don't mean that you should! 'Course confirming the "can" is half of the fun, right?
Man if this was possible we could crack Whole World network with the power of the PS3 :P
Thanks everyone for your replies. I could not find I way to directly install BT on the PS3, but I did emulate it in Ubuntu. Ubuntu is very slow just by itself on the PS3 because SONY forbid the use of the video memory within their Other OS function. This made the emulation of BT CRAZY slow, and not even worth it. It doesn't matter anyway, because with the last PS3 firmware update, the Other OS function has been discontinued. Thank you for all your insight, everyone.
backtrack 4 R2 on the PS3
well there are new developments in the PS3 community and you can compile
Linux distro's to run on the PS3 via a image file using AsbestOS v1.5 and lv2-v9 patcher
can someone tell me how to do this. compile backtrack 4 R2 image for PS3.
I am shore myself on others would be willing to donate to this cause.
i will first donate to that project man
and i think there are smart people on this forum who can build r2 for sony easly but i dont think that is legal ,maybe im wrong


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