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When you're the 'king' of country music, you're allowed a few missteps. George Strait's 39th studio album, "Here for a Good Time," boasts seven tunes written by the country music superstar and his son, Bubba. After several listenings, it's apparent that neither father nor son carries the songwriting gene. Not one of their collaborations will stick with you for very long.
"A Showman's Life," the one song that lingers, was written by Jesse Winchester. Strait's satin-smooth vocals soar while telling the story of what it's really like to be a hard-working musician.
The rest of the album is utterly forgettable and some of it's downright hokey. It's hard to believe the same guy who recorded "Amarillo By Morning" would release smaltz like this:
Maybe the next time around, Strait will go back to what's worked for him since 1981 – covering great tunes by people who know how to write a solid country song.
Dec. 4: "Here for a Good Time" was nominated as Best Country Album by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, along with Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift. Maybe the Grammy voters heard something I missed.
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TOP STORY >> Idols parents visit Jacksonville
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The Jacksonville chapter of AARP held its monthly meeting Friday and honored successful Jacksonville residents. Among those recognized were special guests who were thanked for their help during Kris Allens childhood before he grew up to become Americas latest Idol.
Mayor Tommy Swaim, Mayor-elect Gary Fletcher, Aldermen Kenny Elliott, Reedie Ray and Marshall Smith, kindergarten teacher Diane Ashenburger and newly assigned Northwood Middle School principal Kim Forrest were on hand for the special program recognizing products of Jacksonville.
Ida Moory, program chair of the AARPs Jacksonville chapter, organized the program Jacksonville: A Village, elaborating on the title of Hillary Rodham Clintons book, It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us.
Moory turned the presentation over to Smith, who introduced Neil and Kim Allen, parents of Jacksonville native and former Cabot substitute teacher American Idol Kris Allen.
Smith asked attendees to share their Kris Allen stories. Ashenburger, Allens kindergarten teacher, told the group how her school Tolleson Elementary kept track of the TV show.
She shared photos of Allen and his younger brother, Daniel, and told how other teachers had a special shirt made for her.
The shirt has a photo of her kindergarten class, which includes Allen on the front, and reads Kris Allens Kindergarten Teacher on the back.
Hes always been a kid with great character, Ashenburger said. He is a great kid. Im very, very proud of him.
Ashenburger is now principal at Tolleson, but taught kindergarten at Murrel Taylor Elementary, where Allen attended.
He absolutely remembered you as an influence in his life, Kim Allen told Ashenburger.
His mother remembered how when he graduated high school, he got cards for two teachers who had made an impression in his life. Ashenburger was one of them.
Moory presented Ashenburger, Kim Allen and Forrest with stargazer flowers.
The Allens blew out 24 candles in honor of their sons birthday. Amy Mattinson with North Metro Medical Center, showed a picture of the hospital then known as Rebsamen Hospital as it was in 1985, when Kris was born.
Moory said she got the idea for Fridays program after reading an editorial in The Leader about Allen.
Thats why were here, she said. To recognize Allen and us as a village.
Community involvement is very important, said Swaim, who is retiring June 30. When things happen around us, we dont
know how it affects others.
It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a community to raise a great leader, he continued.
The mayor said he also watched the American Idol finale.
Moory then presented Swaim with a budding stargazer because hes starting over.
Reedie Ray was on hand to recognize Forrest. She is the daughter of Joanna and Nick Nickels and was raised in Jacksonville.
Moory closed the program by saying, I want to be part of a village that does the right thing at the right time.
After the program, Neil Allen spoke briefly to the group.
You guys have talked about shaping people, he said. There are key people in this room that helped shape his [Kris] life first and foremost, his grandfather, Charlie Wood, Marshall Smith and his wife, his kindergarten teacher.
We want to thank these people from the bottom of our hearts, he continued.
Thank you for everything that youve done, said the Idols dad.


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TNA runs on Friday night in Westbury, Long Island at the NYCB Theater in New York with the following card…
* Sting and Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray and Devon. Hulk Hogan will announce stipulation at the event
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"The goal is, to conquer an enemy without fighting, win a debate without arguing, solve a problem without trying and achieve an object without pursuing, thus spake Lao Tzu."
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"Generally we get in the news media when a volcano is threatening to erupt," Scott said.
While we wait for tensions to erupt among the 16 new designers, take a look back at the best fights from seasons past.
But when he goes over a line that it is ambiguously drawn, then we erupt with outrage.
Who would have expected a political furor to erupt around a single Nevada rancher?
Of course nobody thought this, by itself, would be sufficient to address long-running tensions that erupt in riots.
Shann drew his legs under him, ready to erupt into a counter-offensive.
From beneath it, the potential troglodyte, that lurks in us all, is ready enough to erupt.
Table Three picked that moment to erupt in profane violence.
It was immense, but it might erupt through a dozen forced openings.
Once culture became an asset to protect, cultural wars were certain to erupt.
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LanSwrote a review of Highgear Axio Mini Altimeter Watch on April 14, 2013
Pretty sweet for a girl's wrist
Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This watch isn't super bulky and hideous, actually it is pretty. Compared to my boyfriends $300 altimeter watch, funny enough, this one was more accurate according to NTS maps. The ONLY down side, is that the battery doesn't last very long. When I replaced it,I bought the "best" battery I could, and it still died in less than 4 months, Boo. Especially since batteries are $6, ez time. that adds up.


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Robert Rice (right), professor of wood science at the University of Maine, Tom Shafer (background), owner of Maine Heritage Timber, and Shafer's employee Bill Stanley slide wood that has been submerged in Quakish Lake in Millinocket since the early 1800s from a small kiln run by Rice at the University of Maine on Wednesday, March 12. Buy Photo
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With less than a month to go until "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" hits theaters, Lionsgate has a brand new promotional clip to keep the buzz going.
In the latest television spot, Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen is profiled, from the beginning of the popular franchise until the present place in the story.
They have such an incredible on-screen chemistry together, but it seems Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence aren't meant for each other in real life.
During his interview on "The Howard Stern Show" on Wednesday (October 21), the "American Sniper" stud told Stern that he's glad they've kept things platonic.
There's nothing quite like the chemistry between a director and his cast to really take a film to the next level, and David O. Russell is teaming with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper once again for "JOY."
Jennifer Lawrence got mad at herself when she discovered she earned less than her male American Hustle co-stars because she had failed to fight for more money.
In November 2014, the databases at Sony Pictures Entertainment were infiltrated by cyber criminals, and private emails, personal information and financial details were leaked onto the Internet.
It's almost time for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" to demolish box office records, and Lionsgate just debuted the final preview trailer.
Fans are flocking to buy tickets to the opening night of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" and now Lionsgate has released the very first clip from the much-anticipated flick.
She's pretty familiar with corrupt governments, given her experience in "The Hunger Games," and Jennifer Lawrence is convinced that things will go downhill quickly if Donald Trump happens to win the Presidential election.
While the end of the "Hunger Games" franchise is bittersweet, fans are getting pumped for the November 20th release of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2."


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Morning Briefing
Austrian abuse victims to vent anger in special mass with cardinal [1]
Catholic officials defend pope's record on child abuse cases [2]
Protestant Remembers The Best Of The Catholic Church [3]
Why am I still Catholic? Read on, my friend [4]
The demons of Pope Benedict [5]
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Sydney: Australians remain satisfied with Brett Lee"s progress since returning from a foot and ankle surgery, despite getting a good thrashing from Chris Gayle.
Few bowlers could have withstood the West Indies captain"s assault, but Gayle did query Ricky Ponting"s decision to persevere with Lee after his first two overs yielded an ominous 24 runs.
Lee"s third over went for 27, including three sixes, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
"It was a bit surprising Brett Lee came back but the captain believes in his bowler so that was a good thing to give him the ball," Gayle said.
The Australians will be conscious of a bigger picture than the World Twenty20, and desire to have him peak for the Ashes.
"I think he is coming along nicely. He obviously got taken down a bit today but I don"t think it mattered who was bowling at Chris in the sort of mood he was in," Ponting said.
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Only six bowlers have conceded more runs in a Twenty20 international than Lee"s 56 runs on Saturday. James Anderson and Sanath Jayasuriya hold the record for the most expensive Twenty20 figures, conceding 64 each.
More encouraging for Australia was the return to the bowling crease of Shane Watson for the first time since he succumbed to stress fractures in December.


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FRISCO, Texas -- Clint Dempsey scored twice to lead Seattle Sounders FC to a 3-2 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday night.
Dempsey scored the winning goal in the 85th minute when he fired a shot from inside of 6 yards into the center of the net. He had three goals in his last game in Seattle's 4-4 tie with Portland.
Seattle (3-2-1) handed Dallas (4-1-1) its first loss of the season.
Seattle tied it 2 on an own goal by Dallas' Stephen Keel in the 75th minute. The goal came after Dempsey attempted a cross from the right side that bounced off of the side of Keel's leg and into the left corner of the net. Dempsey's first goal came off a free kick in the 22nd minute after he fired a bending shot that landed just inside the goal line to tie it at 1.
Michel scored on a penalty kick in the 42nd minute to give Dallas a 2-1 lead. Dallas was awarded the penalty kick after Seattle's DeAndre Yedlin committed a hard foul on David Texeira in the penalty area. Texeira scored on a header in the 11th minute for the game's first score.
Seattle FC 1 2--3
FC Dallas 2 0--2
First half--1, FC Dallas, Texeira 1, 10th minute. 2, Seattle FC, Dempsey 5, 22nd. 3, FC Dallas, Michel 3 (penalty kick), 42nd.
Second half--4, Seattle FC, Keel (own goal), 75th. 5, Seattle FC, Dempsey 6 (Barrett), 85th.
Goalies--Seattle FC, Stefan Frei; FC Dallas, Chris Seitz.
Yellow Cards--Neagle, Seattle FC, 12th; Alonso, Seattle FC, 19th; Watson, FC Dallas, 20th; Yedlin, Seattle FC, 41st; Texeira, FC Dallas, 45th+; Thomas, FC Dallas, 46th; Castillo, FC Dallas, 60th; Barrett, Seattle FC, 90th+.
Referee--Juan Guzman. Assistant Referees--Ian Anderson. Jonathan Johnson. 4th Official--Alejandro Mariscal.
Seattle FC--Stefan Frei, Chad Marshall, Leo Gonzalez, Djimi Traore, DeAndre Yedlin, Gonzalo Pineda, Lamar Neagle (Chad Barrett, 73rd), Osvaldo Alonso, Clint Dempsey, Kenny Cooper (Marco Pappa, 68th), Obafemi Martins (Micheal Azira, 90th).
FC Dallas--Chris Seitz, Zach Loyd, Jair Benitez, Stephen Keel, Michel, Matt Hedges, Hendry Thomas, Mauro Diaz, Je-Vaughn Watson (Peter Luccin, 70th), Fabian Castillo, David Texeira (Tesho Akindele, 89th).
Clint Dempsey leads the Sounders past Dallas, 3-2
FRISCO, Texas -- Clint Dempsey scored twice to lead Seattle Sounders FC to a 3-2 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday night.
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NSCAA honors BC Women's Soccer team for Academic AchievementsDecember 8, 2010
Team wins award for the second time in three years
Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College women's soccer team was recognized for their hard work and dedication off the field and in the classroom earlier this week, as the Tornados were named as a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award winner.
The Tornados were one of 444 women's soccer teams across the nation that posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 2009-2010 academic year.
The women's soccer team posted a team grade point average of 3.49 over the 2009-2010 academic year.
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Will Ron Fournier break out his abacus again?
Blog ››› ››› JAMISON FOSER
Last week, in an apparent effort to paint Sen. Hillary Clinton as self-absorbed, the AP's Ron Fournier counted the number of times she used "some variation of the pronoun 'I'" in her convention speech. Fournier came up with 17. Media Matters checked his work, and found 21 such uses. But Fournier's point was undermined by the fact that at least 13 of those uses of the pronoun were about Clinton's support for Obama, the importance of the 2008 election, or what matters in the election.
So ... when can we expect Fournier to tally up the number of times John "cause greater than self" McCain used the pronoun "I" in his convention speech? It's well over 100 -- and that doesn't even count variations.
Or has Ron Fournier suddenly realized that such an exercise would be pointless? He'd be right, but you have to wonder about the timing of his epiphany.
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CAMILLA, Duchess of Cornwall, doesn't like flying. The jet lag! Why, she jokes to those around her, she gets jet lag simply flying to Scotland.
Imagine, then, the flight to Melbourne, Australia, via the appalling humidity during a stopover in Papua New Guinea and the scorching outback heat of Longreach, Queensland.
Unsurprisingly, perhaps, this is the Duchess' first trip to Australia.
Her task yesterday was to present the Melbourne Cup.
Jet lag was put on hold, for the Duchess is enthusiastic about the sport of kings, even if, during a chat before the race with the English jockey Ryan Moore, she inquired anxiously how he handled those long flights and, yes, the lag.
Indeed, as the horses thundered, the Duchess and her Prince, the heir to the throne, Charles, looked positively at home in the front row of the stands above the mounting yard, he following the race through powerful binoculars, she taking it all in on the big screen above the track.
There was a moment when it all looked to have gone awry. The strains of Advance Australia Fair had barely died away when thunder rolled and cracked across Flemington. A steady Melbourne drizzle appeared determined to set in. The Prince and the Duchess were required to inspect the horseflesh ahead of the race in the mounting yard, and the Duchess strode out sheltered beneath a transparent plastic umbrella.
The hat, a boldly upswept, wide-brimmed creation that had taken London milliner Philip Treacy a week to make, wasn't built for the rain. Nor was the white dress and the embroidered champagne coat by Bruce Oldfield, British fashion designer to royalty and the stars.
The Prince eschewed such protection. He locked his hands in that peculiarly Windsor manner behind his back and set out as if ready for a hike in the misty mountains of Wales, neither hat nor brolly above his pate. He was, quite possibly, the only man at Flemington wearing a double-breasted suit, one with cuffs at the ankle. Royal fashion never dates, however old it may be.
Mercifully, the rain ceased and a weak sun worked its way between the storm clouds just in time for the big race. The binoculars came out and the royal couple watched intently. The result, as everyone now knows, was a surprise: Green Moon, Fiorente and Jakkalberry. Not a favourite in sight. Not that it would concern the heir and his wife. Royalty doesn't bet.
The Duchess happily took to the podium, her Prince second fiddle for a moment or two, to hand the golden Cup to Nick Williams, son of Lloyd, owner of Green Moon. She offered a few cheering words to Mr Williams, impossible to hear from the mounting yard, and spared the crowd a speech.
Prince Charles' task came a little later. It fell to him to present the Diamond Jubilee Plate, a race in honour of the 60-year reign of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, which has left him, aged 63, still heir and a 64th birthday coming next week, November 14.
Melbourne's skies proved unkind. A storm swept the track, soaking the immense crowd and the royals. Prince Charles remained undaunted, as if still trekking those Welsh hills in search, perhaps, of an elusive crown.
And then, the couple was gone, likely seeking rest. The Melbourne Cup race day continued. The single demonstration of fealty was the cry from one racegoer for ''three cheers for the prince''. He got to the second hip hip hooray before realising it was a lost cause.


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My 9-year-old grandson watched the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" for the first time last week. According to him, the movie is old because it was filmed back "in the one thousands," meaning pre-Y2K.
It's still a good movie. "E.T." features a stranded space alien, secret government agencies and flying bicycles. Know what riveted my grandson's attention the most? The telephone.
Gage: "Why do they have to go inside to call someone?"
When I explained how telephones worked before the age of wireless service, he couldn't get his head around it. Why did a phone need all those wires? Why was it so big? It was ridiculous.
The kid's 9, so I don't hold his technological superiority against him. We're all hostages of the age in which we were raised. I certainly am. You will be. I don't care how on top of technology you think you are right now, the day is coming when you'll be as sharp as fudge.
When I was 9 not only were there no buttons on a phone, if you wanted to call someone in another state, you had to go through an "operator."
An operator was … well, let me see if I can offer the right perspective. A telephone operator would be similar to a website monitor. They facilitated communication, listened in and yanked the connection if you didn't behave.
Getting a phone then was complicated. You called the phone company, stayed close to the house for a few days, then waited until a service guy showed up, drilled, pounded, sawed and finally left you with a phone the size (and weight) of a generator.
Note: Later, we were thrilled with the table space-saving convenience of a wall-mounted version.
Today, I carry a phone around in my pocket. It comes with a GPS, speed dial, music, voicemail, pictures of my grandkids and a calendar.
What I don't have is any @#$% idea how to read my phone bill. This month, it was $101.55. Last month, $158.60. The month before that, $88.05.
I took the phone and the bill down to the local office of my cell provider. For purposes of objectivity here, I'll just say that the name starts with a T. I've also used services that start with S, A, V and one I forgot immediately after hurling the phone into a reservoir.
The guy at the cellphone store was about a day older than my grandson. He looked at my bill and patiently explained my options.
Apparently, I was using all my "after-plan minutes, of which I had a 129 left, in wander mode, outside of Cylon coverage, in Zone 3 with unlimited texting. I would be much better if I switched to a Z contract, which featured two extra wart-bytes of zap" at this point he switched to either German or Chinese.
The kid, bless him, kept pointing at the monitor like I would understand. Explaining my cellphone bill was even worse.
I stopped the kid and asked him to imagine I had just been found by archaeologists. Pretend I'd been dug up a minute ago, had the dirt slapped off me and was told to come in here and buy a phone.
Me: "OK, start again."
Kid: "This one."
Note to cell companies: Don't call. I'm sure there is a perfectly simple and logical explanation for my cellphone bill were I inclined to believe horse#%*. I'm old but I know when I'm having my pocket picked.
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At June's VISION East Show in Boston, Sony released a new XCI Series of smart cameras, including two color models, the XCI-V100C and the XCI-SX100. The former features 90 frames per second (VGA) and 640 x 480 resolution; the latter delivers 30 fps (SXGA) and 1280 x 960 resolution. They continue the x86 CPU architecture of their predecessors, but provide improved image processing capabilities (1GHz vs. 400MHz) and offer increased compatibility with peripherals. At 512MB, they have double the SDRAM of the previous generation.
These new cameras (including the black-and-white versions, XCI-V100 and XCI-SX100) address markets outside of machine vision, including traffic control and high-end security. The color cameras feature automated exposure and auto white balance for non-Machine Vision applications.
Sony says the cameras are available with both USB 2.0 (two) and Ethernet interfaces, both of which are more efficient than earlier models.
New interfaces for the factory environment include input voltage of +12VDC to +24VDC (with 12-pin EIAJ connector vibration) and D-sub 15-pin monitor output.
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Telling the Buddha's Story Through Art
Carmen Mensink began her impassioned study of thangka painting, an ancient Buddhist art form, in 1999, when she met and began studying under thangka master Andy Weber. Now a master herself, Mensink teaches the history and techniques behind thangka painting internationally.
Carmen Mensink paints a thangka (also called a scroll painting) of the Eight Medicine Buddha. The painting of thangkas in Nepal and Tibet was a highly developed and important means of expression, through which Buddhist philosophy could be explained.
Mensink describes the process by saying, "Painting these enlightened images is like meditation, and for me this is the ideal combination of practicing art and Buddhism at the same time."
This is part of a larger painting of Green Tara, the Buddha of active compassion and liberation. Thangka paintings are used as teaching tools to tell the story of the life (or lives) of the Buddha, describe historical events concerning important Lamas, or retell myths associated with other deities.
"With my teachings on this art, which I do with a lot of joy and dedication, I hope to inspire people....I would like to make a small contribution to pass on this beautiful tradition in the right way," says Mensink.
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There was a smell of rotting / fermenting fruit wafting around the SOMA region this morning that reminded me of the pineapple fields in Hawaii. Maybe it's another case of strange inexplicable smells in major cities. But probably not. I would have prefered yummy smelling syrup scent though.
Threadless Sighting : coworker I don't know is wearing a threadless tee I recognize. It's the one with the hiking trail map that looks like a bird on a branch.
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Sikh Music
Sikh music (Shabad keertan) began in the 16th century as the musical expression of mystical poetry conceived by the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak. Following him, all the Sikh Gurus sang in the then-prevalent classical and folk music styles, accompanied by stringed and percussion instruments. The classical style was the devotional dhrupad style, where the text was of prime significance and the music played a supporting albeit important role. The Sikh Gurus specified the raags in which they sang each hymn in the Sikh sacred scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, which is organized by the 62 raags that were used. Out of these, 31 are main raags, and 31 are variant raags. Several of these raags are unique to the Sikh music tradition. In addition to using and modifying traditional instruments, the Sikh Gurus developed new stringed instruments like the taus and percussion instruments like the jori.
While Hindustani music underwent significant changes in the setting of Mughal courts, and a separate stream of Carnatic music developed in southern India, Sikh music retained its original form and styles. It thus became a unique musical tradition, encompassing a variety of rich melodic forms and a well developed percussive system, with a variety of accompanying stringed and percussive instruments, such as the rabaab, saranda, taus, pakhaavaj and jori. This music flourished into the 20th century.
Major changes occurred in the 20th century. The classical style was largely replaced by contemporary popular genres often based on Indian film music. Within the remaining classical tradition, the devotional dhrupad style was overtaken by the darbaari khayaal style. The harmonium took the place of stringed instruments and the tabla replaced the pakhaavaj and jori.
Significant efforts have been under way since the 1970s to revive the rich Sikh music tradition initiated and developed by the Sikh Gurus. Various terms used to refer to this tradition include Shabad keertan parampara, Gurbani sangeet parampara and Gurmat sangeet.


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Modern in the Past Tense
The New York School of Interior Design recreates the seminal show "What Modern Was" in a new exhibit and discussion
When the traveling exhibition "Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was" opened in 1991, the accompanying 424-page catalog startled the industry with its declaration that the Modern period was over, and should, from that point, be spoken about in the past tense. Subsequently revered as the bible for mid-century decorative arts, the heavy tome's distinct perspective came from four years of scholarly research of the thirty-year period, led by Rutgers University art history professor Martin Eidelberg and acclaimed curator David A. Hanks.
In celebration of the volume's 20th anniversary, the New York School of Interior Design is recreating the landmark show in an exhibition dubbed "Modern in the Past Tense." While the original selection showcased designs solely from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, the updated display will echo the time period with chronologically-arranged photographs of interiors and architectural milestones, as well as furniture from various other private collectors.
Another groundbreaking moment for the exhibition, in addition to the catalog's bold claim, came when the team of 16 scholars separated the Modern period into five subdivisions. Designs were broken up into International Style Modernism, Biomorphic Modernism, Streamlined Modernism, Postwar Modernism, and Postmodernism. The timeline accompanying "Modern in the Past Tense" will add even more context to these categories, showing the cultural moments that helped to define each one.
The exhibition opens with a panel discussion with "What Modern Was" curators Hanks and Eidelberg, legendary collector Mark McDonald and modernist interior designer Ali Tayar. "Modern in the Past Tense" opens 26 October 2011 and runs through 12 January 2012 at NYSID.


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The term half maximal effective concentration (EC50) refers to the concentration of a drug, antibody or toxicant which induces a response halfway between the baseline and maximum after a specified exposure time.[1] It is commonly used as a measure of drug's potency.
The EC50 of a graded dose response curve therefore represents the concentration of a compound where 50% of its maximal effect is observed.[2] The EC50 of a quantal dose response curve represents the concentration of a compound where 50% of the population exhibit a response,[3] after a specified exposure duration.
It is also related to IC50 which is a measure of a compound's inhibition (50% inhibition). For competition binding assays and functional antagonist assays IC50 is the most common summary measure of the dose-response curve. For agonist/stimulator assays the most common summary measure is the EC50.[4]
In biological systems, small changes in ligand concentration typically result in rapid changes in response, following a sigmoidal function.The inflection point at which the increase in response with increasing ligand concentration begins to slow is the EC50. This can be determined mathematically by derivation of the best-fit line. While relying on a graph for estimation is more convenient, this method yields less precise and less accurate results[citation needed].
Equation Edit
Many different equations can be used to derive an EC50. One possible function is:
where Y is the observed value, Bottom is the lowest observed value, Top is the highest observed value, and the Hill coefficient gives the largest absolute value of the slope of the curve.[5]
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The effects of a stressor or drug generally depend on the exposure time. Therefore, the EC50 (and similar statistics) will be a function of exposure time. The exact shape of this time function will depend upon the stressor (e.g., the specific toxicant), its mechanism of action, the organism exposed, etc. This time dependency hampers the comparison of potency or toxicity between compounds and between different organisms.
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- Measures of pollutant concentration
- Dose-response relationship
- Certain safety factor
- IC50 (half maximal inhibitory concentration)
- LD50 (median lethal dose)
- Therapeutic index
References Edit
- ↑ Introducing dose response curves, Graphpad Software
- ↑ EC50 definition
- ↑ definition of EC50 for quantal dose response curve
- ↑ Assay Operations for SAR Support NIH Chemical Genomics Center
- ↑ EC50 equation - see page 5
External links Edit
- Online IC50 Calculator
- Determination of IC50 values
- Neubig et al. International Union of Pharmacology Committee on Receptor Nomenclature and Drug Classification. XXXVIII. Update on terms and symbols in quantitative pharmacology. Pharmacol Rev. 2003 Dec;55(4):597-606.
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Natasha Allegri's 'Bee and PuppyCat' Hits Kickstarter, Confirms Comic Book Series [Video]
Between its Superbook and Sailor Moon-inspired aesthetic, hearty humor and intriguing premise, it's not hard to see why Natasha Allegri's two Bee and PuppyCat shorts from Frederator's Cartoon Hangover have amassed more than 4 million views online over the past few months. With fan demand fully in tow, Cartoon Hangover has turned to Kickstarter to expedite the creation of six (or more, according to stretch goals) new 6-minute installments set to start rolling out by the summer of 2014. Should backers succeed in funding the project, they won't just get more cartoons to watch. Rewards include a Bee and PuppyCat #1 comic book, with certain backing levels indicating that the series could run long enough to supply two years' worth of collected editions.
The Kickstarter doesn't provide many details about the comic, aside from the implication that Allegri will be working on it and the fact that backers starting at the $75 level will receive a copy with a Kickstarter-centric variant cover. Boom! Studios seems like a logical publishing home considering its relationship with Frederator, Cartoon Hangover and Allegri herself, however. Allegri, who created Adventure Time's gender-swapped Fionna and Cake characters for the Cartoon Network TV show, wrote and illustrated Boom!'s corresponding six-issue Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake comic book miniseries, which is being being collected as a trade paperback today. She's also illustrated Adventure Time comic covers and one of the coolest pieces of Garfield art we've ever seen for a cover for Boom!'s ongoing comic.
So far the Bee and PuppyCat Kickstarter is well on its way to hitting its $600,000 goal, having reached more than 25 percent of its necessary funding on day one of a 30-day campaign that runs through November 14. The Kickstarter isn't meant to fund the comic, but simply provide a copy of issue #1 as a reward by September of next year, meaning it's probably set for publication regardless of its success or (unlikely) failure. We reached out to Boom! for confirmation, but haven't heard back as of press time. We'll keep you posted as info becomes available.
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Francisco Collantes
Hagar and Ishmael
Francisco Collantes
Spanish, 1599-1656
Hagar and Ishmael, ca. 1640
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109.2 x 139.1 cm (43 x 54 3/4 inches)
Gift of Manton B. Metcalf 18.096
Francisco Collantes painted large, naturalistic figures but was also one of few 17th century Spanish painters who practiced landscape painting. In the latter he demonstrated familiarity with the contemporary Italian conventions in which protagonists in biblical and historic subjects appeared in landscape settings. His paintings were popular with Spanish collectors and were acquired as decoration for the Buen Retiro palace in Madrid. In Hagar and Ishmael, small expressive figures are set in a wide, luminous landscape in which masses of dark trees contrast with a brilliant sky. The setting dominates the composition, dwarfing and threatening Hagar and her child as they rest on their flight.


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zenithal hourly rate (ZHR)
During a meteor shower, the number of meteors per hour an observer would see if his limiting magnitude (the faintest object visible) is 6.5 and the radiant is in his zenith. Since these are optimum conditions, the measured hourly rate is usually less than the ZHR.
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MIDDLEBURY, Vermont -- The Amherst College women's field hockey team, ranked 17th in the nation, gave the #1 ranked Middlebury Panthers a serious scare Saturday afternoon in Vermont. Middlebury ended a scoreless tie with 8 minutes remaining in the second half but Amherst did not throw in the towel. The Lord Jeffs persevered through the remaining minutes and witnessed Mairin Brady fire a close range shot past the Middlebury goalie with just 25 seconds left on the clock. The game went into a sudden death overtime period that closely resembled the scoreless tie of the first 75 minutes of the contest. Both teams delivered heavy rushes at the goal, but keepers Sensing and Parmelee stood firm. With 38 seconds remaining in the extra period, Middlebury's Heidi Howard got a clear shot at the Amherst goal coming in from the right side and blasted a shot over the extended right arm of Sensing.
Despite the loss, Amherst coach Chris Paradis was very upbeat about the Jeff's performance against one of the top teams in the country. "It was by far the best game of field hockey I've seen at Amherst. I am very proud of the way the team responded after they scored a goal with 8 minutes left. We dug in deep and fought hard all the way through the overtime. We played a very strong game."
The Jeffs hit the field again this Thursday afternoon on the road against Clark University (4:00 pm).
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text: Seder, BuckeyMegan Buckey and Adam Seder were united in marriage on Feb. 14, 2004, at Faith Baptist Church, Belle Valley.She is the daughter of Jeff and Pam Buckey of Ava.He is the son of Scott and Julie Seder of Senecaville.Pastor Mathew Riley, cousin of the groom, officiated the double-ring ceremony.Paris Seder, soloist, sister of the groom, and Nathan P-Tree Mayder, guitarist, friend of the family, provided special music. James Buckey, brother of the bride, orchestrated music during the ceremony.Attending the bride as maid of honor was Paris Seder, sister of the groom.Serving the groom as best man was Jonathan Borders, cousin of the groom.Ushers were Sam Zerkle and Nathan Smith, friends of the couple.Anna Bass-Riley and Jordan Riley, cousins of the groom, served as flower girls.Joshua Riley, cousin of the groom, served as ring-bearer.Guest book attendant was Kayla Wise, friend of the bride.A reception followed at Seneca Lake Baptist Assembly dining hall.The new Mrs. Seder is a graduate of Shenandoah High School. She is a student at Ohio University-Zanesville, where she is majoring in early childhood education. She is employed as a teacher for the Noble Learning Center, and during the summer she works at Seneca Lake Baptist Assembly.Her husband is a graduate of Meadowbrook High School. He is a student at Ohio University-Zanesville, where he is majoring in middle childhood education. He is an employee of Seneca Lake Baptist Assembly.Following a trip to Hocking Hills, the couple make their home in the Seneca Lake region.


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For most new car owners, they usually view car insurance as a pain due to the unnecessary expense they need to shell out to pay the premiums needed for car insurance. They really do not see the benefit of it and simply dismiss it as unimportant. In many states and countries, it is often mandated that car owners have a certain type of car insurance for their motorized vehicle. The amount or policy they carry should be the minimum allowed by their state, country, or government. Some may require only liability whereas some will require you to have more.
As a driver and car owner, it is important that you understand that even if you consider yourself to be a safe and careful driver, accidents can still happen when you least expect them. This is why some areas impound cars if you have been pulled over without the necessary auto insurance. This basically means you cannot drive your car if you do not have car insurance. If you are a smart car owner, you can save money from the hefty fines, penalties, and fees by getting insurance in the first place. Those who don't and skip out on car insurance are in for a big surprise when they get pulled over for traffic violation.
The very reason why every car owner should get a car insurance is that this protects them from personal liability should they encounter or become part of any accidents. Getting car insurance is not only for legal requirements but more of for protection against liabilities like property damage or bodily injury.
If you don't have car insurance yet or that your old one has already expired, if you are staying somewhere around Alberta, Canada, then you should consider getting yours from either Calgary car insurance or Edmonton auto insurance. If you are unsure of this yet and want to get their quotes first, you can get your insurance quotes from them online within minutes after filling up their quote form. The car insurance Calgary insurance and Edmonton insurance provide are the lowest when it comes to car insurance quotes.


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In Massachusetts, union ranks swell with the young and hip
An opinion piece in Sunday's Boston Globe brought a smile to my face. Most of the time when we talk about "big changes coming to unions" it is not good news, especially given the unprecedented attacks on union workers across the country. In this particular case, however, Joanna Weiss's op-ed talks about the influx of younger, hipper men and women into the labor movement:
[In] Boston — in the service industry, at least — union membership is actually growing. Unite Here Local 26 now covers 60 percent of workers at the the city's full-service hotels, up from 40 percent a decade ago. Earlier this month, 200 staffers at the W Boston and the Back Bay Hotel voted to join.
Their ranks include Godfrey, 29, a server at Nine Zero for the past nine years. With good pay and job security, she was able to buy a condo in Jamaica Plain. And her good health benefits are even more important now that she's expecting her first child.
There's also Arthur Bergevin, 24, a Brandeis graduate who works as a food runner at the W Boston, and plays drums in a band called The Tin Thistles. The union contract gives him more control over his schedule, helping him juggle work and gigs. He can pay the bills while he chases a music career.
The Unite Here contract covers all hotel workers, from hipsters in trendy bars to the immigrants who do much of the backbreaking housekeeping work. All of them get a pension, health care, and job protection. Their wages are fair, but hardly exorbitant, given Boston's obscene cost of living. Room attendants start at $16.23 per hour with full benefits.
Weiss also points out something that we at Working America have always known, something that anti-worker politicians try their hardest to cover up: union workers who have a say in their contract and access to training from their peers are more skilled, more productive, and better for your bottom line. Besides, when there's no economic incentive to undercut your competitors, it doesn't happen:
From a business standpoint, there are good reasons for hotels to work with unions. Local 26 president Brian Lang notes that when hotel workers share a citywide payscale, it's harder for one hotel to undercut the rest. Service workers, on the frontlines of guest interaction, might as well be happy and committed.
It's true that Massachusetts isn't free of budgetary strife; many Bay State union members are unhappy with Governor Deval Patrick and the state Senate over union concessions included in the state's budget.
Yet at a time when private sector union membership is at a historic low, it's hard not to grin as we witness the emergence of a new generation of working men and women bargaining collectively for a better life – even if they wear skinny jeans instead of bomber jackets.


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Knox County's assistant district attorney general kicked off his campaign for judgeship with the support of two high-profile families on Thursday.
Leland Price began his campaign at Pete's Diner on Union Avenue. He is running to be a criminal court judge for division three.
The Christian and Newsom families have both put their support behind Price. He helped prosecute the defendants in the murders of their children, Channon and Chris.
"He's a very honest person, a hard worker, and we believe like Mary said he will make a good understanding judge. This is a great community. I want it to be the best it can be. I want it to be a safe place, a place that's vibrant," said Hugh Newsom.
Price will run as a Democrat, G. Scott Green is running as a Republican.
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Using Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Password Manager version 3.20.
Every time a password is needed, the Password Manager requires me to authenticate, either using my fingerprint or Windows password. I understand doing that once per Windows session (or even once per browser session), but this almost defeats the purpose. It takes me about as much time to enter my highly secure (i.e. long, etc.) Windows password as it does to enter username/password combos for forums, etc.
Is there a way to change this behavior?
Thanks for the reply. I didn't know about these settings before, but they didn't make a difference. Here are my settings now:
Is it possible that the setting for Open Password Manager is used to open the Password Manager application, but has no effect on actually entering a password on a web site?
Are you mean to antomatic log on your PC without a password requried?
In Windows 7, you can create a user account password if you do not want unauthorized users to use your computer to make system changes or download content. Once enabled, Windows 7 prompts you to enter your password when you restart your computer, or when you resume use after hibernation. If you are the only user for your computer, disable/ or reset your password and allow your computer to log on automatically.
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Hope this information can help you out. Anything about Windows password forgot, change, lost, set or reset solutions, you can find the answers from Google that you can input the keyword of the issues in the search box.
No, that's not what I am looking to do.
To clarify: I have set up the Lenovo Password Manager as part of CSS 8.3. Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. The password manager is operating properly, it asks me if I want to save a password when I enter one at a new site; it will populate the previously stored credentials when visiting a known site. However, it will only do so after asking me to swipe my finger (or enter my Windows password) -- EVERY time it needs to save or retrieve a password.
What I am looking for is a setting that will allow me to change this behavior: I would like it to ask once per Windows session for my fingerprint or password and then have it just retrieve and save passwords without asking again until I logoff/logon or reboot my machine.


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Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Go inside the world of makeup special effects for movies of all genres, from horror (Scream, The Thing) to fantasy (The Chronicles of Narnia) to sci-fi (Planet of the Apes) as K.N.B. EFX Group shares their techniques in creating monsters, aliens and ... old people. Directors Quentin Tarantino, Wes Craven, John Carpenter and more tip their hats off to the magic makers themsevles, such as Howard Berger and Rob Bottin.


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Danica Magpantay – First Filipina Super Model of the World!
Woke up today with my head in a cloud; had a Sunday assignment for RPN Newswatch and was not looking forward to spending my family day in a Chinese temple doing a report on the coming Chinese New Year. But when I got a text from fellow beauty queen Duday Mandanas that our very own Danica Magpantay HAD JUST WON THE SUPERMODEL OF THE WORLD 2011 title, I flipped like the craziest pancake on earth and started squealing for joy!
I quickly confirmed Duday's report by calling up Allan of Calcarrie's Models who picked up my call NOT by saying hello, but by saying CONGRATULATIONS!
Click here to see the list of all Super Model of the World winners.
Congratulations indeed, to DANICA MAGPANTAY, to her Mom Lala Flores Magpantay (who was Super Model of the Philippines in 1990) and to all Filipino beauty fans. We've got ANOTHER international winner we can be proud of!!!
Click here to read my interview with Danica Magpantay a couple months before she competed in Super Model of the World in New York.


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The best classical performances to see this week
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Dublin International Piano Festival, opera at the Galway Arts Festival and 37th Chamber Music Festival in Castletownshend
Making music as a spontaneous, unpremeditated act
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Many great composers were also great improvisers, Mozart, Beethoven and Bruckner among them
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Irish mezzo soprano Tara Erraught comes to the National Concert Hall
The unpredictable magic of the new encounter
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West Cork Chamber Music Festival director Francis Humphreys struck gold this year bringing together violinist Viviane Hagner, cell(...)
The best classical music concerts in Ireland this week
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Giya Kancheli miniatures get an airing while Karen Ní Bhroin makes her RTÉ NSO debut
ORA/Suzi Digby - Many are the Wonders album review
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ORA/Suzi Digby Many are the WondersHarmonia Mundi HMM 905284 4
West Cork Chamber Music Festival gets the Hollywood treatment
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Composer Hanns Eisler wrote the `Hollywood Songbook' while in enforced exile from Germany
Arts Council announces new opera company
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Opera Theatre Company and Wide Open Opera will merge to form new entity
Getting to know you: From Billie Holiday to the airport blues
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Ahead of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, five string players discuss their work
The maverick who declared electronic music rubbish
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Despite denouncing Stockhausen as a charlatan, Brian Boydell was no traditionalist. And Salvatore Sciarrino at Silenzio further ce(...)
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Irish opera picking up international awards as Arts Council decision imminent
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Smart money still on the Wide Open Opera/Opera Theatre Company bid to become the council's new major opera supplier
Early music – and earlier start times – for RTÉ NSO's new season
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Orchestra celebrates 70th anniversary with a wide-ranging concert programme
Who comes first: the conductor, the composer, or the orchestra?
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Striking the right balance between all the factors at play in a concert, and their effect on audience numbers, is an artform in it(...)
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From his earliest days in a rock band to his years in music college, David Fennessy realised he would be composing music rather th(...)
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Russian composers shine at NCH; Tenebrae revisit Orthodox choral music
Arts Council's row with Aosdána moves up the political food chain
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Opinion: Aosdána is part of a sticking-plaster remedy that masks shortcomings in support
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Three festivals showcased electronic works that deserve to be heard by a wider audience
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Water charges refunds would pay the total annual cost of Aosdána for more than 30 years. So why is the Arts Council attacking it
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Andreas Staier and Alexander Melnikov: Schubert Piano Duets review
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Resurrecting music that existed before the founding of the Irish State
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Recollections of Ireland at NCH focused on rarely-heard music composed before 1917
Minister for Arts wants gender policies in place next year
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Minister Heather Humphreys is asking cultural institutions to step up to the plate on gender
Two pianists play 'Rite' in a rare harmonious relationship
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Pianos are unforgiving when played in duos but that did not deter Hamelin and Andsnes
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Nymphs, shepherds and monsters in a rural Irish bar
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'Acis and Galatea' has had its action propped up in a very Irish setting
Arts Council out of tune with needs of opera world
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Kirkos Ensemble continues to stretch musical boundaries in new concert series
Finghin Collins takes a lap of honour on his 40th birthday
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NCH honours pianist by presenting him in solo recital as part of international series
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Last weekend's New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
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Arts Council is looking for applicants to provide 'main-scale' opera from 2018, as Opera Ireland finally gets something of a repla(...)
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Dublin International Piano Competition winner 2012 Nikolay Khozyainov on form
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Music is a universal language – with some border checks
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Of all new music, large-scale works with words travel least freely internationally
St Petersburg Philharmonic brings Russian luxury to Dublin
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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra's studied take on Mendelssohn and Brahms
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Cristian Macelaru's in-your-face style frees up the RTÉ NSO, perhaps too much so
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The German composer is a master of quite contradictory styles and his output runs to more than 400 works
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The NSO's new principal guest conductor hit it off again with orchestra and audience
Alfred Schnittke: Musica Nostalgica – impressive response to the composer's work
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Is Dublin finally getting a Handel on the 'Messiah'?
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RTÉ Philharmonic Choir under Mark Hindley deliver a standout performance
Fight for gender equality moves from theatre to music
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When it comes to 'gender mainstreaming', we can learn something from Vienna city hall
Michael Dervan's culture highlight of 2016: 'Composing the Island'
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Culture review 2016: The funding of the Taoiseach's promised Creative Ireland venture remains to be seen
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Plus: a biography of Samuel Beckett's musical cousin John Beckett
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If these ambitions are realised, arts will receive their greatest leap in funding since the foundation of the State
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Russian Puccini, refined Haydn and raw saxophone
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RTÉ not making right noises about musical movements
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Recent changes in the national broadcaster have serious implications for music groups
Franck, Kurtág, Previn, Schumann/ Augustin Hadelich (violin), Joyce Yang (piano) review
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Mysterious musical chairs at RTÉ as arts job disappears
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Executive Director of RTÉ's Orchestras, Quartet and Choirs moves to new role
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The Vanbrugh Quartet discuss the highs and lows and the state of classical music in Ireland after 30 years of music making
Michael Dervan: Show us the money, Enda
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Arts community will need to shout these words if they want to make a difference
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Unusual musical combinations and an extreme reaction
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Waiting for Arts Council to get its opera house in order
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- November 2, 2016, 06:00
The upside-down provision of opera in Ireland neglects works people want to hear most
Maria de Rudenz Wexford Opera Festival review - handsome and accomplished
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Gaetano Donizetti's complicated and gory – and long-overlooked – work gets a fascinating outing
Vanessa review: Emotional turmoil paired with safe music
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- October 28, 2016, 17:15
Samuel Barber's opera was calculated not to offend a 1950s audience fearful of genuinely modern music
Herculanum review: all smoke, no fire
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- October 27, 2016, 14:00
Félicien David's opera takes the explosion of Mt Vesuvius as its setting, but this production never manages to ignite
Michael Dervan: Time to do the right thing by Irish opera
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Arts Council should use increased funding announced in the budget to address the needs of opera lovers and the professional opera (...)
Hippolyte et Aricie Suite/Symphonie fantastique review: Masters of orchestral sound
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- October 5, 2016, 10:15
'Composing the Island' was a landmark and there is no going back
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- October 5, 2016, 06:00
The event highlighting a neglected repertoire from Irish composers should happen every year
Don Giovanni review: Roddy Doyle's translation is sharp, singable and to the point
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- September 30, 2016, 12:30
Dublin Theatre Festival: Opera Theatre Company shifts the action from 16th-century Spain to Dublin now, and the audience engagemen(...)
Exceptional 'Composing the Island' surveys last 100 years of music in Ireland
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- September 28, 2016, 06:00
Biggest ever celebration of Irish composers ends at the National Concert Hall
Michael McHale, RTÉ NSO/Courtney Lewis - Irish Piano Concertos album review
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- September 22, 2016, 10:30
Composing the Island: Starting with the best works is never wise
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The celebration of 100 years of Irish composition hits mid-century, revealing a dark age for orchestral music
Andrew Hamilton: 'I used to get upset when people said my music was fun'
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When the composer was younger, he would get very annoyed when people laughed in concerts of his 'playful music' – but now he embra(...)
In praise of Composing the Island - lost Irish treasures unearthed
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- September 14, 2016, 06:00
The festival unearthed fine compositions that were sadly neglected in the past 100 years
Opera funding seems arbitrary and unaccountable
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- September 7, 2016, 01:00
Opera has been particularly badly treated over the past 10 years and the latest reforms offer little hope
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- August 31, 2016, 01:00
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Daniele Gatti delivered everything you could have asked for
Estrella Morente, Javier Perianes Encuentro review: Native Spanish songs
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- August 26, 2016, 01:00
The challenge of a lifetime: Schumann's Cello Concerto
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- August 25, 2016, 06:00
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- August 24, 2016, 01:00
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra took a democratic path to choosing Daniele Gatti as chief conductor
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- August 18, 2016, 15:30
The unusual final year of Mozart's life gets an airing in Kilkenny
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- August 17, 2016, 01:00
The Mozart programme at Kilkenny Arts Festival featured compositions for mechanical organ and glass harmonica
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Christian Blackshaw takes Mozart to places others cannot reach
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February 01, 2013
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There are tens of thousands of refugees and internally displaced scattered around Kousseri, near the Chadian border. The majority are hosted by local communities and have little access to medical services and humanitarian assistance. MSF is scaling up its activities in the area. Teams are also working in the Maroua area.
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In 2015, MSF opened an emergency programme in the far north of Cameroon in response to an influx of people fleeing violence in Nigeria.
Conflict and Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria caused hundreds of thousands of people to seek refuge in Cameroon, Chad and Niger in 2015. During the course of the year, violence spread from Nigeria into the three neighbouring countries, leading to the displacement of tens of thousands more. By December, there were some 70,000 refugees and around 90,000 internally displaced people in Cameroon.
In response, MSF started to provide medical assistance to people in several locations in the north of the country. From February, a team offered medical care, maternal services and nutritional support in the UNHCR-administered Minawao refugee camp. MSF also carried out water and sanitation activities, constructing latrines and showers, and supplying clean water. Some 58,000 people, both refugees and members of the local community, were vaccinated against cholera and tetanus in a preventive immunisation campaign in August. In the towns of Mokolo and Mora, near the border with Nigeria, MSF provided specialised nutritional and paediatric care to the displaced and the local population, carrying out a total of 12,921 consultations. Nearly 5,000 children were admitted for care. In June, MSF started supporting the surgical ward at the local hospital in Kousseri, on the Chadian border, performing emergency interventions and caesarean sections.
In July, two suicide attacks in the city of Maroua caused a large number of casualties, and MSF helped the local health authorities to treat the wounded.
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In the eastern part of Cameroon, MSF continued to assist refugees who had escaped conflict and violence in neighbouring CAR in 2014. MSF supported the Ministry of Public Health by providing medical, nutritional and psychological care to the refugee and host communities in Garoua-Boulaï, Gbiti and Batouri. The majority of patients were suffering from malnutrition, malaria and respiratory infections.
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1. Re: Unable to open Multiple HFM Applications in workspaceChandra Bhojan-Oracle Nov 19, 2012 6:52 PM (in response to kodalitaruni)IE 8 is not supported if you are in base version. You need apply the patches for the components that you want IE2. Please refer the below Document.1 person found this helpful
Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management 126.96.36.199 compatibility with Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 (Doc ID 1354336.1)
For EPM Workspace (with Service Fix 126.96.36.199.15 Patch 9314073)
Edited by: cbhojan on Nov 19, 2012 10:51 AM
2. Re: Unable to open Multiple HFM Applications in workspaceCjx-Oracle Nov 19, 2012 7:06 PM (in response to kodalitaruni)Hi Taruni,
Below are the patches that needs to be applied where IE 8 is supported.
EPM 11.1.1.x Supported only in version 220.127.116.11 and later. See Notes for details. - In version 22.214.171.124 IE8 is supported for:
Calculation Manager
EPM Workspace (with Patch 9314073 )
ERP Integrator
Financial Reporting (with Patch *9657652* )
HFM (with Patch *9976978* when on Windows 7)
Interactive Reporting
Shared Services
Smart View (with Patch *9779433* )
Web Analysis
In version 18.104.22.168 IE8 is supported with all products.
Please refer the below mentioned Knowledge article:
Enterprise Performance Management Products Compatibility with Internet Explorer ( IE6, IE7, IE8 and IE9) (Doc ID 1355681.1)
Hope this helps,
Thank you,
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3. Re: Unable to open Multiple HFM Applications in workspacekodalitaruni Nov 19, 2012 8:32 PM (in response to Cjx-Oracle)Hi Charles / cbhojan
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Release Notes: Tooltips now present item overview. There is a cleaner options page, workarounds for a couple of Chromium bugs, and small fixes for some problem feeds and other reported issues.
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Maya Moore provided the example, reigning league MVP Nneka Ogwumike gladly followed along, and Sue Bird received attention and recognition she deserved.
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St John to recruit additional ambulance staff
St John to recruit additional ambulance staff in key locations
St John has approved funding for 57 additional paid ambulance staff in a number of locations across New Zealand. This amounts to a commitment of $4 million, from fundraising and commercial activities.
Last year St John completed detailed analysis to understand how its current ambulance resources (vehicles and rostered personnel) matched with actual patient demand (for emergency ambulance transport, non-transport and patient transfer services).
This work identified the need to fill resource gaps and to make a number of staff roster changes, which are currently underway.
In response, the organisation has approved funding for 57 additional paid ambulance staff in a number of locations across New Zealand. This amounts to a commitment of $4 million, from fundraising and commercial activities.
Peter Bradley, St John Chief Executive said today "The benefits to patients will be more effective services and more efficient response times. It's another step to achieving our ambition of right care, right time."
"This initiative is the first part of a five year workforce plan, which is also to support full crewing. The additional 57 resources will go to Auckland and Christchurch, Waihi, Temuka, Hamilton, Whangarei, Alexandra, Picton, Rotorua, and Feilding. We will begin recruitment as soon as possible and will aim to have 20 staff on board by 1 July 2014 and the remaining 37 staff by January 2015."
In addition to this commitment, St John is investing half a million dollars in a volunteer sustainability strategy – to help meet the challenges of recruiting and retaining valuable and essential volunteers.
"All these elements reflect St John's commitment to informed workforce planning - to respond to demand, to deliver a good value, sustainable service and to be able to deliver the best possible patient care," said Mr Bradley.
The resources will go to the following
Auckland 19
Christchurch 10
Fielding 2
Rotorua 2
Picton 1
Alexandra 2
Whangarei 2
Hamilton 2
Temuka 2
Waihi 2
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Lots of news today. I was painting up at the old house yesterday so I didn't get much time for blogging. A few more weeks and I'll be finished there. This taking care of two houses is for the birds.
The OctoMom is endorsing payday loans. Known for her bad judgment, this is appropriate.
Sen. Scott Brown R-MA says he meets with kings and queens every day. Either he needs to quit playing poker or stop going to drag shows.
Mother Jones has a story about which states require HIV status disclosure if one is positive. Considering the shattering effect of HIV and its status as a lethal disease I believe Pennsylvania is correct in requiring disclosure. If I had sex with a man who is positive and he didn't disclose that I'd consider him a criminal and he should go to jail.
Mother Jones (again, this magazine should be required reading) reports on the growing number of privatized prisons. I've written about this travesty. The subject is beginning to get widespread coverage. It is very dangerous for our democracy.
Today's reading list is long but these are important articles. Economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses The Price of Inequality. We haven't been this polarized monetarily since the advent of the Great Depression.
Chesapeake Energy has to pay $1.6 million for poisoning wells in Bradford County. This is the price we're paying for a few jobs: the destruction of our water supplies. How stupid can we get?
In a bit of neat, fascinating and interesting news spacecraft Voyager is about to enter interstellar space. Man has never constructed a ship capable of leaving our solar system before. I'm old enough to recall when Voyager was launched in 1977. Living to see it accomplish its mission to this extent is fabulous.
If you think we have a stupid Governor Ohio is right behind us. Gov. John Kasich appointed a dropout to the State Board of Education. Maybe the other Board members can call signals to the former quarterback.
Speaking of stupidity most Republicans still think Iraq had WMD's. How much of this is wishful thinking to justify their mad dash into war or how much is due to listening to bad sources for news is up in the air. There is no excuse in this internet age for getting bad information.
Businesses have been dumping toxic waste into wells and salt pits. Now some of it is surfacing. What won't we do for the almighty dollar? What will we do once we've poisoned planet earth? There is no Plan-et B.
The Romney's dancing horse gave them a nice $77,000 tax credit last year and they get to watch it perform in the Olympics next month. They're perfectly normal working folks though. I'm sure you own a dancing horse too. You have an elevator for your cars too don't you? No wonder he was so amazed at the touch screen ordering computer at Wawa. The rest of us have been using those for ten years. You want to see something amazing? Watch how President Romney makes your economy, your job, your retirement and your home disappear.
Luzerne County is forcing LGBT partners to out themselves. This is very bad policy. While I'm not a fan of closeted gays I understand the necessity if your home or job depends on discretion. Until we pass ENDA this is an issue.