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Another election, another "assassination plot" against Vladimir Putin.
Security forces have uncovered a plot to assassinate Russia's Vladimir Putin and have arrested suspects linked to a Chechen rebel leader known for other terror attacks, Russian state television reported Monday.
The gist of the plot is that an explosion at an apartment building in Odessa, Ukraine, led investigators to uncover a plot against Putin. Ignoring the fact that this would be one of the first times Doku Umarov has planned an attack against Russia from outside Russia (and really? Why would he go a thousand miles away to Odessa for this?), there are several reasons to be deeply skeptical of this plot.
For starters, as Mark Adomanis notes, the timing is weird.
Probably the single most suspicious thing is the fact that the suspects were actually arrested in Ukraine more than 3 weeks ago and their supposed targeting of Putin was only announced today. The delay by itself doesn't prove anything, there are other possible explanations for it, but it is, at a minimum, extremely suspicious.
Extremely so. But it's also worth keeping in mind that in 2008 there was also a dread assassination plot uncovered against Putin:
Russian secret services have foiled an attack on President Vladimir Putin close to Red Square, it has been claimed.
A man with a sniper rifle and Kalashnikov assault gun was found and detained in a rented apartment overlooking Moscow's St Basil's Cathedral, on March 2, the day of the Presidential election in Russia…
The revelation came after Nikolai Patrushev, head of Russia's FSB secret services, said last week that his officers had foiled "terrorist attacks" during the election campaign.
It was unclear why it had taken so long for the alleged assassination bid to be made public and why a tabloid newspaper was chosen as the outlet. The FSB have not confirmed or denied the report, but Interfax, the Russian news agency, quoted an unnamed secret service official who denied the report.
Not that waiting weeks after an arrest for something else to videotape confessions and try to tie it to depredations against the Dear Leader is a pattern or anything.
Now, I share Mark's skepticism that using explosives, as this plot supposedly did, invalidates the theory that it was Chechens. While Chechen terrorists in Russia tend to either take hostages or send in suicide bombers, they are most certainly not above or beneath planting "ordinary" explosive bombs.
No matter the eventual reality of this plot — if we ever learn of it — it will become a campaign crutch for Putin and United Russia. Recall other Putin-friendly terror plots, like the 1999 apartment bombings, have helped him gain power while coincidentally resulting in the deaths of those who question them too loudly.
This is a tried-and-true method for autocrats, whether Russian or not: discover an anti-autocrat plot, proclaim victimhood, and tighten the screws before winning an election most people already know the outcome of. This could be an interesting story but so far I just don't think it's all that surprising.


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Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs For Drella
or better or worse, we here at Stylus, in all of our autocratic consumer-crit greed, are slaves to timeliness. A record over six months old is often discarded, deemed too old for publication, a relic in the internet age. That's why each week at Stylus, one writer takes a look at an album with the benefit of time. Whether it has been unjustly ignored, unfairly lauded, or misunderstood in some fundamental way, we aim with On Second Thought to provide a fresh look at albums that need it.
There could probably be no more unlikely reunion than that between Lou Reed and John Cale. Though the pair recorded two albums together in the Velvet Underground, the explosive circumstances of Cale's departure from that band are well-known, and even now the two former friends haven't really resolved their differences. Perhaps the only thing that could possibly have brought them back together—if only briefly—was the death of their ex-mentor, Andy Warhol. Warhol's early patronage of the Velvets (and his subsequent neglect of them) forever forged a love/hate bond between the artist and his two protégés.
When Warhol died in 1987, Cale and Reed finally reunited for the first time since Reed's infamous firing of his cohort. The results of their pairing were released as Songs For Drella, a starkly confessional, emotional album that takes an intimate look at Warhol's life. The most striking thing about the album is how honest it is. Reed, in particular, opens up very personal details of his relationship with Warhol, tackling his guilt over the at-times antagonistic bond he shared with the pop-art icon.
Often, both Reed and Cale take on the voice and words of Warhol himself. While "Images" expresses Andy's feelings on art and painting, the majority of these songs are much more personal. The lonely "Open House" depicts Andy as desperate for company and acceptance, while on "It Wasn't Me" the Factory maverick is angry and confused by the drug overdoses and suicides that are occurring within his circle of followers. On all these songs, Reed's words are accompanied very simply by his own distorted guitars and Cale's stately but playful keyboards. The bouncy, gorgeous "Nobody But You" finds Andy contemplative but happy in the aftermath of his near-fatal shooting by a deranged woman.
While the two singers' insights into Andy's mind are fascinating and enlightening—especially considering the often enigmatic nature of Andy's public life—of equal interest are the moments on this record where they step out of Andy's head and look back on him from their own points of view. On "I Believe," Reed brutally condemns Valerie Solanis, Warhol's attempted murderer, while placing a healthy dose of guilt on himself for not going to visit his mentor more often.
Other songs place a lens on Warhol's stint as manager of the Velvet Underground; on "Work," Reed gives Warhol credit for pushing him to write songs, while revealing the particulars of the parting between the Velvets and their manager. The album closes with "Hello, It's Me," which sounds like a New York outtake with Cale's viola added, as Reed's lyrics directly address Andy in a touching epitaph ("I really miss your mind/ I haven't heard ideas like that in such a long time/ I loved to watch you draw and watch you paint"), while acknowledging that Reed still holds "some resentments that can never be unmade."
Cale's contributions to the album, though generally less enlightening and fleshed out than his counterpart's, are also worthwhile. "Style It Takes" is one of his best post-Velvets tunes, a sly, witty piece of baroque pop that comments on Andy's unique perceptions and artistic sense. And though Cale's distinctive viola shrieks from the VU days are still missing, as they have been for most of his solo career, the stately, melodic playing he contributes to "Hello, It's Me" is gorgeous, while his frantic bowing on "Images" builds a dense claustrophobia.
I must admit, when I first heard Songs For Drella, I was not impressed. In comparison with the near-flawless Velvet Underground catalog, or even the better moments from Reed's solo career, on first listen this album is too minimal and lyrical to make a strong impression. But with repeated playing, the record's charms become truly apparent. Reed and Cale's honest, straightforward, sometimes scathing examination of Warhol takes in every aspect of the artist's life, from his artistic outlook to his personal doubts and convictions. Lyrically, the two former Velvets are at the top of their game, weaving complex narratives within each song, both clever and poignant. Musically, the album's subtle textures slowly ingratiate themselves, creating a beautifully understated emotional atmosphere.
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Answer the following questions
1. How do most zoos treat the death of an animal?
a. buy a new one from another park
b. renovate the cage to breed other animals
c. hold enrichment talks to educate students about the animal
d. raise funds to buy another one
2. According to an activist, what did a jaguar in the botanical gardens in Central suffer from?
a. it didn't have enough food
b. children threw sharp objects at it
c. it didn't have any toys to play with
d. being enclosed left it severely bored
3. What is the Year of the Frog?
a. last year's Lunar New Year symbol based on the Chinese zodiac
b. Singapore's night safari park
c. an animal rights organisation
d. a worldwide campaign launched to save frog species
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Match the following words with their meanings below
1. indefensible
2. biodiversity
3. exploit
4. endangered
5. render
a. to selfishly take advantage of something
b. unable to justify
c. make
d. in danger of dying out
e. wide variety of animal and plant species
Language Focus
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. The example below is taken from the article.
The park creates a living environment that closely resembles their natural habitat.
Fill in the blanks choosing the correct adverbs from this list.
early, comfortably, fiercely, heavily
1. Melissa and David have been arguing _______________ over the name of their new-born child.
2. It is raining _______________ outside.
3. The cat was resting _______________ on the sofa.
4. My grandmother wakes up _______________ for tai chi lessons every morning.
Think About
1. How do animal rights activists justify shutting down animal parks?
2. Do you think animals should be kept in zoos?
3. Is there a difference between a zoo animal and a house pet?
Answers: Reading Comprehension: 1. a, 2. d, 3. d
Word Power: 1. b, 2. e, 3. a, 4. d, 5. c
Language Focus: 1. fiercely, 2. heavily, 3. comfortably, 4. early


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The month of June is both an exciting and taxing month on the team as we cover major shows and events non-stop. PC Show 2011 just concluded successfully a few days ago with the HardwareZone.com Team in full force covering the show in every aspect possible to bring you the best coverage in town. However just prior to that, the team was busy walking tirelessly for days to cover the largest ICT show in Asia - Computex 2011 in Taiwan. Often foregoing sleep to sort out the coolest tech seen for the day, we managed to cover numerous products and events that spanned 80 pages of Computex 2011 coverage!
Most of our expectations were spot-on, such as more Intel Oak Trail based devices (Atom Z670 class) for sleeker and more efficient tablets, next-gen Medfield tablets, Intel Ivy Bridge preview (the next mainstream iteration of Sandy Bridge CPU), AMD Fusion roadmap updates (A, Z and G-series), the ASUS Padfone and many more. We've even furthered our main Computex 2011 coverage with follow-ups from ASUS and their ROG progression, and a notebook platform preview of the AMD Llano APU (A-series).
Before the HardwareZone.com team gears up for the next major event coverage with the locally held CommunicAsia 2011 and BroadcastAsia 2011, we thought it would be cool to round-up some of the more interesting and quirky stuff we saw at Computex for your pleasure:-
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Toughest People to Love
How to Understand, Lead, and Love the Difficult People in Your Life
by Chuck DeGroat
"Chuck DeGroat combines thoughtful reflection with psychological learning and spiritual vision. This book will give wise guidance to anybody who is called to lead."
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Chuck DeGroat addresses the flawed nature of people and offers wisdom for leaders of all types in dealing with just about anyone who is difficult to lead and to love.
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"In this book I will address the dark side of people. But I'm convinced that in God's economy of grace, nothing is wasted—not our failures, not even our big sins."
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Brief History of The Dr Pepper Museum
The Dr Pepper Museum was founded in 1988 to educate and entertain the general public through the collection, preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of objects relevant to the history of the soft drink industry, and through that example, the free enterprise economic system. The Dr Pepper Museum & Free Enterprise Institute is a private, non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors elected by its membership. The Museum and Free Enterprise Institute opened to the public in May 1991 and has hosted over 1,200,000 visitors.
The Museum is housed in the 1906 Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building located in downtown Waco. The 100 year-old building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the "Home of Dr Pepper." The Museum receives the support of Dr Pepper Snapple Group and its affiliated bottlers but is not owned or operated by them.
Located at the corner of Fifth Street and Mary Avenue in the turn of the century manufacturing district, the vacant bottling plant was in a sad state of repair in a neighborhood comprised mostly of abandoned warehouses that was officially declared as "blighted" by the City. The Waco Chamber of Commerce and the City of Waco hoped that the Museum would be a catalyst for renewed energy and growth in the area, with the potential for restaurants and shops in the old warehouses down the street similar to the "West End" district in Dallas.
Dr Pepper Company donated the historic building to the non-profit organization in 1988. Renovation began in the summer of 1990. The building formally opened to the public on May 11, 1991. At that time, only a small portion of the ground level was open to the public. During the next six years, the Museum embarked on three additional construction phases until the entire building was restored and opened in May 1997.
The Museum is home to the W. W. Clements Free Enterprise Institute. The Institute was created in 1997 for the purpose of educating school children as well as adults about the economic system that underlies American life. The program uses the soft drink industry as a model to teach students about developing, producing, and marketing products. An exhibit about the life of W.W. Clements and his philosophy of life, free enterprise, and business ethics opened in 2008 on the third floor of the museum.
The Museum employs a staff of museum professionals and educators that work with the Board of Directors to fulfill the Museum's mission. The Museum has an annual operating budget of approximately $500,000 that it derives from contributions, memberships, admissions, and the sale of merchandise through its for profit subsidiary, DP Museum Enterprises.
The Museum has received contributions from Dr Pepper Snapple Group, the Coca Cola Company, Coca Cola Enterprises, Big Red Corporation, and numerous independent soft drink bottlers. We are recognized as the only nonprofit museum in the country dedicated to the entire soft drink industry. At the time it opened to the public, the Museum's collection of artifacts totaled approximately 1,600. Today that collection includes over 100,000 artifacts.
In 2007, the Museum completed a new collections and archives storage center in the Kellum-Rotan building. This has paved the way for the growth and consolidation of our collections and archives in one space. Our collection is now one of the largest and best in the world. In 2008, the façade of the Kellum–Rotan Building was completely restored. New administrative offices, education center, and boardroom will be completed in 2011.
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text: The day before (May 2) the release of her new album LOVE?, Jennifer Lopez debuted the video for the new song "I'm Into You" on the Today Show. The always radiant J Lo teamed up with Lil Wayne for the song, though Weezy is not featured in the video. Shot in Mexico and directed by Melina Matsoukas (Rihanna, Lady Gaga), the video is perfect example of why Lopez has been voted one of the most beautiful women in the world by People Magazine. Watch the video above.


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Returning whence I came, ergodic literature in tow
(For an earlier build-up to this post, see Resources not Services.)
Years ago, I asked where was my Lord of the Rings? Many sympathized with the lament and it's clear they got the message: where was my "epic", my "lasting impression", my "contribution to society"? It's four years later and I've realized the Lord of the Rings was the wrong series to associate the depression with: it's just not good enough.
I've no problem with Middle-earth, and it's still an admirable thing to appreciate and enjoy. What I want to create, however, is something slightly different, something slightly more mysterious. There's been plenty written about Middle-earth, and its epic can be as simple or as complex as you'd like, but it's always optional: the additional books expand archaically on Tolkien's mythology and intentions, but none of it is truly necessary to the core reading.
What I prefer to read, and hopefully write, is something more akin to ergodic literature, something that "requires a 'non-trivial effort' to traverse the text". I consider Infinite Jest a recent example because, although you can read it by "merely moving ... along lines of text and turning pages", there's so much depth and complexity that you'll gain more appreciation via annotation. House of Leaves is another example: atypical page layouts and complexities abound. I've not read any of Thomas Pynchon or James Joyce (gasp!), but I suspect they'd also match my considerations.
Complexity and depth isn't the only thing I find palatable - one downside of the books above is that their "easter eggs" are based on the real world. Still, ergodic alternatives do exist, such as Milorad Pavich's Dictionary of the Khazars; my encyclopedic Ghyll was inspired by this work and was built by dozens of "scholars" over many months. Jorge Luis Borges and most alternate reality games like Perplex City also require "non-trivial" efforts to appreciate them.
Finally, wordplay and and a wry grin are high on my list, and most of the above works contain one, the other, or both. Vladimir Nabokov sprinkled "linguistic playfulness" throughout his work, and Martin Gardner's The Annotated Alice offered an understanding of Wonderland and its embedded secrets that I hadn't anticipated. Creating something that can be read straight through, then spelunked for hidden treasure, then appreciated through research and annotation, is very appealing to me. Something "subtle", as sbp puts it.
The only problem is that I haven't written fiction for decades. I've done two technical books and a dozen articles for O'Reilly, one for Apple, a year-long column for MacTech magazine, non-fiction this, non-fiction that. Ghyll could be considered fiction, but it was written with a scholarly "voice", making it more an exercise in imagination than craft. The last time I really wrote fiction was high school, when New Hampshire English teacher Michael Phelps read one of my Dickensian works to the class and told them they'd see my face on the back of a book someday. Prophetic, and a memory that will stay with me forever. In 2003, I e-mailed Mr. Phelps to tell him of my progress and memories and he replied that, as a teacher, these sorts of updates are vitally important. If you've not reached out to yours, I heartily admonish you to.
Relearning fiction is something I'll begin shortly.
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Well stated, fFriend. :)
Well stated, fFriend. :) Nice variety of links, situated within an excellent manifesto, of sorts.
As fFor me, I wander between "I should make something cool like that" and "I should just enjoy what others make, bringing my own insights into the discussion."
Wed, 2009-07-29 21:21
Thanks for the listing of
Thanks for the listing of Ergodic works, was wondering if you could provide an expanded list as you come across more interesting works. (I've just ordered a copy of House of Leaves, but was urged to start off with something a bit shorter)..
Wed, 2009-08-05 17:42
Seems to me that you'd be
Seems to me that you'd be best served not trying to write to an end result, but just writing your best work. Faulkner is famous for telling people he was just trying to write a good story when asked about the deep meanings of his writing. I suggest you create art not by overthinking it, but by just telling a good tale. All the fripperies can be layered in later if you must, but the foundation must be excellent writing. Artsy is good. Fartsy, not so good. If you write a magnum opus full of deep layers of meaning, introspections, and linguistic showboating, you'll get a thunderously artistic book no one will ever want to read. No one reads Proust to enjoy it, merely to be seen reading Proust. Make no mistake, great art must be enjoyed on some level. That doesn't mean it has to be pleasant per se, but that it must make your audience want to experience it.
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Exploring the Dream Experience in Christian Spirituality
Surveys the significance and understanding of the dream experience in both eastern and western Christian traditions. Special attention is given to the role of the dream in the spiritual journeys of prominent Christians, the dream of the death experience, as well as developing a Christian approach to dream interpretation. Students gain an appreciation for the value of the dream within a Christian worldview, as well as a sense of how to integrate dream interpretation with an understanding of one's own spiritual journey. Limited enrolment.
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Omens -
Almost any occurrence can be interpreted as an omen. The usual omen was a natural phenomenon, such as a meteor, an eclipse, or the flight of birds.
Among the Greek and Romans the interpretation of omens was a major part of religious life and required trained priests, such as the Roman augur, to explain the meaning of the signs.
Belief in omens still survives in superstitions, such as black cats, nightmares, unlucky days, and the breaking of mirrors.
Bird Droppings
Birds droppings seen on our cars and alike, is believed to be a very lucky omen. If it is seen first thing in the morning, we ill be lucky for the whole day, any later in our day, our luck will begin from then. If it is seen by us on the way to signing a deal, a deal will be reached, nd all parties will be satisfied with the outcome.
Clothing inside out
If we accidentally put our clothing on inside out, it is believed that it is an omen of good luck. However, if we then turn our clothing the right way, our good luck will also be gone
The Dove is seen as a omen of peace and is regarded as a Sacred bird, .It is known as the only bird that the devil cannot turn himself into. It is also known as the messenger of Venus, and as the bringer of the first vegetation (olive branch) to Noah after the deluge had taken place. According to Indian tradition, the Dove is said to contain the soul of a lover, and to kill one will bring much misfortune to the killer.
According to superstition if a woman is seen with the hem of her dress down, it is a omen that she is single and looking for a partner. Where if the hem is seen turned up, she will soon be receiving a new and similar garment.
Horse Punting
Many horse-punters play on their own hunches when placing their bets, some may follow riders, some may follow horses, some may even place bets according to the colors that a jockey maybe wearing.
However, if they have trouble playing on hunches, it is believed that if they place a bet on number 9, it will be a safe bet.
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In Japanese superstition it is believed, that if a medicine cup or glass should accidentally fall and any medicine is to spill, it is an omen that the patient will have a speedy recovery.


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After detailed preparation. I arrived (late March) on site in Anjou not far from where the rivers meet. The object was to build a Finnish style contra-flow refractory core. Located on the second floor of an industrial water mill that was undergoing complete renovation.
The core would contain 750 42% Al So refractory brick and 100 common brick along with fourteen 25kg bags of castable refractory concrete. There would be an auxiliary indirect bake oven incorporated in the upper chamber.
The core would be built to take Upo s 0018 fire box door, and
0213 oven door.
It would be faced in clay brick by the client.
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My place of accommodation, in a near by village, for the duration of the project.
The Mill built in the 1850 s
The buildings on the opposite side of the lock are, foreground, the granary, and background, the lock keepers house.
Mistletoe growing by the river.
Neighbors upriver.
View of ruined and more modern farmhouse on the river.
The mill originally had two water wheels though since 1960 it had been powered by electricity. Three water channels run from end to end of the building through the basement.
Much of the old machinery survives intact.
Today the mill is divided into two separate dwellings. The project was undertaken in the dwelling occupying the left half of the building.
The foundation of the heater and chimney consists of five tubular steel pillars straddling the middle waterway. The pillars support a reinforced concrete slab.
The footings and foundation of the building are exceptionally well built as the structure had to withstand weight of the upper floors, the vibration, of machinery and the erosive action of the water running through the channels.
Foundation slab with the first five rows of the core layed up in clay brick and type N mortar.
The rectangular hole allows the ashes to drop through the foundation slab into a depositor.
The recess in the front forms a combustion air intake channel allowing combustion air to enter by the cast iron air intake door installed on the facing, and be deflected, by the refractory brick deflectors, on to the fire.
The first row of the rear manifold and the central chimney connection. The chimney connection would be custom built in refractory brick, not being tied in to the wall of the rear manifold.
Finished rear manifold and flue connection. The opening is bridged by 10x10mm, 460mm long angle bar.
The rear wall is at the same height as the first 4 rows of clay brick.
The subsequent rows of refractory brick, forming the hearth, are of crucial importance in strengthening this masonry and angle iron lintel. This is a potential point of weakness though cannot be avoided.
Work needs to be done with the utmost of care.
Custom built flue connection in refractory brick.
The first section of clay flue tile in position.
It would be removed during construction of the core.
Sloped fire box floor. This allows ashes to collect together over the grate, burn quicker and so allow the chimney damper to be closed as quickly as possible, aiding overall efficiency.
Base courses of the sloped firebox hearth seen from the loading opening.
The opening in the fir box floor is cut to take the Upo 0413 cast iron grate.
The fire box consists of four double with shiner courses. The inside course can be removed and replaced should the fire box walls become damaged in the future.
Recesses are ground or cut into the top two bricks at the front of the fire box walls. This allows the angle iron lintel to sit flush with the top of the bricks forming the rest of the fire box walls.
The fire box lintel is negotiated by the first 4 rows corbelling.
Detail. The exposed corners of the corbel cause turbulence which promotes mixing of the smoke, flame and secondary air. The whole bricks used in the corbelling (as opposed to skew back, bricks) enable the whole fire box ceiling to be layed with a simpler and stronger bond.
This heater does not use the Ventura effect to encourage secondary combustion. The wide vertical through running up the rear wall acts as a fire tube.
The small sections of angle bar welded to the angle bar lintel, will hold refractory brick splits that will act as a thermal shield, protecting the angle bar lintel itself.
|As the heater's fire box is exceptionally deep, and the over air draught blows the fire towards the back of the fire box, the angle bar lintel receives little or no flame bight. The lintel would also be ok without the added heat shield.
Final row of corbelled brick before the oven under channel is layed.
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From the mezzanine.
The ovens hearth slab in place, with 'bio' local alternative to ceramic paper.
The ovens hearth, side walls and top slab in place.
The oven from the front i.e. the loading opening. The opening beneath the hearth is to allow access for potential future cleaning of the under heart channel.
I have never found this to be necessary though at 1m. this was the deepest core I had built, and thought the addition of an inspection opening prudent.
The core before the side walls are built.
Completion of the side channels.
Detail of the fire box showing the ash chute and the cut out for the grate.
Looking upwards from the firebox.
The refractory concrete capping slabs can be seen in the background.
The fire tube running up the rear wall.
Fire box loading opening a 46cm wide.
The angle iron lintel is fitted with two half refractory bricks that will act as a heat shield.
The two refractory brick that are dry layed at the front of the hearth are used to deflect primary air on to the wood load at a 90 degree angle.
The finished core with its two side walls and capping slabs.
Pyromasse, Montreal. April 2006


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In this study, we evaluate the effect of HO-1 upregulation on blood pressure and cardiac function in the new model of infarct spontaneous hypertensive rats (ISHR). Male spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) at 13 weeks (
Primary hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular diseases, including cardiomyopathy, coronary artery diseases or even heart failure. Moreover, hypertension also tends to aggravate clinical courses, leading to higher incidence of cardiogenic shock, pulmonary edema, sinus tachycardia on admission, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, complete A-V block and in-hospital deaths. In other words, patients with both ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) and hypertension tend to have more cardiovascular risk factors and suffer a more complicated in-hospital course of MI than normotensive patients [
Heme oxygenase (HO), a rate-limiting enzyme in heme metabolism, degrades heme into biliverdin/bilirubin, with the production of carbon monoxide (CO) and free iron (Fe). The products of heme metabolism, including bilirubin, CO and Fe, possess various beneficial physiological functions, such as anti-oxidant stress, anti-apoptosis, anti-inflammation, vasodilation, regulating cell proliferation, enhancing insulin sensitivity, inducing adiponectin and regulating angiogenesis [
In the treatment of metabolic syndrome, upregulating HO-1 expression and activity is a new focus for both basic and clinical studies. It also seems to be a promising therapeutic approach [
Based on these available experimental evidences, we postulated that HO-1 upregulation in a new model, infarct spontaneous hypertensive rat (ISHR), could also bring in a cardioprotective adaption in the way of suppressing elevated blood pressure, ameliorating pathological ventricular remodeling and improving hypertensive post-infarct cardiac function.
SHRs exhibited significantly higher mean arterial (MAP), systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) compared to WTs. There was no statistical significance in heart rate (HR) between SHRs and WTs (
SHRs exhibited significantly smaller left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic diameter (LVEDD and LVESD) compared to WTs. Echocardiographic images showed obvious cardiac hypertrophy in SHRs. However, there was no statistical significance in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular fraction shortening (LVFS) between SHRs and WTs (
Basic HO-1 protein expression levels were listed from the top to the end as below: WT (sham + NS) > SHR (sham + NS) > SHR (MI + NS), while there was no statistical significance among these three groups (
The result of immunohistochemistry was similar to that of Western blot, showing that CoPP treatment for six weeks could upregulated HO-1 expression in both WT (sham + CoPP) and SHR (MI + CoPP) groups (
Bilirubin is one of the three main metabolic products in the HO system. Serum bilirubin levels could, to some extent, reflect HO activity. There was no statistical difference between WT (sham + NS) and SHR (MI + NS) groups, in spite of a slightly lower level in the latter one (
CoPP treatment significantly reduced elevated blood pressure, including SBP, DBP and MAP in SHRs (
The SHR (MI + NS) group had lower serum NO levels (
Serum PGI2 levels showed no statistical difference between the SHR (MI + NS) and WT (sham + NS) group. CoPP treatment increased serum PGI2 levels in both the WT (sham + CoPP) (
Concurrently, SnMP treatment in the CoPP-treated ISHR model markedly suppressed the elevated serum NO and PGI2 levels (
Compared to the WT (sham + NS) group, the SHR (MI + NS) group exhibited obvious myocardial infarction. Masson's trichrome stain showed that the majority of myocytes in the infarct area disappeared and were replaced by fibrosis. HE stain showed that in a peri-infarct area existed myocyte hypertrophy, hyperemia and chronic inflammation. CoPP treatment reduced infarct area enlargement and its fibrosis progress. CoPP also inhibited myocyte hypertrophy, hyperemia and chronic inflammation in the peri-infarct area. Concurrently treating with SnMP could block all these functions mentioned above (
The SHR (MI + NS) group exhibited significantly increased LVEDD and LVESD (
Compared with WT, SHR had a much higher ratio of heart weight to body weight (HW/BW) (
Concurrently, SnMP treatment markedly suppressed the CoPP functions mentioned above, including the inhibition of the enlargement of LVEDD and LVESD and the reduction of the HW/BW ratio (
Six weeks after left anterior descending coronary artery ligation, LVEF and LVFS in the SHR (MI + NS) group were significantly lower than those in WT and SHR under sham operation (
Compared to the WT (sham + NS) group, the SHR (MI + NS) group exhibited higher LVSP and LVEDP, lower +d
CoPP treatment decreased LVSP and LVEDP, increased +d
The SHR (MI + NS) group exhibited higher C-reactive protein (CRP) levels compared with the WT (sham + NS) group (
In this study, we demonstrate for the first time that HO-1 upregulation through CoPP administration in a new model, infarct spontaneous hypertensive rats (ISHR), possesses a cardiovascular protective function that attenuates blood pressure, alleviates pathological left ventricular remodeling and ameliorates post-infarct cardiac function. Several lines of evidence support these conclusions. First, the results of Western blot and immunochemistry showed that HO-1 expression was upregulated and that the levels of bilirubin, one product of the HO system, were also elevated after CoPP administration. Second, meanwhile, CoPP treatment also suppressed elevated blood pressure, LV dilatation, hypertrophy, inflammatory reaction and endothelial and cardiac dysfunction. Third, concurrently SnMP administration, an HO activity inhibitor, inhibited HO-1 overexpression, reduced serum bilirubin levels and blocked all the CoPP effects mentioned above, which further suggested that all these CoPP cardiovascular protective effects should be ultimately attributed to HO-1 upregulation. However, some studies also showed that SnMP could only suppress HO activity rather than HO-1 expression [
The anti-hypertensive effect of HO-1 has already been acknowledged. In a basic experiment, the SHR model exhibited an obvious decrease in HO-1 expression levels compared with WKY [
It has been generally accepted that hypertension is closely associated with endothelial dysfunction (elevated vascular resistance and reduced sensitivity to stimuli of vasodilation) in the peripheral coronary and renal circulations. NO is a well-known vital autocrine and paracrine signaling molecule in the regulation of several cell functions, including modulation of vasomotor tone [
Prostanoids have also been regarded as another important factor in the regulation of blood pressure. In addition to being a potent vasodilator, PGI2 is also a mediator of renin secretion, which in turn will lead to the development of renovascular hypertension [
In the ISHR model, hypertension increased the afterload. Meanwhile, myocardial infarction reduced cardiac output. Both initiated the cardiac compensatory mechanism, including the Frank-Starling mechanism, ventricular remodeling and neurohormonal action. Ventricular remodeling involves changes in left ventricular size, shape and mass to maintain adequate forward flow, in response to myocyte loss after a myocardial infarction and to hemodynamic overload induced by hypertension. The initial response to increased cardiac stress or load is usually concentric hypertrophy, the myocytes predominantly increasing in width and the heart tending to thicken. According to Laplace's Law, increased wall thickness could offset the afterload-induced increase in systolic wall stress [
In this study, the levels of LVEDD and LVESD showed no difference between the CoPP treated ISHR group and the WT control group, seemingly suggesting that no LV dilation existed after the LAD ligation operation six weeks later. In fact, an important factor, the different growing curves of WTs and SHRs in length and weight, have been neglected. The length and weight in WTs tend to increase more obviously along with the accumulation of age compared with SHRs. Considering these differences, a previous study adopted an adjusted value, the ratio of LVDD/BW [
Heart weight/body weight (HW/BW), a heart mass index, is usually used in evaluating the degree of hypertrophy. In this study, the ISHR model exhibited a significantly higher HW/BW ratio, which should be attributed to two main factors, the increased afterload induced by hypertension and the impaired cardiac function caused by myocardial infarction. HO-1 upregulation significantly reduced the HW/BW ratio in the ISHR model, but this ratio in WT groups was unaffected. HE and Masson's stain also showed the attenuated hypertrophy and chronic inflammation in the peri-infarct area in the CoPP treated ISHR model. This evidence all indicated that HO-1 upregulation could suppress the hypertrophy process in the ISHR model.
Relative studies showed an important status of inflammation in the LV remodeling process [
PGI2, produced by the vascular wall and predominantly by the endothelia, acts as a physiological antagonist of TXA2. Moreover, PGI2 is a powerful cytoprotective agent, exerting its action through activation of adenylate cyclase, followed by an intracellular accumulation of cyclic-AMP in various types of cells [
In this study, HO-1 upregulation ameliorated the levels of both two ventricular remodeling associated factors, decreasing CRP levels and increasing PGI2 levels. Besides, it also reduced elevated blood pressure, infarct regions and improved cardiac function. In other words, HO-1 upregulation not only promotes anti-remodeling factors, but also removes pro-remodeling factors, so that it can prevent the development of ventricular remodeling more thoroughly.
In this study, echocardiography showed that HO-1 upregulation significantly improved LVEF and LVFS, in other words, the cardiac systolic function in ISHR model. In the hemodynamic perspective, HO-1 upregulation suppressed LVSP and LVEDP, while ameliorating ±d
A previous study [
To sum up, the ISHR model exhibits both systolic and diastolic dysfunction. HO-1 upregulation ameliorates the deteriorated cardiac function in the ISHR model.
Inflammatory reaction is closely associated with cardiovascular diseases. Blood pressure itself and RAS activation will both activate the inflammatory process [
IL-6 plays various roles in driving chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, endothelial cell dysfunction and fibrogenesis [
CRP, another biomarker of inflammation, is also closely related to the pathological process of hypertension and myocardial infarction. A clinical study showed that hypertensive patients had higher baseline CRP levels compared with normotensive patients. After the adjustment, an independent positive association existed between plasma renin activity and CRP levels [
All these studies demonstrate that IL-6 and CRP are closely associated with the pathological process of hypertension and myocardial infarction, in the manner of a reciprocal causal relationship: hypertension and myocardial infarction stimulate the elevated IL-6 and CRP levels. Conversely, increased or decreased IL-6 and CRP levels also aggravate or alleviate the process of cardiovascular diseases. The inhibition of serum IL-6 and CRP levels not only reflected the attenuated inflammatory reaction, but also assisted in the suppression of infarct hypertensive pathological process. In a word, in our study, HO-1 upregulation successfully blocked the elevation of IL-6 and CRP levels, interrupted the vicious cycle and slowed the process of hypertension and myocardial infarction.
Male spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) at 13 weeks (
At the 6th week, trans-thoracic echocardiography and cardiac catheterization was performed; thereafter, blood was collected for blood biochemistry, NO, IL-6, PGI2 testing and isolated hearts for histology and Western blot.
Blood pressure was measured in non-anesthetized rats with the standard noninvasive tail-cuff method.
A catheter-tipped transducer (PE50) was introduced into the LV through the right carotid artery. Arterial and LV pressures were recorded simultaneously using a data-acquisition system (RM6240), and maximal −d
Hearts were harvested and cross-sectioned. One portion was fixed in formalin, paraffin embedded and processed for histology. Tissue sections were cut to 3–4 μm thickness and processed for HE, Masson's trichrome stain and immunohistochemistry. IOD (integral optical density) was calculated for quantitative analyses with the software "IMAGEPROPLUS".
Serum TB, Glu and CRP were tested by Hitachi-7170A Biochemical Analyzer. Serum PGI2 (Rat Prostacyclin, PGI2 ELISA kit, E90727Ra), IL-6 (Rat Interleukin 6, IL-6 ELISA kit, HE1731) and NO (Rat nitric oxide, NO ELISA kit, YH-11900E) were determined in rat serum by the enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA).
At the time of sacrifice, other portions of heart (excluding the one for morphology) were rapidly frozen in liquid nitrogen and then stored at −80 °C. Frozen hearts were pulverized under liquid nitrogen and placed in a homogenization buffer, and protein levels were visualized by immunoblotting with antibodies against rats HO-1, HO-2 (Stressgen Biotechnologies Corporation, Victoria, BC, Canada).
Briefly, 110 μg of heart tissue lysate supernatant was separated by 12%/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane. Immunoblotting was performed, as previously described [
The data are presented as mean ± standard error (SEM). For comparison between treatment groups, the null hypothesis was tested by a single factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) for multiple groups or unpaired
In conclusion, the ISHR model exhibited excessive inflammatory reaction, undermined endothelial function, impaired cardiac function and pathological ventricular remodeling. The pharmacological upregulation of HO-1 expression protects the ISHR model from injurious stimuli and prevents the continued deterioration in cardiac function. In consideration of the more severe clinical course in patients with both MI and HTN, HO-1 upregulation may constitute an alternative and promising approach against these plights.
This work was supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation (7122175), Military Health Care Grant (09BJZ01) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (81270154).
heme oxygenase 1
Co(III) Protoporphyrin IX Chloride
Tin Mesoporphyrin IX Dichloride
total bilirubin
wistar rat
spontaneous hypertensive rat
systolic blood pressure
diastolic blood pressure
mean arterial pressure
left ventricular end-diastolic diameter
left ventricular end-systolic diameter
left ventricular systolic pressure
left ventricular ejection fraction
left ventricular fraction shortening
heart weight/body weight
total bilirubin
nitric oxide
myocardial infarction
normal saline
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
HO-1 and HO-2 expression in heart tissue of wistar rats (WTs) and spontaneous hypertensive rat (SHRs) at sixth week after operation (Western blot). &
HO-1 expression in heart tissue of WTs and SHRs at sixth week after operation (immunochemistry). (
Serum bilirubin levels of WTs and SHRs at sixth week after operation.
Blood pressure of WTs and SHRs at 6th week after operation. (
Serum NO and PGI2 levels of WTs and SHRs at sixth week after operation. (
LVEDD, LVESD and HW/BW values of WTs and SHRs at sixth week after operation. (
LVEDD, LVESD adjusted for body weight.
Echocardiographic images of WTs and SHRs at sixth week after operation. (
LVEF and LVFS of WTs and SHRs at sixth week after operation. (
Hemodynamic parameters of WTs and SHRs at sixth week after operation. (
Serum CRP and IL-6 levels of WTs and SHRs at sixth week after operation. (
Baseline characters of heart rate and blood pressure.
|WTs (
|SHRs (
|383.70 ± 14.174
|379.69 ± 37.316
|143.50 ± 198.60
|198.60 ± 18.210
|124.60 ± 6.786
|170.90 ± 19.503
|115.20 ± 6.374
|157.24 ± 21.121
Baseline characters of echocardiographic parameters.
|WTs (
|SHRs (
|LVEDD (cm)
|0.5888 ± 0.0469
|0.4060 ± 0.0457
|LVESD (cm)
|0.3563 ± 0.03758
|0.2240 ± 0.04486
|40.150 ± 5.1094
|44.640 ± 3.9339
|76.200 ± 0.0535
|81.560 ± 0.0744
Histological images of WTs and SHRs in infarct and peri-infarct area. WN: WT (sham + NS); WC: WT (sham + CoPP); SMN: SHR (MI + NS); SMC: SHR (MI + CoPP; SMS: SHR (MI + CoPP + SnMP); SSN: SHR (sham + NS).
|Masson (macroscopic)
|Masson (×200)
|Infarct area (HE ×200)
|Peri-infarct area (HE ×200)


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I'm back again! And this time, I brought cake!
This cake has made an appearance here before, many moons ago. With an overturned bowl as a stand. And an awkward screened-in porch thing going on in the background. So let's just forget about that post and focus on this new one, because I've made some improvements (to both the recipe and my prop/photo situation). It deserves another moment in the spotlight, because it's stupid easy to make and de-freakin-licious.
I fell in love with this cake ages ago, back when I was living in Albany, NY, spending my days chasing a shameful amount of office vending machine snacks with way too much coffee, and dating my now-ex M. My long Albany weeks were tempered by weekend trips to visit M's Italian family downstate. Between holidays and Sunday dinners, I ate an insane amount of amazing food with that family. This cake included.
M's father began making it not too long before we broke up, so I only had the chance to enjoy it a handful of times. The first time I tasted it, I was only trying it to be nice. He had described it as a "cheesecake," which is not a favorite dessert of mine. I find it heavy and rich, and can usually enjoy only a bite or two before feeling nauseous. This version looked oddly unlike the dessert I was used to, but I figured it was just the hot mess of cheesecakes. Then I took a bite, and discovered it was nothing at all like a typical cheesecake. It was tangy-yet-light, with layers of cake and berries that somehow managed to remain visually distinct while blending together in perfect flavor harmony. This was my kind of cheesecake.
After M and I parted ways, I thought about this cake a lot. (I thought about all the food that family made a lot. I've discussed this before on several occasions, so I won't make you listen to me obsess over mini sfogliatelle again. [But seriously, MINI SFOGLIATELLE, you guys. *insert emoji gushing streams of tears here*]) I considered contacting M a few times to ask for the recipe, but that email would have been an awkward one. So hi. I know we had a bit of a turbulent relationship that came to a rather unhappy one-sided end, wherein I beat a hasty retreat to VT. That's been working out pretty great for me. How are you? P.S. Could you ask your dad for his awesome berry cheesecake recipe?!?
Lucky for me, I didn't have to do that. (Though I might have if I wasn't able to track down the recipe. It's that worth it.) My only lead was that M's dad had been really into Rachel Ray recipes right around the time that this cake made its first appearance. A little bit of internet searching led me here. It was almost certainly the cake. I made it. I tasted it. It was, indeed, THE CAKE. Life: better.
This cake is made up of layers of pound cake brushed with lemony glaze, fresh berries briefly cooked with berry preserves, and a mixture of whipped cream and barely sweetened cream cheese. I've made a few tweaks to the recipe over the years, swapping out the sugar in the glaze for raw honey, the cream cheese for Neufchâtel, and adding in a teeny bit of basil just for funsies. An overnight (or several hour, at least) rest in the fridge gives the layers and flavors time to get all sorts of friendly with each other. I opted to make the pound cake from scratch, but it's just as good with a decent store-bought variety, and that means ZERO oven time (and only a tiny bit of stove top time). I've used blueberries and black raspberries for this version, but it works splendidly with a variety of berries. (Though I really am partial to the blueberries.) Basically, it's the ultimate summer dessert. If you do one thing with berries besides stuffing them straight in your face this summer, pleasepleaseplease make this.
On another note, at the risk of sounding a bit like a sentimental weenie, I feel like I need to acknowledge how nice it is to be back here. I missed the lovely interactions I got to have with all of you guys, and was so happy to have so many sweet comments on my last post. But in my absence, I honestly forgot that I love making, photographing, and writing about food. I realized just how much I missed it when I was in the midst of shooting the cake yesterday afternoon, and it made me feel super warm and fuzzy. Me and the cake, we had a moment. Then I ate it for lunch.
Berries & Cream Cake
(adapted from Rachel Ray)
serves: 8
Lemon-Honey Syrup
1/3 cup water
2 tbsp raw honey
1 lemon, zest and juice
10 basil leaves
The Cake
1/4 cup water
1 cup blueberry preserves
1 1/4 cup blueberries
3/4 cups black raspberries
8 oz. Neufchâtel cheese, softened
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup heavy cream
a few basil leaves, minced
1 loaf of pound cake (approx. 9″ x 4″ x 4″), cut into 1/3-inch slices
lemon-honey syrup
Combine the water, honey, and lemon zest in a small sauce pan. Heat until the honey has completely dissolved into the water, then remove from heat. Muddle the basil and add it to the pan. Let sit for 20 minutes, then strain and stir in the lemon juice.
Combine the water, berries, and preserves in a sauce pan. Cook over medium heat until it begins to thicken (approximately 15 minutes). Remove from heat and let cool.
Beat together the Neufchâtel, confectioners sugar, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks, then fold in the Neufchâtel mixture.
Arrange pound cake slices on the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan, cutting to fill in gaps where needed. Brush the pound cake layer with a healthy amount of the lemon-honey syrup. Spread half of the berry mixture on top of the pound cake and sprinkle with minced basil. Spread half of the whipped cream over top of the berry layer. Repeat with another layer of pound cake, lemon-honey syrup, remaining berry mixture, basil, and the rest of the whipped cream.
Cover cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 5 hours, or overnight. When ready to serve, run a knife around the inner edge of the pan. Release from the pan and top with fresh berries.


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Seoul: North Korea granted two US news organisations interviews with three incarcerated Americans on Monday, with all three prisoners apologising for violating its laws and beseeching Washington to send an emissary to negotiate their release.
The three had been interviewed before in which they expressed contrition and asked the United States for help. But Monday was the first time the North Korean authorities permitted the two US news organisations, CNN and The Associated Press, to speak to all three in the same location.
The choreography of the interviews seemed to make increasingly clear that North Korea wanted to use the three Americans to pressure Washington to engage the country in dialogue.
All said they were treated fairly by the North Korean authorities and had been allowed to contact their families. But they spoke while North Korean officials were present, suggesting they had been coached.
"I've been going back and forth from hospital to the labor camp for last year and a half," the longest-held prisoner, Kenneth Bae, told CNN, adding that he was working at a labor camp.
Mr Bae, 46, a Christian missionary, was arrested after having arrived in the North in late 2012. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for the "anti-state" crime of trying to build an undercover proselytising network within the North with the aim of toppling its government.
Mr Bae complained of failing health, including diabetes, backaches and high blood pressure.
The others, Jeffrey Edward Fowle, and Mathew Todd Miller, reiterated assertions made in earlier interviews that they expected to face trial soon. They said they still did not know what specific charges they faced.
Mr Fowle, 56, an Ohio municipal worker, entered North Korea in April on a tourist visa and was arrested after he left a Bible in a hotel. The authorities may have interpreted that act as Christian proselytising.
"Within a month I could be sharing a jail cell with Ken Bae," Mr Fowle told the AP
He confirmed that he had been allowed to communicate with his wife and three children, who live in Miamisburg, Ohio, but that he had not spoken with them for three weeks.
"I'm desperate to get back to them," he said.
Mr Miller, 24, entered North Korea in April. But according to the North, he shredded his tourist visa upon arrival and demanded asylum. He was arrested for unruly behaviour.
He expressed frustration to CNN, saying that "there's been no movement from my government."
New York Times


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Taylor Swift's Cafe Lunch Date with Mark Foster
Following fizzled out relationships with Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner and Jake Gyllenhaal, it looks as if Taylor Swift may be ready to give romance another go.
The country darling was spotted out on a lunch date with Foster The People frontman Mark Foster at Caffe Roma in Beverly Hills on Thursday (May 17).
Trying to keep their day of togetherness out of the spotlight, Mark quickly parted from Taylor as the paparazzi arrived on the scene at the Italian eatery.
The lunch outing comes just as it was announced that Miss Swift is donating $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.
The donation made by the country cutie marks the largest grant given to the museum by an artist, and the money is said to help fund an exhibit and classroom space dubbed as the "Taylor Swift Education Center" - which is expected to open in 2014.
Of the sizable gift, museum director, Kyle Young, said, "It will allow us to do what we do better, serve more people, develop new programs and I'm happy to say that as we talked through this opportunity with Taylor, she very much wants to be involved in an advisory capacity in what we do. Is there a better person out there who's in touch with a young audience?"
Enjoy the pictures of Taylor Swift leaving Cafe Roma in LA with Mark Foster (May 17).
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Conformity is tossed aside and artistry is hailed in "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," a documentary wherein sanity is a relative concept.
The documentary covers the bizarre life of the ultra-creative Daniel Johnston, the songwriter, comic-book author, recording artist and hallowed cult figure who for two decades has been praised by the cool, offbeat crowd, including everyone from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening to the late rock star Kurt Cobain.
Johnston's output is prolific and wild. He's written hundreds of songs, brought forth some striking art, broadcast some astounding audio comedy sketches where he plays dozens of roles and recorded thousands of hours of homemade movies that leave admirers in awe.
All this, and Johnston is considered mentally unbalanced, having spent time in institutions and elsewhere, and regarded as an emotional free spirit who can adopt any conceivable personality at a whim. Whether or not he is fully conscious of the current personality, using it for dramatic effect, or has no control, is the subject of discussion among his legion of admirers.
"The Devil and Daniel Johnston" digs deep into Johnston's life and work, a fascinating rollercoaster ride with an underground legend. Using eye-opening archival footage and interviews with other fringe celebrities of the past 20 years, the film introduces a larger audience to one very intriguing real-life character.


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We've all heard it, or at least intuited it: Only a great actor can convincingly play a terrible one. Similarly, one could extrapolate that only a great writer can convincingly create the character of a bad writer. To be blunt, John Doble, the author of The Mayor Who Would Be Sondheim, is not a great writer.
Despite a title that conjures images of a comedy (musical or not) combining low-level politics and high-level theatrical writing into escapist (if perhaps enlightening) entertainment, Goble has different goals in mind. The New Jersey Mayor of the title is a talentless hack who wastes his time, and that of his coworkers, by devising lame, politically themed parodies of songs like "Tomorrow," "America," "My Favorite Things," and, in perhaps the show's most horrifying moment, "Oklahoma!" The most notable lyric Doble attaches to that one? "Ain't Camden Yet, Northeast Orange." Go ahead - just try to imagine it. Just try.
Or better yet, save yourself a year of therapy and don't bother. The lyrics, which often barely scan and are never remotely clever, are at their best unbearable and at their worst enough to make you finally kick your lifelong musical theatre habit. It's difficult to know if Doble intentionally meant to defame the work of the theatre's greatest writers, or if he really thinks his lyrics are wittily bad. If it's the latter, I have news for him: They're not. They're just plain bad.
To make matters worse, they're so woven throughout the script that an inability to cope with them is an inability to cope with The Mayor Who Would Be Sondheim. And those without a particular taste for the composer-lyricist behind musicals like Follies, Company, and Anyone Can Whistle may also want to stay away, as the show is constructed around the concept that, besides being a theatrical religious figure (the Mayor calls him "Saint Steve"), Sondheim is now a political visionary, too. Or something.
The idea, as stated in the script, is that politics is just like songwriting: "When writing lyrics, you work within a melody"; when playing the political game, you work with the hand you're dealt. Doble, who either doesn't know or doesn't care that the lyrics sometimes (even often) come first, has built the entire play around this view, incorporating into the script any number of problems the mayor must solve with the limited means at his disposal. These include a catastrophic sanitation strike, union negotiations, race relations, and trying to do the "right thing," here defined as "what will get him re-elected."
There's technically a story (or more accurately a scenario) buried in all this. But it's developed mostly in fits and starts, and most significantly progresses only in the last scene of the second act; this is essentially a character-driven play. Unfortunately, the characters are conceived with as much originality as the lyrics: Aside from the Mayor (Stu Richel), there's a youthful idealist (Scott Giguere), the Mayor's bigoted yet brilliant right-hand man (Larry Greenbush), the Mayor's feisty but haunted assistant (Nina Daniels), and even two political opponents, a racist (Mitch Poulos) and an angry activist (Craig Anthony Grant).
Only Daniels and Grant succeed at fashioning vaguely real people from the creaky archetypes they're given, but their impact is minimal. Richel dominates the show with a befuddled characterization that defines the mayor as neither a self-proclaimed genius nor a legitimate one; Richel seems limited to reciting lines, now tossing in a noncommittal hand gesture to accompany an oblique political musing, now butchering John Kander or Richard Rodgers with a barely in-key rendition of another of Doble's lyrics.
Tom Rowan deserves credit for his pointed, matter-of-fact direction. So does Adam Gwon for his original music, which cheerily combines musical theatre standards with compositions redolent of Sunday morning political talk shows. It's almost as if he gets Doble's joke better than Doble does. Given what Doble thinks makes for so-bad-they're-good song lyrics, and what he thinks will make a political play bearable for two hours, I can't say it would surprise me in the slightest.
Would The Mayor Who Would Be Sondheim play better without these ulcer-inducing lyrical intrusions? Absolutely. Would that make the play good? Probably not. At least not in New York - maybe certain low-budget New Jersey theatre companies starving for current, topical works would chortle at or ponder the specific references and problems that seem obscure outside the Garden State.
But the fine folks of New Jersey deserve better. So does everyone else. As the Mayor says when one of his staffers attempts a parody lyric of his own, "You may be a brainy kid, but you're no Fred Ebb." Neither is Doble. He's not even Don Black.
The Mayor Who Would Be Sondheim


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Kerry Weinmaster was your typical Nebraska middle guard back in the 1970s: small in stature, but stout up front.
"My idol was Rich Glover," Weinmaster said. "He set the standard for middle guards. Glover did back then what Ndamukong Suh did a few years ago. They pretty much just dominated. There were other middle guards there, like Eddie Periard and John Bell, who were all small in stature, too.
"I was 6-0, 230, going into my senior year of college, but as a freshman I was 6-0 around 190. Eddie Periard was only 5-9, 200 pounds, and being a small middle guard myself, that was kind of the 'in' thing. Glover was a defensive tackle when he got recruited by Nebraska, and they moved him to middle guard because they thought he was too small for tackle."
Weinmaster played football and wrestled for North Platte High School. He was an all-state football player his junior and senior years and was an All-American in his senior year in 1975. He played defensive tackle or middle guard, based on what the offense was doing.
In wrestling, Weinmaster took second in state his sophomore year and fourth place his junior and senior seasons. "Wrestling taught you to stay low and a lot of it is leverage," he said. So with the tradition Nebraska had with the smaller middle guards, it was pretty evident that Weinmaster was going to be looked at by the Nebraska coaching staff.
"Clete Fischer, Milt Tenopir and Monte Kiffin recruited me," Weinmaster said. "They liked my aggressiveness, and I was around the play all the time. The thing that helped too was playing the Lincoln schools, so I'm sure the coaches saw game film of us playing them, and if you do a good job you are going to get noticed. Kansas State and Oklahoma State also offered me scholarships."
But it was always a dream of Weinmaster's, growing up in Nebraska, to play in Lincoln for the Cornhuskers.
"It was always Nebraska for me. So it was pretty neat to get offered a scholarship and have the opportunity to play at Nebraska," he said.
Nebraska, though, was a different world than North Platte in terms of football.
"In high school you think you are the big man on campus, but in college you are just a number; there are so many people there you grow up really quick," Weinmaster said.
As a freshman, Weinmaster knew, as almost all freshmen knew, that once you get to Nebraska you most likely will play on the freshman squad, and then have a chance to play varsity the following year. But that didn't happen for Weinmaster.
"Oudious Lee got hurt, breaking his wrist, so I got called up to the varsity," he said. "I backed up Jeff Pullen at middle guard. It was the greatest thing in the world for me. Everything seemed like it was bigger than life; you had to pinch yourself a couple of times because you are playing with guys you watched on TV. Everything was so much faster and quicker, so it took me some time to get used to it. The biggest thing for me was I had to work on my technique at the position and know my responsibility, because if you don't do your responsibility, it will affect the guy that is behind you, and in my case it was the linebacker."
Weinmaster went on to letter that season, and then started the next three seasons at middle guard for the Huskers.
"As a sophomore, Jeff and I battled for the starting position. We alternated a couple of games in the beginning, then I was able to lock down the starting position that season and then started my junior and senior years," Weinmaster said.
As a native of North Platte, Weinmaster was proud to play for his home state and represent his hometown. The community of North Platte also showed their appreciation to Weinmaster. "It was great going back to North Platte," he said. "Going home after a bowl game you see a lot of your friends, and people around town slap you on the back and say 'Great job'. I had a 'Kerry Weinmaster Day' after the game, so the whole community got behind you and they supported you."
Weinmaster excelled in the Nebraska defensive system, playing for two defensive coaches during his career (Monte Kiffin and Lance Van Zandt) and, of course, head coach Tom Osborne. "When Kiffin was there it was a 5-2 defense, but when Lance Van Zandt came in we went more to an attack-style 5-2. We were able to be more aggressive, and for the personnel we had, that worked better," Weinmaster said. "And then you had Coach Osborne, who had that calming effect on you. He wasn't a real rah-rah in-your-face type; he was always level-headed. That is what made him such a good coach."
But it was more than coaching that made Weinmaster into an All-Big Eight selection and second-team All-American as a senior at the middle guard position.
"I ran a 4.7 40, and at that time was pretty fast. The offenses of the Big Eight were running attacks, so you had to stay low as a defender," he said.
Being only 6-0 and a former wrestler, Weinmaster was a perfect fit at middle guard in defending the offenses of the Big Eight. He had some memorable games, including one which he wishes he could play over again.
"My toughest loss as a player would be the 1978 Missouri game," Weinmaster recalls. "We totally choked. We win that game and we go play for the national championship. There are days I still think about that game. What did we do wrong? I think we were just caught up in the emotion from the week before in beating Oklahoma that we didn't focus on this game. I give Missouri credit, though, because they had good players like James Wilder, Phil Bradley and Kellen Winslow. Warren Powers was their head coach, and it seemed he had our number."
Not only did they lose a chance at the national title, but they were rematched against the Sooners in the Orange Bowl, which they lost 31-24 to end the season on a sour note.
"Personally, I felt we beat them once already, and then [to] have to turn around and play them again…it was an awkward position," Weinmaster said. "What do we have to prove?"
But overall, the memories and accomplishments Weinmaster had are priceless. In 2006 he was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. "It was one of my crowning accomplishments of my career. It was great to be recognized by your peers and have your family and coaches there with you," he said.
Today the happily married 54-year-old with three boys lives in Jayhawk country in Lawrence, Kansas. For the past 22 years he has been with Sara Lee Foodservice, and handles distributors throughout Olathe, Kansas, Sysco Food Services in Kansas City and St. Louis and Pegler-Sysco Food Services in Lincoln.
Looking back at his career and being from Nebraska, Weinmaster feels it is important to maintain that steady contribution of in-state kids to the football program. It was and is what makes Cornhusker football great.
"I think at Nebraska you always need a good base of Nebraska kids on the team," Weinmaster said. "That is the backbone of the team, and then you sprinkle in players from other parts of the country. That should be the philosophy of our program. They got away from that when Bill Callahan was coaching. He just wanted to bring in all these five-star players and forgot about the in-state kids and the walk-ons. I'm glad Coach Bo Pelini put that back in play."


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"St. Ambrose University's women's dance team was not going to be denied this year.
"Last year at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics large dance national championships, the Bees came in second.
"On Friday in Daytona, Fla., they moved from second place into first place at the NCA-NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships and captured the university's first national championship." Read the rest of the story.
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I have a much stronger relationship with my savior because of the happenings over the last year. In spetember of 07' I played sports everyday. In a football game that saturday I tackled a kid and my arm totally snapped in half. I had surgery and was out of sports for 6 months. During this time I had a lot of spare time. So I was just a beginner with guitar so I practiced and practiced and worshipped and worshipped. God has blessed me with so many oppurtunities. I go to a christian school and lead chapel ever wednesday morning. I play for a Jr. High service at our church and I am just so blessed! I'm so thankful for what the Lord has done! God is growing more and more in my heart everyday! God has blessed me with many opportunities to lead worship and to play guitar and sing and he has also inspired me to write! To God be all the glory!


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The all-smile lovebirds were putting united front in the morning and played a little game of basketball later in the afternoon.
Despite being hit with numerous break up reports, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel continue showing affection toward one another in public. The high profiled couple was spotted hand in hand in Tribeca, New York City on Sunday, May 2 morning.
Jessica was seen with similar short denim and grey vest that she wore the day before while leaving her NYC apartment. Justin meanwhile, traded his grey suit he wore on Saturday with more casual look, a knee-length short and T-shirt.
Later in the afternoon they were spotted having a little sports action. Justin and Jessica were shooting hoops at Chelsea Piers, not for some serious basketball game but for fun.
In fact, the lovebirds have spent three days straight together over the weekend. On Friday, they attended a Timbaland concert at Drai's Hollywood where they were ushered to the VIP lounge. They arrived at the venue with his hand around her waist and once inside the building, witnesses said they were whispering to each other.


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We have a webserver in DMZ and we have an IIS site for Quoting system. The email is failing on it.
The smart host i use is mail.domain.com but email fails.
The developer mentioned about check your exchange settings as the web server is in DMZ and there is relay issue.
What should i check on the exchange server ? so mail flows through mail.domain.com. which acts like smart host.
Please help.
Mar 1, 2013 at 4:52 UTC
Sounds like you need to setup a relay for the server to be able to email as Exchange 2010 does not allow for anonymous emailing. Good instructions found here,
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Mar 1, 2013 at 4:52 UTC
Sounds like you need to setup a relay for the server to be able to email as Exchange 2010 does not allow for anonymous emailing. Good instructions found here,
Mar 1, 2013 at 6:16 UTC
You can test by getting on the mail server console, opening a command prompt, and following these instructions to manually connect and send email. http://www.wikihow.com/Send-Email-Using-Telnet .
Mar 1, 2013 at 7:23 UTC
@Jay6111 That server is in DMZ with ip address 192.168.3.x
our lan ip address is 192.168.1.x and i already setup 192.168.1.27 as a server for relay to external domains for the printers inhouse.
Can i setup one more send connector with the ip address of the webserver which is 192.168.3.x and add that ip to smtp host?
Please advise
Mar 1, 2013 at 7:39 UTC
Yes you can set up another connector with the IP from the DMZ.
Mar 1, 2013 at 7:54 UTC
I did that but it still fails. Any way to troubleshoot from web server?
Mar 1, 2013 at 9:10 UTC
See my post earlier. You can open a telnet session from the web server, and try to send the email from there as in the link. This lets you interact manually with the mail server and see any error messages.
Mar 1, 2013 at 9:40 UTC
Hi !
When I do MAIL FROM : and my email address i get this error
5.1.8 bad address syntax error
Mar 1, 2013 at 9:48 UTC
I don't think there should be a space between FROM and the colon.
Mar 1, 2013 at 9:52 UTC
there is no space ..sorry i typed it wrong above
i used MAIL FROM: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mar 1, 2013 at 10:03 UTC
Not sure then. The error message in effect is saying. "you're not typing it in the correct format", but the example you posted should work.
There should be a space after the colon, but it looks like you have that.
The thing is, it should accept any domain name here, as long as it is in the correct format.
Mar 5, 2013 at 2:45 UTC
So i tried everything but its not working :(
Here is my setup at my office.
my exchange server is 192.168.1.X . i have 192.168.1.1 as firewall and email flows through it. we have internal web server and i have added 192.168.1.27 as a relay following Jay's instruction above. I added that ip address as smtp host in the php code and email works fine to outside domains.
Same does not work for me when the same website is on my web server in the dmz.
now i have 192.168.1.26 as second firewall which is connected to different cable connection. here i have web server in dmz. which has 192.168.3.x ip and it is not on our domain.
we have a IIS website on this developed in php, so i created 192.168.3.2 as a relay same as 192.168.1.27 and added that ip to the code but this fails.
so i used mail.domain .com as smtp host and the email works only internally, meaning i can send to my domain only not outside domains from that web server in dmz.
any thoughts?
please help
Mar 6, 2013 at 6:25 UTC
Any IP address that begins with "192.168." is not routable on the Internet. This IP range is reserved for internal "Private" addresses.
You must have a Public IP for your exchange server to be able to talk to anyone on the Internet. Most of the time your firewall does the translation between the private and public IP.
You get the Public IP from your ISP. This will normally require a business-class ISP account.
Mar 6, 2013 at 6:33 UTC
I got this to work!! Thank you all.
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