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moreThis book examines teaching and learning in Chinese societies and advances understanding of 'the Chinese learner' in changing global contexts. Given the burgeoning research in this area, pedagogical shifts from knowledge transmission to knowledge construction to knowledge creation, wide-ranging social, economic and technological advances, and changes in educational policy, Revisiting the Chinese Learner is a timely endeavor.The book revisits the paradox of the Chinese learner against the background of these educational changes; considers how Chinese cultural beliefs and contemporary change influence learning; and examines how Chinese teachers and learners respond to new educational goals, interweaving new and old beliefs and practices. Contributors focus on both continuity and change in analyzing student learning, pedagogical practice, teacher learning and professional development in Chinese societies. Key emerging themes emphasize transcending dichotomies and transforming pedagogy in understanding and teaching Chinese learners. The book has implications for theories of learning, development and educational innovation and will therefore be of interest to scholars and educators around the world who are changing education in their changing contexts. less
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James J. Woodruff II, Esq. is currently an Associate Professor of Lawyering Process at Florida Coastal School of Law. He has also been appointed to serve on the Florida Bar's Small Claims Rules Committee (2010-2013).
Professor Woodruff is a graduate of Texas A&M University and South Texas College of Law. While at South Texas College of Law he served as Editor-in-Chief of Currents: the International Trade Law Journal. He also won the Chester James Taylor Memorial Award for Writing Excellence. Professor Woodruff is a member of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Honors Fraternity).
He has accumulated years of experience in litigation (insurance, consumer, personal injury and commercial) and business law. Professor Woodruff has handled cases at both the trial and appellate levels during his career. His current legal practice focuses on Political law.
Professor Woodruff has published articles in various legal journals including the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and theCorporate Counsel Review. His articles have examined constitutional law, maritime law and international litigation. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the State Bar of Texas, the Jacksonville Bar Association,the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States.
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The giant airships of steampunk are landing in Everett.
The steampunk spectacle "Spring in Sepia" will come to the Historic Everett Theater on Saturday and with it two hot names in steampunk music.
Steam Powered Giraffe brings infectious melodies and Abney Park reciprocates with haunting music taking you, they promise, to a place of bubbling boilers, gentlemen with mustaches, clockwork corsets, steam, leather and oil.
Steam Powered Giraffe is a five-part harmony band from San Diego and have played for the past two summers at The San Diego Zoo, and toured across America performing at science fiction and gaming conventions, according to press material.
Abney Park musicians are veterans of the steampunk scene, touring the globe with an industrial sound melded with costume and retrofitted instruments.
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A quick usecase of our new BuzzTeam feature!
WhiteRoom (a Canadian pop band) released their eponymous album on Jamendo on February 09th of this year. It initially received a few good reviews and begun making its way in the Jamendo community.
Then a few days ago, Mike Linksvayer discovered the album (it would be interesting to know how) and liked it. Mike happens to be the CTO of Creative Commons and the primary contributor to their highly popular weblog. He included a player widget of the WhiteRoom album on a post about Rythmbox+Jamendo.
A few days later: the album was listened to more than 10.000 times, it received more reviews and was added to the finest playlists on Jamendo. Mike is now of course the most active member of the WhiteRoom BuzzTeam with more than 1700 referrals!
This is the most outstanding example of BuzzTeam use to date but there are many, many others. Even if your blog isn't as popular as the Creative Commons one, the artists welcome every single effort to help them spread their music, so let's share your favourite albums!


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Owners of The Met rejoin for hotel venture in Chandler
Construction commenced today on a 109-unit TownePlace Suites by Marriott at the corner of Chandler Boulevard and Hearthstone Way in Chandler. Project owners include HCW Development and Statesman Group of Phoenix. This same duo brought The Met at Fashion Center luxury apartments to Chandler in the fall of 2015. The Towneplace Suites development is located on two acres adjacent to the 303-unit Met at… Read More →
Marriott to hire 100 across Valley
Marriott hotels is gearing up for one of its busiest seasons in Arizona. Valley locations of Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn by Marriott, the brand's signature business travel hotels, are seeking service-loving professionals of all levels to join its teams as Marriott prepares for the influx of visitors to the state. Those who pride themselves on… Read More →
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Scottsdale-based online hospitality education and training solutions provider, HMBookstore, announced Tuesday that its library of eLearning courses are being implemented within the Alliance Hospitality Inc., portfolio. Marriott, IHG and Hilton properties in Ohio and the surrounding Midwest region will use HMBookstore's eLearning courses. . "Since adopting HMBookstore's easy-to-use, self-paced, online platform, we've noted many achievements,… Read More →
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Paula Broadwell's co-author Vernon Loeb misrepresented the Jessica Lynch case
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Didn't realize Paula Broadwell's co-biographer was Vernon Loeb, who wrote the erroneous Post cover story about Pfc. Jessica Lynch.
Misremembering the Jessica Lynch case.
May 28, 2012 ... the source of the Post's exaggerated tale: Vernon Loeb
Lynch was taken prisoner and treated at an Iraqi hospital, from where she was rescued April 1, 2003, by a U.S. special operations team.
As Lynch herself insists, she was no hero (although she has said she could have embraced the Posts hero-warrior tale and no one wouldve been the wiser).
We know the Pentagon wasnt the source of the Posts exaggerated tale: Vernon Loeb, one of the reporters who wrote the story, said so in an interview on Fresh Air, an NPR radio program, in mid-December 2003.
In the interview, Loeb said flatly:
Our sources for that story were not Pentagon sources.
Loeb also said that he could never get anybody from the Pentagon to talk about the Lynch case.
They wouldnt say anything about Jessica Lynch, Loeb declared, adding:
I just didnt see the Pentagon trying to create a hero where there was none. I mean they never showed any interest in doing that, to me.
Loeb said the details about Lynchs supposed heroics came from some really good intelligence sources in Washington, D.C. sources whom the Post has never specifically identified, although it should.
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1. Paula Kranz Another GOP Lewinsk
Isn't it obvious that they intended this to blow up befor ethe election? The FBI was probably able to determine that this "brilliant" woman was intelligent enough to realize ALL email is traceable....Tampa is big time GOP isnt it? Jill Kelley probably a registered republican...an deven if not...some kind of operative...I mean the timing reveals what they wer eup to doesnt it? GOP media still trying to play this into some kind of continued Ben Ghazi screw up/embarrassment...what did I hear Paula KRANZ say in some interview? Or on some podium about having practically first hand info on BG incident? Blurting it out-as if showing ff? Or stirring the problems up for Obama admin...
You've seen the Pat Fucking Tillman movie I hope? She was working with these propagandists...all big time war machine stuff is usially Republican isnt it? Oblivious as usual to Eisenhower's famous speech warnings all these decades later...screwing up all the good that could be...chronically..
Paula Kranz Broadwell...is a frkn spy. Not sure for who....But I feel so bad for Patreus....as if this beautiful woman used him...as if its so criminal the poor guy let himself be human....really a shame...she should be exposed or what she really is....or even of sh ewas just looking to sell her book....disgusting...from harvard no less? Or just the afterwards programs where the sleezy networking takes place in "summer school"?
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Buttery barramundi fish fillets are baked and smothered in a marsala wine mushroom sauce for a healthy, delicious baked fish recipe. Thanks to the NoshOn.It Publisher Partner Program for sponsoring this post and helping me to share this recipe with you.
If you are a traditionalist at heart, please accept my sincere apologies. This recipe is clearly blasphemous to Italian cuisine on so many levels. Are mushrooms in Marsala wine sauce supposed to be spooned over barramundi fish fillets? No, of course not! Chicken…it's supposed to be chicken.
And then there's the whole matter of baking the fish, rather than breading and pan-frying. As I said…blasphemous. But stick with me here.
It was clear after tasting this baked fish recipe that Marsala wine and mushroom sauce was meant to be shared with fish. The rich, flavorful sauce seeps into every nook and cranny, complementing the slightly buttery texture of the barramundi fillets. There's nothing wrong about that!
I figured that if I was going to cook with a healthy fish such as barramundi, which is high in protein and omega-3s and low in calories and fat, why not bake instead of pan-fry? I also left out the standard tablespoons of butter typically used to finish a marsala wine sauce. Instead, I made a roux with a little flour to thicken the sauce in a low-calorie kind of way.
If you caught my other two barramundi recipes, Hummus-Crusted Baked Fish {Barramundi} and Asian-Style Fish & Bok Choy in Foil {Barramundi}, you might remember that this fish is dubbed "The Sustainable Sea Bass" and is free of mercury and PCBs.
I am a lover of mushrooms (well, and wine, too), so I didn't want to skimp on the sauce. There's nothing worse than having to carefully sop up the sauce to be certain that each piece of fish gets its share. There was plenty here to satisfy my mushrooms craving.
Where do you buy barramundi to make this baked fish recipe? It's sold frozen at many retailers, including Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Safeway.
Other barramundi recipes:
Cookin' Canuck's Hummus-Crusted Baked Fish {Barramundi}
Cookin' Canuck's Asian-Style Fish & Bok Choy in Foil {Barramundi}
Jelly Toast's Moroccan Fish Skewers with Barramundi
The Corner Kitchen's Barramundi Ceviche
Cafe Johnsonia's Broiled Barramundi Fillet with Puttanesca Sauce
- 4 (6 oz. ) Barramundi fillets
- ½ tsp salt, divided
- ½ tsp ground pepper, divided
- 4 tsp olive oil, divided
- 12 oz. crimini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 3 tbsp minced shallots
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup chicken broth
- ¾ cup Marsala wine
- 3 tbsp minced flat-leaf parsley
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil and coat with cooking spray.
- Place the barramundi fillets on the prepared baking sheet, rub with 1 teaspoon olive oil and season with ¼ teaspoon and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
- Bake until the fish is just cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet set over medium heat. Cook the mushrooms until they release and then reabsorb their juices, about 5 minutes. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl.
- Heat 1 teaspoons olive oil in the skillet. Add the shallots and garlic, and cook until the shallots are starting to soften, about 2 minutes.
- Add the remaining teaspoon of olive oil, then stir in the flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Pour in the chicken broth and Marsala wine and simmer, stirring frequently, until the sauce is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Season with the remaining ¼ teaspoon of salt and pepper.
- Add the cooked fish and mushrooms to the skillet and cook until the fish is heated, about 2 minutes.
- Garnish with parsley and serve.
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At Amherst College I teach courses related to jazz and popular music. I define these fields in broad ways. By "jazz" I mean a field of music making drawn from its historical connection to African American music and culture. Popular music, on the other hand, is strikingly heteroglossialit has many (often contradictory) meanings. As a phrase, popular music frequently references the corporate music industry. At the same time it may also signify community-oriented forms of cultural identity, reflecting everyday people and the types of social and cultural practices that they express. The tension created by these varying meanings is just one of the many questions that fuels my interest in the field.
Courses Taught at Amherst College
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Jazz courses:
Jazz Film: Improvisation, Narrativity, and Representation (Film and Media Studies)
Jazz History to 1945: Emergence, Early Development (Black Studies)
Jazz History After 1945: Experimentation, Pluralism, and Traditionalism (Black Studies)
Popular music courses:
The Blues Muse: African American Music in American Culture (Black Studies)
Bob Marley and the Globalization of Jamaican Popular Music (Black Studies)
Song Writing
Seminar in Popular Music
Writing Through Popular Music (writing intensive)
Electronic music:
Electroacoustic Performance and Improvisation
Other courses:
Introduction to Music
Exploring Music
Pioneer Valley Soundscapes (Film and Media Studies)
Improvised Music: Spectrum, Theory, and Practice
Music 225 / Film and Media Studies 375 - Jazz Film: Improvisation, Narrative, and Representation
Jazz occupies a special role in the development of American film. From The Jazz Singer (1927), one of the first American films to include synchronized sound, to the sprawling Jazz: A Documentary by Ken Burns (2001), filmic representations of jazz speak to fundamental ways that Americans negotiate difference and imagine national identity. This course examines the relationship between jazz and American culture through three modalities: improvisation, narrativity, and representation. How might jazz improvisation influence the construction of film? Is there an "improvised film"? Moreover, jazz musicians often speak about "telling stories" through their music. How might this influence narrative structure in film and inform the ways that stories about jazz musicians are constructed in film? And how might these stories about jazz musicians reflect larger debates about race, gender, sexuality and nationality?
Music 24 / Black Studies 14 - Jazz History to 1945: Emergence, Early Development, and Innovation
This course examines the development of jazz from its early roots in late 19th century African American popular music to its evolution in the swing era of the 1930s and 40s. Although our primary focus will be the years 1900 to 1945, we will also examine how jazz relates to earlier developments in African American cultural production and we will see that jazz discourse during these years continues to influence the way it is understood in American culture today. We will see how jazz became an international phenomenon in its earliest years and we will look at several examples of jazz communities outside of the United States. The course begins by exploring what might be called jazz "tributaries," a concatenation of early American and African American music styles that provided important influences on the emergence of jazz in New Orleans and elsewhere. The majority of the course will focus on the "Jazz Age" of the 1920s and the "Swing Era" of the 1930s and 40s. We will learn about many of the major figures in early jazz, such as Louis Armstrong, Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday, and Duke Ellington, but we will also locate these musicians within thriving communities comprised of numerous influential contributors to the development of jazz.
We will use current debates in jazz historiography to question today's prevailing trope of jazz as "America's classical music." The notion that jazz has become "classicized" reflects a growing trend to acknowledge jazz's vital role in American culture. While positioning jazz within public funding streams that have long been reserved for classical music, this "neo-classical" movement in jazz has created various controversies around issues of canonization, diversity, and history. This course seeks to question these developments by examining the social backdrop and influences that have prompted the major developments of the jazz tradition. While the "great man" model of music history has dominated most historical accounts of jazz, this course strives to (re)center the contribution of women and explores the intersection between musical expression and the social milieus that fostered the creation of the music.
Music 227 / Black Studies 244 - Jazz History After 1945: Experimentalism, Pluralism, and Traditionalism
One of two courses that trace the development of jazz from its emergence in early 20th-century New Orleans to its profound impact on American culture. Jazz History after 1945 explores the emergence of bebop in the 1940s, the shift of jazz's relationship with American popular culture after World War Two, and the dramatic pluralization of jazz practice after the 1950s. We will also look at the emergence of fusion and the jazz avant-garde of the 1960s and 1970s, and theorize the reformulation of "tradition" during the 1980s. Central to our examination will be the phenomenon of "neoclassicism" common in jazz discourse today, measuring that against the radical diversity of jazz practice around the world. Many figures central to the development of the varied post-bebop directions in jazz will be discussed: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Ornette Coleman, the New York Downtown scene, and many others.
Although we will tend to follow a chronological path through the development of jazz practice, our focus will be guided by several themes: jazz as cultural production; the relationship between jazz, race, gender and nation; jazz beyond the United States; and the construction of "tradition" in jazz historiography. In many ways, this is a course about the way jazz is theorized inside and outside the United States.
Music 8 / Black Studies 53 - The Blues Muse: African American Music in American Culture
This course examines the relationship between blues music and American culture. Using Amiri Baraka's influential 1963 book of music criticism Blues People as a central text, we will explore ways in which the "blues impulse" has been fundamental to conceptions of African American identity. At the same time, we will trace the development of African American music through its connection to West African musical traditions and through its emergence during slavery and the Jim Crow South. Our investigation will survey a number of precursors to the blues such as work songs, spirituals, and minstrels and see how these impacted early blues styles, including delta blues, classic blues, and early blues-oriented gospel practices. The blues played a fundamental role in the emergence of new popular musics in the 1940s and 1950s, most notably rock and roll. Embedded within these new musical practices were ideas about African American modernism, urbanity, and self-representation. Culminating in an examination of hip-hop culture, we will analyze the connection between African American musical practices and larger debates about race, class, gender, and ethnicity. We will see how the blues serves as a mode of activism, how blues musicians engage questions about racial and ethnic identity through music making.
Students will learn to recognize and evaluate important stylistic trends in the history of the blues and situate them within larger social, historical, and political contexts in American culture and the African diaspora. Our investigation will pair sound recordings with musicological and historical/critical analysis; we will develop a variety of critical tools stemming from cultural studies that will help us to develop detailed analyses of musical "texts" we examine in class and in required listening and reading assignments.
Music 15 / Black Studies 13 - Bob Marley and the Globalization of Jamaican Popular Music
For more than three decades, Jamaican popular music has been a dominant force within and beyond the Caribbean. The 1972 partnership of Island Records, the British-based record label, and reggae icon Bob Marley signaled a new and important presence in the international pop music world and a rising voice of Third World consciousness. The commercial viability of reggae led to the globalization of a music and culture with a complex semiotics particular to Jamaican society. Musically and sociologically, the influence of ska, reggae, Jamaican DJ culture, and Rastafarianism has had a substantial impact in many nations of the world, creating a web of relationships between communities in Jamaica, the United States, Great Britain and many countries in Africa.
This course utilizes the music and life of Bob Marley to generate a number of questions about the role of popular music in the globalization of culture and the creation, continuation, and challenging of racial and cultural identities. We will explore the roots and development of Afro-Jamaican popular music and culture, its leading figures and styles, and its enduring influence throughout the world. Attention will be given to the African and Jamaican diasporas, Jamaican immigrant communities in the United States and Great Britain, pan-African/pan-West Indian identity, the intersection of culture and politics, the complex matrix of race and class, the transnational popular music industry, and in its most general sense, the role of music in identity. We will view music as a social formation whose analysis illustrates the connection between emergent post/neo-colonial identities and shifting attitudes about race and ethnicity.
With a strong emphasis on composing, performing and recording, this course explores various dimensions of song writing. Over the duration of the semester, you will develop a small repertoire of original songs through a series of assignments and guided exercises. Our primary modes of sharing will be informal performances of your pieces during class meetings and posting recordings of your work on the course website. The course culminates in a public performance.
The act of song writing has a rich and varied history in many popular cultures around the world. Indeed, the term "song writing" is so ubiquitous in American culture that its meaning is hard to locate. For some, song writing takes the form of lyrics with guitar or piano accompaniment, while for others song writing exists as a technologically-mediated combination of digital music production techniques and wildly varying lyrical approaches. Common to this wide range of music making are sound and lyrics. Casting our net as wide as possible, our working definition of song writing will be the combination of and relationship between sound and lyrics.
We will also examine several historical epochs and influential figures in the history of American song writing. As a second thread in the course, this historical and analytical focus will include assigned reading, listening, and viewing. Many of the composing assignments will bring your work in dialogue with various stylistic trends of the past. You will be encouraged to expand your song writing skills by drawing from techniques and trends of other song writers. Some of the song writing styles that we may examine include the blues, Tin Pan Alley/Broadway show tunes, protest songs of the 1920s and 30s, music from the folk revival of the 1950s and 60s, country music, rap music production, current pop music, the current singer/songwriter tradition and others.
Music 428 - Seminar in Popular Music: Popular Music and Cultural Identity
Music often serves as one of the primary ways that we create and maintain identities. Our social groups--peers, colleagues, acquaintances--are often determined by shared affinities for specific musical styles, artists, and the world views they come to represent. Yet music is also frequently used to catalyze various forms of social and political activism, challenge our relationship to society and structures of power, and initiate change. This seminar explores the nature of popular music and its relationship to culture, politics, and identity. The first part of the course surveys the discourse of popular music studies and the various trends in cultural studies that have prompted new ways of examining the relationship between popular music and social and cultural identities. We will use this theoretical landscape to analyze an array of popular music cultures in and beyond the United States. The second part of the course focuses on developing multifaceted research projects that put these theories to use. Students will be encouraged to combine ethnographic research (interviews, location-based research) with historical and critical analysis to generate a unique, personal project exploring the relationship between music and identity.
Music 104 - Writing Through Popular Music
This course will introduce students to important concepts in effective academic writing by thinking about and thinking "through" popular music. Our complex relationships to popular music provide a rich theoretical landscape of social, cultural, and political issues. How do we use music to construct, maintain, or challenge private and public identities? How have race, gender, class, sexuality, and nationalism been activated through popular music? What is the role of music in our everyday lives? How do commercial interests influence the music that we listen to? These questions, among others, will generate a series of assignments designed to encourage students to develop clear and persuasive writing styles. As a writing intensive course, we will focus on fundamentals of writing style, grammatical accuracy, thesis development, and research methodologies crucial to successful written communication. We will use weekly reading assignments drawn from the field of popular music studies to frame and debate important issues emanating from global popular music cultures and to provide models of successful written scholarship. Peer review and a strong focus on editing and revising will be central to the course. Students will be encouraged to utilize the resources of the Writing Center.
Music 266 - Electroacoustic Improvisation and Performance
This course introduces students to current trends in improvisation-oriented electroacoustic performance. Using laptop computers in dynamic performance situations, we will develop techniques to generate sound and modify and enhance the sound of acoustic instruments. Hardware topics will include audio interfaces, cabling, mixing boards, MIDI controllers, microphone techniques, and networking. A wide variety of specialized software will be explored, including Max/MSP, Ableton Live, Reason, and others. Assignments will focus on preparing students to perform and improvise using new "instruments" built through customized hardware and software configurations. Directed listening and reading will introduce students to the development of electroacoustic music since the 1960s. The course culminates with a class performance and the development of a recorded portfolio.
Music 111 - Introduction to Music
This course is designed for students with little or no musical experience. As a prerequisite to many other Music Department offerings, the course helps students gain basic theoretical and practical understandings of musical elements, such as pitch, melody, harmony, rhythm, meter, and notation. We will study and perform music from the Western tonal tradition and from various cultures around the world. Assignments will include notation, rhythm, keyboard, and singing exercises. Although the class is not a performance course, we will use singing and basic keyboard skills to analyze music and help understand music theory. By the end of the course, students will have a basic understanding of the notation used in the Western tonal tradition.
Through analysis, performance, and composition, we will build a solid working understanding of basic principles of melody, harmony, and rhythm common in Western musical traditions, including jazz, certain forms of American popular music, as well as various musical forms from around the world. Assignments will include scale, chord, harmonic and interval exercises, brief compositional projects, rhythm, piano and singing exercises, listening tasks, and other work.
Music 238 / Film and Media Studies 312 - Pioneer Valley Soundscapes
This course is about exploring, participating in, and documenting the musical communities and acoustic terrain of the Pioneer Valley. The first part of the course will focus on local histories and music scenes, ethnographic methods and technologies, and different techniques of representation. The second part of the course will involve intensive, sustained engagement with musicians and sounds in the Pioneer Valley. Course participants will give weekly updates about their fieldwork projects and are expected to become well-versed in the musics they are studying. There will be a significant amount of work and travel outside of class meetings. The course will culminate in contributions to a web-based documentary archive of Pioneer Valley soundscapes. We will also benefit from visits and interaction with local musicians.
At the center of your experience in this course is a semester long, community-based research project. You will be asked to develop a collaborative, sustained ethnographic investigation of a music community in the Pioneer Valley. Indeed, it may be best to imagine this course as an ongoing community-based research project that happens to meet twice a week on campus. You will spend time off campus each week interviewing community music makers, meeting new research contacts, collecting other research materials, and witnessing music making in its myriad forms and contexts. We will learn about a variety of institutional resources to help with this research. At the same time, you will be asked to study the histories of the musical communities you choose to document, including the broader regional histories and stylistic traditions from which they have emerged. Like previous versions of this course, your project will culminate in a short ethnographic documentary film, which will be shared on and off campus, and which will add to the ongoing, and public, Pioneer Valley Soundscapes website.
Music 439 - Improvised Music: Spectrum, Theory, and Practice
Functioning as a combined seminar and performance workshop, this course explores the theory and practice of musical improvisation. Rather than focus on one specific musical style, we will define "improvised music" in an inclusive way that draws equally from American and European experimental musics, various approaches to post-1965 jazz improvisation, and several musical traditions from around the world that prominently use improvisation. Students will be encouraged to develop new performance practices drawn from and in dialogue with these diverse musical traditions. Reading, listening, and video assignments will help familiarize students with the burgeoning field of improvised music studies and will serve to guide class discussions. Students with any musical/stylistic background are encouraged to enroll. Two class meetings per week. Fulfills either the departmental seminar requirement or the comprehensive exam requirement for the major.


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Tue. February 19, 2013 | Derek J. LaRiviere
BROOKSVILLE — A difficult rivalry has developed over the past two seasons between Nature Coast and district foe Eustis, and that rivalry helped fuel the Sharks' departure from the Class 5A state playoffs.
The Panthers, who had lost all three previous meetings this season with Nature Coast, eliminated the Sharks with a 73-62 overtime win at the Shark Tank in Tuesday night's region semifinal.
For Nature Coast (24-4), the loss was bitter on many levels. Despite opening the game down 9-0, the Sharks dominated most of regulation to hold a four-point lead as time wore down in the fourth quarter.
A crucial foul call on Sharks leading scorer and rebounder Rohan Blackwood rose the junior forward's frustration. The foul was his fourth, and after a few choice words, a technical handed out by officials was enough to oust him from the game with 5:33 left in regulation.
"Rohan is a big part of our team, but we've won a lot of games without him, too," Nature Coast coach David Pisarcik said. "Those guys know that they were more than capable. Eustis just made more plays than us down the stretch."
The teams continued to go back and forth, but Nature Coast answered Eustis (20-8) on almost every attempt, and Wyatt Hessler (eight points, four rebounds, four assists) had a chance to give the Sharks a three-point lead with 9.3 seconds remaining.
Hessler, who scored the team's first basket with 3:39 on the clock in the first quarter, went 1-for-2, setting the score at 60-58 and giving the Panthers an opportunity to tie the game.
After a timeout, Eustis gave the ball to Dustin Dunham on the wing just behind the 3-point line. A pump fake and drive were followed by an athletic layup that fell with only 1.3 seconds left. A last-second heave from beyond halfcourt from Nature Coast point guard Vic Davila (15 points, nine assists) was long.
Dunham continued to dominate in the extra period, finishing with a triple double of 17 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and five steals. He outscored Nature Coast in the period, 6-3, while the Panthers scored 13 overall.
"Dustin is a great player," Eustis coach Mike Bowe said. "We tried to draw up a play for him in the district final (where Eustis lost by one point to Nature Coast), but he dished it off at the last second. Tonight, I told him that the game was on his shoulders."
Nature Coast's loss was only the third at home dating to 2009.
6A: Final shot goes astray for Mitchell
TRINITY — On a night of breathtaking basketball, the last few seconds were for breath holding.
And Winter Haven was finally able to exhale.
Zach Rapaport's 30-foot shot looked good but was just off the mark as the buzzer sounded and Mitchell lost a Class 6A region semifinal 74-73.
"I thought it was going in," he said.
In a back-and-forth affair shots went in more often than not. Winter Haven's clip was 65 percent in the second half yet Mitchell (21-8) hung tough. Two missed one-and-one's helped make for a wild last minute.
The Blue Devils (20-10) led by seven on a dunk by Chance McSpadden with 5:30 to play, capping a 9-0 run. Twice the Mustangs got within two but Bernie Conley missed a would-be tying jumper, and Winter Haven pushed the lead back to 74-68 with only 90 seconds remaining.
Mitchell had one more dramatic rush. Lawrence Watt scored, and Winter Haven missed at the line. Mitchell then had two shots rim out only to have a rebound kick to Sean Thompson — who drilled a 3 to make it 74-73 with 29 seconds left.
Winter Haven thought it had an easy layup but Rapaport swatted it, leading to a go-ahead 3 try by Thompson. He was off but McSpadden's failure at the foul line with seven seconds left set up Rapaport's shot. The play was supposed to go elsewhere but Winter Haven deflected a pass, and Rapaport did well to get the attempt.
"It's just unfortunate but I'm very happy with where the program is at. It was such a great game," said Mitchell coach Jared St. Charles.
Winter Haven jumped ahead 16-6 and McSpadden, the sophomore who hit right on his average of 21 points, admitted he "thought it was going to be an easy game."
But after a timeout where St. Charles urged his team to "retaliate" and get aggressive on defense, the Mustangs forced Winter Haven into five straight misses, while making their last five shots of the quarter for a 16-all tie. Then a masterful 24-point second period, where senior T.J. Cortright scored 10, including consecutive putbacks for the lead, had Mitchell up 40-34 at halftime.
The third quarter was merely incredible. Combined the squads shot 18-for-26. It only took the precise, poised Blue Devils three minutes to regain the lead; the only miss among their first nine shots was due to a Conley block.
But Mitchell answered and held a 57-55 edge by period's end.
Cortright and Rapaport were on a list of about six would-be heroes for Mitchell.
Conley scored a team-high 18, Ryan Doherty was instrumental scoring 15 off the bench, and Watt finished with 10 points after being shut out in the first half. Splendid 6-5 guard Kendrick Holland scored 18 for Winter Haven.
Despite Winter Haven's 71-29 rout of the Mustangs in last year's regional, Cortright said the Mustangs came in with a positive outlook.
"Honestly, I thought it was going to come down to the last shot the whole time," he said.
Darek Sharp, Times correspondent


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The New School
New Chinese Documentaries: The Folk Memory Project
Wu Wenguang is considered the father of China's independent documentary movement. A prolific videomaker, performance artist, and writer based in Beijing, he is a founder of Caochangdi Workstation, where he teaches documentary production and curates festivals of new work. In 2005, Wu established the Village Video Project to document village life in China today. Out of this enterprise emerged the Memory Project, devoted to recording pivotal historical moments and movements in socialist China as recalled by village elders.
This evening's program is the concluding part of an event featuring work by the newest generation of China's documentary makers, known as the 80-hou generation (born after 1980). Wu will screen his work Testament (2010), in which he explores the emotions stirred by facing the filmic "resurrection" of his mother, who died in 2007, as he edited 12 years of footage.
After the screening, Wu is joined by three of his mentees—Luo Bing, Zhang Mengqi, and Zuo Zueping, whose work was screened only for The New School students and faculty during the day—for a discussion of the Memory Project and the importance of recuperating collective memory for China.
This program was organized by Deirdre Boyle, associate professor in the School of Media Studies at The New School for Public Engagement and former director of the Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies program.
This event is co-sponsored by the School of Media Studies, the India-China Institute, Parsons The New School for Design, and International Student Services.
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When I was enrolled to go to The Carmel School, they were really sweet to me and treated me with respect. When you enroll the headmaster takes you and your parent(s) on a tour of the school. The first day you get there your parent takes you in and you get your locker. I did that and then, after your parent leaves the staff and teachers treat you like scum. You are promised small classes, so that way the teacher is able to get to you individually, they say the teachers take oaths and all that kind of stuff, to promise they will not harm you in any way!
The 7th grade math teacher at the time was sweet at first but then she can turn like into a wicked witch when she gets blamed for something. One day we were watiching a movie in science just for fun not for any classwork or anything like that she is the same math teacher, so I set my head down and rested my chin on my arm she thought I was sleeping so she saw my hand took the ruler and slapped me with it. I asked to use the bathroom being sneaky and I go to a person I knew I could trust,
she believed me and also saw the red mark on my hand, but then after the teacher headmaster and I had a meeting that person backed out because she didn't want the teacher to get mad at her and she was afraid that the teacher would get fired and then she would come back and get her fired. So I got susspended and got community service for making a false alligation. Any one who chooses to send their child to The Carmel School I want you to remember this and all the other articles about The Carmel School. Also think, The Carmel School used to be called Carmel CHRISTIAN Academy the are such a horrible school the Board said they needed to change the name!!!
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West Feeds, Inc. 01-Apr-05
Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Seattle District
Don Cloud, CEO
West Feeds, Inc.
1420 Minnesota Avenue
Billings, Montana 59101
April 1, 2005
In reply refer to Warning Letter SEA 05-17
Dear Mr. Cloud:
An inspection conducted by the Food and Drug Administration of your medicated feed mill located at 512 North 7 Street, Miles City, Montana, on November 30 and December 1, 2004, found a significant deviation from Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations for Medicated Feeds (Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 225 (21 CFR 225)) and the New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds regulation, 21 CFR 558. This deviation causes medicated feeds being manufactured at this facility to be adulterated within the meaning of Section 501(a)(2)(B) and 501(a)(6) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act). The deviations are as follows:
1. You must possess a medicated feed mill license in order to manufacture medicated feeds from a Category 11, Type A medicated article, to comply with 21 CFR 558.4(a). However, our inspection disclosed that you do not possess a medicated feed mill license for your mill at 512 North 7 Street, Miles City, Montana, even though you utilize Category II, Type A medicated articles in the manufacture of medicated feeds and supplements at that facility. Specifically, you use the Category II, Type A medicated articles amprolium, sulfamethazine, and chlortetracycline in the manufacture of medicated feeds at your Miles City facility.
2. On an annual basis you must conduct periodic assays on at least three samples of medicated feeds requiring a medicated feed mill license, for each drug or drug combination used, to comply with 21 CFR 225.58(b)(1). You have not performed the required assays on the applicable medicated feeds and supplements at your Miles City facility . Specifically, your facility in Miles City, Montana, has manufactured medicated supplements containing the Category II, Type A medicated articles amprolium, sulfamethazine, and chlortetracycline since October 2003, without performing the required annual assays on at least three samples of applicable medicated feeds, for each drug or drug combination used.
The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of violations. As a manufacturer of medicated feeds, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. You should take prompt action to correct these violations, and you should establish procedures whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory actions without further notice to you. These actions include, but are not limited to, seizure and/or injunction.
You should notify this office in writing, within 15 working days of receipt of this letter, of the specific steps you have taken to correct the noted violations. Your response should include an explanation of each step being taken to correct the CGMP violation and prevent recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which the corrections will be completed. Include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made.
Please send your reply to the Food and Drug Administration, Attention: Michael J. Donovan, Compliance Officer, 22201 23rd Drive SE, Bothell, Washington 98021. If you have questions regarding any issue in this letter, please contact Mr. Donovan at (425) 483-4906.
Charles M. Breen
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NORTHFIELD, IL -- Snack and candy giant Mondelez International is seeking to ramp up mobile marketing for key brands like Ritz, Oreo and Trident by partnering with startup entrepreneurs in the mobile space.
Called Mobile Futures, the new program will pair these startups with brands to accelerate and scale existing mobile innovations and incubate new mobile ventures in just 90 days. Mondelez's focus for the program is at retail, social TV and "SoLoMo" (the intersection of social, local and mobile).
Mondelez, which spun off from the Kraft Foods Group North American grocery business on Oct. 2, said that it has committed to investing 10% of its global marketing budget to mobile applications.
"American consumers spend more than 23% of their daily media consumption on a mobile device," said Bonin Bough, vice-president of global media and consumer engagement at Mondelez. "Yet, most marketers dedicate less than 1% of their media spend on mobile. This is a huge gap, and it's driving us at Mondelez International to think differently about consumer engagement and path to purchase."
Mondelez will pair its brand teams with the selected startups. Together they will work at each startup's offices to create new mobile ventures. At the end of 90 days, Mondelez will pitch the concepts to investors and venture capitalists in the hope of securing seed funding.
The companies will be chosen through an open call for applications that began Oct. 10, followed by a pitch for finalists in late November. The goal is for up to 10 Mondelez brands to participate, each working with a separate startup.
The initiative is supported by a network of corporate partners that include Viacom, ATT AdWorks, the Boston Consulting Group, Horizon Media, MediaVest and several VCs and investors including Intel Capital and New World Ventures.
"Mobile Futures is a first of its kind program because it begins and ends with startups. Startups are the innovative lifeblood for the digital world and we are committed to supporting them," Bough said.


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Despite the stock market rally, technology and pharma are the few sectors chalking up meaningful growth, said WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell.
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Banking stocks in Singapore, one of the world's top financial hubs, rallied on Thursday after OCBC reported quarterly earnings that handily beat estimates.
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Discovery Communications is in the lead to acquire U.S. cable TV network owner Scripps Network Interactive, according to anonymous sources.
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Cultural & Theme Tours
Lantau Island and Giant Buddha Day Trip
Embark on a tour of Lantau Island in Hong Kong and visit the Giant Buddha Exhibition Hall at Po Lin (Precious Lotus) Monastery. On this Big Buddha tour with a professional guide, you'll discover pristine beaches, traditional fishing villages, lush valleys, soaring mountains and spiritual enlightenment. Ride a cable car from Tung Chung with spectacular views of Lantau Island, Ngong Ping Plateau and the South China Sea. Your Lantau Island tour includes round-trip hotel transport, one-way ferry and lunch.Please note: Cable car will not operate from Jan 1st, 2017 to May 31st, 2017 due to scheduled maintenance, you will be provided coach transfer from Nong Ping Village down to Tung Chung during this period.
• 8 hours
Day Trips & Excursions
Macau Day Trip from Hong Kong
Complete your visit to Hong Kong with a day trip to Macau, once the oldest European settlement in the Orient. Sit back and relax as you sail across the sea from Hong Kong to Macau on a jetfoil or catamaran. Explore Macau's historical sites, such as the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ruins of St Paul and A-Ma Temple (Macau Barra), and visit modern establishments like the Macau Tower with your expert guide. With lunch and round-trip hotel transport included, this full-day sightseeing tour is not to be missed!Please note: Due to tight schedule, this product is not recommended to travelers who need to leave Hong Kong on the same day.
• 11 hours
Tours & Sightseeing
Hong Kong Island Half-Day Tour
Whether this is your first visit to Hong Kong or you're returning to refresh old memories, this comprehensive orientation is a great way to get to know Hong Kong Island, its history and its famous landmarks. During your half-day tour, a knowledgeable guide takes you to see multiple Hong Kong highlights in this ever-changing locale, including Victoria Peak, Aberdeen fishing village and Stanley Market. Enjoy informative commentary and included round-trip transport from your hotel.Note: Hong Kong Peak Tram is under maintenance from 5-9 June 2017. You will be arranged to take coach transfer to/from the Peak during this period of time.
• 5 hours
Tours & Sightseeing
Big Bus Hong Kong Hop-On Hop-Off Tour
See Hong Kong's highlights on this hop-on hop-off tour! Hop off at any of the 20 stops to explore attractions by foot with your provided map. Visit Man Mo Temple, Stanley Market, Aberdeen, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and more. Your 24- or 48-hour ticket is valid for all three routes, giving you the flexibility to see what you want to see. Enjoy a sampan ride and a ferry ride across Victoria Harbour, and check out the 'Symphony of Lights' on a 1-hour panoramic night bus tour of Kowloon (optional). Also included is your choice of a Peak Tram Sky Pass or admission to the Sky100 Hong Kong Observation Deck.Please note: Avenue of the Stars will be closed for major repair and renovation from October 2015 until 2018.
• 2 days
Day Trips & Excursions
Great Wall of China at Badaling and Ming Tombs Day Tour from Beijing
See two of China's most popular destinations, the World Heritage-listed Great Wall of China and the Ming Tombs, on one unforgettable guided day trip from Beijing. You'll visit the Badaling section of the Great Wall, one of the best-preserved parts of this colossal structure, and explore the Chang Ling Tomb, the largest of the excavated Ming emperor burial sites. Lunch and round-trip hotel transport are included, with expert commentary from a knowledgeable guide throughout your full-day tour.
• 8 hours
Tours & Sightseeing
Ultimate Taipei Sightseeing Tour
If you have just one day to spend in Taipei, this city sightseeing tour covers it all! A savvy local guide takes you to must-see attractions in Taiwan's capital city, from the outstanding architectural feats of Taipei 101 to the elaborate Longshan Temple. You'll stop by the Lin An Tai Historical House, the Grand Hotel, National Palace Museum, Shilin Night Market and the Beitou Hot Spring Museum to learn about the bubbling springs that make the thermal valley famous. Numbers are limited to 16 people, ensuring personalized attention from your guide.
• 10 hours
Transfers & Ground Transport
Hong Kong Shared Arrival Transfer: Airport to Hotel
Save time and money - book your Hong Kong airport transfer shuttle before you get there! You will be met by a representative at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport, and transferred to either your Hong Kong or Kowloon hotel. This is the ideal way to start your holiday or business trip.
• 5 hours
Day Trips & Excursions
Guangzhou (Canton) China Day Trip from Hong Kong
Visit mainland China by catamaran on a full-day trip from Hong Kong and see some of China's iconic sights with an informative guide. Meet an adorable panda at Shenzhen Safari Park, discover Qin Dynasty terracotta warriors and their horses, and tour the metropolitan city of Guangzhou, formerly known as Canton. You'll find everything from towering skyscrapers to ancient temples in China's third largest city — a former trading hub located on the Pearl River — before returning by express train. Lunch, coach transport and a group visa are all included!Please note: Due to tight schedule, this product is not recommended to travelers who need to leave Hong Kong on the same day.
• 14 hours
Kid Friendly
Half-Day Chengdu Panda Breeding Center Tour
Spend your morning with the cutest, yet impressive, creatures in China! Visit either the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center or the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center and take a guided tour of the facility. Tour through the baby and adult panda areas and visit the red panda section to see these small adorable animals -- you may get a chance to hold one. The first and foremost priority of the facility is to ensure the pandas are living in a safe and stress-free environment. Depending on the condition of the animals or the season of the year there may be some situations where the facility is unable to guarantee panda holding for your tour date. You will be given prior notice and refunded the difference.
• 3 hours
Day Trips & Excursions
Great Wall of China at Mutianyu Full-Day Tour Including Lunch from Beijing
This full-day Beijing sightseeing tour to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China provides an opportunity to experience steeper sections of the wall.The Mutianyu section is older than popular Badaling section and features outer and inner parapets, three watch towers and even an optional cable car ride!
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A Free Library may be defined as the socialists' continuation school.
Definite training must be looked for in the continuation school.
Later, from the preparatory school, which fitted for the continuation school proper, grew up the technical continuation school.
To meet this need a complex system of continuation school has grown up.
The library will thus become the center of intellectual activities of the community, a continuation school, a local university.
She will be fortunate if she finds a place in one of the stores in which a continuation school is conducted.
For the second we must look to the various types of continuation school.
In certain sections, Nassau and Hanover for example, state aid came early to the continuation school.
Girls spending their days in the factory and shop were in need of a refining influence, and this the continuation school afforded.
Children who have not made satisfactory progress in the Volksschule must, perforce, attend the continuation school for two years.


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Labor's decision to hand $100 million to foreign-owned car companies to save jobs at Holden and Ford plants in Adelaide, Melbourne and Geelong is bad enough, but what is worse is that sections of the Liberal Party are stooping to the same populist policies to secure the votes of blue-collar workers. It is particularly appalling that Prime Minister
It was Labor which pioneered cuts to industry assistance in the modern era. In the 1970s commodities boom, Whitlam slashed tariffs by 25 per cent. The Hawke-Keating years further reduced tariffs across the manufacturing sector and the Button car plan managed the closure of Nissan in Australia. The Howard government continued the tariff cuts. But the Rudd government smuggled in protection for the car industry as a budget subsidy, shifting the cost from consumers to taxpayers with a "transition plan" that was supposed to help the car industry become globally competitive. But with our dollar now at parity with the US dollar, that has not happened.
The Labor government has allowed itself to be captured by the car companies' threats that they will shut their doors when the subsidies stop, and both sides are parroting the argument that Australia must subsidise its car industry because other countries do it. But this line of reasoning was rightly killed off during the Hawke-Keating years: we will become poorer if we copy other countries' bad policies.
In 2007 Labor's anti-Work Choices campaign won back blue-collar votes lost to John Howard. But the Coalition is now targeting the blue-collar vote and conservative populist Abbott has appealed to the Howard battlers' dislike of the carbon tax and of Labor's alliance with the Greens, which is so far compensating for their concerns about his real motivations on industrial relations. Mr Abbott has also flirted with a protectionist stance on dumping and has said that car making is essential to a modern economy. Coalition frontbenchers
Both sides of politics are using discredited arguments to justify protection. It is nonsense for Mrs Mirabella to argue that she lives in the "real world" and has no time for a " textbook" approach which sees no role in the economy for government. At a time of such low unemployment, the message that we can and should stop the structural adjustment of the economy is especially poisonous. Instead we should prepare for the inevitable job losses in uncompetitive industries and help workers take advantage of the mining boom opportunities.
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CONTAINS EDITORIAL ELEMENTS It should be conceded that there is at least one real and refreshing journalistic advantage that bloggers, fringe-cable newsmen, and most talk-radio hosts have over the mainstream media: they are neither the friends nor the peers of the public officials they cover. Why this is an advantage involves an issue that tends to get obscured by the endless fight over whether there's actually a "liberal bias" in the "elite" mainstream press. Whether one buys the bias thing or not, it is clear that leading media figures are part of a very different social and economic class than most of their audiences. See, e.g., a snippet of Eric Alterman's recent What Liberal Media?:
|No longer the working-class heroes of The Front Page/His Gal Friday lore, elite journalists in Washington and New York [and LA] are rock-solid members of the political and financial Establishment about whom they write. They dine at the same restaurants and take their vacations on the same Caribbean islands … What's more, like the politicians, their jobs are not subject to export to China or Bangladesh.
This is why the really potent partisan label for the NYT/Time/network—level press is not "liberal media" but "elite media"—because the label's true. And talk radio is very deliberately not part of this elite media. With the exception of Limbaugh and maybe Hannity, these hosts are not stars, or millionaires, or sophisticates. And a large part of their on-air persona is that they are of and for their audience—the Little Guy—and against corrupt, incompetent pols and their "spokesholes," against smooth-talking lawyers and PC whiners and idiot bureaucrats, against illegal aliens clogging our highways and emergency rooms, paroled sex offenders living among us, punitive vehicle taxes, and stupid, self-righteous, agenda-laden laws against public smoking, SUV emissions, gun ownership, the right to watch the Nick Berg decapitation video over and over in slow motion, etc. In other words, the talk host's persona and appeal are deeply, totally populist, and if it's all somewhat fake—if John Kobylt can shift a little too easily from the apoplectic Little Guy of his segments to the smooth corporate shill of his live reads—then that's just life in the big city.
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What is NetScouts Basketball?
- NetScouts Basketball is the largest basketball scouting service in the world.
- We have over 60 domestic and international scouts worldwide.
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EGRP News Flash - May 2, 2011
EGRP Support for Consortia Meetings
Due to new budget constraints, the leadership of NCI's Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program (EGRP) has provided the following guidelines for any cancer epidemiology consortia (CEC) requests for meeting support planned for the period July 2011 to July 2012.
There will be two deadlines for all CEC meeting support requests during this time:
- For meetings to be held between July and December 2011, requests are due by May 31, 2011.
- For meetings to be held between January and July 2012, requests will be due no later than November 1, 2011.
Requests will be reviewed upon receipt, and a response will be provided in a timely manner.
To request meeting support, provide the following information by the appropriate deadline to your assigned Consortia Liaison:
- Name of meeting,
- Meeting location,
- Meeting date(s),
- Expected number of attendees,
- Number of international and domestic travelers for whom support is requested,
- Number of years the CEC has received meeting support from EGRP, and
- Any cost-saving measures taken. (See suggestions below.)
Please note that NCI encourages CECs to seek alternative and complementary sources of support for their meetings (e.g., grants, non-profit organizations, etc.). Priority will be given to new and emerging CECs (defined as CECs that have a lifetime of fewer than two years), and to existing consortia that have received EGRP meeting support for fewer than two years. There will be little funding available for consortia that have been funded for more than two years.
Suggested cost-saving measures to consider:
- Has your consortium considered using NIH meeting space? Priority will be given to meetings that use NIH space. Justification for not using NIH space should be provided with the meeting support request.
- Has your consortium considered hosting webinars/virtual meetings instead of in-person meetings? See more about NIH services and rates.
- Has your consortium considered holding meetings in conjunction with other, larger scientific meetings?
- Has your consortium explored funding from other sources? Some examples include foundations, non-profit associations and/or coalitions, other federal agencies, and NIH Institutes and Centers. Additionally, it is expected that successful CECs will build meeting support funds into collaborative research grants.
Beside the above suggestions, CECs are encouraged to consult with EGRP Consortia Liaisons or the EGRP Scientific Consortia Coordinator for additional advice regarding cost-saving measures.
Contact: Daniela Seminara, Ph.D., M.P.H., Scientific Consortia Coordinator.


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Two lovely Royal Doulton Springtime cup and saucer sets in pattern number TC1113, made in England. This is a vintage discontinued pattern that was made in 1976, it features various colorful flower sprays and is very pretty. The cups measure 3 3/8" in diameter at the top and 2 7/8" tall, the saucers are 5 7/8" diameter. The sets are in excellent condition and appear unused with no chips, cracks or crackling in the glaze and no wear, elsewhere the retail replacement is listed at around $10 for each cup and saucer. I four sets (each of two cups and saucers) available, as well as other pieces in this pattern, and would be happy to combine shipping.
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Okay, so I'm running Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista.
I don't know if its because Virtual PC isn't compatible with Vista, but when i try to start BackTrack 4 in Gui, it returns a Fatal Error
I have 2 screens, so i was hoping to start exploring BackTrack 4 while searching for Help documents online (not the easiest thing to do if you haven't configured internet on BackTrack4 yet.)Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server erro
I'm going to look around the Virtual PC site to see about updating it and see if i have the same problem with BackTrack3, if anyone has any ideas, I'd be more than willing to try them out.
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MOS Prizes
Call for nomination of the 2015 George B. Dantzig Prize
Nominations are solicited for the George B. Dantzig Prize, administered jointly
by the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) and the Society for Industrial
and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). This prize is awarded to one or more
individuals for original research which by its originality, breadth and depth,
is having a major impact on the field of mathematical optimization. The
contribution(s) for which the award is made must be publicly available and may
belong to any aspect of mathematical optimization in its broadest sense.
The prize will be presented at the 2015 International Symposium on Mathematical
Programming, to be held in Pittsburgh, USA on July 12-17, 2015. Past prize
recipients are listed here. The members of
the prize committee are:
Nominations should consist of a letter describing the nominee's qualifications
for the prize, and a current curriculum vitae of the nominee including a list of
publications. They should be sent to
Professor Margaret Wright
Computer Science Department
Courant Institute
New York University
251 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
and received by 15 November, 2014. Submission of nomination
materials in electronic form is strongly encouraged.
© 2009-2015 Mathematical Optimization Society. All Right Reserved.


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> Take First Left Door
Upon opening the door and walking in, your eyes water from the heavy coat of dust, and you sneeze, hocking a big loogy on onto your shirt.
> Ewwwwwww....
You are standing in a pitch black room, the only source of light being from the door behind you, revealing a cluttered, dirty office. You are likely to be eaten by an Office Grue.
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You won't be able to dismiss this by usual means (escape or click button), but you can close it programatically based on user choices or actions.
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Your dress shirts look crisp, but over time your iron might look the worse for wear. This video's simple technique gets rid of mineral spots on the iron's plate and cleans out caked steam vents.
What You Need
- iron
- flat surface
- water
- baking soda
- spatula
- damp cloth
- cotton swab
- distilled water
- clean cloth
Follow These Steps
Mix water and baking soda
Make a paste of 1 tablespoon water and 2 tablespoons baking soda.
Apply the paste to the iron
Using a spatula, spread the paste on the iron's plate, coating the areas that have mineral deposits.
Wipe iron clean
Wipe off the paste with a damp cloth.
Clean steam holes
Dip a cotton swab in distilled water and insert it into the iron's steam vents. Pour out any stagnant water left in the iron.
Re-fill the reservoir
Pour in distilled water until the reservoir is one third full.
Tip: For a stronger solution, mix 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup white vinegar.
Turn on the steam
Turn on the iron to its highest setting and steam-iron a clean cloth for a few minutes, letting clean water flush out any vent deposits.
Pour out the liquid
Turn off the iron and pour out any remaining water. Place the iron on a surface that isn't too delicate, in case any sediment drips out of it.
Tip: Empty the iron's reservoir after every use to prevent mineral deposits from building up.


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Where Will Santa Claus Be in Tyler + East Texas?
It's almost Christmas, and you know what that means. It means that Santa is coming to town! It isn't Christmas until you go sit on Santa's lap and tell him what you want for Christmas and get your picture taken with the big guy. And for us older folks, doing all of that for our children. Here is a list of places where you can go visit Santa this holiday season.
Broadway Square Mall, Tyler: Go meet Santa in the center court during mall hours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to get your family picture with Santa.
Longview Mall: Santa will be available until Christmas Eve. Click here for the hours he will be taking pictures.
The Christmas Store: See Santa along with Mrs. Claus every Saturday between November 17th and December 8th. Hours are 10 am-12 pm, and 2 pm-pm on Dec. 8.
Mountain Association: Visit Santa on the mountain in Canton November 30-December 1 from 6 pm-9 pm.
Humane Society of East Texas: Get your pet's picture with Santa at the Humane Society on December 9 from 1 pm-4 pm.


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Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst
|Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst
|Created by
|Eduard Zimmermann
|Presented by
|Eduard Zimmermann (1967–1997)
Sabine Zimmermann (1987–2001)
Butz Peters (1997–2001)
Rudi Cerne (2002–present)
|Narrated by
|Wolfgang Grönebaum (1967–1989)
Michael Brennicke (1989–present)
|Opening theme
|Heinz Kiessling
Ernst-August Quelle
|Country of origin
|Original language(s)
|Executive producer(s)
|Claus Legal
|Running time
|90 minutes
|Production company(s)
|Securitel, ZDF
|Original network
|Picture format
|Original release
|External links
Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst (German for "Case number XY … Unsolved") is an interactive German television programme first broadcast on 20 October 1967 on ZDF. Created by Eduard Zimmermann, it aims to combat and solve crimes. The programme is currently presented by Rudi Cerne. It airs monthly, with 12 episodes in a year, on Wednesday at 8:15 PM.
Until 2003 it was produced in co-operation with the Austrian public service broadcaster ORF and Schweizer Fernsehen, a division of the Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR.
The programme was adapted by the BBC as Crimewatch and for the US market as America's Most Wanted, and Unsolved Mysteries. Other adaptions aired in Canada, Poland, Hungary and New Zealand.
The goal of the programme is to throw light on unsolved offences with the aid of viewers. Each episode contains three to five short films, each lasting about ten minutes, in which a real criminal case is reconstructed. The cases are mostly complex ones in which the criminals and chains of events are still unknown. In addition cases are discussed in the studio in which, for example, the identities of criminals or unknown murder victims are sought with the aid of a photo. Viewers can use the telephone or Internet to give information. According to a study by the programme's editorial department, about forty percent of cases shown on the programme are solved.
The creator and first presenter of the programme was Eduard Zimmermann. After the programme's 300th episode he passed the presentership onto Butz Peters, who fronted the show together with Zimmermann's daughter Sabine. Since 18 January 2002 Aktenzeichen XY has been presented by Rudi Cerne.
With Aktenzeichen XY Eduard Zimmermann and ZDF succeeded in starting a TV format that had not existed worldwide until 1967. Although news reports had often shown photofits, an actual independent show of this type was unknown at this time.
The idea came to Zimmermann during his work with the programme Vorsicht Falle! (Eng: Beware, Trap!) first broadcast in 1963, in which he warned the viewers of Nepper, Schlepper, Bauernfänger (Eng: Scammers, Hustlers, and Conmen). The viewers frequently sent him information regarding descriptions of the fraudsters on the programme. This gave him the idea to use the medium of TV to work with the police on unsolved crimes. In a biographical statement Zimmerman also admitted that his motivation for both programmes was partly a personal one; he himself is a victim of fraud.
Aktenzeichen XY was initially produced in the ZDF studios in Wiesbaden, before moving to the FSM studios in Unterföhring from 1969.
On November 8, 2002, the broadcast of the 350th episode was celebrated, after Aktenzeichen XY had been on the air for 35 years. Eduard Zimmermann was the guest of Rudi Cerne on his own programme, which concerned a several-decades-old crime that had particularly touched him - the abduction of a young girl named Ursula Hermann, who was buried alive in a crate for extortion on September 15, 1981 (a case similar to the case of Barbara Jane Mackle, although the Mail Online states that the inspiration actually came from Dirty Harry), but suffocated in her prison because the ventilation duct was clogged up by leaves.[1] At the time 3,228 cases had been featured on the show, of which 1,182 had been solved. 1,880 people had been sought and 914 of them had been caught. This included 624 murder cases.
In April, 2012 the program received international public attention of a somewhat amusing nature when one of its case re-enactment performers, German actor Aaron Defant, was erroneously arrested in Stuttgart following his portrayal of a jewel robber in the episode of March 14, 2012 and a call to the police by one of the program's viewers. This misunderstanding was, however, cleared very swiftly.[2][3]
The programme is known for large viewership in all age groups. In 2014, Aktenzeichen XY is still watched by around six million viewers with an audience share by 20%.
Similar formats[edit]
In Germany[edit]
The private broadcaster Sat.1 and the public broadcaster MDR both produced similar programmes, known as Fahndungsakte (Eng: Manhunt Files) and Kripo live respectively. SAT.1 cancelled Fahndungsakte in 2000 after three years' run due to low audience figures. MDR has had more success with Kripo Live since 1992, which concentrates on Kriminalpolizei.
The format has been sold to several countries, including Great Britain, where it has been known as Crimewatch since 1984, the Netherlands (Opsporing verzocht, 1975), Israel (Crime Investigation, 1986), Poland ("Magazyn Kryminalny 997", 1986-2010; "997: Fajbusiewicz na tropie" 2013-), Hungary (Az XY Akta Megoldatlan, 1992) and Ireland ("Crimecall", 2005).
Aktenzeichen XY is the only German television format to have entered the American market, where it is known as America's Most Wanted and was broadcast from 1988-2013.
- ^ Mail Online: Clint Eastwood Film Dirty Harry Inspired Couple Kidnap Little Girl, 10, for Ransom, Court Told; retrieved September 27, 2011
- ^ Jens Witte: So gut wie echt, Spiegel Online, April 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ Newser.com: Actor Aaron Defant Arrested For Heist He Reenacted On TV. April 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 25 March 2006, which cites the following reference:
- Ummenhofer, Stefan and Thaidigsmann, Michael: Aktenzeichen XY . . . ungelöst – Kriminalität, Kontroverse, Kult ISBN 3-9809278-1-4
External links[edit]
- (in German) Official site (ZDF): aktenzeichenxy.zdf.de ZDF
- (in German) zuschauerreaktionen.de Comprehensive fan site
- ORF (broadcaster)
- ZDF television series
- Non-fiction television series
- 1967 German television series debuts
- 1967 Austrian television series debuts
- 1967 Swiss television series debuts
- Law enforcement in Austria
- Law enforcement in Germany
- Law enforcement in Switzerland
- 1960s German television series
- 1970s German television series
- 1980s German television series
- 1990s German television series
- 2000s German television series
- 2010s German television series
- German-language television programming


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Brooke Hogan Offered Wrestling Job by WWE
With her music career careening along with the momentum of a runaway freight train, Brooke Hogan doesn't need to mull over any alternate job options. But that hasn't stopped World Wrestling Entertainment from trying to recruit her into the ring.
Hogan tells British newspaper the Sun that WWE head honcho Vince McMahon has tried several times to get her to follow in her father Hulk Hogan's footsteps.
"The WWE have told me that if I ever want to become a wrestler all I need to do is walk through the door and they'll give me a job straight away," Hogan reveals. "They are always like, 'Hey Brooke when are you gonna put on some spandex and get in the ring?'"
So what's stopping her?
"It's just not my interest," Hogan shrugs. "I'm more of a girly girl."
Totally. Because when one thinks of femininity, one's thoughts naturally drift to Brooke Hogan. The Brooke Knows Best star does, however, reckon that she's be a pretty decent grappler if she tried her hand at it.
"I would be good at it though, I would really kick ass at it—because I'm really strong and my dad's trained me up since I was 12 years old," Brooke notes.
It's a shame that she's not interested in stepping into the ring. From what we've seen, Brooke would probably bust out some pretty entertaining moves. And who wouldn't pay good money to see Brooke settle her differences with mama Linda by putting her in a chokehold?
Let us know in the comments section: Would you like to see Brooke Hogan take up professional wrestling?


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By Alister Bull
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama returned to New York on Thursday for a series of high-end fundraising events, tapping Wall Street donors whose generosity has been strained by U.S. financial reforms that many bankers oppose.
Facing the multi-million dollar election warchests of his Republican rivals, Obama has raised $136 million so far in the 2012 presidential race, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
But only $2.3 million has so far come from the securities and investment industry, versus the $7.13 million that he had raised from these sources by the same point in 2008.
Obama, on his second visit to New York this year, acknowledged he has ruffled feathers in the city since winning the White House in 2008.
"Many of you have had to defend me to your co-workers over the last three years," he told a group of 80 guests paying $38,500 each to attend an exclusive dinner at the ABC Kitchen, an upscale restaurant near Union Square in Manhattan.
Obama's financial reforms have taken aim at some bank practices by seeking to curb the sort of excessive risk-taking that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis - a lucrative source of profits before the market soured.
He also wants Congress to close a loophole that allows hedge fund managers to have their income taxed as capital gains, currently pegged at 15 percent versus a top income tax rate of 35 percent.
On the first of Thursday's four fundraisers, which will likely raise well over $4 million, Obama told an audience of around 100 paying at least $5,000 each that the recovery was picking up pace.
"Here in the United States the trendlines are good ... unemployment is still high but it's been moving in the right direction," he told the donors in a soaring, art-covered apartment on the Upper West Side.
Obama's fundraising is outpacing Republicans through direct channels, but his opponents are comfortably making up the difference through massive 'super pac' donations by wealthy backers who are free to give as much as they want.
Obama's super pac (political action committee), Priority USA, had raised $4.2 million by January compared with the $36.8 million raised by Restore Our Future, the super pac that backs Mitt Romney, the front-runner to win the Republican nomination to challenge Obama in the November election.
"I'm going to need your help," Obama told the first fundraiser. "So I hope you are ready, I hope you will be just as determined, just as fired up, just as ready to go as you were in 2008," he said.
(Reporting By Alister Bull; Editing by Paul Simao)


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Posts tagged 'The Nairobi Gallery'
Special viewing: Two African Artistic Geniuses – Elkana Ongesa & Expedito Kibbula, Mar. 29 @ Nairobi Gallery
Date: March 29, 2015
Venue: Nairobi Gallery – Next to Nyayo House
Time: 2.30 – 5.30 pm
Entrance: Free
Exhibition: by Jak Katarikawe, Sept. 1-Dec. 1 2014 @ the Nairobi Gallery
Opening: August 31, 2014
Time: 2.30 pm
Venue: The Nairobi Gallery
Exhibition runs Until December 1, 2014
Entry: Normal Museum Rates Apply
Take some time to view Jak Katarikawe works during the 4 months his work will be on display at the Nairobi Gallery. Jak Katarikawe is considered to be one of the greatest East African Artists.