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Lyric Hammersmith to Host THREE KINGDOMS this May
The Lyric Hammersmith will present the UK premiere of Three Kingdoms - a brand new thriller by Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens - in a European co-production with Tallinn's NO99 Theatre and Munich Kammerspiele from the 3rd to the 19th of May. Sebastian Nübling, the director behind the world premiere of Stephens' acclaimed Pornography, reunites with the writer to bring this ambitious new project to the London stage as part of World Stages London.
When the severed head of a woman is found washed up on the bank of the Thames, the police investigation draws two British detectives into the murky depths of the European vice trade as they launch a feverish hunt for those responsible.
Three Kingdoms is a gripping depiction of the danger and uncertainty that bubbles under the surface of modern Europe, tracking a nightmarish journey that spans London, Munich and Tallinn.
The play is performed in three languages by an international cast, including British actors Nicholas Tennant (Herons, Royal Court; The Power of Yes, National Theatre), Rupert Simonian (A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky, Lyric Hammersmith; Appropriate Adult, ITV), and Lyric Artistic Associate and Filter Co-Artistic Director Ferdy Roberts (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Filter/Lyric Hammersmith; Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll).
Speaking about the benefits of crossing linguistic and national borders in search of a truly collaborative theatrical event, Simon Stephens said: 'I have several important, nourishing relationships with directors. But one of the most constantly provocative and stimulating is my relationship with Sebastian Nübling. In his productions language is unapologetically physical in a way that is simply not the case in England. It's not that he ignores the meaning of words but that he fuses that consideration of meaning with a consideration of gesture which few English directors dare.'
Simon Stephens is an Artistic Associate of the Lyric Hammersmith where his work includes the highly acclaimed Punk Rock. His On the Shore of the Wide World won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play. Amongst his many other works are Harper Regan (National Theatre), Herons, Motortown (Royal Court) and Sea Wall (Traverse/Bush), which has recently been released as a film download starring AnDrew Scott (Sherlock, BBC; Cock, Royal Court).
In 2007, director Sebastian Nübling was named Theater Heute's Young Director of the Year. He has been chosen to present several of his acclaimed productions at the Berliner Theatertreffen, including Händl's Wilde – Man with the Sad Eyes and Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkmann. His original production of Simon Stephens' Pornography premiered at Hamburg's Deutsche Schauspielhaus in 2007.
Following its world premiere in Tallinn and a sold out run at the renowned Munich Kammerspiele, Three Kingdoms comes to the Lyric Hammersmith for a limited run as part of World Stages London, before returning to mainland Europe for runs at the Berlin Autorentheatertage festival and the prestigious Wiener Festwochen in June.
Three Kingdoms is recommended for ages 16+ due to strong language, nudity and adult content.
World Stages London is a landmark theatre celebration of the international and multicultural nature of London culminating in a series of shows presented in April, May and June 2012.
See www.worldstageslondon.org.uk for more information or to book.


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I took the leftovers from this when I went to make lunch for my dad, who's definitely not a fan of most vegetables, and he loved this flavorful recipe for carrots. The secret ingredient here that makes this work for South Beach Dieters and low-carb eaters is the sugar-free apricot preserves, but if you're not limiting your sugar, just make it with regular apricot jam. There's plenty of flavor here without the cilantro if you're not a cilantro fan, but cilantro lovers will enjoy the cilantro with the other flavors here.
Finely mince 1 tsp. of fresh ginger root and 1/2 tsp. of minced garlic.
Apricot-Glazed Carrots with Ginger and Curry (with or without cilantro)
(Makes about 4 servings, but can be doubled with a larger pan; adapted from Carrots with Curry and Cilantro, a recipe by Mikal Altomare from Albuquerque, New Mexico, which appeared in Bon Appetit in October 2000.)
2 T olive oil (or butter, but use olive oil for South Beach Diet)
1 tsp. finely minced ginger root
1/2 tsp. finely minced garlic
3/4 tsp. curry powder (I used Sweet Curry Powder from Penzeys)
1/4 cup chicken stock (I used homemade chicken stock, but you can use canned chicken broth)
2 T apricot preserves (I used Smucker's sugar-free apricot preserves to make this suitable for the South Beach Diet)
1 lb. carrots, peeled and cut into diagonal slices about 1/4 inch thick (one lb. is about 7 carrots)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro (optional)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Heat olive oil (or butter) in a heavy frying pan. Add minced ginger and garlic and saute 1 minute, then add curry powder and cook 30 seconds more. Whisk in chicken stock and apricot preserves and bring the mixture to a simmer.
When the broth mixture is simmering, add the carrots, stir several times to coat carrots with the mixture, then cover pan and cook until barely tender crisp. (The original recipe said 6 minutes, but I cooked mine for about 8 minutes.)
While carrots are cooking wash, dry, and chop the cilantro if using. When carrots are tender-crisp, stir in chopped cilantro, season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper and serve hot.
I saved the leftovers from this in the fridge overnight and reheated them the next day at my dad's using a microwave, and they reheated beautifully.
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NEW YORK — The stock market is poised for a "Perfect 10."
As stocks surge this year, putting them on course for their best annual performance in a decade, all 10 industry groups in the Standard & Poor's 500 index are closing in on gains of 10 percent or more for 2013.
That hasn't happened in almost two decades.
The last year that all 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 closed the year higher by 10 percent or more was in 1995, when the overall index rose 31 percent. There have been several years of big yearly gains since, but none that have seen all the sectors notch double-digit jumps.
The S&P 500 gained 26 percent in 1998, but materials and energy stocks fell. The broader index advanced 26 percent in 2003 but phone companies and makers of consumer staples fell short of the 10 percent hurdle.
The reason for the broad gains this year? It's the first time since the Great Recession that investors are starting to believe that the economic recovery, while tepid, is sustainable, said Natalie Trunow, chief investment officer at Calvert Investments, an investment manager.
The housing market is recovering, hiring has picked up and people are less scared of losing their jobs. That has helped boost consumer confidence and support spending.
"Only 12 months ago, the markets were not convinced that we were in recovery mode," says Trunow, who notes there were fears the economy could slide back into recession as recently as last summer.


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"I haven't given that any thought," he said. "I'm going to celebrate. I'll take the Bucket, fill it up with some refreshments, and drink it myself."
Hope will not coach in the bowl. He was fired Sunday night. Receivers coach Patrick Higgins will run the team as the interim head coach.
Hope is a proud man with a lot to be proud of. But he's in a ruthless profession that pays well and demands everything — lots of wins, strong academics, an exciting style of play, big crowds, great recruiting, best behavior by the 100 or more players in the program, and more.
Hope's four-year record of 22-27, shrinking attendance, growing fan discontent and a potential championship season gone 6-6 wrong wasn't good enough.
"As the season progressed," athletic director Morgan Burke said, "it became increasingly clear that we were probably going to have to make a change."
Former Purdue coach Joe Tiller set a high bar. He won a school-record 87 games. His teams went to 10 bowls in 12 years. But his last team went 4-8, the worst of his career. Hope followed with records of 5-7 (five losses by seven or fewer points, mostly because of turnovers) and 4-8 before last year's 7-6 record and Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl suggested a breakthrough.
September was a big month. October was a disaster. Blowout home losses to Michigan and Wisconsin ignited a five-game slide that ruined everything.
Hope seems destined to duplicate former Indiana coach Bill Lynch's fate — you get fired and your successor gets all the benefits. Current Hoosier coach Kevin Wilson makes about twice as much money a year (around $1.1 million) as Lynch did and had twice as much money for assistant coaches salaries.
Plus, more time to maximize IU's updated facilities.
In the last decade or so Purdue has renovated Ross-Ade Stadium and made significant improvements to its indoor and outdoor practice facilities. Some of the $100 million that was spent on the Mackey Arena project included an improved sports medicine and academic support facilities that benefit football, and all the sports.
But the overall budget for assistant coaches salaries was the lowest in the Big Ten. Hope said it was "$300,000 to $400,000" less than the next lowest program.
Hope made a Big Ten-low $950,000 this season.
That will change. Indications are Purdue is looking at a package of more than $4 million for a new coach and staff.
Welcome, once again, to the cost of big-time college sports. Burke had to up the financing 18 months ago to keep basketball coach Matt Painter from bolting to Missouri.
Thanks to the ever growing Big Ten Network, Burke has money to work with.
As for Hope …
He was always a coach who had his players' backs, even when they sometimes let him down, as former linebacker Dwayne Beckford did. And with his Purdue coaching prospects on the brink, his players had his back.
"He's a very energized guy," defensive tackle Kawann Short said. "We like that. He's always talking to us. We respect him a lot.
"I've liked him since Day 1. You can call him any time, talk to him about anything. He called me in the off-season some times to see how I was doing."
Added quarterback Robert Marve: "He's a guy who's helped me get back to where I'm at. He always kept me positive and working hard. He brought the best out of me."
Short gave Hope an on-field hug after the IU victory before the offensive line hoisted Hope onto their shoulders for a celebration.
"All of us respect him," Short said. "Whatever the critics say about him … everybody has his opinion … we know what goes on in the meeting room. Hats off to him."
Hope and the players insisted consecutive bowl games showed progress.
"Each year since I've been here we got better — on and off the field," Short said. "This will be two straight bowl games. The years before that, it was progress. We've taken it to the next level and made it to the postseason two straight years."
In the upbeat aftermath of the Oaken Bucket victory, linebacker Will Lucas focused on Hope's impact on the program and the players.
"He's a straight-forward guy. He tells you like it is. He keeps it real."
It got too real on Sunday for multiple college coaches. Auburn's Gene Chizik was fired, although his reported $7.5 million buyout will help ease the pain. Hope's was $600,000. Also fired were Boston College's Frank Spaziani and North Carolina State's Tom O'Brien.
All were let go for the same bottom-line reason: they didn't win enough.
"I regret we didn't win more games," Hope said. "We practiced hard. We believed in our guys. We encouraged them to give all they could give. We played against some great teams at a time of the year where we were a little lean from health standpoint.
"The end result was we found a way. That's what matters."
Hope will find a new way. That, too, is all that matters.


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Three different lengths of program give students convenient options. Career studies programs supply basic skills. Certificate programs add more advanced training and general education courses. Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) programs include both basic and advanced courses in the major field as well as general education requirements. Programs, whatever the level, may offer more than one track, or area of specialization.
Students must meet extra requirements or complete prerequisites before being admitted to some of the Engineering and Industrial Technology programs. These requirements are listed with the individual program descriptions.
Students may include related work experience as part of their education. The college's cooperative education program allows them to earn income while they gain experience and college credit.
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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.5 update
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Apple just released Mac OS X 10.6.5, the latest update to Snow Leopard. Hit Software Update to get the 680 MB download now. Here's a sampling of some of the changes and improvements this update brings:
- improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers
- address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture
- address stability and performance of graphics applications and games
- resolve a delay between print jobs
- address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme
- resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal
- address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide
- resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary
- improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems
- resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts
- improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays
- resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5
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Lampang wrote:We need to develop modern Buddhism to present the teachings of the Buddha in a way which is not encumbered by the religious and cultural clutter which it has accumulated over the past 2500 years.
I agree with the first half of that sentence but, for me, the second half would have to read "which is encumbered by our religious and cultural clutter not theirs". I don't think there is any ur-religion which we can uncover (despite our best efforts to naturalize our own cultural prejudices), we can only recast what has come before in a way which is congruent with all our other pre-existing beliefs.
Both these quotes smack of ethnocentrism--kind of like the Peacock/Batchelor lecture.


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BARTOW, Fla. - A Polk County sheriff's deputy and a southwest Florida mother have been charged after the woman's child was left in a hot car and died.
Adriana Alicia Espinosa was charged Wednesday after authorities say she left her 1-year-old in the car with the motor off, but the fan on.
The baby went into distress and died. Espinosa is charged with manslaughter and child neglect causing great bodily harm.
Polk County Sheriff's detention deputy Christopher Eiland was charged Thursday after authorities say he knew about the events leading up to the baby's death but didn't report it. His charges include failure to report suspected child abuse.
Eiland was hired last June and was still on probationary status. The 22-year-old resigned after his arrest. The relationship between Eiland and Espinosa wasn't clear.
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About the Model AC190
No other brand evokes more passion, loyalty, and respect than Bach Stradivarius. Exceptional tonal color, balanced response, and superb projection are the hallmarks of designs by Vincent Bach. Carrying on the legacy and true to the vision of the master craftsman, the makers of today's Bach Stradivarius proudly introduce the Artisan Collection. Skillfully handcrafted, Artisan culminates in a unique blend of classic design, elegant styling, and the signature Bach sound. Whether a passionate enthusiast or performing artist, experience The Artisan Collection and discover the Artisan within.
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Born Vincent Shrotenbach in Vienna in 1890, he initially received training on violin, but subsequently switched to trumpet when he heard its majestic sound. Although Vincent also displayed a strong aptitude for science and graduated with an engineering degree, he gave up a promising career to pursue his first love and an uncertain future as a musician. Performing under the stage name, Vincent Bach, he established musical success as he toured throughout Europe.
World War I forced Vincent's move to New York City where he arrived with only $5.00 in his pocket. A letter to the famous conductor Karl Muck procured Vincent an audition and a resulting position with the Boston Symphony. By the following season, he was first trumpet in the Metropolitan Opera House. While on tour in Pittsburgh, Vincent's mouthpiece was ruined by a repairman. Vincent had great difficulty in finding a suitable replacement. While on furloughs, he spent time in the basement of the Selmer Music store remodeling old mouthpieces.
In 1918, with the investment of $300 for a foot-operated lathe, Vincent went into the business of making mouthpieces. The business grew rapidly and in 1924, the first Bach trumpets were produced. Musicians frequently referred to a Bach trumpet as a real 'Stradivarius', thus inspiring the name Bach Stradivarius. Bach later added trombones to his line around 1928.
At the age of 71, Vincent sold his company. Although he received twelve other offers, including some that were higher, Vincent chose to sell to the Selmer Company. In 1964, the tooling and machinery for Bach instruments was moved from Mount Vernon to their current home in Elkhart, Indiana. Today, these instruments continue to embody the highest standards of craftsmanship and adhere to Vincent's original designs and blueprints.


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Ransom ready to play pretty much anywhere
CHICAGO -- Two of the positions Cody Ransom is most comfortable with (second base and shortstop) are pretty well occupied in Chicago. Fortunately for the newly acquired Cub, he's got plenty of versatility.
The Cubs claimed Ransom off waivers on Tuesday, four days after he was designated for assignment by the Padres. He's played primarily shortstop in his 11-year Major League career, but also has experience at second base, first base and third base.
"This is year 16 now, so I've played a little everywhere," Ransom said. "Obviously short and second I've played a little more than anywhere else, but there's not a lot of opportunity here to play those. I'm comfortable at third, first, outfield. I've played a little of everywhere. It's the same thing -- catch it, throw it and try to do it the right way."
Ransom appeared in five games for the Padres -- three at third base -- before he was claimed off waivers by the Cubs. But with the return of Chase Headley and the Padres' need for relief help, Ransom was expendable. He went 0-for-11 with five strikeouts.
"I didn't do too well, I know that much," Ransom said. "Some balls that could have been hits, but they weren't. Chase is healthy now, and they needed some pitching for a few days to help them out. The bullpen was kind of getting taxed."
With Ian Stewart still on the mend, the Cubs can use the help at third.
"I feel like I can play a little bit everywhere, and when things are going OK I swing the bat good sometimes," Ransom said. "I hope there's an opportunity I get a chance to play, and I'm looking forward to it."
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Tour of the Grades: A Day for Visitors
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Join us on for a behind-the-scenes look at Waldorf education!
Every morning, in more than 1,000 Waldorf schools worldwide, the day begins with a dynamic and interactive main lesson, where academic subjects are brought to life through storytelling, movement, experimentation and the arts.
In this tour you will wind your way through three grade school classrooms, seeing firsthand how Waldorf works from the early elementary grades through the middle school.
When requested, the tour also includes a visit to our Early Childhood center where you will see how young children learn through play and purposeful engagement with the natural world.
After the tour there will be a chance to meet with the School Director for questions and conversation. Advance registration is required: firstname.lastname@example.com or 207.236.8021.


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Tomorrow's Tape: Jobless Claims On Deck
Jobless claims (8:30 a.m. Eastern Time). Economists expect claims fell 10,000 to 378,000. There's some trepidation around this data point, especially as claims have been rising in recent weeks. Some think seasonal factors due to the Easter holiday played a role in the recent rise. If they keep rising, bulls won't be able to use that excuse anymore.
Readings on productivity and unit labor costs are also due at 8:30. The ISM non-manufacturing survey is expected at 10:00. Keep an eye on the employment index of this survey.
Lots of companies are scheduled to report quarterly results. Highlights include AIG, Cablevision, El Paso, First Solar, GM, Kraft Foods, Lamar Advertising, Level 3 Communications, LinkedIn, MGM Resorts, Orbitz, Sara Lee, Viacom, Walgreen, Wynn Resorts.


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that it has fined UC Berkeley $8,750 for allowing five lab animals to die of thirst in 2011.
The creatures were small, long-tailed rodents called voles that were part of a study of circadian rhythms looking at how light affects physiology, said Roger Van Andel, director of the Office of Laboratory Animal Care at UC Berkeley, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
"We took very aggressive action to make sure this sort of thing could not occur again," Van Andel said. He noted that the death of the animals was the first such incident to happen at the campus, which no longer uses voles but performs research on about 100,000 mice each year in addition to other animals.
UC Davis was issued a citation, according to the Chronicle, after a macaque monkey was crushed to death in 2012 when it fiddled with the squeeze mechanism that kept its cage closed. The campus responded by changing the locks on cages only where researchers noticed monkeys manipulating the squeeze mechanism, but the Agriculture Department said that wasn't good enough.
In October, the federal agency ordered the California National Primate Research Center, located on the UCD campus, to secure the locks on all cages by November.
"These cage mechanisms are now all padlocked," said spokesman Andy Fell, noting that the center houses about 5,000 monkeys that are checked twice a day. Many of them also live in large family groups in half-acre outdoor corrals, he said.
The Chronicle reported that Davis researchers rely on the monkeys to test treatments for a range of diseases, from HIV/AIDS to asthma and Alzheimer's.


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Hello, I just thought I would introduce myself, my name is Jonathan and I have just registered here on the forum. I have been practising meditation and mindfullness for just over a year, the change in the way I think and feel have been nothing short of amazing.
Problem with this is its hard to share with other people who are not familiar with meditation -or mindfullness, and though its something I would like to share - in order to show other people there is a way out of the suffering we create for ourselves....it just doesnt work like that does it
I came across Buddhism when I was recieving treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of my military service in the Falklands War in 1982.
I met a fellow veteran who was practising Meditation and mindfullness and I became interested in what it was all about, he is a prison chaplain with Anguilimara (I think thats how you spell it ) he may be a familiar face amongst many of you on this site.
I am gratefull to him for his time and patience in helping me understand the subtleties of Buddhism .
I realised I have lived the last 53 years in ignorance, Trying to find something in Drugs Alchohol was so foolish and heedless.
I realise I was mindless,I realise my Ego was as big as Brasil !! Now I realise I am nobody -with nothing to do nowhere to go, and nobody to be....what a relief. I am but a swirling mass of atoms that arises and passes away.
"May all beings be well, may all beings be happy."
peace to you all Jonathan


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National Pancake Day For Kids
10 Kid-Friendly Ways to Celebrate National Pancake Day on Feb. 17!
10 Kid-Friendly Ways to Celebrate National Pancake Day on Feb. 17!
Feb. 17 is a celebration of every kid's favorite breakfast food: pancakes! You can celebrate by heading to IHOP, which is joining with the Children's Miracle Network to raise funds for children's hospitals across North America by offering a free short stack of those famous buttermilk pancakes to each guest. Eat your pancakes and then make a donation to the charity; IHOP's goal is to raise $3 million in one day. Since 2006, the annual IHOP celebration has raised almost $10 million for the cause! But charitable eating isn't the only way to celebrate National Pancake Day. Keep reading for 10 more kid-friendly pancake purchases that will inspire some syrupy smiles!
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With the current Farm Bill set to expire on Sept. 30, many sectors of agriculture will go on unscathed.
Many programs, including the farm commodity programs, food stamps and some research and conservation programs will continue without a new bill, an article in U.S. News and World Report pointed out on Tuesday.
Not having a Farm Bill won't be a problem unless you're a dairy farmer, the article says. Read more.
An important safety net for dairy farmers, the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program, will expire with the current Farm Bill.
Acknowledging this, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner.
"Dairy farmers across the country have benefited from the MILC program during difficult times and we fear that failure to maintain the program at its previous levels will saddle dairy farmers with significant risks as their feed prices continue to skyrocket," the letter said.
Here is the letter and the senators who signed it:
Dear Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Boehner:
Given the mounting challenges facing our nation's dairy farmers, we write to bring a matter of particular concern to your attention.
On Sept. 1, 2012, the Milk Income Loss Contract program, which has provided a vital safety net to dairy farmers across the country during times of low milk prices and high input costs, began to provide coverage at a reduced level. The level of coverage is so low that the program is not expected to be triggered even in these times of high feed prices. Most concerning to us is the change in the program's feed cost adjuster, which was created in the 2008 Farm Bill to address volatile swings in feed prices. This change in particular has put our farmers at far greater risk as this year's drought continues to impact much of the country and drive up the cost of feed. In addition, instead of offering dairy farmers coverage at 45 percent of the difference between the target price and the actual price, the program now only provides coverage at 34 percent of this difference. The program's volume cap has also declined, falling from 2.985 million to 2.4 million pounds per dairy farmer
We understand that the Senate-passed Farm Bill and the House Agriculture Committee's Farm Bill both move to eliminate the MILC program in favor of a new policy. However, until a new Farm Bill has been enacted and USDA has a dairy program in place, we urge you to find the necessary offsets to maintain the MILC program at its previous coverage levels for the duration of any extension of current policy. Dairy farmers across the country have benefited from the MILC program during difficult times and we fear that failure to maintain the program at its previous levels will saddle dairy farmers with significant risks as their feed prices continue to skyrocket.
Thank you for your consideration of our request. We stand ready to work with you to address this critical issue for our nation's dairy farmers.
Patrick Leahy
Olympia J. Snowe
Herb Kohl
Joseph I. Lieberman
Bernard Sanders
Sherrod Brown
Al Franken
Robert P. Casey, JR.
Jack Reed
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Susan Collins
Jeanne Shaheen
Ron Wyden
Richard Blumenthal
Barbara Mikulski
Scott P. Brown
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Steel is Real--and Growing
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October 17, 2013—
Contrary to popular belief, the death of the steel industry has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, steel is booming, more than 200 Michigan Technological University students who gathered to talk with industry leaders learned at Michigan Tech's first annual Steel Day, held earlier this week.
Representatives from Gerdau, Nucor, ArcelorMittal and Cliffs Natural Resources came to the campus in Houghton, on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, to share their excitement about steel with Michigan Tech students.
"We love Michigan Tech students," said Derrick Dyas, a human resources representative from Gerdau's North American special steel mill in Monroe, Mich. "They're the hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves kind of employees we want. They really hit the ground running."
Some of the questions curious students asked included:
- How has the steel industry changed over the past 20 years?
- What kinds of jobs do environmental engineers have in the steel industry?
- Do you hire co-ops or interns?
- What kind of safety programs do you have in your mills?
"Safety is our number one value," Dyas told the students. "Unlike earlier days, the steel industry is committed to safety and operating in a sustainable way," he said.
The day started with a cookout with interactive displays for the students to visit in the Dow Building atrium. In the evening, a panel of industry experts answered questions and talked with students in the Memorial Union Building.
Michigan Tech's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Advanced Metalworks Enterprise and the student professional society Materials United worked with the University's Career Services to organize and publicize the event, which was funded by the Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST). AIST provided a three-year grant totaling $35,00 to help Michigan Tech educate its students about careers in the steel industry.
"Steel Day was meant to engage all students who might be interested in pursuing a career in the industry," said James Desrochers of Michigan Tech's Career Services. "We consider this first year's event a success and are already discussing plans for next year's Steel Day."
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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Topic: Mother's Day
I am truly blessed to be he here today and every day with my daughter.
Much love to all of you who have lost your mums and cannot be with them today. And to those mums who have lost their child and face another day without them I can't imagine how hard days like this are but I send you and abundance of love and support to you too. Your child will not be forgotten.
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Anymore I've found that when the Pacers or one of my other teams loses, I tend to vent a little online, then completely distance myself from sports news for at least a couple of days. Seems to help me from getting too down since I tend to be pretty emotionally invested in my sports teams.
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The Organic Center's Annual VIP Dinner raised more than $500,00 for the work of the non-profit research and education group.
The March 7 dinner was scheduled in association with the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif.
"The Center graciously thanks our generous supporters for these crucial donations that make it possible for the organization to carry out its work proving and communicating the science behind organic agriculture and products," said Todd Linsky, vice-president of organic sales for Cal-Organic/Grimmway Farms and chair of the center's board of trustees, in the release.
Attendees heard about past and ongoing research projects.
One study discussed included lessons learned from a systems approach to non-antibiotic fire blight control by organic orchardists, according to the release. One new research project looked at the effect of organic growing practices on nitrogen pollution. In another study, researchers at Northeastern University are collecting data on soil health on organic farms, according to the release.
The Organic Center's first Award of Excellence was presented to Charles Benbrook, research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University. The award honors excellence in supporting the science behind the benefits of organic food and farming, according to the release.
At Washington State University, Benbrook is program leader of "Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health," according to the release. Before that, Benbrook was The Organic Center's original chief scientist and is still a member of its Science Advisory Board.


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When Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera entered the batter's box in Kansas City on Wednesday, baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years was his for the taking.
That is, unless Josh Hamilton and/or Mike Trout went wild on the West Coast, which as of his first at-bat hadn't happened.
UPDATE: Cabrera finishes his Triple Crown season at .330, with 139 RBIs and 44 homers
Entering the last day of the regular season, Cabrera led all three Triple Crown categories.
• In RBIs, he holds an insurmountable lead (139-128) over Hamilton.
• After going 2-for-3 on Tuesday night, Cabrera holds a comfortable lead (.331-.324) over Trout in the batting race. When Cabrera started play on Wednesday, Trout was 0-for-1 against Seattle and down to .323.
• In home runs, Cabrera's lead over Hamilton is on the slim side (44-43). Hamilton did not hit a home run in Texas' 12-5 loss to Oakland.
For Cabrera to lose his lead in the batting race, he must have an off game and Trout must have a huge game. A 4-for-4 performance by Trout would raise his batting average to .328, still not good enough unless Cabrera went 0-for-4. If both happen, Trout would slip ahead by a fraction of a point: .32857 to .32852.
Don't count on it. Especially don't count on an 0-for-4 for Cabrera.
For one reason, Cabrera is hot. He had six consecutive hits over his past two games before flying out in his third at-bat Tuesday night. More importantly, Cabrera is not expected to bat more than three times. With the Tigers set to start the Division Series on Saturday, manager Jim Leyland would like to give his slugger a chance to rest a sore ankle. He pulled Cabrera in the fifth inning Tuesday night and afterward said Cabrera might not even play Wednesday. Leyland said he would consult with Cabrera and likely would defer to the slugger.
Of course, if Hamilton passes him in homers, Cabrera not only will play but likely will play longer than he would otherwise. While the odds of a multi-homer game are long, any feat seems possible for the uber-talented Hamilton. Remember, he homered four times in a game in May.
Photo gallery: Triple Crown winners
If Cabrera and Hamilton finish tied for the homer lead, Cabrera would keep his hold on the Triple Crown. In fact, Carl Yastrzemski, baseball's last Triple Crown winner, tied with Harmon Killebrew in the home run category in 1967. Both hit 44, which coincidentally is Cabrera's total.
Because of today's start times, Cabrera should know where his pursuit stands before his game begins. Hamilton plays a day game in Oakland that is scheduled to begin four hours and 35 minutes before first pitch of Tigers-Royals at 8:10 ET.
Trout starts 90 minutes before Cabrera, giving the Los Angeles Angels' leadoff hitter enough time to make three or four plate appearances before Cabrera steps into the box on what should be a historic night at Kauffman Stadium.
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text: C8 linked to thyroid, bowel disease By Ken Ward Jr. July 30, 2012 Story Share VIENNA, W.Va. -- Exposure to C8 is probably linked to thyroid disease and to an inflammatory bowel disease called ulcerative colitis, according to the latest findings of a scientific team that is investigating the DuPont Co. chemical's potential impacts on human health.The C8 Science Panel's report adds to conclusions of the group, which had already reported a "probable link" between C8 exposure and types of cancer and to dangerous high blood pressure among pregnant women.Kyle Steenland, a science panel member from Emory University, said the findings aren't absolute proof that C8 causes the illnesses, but certainly indicate exposure to the chemical is "not a good thing for public health."The Science Panel said that it found a "strong correlation" between higher exposures to C8 and ulcerative colitis, a relatively rare chronic inflammation of the digestive tract lining similar to Crohn's disease.Panel members said that evidence regarding thyroid disease was "mixed," but that "overall, it was more probable than not" that it was linked to C8. The thyroid helps control how quickly the body uses energy and makes proteins and controls how sensitive the body is to other hormones.In other results, panel members said they found no probable links between C8 and at least five other types of illnesses, including asthma and neurological development in children.The findings, released during a Monday morning press conference outside Parkersburg, are the latest results from a six-year study of the DuPont chemical.Under a legal settlement that created the Science Panel, any probable link connections mean DuPont Co. will have to fund up to $235 million in future medical tests for area residents, to help provide early detection of diseases linked to exposure to C8 from the company's nearby Washington Works plant. The term "probable link" isn't a standard one for scientists who study toxic chemical exposure. It's defined in the DuPont legal settlement as whether "based upon the weight of the available scientific evidence, it is more likely than not that there is a link between exposure to C8 and a particular human disease" among Mid-Ohio Valley residents taking part in the suit.C8 is another name for perfluorooctanoate acid, or PFOA. In West Virginia, DuPont has used C8 since the 1950s as a processing agent to make Teflon and other nonstick products, oil-resistant paper packaging and stain-resistant textiles.DuPont and other companies have reduced their emissions and agreed on a voluntary phase-out of the chemical, but researchers are still concerned about a growing list of possible health effects and about the chemical's presence in consumer products, as well as continued pollution from waste disposal practices.In a statement Monday, DuPont said it would "evaluate additional information from the Science Panel as part of our long-standing commitment to the safety of our employees and customers and to responsible environmental and product stewardship."Rob Bilott, a lawyer for Mid-Ohio Valley residents whose lawsuit prompted the Science Panel study, said he looks forward to the panel's last set of reports in October "regarding any additional serious health risks" the community may face "because of their exposure to [C8]-contaminated drinking water."In December, the Science Panel released its first probable link findings, reporting after a year-study study that scientific evidence shows C8 exposure likely causes high blood pressure among pregnant women.The work of the panels is part of the 2005 settlement of a lawsuit filed against DuPont by Mid-Ohio Valley residents whose drinking water was contaminated with C8 by DuPont's nearby Washington Works plant. In April, lawyers for residents and DuPont announced the formation of a separate, three-person panel of medical experts who will design the appropriate medical monitoring program for residents, as required by the landmark legal settlement.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 WV Gov. Justice appoints Foster's replacement to House 2 Nitro police captain fired over off-duty confrontation caught on video 3 Correctional officers need raises, lawmakers told 4 Vintage West Virginia: Putnam Village 5 Malfunctioning aircraft lands safely at Yeager Airport Child nearly drowns in Cross Lanes Previous Story Mining protesters accuse police of mistreatment Next Story


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We've received a number of emails with general questions, so let's answer them here and now:
Q: Will the HoliBlog continue after opening day?
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Graphic Identity Standards & Communications Style Guide
The Farmingdale State College Graphic Identity Standards and Communication Guide (GISCG) is a one-stop resource for promoting the College brand on all Web, print and electronic communications.
As thousands of content pieces from colleges and universities are competing for attention – every single day – it is imperative that Farmingdale State College's messages are consistent. When communicators deliver the same messages multiple times in multiple ways, our key audiences become familiar with the Farmingdale Story, strengthening our connections with them.
This section contains a messaging system that allows communicators to consistently define the campus when communicating with key audiences. It includes text, images, and other resources that communicators can use to consistently represent Farmingdale in print, electronic, and spoken communications.
A brand is a promise. It is how you want the market to perceive your product or institution. Your brand sets you apart from your competitors. A strong brand identity leads to:
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Think about this in terms of parenting or personal relationships. If you started altering your personality from day to day, your friends might think you were in some sort of identity crisis. If you disciplined your children differently one day to the next, they wouldn't know what to expect from you. It is the same with Brand Identity. When your brand is consistent across all areas, a long-lasting bond of trust is established. Consistency is vital to the well-being of your brand and your reputation.
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When colleges, units and departments develop their own marks, the overall impact of the Farmingdale State College logo is diluted, as it now competes with others. Additionally, the inconsistency serves to confuse our audiences. We hope that you will understand that the Office for Institutional Advancement is responsible for ensuring that all of Farmingdale's external communications possess a consistent graphic identity that upholds the identity and mission of the college.
The campus' Video Bulletin Board is essentially a Powerpoint slide show that is distributed to widescreen LCD monitors around campus. If you would prepare a Powerpoint slide(s) for your message and email it as an attachment to firstname.lastname@example.com we will include the slide(s) in the distributed slide show. Deadline for submissions is every Friday by 12 noon.
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Astus wrote:Aemilius,
Schizophrenia is not about more than one being existing in the same body, and multiple beings don't exist within the same mind. Even the name of the illness that you meant is Dissociative Identity Disorder, defined as "a disorder characterized by identity fragmentation rather than a proliferation of separate personalities" (source).
I used to know lot more about this phenomenon schizophrenia in 1970's. It was then described and understood as consisting of sometimes quite opposing and independent aspects in one person, and even independent personalities in one person, or aspects and personalities which manifest periodically in the life of one person. It is a multifaceted phenomenon, its desriptions have changed in the course of centuries. It is understood differently in different cultures, its descriptions and the understanding of its possible causes differ in the many countries of the modern and ancient world. You can't say that any one definition is "correct", or that it really captures its essence.


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Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Amazon remains at the head of the class in terms of customer service, according to the annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index released Thursday by customer experience analytics firm ForeSee.
The eighth annual report — based on more than 24,000 customer surveys collected between Thanksgiving and Christmas — expands from measuring satisfaction with 40 top retailers to 100 this year. Aggregate customer satisfaction stagnates, scoring 78 on a 100-point scale. Though satisfaction with top retailers remains the same, a few big-name retailers suffered declines.
Apple's online retail store slid 4% to 80, slipping from a tie for second place and out of the top five entirely, registering its lowest score in four years. The biggest year-over-year decline was JCPenney.com, with a 6% decline to 78.
"This year, we're seeing that even some of the largest companies in the country are at risk if they lose sight of customer satisfaction," said Larry Freed, ForeSee president and CEO. "Satisfaction with the customer experience, when measured correctly, is the most important predictor of future success, and while Amazon clearly gets it, Apple stumbles from their usual focus on the customer experience."
Meanwhile, Amazon.com continues to set the standard for customer satisfaction, matching the record high of 88 it set last year in the holiday edition of the Index. Amazon has had the highest scores in the Index for eight years in a row, consistently setting a pace that other retailers don't seem to be able to touch. Their high score is partially because of the appeal and variety of merchandise they offer, a priority area for some other retailers.
"At this point, Amazon has been dominant for so long and has such a history of focusing on the customer, its hard to imagine anyone else coming close," added Freed. "Companies should emulate Amazon's focus on the customer, which is clearly linked to superior revenues over the years."


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Pentax smc DA Star 55mm f/1.4 SDM reviewTuesday September 11 2012 Lens Review
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SANTA CRUZ - Dominican Hospital announced Friday it will close the campus at 610 Frederick St by Dec. 31, relocating some programs and discontinuing others.
It is not clear how many employees might lose their jobs.
The announcement said Dominican will "work with all employees affected by this first phase of changes to place them in other open positions at the hospital or within Dignity Health if possible. Some jobs will be lost, but that number is not yet known."
Dominican is part of Dignity Health, which operates more than 40 hospitals and care centers in communities across California, Arizona and Nevada.
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Segerstrom Center Welcomes Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration, 1/13
The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration makes its way to Segerstrom Center for the Arts on January 13 in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The all- star ensemble will perform classic jazz and original compositions by critically acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning artists: bassist and musical director Christian McBride, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, saxophonist Chris Potter, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Benny Green and drummer Lewis Nash.
Tickets start at $25 and are available online at SCFTA.org, at the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling (714) 556-2787. For inquiries about group ticket savings for 10 or more, call the Group Services office at (714) 755-0236. The TTY number is (714) 556-2746.
JazzTimes states "...this festival, spread out over multiple stages on the Monterey County Fairgrounds over the third weekend of September, is an all-American and global treasure." Founded in 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest continuously-running jazz festival in the world. Nearly every major jazz star has performed with the group, from Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong to Esperanza Spalding and Trombone Shorty. Renowned for its artistic excellence, sophisticated informality and longstanding mission to create and support year-round jazz education and performance programs in local, regional, national and international venues, the 55th Anniversary Celebration continues the Festival's commitment during its third North American Tour.
Two-time Grammy-winning vocalist and Tony Award®-winning actress Dee Dee Bridgewater has had an illustrious career. Since her New York debut in 1970, she has appeared with the Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Orchestra, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Roland Kirk and many more. She won a Tony Award for her performance as Glinda the Good Witch in The Wiz and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Stephen Stahl's Lady Day. She has also appeared in Sophisticated Ladies, Cosmopolitan Greetings, Black Ballad, Carmen Jazz and Cabaret. As host of NPR's Jazzset, Bridgewater presents today's best jazz artists in performance on stages around the world. Among her many albums are homages to Horace Silver and Kurt Weill and the Grammy Award-winning albums Dear Ella and Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee. She made her first appearance at the Monterey Jazz in Festival in 1973 with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
Three-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Christian McBride is one of the most in-demand jazz musicians in the world. He has recorded and performed live with such artists as Freddie Hubbard, Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman, Joe Henderson, Betty Carter, Roy Haynes, Benny Green, Kathleen Battle, Diana Krall, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Smith, Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner, George Duke, Sting, Chick Corea, Chris Botti, JAmes Brown, Queen Latifah, Carly Simon, Sonny Rollins and Roy Haynes. McBride has recorded for the Verve, Warner Brothers and Mack Avenue labels. The Good Feeling, his first big band recording as a leader, arranger and conductor, won a 2011 Grammy. As a jazz educator and mentor, he serves as the artistic director for the Jazz Aspen Snowmass summer program and is the co-director of the Jazz Museum in Harlem. McBride has held artistic director, creative chair and artist-in-residence positions at the Henry Mancini and Brubeck Institutes, the Berklee College of Music, Stanford Jazz Workshop, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Detroit and Monterey Jazz Festivals. McBride has appeared at the Festival eight times since 1994.
Pianist Benny Green grew up in Berkeley, California. As a teenager, he worked with Eddie Henderson and Chuck Israels. Moving to New York City 1982, he studied with Walter Bishop Jr., worked with Betty Carter and eventually played in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. After working with Freddie Hubbard's quintet, Oscar Peterson chose Benny as the first recipient of the City of Toronto's Glenn Gould International Protégé Prize in Music in 1993, the same year he joined Ray Brown's trio. In 1997, Green resumed his freelance career with solo performances, leading his own trios and accompanying singers such as Diana Krall. As a leader, he has recorded many albums for the Criss Cross, Blue Note, Toshiba and Telarc labels. With more than 100 recordings to his credit, he has collaborated with Betty Carter, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Bobby Watson, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown and others. Green was a featured performer with Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band in 2010. He continues to be in demand as a guest artist, leading workshops and master classes at such educational institutions and music clinics as The Juilliard School, Interlochen, the Monk Institute, Eastern Washington State University, Jazz Camp West, Snow College, Centrum and the Brubeck Institute. Green has appeared in eight Monterey Jazz Festival Tours, debuting in the 2008 50th Anniversary Tour at the age of 15 in the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. He was musical director for the 50th Anniversary Tour in 2008.
Drummer Lewis Nash is recognized as one of the foremost brush stylists of his generation. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and, by the age of 18, he was a first-call sideman for visiting musicians. He moved to New York in 1980 to join Betty Carter's band. Nash's versatility has made him one of the most in-demand drummers of the past several decades; recording and touring with Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins, Ray Brown, Gerald Wilson, Horace Silver, Ron Carter, Hank Jones, Benny Carter, Milt Jackson, Art Farmer, McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Martino, Clark Terry, Diana Krall, Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson and many others. He has made three recordings as a leader. Nash is also renowned for his passion and dedication to jazz education, fostering the careers of a long list of younger players. He has served as a clinician and educator at schools, workshops and major educational jazz festivals worldwide. In 2012, Jazz in Arizona opened The Nash, a non-profit, 2,600 square-foot performance space in Phoenix, named in his honor. He has appeared with the Monterey Jazz Festival twice since 2001.
DownBeat Magazine called Grammy-nominated saxophonist Chris Potter "one of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet." He is a potent improviser and the youngest musician ever to win Denmark's Jazzpar Prize. Born in Chicago and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, Potter has recorded 19 albums as a leader for the Criss Cross, Concord, Koch, Emercy, Verve and Storyville labels. As a sideman, Potter has appeared on more than 100 albums with an impressive list of artists that includes Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, the Mingus Big Band, Jim Hall, Dave Douglas, Ray Brown and many others. He has been a regular member of Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Steely Dan and bassist Dave Holland's groups, including Holland's quartet at the Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary in 2007. Potter's most recent membership is with Pat Metheny's Unity Band, Metheny's first group in 30 years to feature a saxophonist. Making an appearance with the Unity Band at the 55th Monterey Jazz Festival in 2012, Metheny said: "He is one of the greatest musicians I have ever been around." Potter has appeared in eight Festivals beginning in 1997.
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire was born in Oakland, California, attendEd Berkeley High School and was a member of the 1999 and 2000 Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Band. At 19, Steve Coleman hired him for a European tour with his Five Elements band. He moved to New York City in 2000 to attend the Manhattan School of Music, playing with Lonnie Plaxico, Stefon Harris, Josh Roseman, Vijay Iyer, Charlie Persip, the Mingus Big Band and the San Francisco Jazz Collective along the way. In 2005, he returned to the West Coast for a master's degree at the UCLA while simultaneously attending the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, where he studied with Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Billy Childs and Gary Grant. After graduation, Akinmusire won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition in the span of one week. He went on to perform with Steve Coleman, Vijay Iyer, Alan Pasqua, Walter Smith III, Josh Roseman, Esperanza Spalding, Aaron Parks, Jimmy Heath, Jason Moran, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Jason Moran, Wallace Roney, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and others. In 2011, Akinmusire released When The Heart Emerges Glistening on Blue Note Records. The New York Times named the album as its top CD of the year. The Los Angeles Times said "Akinmusire sounds less like a rising star than one that was already at great heights and just waiting to be discovered." He was Monterey's artist-in-residence in 2012, and has made four appearances at the Festival.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is unique as both an acclaimed arts institution and as a multi- disciplinary cultural campus. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence on all of its stages, offering unsurpassed experiences, and engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance and a diverse array of inspiring programs.
Previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center is Orange County's largest non-profit arts organization and owns and operates the 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall and intimate 250-seat Founders Hall, which opened in 1986, and the 2,000-seat Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, which opened in 2006 and also houses the 500-seat Samueli Theater, the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Education Center's studio performance space and Boeing Education Lab. A spacious arts plaza anchors Segerstrom Center for Arts and is home to numerous free performances throughout the year as part of Segerstrom Center for the Arts' ongoing Free for All series.
The Center presents a broad range of programming for audiences of all ages, including international ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, intimate performances of jazz and cabaret, contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family- friendly programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on the plaza and many other special events. The Center's arts-in-education programs are designed to inspire young people through the arts and reach hundreds of thousands of students each year.
In addition to the presenting and producing institution Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the 14-acre campus also embraces the facilities of two independent acclaimed organizations: Tony Award®-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the future home of the Orange County Museum of Art.
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Meeting old friends and new, IBMers and customers at last week's GSE UK Enterprise Security Working Group (ESWG) has inspired me to start blogging again. Let's see how long this lasts ;)
The meeting was well attended, especially considering we were outside the M25 (London's outer ring road)! Our hosts, RSM Partners, looked after us very well and the day was well-paced, packed with informative sessions and full of lively debate. I was "dragged up" to continue the JOBROLE debate during the Hints and Tips session - more on that later - but the highlights were Mark Wilson's "z/OS Pen Testing Live" where we saw Mark "break in" to a z/OS machine before our very eyes (well, it was actually his own, so no crime was committed), and I was impressed by the presentation from Dave Constable of Barclays Bank's Global z/OS Security Engineering team on the IBM System z Security Portal and CVSS.
While we await the minutes and presentations to be uploaded to the website, why not check out said IBM Portal, and read about the "Common Vulnerability Scoring System" (CVSS) and how it can help you manage your z/OS maintenance schedule. Maybe this is what you need to justify to the budget holder that maintenance spend you know is necessary? Maybe CVSS will help us mainframers to discuss security matters with our distributed platform peers in the same language?
Now back to JOBROLE. A quick straw poll of the attendees revealed that a majority had already implemented Role Based Access Control (RBAC), were planning to, or had a desire to do so. Encouragingly, most could see the value in our proposal for either TEMPLATE user or the new JOBROLE construct. Read the background here, and have your say below. We will probably draft a proposal for GSE UK to present to IBM this year.


text: I hope Danny is not traded. the current edition of the Pacers shows Danny's value is more than most of us realize. I cannot believe TPTB are that stupid. The only exception to that is if they can trade 2 for 1 where the guy coming back is a star player.


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BWW Reviews: The Vagabond Players' GODSPELL Brings Audience Under Its Spell
No one goes to see Godspell for its surprise ending. The story is timeless and unchanging as it weaves its way colorfully, heartwarmingly and melodically through the Gospel according to Matthew. Since it first opened in its more-or-less current format off Broadway in 1971, it's been performed any number of thousands of times. So when people go to see Godspell, they go to see it for what the Production Company will lend the story to make it its own.
The Vagabond Players opened Godspell Oct. 14, nearly simultaneously with the Broadway revival's preview, which leads up to an official Nov. 7 debut (the Vagabond Players have stated, in fact, their gratefulness for not having the rights to the production pulled). In the Vags' intimate, historic space, the production takes on a very participatory quality that-in its hugeness-breaks right through the fourth wall and draws the audience in.
Before that can happen, however, it gets off to a little bit of a strange start. In making the production truly Baltimore-specific, the opening scene involves four young children breaking into an abandoned, apparently haunted theater (indicated in the program as being the Vagabond Players Theatre) with the intention of having some fun with spray paint.
A lone shade-less lightbulb begins flickering, and the voice of God, declaring his supremacy, is broadcast from off stage. The adult ensemble enters, dressed entirely in black and hiding their masked faces behind dusty books; these are history's great philosophers, who sing their perspectives on religion in a number, "Tower of Babble," that is often excluded from performances of Godspell. The cacophonous climax of the piece comes to a truly bizarre end when the children hold up their own headshots in front of their faces. The meaning is lost on me.
When John the Baptist enters with a triumphant rendition of "Prepare Ye" (sadly sans shofar blowing) that really revs up when the excellent live band kicks in, the performance regains its ground. Calling out from his seat in the audience, Jesus, beautifully brought to life by Dan McQuay, joins John (Darren McDonnell) on stage to be baptized from his yellow painter's bucket. The remainder of the adult cast members flood the stage in their zany rainbow of vibrant patchwork, stripes, neon and metallic lame-traditional Godspell costuming-and the show takes off, winding its way through a series of endearingly performed, laugh-out-loud parables and on-point musical numbers.
In another Vags-original touch (at least, I've never seen it done before), the parables include snippets of numbers from other famed musicals: Annie, Evita, Fiddler, Joseph, Sweeney Todd and more. While these short renditions are well performed, nicely integrated and clever, they may be a little disconcerting to Godspell purists-as may be the child actors, whose presence seems superfluous and slightly distracting as they scamper around stage, participating somewhat but not fully. An exception is Matthew Demetrides, whose mostly solo performance of "On the Willows," one of the most poignant numbers in the score, is emotional and haunting.
The adult ensemble is to be lauded for its energy and obvious devotion to the performance; it's clear the actors love this show and believe in the story. As soloists, the performers are quite good across the board (of special note is Eileen Keenan Aubele and Susannah Hurlburt Lock's exquisite performance of "By My Side"), but as a chorus, they're phenomenal. Their voices are so powerful and unified that they hit the back wall of the theater and reverberate, absolutely filling the space.
The accompanying choreography is appropriate-never overdone so as to be trite but never lacking-and the acting is convincing. Sarah Ford Gorman's disciple is charismatic and adorable (and her beatboxing is an impressive addition to "We Beseech Thee"). And the comic relief from J Hargrove and Brandon Shaw elicits joyous audience reaction.
As Jesus, McQuay is entirely believable: He's endearing, calm and sensitive, exudes emotion and is, well, blessed with a strong, steady voice. He gives the audience no reason to question why the disciples are so devoted to him. Together with McDonnell as Judas Iscariot (as called for in the script, the same actor plays both John the Baptist and Judas), McQuay creates appropriate and palpable tension-and the violence and despair displayed by all in the final scene, when Jesus is cleverly hoisted onto a PVC cross, is torturous even for the audience.
Overall, this thoroughly modern rendition of Godspell is a blessing for Baltimore-and may just give (New York's) Broadway a run for its money.
Godspell runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 13 at The Vagabond Players, 806 S. Broadway in Baltimore. Its next production, Arsenic & Old Lace, opens Jan. 6, 2012. For more information, visit www.vagabondplayers.org. Photo courtesy of The Vagabond Players.
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SACRAMENTO >> A bill that would clamp down on the use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry is a pen stroke from becoming law in California — so why aren't environmentalists happy?
The author of the legislation, state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, touts SB 835 as a critical early step in fighting an emerging national health crisis: the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which sicken more than 2 million people and cause 23,000 deaths every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Antibiotics are often given to food-producing animals to help them grow faster or use less food to gain weight.
The problem, environmentalists say, is that the law — which Hill promotes as the first of its kind in the nation — would be easy for industrial livestock operations to skirt. More than a dozen environmental and consumer advocacy groups oppose the bill, which cleared the Senate last week in a unanimous vote and now awaits Gov. Jerry Brown's signature.
Hill's legislation codifies voluntary guidelines issued last year by the Food and Drug Administration to phase out the use of certain antimicrobial drugs in animals used for food. There is increasing concern among scientists that pumping the animals full of antibiotics that are also used to treat humans is contributing to the growth of deadly "superbugs."
The bill would prevent farmers from buying antibiotics over the counter, instead requiring a veterinarian's prescription, and bar livestock producers from employing the drugs for the sole purpose of promoting weight gain.
Combined with another bill he authored to curtail the overprescription of antibiotic drugs in hospitals, the Peninsula lawmaker said SB 835 represents a victory for public health. The second bill, SB 1377, has also cleared the Legislature.
"We will see a reduction in the use of antibiotics," Hill said, "which will reduce the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and diseases in the state of California."
But critics say there is a gaping loophole in the bill that would allow veterinarians to prescribe antibiotics as a preventive measure, not merely for treatment. And the law wouldn't require the use of antibiotics to be tracked in order to measure the regulation's effectiveness, said Bill Allayaud of the Environmental Working Group. The superbug crisis is too serious, he said, for weak measures that could lull California lawmakers and regulators into complacency.
"We believe stronger medicine is needed," said Allayaud. "The loophole is too large and could make it so that practices don't change fast enough to combat a problem the World Health Organization calls a major global threat."
Hill claims the bill's opponents are making the perfect the enemy of the good. He notes a more stringent bill by Assemblymember Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, died in the Assembly Agriculture Committee this year without receiving a hearing.
Many of the agricultural groups that lined up against Mullin's bill are supporting Hill's, including the California Cattlemen's Association. Dave Daley, a fifth-generation cattle rancher from Butte County and one of the association's leaders, said SB 835 is a good compromise. He added that, while the overuse of antibiotics in food animals is a real problem, it's been exaggerated in news accounts and on social media.
"There's a perception that we're running around pumping antibiotics into animals that don't need them, which I find almost comical," said Daley. "It just ignores what we do as trained professionals."
Doniga Markegard, who raises grassfed cattle with her husband, Erik, on the San Mateo County coast, said she supports SB 835, but claims it doesn't address the root problem: the corn- and soy-based diet of cows in large-scale beef operations. The cows at Markegard Family Grass-Fed are never treated with antibiotics, she said.
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Correction: Condoleezza Rice's name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story.
She stared down Saddam Hussein, survived war room skirmishes with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, wrangled on CNN with Wolf Blitzer. She provided piano accompaniment for Yo-Yo Ma on Brahms' "Violin Sonata in D Minor."
This is a woman who eats pressure for breakfast.
But Condoleezza Rice may have never encountered anything quite as daunting as playing rounds of golf at Pebble Beach and Monterey Peninsula Country Club during the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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The nation's 66th secretary of state and national security adviser to President George W. Bush experienced all the highs and lows of being a 17-handicap golfer in a prestigious tournament, trying her best to keep the ball in the middle of the fairway — and away from her adoring fans.
As any hacker will confirm, that's easier said than done.
Her most memorable shot of the week, unfortunately, was a line drive into the gallery Thursday on No. 6 at Pebble, a shot that struck a female spectator between the eyes. A mortified Rice offered the woman a white towel to staunch the bleeding, and held her hand until paramedics arrived.
The skulling almost certainly put a damper on what otherwise appeared to be an enjoyable experience for Rice.
She had her moments — sinking a 30-foot putt on No. 2 at Pebble on Thursday was a highlight. But even with 17 free strokes on her scorecard, Rice wasn't much help to her pro partner, Jason Bohn. Together they finished 4-under par to tie for 124th place among the 156 teams.
Rice, now a political science professor at Stanford University, partnered both days with Bohn as one of only two female players in the 296-player field. Playing from the red tees with TaylorMade clubs, Rice hit some picturesque shots and some downright bummers.
A gaggle of about 20 friends followed her throughout Friday's round, cheering loudly when she hit a pretty shot (such as the booming drive she launched on No. 6) and groaning whenever she whacked a wormburner or missed an easy putt. At such times, Rice often got feedback from her caddie, Kathryn Imrie, an assistant women's golf coach at Stanford.
After a nearly outstanding drive on her final hole of the round — her ball on MPCC's par-3 ninth appeared to be headed for the pin before a cruel backspin dragged it back down the hill — she three-putted, rimming out with her final stroke of the day.
With that, the otherwise-sunny Rice revealed some visible frustration, taking a short, subtle slash through the cold ocean breeze with her putter before handing it to Imrie.
She also apparently wasn't in the mood to stand a few more minutes in the cold wind and speak with media members who had followed her for hours, exiting quickly in the opposite direction, where her courtesy shuttle awaited.
Though her game could have been better, Rice was clearly a favorite attraction in a star-studded celebrity field, reason to believe she may be invited back for another try in 2014.
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text: It's time for the CSA to start figuring it out - The Province October 14, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next Kent Gilchrist Congratulations to the Whitecaps -- the players, new coach Teitur Thordarson, president Bob Lenarduzzi and, of course, owner Greg Kerfoot. At least there's one team in the country giving soccer fans something to cheer about. You couldn't find it on the Canadian Soccer Association website at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, but the national team was eliminated from CONCACAF zone qualifying for the 2010 World Cup after losing 3-1 in Honduras on Sunday. When you've managed to kill any interest in your sport on the world stage, I guess it does kind of get to be old news reporting on yet another loss on your home page. At least the CSA's got that part right, nobody wants to read about bad results. And it has been more than two decades since the national side qualified for the 1986 World Cup. The Whitecaps, meantime, provoked cover pictures front and back of Monday's Province and great coverage for winning their second USL championship in three years, but for the first time ever at home. It's a great story and a fine result. The national team will play against Mexico at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on Wednesday with the visitors and Honduras already assured of advancing in World Cup qualifying. Mexico and Honduras are tied with nine points ... and Canada? Oh yeah, our guys have a tie against Jamaica with only two games left. CSA vice-president Victor Montagliani was unhappy with your agent's column last week before the Whitecaps had eliminated the Montreal Impact, where Lenarduzzi took the opportunity to suggest the CSA might want to try leaning on those two organizations as well as Toronto FC of the MLS. Since all three professional organizations had undertaken their own player development programs, which hopefully will keep more homegrown kids playing at home, Lenarduzzi was offering a possible alternative. Perhaps the years of accumulated negative history -- former president Colin Linford last year called the CSA board of directors dysfunctional -- have taken their toll. Linford said it the day he resigned after his own board failed to sanction the hiring of Fred Nykamp after chief operating officer Kevan Pipe was fired. Nykamp, who had left Basketball Canada to take the job of succeeding Pipe, sued the CSA and the parties settled out of court in January this year. And now practically everyone expects the CSA to fire national team coach Dale Mitchell, who wasn't everyone's first choice but a convenient replacement for Frank Yallop, who returned at the helm of the MLS's San Jose Earthquake. Still, Montagliani was non-plussed by Lenarduzzi's words. As tremendous a story as the Whitecaps season has been, it is still just a local story. It's big news in Vancouver, but wouldn't create much of a ripple anywhere else in the country. A successful national team, on the other hand, would be big news. Qualifying for the World Cup, for instance, would be huge. It would galvanize a country starved for something positive in the world game. You don't even have to go up to Commercial Drive to see lots of interest in the World Cup. You can find it in virtually any pub anywhere when the World Cup is on TV every four years. So you can imagine the soccer-mania that would erupt if Canada ever qualified again. With each passing World Cup, there seems to be more interest globally. But with Canada's early elimination, there will be little more than friends and family at Commonwealth Stadium on Wednesday -- while poor Canada loses a whole year of national interest as qualifying continues through next year. The next time there'll be any real interest in what the CSA is doing will be 2014 when qualifying starts for the 2018 World Cup. Let's hope they try something different before then. email@example.com © The Vancouver Province 2008 Previous Next