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Towards an Economic Sociology of Law
176 pages
April 2013, Wiley-Blackwell
Reflecting a developing trend towards interdisciplinary research in economics and law, this agenda-setting volume makes the case for economic sociology of law – an emerging field that draws on empirical, analytical and normative insights from sociology to investigate relationships between legal and economic phenomena. It locates this novel subject in a wider socio-legal tradition and identifies common ground between Polanyian and Weberian approaches to the law, economy, and society, despite the two theorists' divergent views on the functionality of the capitalist model. The volume provides a platform for researchers' critical responses to the 'social embeddedness' of market societies.
Contributors demonstrate the value of applying a combination of methods in their work, from heterogeneous disciplines such as legal history and ethnography. They consider the position in the western and developed nations, as well as in post-colonial polities. The resulting publication is a well-crafted primer on a specialism that, by combining the insights of socio-economic analysis with the formative influences exerted by their specific legal contexts, informs a more nuanced assessment of law, economics and society.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Moving Towards an Economic Sociology of Law (Diamond Ashiagbor, Prabha Kotiswaran and Amanda Perry-Kessaris)
1. From Credit to Crisis: Max Weber, Karl Polanyi, and the Other Side of the Coin (Sabine Frerichs)
2. Relational Work and the Law: Recapturing the Legal Realist Critique of Market Fundamentalism (Fred Block)
3. Rethinking 'Embeddedness': Law, Economy, Community (Roger Cotterrell)
4. Anemos-ity, Apatheia, Enthousiasmos: An Economic Sociology of Law and Wind Farm Development in Cyprus (Amanda Perry-Kessaris)
5. Maine (and Weber) Against the Grain: Towards a Postcolonial Genealogy of the Corporate Person (Ritu Birla)
6. Do Feminists Need an Economic Sociology of Law? (Prabha Kotiswaran)
7. Law, Social Policy, and the Constitution of Markets and Profit Making (Kenneth Veitch)
8. The Legal Construction of Economic Rationalities? (Andrew T.F. Lang)
Author Information
Diamond Ashiagbor is Professor of Labour Law at SOAS, University of London. Widely published in the fields of labour and employment law, human rights, multiculturalism, and development, she won the Society of Legal Scholars' Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship for her book The European Employment Strategy: Labour Market Regulation and New Governance (2005). Prof Ashiagbor received the Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship in 2011, as well as the EU-US Fulbright Research Award.
Prabha Kotiswaran is Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London. With research interests in criminal law, feminist legal theory and the sociology of law, her most recent volume, Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor: Sex Work and the Law in India (2011), won the SLSA-Hart Prize for early-career academics. Her current work explores the evolving jurisprudence of anti-trafficking law, and the regulation of markets in social reproduction.
Amanda Perry-Kessaris is Professor of International Economic Law at SOAS, University of London, and has studied law, economics and ethnography. She is currently focusing on the analytical potential of Economic Sociology of Law for the field of law and development and graphic design as a method of communication in that field. She has previously been funded by the British Academy to study the impact of economics on law and development; and the Leverhulme Trust and the Socio-Legal Studies Association to investigate the role of the Indian legal system as a mediator of foreign investment relations. She is secretary to the Socio-Legal Studies Association.


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Once a week, Jamie MacDonald walks down a quiet alley in this sprawling community in British Columbia's Fraser Valley, finds a familiar black SUV and picks up a package of clean needles, alcohol swabs and other supplies for injecting heroin.
MacDonald doesn't need the needles himself – although he's addicted to heroin, he smokes the drug – but he has friends who do.
He takes a paper bag containing about 20 or so needles, meets with friends and chats with an outreach worker from Vancouver's Portland Hotel Society, who visits Abbotsford every Thursday with syringes, crack pipes and other supplies designed to make the lives of drug addicts safer.
"I grab needles and pipes and I give them to people – I just like to do my part to make sure somebody doesn't catch a disease," says MacDonald, 34, who started smoking heroin as a teenager growing up in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where he was born and raised.
"For me, it's a no-brainer. It helps people."
In Abbotsford, this transaction has actually been illegal since 2005, when city council passed a zoning bylaw that effectively bans any form of "harm reduction," including needle exchanges and safe-injection sites, within the city limits.
But the bylaw is now up for review, as the local health authority pushes for a government-run needle exchange program, and community groups that have been quietly contravening the law for years argue it's time for the city to embrace the concept of harm reduction.
The debate has revealed that some in this city, located in an area often referred to as the province's Bible Belt, are still uncomfortable with the idea of giving addicts free needles to inject their drugs, despite the insistence of health officials that such programs save lives, reduce health-care costs and connect addicts with treatment.
The harm-reduction bylaw was introduced seven years ago as politicians looked to ensure the blight of addiction in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside didn't replicate itself in Abbotsford. At the time, Vancouver's controversial safe-injection site had been making headlines for more than a year, and city councillors argued allowing any form of harm reduction would merely condone drug use.
The Fraser Health Authority recently asked city council to reconsider the bylaw, pointing to statistics that show Abbotsford, where several hundred people are believed to use injection drugs, has some of the province's highest rates of overdoses and infections of HIV and hepatitis C.
The health authority presented a proposal to council last month that would see a needle exchange program phased in over several years, beginning with distribution through community organizations and then eventually introducing mobile and fixed-site needle exchange services.
Municipal staff have been asked to study the proposal before the city decides what to do with the bylaw, but some councillors have revived the same concerns that prompted the bylaw in the first place.
David Portesi, the Fraser Health Authority's public health director, says city council made a mistake when it passed the bylaw, but now he sees an opportunity to change that.
"I think in 2005, they made a decision, if not uninformed, certainly weighted toward the wrong information," Mr. Portesi said.
"I think back then, council was certainly more hostile [toward harm reduction]. I think what you're seeing now is a change in public perception and an actual discussion."
Mr. Portesi notes several organizations already pass out harm-reduction supplies in Abbotsford, and the city doesn't appear to be using the bylaw to stop them. The Fraser Health Authority is also looking into whether the city can legally enforce a bylaw that restricts a health-care service.
Still, he said the bylaw has severely limited services available in Abbotsford.
"At the very least, it puts a cool down on the community," he said.
"We tend not get many partners who are willing to partner with us. And quite frankly, if you're working with a community that's hostile to harm reduction, the services are not as effective as they could be. We recognize it's best to work with the community."
Councillor Simon Gibson has been at city hall for more than two decades and he was among the councillors who supported the bylaw in 2005.
Mr. Gibson hasn't changed his mind.He describes harm reduction as "largely cosmetic" and says it fails to focus on getting addicts off drugs. "I'm satisfied with the bylaw, because it represents what is in the best interests of the overall social fabric of Abbotsford," Mr. Gibson said.
"They [harm reduction advocates] may be putting the interests of the addicts over and above the interests of our community. Our citizens want to see addicts turn their lives around and contribute to society, but I believe that our citizens don't want to see that rehabilitation done at the expense of the social fabric of our community."
Mayor Bruce Banman said council remains divided on the issue. Mr. Banman says he's convinced a needle exchange program would save lives and money by preventing addicts from contracting diseases such as HIV. However, he says his support is contingent on Fraser Health also promising to increase detox services in the community – something he complains isn't part of the current proposal.
"If you can prevent one case of AIDS and a couple of cases of hepatitis C, it would most likely pay for the entire needle exchange program, so, financially, to me it just makes sense," Mr. Banman said.
"Having said that, I will demand that detox be part of the solution. That is non-negotiable for me. I think to just hand out needles without detox is just solving half the problem."
Fraser Health says it's open to talking about expanding detox services. Currently, the health authority provides mobile, in-home detox services, and Abbotsford residents who need to enter a treatment centre are referred to a facility in Surrey.
Back at the Portland Hotel Society's needle exchange truck, Kimberley Ann Quinn walks over from a women's drop-in centre around the corner.
Quinn, 40, who is addicted to crack cocaine and alcohol, picks up a couple of crack pipes before jumping at the chance to talk about the harm-reduction bylaw.
She doesn't think the city hall politicians realize what life is like for Abbotsford's poor and drug addicted.
"It makes me sick when they say no to harm reduction – we really need it," said Ms. Quinn, who has lived in Abbotsford since she was a child.
"Abbotsford society always comes down on everybody. If they just leave that office and step in our shoes for a day, then they would really understand how it is."


text: Smith calls for one NRL referee model Sun 11 May, 2014, 10:54am Melissa Woods, AAP Tweet Email Print Test and Melbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith has called for the NRL to revert to the one-referee system following an emotion-charged win over Manly.Halfback Cooper Cronk steered the Storm to victory in the last nine minutes, scoring a brilliant solo try and setting up another for debutant Kurt Mann.Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy didn't front the post-match media conference at AAMI Park, sending assistant Justin Morgan and Smith.Morgan said Bellamy was too "cut up" to attend and that the entire club was upset with the inconsistencies in the refereeing.Morgan, the NRL video referee coach last season, singled out Manly's first half try by Peta Hiku that was initially denied by referee Shayne Hayne before being overturned upon video review.The decision saw a furious Bellamy storm out of the coach's box to try to cool off."We tend to have a lot of decisions that have question marks against them," Morgan said."The work and preparation that goes into a game is phenomenal and sometimes to see the inconsistencies not only from match to match but from referee to referee sometimes it is really hard to swallow."When you've got different people making different decisions, different interpretations, different levels of experience as well. There are a lot of grey areas."Smith said players were frustrated by the inconsistency between the two referees in the current NRL model.He said the answer was to go back to one-referee system, as was used in last week's Anzac Test, with Hayne officiating.He (Hayne) did a great job and I don't think we had any issue with the refereeing because it was the one guy," Smith said."He knows how he wants to referee the game and he views it the same for both teams."I found that Test match really enjoyable just going back to one referee, which is an international rule, and I felt the game just flowed so much better."The Storm next face Souths in Sydney on Friday night. Tweet Email Print Send to a friend: Your Name: Your Email: Friend's Name: Friend's Email: Close Submit loading image needs to go here


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Canadian studio Intelligent Creatures faced down some major technical challenges to create an ever-changing mask whose inkblots betray the feelings of its wearer, Watchmen's anti-hero Rorschach.
Following numerous attempts to bring writer Alan Moore's hugely popular comic book series Watchmen to the big screen, 300 director Zack Snyder released his much anticipated film adaption in March this year.
Created by Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colourist John Higgins, the original 12-part comic book Watchmen tells the tale of superheroes set in an alternate reality that runs parallel to the 1980s.
Often dubbed unfilmable, the graphic novels' storyline of a group of retired vigilantes – Ozymandias, Rorschach, The Comedian, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, and Dr. Manhattan – was deemed too complex and lengthy to work as a movie.
Yet Snyder delivers a film that is astonishingly faithful to the book. Better yet for hardcore fans, the film pays such close attention to detail that many shots even mirror the comic book frames themselves.
Key to the movie's success is the work of a raft of visual-effects studios responsible for delivering Snyder's vision. One of the film's key visual-effects challenges was the mask of Rorschach, which was accomplished by visual-effects studio Intelligent Creatures.
One of the film's main protagonists, Rorschach, wears a cloth mask that, as part of the fabric, displays a constantly morphing inkblot (based on the designs used in Rorschach inkblot testing).
Intelligent Creatures was Interested in the project from the start, and landed the gig thanks to a speculative test sequence it created, primarily of Rorschach and the motion of the blot.
"The reaction was very positive," says Intelligent Creatures VFX supervisor Lon Molnar, "and led eventually to us being brought onboard as the Rorschach crew."
The project presented two exceptional challenges for the IC team. First was the replacement of the live-action actor's head with a full CG hooded mask, positioned seamlessly between the character's live-action scarf and fedora, which duplicated the actor's mouth and facial movements when he spoke.
The team also had to create an animated inkblot that looked and moved like liquid within the fabric of the CG mask and formed into the various shapes to suit key moments in the film as required by the director.
"We had a massive challenge ahead of us to match-move the head of a major character in the movie for so many shots. Rorschach was going to get a lot of close-ups, so our tracking had to be able to hold up to the closest scrutiny," says Jeff Newton, IC's 3D supervisor.
"Blending the CG mask into the live-action plate was also very tricky," adds Greg Astles, IC's 2D supervisor. "In many cases, we wanted to preserve the practical stand-in mask fabric, as it was bunching up or creating folds and shadows in a way that would have been time-consuming to accomplish in CG. This meant that our textures and lighting had to be spot-on, so that we could achieve a seamless blend between CG and practical masks."
DIY mo-cap effects
This was made more complex by the fact that there was no opportunity to carry out on-set facial mo-cap of actor Jackie Earl Haley, who plays Rorschach. Instead, the IC team had to track Haley's in-camera performance.
The team used 2D tracking dots painted onto the physical mask the actor wore on camera, in order to gather 2D data for the deforming parts of his face, such as the muscle movements around the mouth and jaw while speaking in close-ups shots.
The movement of the actor's head and torso were tracked and resolved as a 3D match-move along with camera movement using PFTrack, a tracking program from The Pixel Farm.
"We used PFTrack as our starting point for match-moving as we wanted to take advantage of its geometry tracking technology," says Newton.
"There were a lot of shots where Rorschach is too far from the camera, or moving too fast, or both, to pick up the tracking markers on the practical mask, so we knew we couldn't rely on feature tracking alone."
The match-moves were honed in Maya, which was used for the CG mask animation and for the inkblot animation. The IC team developed their own solution to perfect the CG mask: using proprietary animation software to augment Maya, 2D data was projected through the 3D match-moved virtual camera onto the geometry of the Rorschach mask which had already been animated with 3D movement.
The result, explains Newton, was a faux- 3D facial performance of the actor. "This gave us an accurate copy of Jackie's performance, from the point of view of the camera, but it lacked the depth information that would bring it to life when we lit the shots," he says.
For many shots in which the actor spoke, or his mask deformed, the faux 3D facial match-move was good enough for the team to reproduce the performance.
However, keyframe animation was needed for some of the close-up shots. "Our animators did a great job of taking this data, choosing the best bits, adding to it where necessary and adding depth to it," says Newton.
With the animation complete and signed off, the mask was brought into Side Effects Houdini for lighting and rendering. "We chose Houdini for a few reasons: we had an in-house 'bake-off' between various rendering solution and found the Houdini's Mantra not only had the quality and speed we were looking for, but it was also cost-effective," says Newton.
"We also wanted to put a subtle fuzz of fur over the mask to enhance the feel of the fabric in close-up. With Houdini we found it easy to optimize the fur – we needed only to create a few guide curves in the interface and generating the rest of the hair at the last moment in the renderer."
The team also used Nuke to composite the shots. "We decided to break out all the lights and shadows into separate passes, and then duplicated Houdini's layering process in Nuke, giving comp near-complete control over affecting the lighting that 3D provided for us," says Greg Astles.
"In this way, we were able to dial back a particular shadow if it was too dark, or darken or intensify a single light if need be."
Testing the inkblot
"Creatively, the biggest challenge from my point of view was the inkblot itself," says Lon Molnar. "We know that Zack had some very specific shapes he wanted to hit at key moments in the story, and we also knew that he wanted to be as faithful as possible in spirit to Dave Gibbons' artwork.
"We also had to give the inkblot a fluid, organic feel that would sell it as 'real' on screen, to show it to be constantly boiling and seeping through the fabric of the mask."
The production's art department created the 15 hero inkblot drawings that the director wanted for key shots, as well sketches that showed how the blots should look when on Rorschach's face. To create the inkblot animation, the IC team reviewed numerous off-the-shelf 2D packages including Flash and Toon Boom.
None, however, offered the team the control or task-specific ease of use required by the animators to animate 300-plus shots in the time frame allowed.
They quickly realized that the solution was to develop its own proprietary 2D animation software to use alongside Maya.
The inkblot animation software was written to mimic the 2D animation process, explains Astles. As traditional animators using pen and paper, IC's animators were able to use a stylus and tablet to draw the outline of inkblots.
This meant that the animator could draw the keyframe shapes for each blot without needing to push and pull each component control vertex at each keyframe.
While different mathematical formula, such as de Boor's algorithm, were considered for the animation, the team finalized on trimming the inkblot shapes using closed NURBS curves.
The in-house software gave the ability to change the amount of control vertexes in a curve at any time in the animation process.
Once the inkblot animation was complete, the planar surfaces, which were created to line up with the UV space of the mask geometry, could be rendered from an orthographic camera to create a hard-edged blot animation texture.
Intelligent Creature submitted the test sequence for the mask in late 2007 and finished work on the film nearly a year later.
The good news for the studio – aside from getting to work on what is set to be one of the key films of 2009 – was that its work on the film mushroomed from an original commission for 235 shots, to 326 shots that included city extensions, matte paintings, wire and rig removal and CG elements including rain and blood.
The no-mo-cap mask
According to Lon Molnar, visual effects supervisor at Intelligent Creatures, the Watchmen project posed considerable creative and technical challenges for the team.
The main problem in developing Rorschach's mask lay with having to produce the same effects that would have been conventionally developed through the use of multiple cameras or motion-capture equipment on set.
As neither were available to the Intelligent Creatures team, Molnar had to develop a technique that effectively produced a faux-3D performance.
The man in the mask
To achieve the look of the inkblot bleeding through of the cloth of the mask, the Intelligent Creatures team had to recreate the mask's cloth. Starting with a scan of the actual fabric created by the art department, and some work in Photoshop, the team were able to break it down into its component parts.
The screen-printed top layer was extracted for a displacement map, but the other maps – colour, displacement and spec – were recreated procedurally in Houdini, basing it on the Photoshop work. "That way we knew we could go as close to the mask as was necessary," explains Jeff Newton, Intelligent Creatures' 3D supervisor.
Project: Watchmen
VFX studio: Intelligent Creatures, intelligentcreatures.com
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Side Effects Houdini, The Pixel Farm PFTrack, The Foundry Nuke


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Possibly the most interesting feature of the game is its plot-line in which a moral dilemma is thrown in Seth's direction. He is given the choice of using cybernetic implants to make himself stronger, and thus better repel the Kerak attack on the preciously few remaining humans -or- staying 'pure' and upgrade his robot buddy with better weapons and armor. It is up to the player to make the choice for Seth and if you elect to have him stay pure for the whole game, an incredible bonus is offered to you. But can you survive that long?
Cybernetic enhancements come in a range of categories. Some alterations are done to the head and increase the odds of getting a critical hit by replacing the brain (literally). Arm enhancements allow the player to wield the heaviest weapons such as the chaingun and gauss cannon. Spine enhancements increase health and leg enhancements improve your speed. As you can see, there are very convincing arguments to go the cybernetic route.
Source: Bluesnews
Information aboutSpace Siege
SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Sci-Fi
Genre: Hack & Slash
Platform: PC
Release: Released


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An excellent guitarist who has transcribed the Goldberg Variations for solo guitar.
The Official Glenn Gould Web Site
Whether you love him or hate him, this is the definitive web site (including RealAudio).
Angela Hewitt Official Web Site
She's truly incredible.
Christopher Hogwood Official Web Site
He's the best of the best.
Ton Koopman Official Web Site
An outstanding musician and conductor. This is an excellent site.
Musica Antique Koln
Led by the extraordinary Reinhard Goebel.
Musica Pacifica
An extraordinary instrumental ensemble.
Palladian Ensemble
An excellent chamber ensemble.
Exquisite viol ensemble, including the outstanding
Laurence Dreyfus
Jean-Pierre Rampal
An extensive web site about the incredible flutist.
Karl Richter
In German, an interesting blog which includes many interviews with musicians and choir members from his era.
Scott Ross
One of the greatest harpsichordists ever.
Andreas Scholl Website
The popular countertenor.
Andreas Scholl Society
Discussion list and other info.
Peter Schreier
The German tenor/conductor. In German and English.
Albert Schweitzer
The famous doctor/organist.
Hopkinson Smith
The excellent lutenist.
Lara St. John
An extraordinarily talented violinist.
The Tureck Bach Research Foundation
The Foundation includes an annual Symposium, Master Classes and Individual Lessons in period and contemporary media with Rosalyn Tureck and invited scholars.
Goldberg Magazine
An exquisite magazine about early music with interviews and many wonderful cd reviews.
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Learned Musician
The definitive J.S. Bach biography by Christoph Wolff.
Bach and the Patterns of Invention
An outstanding book by Laurence Dreyfus
Oxford Composer Companion:
J.S. Bach
, Edited by Malcolm Boyd
This superb reference work on Johann Sebastian Bach is the first volume in a new series of Oxford Companion that will focus on major composers.
Bach Books
A resource compiled by Simon Crouch.
Harpsichord Clearing House
An excellent source of harpsichords.
British Harpsichord Society
Promoting awareness, enjoyment, study, performance and ownership of harpsichords and related plucked keyboard instruments in Britain.
The Viola da Gamba
by Jonathan Dunford and Kirk McElhearn. A nicely done site about one of the instruments for which Bach wrote.
Internet Lute Society
The lute was one of the most popular early music instruments.
Bach Plucked!
by Michael Stitt. A site devoted to the music of Bach played on lute and guitar.
Incorporated Association of Organists
The umbrella organisation for some 90 affiliated organists' associations and individual members throughout the United Kingdom and internationally.
Orgelforum.de is a meeting point for everyone who is active in organs and the internet. In German.
Now very rare, it was one of Bach's favorite instruments.
Gottfried Silbermann:
Master Organ-builder of the German Baroque
The reference source for info on this important builder who was a close friend of and worked extensively with J.S. Bach.
Sheet Music Sources
Digital edition of the Leipzig Municipal Library complete "Ancient Publications by Bach" on 3 cd-rom's.
Publishers of "The New Bach Edition".
Peter Billam's Arrangements
A few works available in pdf format.
Breitkopf and Haertel
Excellent publishers of books and music, with a large selection of Bach sheet music.
CD Sheet Music
An amazing collection of sheet music available in .pdf format on cd-rom.
The largest sheet music store online.
Catalog of more than 100 Bach Cantatas and his Motets (including the former Haenssler series 1-39). The site includes full online score catalog, postcards catalog and CD catalog.
Edition Peters
One of the leading music publishers. The site includes online ordering, musical postcards, discussion forums and more.
The unique feature of our site is that we arrange the same piece to different levels of ability, thus ensuring that people of different abilities are able to enjoy the music of Bach.
G. Henle Publishers
Large selection of urtext editions.
Werner Icking Music Archive
Scores in postscript format. A continuation of the GMD Music Archive
Kalmus & Co.
Large selection of scores
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Scores to rent or buy. No on-line purchasing available.
J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc.
A leading distributor representing several music score publishers. They have an extensive searchable online catalog!
An excellent on-line sheet music store with lots of Bach. And lots of everything else too!
Large selection of sheet music
Free classical sheet music, including Bach.
Search for "Johann Sebastian Bach", they have a large selection.
The Sheet Music Co.
Many J.S. Bach selections for piano.
Allegro Music On-Line
Small selection of sheet music.
Mutopia Project
Several Bach works available to download.
La Viola
Scores for Viola.
University Music Editions
Complete scores on microfiche.
Many composers, including some Bach, in midi or downloadable score.
Record Labels
Academy Records
An independent company offering piano literature cd's via mailorder.
Excellent source for classical recordings in print.
Avie Records
An outstanding independent classical label.
The Baroque Music Collection
CDs and downloads.
BIS Records
Very high quality recordings and performances.
BMG Classics
One of the big ones if you don't mind their overzealous commercialisation.
Chandos Classics
An excellent small label.
Collegium Records
U.S. distributor for Hänssler Classics. They offer the Hänssler Complete Edition Bachakademie!
Deutsche Grammophone
Home of the outstanding Archiv Produktion.
One of the oldest labels around.
EMI Classics
Another first-rate label.
Producers of many outstanding recordings.
Eroica Classical Recordings
An independent label.
ESS.A.Y. Recordings
An excellent independent label.
Direct ordering
is available.)
An elegant label in Spain presenting extraordinary early music recordings.
Hänssler Classics
An excellent German label. Publishing the Edition Bachakademie, the Complete Bach on 170 cd's. Available in the U.S. from
Collegium Records
Harmonia Mundi USA
An exceptional repertoire of musicians. With online ordering.
An excellent British classical label.
Koch International
A Canadian record label.
Linn Records
A label in Scotland, includes excellent lutist Nigel North. With online ordering.
Lyrichord Discs
An excellent independent label.
Direct ordering
is available.)
Naxos of America
A low-price high-quality label.
Qualiton Imports
An outstanding catalog of European record labels, including Hungaroton.
SONY Classical
Their releases are consistently excellent, especially since they absorbed Columbia/CBS. Their
SONY Classical Celebrates Bach
is a lovely site celebrating the 250th anniversary of Bach's death.
Stradivarius Records
An exquisite label in Italy.
Telarc Records
Includes RealAudio!
Teldec Records
Includes the famous Das Alte Werk label
Teldec Classics International will be releasing BACH 2000, the complete J.S. Bach edition on 150 CDs in summar 1999. Details of the project can be found at
Tononi Records
Source for Benedict Cruft's
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Universal Music
One of the largest and best Bach recordings catalogs in existence. Includes many labels like Decca, Philips and London.
Classical record label.
Warner Music
A mega-label with an amazing catalog.
BACH & Friends
A two-hour documentary by Michael Lawrence.
"The Stations of Bach"
A 90-minute documentary.
Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach
Six one hour films conceived by cellist Yo-Yo Ma featuring each of the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. This edition comes "with public performance rights" for classroom showings in academic environments.
Internet Movie Database
A listing of films that include Bach's music.


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Police say one vehicle stopped for traffic, when it was struck by a second vehicle traveling in the same direction.
The people in both cars are okay.
Boston Post Road was closed to Westbound traffic, and a detour was set up. The road reopened about an hour after the collision.
The crash took place shortly after 9:30 this morning, near the intersection with West Clark Street.


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The Mercury has started this special messaage board for all those people who have left Stamford, Rutland and Bourne in search of a better life or at least a good time for a few months overseas. Or you may be away from home serving with the Armed Forces.
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Cannot find namespace system.web.security
I am using beta2 team edition. But when I try to add
"using system.web.security;" in the code, I got compile error:
Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Security' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web' (are you missing an assembly reference?) C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\my documents\visual studio 2005\Projects\WebSite1\CustomMemberShipLibrary\CustomMembershipProvider.cs 4 18 CustomMemberShipLibraryAnd then when I try to add System.Web.Security to the reference, I cannot find it from the list. What is the problem?
thanks,Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:17 AM
What type of project are you creating? windows/web? For web projects System.web is automatically included.
If you want to reference this dll specifically for other projects, you can add the 'System.Web' dll from the list in the 'add reference' dialog box.
akhilaTuesday, May 17, 2005 6:50 AM
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What type of project are you creating? windows/web? For web projects System.web is automatically included.
If you want to reference this dll specifically for other projects, you can add the 'System.Web' dll from the list in the 'add reference' dialog box.
akhilaTuesday, May 17, 2005 6:50 AM
The project is a web project. Because I am working on the subclass, so I seperate my subclass from the web application. Actually, it is a class library.
It is strange that I got this compile time error and even cannot find system.web.security from the reference list. The reference under systeem.web only have:
but no sysetem.web.security!!!
Does my IDE have problem?Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:41 AM
I think I found the answer.
The problem is I didn't add system.web into the reference. So the environment doesn't recogize system.web.security if I add code : using system.web.security
But I still confused that why I cannot find system.web.security from the reference list(when you trying to add reference, a pop up window shows up and the title is "add reference". I cannot find system.web.security from the list.Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:14 AM
I think you are confusing the usages of namespace and reference. This is understandable, as they both follow similar formats, and oftentimes can be equivalent.
The reference option allows you to build against a particular assembly, much like you'd link against a particular import library in a native build. In this case, you needed to build against System.Web.Dll.
System.Web.Dll is an assembly that contains several namespaces, including System.Web.Security (and System.Web.HttpCookie, and hundreds of others). To confuse matters, more than one assembly can have implementations in the same namespace.
This relationship is documented in the "Requirements" section for the particular entities in the namespace. So for instance
System.Web.Security.DefaultAuthenticationEventArgs class:
Namespace: System.Web.Security
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
So in this case, if you wanted to use this class, you'd reference System.Web.dll (either with the Add Reference... option in VS, or with /r on the command line), and use the System.Web.Security namespace (using System.Web.Security) in your source.
Does that make sense?Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:51 PM
Thank you for your reply.
In your opinion, when I open reference adding window, each component that listed under .NET Tab is individual assembly. Am I right? So the system.web and system.web.mobile are different assembly.
Where can I find the diagram that depict hierachical relationship for all the assemblies?
Thanks again.Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:58 AM
Thank you AngryRichard, you rescued me! very helpful poit.Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:31 PM
Nothing worked, I ended up using the fully qualified name
Respectfully - Yovav GadFriday, August 06, 2010 11:47 PM
Try adding a reference to System.Web.ApplicationServices. You should then be able to addd your using System.Web.Security.
Cheers!Friday, March 16, 2012 2:38 PM


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- Released: Oct 24, 2011
- Sound: 8
- Lyrics: 8
- Overall Impression: 8
Users' score:
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Sound — 8
Carnifex is a Deathcore band from San Diego. They are actually a little more death than deathcore. There are breakdowns and everything that goes with a Deathcore band. This album was produced by Tim Lambesis from As I Lay Dying at his studio. I think this a very good mix of straight ahead death metal and Deathcore. This genre and styles like it are extremely popular and finding the real talent is getting harder. I think these guys do it really well.
Lyrics — 8
This is section is the reason that I think Carnifex are a little more death metal. The intro is called "Deathwish" and with song titles like "Dead But Dreaming", "Dehumanize", and "Wretched Entropy", Carnifex score major points for cool death metal song titles. The very first thing Scott Lewis screams is... "F**k The World!" And from there it never let's up. Here are some lyrics from "Dead But Dreaming": "So who's to say can't die in our dreams? Sometimes dark but always bitter and bleak". Also some pretty killer lyrics on "Creation Defaced": "I will drink your blood and never look back. I'll let you rot in hell and rip your Heart in half." That is awesomely brutal. And Scott delivers these lyrics better than most so-called death metal singers. They definitely are Deathcore but they are more death than core. A lot of people don't like these guys but I think the musicianship is excellent and the vocals are brutal.
Overall Impression — 8
There are tons of metalcore/deathcore acts out there right now, and these guys are not re inventing the wheel, but as far as the genre goes, these guys are doing exactly what they should be doing. Playing heavy music and writing extreme lyrics with a nice production from one of metalcore's heavy hitters, Tim Lambesis. I like every song on this album. I also like Deathcore. I am sure there will be some little tweener out there that is gonna bash this music or my review. That's cool. I have been listening to and playing death metal for 20 years. I have it all from Cannibal Corpse to Burzum, to Cradle Of Filth. For this genre, these guys reign supreme!


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Behind every patient that is here is either a donor family who went through a grieving process and made that difficult decision to donate, or there's a living donor who, through their generosity, underwent a risky operation and donated. —Dr. Willem Van der Werf
SALT LAKE CITY — Brothers Dale and Duane Woolsey have always been close.
In high school, they both wrestled at 155 pounds.
"(Dale) knew that if he came down and bumped me out of my weight, I was going to wrestle JV my senior year," Duane, 53, said of his 51-year-old brother.
Dale took water pills to cut his weight and wrestle at 138. He seized on the mat, causing damage to his kidneys that began to fail.
Today, Duane said he and Dale are just as close as before, even after he gave his brother his kidney. They stood side by side Thursday, arms draped on the other's shoulders, at the Intermountain Medical Center to celebrate with other organ donors and recipients.
The center had a record-breaking year in 2013 for organ transplants. There were 109 kidney transplants, up from 73 in 2012, hospital officials said.
"He downplayed it pretty well," Duane said of his brother's kidney's decline.
Dale was able to make it to almost 50 years old before he needed a transplant and went on dialysis for seven months.
"I couldn't ride horses like I wanted to," Dale said.
Finally, Duane told his brother, "Just let me give you a kidney."
Dr. Willem Van der Werf, chief of the division of transplant at Intermountain Medical Center, said the center does more than 150 transplants a year.
"Behind every patient that is here is either a donor family who went through a grieving process and made that difficult decision to donate," Van der Werf said, "or there's a living donor who, through their generosity, underwent a risky operation and donated."
Dale said he was hesitant to let his brother donate a kidney to him and put himself at risk. The two had a conversation about what would happen if the roles were reversed.
Dale shrugged as he recalled the decision-making conversation, while tears swelled in Duane's eyes.
"You got to do what you got to do, huh?" Dale said.
In Utah, 72 percent of the population is registered as organ donors, said Alex McDonald, spokesman for Intermountain Donor Services, the organ procurement agency for Utah and southern Idaho.
The program recovered 314 transplantable organs in 2013 and had 98 donors in Utah and southern Idaho.
"It really shows, I think, the generosity of the people of Utah and southern Idaho, and the willingness to say yes to help save other lives, their neighbors' lives," McDonald said.
One nurse at the medical center donated her kidney to a neighbor. Debbie Beck works on the transplant floor and recognized a neighbor who came in for a transplant, but the procured kidney wasn't a good match.
"I kept thinking, 'I wouldn't mind donating my kidney to him,'" Beck said.
A few months later, she did.1 comment on this story
"I think because he's a neighbor," Beck said. "You have such a better chance if it's a living donor, and I just wanted him to have the best chance he could have. I really like his family. He's got a bunch of grandkids like I do."
Beck, who often sees her neighbor riding his recumbent bicycle down the street, said she was inspired to give her kidney.
"I felt guided by the Lord to do that," she said. "Lots of people do it, so I didn't feel any different than lots of other donors. It was a good experience."
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The Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has recovered from a training knock and will lead their attack against Manchester United at Old Trafford tomorrow.
Drogba sat out last weekend's 7-1 victory over Aston Villa and missed two training sessions after collecting a minor leg injury in training.
Michael Essien (knee), Ashley Cole (ankle), Ricardo Carvalho (ankle), and José Bosingwa (knee) are all sidelined along with Branislav Ivanovic (knee).
The Chelsea manager, Carlo Ancelotti, also believes Wayne Rooney's absence with the injury picked up at Bayern Munich on Tuesday will give his side the edge at Old Trafford.


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In 2374 Seven of nine was captured and liberated by the friendly intrepid class Voyager (NCC-74656). The beautiful Jeri Ryan looks awesome in her many Starfleet costumes that just makes my heart tremble with excitement everytime I see her. But Seven, as we got to know her was more than just the tight fitting sexy body stockings which she wore. She played a spectacular Borg drone very skilfully. Once aboard Voyager the transformation was totally amazing. She boldly explored the boundaries of human capabilities with the intelligent way she communicated, spoke and carried herself. Her cool, indifferent character proved to be a valuable member of Voyager's crew and while she struggled to free her mind from the Collective Hive Mind and regain her individuality something thrilling always happens.
I truly enjoyed watching Jeri stride across the deckplates all packaged up in her wonderful new Voyager outfit but it wasn't that. For the first time in her life, she had to cope without the help of the "other voices" from the unified Borg drones to reassure her. Seven of nine was discovering her human identity and unfettered by her separation, Seven delivered on time and dispensed with formalities in her fiery Borg voice. I guess you could say, Voyager's crew welcomed Seven of Nine into their human starship collective.
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Assimilated from an early age of seven in 2355 on the USS Raven, Seven has only vague memories of her earlier life as Annika Hansen. Her human parents were Magnus Hansen and Erin Hansen but they too, were assimilated and put to work by the Borg. For 19 years this unfortunate human lived with various Borg implants and nanoprobes in her system.
Born on Earth in 2348 on the Tendara Colona Colony, she lost her indivuality and became a walking, talking, piece of Borg hardware raised by Borg as Borg. Her full Borg designation is Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One.
Seven Of Nine
Linked to the hive, sevens thoughts became organised and together, her previous family of drones achieved true feats of perfection, assimilating civilisations, without chaos, without emotion or human remorse. The Borg Assimilate, resistance is futile, your existance as you knew it is over. You will become one with the Borg.
Seven of Nines Borg designation was an earful so Captain Janeway suggested " Seven " catchy you might think? Seven, though not impressed, found it acceptable.
Harry Kim found Seven lips acceptable in every way. The Captains paired Seven and Kim together. Kim develops a crush on seven after working with her in the Astrometrics Lab.
Sevens optical implant gives her an edge because she can measure Harry Kims physiological human responses. Kims failing attempts at winning her over lead the Borg to making the first move.
Hardly surprising Ensign Kim abandons any further advances on his secret crush. Garrett Wang admitted in an interview that there is a kissing scene which involves himself and Jeri Ryan.
It was a nice experience, primarily because Jeri and I have really plump lips.
Well, we could see what was going on Garrett! You lucky devil!
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Celebrity Gay Rumors: Are These Hollywood Stars Really Gay?
Photos: WENN
For so many years, coming out in Hollywood meant the end of your career. It could mean the plummeting of movie sales and Nielsen ratings. Times have changed and more and more celebrities are coming out of the closet and living their lives in the open. While it is more acceptable, it is not the norm and many still remain in the closet. Because of that, rumors fly around all the time about the sexuality of certain Hollywood stars. This is a list of celebrities that have battled gay rumors for years, but are they really gay?
Oprah Winfrey
Photo: WENN
Do I really need to explain this one? Oprah has been dating Stedman Graham for over 20 years now, but yet she is still battling gay rumors. Gayle King is Oprah's best friend and rumors have stated that the two are lesbian lovers, even though Oprah has been with a man for over 20 years and Gayle has been married in the past. Does that mean nothing?
Queen Latifah
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Queen Latifah always seems to be hanging out with her personal trainer, who happens to be a woman. She doesn't look like she is in that great of shape, so why the close relationship? Pictures have been found of her hugging the trainer on a private boat, but she still denies it. She appeared at a Long Beach Pride Festival this past summer, which got the rumors going big time, but she denied she is gay again. You like women Queen, it's OK…we will still love you!
John Travolta
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John Travolta has been married to Kelly Preston since 1991, but has been fighting gay rumors since the late 1980s. Those rumors got some big flames earlier this year when every masseuse seemed to come out with allegations that Travolta hit on them, groped them or tried to sleep with them and then offered them money to not say a word. He still denies the gay rumors, but I think it is time to open that closet door John!
Photo: WENN
The former Cosby Show and Disney star tried to clarify the rumors she is gay earlier this year when she went to Twitter and said: "My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm datings to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life." She was supposedly dating a former America's Next Top Model contestant, but that has since ended and Raven remains in the closet!
Tom Cruise
Photo: WENN
It seems that if you get involved with the Church of Scientology that means you are trying to cover something up? Tom Cruise has been married three times and has children, but despite that he has fought gay rumors for years. In 2003, a gay Adult Video star claimed him and Tom had an affair, but Cruise won that lawsuit for $10 million. He also sued a publisher who claimed to have a videotape of Cruise having gay sex, but that lawsuit was dropped. He seems to be fighting the rumors pretty hardcore, doesn't he?
Will Smith
Photo: WENN
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been married for 15 years now, but most of those years have consisted of divorce rumors and rumors of Will being gay. They have two children together, but Will is another one in the Church of Scientology and may be married as a cover? He brought his "bestie" Duane Martin with him on a trip to Monaco, but we all do that right?
Zoe Saldana
Photo: WENN
This one was new to me, but apparently people think that Zoe Saldana is a lesbian? She has had an off-and-on relationship with Bradley Cooper, but the rumors still fly. She responded to those rumors: "People have sometimes told my grandmother, 'Your granddaughter has a bit of lesbianism in her. It's that my sisters and I spent all our time among men. We were very popular with them. Our way of thinking is very masculine." So, she just thinks like a guy then?
Ryan Seacrest
Photo: WENN
Look at that face: tan, highlights and all done up. Ryan Seacrest has a feminine and been fighting the gay rumors for years. Kathy Griffin always gives him crap for it, but he still denies and happens to be dating hottie Julianne Hough, but is she a cover-up?
Zac Efron
Photo: WENN
Zac Efron is one of those stars that I think people wish and hope he is gay so they have a chance with him! Zac dated Vanessa Hudgens for a few years and he has been rumored to be with both Taylor Swift and Lily Collins, but that stops no one from still hoping he'll come out some day! I don't think it will happen.
Kelly Clarkson
Photo: WENN
Last year, Kelly Clarkson went on The View and said she has never been in love and never really dated, so that helped everyone cement their rumors that she is gay. Why? Well, she met a guy earlier this year and fell in love and just announced her engagement this past weekend. Still think she is gay?
Matt Damon
Photo: WENN
Matt Damon made a little film called Good Will Hunting with his friend Ben Affleck. Apparently they were too close of friends and people started to think they were lovers, even though both have gotten married and had kids. I get no gay vibe from Damon, but he never did deny the rumors until a recent Playboy interview: "I never denied those rumors because I was offended and didn't want to offend my friends who were gay—as if being gay were some kind of f—-ng disease. It put me in a weird position in that sense. The whole thing was just gross." Gotta love Matt!
Vin Diesel
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The Fast and The Furious star has been thought to be gay for years, yet he has never denied it. Is he or isn't he? In an interview regarding the gay rumors, he said: "I'm not gonna put it out there on a magazine cover like some other actors. I come from the Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino code of silence. I'm not gonna do that." Come out already Vin!
Dolly Parton
Photo: WENN
This one shocked even me. Dolly Parton is gay? She has denied it and compared herself to Oprah because the rumors are coming from a friendship she has had since childhood. Rumors stated Dolly had a sexual relationship with her friend, much like Gayle and Oprah. Dolly has been married to Carl Dean for 46 years and Dolly said: "I'm not gay. If I was gay, I would have come out of the closet just a-flying." Leave Dolly alone people!
Michelle Rodriguez
Photo: WENN
Maybe they cast all the gay people for The Fast and The Furious? Michelle Rodriguez also starred in the movie and starred on the TV show Lost, but along the years she has always battled rumors of being gay. To answer the question on being gay, she said: "I'm not a lesbian. Yeah! Mitchie likes sausage." Well, alright then!


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Republican leaders should announce that anyone who makes the President's citizenship an issue in a campaign will receive no funding from the Republican National Committee. They should be telling their constituencies that their party has far more important things to work on--health care, the deficit, global warming, the economy, the size of government, etc. Anyone who wastes time and money harping on something that is both not true and pointless to discuss is not concerned with the best interests of the citizenry and their party.
Philip Barnett, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.
Revolution Redux
Re "1848 vs. 2011: In the Shadow of the Past" [March 21]: If I were an advanced-placement social-studies teacher and Kurt Andersen had turned this in as his senior thesis, he would have received an A-plus (and a standing ovation) for pulling all these events together in such a coherent manner.
Patsy A. Jaynes, CONIFER, COLO.
Language, Language
I'm hoping you simply overlooked the offensive, provocative nature of the title of your story on Scott Walker ["Wisconsin Governor Wins, but Is He Now Dead Man Walker?" TIME.com March 12]. As a longtime reader of Time, I find it deeply disappointing that employees of your magazine approved such wording. Please change it.
Darcy Mahler, MADISON, WIS.
A headline like the one you used is how you turn a well-written, on-point article on its head. It is in very poor taste, given the death threats against Walker. Why take the same path the Sarah Palin camp did with its crosshairs campaign?
Dave Matthias, ASTON, PA.
Nitpicker Know-How
Fifteen years ago, when my older son came home from first grade with lice, I researched and quickly rejected all recommended methods ["Bugged Out," March 21]. The chemicals were scarily harsh, the shampoo didn't work, and the combs weren't fine enough. I gave him a couple of homeopathic teething pills to calm his nerves, sat him down in the kitchen, put on a good pair of glasses and spent 90 minutes picking the nits out of his hair. We had to do it only once. Now the story is a legend. Pay $500? Are you crazy? And miss the opportunity to create a legend?
Barb Gazeley, PORTLAND, ORE.
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London: An artist friend recently said to me that anyone can draw, "it's just a matter of paying attention." The techniques with which the hand reproduces what the eye sees are old ones, and explained with wonderful perspicuity in the British Museum's big new show "Fra Angelico to Leonardo -- Italian Renaissance Drawings." About 100 works on paper are included, with pieces from the British Museum shown alongside those from the Uffizi gallery in Florence (where the show goes next February).
Until July 25
There will of course be crowds for this rich clutch of drawings by Fra Filippo Lippi, the Bellini father and sons, Mantegna, the Pollaiuolo brothers, Botticelli, Verrocchio, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian. But co-curators Hugo Chapman and Marzia Faietti have done something more interesting than providing a feast for the eyes (and, as the images have often faded over the ages, some of the work can be seen to better advantage in the reproductions in their catalog).
They have mounted an exhibition that actually explains a good deal about the very nature of drawing. What were drawings for in the period from 1400-1510? They divide into works meant to be seen only in the artist's studio, and those intended to circulate more widely. In the first category are studies for paintings and albums of drawings that served as stock images (horses, dogs, drapery, human figures in different postures) for incorporation into later paintings, plus designs for anything from jewelry to cathedrals. In the second are finished "presentation" drawings, along with those that formed part of contracts (e.g., for buildings or compositional memoranda for painting commissions).
The installation of this magnificent exhibition in the Round Reading Room includes some abundantly rewarding audio-visual displays, especially one explaining the techniques and materials of drawing, from cross-hatching to paper-making to metalpoint and chalk. For scholars, this exhibition is the first chance to compare several versions of some of the images. The pleasure of the show for the non-art-historian is in the details -- you have to concentrate on them to see what my friend means by paying attention.
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The Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission HPPSC is going to announce a recruitment notification for 287 large numbers of posts of Assistant Engineer, Assistant Officer, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Associate Professor and other more. The applicants who are eligible and interested in the Himachal Pradesh PSC AE & Veterinary Officer Recruitment 2017, they can apply online form from HPPSC official site. The HPPSC online form will available till 31st July 2017 till 11:59 PM. Get other full details here, the HPPSC official site is www.hp.gov.in/hppsc. Check here more details such as education qualification, selection mode, how to apply, fee, important dates etc.
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Local venues Great Carvery shortlist
TWO local venues have beaten off stiff competition from hotels and pubs around the country to be shortlisted by the public in the fourth annual Great Carvery of the Year competition.
The Radisson Blu Dublin Airport and the Crowne Plaza Hotel are all through to the next stage of the competition following a five-week long mystery shopper campaign. These venues are still in with a chance of being crowned the Great Carvery Hotel of the Year and Great Carvery Public House of the Year at the Grand Final in Dublin this September.
All finalists are invited to attend the second annual Great Carvery of the Year Grand Final in Dublin this month. Here the provincial winners from Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster will be revealed, along with the overall Great Carvery Public House of the Year and Great Carvery Hotel of the Year. Competition ambassador Tommy Bowe will be on hand to present the awards to all of this year's winners and finalists. The overall winning venues will receive marketing support to the value of €2,500 each. The winners will also receive a specially commissioned wall to remind customers that they are about to sit down and enjoy the best carvery in Ireland!
TO celebrate its 15th anniversary and The Gathering, Gala is giving 15 lucky people the chance to come home to Ireland for The Gathering. No matter how near or far, the giveaway enables Ireland's mums, dads, grandparents', siblings and friends to nominate a loved one to return home for a gathering of their choice.
The month long promotion, which runs until September 29, is the first of two initiatives from Gala to celebrate its 15th anniversary. There are a number of ways to enter the giveaway and win a return trip home for a loved one – post, email and Facebook. For more information, drop in to any Gala store nationwide and pick up an in-store leaflet or visit Gala's Facebook page www.facebook.com/galaretail.
Gary Desmond, CEO, Gala commented:'We are really excited to be celebrating our 15th anniversary and wanted to mark the occasion by giving back to our loyal customers. Gala is at the heart of many communities across Ireland and this giveaway enables us to reunite our customers with their, in some cases, long lost relatives or friends. No doubt, with Christmas fast approaching, there will be a lot of tears and celebrations to follow as our 15 lucky winners return to the Emerald Isle!.'
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The dollar slid Wednesday as improved bank and technology earnings, strong retail sales and accelerating economic growth overseas drove traders into riskier investments such as commodities and emerging-market currencies.
Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress' Joint Economic Committee that he has confidence the unfolding economic recovery will have staying power. He also repeated the Fed's pledge to keep interest rates at record lows for an "extended period." Low interest rates have weighed on the dollar.
The euro rose to $1.3656 in late New York trading from $1.3594 late Tuesday. The European currency has been moving higher since European leaders and the International Monetary Fund released details of a rescue plan for Greece if the heavily-indebted country needs it.
The dollar dropped against nearly all of the most active currencies Wednesday as the government said U.S. retail sales jumped more than economists had estimated. Better-than-expected earnings from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Intel Corp. also pushed the safe U.S. currency lower.
In other late trading, the British pound rose to $1.5473 from $1.5375. The dollar slid to 1.0519 Swiss francs from 1.0545 francs and dropped to its lowest point since June 2008 versus the Canadian dollar at 99.95 Canadian cents from 1.0026 Canadian dollars late Tuesday. The dollar was flat against the Japanese yen, which is also seen as a safe haven, at 93.15 yen.
The dollar was lower against currencies from developing countries in Latin America and Asia. The Mexican peso and the Brazilian real rose after strong retail sales data from Brazil. Singapore's extremely fast growth during the first quarter and an upgrade for South Korea's credit rating from Moody's Investors Service helped send Asian currencies higher.
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Pickwick Dam and Reservoir promised to transform the rural, poor area into opportunities of hydroelectric power, economic development, conservation, recreation and flood control for a better way of life, state and regional officials declared.
Turns out, they were right. The TVA Act "experiment" signed into law in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to build a series of dams in the Tennessee Valley remains a success story today, state and local leaders agreed on Thursday as Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) celebrates the 75th anniversary of Pickwick Dam.
"Much of what public officials said then (in 1940) holds true today," said Patricia Bernard Ezzell, TVA Tribal Liaison and Corporate Historian. "Pickwick Dam changed the quality of life ... TVA continues to be vital to the region. It's mission remains relevant today."
Ezzell's history lesson and slide show was a part of an invitation-only, hour-long program at the dam to recognize TVA's dedicated employees, thank others for their support and cooperation, celebrate the success of Pickwick Dam and honor area electric cooperatives who use power from Pickwick, including those in Tishomingo, Hardin and McNairy counties.
The Alcorn County Electric Power Association doesn't get it's power from Pickwick.
Since the dam powerhouse and two lock have been closed to the public since 9-11, tours were offered to those in attendance.
Other speakers included Paul Phelan and Amy Tate in TVA Relations; Hardin County Mayor Kevin Davis; John McCormick, Vice-President of River Operations for TVA; and Major Brad Morgan, Deputy District Commander of the Nashville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Ezzell's statistics told of the magnitude of the project during construction on the dam and lake from 1935-1938. There were 2,300 workers to build the dam and employment reached a total of 4,000 to clear the land for the lake, said Ezzell.
It took 10 million man hours to build the dam and 12,000 acres had to be cleared for the lake, she said.
The dam and reservoir came with a sacrifice. There were 10 fatalities during construction of the dam and 506 families had to relocate due to the lake, noted the TVA historian.
Pickwick Village included a hospital, school, cafeteria, housing and a library, noted Ezzell during the slide show.
At full capacity, then hydropower produced by Pickwick's six units can power about 134,000 average Tennessee Valley homes with "clean American energy," noted John McCormick, TVA's Vice-President of River Operations.
He repeated the "clean American energy" phrase many times, a phrase taken from a letter read to the group from U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi.
"The phrase says it all," noted McCormick.
Despite being 75 years old, Pickwick's six generators continue to be efficient, he said, producing a record 18.5 million mega-watt hours of power this year, enough to support 1.2 million homes.
"We've had a record year," he said.
McCormick noted the jobs produced for the area as a result of TVA and Pickwick Lake -- "it fills restaurants and motels" -- and its long mission to produce low-cost energy.
He said officials from foreign counties often tour Pickwick to learn more on how to produce low cost hydropower.
The river operations official praised the partnership and cooperation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the locks.
Mayor Brad Morgan, Corps Deputy District Commander, said shipping by barge continues to be more efficient than rail or truck.
Pickwick is the largest lock in the TVA system, noted Morgan, and goods passing through end up as far north to Chicago and south via the Tenn-Tom Waterway to the Gulf of Mexico and international destinations.
Ezzell reflected on the way of life of the area in the 1930s compared to what remains today.
"TVA transformed the way of life for the area," added Ezzell.


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CIVIC CENTER ART RECEPTION 2007Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Art Exhibition 2007-2008
Berkeley, California (Wednesday, December 05, 2007) - The public is invited to view and celebrate the installation of this year's Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Art Exhibition. The program will include welcoming remarks by the Honorable Mayor Tom Bates, City Councilmembers, and City Manager Phil Kamlarz.
WHAT: Celebration of this year's Civic Art ExhibitWHEN: December 10, 2007 3:30-5:00 p.m.WHERE: Sequoia Conference Room, Sixth (6) Floor MLK, Jr. Civic Center 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley
Please join us to meet the artists, enjoy a special performances by the Young People's Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, and receive a guided tour of the new artwork in the public areas of City Hall. Refreshments provided!
The artworks were selected through a juried process. Over 500 images were viewed by a preliminary panel consisting of Archana Horsting, Executive Director of Kala Institute; Jill Berk Jiminez, Executive Director of the Berkeley Art Center; and Mary Ann Merker, Civic Arts Coordinator.
That group narrowed the initial 500 images to a group of about 100 images that were presented to an in-house advisory panel representing the City Manager's Office, Mayor's Office, City Attorney's Office, City Architect, the Curator for the Addison Street Window Exhibits, and the Civic Arts Commission. The panel selected 38 artworks of artists who either live or work in Berkeley. The mediums for the artworks range from works on paper to mixed media and sculpture. To support the individual artists efforts, a cash per-diem was awarded to each selected artist.
The Berkeley Civic Center Art Exhibition 2007-2008 is a public art project of the Berkeley Civic Arts Commission in collaboration with Berkeley Art Center and the Kala Art Institute. The Civic Center Art Exhibition 2007-2008 celebrates the diversity and richness of the visual arts within Berkeley. For more information about this exhibition, please contact Mary Ann Merker, Civic Arts Coordinator at (510) 981-7533 or email@example.com.
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High gas prices are not only responsible for strained wallets, according to CBS, they are preventing little girls from going swimming this summer.
"When we arrived in
Cordes's "CBS Evening News" story was a part of its "Eye on the Road" series – an effort to show how people are affected by gas prices throughout the country. For the series two reporters have been driving across the country in opposite directions, one in a Toyota Prius and the other in a Ford Fusion.
Despite the city of Louisville's 6-percent sales tax rate, the municipal government was forced to seek budget cutbacks because of the high gas prices, hence the city's dry pool, Cordes reported.
"I thought it couldn't be true until I really came here and actually saw it, that it was – that it didn't have any water," said seven-year-old Lydia Kinloch.
Cordes interviewed the mayor of
"Not only have we parked some [nonessential city vehicles], we are now downsizing them all, Abramson said. "We used to buy Escapes; we're buying a Focus. Notice they're all Ford products. We're a Ford community." Abramson was referring to the city's Ford (NYSE:F) vehicle plant.
In the report, Cordes also blamed high gas prices for Ford's woes.
"And that's another problem, because sales of the gas-guzzling trucks Ford produces in
Cordes and Jeff Glor, the other reporter participating in the assignment, have spent time addressing the causes of higher gas prices – lower supply and higher demand – as the ripple effects higher prices can have. In the series, CBS didn't present one obvious solution to higher prices – expanding supply by drilling in
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Angels Scholars to be honored Monday
Angels Scholars to be honored
In its fourth year, the Angels Scholars program awards college scholarships to public middle school students in Orange County. This year, the Angels will honor five students before the start of Monday's game with an on-field ceremony.
Eighth graders Manuela Herrera, Giahan Nguyen, Loi Nguyen, Adriana Martinez and Jesus Martinez were all chosen based on their academic achievement, financial need and enrollment in the college preparatory program AVID.
The Angels Baseball Foundation will award each Angels Scholar $4,000 plus accrued interest upon their acceptance into a four-year college.
"This really does make a difference," said Cynthia Gutierrez, AVID Coordinator at the Orange County Department of Education. "It really does make college a possibility now for all of these kids."
The five students chosen are all active in their communities, taking part in such volunteer organizations as Project SAY and the Boys & Girls Club.
This year's scholarship program recipients will graduate from high school in 2013, each hoping to go to such prestigious universities as Stanford, Yale, University of California-Berkeley, San Diego State and UC Irvine.
Even with such high standards, the students teachers and advisers all believe they have the ability to succeed because each has the motivation and determination to do well.
"We have had past scholarship students tell us how much they grow as a person," Gutierrez said. "The students understand its significance and know how many more people will now look up to them and respect them for their accomplishments."
Quinn Roberts is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Biodiversity is precious: It guarantees us goods and services such as clean water, food and natural resources. Biodiversity is the basis for health and a stable environment. Diverse habitats secure agricultural yields, cushion the adverse effects of climate change, and increase the appeal of a given location. Not least, biodiversity is of ethical, cultural and aesthetic significance.
One of the main challenges is to reconcile the objectives of national and international biodiversity agreements with often competing climate, energy, agricultural and economic policy goals.
The Leibniz Biodiversity Network, founded in 2008, bundles the skills of 20 Leibniz institutions in environmental, social, life, spatial and economic sciences to draw up recommendations for sustainable solutions.
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