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Dubai day 2
I've not seen a single dog here. We did see one cat, actually we heard him from 3 alleys away. What a howl. He's a long white orange spotted stray who was dumpster diving and singing his tale of woe.
Prayers are called even at 4 am. They sound like the Catholic priests doing their Latin sing song. Different language and religion but the feel is the same.
Police are scarce here, I've seen them but only rarely.
Today we hopped on the subway. It's amazing, the stops are larger than some airports I've seen. It's fully automated, no conductors, and cheap.
First we rode out to the new part of the city. It looks like something out of the Jettsons, every building more amazing than the one before it. Three buildings are being built for every one completed. Dubai is totally a city of the future. But that end of town is empty. The people haven't moved in yet and often we were the only pedestrians in sight.
Then we rode back to the other end of Dubai. We got off at the most crowded stop and followed the crowd. First we ended up in an Indian immigrant area. Thousands and thousands of shops and people everywhere.
We stopped to eat at a Lebanese/Russian restaurant. The menu items all listed 'meat' not chicken, lamb or beef, just meat. I've no idea what I had for dinner but it was good.
I tried to get more photos but every time I slowed down a young Indian man would run up saying 'genuine fake watches, genuine fake handbags, Rolex, Fendi, Prada. . . ' So we had to keep moving.
From the Indian area we wandered into old Dubai. Fabric stores every where, lots of shops to make custom suits, burkas and any other clothing you might desire.
Along twisting turning alleys we wandered. I started to notice more and more people were barefoot. I had led us into the back door of a mosque. We were able to back out with out getting dumped into Dubai Creek. ( This is why my sister and husband get nervous when I go wandering ;p )
The bong like things you see in the shop window are for smoking tobacco. Water is in the bottom, tobacco up top and hot coals are placed on the tobacco. All restaurants and bars keep several handy and you see many people smoking them at dinner.
One of the biggest sellers in all the areas we've been to are big fuzzy, fake fur blankets – like the kind you see in the states sold along side velvet Elvis's. I haven't figured that out – it's about 95'F at night and 105'F in the day.
Every one here speaks English we've not found any one we couldn't talk to. I'm still shocked so few spoke English in Tokyo. Cameras are very taboo. People glance at the camera as if I were carrying a weapon. So the photos are not as clear or targeted as I'd like.


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PORTLAND, Ore. – With the way Sporting Kansas City dominated Chivas USA last weekend in a 4-0 drubbing, one would assume the Portland Timbers are looking forward to Sunday afternoon's meeting against the Goats at JELD-WEN Field (5 p.m. ET, WATCH FREE on MLS Live).
Sporting's attacking trio of Graham Zusi, Jacob Peterson and Claudio Bieler ran circles around Chivas' three-man backline to the tune of 17 shots, with seven on goal. They exposed Chivas USA's lax defending out of their 3-4-3 formation. In fact, the Goats have conceded eight goals during their current four-game winless streak and 15 on the season.
Portland's attack, similar to Kansas City's 4-3-3 formation, has been one of the most dangerous in the league with 15 goals scored. Needless to say, Portland like how they match up – especially if Chivas stick with their 3-4-3.
Highlights: Sporting 4, Chivas USA 0
"It will essentially be man-for-man up there, and we feel good about those matchups with the guys we have up there," Timbers fullback Michael Harrington said. "We have guys with pace, with size, and obviously the guys running the midfield as well. We feel really good about the matchup going forward."
Portland are also coming into the game itching to score some goals. Their one goal in the past two games is their lowest output in a two-game stretch this season. Team captain Will Johnson says the midweek 1-1 draw at FC Dallas left a "sour taste in our mouth."
"If they play three in the back or if they play four in the back, our talented attackers are a handful for anybody," Johnson said. "So when those guys are clicking, we have to find ways to get them the ball, get them the ball in dangerous spots, and let them do their thing. … I don't know if there are specific matchups because we're not sure who they're going to play, and I don't know that it matters that much. It's about us and what we do."
Timbers in 30: With Danso and Piquionne
The Timbers feature several of the league's most dangerous attackers in forwards Darlington Nagbe, Rodney Wallace and Ryan Johnson, who leads the team with four goals. Nagbe has three tallies and an assist, while Wallace, who forced his way into the starting lineup a month into the season, has two goals and an assist.
"I think we're hungry to score goals," Harrington said. "We're just excited to get at them and try to put three or four up against this team."
Timbers head coach Caleb Porter said there are still a lot of unknowns to Chivas and what type of look they'll bring to the Rose City. Porter believes that Chivas USA's early results, with wins over Dallas, Chicago and Vancouver, point to a quality side.
"They're, I think, a dangerous team because they're capable, they've shown that, but they're also dangerous because they're unpredictable," Porter said. "They definitely play to win, and you've got to credit them for that. Personally, I appreciate Chivas for the way they play, they attack, they get numbers forward, they don't look to sit back and they play to win."
Dan Itel covers the Timbers for MLSsoccer.com.

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Edward Snowden's limbo
leonard Oakley, IDJuly 3, 2013 1:13 p.m.
How can you fault someone for exposing what a corrupt government is doing to us?
Res Novae Ashburn, VAJuly 2, 2013 5:43 p.m.
Ellsberg can admire him all he wants. Their respective courses of action are nothing alike. Nothing Ellsberg did remotely approached the espionage and betrayal of sources and methods to hostile foreign powers that Snowden appears engaged in.
It's ironic that the Right Wing has suddenly recognized a liberal like Ellsberg as a hero considering that they viewed him as a leftist hippie traitor for 4 decades.
SEY Sandy, UTJuly 2, 2013 5:11 p.m.
Daniel Ellsberg had this to say about Edward Snowden:
"His life was like mine. It's very easy for me to identify with his choice, his decision, his performance."
"I definitely have a new hero in Edward Snowden, the first one since Bradley Manning, and I'm glad it didn't take another 40 years. People who respect or admire what I did, they may not realize it right now, but before this is over, they'll recognize that he deserves great admiration. And people who hate what I did, can hate."
Res Novae Ashburn, VAJuly 2, 2013 3:08 p.m.
Supporters of Snowden keep drawing comparisons to Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. But that's apples and oranges. The Pentagon Papers revealed that the government had been lying about victory in Vietnam for years at the cost of thousands of American lives. Ellsberg tried working within the system, bringing issues to the attention of his superiors and members of Congress. He decided to leak classified materials only when rebuffed. Then he stayed in the United States and faced the consequences of his actions.
Contrast that with Snowden, who did not take his oath seriously, took a classified job with the intent to leak information, made no effort to work within the system first, stole information about a controversial (but still legal) program, then fled the country before beginning his disclosures, and now this self-proclaimed martyr for government transparency seeks political asylum in two of the most authoritarian countries in the world, likely committing espionage on behalf of nations hostile to the US.
Yes, the ethics of national security need discussion. But Snowden is no hero. Keep him in limbo indefinitely.
Craig Clark Boulder, COJuly 2, 2013 1:55 p.m.
"....Edward Snowden has explained that he did *not* expend law on a "personal whim." It was with the greatest inward deliberation...."
I don't regard Snowden as credible in anything he says having to with actions for which he now faces serious Federal criminal charges. Flight to escape prosecution doesn't sound like a man following conscience, higher law, or whatever language he offers as subterfuge.
No 'cause' if that's what he calls it exempts him from accountability before the law. His best hope if he's ever brought back to face justice is to hire a top notch attorney and keep his mouth shut.
SEY Sandy, UTJuly 2, 2013 12:34 p.m.
Craig Clark: any individual who sees illegalities or immoral behavior on the part of his or her bosses has an obligation to report it, wouldn't you say? And if you know that previous reporters have been either fired, prosecuted to the point of poverty or even jailed for doing so, what do you do, especially when the misconduct takes place amidst the highest levels of national security? Do you just give in to the so-called Nuremburg Defense: I was only following orders?
Edward Snowden has explained that he did *not* expend law on a "personal whim." It was with the greatest inward deliberation, knowing that he would be persecuted, defamed, separated from family friends and country when he decided to follow the U.S. Constitution instead of the contract he signed. When two directives like that conflict, I hope everyone would follow the higher law. It was obvious to Snowden that he could not follow them both.
one old man: I have nothing to add to what I said before. I just find your comment incredibly disproportionate to what is at stake here.
one old man Ogden, UTJuly 2, 2013 11:25 a.m.
SEY - yes.
Big Money has already done an excellent job of destroying the middle class and real democracy in America. Our tycoons are much more dangerous but much sneakier and influential than the NSA. They are the terrorists we really need to worry about. But they manage to fool too many people.
Craig Clark Boulder, COJuly 2, 2013 11:10 a.m.
"....Actors of civil disobedience have made a choice to follow a higher law than the ones found in their contracts. Those are laws of morality embedded in the Constitution of the United States."
Who decides that? Any or every public servant on his own when no two of them who swore an oath think alike on everything? Can government function like that? If law is expendable on a personal whim, then the social contract on which the Constitution claims its legitimacy is of no force, either legal or moral.
That's what makes Snowden's conduct seem less like that of a public servant than a soldier of fortune.
SEY Sandy, UTJuly 2, 2013 10:19 a.m.
Candidate Barack Obama had this to say before he was first elected to the presidency:
"Often the best source of information about waste, fraud and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration."
Since then, now-president Obama has invoked the anachronistic Espionage Act more than twice the number of times than all previous presidents. Snowden has seen what happens to whistle-blowers who report government abuse through the system. Ask Thomas Drake, Bradley Manning, John Kiriakou and several others what good comes from following the chain of command in reporting abuse. These men were either jailed or ruined professionally and financially from trying to defend themselves from the world's strongest government. Actors of civil disobedience have made a choice to follow a higher law than the ones found in their contracts. Those are laws of morality embedded in the Constitution of the United States.
Craig Clark Boulder, COJuly 2, 2013 9:14 a.m.
"....Snowdon couldn't figure out the myriad of ways to appropriately blow the whistle, contact a congressional committee/private lawyer, or expose private government data without compromising lives "in the field...."
Those and other methods might have been far more effective if blowing the whistle was what this 'concerned citizen' sincerely set out to accomplish. His escapade seems more like it was the limelight he was after. Edward Snowden the showman and not a very good one at that.
It wouldn't surprise me if he goes for a book deal with a publisher who isn't afraid to have its own reputation tainted.
Filo Doughboy Bakersfield, CAJuly 2, 2013 9:04 a.m.
Hopefully no FaceBookers are complaining about the NSA cache. They should be automatically prohibited from complaining, if they are open "frienders" to the world.
Anyone on FB should be mercilessly hounded and all their publically-shared TMI exposed to the world. Those who shamelessly expose every human act and facet of their lives and infiltrate innocent friend's and family's FB accounts with their shallow drivel have no grounds for joining this debate. Hmmph! IMO. :-)
Craig Clark Boulder, COJuly 2, 2013 8:48 a.m.
Snowden has struck out on his every bid for asylum in a foreign country so far. Wandering boy now complains that the Obama Administration is making him a stateless person. That poor persecuted me angle doesn't show much dignity for a heroic martyr. He might even be starting to wonder if maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.
SEY Sandy, UTJuly 2, 2013 8:32 a.m.
One old man: do you seriously believe the potential for blackmail, imprisonment or worse from government abuse is of less concern than anything businesses can do to you?
Shazandra Bakersfield, CAJuly 2, 2013 8:12 a.m.
When you sign confidentiality agreements, exclusive restrictions and vow to honor the security protection of our citizens, your signature is your bond. You accept paycheck on that premise; resign if you can't support your employment terms. That's how you spell hero: H-O-N-E-S-T-Y.
Someone didn't "get" that part of the employment deal. Someone/Snowdon couldn't figure out the myriad of ways to appropriately blow the whistle, contact a congressional committee/private lawyer, or expose private government data without compromising lives "in the field". Just saunter into a dangerous country and see how quickly you attract the dark vermin. Our friends in the Balkans can't even do open humanitarian, NGO aid with U.S. churches without being compromised when a rogue church member rushes to do a local op-ed upon return home, thus casting doubt on the integrity of that group's goals from the "iffy" nation's perspective.
Don't like our government's restrictions? There's a whole other entity out there just waiting for your skills. Violate their tyranny and enjoy your uncozy cell and torture rack. You'll be fantasizing about GITMO.
one old man Ogden, UTJuly 2, 2013 7:57 a.m.
Sounds like a movie starring Tom Hanks.
And Mainly Me, do you know who is collecting countless bits of personal information about you every day and then using it to actually target you for advertising? Or who is collecting personal information and selling it to others? And do you have any way of knowing what else that other information they have on file is being used for?
I'm not talking about our government here. I'm talking about the big money giants of "Free Enterprise." I worry more about what Walmart or a big bank is collecting and how they are using it than I do the NSA.
Snowden would be a much greater "hero" if he had exposed the nefarious activities of Big Money when it comes to collecting and exploiting our personal information.
One final question: Are we SAFER as a result of Snowden's actions or might we actually be in greater danger now?
Sal Provo, UTJuly 2, 2013 7:32 a.m.
I can't think of a better punishment for Snowden than to just ignore him and leave him in Moscow. If he thinks life is so much better with the Soviets and Chinese then let him stay there. It would save a lot of money if we just ignored him and never allowed him to come home.
Mainly Me Werribee, 00July 2, 2013 7:06 a.m.
How do you spell "hero?"


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People who haven't seen Lavay Smith, think they have an idea what the vocalist and bandleader (of the Red Hot Skillet Lickers) is all about.
But they don't know. Sure she has been written up and talked about all over national and international music media as "The Queen of Classic Jazz and Blues in the Authentic Style of the 1940s and 1950s."
And yes her gig venues, which include (on the short list) the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, the Academy Awards Governor's Ball, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the San Francisco Blues Festival, and Lincoln Center in New York — give an idea that swing artist legends like Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington, would be bringing out their bands just to hear her sing.
But anybody who has heard Miss Smith swing open those doors and let loose with that magnificent vocal palette — a vocal that teases and drives her thundering little big band with all the voltage that anybody has a right to own — then you know why this is one factual advisory, "Ladies and gents, bring your hats. This is fanning music!"
Saturday night, the multi-award winning Miss Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are returning to the stage at Pacifica Performances Mildred Owen Concert Hall (the MO). Regular Red Hot Skillet band members are trumpet players Mike Olmos, Bill Ortiz and Allen Smith — Danny Armstrong on trombone and vocals, Jules Broussard on alto and tenor saxophones, Howard Wiley on tenor saxophone, Robert Stewart on tenor saxophone, Charles McNeal on alto and tenor saxophones, Pete Cornell on alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, Charlie Siebert on guitar, David Ewell on string bass, Marcus Shelby on string bass, Darrell Green on drums — and arranger and music director Chris Siebert on piano.
This year, Miss Smith describes her Pacifica concert as a, "special concert of elegant music by our hero, American master Duke Ellington. The show will feature our expanded 6-horn 'little big band' performing classic vocal and instrumental arrangements transcribed by noted Ellington expert, David Berger."
Considered the world's foremost authority on the music of Duke Ellington, Berger's compositions and arrangements have been performed by a long list of noted performers which include Stanley Turrentine, Buddy Rich, Jon Hendricks, and Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He is also the compositional voice behind the critically acclaimed "Harlem Nutcracker," (an extension of the Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn arrangement of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite.")
Miss Smith, who is known for knocking the house of Pacifica Performances down, and back up again, with her jump fire delivery of such songs as "He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped," "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans," "One Hour Mama," "It Don't Mean A Thing" (If It Ain't Got That Thing), and "Blow Me A Fat Note," is also known for hushing her crowd with a starlit delivery that wraps around those certain songs like a warm embrace. When a person sits in the audience of Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, they know in an instant, some serious joy perspective.
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Part 3 of 3. The Aftermath of The Battle of Gallifrey.
In the second part of a four part story, The Doctor and Clara, U.N.I.T and others battle the Time Lords for the fate of Gallifrey.
The Time Lords are returning, just as the Doctor and Clara are enjoying a holiday, too!
The doctor explores his companions,starting with Martha.
The Twelfth Doctor asked Clara a question, and wasn't quite satisfied with the answer. Perhaps the TARDIS can help him understand. Twelfth Doctor, plus Third and Seventh
This is the Chronicle of the War Doctor's journey to destruction.
Lets see where exactly the Doctor's "soul" goes after he regenerates.
The story of the day the Doctor Left Gallifrey with Susan.
The Eleventh Doctor picks up another opinion on the mechanical makeup of his TARDIS.
The Eleventh Doctor is whizzing through space and time when he gets a visit from a very old friend.
You knew a boy that held your hand, You knew a boy you fell in love with, You had to leave, Twice. You got something out of it, You lost him though... You came back, You're going to give t...
Rose Tyler found her true love in a mad man with a blue box. Her love never died, not even when her and the man got ripped apart by parallel universes. She lived her life with the same man with the...
When the Doctor has to go away on a mission alone, the companions are left to their own devices. River Song, the wife of the Doctor, crashes in the year 2009 within her own T.A.R.D.I.S.. She decide...
Shortly after the events of 'The Day of the Doctor,' the Doctor receives a very unexpected message. Featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Clara Oswald, and a visit from an old ex(?)-enemy.
With Amy on the planet of Planteen 19, the Doctor and Rory are left alone in the TARDIS where a world of sexual frustration is created.


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SIMSBURY — Four local Democrats will announce their plans on Thursday to run this fall for the board of selectmen, according to the town Democratic Party.
They will make the announcement at the flower bridge on Drake Hill Road, according to the group, at 5:30 p.m.
Following the announcement, the group will walk, bike and ride over to Red Stone Pub on Mall Way, the group said.
The group said further nominations for other local positions will be made on July 17 at a caucus at Eno Memorial Hall.


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Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday night. With the clock ticking, Egypt's besieged president said Tuesday that he will not step down as state media reported that the powerful military plans to overturn his Islamist-dominated government.
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The NBA has just handed down a 7 game suspension to Ron Artest for doing this dirty ass play...
He will be suspended for the final game of the regular season and 6 playoff games if the lakers were to last 6 games for his actions and his ignorance as shown from his tweets on this subject "Hope James Hardin is ok...I remember when I hit by Marc Gasol the same way.. I was spitting up blood and a headache during the game..." and "I just watched the replay again..... Oooo..My celebration of the dunk really was too much... Didn't even see James ..... Omg... Looks bad".:sy:
This was the statement the league released about the recent event:"The concussion suffered by James Harden demonstrates the danger posed by violent acts of this kind, particularly when they are directed at the head area," NBA Commissioner David Stern said. "We remain committed to taking necessary measures to protect the safety of NBA players, including the imposition of appropriate penalties for players with a history of on-court altercations."
The suspension will begin with the Lakers' next game at Sacramento on April 26. The remaining games of the suspension will be served over the next six games in which the player is eligible and physically able to play, including this season's playoffs."
I want to here from you guys whether or not you think he deserved this punishment(more, less, just right?)


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While the wild market ride that produced all the stomach-churning drops across the end of 2008 was surely launched by a lock-up in the credit markets, there is little doubt that weak GDP growth, rising unemployment, and sharp downward revisions in corporate earnings all helped push it to extremes. Even as consumer confidence hit an all-time low in October, the financial crisis devolved into a broader issue that engulfed the auto industry, ultimately propelling the markets to their worst year in a century. In the end, the broad equity indices were down 30% to 40%--completely wiping out the cumulative gains of the previous three years. And the fixed-income markets offered little refuge: While the broader bond indices were up 4% to 5%, corporate bonds as a sector were down sharply--regardless of credit rating.
But while looking backwards is interesting, and sometimes helpful, investors need to constantly look forward...and from that view ask two important questions: "Where do the markets go from here?" and "How do we take maximum advantage?"
We've noted before in this space that volatility breeds opportunity, and if nothing else, the last 18 months have been filled with it. This has produced opportunity in the non-Treasury fixed-income markets. With short- and intermediate-term Treasuries trading at negative real yields, there is little upside to these securities right now. Moreover, there's a fairly significant downside should inflation become a factor. Investment-grade corporate bonds, on the other hand, appear to offer significant upside. At year's end, the Barclays AA Credit Index was trading around a 6% yield to maturity--more than 4% higher than the Treasury Index. Even more interesting, the much broader A Credit Index was trading more than 5.5% over Treasuries.
Though reserved for the more adventurous investor, high-yield bonds offer even more potential. While that's not too much of a surprise, the extent of the opportunity is. At year's end, the Barclay's U.S. Intermediate High Yield Index was trading at a wildly discounted average price, producing a yield to maturity of more than 23%. Based on that pricing, the high-yield debt market is discounting default rates that would far exceed anything the market has ever seen. Worst case--assuming a recovery rate of 35 cents on the dollar (based on Moody's Investor Service data)--defaults would have to surpass 35% for investors with a more than four-year time horizon to lose money. Of course, spreads could certainly widen in the short term, and that elicits caution even among value investors.
Meanwhile, we're left with the very real question of when the equity market will begin its turnaround. Unfortunately, we know this can only be answered months, maybe even quarters, after the fact. Recall how the last bear market appeared to be over in late 2001 after the indices shot up more than 20% in the fourth quarter. The market actually stayed positive in the first quarter of 2002, only to tank some 30% over the next six months. But no matter what happens to the stock market--or when--a well diversified fixed-income portfolio will provide significant income today and could very well provide significant capital gains in the future.
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The studded Yankees cap hanging in Patriots tight end Chris Baker's locker isn't going anywhere. He estimates he has about 60 of them at home, and some things he can't give up, even if he is in the land of the Red Sox.
Baker lists his hometown as St. Albans, N.Y., in Queens. After a career at Michigan State, the Jets brought him home as a third-round pick in 2002. After seven seasons in New York, Baker signed as a free agent with the Patriots in March.
The trek north shifted Baker to the other side of a rivalry that began at the Polo Grounds in 1960, and 99 regular-season and playoff games have made for a divisional battle spiced by trash talking.
So the day Baker walked in the Patriots' locker room for the first time and pulled on a New England jersey, it took a moment to register.
"It was extremely different having been such bitter rivals with most of these guys I now play with,'' Baker said. "That was different for me, but they welcomed me in, so it made it an easier transition for me.''
Former Patriots linebacker Larry Izzo can relate. Izzo played eight seasons in New England, where he was the special teams captain each year. In March, he signed with the Jets, joining his third AFC East team.
"The first day, it's a little different,'' said Izzo, who began his career with the Dolphins. "Any time you change teams there will be an adjustment and things like that, but you get used to it pretty quick.''
With Baker and Izzo trading locker rooms, you may assume they are spilling the details about their former team, but Patriots coach Bill Belichick said the impact of that is overrated.
"Certainly, you could pick up - from somebody who's been in the system for a long time - something that would be helpful,'' Belichick said. "Probably some of that formation, especially with teams like this that are in the same division, that have played each other for quite awhile, that know each other quite well, I don't know how much new information there is really coming out of there in something like that.''
Jets coach Rex Ryan said he is not opposed to asking questions, but not sure what can be gained.
"You know, you're certainly going to pick their brain and all that kind of stuff, but again, everybody has the tapes, so you've always got to do your work and you're going to study your opponent and all that kind of stuff,'' Ryan said.
The concept may be a moot point this season. The last coach Baker played for with the Jets was former Patriots assistant Eric Mangini, who joined the Jets in 2006 but was fired after last season.
Meanwhile, the look of the Patriots is slightly different since Izzo left. Familiar faces such as Mike Vrabel (traded to Kansas City), Tedy Bruschi (retired), Richard Seymour (traded to Oakland), and Rodney Harrison (retired) are no longer in New England.
"There's been a lot of change, as there has been across the league every year,'' Izzo said. "Things are always changing, but there's still a lot of friends on the other side of the ball that I played with. It will be fun to bang heads against my old teammates, and obviously some new people.''
With the Jets, Baker said he remembered the intensity in the week leading up to a game against the Patriots.
"Every year it was our biggest game because of the amount of wins the Patriots put up in the past and our record against them, so that's how we always looked at it,'' he said.
But now that Baker is in a Patriots uniform, "how they look at it now I couldn't tell you that.''
Baker didn't need to speak for the Jets last week. They handled all of the promotion. Defensive tackle Kris Jenkins said he and his teammates are treating today's game like the Super Bowl, and safety Kerry Rhodes declared they would "try to embarrass'' the Patriots. Ryan started the week explaining comments from June that he didn't join the Jets to "kiss Bill Belichick's rings.''
Instead of returning the jabs, the comments were met in the Patriots' locker room with smiles. Talk was directed toward the game.
"We're a very confident team, and we play a very aggressive, in-your-face style of football; let's face it, so does New England,'' Izzo said. "I know having spent time there that people might not say things publicly, but they're a very confident group, too . . . I don't think any comments that anybody makes on either side is really going to make a difference on Sunday.''
The Jets are carrying confidence coming off a 24-7 victory at Houston, where the Jets held Andre Johnson to four catches for 35 yards, a season after he led the league in receiving (1,575 yards). Today's game may be only the second of the season, but the impact on the division is not lost in all the chatter. The Patriots may have finished ahead of the Jets last season, but neither team made the playoffs.
Last season, the Patriots won the first meeting, 19-10. But in November, Jay Feely booted a 34-yard field goal in overtime to give the Jets a 34-31 victory at Gillette Stadium, giving New York a 49-47-1 regular-season edge.
With such history, it is no surprise the talk such a meeting generates.
"I think there's always a good rivalry here between the Jets and the Patriots,'' Belichick said. "There has been through the years and I think there will continue to be this year and into the future. We're in the same division. We know the whole Boston, New York rivalry thing. It's there in every sport. It's certainly there in this sport and I think that's plenty.''
When Baker returns to the Meadowlands today, he will meet up with some friends on the Jets he has maintained contact with. But he is helping a new team now.
"When I say I moved on, I moved on in March, and I haven't looked back,'' Baker said. "I'm more than happy to be here.''
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I was talking to my college classmate Rafael Pardo (JE '98, teaching at U.W.) at the AALS hiring conference, and we came to conclude that Jonathan Edwards College dominates Yale's inferior colleges in the number (and quality) of law professor alumni it produces. (And, needless to say, Harvard's "houses" aren't particularly relevant to this discussion.) Off the top of our heads, we came up with a bunch of folks — which, in a previous version of this post, I listed. On reconsideration, and after being told that the AYA prefers not to use the search function in this way, I'm taking down the list in an abundance of caution. People should feel free to use the comment thread to continue inter-college rivalries as they like. And folks who didn't participate in odd & goofy Yale College traditions should celebrate the interdepartmental units in their respective undergraduate institutions that they belonged to, and tease those who didn't.
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North County educational and community leaders are set to meet next week to discuss better ways to provide mentoring programs for youths.
The "Mentoring Summit" scheduled for Feb. 20 aims to bring together various people from throughout the region to talk about the programs that are available and how they can better coordinate them to prevent youths from dropping out of school or getting into trouble, said Tony Ricchiuti, one of the organizers of the event.
Now more than ever, youths at risk of dropping out or joining gangs need additional support from mentors, Ricchiuti said. He said recent economic turmoil has shaken not only businesses, but families as well.
"I have seen the deterioration," said Ricchiuti, a seventh-grade math teacher in Escondido. "It's just really getting bad."
Mentors can provide an adult role model for youths who may come from broken homes, Ricchiuti said.
The daylong summit will be held at the San Marcos Civic Center's community room. Escondido police Chief Jim Maher and Escondido City Councilwoman Olga Diaz will be among the guest speakers.
Maher said mentoring is one of the best ways to keep at-risk youths from getting into trouble.
"It's probably one of the most, if not the most, significant program for middle school and high school kids," Maher said.
The chief said he plans to work with the police officers in his department so they can serve as mentors to youths in the community.
About 60 people have registered for the free summit, Ricchiuti said. The event is expected to attract about 80 people, he said.
The sponsors of the event include the San Diego County Office of Education, California Teachers Association, City of San Marcos and Escondido Union School District's Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiative.
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YWCA of Rockford welcomes two new members, Amanda Shank and Lori Sweeney, to its board of directors.
Shank is director of human resources, UTC Aero Space Systems. Since 2010, she has overseen the human resources function for the Rockford site's 2,200 employees in multiple business units. She also manages human resources for the global Electric Systems business, with more than 1,100 employees. In these capacities, she manages organizational design and effectiveness, strategic resource planning, performance management, talent and leadership development, succession planning and employee/labor relations.
Prior to joining UTC, Shank was the employee and associate human resources relations manager for the Rockford facility of Rockford Products Corporation (2000-2001), and on-site account manager for Furst Staffing Services in Rockford (1997-2000). She serves as a board member of the Byron, Ill., Chamber of Commerce. She, her husband and three young sons reside in Byron, Ill.
Sweeney is deputy chief of field services, Rockford Police Department. Sweeney has been in law enforcement with the Rockford Police Department for 19 years. Her career began in patrol, progressed to field training officer and led to detective, where she was the first female assigned to the Rockford Police Department Narcotics Unit.
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Juan Carlos Adams was sentenced in Van Nuys Municipal Court to three days in jail and 30 days of working on a graffiti removal crew. He was placed on two years probation, during which he is banned from riding city buses, except to and from school, and from possessing markers or spray paint.
A hearing will be held in May to determine what restitution Adams will be required to pay.
The 77-year-old man was a passenger on the bus traveling along Sepulveda Boulevard in Van Nuys when he saw Adams and a 15-year-old friend defacing the bus interior, according to a Los Angeles Police Department report.
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Are low power and FPGA an oxymoron?
FPGAs have a reputation for being power hogs, but does that mean that no battery operated device should use an FPGA? Not so fast on that...
There is a lot of talk about low power these days, and not surprising given the way that handheld devices are become the must have things to be seen with, play with, and to keep our productivity high.
Power has become one of the principle attributes that designs are optimized for. We see power optimization techniques popping up at all abstraction levels of the design, from a new fabrication technology that reduces transistor leakage, through clock gating, power gating, variable voltage and frequency and everything in between.
The other day I wrote a blog that talked about the differences between accuracy and fidelity when it comes to power estimation. Accuracy can only come with detail, but detail often prevents our ability to access the information from which we can make other important decisions. When we cannot have accuracy, we need fidelity.
But even today, we do not see the power optimization button in synthesis tools. Where is the optimize for low power option? The problem is that when trying to minimize power consumption there are so many related factors that spread across the whole design and cannot be localized, as can most of the tradeoffs between area and timing. And we also have to realize that optimizing for total energy consumption for a particular task involves optimization across large spaces of time.
Sure, inserting a smaller driver on a device will decrease power, but this is fiddling in the mud. Power optimization starts at the system level and we then try and fine tune it as we go down the levels of abstraction.
So lets take a look at power and FPGAs. FPGAs have a reputation for being power hogs, but does that mean that no battery operated device should use an FPGA? Not so fast on that. While it is true that an equivalent ASIC implementation of the same functionality would consume considerably less power, that is not always an economic option, or one that gets the products out during the necessary time window.
So lets assume that an ASIC is not viable. The choices are now to implement the functionality in an FPGA, in a DSP, in a general purpose processor or in a customized processor or a combination of them.
If we assume that all implementations use exactly the same underlying technology (not sure that is possible, but need to simplify things a bit), then total power consumed, to perform a particular task, is proportional to the total number of transistors or gates that switch in the course of performing that action (plus the leakage power for all of those instantiated).
The active power is a combination of the total number of transistors, the number of clocks and many other factors. While a general purpose processor may be very flexible, it does not use gates efficiently for any particular task and is likely to take more clock cycles than any other solution. In addition, additions gates are taken up by the memories, busses and other functions necessary to implement the solution.
A DSP may well be optimized for a particular type of application and thus provide a much better utilization of gates and get the job done a lot faster. In a similar manner a customized processor may take this even further providing only what is absolutely necessary for the desired task and get the job done at the fastest possible rate for a software programmable solution. The more customized the solution is, the less flexible it becomes and may not be as efficient at tasks other than the one it was optimized for.
Now, while an FPGA is going to have much less optimal power consumption per gate actually used (it can never be possible to fill an FPGA exactly, and thus we have to bear the extra static power consumption of the unused gates), it can get the job done with far fewer clocks and total real gates than any programmable solution (yes I know most FPGAs are programmable as well, but not in the same way as a processor). A study conducted by BDTi (www.bdti.com) at the beginning of this year (see Figure 1) showed that an FPGA solution is likely to have 40X the performance compared to a top of the line DSP based solution.
Figure 1: relative performance between DSP and FPGA solutions
With this much extra processing power, the DSP can either be eliminated, or if it is still required for other tasks, it can probably be replaced by a much smaller one. The same would go for a general purpose CPU being replaced by this type of solution. So while an FPGA may consume more peak power than a DSP, the FPGA could be shut off for about 97% of the time and still provide the same compute capacity assuming the FPGA were not being used for any other activities.
Now, while I have no hard data to compare these two solutions, it would appear as if total power per unit of computation is probably less with FPGAs, for their current generations, but you have already heard some of the caveats that go along with that.
So my point is, that it is unlikely that we will see any synthesis tool be able to optimize for power in the near future, when it is so difficult just to compare these mega design alternatives that could provide differences in power consumption by factors of 10 or more. It makes those 5% savings from tool XYZ look like icing on the cake rather than being the cake. This is why we still need good designers who can work through these kinds of problems and why we are not all going to be replaced by software engineers who can program in C.
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Miami Law Q&A with Victor Ireland
June 17, 2009
Miami Law Q&A with Victor Ireland
by Amy Yu
You've already seen our "Behind the Crimescenes" feature and the Hudson Japan devteam's Q&A, but we still wanted to know more about MIAMI LAW. So we had more questions for Victor Ireland, the CEO of Gaijinworks and the Localization Consultant of MIAMI LAW! Check out his two cents about all that went into making this awesome game!
What's special about Miami as the location for the game? Why not another city such as New York or LA?
Every major city has a vibe to it, but Miami's geographic location, art-deco heritage, and cultural melting pot makes it special. There's this cachet as a playground of international wealth, and then there's the reality of crushing poverty and crime that creates a very real danger if you end up in the wrong part of town - especially at night.
That dramatic tightrope between those opposite worlds that have somehow come to co-exist makes it an interesting city for a crime drama game. I could completely see Law and Sara jetting off to LA or New York to help with cases there, but those adventures would have a different feel because Miami is very unique.
How long did it take to fully develop and localize the game?
I got involved with the game as a consultant first, after it had been in pre-production and basic production for maybe 4-6 months. I then helped set up the research trip to Miami for part of the development team and ended up hosting them on that trip. After that trip, it was about 8 more months of development on the game before English localization started. During that time I was checking on the game progress with Hudson Entertainment staff, and in the fall of 2008 we hooked up with Miami Beat Wave to bring some more authentic Miami sound to the game. After that, localization, testing, and QA were about another 4-5 months.
What was the toughest part of the project?
Being that the game was developed and localized between Hudson in Japan, Hudson Entertainment here, and Gaijinworks here, I would say that keeping the communication flowing and integrating changes into the game effectively was probably the toughest part. I have to hand it to Yusuke [Tsugawa, the Localization Coordinator] for keeping tabs on questions, answers, and changes pretty well without being overwhelmed. He was a pretty great manager on the project.
Which part did you enjoy the most?
The research trip was definitely the fun part. The gun training, the Havana Club, meeting with the Miami PD - all of that was pretty great, and the gun training with sniper rifles and other crazy guns was probably a once in a lifetime thing for me.
What's good about playing two differing personalities and gameplay?
I'm really a sucker for a good emotional tag in a story, and I think by playing the game as both Law and Sara on successive playthroughs different aspects of their personality and quirks are expressed in subtle (and sometimes overt) ways. I think that varied experience overlaid on the same storyline makes the emotional payoff with the characters at the end even sweeter. Things they say and the way they say them build up to the point where you can anticipate what they might say in a situation as it unfolds, and it's kind of cool when they start reacting how you imagine they will because it means that you've gotten to know them - they're not just cardboard cutouts. Bam! You've been infected with emotional involvement at that point, and that's a really sweet bug to catch in a game. By all means try to unlock the special games. Some of the stuff Al says in the Law vs. Law special unlockable mini-game still cracks me up.
What is an incredible feature that gamers can look forward to in Miami Law?
One of my favorite things in the game is the themes that Miami Beat Wave did for the game. Those guys are mad-talented and I really like the work they did for the game. Hopefully players enjoy the tracks as much as I have. If not, please address hate mail to Yusuke at Hudson Entertainment. Just kidding.
Anything else you would like to add about your contribution to Miami Law?
This kind of game is outside the genres we
normally localize because it's usually RPGs, but I really came to like Law and
Sara quite a bit. If they went to LA or New York or Tokyo or something, I'd like
to see what they do next.


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So a list of "the 100 most social HR experts on Twitter" this list has been doing the rounds today, courtesy of this Huffington Post article. I call BS.
First up though, I want to be clear – I know many of the people on that list personally and hold them all in the highest regard. This is not about them – it's about influence, context, relevance, accuracy, criteria and a load of other niggles which are less worthy of attention.
Let's start with the title. The "HR Expert" bit. That makes me think I'll be finding HR professionals. I'm not seeing that – in fact, over half the people on the list are bloggers, marketeers, consultants, analysts and so on – anything BUT full time HR professionals. I don't doubt the depth of knowledge these people possess (I refer you to the second sentence of this post)… however, if you promise me a list of HR experts, I'd like to see it delivered.
Let's take a deeper look at the criteria the author has listed. The phrase "actively engaged" catches my eye. It takes me to a talk William Tincup (number 5 on the list) gave a few short weeks ago over at iRecruit. William talked extensively about his own approach to social media – and particularly Twitter. He was more than happy to admit that he doesn't really engage that much on Twitter – it's more of a broadcast engine, tweeting a significant volume of ongoing content in order to raise his profile. If I recall correctly:
"They're auto-feeds of bloggers I trust (click, I just tweeted again)… and I let the content run constantly and monitor it occasionally (click, I just tweeted again)"
That feels an awful long was from "actively engaged" to me. No criticism of William at all, I LOVE the guy! He has a defined strategy with a desired outcome. He sticks to it and iterates when needed and I'd love to see more companies actually DOING that. But number 5 on a list where the criteria includes "actively engaged"? ON WHOSE PLANET????
My best guess? The author ran a quick search on Kred, Klout, PeerIndex or similar. Had a quick look over. Published a list. Fair enough. No problem with that – but seriously, if that's all you're gonna do, be honest about it and say "I just pulled a list of the noisy people from Twitter who mention HR" and leave it at that. Claims of criteria being applied and "research being done"…? Not buying it.
I'll wrap on a final point – which is to say congrats to those who made the list. You're clearly making noise on Twitter and the HR industry as a whole needs that. It needs to open up, to be more transparent, to recognise the opportunity social technology offers. HR is too slow to do that, so to these noisy people, I say thank you.
To those who trust the list without further thought, I say go grab another coffee first.


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Diary 2011
Official visit to the United Arab Emirates
14-18 December
The 2nd International Festival of Falconry was an occasion for the visit of the President of the General Conference, Ms Katalin Bogyay, to the United Arab Emirates, upon the invitation of H.H. Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE.
After delivering the opening speech on the 15th of December, the President of the General Conference visited the kiosks of the 700 participants who hailed from sixty countries. In her speech, Ms Bogyay highlighted the importance of the festival as "a very clear example of how the understanding of the intangible cultural heritage of different communities helps with intercultural dialogue, and encourages mutual respect for others' ways of life".
On the 16th of December she met with H.E. Mohammad Khalaf Al Mazroui, the Director General of Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) – the hosting organization of the official visit, and H.E. Mohammad Ahmad Albawardi, President of the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency (ADEA), as well as with H.E. Sheik Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and the Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC). She also met with Mr Zaki Nusseibeh, the Personal Advisor of the Head of State and H.H. Prince Bandar Bin Saud Bin Mohammad Al-Saud, President of National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development of Saudi Arabia.
After the meeting with H.H. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the United Arab Emirates, Ms Bogyay was invited to take part in the International Meeting of Camel Breeders. On the 17th of December Dr. Saeed M. Al-Shamsi, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs gave the President of the General Conference a reception at his residence.
Palestine flag raised over UNESCO
13 December
The President of the General Conference, Ms Katalin Bogyay, together with Ms Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, and Ms Alessandra Cummins, the President of the Executive Board, took part in the flag-raising ceremony for Palestine at UNESCO. The ceremony was also attended by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who called the occasion a "truly historic moment". In her speech, Ms Katalin Bogyay noted that "we are not here to emphasize our differences but to seek ways to enhance the well-being of the people of the entire world. Any extreme approach to the mission of this noble Organization would contradict and jeopardize its core values". She also congratulated Mr Abbas, the Palestinian Mission at UNESCO, and personally H.E. Ambassador Sanbar for their enthusiasm and tireless work.
Meeting with H.R.H. Prince El Hassan, the prince of Jordan
5 December
H.R.H. Prince El Hassan, the prince of Jordan participated in Malta V Conference, hosted by UNESCO in December 2011, at its Headquarters in Paris, on the topic of Science Diplomacy in the Middle East: A Bridge to Peace. During his visit, H.R.H. met with Ms Katalin Bogyay, the President of the General Conference of UNESCO.
100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Georg Solti in 2012
26 November
The 36th General Conference of UNESCO decided to celebrate in 2012 the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Georg Solti, a Hungarian-British orchestra and opera conductor. Ms Katalin Bogyay, the President of the General Conference travelled to London to discuss the celebrations with Lady Solti, the widow of Sir George Solti. H. E. Mr János Csák, Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom hosted a dinner for Ms Bogyay.
European launch of the World Servers Foundation, Geneva
21 November
The European launch of the World Servers Foundation took place on the 21st of November in Geneva, Switzerland. The President of the General Conference of UNESCO, Ms Katalin Bogyay, delivered the inaugural speech with Lady Montagu of Beaulieu giving the opening address.
The mission of the World Servers Foundation is to highlight and facilitate the positive work of others and to promote and cultivate the inherent ability within all human beings to bring about positive change. The foundation was set up by the Hungarian banker and philanthropist Mr Gábor Kovács.
- Speech (PDF)
Awarding Ceremony of the 11th Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation (Budapest)
18 November 2011
As the world's leading scientists converged in Budapest, Hungary for the Fifth World Science Forum, an award ceremony of the Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation took place in the presence of the President of the General Conference of UNESCO, as well as Dr. Madiha Ahmed Al Shaibani, Minister of Education of Sultanate of Oman, Dr. Samira Al Moosa, Permanent Delegate of the Sultanate of Oman to UNESCO, and Ambassador Moosa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan, Advisor to the Permanent Delegation of the Sultanate of Oman to UNESCO. The prize was awarded to the Nigerian Institute for Forest Research, for their pioneering work in forest management and preservation in the country.
The President noted the importance of honoring best practices and innovative approaches to such critically important issues as preserving forests – the real lungs of our beautiful and fragile planet, and remarked the role of UNESCO as the catalyst of international scientific cooperation.
- Speech (PDF)
Official visit to Budapest, World Science Forum
16-19 November
From 17th to 19th of November 2011, Budapest, Hungary hosted the Fifth World Science Forum (WSF), dedicated to a global reflection on the "Changing Landscape of Science: Challenges and Opportunities".
The Forum was opened by Mr Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, together with Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO and Prof József Pálinkás, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Ms Katalin Bogyay, President of the General Conference of UNESCO accompanied the Director General to her meetings with Mr Orbán, as well as with numerous high officials of the Hungarian Government, including János Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miklós Réthelyi, Minister of National Resources, László Kövér, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, and other official persons engaged in the activities of UNESCO.
The new Memorandum of Understanding laying down the framework of cooperation between Hungary and UNESCO was signed and a new World Heritage Plaque was inaugurated in front of the building of the Hungarian Parliament. The ambassadors and diplomats accredited and based in Budapest participated in the lecture delivered by Ms Bokova at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Declaration on a New Era of Global Science was adopted at the closing of the Forum with acclamation. In the closing speech, Ms Bogyay paid tribute to all those who have dedicated their lives to the betterment of human condition. She also highlighted UNESCO's "pioneering role as a standard-setter and a catalyst for international cooperation in ethics of science and technology". She emphasized the decision of the 36th General Conference to commemorate in 2012 the 100th anniversary of the birth of János Szentágothai, one of the most creative and renowned neurobiologists of the past century, as well as the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Georg Solti – one of the greatest conductors of the second half of 20th century.
188th session of the Executive Board of UNESCO
11 November
The newly elected Executive Board had its first meeting. Ms Katalin Bogyay sits ex officio in the Board.
Closing of the 36th General Conference
10 November
After the hard and intense, yet stimulating and productive three weeks, the 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO came to its conclusion. As the President of the General Conference, Ms Katalin Bogyay highlighted in her closing speech, the "36th session of the General Conference broke several records, in a positive way," and, among many achievements, designated the International Jazz day. As a celebration of the successful conference, and as the homage to the world's cultural diversity, the Conference was concluded by a piano performance of Béla Bartók's piece, featuring the President of the General Conference who started the musical performance, and Mr György Vukán, a famous Hungarian jazz pianist and composer, who continued the melody in four hands and transformed it into another genre of music composed by the American composer George Gershwin.
Launch of the World Heritage Sites Exhibition: The G-77 & China at UNESCO celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
7 November
The G-77 and China celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention by hosting a photo exhibition that highlighted the natural and cultural wealth of the 936 World Heritage sites in 153 countries. The exposition was opened in the presence of the Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, the President of the Executive Board, Ms Eleonora Mitrofanova, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of India to UNESCO, H. E. Mr Vinay Sheel Oberoi, Permanent Delegate of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mr Mohamed El Zahaby, and the President of the General Conference, Ms Katalin Bogyay.
The elections of members of Committees, Commissions and other subsidiary organs
4 November
H. E. Mr David Hamaziripi, Ambassador of Zimbabwe, President of the Nominations Committee, announced the results of the ballots for each committee, commission and other subsidiary organ, in the presence of Ms Katalin Bogyay.
10th anniversary of the adoption of the UNESCO Universal declaration on Cultural Diversity
2 November 2011
The President of the General Conference of UNESCO welcomed high dignitaries, including Mr Georgi Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, and Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, to the special session dedicated to the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity. In her speech, Ms Bogyay stressed that it is through the acknowledgment and respect for the diversity of world's cultures that we, as human beings, come to understand and appreciate the core values and aspirations that make humanity one. She therefore remarked the importance of the Declaration in safeguarding cultural diversity as one of the most precious characteristics of human civilization.
- Speech (PDF)
Election of the members of the Executive Board
2 November
The Member States of the 36th session of the General Conference elected 31 new members to UNESCO's Executive Board.
195th Member State, admission of Palestine
31 October
On the recommendation of the Executive Board on its 187th session, after a roll call vote, Palestine became a full member of UNESCO with 107 votes in favour, 14 against and 52 abstentions.
81 votes were needed for the approval from the 173 delegations present and voting. With the green light given by the Member States of UNESCO, and after completing the ratification procedure of UNESCO's constitution on the 23rd of November, Palestine officially became the 195th member of UNESCO.
South Sudan - 194th Member State of UNESCO
28 October
After completing the ratification procedure of the UNESCO's Constitution, South Sudan became the 194th Member State of the Organization.
"How does UNESCO contribute to building a culture of peace and to sustainable development ?" - Leaders' Forum
26-27 October
A High Level Panel organized on 26-27th of October with the participation of seven Heads of State was one of the highlights of the 36th General Conference. The discussions of the Leaders' Forum focused on "UNESCO's contribution to building a culture of peace and promoting sustainable development".
The first keynote speaker of the day was Mr Pál Schmitt, President of Hungary, followed by Mr Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Republic of Gabon, Mr Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Mr Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada, Mr Pascal Irenée Koupaki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin, Mr Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya, and Mr Boris Tadic, President of the Republic of Serbia. A special address was also made by Ms Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Ms Margarita Cedeño De Fernandez, First Lady of the Dominican Republic.
On Thursday, the 27th of October, Mr Johnson Toribiong, President of the Republic of Palau spoke and Mr Kris Peeters, Minister-President of the Government of Flanders made a special address by a video message.
The Forum was moderated by BBC presenter Ms Zeinab Badawi, and Al Jazeera presenter Mr Stephen Cole.
First visit of the Head of State of Hungary, Mr Pál Schmitt to UNESCO
25 October
Mr Pál Schmitt, the President of Hungary, on the invitation of the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, paid his first visit to UNESCO on the occasion of the Leaders Forum and the election of Ms Katalin Bogyay as the President of the 36th session of the General Conference. This visit had a historical value, as no Hungarian President has visited UNESCO before.
After the arrival of the Head of State of Hungary a short bilateral meeting was held with the Director General.
Election of the President of the 36th session of the General Conference
25 October
Ms Katalin Bogyay was elected as the President of the 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO. The election took place in the presence of Mr Pál Schmitt, the President of Hungary.
After the acceptance speech of the President, Mr Tamás Vásáry, a celebrated Hungarian pianist, played musical pieces of Ferenc Liszt. UNESCO had dedicated the year of 2011 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the great Hungarian musician, as International Liszt Year.
Nomination of the President of the 36th General Conference
5 October
On its 187th session, the Executive Board proposed unanimously Ms Katalin Bogyay (Hungary) as the forthcoming President of the 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO. With the explicit support of all the six electoral groups, the Hungarian Ambassador ran for the presidential post as the sole candidate.


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Yucatan Music Review - June 2009
Editor's Note: This article marks the debut of Yucatan Living's newest member, Katalina McNulty. Katalina will be staying on top of the music and performance events in Merida and around the Yucatan for Yucatan Living. In addition, she will be writing articles and reviews about the music events. Welcome, Katalina!
I have always been a music aficionado, worked in the music industry in the 70's and have attended more concerts than I can even remember (yes, some of them in the 60's and that is why I don't remember them!). I am one of those old hippies who still believes that music can change the world and bring about world peace.
Since moving to Merida I have made it my mission to listen to the local music and learn some of its history. The Museo de la Cancion Yucateca is located on Calle 57 between Calles 48 and 50 near Mejorada Park, and has been a wonderful resource for me.
To familiarize some of you with the local musicians, the following is a brief overview of five of the most important local musical acts. I have seen them all several times. They have proven to deliver consistently high quality performances and have an extensive repertoire.
Los Juglares
These four men represent the romanticism and joy of trova music in Yucatan. They are two sets of brothers, all of whom play guitar and harmonize. In addition, they have an incredible array of local trova music and Mexican standards. Their enthusiasm is infectious and they make whatever concert they give become "the party" you don't want to miss. My favorite part of almost all local music is when the band has the audience sing along and Los Juglares are the masters of audience participation. They will actually stop singing and playing and the song continues on because the whole audience is singing along. It catches your soul and lifts it up. Everyone participates, sings, and laughs, and it expresses the joy I identify as the Yucateco spirit of community.
Los Juglares has represented trova, Yucatan, and Mexico in over 22 countries around the world and, somehow, they still have time to play in the club they own, El Rincon Bohemio (the Bohemian Corner) on Calle 72 Av. Colon con Reforma No. 400, planta alta. (For reservations call cell phones: 9991-63-57-10 or 9992-42-12-68. Because of their popularity, reservations are often a good idea.)
Los Juglares last big concert was the postponed Mother's Day Concert on June 7th at the Teatro Daniel Ayala. There were two shows at 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM. The show was fabulous, fun, entertaining, engaging, participatory and just an all around blast! They had several guests: two male vocal soloists, Norman Uribe on piano, Ivan Barrientos on drums and a full mariachi band to add another dimension to their special evening. To add to my own enjoyment, my favorite percussionist plays with Los Juglares when he is not playing with the Orquesta Tipica Yukalpeten. Los Juglares have a new CD called Para la Reina de Reinas (For the Queen of Queens).
Yahal Kab
Yahal Kab had their 30th anniversary party at the Teatro Jose Peon Contreras on October 27. In that concert, they had three varieties of music they have played throughout the years: indigenous, trova and son (a musical genre from Cuba). Yahal Kab's membership includes: the two Vega brothers (do you think I have a thing for brothers?), Ricardo is the leader and guitarist/singer and Alvaro is a flautist and sax player; Lazaro Gonzalez is lead singer, with a great voice for Cuban music, and five other musicians. All of the members of Yahal Kab are excellent musicians and their anniversary celebration included other musician friends who joined them in their celebration. The son music played by Yahal Kab is my personal favorite because I love dancing to the happiness in that groove. Yahal Kab plays at the La Parrilla on Montejo some Wednesday nights, at the Del Bosque Salsa Bar and Grill (reservations 928-09-50) and they appear at festivals. Yahal Kab is a little harder to find than Los Juglares since Roberto is also the director of the Rondalla de la Escuela de Trova (one of the Instituto Cultura de Yucatan music schools) at "Juan Acereto" Cultural Center, which teaches the youth of the state to carry on the tradition of trova.
Ligia Camara
Ligia Camara is an incredible pianist and singer. She has a smile and an energy that makes you want to be her friend. She is personable and you can feel the joy in her music when you listen to her. I have seen her play as part of the Cinco Pianos, Cinco Pianistas group, solo, at La Ermita Park and with Frank Dominquez, a famous Cuban composer and pianist, at an evening honoring him. She is a large woman with a large heart with which she completely embraces her audience.
Ligia Camara recently played at Teatro Peon Contreras with one of her long time friends and fellow pianists, Mario Esquivel. The evening was called Two Pianists and Four Pianos because they each used a piano and an electric piano. These two talents are top notch and that evening, they covered some of their favorites such as jazz standards, bossanova and blues. The energy between them was playful and fun to be around. It was predominantly piano music duos with Ligia singing a few solo songs in her clear, strong, well projected and beautiful voice.
Orquesta Tipica Yukalpeten
The Orquesta Tipica Yukalpeten just celebrated its 67th Anniversary at the Teatro Peon Contreras. I learned a lot from Profesor Luis Perez Sabido, who introduced each song and gave some of the history of the orchestra. The director is Pedro Carlos Herrera Lopez, who is also an accomplished pianist and arranger. The Orquesta Tipica Yukalpeten has traveled to entertain the President of Mexico at his official home, Los Pinos, several times, and they have not only represented the State of Yucatan throughout the nation of Mexico, but around the world. Last year the Orquesta Tipica Yukalpeten even gave a concert in Merida, Venezuela.
The Orquesta Tipica Yukalpeten consists of around 30 performers, of which over 12 are guitarist-singers who stand up to sing every few songs. The only thing better than the lovely trova music of the State of Yucatan, which usually includes three instruments, is when the orchestra includes many more instruments, similar to the tradition of a jazz big band. My personal favorite is the young Julian, the tall percussionist standing in the back of the band, fully animated and embodying the music as he moves. Overall, the Orquesta Tipica Yukalpeten boasts a great mix of older and younger generations, which seems to indicate that the music is healthy and will carry on. In addition, there are four soloists who regularly perform with the orchestra, all of whom are local favorites: Eduardo Rosado (a true jewel of a man and voice), Jesus Armando (Khaki's favorite), Nancy Mas (soon to be having a "20 Years in Yucatan" celebration concert) and the amazing Maricarmen Perez.
I especially enjoy Maricarmen, a lovely singer and guitarist whom I have seen in both the trova singer star role in and solo with her guitar at the Jazzin' Merida club on Friday nights. She is a master at both. Her day job is working for the State Cultural Institute as the new representative to the extranjero community, a job recently created for her since she speaks English so well and she has already become a dear friend to several of us. At Jazzin' Merida, Maricarmen sings bossanova, Mexican standards, lullabies and jazz. Her voice is lilting and, to me, feels almost hypnotic. Maricarmen reminds me of Astrud Gilberto, another singer I adored, who sang with Antonio Carlos Jobim many moons ago. When fronting the Orquesta Tipica Yukalpeten Maricarmen is a beautiful woman with traditional dress and is able to command the stage even when she has an orchestra of thirty people behind her! She is a fabulous singer, a delight both professionally and personally, and part of the community I hope to get to know better here in our adopted home.
Las Maya International
Las Maya International is a famous long term, all-women band that has travelled all over the world representing the Mayan culture. The band was formed in 1955 (that's 54 years ago!) and is still going strong. We are lucky enough to still have two of the original members still playing with Las Maya International: Judith Romero, exceptional pianist and leader, and Yolanda Pacheco, who plays 7 instruments with enthusiasm and the skill of years of playing. You really want to see the way Yolanda shakes a maraca! These women are in their 80s and 90s respectively. They give me hope of maintaining the joy of life for many years to come. This band is a delight and, for anyone who needs a lift or is beginning to feel their age, come join in and let Las Maya International raise your spirits.
Upcoming Event Note: Las Maya International will be playing as part of the Instituto Cultura de Yucatan Primavera Festival on Friday, June 26 at 9:00 PM at the Teatro Peon Contreras. The event is free, but a ticket for two should be picked up in the ticket office of the theater as soon as possible before the event.
Rubi, currently the lead singer with Las Maya International, is a beautiful petite woman with a large voice that portrays the romance of the trova music in Merida. Rubi also has her own band and I have seen her play with them at both the Music Museum and at the Serenade in Santa Lucia Park on Thursday nights. Rubi is yet another powerful singer who exemplifies the local trova music and has made me want to learn more.
Upcoming Event Note: Rubi will be playing with her own group at the Music Museum under the stars with the Los Condes Trio on June 24th at 9:00 PM. The donation is $10.00.
Keep Listening!
So now you know who I enjoy listening to and learning from here in Merida. There are endless more groups to be added to my favorites and many more I haven't heard yet, but I will persevere and keep listening to get to know more about this incredible culture where we have been so welcomed.
I am also excited to be Yucatan Living's newest correspondent, and to share the enthusiasm I have found for the music of Yucatan with you. It is my sincere hope that you will learn to enjoy it as much as I do.
If you have something to add to the article above, please send any comments or corrections because I am always learning. Since I attend several music events each week, please look for me and say "Hello." I am the tall gringa with short gray hair and usually some brightly colored dress. Should I be dancing, feel free to join in!
Susan Starr 8 years ago
Imagine my surprise when I Googled my dear friend Katalina and found her article! Now I know what she's been up to since moving to Merida, and you folks are learning how very lucky you are to have her as a member of your community. She was my move-to-Mexico mentor, and we hope to lure her to La Paz BCS so she can report for you on the great music scene here.
ESTHER FLORES 8 years ago
You do not have an idea how much our family enjoyed the program about Las Maya Group days ago. God Bless everyone. Please keep up the good work, excellent job and I thank the Mighty God in heaven for the talented Mayan people.
Kathy Wygant 8 years ago
I used to live in Merida, years ago, and have been a huge admirer of Ligia Camara. On occasion, I actually had the honor of singing with Ligia. After so many years in The US, and moving around, I have lost Ligia's address. Is there any way you could hook me up with how to get a hold of her. I am planning a visit to Merida and would love to see her.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Kathy Wygant
Khaki 8 years ago
This is going to be just the "coolest" column ever! Just wait til you find out who's related to whom... who taught whom... who is famous in Europe! ... who are twins! Katalina has the time and space in this column to give you all the history and latest info on some of the finest musical artists in the world! and if you want previews of their work, just go to YouTube and search for their names. Almost every one of them is there!
Carol 8 years ago
Wonderful and interesting article! Will see you guys in Merida in 5 years! Thanks for all the info, Carol
CasiYucateco 8 years ago
This is just a wonderful article. One of the unique features of Yucatan is the music. All of Mexico loves music, but it takes a unique form in Yucatan. Learning more about all these local groups is the perfect change of pace for my day.
Cherie Pi 8 years ago
First, thanks to Yucatan Living for adding this wonderful, enriching feature.
Second, many thanks, Katalina, for sharing your love of this music-rich city and educating us novices about it. My toes are happily tapping in anticipation of more well-researched articles. We appreciate your tireless efforts to accomplish your reviews! And the beat goes on!
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